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IT’S A MAD WORLD!

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Recent winds cause downed oak tree at Montecito YMCA costing thousands in damages, p.12

Live And On Stage

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6 Montecito Miscellany

28 On Entertainment

In chronicling the race for SB County First District Supervisor – to replace Salud Carbajal – James Buckley favors Jennifer Christensen over Das Williams Ellen DeGeneres ad; Roger Rodas’s widow; Drew Berrymore divorce; David Sigman and SB Polo Club; Michelle Ebbin’s new book; gala for David Gergen; Blondes versus Brunettes football; Robert Weinman on board; Jerry Pearson’s finale; SB Symphony; Girls Inc. of Greater SB; Beethoven at First United Methodist; and Hermés’s leather mitt

8 Letters to the Editor

Cotty Cubb sounds off about Janice Poltroon, who directly responds; Atom Bergstrom, Ben Burned, Richard Hutton, Roger Willmon, and Dale Lowdermilk also write about “global warming” debate; Christina Allison’s computer; Tom Kress on Montecito Café; Mark Brickley praises James Buckley; Thomas Bryan criticizes Donald Trump; Megan Jhu reaches out; John McIntyre calls out Governor Brown; and Paul Day’s sculptures

9 Bob Hazard

Bob Hazard crunches the “fair share” numbers while breaking down how much Montecito residents pay in taxes and explaining the need for tax reform

11 This Week

Get It Done Today; Maritime Museum Walk & Talk; knitting and crocheting; SBMM lecture; Seussical the Musical; The New Yorker; French talk; Midnight MYNX; nature at La Casa de Maria; SB Music Club; Kia McInerny at Tecolote; French film; rabbi Mike Comins; MBAR meeting; Living with Low Vision series; meet White House chef; fraud protection; Judy Crowell book signing; playing bridge; art exhibit opening; Art Career Day; Sylva Kelegian at Tecolote; Mindfulness Meditation; MFPD chipping schedule; art classes; Adventuresome Aging; Cava entertainment; brain fitness; Story Time; Italian talk; farmers market; Cars & Coffee; speaking French; and Boy Scouts

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12 Village Beat

Miramar update; Montecito Association meets; weather takes its toll on Montecito; MUS appoints new board member; and Cancer Foundation announces new trustees

Brilliant Thoughts

Ashley Brilliant scrutinizes the contradictory realm of “secure” places and security, both of which are marred by insecurity Steven Libowitz catches up with Conan O’Brien prior to his Arlington show; actress Eden Malyn and Bad Jews; Katherine Bottoms in Proof; Linda Ronstadt interview; and Pat Mora to deliver May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture

36 Coming & Going

James Buckley recounts the gala for 20th anniversary of the launch of Santa Barbara’s MAD (Multimedia Arts & Design) Academy, bolstered by emcee Billy Baldwin, and its awards honorees

37 Far Flung

Like a fox: Chuck Graham chronicles the presence of resilient island foxes traversing Santa Cruz and the Northern Channel isles

38 Calendar of Events

The Consolation of Rain; Lord Huron at Lobero; Hound Dog House Concerts; Nachle Deewane contest; U.S. Elevator at SOhO; Arlington hosts Sondra Radvanovsky; SB Music Club concert; SB Museum of Art’s new exhibits; pianist Kenny Barron; rapping at SB Bowl; and UCSB museum hosts spring concert

40 Legal Advertising 41 Your Westmont

The creative Fringe Festival is April 14-17; public viewing of Jupiter is April 15; and students present several concerts

Movie Guide

43 Benefits of the Week

Steven Libowitz puts his ear to the Goleta ground for “Sing It Out for Peace”7 in our Schools and Communities; and Santa Barbara Education Foundation gala at SB Historical Museum

45 Real Estate

Mark Ashton Hunt turns his market-minded attention toward a handful of Montecito properties available for sale in the mid-$3,000,000 range

Open House Guide

14 Seen Around Town

46 Classified Advertising

23 Ernie’s World

47 Local Business Directory

Lynda Millner Girls Inc. of Carp “Women of Inspiration” luncheon; SB Chamber Orchestra at University Club; and “Hidden Treasures” with SB Historical Museum Checking in? Ernie Witham can’t help but think of Star Wars when he explains how robots are taking jobs from hotel employees

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Editorial

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Our Choice for First District Supervisor

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Ms Christensen’s current position is that of Santa Barbara County Investment Officer, a perch from which she manages a billion-dollar portfolio for various county agencies. She’s a Southern California native who went out on her own at the age of 15 (“conflicts at home,” she says) but nevertheless achieved a highschool degree, then attended Pierce Community College in Woodland Hills mornings and evenings and worked during the day. She earned a bachelor’s degree in 20th Century American History at UCLA, a JD and MBA in finance from USC, and racked up students loans “of well over a hundred thousand dollars.” The best thing about that from our point of view is that she has paid back the full amount. She admits, however, that “There were times after graduation, when I was thinking ‘Why did I do this?’ Why didn’t I apprentice to become an electrician, like my grandpa?’”

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He moved to Montecito nine years ago.

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LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR

If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net

She’s No April Fool

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was fairly sure that when I started to read the letter from your “scientist at large,” the beguilingly named Janice Poltroon, you had engaged in a lengthy April Fool’s jape.

Between poltroon meaning “an utter coward” (says the OED) and the letter itself denying, and decrying attention paid to, anthropogenic climate change (and its mysterious passing reference to Christopher Columbus), you had to be having a bit of fun, perhaps seeing just how foolish you could make an outraged reader look who believed this letter might be serious.

Regrettably, it appears that’s not the case. By giving such prominence to the text, indeed publishing it even though it’s not actually a letter, you endorse its contents.

Why? I don’t know what kind of scientist your nominal professor is, or what she’s deemed qualified to profess. She appears to have no academic identity and neither Google nor LinkedIn reveals any trace of her existence (other than another letter you published over her name).

In her attempts to ascribe the attention paid to the probably devastating effects of our warming atmosphere variously to Al Gore’s desperate need for attention, to the professional corruption of scientists eager for grants, and to the bewildering need of people to have faith in something, as though there were no difference between religion and science, there is nothing one might describe as rational or evidence-based. The letter might be incoherent, but it certainly isn’t funny.

When the northern polar ice is at its lowest winter level ever, when it appears the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is destabilizing and that the seas could rise by tens of meters in mere decades, flooding coastal cities like Miami, New York, and our lovely Santa Barbara coast, when Kansas is burning, when we can reasonably predict an unprecedented wave of human suffering and climate refugees as around the world the mountain glaciers melt away (see Dexter Filkin’s piece in this week’s The New Yorker) and their water courses run dry, you do a tragic disservice by pretending the threat is not real.

You start with a “public figure” who refuses to be named with questions about climate change that are false in their premise; you turn for guidance to someone with no discoverable credentials; and you publish dangerous nonsense under your imprimatur by

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choosing Ms Poltroon, if she actually exists, to be your expert.

It’s all very well to publish the favorite conspiracy theories of some of your readers and let others, like me on occasion, debunk them. The jousting can be enjoyable. This time, however, you’re giving prominent placement to a scientific illiterate endorsing fantasies with consequences.

What happened to the link between critical thinking and Republicans, among whom as I infer from your endorsements, you would count yourself? I remember a time when that estrangement wasn’t baked into orthodoxy. Now I can’t name a Republican candidate who can stand for science in the face of an impending disaster.

Don’t you and those in your party feel at least some cognitive dissonance? What are you going to say to your grandchildren when they ask, “Grandpa, you had money and influence. What did you do to stop these storms, to hold back the seas from our home?”

Sincerely, sign me distressed, Cotty Chubb Montecito (Letter writer’s note: Everything Mr. Chubb writes is a perfect example of the absurdities of the climate change debate. He seems to be a blogger for the Huffington Post. Being a self-proclaimed Democrat, he attacks the person rather than the arguments.

I’ll try to respond to at least some of his statements: “the probably devastating effects of our warming atmosphere...”

Warming? What warming? Didn’t he get the memo? Earth has not warmed for 18 to 26 years, depending on which measurements you use. That is why it is now called “Climate Change”. And if you actually look at the studies, a warmer world is by no means devastating; that is just a simplistic assumption.

As indeed is so much of what he says thus: “seas could rise by tens of meters in mere decades...” Again he never got the memo. About two years ago, the UN IPCC reduced its estimate of sea-level rise to one meter by … drum roll … the end of the century. His hyperbole overstates the problem – let us say 20 meters in 30 years versus 1 meter in 85 – by a factor of 50.

And that is a factor of 50 over an already partisan bunch…

An interesting, and arguably important, sidebar is that Mr. Chubb does not seem to be aware of the basic facts. Most of the media simply fails to report such facts if they don’t fit into what Rush Limbaugh calls “the template.” This guy lives in

the media bubble, so, of course, he doesn’t know. Various commentators put forth the notion that one of the reasons John Kerry lost in 2004 was that the media kept reassuring him he was going to win. They declined to report anything that didn’t fit with their view. Kerry just thought he would coast to victory.

In 1923, a German newspaper ran a competition for the most creative imaginary headline. The winning fake headline was “Archduke found alive: Great War fought by mistake.” I think the war on global warming has the same potential. To Rudyard Kipling, going to war was simply, obviously, right. He certainly did not feel that way after his son was killed in the trenches. Similarly, Mr. Chubb is blinded to the huge potential downside of the war against global warming as he would like it fought. In the unlikely event that the West actually does do what it promised in Paris, the cost will be enormous to the West in lost wealth and lost military power, while the Chinese won’t give a damn about it.

And it will actually cost lives in the Third World. There are 2 billion people [or is it just a billion?] who live on less than $1,000 a year. To them, the cost of energy and food are matters of life and death. – “Janice Poltroon”)

Poltroon-Rich Academe

The truth about climate change is easy. If you’re a Democrat, it exists. If

you’re a Republican, it doesn’t.

So much for “science.”

Professor Janice Poltroon is right.

Corporate science is extraordinarily corruptible, and, like politics, subject to any way the wind blows. I can mail you a long list of scientists who have lost their funding and even their licenses for going against the doctrinal grain.

Professor Poltroon’s contention is further authenticated by her fear of coming out of the closet because a fellow university professor will rat her out to her employers. University professors, at large and otherwise, are indeed poltroons, surrendering before firing a single shot except in their Walter Mitty imaginations.

Phony libertarians and poltroon (from French for “good-for-nothing”) professors are a dime a dozen in our Golden Ghetto by the Sea. Atom Bergstrom Montecito (Editor’s note: It is curious that so many “deniers” (the derisive term given to those who question the “science” of global warming) are so cautious about letting their colleagues know how they really feel about what should otherwise be a “scientific” debate upon which a little bit of healthy skepticism would be welcome.

Just saying... – J.B.)

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Bob Hazard Mr. Hazard is an Associate Editor of this paper and a former president of Birnam Wood Golf Club

Taxing Times in Montecito

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y the filing deadline of Monday, April 18, 150 million U.S. taxpayers will have trudged to the post office or electronically pushed the button on their 2015 tax returns. Collectively, we are expected to transfer $3.3 trillion to the federal government, plus handing over an additional $1.6 trillion for state and local income taxes.

In summary, “We the People” will send nearly $5 trillion, or 31% of our collective adjusted gross income (AGI), to our federal and state governments, according to the non-profit Tax Foundation, the nation’s leading independent tax policy research organization. Taxpayers this year will spend more on federal and state taxes than they spend on food, clothing, and housing combined.

Tax Complexity and the Hidden Cost of Tax Compliance

But that is not the end. It was Albert Einstein who noted “The hardest thing in the world to understand is not relativity; it is the federal income tax.” Credible studies place the out-of-pocket cost of complying with the 70,000-page tax code at between $215 billion and $987 billion annually, depending on who is doing the estimating. Included are professional service fees, software costs, accounting costs, legal costs, research costs, compiling records, audits, business filing costs, lobbying for loopholes and special provisions, and time value of money. At $500 billion, tax compliance now equals the annual cost of supporting our military – the $496-billion discretionary budget of the Department of Defense.

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Based on the latest IRS ZIP code analysis, some 4,840 filers in Montecito with collective incomes of $1,468,951,000 will file 2015 returns. That would seem to indicate an average household income of $303,500 in Montecito.

However, 1,150 (24% of filers in Montecito) will report adjusted gross income (AGI) of less than $25,000 per household per year. They will pay little or no federal or state income tax. The majority, 55% of all filers in Montecito, will report incomes of less than $100,000 a year. At the higher end, 890 filers (18%) will report annual household incomes of between $100,000 and $200,000, while 1,290 filers in Montecito (27%) will report annual household incomes in excess of $200,000.

The real wealth in Montecito is invested in our homes. The average home price has risen to $2.8 million. Property tax records indicate a total Montecito residential real estate value of $9.6 billion.

STILL MISSING

Do the Rich Pay Their Fair Share?

For the past eight years, the president of the United States has been insisting that “the rich” are not paying their fair share and need “to pay a little more.”

According to the Pew Research Center, 7 out of 10 Americans think they pay too much, but that rich people don’t pay their fair share. There is only one problem; reports from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) indicate the opposite. By any reasonable yardstick, wealthy Americans are paying their fair share – and then some.

• The top 1% of U.S. taxpayers, with an adjusted gross income (AGI) of more than $428,713, earned 19% of the nation’s income, but pay more than 37% of the nation’s income taxes. The top 5% of taxpayers with an AGI above $179,760 pay more federal income taxes (58%) than the remaining 95% of filers combined.

• The top 10% of U.S. taxpayers, with an AGI in excess of $127,695, earned 46% of the nation’s income but pay 70% of the nation’s income taxes. The top 25% of U.S. taxpayers, with an AGI of more than $74,955, earn 68% of income but pay 86% of taxes.

• The top 50% of U.S. taxpayers, with an AGI of more than $36,841, pay 97% of all income taxes. The bottom 50% of U.S. taxpayers, with an AGI of less than $36,841, who still earned 11% of the nation’s income, pay less than 3% of all income taxes, thanks to refundable tax credits.

The Need for Tax Reform

Maybe we need to heed the advice of Benjamin Franklin when he wrote in Poor Richard’s Almanac: “It would be a hard government that should tax its people one-10th part of their income.” What would Ben say about Montecito’s average tax rate of roughly 50% when all taxes – federal and state income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, Social Security, Medicare, ObamaCare, energy taxes, gasoline taxes, cigarette taxes, liquor taxes, license and permit fees, corporate taxes, airline taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, and death taxes – are included?

Think about that on April 15, when you pay your “fair share” of federal and state income taxes.

•MJ 14 – 21 April 2016

One year ago we visited Santa Barbara to celebrate my husband’s 70th birthday. Our celebration turned to heart break when Hombre, our beloved Chihuahua-Terrier mix, bolted out of our mother’s yard in chase of a critter. This happened near Alston and Hot Springs roads in Montecito.

We searched, put out flyers, put ads in the paper, and even put out a doggie amber alert. There were a couple of possible sightings near Shoreline but nothing panned out.

One year later we are still heart broken. Perhaps some caring person has taken him in. We are hoping and yes praying to get a call or a note letting us know what happened. If you have him or know someone that does please call. While we would love to be reunited, just knowing would be a comfort.

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(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, APRIL 14 Maritime Museum Walk & Talk Join for a Montecito Association History Committee-sponsored guided tour of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum led by Greg Gorga, executive director. Tour museum exhibits including “Art of the Sailor”, the Point Conception Lighthouse lens, and more. This event is limited to and free for Montecito Association members.

When: 11 am Where: 113 Harbor Way Info & Reservation: 969-2026 Knitting and Crocheting Circle Fiber art crafts drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library.

Must have some manual dexterity for crochet and knitting.

When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Lecture at SBMM A lecture at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, presented by James Boles, discusses “Methane Seepage Along Faults In The Santa Barbara Coastal Area”.

When: 7 pm, members-only reception from 6:15 to 6:45 pm Where: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way Cost: free for members, $10 for non-members Registration: www.sbmm.org or call (805) 456-8747 Seussical the Musical Laguna Blanca School’s Theater Department is proud to present Seussical the Musical, performed by a cast of students in grades 6-12. Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza!

Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty bring to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie, and a little boy with a big imagination, Jojo.

When: April 14, 15, & 16 at 7 pm Where: Spaulding Auditorium, 4125 Paloma Drive Cost: students $8, adults $10 Info: 687-2461, x 209 Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker.

When: 7:30 to 9:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road FRIDAY, APRIL 15 French Conversation Group The Montecito branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library System hosts a French conversation group for those who would like to practice their French language conversation skills and meet others in the community who speak French. Both native speakers and those who learned French as a second or foreign language will participate, and new members are always welcome.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Montecito Moms at Wildcat Local all-women rock band Midnight MYNX will be mynxing it up at the Wildcat Lounge with their eclectic mix of new and old covers and originals.

When: 8 to 10 pm Where: 15 W. Ortega SATURDAY, APRIL 16 Birds, Bees, and Trees

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As part of their ongoing efforts, the Alliance for Living and Dying Well is pleased to announce its 4th Annual Get It Done Today event, in conjunction with National Healthcare Decisions Day. Get It Done Today! is a free communitywide event to encourage the public to complete Advance Health Care Directives, and an opportunity for people to come and begin the conversation about end-of-life wishes, learn more about the process, and take the initiative to complete an Advance Health Care Directive. Currently, in Santa Barbara County, 12 percent of patients arrive at Cottage Hospital with a completed and accessible AHCD. When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Santa Barbara Public Library’s Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu Info: appointments required, call 845-5314 Three naturalists, Paul Cronshaw, Matt Kay, and Joan Lentz will frame a day full of the nature at La Casa de Maria.

When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $45 Info: www.lacasademaria.org Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music.

A valued cultural resource in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public.

When: 3 pm Where: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street Cost: free Book Signing at Tecolote Montecito author Kia McInerny will sign her international thriller Bond Hunter at Tecolote.

When: 3 to 4:30 pm Where: 1470 E. Valley Road, Montecito Info: 969-4977

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French Film The French Network of Santa Barbara (Le Réseau Français) is pleased to offer a “classic” and “contemporary” French picture at the Fe Bland Theater, SB City College campus. The movie has English sub-titles and is offered free to the public.

Today’s event spotlights the classic a 2014 winner of the “Cesar Award” for best film, best actor, and best adaptation writing, “Les Garçons et Guillaume à table” (English title: “Me, myself and Mum”) is an autobiographical comedy starring the director-writer Guillaume Gallienne.

His rather unusual upper-middle class mother of three sons considered two as “sons” and one as a “daughter.” This takes the audience through a series of experiences leading to Guillaume’s self-discovery and allows for a break from the pernicious maternal influences. An 85-minute film that will inspire all.

When: 7:30 pm Where: City College campus, 721 Cliff Drive SUNDAY, APRIL 17 The Hills are Alive: Nature and Spiritual Experience Many of the world’s great spiritual traditions take place in nature. Start the day with an optional hike and return for a slower-paced exploration walk of the grounds with meditation, chanting, teachings, and discussion.

Led by rabbi Mike Comins, the founder of the Torah trek and the author of Wild Faith. Co-sponsored by the Montecito Shul and Los Padres Forest watch.

When: 9 am to 2:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road

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“We’re gaining momentum and getting closer to groundbreaking,” Krenzien said, adding that the project had received zoning clearances earlier this week. That means that all 97 conditions of the project’s approval have been verified in order for developer Rick Caruso’s team to begin pulling grading permits. Caruso has entered into a pre-construction agreement with CW Driver general contractors, who, if contracts are finalized, will be on site day-to-day. “Of course, the Caruso team will continue to be heavily involved,” Krenzien said. One of the conditions of approval requires that neighbors receive 14 days of notice before grading occurs; neighbors should expect the notice in the next week or so.

In the meantime, residents can expect to see crews on the site installing construction fences and removing or relocating trees. “Once the heavy equipment is brought on site, we’ll do an official groundbreaking ceremony,” Krenzien said.

The resort is still expected to open summer 2018.

will be passed on to water customers,” Shaikewitz said.

New MWD general manager Nick Turner hosted an informational meeting last week in conjunction with the Montecito Association’s Water Committee. More information about our current water situation is available online at www.montecitowater. com.

Also at the MA meeting: president Aaron Budgor announced that the MA is hosting an upcoming candidate forum on Friday, May 6. First District Supervisor candidates Das Williams and Jennifer Christensen will attend the forum, which will moderated by businessman Todd Lowenstein. The event will be held from 4 to 6 pm at Montecito Union School.

Next month’s MA board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 10.

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Also at the MA meeting, Montecito Water District (MWD) board chair Dick Shaikewitz reported that negotiations continue between MWD and the City of Santa Barbara regarding Montecito’s use of the soon-to-be-resurrected desal plant. “We are getting closer in coming to an agreement,” Shaikewitz said, adding that both entities are deeply concerned about the cost of getting the plant up-and-running and the cost of future desalinated water.

According to Shaikewitz, the initial investment by the City to rebuild the plant is $55 million, and future expansion plans could cause water to cost as much as $3,000 per acre foot. “Both the City and we are looking for additional water we can buy that would be much cheaper than that,” he added, explaining that various alternate water sources (costing roughly $250 per acre foot) are still being researched. “The infrastructure is very, very costly, and it

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Steel plates on East Valley Road cover a sinkhole that opened up last week during the rain

Recent rains and winds left several issues in Montecito, including a sinkhole that opened up on East Valley Road near the intersection of Picacho Lane. The hole was two feet wide and near the center divider, and required emergency traffic control by the California Highway Patrol and Montecito Fire Protection District while Santa Barbara County road crews assessed the damage. The hole has been partially repaired and is currently covered with steel plates until more extensive repairs can be performed.

Also post-storm: Montecito Family YMCA is facing an estimated $20,000$30,000 in damages after last month’s winds knocked a 30-foot oak tree onto the property on March 28. Fortunately, the Y was closed when the tree fell,

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The gym was transformed into a dining room with sun umbrellas, tables decorated with linens in crayon colors, and centerpieces featuring the artwork note cards of the girls.

Two of the longtime Girls Inc. girls, Ana Delgado (since kindergarten) and Noelia Romero were the emcees.

They announced, “This is a great time to be women!”

In 2014, Ana was selected as a JASON National Argonaut Scholar and did hands-on marine research in the Bahamas. She studied alongside world-class scientists. Last summer, she spent a week in Washington, D.C., meeting with local representatives, touring sites, museums, and exploring college campuses.

Noelia is a senior at Carpinteria High School. She joined Girls Inc. in 2008 and discovered her passion for working with children. She has served as a counselor in training and mentor during the last five years. Her goal is for college (the first in her family) and to become a pediatric nurse practitioner.

The Women of Inspiration came next: Geri Ann Carty, Patsy Hicks, and Natalie Orfalea. Geri has lived in Carpinteria for 34 years and works as a nurse volunteering for nonprofits. She was a Girls Inc. board member and currently serves on many local boards. She is married to mayor Gregg Carty and has two daughters.

Patsy has worked at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for 20 years in various capacities, now as director of education since 2008. She currently serves as trustee on several boards

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and was selected as Woman of the Year by the Junior League for her work with literacy development and English language learners. She is married with two children.

Natalie is the co-founder and chair of the Orfalea Foundation. She has provided vision, inspiration, and strategy driving the foundation’s initiatives in early childhood education, food system reform, youth development, education, and disaster readiness. Besides raising two sons, the list of more accomplishments goes on for a page.

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SEEN Page 164 Girls Inc. keynote speaker Arlene Samen with Women of Inspiration Geri Ann Carty, Natalie Orfalea, and Patsy Hicks, and executive director Victoria Juarez

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SEEN (Continued from page 14) Radio host Alan Chapman with maestro Heiichiro Ohyama at the Chamber soirée

Co-chairs of Girls Inc. luncheon Amanda Kastelic, Sandra Tyler, Nancy Koppelman, and Nini Seaman with board president Clyde Freeman

Samen was indeed inspirational. A help where one out of 10 babies died single mother raised her in poverty. due to preventable causes. She had She has been a nurse practitioner in been there10 years when the Chinese maternal fetal medicine for more than took over the country and she had to 31 years.MUS_Carnival2016_MJ_Ad.pdf When the Dalai Lama 1invitleave everything, including a condo 4/8/16 10:05 AM ed her to come to Tibet, she went to she owned.

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Arlene then took her “network of safety” and her One Heart WorldWide organization with its life-saving model to remote villages in Nepal and the Copper Canyon of Mexico.

To date, more than 50,000 deliveries around the globe have been safely made. Over half-a-million people have been educated regarding a safe birth environment. Many awards and accolades have followed.

The coordinators of this inspirational day were Nancy Koppelman, Nini Seaman, Sandra Tyler, and Amanda Kastelic.

Five-year executive director Victoria Juarez explained, “I thought I’d be teaching the girls how to be strong, smart, and bold. Instead, the girls taught me how to be strong, smart, and very BOLD.” She also added that their story was her story growing up.

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The University Club became a small concert hall for an intimate evening of music by the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra (SBCO). Actually, it was a perfect venue because historically chamber music was played in smaller spaces. Or as maestro Heiichiro Ohyama said, “We don’t have to ‘shout’ at the audience as we do in an auditorium. We can really whisper with our instruments.”

The maestro also played the viola along with Sooah Kim and Carrie Kennedy on violins, Colleen Sugata on viola, and Paula Fehrenbach on cello. They played Mendelssohn’s String Quintet No. 2 Op. 87, which he wrote while ill at age 36 in 1845. He was inspired in part by Beethoven’s early quartets and wrote this in a symphonic style. Interestingly, Heiichiro’s viola was made in 1771, before this music was even written.

SEEN Page 224 Edith Clark, Alita Rhodes, SBCO assistant concert master Sooah Kim, and former bass player Nancy Chase

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“I’m incredibly organized,” says Michelle. “I write for five hours a day from 10 am to 3 pm and also have worked with City of Hope with massage therapy for the past three years.”

A busy lady, indeed.

Ad More Than Black and White Talk-show queen Ellen DeGeneres has found herself inadvertently involved in a race row.

Ellen, a Montecito neighbor and friend of fellow talker Oprah Winfrey, has a children’s clothing line, but ads for GapKids X ED latest campaign have sparked a social media backlash.

The ads state: “Meet the kids who are proving girls can do anything. We all have the power to empower one another.”

But Twitter users immediately spotted the flaw in the four photographs posted by The Gap – and called the company out on presenting the only black girl in the shoot as a prop.

The company was blasted for only using one “token” child of color – and presenting her as an arm rest for a white girl.

The white girl, meanwhile, is shown doing gymnastics, DJing, and using a telescope.

Complainants suggested the offensive ad showed a lack of diversity in the boardroom at Gap “as most people of color would have immediately recognized the error.”

Debbie Felix, a spokesperson for GapKids, apologized for any offense caused and said the company would remove the image in question from the campaign.

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history of championing diversity and inclusivity, we appreciate the conversation that has taken place, and we are sorry to anyone we’ve offended.

“This GapKids campaign highlights true stories of talented girls who are celebrating creative self-expression and sharing their messages of empowerment.

“We are replacing the image with a different shot from the campaign, which encourages girls and boys everywhere to be themselves and feel pride in what makes them unique.”

Gergen in the House Investment banker Tim Babich and his interior-designer wife, Monica, opened the doors of their charming Montecito home, just a tiara’s toss from the three-acre estate of NCIS TV producer Don Bellisario, for a UCSB Arts & Lectures reception for political commentator, David Gergen, who later spoke on the current election at Campbell Hall.

The 73-year-old Harvard Law School and Yale University graduate

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served as a presidential advisor to Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton before becoming senior political analyst for CNN and a professor and co-director at the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Gergen, who was editor of the Yale Daily News, has amassed an impressive 26 honorary degrees over his career, which has included the McNeilLehrer NewsHour on PBS and chief edi-

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Opinion Not Science

I’m not a climate change/global warming proponent; however, Ms. Poltroon’s reply (“Serious Answer to a Serious Question” MJ #22/13) was less than definitive, lacking in hard data, contradictory, and came across as personal opinion, versus any “Serious Answer.” Even some of the punctuation lacked consistency.

A Google search yielded two Janice Poltroon entries, both linked to the Santa Barbara Sentinel. There’s certainly no plethora of scientific papers attached to her. It reminded me of the Marilyn vos Savant statement “Read [a paper’s] letters to the editor. See how they fail to convince.”

One example of a contradiction is her saying she’s a great admirer of John Firer, then pointing out major errors he made via predicting climate cooling, and then global warming.

She also calls Fred Hoyle brilliant and an all-time favorite, but then points out his refusal to accept the Big Bang theory – as did all other cosmologists.

She said she attended Oxford, but did she graduate with a degree? If so, what is it and why isn’t it noted next to her name? Way to go, Montecito Journal!

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Your letter, “Serious Answer to a Serious Question,” is neither serious nor responsible. It’s not worth discussing the science here, where ad hominem attacks seem to be prized over credible information. It is worth noting that the politicization of climate change is contributing to a looming tragedy, and that the Montecito Journal is, in a small way, exacerbating the issue.

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To be clear: There are thousands of responsible scientists working on promising hypotheses pertaining to climate change, all conscientiously adhering to the scientific method.

Many are risking their wellbeing to gather information. They hike up frozen glaciers, traverse ice sheets, and climb into the “death zones” of mountain ranges to study long- and short-term weather patterns; dive coral reefs and commercial fisheries; distribute buoys to measure changes in ocean acidification and currents everywhere around the globe; calculate sea-level rise in coastal communities; monitor weather patterns; write software and build hardware to improve computer projections. In short, they use their highly specialized education to observe and model some of the most complex phenomena on the planet.

These are serious, honorable, credible, dedicated people doing important work. But the Journal, under the guise of Janice Poltroon (yes, I get it…), chooses to slander them. How else to understand lines like: “People have the illusion that scientists are honest,” with a comparison to the “totally dishonest” IRS? Or a reference to the Spanish Inquisition, during which torture was authorized and thousands were put to death (“the only difference… is that today’s ‘unbelievers’ are called ‘climate deniers’ rather than heretics,” emphasis added)?

These tendentious assertions are in the “Letters” column. But are they really letters? Or are the Journal’s editors simply doing an end run around journalistic standards? If so, they are doing their readers a disservice, reinforcing stereotypes and denigrating those who are actually doing the science, which is, in the end, what really matters.

Do some scientists distort information for personal gain? Of course. No profession is free of charlatans and snake-oil salesmen. But to discount all scientists for the transgressions of a few is both wrong-headed and counterproductive. The “famous and

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now debunked ‘hockey stick’…” you mention was actually proposed 18 years ago. Meanwhile, other scientists have conducted thousands of new observations and experiments, which have largely survived falsification and peer review. Rather than reaching back to the days before the iPhone, Facebook, and the mapping of the human genome, perhaps the Journal should consider exploring what’s being discovered now, today, in real time; meet the people doing the work; and report back, accurately and comprehensively.

Or perhaps not. The article quotes “Neils Bohr, one of the most important people in history” (actually, it’s “Niels Bohr…”) as saying, “a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”

The quotation is in fact from Max Planck.

Forgivable error? Or shoddy research? Your readers can decide.

Meanwhile, I hope against hope that you will approach issues like this by avoiding the character assassination of an entire professional class.

Richard Hutton Montecito (Letter writer’s note: Here is the pre-history of “global warming” from 40 years ago. It is pretty much identical, except it is about sugar.

A powerful group of doctors came to believe very forcefully that the problem with the Western diet was too much saturated fat. And once they had staked their reputations on it, nothing would make them recant. How well has that worked out? People cut back on fat and an unintended consequence was they started eating much more sugar.

Obesity and diabetes are soaring. It is only now that people are backtracking dramatically on diet recommendations.

Of course, they’re doing it quietly in the hope none of us will notice. Meanwhile, billions of lives have been damaged.

And the same with cholesterol: what you eat does not alter how much is in your blood.

