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ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 23 • MOVIE GUIDE, P. 31 • OPEN HOUSES, P. 45

Here’s To Your Health

Bob Hazard examines SB County’s healthcare needs and dissects options for patients, p. 5

WE CAN FIX THIS

“Coast Village Road was never intended to be used as an alternative route to the freeway,” says Coast Village Association president Bob Ludwick. Thanks to decisions made by Caltrans, SBCAG, and Santa Barbara City officials, Coast Village Road has become a traffic nightmare; Bob suggests a few tweaks could help alleviate much of the mess and help both harried merchants and shoppers (story begins on page 12)

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Composer Jake Heggie lends an ear to Marilyn Song Competition at MAW’s Hahn Hall, p. 28

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Hattie Beresford unearths Faulkner Gallery’s legacy, including its maiden exhibit circa 1930, p. 20

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5

Guest Editorial

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Montecito Miscellany

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Letters to the Editor

In the first of a three-part series about healthcare, Bob Hazard surveys the scene of Cottage Hospital, healthcare needs and reform Lotusland gala; Larry Matthews passes away; Alan Thicke’s family; Elixir of Love; Belmond El Encanto; museum hosts Atelier; Kimi Matar’s soirée; Jeff Bezos rakes it in; Heidi and Spencer on parenting; Bernie Taupin’s home; Patti Ottoboni; and farewell to Kenny Jay Lane

Photography by I Heart My Groom

Steve Walker questions Bob Hazard; Art Thomas on water; Fred Hayward on politics; David McCalmont opines about Kid Rock; Dale Lowdermilk on misandrists; Larry Bond expounds on Terry McAuliffe; Patty Meyers in Montana sounds off about politicians’ greed; and Anonymous chimes in about “Pelosium”

10 This Week

Eat. Sip. Shop. Connect.

Knit ‘N Needle; Spanish group; poetry club; VIEWPOINT at 10 West; Spanish speakers; Fiesta Friday; self-integration; prayer retreat; tea dance; Carp artists; tea dance; MA meeting; Happiness & Meditation; Wednesday retreat; Sadako Peace; MERRAG meets; MBAR meeting; The New Yorker; Spanish group; Surf ‘n’ Suds; Trails ‘n’ Tails; Qi Gong class art classes; brain fitness; Story Time; Italian talk

Tide Guide

Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach

12 Village Beat

Coast Village Road traffic problems; and Montecito Water District update

14 Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner makes note of SB Polo & Racquet Club’s Noche de Fuego; Belmond El Encanto Mayors Cup; and The Inn Crowd food show

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In the third of a series about candidates for Santa Barbara mayor, Joanne Calitri gets to know city councilman and ex-mayor Hal Conklin

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20 The Way It Was

Hattie Beresford expounds on the Faulkner Gallery’s history, dating back to the early 1900s, and spotlights the exhibition opening in 1930

21 Spirituality Matters

Author Mark Ruskin at Arden Light House; Tom G. O’Brien leads full-moon Meditation; and Ayurvedic Lifestyle Program at Get Well Club

23 Brilliant Thoughts

In light of speeches by presidents and governors about how bad things are, Ashleigh Brilliant gives his State of the World address on a variety of subjects

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24 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz chats with Kate Bergstrom, founder of Summer Solstice Celebration, and previews On the Verge Summer Repertory Theatre’s At the Table

Summer Stuff

Sigrid Toye explores the SB Maritime Museum’s interactive children’s area, Sea Center Museum, and a plethora of other summertime activities around town

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Steven Libowitz interviews Jake Heggie prior to his serving as a judge for the Marilyn Song Competition; and additional events at the Music Academy

31 Movie Guide 33 Your Westmont

The college builds new faculty homes downtown; students to benefit from additional scholarships; and an alumna directs the library

38 Legal Advertising 40 On the Road

Barbara Briggs-Anderson, shares an excerpt from her latest eBook, Pebble Beach Road Races in the Forest 1950-1956

42 Calendar of Events

Fiesta 1st Thursday; Raekwon The Chef at SOhO; Chumash shots Lupillo Rivera; Town at Rubicon; Diana Krall in the Bowl; jazz session; Fiesta finale; Toad the Wet Sprocket; and Ojai Playwriting Conference

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Guest Editorial

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

Understanding the Santa Barbara Healthcare Model

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ottage Health in 2016 conducted a “Community Health Needs Assessment” (CHNA) to analyze Santa Barbara County healthcare needs and to compare local results with California as a whole. Cottage Health retained ICF, an international consulting firm, to conduct detailed telephone interviews with 2,500 County residents carefully selected on the basis of income, age, and ethnicity to reflect the County profile. The interview results were combined with a Cottage “listening tour” of 230 business owners, government leaders, public health officials, Cottage employees, and other knowledgeable health providers with experience working with underserved, low income and vulnerable populations.

Findings were published in a December 2016, 358-page report: Community Health In Santa Barbara County, we drink a little more, smoke a lot less, but consider ourselves healthy at about the same rate as the rest of California. 81% of residents in Santa Barbara County report they are in good health, compared to a state average of 82%. Potential problem areas include alcohol binge drinking in the last 30-days –17% compared to 16% in all of California; cigarette smoking – 9% in the County compared to 13% in California; and adult obesity – 22% in our County compared to 25% in the state.

Healthcare Insurance Coverage 95% of survey participants reported that they have some form of healthcare insurance, either employer plans, private plans, or government plans such as Medicare or Medi-Cal. The state reports exactly that same result. 58% of our County residents are employed, slightly better than the 56% reported by the State. Non-Hispanics report a 97% insurance coverage rate, compared to the

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LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR

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

Applause Not Warranted

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kay, I love the Montecito Journal and always full of great ads and info... but my stomach turned upset as I read Bob Hazard’s info on the water report with all the stats and info and his sense that Montecito is saved (“Drought-Proofing the Water System,” MJ #23/30).

Not one sentence in his article report even mentioned how the precious moneymaking water resource could possibly be conserved, just applause for lifting the penalty for water waste or overuse.

Let me tell you a fact: I raised my family of five in the household with front/backyard sprinklers and used 8-12 HCF monthly. Oh yes, but in Montecito, they allow 60 HCF to be consumed without penalty to run a house.

No mention of how Montecito was tapping all its wells through the drought and finally had to impose penalties. Yes, landscapers and gardeners could care less if there are leaks. The Montecito Water Board has a great idea for homeowners to keep a water logbook for all workers to check meters and document water usage.

The more education and positive PR Montecito can give to its water users the better.

Hey, Bob, I wonder what your cute article would have read without the last rains received from the heavens this past season.

Steve Walker Santa Barbara (Mr. Hazard responds: Steve, I share your concern over water conservation and your pride in using only 8 to 12 HCF monthly. I am also proud of the entire Montecito-Summerland community, which has collectively reduced its use of water from a high of 6,518 AFY in 2007-08 to a low of 3,127 AFY in 201617; an amazing 48% reduction in water use through conservation. Happily, my more nimble wife reads our meter every day; we no longer have sprinklers; all our grass is gone; and we have reduced our water usage by 66%.

Sadly, conservation alone will not solve the certainty of another, and perhaps worse, extended drought. This editorial should not have upset your stomach because it suggested three paths to a drought-proof water future: reusing and recycling 100% of the treated wastewater we now dump into the Pacific Ocean; banking water in underground reservoirs this side of Lake Cachuma; and drastically lowering the cost of desalinated seawater.

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Water is Power

Bob Hazard’s article was, as usual, well thought-out and logical. But unfortunately, common sense and logic do not always prevail when it comes to topics such as this.

I will go out on a limb and predict that the 11 water and sanitary districts Mr. Hazard cites will not work together to solve the challenges that have presented themselves because to do so they would have to give up power and control, which politicians and bureaucrats are loathe to do. Not to mention that an efficient single organization to administer the water systems would mean the loss of jobs for many of them.

