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Sammy Miller and The Congregation Thu, Feb 13 / 8 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall Tickets start at $25 / $15 all students (with valid ID) “This is feel-good party jazz, harking back to the ’20s and ’30s.

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Evangelists of swing, they’ve earned an avid New York City following by drawing on a century of American songs, inviting listeners in with familiar melodies and rollicking rhythms. As a band, The Congregation shares the power of community through their globally conscious music – joyful jazz – spreading joy throughout the world.

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The Genetics of Inherited Breast and Ovarian Cancer: From Gene Discovery to Precision Medicine and Public Health Thu, Feb 6 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall / FREE Renowned human geneticist Dr. Mary-Claire King discovered the genetic mutation responsible for breast cancer, a finding that has revolutionized the course of cancer research and transformed the way patients are diagnosed and treated. A recipient of the National Medal of Science for her bold, imaginative and diverse contributions to medical science and human rights, Dr. King will discuss the genetics of inherited cancers in this free community event.

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Members are appointed to a three-year term. The Design Review Board shall hold a minimum of one regular meeting each month with compensation of $50/meeting.

Planning Commission.

Residents of the City of Goleta with an interest in land use issues will want to apply for the Planning Commission. The Commission’s role is to review and take appropriate action on discretionary development applications and to make recommendations to the City Council regarding any proposed legislative actions, including the General Plan and its implementation, as required by law.

Vacancies: • There is one vacancy for an unexpired term ending February 2021.

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Editor in Chief Marianne Partridge

Publisher Brandi Rivera

Executive Editor Nick Welsh Senior Editors Michelle Drown, Tyler Hayden, Matt Kettmann Editor at Large Ethan Stewart Photography Editor Paul Wellman News Reporter Delaney Smith Opinions Editor Jean Yamamura Executive Arts Editor Charles Donelan Arts Writer Josef Woodard Calendar Editor Terry Ortega Sports Editor John Zant Sports Writer Victor Bryant Food Writer George Yatchisin Associate Editor Jackson Friedman Copy Editors Alexandra Mauceri, Tessa Reeg Creative Director Caitlin Fitch Graphic Designers Ricky Barajas, Esperanza Carmona, Ben Greenberg Production Designer Ava Talehakimi Digital Editor Nancy Rodriguez Digital Assistant Amber White Columnists Dennis Allen, Gail Arnold, Sara Caputo, Roger Durling, Jerry Roberts, Starshine Roshell Contributors Camie Barnwell, Rob Brezsny, Melinda Burns, Ben Ciccati, John Dickson, Keith Hamm, Rebecca Horrigan, Eric HvolbØll, Tom Jacobs, Shannon Kelley, Kevin McKiernan, Ninette Paloma, Carolina Starin, Brian Tanguay, Tom Tomorrow, T.M. Weedon, Maggie Yates Robert A. Sollen Fellow Brian Osgood Editorial Interns Adrianne Davies, Miranda de Moraes, Shannon Ponn Director of Advertising Sarah Sinclair Marketing and Promotions Manager Emily Cosentino Advertising Representatives Camille Cimini Fruin, Suzanne Cloutier, Remzi Gokmen, Stefanie McGinnis, Antonio Morales, Tonea Songer Sales Administrator Graham Brown Accounting Administrator Tobi Feldman Office Manager/Legal Advertising Tanya Spears Guiliacci Distribution Scott Kaufman Columnist Emeritus Barney Brantingham Founding Staff Emeriti Audrey Berman, George Delmerico, Richard Evans, Laszlo Hodosy Honorary Consigliere Gary J. Hill Indy Kids Bella and Max Brown, Elijah Lee Bryant, Henry and John Poett Campbell, Chloë Bee Ciccati, Emilia Imojean Friedman, Izadora and Savina Hamm, Madeline Rose and Mason Carrington Kettmann, Olivia Pando-McGinnis, Izzy and Maeve McKinley, Sawyer Tower Stewart, Phoenix Grace White The Independent is available, free of charge, limited to one copy per reader. Back issues cost $2 and may be purchased at the office. The Independent may be distributed only by authorized circulation staff or authorized distributors. No person may, without the permission of publisher, take more than one copy of each Independent issue. Subscriptions are available, paid in advance, for $120 per year. Send subscription requests with name and address to subscriptions@independent.com. The contents of the Independent are copyrighted 2020 by the Santa Barbara Independent, Inc. No part may be reproduced without permission from the publisher. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material. A stamped, self-addressed envelope must accompany all submissions expected to be returned. The Independent is published every Thursday at 12 E. Figueroa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Advertising rates on request: (805) 965-5205. The Independent is available on the internet at independent.com. Press run of the Independent is 40,000 copies. Audited certification of circulation is available on request. The Independent is a legal adjudicated newspaper — court decree no. 157386.

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stabber remains outstanding in this investigation,” prosecutor Kim Siegel stated in Pacheco’s sentencing report. His defense

attorney, Adam Pearlman, did not respond to a request for comment.

Pacheco had been held in Santa Barbara County Jail without bail since his arrest on August 3, 2018. Those 15 months of time served will count toward his prison term.

Before his arrest, Pacheco was an up-and-coming rapper. He’d gained a large following in his hometown of Santa Barbara and had recently signed with a major label. “This defendant is a self-admitted Eastside gang member,” said Siegel, referencing Pacheco’s music videos, including for the songs “Gang Signs” and “For My Gangstas,” which have racked up millions of views on YouTube. “One can hope any musical abilities or opportunities will not be directed at further promotion of the gang lifestyle.”

—Tyler Hayden

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St. George Slays Frat Boy Case Landlord Wins Slam Dunk in Class-Action Lawsuit over Security Deposits

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arry Tran thought Isla Vista landlord Ed St. George stiffed him for $600 of his $1,400 security deposit and took St. George to court claiming he failed to provide him a proper accounting. Tran, a former UCSB student who now lives in Orange County, would emerge as the lead plaintiff in a sprawling class-action lawsuit against St. George that could have involved no fewer than 3,200 of St. George’s tenants over an eight-year time span.

But when the dust settled in Judge Pauline Maxwell’s courtroom late last week, Maxwell dismissed the case against St. George even before it was time for his attorneys to make their case. Tran’s attorneys, she ruled, failed to provide a shred of evidence that St. George improperly deducted for normal wear and tear on the premises from anyone’s security deposit.

Worse yet for Tran, he may now find himself on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees that St. George, as the prevailing party, is entitled to sue for. St. George estimated his legal defense cost $400,000. St. George’s attorney, Robert Forouzandeh, said the true costs were significantly higher than that. “We’re talking five years of litigation and 100,000 pages of legal documents we had to

produce for trial,” Forouzandeh stated.

Tran and 14 others rented a four-bedroom house on Del Playa owned by St. George from 2013 to 2014. It turned out they all belonged to the same fraternity—Beta Theta Pi—which would be decertified one year after they moved out for hazing and excessive partying. Had he known their affiliation, St. George testified, he never would have rented to Tran and his friends. The national branch of the fraternity cited “the defiant actions” and “dishonest responses” of the UCSB chapter, not to mention a “pattern of high-risk behavior.”

St. George testified that Tran and his cotenants trashed his property, kicking in two doors, spray painting windows with blue paint, destroying blinds, removing seven smoke detectors, engaging in egg fights, and smoking so much pot that the walls had to be chemically scrubbed to eliminate the odor before being repainted. Two refrigerators, St. George added, had their guts ripped out so that two beer kegs could be installed. The place operated as party central with a platform installed in the front yard and equipped with outdoor couches. “This is the kind of stuff you can’t make up, Your Honor,” St. George told the judge.

In response, St. George — who now rents out 320 rental units — deducted $5,800 from

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anta Barbara rap artist and Eastside gang member Sad Boy Loko, legally Mario Hernandez-Pacheco, was sentenced January 15 to three years in prison after pleading guilty to felony assault and street terrorism. Pacheco, 30, struck a plea deal with prosecutors in December to avoid a trial on his original charges of attempted murder and robbery.

According to prosecutors, in the early-morning hours of July 23, 2018, near the Cacique Street footbridge, Pacheco was with two minors and another adult male when they attacked and stabbed a 19-year-old victim after stealing his backpack, which contained drugs. The victim suffered a 15-centimeter stab wound to the top of his head and a fractured skull. “Sadly, because of the code of silence followed by gang members, the primary adult assailant and

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A call to “Dump Trump” echoed during the Women’s March in Santa Barbara on 1/18 as activists fired up by the prospect of an impeachment trial held their fourth event in the County Courthouse Sunken Garden and marched down State Street to De la Guerra Plaza. The crowd of roughly 1,000 was smaller than the 6,000 who gathered in 2017 but still filled the courthouse green. November’s election took on a special significance to demonstrators. Speakers, posters, and chants overlapped in urgency to encourage “marching all the way to November,” Supervisor Das Williams called to the crowd.

EDUCATION On 1/14, the Santa Barbara Unified school board unanimously chose Nebraska-based McPherson & Jacobson to find for the district a replacement for outgoing Superintendent Cary Matsuoka. Representatives of the firm said they will come back at no cost to the district if the new superintendent — who, they said, could be hired as soon as April — does not work out within the first two years of being hired.

ENVIRONMENT the $13,000 security deposit the tenants had paid. He paid them the rest and provided a detailed summary of costs incurred within the 21 days required by law.

Tran’s attorneys, Ron Bochner and Duane Westrup, argued that wasn’t enough. They contended that St. George should have depreciated the damage the tenants caused by factoring in normal wear and tear. If someone crashed into a five-year-old car, the responsible party would not be on the hook for a new car, they argued, but a new five-year-old car.

Tran and St. George were the only witnesses called. Tran was asked only three questions. The banter between Westrup and St. George got a little edgy. At one point, St. George asked if he could stand up to display his typical procedure for inspecting vacated apartments. “Sure, as long as you don’t hit anybody,” Westrup answered.

St. George — a well-known fitness buff — had little cause to get physical; his attorney cleaned the courtroom floor with Westrup and Bochner. State law, St. George insisted, did not require landlords to account for normal wear and tear when making deductions.

State law, his attorney argued, was effectively silent on what details needed to be itemized by landlords making security deposit withholdings.

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Due to high fire conditions in Los Padres National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service has outlawed unmanaged recreational shooting through 6/30.

Hunters with a valid California license are exempt during the open hunting season. Under the ban, shooting a firearm is only allowed in permitted shooting ranges. Violations are punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 for individuals and $10,000 for organizations or up to six months in prison.

California and eight environmental groups sued the Trump administration last week over the opening of more than a million acres to oil and gas drilling in mid-December. The majority of the acres are in the San Joaquin Valley, but in Santa Barbara County, some of the 122,000 acres affected are near the Cuyama Valley, Purisima Hills, Sisquoc River, and Tepusquet Canyon and include the entirety of Vandenberg Air Force Base and parts of Lompoc.

COURTS & CRIME Just before 1 a.m. on 1/18, police dispatch received an emergency call that a man was found bleeding on Olive Street between Carrillo and Figueroa streets. He was taken to Cottage Hospital by ambulance and died of his injuries. With the investigation active into what appears to be a homicide one block from S.B. High, police only stated an “adult male” was found with “numerous wounds consistent with an assault.” The Sheriff-Coroner’s office identified the victim as William Pulle-Valle, 24, of S.B. n

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he Reverend James Lawson wasn’t mincing his words. “This is the first tyrant at this level we’ve ever had.”

The keynote speaker at this year’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Arlington Theatre, Lawson described President Donald Trump alternately as “a force of spiritual wickedness” and “Tyrant Number One.” Lawson, now a professor at Cal State Northridge, first met King in 1957, having spent the previous five years studying nonviolent protests from Chicago to South Africa. Lawson would quickly emerge as one of King’s key strategic co-conspirators when it came to bus boycotts, sit-ins, and freedom rides in the subsequent years.

King, Lawson said, was the first major voice in “all Western civilization” to warn about the pitfalls of violent protest. “It does not create communities where human decency is respected and exalted,” he said to

an audience of several hundred who occupied about half the seats in the Arlington.

Lawson also took pains to stress the importance of Rosa Parks, whose refusal to ride in the back of a bus triggered the bus boycotts in Birmingham, Alabama, frequently mentioning her name in the same breath as King’s.

Americans living today did not create the systems of racism and sexism, but they have definitely inherited it, he said. Californians need to recognize their own legacy of racism — begat, he said, by real estate housing covenants instead of Jim Crow laws.

The most pressing challenge, he said, is defeating Trump in 2020 and by “tens of millions of votes,” not the three million by which Democrat Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2016. The choice, he said —borrowing a line from King—is between “co-annihilation and co-existence.”

—Nick Welsh

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Santa Barbara jury concluded that the City of Santa Barbara must pay Thomas Felkay $2.4 million because the Santa Barbara City Council denied him the permits necessary to build a new three-bedroom home on the bluff-top Mesa property he bought in 2006 for $850,000.

City planners found that Felkay’s property lay perilously in the path of the 1978 mudslide and opted to deny him the Local Coastal Permit needed to proceed. Felkay sued, claiming City Hall had effectively taken his property without compensation.

After a trial last year, Judge Thomas Anderle agreed.

Last week, a jury determined that City

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Hall owed Felkay $2.4 million for “taking” his property. That’s about the same amount as what he paid for the land originally coupled with the $1.5 million his attorney said he spent on geological studies showing it was safe to build. It’s also about halfway between the $1 million City Hall said the property was worth and the $3.3 million Felkay thought it was.

The $2.4 million does not include the $2 million Felkay’s attorney, Joseph Liebman, says the city will soon be on the hook for in legal fees. City Attorney Ariel Calonne indicated that he would be asking the council to consider an appeal of Judge Anderle’s ruling.

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Bochner and Westrup argued that St. George took normal wear and tear into consideration only when he felt like it; he did so, they claimed, with tenants he liked but didn’t for tenants he didn’t like. This, they argued, was not just unfair, but illegal.

Judge Maxwell read the law differently. She said it prohibited St. George from FIT TO STAND TRIAL: When landlord Ed St. George asked if he could claiming deductions based stand up in court to display his typical procedure for inspecting vacated on normal wear and tear, apartments, the plaintiff’s attorney Duane Westrup responded, “Sure, as nothing more. And Tran’s long as you don’t hit anybody.” attorneys, she concluded, ing to student tenants. One case settled out presented no evidence that he ever had.

Neither Bochner nor Westrup responded of court, Forouzandeh reported, and in the to repeated calls for comment. Forouzandeh other, Bochner was still in the process of stated that Bochner filed a similar complaint attempting to get a class certified for another against other large rental companies cater- class-action lawsuit. n

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NOT IN MY BACKYARD: Dirt and debris from the Montecito mudflow (pictured) and the ongoing Goleta Slough dredging program have been placed on top of the old Foothill Landfill, an insufficiently examined process, according to neighbors, who are fighting it.

Use of Old Landfill Raises a Stink Neighbors of Debris Disposal Site Object to Dirt, Dust, Noise, Lost Views

by Alexandra Mauceri ancho Sueno residents and County Public Works are embroiled in a dispute over the use of the old landfill site on County Road, aka Dump Road. For 18 days last October, Public Works hauled 20,000 cubic yards of muck dredged from the Goleta Slough “at a rate of more than 30 semitruck dump truck loads per hour,” according to neighbor Ted Smith, who’s lived on Sueno Road to the east of the transfer station for 17 years.

“We are completely exhausted by the continuous large equipment operations, noise, disturbance, dust, etc.,” Smith wrote to Supervisor Gregg Hart in a 15-page letter.

The sounds of machinery were so pervasive, neighbors made tape recordings for county officials to hear firsthand.