Let’s hope it takes fewer than 40 years for people to see through the nonsense of Al Gore’s version of global warming before it has done as much damage to as many people as the universal advice to cut back on saturated fats. – “Janice Poltroon”

Words of Advice

I have a suggestion for the “Good Doctor” (“An Egregious Disservice” MJ #22/14)... Read Michael Crichton’s book State of Fear. Pay particularly close attention to the hundreds of pages of bibliography.

Roger Willmon Montecito

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Down to a Science

Exactly what time will it start or stop raining next week?

Despite rising doubts behind the “science” of global warming, the White House announced recently that during the summer of 2030, there will be an additional 11,000 heat-related deaths in the USA. The specifics and certitude of the Dear Leader’s “warning” is based upon a report by 100 government “scientists”(?) at eight different federal agencies.

If we are to believe the government’s reputation for objectivity and accuracy, we should assume that computer models are now capable of predicting what time it will start and stop raining next Thursday at any location in the Northern Hemisphere. This extremely complex data analysis will be necessary to predict weather conditions one or two years in advance… let alone 14 years from today.

The number of deaths that will result from the next ice age, nuclear winter, asteroid impact, solar flare, or a super volcano will make humanity pray for global warming. Food supplies and people will survive rising oceans and higher temperatures, but not a big chill.

If it’s worth doing right, it’s worth over-doing.

Dale Lowdermilk Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Recent statistics show that if the “11,000 heat-related deaths” figure proves even vaguely accurate, many times more cold-related deaths will have been averted due to warmer temperatures. – J.B.)

Finger Fooling

In order to avoid a recurrence of twitch-itis, I now push the Cancel button on my computer with my index finger in order to get rid of the little x’s.

However, before the loud screechy voice instructs me that I can cancel the ad, I placed my index finger on it, and an even uglier voice tells me the commercial will continue regardless.

I paid for my computer, and I pay for the monthly service fee.

Enough! This is destroying my sunny disposition.

Many have complained about the little x’s in little boxes, so I know that I am not alone in this battle.

I have therefore decided to form a local chapter of Destroy the Little X’s in Little Boxes. The official name is DXLB. As colonel-in-chief of this battle, I call upon all citizens to join me. Let’s hope I am not stricken with index-itis before the battle is won.

Forward!

Christina Allison Montecito 14 – 21 April 2016

The Beat Goes on

It was a very enjoyable surprise to have read in your ever-progressing Journal (“We’re Still Here” #22/13), the article about the successful history of the Montecito Café, which I designed while also designing the refurbishment of the then very dilapidated Montecito Inn in 1981/82.

The original intent for the café was to establish service in-room or in this new comfortably elegant lounge for Inn guests. The café space on the Coast Village Road side had large, rectangular storefront windows spanning floor to ceiling and pilaster to pilaster. In the re-design, I replaced these out-of-character windows with the rounded arches we see today, which match the curved glass wall at the Inn’s porte cochére entrance that we see in your [front-page photo]. These arched windows satisfied many City reviews.

Also on the property was the larger, very popular Olive Mill Bistro, which was run very successfully by Mr. Paul Vercammen, Sr. Initially, the Santa Barbara City Planning Department balked at having two restaurants in the same building location: no parking spaces, no service entrance, not a part of the original function of the building, et cetera.

To progress from design drawings to the working drawings needed for building and occupancy permits, I very reluctantly had to tape measure the whole Inn building, site, and grounds, in order to draw accurate to-scale legal construction documents.

That experience was creepy to the max, as the “empty” out-of-business Inn was occupied by out-of-(and in-) town addicts.

Finally, though, in a dark, unused northwest basement corner room, I found a remnant of an original coffee-and-toast commercial kitchenette near the elevator. Thus, with provoking legal non-conforming status, this established precedent for the Montecito Café’s approval.

We worked out parking with neighboring lots and added a service door to the curved wall; the Bistro was a nightspot, so the café became a daytime lounge with food service for weary travelers, Inn guests, and local folks.

So, why the current enjoyable surprise? We didn’t realize – until your recent article reminded us of it – the amount of time the Inn and the café have been successful in and for our community. From 1981 to 2016 represents a 35-year and one-and-a-halfgeneration stretch. The developers, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lippman, son Ted, and family, created a beautifying project that still successfully functions, still employs, still serves very well the folks here.

Their success is due to their original intent to use their earned wealth to 14 – 21 April 2016

serve family, friends, and community into the future. Nice. Intended altruism wins over intended empery.

They’ve won a great legend, too.

Tom Kress Montecito

Brass Flowers

Good Reading

Compliments to James Buckley for his excellent and intriguing article on White House Chef John Moeller (“Dinner With the White House Chef,” MJ #22/14). I hope he will consider a follow-up story describing the cuisine served and remarks that Chef Moeller makes at the upcoming dinner in Montecito. This is one of the most interesting stories I have read in the Montecito Journal.

Mark Brickley Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Thank you for your kind words. My wife and I will be attending the dinner and will definitely report on it, so keep on reading Montecito Journal.

– J.B.)

Petulant and Egotistical

Who are the media created and claimed “Trump Anti-Republican establishment voters”? Are they uninformed as to the issues? Are they gullible and naive? Are they easily led and manipulated? Are they really knowledgeable Republicans and conservatives? Are they aware of the history of the Republican Party and the conservative movement and its achievements, principles, and its goals?

Do they understand that we have a divided government with not enough Republican Senators to override an Obama presidential veto, which stops the Republican agenda? (Google: The Republican Congressional Agenda).

The party is being taken over by grossly uninformed as to the issues and their solutions petulant, egotistical, blowhard, “Pied Trumpeter”. The media, especially Fox News and CNN talking heads, are using “The Donald” for media ratings and earnings for “big buck political reality television.”

Shame on them and their lack of critical journalistic investigation, as to his “presidential qualifications,” and his positions and solutions or lack thereof. The time has come for all knowledgeable Republicans and conservatives to come to the aid of the party. Trump must be rejected for that which he stands for – himself – and does not stand for the Republican Party, the conservative movement, and the American people. The party will be going down big time with the “Pied Trumpeter” as its presidential candidate.

He is no longer a bad joke.

Thomas Bryan Santa Barbara

The handsome brass “flowers” used as parking space separators were made and purchased in the USA by the Gunner family, developers of what is now called San Ysidro Village

I’m reaching out with a rather odd request. My boss recently bought a house in Montecito and saw these blue flower accents (attached image) on the tiles of the Montecito Village (unsure whether it was the upper or lower village). He would like to know where to find them, so we’ve reached out to a few local building materials suppliers and they didn’t have any answers.

Maybe someone at the Journal knows who might have been contracted with the developments or knows of contractors in that area with connections to the stylists used on either centers.

If you have any leads on where we might be able to start, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for your time.

Megan Jhu Montecito (Editor’s note: We spoke with the San Ysidro Village (behind the pharmacy in the upper village) developer, Mr. Richard Gunner and his son, Michael, who informed us that the brass “flowers” were purchased from Robinson Iron. The company makes them and is headquartered in Alexander City, Alabama. Luke Robinson was Richard Gunner’s contact. The phone number is (800) 824-2157. – J.B.)

He did: www.sacbee.com/news/ politics-government/capitol-alert/ article69850382.html News flash, Jerry: It doesn’t make sense economically, because it doesn’t make sense morally – to force taxpayers to pay more for less.

The value of a dollar in California just dropped, because the value of the work done for the new wage will be no different (if not less) than the value of the work done for the old wage.

More private-sector employers and jobs will be spilling out of the People’s Republic of California – leaving an ever-higher concentration of public employees – all owing their allegiance to the monolithic Democratic state government. Where does Brown think this is headed – other than to perdition?

John McIntyre Montecito (Editor’s note: As the new $15-an-hour “minimum” wage kicks in, its establishment ensures there will be no more “medium-priced” eateries in California.

The ones that do exist will be replaced by either high-end restaurants or counter service-only fast-food joints. No sane restaurateur would open any other kind of eatery, unless of course – as has happened in most of Europe – it is completely family-run, since family members can share the proceeds and/or profits. But, they won’t be hiring outside the family; count on it. The days of college students earning extra money as waiters and waitresses will become a thing of the past, just as have caddies, gas station attendants, lawn mowers, and other first-time work experiences for teenagers. – J.B.)

The Cows Have Come Home

After being cooped up in a metal crate for six weeks, finally, the Charolais have been put out to grass… in Burgundy. Thanks to Clive and Tanith at the Abbaye de La Bussiere X. Paul Day London, England •MJ

Hell in a Handbasket

Did governor Jerry Brown really say that “…economically, minimum wages may not make sense, but morally, socially, and politically they make every sense…”?

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing – Emo Philips

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SBCO executive director Kevin Marvin introduced this as an inaugural event because of the performance followed by dialogue provided by popular radio host Alan Chapman. Alan produces three regular programs on Classical KUSC, which is the nation’s largest and most listened-to public radio and nonprofit classical music station.

Besides teaching at many colleges, he has been published in the Journal of Music Theory and more. Wellknown as a preconcert speaker, his lectures have been presented by virtually every major performing group in southern California. He’s even on Delta airlines’ classical channel.

In addition, he appears in cabaret performances with his wife, soprano Karen Benjamin. They’ve appeared in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.

He makes the music come alive with personal stories and anecdotes.

The SBCO was founded in 1978 and has been led by music director and conductor Ohyama for 33 years. He is

involved with several orchestras and has a long list of credits.

At intermission, the audience was served wine, and the evening ended with yummy desserts prepared by the club’s French chef, Marc Meynenc.

Mahri Kerley’s Chaucer’s Bookstore and the Santa Barbara Foundation underwrote the event. SBCO’s next concert will be May 17 at the Lobero.

Tickets may be purchases at the ticket office: (805) 963-0761.

Hidden Treasures

The Santa Barbara Historical Museum (SBHM) just opened a unique exhibition called “Hidden Treasures.”

The museum staff chose their favorite object from the collection – a treasure trove from the vault underground.

This event was sponsored by longtime museum supporter Eleanor Van Cott.

When asked what was her favorite, she responded, “Director of the museum, Lynn Brittner.”

The exhibit is as diverse as the

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people. There’s a lamp made out of seashells, a delicate hand-painted fan, a rifle from the 1850s, a leather guitar case signed by Walt Disney, and much more. These objects have all been acquired since the museum’s founding in 1932. SBHM is the foremost repository for Santa Barbara history and houses more than 80,000 artifacts illuminating more than 500 years of South Coast history. That encompasses Chumash times up to now.

Director of marketing Dacia Harwood’s favorite item (and

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mine) was the De la Guerra family fan from 1850. Visitors services Zachary C. Wentworth liked the easel of famed Western artist Edward Borein. Some of the others participating were museum store coordinator James McMillian; from maintenance and grounds, Francisco Ruiz and Ricardo Juarez; director of development Brian Stenfors; visitors services’ Sophie Sterling; and historian Hattie Beresford.

For all you history lovers, check out this exhibit. You have until October 16.

•MJ 14 – 21 April 2016

Ernie’s World

by Ernie Witham

Coming Soon! Ernie’s new travel humor book, Where Are Pat and Ernie Now? Ask for it at your local bookstore

Humor Robots?

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magine walking into your favorite hotel to ask about your reservation and having C-3PO wave his arms frantically, while turning his head side to side and saying: “Reservation? I don’t know, I just don’t know. Oh, my! Oh, my! Master Luke, we have a problem.” Beside him, R2-D2 lights up, whistles a bit, and spits out a piece of paper with your name and room number on it.

No, you haven’t just walked onto the set of a Star Wars movie; you’re at a Hilton. Or a Hyatt. Maybe even a Budget Motel, though C-3PO might look more like a used wringer washing machine there.

Companies have already been using robots to make precision welds and move large pieces of automobiles into place on assembly lines. Now, major hotel chains are beginning to use robots at check-in counters, as baggage handlers, and room service personnel, and, of course, to run complaint departments: “The bed was too firm. The TV was not big enough. The Wi-Fi was sketchy. An another thing, and another thing… Are you even listening to me?”

“Yes. I. Am. List-en-ing.”

“Well, how come your eyes are not glowing?”

“They. Only. Work. When. Something. In-tell-i-gent. Is. Being. Said.”

“Right, then. Wait, what?”

In a flash of corporate-profit-making-ingenuity, the tycoons of industry are now using robots to make more robots that will be used to replace people in many industries, including such traditional jobs as baseball umpires: “Strike. One. Strike. Two. Strike. Three.“ “What, are you blind? That was wide.”

“I. In-cor-por-ate. The. La-test. Digi-tal. Cam-er-a. Tech-nol-o-gy. And. I. Am. Not. The. One. Who. Should.

Worry. A-bout. Be-ing. Wide. Tub-o.”

Another job in jeopardy… bartender: “My wife just doesn’t understand me.”

“May-be. You. Should. Get. A. New. Brain.”

“Yeah, and maybe I should kick your butt!”

“Good. Luck. It’s. Made. Of. Ti-tani-um.”

Even taxi drivers may become obsolete: “You sure you are qualified to drive this thing?”

“I. Have Been Pro-grammed. Precis-ley. They E-ven. Gave. Me. A. Dash-board. Hu-la. Dan-cer.”

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The corporate logic behind this technology move: robots don’t require a salary, health-care benefits, coffee breaks, or vacations. They don’t even need sleep. Just a bit of WD-40 every now and then, which can be applied by other robots.

In Japan, an AI (Artificial Intelligence, kind of like many politicians possess) program co-wrote a short story, which made it through the first round of a contest.

“It. Was. A. Dark. And. Storm-y.

Night. So. I. Just. Shut. Down. Un-til.

Dawn.”

The contest did stipulate that it would allow both regular entries and entries from “applicants that are not human beings.” But apparently, they disqualified any envelopes postmarked from outside our own galaxy.

Some corporate publishers are probably excited about this possibility. No more of those pesky advances to deal with or annoying residual payments.

They don’t even have to pay for firstclass airline tickets to fly robot authors to New York City for book signings.

They can get the cargo rate: “Are. You. A. Fam-ous. Auth-or. Too?” “Arff, arff.”

Plus, they know they can count on their robot scribes to sell more books at bookstores: “I. Am. Pro-grammed.

To. Shut. Off. The. Lights. Heat. And. Lock. The. Doors. Now. Who. Wants.

To. Buy. A. Book?”

I’m worried that they might learn how to program a robot to write columns. Then I will be out of work. No more spending all day in my office trying to come up with some clever bit of observation and turning it into 700 words of absolute brilliance.

“You. Call. This. Bril-li-ant? I’ve. Seen.

Black. Holes. With. More. In-sights.”

“Hey, that’s not funny.”

“It. Is. Ac-cord-ing. To. My. Program-er.”

Great. If robots get humor programmers, they could teach them how to find humor in everyday situations.

Train them how to spin a yarn. Engage in witty repartee. Then all of us fleshand-blood humor writers will become totally obsolete.

Hmm… maybe I should go undercover. Pretend to be a programmer. I could make them less funny. Yeah. I will program in a bunch of old jokes that everyone already knows. Toss in some groaners. A few sick limericks.

Some dumb puns.

“Good. I-de-a. Ro-bots. Love. Puns.”

We’re all doomed.

•MJ

Brilliant Thoughts

by Ashleigh Brilliant Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD. in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara with wife Dorothy since 1973. No children. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000. Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ashleighbrilliant.com

How I Found Insecurity in a Secure World

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es, it is a secure world. The entire universe (so far as we know) is locked up so tight that nothing can get in or out of it.

No part of it is ever truly destroyed – things just change their form. All the atoms that we know and love have always been here, and (trust me on this) they always will be.

But, as Rousseau said, “Man is born free – and everywhere he is in chains.” We come into life in this wonderfully secure environment and are taught to see danger on all sides.

Ironically, the very word “security” has, in our society, come to connote its opposite. Wherever there are “security” personnel, “security” procedures, “security” systems, “security” patrols, or any of those other ubiquitous pseudo-securities, you can bet your bottom bugaboo that an atmosphere of insecurity prevails.

