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The Plow & Angel, the famed watering hole at the San Ysidro Ranch that, for decades, has been a classy yet approachable place to sip, unwind and be seen, reopened last month as a Prohibition Era-inspired watering hole. No secret password required, and walk-ins are welcome. But the new vibe is decidedly lavish and lush, swanky and seductive.

“No matter how great you are, you can always do more to strive for excellence and to offer the best you can,” says Tristan Pitre, the wine collections manager at the Ranch. Indeed, for a legendary luxury resort property with global prestige, the new speakeasy concept is the latest in a string of recent innovations – like the Secret Cellar, the luxe underground venue that reopened last year, housing 12,000 fine wine bottles from 70 regions and offering curated, customized meal experiences, and the all-inclusive aspect to overnight stays, featuring 41 upscale bungalows peppered across the 550-acre estate.

“It would be easy to sit back and coast,” continues Pitre, “but this is us trying something new and continuing to improve, all while respecting the property’s history.”

History – nostalgia may be a better word – factor big at the new Plow & Angel. The music’s back – a rotating roster of singers and instrumentalists who perform nightly, revisiting the jazzy vibe that greeted that bar’s guests several years ago. Set against its famous stone walls, the new décor oozes 1920s allure and sets an ambiance that’s escapist and sexy at once: rich red banquettes, copper tabletops, and, by that roaring fireplace, an iconic Chesterfield couch. The area rugs are unique and refined. The furniture is all vintage. The warm lighting helps set the mood.

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Montecito’s Dirt Bike Days

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ontecito! (excuse me) While our fairly liquid little village has never been known as the “Home of the Mink Stole,” neither has it ever sported the tagline “Central Coast Epicenter of Tweens Helling around on BMX Bikes.” That branding would likely have been discouraged by the Montecito Association. The descriptor, though, would not have been inaccurate. “We were just free in Montecito.

We lived close enough where you could ride bikes and skateboard or walk, and parents didn’t worry about anything.” Trent Watanabe has been the Montecito Journal’s Art Director for 18 years, and is an accomplished artist in his own right. He is also the perpetually grinning ambassador of an earlier time in this town. “The look is the same Montecito. When I’m by School House Road and around Mount Carmel, those are kind of the back roads we took. They feel the same. The mix of little houses and big houses hasn’t really changed. But there were a lot more kids. I remember a lot more kids

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playing around and riding bikes.”

Watanabe recalls the Montecito of the early-80s thru the early-90s as a forested province of trees and creeks and shade-dappled, leafy declivities a kid could sidle into from a friend’s yard and get happily lost in. “You’d go out the back fence and then basically walk down the trail to the creek,” he says. “There were vines that grew up the oak trees that leaned over the creek, so you could grab a handful of vines and swing out over the water.”

He fondly recalls his pedal posse threading through the town like a diminutive and benign biker gang in OP shorts. “I wore Stubbies, though,” Watanabe is quick to add. “They were baggy.” In Watanabe’s telling, Coast Village Road itself was a kid-friendly “downtown” of snack shacks, burger joints, and camaraderie – a milelong strip of immersive fun and mischief.

Kids would even be dropped off there while the parents ran around doing errands.

“I remember just always hanging out on Coast Village Road,” Watanabe says, laughing. “You know, ‘Let’s get a burger at the Snack Shack and go ride bikes!’” If you

see a gaggle of laughing kids in baseball caps racing bikes down Coast Village Road today, do take a photo. It’ll have the same cachet as that of a plesiosaur doing the backstroke in Loch Ness. “I went to MUS. After school we would go to the pharmacy, which was inundated with kids buying candy. Kids were just waiting for the bus we all took. It was a regular town. We’d go into Pierre Lafond as a group and buy bagels and stuff. There isn’t a kid in Montecito who hasn’t fallen into the Pierre Lafond fountain at some point.”

Watanabe and his pals made prodigious use of the town. From late afternoon explorations of the dissolving, haunted cottages of the old Hammond’s estate, to skateboarding in mildly sketchy parts of SB because that’s where the best spots were, to sneaking onto the Casa Dorinda grounds and roaming – the gang was always outside. How did they escape the bottomless algorithmic vacuum of social media and gaming? “Pong? That was it. And maybe Atari was starting to come in.

But we didn’t sit around inside at all. I don’t remember ever sitting inside. We lived outside so much I remember it would feel weird when we had to eat food in someone’s house.

We were always, always outside.”

Watanabe is not what they used to call a “cool customer”; an inscrutable guy affecting a detached aloofness. The man is actually cool and wears a perpetual grin – and

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he unabashedly loves Montecito. He has always loved Montecito and embraces every nourishing civic epoch he’s had the good fortune to grow through here. When he talks about the town his eyes look into the past with 20/20 vision. “Along the row where Jeannine’s is now, there was a 31 Flavors three doors down. And then across Coast Village Road from that was Jurgenson’s.

And behind the library near the Upper

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rince Harry and Meghan Markle have adopted one of former TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres’ ailing chicken, which was being bullied at her $25 million Montecito estate, just a five-minute drive from the Sussexes $14.5 million mansion in Riven Rock.

Ellen, 65, updated her 139 million Instagram followers on the progress of Sinkie, so named because she lived in old stone sink in her back yard.

The chicken suffered a broken fibula bone in the leg shortly before Christmas.

“Luckily friends Harry and Meghan have room for one more,” writes Ellen.

“Not sure yet what her royal title will be!”

The Duke of Sussex, 39, a British army veteran, is being honored at this year’s 21st annual Living Legends of Aviation gala in Beverly Hills hosted by actor John Travolta, an accomplished pilot himself.

Harry did two tours of duty in Afghanistan as an air controller and Apache helicopter pilot. Past honorees have included Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

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Just four months after their acrimonious divorce, Carpinteria actor Kevin Costner’s ex-wife, Christine Baumgartner, has found love again.

She was seen in her Range Rover dropping off her new man at his sprawling Montecito estate, less than five minutes from her own house.

Baumgartner’s new beau is financier Josh Connor, 49, himself a divorced father of three, who became legally single on Jan. 3, 2023 – just five months before Baumgartner blindsided Costner, 68, by filing for divorce, according to London’s Daily Mail.

The twosome also traveled together at Christmas with her new banker beau flying her to Hawaii on a private jet, according to sources.

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A Luxury Some Can Afford Montecito actor Rob Lowe appears to have found the foundation of youth!

Rob, 59, attributes his youthful look, in part, to getting a proper amount of sleep, according to USA Today.

During his podcast, Literally! With Rob Lowe, the former Brat Pack star also credited his shut-eye schedule with being crucial to his fresh-faced appearance.

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The 1924 Spanish Colonial style compound, with a stunning backdrop of the Santa Ynez Mountains, has two homes totaling six bedrooms and five bathrooms.

Laffont is founder of the hedge fund and private equity firm Coatue Management and worth $6 billion, according to Forbes.

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Partners in Partisanship

by Arthur Merovick

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ne aspect of my doddering old age is my witnessing of numerous periods of political upheaval and national distress. Recently I’ve been troubled when I hear several friends of my vintage rationalize our current sad state of affairs as “no worse than the string of 1960 assassinations, the terrible conflict and losses of the Vietnam disaster, the disgrace of Watergate, or the tragic events and aftermath of 9/11.” To me, the anguish of those terrible occurrences offers little solace, and I continue to feel that the current rancor, bitterness, and pervasive lack of trust and respect is unprecedented. The partisanship which has become an integral part of our public discourse has resulted in a complete dysfunction of our elected government and a reason for national embarrassment and international ridicule.

Regardless of the inevitable election campaign rhetoric which invariably promises “healing” and “bipartisanship,” our leaders have failed to guide us to meaningful consensus and even a nod to common decency. Willingness to compromise, which is essential to dealing with serious challenges in governing in a democracy, is never even considered. Instead, our elected representatives, when they fail to get their way, are quick to demonize, insult and ignore the opposition. Dishonesty, misleading hyperbole and blatant self-serving tactics, mostly motivated by the next election, have become central to the habits of our decision makers.

We are entering an election cycle which tends to expose and exaggerate the ill will and shallowness of what has become the

shameful way we elect our president. Most people I talk to despair at the prospect of the apparent choices on the ballot.

Unfortunately, often their dissatisfaction is accompanied by a demeaning dismissal of the opposition. Candidates themselves, rather than rising to the occasion and agreeing to a standard of good campaign practice, are involved in a race to the bottom by all but abandoning responsible discourse and principled debate.

Of course, in a democracy, the ultimate responsibility rests with the electorate.

We are the ones who have voted these people into power, foolishly accepting their campaign promises and hollow claims. Even worse, after we experience their obvious incompetence and transparent posturing, we reelect them over and over again. Surely we should be hesitant to look down our noses at third world countries or ridicule their absurd electoral practices and abuses.

The time has come to break the cycle.

Evidence offered by the media (they are willing and enthusiastic contributors to this crisis) suggests that we are continuing this decline with a further erosion of trust and decency. We can’t keep repeating practices that have produced polarization and a persistent inability to govern. To be sure, we accept that democracy is a messy business and that substantive differences will remain in the different options offered by our political parties but, at the same time, there is increasing acceptance of the need for bold and new approaches if we are to regain our footing and stature.

The time has come for an innovative departure from the self-destructive past patterns that have brought us to this unfortunate place. The prospect of the major

party candidates only promise “more of the same.” The public dissatisfaction with that choice has led us to a time ripe for a new and different approach. There is a sense that we are worn out, frustrated, and increasingly angry as we seek a meaningful response to enormous and complex problems. We are rightly fed up with the inertia and bickering of a government which has lost our respect. We understand that neither side will get everything it wants in the way of answers and solutions, but we deserve intelligent, rigorously debated, and productive compromise with a standard of civility committed to solutions.

Might we consider something that was floated (and dismissed) in the run up to the 2008 presidential election? Republican candidate, John McCain flirted with the idea of asking Senator Joe Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, to be his running mate.

McCain’s thought, as he explained it, was that there was a potential for fruitful common ground and a viable partnership between a centrist Republican and a centrist Democrat. He foresaw the partnership as a way beyond the intransigence of extreme party differences.

Predictably, the party “machines” balked and McCain instead chose Republican Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin.

I’m sure a proposal like this or other non-conventional options will be seen as wishful thinking, impractical and naive.

Beyond that, even as ardent a proponent of breaking this cycle as I am, I’m hard pressed to identify the leaders from both sides of the aisle who would be willing to buck the traditional base of his or her political party. I also have doubts that such an effort would gain the necessary and obscene financial backing that has become the unfortunate prerequisite to presidential politics.

I offer this only as a suggestion, aimed at stemming the current tide of our national malaise and a way to undo the present

pattern of dysfunction. In the end, it’s up to us as concerned citizens, as we search for a roadmap to guide us in the hard work of governing in a democracy.