The Foothill Landfill on Calle Real closed in 1967, the year the transfer station opened across the road. Over the years, the zone became a recreational area and home to the Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center, which has been in its current location for 23 years. To make room for future county materials and debris, Hearts is scheduled to move up the hill, onto the highest point of the ridge and directly upwind of the Rancho Sueno community. Smith and his direct neighbors vehemently oppose the move, saying the new site is closer to their homes and will bring unwanted smells, sounds, flies, and so on. Hearts is still getting permit approval for its move, which will be addressed at an upcoming Planning Commission hearing on February 5.

The closed landfill was earmarked as a disposal site for sediment coming from maintenance activities, storm activities, and the Goleta Slough Dredging Program about a decade ago for flood control purposes.

Public Works had been using agricultural and industrial sites to absorb most of the material until a more permanent solution could be found, said Deputy Public Works Director Thomas Fayram. In terms of costs and practicality, Fayram said, the closed

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landfill is the best location available to perform a much-needed service for the entire county. Plans were finalized in 2010, complete with community meetings and a 988page environmental impact report (EIR).

“No one can recall or produce paperwork that shows they had been informed about the 2010 EIR or the meeting,” Smith said in his letter to Hart. The EIR backs him up, in part; one of the final meetings in April 2010 had no one in attendance and closed after 15 minutes. Smith described his neighbors as progressive and said it was “absolutely laughable” that none would attend such a meeting. Another neighbor, Craig Fusaro, who served on the Natural Resources Advisory Committee for the 2nd District under Susan Rose, thinks the lack of attendees should have been an immediate red flag. The Rancho Sueno neighborhood has historically been a vocal one, previously objecting to a proposed rockcrushing facility, hazardous waste disposal site, and a materials recycling center — none of which were installed.

During 2018’s 1/9 Debris Flow in Montecito, debris was brought to the closed landfill, which residents endured because of the emergency situation. However, at no time during the disposal operation did they realize it was part of a previously sanctioned, long-term county plan — even after Public Works held a public hearing about the activity.

As a result, when heavy operations began last October, long after the Montecito debris had been dealt with, the Rancho Sueno community was confused by the activity that started without notice or explanation. Residents say that aside from the impact construction has on their dayto-day lives, it’s also leaving a permanent mark by changing the landscape. Neighbors contend that the county’s reconfiguration of the landfill is obscuring views of the ocean and mountains to the west.

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The lawsuit is over Assembly Bill 1680, written by Assemblymember Monique Limón and signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2019. AB 1680 directs the California Coastal Commission, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the State Lands Commission, and BEACH BATTLE: Hollister Ranch and its coveted beaches and surf the Coastal Conservancy to breaks are at the heart of a new public-access lawsuit. update the Hollister Ranch Public Access Program to truly enforce the had no objection and recommended more public-access law by explicitly making it a realistic deadlines, which were adopted,” crime for anyone to obstruct public access said Monte Ward, president of the Hollister to these coveted beaches and surf breaks in Ranch Owners’ Association. “But then …

Santa Barbara County. According to the law, AB 1680 was transformed, without hearings those who do not comply may be punished or debate, into an overreaching and unconby fines in excess of $20,000. stitutional bill that tramples on protections The Hollister Ranch Owners’ Associa- of due process, illegal search and seizure, free tion has battled state officials and public- speech, and the taking of private property access advocates for more than 40 years to without compensation.” maintain its 8.5-mile long coastline as private Ward’s lawsuit, although not unexpected, access, despite the State Legislature requir- could throw a wrench in what the Califoring them to provide wide public access in nia Coastal Commission and other publicexchange for developing the ranch in 1982. access advocates had dubbed a major victory.

They’ve repeatedly cited worries that the “Regrettably, I am not surprised by the public will spoil beaches they’ve worked to lawsuit regarding AB 1680,” Assemblymember Limón said. “Access to the public beaches preserve.

Last year, the two sides began working on in this area have been litigated for almost an agreement that would satisfy them both four decades, and it was time for someone — until the association felt that the agree- accountable to the constituents of this area ment was not honored by AB 1680. to bring stakeholders to the table to find a “When AB 1680 was originally written, we solution.”

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n outside consulting firm hired by the County of Santa Barbara to help make the government body more nimble and effective recommended moving its Office of Emergency Management (OEM) out of the County Executive Office and into the Fire Department. The move, the consultants claim, would help OEM address its deep-rooted planning, staffing, and communication issues, all of which came to a head during the Thomas Fire and deadly 1/9 Debris Flow. “Interviews have indicated that OEM lacks the capacity and capability for ongoing communications and community engagement before and after incidents,” the report states.

The day before 23 people were killed in the debris flow, the OEM issued confusing and contradictory warning messages to Montecito residents. A public survey following the disaster confirmed the OEM’s alerts were poorly worded, untimely, and largely ineffective. The OEM also struggles to staff a 24/7 duty officer, the report states, and frequently falls “months behind” in its planning and drilling for major events.

Former director Rob Lewin, a retired Cal Fire chief, took over the department in

2015 and quietly retired in 2019. Even before Lewin, the OEM struggled with internal problems that manifested external mistakes.

Ryan Rockabrand spent only two years on the job, during which time the OEM lost all five of its emergency managers, was the defendant in an expensive — and losing — fair employment lawsuit, and was subject to an unprecedented months-long audit for improper billing.

With Lewin leaving, along with the recent departure of another manager, the department is now bereft of any institutional knowledge or experience. Among its sixperson staff, the longest-serving employee came on board in late 2018. Its new director, Kelly Hubbard, was hired from the Municipal Water District of Orange County; its two other managers have backgrounds in animal services and behavioral health.

County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato told the supervisors her office has been mulling the OEM move for some time now. The consulting firm plans to review all county departments over the next two years as part of its Renew ’22 initiative.

—Tyler Hayden

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ROOMS WITH A VIEW: The new Casa Anatega building offers 30 units of rental housing with panoramic window views of the Riviera — and rents to match.

Casa Anatega’s ‘Workforce Housing’ Councilmember Sneddon Calls Out $5,250-a-Month Luxury Apartments The AUD program to which Sneddon alluded is the controversial effort launched

by City Hall to spur the construction of new rental housing by reducing parking requirements and allowing greater densities than zoning would otherwise allow. Without availing themselves of the program’s benefits, developers of Casa Anatega could have built only 13 units and would have had to build two parking spaces for every unit, as opposed to just one.

When the program was launched, city councilmembers were targeting middleand upper-middle-income households: those making $63,000$158,000 a year. But even ‘This is another example of how the tenants occupying the Average Unit-size Density program is upper tier of these brackets would find themselves not meeting the intended purpose of priced out of reach by the creating workforce housing.’ listing price of Casa Anatega’s two-bedroom units.

—City Councilmember Kristen Sneddon Those in the so-called missing middle could not The new building, developed by Michael afford the studios or one-bedroom units.

Rosenfeld and Austin Herlihy, offers 30 Herlihy stressed that his units will, in units of rental housing on top of a ground fact, qualify as workforce housing for the floor of still-to-be-determined retail or new wave of highly paid high-tech workcommercial space. Designed by architect ers moving to Santa Barbara. Amazon, Brian Cearnal, the building offers thick it’s reported, will employ as many as 350 white stucco walls with enough Moroccan engineers in its new downtown digs, also tile work, customized wrought-iron fix- developed by Rosenfeld and designed by tures, and panoramic window views of the Cearnal. The new units, Herlihy stated, will Riviera to qualify as Architectural Digest’s not exceed their budgets and will allow a playmate of the month. The roof is covered new cadre of hip, young workers to walk to with low-lying succulents designed to cap- their jobs, spreading their wealth as they go.

Critics of the AUD program contend too ture rain and funnel it through customized copper spouts into Moorishly tiled planter many of the new “workforce” units are too expensive. Supporters insist just as veheboxes nearly five feet high.

While the architecture will win both mently that the new rental units—no matpraise and awards, the rental rates are start- ter how pricey—help rectify the crushing ing to induce heartburn even though ten- imbalance between supply and demand and ants don’t start moving in until February 1. will eventually help cool off housing prices.

“This is another example of how the AUD City planners, however, have collected no [Average Unit-size Density] program is not data to support either viewpoint. To date, meeting the intended purpose of creating the AUD program has resulted in the proworkforce housing,” stated Councilmem- duction of 250 new housing units, but few ber Kristen Sneddon. “We need meaning- of the new developments have yet turned ful housing. We need it to be addressing in surveys of their tenants—who they are, the needs of the missing middle, not giving where they come from, how old they are, away limited space to incentivize luxury and how much they pay—as the program units.” n calls for.

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ock the Vote Santa Barbara—a supposed nonpartisan chapter of the national nonprofit that popped up in Isla Vista just months before the March 3 primaries —was never associated with the national effort to encourage young people to vote, the Independent uncovered.

The Independent reached out to the national affiliate and was told that Rock the Vote S.B. was served a cease-and-desist notice in December 2019. Despite this notice, the group continued using the same name and logo while recruiting interest at a table set up at UCSB two weeks ago.

After backing out of an interview with the Independent, Rock the Vote S.B. Executive Director Robin Howe sent the following statement (which can be read in full online): “In August 2019, I responded to a post on the Rock the Vote S.B. website that they were hiring,” Howe wrote. “I was introduced to and met briefly with Bruce Porter.

He mentioned his intention was to create a non-partisan voter registration group in Isla Vista.” Howe said he only agreed to take the role if his compensation came from private donors and if a firewall were put in place between any candidates or campaigns, among other stipulations.

Porter, who is running against incumbent Joan Hartmann for 3rd District county supervisor, denied his campaign was connected to Rock the Vote S.B., claiming, “I think this was manufactured to distract us from bringing a voice and change to Isla Vista.”

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O RT H O PA E D I C F O OT & A N K L E C E N T E R Student registration in I.V., a key voting bloc of the 3rd District, tends to be liberal.

In past years, conservative candidates have attempted to suppress those votes through various means, including encouraging students to register to vote in their hometowns instead of I.V. Rock the Vote S.B. reportedly used the same voter-suppression tactics. Some students also claimed the false chapter encouraged them to register to vote online rather than in person with paper forms, where they can ensure they are properly registered.

Howe disputed these claims. In his statement, he said his website linked to the official Secretary of State website and that he “always encouraged people to vote in the region where they cared about the local issues.” He said that although his group encouraged students to register online, the group still carried physical paper forms.

Voters can check their voter registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov. The deadline to register for the March Presidential Primary Election is February 18. —Delaney Smith

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community, similar outcry would have resulted, and, perhaps, a few legal actions as well,” wrote Fusaro in a letter to Public Works Director Scott McGolpin.

In response to the community’s accusations, Public Works held a meeting for residents and released a fact sheet about the activity on the ridge. Per California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) rules, rather than noticing the 200-plus Rancho Sueno residents individually, Public Works posted notices in the daily paper and solicited input from public agencies and public interest groups. The department sent a letter to its contact at the Rancho Sueno Improvement Association, but no record of it can be found.

The feeling of trust is low, say Rancho Sueno’s residents, some of whom raised concerns about future erosion, fire hazards, methane leaks, toxic soil, air quality, and slope stability. Others, including Smith and Fusaro, question if the work is properly regulated, staying within the bounds of the original EIR, and adhering to permits.

“Public Works maintains compliance with three entities that regulate activities at the Landfill and ensure environmental and public safety,” the department stated in its

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fact sheet. Listed were CalRecycle, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the Air Pollution Control District. Additionally, the department claims the deposited sediments will help cover the underlying landfill and promote plant growth.

“We’re trying to be good neighbors,” said Deputy Director of Public Works Leslie Wells in an interview. “Unfortunately, no matter where we go, there are ‘neighbors’ everywhere who aren’t going to want us around.”

To reduce impact on the community, the county is limiting work hours to weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., using water trucks to manage dust, testing soil for toxicity, changing truck back-up sounds to a lower decibel, and planting native vegetation to prevent erosion and maintain the aesthetics of the area.

Public Works says the closed landfill will remain accessible for recreational use until further notice.

According to Smith’s letter, the Rancho Sueno community won’t be happy until the county finds another location to deposit debris, has the EIR reevaluated, and keeps Hearts in its current place.

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VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN: I lack the computational skills needed to calculate how many angels can actually dance on the head of a pin. Such measurements exceed my pay grade

when it comes to math, theology, and dance appreciation. But I’m betting Bruce Porter, now running a second time for 3rd District county supervisor, could tell you. When it comes to splitting hairs, Porter has proven himself a board-certified microsurgeon.

Bringing this to the fore is Porter’s response last week upon being asked to describe his relationship with Robin Howe, who recently resigned as head of Rock the Vote Santa Barbara amid allegations of voter suppression in Isla Vista on behalf of Porter’s campaign.

Porter told Independent reporter Delaney Smith that he had no connection at all with the local Rock the Vote effort or with Howe. Smith reported as much.

Smith also reported what Howe told her, and he directly contradicted what Porter said. Howe said that it was Porter himself with whom he first met when applying for the job.

After Smith’s story appeared highlighting Porter’s denial and Howe’s rebuttal, Porter quickly issued a clarification, which Smith immediately included. He acknowledged he met personally with Howe but insisted that his campaign had no contact with him or Rock the Vote S.B.

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“too cute by half,” this is precisely the sort of double-talk people have in mind.

Porter then doubled down in a mailer to

supporters accusing the Independent of spreading lies. Smith’s article, he stated, was “ludicrously inaccurate,” and the Independent guilty of “proactive complicity” with the Democratic Party bosses now trying to get his chief rival, incumbent supervisor Joan Hartmann, elected to a second term. Such tactics, he averred, were “vicious and vile.”

I get it; when backed into a corner, play the “Fake News” card.

At a time when the president is being tried for impeachment and the sanctity of America’s National Pastime is once again rocked by a high-stakes cheating scandal, why should you care?

Unlike what happens at the state, national, and international levels, we actually exert a modicum of control over what happens locally.

This March, three of the county’s five supervisorial seats are up for grabs. Hanging in the balance is which way the supervisors will swing. Sucking up all the oxygen in the room is the 1st District race, in which two liberal, progressive, environmentally minded candidates — incumbent Das Williams and challenger Laura Capps — are going after each other. It’s our very own analog of the Bernie Sanders– Elizabeth Warren food fight. But whoever wins that one, the tilt of the board won’t change.

The same can’t be said, however, for the 3rd District, the most sprawling, complicated,

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and divided of the five districts, which encompasses Isla Vista,

parts of Goleta, and the Santa Ynez Valley. The 1st District may pack the most

melodrama, but the 3rd District is for all the marbles. Whichever side wins this one controls the board, which otherwise remains evenly split according to north-south lines. In this context, there are some clear choices with Hartmann and Porter being the two front-runners.

Hartmann, a former EPA administrator, has long supported tougher greenhouse-gas rules on new and existing oil development.

Porter, by contrast, has sought to rebrand the local oil industry in terms that will resonate kindly with the artisanal foody crowd, describing it as “locally sourced, locally regulated, ‘farm-to-table petroleum.’ ” It’s worth noting that the last time Porter ran, the oil industry poured $60,000 into a political action committee dedicated to getting him elected. In this scenario, the importance of the Isla Vista voting bloc can’t be overstated. That’s because in a typical election, Isla Vista voters account for one-third of the votes cast in the 3rd District.

For candidates offering the oil industry a more sympathetic ear, Isla Vista can be a cold place in hell. For them, voter suppression might be their only chance.

Typically, we respond to allegations of Isla Vista voter suppression with all the same torpor and lassitude that we react to charges of political yard sign tampering. We hear it every election; it’s background noise. But this year was different. We got tips indicating that the national Rock the Vote campaign disavowed the local Rock the Vote initiative. Reporter Delaney

Smith made a few phone calls and determined that the national had put the locals on notice not once, but twice, to cease and desist using the Rock the Vote name. Smith tried numerous times to get an interview with Howe, who ran the I.V. effort, but to no avail. When she drove out to the Isla Vista address listed by Rock the Vote Santa Barbara, Smith was stunned to discover that no such street number existed.