By this point, you must think I am living in some kind of cloud-cuckoo land where no real dangers exist. Au contraire. I am only too well aware of the perils which confront us on all sides, many of them (alas!) the results of our own efforts to make life better – and more secure. Five years ago, while crossing a peaceful city street in a marked crosswalk near my home, I was struck by a car – and, though the car emerged unscathed, my own body was rather severely damaged. The parts of the car that did the most damage to me were parts designed to protect the car. Security is a sometime thing.

But if you want to identify the real villain in that incident, you need look no farther than 93 million miles away. It was early in the day, and the sun was shining directly in the driver’s eyes. (Since then, I have made earnest efforts to have our State Department of Motor Vehicles include Sun Blindness among the major Road Hazards listed in the annually-revised Driver’s Handbook – so far, without success.)

But insecurity of this kind is not limited to us common folks. As the poet James Shirley wrote some 400 years ago: The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things, There is no armor against Fate: Death lays his icy hand on Kings.

In other words, there is no ultimate security for anyone – not even for those of us with the biggest

A day without sunshine is like night

armies and the best health plans.

I apologize for reminding you of this obvious truth. But let’s look on the bright side (and I don’t mean look into the sun.) Today, more people in the world are living longer healthier lives, with less immediate threat of violence, than ever before in human history. I personally spent my entire childhood in and around a cataclysm called World War II. This gives me the advantage of a perspective in which nothing that has ever happened since has seemed, in comparison, anywhere near as terrible, even though my own immediate family was spared most of its horrors.

The worst thing that happened to any of us was in 1941, when my father, a mild and peaceful civilian, then in his 40s, happened to be a passenger on a British freighter that was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. He lived through the ordeal (though some others on board didn’t). Many years later, I was able to learn from the Internet that, although the men on many or most German submarines in that war never made it home, those on the one that tried to kill my father did survive, by surrendering to a British ship and being taken prisoner. Ironically, though my father lived to the age of 72, that U-boat’s captain actually outlived him by some years! There is no armor against fate.

To make up for the negative picture of the sun I’ve so far given you, let me quote from an uplifting poem (“Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth”) by Arthur Hugh Clough: And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light – In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly – But westward look – the land is bright!

I never really understood this stanza until I started doing early-morning walks around our block, at just about sunrise. We live a little east of, and slightly below, the Old Mission – and I found that, coming around a corner, out of what was still relative darkness, I could see the Mission, up ahead, already in bright sunlight!

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tor of U.S. News & World Report.

Among those lucky enough to hear his political pearls of wisdom were Dan and Meg Burnham, Salud Carbajal, Bob and Marlene Veloz, Susan Peebles, and Celesta Billeci.

Car Trouble It has not been a good week for Kristine Rodas, the widow of Porsche driver Roger Rodas, who was killed with Santa Barbara actor Paul Walker in a fiery crash in 2013.

Meadow, the 17-year-old daughter of Walker, just a won a $10.1-million settlement from the family of Rodas, who was found “partly to blame for the fatal accident” when the 2005 Carrera GT spun out of control on a city street in Valencia and burst into flames after hitting a power pole and several trees.

And now a judge has cleared the luxury German auto manufacturer of any wrongdoing in the death of the 38-year-old auto racing shop owner Rodas, along with the 40-year-old Fast and Furious star’s demise.

Kristine had filed a wrongful death – product liability lawsuit alleging a combination of four separate defects had caused the horrific crash.

She claimed the car had a faulty suspension, lacked a racing fuel cell, and did not have a “racing cage,” rendering it unable to withstand impact from the front and side.

According to the TV show, TMZ, Kristine’s argument the car was illequipped to handle side impact was moot, since the fatal force came from the front when it hit the power pole, as her own expert confirmed.

U.S. District judge Philip Gutierrez also rejected the front impact argument because “Rodas’s fatal injuries occurred when he was actually hurled into Paul Walker.”

He also rejected the fuel cell argument, finding that it was not the cause of the fire, and held that Rodas had not presented evidence demonstrating the crash was caused by a defective suspension, Her attorney, Mark Geragos, says the ruling will be appealed.

Polo Power After the departure of Ariana Nobel, the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club’s manager for a decade, David Sigman, former catering manager at the Bacara, is taking over the reins, I can exclusively reveal, David, who moved to our tony town 10 years ago to complete his master’s degree in organizational management at Antioch University, has had a varied career working as a manager at Bouchon, the West Victoria eatery, and holding a similar position at the Bistro at the Bacara, eventually becoming director of catering, with a brief spell in the same position at the Belmond

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David Sigman takes over as manager at the Santa Barbara Polo Club

El Encanto.

David, married to Jayne Sigman, owner of Camp Canine, is expecting his first child in July and is taking a well-earned break in Kauai, Hawaii, before joining the Carpinteria club.

“It’s a wonderful challenge and a beautiful locale to work in,” says David.

Where There’s a Will Actress Drew Barrymore, who tied

Friends spill the beans on Drew Barrymore’s marital breakup (photo by www.GlynLowe.com)

the knot at her $5.7-million Montecito estate in front of a star-studded guest list in 2012, has friends talking about her split with third husband, art dealer Will Kopelman, son of former Chanel CEO Arie Kopelman.

Days after the tony twosome confirmed the end of their marriage, which produced two children, daughter Frankie, 3, and one-year-old Olive, reports have emerged their relationship began crumbling shortly after they wed and had fallen apart over the last six months.

“She’s so hippie-dippy and all over the place, and it started to become unbearable for him,” a source tells Us Weekly.

They added the 41-year-old actress ‘tried to be what Will wanted,” but that “she just isn’t a normal housewife” due to her carefree and free-spir-

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THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Meet Former White House Chef John Moeller will be signing his book, Dining at the White House – From the President’s Table to Yours, at Tecolote Book Shop in Montecito’s upper village. For those attending the dinner the following evening, he’ll also be signing there, and Tecolote manager Mary Sheldon will have books available, too.

When: 4 pm Where: 1470 East Valley Road Info: 969-4977

Book Signing at Tecolote Author Judy Crowell will sign her new memoir, Widow…A Four Letter Word.

Crowell is a Santa Barbara resident and travel writer for Ladue News in St. Louis, Missouri, and Noozhawk in Santa Barbara. She is a past attendee of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference and was proud to receive the award for genre of memoir writing from Cork Millner, Barnaby Conrad, and Ray Bradbury.

Authors’ proceeds from book sales will go to Storyteller Children’s Center, which provides support for homeless and at-risk children. Storyteller supporters Kim and Andy Busch will match funds raised.

When: 5 to 6 pm Where: 1470 East Valley Road Info: 969-4977 Cost: $30, includes lunch Info: www.lacasademaria.org MONDAY, APRIL 18 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito.

When: 2 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu TUESDAY, APRIL 19 Living with Low Vision Mary Lee Emard, a teacher for the Braille Institute, finishes a threeweek series at Montecito Library.

The sessions will cover practical topics chosen by the group from a list. Caregivers welcome!

When: 11 am to noon Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

Grossman will educate seniors about protecting their finances and identities during a presentation at The Samarkand retirement community.

When: 10:30 am Where: 2550 Treasure Drive RSVP: www.TheSamarkand.org FRIDAY, APRIL 22 Introduction to the Game of Bridge Learn the history and evolution of bridge from experts Alain Cardinal and Carole Bennett.

When: 1 to 2 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Art Opening MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery hosts the opening for Ancient Modern, a two-man exhibit featuring local artists Stuart Carey and Eddie Hall, curated by Jan Ziegler.

When: 5 to 8 pm Where: 132 Santa Barbara Street Info: 687-1011

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SATURDAY, APRIL 23

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Art Career Day SBCC and SB County Arts Commission host a day full of talks, chats, and

round table discussions with 50 professional artists in all art fields. Get advice, ask questions, and explore a career in the arts fields.

When: 11 am to 5 pm Where: Fe Bland Forum, 721 Cliff Drive Cost: ages 13-25, free, over 25, $25 donation Info & Registration: www.acdc-sb.org Book Signing at Tecolote Author Sylva Kelegian will sign her books, God Spelled Backwards: The Journey Of An Actress Into The World Of Dog Rescue and a middle grade book, The Dolphin Princess.

When: 3 to 4 pm Where: 1470 East Valley Road Info: 969-4977 SUNDAY, APRIL 24 Mindfulness Meditation A half-day retreat with guided meditations from Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD. All levels welcome.

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Montecito Fire Protection District’s Fire Prevention Chipping Schedule Week of April 11: Chelham, Dawlish, Stoddard, Cloydon Circle, and Paso Robles.

Vines, grass, palms, succulents, and other small trimmings can be put in dumpsters that have been donated by MarBorg Industries. The

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dumpsters are placed at pre-identified locations within the participating neighborhoods during the week of the project. Participants are asked to stack larger shrub and tree limb materials at the edge of the nearest passable access road for free chipping.

For more information, call 565-8018.

MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call.

Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 WEDNESDAYS THRU SATURDAYS Live Entertainment Where: Cava, 1212 Coast Village Road When: 7 to 10 pm Info: 969-8500 MONDAYS Connections Brain Fitness Program Challenging games, puzzles, and memory-enhancement exercises in a friendly environment.

When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50, includes lunch Info: Kai Hoye, 969-0859 TUESDAYS Adventuresome Aging Program Community outings, socialization, and lunch for dependent adults.

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time fee of $35 Info: Kai Hoye, 969-0859 Story Time at the Library A wonderful way to introduce children to the library, and for parents and caregivers to learn about early literacy skills; each week, children ages three to five enjoy stories, songs, puppets, and fun at Story Time.

When: 10:30 to 11 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 THURSDAYS Casual Italian Conversation at Montecito Library Practice your Italian conversation among a variety of skill levels while learning about Italian culture. Fun for all and informative, too.

When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAYS Farmers Market When: 8 to 11:15 am Where: South side of Coast Village Road Local Artisans Market When: 3 to 7 pm Where: La Cumbre Plaza, 121 South Hope Avenue Info: www.localartisansmarket.com SUNDAYS Cars & Coffee Motorists and car lovers from as far away as Los Angeles, and as close as East Valley Road, park in the upper village outside Montecito Village Grocery to show off and discuss their prized possessions, automotive trends, and other subjects. Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Corvettes prevail, but there are plenty of other autos to admire.

When: 8 to 10 am Where: Every Sunday in the upper village, except the last Sunday of the month, when the show moves to its original home, close to 1187 Coast Village Road.

Info: sbcarscoffee@gmail.com French Conversation Every Sunday at Pierre Lafond in Montecito, look for a small group in the shade and join for casual conversation (and lunch if you’d like).

All levels welcome.

When: 12:30 to 2:30 pm Questions: Nicole, 770-2364 Boy Scouts Troop 33 Meeting Open to all boys, ages 11-17; visitors welcome When: 4 pm Where: Scout House, Upper Manning Park, 449 San Ysidro Road •MJ 14 – 21 April 2016

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Counsel in The Daily Journal. She was hired by then-counsel Shane Stark and has served in various county positions over the past nearly 16 years.

Jennifer Christensen’s top three priorities are:

1) Financial sustainability. “We have got to stop doing things that don’t make any sense,” she says. “The four extra vacation days, for example, that were granted to all [County] employees between Christmas and New Year’s. This one will cost a few million dollars. The statement that was made at the board hearing was that this will have no fiscal impact is absolutely false. You know it’s going to cost.

A lot. Most employees are already accruing ten, fifteen vacation days, not counting holidays. It’s things like that that just have to come to an end.”

2) Environmental sustainability. She mentions the solar project at County Sanitation that cut energy usage by 90 percent and the solid waste materials recycling facility project at the Tajiguas Sanitary Landfill as examples of the kinds of things she would promote more of.

3) Infrastructure repair and maintenance. “Fixing it before it gets more costly,” is another thing she’d tackle almost immediately.

Another high priority is seawater desalination for Montecito in conjunction with the City of Santa Barbara (“It would be a great partnership”), along with wastewater reclamation. She would also – once desalination is in place – support selling Montecito Water District’s (MWD) “paper water” that MWD has committed to purchase from the State Water Project.

If Jennifer Christensen is elected First District Supervisor, she is likely to stay as our supervisor. It’s a position she wants and will be taking a $50,000-a-year pay cut to achieve. As far as we can tell, Das Williams has no interest in sticking around beyond the first four years. Besides, turning over budgetary authority to someone such as Das is likely to prove disastrous; he wouldn’t even be around to assess the damage.

Jennifer Christensen can be trusted, we believe, to maintain both integrity and non-partisanship throughout her tenure on the board of supervisors. She has garnered the support of Sheila Lodge, Michael Towbes, Bob Collector, Dick Nordlund (14 past Montecito Association presidents in all), Bob Hazard, Morrie Jurkowitz, Dick Thielscher, Judy Ishkanian, Sally Jordan, and many more whose political persuasions are as varied as their last names.

We heartily endorse Jennifer Christensen for First District Supervisor and urge you to add your name to her long and growing list of admirers and supporters.

•MJ

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On Entertainment Conan’s Comedy Capers Keep Him Happy

by Steven Libowitz

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onan O’Brien has experienced some of the greatest highs and lows a TV talk-show host could ever hope for, from being plucked out of the writer’s room at The Simpsons the take over for David Letterman as the host of NBC’s Late Night to his separation (fired or quit) from the dream job of spearheading The Tonight Show after only a couple of months in 2009-10.

But even then, as always, O’Brien landed squarely on his feet. He moved over to TBS to create his own self-titled late night show, Conan, which became an instant success. The show allows O’Brien to expand on his comedic gifts to not only engage in monologues, interviews with celebrities, and dialogue with the audience but also offer travel segments and documentary narration.

“There’s a lot of happy accidents that happen,” O’Brien explained over the phone recently in an interview to advance his appearance this Sunday at the Arlington Theatre. “All I could really ask for is to be able to do what I love to do. I enjoy viscerally making people laugh and being silly. So I’m mostly interested in keeping on doing that.”

O’Brien’s latest ventures have taken him to such faraway places as Korea for remotes, where he was received almost as enthusiastically as he is at home, which perplexed the comedian.

“They don’t even get my show in Korea – it doesn’t air there. But young people there really like the remotes I do on YouTube, and they’ve translated them for each other and put their own subtitles in. And it’s become a thing.

When I got to the airport, there were 1,500 kids waiting for me screaming.

I’m like, ‘What are you doing here?

You can’t even see me on TV!’” The afternoon at the Arlington, where O’Brien is slated to talk about his life while taking questions from the audience, is also bringing out one of Montecito’s more reclusive entertainment maestros. Dick Wolf, who created TV’s Law & Order franchise, will make a rare public appearance as moderator of the discussion.

“We know each other from NBC days,” Conan said. “When they proposed him, I said, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll talk to Dick. He’ll elicit some good stuff for me. But, really, it’s just my ploy to get on Law & Order. I really want to play a corpse. So this is me sucking up to Dick Wolf.”

As you might imagine after a 23-year career, O’Brien was a bit hard-pressed to come up with a favorite moment or

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You can catch Conan at the Arlington, instead of on TV, Saturday, April 16

Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than ten years.

running sketch, something that still sticks out in his mind from his decades on the air. But after a moment’s pause, he said what popped up was when Will Ferrell would appear on Late Night on St. Patrick’s Day dressed as a sexy leprechaun doing inappropriate dancing.

“I remember thinking, ‘The funniest man on the planet is dressed as a sexy leprechaun and gyrating on top of my desk. I’m laughing my a-- off and getting a paycheck for this. How did this happen?’”

For all the fun and games, though, O’Brien said the trick to his success is no trick at all.

“Nothing beats hard work,” the redhead said. “The way you approach the world is to be true to what you’re good at. For me, what’s worked over a long period of time, from the early stages of my career at Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons is to do my style of comedy and work really hard. I prepared. I wanted things to be good, and I stayed up all night to try to make them better. I don’t think anything beats that combination. That’s not always what people want to hear.”

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shortcut?

“Okay, okay, you got me,” Conan laughed. “I’m highly medicated. It’s a synthetic new form of Prozac. It’s the size of a chocolate chip cookie and actually tastes like a chocolate chip cookie. I can get you 15 of them. That’s all you’re going to need. Screw all that other stuff I said. It’s Prozac mashed into a giant chocolate chip cookie the size of a hubcap.”