Arthur Merovick, Headmaster (retired) at Laguna Blanca School

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ohn Densmore, the renowned drummer and founding member of the legendary rock band The Doors will be talking about his book, The Doors Unhinged (Rev. November 2023) with Andrew Winer at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, on Sunday, January 28, as part of his national book tour. If we are lucky, he may perform as well.

The update of his book from its original publication (April 2013) is due to a recent move by two members of the group. Robby Krieger and the late Ray Manzarek (via his widow, Dorothy) are intent on selling their share of rights to the Doors catalog without restrictions to Larry Mestel. Mr. Mestel is former CEO of Virgin Records, and founder of Primary Wave NYC – a company that “purchases the artists’ share of publishing rights and master rights, primarily to monetize their use in TV, film and advertising (synchronization rights to musical works).” Primary Wave Music described this as a monumental acquisition, as they now own the rights to classic hits “Break on Through,” “Light My Fire,” “Hello, I Love You,” “People Are Strange,” “Riders on the Storm,” and “L.A. Woman.”

Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

Lead singer and songwriter Jim Morrison established The Doors as an equal partnership without regard to songwriting, each member having veto power early on. Then came the Buick commercial debacle with Morrison suing Buick for advertising use and telling his band they sold themselves to the devil. Working with the band’s attorney, Morrison then put in place a non-commercial use stipulation for their music in perpetuity.

A few years later, Morrison again had the band, their lawyers, and management sign a series of contracts to protect against commercial use of The Doors’ catalog, this just prior to his departure for Paris in 1970. Following his death there, the band became split on commercial use when Krieger and Manzarek formed a new band using The Doors logo and name and wanted to sell the songs to advertisers. A series of lawsuits followed between Densmore and the Krieger-Manzarek coalition, in which the judge ruled in Densmore’s favor. Now it seems the issue has returned.

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw

Henry Diltz and John Densmore at the Morrison Hotel dedication to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation on December 20, 2023 (photo courtesy of AIDS Healthcare Foundation)

Putting Santa Barbara on the map of his book tour is a direct nod from Densmore to our humble town. He told me in our phone interview of his fond memories of Montecito, his parents staying at the Miramar, and how he likes to hang out with Montecito musician John Kay (Steppenwolf ) and Kay’s wife Jutta at the Sacred Space in Summerland.

At 78, Densmore remains active – performing, writing, and recording.

His philanthropic efforts include the Densmore Scholarship at UCLA for undergrads in African American Studies, his ongoing advocacy of environmental causes, and doing concerts for various charitable causes. On December 20, 2023, he joined rock photographer Henry Diltz at the Morrison Hotel in Los Angeles, where The Doors’ eponymous album cover was photographed 54 years ago by Diltz, on December 17, 1969. They gave their blessings to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation which purchased the historic 1914 building, saving it from demolition (where the space was to be repurposed for affordable housing). With every fiber of his being, Densmore is committed to upholding Morrison’s wishes and contracts, truly aligned are these two Sagittarian stars. Here’s our in-depth interview, excerpted: Q. Is there a singular message in your updated book?

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almer Jackson Jr.’s band, the Doublewide Kings, is doing a benefit show to raise funding for the Alcazar Theatre’s 2024 renovations on February 2 and February 3. The band has a huge following and announced that early sponsorship VIPs include Montecito’s Scott Brittingham of Brittingham Family Foundation, Bill and Katie Garland, Board Treasurer of Casa del Herrero Gary Bradhering, Carpinteria philanthropists Tim and Ginny Bliss, Adam Peck, screenwriter/producer Jenny Bicks, and Jill Mazursky.

I interviewed Jackson Jr. at the theater this week about his band and their commitment to the Alcazar. He shared: “To start, three of us in the band went to Cate School in Carpinteria, and we love Carpinteria. The band played at the Alcazar five years ago. We loved it. The “room” is subterranean, so it has incredible depth of sound. We really enjoyed playing here five different times since then, and the team, starting with Laz [Mike Lazaro], is so great and such fans of ours. Our band has a history now of playing places to help those places raise money, like we just did at the Granada Theatre and the Lobero Theatre.

The band formed 15 years ago with three members from a prior group, The Mobile Home Boys, an acoustic Americana band. We got named Doublewide because we use electric guitars with a larger sound. We invite everyone to our February 2nd and 3rd shows. We’ll be joined by keyboardist/saxophonist Joe Farey. We’ll be playing a few highlights from the recent Moondance show, as well as rock classics.”

Current renovations will level up the venue to both “green” and professional performing arts standards current in the industry. The 2024 renovations include new electrical wiring, stage lighting and lighting truss, an updated tech control booth, new movie projector to replace its 20-year-old predecessor, a new wireless microphone system, cables, mic stands, drum riser, operational sound gear system with fiber optics, live streaming, and ongoing assessments for the latest tech and guest experience. In addition to the tech upgrades, local artist John Wullbrandt and his team have been painting the proscenium arch and Juliet balconies. Many recording artists are now insisting that the venues where they perform are technologically and aesthetically up to date.

Technical Director and the Board of Directors VP, Michael Avery, lends his 35-year expertise to the updates. In our interview he said, “We are reviving the Alcazar! We are improving the lights, sound, acoustics, and the staging. It’s going to be amazing! The audience will be able to hear the sound equally throughout the theater. We are putting four video cameras to live stream and record the performances via local TV stations and online. And we will have the ability to stream in from other live performing venues.” In the mix is music industry expert Joe Interlande who is the House and Sound Engineer.

On taking the theater up a few notches to pro-level, Executive Director Debbie Nomura shared, “We are striving to establish the Alcazar as a premier event venue along the Central Coast, a hub of entertainment and talent development. We are aiming to give space to a diverse range of performing arts, including theater, concerts, speaker series,

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Elizabeth’s Appraisals The Face of David

by Elizabeth Stewart

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have clever readers who connect material objects with present day symbolism: FR asks, “What do I really see when I see a mask on a face?” Apropos to our past three years, she was compelled to rethink her huge three-foot Venetian papier-mâché mask of the face of Michelangelo’s David. She mentions seeing her attractively shaped neighbor, masked, as a stranger in 2021. She automatically overestimated his good looks – when the mask came off, he was a slight disappointment. Perceptual processing of the full face of a masked person is called amodal completion: COVID was an experience in facial perception.

Humans see faces holistically from the eyes down to the chin (top down: termed ‘face pareidolia’) and if we don’t see a feature, we complete it. She references Douglas R Hofstadter’s I am a Strange Loop (2007), describing her own feedback loop around her ability to recreate a masked face; her neighbor was perceived, when masked, as beautiful as David.

A three-foot papier-mâché mask of the iconic face

We have all known that phenomenon, and had to sneak an astounded second look once a mask came off a face, right?

Arguably the most beautiful face in art history, her David mask focused her attention on the phenomenon of “over-beautifying” an average face when masked. David masks were worn during the Pandemic (David was the monster slayer, but he is also a symbol of male beauty – in all his parts).

One day there will be a museum of masks

worn during the lockdown, and I predict this museum will include virtual masks.

An app developed in 2019 by MIT IBM’s Watson AI ‘learned’ 45,000 Renaissance paintings to compare to YOUR face, creating a virtual mask. AI-generated data gives us a whole new version of ‘the mask’, using personal photos “transmuted” to resemble portraits painted in the style of 15th century Old Masters like Titian and Rembrandt.

Caveat: few Renaissance artists painted smiling people, so don’t expect an AI smile!

Another app analyzes your face and compares it to historically painted portraiture to present you with your historical art doppelganger. And David himself has a doppelganger; in Florence you will see two Davids. The original is in the Accademia Gallery where it was moved in 1910 from the outdoor Piazza della Signoria; a copy was made for the Piazza del Duomo.

This mask of David, once worn to the Venice Carnival, is emblematic of the ever-mysterious mask. The noble face of David had been superimposed on various COVID masks throughout the world. One can put an image on one’s face of something symbolic, and that image “connects” immediately, unlike our faulty, overinflated analysis of HALF a face under a N95 mask. All the world knows David, an icon across cultures.

A full-sized image of David was displayed at Dubai Expo in 2021, leading to decisions regarding nudity. Presenters had crafted an exquisite resin replica at scale, using laser scans and 3D printing covering the 15-foot work with marble dust. To display it, they imagined it viewed by the public inside of its shipping container, a glass 18-foot crate with pillars of support strategically placed for “protection” across the groin. I wonder what Michelangelo would have thought.

Two of the greatest artists of all time competed to bring David’s beauty to life: the five-ton stone from which David was

carved was brought to Florence across the Mediterranean in the 15th century. The huge block of marble had such great promise that notable sculptors attempted a creation but failed. The stone languished into the 16th century when a competition was held between three sculptors, two of whom were Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

Michelangelo won the commission for the sculpture in the Duomo, ‘making’ David from 1501-1504 – and we see David’s face 520 years later on COVID masks! Since the Greek era, masks have been an element of public performance, as we see they were integral to our public performance during our COVID years.

FP’s Venetian mask was worn on the top of the head at Carnival, made of papier-mâché over a resin support. Papiermâché artists have made masks for the Commedia dell’arte since the 16th century. The faces were fantastic; we would have seen the Punchinello trickster, the miser, and the desirable maiden. Masks became identified with personality types, just as in our facial recognition software today.

To see, but not see, a masked face has ancient ramifications. Some masks are about disguise, some are about health, and some are about fun. But all are about what the face is and is NOT. This mask

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“Remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” — Henry Ford

Ellie Baker and Chase Wolfe star in Pretty Woman (photo by Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade)

Roberts’ famous hot pants and thighhigh boots in the opening scene, and the bright red dress for the opera.

The stage show also features the scene where Edward snaps the jewelry box on Vivian’s hand.

“My laughter is genuine because he snaps the box at a different point in the scene every single night,” Baker said. “I never actually know when it’s coming.”

The biggest difference is the nearly two dozen songs in the musical composed by Canadian rock star Bryan Adams with Jim Vallance (“Cuts Like a Knife,” “Summer of ‘69”). Baker said adding music enhances the charm and theme of the story.

“The driving message of the movie is love, not just between Edward and Vivian, but how she helps him find love for his own life and an appreciation for being himself, and how kind she is to everyone, from the bellhop to her best friend. That’s heightened on stage with the music really lending itself to showing exactly how big Vivian’s heart is.

Baker embodied a bit of that spirit when asked about her favorite song in the show.

“My favorite to sing is ‘I Can’t Go Back,’ her 11 o’clock number where she realizes that she loves Edward but loves herself more and can’t go back to the girl that settled for anything less,” she said. “But my favorite number in the musical is ‘Never Give Up on a Dream,’ which gives Kit a plot she didn’t have in the movie. It’s the only song I’m not on stage for, but it’s fun and lively and the whole ensemble is singing their faces off.”