Things were getting weird.

Hartmann campaign aides have charged that Howe — and, by extension, Porter — have sought to suppress the Isla Vista vote by encouraging new arrivals to register back home. They allege students have been told their car insurance rates will be higher if they register to vote in I.V. Howe, for the record, denies this vehemently. Porter’s campaign was dogged by similar allegations the last time he ran. Back then, he also denied accusations of voter suppression. It was all about providing would-be voters “choice,” he said.

Not to split more hairs, but in the same missive in which Porter dismissed our reporting about alleged voter suppression as “ludicrously inaccurate,” he also bragged about how effectively his Rock the Vote Santa Barbara campaign had been at just that. “Far more students chose to register back home,” he wrote, “and there are 1,400 fewer students registered to vote in I.V. this year compared to this point in 2016.”

I may not know how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but I know an admission of voter suppression when I see it.

And I didn’t say it. Bruce Porter did.

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dissolving something is simply on the same continuum. It’s called “change.” And change is exactly what a coach facilitates.

A coach builds like an architect, and as a graduate of the College for Divorce Coaching, I can say it is empowering when clients produce their own answers. That’s sustainable change when they create their own vision for the future and it allows them to respond to inner revelation, always more powerful than outward suggestions.

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Michael passed away on December 29, 2019. He leaves behind his wife Debbie, children Payton, Tanner and Ciara. His mother Sandra his Grandmother Tillie, Uncle John, Aunt Debbie and many more family members. We will have a celebration of his life, Saturday February 1st. 2020 from 12 pm to 4pm at Manning Park area 9 in Montecito.

To remember this wonderful man.

Amanda Mardon

3/28/1943 - 1/11/2020

Amanda Mardon passed away peacefully on January 11th , 2020, surrounded by her immediate family after a 5½ year courageous fight with lung cancer. She lived a life deeply connected to and devoted to her family and friends. She had an amazing ability to listen and to offer sound advice, while being present and non-judgmental; her friends and family always felt that their trials and triumphs were supported and celebrated as if they were her own.

In addition to connecting with people, she enjoyed hiking the SB trails, dancing, sculpting, gardening, social activism, spiritual/philosophical pursuits, and conversations with depth and meaning. She also was a member of Toastmasters for many years and took great joy in challenging herself and sharing her stories.

Amanda was born to Austin and Eve Mardon in Wookey Hole, Somerset, England, on March 28th, 1943. When Amanda was 9, the fam18

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Her adventurous spirit called her to live and study in Montpellier, France, at the age of 19. At 21 she adopted a very different culture and language by moving to Beirut, Lebanon, where she married Afif Samaha and raised three daughters. While in Lebanon, Amanda taught English in a secondary school, where she was adored and respected by both students and fellow faculty. Already skilled in English and French she expanded her language repertoire to include Arabic!

In 1978, due to the civil war in Lebanon, Amanda and Afif brought their family to her hometown of Santa Barbara.

Needing to help financially support her young family, she worked several different jobs including as an optician at Santa Barbara Optometry Care for 15 years. Helping and connecting with hundreds of patients gave her great satisfaction and joy. Amanda and Afif ’s marriage lasted for 38 years.

In 2007, during a Contra Dance, Amanda met and soon fell in love with Mike Weissman. They married in 2012 in a beautiful ceremony on their property surrounded by their combined family of 5 children and 8 grandchildren and many friends. They both felt very fortunate and blessed to have found each other at this late stage of their lives and to have had a very happy, devoted, and joyful marriage for 7½ years.

Amanda is survived by her husband Mike, her daughters Eva Samaha, Ursula O’Connor, and Anita Samaha, her sisters Athena Foley and Annette Collins, her grandchildren Anya, Kylan, and Kiva, and her extended Weissman family.

The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made in her honor to the Santa Barbara Visiting Nurses Hospice Program or to the Ridley-Tree Cancer Center.

A celebration of her life will take place on February 1st, but the space is very limited.

If you would like to attend, please contact Mike (mikew. icloud@icloud.com) or one of the family members.

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ment Fund, can be made in lieu of flowers.

Memorial services for Carol will be held at Goleta Presbyterian Church, 6067 Shirrell Way, Goleta, California on January 25, 2020 at 2PM.

Pamela Stableford

12/30/1952 - 12/28/2019 Carol Isabelle Higgins passed away after a long, courageous health battle on January 27, 2019 at UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital. Born to Dr. George A. and Isabelle (Heck) Higgins in Washington DC on December 13,1959, Carol was the youngest of five (Alfred, Donald, Heather Aanes and Laura Palmer). Carol earned a BS in Psychology from Georgetown University, a MS in Psychology from Univ of Connecticut and a PhD in Psychology from University of California Berkeley. Married to fellow UC Berkeley PhD John Matthew Hutchinson on July 17, 1993 in Santa Barbara, Carol and John had recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Their son, George, is currently attending Berkeley studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Carol taught psychology at UC Berkeley and San Jose State and was research director of the child studies center. Carol leaves behind her beloved rescue dog, Bermuda, and is pre-deceased by dogs Bo, Riley and Charlie. Carol loved friends, swimming, dogs, flowers, watermelon, the color pink and sewing.

Thanks go to Drs. James Egan, David Fisk, Mukul Gupta, Timothy Rodgers and Brittany Bryan as well as the entire care staff of SB Cottage Hospital and UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital for their medical expertise and compassionate care.

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Pam was kind to her horses, pets, livestock and was especially generous to her dear friends.

Pamela, you have always cut a wide wake behind you your whole life and you still do.

Pun intended. You are sorely missed by many.

Pamela wanted no services.

In lieu of flowers please donate in her memory to Direct Relief or the charity of your choosing

Karena Ryals

6/30/1954 - 11/5/2019

Pamela was born in Kansas to Kathrine and Landon Stableford and is survived by her older brother, Lanny.

From that prairie whirlwind start Pamela was a force of nature. She lived her life like a Cavalry charge, growing up in Mexico and traveling to Europe, India, Africa and Afghanistan.

Pamela attended the Latin School in Chicago, Marymount in Cuernavaca, Foxcroft in Virgina and the Sorbonne in Paris. Pam inherited Mom’s eye and flair for improving and flipping houses. Pam was good at upscaling homes to the benefit of her clientele.

Pamela’s lifelong passion was riding: First on the burros that brought firewood in Cuernavaca, then to Charro School where the girls rode sidesaddle. Then out of Chicago’s famed multi story Clark St Stables to Lincoln Park. On to cross-country desert trails into the Indian canyons of Palm Springs. She also enjoyed sleigh rides in Idaho, whitewater rafting the Snake, Green and Colorado Rivers. I could go on, but you get the point.

Pam lost bits and pieces along the way. She earned the scars but nothing could deter her from pursuing her passion with horses. She always cowgirled-up, dusted herself off and got back in the saddle.

When the saddle became impractical she learned to drive a carriage.

A Celebration of Karena's life will be at the Unitarian Society 1533 Santa Barbara St. on Saturday Feb. 1 at 2 p.m.

Frank Mecono

4/19/1942 - 12/14/2019

Frank H. Mecono, 77, passed away on December 14th, 2019 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. He is survived by his Brother Johnny Mecono, Sons Brian Mecono and Frankie Mecono and Grandchildren Taylor, Finn and Zaden. Frank was born on April 19, 1942 at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital. He grew up in Eagle Canyon Ranch where his family raised cattle and harvested fruits and vegetables. Frank enjoyed deer hunting, motorcycle riding and spending time with his family and friends. Frank retired from the Goleta Water District in 2008 after 33 years of service. There will be a Celebration of Life on January 25th at Tuckers Grover Park in Santa Barbara from 11am-3pm.

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Michael Dvortcsak 1937-2019

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What does it mean to pursue something with daily diligence and passion to an uncertain result? Art can be hard to measure in worldly terms. History may deliver a different verdict from the contemporary one.

It wasn’t long after I entered UCSB in 1957 as a 17-year-old freshman that I met Michael Dvortcsak. Mickey, as he was known, was probably the most vivid person I’d encountered. Though only a semester ahead of me, he seemed far advanced in this game of life I was trying to scope out. Witty, talented, athletic, charismatic, he lived in a trailer off the road from Goleta to Santa Barbara where he cooked, listened to music, studied, drew, played ukulele, and hosted girlfriends.

We soon became fast friends. But partly to placate my father’s hopes for me, I transferred to Stanford my sophomore year. My return to UCSB the following year probably had a lot to do with Mickey, who epito- HALL OF MIRRORS: Beginning in 2008, Mickey Dvortcsak’s lifelong conmized what Stanford lacked: inspiration, versation with art culminated in a striking new series, set in the world’s originality, unfettered imagination. great museums, the artist looking at people looking at masterworks.

UCSB at that time was still little more than a collection of Quonset huts and administra- entertaining as always but loud, off-key, a parody of tion buildings. Yet drawn by the twin allures of good my brilliant friend from youth. His painting, what I weather and good salaries, a formidable array of elite saw of it, seemed wooden, stalled. The drinking had educators had landed there, notably in the literature overtaken him. and art departments, inducing in us kids a heady mix Toward the end of that decade, admittedly out of a of surfer hedonism and high seriousness. sense of duty, I visited him at his studio in Ojai. There Mickey, who’d shown an early facility at drawing, had been a recovery; he had come through. The man was studying under the fiercely figurative tutelage of I encountered was sober, wise, spiritual.

Howard Warshaw and the visiting Italian-American He was painting daily, assiduously. The work was master Rico LeBrun. In the English Department, we coming alive. Portraits. Studies. Figures. Landscapes. sat in small seminars with the likes of Aldous Huxley There followed shows, galleries, patrons, museums. A variety of recognitions. The rich respect of his peers. and Christopher Isherwood.

Weekends we listened to early Ray Charles, drank Visits from loyal friends, fellow artists.

Each day, Mickey got up and painted. This is a life beer, played volleyball, and compared notes on Caravaggio, Hermann Hesse, Art Blakey. Mickey was in art; this is what you do. He would do it for the rest starting to draw attention outside UCSB as a young of his days. artist to watch, while I edited the school paper and Across Michael Dvortcsak’s lifetime, a good deal of drummed at a jazz club called The Spigot. There were art had moved off the canvas. Classical painting, that lots of parties. Once, suspended from school for being ancient pursuit, ceased to command the stage. Someat a gathering where alcohol was present, we spent the times there were lean stretches. Yet Mickey remained days playing frisbee at the beach. steadfast. Once or twice a year I’d visit, and he’d make After graduation, Mickey headed for Italy and the pasta; we’d maybe play a little piano, listen to Glenn museums, me to Paris, Copenhagen, and Barcelona Gould, talk of mutual friends. The visits were always to work in jazz clubs while trying to write. We met up warm, insightful. We’d laugh over the weirdness of outside of Rome and lived together in Florence for a growing up in Southern California in the 1950s, the while, Mickey deepening his communion with the peculiarities of aging.

Renaissance masters.

He became a lovely man, at peace with much, rich Back in California, our lives diverged. He taught in in art, children, and grandchildren.

Beginning in 2008, my friend’s lifelong converthe Art Department at UCSB, while I moved to San Francisco, then Los Angeles. We started families. At sation with art culminated in a striking new series, one point, enthused by new ideas running through an homage to painting itself. Set in the world’s great California’s 1960s, we made a few experimental films museums, the artist looks at people looking at mastogether. I recollect a visit to Mickey in his large house terworks, which he has also rendered. A marvelous, on the Mesa and running into our roommate from magical hall of mirrors, summoning all his artistry UCSB, Richard Serra, on the brink of global fame as and skills.

Michael Dvortcsak lived an exemplary life of devoa sculptor.

After that, Mickey and I drifted out of touch. Word tion to his chosen creative art. He ventured far into the reached me that he no longer taught at UCSB. There spiritual heart of things. He knew love and passion had been a family tragedy, difficulties with alcohol. and friendship and family. How I’ll miss him.

Once in 1984, our paths crossed in Manhattan. He A celebration of life for Mickey Dvortcsak will be held on January 25 had work in a show; I had a novel coming out. A few in Ojai to share his art and his life with friends and family. To attend, years later, we met in L.A. for an exhibit of his, Mickey please email alexeyd@gene.com.

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he Roger Durling era at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival—16 years, with ink now drying on his contract to stay for another five— has started a new chapter. The modern festival’s origin story, in which Durling and company rescheduled the event to coincide with the Academy Awards nominations, thus tapping into the flood of marketing muscle and cinematic talent chasing the Oscars, definitely still applies, but it’s become backstory, a legend about how our annual screen bonanza acquired its considerable mojo. What’s happening with the organization now may be more subtle, but it is just as revolutionary. What was once a steady build-up of anticipation that found release for 11 days in January is now a full-blown, year-round proposition. As of 2020, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival never really stops.

Beginning in the 2000s, an astute link between its visible role in the Oscars race and an increasingly prestigious international program of independent films made the SBIFF prosperous. High-end sponsors such as this year’s crop, which includes Patagonia, UGG, Sephora, Netflix, and Belvedere Vodka, flocked to the lounges at the Arlington and the Lobero, as they continue to do, eager to tap into the buzz that crackles around red carpet tributes and afterparties for Oscar-nominated stars like Brad Pitt and Scarlett Johansson.

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The short and glorious answer is into film education. As Durling told me in December, “Everything we do now is with an educational mission, even the festival.” As of 2020, the SBIFF has developed a strikingly large repertoire of 14 distinct educational programs that, taken together, thoroughly transcend the expectations ordinarily associated with outreach. It’s not a film school — yet — but things are getting awfully close. Call it the University of Durling; wherever THE Roger goes, educational programs are sure to follow. It’s a passion for him, and it’s also a privilege for the organization, one that only became possible through increased continuity

BY CHARLES DONELAN of employment for the staff.

As we toured the SBIFF’s new facility on State Street, which is called the Barbakow Family Center for Film Studies, Durling said, “the success of the organization has allowed us to give people full-time, year-round jobs, and that changes everything. I always envisioned this,” he continued, “but in the beginning, there was no way to know if it would ever happen, if it could be sustainable.”

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When he first told the staff, many of whom had survived for years by working other jobs in the festival’s off season, “people reacted with total joy.” As anyone who has ever pursued their life’s passion while trying to make ends meet in Santa Barbara will tell you, there are things worth more than money, and one of them is full-time, year-round employment in your chosen creative field.

Continuity among the staff is part of what allowed the festival to spread geographically, keeping their old office on Chapala Street while opening the new Barbakow Family Center for Film Studies on State and Sola streets. Add to that the beautifully renovated Riviera Theatre, which the festival operates as a state-of-the-art, 21st-century art house, and you have the makings of a multifaceted motion picture empire. The Riviera sports the most comfortable seats and the highest-quality sound and projection system in the world.

When the documentary Aquarela was released in August 2019, the Riviera was one of only a handful of venues in the country able to show the film at its unusual, technologically advanced running speed of 96 frames per second. An ideal place to welcome guests to the popular Cinema Society screenings, the space allows Durling to host the actors, writers, and directors behind the year’s biggest films, often before their pictures have been released. They answer questions, pose for photos, and bask in the adulation of the film buffs who make this weekend morning gathering one of Santa Barbara’s worst-kept secrets.

As of 2020, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival never really stops.

Inspired by his early exposure to New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center, Durling set out to create a West Coast equivalent, and he has in many ways done Lincoln Center one better. In a theater much less than half the size, the Santa Barbara Cinema Society consistently attracts the artists and the movies that will go down in the film history books as the major releases of the year. Among the works recently featured with question and answer periods were Uncut Gems, with Adam Sandler present, and Bombshell, which director Jay Roach had not seen with an audience until he watched it here. Past guests include directors Peter Farrelly and Darren Aronofsky, among many others. “Everybody seems to like it,” Durling said with a hint of a smile.

