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Lynn Kirst looks back at a halfdozen memorable individuals who passed away in 2017, p. 28
ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 23 • LETTERS TO EDITOR, P. 8 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 42
A SAD, SAD TIME
On the heels of celebrating victory over the Thomas Fire, Montecito was shaken awake at 4 am by a flood of boulders and debris that wrecked hundreds of homes and left at least 17 dead (story on p. 12)
Local News
More than 8,000 firefighters saved Montecito from the Thomas Fire, but then the rains came down, p. 6
Complete History of the Thomas Fire
Bob Hazard explains how and why Montecito avoided being scorched by California’s largest-ever wildfire, p. 5
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Editorial Bob Hazard sifts through the aftermath of the Thomas Fire, as he surveys the scene of destroyed homes, all that was saved, and painstaking details 6 Local News James Buckley traverses the aftermath of Montecito’s latest natural disaster, chronicling first-hand accounts of the flood and mudslide 8 Letters to the Editor An array of communication from readers Anthony Brown, Diane Graham, Atom Bergstrom, Davis von Wittenburg, David McCalmont, Diana Thorn, Larry Bond, columnist Ray Winn, and Sanderson Smith 10 This Week Sedgwick Reserve; SB music; author Herbert Cole; basket weavers; Laguna Blanca open house; Chaucer’s book signing Tide Guide Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach 12 Village Beat Here comes the flood and mud: Kelly Mahan Herrick puts on her boots, rolls up her sleeves, in assessing the recent storm’s impact, damage, and fatalities 14 Seen Around the World Lynda Millner kicks off 2018 with a report on Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, where she ventured with her son and daughterin-law 18 On Entertainment Steven Libowitz interviews St. Louis Symphony’s David Halen; more classical music; comedian Lauren Watson; films in focus; in the books; and January “Christmas” 19 Ernie’s World Ernie Witham, not unlike The Vapors, thinks he’s turning Japanese – but the process of planning a trip to Tokyo isn’t as nice as rice 20 Your Westmont The college honors Thomas Fire heroes at chapel; 5x5 art exhibit; tickets to and Presidents Breakfast with General Hayden 22 Spirituality Matters Steven Libowitz interviews Richard Groves; La Casa de Maria Retreat Center; Radhule Weininger’s new book and seminar; Q Process; and intuition 23 Brilliant Thoughts Ashleigh Brilliant, who was never persuaded to be a “Peacenik” despite his aversion to war, is saying give peace a chance 28 Trail Talk Lynn Kirst says “Happy trails” to the late Glen Campbell, Sam Hamill, Preston Bixby Hotchkis, Sir Roger Moore, Joseph Bernard Schomer, and Michael Towbes 36 Our Town Joanne Calitri emerges from the ashes and dusts herself off in time to review the annual Jazz Ensemble concert; she also meets Miramar Beach Club’s Annual Polar Bear swimmers at Butterfly Beach 39 Legal Advertising 41 Movie Guide 42 Calendar of Events MLK gala; Hospice homecoming; 5X5 with Westmont; Camerata Pacifica; Kids Helping Kids; UCSB exhibitions; Art From Scrap Gallery; and jazz at SOhO 46 Classified Advertising Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales 47 Local Business Directory Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they need what those businesses offer
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Editorial
by Bob Hazard
(photos courtesy MFPD chief Chip Hickman) Mr. Hazard is an Associate Editor of this paper and a former president of Birnam Wood Golf Club.
Complete History of the Thomas Fire
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ost in Montecito have no idea how close we came to community decimation two weeks before Christmas. At 6 am Saturday, December 16, 2017, sundowner winds of 30 mph, gusting up to 60 mph, drove the Thomas wildfire, the largest in California history, past the firefighter containment lines on East Mountain and Bella Vista drives. Montecito faced imminent destruction. An army of firefighters from 19 states and more than 300 fire engines created a formidable line of defense below San Ysidro and Cold Spring canyons striving to save homes along Mountain Drive, Park Hill Lane, Bella Vista Drive, Park Lane, Cold Spring Road, and Ashley Road. As the fast and furious flames advanced across the ridgelines, fireballs and burning embers carpet-bombed Montecito from East Mountain Drive all the way down to East Valley Road (State 192). Spot fires were extinguished as far south as the corner of Sheffield and East Valley and halfway down San Ysidro Road, almost to Fire Station #1. Flames, ash, and smoke obliterated sunrise that morning. All residents north of 192 (East Valley Road) were already under mandatory evacuation. Earlier in the week, homeowners cheered as firefighters successfully defended fire lines in Toro and Romero Canyons, thanks to favorable winds. Saturday morning, winds offered a new challenge as blazing chaparral threatened to create a wind-driven inferno cascading all the way down to Butterfly Beach, burning everything in its path. Firefighters from as far away as Red Hook, Montana and Spearfish, South Dakota stood by fire trucks with charged fire hoses, clearing brush to protect as many homes as possible and to try and save the vulnerable and historic San Ysidro Ranch. Firefighters peered through dense smoke, haze, and falling ash, spotting and extinguishing flying embers before they could explode into more fires and fireballs.
Loss of Homes and Structures
It is almost miraculous that only 10 homes were destroyed by fire in Montecito. Narrow roads lined with luxury homes, hidden behind iron gates and even narrower driveways weave their way up the mountainside. Firefighters risk their lives for lack of escape routes if the fire line is breeched. Two homes were lost on Park Hill Lane, four more on East Mountain Drive, two on Hot Springs Road, and two on Park Lane. Linda O’Hare, owner of Lily on Coast Village Road, was one who saw the total destruction of her 124-year-old home and all her possessions at 1088 East Mountain Drive, where she had lived for 24 years. Stop by her shop at 1131 Coast Village Road and buy one of Linda’s special winged-heart soap sculptures. All proceeds are being donated to the Firemen’s Fund.
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Fire and Flood in Montecito
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t was a double whammy. First the fire, and then came the flood. And, in this case, it wasn’t so much a “flood” as a debris-laden runoff from the denuded hills above Montecito. The flow of boulders, mud, and timber that came crashing down, crafted a direct route from the burn area to the ocean, avoiding what had been creek beds and instead creating a large swath of destruction as it headed for the sea, rumbling down both San Ysidro and Olive Mill roads and pouring over Highway 101, closing it to traffic through Montecito. Again. The debris flow caused the death of at least fifteen people (MFD chief Chip Hickman says the count will likely be higher, as 25 people are as of this writing unaccounted for), and the destruction of a great number of homes, garages, outbuildings, property, and vehicles of all kinds. The chaos closed Coast Village Road. Again. Navigating my way down to Coast Village Road from Middle Road (where I live), I got as far as Coldwell Banker just off Olive Mill Road. Inside the dark real estate office (electricity was out) was Bill Horstman, unshaven and bruised but in good spirits, wearing a borrowed Montecito Inn bathrobe; his house at 112 Olive Mill Road was severely impacted and will likely have to be torn down and completely rebuilt. “At about four o’clock in the morning,” he recounts, “I was standing up to my knees in mud. About a half-hour later, my wife, Virgie, and I couldn’t open our door to get out, but we flashed our flashlights through the sliding door and a couple of rescue guys came around [in search of victims]. The bed in a guest room had slipped and crashed through the glass door and they got us out through there.” Virgie recalls that, “ I don’t go to bed until three, four in the morning; that’s when it broke out. I had to wake my husband up, and I said, ‘Honey, something is wrong.’ So, I went into the bedroom, and I heard the water and said, ‘We’d better get going.’ I thought it was the end of me and my husband.”
Many, if not most, of the modest homes on both sides of Olive Mill Road from Casa Dorinda to Coast Village Road have been partially or completely destroyed
Two more of those affected are Jeff Farrell, an Olympic gold-medalist in the 1960 Rome Olympics, along with his wife, Gabrielle. “I was awakened,” Jeff recounts, “and my wife and [my son] Marco were yelling, ‘Get out of bed. Get going.’ The water was up above my knees. I grabbed my shoes beside the bed, dropped one, and was never able to find it. I got out there, holding the dog and wondering what we were going to do.” Fortunately, Marco and Gabrielle had hailed a rescue truck, and they slowly got out to the truck in the street. Marco has been documenting the fire and predicting how bad things could get on his Pacific Weather Watch Facebook page; it has a couple thousand followers. “He studies it very carefully and prepares things,” Jeff reports. Gabrielle woke up around 2:30 on the morning of Tuesday, January 9, and there was something that made her say to herself, “This is not good,” so she texted Marco, ‘Are you in or out?’ and told him she wanted him to be inside the house.
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Coast Village Road Emergency Community Forum The Coast Village Association and representatives from the City of Santa Barbara will host an emergency community meeting to discuss cleanup and restoration of Coast Village Road and Coast Village Circle following the devastating mudslides affecting Montecito. Attendees from the City of Santa Barbara include Rebecca Bjork, director of Public Works; Paul Casey, City Administrator; Nick Cabugos, Maintenance Coordinator; building inspectors and other City personnel. The Coast Village Association urges everyone who is interested to know what the City is doing and plans to do, or who would like to voice requests or concerns regarding City services, to attend the meeting. When: Friday, January 12, 9 am Where: Olive Mill Plaza, 1225 Coast Village Road, in the parking area between the buildings Info: bobludwickcva@gmail.com
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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, JANUARY 11 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. On today’s agenda: a new garage on East Valley Road, new accessory structures on Parra Grande, new gate house on Santa Rosa Lane, and several new cell phone wireless facilities in Montecito. When: 1 pm Where: County Engineering building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 Interpretive Photography Exhibit CLICK 2 features five Santa Barbaraarea photographers who have found unique styles and ways to express what they see through the lens. Artists: Sol Hill, Patricia Houghton Clarke, Jim McKinnis, Carol Paquet, Stephen Robeck, and Letitia Haynes. Curated by Jan Ziegler. Tonight is the opening reception. When: 5 to 8 pm, artists introduced at 6 pm Where: MichaelKate Interiors and Art Gallery, 132 Santa Barbara Street Info: 805-963-1411 SATURDAY, JANUARY 13 Sedgwick Reserve Hike The rugged Santa Ynez Valley is the setting for a series of monthly interpretive hikes and nature activities open to the public on the 6,000-acre UCSB Sedgwick Reserve. Three hikes with varying themes and hiking levels of easy, moderate, or strenuous. These hikes
are approximately two to three hours each and are followed by the opportunity to picnic with your own lunch. Additional activities are planned for those who don’t want to hike. Reservations required. In inclement weather, the hikes will be cancelled. When: 8:30 am Cost: suggested donation of $20 per hiker Info and RSVP: Sedgwick@lifesci.ucsb. edu 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, free to the public. When: 3 pm Where: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street Cost: free MONDAY, JANUARY 15 Yoga for Pure Joy The workshop will begin with yoga, Tibetan study, and meditation. Included is a Japanese luncheon followed by a Japanese Tea Ceremony. In the afternoon, there will be more Tibetan study and meditation. The workshop concludes with another yoga class. Lark Batteau has been a certified yoga Instructor since 1995, a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner since 1996, and provides the Japanese Tea Ceremony “Chanoyu” since 1989. When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $85 (includes lunch and tea) Info: www.lacasademaria.org
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 Open House at Laguna Blanca Children and parents are encouraged to attend as an introduction to the Laguna community. Visit classrooms and explore art, science, music, technology, and cooking. This child-centric event offers an opportunity to tour the school, meet and ask questions of teachers, administrators, and current parents, and learn about the curriculum in each grade while your child is engaged in learning activities. When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Campus, 260 San Ysidro Road Registration: www.lagunablanca.org/open TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 Book Signing at Chaucer’s Come to Chaucer’s for Herbert M. Cole as he signs copies of his latest book, Maternity: Mothers and Children in the Arts of Africa. On the African continent, images of mothers and children are found wherever the visual arts are, from early rock-art sites in Egypt and the Sahara to the contemporary arts of South Africa. Defining maternity as simultaneously biological and cultural, art historian Cole moves from obvious notions of fertility and nurturing to consider the importance of maternity in thought, ritual action, and worldview. When: 6 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 Basket Weavers Group The Basket Weavers Group is a place to connect with other basket weavers. Bring your own project or start a new one. Beginner and all levels are welcomed. Basic materials are provided. Someone is available to help you get started and to learn techniques. Please join for a lively and enjoyable afternoon. When: 2:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Community Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Cost: Free Info: 969-3786 Summerland Evening Yoga A longtime Summerland tradition, taught by Bob Andre. Small Hatha 1 yoga class with brief meditation and breathing work. When: 5:30 pm Where: Summerland Church, 2400 Lillie Avenue Cost: donation THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library. 11 – 18 January 2018
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n Tuesday, January 9, 2018, Montecito endured the most catastrophic natural disaster of the last several decades as a rain storm created multiple mudslides and flooding, taking the lives of at least 15 people. As of press time, more than 25 Montecito residents remain unaccounted for; there are also dozens of homes lost and even more damaged by water, mud, and debris. “We expected to have catastrophic mud flow from this weather event,” said Montecito Fire chief Chip Hickman. “This is everything we thought it could be and more.” Attempting to prepare the community for what was expected to be a significant rainfall event mere weeks after the Thomas Fire decimated our local foothills, Santa Barbara County officials held a press conference last week to prepare residents for the potential for flooding. At that time, they released an interactive map showing the potential flood zones and warned residents to be prepared with sandbags and other precautions. “The potential for debris flow is ten times worse than we’ve ever dealt with,” Montecito Fire chief of operations Kevin Taylor told us at that time. Two days later, on Sunday evening, the County released mandatory evacuations for 7,000 Montecito, Summerland, and Carpinteria residents near the burn area, above Highway 192 between Cold Spring Road and the County line, to begin at noon on Monday, January 8. Voluntary
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evacuations were also issued, covering 23,000 people below Highway 192 to the ocean, from Summit and Camino Viejo to Highway 150. At 4 am Tuesday, heavy rain caused at least two major debris flows, both hundreds of feet wide, according to Chief Hickman. The debris flow caused the failure of a natural gas line that runs along East Mountain Drive; a massive explosion occurred near the La Casa de Maria property on El Bosque Road, and several structures near there caught fire. “We rescued several people from those homes, all with burn injuries,” Chief Hickman said. “The light from the fire awoke many residents, as it lit up the night sky, making it look like daylight.” Montecito Creek, which runs behind homes on Olive Mill Road and Hot Springs Road, overflowed, causing homes to come loose from their foundations and sending massive boulders and debris down Olive Mill Road to the ocean. Mud and debris made its way onto Coast Village Road, sending abandoned cars crashing into the front of Montecito Inn, and damaging several commercial buildings. The debris also overtook Highway 101, causing drivers who were evacuating to turn around on the freeway, searching for higher ground. Several of those drivers abandoned their vehicles and traversed on foot up the freeway embankments. Montecito Fire Protection District
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feet in the Ash Mountain area, and the highest is 14,494 feet at the summit of Mount Whitney. We drove to Crescent Meadow and to see the General Sherman Tree, Earth’s largest living tree. When my daughter-in-law was in the third grade, her class went to see the tree, holding hands so classmates could circle it. But, there weren’t enough children to do the job. You really can’t understand just how big the sequoias are until you put a person alongside. They are one of the oldest living trees on Earth. Their dense bark is sometimes two-feet thick and is its defense to brush fires and insect invasions.