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Brilliant Thoughts Penalties

by Ashleigh Brilliant

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lthough various religions teach that there is some kind of life after this one, a life in which there is more justice than prevails on Earth, we still like to feel that, even here, people tend to get what they deserve. In our legal codes, this is usually spelled out much less precisely in terms of rewards than of penalties.

Every society has some kind of penal code. In ours, depending on the offense, there are two kinds of punishment: fines or incarceration. The fine can vary in amount, and in the time allowed for payment. But there is a sort of combination of the two in what I find a rather strange system called “Bail,” which involves putting up money as a guarantee that, even at the risk of imprisonment, you will appear in court when stipulated. This of course tends to favor those accused who have the most money.

But the strangest part is that, at least in this country, there are “Bail Bond” companies who are allowed to make a living by putting up bail for people being charged, and, of

course, being paid for this service.

In some resulting true stories, the situation can get very complicated if the person facing charges fails to appear in court as scheduled, leaving the bail bond company to forfeit the money they have put up. Very exciting movie plots have been based on the hunt by people employed by the bail bond company to track down and bring back the absconder – thereby relieving the company of its obligation.

But the usual alternative to being fined is going to jail. And there are many variables of imprisonment, including length of sentence and style of accommodation. The worst treatment is accorded to repeat offenders with long criminal records, especially with a pattern of violence. Of course, many of these cases deserve to be treated as matters of mental health. But in our society sufficient funds are often not available for such an enlightened approach. Law-abiding people in general are not willing to pay for such methods, even if in the long run they are cost-effective. It is considered enough for bad people to be put away,

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In fact, one of the earliest written records we have – which is known as the Code of Hammurabi – spells out various offenses, together with the penalties, which could in some cases be very severe, including loss of limbs. But apparently, they didn’t have prisons, and in fact the idea of imprisonment as a form of punishment is relatively recent. And much more recent is “Penology” as a field of study. There also seems to be a close connection between jail and literature. Much of John Bunyan’s Seventeenth Century classic The Pilgrim’s Progress was written during the lengthy time he spent in prison for his religious views as a “Non-Conformist.”

Another form of punishment, one which prevailed in Britain for many years, was called “Transportation,” in which the offender was exiled to some distant place. America, and then (after the Revolution) Australia were favorite destinations. Russia occupied such a huge landmass that internal exile was quite feasible – a fact which has given the very name of Siberia an ominous resonance.

Then there’s a sort of “internal exile,” in which the offender, without being physically harmed, is cut off from the surrounding community. In England, especially among young people at certain schools, this was called being “sent to Coventry.” Anyone suffering this fate would find that their school-

fellows would no longer speak to them.

Most people know what is meant by the imposition of a boycott. What isn’t so widely known is how the word originated. The 1880s were a turbulent time in Ireland, where most of the land was owned by absentee landlords. Charles Cunningham Boycott was an Estate Manager, who lived on the estate he managed. It was his duty to collect the tenants’ rents – and to evict those who would not, or could not, pay. To fight the landowners, a “Land League” was organized. It was decided to ostracize Boycott.

Suddenly, even the shops he patronized would have nothing to do with him. He was forced to bring in armed guards to protect himself while performing evictions. But his ultimate penalty was to live to see his name become a not very pleasant word, not only in English but in various languages around the world.

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“Can $500 Million Save This Glacier” was the title of a recent New York Times article. British glaciologist John Moore attended a 2016 meeting where he learned about a Greenland glacier called Jakobshavn with global significance. (Sermeq Kujalleq in the Greenlandic language.)

It is a UNESCO World Heritage site for the spectacular views of calving icebergs falling from the glacier face. The calving is facilitated by warm water welling up from almost 1,000 feet below the surface.

Moore also learned that this process risks causing a collapse of the glacier into the ocean, contributing to global sea level rise.

Deep below the surface this warm water flows over a kind of sill or ridge on the ocean floor. He realized it might be possible to build that ridge higher and reduce the warm water flow, saving the glacier from imminent collapse.

Moore looked into the actual logistics of doing such a project. It seems to be feasible, at a prospective cost of about $500 Million. A wealthy sponsor has helped fund his research. But building such a project would need funding that only national governments could provide.

It is not clear that the native Greenlanders would approve of the project. Jakobshavn is a major tourist attraction. But even if they did, who would pay for it?

This raises the bigger issue of Free Riders. Rising sea levels due to the Climate Crisis threaten coastal cities with flooding on a massive scale. Trillions of dollars are ultimately at stake, depending how high the sea level rises. A geoengineering project like the one Moore proposes would save far more money than it would cost. But it would be easy for countries to let someone else pay for it and just go along for a free ride with the benefit.

This is a form of Market Failure I have written about in the past. We see this with every aspect of the Climate Crisis.

We might be able to extract greenhouse gases from the atmosphere to avert disaster. But what incentive is there for anyone to pay for this expensive operation?

I found a possible solution in my research. Yale economics professor William Nordhaus published a paper in 2015: “Climate Clubs: Overcoming Freeriding in International Climate Policy.”

“Whatever you are, be a good one.” — Abraham Lincoln

In 2018 he shared a Nobel Prize in Economics for this work.

His proposal? A “Climate Club.”

Countries could voluntarily join the Climate Club if they were willing to make substantial contributions to projects that reduced the Climate Crisis threat. In return, they would get more favorable trade relations with others in the Club. He showed that it did not take very large economic incentives to leverage large levels of spending.

One sticky challenge: So-called “free trade” organizations and treaties. The case can easily be made that trade is not “free” if a country is a Free Rider, taking advantage of the spending by another country. But this will take a consensus understanding of this reality.

Another dimension of this problem is whether a country like Greenland, which had little to do with causing the Climate Crisis, should have to make fiscal sacrifices to save the planet.

We have a similar situation in the case of the Amazon Rainforest; home to 10 percent of the world’s biodiversity, as well as about a quarter of all of the carbon currently sequestered in living things on Earth.

The Amazon is a global treasure. Yet we ask the Amazon countries to sacrifice their economic growth to save this treasure.

In both cases, perhaps the rest of the world owes them money to make these sacrifices?

Moore has also been scouting out other possible glacial geoengineering sites.

Notably, a much larger one called the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, which is predicted to collapse along one of several imminent timelines. No one country has rights to Antarctica – a situation whose competing piecemeal treaties make a coordinated approach more complicated. The cost of a Thwaites remediation would be perhaps $50 billion, but the benefit would be far larger than in Greenland’s Jakobshavn solution.

It all comes down to solving the Free

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Arts & Lectures’ fall season was one for the ages, with enviable events on offer throughout the breadth of its programming. The dance program boasted an era-spanning array, from the launch of the Martha Graham Dance Company’s Graham100 programs to the stunning West Coast debut of Turn it Out with Tiler Peck & Friends. Pop music veered from 20-something wunderkind Jacob Collier to vital, evergreen Broadway stars Kristin Chenoweth and Audra McDonald, to the reunited bluegrass trio Nickel Creek revisiting its classics and the new album recorded in Montecito. The classical corner brought recitals from superstar Midori and relative newcomer Daniil Trifonov, plus another West Coast premiere in Silk Road’s American Railroad project with its ambitious music director Rhiannon Giddens at the helm.

On the lecture side of the ledger, we heard important talks on timely topics from AI expert Mustafa Suleyman, climate change specialist Jeff Goodell, uber journalist-author Walter Isaacson, and human rights advocate Eddie Ndopu, plus perennially popular humorist David Sedaris.

Quite a start to the 2023-24 programming.

But as always, A&L’s Miller McCune Executive Director Celesta M. Billeci isn’t interested in resting on laurels, or resting at all, for that matter. The veteran head of the largest presenting organization in the area is focused on sharing what’s on the upcoming schedule, the latest boffo bookings from the tireless team at the seaside campus.

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Limón Dance Company as part of the interdisciplinary Border Crossings project, a live taping of NPR’s Mountain Stage with Kathy Mattea hosting several singer-songwriters, Blue Note Records’ 85th anniversary celebration concert, the Taj Mahal Quartet, the cabaret extravaganza Meow Meow, fingerpicking guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, jazz icon Herbie Hancock, the Kronos Quartet, and much more.

Among the events to which Billeci wanted to bring attention was the launch of the 2024 Here & Now series, which will bring mostly emerging classical music artists to perform in concert at the decidedly intimate Hahn Hall on the Music Academy campus in Montecito.

That programming has a remarkable history, having presented now-superstar pianists Yuja Wang and cellist Alisa Weilerstein in their local debuts, as well as accordionist Hanzhi Wang fresh off her Carnegie Hall concert.

“This little series is such a precious jewel of our program,” Billeci said, noting that the four dates include cellist Zlatomir Fung, Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, Itzhak Perlman-mentored violinist Randall Goosby, and piano prodigy Bruce Liu. “It’s a great place to discover artists at the very beginning of their careers. The series is just starting now. You haven’t missed a concert.”

But to be clear, it’s not just the forward-facing events; it’s what goes on outside of the paying patrons’ purview that gets Billeci going.

“We’re obviously excited about Rénee Fleming coming. It’s a big deal,” she said. “She just received the Kennedy Center Honor in December, so it’s really special for us to have her now.

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before the troupe celebrates its 50-year anniversary with a date at the Granada.

The TLI events include TED Talks curator Chris Anderson’s February 6 discussion of his new book, Infectious Generosity: The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading, copies of which will also be distributed to the community in advance of the event.

“It’s a perfect reflection of our theme this year, which is: Cultivating Connection,” Billeci said. “People can read the book and then get to hear TED Talks head Chris Anderson share his vision behind the idea of this book and how generosity can really supercharge our future.”

Such community outreach is part of what makes Arts & Lectures so special, Billeci said.

“It’s really wonderful to have these amazing world-class performances, but we also have these extra ancillary activities that are really educational.”

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But it’s a perfect example for us to show that we don’t just present Rénee Fleming on stage. It’s what we do behind the scenes, too.”

Billeci is referring to the fact that the day after the National Medal of Arts superstar soprano performs at the Granada on February 1, she’ll be back downtown in a much smaller venue a block away – for Rénee Fleming’s Music and Mind panel discussion. The singer is also a leading advocate for the study of the connections between the arts and health, and has worked with the National Institute of Health and other organizations on the subject.

“We’re putting her together with local researchers and medical practitioners to talk about the intersection of music, health, and neuroscience,” Billeci explained. “We’re thrilled to put on these incredible performances, but when artists come to our area, we always want to do important supplementary programming, extending the conversation from the stage to the community.”

The panel is part of the A&L’s Thematic Learning Initiative, which in winter also presents a free screening of Les Ballets Trockadero documentary Ballerina Boys on January 18, a week

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This weekend features performances and receptions from Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles, America’s first all-female mariachi ensemble.

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“We’ve been trying to bring her for years,” Billeci said. “She’s very inspiring for youth, for girls, for everyone. I just love her quote about poetry being the language of bridges, not barriers.