Other programs at the Riviera cater to people with different needs. One of SBIFF Education Coordinator Claire Waterhouse’s favorites is Silver Screenings, an experience for transit-dependent elderly residents of Santa Barbara that, thanks to partner Easy Lift Transportation and sponsors the Mosher Foundation and Senior Programs of Santa Barbara, is completely free of charge. Once a month, a group of seniors is picked up and taken to the Riviera, where the tickets and refreshments are free, and the films are first-run and first-rate.

Durling points out that “most of the time, we can’t use the venue much before five because of parking restrictions, but this we can do.”

The 10-10-10 student program is probably the best known of all the festival’s educational programs. In this screenwriting and filmmaking mentorship and competition program, 10 writers work with 10 directors to make 10 films. High school and college students are both eligible to apply, and the program not only provides mentors for the production period but also screens the films during the festival and provides a thrilling reveal ceremony for the winners. Santa Barbara High School graduate Julia Kupiec, who participated in 10-10-10 in 2015, went on to New York University as a film student

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got involved as a director in 10-10-10 as a kind of experiment in high school. I had acted in 10-10-10 shorts for the past two years and I thought, why not flip to the other side of the camera? Just see how it feels. I was a latecomer to the MAD academy at SBHS and had just taken my first film class. I was absolutely in love with it, but I had no experience directing an actual narrative short. I had made one music video when I applied as a director in 2015 to 10-10-10.

My experience directing that year in 10-10-10 is probably the reason I’m a filmmaker now. I realized that everything I had ever been sort of good at came to play in directing a film. For the first time, it felt like I was using every side of my brain, every ounce of my capability in order to accomplish something. It was the first time in my life that I would sit down at a table to work and lift my head to realize eight hours had passed, I’d only consumed caffeine, and my left hand was shaking. I was totally in the flow and I was completely in love.

I didn’t win 10-10-10 that year; a capable director friend of mine, Patrick Hall, did. But I did end up with a short film that I included in my NYU film school application, and Guy Smith, the director of the program, wrote one of my college recommendation letters. It is safe to say that 10-10-10 is a big reason I was accepted to NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

It was shocking to me how much the skills I learned in 10-10-10 aided in my progression to NYU, and now, the first year after my graduation, to an independent filmmaker.

Former 10-10-10 student and Tisch School The expectation in Tisch (and grad Julia Kupiec (pictured) returns with a in film in general) is that you short, Not for Sale, in this year’s film festival. just have to do it. Making a film of any kind is a weirdly impossible task. No one who has ever made a film will tell you, “That was totally easy; everything just fell into place!” That doesn’t happen, especially on a get-your-hands-dirty, the-camera-just-blew-up-and-wedon’t-have-money for-a-new-one low-budget level. (Cameras do not blow up; please still hire me. Side note: I did see a battery blow up once. Not on my set, obviously.)

10-10-10 prepared me for the Nike slogan mindset of “Just do it.” At age 18, I directed a 10-minute short film with literally no budget. I learned how to get creative and make it work anyway. Sometimes, better ideas are gleaned from having to simplify. I still use that mindset today.

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umbers aligned nicely for this year’s SBIFF as it hit its midlife stride of 35 years of active duty. The festival calendar was bumped up a couple of weeks, nudged to synch with the earlier-than-usual Oscars evening. And Oscar is a potent determining force in terms of celebrities and filmmakers making their way to Santa Barbara on the awards promo circuit.

This year’s roster of stars is impressive — Brad Pitt, Adam Driver (wouldbe tribute mate Scarlett Johansson called in sick), Lupita Nyong’o, Laura Dern, Renée (Judy) Zellweger — and Oscar-nom-kissed directors, writers, and behind-the-scenes artisans provide valuable insider insights beyond the window dressing of actors.

Special moments have abounded in the first half of the 11-day fest. Korean Parasite director Bong Joonho — a toast of the 2019 film world for his popcornmeets-arthouse jewel of a film — appeared after a special screening, as did David O. Russell after a 20th-anniversary archival screening of Three Kings.

Brazilian music legend Sérgio Mendes actually brought

BY JOSEF WOODARD his band to play a few songs on the Lobero stage after the world premiere of a new doc about him.

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There are so many more educational programs associated with the festival now that it would take another article as long as this one to describe them all. Rosebud offers 10 college students from within Santa Barbara County access to the Cinema Society screenings for the entire fall season, with small group discussions on film analysis provided by Durling. Mike’s Field Trip brings nearly 5,000 4th, 5th, and 6th graders, many of them from the North County, to two special screenings that take place during the festival. Through a partnership with Youth CineMedia, the festival offers instruction in filmmaking to diverse children from urban and rural backgrounds. In collaboration with the United Boys & Girls Clubs, Film Camp does the same thing for kids at Camp Whittier during the summer.

These programs are all made possible by the way that the core festival has caught on and come into its own. Perhaps the most valuable lesson learned through all this activity is a simple one. They say, “Build it and they will come,” and for the SBIFF, that’s proven true, but what’s the next step? How about “Make it thrive and they will learn.” n

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and is back this year as an entrant in the main festival with her short film Not for Sale, which will screen at the Arlington on Sunday, January 19, as part of the Live Action Shorts segment. Kupiec is multitalented. Musical theater fans may remember her star turn as the title character in Out of the Box Theater’s 2013 production of Carrie when she was still a teenager. Seeing her return from New York with a degree and a movie in the fest is the kind of progress that keeps Durling perennially excited about 10-10-10, which he originally envisioned as a way to show young people that while the world of film making can seem so out of reach, it is far from unattainable.

Another figure without whom the story of the SBIFF and education would not be complete is Santa Barbara City College professor of film Nico Maestu. He created the curriculum that now drives both his original film festival course at SBCC, FS108, and the festival’s more recent national Film Studies Program that’s sponsored by Lynda Weinman, Bruce Heavin, and Netflix.

SBCC students have two chances to learn about film by attending a festival, one in the fall when Maestu takes them to the AFI Fest in Hollywood, and the other here in January, when a small group of lucky students gets to attend the entire SBIFF, along with classes taught by Maestu and loads of meet and greets with filmmakers from around the world.

The newer Film Studies Program extends this offer to qualified undergraduate students from all over the United States.

Accepted students from outside Santa Barbara County receive complimentary priority access to the festival, along with three nights of accommodations and a substantial travel stipend. This program is clearly one of Durling’s favorite new projects. His face lights up when he talks about what hap-

COURAGE & RESILIENCE: An Afternoon with Elizabeth Smart

10-10-10 Cont’d from p.23 film Not for Sale. It’s a story initially inspired by a Raymond Carver short story about a young couple who stumbles upon a very strange yard sale. I wrote the script as a way of trying to capture something I was experiencing at the time: a feeling of being very young and looking down the tunnel of the rest of my life — all I’d yet to experience but inevitably would one day. A sort of melancholy and/or nostalgia for things I hadn’t even lived through yet. I suppose it was a feeling of being slightly overwhelmed at it all.

I highly doubt all of this comes through in the 10 minutes that is Not for Sale, but the process of creating this film was certainly cathartic for me. I got to take an abstract and create something new; it’s an experience that

I look for in every single piece of work I make now. I also got to make the film with some of my best friends (a byproduct of NYU — my work life and my social life are one and the same). It’s amazing to surround myself with people who are so talented and intelligent and interesting.

I suppose that’s the main reason I love film.

It takes an army of artists to create one final end product. As a director, I’m just there to make sure everyone is on the same page, on the right track. It’s really this communal talent of everyone else that shines through in the end. I get to stand in the middle of it and be so proud of this great creative effort — a precious experience of people coming together to create something bigger than themselves. n

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MID-FEST WRAP-UP Cont’d from p. 24 analogy between his pre-acting career military life and his current job, both of which strive at “impossible missions.” After his Juilliard stint, he said, “The military was the best acting training I had.

The structure is the same. The end result is different.”

At the Artisans evening, editor Lee Smith recalled the time when director Christopher Nolan invited him to participate in the epic single-shot (or seemingly single-shot) adventure that is 1917. Smith shook his head in a comfy chair on the Lobero stage: “I remember thinking, ‘Why me?’” At the screenwriters’ panel on Sunday, Toy Story 4 writer Stephany Folsom recalled being tapped for the third sequel in the franchise. Her initial response to yet another Toy Story sequel: “Why?” The answer to that

question: Because it’s a concept in creators’ heads, and that is the meat and treat of SBIFF. As always, the festival’s primary strength (depending on who you’re talking to) is its robust and varied international film component. It offers the chance to see world cinema on big screens, which now, at this time of an in-home movie streaming invasion, feels extra precious. (As a caveat, it has been heartening to see the number of festival films enabled by the imprimatur of Netflix and Amazon.)

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ost SBIFF-goers take it for granted that, once they manage the gauntlet to get into a theater seat, they’ll be able to see and hear the cinematic goods they came for. But for some, including the hearing impaired, the sensory connection can be a challenge. There is good news on the theatrical sound front, SBIFF-wise.

On Tuesday, January 14, the day before the festival’s official launch, a gathering of press types and others convened at the Fiesta 5 for a special walkthrough and test drive of a new hearing-loop system now installed in the SBIFF-featured theaters of the Metro 4 and Fiesta 5. Enabled by funding from the Manitou Fund and deploying technology from the locally based and world-renowned company OTOjOY, the system sends signals to patrons’ hearing aids or cochlear implants — any “telecoilenabled” device.

Hearing-impaired filmgoers, concertgoers, and general-purpose cultural consumers and fans can increasingly enjoy events with clarity, now including SBIFF’s main screening venues (the Arlington and the Riviera theaters have previously been loop-equipped).

Fits Film Theaters Hearing loss is a broader issue with Tech for than we might assume, affecting Hearing Impaired about 23 percent of the U.S. popuBY JOSEF WOODARD lation to varying degrees. Hearingloop technologies are in place in many public spaces, especially in Europe and Scandinavia, according to OTOjOY’s head, Thomas Kaufmann. “In Europe, legislation is driving it in some countries,” he explained of the ubiquity of loops overseas. “But in Scandinavian countries, they’re just much more community-minded and take care of their people. Here, things are a lot more profit-driven,” he laughed. His company’s hearing-loop system is at once state-of-the-art and reliant on the decades-old phenomenon of magnetic induction, which enables a seamless connection to existing hearing aids and implants.

Also on hand for the hearing loop walkthrough was the Manitou Fund’s Nora McNeely Hurley, who lost her hearing suddenly a decade ago due to inner ear disease and is an enthusiastic advocate and facilitator for hearing-loop technology. In her case, after getting a powerful hearing aid and a cochlear implant, a neighbor enlightened her to the wonders of hearing loops, a great boon for her, as she is an avid music fan (her husband, Michael, is a drummer) and cinema fan.

Securing the installation in the festival’s primary theaters is a coup in the ongoing process of making public places friendlier to the hearing impaired. Hurley said she hopes to implement the loop to “get hard-ofhearing audiences back in venues, seeing performances and films that they love. It really is a game-changer for people with hearing loss. It’s our dream to loop every single venue in Santa Barbara,” she continued, “so it can be an inspiration to other communities.”

Visitors at the Fiesta 5 on this day strapped into the special headsets with receivers to hear the clarity possible through the loop system. The screen lit up with a short of the current Hollywood fare at the theater, Like a Boss, a sassy, entrepreneurial-women-powered comedy. No, this film is not typical of what we expect from the film festival fare, but the message rang out: We heard every sound element and expletive, loud and, most importantly, clear

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ith more than 200 films, tributes, and panels over the course of 11 days, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival has no shortage of cinematic stardust to keep filmgoers entranced. Shuffling up and down State Street, clutching marked up pocket guides and battling the winter elements (two days of rain in a week!), to catch their favorite films — not to mention enough celebrity wattage to power up the city’s grid. The festival has long held court as the highlight of the season.

But look beyond the star clout and red-carpet fever and you’ll discover that the charm of SBIFF continues to be driven by the vast array of filmmakers in attendance, where an international perspective and first-person account of the madness behind the method of picture making can be had for little more than the price of a Artists Linger movie ticket. Invest a bit more, and once the credits roll and Over Cocktails, the Q&As give way to the next programmed screening, these Talk Projects artists can be found lingering over cocktails and tunes at one of the festival’s many scheduled receptions, warmly available to

BY NINETTE PALOMA chat about their beloved projects.

As of press time, I had attended several of these gatherings.

Read on to discover the bliss and camaraderie that flourishes when people from all walks of life unite over celluloid dreams.

Opening Night Gala — 10:30 p.m.

A steady din of chatter fills the Paseo Nuevo Mall’s narrow passageways as guests amble toward the nearest bar, a sharp evening breeze whipping dresses around in a shimmering frenzy. It’s day one of the festival, and the city’s open-air shopping center is playing host to the hundreds of revelers who’ve flocked downtown in celebration. Area restaurants line the corridors with platters of signature fare, and at the Isabella Gourmet Foods table, a crowd of filmmakers is marveling over Hippy Pop flavored popcorn and debating the merits of garlic over onion seasonings. Among them are Marc Carlini, Oren Skoog, and Kevin Cognetti of She’s in Portland, a buddy road-trip flick peppered with clever dialogue and breathtaking cinematography. We chat about the movie’s connection to Santa Barbara and the impact of three-dimensional female characters before sliding toward the dance floor and hopping around to an OutKast song.

Dizzy with glee, we promise to reunite at their opening screening.

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Festival Pavilion Happy Hour — 5 p.m.

For two hours every afternoon, the Lobero courtyard is jam-packed with thirsty filmmakers and weary moviegoers as they pause for a brief respite under the warmth of an intimate canopy, exchanging the names of favorite films over glasses of vibrant, strawberry-scented rosé from Folded Hills. I spot Vjosa Berisha of The Flying Circus in a corner and make my way over to gush over the Kosovar film that she and her fellow director/husband Fatos Berisha will be premiering later in the week. As the country’s first and only female producer, she is a study in passion and perseverance, sharing insightful details about politics informing the arts and how important humor is during the most pressing times. Her hand is tightly wrapped around her phone as she awaits word from her husband, who’s being held up over a visa delay and might not make it in time for their U.S. premiere.

We order a second round, and as the conversation flows effortlessly, I get the sinking sensation that this might be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

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Thanks to the design prowess of superstar event planner Jill Remy, each year the Lobero Theatre’s stage is transformed into a cool weekend lounge for filmmakers and platinum-pass holders to boogie it up post-tributes well into the witching hour. Tonight’s crowd seems raucous and restless—fueled, I suspect, by fortified cocktails from Belvedere and the absence of the event’s usual passed hors d’oeuvres. Gregoire Gensollen of Papicha and his wife, Melissa Pinto, are beaming over vodka tonics at the rousing response they received to their arresting and heart-wrenching Albanian film — screened only moments earlier and nominated for an Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards. Gensollen and Pinto talk candidly about the challenges of raising a family while on the hamster wheel of press junkets, and how cultural barriers are quickly dissolved when the arts are culturally prioritized. She’s in Portland’s Carlini and Skoog join in the conversation, and when Berisha rushes over to announce that her husband has safely landed at LAX, our motley crew quickly decides a celebration is at hand.

One of America’s great public intellectuals, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham helps us understand how historical events and current issues intersect to impact our lives. He will examine the present moment by looking at critical times in U.S. history when hope overcame division and fear.

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creates a complex and deliberate abstract backdrop even though the primary style of this bold collection of color and sensuality is figurative expressionism. The exhibit shows through January 31. Thu., Tue.Wed.: 10-am-7pm; Fri.-Sat.: 10am5:30pm; Sun.: 1-5pm. Faulkner Gallery West, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call (805) 564-5611.

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1/24: SPLIFF The San Pesci Legends International Film Festival is a loving satire of both film festivals and celebrity culture. There will be an aerial performance, eats, music, Q&A panels, and oddball films. 6:30-10pm. SBCAST, 513 Garden St. Free. $25-$30. Ages 21+. Call (805) 252-1065.