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The California Coast Redwood is taller and more slender. They can reach up to 370 feet while sequoias rarely top 300 feet. But the General Sherman is considered the largest because of its volume. It weighs about 2.7 million pounds and is believed to be approximately 2,200 years old. It is 275 feet tall (about the same height at the Statue of Liberty), and its circumference at ground level is 102.6 feet. The diameter of its largest branch is 6.8 feet. Every year, it adds enough wood to make a 60-foot tree measuring one foot in diameter and it’s still growing. James Wolverton, a pioneer cattleman who had served under general William Tecumseh Sherman in the Civil War, named it in 1879. Fires offer many benefits because they eliminate forest floor debris and
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Communications and Coordination
Protection District; 2) the presence of 8,300 professional firefighters from all over California and adjoining states, fighting fires within 10 feet of homes and defusing flying ember shots; (3) three full days of containment efforts by hand crews using backfires and coordinated air drops before the Saturday morning blowout. The fickleness of Mother Nature played a large role. Fortunately, she chose to calm down and even offered onshore inflow winds for Montecito at critical times.
The Advantage of Time and Prior Planning
The Montecito Wildland Urban Interface Incident Plan, developed by battalion chief Travis Ederer and his team, proved to be an invaluable resource for out-of-town firefighters. The plan identified every home in the Montecito wildland-urban interface, including street number and Google Earth profiles, in what out-of-town firefighters called the best documentation package they had ever seen, according to MFPD chief Chip Hickman, whose own home near Ojai was saved from fire, but with the loss of three smaller structures. A year ago, the board of the Montecito Fire Protection District (MFPD) had the foresight to fund and employ two former U.S. Forest Service Wildland Fire specialists, Kerry Kellogg and Maeve Juarez, under the direction of fire marshal Al Gregson, to help craft and implement the community protection plan for Montecito. MFPD invested a quarter of a million dollars in community fuel-reduction programs in the 12 months prior to the Thomas Fire. Working with Cal Fire crews and homeowners on Mountain Drive, Park Lane, and Bella Vista Road in the High Fire Severity Zone, 500 tons of flammable vegetation had been removed from 12 miles of roadways and homes. Defensible space plans were created for homeowners resulting in the removal of 500 tons of flammable vegetation, including 152 trees. In the critical week that preceded December 16, firefighters bulldozed, set backfires, cleared brush, and positioned engines and hose lines at every vulnerable home on the wildfire-urban interface in Montecito. That preparation time proved invaluable in terms of local knowledge when the “big wind” finally arrived on that Saturday morning.
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The 8,300 firefighters included volunteers from Cal Fire assembled from all across the western United States, the USDA Forest Service, Los Padres National Forest, and Santa Barbara County Fire, working with local mutual aid fire districts in Montecito, Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, Summerland, and Ojai. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, the California Highway Patrol, and National Guard were responsible for evacuations and public safety. The Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management; Santa Barbara Air Pollution and Flood Control; Caltrans for highway safety; MERRAG for community communications, Montecito Water for maintaining fire hydrant pressure; and private citizens such as Palmer Jackson and Sam Frye, who allowed access to irrigation lakes for water for helicopter drops, were all plugged into a common network. The unified command post for the coordination and allocation of all fire resources was headquartered at the Ventura Fairgrounds. Engines were staged back-to-back along all Montecito roads to be diverted as needed by strike team leaders. Individual strike teams consisted of five fire engines with four firefighters each, with a leader for every team. These were positioned in the driveways of threatened homes with fire hoses already deployed and connected to fire engines. Firefighters cut brush, prepped the homes, positioned ladders, and fireproofed each home to the greatest extent possible. Montecito was divided into divisions with each strike team leader reporting to a Division Supervisor. Firefighters worked 24-hour shifts. Every firefighter and agency was connected to the command center on 16 frequencies for coordination and tactical commands, an advantage not available years ago. The peak hour of peril for Montecito came on Saturday, December 16, beginning at 6 am with maximum winds driving the fire from the wildland interface toward the coast and the potential destruction of some $9 billion in Montecito residential real estate. Through a miracle of timing, the fire peaked one hour before a planned shift change. Fresh teams were inserted on schedule, while the old team remained in place for an additional 24-hour shift, doubling the resources on the Montecito fire line. A third shift of reserves stayed in place to fight spot fires as soon as they were reported. Twelve hours later, strong downwinds abated and Montecito was spared.
The Thin Red Line
Every resident of Montecito owes a deep and sincere appreciation for the fearless efforts of this “band of brothers (and sisters)” who came to Montecito, camping out for days and sleeping in our driveways, to protect homes and lives in the face of severe winds and flames. One firefighter, Cory Iverson from San Diego Fire, paid the ultimate cost: his life. Iverson, aged 32, a member of a Fire Apparatus Engineer at Cal Fire San Diego, died of burn injuries and smoke inhalation while fighting the Thomas Fire in rugged terrain on the eastern front, north of Fillmore.
Aerial Drops
At the peak of the Thomas Wildfire, Cal Fire had at its disposal 27 fixed-wing air tankers dropping suppressant; 59 helicopters dropping a mix of retardant and water; 152 hand crews and 80 bulldozers. Twenty-four heavy-lift helicopters, including the huge Sikorski 58, the CL-25 Bombardier “Superscooper”, and 12 UH-1H “Super Huey” helicopters, worked out of privately owned Santa Paula Airport and the Air Attack Base at the Santa Maria Airport, pouring water and retardants on the fire when wind conditions and smoke visibility allowed low-level drops. Jumbo tankers, including a Forest Service DC 10 and the world’s largest supertanker, a converted Boeing 747, joined the fight to lay retardant to help boots on the ground establish containment lines. Fixed-wing aircraft such as C-130s work best to cover ridge tops, but they are limited in getting into canyons where visibility is limited by smoke. Drones played a new and important role in fire discovery and instant mapping of changing conditions.
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Residents north and south of the 101 were placed on mandatory evacuation. Each has a personal story of gathering up what was near and dear to them, as they fled to stay with either friends and family, or to the Doubletree Hilton or the Ritz-Carlton Bacara Resort, or the Buellton Hampton Inn, or Pismo Beach,
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Thomas Fire by the Numbers
In California, the wind-driven Thomas Fire roared to the head of the state list as the largest wildfire in California’s recorded history, surpassing the Cedar Fire in San Diego in October 2003, which burned 273,246 acres, destroyed 2,820 structures, and killed 15 people. Acres burned: 281,893 acres as of yearend 2017. Federal land: 181,333 acres (64%) State land: 96,199 acres (35%) Private land: 2,362 acres (1%) Start date: Monday, December 4, 2017 at approximately 6:35 am below Thomas Aquinas College, outside Santa Paula, on the east side of Highway 150. Containment: 92% as of year-end 2017. Estimated containment date: Saturday, January 20, 2018. Cause: Still under investigation. Fire trajectory: Fueled by strong sundowner winds and dry vegetation from five years of drought, the blaze rushed through Ventura, where it destroyed 400 homes. It continued up the coast past La Conchita and north toward aOjai. Turning west, it threatened Carpinteria, Summerland, and eventually Montecito, before being mostly contained at Gibraltar Road, the gateway to Santa Barbara. Evacuations: 104,607 homes Structures destroyed: 1,063 plus another 280 damaged Firefighters: at its peak, 8,300 firefighters from 17 states Cost to Fight: $177 million as of year-end 2017 Worst time for Montecito: Saturday morning, 6 am, December 16, the day Montecito was saved by nearly a thousand firefighters such as Cory Iverson, who lost his life putting other people’s safety before his own.
California Wildfires in 2017
1.38 million acres of California’s forest and foothills were destroyed in wildland fires in 2017, representing an area twice the size of the entire state of Rhode Island (775,900 acres), and slightly larger than the state of Delaware (1.25 million acres). The 9,053 wildfires in California in 2017 cost the state an estimated $13 billion in insured property losses. On October 8 and 9, 2017, a series of California wildfires started in Sonoma, Napa, Lake, Solano, and Mendocino counties that have become the most deadly and costly wildfires in California history. These fires have become collectively known as the “North Bay Wildfires,” and are composed primarily of three major fire complexes: 1) the southern Atlas Fire; 2) the central Tubbs, Nuns, and Pocket fires; and 3) the Mendocino Lake Redwood and Sulphur fires. The Tubbs Fire started on October 8, 2017, just northwest of Calistoga, California, and burned a total of 36,807 acres in Sonoma and Napa counties. The fire was contained on October 31, 2017. This one fire alone generated some $3.3 billion in insured losses. In October 2017 alone, 250 California wildfires ignited across Northern California, destroying at least 8,900 structures, forcing more than 230,000 evacuations, killing 44 people and burning more than 230,000 acres. Much of that damage and loss of life could have been avoided with a stronger vegetation management program. 11 – 18 January 2018
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t. Louis has been in the news in recent years, for triumphs such as the Cardinals continued baseball dominance and the tragedy of the Michael Brown shooting in nearby Ferguson. But the city also happens to have a highly prized symphony orchestra, notable for both its history as the second oldest such ensemble in the U.S. and its distinctly American flavor. The St. Louis Symphony (SLSO) has also employed a succession of consummate musical directors, including its current leader, the ambitious, dynamic, sonically and intellectually stimulating David Robertson. The American maestro wields the baton when the orchestra in its return to CAMA and Santa Barbara at the Granada next Tuesday, January 16, when the soloist will be the great young violinist Augustin Hadelich, who claimed the inaugural Warner Music Prize in late 2015, then a month later won the 2016 Grammy for Best Classical Instrumental Solo. Musical America’s 2018 Instrumentalist of the Year, Hadelich, who plays the 1723 “Kiesewetter” Stradivarius violin, takes on the Britten
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Concerto, Op.15, on a British-based program that also features Thomas Adès‘ Dances from the 2007 opera Powder Her Face and Shostakovich’s Symphony No.1 in F minor, Op.10. We caught up with longtime St. Louis concertmaster David Halen –
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Tokyo or not Tokyo, that is the Question “Hi, Siri.” “What can I help you with?” “How do you say, ‘My name is Ernie…?’” “I don’t. My name is Siri.” “You didn’t let me finish, Siri.” “What can I help you with?” “I need to know how to say my name…” “I found this website with names.” “…In Japanese. We are going to Japan.” “I found Japanese restaurants near you.” “I don’t want Japanese food.” “Then why are you going to Japan?” “To see the gardens.” “I found this website with gardens near you.” At this point, I threw my iPhone over the patio wall. “I found… iPhone repair shops… near you,” I heard in the distance. I never imagined wanting to go to Japan when I was a kid growing up in New Hampshire. Heck, I didn’t even want to go down south because it seemed too foreign. But about 10 years ago, I took a class in the Art of the Bonsai and began shaping little trees. I starting learning some Japanese terms such as “jin,” which means you created a dead branch. And “shari,” which means you created a dead area on the trunk. Unfortunately, a couple times I completely “jin’d” and “shari’d” a tree all the way down to its “nabari” (roots). But, I got better at it and now I have about 50 healthy, albeit nervous, bonsais. And most recently, I’ve started volunteering in the Japanese Garden at Lotusland trimming the in-ground, bonsai-like “niwakis.” “Why do the Japanese Maples shake every time you take out your pruners, Ernie?” “No idea.” My wife, who has been a docent at Lotusland for more than 15 years, also loves Japanese gardens. So, we thought we should take a trip to Japan. Pat looked for a home exchange. She only found one. She contacted the exchange site to see where the heck all the other listings were. In all of Japan, that was the only one. “Guess that’s out,” I said. But Pat emailed them and they said: “We’d love to exchange!” So now we are going to… Kamakura. “The heck is that?” “South of Tokyo. We’ll have to take the train.” That’s when it hit us. We didn’t know how to speak Japanese. “Except for jin and shari,” I reminded Pat. “Great, if we need to find some dead trees, we’re in.” The good news is that Japan has high-speed rail, and it’s so efficient that you don’t really even need to own a car. You just jump on the train and whoosh – you end up somewhere. “What’s that sign say?” “富士を取付ける歓迎, which either means Welcome to Mount Fuji or No Overnight Camping.” We decided to ask people who had been to Japan how they did it. “We went on a tour.” “We went with a group.” “We never left the hotel.” We tried some braver folks. “What can we expect when we get there?” “Well, you’ll be larger than most of the locals.” “Speaking of food, how do we know what to order?” “All the restaurants have plastic food displays outside of what they serve inside. You just point at it.” “What if we don’t want plastic food?” Turns out, they’re just models and there is an entire industry of plastic food making in Japan. I put that on my must-see list! “You could just order unagi.” “That sounds great, what is it?” “Fresh-water eels. They chop them up and boil them in a spiced stock that is allowed to cool and set into a jelly. You eat it cold.” Pat and I looked at each other and wondered how much thinner we would be when we got home. We found out that many people speak English in Japan, especially in the larger cities. And that many signs are in both languages. “What if we end up in the countryside?” “The best thing you can do,” they told us, “is to make sure you have a translation app on your phone.” That’s when I went to find my iPhone. Siri was not talking to me, but on the screen it said: 私の名前はアーニーです Watashinonamaeha ānīdesu, which was “My name is Ernie” in Japanese. Wish us luck. •MJ 11 – 18 January 2018
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estmont began spring semester as scheduled on January 8, while preparing campus for rain late that afternoon and the following day. The college was not in Santa Barbara County’s evacuation zone that included many areas below the Thomas Fire burn scar, but public safety officers kept a 24-hour watch for flooding. In the first chapel since students were evacuated December 10 due to the blaze, the college honored first responders, members of the news media, and several college employees who played a key role in Westmont’s response and recovery from the fire. More than 1,000 people attended the
service, which included words of praise by Edee Schulze, vice president for student life, Reed Sheard, vice president for advancement and information technology, Tom Beveridge, director of physical plant, and president Gayle D. Beebe. “I want to thank those who put aside their own schedules, those who put forth heroic and herculean effort to stay thru the fire, those who communicated important information, and those who protected not only Westmont but the Santa Barbara community and our segment of the country,” Schulze said. “Most importantly, we pause to thank God for His constant faithfulness, His watchful
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Small works of art from several hundred artists from around the country will be auctioned during “5X5: Celebrating Westmont College’s 80th Anniversary” at the Westmont RidleyTree Museum of Art on January 11-26. An opening reception Thursday, January 11, from 4 to 6 pm will start the online auction (westmontmuseum. org), which lasts until Friday, January 26, at 5 pm. The opening reception, which includes coffee and cake, is free and open to the public. All proceeds from the event, which generally brings in about $20,000, will go toward the museum. “We have been looking forward to bringing the 5×5 exhibition back, and Westmont’s 80th Anniversary is the perfect way to celebrate,” says Judy Larson, R. Anthony Askew professor of art history and museum director. “It’s a great opportunity to support the museum’s programs, meet new artists, and connect with old friends.” Artists were invited to create a unique work of art on a five-inch square piece of Rives BFK paper, which they received and returned to the museum by mail. The exhibition features renowned artists Christo, Charles Arnoldi and Chris Raschka along with local luminaries Tony Askew, Mary Heebner, Penelope Gottlieb, Dane Goodman, Richard Aber, and author T.C. Boyle. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm and 11 am to 5 pm on Saturdays. It is closed Sundays and college holidays. For more information, please visit www.westmontmuseum.org or contact the museum at (805) 565-6162.