Good luck and keep on trying!

Art Thomas Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Right you are, Mr. Thomas. The Montecito Water District (MWD) and its board of directors, for example, kept right on penalizing its “customers” well after it had become obvious that enough rain had fallen in the most recent water year that fines were no longer required or even wise. Many MWD “customers” continued to be fined even though the “overuse” of water was due to no fault of their own (undetected leaks, et cetera).

MWD staff and its board milked that penalty puppy for all it was worth for as long as they could, probably to make sure all the perks of public service continued to be enjoyed without interruption, even if it was on the backs of its rate payers.

Bureaucrats everywhere find that power, once given, is very difficult to relinquish.

– J.B.)

The Way It Works

Re: Mike Stoker’s letter to Montecito Journal (“Saving The Reagan Ranch” MJ #23/30). Proposed public trail: please call our County supervisors who voted “NO” – Das Williams, Janet Wolf, and Joan Hartman. Believe it or not, that’s the way our system is supposed to work.

Fred Hayward Santa Barbara

Kid Rock Rocks

Want to get goose bumps? Try the Kid Rock selection from his “breakout” album 19 years ago. When you see or hear it, you’ll realize the political revolution continues in America through Michigan. Keep it rockin’, America.

The Right had its chance with boring policy wonks that didn’t have the guts and resolve to stand up to the expected withering verbal and physical assaults of the Left. These are people who, were they present in 1940 at Dunkirk, would’ve been vanquished on the beach and gone home and cowered in their wine cellars, instead of fighting off the Luftwaffe and planning for D-Day. When push came to shove on the front lines, most of our 21st-century, right-wing weaklings valued more their place on the A-tier cocktail reception list run by the enemies of cultural America than with the simple people whose affection for God, country, and prosperity put our nation atop all others in the eyes and hearts of our peers around the world.

People who love America don’t need ideological purists to speak for them. All they need are spokespeople to represent their core values in artistic ways (the unspoken testimony), and despise, reject, and push back against the angry, condescending nostrums of the Left (the spoken witness).

Keep in mind, Kid Rock’s music video was released while Bill Clinton was president, and before the Monica Lewinsky scandal occurred.

Also remember that his “break-out” album, which thrust his image on the national entertainment scene was his sixth album. He was seven years

into his career before most people “discovered” him. Persistent determination is important when considering someone for high office. Robert Ritchie could’ve easily been absorbed into his father’s successful automobile dealership empire. But that’s not what he wanted for himself. And also, unlike Madonna, he didn’t wish ill for his father and chosen way of life. He sought only to blaze his own path.

I think there’s some real “meat ‘n’ potatoes” here with this guy. The Left has reason to worry. The problem, however, is his acceptance on “our side” of the political fence, just another example of only the Right can subvert the Right.

David McCalmont Santa Barbara

Misandrists in Charge

In the August 7, 2016, issue of Psychology Today, there is an interesting article by Dr. Joe Kort entitled “Misandry: The Invisible Hatred of Men”. He discusses “microaggressions” men face that are seldom mentioned in mainstream media or acknowledged in everyday life.

A misogynist is a person who hates women. A person who hates men can be described as a misandrist, and the corresponding noun is misandry.

But however prevalent the attitudes

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described by these words may be, the words themselves aren’t common.

There are currently only 29 examples of misandrist in the Oxford English Corpus (OEC), while misogynist is referenced more than 1,500 times.

The OED cites 68 uses of misandry but there are over 2,000 examples of misogyny.

I’d like to read some feedback from Montecito Journal readers on this issue.

Dale Lowdermilk Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: You don’t understand, Mr. Lowdermilk: men are obsolete, redundant, things of the past. Get used to it.

– J.B.)

McAuliffe’s Mendacity

Judicial Watch is once more going to bat for the American taxpayer; this time it’s in Virginia. Judicial Watch contends that an electric car company that folded after taking millions of taxpayer dollars was founded by Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair, but the mainstream media (MSM) is doing its utmost to ignore this pertinent fact. The Mississippi-based company GreenTech shut down in January but is back in the spotlight because this week the state’s auditor demanded

the firm repay $6.4 million in public funds.

While the MSM appears to be bound and determined to either find or create a Russian connection to family Trump, it was left to a tiny Richmond Virginia newspaper to prominently report McAuliffe’s ties to the scandal, stating in the headline that “Mississippi auditor demands $6.4-million repayment from McAuliffe’s former electric car company.”

Most mainstream news outlets ignored the story altogether and a few kept McAuliffe’s name out the minimal coverage. Washington, D.C.’s mainstream newspaper went with a lengthy wire-service story that matter-of-factly mentions McAuliffe For details, please contact:in the last sentence. “Among former insiders is Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe,” the end of the article states. “He resigned as the firm’s chairman in December 2012, and said he divested his interest.” How convenient! The article omits that, as GreenTech founder, McAuliffe brokered the deal in which the company got millions in public funds by promising to invest $60 million locally and creating hundreds of new full-time jobs. That never happened and instead taxpayers got fleeced. Now, Mississippi State auditor Stacey Pickering is ordering that

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. Today: Enid Osborn, poet laureate of Santa Barbara.

When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Art Exhibit Nine artists show their dynamic perspective at this exhibit, called VIEWPOINT, at 10 West Gallery.

Show is up through Monday, August 28; tonight is the reception.

When: 5 to 8 pm Where: 10 West Gallery, 10 West Anapamu Cost: free Info: 770-7711 FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish.

Participants should be familiar with the basics.

When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

Fiesta Friday with Darla Bea Gavin Roy presents: DJ Darla Bea at the Four Seasons Resort, the Biltmore’s Ty Lounge. Cocktails and dancing on Fiesta Friday, free admission; must be over 21.

When: 7 to 10 pm Where: 1260 Channel Drive Self-Integration for Changing Times: An Exploration of Writing, Meditation, and Movement Living in a period of rapid change may make us feel that we are going over our own speed limit, leaving ourselves behind. Come find the still point within to settle the mind and allow the wisdom of your deeper spirit to spontaneously heal and integrate your overwrought system. Combining meditation with writing and simple Qi Gong movement will help your imagination unearth and blend deeper dimensions of both your story and yourself. Writing prompts will focus on memoir and personal experience.

Beginning and seasoned writers and meditators are welcome. Bring a notebook or laptop.

Kimberley Snow, Ph.D., and Jinny Webber, Ph.D., will co-lead. Kimberley is an author, leads dharma talks, and teaches meditation. Jinny is a novelist, playwright, and lecturer in literature.

Both lead writing groups.

When: tonight at 7:30 through Sunday 1 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: commuter, $395; resident, $295 Info: www.lacasademaria.org SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 Centering Prayer Practice Retreat A mini-retreat day for Centering

MERRAG Meeting and Training Network of trained volunteers that work and/or live in the Montecito area prepare to respond to community disaster during critical first 72 hours following an event. The mutual “self-help” organization serves Montecito’s residents with the guidance and support of the Montecito Fire, Water, and Sanitary districts. This month: Emergency Preparedness for Pets When: 10 am Where: Montecito Fire Station, 595 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-2537 Prayer practice. There will be meditation walks, journaling, reflection, and prayer practice. Let by sister Suzanne Dunn, Jeannette Love, and Annette Colbert. Beginners welcome.

When: 9:30 am to 1 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031 Carpinteria Artists Marketplace The event will be held in the courtyard of the Carpinteria Arts Center. Join in to celebrate the arts through music and handcrafted art pieces for sale by local artists.

When: 10 am to 4 pm Where: 855 Linden Avenue Info: www.carpinteriaartscenter.org SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 Tea Dance The City of Santa Barbara donates use of the ballroom and volunteers provide music and refreshments for this ongoing, free dance event. Ballroom dance music including the Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Fox Trot, Quick Step, and rhythm dances such as the Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Mambo, and Bolero are played, among others.

Participants can hone their skills or learn new dance techniques.