“Red Woman” by Komatis

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1/26: Opening Reception: Seeking Light: A Survivor’s Exhibition This exhibition showcases and celebrates the lives and works of local Holocaust survivors and refugees like Margaret Singer, taking a fresh and artistic view toward hope and light juxtaposed with the reality of destruction and exile. There will be appetizers, wine, and music. The exhibit shows through April 21. 4:30-6pm. Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr., 524 Chapala St. Free. (805) Call 957-1116. jewishsantabarbara.org

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1/23: Human Trafficking Awareness Hour Join the S.B. Coalition for Freedom and speakers from the DA’s Office’s Human Trafficking Task Force for a screening of a documentary on human trafficking issues in S.B. and also write letters to survivors. A dollar of every Oatey McOatface beer will go toward S.B. Alliance for Community Transformation to further its work in human trafficking prevention across S.B. County. 7-8:30pm. Third Window Brewing Co., 406 E Haley St., Ste. 3. Free.

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SATURDAY 1/25 1/25: Community Baby Shower If you have a baby or are expecting one, this baby shower is for you. Connect with community organizations and resources like S.B. Cottage Hospital, and learn how to support your baby’s health, development, early literacy, and the benefits of Baby and Me story time at the library. The first 50 people will get a goody bag with a free book! 11:30am-1:30pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call (805) 564-5611.

1/24: Annual Museums Free-forAll Day The S.B Historical Museum, S.B. Museum of Art, and the S.B. Museum of Natural History invite visitors to visit free of charge to soak up art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science. Visit the website for full details.

1/26: Two Years After Fire and Flood: A Community Conversation About the Impacts of the Thomas Fire and January 9 Debris Flow Learn about the latest ongoing research assessing the extent of the impact from

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1/27: CAMA Pre-Concert Lecture Series Gain some insight into music prior to the performance by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s 8 p.m. performance at the Granada Theatre from Dr. Michael Shasberger, Adams chair of music and worship at Westmont College and conductor of Westmont Orchestra and Westmont College Choir. RSVP is required. 6:45-7:30pm.

Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call (805) 962-7653 or email jaturner@santabarbaraca.gov.

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1/29: Marauda, Uncle Iman Hailing from Australia, 19-year-old producer Marauda has captivated the bass scene with his gut-wrenching, hard-hitting sound for years. This Australian wizard of bass music took the dubstep scene by storm with his EP Malignant while still in high school. Uncle

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directed musical follows a tribe of cavepeople surviving prehistoric life as usual until outsider Zazzalil, in an attempt to invent things to make life easier, stumbles upon a discovery that will pit her tribe against wooly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers and change the world forever. With songs like “We Got Work to Do” and “Ouch My Butt,” this show makes the stone age funny! Fri.: 7pm; Sat.: 2 and 7pm; Sun.: 2pm. S.B. High School Theatre, 700 E. Anapamu St. St. $5-$25. Call (805) 966-9101 x5029.

Iman will open the show. 9pm-1:30am. Eos Lounge, 500 Anacapa St. $10. Ages 21+.

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the fire and flood two years ago and what that might tell us about how to improve our response to future disasters. A series of flash talks by experts in the biological and social sciences will be followed by a moderated panel discussion and Q&A with experts and local policymakers. Reserve your seat online.

3-5pm. Fleischmann Auditorium, S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Free. Call 682-4711. sbnature.org

1/29: Three Billion Birds Lost: The Disappearance of North American Birds and What We Can Do About It An applied conservation scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, lead author Kenneth Rosenberg will discuss the recently published study documenting the loss of one in four North American birds since 1970 as well as the analysis that led to the sobering conclusion, what the loss of common birds signals about the health

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1/29: Headless Household S.B.’s “hopelessly, haplessly eclectic” band of renown will play songs old and new going back to 1983. Maybe they will give you a hint of what’s on album 10. 7:3010pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $10. Call (805) 962-7776.

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These Complicated Women Claudia Hoag McGarry presents

three stories of the deeply conflicted, passionate, and fascinating lives of famous and talented women from the last century that include Hallie Flanagan, Federal Theatre Project director during the Works Progress Administration; Communist party leader Tina Modotti; Jackie Kennedy Onassis; and more. 3 and 7pm. Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo. $20. Call (805) 963-0408.centerstagetheater.org COURTESY

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1/23, 1/25-1/26: Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant Thu.: Dannsair.

6:30-8:30pm Sat.: Fish and the Seaweeds. 8-11pm. Sun.: Irish Jam Session.

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1/23, 1/27-2/29: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Thu.: The Calamity, One Hundred Paces, Anchor & Bear. 8:30-11:59pm. $10. Ages 21+. Mon.: Motown Mondays with DJ Gavin Roy. 6pm. $5. Tue.: Singer-Songwriter Showcase: Lynn Houston, Darren Marc, Jule & Jewel. 7pm. $8. Wed.: Headless Household. 7:30-10pm. $10. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com

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1/24-1/25: M.Special Brewing Co. Fri.: Cydeways. 7-9pm. Sat.: Cuddle Fish (playing for charity tap fundraiser). 1:30-3pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Bldg. C., Goleta. Free. Call (805) 968-6500. mspecialbrewco.com

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– Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times The diverse program will span a millennium, from 11th century traditional music to the world premiere of a new piece commissioned by A&L.

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been doing so since childhood, including Santa Barbara local Isabella Welsh, who joined when she was 12 years old. “Elevated Dreams made me into the person I am today,” Welsh explained. “It was a safe space when I needed it and a com community of people who I now consider to be my family.”

Hana Boss, another longtime student, shared Welsh’s sentiment. “Autumn welcomed me into the Elevated Dreams family when I was 13. I’m so blessed to be part of such an inspiring, creative, and strong group of people who motivate me to push past my limits by defying gravity.” Welsh and Boss were able to use their extracurricular and community involvement through the studio to gain acceptance to their colleges of choice.

The studio offers a range of weekly donationbased classes including aerial, acro, dance, and flow arts appropriate for all ages and skill levels.

Elevated Dreams also participates in charitybased performances throughout the community, including benefits for the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation, Art Without Limits, Dream Foundation, One805, and Kids Helping Kids, to name a few.

Additionally, students have the opportunity to perform at local events. Elevated Dreams actively partners with Lucidity Festival, Summer Solstice Celebration, BASSH, and SBCAST’s 1st Thursday events.

A number of students have even moved into professional aerial or circus careers with Cirque du Soleil; Lucent Dossier Experience; Cirque Mirage, LLC; and other entertainment production companies across the nation.

Classes are appropriate for all age ranges and experience levels.

Though there are a couple of things to note before your first class. “Leggings are your friend!

Pretty much any stretchy yoga or workout attire will do,” shares Katelyn Carano, a teacher and student since 2016. “Also, please leave your jewelry, buckles, or sharp belts at home. Sharp metal edges can rip fabrics, and rings can sometimes make gripping the apparatuses more challenging.”

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s I walk through the doorway, two 25-foot silks hang side by side. The athletes in the air gracefully wrap themselves in complex sequences and then dive or drop into beautifully caught poses still high above the ground. This is Elevated Dreams, a local aerial and flow arts studio founded by Autumn Lotus in 2008.

Lotus — a former Cirque du Soleil artist — started Elevated Dreams with a goal of providing a safe space for students to express themselves through creative movement. “We focus on the quality of the art of storytelling through movement as a flow or dance,” she shares. “This is where you come to not only build strength and confidence but to heal.”

Nearly every student who trains with Elevated Dreams has a story to tell about its ability to provide a sense of peace and purpose in their lives.

“Before I found aerial, I often felt rootless,” said Marta Faust, a student and teacher at the studio.

“It was incredible to discover this thing that takes you up into the air actually grounds you more.”

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t’s a dance party on a bike, like when you’re at a wedding and your jam comes on and you don’t care what anybody thinks — you just get up there and move your body.” That’s how co-owner Dani Stone describes the workout at StarCycle. The STARCYCLE PUTS La Cumbre Plaza fitness center is part of a new INDOOR CYCLING breed of indoor cycling studios that use music and IN THE SPOTLIGHT choreography for a physical and mental approach

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At StarCycle, the lights go off before the 45-minute full-body workout begins.

“The most appealing part to me has been that we work out in the dark, which allows you to really focus on yourself and just ‘do you,’ — modifying as needed,” said Julie Sorenson, who joined the gym on an introductory membership in March 2019 (StarCycle opened on February 28) and recently completed her 170th ride.

“The community there is incredible, and the instructors are super motivating,” she said. “It’s empowering. I can feel the positive energy in the room when I ride.

The full-body workout (with weights) has also helped me heal from a shoulder injury.”

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If you answered New York, Los Angeles, or Rio, you’re wrong. The answer is Santa Barbara, and the reason they come here is Dr. Marcus Elliott.

Elliott runs a gym called P3 Applied Sports Science.

He does it out of a nondescript little space buried deep in the Funk Zone. There, each day of the week, the who’s who of professional sports gather to work with Elliott and his dedicated group of instructors. Such world-class athletes as shooting guard James Harden,

vard Medical School, of trying to understand how the human body functioned and applying that understanding to elite sports.

Elliott was lucky enough to be born into the perfect scientific age for such a quest. He worked with various computer systems that would give exact, real-time evaluations, and he partnered with computer programmers to measure specific patterns, utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence.

It’s not easy to join the P3 program. An individual must get themselves to its sites in either Santa Barbara or Atlanta, with an ambition to play professionally or in college. Even though they work P3 APPLIED SPORTS SCIENCE with some young local athletes, approxiDRAWS WORLD’S ELITE ATHLETES mately 85 percent of their clients are either already playing for a professional team or are TO SANTA BARBARA about to be drafted by one.

by David Obst From the moment a player steps onto the floor, they are outfitted with 22 sensors, each Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers, WNBA star placed on specific anatomical landmarks, from their Candace Parker, Belarusian tennis player Victoria Aza- feet all the way up to their back. After warming up, renka, football safety Eric Berry, and countless others they undergo a series of vertical and lateral movement all come to P3 to learn the details of how they move, tests atop two force plates. They’re also filmed by 10 how their bodies work, and how to take a data-driven 3D motion-capture cameras, each at a different angle.

From these cameras, Elliott and his team can capture approach to maximizing their career outputs.

As the first director of sports science in the NFL more than 5,000 data points, including joint-by-joint and MLB, Elliott is credited with major advances in kinetic and kinematic information. The data is then the field. Much of his work is based on the rule that compared to normative sets from their immense physics determines success in sports. It’s not about archive of other professional athletes, and the result is genetic lottery winners or freak injuries, but rather how an amazingly detailed biomechanical model of how athletes use their constituent parts to get the top pos- each athlete’s body works, where its injury risks lay, and sible performance from their bodies. And by studying how to optimize it.

“The paradigm has shifted,” said Elliott. “Most of the granular physics of athletes, Elliott and his team can predict on-field outcomes even before the competition the older training programs offered a ‘one size fits all’ approach, with no cause-effect model in place and cerbegins.

“There’s Newtonian physics behind all sports,” he tainly no data insight. They ignored a player’s specific said, decked out in his trademark form-fitting T-shirt needs, which are just so different from one body to the and sweatpants. “I’m not interested in how high an next.” He points at a future all-pro NBA forward leapathlete jumps; rather, I’m much more interested in how ing repeatedly into the air. “By assessing his personal biometrics combined with how that then affects the and why they jump that way.”

Elliott was raised in the Bay Area in the 1970s. He specific movements needed for his sport, we can help was a bright student and the captain of his football him maximize his potential.”

Elliott was recently named the Augustus Thorndike and baseball teams. He had it all, and then his body betrayed him. He tore four ligaments on the football Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School and Masfield, new players took his positions, and he was largely sachusetts General Hospital for a lifetime of groundforgotten. He wanted to know how this could happen. breaking advancements.

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“That joke is sad!” exclaimed Jenny Schatzle, the Santa Barbara health guru behind Bond Fitness. “We want people to be able to commit to longterm changes in their approach to fitness, and ALL IN THE FAMILY: Jenny Schatzle and that all starts with meeting her mom get ready for a 5-minute workout. yourself wherever you’re at.” Schatzle is now posting five-minute workout videos on her personal JENNY SCHATZLE’S Instagram account. Even FIVE-MINUTE WORKOUTS if you can’t make it to the GOOD FOR gym on a particular day, ANYPLACE, ANYTIME she explained, you can still get in a workout and

by Brian Osgood get your heart rate up. “I developed this right after having my twin girls. Being a new parent can be very isolating, and I started making a goal of moving for five minutes a day, whether it was a walk around the block or a circuit I did in the living room.”

The videos include a variety of short routines that work out the arms, legs, shoulders, and abs. In one, Schatzle and her mom do a combination of pushups, burpees, and mountain climbers in their kitchen as Schatzle’s daughters eat breakfast and cheer them on. Schatzle does a more vigorous variation of each exercise, while her mother demonstrates the easier version.

The videos are made for people who, for whatever reason, might not be able to make it to the gym. “Some people might work crazy hours, or not be able to afford a gym membership, or have to stay home and take care of kids or loved ones,” she said. “But these workouts can be done anywhere, and they’re created so you don’t need any equipment. They’re meant to shift your energy and your mood.”

Schatzle believes that the key to real, lasting change in the way people approach fitness is to first be practical with themselves. She says she understands there’s no one-size-fits-all formula, and that people in different circumstances have different needs. “I always tell people that, as a mother of two, I don’t even make it to the gym every day, and I own a gym!” she said with a laugh. “We want everyone to be able to enjoy exercise, regardless of where they’re at.”

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The director instead built his career on the Somm series of documentaries about sommeliers and wine culture, but conceptually wide-ranging nature film about he never gave up on the nature flick idea. “Most people, with Santa Barbara sea urchin as the successful nature films are about animals who star. To bolster his unlikely and spiky protagobehave like people,” he said. “I’ve always had nist, Wise enlisted the insight of legendary bon this very strange, quiet obsession: Could you vivants such as Andrew Zimmern and Ray Isle make a film about an animal that’s nothing as well as chefs such as Kyle Connaughton from like people?”

SingleThread in Sonoma and Spencer Bezaire As he explored the world of wine, Wise of L&E Oyster Bar in Los Angeles. came to love sea urchin, also known as uni.

There’s plenty of drama, from the 1994 shark “Sea urchin was a life-changing food for me. attack death of James “Weener” Robinson off I try to seek it out everywhere I go,” he said. San Miguel Island to the fight against letting “It’s the absolute top expression of terroir on voracious sea otters return to the Santa Barbara Channel. But characters steal the show, namely commercial fishermen Jim Marshall, Ward Motyer, and, of course, Harry Liquornik and Stephanie Mutz of Sea Stephanie Fish, who together have done more than anyone to bring Santa Barbara urchin into the limelight. “Stephanie was a big ally of mine,” said Wise, who tuned in to Mutz’s unique story long before she became the ever-popular face

BY MATT KETTMANN of Santa Barbara urchin.

What took so long is a complicated story of logistics. The film had no funding for four earth. It’s a mile above grapes. I’m so endlessly years, and everyone told Wise that it would be fascinated by this creature that has no memory better as a reality series. That’s because, when and no awareness.” it comes to culinary films, “it either has to be When the Los Angeles resident learned that this beautiful ziggurat pyramid of food made one of the best sources was the Santa Barbara by god, which is total bullshit, or it has to be a Channel, he began working on The Delicacy, social-issue documentary,” said Wise. “It’s been a doc about uni, fishermen, human behavior, really unfair that food from a story standpoint culinary history, and much more. The film’s has to be about one of those two things. It can world premiere is this weekend at the Santa be about a lot of things.