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the 12th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Friday, February 9, from 7 to 9 am in the Grand Ballroom of Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort. Tickets cost $125 per person and go on sale Friday, January 12, at 9 am on the Westmont website. Seating is limited, and tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. An expert on domestic and foreign affairs, Hayden served as the country’s first principal deputy director of national intelligence. The retired four-star Air Force general was also the nation’s highest-ranking mili-
tary intelligence officer. His recent memoir, Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror, was a New York Times best-seller and was chosen for the top 100 most notable books of 2016. A principal at the Chertoff Group, Hayden also serves as a distinguished visiting professor at the George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government and as the inaugural Humanitas visiting professor in intelligence studies at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. With expertise on intelligence matters such as cyber-
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security, government surveillance, and geopolitics, Hayden makes frequent appearances on major news outlets and in top publications. He was featured in the HBO documentary Manhunt, which looked at espionage through the eyes of the insiders who led the secret war against Osama bin Laden, and in Showtime’s The Spymasters, which examined the directors of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Hayden received the first Helms Award from the CIA Officers’ Memorial Foundation and accepted the 29th annual William Oliver Baker Award from the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) in 2013. During his military career, he served as commander of the Air Intelligence Agency and director of the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center and in senior staff positions at the Pentagon, U.S. European Command, the National Security Council, and the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria. General Hayden was also the deputy chief of staff for the United Nations Command and U.S. Forces in South Korea. The Westmont Foundation, local businesses, and individuals sponsor the President’s Breakfast to promote discussion of significant issues in the community. Bank of the West is the lead sponsor this year, and Gold Sponsors include Canterbury Consulting, Davies, David and Anna Grotenhuis, Hub International of California, Carl and Jo Lindros, MATT Construction, Lindsay and Laurie Parton, Peter and Monique Thorrington, and V3, with special thanks to Union Bank and the Mosher Foundation. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Steve Baker, Westmont associate vice president for advancement, at (805) 565-7156. •MJ
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transcendent dimensions. You have a way to walk in the shoes of all nine styles. The retreat gives that universal soul. So, people leave the retreat feeling like they got a tour of the world’s great spiritual wisdom, which is where the tools come from. I understand that time spent alone in silence is an essential part of the retreat. Can you explain? Some people groove on silent meditation while others are terrified. We have lots of exercises over the weekend that take us out into nature. The silence is a container to help you listen to yourself, access and get creatively engaged, and perhaps even more in touch with inner inspiration of your life. The retreat opens up a dialog with the deeper parts of ourselves. I know from taking the introductory day with you in November that examining the avoidances/traps/objects of attention (ATO) for each type is particularly challenging for some of us. Why is that? That’s the core of the work. We have compulsive, habitual ways of reacting to situations and people. The Enneagram gives me a lens of insight where I can see what the motivation is, the core wound that causes my response. It’s a defensive mechanism, a survival strategy. When I can catch that, and not operate mechanically, there’s a freedom from my addiction. The ATOs still show up – they’re deeply embedded – but I can sit on the edge of a situation, consider alternatives, and find freedom out of habitual behaviors. Can I ask what might seem like a stupid question: if I know I’m a certain type, why do I want to spend the other 8/9ths of the time working in the others? Because I really do have all aspects of these “other” selves within myself. They’re just latent. They’re not as developed. The antidote to some of my compulsion is to draw from the wisdom the energies that are very different than mine. You get to experience the other types and gain insight into those aspects. The point is that the tools that solve our problems are not found in our own type. It’s outside of it. So, it becomes an elegant network. In learning about the very different types, I discover tools I never would have naturally gone to myself. At the
retreat, we get to experience them. And you might leave being attracted with a new and more powerfully way to habitually handle life. If the Enneagram is so powerful and such a valuable tool of creating acceptance, why is it not much more universally known and practiced? That one is simple. In 1492, with the Spanish Inquisition, anything that was interfaith or inter-spiritual was outlawed. It was a watershed moment. The groups went into their own caves and no longer dialogued. And sadly, the Enneagram also went underground. It was kept alive by esoteric groups but it lost its mainstream connection. We’re trying to get back to that time where we can be less paranoid of each other. The world needs that. The Enneagram is like world work. We’re taking a step toward healing that divisiveness that could blow us up.
La Casa Comes Clean
Saved from Thomas by heroic efforts from firefighters, La Casa de Maria Retreat Center stayed closed longer than expected into the new year to fully remove all the ash and smoke debris, both inside and out. So – assuming this week’s rainstorm spared the lovely grounds just below San Ysidro Ranch from flooding and mudslides – the space is even more welcoming than ever. This week’s events include Lark Batteau’s one-day Yoga for Pure Joy, Tibetan Buddhist Meditation & Tea gathering on Monday, January 15. The 9 am to 3:30 pm event begins with a joy-filled yoga class, followed by Tibetan study and a meditation which cultivates Loving Kindness, Compassion, Empathetic Joy, and Equanimity. A Japanese-inspired lunch leads to a brief Japanese Tea Ceremony with sweet-cake and Matcha, focusing on cultivating the ability to appreciate the beauty that exists in our temporal and ephemeral world. The afternoon brings more Tibetan study and a “Giving and Receiving” meditation, a practice designed to diminish both craving and aversion, with the aim of moving toward a more bright and brave healing presence. The workshop ends with another joy-filled yoga class.
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during my years in college, but would then have to face a “Tribunal” which would test my beliefs and determine my fate. For a time, I was totally involved in preparing for this ordeal. I knew I could possibly be sent to jail, and so read up on prison life. I also wrote a long statement of my reasons for objecting to military service. But since these were not based on any religious belief, I didn’t expect much sympathy from the Tribunal.
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Admission is $85 and limited to 20 people. Cantor Mark E. Childs leads January’s Wednesday Retreat Day – Piercing the Armor of Indifference from Sacred Chant to Opera. Childs, who holds a Master of Sacred Music and has served as cantor of Congregation B’nai B’rith in Santa Barbara since 1991, offers participants the chance to experience a lively, engaging, and enriching journey exploring how music can bring us together in ways that ordinary speech cannot, highlighting our connection rather than our differences. The 9:30 am to 3:30 pm event on Wednesday, January 17, is offered by donation. La Casa de Maria is located at 800 El Bosque Road in Montecito. Call 9695031 or visit www.lacasademarial.org.
Passion for Compassion
Radhule Weininger’s new book, Heartwork: The Path of Self-Compassion, published late last year, is the culmination not only of her career, but also her own journey as a seeker of spiritual connection and peace within and for others. Weininger, who holds both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees, is a practicing clinical psychologist/psychotherapist who also runs One Dharma Sangha and has led ongoing meditation groups in Santa Barbara, Isla Vista, and Montecito on a weekly basis for nearly 15 years. Indeed, it’s the combination of the scholarly, practical, and contemplative approaches that define “Heartwork”, which has its basis in so-called Modern Buddhism, the concept that we have to listen, comprehend, and empathize with our contemporary concerns to translate ancient Buddhist wisdom into a language that can be utilized to address the suffering and confusion that is specific to our time and place.
The book, which features a foreword by her longtime mentor Jack Kornfield, is filled in its first section with stories drawn from her own life – she first stumbled into a Buddhist monastery in Sri Lanka as a young German student back in 1980 – as well as those of her clients and meditation students. Each chapter concludes with short journaling exercises based on the themes uncovered. In the second section, Weininger offers “Nine Practices for Cultivating Compassion”, exercises anyone can use to generate compassion wherever it’s needed, including toward oneself or others, or the community or world at large. A dedicated practice is meant to lead to the ability to live from that place of intelligent kindness in the face of life’s difficulties. Each hands-on offering is clearly explained and illustrated by example, followed by step-by-step instructions. These range from basis “Mindful Meditation” to “Heart’s Intention Practice”, and “Mindful Pause” and “Compassionate Choice Practice” – both of which offer relief from the trigger-action automatic response. The “Spiral of Compassion and Forgiveness Practice” aims to offering healing and assuage the lingering imbalance from conflict suffered in the past. There’s even an on-the-go version when time is short. My personal experience with Weininger includes irregular visits to the meditation groups, as well as a previous participation in one of her extended seminars at La Casa de Maria Retreat Center a couple of years ago, when she was in the process of firming up the exercises and writing the book. I found them to be valuable when I put them to use. Weininger’s largest local undertaking to date, “HEART WORK: Mindfulness and Compassion Practitioner Training”, which takes place January 20-February
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Queue up for the Q
The Q Process is a workshop with the intriguingly colloquial subtitle of “The Art & Practice of Living with Nothing and No One Against You”. The transformational 21-day practice weaves together the latest research emerging from neurobiology, developmental psychology, and quantum science with the wisdom of the world’s mystical traditions to offer a powerful path to personal evolution. The work is designed to combat the way that early experiences may continue to haunt us, even after years of conventional therapy, because the unconscious limiting beliefs we picked up early on actually create associated neural architecture that, when triggered, inhibits the ability to make the conscious choices that align with spiritual principle. The process helps participants understand and reflect on their biology (how the brain and perception works) and their psychology (how they create meaning) to uncover unconscious, limiting patterns of thought and behavior set in motion in childhood still operating by default. The result is more fully integrating the conscious intention of re-awakening to our greatest purpose and more fully experiencing joy and freedom. The Q Process is taught around the
world, including locally here in Santa Barbara, where the reverend Denese Schellink (a Certified Q coach who is married to Unity’s much beloved Reverend Larry) periodically conducts the course, as well as intermittent booster sessions. A sizeable number of local followers who have taken the course and continue to practice swear by the insights and changes achieved through the process. Given that the New Year often brings an attendant commitment to change, Schellink is offering the full 21-day seminar again beginning this Saturday, January 13, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Follow-up group coaching sessions take place 5:30 to 7 pm over the next three Thursday evenings, January 18, 25, and February 1. Get more info by calling Reverend Schellink at 708-7345, emailing deneseds@gmail.com, or visiting www.santabarbaraunity.org/qprocess-workshop. The Q Effect’s website is www.theqeffect.com.
Invoking Intuition
Wendy Cooper’s The Intuitive Life Meetup, which generally holds events up in the Santa Ynez Valley, embraces a new space for the New Year. Developing Your Intuitive, Psychic and/or Mediumship Abilities will meet at Unity Church in Santa Barbara on Saturday, January 13, for a 90-minute workshop during which Cooper will use her experience to show how to develop and manage your intuition. Included is a discussion of the various types of intuitive and psychic abilities and how to develop and manage them. Intended for beginners to intermediates, the course will discuss how to clear your energy, raise your vibration, and how to maintain a positive flow of energy in your body, which helps to heighten your intuitive abilities. Cooper will discuss the difference between using psychic versus mediumship abilities when providing intuitive readings for others, plus demonstrate and review how to give a reading. Admission is $20. Visit www.meetup. com/The-Intuitive-Life. •MJ
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MJ #23/51): apple cider vinegar (ACV) cured my “incurable” (a doctor’s exact word) arthritic gout. He said I would need to be on medication the rest of my life. Instead, I discovered the old Edgar Cayce remedy of combining two teaspoons of ACV and two teaspoons of honey in an eightounce glass of water. Following Circadian rhythms, I avoided it for breakfast (instead, eating a ciderized whole apple), and drank the ACV combination with my lunch and dinner. I stopped my medication in 1970 and haven’t the slightest trace of “incurable” arthritis since. Actually, I take no medication whatsoever, enjoying my longevity and my lifestyle without the benefits of modern medicine. “Vibrant Gal” and I enjoy seeing the Lady in Pink (Patricia Bragg) whenever she makes an appearance at the downtown Santa Barbara farmers market. Atom Bergstrom Montecito (Editor’s note: I frequently ran into Ms Bragg here at Montecito Natural Foods but haven’t seen the always cheerful lady for some time. I do hear, however, that she continues to promote her healthful products. – J.B.)