I’m very, very proud that we are able to bring her to the community. One of our greatest strengths and responsibilities is to be flexible and respond when opportunity arises, even after we’ve announced our season. These are special, impactful, and meaningful events that will have lasting effects for our community.”

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fter two decades of tireless effort, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco now has stainless-steel netting designed to prevent suicides, a project championed by survivors and families devastated by tragedy.

Kevin Hines, who miraculously survived a jump off the bridge at the age of 19, spearheaded this transforming initiative. “Had the net been there, I would have been stopped by the police and gotten the help I needed immediately.” Hines, now a suicide prevention champion, praised the tireless efforts of a small, determined group that never gave up on this important cause.

Since its inauguration in 1937, approximately 2,000 people have jumped from the renowned bridge. The suicide prevention net project, which was approved more than a decade ago, has been repeatedly delayed.

The 20-foot-wide stainless-steel mesh nets, located 20 feet beneath the bridge’s deck, are hidden from vehicles but visible to walkers. Denis Mulligan, the Golden Gate Bridge’s general manager, underlined the barrier’s immediate impact on curbing leap attempts.

As the nets neared completion in 2023, the number of jumpers fell substantially from an annual average of 30 to 14, indicating their effectiveness in preventing suicides, while some occurrences happened where net construction was incomplete.

While the stainless-steel wire nets discourage jumping, they also potentially endanger those who make the attempt. Mulligan clarified, “It’s like jumping into a cheese grater. It will hurt.” Despite these concerns, training programs for rescue operations and attentive bridge patrols try to reduce these hazards.

The advocacy for preventive measures, which began shortly after the bridge’s opening, faced opposition due to concerns about disrupting the iconic views. The plan for higher fences was met with criticism, ultimately leading to the recommendation of nets.

Construction expenses rose from an initial estimate of $76 million to $224 million as a result of design revisions and structural problems. Legal disagreements between contractors and the bridge district exacerbated the project’s financial challenges.

While detractors bemoan the large cost, and even dispute the net’s efficacy in discouraging truly determined individuals, defenders point to research that strongly suggests restricting access to lethal means reduces the risk of repeat suicide attempts.

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The host of the Fox show The Floor says he has it down to a science with an eye mask and Bose noise canceling headphones.

Paris, je t’aime Former Montecito resident Natalie Portman is preparing to divorce from her longtime husband Benjamin Millepied despite trying to make it work after her estranged spouse was accused of cheating with a woman 21 years his junior, according to reports.

The Black Swan actress, 42, seemingly confirmed the end of the 11-year marriage to the choreographer, 46, during an interview with WSJ Magazine in which she failed to mention him, while disclosing she now lives in Paris with their two children, Aleph, 12, and daughter Amalia, 6.

It comes days after she attended the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles solo and was pictured once again without her wedding ring.

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A 14 bath, six-bedroom Montecito estate, El Descanso, designed by renowned architect Carleton Winslow near the Montecito Club, is for sale of $17.5 million.

The 1920s property, with Pacific and island views, sits on five acres.

Used Dress for Sale A stunning couture dress made for Princess Diana by one of her favorite designers, Catherine Walker, is up for grabs for around $200,000.

The gown is part of a celebrity fashion sale at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles.

Walker designed the black silk velvet dress for Diana, who wore it at a function in 1985.

It’s similar to the ‘revenge dress’ by Christina shambolian which Diana wore in 1994 after the BBC television interview with Martin Bashir in which she talked about her then husband Prince Charles’ adultery.

Diana wore 1,000 of Walker’s couture designs and was buried in a black dress she purchased from her shortly before her tragic death in the1997 Paris car crash.

Lichtenstein is a retired senior vice president and chief legal officer, while Teich is president of Warner Group Architects, and Orlando is an industrial property manager.

The organization also recognized two long-term board members, executive board chair Margaret Cafarelli, who served more than four terms spanning 13 years, including chair from 20152017, and Tim Taylor, who served three terms from 2015-2023.

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The Music Academy has elected Montecito residents Susan Lichtenstein and Kelly Teich, and Santa Barbara resident Tom Orlando to the board.

Maryellen Gleason is the Pacific Pride Foundation’s interim executive director.

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ew schedule, new workload, new classes and more. Moving from the end of high school to the beginning of freshman year is one of the biggest transitions a student will experience, even when they are as college-ready as Annika Wagner. Last year Annika graduated from Dos Pueblos High School with a 4.85 GPA, 34 college credits, and 40 times the required community service hours. Getting an early start in the summer, she has now completed her first two quarters at UCLA and is ready to reflect on this importNew UCLA student Annika Wagner ant chapter.

Q. How have your first two terms been? Does it feel completely different from high school?

A. It is quite different from high school in part because people are busy at different times of the day. I see some people going to class at 7 pm, which is really crazy to me. It is also a little odd being in a lecture hall with hundreds of people – it is really different from high school in that way. This year in my anthropology class, if I didn’t arrive early, I would have to sit on the floor in the back! The other main difference is that a lot of the material you have to teach yourself, and also in a short 10-week quarter you have a lot of deadlines to remember, which professors don’t remind you about. In college it becomes more important than ever to manage your time well, because it’s easy to procrastinate and become overwhelmed with deadlines for major papers and projects all at once.

So you are currently a psychology major with an interest to pursue cognitive sciences – how did you get interested in this area?

I have always just been interested in people; the way our brains work, why we do

the things we do. In high school I took AP Psychology, and I loved that class. Just reading through the different cases and studies that lead to different breakthroughs was really interesting to me.

Was there anything in particular you learned while taking AP Psychology that really grabbed your interest and pulled you toward this major?

Yes – I remember learning that playing Tetris and similar puzzle-like games can prevent PTSD after a traumatic event. It was really surprising to me that we can “hack” the brain.

In the two quarters you’ve been attending, which has been your favorite class?

Sociology, which is related to psychology in that it is the study of social and cultural groups of people. It was interesting to learn the background of societal patterns across time and culture.

Reflecting back to high school, can you think of any habits or experiences that you think prepared you to be a college student?

Spending a lot of time talking to my teachers. I spent a lot of time doing that.

I would talk to my teachers a lot in high school, always asking for clarification – probably too much! That made it easier to talk to professors, which is a pretty helpful thing to do. My involvement in NCL (National Charity League) developed my interest in volunteering throughout middle and high school. I am excited to continue to support various philanthropies as a member of my sorority and other campus organizations.

Now that you’re halfway through your freshman year, can you tell me if there is any advice you have for high school students who are getting ready to go to college?

I would say when it comes to college, be open-minded. When I first started my applications, UCLA was not on my radar, which is really wild because I love it. I don’t know how I could have gone anywhere else. When you are touring campuses, try to focus not just on places you are super comfortable with but also places where you think you could experience a lot of growth and where you think the students are doing interesting things. You might surprise yourself when you discover how capable you are. It might be hard to imagine because you’re still in high school, but once you get there, things From the shores of Scotland, will fall into place. At least that has Stella Haffner keeps been my experience. Be open-mindher connection to her ed. Do things you wouldn’t necessarihome in Montecito by ly do. Some girls at UCLA rush even bringing grads of local if they don’t think they want to join a schools to the pages of sorority, and the same goes for clubs. the Montecito Journal Try things, in all areas of life, because you might end up somewhere you

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I was 24 when I became power of attorney for my father, Glen. Both my dad and I moved back in with my mom – it was as chaotic as it sounds. The Friendship Center was there, holding a torch through what was a very dark and vulnerable time for all of us.

There’s something about being surrounded by the natural beauty of Montecito, and the kind hearts of the staff and volunteers, that always left a smile on Glen’s face and a laugh from his belly. After my experience advocating for my father through his dementia – there is truly no place like Friendship Center. The impact of this adult day care reaches far beyond its walls into the fabric of the Santa Barbara community.

My father was my rock, the calm in the storm. He was incredibly smart, witty, and worldly. He taught me about the ocean, the universe, the stars. When he passed, time froze, and my world stopped spinning.

There are more stars in the sky than every grain of sand on every beach, he would always remind me. After he spent time on sea, land, and air – fishing

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Former longtime manager of Café del Sol Alfredo Arroyo R.I.P. (courtesy photo) The Motter family (courtesy photo)

boats, free-diving for abalone, racing and working on Hondas in Honolulu, inventing the flying squirrel suit – he moved onto aerospace engineering in Goleta, California. He helped build the solar panels that were used on NASA’s rovers on Mars. Opportunity, or Oppy as it was nicknamed by NASA scientists, was only expected to live 90 days, but instead explored the surface of Mars for 15 years – successfully completing its mission of finding evidence of potential

life-sustaining waters.

Maryellen Gleason Pacific Pride Foundation’s interim executive director (courtesy photo)

Gleason, an associate with Interim Executive Solutions, will be responsible for day-to-day operations and ensure programs and operations for LGBTQ+ community are sustainable.

Remembering Alfredo Arroyo On a personal note, I mark the passing of Alfredo Arroyo, longtime general manager of Café del Sol, the popular eatery owned by the late Jack and Emilie Sears by the Andrée Clark Bird Refuge, who has died at the age of 62.

Alfredo went on to manage Joe’s Café on State Street and the Crocodile Restaurant and Bar after the café closed in 2014. He had worked there for 39 years starting as a dishwasher at 13.

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I also mark the passing of the bubbly South African actress Glynis Johns, who has died at the age of 100 after a long career in film, TV, and theater.

She is probably best known as the dotty Suffragette supporting mother in Disney’s Mary Poppins in 1964.

Johns also won a Tony Award in Broadway’s A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim.

I last saw her perform in the 1990 New York production of Somerset Maugham’s The Circle with two other acting legends, Rex Harrison and Stewart Granger, a delightful comedy of manners in the style of Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward.

Sightings Meghan Markle and children, Archie and Lilibet, breakfasting at the Montecito Coffee Shop... Fashion designer Michael Kors at the Rosewood Miramar... Bo Derek and beau John Corbett at the premiere of Masters of the Air in L.A. Having just arrived back in our rarefied enclave after a month of rustication at my cottage in Cornwall, England, a belated Happy New Year to all readers of Miscellany.

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his art piece was inspired by my trip with Dunn School’s winter term program to Sri Lanka. I experienced so many colorful sights, flavorful foods, and intoxicating smells on my twoweek-long adventure overseas. I went sightseeing and on shopping trips; walked the steps of the oldest Dutch fort in Asia; saw fin whales on a whale watching tour along the Indian Ocean; visited the American Embassy and interacted with the officials and groups of Tamils, Muslims, and Sinhalese to discuss conflict in the region; went on a river cruise through mangrove forests and interacted with crocodiles and Husna’s Sri Lankan-inspired art piece monitors; visited the largest startup incubator in the region; took a safari through an elephant sanctuary; climbed the 6,000 steps up to Adam’s Peak (and another 6,000 down); helped at a sea turtle hatchery and held five of the world’s seven species of sea turtle in our visit. I also visited many museums, Buddhist monasteries, schools, a gem mine, a medicinal spice farm, and learned about the area’s religions and culture through masks. This vibrant, color pencil piece is a recreation of the woodwork and natural color mask making creations I saw on this trip.