The Santa Barbara Ballroom Tea Dance is held on the first Sunday of every month at the Carrillo Rec Center. No partner necessary, but if you can find one bring him or her along!

When: 2 to 5 pm Where: 100 E. Carrillo Street Info: 897-2519 Cost: free

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito.

When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 Happiness & Meditation Happiness & Meditation will offer numerous tools that facilitate the elimination of stress and foster deep and profound inner peace, happiness, and well-being. It is an interactive and experiential stressbuster session where participants will have the opportunity to experience energizing breathing technique and relaxing meditation; experience alertness and relaxation at the same time. No experience in breathing exercises or meditation is required.

When: Noon to 12:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Wednesday Retreat Day Come spend a day exploring principles of nonviolence, “waging” peace instead of war. The workshop will cover every aspect of being human, from solving national and global problems, to confronting the root causes of violence and bullying, to overcoming rage and trauma.

You will learn how the power of conveying respect can increase peaceful conflict resolution, and most important, you will come away feeling hopeful about creating a brighter future.

Led by Paul K. Chappell, who graduated from West Point, was deployed to Iraq, and left active duty as a captain. He is the Peace Leadership director at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and author of the seven-book Road to Peace series.

When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation requested; lunch available for $14, or bring your own RSVP: www.lacasademaria.org 3 – 10 August 2017

23rd Annual Sadako Peace Day Ceremony On the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, join in La Casa’s beautiful Sadako Peace Garden. Participants will share music, poetry, and reflections as they commemorate all innocent victims of war and continue to work for peace in our time and in our world. Co-sponsored with the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.

When: 6 to 7 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: free Info: www.lacasademaria.org MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito.

When: 1 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meetup for all ages at Montecito Library.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker.

When: 7:30 to 8:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road FRIDAY, AUGUST 11 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The gathering is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics.

When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 Surf ‘n’ Suds Beer Festival The fifth annual Trek Bikes of Ventura Surf ‘n’ Suds Beer Festival takes place at the Carpinteria State Beach. The “Beer Festival with a Surf Twist” was voted the number-8 festival in all of the U.S. by BeerYeti.com.

More than 70 craft breweries, Wine Zone, Surfboard Shapers, plenty of food trucks, and live entertainment.

When: 11:30 am to 5 pm Where: Carpinteria State Beach Cost: $50 to $65 Info: www.surfbeerfest.com 3 – 10 August 2017

Trails ‘n’ Tails at Botanic Garden Bring your dog to the annual Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Trails ‘n’ Tails celebration and get in free.

Leashed dogs are always welcome at the garden, but in honor of National Dog Day there’s a big party to celebrate canine friends. Each leashed dog gets one person in for free! Dog-centric activities will include a pet costume parade, pet photo booth, dog caricature drawings, and more.

When: 9 am to 4 pm Where: 1212 Mission Canyon Road Info: www.sbbg.org ONGOING Qi Gong Class with Yemaya Renuka Promotes organ and joint health, reduces stress and anxiety, aligns you with your purpose. Meet on Butterfly Beach, Western staircase side of Biltmore.

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Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 MONDAYS Connections Brain Fitness Program Challenging games, puzzles, and memory-enhancement exercises in a friendly environment.

When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50, includes lunch Info: 969-0859 TUESDAYS Story Time at the Library A wonderful way to introduce children to the library, and for parents and caregivers to learn about early literacy skills; each week, children ages three to five enjoy stories, songs, puppets, and fun at Story Time.

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

When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 •MJ

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ast week, traffic along Coast Village Road hit what seems to be a new high, with some Montecito residents describing the situation as a “perfect storm” of issues that have led to multiple frustrating afternoons for drivers and businesses in the lower village. At one point, southbound traffic was backed up into the roundabout at Hot Springs Road, with Coast Village Road, Coast Village Circle, and the parking lanes completely congested with vehicles.

Pete Williams, a 10-year Montecito resident and a daily frequenter of Coast Village Road businesses, in a letter to the Coast Village Association (CVA; formerly known as Coast Village Business Association), writes: “Commuters, with no concern for our community, abuse the street as a way around the 101.” He goes on to write about his experience last Wednesday, July 26. “Once the main street is clogged, or even slowed, they speed around Coast Village Circle, or worse, pull into the side parking areas and attempt to speed past the other cars on Coast Village Road, cutting back in at the end near Honor Bar,” he writes. “This afternoon, I reached my breaking point. The side parking area was backed up from Honor Bar to the intersection at Middle Road. I pulled into the parking area in front of Jeannine’s and had to wait a few minutes before I could edge forward far enough to park, a distance of maybe 30 to 40 feet. Upon leaving, it took 5 to 10 minutes to get from my parking spot in front of Jeannine’s to get back onto Coast Village Road, turning left to go west!” Williams points out the maneuver of using the parking areas to circumvent traffic is not only dangerous, but it is detrimental to local businesses.

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Montecito’s New Thoroughfare Bob Ludwick, president of the newly resurgent CVA, sat down with us earlier this week to discuss the traffic issues. “Coast Village Road was never intended to be used as an alternative route to the freeway, and in a way the road and its businesses and residents have become unique victims on what has become a thoroughfare, and not a neighborhood street,” he says. He also notes that the CVA is committed to working with local agencies to help come up with creative and acceptable solutions to the problem; a CVA Transportation and Safety Committee is set to convene in the coming weeks.

Last week’s “perfect storm” was a combination of summer afternoon traffic, a congested Highway 101, and a more than 100-ft-tall crane that caused northbound traffic at the corner of Olive Mill and Coast Village (the future site of a mixed-use building) to be diverted into the southbound lane. There were also reports of several fender-benders on the road, including an accident in which the driver of a vintage Cadillac hit a police cruiser.

The crane was removed overnight on Thursday.

SBCAG and Caltrans Responsible With the closing of the southbound Highway 101 entrance at Cabrillo Boulevard several years ago, Caltrans and SBCAG (Santa Barbara County Association of Governments) reps promised Montecito residents that highly visible signage directing beachgoers to enter the freeway at both Garden and Milpas streets would help deter people from using Coast Village Road as a route to the freeway. They didn’t take into consideration work-

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Noche De Fuego Santa Barbara Mwagazine staff: ad director Sarah McCormick, executive editor Gina Tolleson, and advertising and marketing coordinator Ashley Nelsen at the summer soirée

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he Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club polo field was on fire.

But don’t panic! They were all small-contained, wood-burning fires meant to cook food in the Argentinean style, and the rest of the fires were to keep warm. Hence, Noche de Fuego (or Night of Fire). The field looked spectacular with wooden structures hung with crystal chandeliers and many cozy conversation centers furnished with sofas and easy chairs. All this for the annual summer soirée, hosted by Santa Barbara Magazine and

More polo folks: Alexander Adler, Barry and Jelinda DeVorzon with Bob Fell

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There was a plethora of swank and swagger. Definitely a desired ticket

Hosts of Noche de Fuego: executive director of South Coast Plaza Debra Gunn Downing and Santa Barbara Magazine owner Jennifer Smith Hale

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Former ambassador to Jamaica and polo patriarch Glen Holden and wife Gloria at Noche de Fuego

with much of the polo society on hand for the gaucho-inspired asado (barbecue). There was a whole, literally,

bathtub of champagne, but they did pour it in a glass. There was a wine tasting and special cocktails made from lime and tequila. The evening was reminiscent of The Great Gatsby sans tuxes with polo casual instead.

Argentinean chef Agustin Mallmann was hard at work creating the evening’s fantastic faire – the best empanadas I’ve ever tasted.

There were grilled scallops, fish and steak, and much more. Agustin was born in Santa Barbara. He is the nephew of the most famous chef in the Spanish-speaking world, Francis

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Mallmann. Agustin says, “I have found the style of cooking that identifies myself. Very simple, yet so profound. Francis and his restaurants taught me the technique that I enjoy the most when it comes to cooking… fire.”