(Conan O’Brien performs Saturday, April 16, at 4 pm at the Arlington Theatre.

Tickets cost $58-$128. Call 893-3535 or visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu)

Garden of Eden?

Actress Eden Malyn won lots of roles on television soon after moving out to Hollywood straight out of high school. Her credits include American Horror Story, Criminal Minds, Castle, and House of Lies and even a continuing role as a prison guard on Orange is the New Black.

But she has a simple reason for coming to Santa Barbara to star as as Daphna Feygenbaum in Ensemble Theatre Company’s area premiere of Bad Jews, Joshua Harmon’s savage comedy-drama about the foibles of faith and family.

“Theater is my first love. If I go to long without doing a play, my soul hurts,” Malyn said. “I need that artistic fulfillment that you can’t usually get in film or TV. I’ve been itching for a role like this for a while.”

Indeed, Bad Jews’ Daphna is a real piece of work, a fierce and fiery young woman who considers herself such a devout Jew that she should inherit the cherished chai necklace that belonged to her grandfather, a claim disputed by her far less officially observant but equally opinionated cousin Liam. The battle between them, with assists from Liam’s naïve girlfriend, Melody, and his younger brother, Jonah, form the basis for the hilarious and simultaneously thought-provoking exploration of religion and relationships.

“The play is amazing, and the role is incredible,” Malyn said. “She’s so complicated and complex. She’s an accurate representation of a fleshedout human being, which isn’t always the case with roles for young woman.

I really wanted to play her.”

It’s not because Malyn recognizes herself in the confrontational Daphna, who can only see her side of the story.

“She’s a very acerbic, hostile, and more, and has such negative attitudes, but I felt so connected to her and I had a lot of compassion. It was about really going through the mental process of understanding why she thinks what she does. I wondered why she needs to believe that Jews are superior biologically? She doesn’t have friends. She’s very insecure. She’s not 14 – 21 April 2016

attractive. In the character description, there’s a long paragraph about her hair, a “monstrosity, of Jewish hair.”

But her Judaism is undeniable, and that’s how she finds her identity.”

Indeed, Harmon’s play has stirred up quite a bit of controversy, beginning with its title alone. While it played successfully in New York, posters were banned from the London Tube system on the grounds that it could cause “widespread or serious offence.” But Malyn, who is Jewish, found a place of empathy for the character.

“Her views about Judaism and Jews are very different from mine. For Daphna, going on the birthright trip to Israel, suddenly she belongs. If she’s a super Jew, then she has a community.

She convinces herself that not only is she enough, but she’s even better. I’ve gone to Israel myself, but it’s a very different viewpoint. I wanted to step into someone else’s shoes and get to understand her. I still don’t agree, but I understand how she arrived where she did.”

Not everyone will, Malyn said. In fact, the cast expects that the audience might take sides.

“We were joking that we should make T-shirts that say ‘Team Daphna’ and ‘Team Liam’. Who’s more horrible? We should have a vote at the end of show. I’d be interested to see myself.”

Indeed, Malyn herself is the product of an interfaith marriage, which the play also tackles.

“It was always a presence in our house my whole life. I already know how my parents are going to react, and it will be very different,” she said.

“But at least it will create a conversation.”

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(ETC’s Bad Jews plays April 14-May 1 at the New Vic Theater, 33 W. Victoria Street. Tickets cost $20-$65. Call 9655400, x109 or visit www.etcsb.org.)

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David Auburn’s Proof captured the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play for its stunning story of math and mating, fractals, and fractured relationships. In The Theatre Group at SBCC’s new production, Montecito-raised actress Katherine Bottoms portrays Catherine, a troubled 25-year-old woman who has spent years caring for her brilliant but mentally ill famous mathematician father. Following his death, she has to deal with her own conflicted emotions, come to terms with her estranged sister, confront competitive academia, and respond to the romantic attentions of her father’s protégé, who has come around to plumb the

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notebooks that her dad left behind.

The turbulent action takes place over a long weekend as the burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook collide for Catherine, leading her to ponder how much of her father’s madness – and genius – she has inherited in this crackling story.

Theater department co-chair R. Michael Gros directs a cast that also features Paul Canter, Alex Coleman, and Amanda Gustafsson. The drama should be enhanced by its presentation in SBCC’s Jurkowitz Theatre, the more intimate venue on campus.

Previews April 13-15, and plays April

16-30. Tickets cost $10-$24. Call 9655935 or visit www.theatregroupsbcc. com.

Ronstadt Sings a Different Tune

Linda Ronstadt – whose career as an L.A.-based singer began with early associations with Kenny Edwards and Karla Bonoff, two musicians who later became longtime Montecito residents – was one of the first and biggest female pop stars and eventually proved to be perhaps the most versatile vocalist of her time. She moved from folk to rock to pop, into tradi-

tional Mexican music and the Great American Songbook, and a variety of other settings, all while maintaining her popularity.

But Ronstadt hasn’t sang a note in seven years. That’s when Parkinson’s Disease robbed her of her singing voice. But she still has plenty to say, as attested to by her 2013 autobiography that traces her career and her process in music from her Arizona roots to big concerts in sports arenas.

Ronstadt is coming to the Lobero on Thursday, April 21, for an evening billed as part-interview, part-presentation, during which she will recount episodes from various times in her

Lobero-bound Linda Ronstadt orates Thursday, April 21 (photo by Rocky Schenck)

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Q. Your career had lots of twists and turns and changes of directions. What made you want to pursue so many styles, and what was the impetus for the choices?

A. I just liked all the music I heard growing up. There was so much music I’d heard at home. Everything I ever learned or experimented with as a professional adult I’d heard in my house before I was 10. It had to be that way, or I couldn’t have done it with any authenticity. You have to have that sense from early childhood to understand it. I recorded what I admired and loved. I was exploring to find something that worked for me. It was hard to find material that fit my voice and my sensibility, what I wanted to work on emotionally. By the time I figured out what might be good, I had moved on to other styles.

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They were just the ones I met, the people hanging out at the Troubadour.

We had common interests. The McGarrigles I heard through Jerry Jeff Walker when I opened for him. They sent me a tape and I became a complete slobbering, drooling fan, which I am to this day. The whole famiiy, the McGarrigles, the Wainwrights – it’s a dynasty.

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long career, as well as her thoughts on music and what it has meant in her life.

She gave us a preview over the phone earlier this week.

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how I felt. And I’d attach the rest of the song to some other part of my life. There would just be fragments of emotion that floated across the surface of the music, setting off a subconscious reaction that triggered the muscles to do what they do. It’s not premeditated. I’d just hear it and have the reaction.

The rock songs proved some of your biggest hits, and you ended up singing in the giant arenas. Were you comfortable?

“You’re No Good” was just an afterthought on the album, a song I had put in my club set to have some up-tempo songs to end with. But it was the big hit. I really wanted to do ballads, songs like “Heart Like a Wheel”. But I had to fill up those halls, even though nothing really sounds good there.

I’m looking at the stats: 50 million albums sold, 10 Grammys, membership in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the National Medal of Arts most recently.

What are you proudest of?

The stuff I loved doing the best was the Mexican music and the Nelson Riddle arrangements. I felt like I could have a lot of room to sing. I wasn’t constrained. In pop music, I felt limited – there were things I wanted to that weren’t in the genre. But after Nelson and the Mexican music, when I came back, I saw that I had been limiting myself. I learned so much from those other genres, I stepped into my true authentic voice and could sing with a vocal ability and agility I didn’t have access to before. It’s too bad I didn’t do it in reverse order. I could have done Jimmy Webb songs.

Is that one of the regrets? Not that this is connected, but I remember seeing you at Rutgers when you were on the tour where you wore the cheerleader’s costume.

I liked that outfit! Even more than my own clothes. But I was never really thrilled to be on stage. I always preferred the studio. Touring is really hard. You’re always in an unfamiliar place. It’s a very unnatural way to be, unless you’re a gypsy. But sure, I have plenty of regrets. If you get to be 70, which I am in July, and say that you don’t, you’re lying. I can’t even begin to write you a list.

I know you’ve come to terms with your disease, but I wonder how frustrating it is still not to be able to sing? Does it get easier over time to accept it?

No, it gets harder because it’s a progressive disease. But what I miss more than anything is singing harmony with my family. They come over to my house and do their new songs for me, and I can think of the harmonies I would sing right away, but I can’t sing them. The same with Emmylou and Aaron Neville. We used to sing harmony over the phone. It always came so naturally to me. It was my favorite thing to do, more than singing lead. That’s what I miss the most. Not performing.

More Words of Wisdom

Pat Mora, children’s book author and a pioneering advocate for childhood literacy, has been chosen by the Association for Library Service to Children to deliver the 2016 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture here in Santa Barbara on Friday night. The Santa Barbara Public Library hosts the event off-site at Santa Barbara City College, where Mora will speak on “Bookjoy! ¡Alegría en los libros!”, which reflects an expression she created that emphasizes the power and pleasure of words.

Mora was a teacher and university administrator before taking up writing for children, and her poetry and prose have won numerous awards, including a 2005 Belpré Honor Medal for text for Doña Flor: A Tall Tale of a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart.

She has written more than three-dozen books for young people that in part represent the Mexican-American experience.

Back downtown, Mora sticks around to help the library celebrates Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros (Day of the Child/Day of the Book) – a national celebration that she founded – Saturday morning, when she will lead storytime in the Faulkner Gallery.

Music with Nathalia, crafts, face painting, book giveaways, and other special events follow in the Children’s Library from noon to 2 pm. All events are free. Call 962-7653 for more information.

•MJ

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“She just didn’t fit in. Will is a great guy from a stable family and everything she didn’t have growing up, but it just wasn’t making her happy.”

Barrymore had a troubled childhood. Born into acting, she was just 7 years old when she starred as Gertie in E.T., and following that she became increasingly wild and rebellious.

Spending time in nightclubs as an adolescent, she had been to rehab twice before she was 20 years old.

Will, 38, and his parents offered the star the stability she craved and an idyllic, more conservative lifestyle in New York.

But over recent years, the duo have been living separate lives and in the past six months were barely spending time together at all.

Will was more of a homebody, spending much of his time at the couple’s $8.3-million Manhattan pad while Drew was often traveling, meaning they were apart for weeks at a time, say friends.

She became increasingly more focused on her business ventures, namely the Flower Beauty cosmetics

range and Barrymore Wines, a collaboration with Carmel Road winery.

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Dye-breaker It’s do-or-dye time for the Santa Barbara Alzheimer Association’s third annual Blondes versus Brunettes tag football match at the Santa Barbara Polo Club on July 23.

Currently, the score is even with one victory each over the past two years.

“This will be the decider,” the blondes captain, Kiersten Hess, told me at a kick-off bash hosted by Steve Hovdesven at his bustling beer boite, the Santa Barbara Brewing Company on lower State Street.

Having raised in excess of $85,000 in 2015, they have high hopes of breaking the $100,000 barrier in the summer.

‘We are very, very competitive,” says Kiersten. “Everybody is very committed, and we practice two days a week to hone our skills.

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Scientific Symphony Former rocket scientist Robert Weinman has launched himself into a new role as one of four new board members at the Santa Barbara Symphony.

Robert, known for his eccentric attire and impressive collection of colorful Converse basketball sneakers, is a graduate of Cornell University and spent his entire career as a research scientist at Northrop, working on the MX missile program.

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Violinist Timothy Chooi captivates at the Granada

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of the Music Academy of the West, where a hall is named in his honor, and has supported numerous local cultural organizations, including Camerata Pacifica, UCSB Arts & Lectures, and Opera Santa Barbara.

He joins professional speaker Don Gilman, healthcare consultant George Konstantinow, and Michelle Richardson, a senior veep at Montecito Bank & Trust, on the board.

High Aspiration Afoot Longtime UCSB choreographer Jerry Pearson, a professor of dance, ended his 26-year tenure on a high note with Aspire, a performance of four of his works at the Hatlen Theater, featuring Gaucho dancers, past and present, celebrating students as much as himself.

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UCSB Dance Company and professional company in-residence, Santa Barbara Dance Theater, the entertaining show was entirely choreographed

by Pearson, who also directed the grand finale performance.

“Doing a full concert at the end of my time here is real treat,” says Pearson. “The whole idea of this is a celebration of my relationship with the university, with the students.

“Now that I’m retiring, I thought ‘One last show’ and Aspire is that. It’s based on my time working with students and seeing them aspire, seeing how passionate and filled with energy they are, and willing to work so hard to become excellent.”

Aspire, featuring 27 dancers, was one of two pieces that premiered, along with Flutter, a dance about the flight of the imagination inspired by the energy of fluttering wings.

Amuse Bouche, which I had seen before when it was composed for SBDT’s 40th anniversary, launched the show.

The program also included Maze of Grace, choreographed in 1991 when Pearson arrived on campus and reflecting the punk era, which he had encountered working in the U.K, which will go on tour in Italy and Cyprus this spring.

Barbara Symphony, under veteran conductor Nir Kabaretti, should have water as his theme at the Granada.

The show “Sounds of the Ocean” featured Michael Torke’s Bright Blue Music, Benjamin Britten’s four sea interludes from Peter Grimes, and, of course, Claude Debussy’s masterpiece, La Mer. But the spotlight was saved for returning 23 year old Canadian talent Timothy Chooi, who was absolute perfection with Tchaikovsky’s monumental and much-loved violin concerto.

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Goleta Girls It was literally a magical evening when Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara hosted its first nighttime event, after more than three decades of fundraising lunches, at the Goleta Valley Center.

The spell-binding bash, co-chaired

by Stina Hans and Ginni Dreier, attracted more than 220 guests, many dressed in black as suggested by the invitation to the Making Magic gala, which was expected to raise around $200,000 for the nonprofit’s scholarship fund.

“We wanted to attract more males to the event, which seems to have worked well,” says Stina. “Before it was mostly women, as men didn’t have time during the day to attend.”

The ubiquitous Geoff Green conducted the auction with prize including a Silversea Aegean cruise, which was snapped up for $14,000, a twonight stay at bubbly entrepreneur Nina Terzian’s magnificent home on Miramar Beach, which sold to two bidders for $3,250 each, and a sixcourse vintage wine dinner conjured up by local chef Michael Hutchings, with a selection of vintage French and Italian wines, including my personal favorite, 1995 Chateau Haut-Brion, which is run by an old friend Prince Robert Luxembourg – whose father was the Grand Duke’s brother – 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild, 1996 Chateau Margaux, and 1990 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut, which sold for $11,000, a relative bargain given the quality of the vino.

Among the guests turning out for the magical Biltmore-catered evening in the facility’s gymnasium, magnificently draped from floor to ceiling in grey chiffon, were Margo and Jeff Barbakow, Paige Beard, Barbara BenHorin, Salud Carbajal, Chad Dreier, Belle Hahn Cohen, Joel and Doreen Ladin, Tom and Eileen Mielko and Betty Stephens, who joined donors such as Mara Abboud, Dan and Meg Burnham, Rita Hortenstine, Jeff and Hollye Jacobs, Peter and Gerd Jordano, Bob and Val Montgomery, Perri Harcourt, Bob and Holly Murphy, and Tom and Carol Wathen in helping the cause, as well as Blue Star Parking who donated their services.

Keys, Please Ludwig van Beethoven, considered one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition, was on overload when the Santa Barbara Master Chorale, under veteran artistic director Steven Hodson, conducted a Beethoven Extravaganza at the First United Methodist Church.

Tenor Benjamin Brecher excels

The entertaining program, which included the German’s magnificent 1807 Mass in C Major, with singers Celeste Tavera, soprano, Aumna Iqbal, alto, Benjamin Brecher, tenor, and Emil Cristescu, bass, also had readings of excerpts from author Howard Jay Smith’s new novel, Beethoven in Love, and a piano recital by Aaron Wilk, who is leaving our Eden by the Beach for Stanford University.

After 31 years, the chorale just goes from strength to strength.

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The glove is part of the Paris-based company’s Home Run Collection, and takes 25 man hours to create.

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It comes stamped with Hermès’s signature logo on the inside of the mitt – no doubt an appeal for the brand’s diehard Japanese fans, whose home country is also a huge proponent of baseball.