These masks were seen throughout our trip – from malls and tourist shopping areas to ancient museums and temples. The last place I saw these masks was a woodworking shop where they were made. We were shown how the people craft the colors on the masks with regional plants and natural resources – rather than artificial paint. They are a huge part of the Sri Lankan culture, representing stories important to their customs.

Husna Balaven is a freshman student at Dunn School

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This past Tuesday, we kicked off 2024 with our first Board meeting of the year.

Highlights include: - Cold Spring’s results in the California School Dashboard were unveiled to us.

Naturally, Cold Spring did phenomenally across the board. Our district’s English Language Arts score is 119.6 points above the state standard and actually increased 11.1 points from last year! While Math scores were 96.1 points above the standard which was an increase of 5.5 points! Much thanks and gratitude to our teachers for making sure that each student received the care and attention they need to achieve success.

- The Board voted to approve the updated Safety Plan. The comprehensive plan was created with input from and approved by the police and fire departments, the office of emergency management, and the school site council. The district has made several safety improvements over the last year including a new entry gate and entry system, new security cameras, improved lighting, and more.

- Approved the 2024-2025 district calendar. School will begin August 22nd, 2024, and gets out June 10th, 2025, so mark your calendars now!

- We are bringing back Coffee with a Board Member. Once a month we will set up shop in the gazebo on campus to converse with fellow community members about what is going on at Cold Spring. Our first meeting will be February 2nd at 8:30 am, so please come by and say hello!

We are all very excited for everything that was accomplished in 2023 and very much look forward to another terrific year in 2024. We hope that you will join us at a board meeting or coffee with a board member in the future, or that you will reach out with any questions or concerns.

Mike Marino, CSSD Board President 18 – 25 January 2024

NOTICE OF PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT

The Santa Barbara Unified School District Governing Board of Trustees has made a provisional appointment to fill a vacancy left by the resignation effective November 27, 2023 of Trustee Virginia Alvarez. On Wednesday, January 10, 2024, the Board appointed Dr. Sunita Beall to fill the vacancy and serve to the next regularly scheduled election for district governing board members, November 2024.

This appointment shall become effective unless a petition calling for a special election with a sufficient number of signatures is filed with the office of the county superintendent of schools within 30 days of the date of the provisional appointment. (Ed. Code 5091) Posted: January 10, 2024

Published January 17, 2024 Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Root Kitchen Catering, 595 Avenue of the Flags, 207, Buellton, CA, 93427.

Muhsin II Sugich, 595 Avenue of the Flags, 207, Buellton, CA, 93427. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 3, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20240000011. Published January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Fit Plumbing, 314 W Canon Perdido, 5, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Clarion Call Express, INC, 1401 21st St STE R, Sacramento, CA 95811. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 26, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20230002911. Published January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Driver Luxury Transportation INC, 115 W De La Guerra St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Affordable Eco Auto Rental INC, 115 W De La Guerra St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 4, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002760. Published January 3, 10, 17, 24, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Affordable Eco Auto Detail, 115 W De La Guerra St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Michael D Driver, 219 W De La Guerra St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 20, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20230002884. Published January 3, 10, 17, 24, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Groove Pilates, 1235 Coast Village Road STE 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Bright Move LLC, 1491 Camino Rio Verde, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 14, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002641. Published December 20, 2023 and January 3, 10, 17, 24, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Montecito Plumbing, 2669 Montrose Pl, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

Montecito Plumbing LLC, 2669 Montrose Pl, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 11, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on

file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002817. Published December 20, 2023 and January 3, 10, 17, 24, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Integral Health Bolivia, 1374 B Danielson Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Erik D Taylor, 1374 B Danielson Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 30, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002738. Published December 13, 20, 2023 and January 3, 10, 17, 24 2024 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 23CV00602. To all interested parties: Petitioner Kevin Brier Random aka Kevin Brierley Random filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Brier Kevin Random.

The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter 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. Filed December 8, 2023 by Jessica Vega. Hearing date: February 7, 2024 at 10 am in Dept. 3, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published December 13, 20, and January 3, 10, 17, 24, 2024

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s there a more exquisite vegetable than the Romanesco? Its geometric patterns are whimsical and, dare I say, too pretty to eat? Milliken Family Farms has this cauliflower-broccoli hybrid, and it is not only beautiful, but it is tasty and full of vitamins and nutrients. This Roman cauliflower hails from Northern Italy and has a slightly nutty and sweet flavor that its counterparts – broccoli, kale, cabbage and cauliflower – do not have.

Romanesco has tightly packed florets with a pointed star shape, creating a mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic design. Packed with Vitamins A, C, and K, calcium, and iron, Romanesco is also rich in fiber, protective carotenoids, and a host of phytochemicals that protect our bodies against molecular degeneration. Romanesco is high in iron and folate, making it great for boosting red blood cell production and even aiding in reproductive health. It is also high in cholesterol-lowering fiber. Romanesco has also been shown to help fight some cancers. This sulfur-rich vegetable helps to prevent the activation of cancer-causing molecules in the body, while helping to reduce inflammation by triggering detoxifying enzymes that clear free radicals and promote immune function.

Roasting Romanesco enhances its natural flavor profile, but it can also be enjoyed sautéed, grilled, or even steamed.

Yield: 4 servings

1 -2 pounds medium heads of Romanesco 1 teaspoon kosher salt 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus a little more for drizzling 2 tablespoons Miyoko’s butter, salted ½ cup skin-on or blanched hazelnuts, coarsely chopped 2 each garlic cloves, thinly sliced ¼ cup flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped 2 teaspoons champagne vinegar 1 each lemon, cut into wedges for

serving

A dazzling display of Romanesco (photo by Ivar Leidus via Wikimedia Commons)

off and cut the loose bits into ½”-pieces; season chopped pieces and Romanesco steaks with kosher salt.

3. Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high. Add 2 Tbsp. oil and add Romanesco steaks into pan, working in batches so you don’t overcrowd the pan.

4. Cook, rotating skillet periodically for even browning, until dark brown underneath, about 5 minutes. Turn and drizzle a bit of oil over second sides and into empty areas of pan.

5. Scatter chopped pieces of Romanesco into spaces between steaks and toss gently to coat with oil.

6. Transfer pan to oven; roast Romanesco until a tester inserted into stems slips through without much effort, 15-18 minutes. Steaks should be firm enough to still hold together without being crunchy.

7. Transfer steaks to a platter. Return pan with loose pieces of Romanesco to medium-high heat. Add butter, hazelnuts, and garlic. Cook while stirring until everything is toasted and crisp around the edges, about 4 minutes. Add parsley and vinegar and stir up any browned bits.

Spoon over steaks and season with sea

salt. Serve with lemon wedges.

Melissa Petitto, R.D., is an executive chef and co-founder at Thymeless My Chef SB, was a celebrity personal chef for 16 years, just finished her 10th cookbook, and is an expert on nutrition and wellness.

Method of Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Stand Romanesco on its stem and cut it from top to bottom into 1”-thick slabs. Don’t worry about the outer edges that may crumble or smaller florets that break away. Save the small pieces that fall

“One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.” — Malala Yousafzai

18 – 25 January 2024

A CALL TO ACTION

TO UNITE AND MOBILIZE OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE ASSAULT ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY

SAT JAN 20 5:30PM DE LA GUERRA PLAZA RALLY AND VIGIL FOLLOWED BY A MARCH

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Our Town (Continued from 12 12)) A. Yeah, I would say the through line of this book is currency, which comes from the word current. Money is supposed to flow, and the corporate beavers are damming up the flow. Here’s a good soundbite: money is like fertilizer – when hoarded it stinks, when spread around things grow. If you change your lyrics to a jingle, it’s the sound of coins in your pocket and maybe you just sold your audience. Let me elaborate. It’s important that I said in the book, if you’re a new band getting started it is ok do a commercial. I get it, it’s a different time. In our [The Doors] situation, Jim went ballistic over the Buick commercial wanting to use “Light My Fire”; a song he did not write. He cared about the integrity of the WHOLE catalog. He’s dead and now my ancestor. I’m going to honor his wishes till I’m dead, and my kids know what I want too.

And the contract Jim had the band sign…?

Before Jim went to Paris, he insisted on a series of contracts with the band that said no one could do commercials with the music; accountants, lawyers, any of our representatives – none of us could do that. So, he was underlining it. We had a contract that said we all own the name of the band together, so there’s no case. And Jim said we’re going to have veto power, and well ok, I became Mr. Veto, but it was all spelled out. So, when you don’t have a case, what do you do? You character assassinate, and they tried to paint me into McCarthyism and anarchism.

We were a radical, liberal, beatnik poetry group in Venice, CA. I’m getting on a soapbox here.

So you all signed the contracts Jim wanted. And now Robby and Ray’s family signed their rights to Primary Wave….?

I know, Anne [Jim’s sister] and I are in bed with a corporation, but there’s still veto power. Jim sat on the couch at Robby’s parents’ house at a rehearsal break before we even got a record deal and said, ‘I think we need veto power in case it gets weird.’ And that meant any one of the four us can say ‘no I don’t like this, we’re not doing this,’ and it holds.

Each quarter has the power to veto.

Primary Wave must honor that. I haven’t met the owner; I don’t know him.”

In the Afterword of my book I said to Robby when I noticed Springsteen and Dylan getting hundreds of millions of dollars for their publishing, ‘Let’s show these rockers how to do it, let’s sell everything with restrictions, no commercials, and give half the money to charity.’

And in the new book’s Preface I wrote ‘Money is not evil, it’s how you use it.’

And then Robby a few months later

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sells his quarter with no restrictions.

I’m like, what is this a comedy skit?

He’s thinking his pockets are deepened.

I’m thinking what are we doing to Jim’s legacy here? But we’ve got to remember, Joanne; it’s a free country and I’ve got to be careful. I’m not telling people what to do with their money or how much they can make. Robby wrote “Light My Fire,” he deserves whatever karma brings along.

So be it. I’m just trying to be an example or mirror of how I feel. I said to Ray and Robby, ok we all have a nice house and a couple of groovy cars, what do you want to buy? Silence. Well, the answer is in that silence, you know.

Time really helps. I miss Ray, he played bass with his left hand, and bass players and drummers are brothers. Ray played a Bach-like intro to “Light My Fire” and the soul intro of “Riders of the Storm” is a masterpiece. I loved playing with him, the two of us would ride that wave. So I’ll never get that again, and the love is growing over time, and Ray’s Achilles heel is shrinking. [jokingly adds] And mine may be enlarging, I don’t know.