Plaque at the Park
Henry Muller, ever the patriarch of Montecito, contacted my wife, Jean, regarding an idea he and several friends had relative to the Thomas Fire. It was their thought that efforts should be made to acknowledge and show our deep appreciation and respect of the over 8,000 men and women who assisted in the suppression of that fire. His further idea was to have a commemorative plaque placed in our small park at San Ysidro and East Valley roads. I would suggest that a small committee of five or seven, manageable size, be formed to head such an effort. I also believe that the plaque should contain the names of all organizations that contributed personnel. To assist in that phase, Chip Hickman, as well as ex-chief Ron McClain, would be helpful. Davis von Wittenburg Montecito
Weeding out the Ranks
Three months ago, The New York Times thrust a dagger through Harvey Weinstein’s heart, and before the blood dried on the murder instrument, the AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences), without thought or reflection, yanked Harvey’s membership rights to this exclusive elitist inner sanctum of the cinematic arts. It’s not that there weren’t mem-
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bers in good standing years ago that didn’t bring shame upon AMPAS but go unpunished; Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski can still vote on Academy Oscar nominations after those are released later this month. What to do, though, with Casey Affleck, James Toback, Brett Rattner, and Kevin Spacey? How ‘bout Dustin Hoffman? Or the myriad other lesser lights caught treating women like chattel? Does the Academy expel all these moral midgets too? Or give them a pass like Cosby and Polanski? With the list of the accused growing every week, do they (Academy Board of Governors) take the lead from a militant feminist lobby and drive out all the miscreants who looked untoward at any female on the set? If so, this could lead to a severe weeding out of the membership ranks. Worse yet, it undoubtedly would result in a swarm of less vetted charges against anybody who acted ungentlemanly. Were he alive, Jimmy Stewart couldn’t escape this secular inquisition. The AMPAS is probably the most vertically liberal/secular organization – top to bottom – of any professional group in the country. They are certainly no less doctrinaire liberal/ socialist than the American Historical Association or American Association of University Professors. The few non-liberal, non-revolutionary members who do get accepted within the ranks of these groups, however, need not bother applying for leadership positions. They’ll never hear back. The litmus test wouldn’t allow these prospects to get to first base. The essence of liberalism/socialism is that the mind must be placed in a backroom closet while the heart does the leading, front and center, fueled by emotion. Risk management is not a course associated with majoring in liberalism/socialism. Assessing future fallout from the consequences of blindly following emotion-driven actions is not something left-wing ideologues even think of doing beforehand. Leftists are forever hanging themselves by their own petard. One way or another, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will hang itself by the ropes of its own hypocrisy. David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara
Trump’s First Year
2017 was a good year for President Trump. And this was in spite of antiTrump Democrats, progressives, Republican Never-Trumpers, and a very biased media. For starters, the year ended with the biggest tax reform since 1986. And,
according to the White House, there were 81 important rollbacks of “progressive assaults on the Constitution.” Trump started with the appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and the appointment of 12 Appeals Court judges (originalists all). Their influence will shape our government for years. On the economic front, tax reform will survive and cutting regulations has saved $8 billion so far. Add the good news that there has been more than 3% GDP growth for three quarters, 1.7 million new jobs, a stock market up 28%, unemployment at its lowest since 2000, and a 17-year economic confidence high. On the foreign front, the president has started to repair the damage done to America’s image and prestige. He also increased sanctions on Iran, refused to certify the disastrous Iran deal, bombed a Syrian airfield and destroyed a fifth of Assad’s jet fighters, took the gloves off our military, ended ISIS’s “caliphate,” rolled back Obama’s concessions to Cuba and began to strengthen our military. Most recently, Trump defended Western Civilization in Poland, unleashed UN ambassador Nikki Haley against a very anti-American/anti-Israel UN, and announced the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital by the United States. In short, America is getting its international mojo back under President Trump. Yes, 2017 was an important year for our president. America has become great again. Let’s hope 2018 will continue this trend. Diana Thorn Carpinteria
Time to Defund PP
Don’t you just love it when Planned Parenthood’s (PP) own annual report is proof they don’t need our tax money? Their latest annual report (2016-2017) just came out, and according to them, their revenue was $1.46 billion, so please don’t tell me they’re hurting for cash. With revenue of $1.46 billion, they continue to insist they need money from the government. It’s time to de-fund these monsters. Here’s the link to the report: https://t.co/ iDJ6trtvqn. I’m offended not only by the ghastly business they run, but also as a taxpayer I’m offended by a federally funded organization supporting candidates I don’t support, with my tax money. They play the “poor women need health care from Planned Parenthood” card while they line the pockets of Democrats who make sure their funding continues. Who says crime doesn’t pay? If I were a conspiracy theorist, I could make a pretty solid case that we are being subverted from within, by virtue of the fact that while liberals
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de-populate the country through the abortion mills, these very same liberals are the impetus behind the re-population of our country with any and all the flotsam and jetsam that make it across our borders legally or illegally. There is absolutely no reason that a company – non-profit or otherwise – should be getting federal financial help when it has revenue of $1.46 billion. It’s about time our “leaders” in D.C. listened and defunded them. Right, President Trump? Larry Bond Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Our government spends way too much money on way too many programs; Planned Parenthood is just one of probably thousands of “nonprofits” whose funds should be cut back if not completely eliminated. – J.B.)
THE USA QUIZ Kid
Here’s a scramble of letters: OROOTATNOINROT You can unscramble them to yield a Canadian province and its capital city. ONTARIO TORONTO Your December USA challenge: Unscramble the letters to yield a state name and its capital city. 1. GTAGAENAORILAT 2. EFKTFOKURKNYANCTR 3. NNASOESUTLIAMPT 4. GNHNIACIMALSNGI 5. NNLMEOHAANAET 6. AMRSIRKDACOTBTHANKO 7. ANXMCSINEETOFEWA 8. WROEEOHNRCAINDHCMPS 9. AADPONRIANMNLYASL 10. RIHINAIVDMNGCOIR (You’ll find the answers on page 27) Sanderson M. Smith, Ed.D. Carpinteria (Mr. Smith is a retired math teacher from Cate School and Santa Barbara City College.)
Ray’s Ramblings by Ray Winn
Terrorism and Jihad: a Different Perspective
The headlines scream almost daily of the fanatical terrorists who attack the unsuspecting and unprotected of the world. They are called out as not having any character or moral compass. They are called “fanatical misfits,” “radical Muslim religious zealots,” “maniacal murderers,” or simply “crazed.” Christians, Jews, and most other faiths and religious orders are taught forgiveness, peace, and benevolence toward their fellow man. Although the Old Testament recites acts of violence, it is often couched in rhetorical terms and as examples of the implementation of faith, and is certainly rarely carried out in practice in the modern world. 11 – 18 January 2018
A Minor Threat However, the terrorist movement is something fairly new to us in the United States, and especially abhorrent in much of the so-called civilized world. It is also troublesome for politicians, as the populace at large increasingly look to them for the solution to all their problems, with terrorism currently being high on the list. A problem for which they have almost no solution(s). The United States suffered about 3,300 terrorist-related deaths from 1994 to 2016. From a pragmatic and purely analytical standpoint, terrorism is actually a minor threat to the average North American, compared to other death and injury risks. According to OSHA, about 32,000 deaths result from slipping and falling each year, with another 4.8 million injured… 1.6 million requiring medical attention or hospitalization. About 35,000 Americans commit suicide each year, over half related to mental health issues. NSF reports there were 38,300 U.S. automobile deaths in 2015, and 4.4 million serious injuries with up to 25% being alcohol related. There were 17,250 murders in the U.S. in 2016, approximately 11,000 with guns… 5% of them in Chicago alone. About 89,000 people die in the U.S. from alcohol and alcohol-related illness each year. Drug overdose accounted for an additional 47,000 deaths in 2014, and an estimated 58,000 in 2016. Smoking causes about 440,000 deaths per year with a finan11 – 18 January 2018
cial burden of more than $250 billion per year. As many as 380,000 people in the U.S. die needlessly each year from diseases, mistakes committed, and infections while in our hospitals. Hospital-induced deaths in Bangkok are less than 8% of the rate in the U.S., and are less than half that in Japan. Total annual non-natural deaths from the above causes are about 1 million people per year, or the entire population of Montana. About 22 million non-natural deaths from 1994-2016, or the entire population of Florida. A Sense of Priority As a nation, we certainly have a host of death-related problems that deserve our attention. The above numbers are staggering compared to the roughly 3,300 deaths due to terrorist attacks over the last 22 years from 1994-2016. Except for the 2,902 who died in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, the total is less than 400, including 86 Americans who died in attacks outside the U.S. Including all deaths from terror attacks, the average is about 19 deaths per year, not including 9/11 and 145 per year including 9/11. The murder rate in Chicago alone (mostly preventable) is 500% higher than that, in Baltimore 200% higher, and other cities such as St Louis are quick to willingly add to the statistics. Many of the roughly 22 million deaths that have occurred over the same time frame cited in the statistics above could have been saved. Doesn’t that speak loudly to our sense of priorities and allocation of valuable resources? That is a ratio of 690,000%! Obviously, not all those could have been saved, but if 10% – 2,200,000 – could have been saved, it is still a ratio of 69,000% compared to terrorist-related deaths. Just saving that many lives would have a positive impact on the U.S. economy of at least $2 trillion. I think you are beginning to get the idea. Now, the last thing I want to convey is a lack of sympathy for those poor souls and their families, who were slaughtered by misdirected psychotic animals who took the lives of people they did not even know. It represents the antithesis of the belief system held by almost all Judeo-Christians, as well as other societies. The thought of losing a family member or close friend in such a horrific act is unthinkable for most citizens and has certainly captured the attention of politicians eager to capitalize on the issue and spend inordinate amounts of money to solve the problem, as if money is the answer to all problems. It is politically expedient for fat-bottom politicians to use the current terrorist flash point for their own political gain and exploitation and to feed at the trough of fundraising for their next election. In the end, they do little to
solve most of the larger problems facing their constituents and America at large, such as those cited above. Much of their time is spent making sure they have the money and connections to get re-elected and a well-paying job after leaving office. I worked in Washington for more than 20 years, and know the drill well indeed, even if the average American doesn’t. While there, watching their behavior, I referred to many of them as political whores. There were also many, indeed most, who were there to do good and serve the public but thwarted at every turn by the ingrates of the establishment/old boy club. Many of the good guys eventually became almost as jaded as well. Religion of Peace? If you look at the terrorist issue through the eyes of the terrorist, you could argue that they are only carrying out the teachings of their religion from the strict point of view of the true basis of their religious teachings. They are simply following the teachings of Mohammad. The strictly interpreted Muslim religion has an underlying proclivity for violence toward any person or movement that is not in absolute compliance and agreement with the teaching of the Koran and Mohammad. Strictly speaking, it is all too often taught that it is not only acceptable but encouraged and a duty that the true believer should seek out the infidel (meaning any non-believer) and “smite him down and destroy him, his family and his property.” The radical clerics frequently misquote and preach this tenet for their own divisive purposes. So, in the eyes of what we call a terrorist, it is the liberal or westernized element of the Muslim faith that has gone astray and has been hijacked and radicalized, at least from the view of the terrorist. Liberal Muslims are viewed by the terrorists almost as much the enemy as the infidel. It is the basic misunderstanding of our society and our political leaders that misses or ignores this message. This lack of understanding causes us to fail in our realistic assessment of the problem. The strictly faithful Muslim, as taught by many clerics, is what we call a terrorist. In fact, he is just carrying out what he has been taught almost from birth to be his right, his obligation, and such brainwashing is either difficult or downright impossible to reverse. This point is brought home by recent polls showing that up to 50% of Muslims worldwide, even among the liberals, think these attacks and suicide bombings are acceptable, if not encouraged. In parts of Africa and even parts of the mid-East, that acceptance grows to as much as 70 to 80%! The average American, and their politicians, simply don’t understand the length and breadth of what we call the war on terrorism as practiced by
Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. – D.H. Lawrence
the radical Muslim movement. We call these terrorists depraved psychopaths. They view themselves as devoutly religious. The chasm between these two points of view brings the problem into sharper focus. What to Do In nearly all cases of recent terrorist attacks, the trail inevitably leads back to a mosque and to one or more dedicated militant clerics who have no intention of preaching the integration of followers into the mainstream of American society. In most cases, what we call “militant clerics” are going to preach exactly the opposite and adding murder and mayhem to boot. They do their best to imbue their followers with the precise, unadorned principles of their strictly interpreted Muslim faith… a path that is the opposite of what mainstream Americans and most Muslims believe in. We have religious freedom in America; that is the freedom to pray to the god you want, respect the right of others to do the same, live in peace, and obey the laws of the United States. Religious freedom does not extend to the persecution and acts of violence toward those with whom one does not agree. Those acts need to be dealt with swiftly and with certainty. The PC police frequently insert themselves, usually for the sake of votes, into the fray and routinely side with those who are no more than ordinary thugs. A church should not be allowed to foster such behavior any more than someone yelling “fire” in a crowded theater. In my mind, such teachings border on conspiracy to commit crimes and should be dealt with accordingly. Teaching people to kill one another because of their beliefs is not only bordering on unlawful, but is despicable and the antithesis of the basic beliefs of America and all civilized societies worldwide. What should we do, if anything? I don’t know. If you know, send me your plan, or better yet, send it to your Congress member, so he or she can put it in the “circular file.” At least, it might make you feel better for having sent it. As my grandmother used to say, “I just tells it like it is.” So please, don’t shoot the messenger. Keep the faith. Ray Winn Montecito •MJ Answers to quiz from page 26 1. GEORGIA … ATLANTA 2. KENTUCKY… FRANKFORT 3. MINNESOTA…ST. PAUL 4. MICHIGAN… LANSING 5. MONTANA… HELENA 6. NORTH DAKOTA …BISMARCK 7. NEW MEXICO …SANTA FE 8. NEW HAMPSHIRE… CONCORD 9. MARYLAND …ANNAPOLIS 10. VIRGINIA… RICHMOND
It is extremely rare that violence for the sake of violence is taught in most modern Western and Asian religious orders. The teachings and fundamental preaching of peace, the goodness of man, and respect for one another in most religions is taught from an early age, and if not in a formal religious setting, certainly in the parlance of school and most homes, even among non-believers. There is certainly the principle of an eye for an eye practiced as relates to behavior outside the social norm… whatever that happens to be in historical context, and local or national customs and practice. People are imprisoned for foul deeds, as they should be. Punishment obviously varies in “Western-type” cultures but rarely exceeds what the world perceives as excessive. You can receive public retribution for spitting out your gum in the street of Singapore, or even a few whips from a cane, but that would be about the most excessive punishment for a “minor” offense of which I can think. Most of the world lives, in varying degrees, in the shadow of criminal elements, both from the populace and from some governments. The range in intensity is quite different from one place to another and has varied widely over time as well.
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Story and photos by Lynn P. Kirst
Empty Saddles in 2017
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tarting out the New Year, I always make it a tradition to recall a few special people who passed away in the last. So, here are those who died in 2017 that I especially want to remember. This is a highly personal and random list, as it is every year. Usually I include those who share my connection, no matter how tenuous, to horses, trails, and the outdoors, or the Western way of life in general.