Our hosts must have been ecstatic with the success. That would be Jennifer Smith Hale, who publishes both Santa Barbara Magazine and C Magazine, and Debra Gunn Downing, executive director of South Coast Plaza. Also happy were the 400 guests who danced the night away under the twinkling stars. To name a few: Gina Tolleson from Santa Barbara Magazine, Marni and Doug Margerum, Gloria and Glen Holden, Kim and Andy Busch, Kendall Conrad and David Cameron, Francisco de Narvaez, Paco and Rocio de Narvaez, Amanda and Justin Klentner, Bill and Sandi 3 – 10 August 2017

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They had an exclusive cabana packed with 150 guests and served wine and special tidbits from their kitchen.

There were even mini treatments by The Spa from the hotel. It’s a posh way to watch a game with sofas and cocktail tables and chairs. I lived at the polo fields for 14 years and I still own my condo, so it’s a bit like coming home.

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SEEN (Continued from page 15) At the taping of The Inn Crowd are sponsor David Bolton, producer Craig Case, La Presidente Rhonda Henderson, and chef Michael Hutchings

Sponsor David Bolton from the California Missions Foundation with La Presidente Rhonda Henderson at The Inn Crowd filming and lunch

and greeting were sales manager Amy Esnault, director of sales and marketing Alison Brainard Sydney and resort manager Shaun O’Bryan. Don and I sat with Entrée travel newsletter editor and publisher Bill Tomicki and his wife, Barbara, and Santa Barbara Travel guy Charles de L’Arbre and wife Barbara. Others sipping, munching, and cheering on the teams were Barry DeVorzon and son Michael, Charles Ward, Michael Hammer and wife Misty, Mark Alfano, Renee Grubb, Amie Parrish and Scott Dahlquist, and Sabrina Tinajero.

And yes, there was a game going on all afternoon between Klentner Ranch and Santa Clara. It was a bit lopsided, with Klentner by far out playing their rival 13-7.

The Santa Barbara Polo club has existed for 106 years and is the third-oldest club in the United States Polo Association. Players ride an average of 10 horses per game on a field the equivalent of nine football fields.

Polo is played eight months out of the year here, which is great for a sport that relies on good weather.

If you’ve never experienced a polo game, come out some Sunday. The game starts at 3 pm and there is a $10 general admission fee. You don’t need to know many rules to enjoy. The program explains. You can also come on Friday afternoons for a free game and Happy Hour.

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In honor of Old Spanish Days, the TV cooking show The Inn Crowd did a two-part filming about fiesta food at the Carriage and Western Art Museum • The Voice of the Village •

using their outdoor grill. Craig Case is the producer and Michael Hutchings is the chef.

A few of us were invited to watch the filming and, even better, to stay on and eat whatever they cooked.

To add to the spirit of the occasion, everyone had on their fiesta regalia.

The California Missions Foundation headed up by David Bolton, who oversees our California missions was sponsoring the show. David is also an Old Spanish Days board member.

The first segment was all about chili rellenos, Michael’s recipe, and this year’s La Presidente Rhonda Henderson assisted him. The chili rellenos were the best ever. Next came the main course of barbecued lamb steak with a special mole sauce by Chef Michael aided by David. He’s quite the amateur chef himself. I know because I’ve eaten his cooking. The dessert was those traditional Mexican wedding cake cookies (we always made them at Christmas) and another cookie of gingerbread served with strawberries and raspberries.

For the eating part, we went inside to the saddle room where Rhonda had set up a beautiful table for 20 with a black-lace cloth, deep-red roses, black wrought-iron candles, and red votives. The food was served family-style with the cameras rolling. It was complemented by Grassini wines brought to us by Katie Grassini.

As Michael says when ending his show, “Put on your apron, grab your whisk, fire up the oven, and I’ll provide the recipes. The rest is up to you.

See you in the kitchen.” Tastefully, Michael. The show airs Saturdays at 6:30 pm on Channel 3.

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his rare 1941 Buick Super 8 Convertible is a one-owner Montecito, CA car that is almost completely original and drives like it has 30,000 miles. Peggy McManus took delivery of her Sienna Rust convertible on October 1, 1940, a gift from a family friend, Amy Elizabeth duPont, of the well-known duPont family. The elderly Ms. duPont ,who liked to be called ‘Miss Amy,’ had never married, owned a large estate, and hosted frequent tea parties. It was at one of Miss Amy’s parties that they met. Soon after, Peggy became the “granddaughter” Amy E. duPont never had. “Miss Amy oversaw my entire life...did everything for me...gave me anything I needed” Peggy recalled.

In 1938, as an attractive young women of 20, Peggy McManus set her sights on Hollywood and a career singing with the Big Bands. With a busy schedule of voice lessons, acting lessons, and perfecting her skills as an equestrian and polo player, Peggy was fast becoming what the old studio system referred to as a “Starlet.” In 1940, she was signed to a contract at RKO pictures also began modeling. At 5’7” with long blond hair, blue eyes, and a perfect figure she was a natural.

Every weekend Peggy would travel back up the coast in her light gray Chevy sedan - what she always referred to as an “old lady’s car.” One weekend while visiting Miss Amy’s estate, she was thumbing through the Saturday Evening Post when she came across a Buick advertisement, and it was love at first sight. “There it was, that beautiful Sienna Rust Convertible,” Peggy recalled. “Oh Amy, isn’t it beautiful!”

A few days later the two were shopping in downtown Santa Barbara and stopped by Vincent Wood Buick on State Street. “And there it was on the truck waiting to be unloaded...just like the one in the ad. We didn’t have to order it...Amy bought it for me on the spot! The first thing Miss Amy and I did was lower the top and drive up and down State Street laughing. I’ll never forget that beautiful fall day, the two of us in my new Buick, Miss Amy’s snow white hair blowing in the wind as we drove up and down State Street...laughing and laughing!”

Back at the Studio Club in Hollywood, Peggy was having the time of her life. Her days were spent at the RKO lot working with such film luminaries as Jane Russell and Rita Hayworth, while her evenings were spent enjoying the nightlife on Sunset Boulevard. “Errol Flynn loved to ride in my Buick,” Peggy recalled.

Until her death at age 85, in 2005, Peggy took her Buick out occasionally, driving just a few blocks from her home to the Coral Casino. With the odometer reading 131,000 miles, the convertible is in remarkably good original shape. In an article around 2000, Vincent Manocchi wrote, “Following an afternoon of good conversation, I was ready to leave. The sun was going down and I noticed Peggy’s garage faced west. She told me how she always wanted to star in a Western, and at the end of the movie ride off into the sunset. As our eyes made contact, I realized those were the same blue eyes that charmed Errol Flynn sixty years earlier. We said our goodbyes and I promised I would see her again. We smiled at each other, shook hands, and I walked away. As I looked back, there she was, behind the wheel of her Buick, wearing her well-worn Stetson. As she pulled into her west-facing garage, the sun was about to set. All I could think about on my two-hour drive home was what it might have been like: The Golden Age of Hollywood, dining with celebrities at the famous Trocadero Restaurant, Ciro’s on Sunset Boulevard, and a lovely blue-eyed blond in her early 20’s...chasing Southern Pacific’s Coast Daylight up U.S. Highway 101 to Santa Barbara in a 1941 Buick Convertible.”

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The Way It Was

The Art Decostyle Faulkner Gallery was completed in 1930 (Courtesy Santa Barbara Public Library)

by Hattie Beresford

Faulkner Gallery: Architecture and Art

Myron Hunt speaks to the small group assembled for the groundbreaking ceremony. Seated from left: Mary Corning Winslow Black, Mrs. Francis B. Linn, and Mary Faulkner Gould (Courtesy Santa Barbara Public Library)

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y 1928, Clarence Black had donated the land and Mary Faulkner Gould had donated $55,000 from the sale of her sisters’ lands in Montecito toward the creation of an art gallery for the Santa Barbara library. Now it was time to create a plan for the direction of the gallery and to find an architect who could create a design that met all the needs of the gallery committee.