Let’s pose a scenario, someone is knocking on your front door and its Jim Morrison… what would you do with that?

[Laughs] I’d say welcome back. What’s it like over there since you’ve broke on through? Oh my God. I’ve been trying to channel you, but now that you’re here give me more info!

Jim is an ancestor, he’s a teacher now, and we’re all on the shoulders of those who went before. Let’s close out our interview with the Tibetan Book of the Dead. John Lennon believed in the concept of the bardo, which is when the deceased is in transition to wherever they are supposed to go, and on this side we need to pray and sing for them during that time. After they get to where they are supposed to go, they are our guardians for our lifetime. I like that, it connects us to the other side.

The veil is thinner. Musicians make jokes about that big band in the sky that they’re going to jam with, it’s a sweet metaphor. I like to say I believe in the mystery.

Densmore is an inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and is a NY Times Best Selling Author. Signed copies of The Doors Unhinged will be available for sale before and after the talk at the Mary Craig Auditorium (courtesy of Chaucer’s Books) on Sunday, January 28.

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Summerland Oil Mitigation Study Updates Following the huge funding of $500,000 to Heal the Ocean (HTO)

by State Assemblymember Monique Límon, and an additional $105,000 donated from the Mericos Foundation, work has started on the Summerland Oil Mitigation Study (SOMS). The lead project managers are Ira Leifer of Bubbleology Research International in Goleta, and HTO’s Harry Rabin.

Their first foray started with a comprehensive air quality study by measuring air emissions from oil seep, as oil can emit Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) such as hydrogen sulfide, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene. For purposes of the study, they are installing monitoring equipment on an air quality, weather, and gas monitor tower in Summerland, location TBA. The SOMS study will determine the most logical and efficient approach to capping the leaking wells by helping to reveal all the connectivity between wellheads, oil, and water reservoirs beneath the Earth’s surface. This is guided by compiling a Graphical Information System (GIS) database to evaluate, strategize, and prioritize mitigation efforts for well abandonment.

In mid-December 2023, Leifer and Rabin wrote a brief about the SOMS project, published at AGU (Advancing Earth and Space Sciences Group) online, see 411.

Titled, “OS24A-04 AnthropogenicallyModified Seepage and Leakage from the World’s First Offshore, Abandoned Oil

The installation of the Air Quality Monitor (photos by Harry Rabin) “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

USGS Bulletin 321 Plate II: Summerland oil well map from the Ralph Arnold Photograph and Map Collection (photo courtesy of Harry Rabin)

Field, Summerland, Southern California,” it spells out the areas of the petroleum hydrocarbon reservoirs, the fault lines, and oil drilling timeline from 1877.

Pertinent excerpts are: “1. The first onshore wells date to 1877; offshore wells began to be drilled 1896-1899 into natural seepage, with ultimately hundreds of wells (Fig. 1, from Arnold, 1907) drilled by up to 22 companies on nine oil piers extending over the ocean, long since gone by the early 20th century. These companies left a legacy of poorly and improperly abandoned oil wells that continue sporadically leaking oil and gas in the context of natural seepage, leaks that will continue in perpetuity, previewing the global legacy from millions of U.S. wells alone.”

“2. Many factors affect both the leakage and seepage (including anthropogenically-enhanced seepage) emissions’ spatial and temporal variability and heterogeneity, including geology and engineering (wells, re-abandonments), unconsolidated sediment layers, tidal pressure changes, wave-forcing, storms (and seabed scouring/build-up), and reservoir pressure including from multiple aquifer layers some of which connect onshore.”

Their remedial plan includes, “… novel approaches to mapping and quantifying seep and leak emissions for this ultra-shallow, coastal/swashzone seepage, including on-water mapping, ROV [remote operated vehicle] surveys, water sampling, repeat UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] surveys, review of available geological data, air quality surveys, magnetometer surveys, beach survey data, and direct seep capture.”

Ultimately with the mapping, novel remedial work, the goal is to guide policy development to reduce environmen tal impact.

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He selected Santa Barbara artist-photographers for the opening group show, Matt McGrath, Nick comedy shows, films, and more for all of the community. I grew up going to the Sydney Presniakov (Montecito), Ted Rhodes, and Jean Opera House, where children are given the chance to perform using the same facilities as Ziesenhenne. world-renowned performers who are household names. It shows children their creativity is Anderson and I talked about this new position important and encourages them to dream big. It is my personal goal to give children the at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara and how he was selected chance to perform on the Alcazar stage, through inviting their participation in our theater for it. He shared, “I work on the largest canvas I can productions, training programs, and by hosting school events. The Alcazar’s mission is and use a palette knife – makes it more sculptural. focused on the community and relies on the community for support. We currently need [The] water focus is based on its reflected quality as help continuing our theater restoration work and upgrade our equipment – for instance, an abstract element in nature. It inspires me how more microphones for our speaker series and school shows.” things change and distort underwater and immersWhen asked the hard question: What is your funding goal estimate? Board President ing yourself beyond physical beauty with your soul Matt McGrath with his photo, Mike Lazaro shared, “We are doing the renovations in two major phases, with phase into it. The two works I have in this exhibit are Phantom of the Opening (photo by one already in progress. Current equipment and labor costs for the 2024 renovations are – Bacara Eve done at evening hours at the Bacara Joanne A Calitri) approximately $100K. The Alcazar is approaching a hundred years old. There’s a lot of swimming pool, and Cannonballer 44, which is the restoration work that needs to be done to bring it back into its full glory, and to make it 44th cannonball painting I’ve done, inspired by both my boys jumping in a pool finda sustainable green space to match the consciousness of the community. With our 2024 ing who could make the biggest splash. When they hit the water, they became abstract revisions, we will have the capability to offer professional musicians residencies, a place with colors distorted. These are 4’x6’. I’ve painted works 6’x18’, I like large-scale work to rehearse, record, do a live performance and stream it, and continue to provide many because I feel it allows the viewer to connect with it physically, and dive in.” community-based events as well. We are local, we are independent, and a nonprofit.”

McGrath showed me his work titled, Phantom of the Opening, a color photograph of the Arlington Theatre Marquee, and said, “It’s on my primary medium of analog film photog411: www.thealcazar.org raphy image. This work is a double exposure of flowers in a dark room and overlaid on the www.doublewidekings.com Arlington Theatre at twilight during the 2022 SBIFF. This is made on expired 1993 Kodak ISO 200 film, using a Canon AE1 camera with a 35mm lens.” McGrath has been featured in several publications, including Pamplemousse Magazine and La Periodique.

Presniakov exhibited works from his Darth Vader holiday in Santa Barbara series officially titled, Dark Holiday; a whimsical view of the dark lord lounging on the beach and doing touristy things. He shared with me that the series was launched a while back, during the period of flagging interest in Star Wars and prior to the new series. It was Dale Zurawski featured on Trend Hunter and tweeted by Pepsi and peeps worldwide. His client work Slaff and Geoffrey includes Hoka and Patagonia, and his artistic work has been featured in Condé Nast, Slaff, Brittany and WIRED, and more.

Nick Presniakov, Rhodes is a photographer/musician/activist who previously worked in Hollywood Benjamin as a Key Grip. His works on exhibit here clearly show the view of a Unit Still photo Anderson, Leighon set, with vignettes of scenes from daily life that yet possess a cinematic quality.

Anne Anderson, For the past ten years, he has been one of the official photographers for the Santa Matt McGrath, Barbara Blues Society. Ziesenhenne is a local fine art photographer who also runs Whitt Hollis, and the Santa Barbara Film Co-op. She uses double exposures on film to express the Sean Anderson interconnections between nature and with Benjamin’s the human experience.

Cannonballer 44 Guests seen at the exhibit were Leigh(photo by Joanne A Anne Anderson, Sean Anderson, Calitri) Joanne A Calitri Brittany Presniakov, Whitt Hollis, is a professional The Ritz-Carlton Bacara Santa Barbara announced its first Artist-in-Residence, and Geoffrey Slaff, and Dale Zurawski

international Benjamin Anderson, who had overseen the photography exhibit of Jean-Michel Slaff of Montecito. photographer and Cousteau at the Bacara in November 2023. Impressed with his work, they offered him this journalist. Contact new position. He will be curating new art shows monthly in the hotel’s main lobby area. 411: www.ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/sbarzher at: artraks@ Anderson has been a Santa Barbara-based fine art artist for 22 years, most known for his the-ritz-carlton-bacara-santa-barbara yahoo.com swimmers and objects in aqueous settings over the past 12 years. He studied at the Scuola www.benjaminanderson.com Leonardo da Vinci in Florence via SB City College study abroad and received his BFA from San Francisco’s Academy of Art University. His main medium is large-scale oil-on-linen, mounted on panel. His art is shown in NYC, San Francisco, Venice, and Los Angeles. His DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION commercial work has appeared in Elle Décor, as well as in the Target/Converse All-Stars ad 60+ YEARS EXPERIENCE - LOCAL 40+ YEARS campaign. His work has also been the subject of a presentation on London’s Channel 4 TV. • FLOOR LEVELING I attended the opening of his first curated exhibit at the Bacara on Saturday, January • QUALITY REMODELING 13, to coincide with the SB International Film Festival Kirk Douglas Award Gala. The • FOUNDATION REPLACEMENTS exhibition, a nod to the movie industry, is on view through February 16th.

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Sipping in Secret (Continued from 5) interactive,” says Pitre. “The whole fountain is brought over to the table, there’s a bit of a show, a ceremony, and people leave with a memorable moment.”

The storied anise-flavored botanical is represented by various international bottlings, from modern domestic takes out of Kentucky and Louisiana to rare finds sourced directly from France. The Plow & Angel is also the only hotel bar in the world to have a specific chapter of Balvenie whiskeys; the collection is coveted by private collectors. “You can enjoy each on its own,” adds Mr. Pitre, “but it’s really amazing to be able to enjoy all of them together. The four Scotches tell the story of different barrels, different aging processes, different age The speakeasy’s menu ranges from historic designations. Enjoying the four together sips to innovative takes on classic cocktails is the intention.” (courtesy photo) Other flight options include a bourbon tasting of Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year, Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year, and Colonel E.H. Taylor.

The page on ‘Forgotten Cocktails’ includes timeless sippers like the Bee’s Knees, made with Empress Gin and SYR Honey Syrup; and The Sidecar, made with Hine Cognac and Cointreau. The ‘Classic Cocktails’ is a liquid who’s-who, starring the Oaxacan Old Fashioned with Del Maguey Vida Mezcal and Codigo Blanco Tequila, dashed with Aztec Chocolate Bitters; and the Hemingway Daiquiri, featuring Plantation 3 Star Rum and grapefruit. Elevated takes on the classic martini include caviar and truffle infusions.