Barbara International Film Festival, but Wise’s “I have a hummingbird brain,” he explained. work began more than six years ago, when he “When I look at sea urchin, I see all that stuff: fell deep down the rabbit hole of exploring how the fight against sea otters, the great whites, the humankind treats urchin, oysters, abalone, and fact they’re served at SingleThread, one of the similar delicacies. best restaurants in the world.”

The subjects were a little trickier than “I became obsessed with the idea that there are things you eat that don’t fill you up,” said publicity-seeking somms of his past movies.

Wise of how people seek out foods for cultural “These fishermen are the first people I’ve ever and sensory rather than nutritional reasons. worked with who don’t want to be filmed,” said “There are people who think, ‘I have to try sea Wise, who had to write letters to reach some urchin from an island off the coast of Santa of them, since they don’t have cell phones or Barbara, and I’m gonna travel 1,000 miles to get check emails. “Some of these guys buck techit the freshest I can.’ When looking at humans nology as a principle.” as animals, that is bizarre, interesting behavior.”

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Complicating matters further, Wise shot the entire movie on real Kodak film rather than digital video. “Film has a depth that video doesn’t have, and it makes the film look like a memory,” explained Wise. “I’ve shot a lot of digital, and I think it’s wonderful, but the image is dead. It’s like a facsimile. When shooting on film, it’s still moving; it’s alive and breathing.”

The real film did present advantages.

“You have to be very present — nobody is looking at their iPhones on a film set,” he said. “The minute you say ‘action,’ and they understand film is moving through that camera and can run out, everyone is on point every time.”

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The Delicacy is just one of three feature documentaries that Wise is releasing this year. Next up is The Art of Butchery, which covers the culture of meat across seven different countries, and then comes Somm 4: The Cup of Salvation, his fourth wine-focused film, this one focused a contemporary tale of winemaking in the Holy Land, Armenia, and thereabouts. On top of that, Wise will soon officially launch Somm TV, “a full-blown streaming platform” featuring a half dozen shows that he created alongside other content.

Of course, he’s most excited about this weekend, when The Delicacy will be screened during SBIFF on Friday night and midday Saturday. “I’ve never been more nervous about movie in my life,” he said, “but I have a feeling about right place, right time with this particular film.”

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ers to steer away from the greasy fast-food culture, causing the sole burger joint at the time, Wendy’s, to dramatically decline in sales. UCSB ultimately terminated their contract with Wendy’s and embraced Hawkins’s vision of an organic, naturally sourced burger restaurant.

“We originally started with burgers and fish,” said Robbie Yankow, assistant director of UCen dining. “We mastered that and knew we needed to add to the initial menu. We consistently come up with new ideas, keep the menu fresh, and maintain good food costs.”

Root 217 sources almost all of their ingredients locally: fresh produce from The Berry Man and meats from Shalhoob, both in Santa Barbara; bread from Edna’s Bakery in San Luis Obispo; and cheese from Ventura’s Challenge Dairy.

Yankow and Liza Holmes, Root 217’s unit manager, work as a dynamic duo to keep the restaurant ahead of the curve and constantly appealing to its customers. Having a chef ’s background and a love for eating out, Yankow said food services is in her blood. She finds inspiration from different restaurants, magazines, and shows, and presents her ideas to Holmes, who then materializes the visions and creates unique recipes for the menu.

“There is such a large audience for all who eat in the UCen, so it is important that the food appeals to people of all different backgrounds and tastes,” Yankow said. “Every sandwich, salad, and burger is made with love and care.”

Root 217 is a self-operated dining facility under the umbrella of UCen dining/campus dining. The establishment employs 30 part-time students and

has a handful of career managers to foster, train, and develop students to ultimately run their own restaurants. Holmes has served as the unit manager for more than 14 years and oversees Root 217 and its employees.

The menu includes a variety of foods, including numerous gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan options. Here are three of the most popular items: Gaucho Burger: This burger is the most popular

menu item, not only for the school-spirited name but for its fried- onion-ring crunch. The burger is made with a double beef patty grilled to order and served with bacon, avocado, Pepper Jack cheese, fried onion rings, and ranch dressing on a soft roll.

“We always joke around, saying, ‘Oh, it’s Gaucho day!’ because so many customers order it back-toback,” said Holmes. $9.75 Lamb Burger: The second most popular choice is a delectable deviant from the traditional burger, featuring handmade lamb patties, arugula, feta cheese, and tomato with chimichurri sauce served on a soft roll. “We patty every burger by hand,” said Yankow.

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hatever you choose to call it—Peak TV, the Second Golden Age of Television—small-screen fare continues to dominate the viewing landscape these days. While the monikers may refer to post2000 programming, there was a glimmer of what could be in the 1990s, thanks to quickwitted comedies such as Seinfeld, Friends, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and That ’70s Show, and boundary-pushing dramas like NYPD Blue and Law & Order. While all of the aforementioned shows won Emmys and ran a decade or more, Law & Order became the one franchise that continues today. Conceived by producer/writer Dick Wolf, Law & Order: SVU (1999-present) last year surpassed Gunsmoke (1955-’75) as the longest-running primetime live-action series on television.

In 2004, Wolf and fellow television pioneer Marcy Carsey became the founding sponsors of the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Center for Film, Televi-

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sion, and New Media, the goal of which is “to foster informed dialogue, critical skills, historical understanding, and new forms of literacy for a global and interconnected world,” according to its mission statement.

And that’s exactly what the Carsey-Wolf Center has done for the past 16 years. In its nearly 300-seat Pollock Theater on the UCSB campus, students and the public can attend free screenings and Q&As with film and television writers, actors, directors, and producers, and learn about research and educational projects related to understanding today’s media.

This winter, the Carsey-Wolf Center is saluting its namesakes by offering a series called TV at the Pollock, which “explores the evolution of television as a compelling storytelling medium, a vehicle for complex political expression, and a rapidly changing media technology. Ranging from the traditional sitcom to recent dystopian drama, the series pulls great television out of the living room, onto the big screen, and into a communal conversation,” according to the Carsey-Wolf team.

The six-event series will run Tuesdays and Thursdays through the end of February, beginning with Deadwood on January 28.

After the screening, actress Robin Weigert, who played Calamity Jane on the show, will be on hand to answer questions from moderator Emily Zinn and the audience.

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The West Wing and Veep Thursday, February 20, with David Mandel (executive producer/writer/director) and Eli Attie (writer/producer), moderated by Patrice Petro —Michelle Drown

Speakers ranging from entrepreneurs to performers and from engineers to ninjas will converge at Laguna Blanca School on Wednesday, January 29, for the third consecutive year of TEDx LagunaBlancaSchool. Following the pattern of powerful oneword themes established in previous years — Evolve (2018) and Uncharted (2019) — this year’s theme is called Reimagine and aims to expose the audience of 600 to dynamic speakers who are rethinking and redefining existing social constructs and received ideas.

Reimagine will feature Ghanaian soccer professional Fifi Baiden, who founded a soccer foundation for orphans; UCSB professor of computer science Misha Sra; and former “Stuntwoman of the Year” and American Ninja Warrior Jessie Graff. Two Laguna Blanca students will be on the program as well. Seventh-grader Aydin Alsan will discuss his ideas for how artificial intelligence can help

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Beginning in September, students in the TEDx LagunaBlancaSchool class dedicate much of their day to booking speakers and dealing with the wide range of issues that spring up daily when planning a TEDx event. The elective class, which is taught by Allison Armstrong, teaches students the ins and outs of working in a nonprofit and the details involved in planning a major event.

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Recognized across the globe as the “mother of modern dance,” Santa Barbara High School graduate Martha Graham had always been captivated by the consequence of female strength. In 1926, out of a shoebox Carnegie Hall studio perched high above midtown Manhattan, she began an exploration of kinetic storytelling inspired by iconic mythical and historical female subjects such as Joan of Arc, Medea, Phaedra, and Emily Dickinson that would usher in a new era in the domain of dance theater. Prim and lilting bodies would be replaced by bold and graphic gestures that challenged female archetypes; in Graham’s choreographic world, power reigned over pretty.

When Graham passed away in 1991, her legacy lived on through the Martha Graham Dance Company and School, where more than 180 staged works have been preserved and performed across continents from the hundreds of dancers that have made their way to New York City to study the choreographer’s singular style and method. In 2005, incoming artistic director Janet Eilber continued Graham’s dedication to the female form and condition while envisioning a new chapter for the company that would weave Graham’s classic masterpieces with the works of a new generation of choreographers.

Eilber’s most significant efforts came last season with the announcement of a two-year venture that would commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment with a female-driven platform.

Eilber challenged three of the country’s leading choreographers — Pam Tanowitz, Maxine Doyle, and Bobbi Jene Smith — to create a trio of fresh works inspired

by Graham’s vision, interlacing them into a production called The EVE Project that will also include some of Graham’s most celebrated works, including “Diversion of Angels” (1948), “Chronicle” (1936), and “Cave of the Heart” (1946).

On Friday, January 24, UCSB Arts & Lectures will be bringing The EVE Project to Santa Barbara in a sure-tobe-sold-out performance where dance audiences will be treated to this commemorative project even before the folks in New York City catch a glimpse. Sprint to The Granada Theatre box office to snag your tickets before it’s too late — the Martha Graham Dance Company’s one-night appearance is destined to become the highlight of this year’s dance series. —Ninette Paloma

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CSB Arts & Lectures does so much so well it’s easy to get lost in the volume and range of their programming. However, once in a while something comes along that’s so extraordinary it demands special attention, and Saturday night, January 25, when violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja returns to the Music Academy’s Hahn Hall for a string duo recital with cellist Jay Campbell, is one of those things.

Kopatchinskaja made her West Coast recital debut in this same venue for A&L last season, following a triumphant, mind-blowing turn as director of the Ojai Music Festival in 2018. Born in Moldova to musical parents, she trained in Vienna and Bern, Switzerland, before unleashing her startlingly fresh and intense musical vision on an unsuspecting world.

Early reviews focused perhaps too much on Kopatchinskaja’s free-spirited, Bohemian style; she likes to take the stage in the traditional elegant gown of a world-class recitalist, but she doesn’t like to wear shoes when she performs, so she is ordinarily barefoot under the dress. Behind the facade of her slightly wild appearance lurks a unique combination of steely intellectualism and fierce spiritual longing. To see her play in person is to be in the presence of a woman possessed not only by the music she performs so wonderfully but by the idea that art can take us to a higher level of consciousness. She acts out her emotional encounters with the great composers in passionate, sometimes violent scenarios. Unlike more restrained, “well-behaved” artists, Kopatchinskaja doesn’t filter the roaring maelstrom that rises up in her as she engages with the canon.

For example, as I was writing this piece, a post from Kopatchinskaja popped up on my Facebook feed. German national radio, a k a Deutschlandfunk, asked a number of musicians to submit a text reflecting on the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, and Kopatchinskaja has provided her followers with an English translation of the letter she wrote to the dead composer.

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by Charles Donelan It begins, “Dear Ludwig, you titan and creator among men,” and goes on to tell Beethoven that Prometheus, who was for him the “symbol of the rule of reason and human rights” and of “emancipation from the tyranny of church and kings,” has turned out to be a questionable ally of humankind.

Citing as evidence “the insight that fire continues to give birth to fire, from California, Australia, Siberia, and up to the Arctic,” she lets Beethoven know that today, the Promethean hubris that defied Zeus has issued in the potential destruction of the planet. She ends with a question, “Was the bringer of fire really the titan Prometheus or was it not rather a creature from hell — Lucifer?”

In a profession where audiences and critics alike can be shocked by the sight of a performer’s bare legs as she sits at the piano, this kind of mystical language reveals a sensibility that’s not just out of the mainstream — it’s out of this world. As part of their commitment to the art of contemporary music, UCSB Arts & Lectures has commissioned a new work specially for this program. The Strad magazine chose “Én-kör III” by Hungarian composer Mártón Illés as its “Premiere of the Month” for January 2020, putting Arts & Lectures, the UCSB Department of Music, and the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall into an international spotlight usually reserved for Carnegie Hall, at the pinnacle of prestige in a notoriously elitist art form.

To see what all the fuss is about, you’ll have to be there yourself, and since it’s happening in town, you can.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Jay Campbell will perform in recital Saturday, January 25, 7p.m., at the Music Academy’s Hahn Hall (1070 Fairway Rd.). See artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or call (805) 893-3535.

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Gretel & Hansel quiet years, while Lowrey (Smith) now heads up a group of millennial cops, called AMMO, whom he can’t relate to.

But when a cartel boss raises his nasty head, the two old friends reunite to defeat the bad guy. Camino Real/Fiesta 5 Bombshell (108 mins., R) A group of women decide to take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.

Metro 4 Dolittle (106 mins., PG) Robert Downey Jr. stars as the titular Dr. Dolittle, who has been living as a hermit on his farm with his animals since his wife passed away nearly a decade prior. But when Queen Victoria falls ill, Dolittle sets sail to a far-flung mythical island to find the cure for his sovereign.

Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, and Tom Holland also star.

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Jumanji: The Next Level (123 mins., PG-13)

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, not-so-funny sequel. The film 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) Camino Real

(122 mins., R)

Todd Phillips’s Joker is one of the year’s most jarring and introspective films.

As Arthur Fleck (a k a Joker), Joaquin Phoenix’s transition from shy recluse to absolute maniac is done perfectly, using pivotal moments in the film as fuel for quintessential character development. The music score complements the immense levels of suspense, paralleling the deterioration of Arthur’s wellbeing. While there are a few weak bits and pieces of the narrative, they aren’t enough to take away from Phoenix’s superb performance and the film as a whole. (AM) Arlington Jojo Rabbit (108 mins., PG-13) This black comedy is an adaptation of the book Caging Skies, which tells of a Hitler Youth member, 10-year-old Jojo Betzler, who discovers that his mother (Scarlett Johansson) has been hiding a Jewish girl, Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie), in their attic. Rather than turning her in, Jojo interviews her for a research book for the Nazis about Jews. Sam Rockwell and Rebel Wilson also star.

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Just Mercy (137 mins., PG-13) Michael B. Jordan stars in this cinematic adaptation of Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson’s 2014 memoir.

The story chronicles Stevenson’s efforts to free Walter McMillian, who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson also star. Fiesta 5 Knives Out (130 mins., PG-13) Rian Johnson (Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) wrote and directed this whodunit about a dysfunctional family that 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) Fiesta 5/The Hitchcock

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Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) is back behind the camera (and is the screenwriter) for

this adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic story about the March sisters as they try to find their way as young adults in New England at the end of the American Civil War. Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Laura Dern, and Timothée Chalamet star.

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

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

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While Sandler does well as a dramatic actor, his — and just about every other character’s — constant screeching becomes grating, making it difficult to care about Howard’s fate. Perhaps that is the point. (MD) Metro 4

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he good, the bad, and the bubbly have made women’s basketball games interesting to watch at UCSB this season. The Gauchos have played smartly and crisply for some stretches and plunged into a miasma of turnovers and bad shots in others. Lately, they have risen to the top in some close games.

The last time they played at the Thunderdome, the Gauchos trailed Cal Poly by 11 points with under six minutes to play. More frequently than not in the past, that would have been reason to head for the parking lot. But with growing confidence from junior point guard Danae Miller, veteran leadership from senior Coco Miller, and the powerful emergence of freshman phenom Ila Lane, these Gauchos are not to be counted out.

“Weather the storm,” said fifth-year head coach Bonnie Henrickson. “Down 11, we’re not folding our tent. Sometimes you’ve got to figure out how to win one.”

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by a free throw with 11 seconds remaining. Tight defense foiled Cal Poly’s last chance, and the Gauchos won, 52-50.

At UC Irvine last Thursday, the Gaucho women underwent a scoreless drought in the second quarter and had only 18 points at halftime. The Anteaters built a 13-point lead in the third quarter. But in the fourth quarter, UCSB found victory by going to Lane.