Plans and Breaking Ground

Various architectural firms submitted plans and renderings for the new art gallery. In the end, Myron Hunt and H. C. Chambers of Los Angeles won the contract. Hunt came to Los Angeles from Chicago in 1903 and became popular for his residential designs as well as institutional work,

Ms Beresford is a retired English and American history teacher of 30 years in the Santa Barbara School District. She is author of two Noticias, “El Mirasol: From Swan to Albatross” and “Santa Barbara Grocers,” for the Santa Barbara Historical Society.

which included hotels and colleges.

In Montecito, he designed Cima del Mundo for Laura Knight (whose estate was most recently the Pacifica Graduate Institute, Ladera Campus) and Las Acacias on Oriole Road. Hunt was supervising architect in 1906 for Bertram Goodhue’s design for El Fureidis and 20 years later for John Cooper’s design for La Arcada on State Street. He also designed the County Bank building on the northwest corner of Carrillo and State streets.

The Faulkner Art Reading Room connected the main library building to the gallery. Today, this is a corridor and main entrance to both the library and the Faulkner Gallery. (Courtesy Santa Barbara Public Library)

Joaquin Crespi “JC” Juarez, groundskeeper and head gardener at Renklauf since 1893, was chosen for the groundbreaking ceremony (Courtesy Santa Barbara Public Library)

Hunt’s plans for the art gallery were accepted on September 1, 1929, and were a startling departure from the architectural style of the Federal Post Office and the Mediterranean Public Library. Hunt believed he had solved the problem of having the addition look like a small version of the main building by using landscaping to hide the connection and make it appear as a completely separate structure with its own unique architecture. This way, he believed, it would harmonize with the main building and that of the post office.

On September 16, 1929, groundbreaking ceremonies commenced.

Seated front and center were Mary Corning Winslow Black, Frances B. Linn, and Mary Faulkner Gould.

Myron Hunt was there to explain to the small assembly that the architecture was not Egyptian as some suggested, but an adaptation to serve the purpose of the building. Wielding a silver-plated shovel, Joaquin Crespin (J.C.) Juarez, a descendent of Presidio soldiers and for nearly 40 years gardener and groundskeeper at Renklauf, moved the first shovelful of dirt on behalf of the Faulkner family, and construction commenced.

In a January 1931 article for The Architect and Engineer, local cultural promoter, architect, and library trust-

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Spirituality Matters

by Steven Libowitz “Spirituality Matters” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area spiritual gatherings. Unusual themes and events with that something extra, especially newer ones looking for a boost in attendance, receive special attention. For consideration for inclusion in this column, email slibowitz@yahoo.com.

On Love’s Path Resonates with Music

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ark Ruskin wasn’t planning on writing a follow-up to Gitanjali, his 2013 book of new English versions of poems by Rabindranath Tagore, the 19th-century Bengali polymath and poet. But callings from pieces by mystic poets Rumi, Kabir, and Hafiz kept resonating, he said, during meditation or when he was reading poetry. “It opened up in a very powerful way,” Ruskin said. “It was like there was a huge ‘yes’ about doing the process (of creating a new book) that I wasn’t even considering.”

Following the muse, Ruskin immersed himself in the project, re-reading all the old source texts – translations from the original languages that are more than 100 years old – and just slowly trying to work the poems, like a sculptor, he explained.

“I just sort of get out of the way and let the spirit of the poem reveal itself.”

Earlier this year, the new book emerged as On Love’s Path: New Versions of Rumi, Kabir and Hafiz.

Ruskin will offer the first public reading from the work from 3 to 5 pm this Saturday, August 5, at the Arden Light House, 318 Arden Road.

The process of re-imagining the works is like alchemy, said Ruskin, who makes his living as a doctor of Chinese medicine. “There’s a certain magic that takes place when I’m in the flow – it kind of happens on its own.”

It helps that poetry is in his nature, both as a writer and in his daily living.

“My friends say I have poetic way of speaking; I look at things metaphorically. So, it’s part of my language. But mostly I speak a language of love, and these poems are about opening the spiritual heart. So it’s me, but I’m not trying to inject my own teaching or interpretation, just lend (the pieces) my poetic ear and even my knowledge of the modern world, and the Gestalt of our culture.”

At Saturday’s reading, Ruskin will be accompanied by music from Noell Grace and Ejé Lynn-Jacobs, the founders of the ongoing SpiritSings Sacred Songs of the One Heart gatherings at Arden. Grace will play guitar in open tuning while Lynn-Jacobs offers percussion, creating “a context of music behind the poems, a nice backdrop for reading,” Ruskin said.

“It also puts people into a relaxed state, where they are more receptive.

It’s very heart-opening, ecstatic, mystical poetry. You listen to the words, but it’s more about feeling into the 3 – 10 August 2017

Mark Ruskin turns the page at Arden Light House on Saturday, August 5

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The second half of the event will be a truncated version of SpiritSings, featuring call-and-response singing of Grace and Lynn-Jacobs’s original chant-songs, many of which also come from Sanskrit. Admission is by a $10 love offering at the door.

Moon-lit Meditation

Santa Barbara native Tom G. O’Brien, who graduated from Crane Country Day School in Montecito, leads a Full Moon Meditation at East Beach on Monday evening, August 7. O’Brien, the founder of Rupa Meditation, has taught meditation to hundreds of business executives, legal and medical professionals, educators, students, families, and the recovery community for 25 years, and regularly leads events at the beach when the reflective light of the moon cools and quiets the mind leading) into deeper states. Monday’s non-denominational meditation takes place at 8 pm at the east end of the beach, by the volleyball courts (and across Cabrillo Boulevard from the Santa Barbara Zoo). Experienced and novice meditators are welcome to attend, as straightforward and concise instructions will be given at the start of the event. Donation is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and students. RSVP to rupameditation@gmail.com or text 453-8965.

Intro to Ayurveda

Get Well Club, a new wellness center at 22 W. Mission, which is also the home of Yasa Yoga, is hosting a free introduction to The Perfect Health: Ayurvedic Lifestyle Program, which helps participants to discover and maintain daily wellness through technics founded on Ayurveda, the 5,000-year-old healing system of medicine. The intro session takes place during the evening of Wednesday, August 9. Call 394-5200 or visit www. getwell.club

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Business in particular to bring into Santa Barbara and the increasing vacancies on State Street and outlying areas?

Cities in general, but SB specifically, go through changes every 25 years in terms of how they need to readjust to the changing economic times. Just as we brought in Paseo Nuevo 25 years ago, and how they built La Cumbre Plaza 25 before that, we’re sort of really at that pivotal point again where you have to look at what are the changes in the economy, and we certainly know on a national scale how people are moving in a different direction about how they buy retail goods. But SB is historically both a tourist economy and an economy tied to the universities. Here’s a case where if you really want to look at where we should go in the future, we have to be tied to clearly the university in terms of the new economics that are emerging both in technological ways and in terms of service provisions, which the university also has an excellent reputation. I think it’s time for a fundamental re-look at all the ways which we support especially the core business downtown, because you just can’t be relying on retail the way it existed 20 years ago. And that means the property owners also need to participate in that discussion, because we have a lot of property owners [who] frankly have owned those properties for a long time and in some cases don’t care whether they are empty or not. But I think with peer pressure and community pressure, we need to have a unified plan of where we want downtown to go, and everybody needs to participate in it. It’s not a “we versus they” argument. It’s a “we’re all in this together” argument, and let’s all figure this out together how we’re going to make this work. When buildings are not with customers or a business in it, you get people sleeping in the doorstep. And you can’t be relying totally on retail from tourism coming in. In many ways, the cities we are seeing successful have ramped up having people to live, so it’s really

a “24-hour alive after 5” and all-day long experience. When people are there, it changes the dynamic of what kind of businesses you have, so part of resolving the economic future is tied to the university, but I think part of it is also tied to just getting people to live downtown. We have plenty of space to do it right now.