The bar also features a large selection of rare liquors, like the Macallan 1824 Series, along with selections of Gran Patron tequilas, Remy Martin cognacs and El Jolgorio single variety mezcals. Various Seedlip mocktails make an appearance. And guests can expect new concoctions offered seasonally.

The Plow & Angel is open from 5pm daily.

The new misty take on mixology at the Plow & Angel has also led to a new experience at its beloved sister restaurant, The Stonehouse, which has now added the bar’s former outdoor patio, shrouded in loquat trees, to its own roster of seating options. Guests of Gabe Saglie has been the restaurant, helmed by Executive covering the Santa Barbara Chef Matt Johnson, can also dine wine scene for more than 15 on the terrace, with its sweeping years through columns, TV, views, and inside the delectably and radio. He’s a senior editor reimagined 19th-century citrus packwith Travelzoo and is ing house. Dinner reservations are a leading expert on

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Beings & Doings (Continued from 6) Village there was this tree house, and we’d go hang out there. It was kind of like Stranger Things,” he laughs. “The upper village had a toy store called The Yellow Balloon, and we’d go up there and buy these little parachute men. Then we’d go to the grocery store, we’d call it the little market. Montecito was like a small neighborhood.”

When school-aged Watanabe moved into his first paid work, it was in a Coast Village hub/hangout where the town’s citizenry rubbed elbows with other Montecitans representing an array of species. “It was a dog salon called the Pampered Poodle

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before it was the pet shop,” Watanabe says.

“Then this person at the dog salon opened up the Montecito Pet Shop. This is in the early nineties.” The adorably frenetic hamsters and stoic Bearded Dragons were an attraction that turned the place into a sort of Grand Central Ark for the kids at loose ends on any given day. “I had a friend named Matt, and his littlest brother used to come into the pet store, and he’d just hang out. All the kids would come to the pet store and just hang out all day.” Watanabe laughs. “Sometimes they’d hang out for so long you’d start putting them to work!

Yeah, it was really fun.”

The Montecito Pet Shop was an inevitable conduit for the whole of Montecito at that time. “It was a pet shop, so it didn’t matter who you were – you still had to feed your cat or have your dog groomed.

So they all came through. Steve Martin, Jonathan Winters, Christian Slater, Dan Cortese, Kathy Ireland, Rob Lowe.

Jonathan Winters’ brother David was my junior high science teacher,” Watanabe adds incongruously, the says “I even met Steven Seagal in the shop.” What sort of guy was he? “He was cool. I remember showing him this chameleon. We had this giant chameleon, and I remember handing it to him and Seagal’s hands were freaking giant. His fingers were three times as big as mine! He was tripping out because chameleons have these clasping hands. And he was kind of relating it to martial arts and stuff. He was super nice and very cool.” Silk Kimono? “Nah, but he did have a kung fu shirt kind of thing.”

Trent Watanabe is an avatar of ‘80s/‘90s Montecito. From afar, the town is powerfully unlikely; a sun-drenched, enchanted village where movie stars cavort with liberated royals, and everyone has an opinion about polo. But Watanabe knows the true beating heart of the place – a workaday hometown of moms and dads ordering rabbit hutches, making peanut butter sandwiches, getting the car fixed. A town is a collection of friends and neighbors, days and nights – and a repository of shared memories, some of them piercing, even in magical Montecito. Thrumming, complicated, communal life makes the neighbor your family. Watanabe is just the sort of guy who feels this. Montecito has long since captured him. One anecdote may be particularly emblematic of his affection for the place. Yeah, we’re headed back to the pet store.

“This person called, and she’s like, ‘…my daughter’s in your store, can you call her to the phone?’ You know, it’s a mom looking for her little girl. So I said ‘Of course! Tell me your kid’s name and I’ll call her to the phone.’ And the lady says, ‘her name’s Sigourney.’” Watanabe pauses. “We all knew Sigourney Weaver was in the store.

I was like, ‘oh, sh*t.’ I waited a second then yelled out, ‘Hey Sigourney! Your mom’s on

the phone!’”

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eligious saints typically have to suffer twice; first through martyrdom, then through the indignity of tourism. The tongue of St. Anthony, for instance – preserved in what looks like a baroque space helmet in the Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua, Italy – is besieged daily by an army of the iPhone-wielding faithful. As thousand-year-old tongues go, that one is a superstar.

It so happens that our own hometown saint is similarly present in two regional locations. One of the locations is Montecito’s Casa del Herrero.

A spiritually charged scrap of St. Barbara’s actual 4th century flesh can be viewed there; through a tiny window called a theca, on a painted placard hung on the left side of Casa del Herrero’s interior entry. Try not to stare.

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n the topic of otherworldlinessisms (a term I’ve coined that I’m hopeful will catch on) – last June, the NY Post reported a UFO hovering “near” Harry and Meghan’s down-market little Montecito bungalow. A “UFO Hunter” named Tony Moreno noticed the flying oddity on Google Earth as it plied the airways over Cachuma Lake, an admitted “25 miles from the couple’s home.” Whatever the celestial origin of the disk-like object festooned with strange hieroglyphs, these visitors from Andromeda or whatever should know that their incursions are being broadly interpreted as Windsor-related.

Tentacled extraterrestrial emissaries who run afoul of Buckingham Palace’s UFO office will not have a pleasant first contact. Shouldn’t SETI fire off a warning?

Jeff Wing is a journalist, raconteur, autodidact, and polysyllable enthusiast. He has been writing about Montecito and environs since before some people were born. He can be reached at jeff@ montecitojournal.net

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On Entertainment (Continued from 18 18)) career in the theater.

Pretty Woman will be at the Granada Theatre on January 22-23. Visit www. granadasb.org for more information and tickets.

The Enduring Images of Visalli Santi Visalli was just launching his career as a photographer in New York when he shot several rolls of film on April 15, 1967. Those photographs documented the more than 125,000 protesters who marched from Central Park to the United Nations to demand an end to U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, with Martin Luther King, Jr. leading the way. He took pictures of young men burning their draft cards in the park, musicians performing anti-war songs, and Rev. King delivering a speech on a scaffolding outside of the United Nations headquarters.

The Italian agency who represented him used maybe two of the shots, then stuck the rest along with the negatives in a drawer.

“When I asked for them back, they told me they were lost, and after trying for a few months I gave up,” Visalli recalled. “And after they lost some other ones, I stopped working with them.”

More than half a century later – long after Visalli had retired to Santa Barbara following a career as a highly prolific, globally published photojournalist and fine art photographer of politicians, movie stars, cultural and artistic icons, city scenes and more – he got a phone call out of the blue in 2021. A bank had inherited the old agency’s files.

“They had a lot of photographs that bore my name, and she wanted information about the history of the long-defunct agency,” said Visalli, now 92. He traded the info for copies of the images they had on hand. When the packages started arriving, he was flabbergasted.

“When they told me they had pictures of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the U.N., and of Truman Capote’s famous masked Black-and-White Ball in 1966, I started trembling,” he said. “When they arrived, I had goose pimples and tears in my eyes, because it was like finding a lost child.

There were so many pictures I’d forgotten I’d taken, and when I saw them back, I started recalling what was happening when I took them.”

Now, locals can also get a glimpse of at least a part of that era when Visalli’s photo exhibit, Capturing & Recapturing: A Day in the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., goes on display at the Community Arts Workshop January 23 to February 4, in partnership with the Santa Barbara Arts 18 – 25 January 2024

Collaborative and the MLK Santa Barbara Committee. Twenty of the never-before-seen photos are accompanied by descriptions, all curated by former Santa Barbara Mayor and Board Chair of the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative Helene Schneider.

Visalli hopes the exhibit will serve as a history lesson, photo documentary, and conversation starter.

“I feel proud of the pictures I took back when I was first starting out, which I think were actually very good,” Visalli said. “But the show is not just for me. I want people to see it and to feel the same emotions that I experienced.”

There are only three public dates announced; call Schneider at (805) 4538550 to arrange other times.

Visit www.sbcaw.org/upcoming for more information on the exhibit

Striking Gold: SBIFF Scores at Globes Just three weeks after this issue hits newsstands, the 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival launches 11 days of screenings, seminars, speakers and sensational opportunities for sightseeing of stars. As always, Academy Award nominees and other award show hopefuls will be gracing the stage at the Arlington for in-depth conversations about their art during the February 7-17 fest. Annual actor accolades are already rolling in: The Golden Globes last weekend gave statues to three actors lined up for SBIFF tributes in Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) and Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer). SBIFF has also slated solo tributes to Maestro’s Bradley Cooper, Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things), and Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction); and Virtuosos honors for Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple), Colman Domingo (Rustin), America Ferrera (Barbie), Greta Lee (Past

Lives), Charles Melton (May December) and Andrew Scott. Oscarologists aggregator GoldDerby.com has called out every one of these announced SBIFF attendees as odds-on Academy Award nominees likely to be included among the 20 names (across four acting categories) to be announced on January 23 for the 96th Academy Awards.

Sally-ing Forth Indeed, SBIFF has arranged for a slew of hot-at-the-moment actors to sweep into town next month. But they don’t have what the Pollock Theater is having, which would be… Meg Ryan. The theater that is home to the Carsey-Wolf Center is celebrating the 35th anniversary of When Harry Met Sally as part of its “Revisiting the Classics” series, and somehow they’ve managed to land Ryan, who costarred with Billy Crystal as the title characters in the timeless American classic rom-com. She’ll be part of a pre-screening conversation with Brad Silberling, who earned his bachelor’s degree in English at UCSB before heading down to Hollywood, where he directed Ryan in 1998’s City of Angels among his many other films. Pre-registration for the January 23 event is filled, but you can join the standby admission line to replace no-shows for the free event.

Also coming as part of the new Pollock series: Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the innovative animation-juxtaposed-with-live-action comedy-thriller; with Bob Hoskins as the grizzled gumshoe Eddie Valiant pitted against Montecito’s own Christopher Lloyd as the villainous Judge Doom. The award-winning film’s associate producer Steve Starkey and screenwriter Peter S. Seaman – who later directed the Santa Barbara docs Citizen McCaw and West of the West: Tales from California’s Channel Islands – do the post-screening Q&A for the January 25 event. Details at www. carseywolf.ucsb.edu/events.

20. Visit www.DolphinTalk.org.

Meanwhile, Chaucer’s has some juicy choices in its trio of local author events this week at its location in Loreto Plaza.