The 64 center from Moraga leads all NCAA Division I players in total rebounds and is second in rebounding average (12.8 per game). She was banging the boards as usual but not getting shots off against the double-teaming defense of the Anteaters. That changed after Henrickson put four guards onto the floor. “We wanted to take the defense out from Ila,” she said. Lane scored 17 points in the final 10 minutes and finished with her 10th double-double of the season (20 points, 16 rebounds) as the Gauchos won, 65-61.

Lane brought out a passing fancy in the Millers, who combined to dish off 15 assists. They can’t imagine where the Gauchos would be without her, after Natalia Bruening, the returning starter at center, was sidelined by a broken foot.

“Coming in as a freshman, having to step up after Natalia went down, not expecting to be in the limelight so soon—she’s been great,” Danae Miller said. Coco added, “I recently scored my 1,000th point. I told Ila that she’s next.”

Coco Miller (she was named Caroline by her parents, but her brother pronounced it “Coco” and it stuck) has started almost every game she’s played with the Gauchos since her freshman year in 2015-16. The 510 guard from San Clemente sat out the 2017-18 season with an injury. She is attending the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education while she finishes her college basketball career.

“It’s meant everything to me,” Coco said. “The biggest thing about Santa Barbara is the community. I love being able to go to the grocery store and somebody says, ‘Oh, you’re on the basketball team; good win the other day,’ or something like that.”

The Gaucho women’s team has a modest but fervent following whose support dates back to the multiple 20-win seasons and dozen Big West championships of the 1990s and early 2000s.

One benefit of missing a year is that Coco was able to see her fellow surname transition into a confident point guard.

“You can see how far Danae has come on the floor,” she said.

“It’s a big leap from your sophomore to your junior year.”

When she came to UCSB out of Long Beach Poly High, the younger Miller said it was hard for her to adjust to college at first. Yet the Gauchos needed someone of her ability to run the offense, and she was thrown into the fire. The 57 guard made progress as a sophomore and now is a more complete player.

“She was a facilitator last year,” Henrickson said. “We needed her to get more aggressive and score. She’s finding that balance.”

Danae Miller and Lane are the highest-scoring Gauchos, averaging about 14 points a game.

Coco Miller is a streaky shooter, and her floor game is a steadying influence. She is among the top 10 women in the NCAA with her assist/turnover ratio of 2.9.

“I learned from Coco,” Danae said. “She knows how to play every play basically. She’s taught me you don’t have to have a fast pace all the time. Being more deliberate, you see the court better.”

Danae’s winning basket against Cal Poly came out of her expanded self-assurance. “I’m feeling confident and hopeful going into this quarter,” she said. “I feel good academically.

Happiness is getting a good grade. Last quarter, I got an A in my music class and a B-plus in psych.”

“Good answer,” Coco Miller said, slapping hands with her teammate. Her own grades: “All A’s,” she said. “I had to write a paper about leadership. I interviewed Coach Bonnie and [Assistant] Coach Nate [Fripp] for it and got an A.” The Gauchos will be challenged by more tests on the basketball court. The women’s game in the Big West Conference is wide open. Most games in the early going have been decided by single digits. Before their Cal Poly win, UCSB opened conference play against Cal State Fullerton and lost in overtime, 70-68.

UC Davis comes into the Thunderdome for a 7 p.m. game tonight (Thu., Jan. 23). It will likely go down to the final minn utes.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Breszny ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): German writer Johann Wolfgang

von Goethe (1749-1832) declared that English writer Lord Byron (1788-1824) was the greatest genius of the 19th century. Here’s an interesting coincidence: Byron regarded Goethe as the greatest genius of the 19th century. I bring this to your attention, Aries, in the hope that it will inspire you to create a similar dynamic in your own life during the coming months. As much as possible, surround yourself with people whom you think are wonderful and interesting and enlivening — and who think you are wonderful and interesting and enlivening.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Taurus-born Johannes Brahms (1833-

1897) was a renowned German composer who lived most of his life is Germany and Austria. He became so famous and well-respected that England’s Cambridge University offered him an honorary degree if he would visit the campus. But Brahms was too timid to risk crossing the English Channel by boat. (There were no airplanes and Chunnel in those days.) He declined the award. I beg you not to do anything even remotely like that in the coming weeks, Taurus. Please summon the gumption necessary to claim and gather in all you deserve.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to my analysis of the astro-

logical omens, the coming weeks will be one of those rare times when you can safely engage with influences that might normally rattle you. You’ll be protected as you wander into the unknown and explore edgy mysteries. Your intuition will be highly reliable if you make bold attempts to solve dilemmas that have previously confounded and frustrated you. If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to get a bit wild and exploratory, this is it.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) is regarded as one of England’s greatest painters. He’s best known

for his luminous and imaginative landscapes. His experimental use of light and color influenced the impressionist painters who came after him. But the weird thing is that after his death, many of his works were lost for decades. In 1939, a famed art historian found over a hundred of them rolled up like tarpaulins in the basement of an art museum. Let’s apply this event as a metaphor for what’s ahead in your life, Cancerian.

I suspect that buried or lost elements of your past will soon be rediscovered and restored. I bet it will be fun and illuminating!

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Learning to love is difficult, and we

pay dearly for it,” wrote the serious and somber author Fyodor Dostoevsky. “It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship,” he added. All that’s true, I think. To hone our ability to express tenderness and warmth, even when we’re not at our best, is the most demanding task on earth. It requires more courage than that of a soldier in the frenzy of battle, as much imagination as a poet, and diligence equal to that of an architect supervising I’ve gathered all the construction of a massive susLEO of the long-term, big-picture horopension bridge. And yet on the (July 23-Aug. 22): In my early adult scopes I wrote for you in the past few other hand — contrary to what life, I lived below the poverty line weeks and bundled them in one place: Dostoevsky believed—sometimes for many years. How did that impact bit.ly/2020BigPicture. love is mostly fun and inspiring me? Here’s one example: I didn’t and entertaining and educational. own a mattress from ages 23 to 39, I suspect that the coming weeks will be one of those but rather slept on a two-inch thick foam pad that lay phases for you. directly on the floor. I’m doing better now, thank you.

But my early experiences ensured that I would forever SCORPIO have profound empathy for people who don’t have (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How well do you nurture yourself, much money. I hope this will serve as inspiration for dear Scorpio? How diligent are you in providing youryou, Leo. The next seven weeks will be the Empathy self with the sustenance that ensures your body, mind, Building Season for you. The cosmos will reward you and soul will thrive? Are you imaginative in the ways if you build your ability to appreciate and understand that you keep yourself excited about life? Do you take the pains and joys of other humans. Your compassion strong measures to avoid getting attached to mediocre will be tonic for both your mental and physical health. pleasures, even as you consistently hone your focus on the desires that lead you to joy and deep satisfaction?

VIRGO The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Ancient Greek author Theophrastus meditate on these questions. was a scientist before the concept of “scientist” existed.

His writings on botany were influential for hundreds SAGITTARIUS of years after his death. But some of his ideas would be (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Seven books of the Bible’s Old Testaconsidered unscientific today. For example, he believed ment refer to a magical place called Ophir. It was a that flute music could heal sciatica and epilepsy. No source of exotic finery and soulful treasures like gold, modern research suggests that the charms of the flute peacocks, jewels, frankincense, and precious sancan literally cure physical ailments like those. But there dalwood. One problem: No one, not even a Biblical is a great deal of evidence that music can help relieve scholar, has ever figured out where it was. Zimbabwe? pain, reduce anxiety, reduce the side effects of drugs, India? Tunisia? Its location is still unknown. I am assist in physical therapy, and even make you smarter. bringing this to your attention because I suspect that And my reading of the current astrological omens sugin 2020 there’ll be a good chance you’ll discover and gests that the therapeutic effects of music will be espegain access to your own metaphorical Ophir: a fount cially dramatic for you during the next three weeks. of interesting, evocative resources. For best results, be

primed and eager to offer your own skills and riches in exchange for what this fount can provide to you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn filmmaker Steven Soderbergh says it’s crucial for us to have a well-developed story about who we are and what we’re doing with our lives. It’s so important, he feels, that it should be the trigger that flings us out of bed every morning.

We’ve got to make our story so vivid and interesting that it continually motivates us in every little thing we do. Soderbergh’s counsel is always good to keep in mind, of course, but it will be even more so for you in the coming months. Why? Because your story will be expanding and deepening, and you’ll need to make the necessary adjustments in how you tell your story to yourself.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’m a big fan of self-editing. For exam-

ple, every horoscope I write evolves over the course of at least three drafts. For each book I’ve published, I have written but then thrown away hundreds of pages that I ultimately deemed weren’t good enough to be a part of the finished text. And yet now and then, I have created a poem or song in one rapid swoop. My artistic artifact is exactly right the first time it flows out of me, with no further tinkering needed. I suspect you’re now entering a phase like that, Aquarius. I’m reminded of poet Allen Ginsberg’s operative principle: “First thought, best thought.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Who don’t you want to be, Pisces?

Where don’t you want to go? What experiences are not necessary in your drive to become the person you were born to be? I encourage you to ask yourself questions like those in the coming weeks. You’re entering a phase when you can create long-term good fortune for yourself by knowing what you don’t like and don’t need and don’t require. Explore the positive effects of refusal. Wield the power of saying NO so as to liberate yourself from all that’s irrelevant, uninteresting, trivial, and unhealthy.

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Thorough knowledge of diagnostic / psychological testing methodologies.

Demonstrated experience working with African American communities.

Demonstrated knowledge of Black Psychology and culture. Notes: Criminal history background check.

Mandated reporting requirements of child abuse. Credentials verification for clinical practitioner. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online by

COUNSELING CENTER Provides individual therapy to assess the level of pathology and to determine appropriateness of a short‑term therapeutic modality for students with serious psychological concerns. Assess for suicidal ideation and provide appropriate crisis intervention services. Conduct culturally appropriate therapeutic interventions. Coordinate care with Student Health and provide on and off campus referrals as needed. Provide consultation to staff, faculty, and students as requested. Develop and deliver psychoeducational programs to address the cultural and mental health needs of underrepresented populations. Psychologist expected to participate in campus organizations which have a demonstrated commitment to diversity and cultural issues. Ablility to approach clinical service provision from a cultural perspective. Train and supervise staff, interns, practicum students, or peers as appropriate. Reqs: Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical or Counseling Psychology from an APA accredited doctoral program. License to practice psychology in the State of California or eligible within 6 months. Ability to be credentialed and privileged.

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Ability to conduct complex analysis and develop and present recommendations and course of treatment. Knowledge of electronic / medical records systems. Notes: Criminal history background check.

Mandated reporting requirements of child abuse. Credentials verification for clinical practitioner. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other

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OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT Establishes, develops and maintains comprehensive systems within the unit in coordination with central Development Office; supports leadership in short‑ and long‑term strategic planning and project management for program development and implementation which is focused on achieving operational and fundraising goals for the University Library. Proactively plans, organizes, and attends strategy meetings and coordinates follow up for $25,000+ prospects; prepares materials and reports that analyze the activities, progress, and goals of the Development Team; ensures the consistency, timeliness and accuracy of information disseminated to donors, prospects, and internal constituents.

Reviews and analyzes data as it relates to fundraising strategies and prospect identification and management and associated trends. Identifies, manages and completes special projects for other Library fundraising goals as needed. Responsible for a high level of prospect and gift analysis and research, providing analytical reporting. Reqs: Demonstrated management and supervisory experience. Excellent skills in analysis, problem solving, working with detail while applying and understanding broader contexts as they affect a diverse customer base: faculty, staff, students, and donors. Ability to interpret policies and procedures and accurately communicate them to others. Notes: Criminal history background check required. May be called upon to work occasional evenings and weekends at various events. $24.09 ‑ $26/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online by 1/29/20, thereafter open until filled.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20200023

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HUMAN RESOURCES Acts independently and with a high degree of initiative to provide financial, analytical, project, and administrative support to Human Resources Department. Using a thorough knowledge of finance policies, practices and systems serves as the primary Analyst providing analytical support in the area of financial management. Performs and/or oversees special projects and assignments with sensitive and/ or complex components, requiring significant independence and initiative

in execution and implementation.

Oversees and ensures the daily administrative operations run smoothly for the Human Resources office. Shared supervision of one career staff and student workers.

Reqs: Ability to use discretion and maintain a high level of confidentiality.

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Experience working in a customer service environment. Note: Criminal history background check required. $24.09‑ $28.49/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online by 1/30/20, thereafter open until filled.

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Ability to follow written and oral instructions. Notes: Criminal history background check required. Requires an in‑depth knowledge of grounds maintenance operations at UCSB and the ability to lead a diverse group of groundskeepers. Multiple positions available. $20.88‑ $24.45/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For primary consideration apply by 1/28/20, thereafter open until filled.

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2+ years experience in an office environment.

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Ability to maintain composure with large numbers of people and frequent interruptions in a confined work and reception area. Ability to work in a team environment that is ethnically diverse, culturally pluralistic, and comprised of individuals with many skill levels. Ability to use discretion and maintain confidentiality. Notes: Criminal history background check required. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license. $24.09‑ $27.07/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled.

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

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

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SPONSORED PROJECTS ANALYST

VICE CHANCELLOR OF RESEARCH Authorized, by delegation from the Chancellor to act on behalf of The Regents of the UC, to approve proposals and accept or execute contracts or grants for research, training and public service where the campus is a prime awardee and the sponsor is a federal or State of California agency with annual direct costs up to $2 million. Independently reviews and endorses proposals that are subject to the Research Terms and Conditions (RTC) and are within a $2 million threshold in annual direct costs. Collaborates with the Sponsored Projects Officer, dept administrator, and principal investigator in their timely completion and submission to multiple deadlines.

Reviews all proposals for compliance with university, federal, and sponsor policies. Independently negotiates and executes grants for research, training, and public service for projects up to $2 million in annual direct costs.

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TEST PROCTOR COORDINATOR

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contract without consideration of the prices on the additive or deductive items.

9.MANDATORY JOB WALK:Meet at Montecito Union School Office on January 28, 2020 at 9:30 a.m .

Attendance at the entire job walk is mandatory and failure to attend the entire job walk may result in your bid being rejected as non‑responsive.

Contact OWNER for details on required job walks and related documentation.

10.This is a prevailing wage project.

OWNER has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute this contract. These rates are on file at OWNERâÂÂs office, and a copy may be obtained upon request, or at www. dir.ca.gov. Contractor shall post a copy of these rates at the job site. ALL PROJECTS OVER $1,000 ARE SUBJECT TO PREVAILING WAGE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT BY THE LABOR COMMISSIONER. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded (CONTRACTOR), and upon any SUBCONTRACTOR, to pay not less than the specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract.

11.A Payment Bond for contracts over $25,000 and a Performance Bond for all contracts will be required prior to commencement of work. These bonds shall be in the amounts and form called for in the Contract Documents.

12.Pursuant to the provisions of Public Contract Code Section 22300, CONTRACTOR may substitute certain securities for any funds withheld by OWNER to ensure CONTRACTOR’S performance under the contract.

At the request and expense of CONTRACTOR, securities equivalent to any amount withheld shall be deposited, at the discretion of OWNER, with either OWNER or a state or federally chartered bank as the escrow agent, who shall then pay any funds otherwise subject to retention to CONTRACTOR. Upon satisfactory completion of the contract, the securities shall be returned to CONTRACTOR. Securities eligible for investment shall include those listed in Government Code Section 16430, bank and savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed to by CONTRACTOR and OWNER. CONTRACTOR shall be the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for funds withheld and shall receive any interest on them. The escrow agreement shall be in the form indicated in the Contract Documents.

13.To bid on or perform the work stated in this Notice, CONTRACTOR must possess a valid and active contractor’s license of the following classification(s) B No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor shall be qualified to

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14.CONTRACTOR and all subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records (eCPR) to the Labor Commissioner monthly in PDF format. Registration at www.dir.ca.gov/Public‑Works/ Certified‑Payroll‑Reporting.html is required to use the eCPR system.