A museum and travel professional, community volunteer, and lifelong equestrienne, Lynn Kirst is a fourth-generation Californian who grew up in Montecito; she can often be found riding or hiking the local trails
Glen Campbell (1936-2017)
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lthough he was known at the pinnacle of his singing career as the “Rhinestone Cowboy,” Glen Campbell started out life as an exceedingly poor Southern boy. The 12th child in his Arkansas family, Glen’s prodigious talent was evident at an early age. His sharecropper father scraped together $5 to buy Glen’s first guitar when he was 4 years old. It was the start of a tremendous entertainment career that spanned music, film, and television. Remember the song “Wichita Lineman”? Campbell’s primary success was as a musician. He sold more than 50 million copies of the 70 albums he released, with 80 songs reaching the charts. “Gentle on My Mind” is still one of my favorites. A recipient of ten Grammy Awards, Campbell also received nearly as many other awards from various music associations. He was inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Musician’s Hall of Fame. Campbell’s biggest film role was as the Texas Ranger named La Boeuf in the original 1969 film True Grit, starring John Wayne. For that movie, Campbell sang the Academy Award-nominated theme song “Someday, Little Girl” composed by Elmer Bernstein (19222004), who made his home in Santa Barbara for many years. Sadly, Campbell died after a public battle with Alzheimer’s, which was documented in the film Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me. It generated
Glen Campbell with one of the dozens of awards he received over a long and successful career in the entertainment industry
Campbell’s last Grammy for the song “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”, the title tragically referring to the fact that he had already lost his memory long before his death at age 81.
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lthough his life got off to a rough start, Sam Hamill ended up being one of the most influential figures of the American poetry scene in the latter quarter of the 20th century. His actual parentage and year of birth are unknown, and he was adopted at the age of 3 into a Utah farming family. Hamill was abused as a child, causing him to run away in his early teens. Life on the streets led to heroin use and numerous stints in jail for petty crimes, but thankfully he managed to turn his life around. Hamill once characterized his early life in an interview by saying, “I’d been through being orphaned, adopted, being a battered child, being turned on to reading since age four, growing up on a horse in Mormon, Utah, a street junkie in San Francisco
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Sam Hamill had a rough start in life but was launched on a distinguished literary career while a student at UCSB
in the late ‘50s who’d been ‘saved’ by City Lights Bookstore and Kenneth Rexroth.” In his mid-20s, Hamill entered college and received a $500 award for editing the best college literary magazine in the country while he attended UCSB. He co-founded Copper Canyon Press with the prize money and a couple of partners. His career was spent as a poet, editor, publisher, teacher, essayist, and translator of Chinese and Japanese classic and modern poets. Hamill’s translation of the following verse by Edoperiod Japanese poet Basho (1644-1694) is one of my favorites: The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
Montecito resident Preston Hotchkis at a 1973 cattle branding on his family’s Cojo-Jalama Ranch, recently acquired by the Nature Conservancy
Santa Barbara County, Pres came to know the cowboy life on a personal basis. The spectacular ranch on the Gaviota Coast was acquired by the Nature Conservancy just last month. Pres lived for the last many years in Montecito with his wife, Maurine Hotchkis, who survives him. I considered Pres to be a gentleman of the old school, of which there are fewer and fewer these days.
Sir Roger George Moore (1927-2017) Roger Moore in his role as Beau Maverick in the early 1960s television series Maverick
Preston Bixby Hotchkis (1929-2017)
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escendent of one of Southern California’s most distinguished families, Pres Hotchkis was born in Los Angeles to Preston and Katharine (Bixby) Hotchkis. As a boy, “Pres” traveled by train to New Hampshire where he was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, graduating in 1947. Returning to the West Coast, Pres received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1951. After serving as an officer in the Strategic Air Command in several states and England, Pres returned to Berkeley to obtain his law degree from Boalt Hall, Class of 1956. Pres practiced law with Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher in Los Angeles until 1964, when he left to became president and CEO of Bixby Land Company in Long Beach, founded by his grandfather. He remained chairman of the board until the company liquidated in 2007. Pres served on the board of many organizations, including Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens, his family’s historic Long Beach home that holds a double listing on the National Register of Historic Places. By working on his family’s 24,000acre Cojo-Jalama Ranch in northern
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y girlfriends and I all fell in love with Roger Moore when we were in the 8th grade, when he made his debut as “Bond, James Bond,” in the 1973 film Live and Let Die. One of the most handsome men in the world when he was in his prime, Moore took over the role originated by Sean Connery and portrayed Agent 007 in six films over the next 12 years. My inclusion of Moore in this column is not because he was the spy we loved to love, but because of another role of his I discovered by watching television re-runs as a kid: Beau Maverick. Maverick was a television Western that originally ran from 1960-61 and starred another handsome dude, James Garner (1928-2014) as the frontier gambler Bret Maverick. When Garner left the series, Moore was brought on board and introduced to audiences as Bret Maverick’s cousin with the English accent and French name. The role was a short-lived, but 11 – 18 January 2018
a high-profile stop on Moore’s way to becoming an international star. Influenced by his actress friend Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) and her humanitarian work, Roger Moore became a Goodwill ambassador for UNICEF in 1991. This led to his being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003. He died at age 89 in Switzerland (where he maintained a home), but he is buried in the principality of Monaco, where he was also a resident.
Joseph Bernard Schomer (1945-2017)
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nown to his legions of friends and fans as “Buffalo Joe,” this gentle giant with an insatiable knowledge for history was an unforgettable fixture in Santa Barbara for 25 years. Joe Schomer earned his BSME at Michigan Tech, then embarked on a 35-year career in engineering and high-tech marketing with Texas Instruments, Tektronix, Rockwell International, and Cisco. After retiring from the tech industry and moving to Santa Barbara, Joe began his volunteer service with Kiwanis and its bicycle helmet safety program for elementary schools. He followed his passion for Western history by becoming the head docent at the Carriage and Western Art Museum, where he acquired the nickname “Buffalo Joe.” He was also involved with the docent education program at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, as well as the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, which named him “Volunteer of the Year” in 2015. Buffalo Joe was particularly beloved by the hundreds of schoolchildren for whom he made history come alive, but he also gave tours to families, foreign visitors, and retiree groups at all three museums with which he was involved. Joe could also be found greeting cruise ship passengers and
“Buffalo Joe” Schomer shared his love of history with countless students and visitors to Santa Barbara
providing visitor information at various downtown locations and the airport. He is sorely missed by his dear wife, Suzi Schomer, and all of us who had the pleasure of knowing him.
Michael Towbes (left) sharing a horseback handshake with good friend and fellow rancher Palmer Jackson
Although he didn’t have time to ride often, Mike knew how to sit a horse. His widow, Anne Smith Towbes, fondly recounted to me a side trip from Buenos Aires they took there, when Mike was able to ride with the Argentinian gauchos. That was just one part of the full and meaningful life that Mike Towbes enjoyed before his passing at age 87 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. The reverberation of his leadership and generosity is still felt throughout Santa Barbara and will be for a long time to come. •MJ
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here has probably been more written about Mike Towbes since his passing last April than anyone who has ever died in Santa Barbara, given his extraordinary role as a business and philanthropic leader of this community. Like many others, I first met my neighbor Mike when he generously supported a fundraiser I was chairing for a non-profit organization for which I served on the board of directors. I include him in this column not only because of my respect for his altruistic legacy, but because of his connection to the Western way of life. Many people don’t know that among the many hats he wore, there was a cowboy hat lurking in Mike’s closet. He had a ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley, where he kept a small herd of longhorn cattle. Or, as his fellow Montecito resident and good friend Palmer Jackson, owner of the mighty 10,000-acre Alisal Ranch in Solvang used to tease Mike by calling it “that tiny little ranch of yours with your Hollywood cattle.”
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Coast Village Road Emergency Community Forum The Coast Village Association and representatives from the City of Santa Barbara will host an emergency community meeting to discuss cleanup and restoration of Coast Village Road and Coast Village Circle following the devastating mudslides affecting Montecito. Attendees from the City of Santa Barbara include Rebecca Bjork, director of Public Works; Paul Casey, City Administrator; Nick Cabugos, Maintenance Coordinator; building inspectors and other City personnel. The Coast Village Association urges everyone who is interested to know what the City is doing and plans to do, or who would like to voice requests or concerns regarding City services, to attend the meeting. When: Friday, January 12, 9 am Where: Olive Mill Plaza, 1225 Coast Village Road, in the parking area between the buildings Info: bobludwickcva@gmail.com
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Weather: the Driving Force
At its height, the Thomas wildfire was powerful enough to generate its own winds and weather system, qualifying it as a firestorm. There were periods when the fire was advancing at a rate of one acre per second. A favorable wind change allowed firefighters to hold the hillside fire from sweeping into Montecito. Not so fortunate was Ventura, where Santa Ana winds pushed the fire rapidly toward the coastline, invading the city before firefighters could set up a planned defensive line.
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or San Francisco. Others fled south to Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. Coast Village Road was empty, except for a few diehards hiding behind surreal facemasks, hacking and coughing, darting between empty storefronts to watch the flames that were less than a mile away. Animals at the Santa Barbara Zoo were crated to prepare for possible evacuation. The Four Seasons Santa Barbara Biltmore and the San Ysidro Ranch were shut down because of smoke inhalation problems for both employees and guests. Ash cleanup delayed their reopening for nearly a month. All evacuation orders for Santa Barbara County were lifted at 9 am on Thursday, December 21. For almost two weeks, the California Highway Patrol, aided by the County Sherriff’s Department and the National Guard, posted police protection at every street intersection under evacuation to prevent looting of unguarded homes prior to the return of residents.
Looting and Other Mischief in Montecito
Thanks to a strong police presence, looting of unguarded Montecito homes was almost nonexistent. On December 20, a 32-year-old Lompoc man, Adam Smith, was spotted on surveillance video and arrested at the beachfront home of Beanie Babies tycoon Ty Warner on Channel Drive. On December 11, Cesar Flores, 31, was arrested by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department on suspicion of a bike burglary, possession of a burglary tool, and using drugs in public after he was seen prowling on private property in the 600 block of El Bosque Road, north of Highway 192 just east of San Ysidro Road, an evacuated area. On December 16, police officers and firefighters battling the flames came across a Montecito residence in the 2200 block of Bella Vista Drive with 400 pounds of cut marijuana, 20 pounds of hashish, and numerous cans of butane, used for a commercial-grade extraction lab to produce THC from marijuana leaves.
The mandatory “Get-Out-Now” message to Montecito residents north and south of 192 was heard loud and clear. Both Casa Dorinda and Westmont College implemented carefully crafted, pre-tested evacuation plans that moved both distressed seniors and young students out of harm’s way according to plan. Westmont reported spot fires that were extinguished in the riverbed between the campus and faculty homes. Flames swept around Page Hall on the upper campus but were extinguished by firefighters assigned to the area. According to Gwen Stauffer, CEO at Lotusland, damage was limited to thirsty plants, a burned date palm, and melted irrigation pipes near the house in the Palmetum. Only mulch and Clivia burned in the citrus orchard. It was clear that vigilant firefighters onsite extinguished spot fires, protecting the gardens.
In the lower village along Coast Village Road and the Middle Road district, fear of fire was more muted. Businesses closed, events were canceled, schools were closed and most residents donned uncomfortable R95 facemasks that steamed up eyeglasses but filtered out toxins, asbestos, and other dangerous particulates from the smoke and ash. The most popular viewing spot in Montecito became Ortega Ridge Road, which separates Montecito from Summerland. The panoramic nightly fire scene was astonishing in its breadth and ferocity. Flames erupted from fireballs into towering blazes within minutes. The rising fire created a mushroom cloud over Montecito visible both day and night.
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Power Losses and TV Coverage
Early on, Montecito residents were besieged by a continuous stream of power losses shutting down KEYT reporters John Palminteri and Beth Farnsworth’s ability to deliver TV fire reports. Desktop computers were shut down, while smart phones and laptops could not be recharged. Interruptions in light and power added to a climate of fear and angst. After an initial burst of outages, Southern California Edison performed exceptionally well under difficult circumstances. Chris Childress, Santa Barbara County Fire chief, and his associates, did an outstanding job of informing and reassuring nervous residents with his daily 4 pm fire briefings on KEYT.
Flood and Mud
The Upper Village of Montecito
The Lower Village of Montecito
Fueled by 50 mph winds, the small brush fire that ignited at St. Thomas Aquinas College near Santa Paula raced through the rugged mountain terrain, crossing 11 canyons before sweeping down the Santa Clara River Valley into eastern Ventura on the night of Monday, December 4. With no time for planning, entire neighborhoods were cremated. The wall of flame swept into the heart of Ventura, reaching just behind the courthouse. Wiped out were the Vista del Mar Hospital and the Hawaiian Village Apartments, despite the emergency deployment of 1,700 personnel, 362 fire engines, 19 bulldozers, and four water tenders, and the mandatory evacuation of 27,000 residents in the first 12 hours. Said mayor Neil Andrews: “I was sworn in as the new mayor by the City Council on Monday night, December 4. As I walked out of City Hall, all the lights in the City went out. In the next 24 hours, the fast-moving fire destroyed 427 homes and damaged another 85 in Ventura.” What saved Ventura was a wind change that suddenly turned the blaze northwest toward La Conchita and the Solimar Beach area on the Pacific Coast Highway, where the fire jumped the 101 before attacking the Rincon Coast, Carpinteria, Summerland, and Montecito. On December 4, Montecito Water District general manager Nick Turner was slated to close on a newly purchased home in Ventura, but on the proposed closing day, he learned that his new home burned to the ground. Said Turner, “Had the fire happened one day later, I would have completed my purchase and lost everything.”
With the prospect of rain on a fresh burn area, the immediate peril switched from fire to floods and mudslides. Heavy rains in fact did force naked hillsides to release debris, boulders, and mud from denuded hillsides into populated areas, or and into vulnerable watersheds. A post-fire disaster, but it happened. The Thomas fire burned through Montecito’s Jameson Lake watershed, destroying several structures. That reservoir is vulnerable to debris, sediment, and ash contamination in the event of significant rainfall, resulting in a need for higher treatment levels at the City-owned, but shared, Cater Water Treatment Plant. The threat at the Cachuma and Gibraltar reservoirs is less severe.