Data, technology, and AI [artificial intelligence]?

I can’t say specifically how AI would affect business, but I would pretty much bet the farm that if somebody is a student going to UCSB excelling in what’s happening in new technology, they want a job, and they’re going to figure out a way to make those jobs happen in SB. We can tie the technological future that the university excels in with creating jobs in SB tied into what the university and those students think can be done to base those jobs in SB. Now, do those jobs replace some other jobs with AI? Possibly, but I don’t think that’s necessarily going to affect SB; we’re not a production center, we’re a think-tank, and the think-tank is based out of the university.

Infrastructure now and in five years?

SB is an old city so it has old infrastructure. And to its credit, people are often forward-thinking and want new things when they happen. We were one of the first cities to underground utilities in the 1950s and ‘60s and they’re wearing out now. We build roads that are now 50 years old and need to be replaced. You have to have a good economic stream and a commitment to that budget to make it all happen. I think that there’s going to be a need to shift the way [that] we transport people around for jobs; I think we need to be a little more creative about it. You can’t expand the freeway anymore; you’re sort of at the capacity of what it can do. I think we ought to build a light rail system from downtown SB to UCSB and run if off hydrogen power instead of overhead wires. There’s

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a variety of ways you can do this without it costing an arm and a leg, but it can move people around; it’s like putting in a horizontal elevator in a large building. The infrastructure is critical to how the whole body of the community works. If you don’t have a healthy infrastructure, you’re going to be limping along. Having worked for Edison as their director of Public Affairs, I know how the system operates – undergrounding is an extremely expensive option. Bringing power in from long distances away and putting it underground drives the price astronomically high, which businesses can’t afford. We’ve seen a great move toward renewable energy, and I think that’s going to continue whether SB cares to do it or not. But you’re not going to make it work in California unless you can find ways to create less transmission of that power and more localized power development; that is like creating solar roofs that look like Spanish tiles as opposed to building a wind farm in the Tehachapi mountains, costing billions of dollars and bringing it for 500 miles across everybody’s backyard. You can see more power development, but it’s going to have to be localized power development, whether it’s bio-gas off the Tajiguas landfill or new technologies in solar roofing, or micro-grids in the community that literally use people’s electric cars to move power around at night as opposed to using transmission lines. There’s a whole variety of new technology that is coming out that the university is highly involved in. The Center for Environmental Efficiency and Energy Efficiency is at UCSB – that’s where it’s being paid to develop it, and I think we should be tied into everything that’s going on in our backyard and make that technology work for us here, and bring a lot of jobs here. We’re seeing people build solar energy into stone driveways, new Spanish tiles, all new ways to hide solar panels. The cost of solar is dropping at a remarkable rate. The old way of thinking about renew-

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State of the World

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overnors give “State of the State” speeches, and the president speaks annually on the “State of the Union.” But as far as I know, not even the U.N. secretary-general, reports regularly on the State of the World.

We hear so much about how bad things are, and how much better they used to be, that I feel the need to provide some “correction.” Here are a few personal observations (in no particular order): MEDICINE: People are undoubtedly getting healthier and living longer.

True, we still suffer all kinds of illness, pain, and deterioration – physical and mental. But who would want to go back to the days before anesthesia?

PUBLIC SPITTING AND SMOKING: Two noxious habits that for centuries made life miserable in many countries. Thanks to organized action on the part of many people, these curses are being brought under control. But to achieve this breakthrough, it wasn’t enough for them to be unpleasant and annoying – they had to be proven seriously harmful. (I know you’re thinking of all the exceptions and remnants of such activities that still survive – but as Shakespeare said, “There is a tide in the affairs of men” – and in this case, the tide seems to be an almost irresistible trend toward – dare I call it “decency?”

TECHNOLOGY: In my childhood, television was still a dream. But here we are today, with screens and speakers all over the place, even in our hands as we walk.

WAR: You may think that some of today’s violence is pretty bad – but it doesn’t compare with a world war.

Highly publicized exceptions make it hard to believe, but the world is actually a much more peaceful place now than it has probably ever been before.

DATA: To me personally, the greatest miracle of our age is the ease and speed with which you can look things up, and organize them. When I was writing my Ph.D. thesis at Berkeley in the early 1960s, I was introduced to what was then the most advanced system for organizing data available to ordinary students. It consisted of (1) a stack of IBM-type cards on which you first wrote your notes. These cards had about 50 numbered holes all around the edges, and you assigned a different topic to each number; (2) a punch called a “pig’s-ear-notcher,” (originally made, and I think also still 3 – 10 August 2017

used, for that purpose) which took out a triangular section from the edge of a card at any hole you chose; and (3) a thin rod with a handle which you inserted at a particular number through the lined-up holes in a stack of cards. When you did so, and lifted the rod, all the cards you’d notched at that hole fell out, giving you a collection of all your notes related to that topic. Contrast this advanced research tool, at a major university, with the devices and techniques available to all students today!

PENS: Most of us still do some writing by hand on paper. The best pens used to be “fountain pens,” which you filled with ink from bottles. At school, you used more primitive pens, which you had to keep dipping into a little “inkwell” built into your desk. These were filled regularly by a class “ink monitor,” who had the job of going around the desks with a jug of ink and a spout.

Today’s violence doesn’t compare with a world war It wasn’t until the late 1940s that ballpoint pens became widely available. I got my first one as a birthday present. It came standing upright in a cylindrical transparent case, making it seem like something special – which indeed it was. (But initially, they were banned at school!)

Finally, HUMAN NATURE: Conventional wisdom says it can’t be changed. But, I believe it is changing – for the better – especially in the ways we treat one another and our fellow creatures. Just consider, over the last two millennia, how many cruelties once prevalent are no longer socially acceptable – from the atrocities of the Roman arena, through tortures and public executions, to deliberate barbarities inflicted on animals in the name of sport and pleasure. Think of practices which are no longer tolerated, such as Suttee in India – (burning a widow to death on the funeral pyre of her husband.)

It may be hard to see all such positive developments through the fog of whatever terrible events are still occurring at any given moment. But I think they say something important about the true “State of the World.”

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On Entertainment SUMMER STUFF

by Steven Libowitz

At the Table with Kate Bergstrom

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On the Verge Summer Repertory Theatre presents At the Table

s On the Verge (OTV) Summer Repertory Theatre gets set to begin its third season of producing and presenting challenging new works created by female and LGBTQ writers beginning Thursday afternoon, the local grassroots company is settling comfortably into its digs at Community Arts Workshop (CAW).

CAW, which each spring serves as the home of Summer Solstice Celebration, is hosting the 10-day residency for the second year, and partnership has festival founder and artistic director Kate Bergstrom raving.

“It’s really great to have a home base,” she said, “especially an alternative space that’s dedicated to supporting artists and art-making in Santa Barbara. It’s an open warehouse where anything is possible, with flexible spaces that we can design however we need, to meet and work and interact. And it’s also downtown and easily accessible, and has a history with the community, from serving as the recycling center to now being where Solstice makes its floats.”

That flexibility is a necessary aspect, as On the Verge is producing no less than five works new to Santa Barbara, including three new plays and two short pieces, plus a one-shot offering of Meanwhile There Are Letters, the final installment of this season’s Launch Pad Summer Reading Series from UCSB’s Risa Brainin.

Bergstrom is a longtime Santa Barbara resident and theater stalwart who graduated from Dos Pueblos High School before heading to UCLA, and most recently enrolled in the prestigious graduate program in directing at Brown University-Trinity Rep. What keeps her coming back home is the chance to serve at the forefront of cutting-edge theater that challenges norms, and speaks to social justice, particularly in areas of inclusion and diversity.