The following notice is given as required by Labor Code Section 1771.5(b)(1): CONTRACTOR and any subcontractors are required to review and comply with the provisions of the California Labor Code, Part 7, Chapter 1, beginning with Section 1720, as more fully discussed in the Contract Documents. These sections contain specific requirements concerning, for example, determination and payment of prevailing wages, retention, inspection, and auditing payroll records, use of apprentices, payment of overtime compensation, securing workers compensation insurance, and various criminal penalties or fines which may be imposed for violations of the requirements of the chapter.

Submission of a bid constitutes CONTRACTOR’S representation that CONTRACTOR has thoroughly reviewed these requirements.

15. OWNER will retain 5% of the amount of any progress payments.

16. This Project does not require pre‑qualification pursuant to AB 1565 of all general contractors and all mechanical, electrical and plumbing subcontractors 17. BID PACKET will be provided at the job walk to attendees.

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1.OWNER: Montecito Union School District 2.PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NAME: 1920‑5 Windows Replacement Project 3.PROJECT LOCATION: 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 4.PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Replace aging wood windows with new clad wood windows (Sierra Pacific) on South and East elevations as indicated in the drawings and specifications.

Includes repair and/or replacement of associated trims and their finishes.

It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded (CONTRACTOR), and upon any SUBCONTRACTOR, to pay not less than the specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract.

5.BID DEADLINE: Bids are due on February 25, 2020 not later than 2:00 p.m.

6.PLACE AND METHOD OF BID RECEIPT: All Bids must be sealed.

Personal delivery, courier, or mailed via United States Postal Service and addressed to Montecito Union School District, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. ATTN: Virginia Alvarez 7.PLACE PLANS ARE ON FILE: Montecito Union School District, Business Department, Second Floor, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, www.tricoblue.com 8.ALTERNATES: If alternate bids are called for, the contract will be awarded to the lowest bid price on the base contract without consideration of the prices on the additive or deductive items.

9.MANDATORY JOB WALK: Meet at Montecito Union School Office on January 28, 2020 at 11 a.m.

Attendance at the entire job walk is mandatory and failure to attend the entire job walk may result in your bid being rejected as non‑responsive.

Contact OWNER for details on required job walks and related documentation.

10.This is a prevailing wage project.

OWNER has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute this contract. These rates are on file at OWNERâs office, and a copy may be obtained upon request, or at www. dir.ca.gov. Contractor shall post a copy of these rates at the job site. ALL PROJECTS OVER $1,000 ARE SUBJECT TO PREVAILING WAGE MONITORING

11.A Payment Bond for contracts over $25,000 and a Performance Bond for all contracts will be required prior to commencement of work. These bonds shall be in the amounts and form called for in the Contract Documents.

12.Pursuant to the provisions of Public Contract Code Section 22300, CONTRACTOR may substitute certain securities for any funds withheld by OWNER to ensure CONTRACTOR’S performance under the contract.

At the request and expense of CONTRACTOR, securities equivalent to any amount withheld shall be deposited, at the discretion of OWNER, with either OWNER or a state or federally chartered bank as the escrow agent, who shall then pay any funds otherwise subject to retention to CONTRACTOR. Upon satisfactory completion of the contract, the securities shall be returned to CONTRACTOR. Securities eligible for investment shall include those listed in Government Code Section 16430, bank and savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed to by CONTRACTOR and OWNER. CONTRACTOR shall be the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for funds withheld and shall receive any interest on them. The escrow agreement shall be in the form indicated in the Contract Documents.

13.To bid on or perform the work stated in this Notice, CONTRACTOR must possess a valid and active contractor’s license of the following classification(s) B No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor shall be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of 4104 of the Public Contract Code, for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless currently registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. No

CONTRACTOR or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the DIR. DIR web registration portal is: w w w. d i r. c a . g o v / P u b l i c ‑ Wo r k s / Contractors.html 14.CONTRACTOR and all subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records (eCPR) to the Labor Commissioner monthly in PDF format. Registration at www.dir.ca.gov/Public‑Works/ Certified‑Payroll‑Reporting.html is required to use the eCPR system.

The following notice is given as required by Labor Code Section 1771.5(b)(1): CONTRACTOR and any subcontractors are required to review and comply with the provisions of the California Labor Code, Part 7, Chapter 1, beginning with Section 1720, as more fully discussed in the Contract Documents. These sections contain specific requirements concerning, for example, determination and payment of prevailing wages, retention, inspection, and auditing payroll records, use of apprentices, payment of overtime compensation, securing workers compensation insurance, and various criminal penalties or fines which may be imposed for violations of the requirements of the chapter.

Submission of a bid constitutes CONTRACTORS representation that CONTRACTOR has thoroughly reviewed these requirements.

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(CONTINUED) however, the personal representative ADMINISTER OF ESTATE will be required to give notice to NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN E. LINDGREN NO: 19PR00583 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of JOHN E. LINDGREN A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: KATHERINE V. LINDGREN in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): KATHERINE V. LINDGREN 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 1/30/2020 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: Rosaleen Wynne 222 East Carrillo Street, Suite 207, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 966‑1204.

Published Jan 9, 15, 23 2020.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LEONARD HOLDEN, JR. NO: 19PR00592 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of LEONARD HOLDEN, JR., aka LEN HOLDEN, JR. A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: JULI C. BORTH in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): JULI C. BROTH be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions,

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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 1/30/2020 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: Evelyn J. Gruen, Attorney At Law PO Box 202, Simi Valley, CA 93062; (805) 522‑8152.

Published Jan 9, 15, 23 2020.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: FRANK BUSO NO: 19PR00496 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of FRANK BUSO A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: TERRY RODRIGUEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): TERRY RODRIGUEZ 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 02/20/2020 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

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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 Jan 15, 23, 30 2020.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: NADINE G. GOENA NO: 19PR00562 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of NADINE G. GOENA; NADINE GOENA; A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: VIRGINIA AYALA in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name):VIRGINIA AYALA 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 2/20/2020 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: Michael Anatole‑Channel Islands Law Group, A P.C. 58 N. Ash St., Ventura, CA 93001; (805) 652‑6941.

Published Jan 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: STEPHEN KAY CROSS NO: 20PR00014 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of STEPHEN KAY CROSS A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: MICHAEL D. CROSS

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in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): MICHAEL D. CROSS 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 2/27/2020 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: Connor C. Cote 222 East Carrillo Street, Suite 207, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 966‑1204.

Published Jan 23. Feb 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FIN WINDOW CLEANING at 84 Mallard Ave, Goleta, CA 93117; Joel Pedersen (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Joel Pedersen 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 Maria F Sanchez.

FBN Number: 2019‑0003074.

Published: Jan 2, 9, 15, 23, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KATCH CONSULTING at 5043 Via Lara Ln Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Frank L. Katch (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 27, 2019.

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

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0003199. Published: Jan 2, 9, 15, 23 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LEN’S FLOOR COVERING, LENS OF SANTA BARBARA at 5720 Thornwood Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Ramtore, Inc. 5118 Cathedral Oaks Road Santa Barbara, CA 93111 conducted by a Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 17, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0003124. Published: Jan 2, 9, 15, 23 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PROJECT. JULIA at 2202 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Julia Elliott (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Julia Elliott Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 27, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0002101. Published: Jan 2, 9, 15, 23 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PURO FLAMENCO at 240 Mathilda Dr Apt C Goleta, CA 93117; Alda Escarcega (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 3, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000039. Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ADORN SKIN & BEAUTY at 130 S. Hope Avenue Space F#127 Suite 114 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Alyssa R Lopez 817 E Carrillo St #C Santa Barbara, CA 93103 conducted by a Individual Signed: Alyssa Lopez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 26, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0003191. Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MADRIGAL REAL ESTATE at 381 Greencastle Circle Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Edward L. Madrigal (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 6, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000056.

Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GRIME TO SHINE at 5160 San Lorenzo Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Tracy Lynn Wilkes (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 2, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000009.

Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ANCHOR, IAYT, DANNAH ROSE, TEMPLE OF THE ROSE, I AM YOUR TEAM at 1423 Park Place #12 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Dannah C Perez (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 27, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0003202.

Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HANDSOME FACTORY at 101 S Salinas St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Christopher Lee Trenschel (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Chris Trenschel Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 30, 2019.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Maria F. Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0003214.

Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HEALTHY PET at 3018 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Rene Roberta 2726 Sailor Ave Ventura, CA 93001 conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 17, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Maria F. Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0003122. Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DTAR, SEYMOUR DUNCAN RESEARCH, SEYMOUR DUNCAN, SEYMOUR DUNCAN PICKUPS at 5427 Hollister Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Carter Duncan Corporation (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: Cathy Duncan Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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 John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0003158. Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHANNEL ACUPUNCTURE, MATT PESENDIAN HEALING ARTS at 2600 De La Vina St., Ste D Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Matthew Pesendian 3149 Lucinda Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 3, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000043. Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LUCKY POLO PONY, ROYALTY ORCHIDS, MARCHUS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, MULTICULTURAL MEDIA at PO Box 1318 # 3059 Sacramento, CA 95812; Allison Louise Marchus (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Allison Marchus Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 2, 2020.

This 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: 2020‑0000012.

Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SERENO RELIEF SERVICES at 208 W. Canon Perdido Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Miriam Christina Ketcham 325 E Valerio St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 6, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000051.

Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ANCIENT EARTH PIGMENTS at 5574 Somerset Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Atelier Nelson LLC (same address) conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 2, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000010.

Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LITTLE CORNER STORE at 701 Bath St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Prajapati Dipmala R.; 515 Tepic Pl Santa Barbara, CA 93111 conducted by a Individual Signed: Prajapati, Dipmala R. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 2, 2020.

This 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: 2020‑0000011. Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DC PLUMBING at 109 S Fairview #A Goleta, CA 93117; Runnin’ Down A Dream 1316 East Mason St #B Santa Barbara, CA 93103 conducted by a Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 3, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000027.

Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FAIRVIEW SUPPLY at 109 S Fairview #A Goleta, CA 93117; Runnin’ Down A Dream 1316 East Mason St #B Santa Barbara, CA 93103 conducted by a Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 3, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000026.

Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALEBRIJE at 2915 De La Vina St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Esperanza Vargas 160 La Venta Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110 conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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 John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0003168. Published: Jan 9, 15, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PIZANO’S CLEANING at 3963 Via Lucero St #16 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Silvia Pizano (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 6, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000061. Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BEST WESTERN ENCINA INN & SUITES, BEST WESTERN PLUS ENCINA INN & SUITES, BEST WESTERN ENCINA LODGE, ENCINA INN, BEST WESTERN PLUS, ENCINA INN, ENCINA LODGE at 2220 Bath Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Encina Investments, LLC (same address) Encina Investments, LP (same address)This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership Signed: Eva Schmidt, Agent This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 31, 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: 2019‑0003218. Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

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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: MONTECITO WEDDINGS, PERL CONSULTING at 3710 Amalfi Way Unit B Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Emmanuelle Recher (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 6, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000045. Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

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 AUTO N E G O T I AT I O N at 1985 Stanwood Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Jason Anderson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 8, 2020.

This 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: 2020‑0000094.

Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

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: ALBRIGHT ESTHETICS at 130 S. Hope Ave Space #F 127 Suite 114 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Rebecca Ann Albright 741 Calle De Los Amigos Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 8, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000085. Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: SB SIGN CO. at 534 North F Street Lompoc, CA 93436; Arthuer C. Jones (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Arther C. Jones This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 6, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000059.

Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n ( s ) i s / a re d o i n g b u s i n e s s as: CIAO A FINE SALON at 3011 De La Vina St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Rosemary Perez 1458 Sterling Ave Carpinteria, CA 93013 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 17, 2019. This statement e x p i re s f i v e y e a r s f ro m t h e d a t e i t w a s f i l e d i n t h e O ff i c e of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0003136.

Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NOKS EXPERT THAI MASSAGE CENTER, THAI MASSAGE BY NOK at 26 S La Cumbre Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Roy McLaughlin 1204 Merdian Way Lompoc, CA 93436; Somnuk McLaughlin (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Roy McLaughlin This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 10, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000119.

Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SFM Vista Del Mar Property Management, Vista Del Mar Property at 6529 Trigo Rd. Suite #B Goleta, CA 93117; Edward A. Sweatt 7574 Rothbury Place Goleta, CA 93117; Valerie L. Sweatt (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 10, 2020.

This 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: 2020‑0000124. Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VALUE ADDED DEVELOPMENT at 1117 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Value Added Building, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 8, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000090. Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE HILT ESTATE at 2240 Santa Rosa Rd. Lompoc, CA 93436; West Coast Wine Ventures, LLC 211 N Stadium Blvd, Suite 201 Columbia, MO 65203 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 6, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000058.

Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHRISTOPHER ELLEFSON at 111 W Islay St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Christopher Ellefson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 8, 2020.

This 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: 2020‑0000096. Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 101 PLUMBING INC. at 1411 San Pascual St #A Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 101 Plumbing Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 9, 2020.

This 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: 2020‑0000103. Published: Jan 15, 23, 30. Feb 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WEBB ELLIS at 923 Laguna St Suite F Santa Barbara, CA 93101; College Apparel Inc. (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: Kevin Battle CEO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 17, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000186. Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SW CONSTRUCTION at 102 San Nicolas Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Steven Lee Watson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 13, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000137.

Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DESIGNER CUTS at 6831‑D Hollister Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Yanet Cadena 1527 1/2 Kowalski Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Roberto Rodriguez (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 7, 2020.

This 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: 2020‑0000066.

Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TRAIN RUGGED at 222 Meigs Rd. #17 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Robert Stephenson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 7, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000074. Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA EYECARE at 2946 De La Vina St., Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Douglas A. Katsev, MD 4225 Via Presada, Santa Barbara, CA 93110 conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 03, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000040. Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BEAUTY HAIR AND NAILS at 32 W Micheltorena St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Nancy Tran 1025 Olive St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 14, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000148.

Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLAIRE LLC at 403 La Marina Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Claire LLC (same address) conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 14, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000152.

Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WITHOUT BORDERS at 1812 Bath St Apt Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ryan McCullough (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 14, 2020.

This 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: 2020‑0000155.

Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BASEDRIVEN at 27 West Anapamu Street, Suite 152 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Joseph Price (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 15, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000164. Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SB DIGITAL GROWTH at 1818 Overlook Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Samuel Lewis Benon (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 10, 2020.

This 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: 2020‑0000123. Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PAUL A BROMBAL COINS & JEWELRY, SANTA BARBARA MONEY MUSEUM, TESOROS INTERNACIONALES at 3000 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Paul A. Brombal Santa Barbara, CA 93105 conducted by a Individual Signed: Paul A. Brombal Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 16, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000181. Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Published: Jan 2, 9, 15, 23, 2020.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF KRYSTLE FARMER SIEFHART ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV00103 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: ANAIAH MONET PRIETO TO: ANAIAH MONET SIEGHART‑PRIETO FROM: KADEN JEREMIAH PRIETO TO: KADEN JEREMIAH SIEGHART‑PRIETO 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 March 11, 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 January 10, 2020

by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 2, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VEDA SCIENTIFIC at 1601 W. Central Ave. Building A. Ste A/B Lompoc, CA 93436; GL Labs Lompoc, LLC (same address) conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 17, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000197.

Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: METTLE CONSTRUCTION GROUP at 570 E. Newlove Dr Unit F Santa Maria, CA 93454; Coastal Energy Group, Inc. (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 7, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000076. Published: Jan 23, 30. Feb 6, 13 2020.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE A P P L I C AT I O N OF NOE MANCILLAS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV06623 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: ALEXA MORA TO: ALEXA MANCILLAS 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 February 19, 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.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BEE AND ROSE at 491 Windsor Ave. Goleta, CA 93117; Laura Goodell (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 9, 2020. This 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: 2020‑0000100.

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