But a glove alone would not make sense, which is why the ritzy brand has also created a matching $1,925 baseball bat to accompany it.

The bat is made of ash and is wrapped at the base with the same leather that comprises the glove.

This is not the first time Hermes has taken a pricey hand to a sporting classic. Some years back, the label launched a $11,200 bicycle.

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Fond Farewell On a personal note, I mark the passing of Montecito sports tycoon Ed Snider at the age of 83.

Snider co-founded the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League and owned the team for nearly 50 years.

They won two consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1974 and 1975.

At one time he also owned the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team.

Snider had been suffering from cancer for two years.

Sightings: Talk-show host Conan

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(from left) Sheela Hunt, Billy Baldwin, Nicole Perrotta, and event co-chair Melanie Cava exult in an exceptionally well-run MAD Academy fundraiser inside Deckers rotunda in Goleta

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irst, the details of the event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the launch of Santa Barbara’s MAD (Multimedia Arts & Design) Academy: it was the best, most well-organized, well-thought-out, accomplished and entertaining fundraiser your humble correspondent has attended in, well, I don’t remember how long it’s been since I’ve had so much fun, but let’s go with five years. Okay, maybe six.

Whatever, it was great.

Emcee Billy Baldwin’s humorous and sometimes side-splittingly funny presentations helped glide the show from one high point to another seamlessly, from awards for teachers, supporters, and backers, to spotlighting high-school students Gabe Reali and Ava Burford belting out Oscarwinning songs such as “The Way We Were”, “The Time Of My Life” (Dirty Dancing), “Que Sera Sera” (The Man Who Knew Too Much), and others, on the floor among the tables. Both performers nonchalantly held their mics and sang as if they’d been doing it for decades, as if it were second nature, as if they were stars... and they were, as scenes from the various Oscarnominated films appeared on a large screen above.

Olio e Limone proprietor Alberto Morello served up his tasty Italian fare, ladling on the line himself with his crew; his wife, Elaine Morello, was nearby. Highly regarded Babcock wines were served efficiently and quickly by an attentive wait staff.

“Mae West” (née Victoria Mills) sang sultry songs such as “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and she, too, performed easily and professionally, sashaying up and down in front of the audience, hands on hips, pouty lips and all. She was a hoot and put a smile on my face and the faces all around me.

The Awards

“Lifetime Achievement” Award went to Ron and Stacy Pulice,

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whose initial gift of $500,000 helped underwrite the construction of MAD Academy’s new building; their daughter Remi is a MAD Academy alumna.

“Education Innovator” Award was given to Lynda.com founders Lynda Weinman and husband, Bruce Heavin, for their continuing support.

Michelle Shapiro was chosen MAD “Teacher Of The Year” and gave a knockout of a speech explaining how she went from being a MAD mom to student-store Lounge Lady to lead Lounge Mom, to finally teaching graphic design at the Academy.

“Academic Teacher Of The Year” Paul Forster displayed the balanced mix of enthusiasm and seriousness that made this Advanced Placement English Language and Composition teacher an obvious choice for the award.

Two more honorees: Merryl Brown for decorating the rotunda in an appropriately star-like manner, and to Deckers Brands for allowing the use of its facilities.

The Tales He Told

And then, of course, there was actor Billy Baldwin, the master of ceremonies who infused the event with just the right amount of showbiz savvy and small-town reverence.

He and his family “discovered” Santa Barbara and Montecito when they moved to Beverly Hills for the filming of a television series (Dirty Sexy Money) in 2008. Baldwin describes the fateful day he left New York as he waited with his family and their belongings for the trip westward to begin the new chapter in his life: “[My wife] Chynna has a cat-caughtthe-canary look and is staring at me,” he recounts. Baldwin asked what she was smiling about and she says, “You know.”

“I do?”

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y tent is a mere speed bump for tiny island foxes. Their muddy, detailed prints track up and down my two-person tent as if they were bounding on volcanic rock across Santa Cruz Island. They walk up the side walls of my tent as easily as you or I walk up a flight of stairs.

They know when lunch time is down by the kayaks. They probe all the pockets behind each seat on the kayaks. Some are even brave enough to dumpster-dive into an open gear box. They’re catlike where they need to be and that includes the fig trees located behind the guide site up Scorpion Canyon. I knew they were nimble, but I didn’t realize as much until the explosion of figs this past summer. Cats have retractable claws but island foxes don’t, so it’s even more impressive watching them contort their tiny frames in the congested fig trees.

Needless to say, the island fox inhabits every nook and cranny on mountainous Santa Cruz and the other Northern Channel Islands. Of course,

by Chuck Graham

that wasn’t the case 12 years ago.

There was a time when only 60 island foxes survived on Santa Cruz Island, and there were as few as 15 foxes each on neighboring Santa Rosa and San Miguel Islands, the isle’s largest land predator free-falling toward extinction on the Channel Islands National Park.

That was at the turn of the century when it was actually rare to see one of the cinnamon-colored foxes bounding through a campground or scampering up a fig tree.

It was a time when opportunistic, non-native golden eagles ruled the skies and combined with an efficient ground game the raptors nearly wiped out all three subspecies of island foxes.

By 2004, all three subspecies of island foxes had been added to the Endangered Species List. However, with an aggressive cooperative effort led by the National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, Institute for Wildlife Studies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, the island fox rebounded

like no other endangered species has before it since the Endangered Species Act was established by Congress 40 years ago.

“The cooperative conservation efforts that occurred was a real role model,” said Tim Coonan, who for 23 years was the lead terrestrial biologist at the Channel Islands National Park and spearheaded island fox recovery from 1999 until he retired in 2015.

“There were actions on the ground immediately even before the island fox was listed.”

Beginning in 1999 and into the early part of the 21st century, a fourpronged effort ensued that changed the ecological landscape on the windswept, volcanic chain. Aggressive captive breeding took place for each subspecies of island fox on the three Northern Channel Islands, because if one subspecies was lost then it was gone forever.

The restoration of bald eagles – extinct from the islands for 50 years due to DDT poisoning – occurred from 2002-06, allowing the iconic raptors to re-establish historic island territories. They also helped keep golden eagles at bay, which were lured from the mainland by the feral pig population on Santa Cruz Island that had grown to roughly 5,000 running

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By 2008, the last of the feral pigs were eradicated from Santa Cruz opening the door for island foxes to flourish, which they have. Initially, it was thought that Santa Cruz Island had a carrying capacity of approximately 1,200 to 1,500 island foxes, but current estimates show a population infusion of around 2,500 animals on the largest, most bio diverse island off the Ventura coastline.

“They’re taking all of us a little by surprise,” said Robert McMorran, wildlife biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “They will be the fastest mammal to be delisted under the Endangered Species Act.” What’s even more astounding is how well the island fox has done during a time of extreme drought.

“I’m surprised,” continued Coonan, who now heads the nonprofit Friends of the Island Fox. “We really don’t know what the carrying capacity is on the larger islands.”

Plenty of room to roam on the Northern Channel Islands, where the tiny island foxes have kept everyone guessing.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 14 Bruce’s Camerata Consolation – David Bruce’s The Consolation of Rain, a new work for oboe, cello, harp, and percussion that Camerata Pacifica will premiere tonight at Hahn Hall, represents the popular Connecticut-born, England-reared composer’s meditation on nature as a way to reconnect after a loved one’s death. “I would like to think that… my loved ones could take consolation from the sense that I was quite literally all around them, in the air, water, and earth as part of the natural cycle of things,” writes Bruce – who wrote the violin concerto Fragile Light for Gil Shaham in 2014 and whose “Steampunk” was played by CamPac earlier in the season – in the program notes for the 20-minute that was commissioned for the Camerata by Bob Klein and Lynne Cantlay. “The piece is primarily an abstract musical construction, but one that constantly and variously evokes different aural images of rain, whether it be rippling, glistening, dripping, rumbling, swooshing or showering; gathering pace or subsiding; distantly echoing or vigorously present.

But throughout, the impression is of rain not as dark and depressing, but as something positive, consoling, lifeaffirming, and renewing...” Camerata principals Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Ani Aznavoorian (cello), Bridget Kibbey (harp) and Ji Hye Jung (percussion) will debut the work, which is the ensemble’s 14th commission in its 26-season history. Also on the naturethemed program are Osborne’s “Journey to the End of the Night”, Deane’s “Mourning Dove Sonnet”, Cantlay Takemitsu’s “Bryce”, and Debussy’s “Les Chansons de Bilitis”, performed

by CamPac principals and guests Adrian Spence, Melanie Lançon, Marcia Dickstein, Lee Vinson, Egle Januleviciute, and Caroline Bloom.

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Debussy only) & 7:30 pm WHERE: Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $58 (1 pm $28) INFO: 884-8410 or www. cameratapacifica.org SATURDAY, APRIL 16 House Concerts – The Lobero Theatre’s Sings Like Hell and Santa Ynez’s Tales from the Tavern series both began partially in hopes of creating quiet listening spaces for singer-songwriters and acoustic bands to perform for attentive audiences. But even those environments don’t offer quite the level of up-close and focus as a semi-public performance in a private home. House concerts are growing both nationally and here in Santa Barbara, and two take place on successive nights this week, beginning tonight with local Aussie transplant Natalie D-Napoleon, who was a pioneer in the Aussie alternative country scene in the 1990s before moving stateside in the late-2000s. D-Napoleon’s most recent released collection, Leaving Me Dry, featured several fine cuts, and we’re told plenty of new songs will be heard tonight, when she shares the Hound Dog House Concerts stage with Americana artist-turned-world music lover Mark Olson, a former founding member of The Jayhawks. Tomorrow night, Eric Taylor, a master storyteller and veteran southern songwriter whose compositions have been covered by Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett, and Steve Earle, among others. He has appeared on Austin City Limits, Late Night With David Letterman, NPR’s Morning Edition, and BBC Radio, and will bring his “song theatre” – spoken word intertwined with songs – to Santa Barbara House Concert, hosted by Trinity Backstage co-founder Kate Wallace. WHEN: 7-10 tonight WHERE: 18 Calle Alamo COST: $28 INFO: hounddoghouseconcerts.com Tomorrow: WHEN: 5 pm WHERE: call or email COST: $25 INFO: 962-2970 or email songs@katewallace.com

THURSDAY, APRIL 14 Lord of the Folk – Indie-folk band Lord Huron began as a solo project by Los Angeles via Michigan musician Ben Schneider just six years ago. A live band was put together to flesh out songs from a three-song EP that attracted attention, and by 2011, Schneider solidified the roster with childhood friends Mark Barry on drums, Brett Farkas on guitar, Miguel Briseno on bass, and Tom Renaud on guitar. Lord Huron’s 2015 sophomore album, Strange Trails, evinces into Western themes with haunted stories of adventure and survival complete with the images drawn from nature from the band’s beginnings. As one critic has noted, “There’s no shortage of eerie beauty in the melodies.” WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $25 INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

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SATURDAY, APRIL 16 Mother and Band’s Brother – In the last couple of months, we’ve seen U.S. Elevator in a variety of venues, from a month of Mondays at the 7 Bar in the Funk Zone to a headlining show at SOhO. In June, the band fronted by recent Montecito transplant Johnny Irion will make its official Lobero debut as a replacement act for a Sings Like Hell concert. But tonight, it’s the rare chance to see the pop-rock masters hold down the fort opening for Mother Hips, the Chico-born band led by one Tim Bluhm – who, like Irion, spent some time in a band with his wife. Bluhm was also the producer of U.S. Elevator’s new CD released late last year that crackles with classic rock licks and rolls with Irion’s alternately dreamy and scheme-y vocals. Expect a good deal of cross-pollination between the acts on stage, harmonies, and tales that spin your head and set your body in motion.

WHEN: 9 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $15 INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

Nachle Deewane – The annual Indian dance competition hosted by UCSB Dhadkan brings together 10 championship-level Bollywood and Bhangra teams from around the nation in a thrilling showcase. UCSB’s AMG Bhangra, a 14-member troupe that adds a twist of Santa Barbara flavor to the traditions of Punjab, and Ravaani, UCSB’s premiere South Asian A Capella team that mashes up songs from all over India with Western music faves, will compete against eight other teams from Southern California and far beyond, in a fast-paced and exhilarating evening full of dance, culture, and fun. All proceeds from the show will be donated to India Literacy Project in efforts to educate underprivileged children. Find more details and team information on Dhadkan’s Facebook page, www. facebook.com/UcsbDhadkan. WHEN: 5:30 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $20 ($25 VIP tickets include a post-show meet-andgreet in the Lobero courtyard) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com Tudor Trio – Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the extraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens in the course of a single season, a rare feat made famous by Beverly Sills at New York City Opera in the 1970s and not attempted on a New York stage since. In Roberto Devereux, the climactic opera of the trilogy, which will be screened this morning as part of the Met Opera’s Live in HD series, she plays Queen Elizabeth I, forced to sign the death warrant of the nobleman she loves, sung by tenor Matthew Polenzani.

Mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca, and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien complete the principal quartet in the

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bel canto masterpiece, conducted by Donizetti specialist Maurizio Benini in the first-ever Met performances of the work. (Tomorrow, live in HD’s simulcast of Anthony Minghella’s production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly starring Kristine Opolais screens at 2 pm).

WHEN: 9:55 am (repeats 2 pm on Sunday, May 1) WHERE: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West campus, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $28 INFO: 969-8787 or www.musicacademy. org (Note: also plays at the Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St.) Images of Music – On a smaller scale, but live and in person, Santa Barbara Music Club’s bi-monthly concert opens with the lyrical “Poco adagio” from the Sonata in A minor, H. 562 of Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach, performed by oboist Adelle Rodkey. Next, clarinetist Chad Cullins and pianist Christopher Davis play Schumann’s Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73, followed by pianist-composer Leslie Hogan playing her own works “Two Bagatelles” (2003) and “Image as Music” (2012), the latter written to be performed at the Spoleto Festival as a part of a panel entitled Art, Creativity and Self-psychology: Aesthetic Gesture in the Arts, Self-Experience, and Psychoanalysis.

The program concludes with flutist Tracy Harris and pianist Svetlana Harris featuring four varied works for the genre: Claude Debussy’s “Beau Soir” (Beautiful Evening), arranged by Todd Harris; Jules Mouquet’s “Pan and the Shepherds”, from “La Flute de Pan”, Op. 15; Benjamin Goddard’s ‘Valse, from Suite” Op. 116; and Franz Doppler’s “Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise” (Hungarian pastoral fantasy).

WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: Faulkner Gallery in the downtown Public Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. COST: free INFO: www. sbmusicclub.org

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MONDAY, APRIL 18 Barron of Jazz – The list of jazz greats pianist Kenny Barron worked with before forming his own trio ranges from the drummer Philly Joe Jones, who hired Barron while the latter was still in high school, to Roy Haynes, Lee Morgan, James Moody, Ron Carter and the legendary Dizzy Gillespie, who hired Barron in 1962 based on reputation alone without even hearing him play a note. Barron’s first trio was with Buster Williams and Ben Riley, while Barron also collaborated with the great tenor saxophonist Stan Getz. The pianist’s own recordings have earned him nine Grammy nominations dating back to 1992, and Barron consistently wins the jazz critics and readers polls, including Downbeat, Jazz Times, and Jazziz magazines. Barron, who Jazz Weekly has called “the most lyrical piano player of our time,” comes to the Jazz at the Lobero series with his current mates Kiyoshi Kitagawa on bass and Jonathan Blake on drums. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $39 & $49 ($105 patron tickets include priority seating and pre-concert private reception) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

SUNDAY, APRIL 17 Two are New at SBMA – Puja and Piety: Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist Art from the Indian Subcontinent celebrates the complexity of South Asian representation and iconography by examining the relationship between aesthetic expression and the devotional practice, or puja, in the three native religions of the Indian subcontinent.