The current political situation has Bergstrom even more dedicated to OTV’s mission of serving the con-

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

stituencies of women and LGBTQ writers. “Women alone are still significantly under-represented in the national regional theater market,” she explained. “The gender gap is up to 25 percent of plays being written by women, so things are changing but too slowly for my liking. It should not be an anomaly that a play written by a women opens on Broadway.

Those voices should be guiding us into tomorrow’s theater.”

Those are just a few of the issues that resonate even more deeply in the wake of last November’s election, Bergstrom said.

“As dumbfounding as it might be, the conversation about inequities and inclusion needs to be had,” she said.

“In the art community, my job and my friends’ job is to continue to push against tyranny as hard and fast as we can by opening up the dialog with people who are different from us. And conversations with our close friends about how we should not be silent.

And in light of de-funding of the arts, to make art accessible, which is also what OTV is all about.”

Indeed, OTV holds its prices to just $10 maximum for each performances, which are staged back-to-back (or even three in a row) during the 10-day run, encouraging audiences to stay to see more than one work at a time. But low prices don’t mean compromises in quality, as among the collaborators as writers, directors and/or actors are Out of the Box founder Samantha Eve, and actress-turned-theater-teacher Riley Berris.

Among the uncompromising themes at this year’s OTV is Black Americans facing the epidemic of police brutality

Summer Fun with Kids

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n addition to the always-fascinating Maritime Museum’s activities in house is an interactive children’s area open every day except Wednesday. This exhibit is well worth a visit during the summer break.

Fun times can also be had over at the Sea Center Museum on Stearns Wharf. Listed on its summer schedule is “Shark Feeding,” so I decided to drop by and find out what that was all about. The Sea Center provides an opportunity for visitors to observe how live sea creatures housed at the museum are fed: on the list are sharks, octopus, and jelly feedings.

The shark area usually has its share of excitement, and when it came time to demonstrate how to feed a shark an announcement was made and the shark pool became the center of attention. Lots of little hands and feet surrounded the glass and a few more informed kids lined up ready for what was to come. Lead aquarist Tommy Wilson assisted by Ariana Kjo and Wilson Sherman began the demonstration. “Today you’ve been able to touch and pet the surprisingly gentle sharks and rays and explore the shark’s world here at the center. Now comes the big moment,” says Tommy, “when you’ll be able to feed the sharks yourselves.”

As more people gathered, Tommy explained that sharks were “bottom feeders” and the food needed to be placed deep in the water for the sharks to eat. Tommy’s assistants provided the children with thin steel rods with raw mackerel and clam meat attached.

One by one, the kids pushed the rod into the water for the sharks to swim over and feed; a couple of the animals in Outcry, an experimental piece that employs dance and humor alongside the drama and features a cast of all black actors, itself a rarity in a locally produced piece of theater. The short play peanutbutterjellybagelcreamcheese, from Indie Award winners Danielle Draper and Lindsey Twigg, is also a comic if clever look at the internal dialogue of a woman’s journeys in love and heartache, told by the polar opposite Left and Right hemispheres of her brain.

Meanwhile, At the Table, which Bergstrom is directing, won multiple awards this past season when it debuted in Chicago. The playwright collaborating with his actors in creating the work that addresses whose voices should be heard when debating hot-button issues such as abortion and slavery reparations.

“The play itself takes a unique

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Time to feed the little sharks, announces Tommy Wilson, assisted by Ariana Kjo and Wilson Sherman at the Sea Center on Stearns Wharf

actually sprung from the water to grab the food.

The Sea Center schedule includes the shark feedings, Sundays at 3:30 pm; octopus feedings, Tuesdays at 4 pm; and jelly feedings, Thursdays at 4 pm.

Other Activities

There are so many things for kids to do during summer break in Santa Barbara, it is impossible to visit them all. Among the activity venues are Zoo Camp at the Santa Barbara Zoo, events at the new MOXI: The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, art related activities at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and a variety of possibilities at Santa Barbara YMCAs. That’s just a tiny bit of what is available in our town.

•MJ perspective on friendship and social issues and how those intersect,” Bergstrom said. “It’s about how identity politics can take a backseat in relationships and can be either problematic or eye-opening. Ultimately, it’s the question of who has a right to talk about the issues. It’s like a miniature version of what OTV is trying to enact.” The rehearsals have paralleled the subject, she said, with “the actors themselves processing as they inhabit their characters, who are also finding their way through. I find that very invigorating.”

Chances are that will be the audience reaction to all of 2017 On The Verge. Visit www.onthevergefest.org for a full schedule, descriptions of the plays and players, and details about the rest of the festival, including live musical interludes and Thursday’s opening night party.

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building the first de-sal plant in SB, and we took it as almost a war effort to do it as fast as possible, but those technologies are always changing, and you have to be ahead of the curve on what those technologies are and how you are going to pay for it.

If you don’t, I can tell you from previous experience, people get so fearful if they don’t think they’re going to have enough electricity, water, or whatever, they almost become rabid in their anger. I would not wish that on anybody to go through that again on what I saw what happened here when people thought they were going to run out of water. When I see all the discussion about should Montecito do it, can they buy into SB – however they do it, they just have got to do it well in advance to have it pay for itself. The issue about the U.S. Conference of Mayors and climate change or proclamations – I understand the psychic thrill that people get from proclaiming anything, but it has no value if it doesn’t actually produce something happening. And I think it’s a cheap shot to proclaim something and then say you’ve done something, because you haven’t done anything, you’ve just proclaimed it. If you want to make a difference in climate change, if that’s what the community wanted, I say then make something happen in SB that creates the resource base you want. Don’t complain about whether Washington is doing it right or wrong or Sacramento is doing it right or wrong, because you can feel good about proclaiming anything you want, but I only feel good if I actually see some change in SB. The U.S. Conference of Mayors, Washington, D.C., The National League of Cities, and The League of California Cities?

The U.S. Conference of Mayors are only the mayors of larger cities, but they’re only one of a number of civic organizations which lobby the state and the federal government to protect the tax payers of the community.

The National League of Cities and the California League of Cities – I’ve been president and vice president of both of those organizations, and they’re very effective in terms of trying to stop legislators from taking

local money away and using it for other programs. So yes, I think city has benefited greatly by being part of those organizations. Some people think all the organizations do is pass resolutions on whatever the hot-button issue is of the day whether it’s climate change or immigration or anything else, but that’s an infinitesimal small part of what those organizations do, it just gets all the publicity. Because I think they are highly protective of the taxpayer, I would want to be a part of them, yes.

Health care, the opioid issue?

The city doesn’t haven’t any responsibility for health care, the county does, so there’s no policies the city’s going to deal with, except under union contracts that are related to labor, and that’s labor relations for people’s health care. But the city’s always had health care for its employees, so it’s not a question of whether they should have it or not.

Health care is strictly a county, state, and federal responsibility. I do think that there is an opioid epidemic going on. My son works with Recovery Ranch in SY, but the number of people who need to be in these programs is profound, and it’s not just downand-out people, like football players or people who got pain killers in the hospital or dentist, and many others.

It’s a situation where we as a whole community can’t be an ostrich and put our heads in the sand, it’s just affecting every family in SB. Culture and the arts?

I’ve been a big supporter of the arts as an economic generator for the city.

Twenty-five years ago, I proposed the cultural district for downtown SB and saving the historical theaters and creating the historic theater district and help for the funding through the redevelopment agency and through federal grants to build out the cultural district [originally draw up as Carrillo Street to Sola Street and Santa Barbara Street to Chapala Street, a 10-square-block area] as we know it today. And it’s quite effective and it’s changed the nature of State Street. It’s changed nationally but we’ve seen it locally, that the amount of money spent on the arts is actually pretty profound in the economy.

I’m also on the Board of the Center for Performing Arts and we rebuilt the Granada Theatre. When I was with the city before, we provided money to the art museum and to a number of smaller arts organizations to do events and festivals in the city.