Montecito Vegetation Mitigation
Montecito today will benefit from the reduction in wildfire fuel caused by the Thomas Fire burn of 281,893 acres in December 2017; the Jesusita fire burn of 8,733 acres in 2009; the Gap Fire burn of 9,443 acres in 2008; and the Tea Fire burn of 1,940 acres in 2008. Fuel buildup in the hills overlooking Montecito has been greatly diminished. The challenge will be to prevent the threat of flammable vegetation with removal, controlled burns, and firebreaks. Montecito, with its winding roads, steep terrain, and lush residential landscaping, presents a unique challenge in wildfire management. The Los Angeles Times, in reporting on the Thomas Fire, labeled the “towering Eucalyptus trees of Montecito, whose sap and bark are highly flammable” as the primary culprit in creating “fire danger in the starry enclave of Montecito.” Mitigation of fire-receptive vegetation will be the subject of post-fire analysis and more community discussion. •MJ
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SEEN (Continued from page 15) Tunnel rock where the old road used to be and cars drove under it
Part of the Sequoia National Park
Dane with one of the largest trees in the world
the ashes also act as a natural fertilizer for new growth. The trees reproduce by seeds only. The fire heats sequoia cones and dries out the cone scales, releasing seeds to germinate. It also creates openings in the canopy for sunlight to reach seedlings. This used to be done naturally by small lighting-struck fires. Now, man controls the fire burns. There are 800 miles of marked trails and more than 1,200 campsites plus a variety of lodging accommodations in both parks. We went to the charming lodge for lunch but should probably have taken a picnic instead. Lions, and tigers, and bears – oh, my! There’s lots of wildlife, including mountain lions and bears. In 1903, only 450 people visited Sequoia and Kings Canyon. Last year, almost 1.7 million visitors came. To protect these special places, try using the free in-park shuttle during the busy summer season or make a reservation on the Sequoia Shuttle, which
goes from Visalia, Exeter, and Three Rivers. Would you believe that nearly 300 buildings were removed from Sequoia National Park in the 1990s: also a gas station, a sewage treatment plant, a hotel, two markets, and more than 24 acres of asphalt. It was a giant forest restoration project. John Muir was a fan of the area after visiting in 1873. By the 1870s, ranchers grazed the cattle and sheep and saw mills were built. The early loggers proceeded to chop down and carry away one-third of the ancient trees. Their wood made pencils and even grape stakes in early California vineyards. But mid-19th century conservationists came to the rescue. Finally, after years and much debate on September 25, 1890, president Benjamin Harrison signed the bill that established Sequoia Nation Park, America’s second national park. A week later, Congress
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increased the park’s size to protect the General Grant Grove. National parks are uniquely American and signified the government’s intentions to limit unrestrained exploitation of the land. America’s federal, state, and local parks and public lands generate $200 billion in annual economic activity and support more than 1 million jobs. Trees produce oxygen we need to survive, but they also save money. It’s estimated that trees in cities save $400 billion to retain storm water. A
single tree can store 100 gallons or more, which helps keep streets from flooding, and the list goes on. Besides, it feels good to leave the city and get out in nature. As president Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “There is nothing so American as our national parks.” So, take a hike! For more information, log on to OhRanger.com or threerivers. com or call Sequoia Foothills at (559) 561-3300. Pets are not allowed on the trails, but there are kennels in nearby towns. •MJ
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Cars were tossed around like so many toys as the wall of mud and debris roared down Olive Mill Road and spilled over onto Coast Village Road
Despite the trauma and the loss of his home, Bill Horstman kept his spirits up
Motorists trying to make their way north along Highway 101 were stymied by debris that lay across the Olive Mill Road exit
“After four or five texts,” she says, “he did not answer,” so she got up and realized he was sleeping on the other side of the house, so she went back to bed. But then, a “red glow” in the bedroom frightened her. She said to herself, “This is not normal,” just before the house lost electricity. There was a fire somewhere in the neighborhood. “The glow was so ominous,” she recalls. That “glow” was caused by homes in the nearby enclave behind Santa Tomas Lane, set on fire by an exploding transformer. By then, Mark, a friend of Marco, was outside with a flashlight yelling, ‘Get out of here. Get out! Flash flood coming your way!’ Mark had heard the noise of the oncoming disaster; “It’s a noise I’ll never forget,” Virgie Horstman says the roaring mudslide traveling at highway speeds made her realize she and Gabrielle says. her husband, Bill, had to act quickly “So, I got Marco and said, ‘Go and wake up Dad.’ I went outside to see what was happening and the kitchen door burst open. A trunk of a tree broke the kitchen door. Our dining room table and kitchen table, along with a sofa, were pushed into another room by the mud.” They had prepared all the things they wanted to save when evacuated during the threat of the Thomas Fire but had put everything back and, since they were not in the mandatory evacuation zone, felt reasonably safe. Jeff says he lost all the paintings he had in his garage and in his studio. Some were quite valuable.
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The larger estates along Olive Mill didn’t escape the damage either
“When I was trying to get out of the bedroom,” Jeff relates, “I thought, ‘What else do I need? Should I get the Olympic medals? Nah,’ I told myself, so they are buried someplace in all that mud.” Other refugees taking shelter at Coldwell Banker included Carolene Tacconelli, who, along with her daughter, Allessandra, walked out in the middle of the night along Eleven Oaks Lane and came through the opening behind CVS to escape the flood. “The light from the fire lit up the entire area,” she says, adding, “then I heard this [horrific] sound and wondered, ‘What is that?’ I got up on a chair and looked out at Olive Mill and cars and things were just flying by. I yelled at my daughter to ‘get up and get out... now.’” ••• Highway 101 should be open to through traffic by the time you read this, as will train service to and from Santa Barbara. During the 101 shutdown, Santa Barbara’s Condor Express, in concert with Island Packers in Ventura, made regular trips up and down the coast at a modest $32.50 each way. For a number of days, that was the only reliable way to get in and out of Santa Barbara if one
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and search for the missing. He said many of the rescues performed were for injured people, some moderately, and several seriously injured. Three hundred people were being airlifted out of Romero Canyon by the afternoon, and Birnam Wood Golf Club was turned into a “casualty collection
received thousands of calls from residents needing rescue; people were on the 2nd floors of their homes as well as their roofs, awaiting emergency responders. MFPD, with the help of other local and regional teams, performed 50 rescue hoists via helicopter,
point,” where evacuees gathered to be transported out of the area. “We staged equipment, we upstaffed, and we warned residents of the danger this storm posed,” Chief Hickman said. Unfortunately, it’s esti-
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and 50 on-foot rescues, and as of press time, continued to be in search and rescue mode, searching for survivors. “The death toll will rise,” Chief Hickman said. Five-hundred personnel were on the ground Tuesday afternoon, helping to clean up debris
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Our Town
Taking fewer than five minutes with the UCSB Jazz Ensemble musicians in the rehearsal room before their year-end concert
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Montecito Polar Bear Swimmers Return Meeting up after a few years apart are the loyal swimmers of the Annual Miramar Beach Club New Year’s Day Swim (from left): Peter Freitag, Judy Alexander, Byron Ishkanian, Maxine Filippin, and Marion Freitag
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he first day of 2018 found Montecito with a bright-blue and sun-filled morning sky, balmy with a breeze at 72 degrees, thanks to our brave firefighters who abated the Thomas Fire to 92 percent containment. It also heralded the reunion of the Miramar Beach Club’s Annual Polar Bear Swimmers, who met at Butterfly Beach down from the still closed Biltmore Hotel in Montecito. The new location for the annual swim is due to the construction at the Miramar and security lock off of the usual meeting spot at Miramar beach. No spirits were dampened, however, and the tight-knit group met at 11 am with no frills. Maxine Filippin said, “Gosh, we certainly are missing our pal Richard Payne, former manager of the Miramar Beach Club, who brought us all together for the New Year’s Day swim and mimosas!” Richard was there in spirit from his new home in Seattle and replied to me via email, “The annual New Year’s Day plunge was a decades-long tradition among the members of the Miramar Beach & Tennis Club, which I managed from 1987 to 2000. When the club and resort closed in 2000, the members continued the tradition as a way to keep in touch with friends and maintain some continuity for the club. The event was supported by all three subsequent property owners who considered it good public relations. They maintained that original club members would be given a preferential offering in a new Miramar Beach Club. The event dwindled out these last few years. There are less and less original Miramar Club members still in Montecito. We’ve seen good friends both move away and pass away. “I am in Seattle now, as general manager of the Sunset Club. For those remaining, jumping in the Pacific in
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January isn’t as effortless as it was twenty years ago. As the Miramar resort sets to reopen, it will be interesting to see if Mr. Caruso and Rosewood honor the pledge of a preferential offering to remaining original club members. I think Mr. Caruso will.” For today’s swim, we had: Judy Alexander, Maxine Filippin, Marion Freitag, Peter Freitag, and Byron Ishkanian. The ocean water was extremely calm and peaceful, it looked amazing, and the water temperature was a warm 60 degrees. After posing for the annual group photo and catching up, the swim took place. Newcomers are always welcome, and let’s hear from Mr. Caruso soon!
Groovin’ High
The Jazz Ensemble at UCSB held its end-of-session concerts in early December, despite being the first day of the Thomas Fire with smoke in the air and evacuations. The 50 musicians and four vocalists range from professionals to students forming into seven mini-orchestral jazz bands. The bands are led by Jazz Ensemble director Jon Nathan and music coach Matt Perko on drums, and composer-conductor Brandon Rolle on guitar. The Jazz Ensemble has their own YouTube channel as well. I arrived for the evening sessions at Geiringer Hall as musicians warmed up in the rehearsal rooms, a heady experience to hear overlays of Charlie Parker and jazz great Horace Silver. Silver formed his own quintet in 1956 following a stint with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, with what became the standard small group line-up of tenor saxophone, trumpet, piano, bass, and drums, and thus so with the UCSB Jazz Ensemble mini-orchestras. The audience was the usual eclectic mix of jazz lovers and parents, with
The SuperSax Ensemble, with their inimitable leader Jon Nathan seated on the floor in front, performing jazz standards by sax legend Charlie Parker
music department chair Scott Marcus offering his ear. Starting off the concert was the Supersax Ensemble, with Collin McCrary, Timothy Xu and Andrew Zakoor on alto saxophone; Milo Weising, Noah Smith, Nick DiPierro, and Noah Waltman on tenor saxophone; Mikey Zhitnitsky, baritone saxophone; Danny Toomey, guitar; Reno Behnken, piano; Mitchell Solkov, stand-up bass; Tom Cristiani, drums; Angel Hernandez, trumpet; and Julian Marks on trombone. The set list dedicated to jazz great Charlie Parker included: “Yardbird Suite”, “Kansas City Blues”,” Chasin’ the Bird”, “Parker’s Mood”, and of course, “Scrapple from the Apple”. The band members, who got the set list together in fewer than 4 weeks, seemed excited as they began the set, and they breathed easier into it after a strong and impressive all-sax harmony on “Yardbird Suite”. Once warmed up to mood, they went on with the usual jazz chuck and jive, trading solos with snide respect for audience appeal. In sum, the stand-out musicians were clear: Toomey with his dreamy-drifting expression played mostly eyes closed and seriously on point whether he was backing up the front line of sax players, hangin’ with Solkov on bass, or coming out for his solo ever modest but down-right there. Solkov
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didn’t need the sheet music in front of him and stood holding his bass like the girl of his dreams and a look of joy. His strong bass lines provided downbeat liner notes to the pianist and drummer. Smith and Waltman were keeping their reeds smooth and clear. Milo on tenor hit it on his “Scrapple” solo. Following the Supersax Ensemble, there were three more jazz bands with the addition of a female singer. The bands each had their own persona, which added to a mix of styles and mood. Staying through to the end proved fruitful with outstanding singer Isabel Petty, whose stage presence, poise, and use of vocals as an instrument of jazz, brought the house down with the finale. Mentions go to vocalists Kelly He and Ciara Giordani; trumpet Kinamee Rhodes; trombone Cameron Swanson; guitarists Soham Mistry and Lucas Brooker; sax player Josh Sheltzer; pianists Sinan Isik and Stewart Engart; bass player Rex Fukuchi; the outstanding stand-up bassist Nina Spring; and drummer Evan Monroe. Laudable salutations to Jon Nathan, who humbly stated in a post concert interview, “I take no credit, the musicians did the work. I just provide the opportunity for them to get together, form their bands, and hopefully forge new relationships and play.” Well done, indeed! •MJ 11 – 18 January 2018
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mated that only 20 percent of residents heeded the evacuation mandates. “Everybody took it lightly and had evacuation fatigue from having to leave during the fire,” he said. Chief Hickman said the bulk of the event happened in a short timeframe, giving mere minutes of reaction time. Preliminary assessments esti-
mate that 20 homes were completely destroyed, with dozens more severely damaged. Those numbers are also expected to rise in the coming days and weeks. The area is without power and gas as of press time, and is under a boil-water advisory. Highway 101 is
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the son whose parents are an orchestral musician and a violin professor and grew up attending St. Louis Symphony concerts before replacing Santa Barbara’s own Nina Bodner in the first violin chair under then music director Leonard Slatkin – for his perspective on the orchestra and the Santa Barbara program. Q. What makes the SLSO a great orchestra? A. As an orchestra based in the heartland of America, it’s always had a strong American focus in terms of the repertoire. And as old as we are, you get a sense of the tradition when you’re a part of it and when listening to us. While a lot of orchestras have lost individuality, we still have that trait remaining with us. And there’s a legacy of great performances of the repertoire we have a propensity for playing.
The program seems quite off the beaten track. Your thoughts? No, these are not pieces you’re going to hear every day. The Adès is a very unusual example of his writing style, because it was in the context of an English story. There’s a lot of jazz influence, plus some tango. It’s going to be amazing to see how the audience reacts on first hearing it, because it’s quite appealing. I’m also excited because it hasn’t been recorded and we’re premiering it in the country. Shostakovich’s first symphony is very airy, with a lot of vaudeville elements, and lots of instruments soloing, including oboe, trumpet, and cello. It’s a really a formidable piece. One of my students just won the solo competition at Michigan (where Halen teaches part-time) playing the Britten concerto, so I know it very well from the soloist’s part. It’s a masterpiece. Britten is so under-represented in the concert hall. And there’s no reason for it. It’s some of the most compelling English music ever written. I’ve never played it solo myself. It’s so difficult! It’s as challenging as anything on the solo violin. I’ll leave it to Augustin. Plus his violin, the 1753 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, is a bit modern compared to his Strad. Why do you connect to this violin? Yeah, it was made three years after Bach died. It’s very new (laughs). I committed to playing a really fine instrument when I was very young, because the sound of the violin sets the tone for the entire orchestra. I bought it as a young man as an investment in my profession, and it was the smartest thing I ever did. They’re priceless. Truly irreplaceable. The tone is just beautiful. Looking ahead, David Robertson has
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announced his departure. Can you talk about what that will mean for the orchestra? Stéphane Denève, the principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, is our incoming music director. We’ve done seven concerts with him as substitute, and it’s hard to categorize him because he’s arranged so many great programs. He has a terrific feel for Richard Strauss, and a lovely sense of French repertoire. But he’s just about as diverse as they come, with extraordinary ideas. I’m excited about how he’ll build on David’s legacy. You are married to a soprano, and you have a son together. Is he keeping up the family business, or does he want to be play for the Cardinals? He’s a junior majoring in bio-engineering. So he’s not following in our footsteps. But we are hoping he ends up supporting (financially) the St. Louis Symphony. He’s a big Cardinal fan too. (The St. Louis Symphony performs at 8 pm Tuesday, January 16, at The Granada Theatre. Tickets cost $39 to $119. Call 899-2222 or visit www. granadasb.org.)