The works, approximately 160 objects of diverse medium created over the past two millennia for temples, home worship, festivals, and roadside shrines, are drawn from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s (SBMA) collection and augmented by loans. Among the pieces are monumental painted temple hangings to meditation diagrams and portable pictures for pilgrims, from stone sculptures to processional bronzes and wooden chariots, from ancient terracottas to various devotional objects for domestic shrines. Lewis deSoto: Paranirvana (Self-Portrait) is the multimedia artist’s most recent work in a series of oversize, inflatable sculptures based on the figure of the 12th-century Buddha at Gal Vihara in Sri Lanka.

Activated with a low-noise industrial fan, the 2015 piece is a 26-foot long, 6-foot high sculpture that inflates (inhales) when switched on, and deflates (exhales)

when switched off at the end of each day, alluding to the spiritual breath, or Prana, in Hindu philosophy. Paranirvana was commissioned by SBMA and will be displayed in the museum’s historic Ludington Court. WHEN: Both exhibits open today, Paranirvana remains on display through July 31, Puja and Piety through August 28 WHERE: 1130 State Street COST: Free admission through April 16 INFO: 963-4364 or www. sbma.net WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 Music in the Museum – UCSB professor Jill Felber (flute) and Robert Koenig (piano) share the “stage” in a special spring concert at the UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum. The pair, whose stature as concert and chamber musician has been growing (Koenig’s recent engagements have included performances at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, The Concertgebuow in Amsterdam, and the Louvre Museum in Paris), play works by Jacob Gade, Ian Clarke, Benjamin Godard, CharlesMarie Widor, Gabriel Faure, John Rutter, and Albert Franz Doppler. WHEN: 5:30 pm WHERE: UCSB campus, across from the lagoon COST: free INFO: 8932951/www.museum.ucsb.edu or www. music.ucsb.edu •MJ

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Take it Eazy – Gerald Earl Gillum, a.k.a. G-Eazy, has enjoyed some quick success following his debut less than two years ago. The Oakland-based rapper’s These Things Happen rose to No. 3 on Billboard’s album chart, while the follow-up album, When It’s Dark Out, out last December, has spawned some hit singles, including “Me, Myself, and I”, a collaboration with singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha, which has made it to the Top 10. G-Eazy is in the area for gigs at Coachella, and arrives at the Santa Barbara Bowl for a mid-week show to christen the new season at the outdoor amphitheater. Nef The Pharaoh, Marty Grimes, and Daghe round out the bill.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 1122 North Milpas St. COST: $39.50-$59.50 INFO: 9627411 or www.sbbowl.com (photo by Aneil Lutchman)

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City of Santa Barbara Invitation – Notice to Consultants Request for Qualifications RFQ Number: 3826 April 13, 2016 REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AT CABRILLO BOULEVARD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT The City of Santa Barbara, Public Works Department, in conjunction with the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, is requesting Statements of Qualifications from qualified consultants to perform engineering and environmental services for pedestrian and bicycle improvements on Cabrillo Boulevard between Los Patos Drive and the US 101 southbound ramps, including the replacement of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge.

Copies of the detailed Request for Qualifications (RFQ), including a description of the services to be provided by respondents, the minimum content of responses, and the factors to be used to evaluate the responses, can be obtained by contacting: Brian D’Amour, City Engineer 630 Garden Street PO Box 1990 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 805-897-2661 BDamour@SantaBarbaraCA.gov The RFQ will be made available beginning April 13, 2016.

Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) will be received in the Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. Friday May 13, 2016.

Mailed SOQs shall be addressed as follows: City of Santa Barbara General Services Division – Purchasing P.O. Box 1990 Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990 Hand, courier or next day postal delivery SOQs shall be addressed as follows: City of Santa Barbara General Services Division – Purchasing 310 E. Ortega Street Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990 It is the responsibility of the respondent to see that any submitted SOQ shall have sufficient time to be received by the Purchasing Office prior to the submittal date and time. At that time, SOQs will not be opened; there will be only a public acknowledgment of all SOQs received. SOQs received after the closing date and time will be returned to the respondent unopened.

The receiving time in the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of the SOQs. SOQs will not be accepted by telephone, e-mail or facsimile machine.

William Hornung, CPM General Services Manager PUBLISHED: April 13, 2016 and April 20, 2016 Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: W-3 International Realty, 1482 E. Valley Rd #300, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Robert Pavloff, 1482 E. Valley Rd #300, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 17, 2016. 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)

by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2016-0000843.

Published April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sequel Salon, 1187 Coast Village Road #3A, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Fabian Hernandez, 4531 Oak Glen Driven #C, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 6, 2016. 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)

by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2016-0001037.

Published April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Honey B, 209 W. Haley Street #4, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Katie Belanger, 209 W. Haley Street #4, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 7, 2016. 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)

by Tania Paredes Sadler. FBN No. 2016-0001046. Published April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Memorial Services; SB Memorial Services, 315 Meigs Road Suite A392, Santa Barbara, CA 93109.

SB Memorial Services, LLC, 315 Meigs Road Suite A392, Santa Barbara, CA 93109.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 10, 2016. 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) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2016-0000748. Published April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Goodland Signs, 375 Pine Ave #20, Goleta, CA 93117. Paul Strickland, 716 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 29, 2016. 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) by Melissa Mercer. FBN No. 2016-0000951. Published April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Adama, 2304 Shelby Street, Summerland, CA 93067. Diana Arrieta, 2304 Shelby Street, Summerland, CA 93067. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 9, 2016. 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) by Noe Solis. FBN No. 2016-0000726.

Published April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nexthome Preferred Properties, 988

Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. Steven Corl Decker, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 30, 2016. 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) by Noe Solis. FBN No. 2016-0000964.

Published April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nexthome Preferred Properties, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. Decker Realty, INC, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 29, 2016. 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) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2016-0000963. Published April 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sharon Goldberg MD, 5333 Hollister Avenue, Suite 175, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Sharon Goldberg, 549 Via Tranquila, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 21, 2016. 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) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2016-0000864. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Speaks, 549 Via Tranquila, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

Gabriela Goldberg, 549 Via Tranquila, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Sharon Goldberg, 549 Via Tranquila, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Zoe Reifel, 3824 Lincoln Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 16, 2016. 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) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2016-0000812. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are

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doing business as: DPK Construction, 90 Arnold Place Unit C, Goleta, CA 93117.

Douglas P. Krol, 3033 Calle Noguera, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 23, 2016. 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) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2016-0000559. Published March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NextHome Properties, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. Decker Realty, INC, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 7, 2016. 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) by Christine Potter.

FBN No. 20160000696. Published March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: T3 Property Management, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. Decker Realty, INC, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 16, 2016. 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) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2016-0000815. Published March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: NextHome Properties; T3 Property Management, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. Steven Corl Decker, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 16, 2016. 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) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 20160000816. Published March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are

doing business as: Next Chapter SB Properties, 1482 E. Valley Rd #300, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Gregory Pavloff, 1482 E. Valley Rd #300, Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Robert Pavloff, 1482 E. Valley Rd #300, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 29, 2016. 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) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20160000594. Published March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 2016.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV00954. To all interested parties: Petitioner Mohammed Azam filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Abraham Mohammed Azam.

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. Hearing date: May 18, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV00752. To all interested parties: Petitioner Ernesto Vladimir Landa filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Vladimir Landa. 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 March 4, 2016

by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: May 18, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13

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by Scott Craig Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

Fringe Supports Courageous Creativity

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ore than 80 Westmont students will take part in 33 different pieces of theater, dance, film, and performance art at the Westmont Fringe Festival on April 14-17; Thursday, Friday, and Sunday starting at 7 pm, Saturday starting at 3 pm, all beginning at Porter Theatre.

Festival passes ($15 general admission, $10 students/seniors) or daily tickets ($10 general admission, $7 student/seniors) are available online at www.westmont.edu/boxoffice. For more information, please call (805) 565-7140.

Mitchell Thomas, festival curator and director, says more than 30 students are designing, directing, and serving as choreographers and technicians.

“The sheer size of the festival is astonishing for a small college program,” Thomas says. “Last year, the Fringe featured 23 pieces, so the yearover-year growth is amazing. Clearly, the Fringe is tapping into something that is critical for our students: to have their voices heard, to express themselves creatively, and to engage in community making through the performing arts.”

Senior theater majors Lindsey Twigg, Danielle Draper, Connor Bush, Christine Nathanson, Brent Starrh, and Bethany Baca have brought an incredible amount of energy to the annual show during their Westmont careers. “This year will highlight their final work as student theater-makers here,” Thomas says.

“In addition to Twigg and Draper, sophomores Elena White and Anna Telfer serve as student producing directors of the festival.

Thomas says the festival will be even more balanced this year, featuring something for everyone, including film, dance, theater, and the uncategorizable. “There will be family-friendly fare and pieces that are asking really hard and unsettling questions,” he says.

“One unusual mixed-media piece this year explores generational mental health issues,” Thomas says. “It is choreographed and performed by chemistry instructor Carrie Hill. Carrie danced at Westmont as an undergrad and is making a comeback some years later on the Fringe stage.”

The purpose of the Fringe at Westmont is to create a platform for the creation of experimental theatre, dance, film, performance art, and other allied arts within the Christian 14 – 21 April 2016

liberal arts setting. The festival supports the theater arts department’s goal of developing students’ creativity, imagination, technical proficiencies, and courageous self-discipline in the generation of original work.

Based on the model of fringe festivals around the world, the Fringe offers a unique opportunity for faculty and students to challenge themselves to experience life and live art in fresh, new ways, and encourages a free-wheeling and daring approach to theater making.

Viewing Zooms in on Lunar Craters, Jupiter

Jupiter and several impact craters on the moon will be the focus of this month’s free public viewing of the stars with Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope on Friday, April 15, beginning at 7:30 pm and lasting several hours at the Westmont Observatory.

The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening.

Jupiter and the moon will be fairly close to one another, high in the sky, in Leo Friday evening. “Since the moon will be a little more than nine days old, it will present a nice gibbous face where many impact crater shadows will come into view,” says Thomas Whittemore, Westmont physics instructor. “Particularly interesting will be the triplet of craters: Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and Arzachel.

If the seeing is steady, we should be able to see some detail on the impact mountains in Alphonsus and Arzachel. Since Jupiter will be near zenith at viewing time, we may also see some fine details on the surface of the planet.”

The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (SBAU), whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through.

The Keck Telescope is housed in the observatory between Russell Carr Field and the track and field/soccer complex. Free parking is available near the baseball field.

Musicians, Composers Bloom in April

April offers a diverse variety of concerts both on and off campus, all free and open to the public, except the Orchestra Concerto concerts. For more

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The Composer’s Concert on Friday, April 15, at 7 pm in Deane Chapel highlights new works by Westmont student composers performed by both fellow students and the composers themselves. Robert Chu, Alexander Dill, and Jay Real will present their new compositions, including works for oboe quintet and quartet and speaker.

The Chamber Orchestra Concert is on Sunday, April 17, at 3 pm in Deane Chapel.

The Vocal Chamber Concert features three chamber ensembles drawn from the Choral Union of Westmont on April 17 at 7 pm in First United Methodist Church. The concert fea-

tures a variety of selections, accompanied and a cappella, sacred and secular, from art music to folk songs to spirituals. Music faculty Nichole Dechaine, Steven Hodson, and Grey Brothers will direct. Also appearing will be the Westmont Chamber Singers, an upper division select ensemble directed by Brothers. The Choral Union, an introductory 40-member ensemble geared toward Westmont students in their first year, provides a variety of choral singing experiences such as large ensemble, single gender, and mixedvoice chamber ensembles. Brothers directs the Choral Union with accompanist Paula Hatley.

The Jazz Concert, under the direction of John Douglas, is Wednesday, April 20, at 8 pm in Deane Chapel. •MJ

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COMING & GOING (Continued from page 36) High-school students Gabe Reali (with his back to us) and Ava Burford wandered through the Deckers space singing a medley of Oscar winning tunes

Bloom County and Opus comic strips creator Berkeley Breathed (center) attended the MAD Academy event with his wife, Heather (left) and longtime friend Jill Wright

(back row from left): Danny Echt, Dr. Margaret Echt, Coleen Coombs, and Victoria (Mae West) Mills joined (front row) Stacy and Michael DiFilippo at their table during the MAD Academy Awards extravaganza

She says, “Oh, yeah.”

I said, “We’re never coming back?”

Baldwin explains that while his wife wasn’t exactly “a fish out of water in New York,” she was a California girl. “We’d been living there for fifteen years,” Baldwin continues, “and I said, ‘Honey, they could cancel the show after two episodes. We own this beautiful home in Bedford’...”

She says, “I don’t care if they cancel this in the middle of the first episode.

Put the house on the market. We are never coming back.”

Baldwin then relates the following story: “And so, we’re deciding where we should live. I had some friends doing some research, because even though I’d been coming here for years, I didn’t really know much about living on the West Coast. My wife is a songwriter and a recording artist and her parents were two of the founding members of The Mamas & The Papas, John Phillips and Michelle Phillips. My wife was a showbiz kid and grew up in Hollywood through her whole childhood. Her parents got divorced when she was two years old, and her mother went on to live with Warren Beatty for four years, and Jack Nicholson for three years, and she married Dennis Hopper (right after Easy Rider). She was having an intense fling with Mick Jagger.

“And my father was running the Cub Scouts and Little League.”

Baldwin describes the moment he realized he did not want to bring his children up in L.A. “I was heading for an event like this,” he says, “and I got in an elevator and... I’m not lying... with me was Woody Allen, Soon Yi... his daughter-slash-wife... Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Keith Richards and his wife, Patti Hansen.

Needless to say, I was quivering. I couldn’t believe I was in an elevator with Keith Richards. I’d worked with Michael Douglas, no biggy, me and Mike,” Baldwin says, chuckling.

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MAD Academy Awards night emcee Billy Baldwin and Maryanne Contreras, whose company, Swank, prepared and oversaw all the details of the hugely successful night of entertainment and fundraising

“Patti Hansen looks across the elevator and says, ‘Are you Billy?’ I go, ‘Yeah’... And she goes, ‘You’re married to Chynna, right?’ I go, ‘Yeah.’ and she goes, ‘Honey, this is Billy Baldwin, he’s an actor,’ and [Richards] goes, ‘Right, whatever’. And she goes, ‘He’s married to Chynna!’ Richards comes over, he hugs me, says ‘How’s Chynna? I haven’t seen her in so long. I practically raised her. How’s she doing? Tell her I said congratulations on her new record. She’s an amazing girl; she’s so talented... How’s John?’ And, this is, of course, before John [Phillips] died.

I said, ‘The good news is he has officially accepted his new liver. The bad news is it’s unfortunate, but I think he’s out there being a bad boy again.

He’s running pretty hard. Richards says, ‘Man, I couldn’t hang out with him anymore; that cat just ran way too hard...’”

Baldwin says he laughed at that and Keith didn’t understand at first, but then said, “Oh, I get it.”

That a guy like Keith Richards, with his reputation for personal abuse, couldn’t hang out with his wife’s father anymore was a revelation.

Baldwin says they weren’t sure where

they wanted to live, “but we knew we didn’t want to live in Los Angeles.

And, we definitely did not want to raise children in and around L.A. and Show Business.”

Baldwin and his wife had three objectives: 1) Not to be in L.A.; 2) To be close to the water; 3) To have excellent public schools.

Baldwin went to a public elementary school, a public junior high, senior high, and university (State University of New York); his father was a political science teacher and football coach for 35 years.

“The beauty of [Montecito-Santa Barbara],” he said, “is that you don’t have to choose between public or private school. There are incredible public schools in the system and when you couple that with the Academy at Santa Barbara High School, and the Engineering Academy at Dos Pueblos, and San Marcos, there’s such a bounty in which we are blessed and we should never take for granted.”

He adds that “this community” offers him and his family “a sophisticated and civilized quality of life.”

Ultimately, the reason he came here was because of the excellence of the school system.

“I feel so lucky, so fortunate, so blessed, to be part of this community,” he says. “I have one child there [at Santa Barbara High School and the MAD Academy] and one on the way,” he says, adding, “it’s the gift that keeps on giving.”