UCSB Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology professor Joshua Schimel’s latest offering for his colleagues in academia is called Your Future on the Faculty: How to Survive and Thrive in Academia. He’ll sign and talk about the book – aimed to help professors at all stages to navigate the complex mix of activities and institutional structures – beyond research and teaching – that scholars must master to find success as an academic; on January 18… Local kids author Gwen Dandridge, whose previous books include The Stone Lions, The Jinn’s Jest, and The Dragons’ Chosen, offers young readers a rise above Rapunzel’s tale with The Lady of the Tower, which she’ll read and sign on January 21… Dr. Bella DePaulo, the Harvard-educated professor and researcher whose TED Talk on the appeal of staying single has had more that 1.6 million views, expands upon her research with her latest, Single at Heart: The Power, Freedom, and HeartFilling Joy of Single Life. At her January 23 signing, she’ll share groundbreaking, comprehensive confirmation – contrary to the dire warnings about the risks of living single – of how a powerful, healthy, happy life is possible; not in spite of being single, but because of it.

Visit www.chaucersbooks.com.

Steven Libowitz has covered a plethora of topics for the Journal since 1997, and now leads our extensive arts and entertainment coverage

Book ‘em: Dolphins, Academia, Kid Lit and More

The iconic picture of Martin Luther King, Jr. taken by Santi Visalli

Dove Joans, the local animal communicator and explorer – aka Dolphingirl – has published the second edition of Dolphin Talk, expanding on her personal stories and life experiences regarding “interspecies communications with dolphins.” Dolphingirl invites us all to experience nature and the animal kingdom in ways we might only have imagined.

How? Via what Joans calls a natural language that’s designed in each of us, one we can all access – much like playing a musical instrument. Joans shares insights in a talk and book signing at Tecolote in Montecito at 3 pm on Saturday, January

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Calendar of Events

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19

by Steven Libowitz THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 Hear Maritime History Here – Santa Barbara Maritime Museum throws us something to think about every third Thursday of the month with the launch of its Maritime Distinguished Speaker Series. The plan is to book leading experts to speak on diverse topics ranging from California’s maritime history to the rich ecosystem in the Santa Barbara Channel. Dr. Jarrell Jackman, author of the 2023 book Santa Barbara’s Royal Presidio: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Spain’s Last Adobe Fortress, is the inaugural speaker for the series tonight.

Dr. Jackman, who served for 35 years as project administrator and CEO of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, will explore the Presidio’s contributions to Santa Barbara, touching on topics including the Presidio’s role in introducing the community’s first racial and cultural diversity program and developing a unique relationship with the local Chumash population.

Jackman, who was knighted in 2016 by Spanish King Felipe VI and presented with California State Parks Commission’s Gold Bear Award, will also discuss the preservation and rebuilding process for the Presidio that was completed in the 20th century.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way, Ste 190 COST: $20 general, discounts for museum members INFO: (805) 962-8404 or https://sbmm.org FRIDAY, JANUARY 19 Keeping the Beat – Camerata Pacifica continues its concert series with another evening that joins time-honored chamber masterworks with contemporary off-the-beaten path pieces. Tonight’s performance features the ensemble debut of South Korean-born violinist YuEun Gemma Kim, who will join Camerata’s principal pianist Gilles Vonsattel and cellist Ani Aznavoorian for the program opening with “Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 49” by Mendelssohn. Principal clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester lends his considerable gifts to Brahms’ lyrical “Sonata in E Flat Major, Op. 120,” taking on the timeless work considered a touchstone of the clarinet repertoire with Vonsattel. Then the concert jumps decades and demeanor as principal percussionist Ji Hye Jung, a longtime CamPac audience favorite, demonstrates her versatility on the concert’s closing pieces, beginning with French-Slovenian composer Vinko Globokar’s “?Corporel.”

As suggested by the title, the performance art piece for solo percussion calls for the artist to use her own body as an instrument, hitting, beating, thwacking and wordlessly vocalizing, taking the Romantic idea of the suffering artist to a raw extreme as patterns of sound and gesture are built from what seems to be self-inflicted pain. Think beatboxing on a whole new level. Jung also commands the stage for Christos Hatzis’ “Fertility Rites,” a modern composition for five-octave marimba and tape that weaves in the haunting aural textures of prerecorded and manipulated Inuit throat singing.

WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Hahn Hall, Music Academy campus, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $75: INFO: (805) 884-8410 or www.cameratapacifica.org

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Laughs at the Lobero – Two straight nights of comedy in the old opera house get going with a Black out – as in comedy master Lewis Black, who is back out on the road with what he says is his final tour after 35 years of stand-up gigs. Black has perfected the art of indignation so that it’s almost as if he invented it, taking things to the extreme as his routines escalate into angry rants about everything from politics and religion to history and cultural trends. The ranter also voiced the character “Anger” in Pixar’s animated Inside Out, staged his one-man show on Broadway and at Carnegie Hall, and collected two Grammy Awards among his eight comedy albums. So the tour’s title is not only clever, but entirely accurate: Goodbye Yeller Brick Road… Things should be a bit calmer on Saturday night when Gary Gulman takes over at the Lobero, as the veteran comic is as well known for his writing and acting as his stand-up shows that center on absurd observations about daily occurrences. One of only a handful of comedians to have appeared on every major late-night television comedy program, Gulman has also made five TV specials that have garnered rave reviews – especially 2019’s The Great Depresh, a hybrid production in which Gulman opens up about his mental health issues including depression, anxiety, and hospitalization before doing stand-up surrounding those issues.

WHEN: 7:30 pm Friday & Saturday WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: Black: $55 & $65 ($106 VIP tickets includes premier seating and a pre-show reception with drinks and hors d’oeuvres); Gulman: $56.50 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19 KHK Creating Concerts Again – There have been a number of changes since the student-run nonprofit known as Kids Helping Kids last produced its signature big wintertime benefit concert back in January 2019, when the event went on pause following the expansion of its first elegant extravaganza to two nights at the Granada. Besides the pandemic, founder Jamie DeVries – who came up with the concept as a way to get his San Marcos High School AP Economics Class students experience in both event production and philanthropy – took some time off and then switched schools to Providence, the much smaller private Christian school. Now, the students who handle every aspect of the concert, from booking to publicity to staffing, hail from Providence, San Marcos and elsewhere. The concerts have also switched venues, from the Granada to the Arlington, and the proceeds from the concert, previously earmarked for local organizations – more than $3.1 million in all – are now benefiting Set Beautiful Free, a global nonprofit aiding victims of sex trafficking. What hasn’t changed is KHK’s commitment to putting on a great show, which this year features the return of Grammy-winning Christian rock band Switchfoot, who headlined 11 years ago, and Johnnyswim, the husband-and-wife folk-pop duo that appeared at both 2016 and 2019 concerts.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St. COST: $25-$450 INFO: (805)-452-2157/http://kidshelpingkidssb.org or (805) 963-9589/www.arlingtontheatresb.com SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 Rip it up with Rio – If memory serves, it’s been more than six years since the rollicking pianist and vocalist known as Rob Rio last brought his rockin’ and riotous act to the Carrillo Ballroom for the alternate Friday night swing dance. The

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 Swinging Under the Stars – Swing bandleader, trumpeter, and singer Chris Norton has entertained celebrities during New York Fashion Week, played for philanthropists at the amfAR gala, performed for NFL Super Bowl events and for presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, and played such iconic New York venues as Waldorf Astoria, The Rainbow Room, Cipriani, the St. Regis, the Plaza, the Standard Hotel, Le Cirque, Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Opera House, and Tavern on the Green. Norton is known for his interpretations of jazz standards such as “Pennies from Heaven” and “On the Street Where You Live,” along with energetic pop songs, R&B hits, rock classics and heartfelt ballads – all jazzed up for his octet. This evening, Norton and his eight-piece Big Band head over to Elings Park to headline the debut of the venue’s new “Music Under the Stars” series. It’s a family-friendly, outdoor show that begins in late afternoon on the park’s expansive soccer fields, with popular local DJ Darla Bea, the perennial winner in the Indy’s Santa Barbara’s Best DJ poll, opening the show, and likely playing a newly created mix of genre-appropriate songs. Bring blankets or low-backed chairs for seating, and picnics if desired – though food trucks onsite include Sassafras and Big Truck Foods with beer, wine, and soft drinks also for sale.

WHEN: 5 pm WHERE: Elings Park, 1298 Las Positas Rd. COST: $29 adults, free for kids 12 & under INFO: (805) 569-5611 or https://elingspark.org

“Boss of the Boogie” – Rio was inducted into the Boogie Woogie Hall of Fame in 2008 – returns to town but this time he’ll be playing a much smaller space as the performance is part of the Santa Barbara Blues Society’s annual Membership Appreciation Show at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara. The piano man and singer known to channel Jerry Lee Lewis’ energy and penchant for hopping off the piano bench with passion, Rio is partial to jump blues of the ‘40s and ‘50s.

All are welcome to attend the event, which offers free snacks while they last and beverages for purchase.

WHEN: 7:15 pm WHERE: 1535 Santa Barbara St. COST: $10 general, free for members

INFO: (805) 668-6884 or www.sbblues.org TUESDAY, JANUARY 23 Whoa Nellie – Singer-songwriter and political activist Nellie McKay has cast a wide net in her musical offerings, from her critically-revered debut studio album Get Away from Me, which led to battles with Columbia Records, to her role in Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera on Broadway. McKay also co-created and starred in the award-winning off-Broadway hit Old Hats, brought us acclaimed musical biographies that include I Want to Live!, the story of Barbara Graham; Silent Spring: It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature, an exploration of environmental pioneer Rachel Carson; and A Girl Named Bill – The Life and Times of Billy Tipton. With her ability to fluidly combine jazz, rap, pop, and other musical styles, McKay has placed songs on a slew of TV shows including Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, Weeds, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, and Nurse Jackie. Recipient of PETA’s Humanitarian Award and the Humane Society’s Doris Day Music Award, McKay’s other causes include feminism and civil rights. Catch up with her latest musical and other musings in an intimate show at SOhO. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $18 in advance, $20 at the door INFO: (805) 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

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Across 1 With 6-Across, the first pope, many believe 6 See 1-Across 7 Uncle's relative?

8 Causes of headaches at amusement parks?

9 Fathers of grand dukes

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Across 1 See 3-Down 5 Not at all rare 6 Potential aid in returning a toy to its owner 8 Words sometimes printed below "F" 9 "___ Scratch" (2022 Netflix miniseries)

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Across 1 Finland joined it in '23 5 With ___ breath (very anxiously) 6 Repeated claim in the refrain of a Michael Jackson hit 7 Office Depot units 8 Target of a '72 EPA ban

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Down 1 Kid's pasture-mate 2 River through Orsk and Orenburg 3 With 4-Down, gambling game in which you might gradually lose it all?

4 See 3-Down 6 Bone, in Bologna

Across 1 Walk all over, so to speak 6 "Ish" 7 The Cribs, the Subways, and the Wombats, e.g.

8 Franchise for which 2023's "Creed III" is the ninth installment 9 Rapper Ice Cube's real first name

Down 1 Introduction to physics?

2 What Bklyn. and Staten I. are 3 Robert of old TV's "Vega$" and "Spenser: For Hire" 4 Keep burning 5 Something to breeze through in school

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