Classical Corner
Bassoonist-composer-conductor Mathieu Lussier (born 1973) is a passionate promoter of the modern and baroque bassoon as solo instruments throughout North America and Europe. His “Bassango”, in its version for bassoon and string orchestra, was a prizewinner in Contemporary Classical Song at the Just Plain Folks Awards in Nashville. We’ll hear his “Spring Lullaby” (2005), a melodically driven piece highlighting the bassoon’s capacity for sweetly tender lyricism, at the year’s first Santa Barbara Music Club concert Saturday afternoon at 3 at the Faulkner Gallery. Bassoon soloist Paul Mori and a string quartet comprising violinists Andrea Lárez and Mirah Ray, violist Erik Fauss and cellist Timothy Beccue will also perform Vivaldi’s sparkling Bassoon Concerto No. 23 in G minor, F. VIII, before the concert closes with an early work by Brahms, the Piano Trio #1 in B major, Op. 8, played by pianist Robert Hale, violinist Marie Hébert, and cellist Elizabeth Olson. Admission is free. Info at www. sbmusicclub.org.
Parody Trumps President
Fledgling actor-comedian Lauren Watson first thought of creative performance art mimicking Donald Trump late in 2015, when the real estate mogul and reality TV star
Lauren Watson takes Center Stage as President Trump
announced his candidacy. After Trump won the presidency, Watson also stepped up his game, taking his impersonation into some local retail outlets, such as McDonald’s and Ross Dress for Less stores. “I dressed up as Trump and got a make-up artist to work with me and went into some places to say things like ‘Let’s make McDonald’s great again’, Watson recalled earlier this week. “It was just off-the-cuff stuff that I had a good time doing, mostly improv, joking with the customers.” Fast-forward another several months and Watson, along with producer Daniel Bollag, has turned the act into a full-fledged one-man show that debuts at the Center Stage Theatre on Monday evening. The show is a one-hour combo of sketch comedy and improv, set up as a 45-minute “pep rally/political speech scenario,” Watson said. The last 15 minutes will be more like a town hall meet-and-greet, where Watson as Trump will answer questions from audience members. Watson, who moved from his hometown in Phoenix to Santa Barbara back in 2014, has had a few odd jobs along with some acting and comedy gigs and open mics for Comedy Hideaway and TVSB. The Trump show will be something of a coming-out party. A magician will open the show with a short set that ends with him making Trump appear, and the act will also feature two parody songs Watson co-wrote with Santa Barbara singer-songwriter-producer Jesse Rhodes, including a Trump-ified version of John Lennon’s “Imagine”. All in all, as our president might say, “a huge, huge bigly night,” Watson said. Impersonating politicians is an old form of humor dating back at least to Rich Little famously portraying President Nixon in the late 1960s, and stretching to actor Alec Baldwin’s own turn as Trump on Saturday Night Live, until recently a weekly occurrence on the late night staple. But Watson sees Monday’s show as more than mimicry. The idea, Watson said, is to be funny without being offensive. “That’s hard enough with comedy in general, but even more so here. How do you walk that fine line? You have to go broad with the jokes and not attack anybody personally. With the aerial view, you can get away
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with a lot more.” Watson hopes fans of Martin Luther King, Jr. will have a more forgiving attitude, as the show – postponed twice from December dates due to the Thomas Fire – now takes place on the federal holiday celebrating the civil rights leader. “There’s that topic and also Oprah’s speech last Sunday at the Golden Globes that I can feed off of. I’m going to have Trump offer his response at my show. She lives in Montecito. It would be great if she shows up.” (Trump, a One-Man Show, takes place 6:30 pm Monday at the Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo. Tickets cost $20.50 general, $10.25 students. Call 963-0408 or visit www. CenterStageTheater.org.)
Book ’em
Suzanne Jill Levine, professor of Spanish and Portuguese at UCSB where she is founder and director of the Translation Studies Program, specializing in 20 th century Latin American literature, introduces her latest English-language work, Eduardo Lalo’s novel Uselessness. The novel follows the life of its narrator, a young Puerto Rican writer studying in Paris, where he grapples with two long, tumultuous love affairs. He conveys these events in a dark yet witty tone, as if aware of the futility of his youthful follies. Upon his return to San Juan, he finds himself just as estranged and alienated at home as he felt abroad and is forced to confront choices made, ambitions lost or unmet, and lives not lived. Levine will read from and sign copies of the book at Chaucer’s at 7 pm on Thursday, January 11. Surviving Mortality: Life, Death, and the Doctor is the riveting title of the new book by Roger C. Dunham, an M.D. who has been practicing primary care Internal Medicine for more than 40 years in Santa Barbara. The tales in the tome draw on both his experiences with thousands of patients who have faced challenges in their own personal survival from serious medical conditions, as well as his previous years of service on a fast-attack nuclear submarine in the U.S. Navy, which provided him with a perspective about his own mortality. Some see impending death as a ferocious fight filled with fear and intensity, while others embrace a time of seeking peace as the new future beyond human knowledge arrives. The book takes the reader to that battlefront, and through the physician’s eyes allows a better understanding of how patients may improve the circumstances that
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PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for: BID NO. 5597 DUE DATE & TIME: JANUARY 30, 2018 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Electrical Switchgear Replacement The scope of work for this project includes the demolition of existing 16kV electrical switchgear, grading, walls, fence, and the installation of new 16kV electrical switchgear at 495 South Fairview. All work shall be in accordance with Smith Engineering Associates plans dated December 21, 2017, City of Santa Barbara Building Permit BLD2018-03266, and Southern California Edison Plans, which will be issued by Southern California Edison prior to construction completion. A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on January 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., at the Airport Administration Office located at 601 Firestone Road, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid. The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.
Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California C10 Electrical Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive. Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. Bidders are hereby notified that they shall furnish a Bid Guaranty Bond in the form of a money order or a cashier’s certified check, payable to the order of the City, in the amount of 10% of the bid, or by a bond in said amount and payable to said City, signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. When submitting a bid via PlanetBids™, the Bid Guaranty Bond must be uploaded as part of your submittal AND the original Bid Guaranty Bond must be received by the bid date and time to be considered responsive. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award.
Published: January 10, 2018 Montecito Journal
11 – 18 January 2018
If you challenge the Council's action on the appeal of the Historic Landmarks Commission's decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing. You are invited to attend this hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990.
http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.
_________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider the appeal filed by The Pearl Chase Society and the Santa Barbara Conservancy, of the Historic Landmarks Commission’s Project Design Approval for property owned by 800 Santa Barbara LLC and located at 800 Santa Barbara Street, Assessor’s Parcel No. 031-012028; C-G (Commercial General) Zone; General Plan Designation: Commercial/High Residential (37-63 du/ac). The project proposes to demolish the existing 1,965 square foot, one-story non-residential building and construct a 19,179 square foot, three-story mixed-use building on an 18,586 square foot lot. The proposed project consists of 1,289 square feet of nonresidential floor area and 23 new residential units. This site is located in the Average Unit-size Density Incentive Program Priority Housing Overlay and proposes a density of 54 dwelling units per acre. The project requires an environmental finding pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183.
On Thursday, January 18, 2018, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov; under Most Popular, click on Council Agenda Packet. Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. Each televised Council meeting is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CouncilVideos. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange. (SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager January 10, 2018
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ANKUSHKHEMANI, 4751 Amarosa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Ankush Khemani, 4751 Amarosa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 29, 2017. 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. 2017-0003482. Published January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JUHIKHEMANI, 4751 Amarosa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Juhi Khemani, 4751 Amarosa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 29, 2017. 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. 2017-0003481. Published January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Mobile Mechanic, 3901 Sheldon Drive, Apt. 31, Ventura, CA 93003. Marc Edward Sandor, 3901 Sheldon Drive, Apt. 31, Ventura, CA 93003. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 29, 2017. 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. 2017-0003484. Published January 3, 10, 17, 24, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Loan Closet, 360 Olive Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Visiting Nurse and
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 30, 2018, a public hearing as required by Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 will be held with respect to the proposed re-issuance by the California Municipal Finance Authority of its revenue bonds in one or more series in an amount not to exceed $9,846,869 (the “Bonds”). The proceeds of the Bonds will be used to refinance the acquisition, construction, improvement and equipping of a 40-unit multifamily rental housing facility, to be located in the City of Santa Barbara, California (the “City”), at 510 and 520 North Salsipuedes Street and 601 East Haley Street (the “Project”). The facilities are owned and operated by Jardin De Las Rosas, L.P., a California limited partnership (collectively, the “Borrower”). The Bonds and the obligation to pay principal of and interest thereon and any redemption premium with respect thereto do not constitute indebtedness or an obligation of the City, the Authority, the State of California or any political subdivision thereof, within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation, or a charge against the general credit or taxing powers of any of them. The Bonds shall be a limited obligation of the Authority, payable solely from certain revenues duly pledged therefor and generally representing amounts paid by the Borrower. The hearing will commence at 2:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, and will be held in the Council Chamber, Santa Barbara City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101. Interested persons wishing to express their views on the issuance of the Bonds or on the nature and location of the facilities proposed to be financed may attend the public hearing or, prior to the time of the hearing, submit written comments. Additional information concerning the above matter may be obtained from, and written comments should be addressed to, City Clerk, Santa Barbara City Hall, P.O.Box 1990, Santa Barbara, California 93102-1990. Published January 10, 2018 Montecito Journal
Hospice Care of SB, 509 E. Montecito Street, Suite 200, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 7, 2017. 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 Connie Tran. FBN No. 2017-0003318. Published January 3, 10, 17, 24, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) has (have) abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Campovans; Campo Vanworks, 687 Circle Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Byron R. Beck, 687 Circle Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Robyn G. Beck, 687 Circle Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was originally filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 16, 2015. 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 Connie Tran, filed November 22, 2017. Original FBN No. 20150002724. Published December 20, 2017; January 3, 10, 17, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Union Marine, 125 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Santa Barbara Fuel Dock, INC, 22 N. Calle Cesar Chavez, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 12, 2017. 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)
Editors drive us nuts. We go from worshipful groveling when we submit to bitter cursing when they reject us. – Ken Rand
by Connie Tran. FBN No. 20170003363. Published December 20, 2017; January 3, 10, 17, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Tree Hugger Sporting Goods, 107 Nopalitos Way #4604, Santa Barbara, CA 93140. Michael Carey, 107 Nopalitos Way #4604, Santa Barbara, CA 93140. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 7, 2017. 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 Connie Tran. FBN No. 20170003327. Published December 13, 20, 2017; January 3, 10, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 17CV05797. To all interested parties: Petitioner Isabel Ibarra filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name of child from Aiden Alexander Alvarez to Aiden Alexander Ibarra. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed December 27, 2017 by Sarah Sisto, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: February 7, 2018 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published January 3, 10, 17, 24, 2018
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• The Voice of the Village •
11 – 18 January 2018
ENTERTAINMENT (Continued from page 38)
Focus on Film
We’re still nearly three weeks away from opening night of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, but at least one of SBIFF’s honorees has already claimed early gold. Darkest Hour’s Gary Oldman took home a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Winston Churchill, and is considered a frontrunner for the Oscars that will be awarded about a month after he receives SBIFF’s Modern Master, the festival’s highest honor. We imagine we’ll also see some of the actors, writers, and directors who also claimed Globes on January 7. Meanwhile, cinephiles can bathe in the Bard captured on celluloid out at UCSB as the Carsey-Wolf Center begins its Shakespeare On Film series on Tuesday, January 16. Chimes at Midnight, Orson Welles’s groundbreaking 1965 film that incorporates elements of five of Shakespeare’s plays to re-frame the larger-than-life comedic presence of Falstaff, unspools at 7 pm, followed by a post-screening discussion with Joseph McBride of San Francisco State and author of a book on Welles, moderated by
Jim Kearney (English, UCSB). Two days later make way for the latest and possibly darkest film adaptation of Macbeth, the 2015 version starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Screenwriters Todd Louiso and Jacob Koskoff, who co-adapted the so-called Scottish Play, will be on-hand for a Q&A session. The series continues through February 22. Free admission. Visit www.carseywolf. ucsb.edu/pollock-theater-home/ events to reserve tickets.
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would otherwise seem inevitable. Dr. Dunham discusses the book at Chaucer’s at 7 pm next Thursday, January 18.