In the middle of it all, when Paul Forster got up to receive his award he decided to tell a joke about a parrot and a magician. I’m paraphrasing here, but the parrot knows every trick in the magician’s playbook, is com-

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pletely bored with them all and lets the magician know that often. The magician is booked on a cruise liner and takes his act and his parrot out to sea. The ship sinks in a terrible storm, and the only survivors are the magician and the parrot, who are bobbing up and down on a piece of flotsam in the middle of the ocean.

The parrot stares intently at the magician.

The magician looks at the parrot, stares back, and finally says, “What?”

The parrot says, “Okay. What did you do with the ship?”

Baldwin ran the show tightly, had more tales both humorous and poignant to tell that we simply don’t have room for, but if you are reading this and know some of the people who attended this event, ask them to tell you the story of how Billy Baldwin ultimately received his college degree.

They’ll remember.

••• MAD Academy is open to all students; admission involves an interview, an application, recommendations, and grades. Attendance has become popular and at least 70 applicants were turned down this year.

Recently, three moms – Sheela Hunt, Stacy Pulice, and Nancy Kogevinas – have formed a MAD alumni group.

“The goal,” says Sheela during a brief conversation, “is to build a database of all the students who’ve been through the MAD Academy since its inception.” The group is kicking its formation off with a Thanksgiving weekend event at which all parents who’ve had children involved with MAD are invited, along with former students.

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Benefits of the Week

by Steven Libowitz “Benefits of the Week” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area fundraisers approximately 10 days to three weeks ahead of the event. Unusual themes and galas with that something extra, especially newer ones looking for a boost in attendance, receive special attention. For consideration for inclusion in this column, email slibowitz@yahoo.com.

Teens in Tune for Concert Crusade

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Singers will “Sing It Out” on April 24 at Deckers (photo by Carly Otness)

ing It Out for Peace in our Schools and Communities, the concert featuring local teens performing rock songs in front of a professional band, didn’t start out as a fundraiser.

In fact, the event began life a dozen years ago as simply the culminating celebration of one of AHA!’s spring after-school programs, but became so popular that it outgrew its home at SOhO. Now held at the stunning rotunda at the Deckers Brands headquarters in Goleta, Sing It Out features 12 youth and two AHA! staff members facilitators who have worked with vocal coaches and a professional band for a 12-week period, learning to overcoming fear and self-doubt as they master and perform a rock-and-roll cover song. On Sunday, April 24, each teen will get a chance to sing their number backed by Tina Schlieske and the Graceland Exiles with Sister Laura, the popular Midwest-reared/ Santa Barbara-based ensemble that has been featured at SOhO, Earth Day, and many other venues in town.

Given that public speaking can be frightening enough, imagine belting out a song in front of 400 friends, family, and community members. Even better, imagine the transformation that takes place when they do.

“The kids really find their voices through song and get a chance to fully express themselves,” said Molly Green, AHA!’s development director.

But it’s not just the students who participate – the two facilitators also get a chance to deliver a pop tune for the crowd.

“Adults have the same fears and insecurities as the kids do,” Green explained. “So they go through the program with the youth and then sing on stage, too. It’s very empowering for the teens to see that.”

Sing It Out is just one of eight of AHA!’s offerings that serve more than 4,000 teens in after-school, in-school, 14 – 21 April 2016

and summer programs, all with the mission of teaching character, conscience, and social-emotional intelligence. The results are always astounding, Green said.

“These teens come from very different backgrounds, and most don’t know each other before, and very few have ever had any musical or theatrical experience. But they become very close and connect on a deep level and

really support each other.”

The result has become one of the most memorable fundraisers on the annual calendar.

“Every performer gets a standing ovation,” Green noted. “It’s really a very moving event.”

Tickets for Sing It Out, which takes place April 24 at Deckers Brands Rotunda, 250 Coromar Drive, cost $25 for adults, $10 for youth 18 and under.

For $125, VIP tickets also include gourmet taco truck-fare, wine, and signature cocktails during the event reception from 6-7 pm, preferred seating for the show – and the sense that you’re supporting turning teens into self-confident, contributing members of society.

Visit www.ahasb.org or contact Green at molly@ahasb.org or 455-8314 for more information or to become a sponsor.

Students Take Culinary Cues; HOPE Honors Cash

When it comes to putting the “fun” in fundraisers, you can hardly go wrong with food and wine. That’s what the Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) discovered after staging a boffo benefit event featuring area restaurants, caterers, and wineries at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum for the first time last year.

“It’s very fun to go around and sample food and wine, and mingle with the other guests,” said SBEF executive director Margie Yahyavi. “It

creates a dynamic atmosphere that’s very vibrant and interactive. We had some very wonderful responses from last year.”

So SBEF – which works with community partners to strengthen the educational experience of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District by raising funds to support a wide variety of programs and summer school – is coming back to the museum for the second successive year as the locale for its HOPE Awards. But this time around, they’re tapping into their own resources, too, as one of the food purveyors consists of student chefs from the San Marcos High School culinary program.

“They’re making a watermelon juice drink and a special dessert,” Yahyavi said. “It’s a chance to see what kids are learning and compare their culinary skills to the pros.”

Even though you don’t have to be stuck at a table for the entire event, it still makes sense to fork over some extra dollars for a premier table, which brings you closer to the post-dining activities, which include a keynote speech by former state superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell, a major advocate of public education, who also served 20 years as a state Senator and Assembly member after launching his political career on the Santa Barbara County School Board (he also once taught social studies at

Oxnard High, his alma mater). Dave Cash, the retiring superintendent of Santa Barbara Unified School District who helped to create culturally proficient classrooms and technology learning environments, is this year’s HOPE Award recipient.

“His motto is ‘Every child, every chance, every day’,” said Yahyavi.

“Making sure all kids had a chance for advancement is something worth honoring.”

The estimable man-at-the-mic Geoff Green serves as emcee, also introducing the entertainment, which includes student musicians from Santa Barbara Junior High’s BRAVO! Program, and a couple of high school performers.

“We’re very proud of their ability and talent,” Yahyavi said. “It’s fun to give them an opportunity to perform.”

Some students will also speak, talking about their experiences in Program for Effective Access to College (PEAC) and at summer school. “It’s very valuable for our supporters to hear personal testimonials,” Yahyavi explained.

SBEF’s Hope Awards take place starting at 5:30 pm Thursday, April 28, at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, 136 E. De la Guerra Street.

Tickets coast $150, a reserved table for 8 is $1,200, and premier reserved table for 8 is $2,000. Call 284-9125 or visit www.sbefoundation.org/hopeawards-ticket-options.

•MJ

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A 30-year-old oak tree was knocked down by March winds, causing damage to the YMCA campus

and no one was injured, according to executive director Mike Yamasaki.

The tree damaged the fencing around the preschool, the TRX workout awning, and part of the eaves and roofing for the Y’s multipurpose room. Architects and insurance evaluators are still assessing next steps. The damage occurred as the Y continues to work on a renovation proposal for the 50-year-old facility, which is already in need of major updating. To repair damage from the tree, the Y will have to divert some of its funds and attention from the existing plan to modernize the facility.

“While we’re grateful no one was hurt when the tree fell, this is a major financial setback,” said Yamasaki.

“Insurance will cover most of the expenses to repair the damage from the tree, but additional funds are needed to cover the full cost of the repairs.” Yamasaki added that the Y is making every effort to ensure this added financial burden does not impact the Montecito Y’s ability to offer enough scholarships for people who would otherwise not be able to access memberships and life-changing programs such as preschool, sports leagues, and family activities.

The YMCA is currently accepting donations from the public to help fund the remaining repair expenses.

For more information, call Mike at 969-3288.

New MUS Board Member Appointed

On Monday, April 11, the Montecito Union School (MUS) Board appointed Kate Murphy to the board, filling a vacancy left by Les Mayfield, who resigned in February. The board interviewed three candidates – Murphy, Marilyn Bachman, and Dick Nordlund – at Monday’s meeting.

Murphy, a private practice attorney, has a 6th-grade daughter and a 3rd-grade son at the school, and currently serves on the MUS PTA Executive Board, as well as the MUS Inclusion Committee, and Campus Safety and Traffic Task Force Committee. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Santa Barbara High School, where her oldest child (an MUS alum) is a freshman. “Even before our oldest child started kindergarten at MUS

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over ten years ago, my husband and I felt very proud and fortunate that our community is home to such an excellent public school,” Murphy told the board. “I have fully committed myself to being an involved parent for all three of our children, and through my continued service I have witnessed first-hand how our school board has worked diligently and admirably to implement the Strategic Plan that was so thoughtfully created years ago. I would be honored to have this opportunity.”

Mrs. Murphy was chosen for the provisional appointment, which expires in December. On the general election ballot in November, there will be three openings on the board (seats currently filled by Murphy, Gwyn Lurie, and board president Mary Kirkhart). The board members, voicing their positive impression with all the candidates’ qualifications, encouraged Bachman and Nordlund to run for election in November.

Bachman spent 31 years teaching at MUS in her 43-year teaching career and continues to substitute teach at the school. Nordlund is the former president of the Montecito Association and sat on Montecito Board of Architectural Review for eight years.

Nordlund told the board he was interested only in the provisional appointment, to be involved in the proposed campus expansion.

On Friday, April 22, a special meeting will be held to decide if the board will be placing a bond measure on the November ballot, two years after the failure of Measure Q, the $27,150,000 school bond measure that was on the ballot in November 2014. The school board’s Facilities Committee is currently working on the newest plans for the school, including maintenance items, and health and safety improvements on the main building and the kindergarten building. The food service and auditorium building, which was once planned on the campus, has been eliminated.

For more information, visit www. montecitou.org.

New Trustees at Cancer Foundation

The Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara has announced the appointment of the newest members to its Board of Trustees. Since 1949, the Cancer Foundation has been the partner and financial backbone of the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara.

The newest board members include trustee Fred Kass, MD, who is a medical oncologist at the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara and medical director of the Center’s Research and Wellness Department. He has practiced medicine since 1988. After receiving his medical education at Tufts University,

Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara’s newest members to its board of trustees: Fred Kass, Val Montgomery, Shane Cotter, Kimberly Schizas, and Frank Foster

he completed his internship and residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, followed by an oncology fellowship at Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Kass is especially passionate about research, nutrition, and supportive care of patients and their families. He is also co-chair of the Cottage Hospital Medical Advisory Panel and has a strong interest in programs that promote community health.

New trustee and Montecito resident Val Montgomery has a BA from Douglas College at Rutgers University and was a speech therapist for the Durham City School System. Val served on the board of directors of the Music Academy of the West and was chairman of their Santa Barbara International Wine Auction fundraiser for several years. She also served on the committee to raise money for digital mammography machines at Sansum Clinic, as well as helping various nonprofits.

New trustee Shane Cotter, MD, PhD has been a practicing radiation oncologist with the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara since 2012. Dr. Cotter earned his doctorate in Molecular and Cellular Biology and his medical degree from Washington University in Saint Louis. He completed an internship at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and a radiation oncology residency at Harvard Medical School, where he also served as chief resident. Dr. Cotter then joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and was as an instructor in radiation oncology at Brigham & Women’s Hospital until he joined the Cancer Center.

New trustee Kimberly Schizas graduated from UCSB with a BA in economics and from the Kennedy

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School of Government at Harvard University with a master’s of Public Administration. For the past 20 years, Kimberly has been a partner in Wynmark Company, a local development company devoted primarily to community development projects such as the Camino Real Marketplace, Girsh Park, Maravilla Senior Community, and the Marriott Courtyard Hotel. In addition to serving as a member of the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission for more than four years, Kimberly has served on the boards for the Santa Barbara County Commission for Women, Santa Barbara County Housing Authority, Foundation for Girsh Park, UCSB Alumni Association, Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics, and Goleta Valley Historical Society.

Also, Frank Foster, who has been a member of the Cancer Foundation Board of Trustees since 2011, has been named its new chairman. Frank is a managing director of DFJ Frontier, a venture capital investment group and the managing partner of the Gideon Hixon Fund, the venture arm of the Hixon family. Previously, Frank was the CEO of Prolacta Biosciences (nutrition for premature infants) and an executive director of YellowPages. com through its successful sale to SBC Communications and Bell South. He currently serves on the board of nine companies and serves as the chairman for five of them. He received his MBA from The Harvard Business School and a BA cum laude from Harvard University, and is a member of the board of trustees for the Pacer Foundation.

The Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara is a non-profit 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation and has been the partner and financial backbone of the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara since its inception in 1949.

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Real Estate

by Mark Ashton Hunt

Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are real estate agents. His family goes back nearly 100 years in the Santa Barbara area. Mark’s grandparents – Bill and Elsie Hunt – were Santa Barbara real estate brokers for 25 years.

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etween March 20 and April 8 in Montecito, 15 homes went into escrow across all price ranges. This pickup in activity may likely mark the beginning of the heavier buying season, which typically starts in spring and carries on until mid- or late-summer.

We have also seen a good number of new listings hit the market in the past few weeks, which is refreshing.

For this issue, I am focusing on properties available for sale in the mid$3,000,000 range, with a mix of newer listings and those that have had a recent price reduction and those that have been on the market a few weeks or months.

This mid-$3,000,000 price range is essentially the price point where one starts to see a significant jump up in benefits to buyer, some of which may include but are not limited to: lot size, square footage of home, quality of finishes, desirability of location, et cetera.

Below are a few homes on the market in this price range, offering different living experiences in terms of style of home, location, and so forth, all within a few percent of one another in terms of price. So, pick your dream and break out your wallet. It’s buying season in Montecito.

640 Randall Road: $3,395,000

Bordered by a seasonal creek, up a private lane above East Valley Road near the Knollwood Tennis Club is this single-level contemporary ranch home on an open and level acre. Recently remodeled, the home offers three bedrooms and three baths, a new kitchen, great room, walls of glass, oak floors, and two fireplaces.

The master suite features a spacious sitting room with fireplace and two walk-in closets. Grounds around the home include mature oaks, mountain views, stone patios, natural boulders, fruit trees, vegetable garden, gas fire pit, and lawn.

The property is situated within the Montecito Union School District and is a short distance from Montecito’s upper village.

595 Freehaven Drive: $3,475,000

This contemporary, multi-level home was built in 1991 and has been updated.

The home is on 3.3 acres with soaring 18’-20’ ceilings and panoramic mountain views. The spacious residence (more than 7,000 square feet) features extensive outdoor view decks and patios flowing from the living room, family room,

master bedroom, and recreation room.

Most common rooms and bedrooms in the home are on one level. There are separate rooms on the lower level of the home, good for extended-stay guests and family. This property is newer on the market but has been for sale in recent years. Freehaven Drive is located in the Summerland and Carpinteria school districts but is within the 93108 Montecito ZIP Code.

Winding Creek Lane: $3,495,000

Down a private country lane off Romero Canyon in rural east Montecito is this 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath Mediterranean home with ocean and mountain views. A dramatic front door opens into a living room-family room with fireplace and views to the trees and mountains beyond.

The dining room with French doors opens to a private, walled terrace with fountain and a beautifully updated kitchen with sitting room. The master suite has its own fireplace, boudoir sitting area, and lovely bath. Many rooms have French doors opening to patios and outdoor areas.

The home includes custom ironwork and attention to detail. Attached threecar garage and a cul-de-sac setting make this a peaceful retreat in a sun-filled location. This home on Winding Creek Lane is located in the Montecito Union School District and was recently reduced in price from $3,795,000.

Seaview Drive: $3,600,000

Experience beachfront living in this 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath, ground-floor condo with southern- and western-facing ocean views. The unit offers 2,234 square feet of living space on one level and has direct access to the ocean-front area leading to the beach. The updated kitchen opens onto the dining area with ocean views.

There is radiant floor heating throughout, and the Montecito Shores complex is located near the Four Seasons Biltmore and Coral Casino. This ocean-side, gated community offers tennis court, pool, and a spa. Guest parking and being in the Montecito Union School District add to the value of this listing.

For more information on any of these properties or if you would like for me to arrange a showing with the listing agents, please contact me directly: Mark@Villagesite.com or call/text (805) 698-2174. For more Best Buys, visit my site www.MontecitoBestBuys. com from which this article is based.

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If you have a 93108 open house scheduled, please send us your free directory listing to realestate@montecitojournal.net

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