Information: Fri-Thu January 12-18
Christmas in January
White Christmas? A pipe dream in Santa Barbara, normally. We had our own version in 2017, what with ash from the Thomas Fire blanketing much of our streets, cars, and vegetation, a sickly gray rather than the pearly white of crystallized water. So now – if the torrential rains predicted for earlier this week don’t cause more damaging flooding – some of the postponed holiday events are taking shape. The Milpas Holiday Parade is now slated for Saturday, January 13, when children’s groups, classic cars, and other live performers start strolling down the east side thoroughfare at 5:30 pm from Canon Perdido rolling down to Mason Street. Ho, ho, ho, indeed. •MJ
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THE HITCHCOCK CINEMA 371 Hitchcock Way
Gary Oldman
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DARKEST HOUR Daily: 1:50
4:40
7:45
THE SHAPE OF WATER (R)
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5:10 5:10
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FIESTA 5
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8:00
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THE LAST KEY
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ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD (R)
Fri-Mon: 8:45 Tue/Wed: 7:40 Thu: 2:00
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DEN OF THIEVES Thu 1/18: 7:40 (R)
PADDINGTON 2 (PG) Fri-Mon: 12:10 2:40 5:10 7:40 Tue-Thu: 2:40 5:10 7:40
JUMANJI:
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10:00
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INSIDIOUS:
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PITCH PERFECT 3 Fri-Mon: (PG-13) 12:00 3:05 5:30 8:00 Tue-Thu: 3:05 5:30 8:00
(PG-13)
THE LAST KEY
Fri-Mon: 12:20 2:15 4:45 7:20 9:55 Tue/Wed: 2:20 5:00 8:00 Thu: 2:20 5:00
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
(2D) (PG-13)
Fri-Mon: 12:00 3:15 6:30 9:45 Mon-Thu: 2:00 4:45 7:30
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PASEO NUEVO 8 W. De La Guerra Place
THE POST (PG-13) Fri-Mon: 12:50 3:40 6:30 9:20 Tue-Thu: 2:40 5:20 8:00
I, TONYA
(R)
Fri-Mon: 1:10 4:00 6:50 9:35 Tue-Thu: 1:50 4:35 7:30
MOLLY’S GAME
(R)
Fri-Mon: 12:40 3:35 6:40 9:45 Tue-Thu: 2:00 4:45 7:50
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (PG)
(PG-13)
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
(2D)
12 STRONG (R) Thu 1/18: 7:00 9:00
COCO
FAIRVIEW
Fri-Wed: 1:30 4:00 6:30 9:00 Thu: 1:30 4:00 6:30
Daily: 12:15 3:30
Fri: 1:00 3:50 6:50 9:35 Sat-Mon: 11:30 1:00 3:50 6:50 9:35 Tue-Thu: 2:40 5:10 8:00
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THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (PG)
STAR WARS:
7:50
LADY BIRD (R)
THE COMMUTER Daily: (PG-13) 12:10 2:45 5:15 7:45 10:15
MOLLY’S GAME
5:30
(PG-13) (2D)
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
ARLINGTON
INSIDIOUS:
Tue-Thu: 2:50
JUMANJI:
PROUD MARY (R) Fri-Mon: 12:00 2:40 4:55 7:50 10:10 Tue-Thu: 2:30 5:15 7:45
Fri-Mon: 1:00 3:50 6:20 8:50 Tue/Wed: 2:10 5:10 7:40 Thu: 2:10 5:10
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C ALENDAR OF Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to slibowitz@yahoo.com)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11 5 x 5 = 80 – Internationally renowned artists Christo, Charles Arnoldi, and Chris Raschka join local luminaries Tony Askew, Mary Heebner, Penelope Gottlieb, Dane Goodman, and Richard Aber, as well as Montecito author T.C. Boyle as the big names participating in “5X5: Celebrating Westmont College’s 80th Anniversary”. Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum invited several hundred artists from around the country to create a unique work of art on a fiveinch square piece of Rives BFK paper, which they received and returned to the museum by mail. The results go up for auction beginning today, which is also when the museum hosts an opening reception that includes coffee and cake, plus appearances by a few of the contributors. The online auction (at www.westmontmuseum.org) continues through Friday, January 26, and is expected to raise about $20,000 to support the museum. WHEN: Reception 4 to 6 pm today; auction closes 5 pm January 26 WHERE: Westmont College campus, 955 La Paz Road COST: free INFO: 565-6162 or www. westmontmuseum.org FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 CamPac Kickoff – Beethoven buddies up to Bartok, Britten, and more
when Santa Barbara chamber music ensemble re-launches its concert series for the new year. Santa Barbara gets to kick off the four concert series this month, which also features the season debut of horn player Martin Owen and violinist Kristin Lee, and just the second concert with pianist Gilles Vonsattel, who begins the program with Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a “Les adieux”, one of the master’s most challenging sonatas because of the mature emotions that must be conveyed throughout. Also on the bill are Messiaen’s Appel interstellaire, Ligeti’s Trio for Violin Horn & Piano, Britten’s Suite for Violin & Piano Op. 6, and Bartók’s Out of Doors Sz. 81. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $56 INFO: 884-8410 or www. cameratapacifica.org Double Dose of Help – The innovative entrepreneurial program Kids Helping Kids (KHK), which has become an institution at San Marcos High School, is celebrating its 10th anniversary of promoting big fundraising concerts at the Granada with two times the fun, bringing back two popular headliners from years past. The program is an official 501(c) (3) non-profit organization run almost entirely by the students in the Advanced Placement Economics classes, who are responsible for every aspect of
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11 MLK Weekend – Santa Barbara’s 11th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration – this year dubbed “I’ve Decided to Stick with Love” – kicks off at noon today with an “Eternal Flame” walk from UCSB’s Buchanan Courtyard to North Hall, followed by a program and reception at the MultiCultural Center and an exhibit at the Davidson Library. Events move to Pilgrim Terrace’s meeting room at 11 am for a Ring Shout – Early African-American Spiritual music and movement, with dancing that was practiced by the slaves through the 20th century. At 2 pm, the Buddhist community gathers at Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum with MC and speaker Akiva Norther, Michelle Lawyer, and Sayyidah Ragsdale for a discussion of Dr. King’s policy of non-violence’s continued influence on American society and culture. Sunday at noon brings a gathering of several of Santa Barbara’s various faith organizations and churches honoring Reverend King and his legacy. The main event on Monday, which is the official MLK Jr. Day holiday, begins at 9 am in De La Guerra Plaza, where speakers, musicians, Chumash elders, and elected officials offer a short program leading up to the 11 am Unity March up State Street to the Arlington Plaza. That’s where the David Gorospe Trio will play jazz and pop music in the foyer, followed by speeches inside the theater from civil rights activist the reverend Richard Lawrence and other civic leaders, a Chumash blessing, readings from the winners of the annual essay and poetry contests, film clips, the EYC Youth Jazz and Gospel Fusion Band, plus more music and dance with World Dance for Humanity. COST: free INFO: 886-1629 or www.mlksb.org
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• The Voice
EVENTS by Steven Libowitz
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11 Hospice Homecoming – B.J. Miller pursued undergraduate studies in art history at Princeton, a most unlikely area of concentration for a pre-med student. But there was a method to his madness: after receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree from UC San Francisco, Dr. Miller completed his internal medicine residency at Cottage Hospital right here in town, where he served as chief resident, before heading off to the East Coast for a fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at Harvard Medical School. Then it was back to the Bay Area, where Dr. Miller served as director of San Francisco’s groundbreaking Zen Hospice and now works as a Hospice and palliative medicine physician at UCSF Medical Center. That’s where the good doctor has forged a new field integrating art, spirituality, and medicine in end-of-life care, leading the way toward a focus on quality of life rather than merely managing pain. A powerful voice for designing a better ending to our time on Earth, Dr. Miller works across disciplines to affect broad-based cultural change and in cultivating a civic model for aging and dying. His 2015 TED Talk “Not Whether But How” (also known as “What Matters Most at the End of Life”), a reflection of his vision to make empathic palliative care available to all, ranked among the Top 15 Most Viewed Talks of the year. Montecito’s own Oprah Winfrey is a big fan, hailing his belief that “it’s time for all of us to rethink, redesign, and re-imagine everything we’ve been taught to think about death.” Miller is making his way back to Santa Barbara for an appearance as part of UCSB’s Arts & Lectures “Speaking with Pico” series, featuring conversations between celebrated Santa Barbara-based author Pico Iyer and visionaries from varying disciplines. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $20 to $35 INFO: 8933535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
the event, from booking and publicity to ushering and serving the gala’s VIP patrons. The concerts began in 2009 at the theater soon after it reopened following the extensive renovations with, naturally, San Marcos’s most-famous alumni Toad the Wet Sprocket as headliners. Along the way, the concerts have featured Five for Fighting, Sara Bareilles, and Switchfoot, among others, raising more than $2.5 million in total for program that help disadvantaged youth in the area. Kicking off the first 2018 KHK show tonight is Andy Grammer, who played back in 2013 when he roused the crowd with the platinum-selling hits “Keep Your Head Up” and “Fine By Me” from his debut album. Two years later, Grammer’s “Honey, I’m Good” was one of the best-selling songs of 2015, while his new single, “Give Love”, is the follow up to the platinum-certified streaming phenomenon “Fresh Eyes”. Tomorrow night, the Christian rock band Needtobreathe, who were here just two years ago, headline when we can expect to hear the recent hits “Hard Love” and “Happiness”. Winners of the SMHS school talent show – also produced by the KHK students – serve as openers for both concerts, which also feature a large silent auction boasting items located all around the lobby and Founder’s Room. VIP Experience tickets, which of the Village •
cost an additional $75, include wine, hors d’oeuvres, champagne, and a special early in-person preview of the silent-auction pieces. Every year has left nearly everyone involved thrilled and inspired by both the music and the commitment of the kids. Every school program should be this successful! WHEN: 7 tonight & tomorrow WHERE: 1214 State Street COST: $39 to $804 INFO: 899-2222 or www.granadasb. org Four for Friday – UCSB’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum hosts an opening reception for its winter exhibitions, which include Chiura Obata: An American Modern, Jane Gottlieb Photographs France, UCSB Campus Architecture: Design and Social Change, and Keith Puccinelli. Obata (1885–1975), one of the most significant JapaneseAmerican artists working on the West Coast in the last century. This new exhibition presents an unprecedented survey of his rich and varied body of work that includes more than 150 paintings and personal effects, many of which have never been on public display. Tomorrow at noon, curator ShiPu Wang will be joined by Kimi Kodani Hill, one of the artist’s granddaughters and the Obata family historian, for a conversation about the artist’s life stories, his love for nature, and the joy and challenges 11 – 18 January 2018
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Art from Scrap Goes AwoL – No worries. The Art From Scrap Gallery, Creative Reuse Store and Art Workshop, which provides the Santa Barbara community with a source of affordable and sustainable art supplies, waste reduction environmental education, exhibitions, and low-cost workshops, isn’t going anywhere. The gallery is merely hosting Art Without Limits’ Emerging Artists exhibition, which includes talented newcomers in dance, music, poetry, prose, and video as well as visual art. This year’s exhibiting artists – all of whom were chosen for both their talent and their desire to turn their passion into a professional career – include installation artist Tom Pazderka (mentored by Colleen M. Kelly), conductor-composer Daniel Newman-Lessler (mentored by the Santa Barbara Symphony’s Nir Kabaretti), mixed media artist Sol Hill (Nathan Vonk, owner of Sullivan Goss Gallery), musician Jackson Gillies, the Santa Barbara 2016 Teen Star USA winner mentored by Randy Tico and Ann Dusenberry), photographers Elite Henenson, Leanna Thompson, and Ash Robinson, all mentored by Macduff Everton, poet Dan La Bellarte (Albert Salinas and Dusenberry), visual artist Si Jie Loo (Mary Heebner), and popular dance producer and choreographer Derrick Curtis (BASSH!), who was mentored by Julie McLeod, the AwoL founder who recently stepped aside running the nonprofit in favor of her daughter. Tonight’s opening is also a party and festive fundraiser representing the third collaboration between the two organizations. WHEN: Reception 5 to 8 pm tonight; exhibit continues through March 12 WHERE: 302 E. Cota St. COST: free INFO: 884-0459 or www.exploreecology.org/art-from-scrap-santa-barbara.php
of preserving his legacy.... Southern California photog Gottlieb made her first trip to Paris by herself as a young professional in her early 20s, when the images she took then, and in many subsequent trips, have become a touchstone of her life’s work. Her vision of France is riotous in color, hyper-vibrant in energy, and deeply Californian, shot through with a purely Mexican palette.... UCSB Campus Architecture presents a chronological view of the planning and design of the UCSB campus, tracing architectural styles and social change through master plans, drawings, photographs, models, and ephemera from the museum’s collection, and includes depictions of the original Riviera Campus of the 1920s, the Leadbetter Mesa campus in the 1940s, and the Goleta
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campus when it was still a Marine Air Base.... Puccinelli, the revered Santa Barbara artist who died last year, will be celebrated by the works and an archive that were bequeathed to the museum, along with the establishment of The Frances Garvin and Keith Julius Puccinelli Endowed Fund. Featured are a few of Puccinelli’s works and selections from the couple’s personal collection, a modest installation of drawings, sculptures, sketchbooks, and graphic designs in anticipation of a larger, forthcoming presentation of the generous donation. WHEN: Opening reception 5:30 to 7:30 tonight; exhibits open noon to 5 pm Wednesdays-Sundays; and noon to 8 pm Thursdays WHERE: UCSB campus, across from the lagoon COST: free INFO: 893-2951 or www.museum.ucsb.edu •MJ
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Hickman said. This is an ongoing story that we will have more coverage on in the coming weeks.
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were heading south. The ongoing cleanup will take many weeks, but in a short time, Coast Village Road will go back to being the center of nightlife – or at least what passes as “nightlife” in Montecito, as things are often preternaturally quiet after, say, 10 pm – and business will get back to normal. Again. Montecito’s upper village will spring back to life too; Pierre Lafond will return to its role as a natural meeting ground for friends and neighbors; Tecolote Bookshop, the U.S. Post Office, and Village Hardware, along with the library and banks and the restaurants across the way, will fill with people doing their business and saying their hellos. But, the deaths and destruction of the past week will have left an indelible scar on the memories of those who’ve lost loved ones, friends, acquaintances, homes, and possessions that will take a lifetime to heal. •MJ
likely to remain closed until the end of the week. A community forum at Montecito Union School planned for Friday has been canceled; the forum was to increase awareness about potential flooding and mudslides, to give residents a better understanding about the condition of the hillsides in Montecito. “We have 22,000 acres of denuded hillsides. We are not out of the woods, and it can and will likely happen again. Any significant rain is a huge threat,” Chief
The Coast Village Association and representatives from the City of Santa Barbara will host an emergency community meeting to discuss cleanup and restoration of Coast Village Road and Coast Village Circle following the devastating mudslides affecting Montecito. Attendees from the City of Santa Barbara include Rebecca Bjork, director of Public Works; Paul Casey, City administrator; Nick Cabugos, maintenance coordinator; building inspectors and other City personnel. The Coast Village Association urges everyone who is interested to know what the City is doing and plans to do, or who would like to voice requests or concerns regarding City services, to attend the meeting. When: Friday, January 12, 9 am Where: Olive Mill Plaza, 1225 Coast Village Road, in the parking area between the buildings Info: bobludwickcva@gmail.com •MJ
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Having worked in Montecito for the past 40 years, building and remodeling hundreds of homes for families in this extraordinary community, the devastation caused by the #MontecitoMudslide remains a terrible tragedy to witness for all of us. Our thoughts are with those who lost their lives, and our hearts go out to those who lost loved ones, to those still missing or injured, and to all who have suffered damage to their lives and properties. A special note of thanks, once again, to the First Responders, for their heroic efforts in rescuing those trapped, and for locating those still missing.
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