Events and festivals are gigantic generators of dollars in the community, everything from the Solstice Parade to Fiesta Parade to the film festival – these were all programs supported by and they only really run because we use bed tax from the hotels to help underwrite them. They produce a lot more money back to those hotels than going to the events. It also creates a great venue for local people to be able to participate in those events, it’s not just a tourist destination. SB has become a well-known art center, and in many ways it didn’t happen by accident, it happened because you had both a wealth of talent of people in the arts and you had good public policy which led toward that kind of support. I think it’s always a dynamic and changing area, some things like the SB Museum of Art and the Granada are built for a 50-year cycle of commitment to the community.

Some art galleries may be there for five years, but you also have a lot of street art, a lot of events that go on like Fiesta that lasts a 100 years.

What about housing?

California is a growing state, I’ve been here well over half my life, and there were less than 50 percent of the current population in the state than when I moved here, so we’re seeing huge number of people coming in from other states or migration from outside the United States.

SB though hasn’t grown that much, so the pressure is intense in SB for people wanting to live in a place like SB because it’s just not growing.

You have an ever growing interest in people wanting to live here, but a very small growth of housing opportunity, so the competition for existing housing just drives the price up dramatically. The government actually controls or owns over 10 percent of the housing in SB through the local Housing Authority; most people probably don’t realize the City owns one out of every 10 housing units in SB, but it does. The Housing

Authority is appointed by the city council. There is a need for more rental housing, and there’s a need for affordable housing all the time. The first person in gets it affordable, the next person in pays a market rate.

Unless the Housing Authority has it under strict controls, which in case it has to be re-sold at only a certain mark-up, but the fact is where the real housing need is, is downtown and that’s where you have a real opportunity in terms of zoning, in terms of reduced parking demand, and in terms of where the workers need to get to work without having to drive somewhere. Over the next few years, the real opportunity here of doing things like the AUD program and other programs which can build more housing in the community, but rather than building it throughout the community, you only need to concentrate it first downtown and having people live near where they work.

The Press and social media?

There is no question that the nature of communications is changing, and that people have many more options for getting information and news about global and local events that affect their lives. If anything, most people are becoming more and more selective in their sources because they are overwhelmed with data and don’t know who or what to trust. When it comes to local news, there needs to be transparency and an opportunity for regular communication about issues emanating from City Hall. All media sources should have a regular weekly opportunity to sit down with the mayor, the city administrator, and the police chief for an hour’s conversation about key issues of the day. For the general public, specific social media opportunities need to be available to everyone to get information and get their questions answered within 24 hours. Key to this interaction is the need for a full-time City public information officer available day and night, seven days a week. They can respond through a variety of traditional or social media outlets, as well as being available to reporters at all times.

[Next: my interview with Angel Martinez] •MJ

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the money be repaid with interest and investigative costs. The exact figure is $6,360,019.60.

McAuliffe is a renowned Democratic fundraiser who made a fortune with shady investments in a telecommunications giant that went bankrupt. He started his fundraising career in Jimmy Carter’s 1979 re-election campaign and has raised big bucks for Democrats over the years, but not without controversy. McAuliffe was investigated for campaign-finance abuses during the 1996 presidential election and was deposed by the Senate committee investigating the matter. In 2002, the Virginia governor was investigated for his role in an unprecedented case of political profiteering for turning a $100,000 investment in telecommunications giant Global Crossings into an $18-million profit. The company later made the fourth-largest bankruptcy filing in history, and McAuliffe insisted he only did “political work” for the company’s founder who, incidentally, donated $1 million to Bill Clinton’s presidential library.

In 2013, McAuliffe appeared on Judicial Watch’s most corrupt politicians list, and last year Judicial Watch sued the governor on behalf of Virginia voters for signing an executive order to restore voting rights to about 206,000 convicted felons. In court proceedings, Judicial Watch argued that the blanket restoration of rights to felons violates “provisions of the Virginia Constitution mandating that voting rights may only be restored on an individual basis, following a particular individualized review and a finding of sufficient grounds for restoring such rights.” Plaintiffs alleged that their votes and the lawful votes of other Virginians will be canceled out or diminished by felons who are not eligible to vote under Virginia’s laws and Constitution, much the same as the illegal aliens are doing to us in California.

Though his pals in the mainstream media are keeping his name out of the GreenTech scandal, McAuliffe could still be in serious trouble. The Virginia paper that reported his key role in the bankrupt electric car company points out that: “McAuliffe’s office has said the governor has had no involvement with the company since stepping down as its chairman and divesting his financial stake. But the escalating standoff in Mississippi raises the likelihood that the business deal McAuliffe brokered could be headed toward a bitter end in court. Ending his four-year term as governor with a higher national profile and record as an exuberant pitchman for Virginia, GreenTech’s unraveling could dog McAuliffe amid speculation about a 2020 presidential bid.”

This is really great work that Judicial Watch is doing while the Democrats 3 – 10 August 2017

have got the Trump Administration on the ropes with the never-ending Russia-gate. I keep hoping that Team Trump will find an opening to go on the offensive in a much more meaningful way. After all, the best defense is a good offense. I don’t know how much longer the Democrats can milk the Russian connection; the only member of Trump’s family they haven’t connected to the Russians so far is the president’s son Barron. I keep expecting to wake up to the headline that reads: “Trump’s son Barron observed pouring Russian dressing on salad”.

If that happens, Trump may as well throw in the towel.

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Greedy, Greedy, Greedy

Alan Simpson, the former senator from Wyoming, recently referred to senior citizens as “The Greediest Generation,” and compared Social Security to a milk cow with 310 million teats.

Senator Simpson needs to get a few things straight: 1) As a career politician, he has been on the public dole (teat) for 50 years; 2) I have been paying Social Security taxes for 48 years (since I was 15 years old; I am now 63); 3) My Social Security payments, and those of millions of other Americans, were safely tucked away in an interest bearing account for decades, until you political pukes decided to raid the account and give our money to a bunch of zero losers in return for votes, thus bankrupting the system and turning Social Security into a Ponzi scheme that would make Bernie Madoff proud.

4) Recently, just like Lucy and Charlie Brown, you and “your ilk” pulled the proverbial football away from millions of American seniors and moved the goalposts for full retirement from age 65 to age 67. Now, you and your “shill commission” are proposing to move the goalposts yet again; 5) I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying into Medicare from day one, and now you morons propose to change the rules of the game. Why? Because you idiots mismanaged other parts of the economy to such an extent that you need to steal our money from Medicare to pay the bills; 6) I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying income taxes our entire lives, and now you propose to increase our taxes yet again.

Why? Because you incompetent bastards spent our money so profligately that you just kept on spending even after you ran out of money. Now, you come to the American taxpayers and say you need more to pay off your debt.

To add insult to injury, you label us “greedy” for calling “bullsh*t” to your

incompetence.

Well, Captain Bullsh*t, I have a few questions for you: 1) How much money have you earned from the American taxpayers during your 50-year political career?

2) At what age did you retire from your pathetic political career, and how much are you receiving in annual retirement benefits from the American taxpayers?

3) How much do you pay for your government provided health insurance?

4) What cuts in your retirement and healthcare benefits are you proposing in your disgusting deficit-reduction proposal or, as usual, have you exempted yourself and your political cronies?

It is you, Captain Bullsh*t, and your political co-conspirators called Congress who are the “greedy” ones. It is you and your fellow nutcase thieves who have bankrupted America and stolen the American dream from millions of loyal, patriotic taxpayers.

And for what? Votes. And your job and retirement security at our expense, you lunk-headed leech.

That’s right, sir. You and yours have bankrupted America for the sole purpose of advancing your pathetic political careers. You know it, we know it, and you know that we know it.

No, I did not stutter.

P.S. And stop calling Social Security benefits “entitlements.” What an insult.

I have been paying into the SS system for 52 years. It’s my money; give it back to me the way the system was originally designed and stop patting yourself on the back like you are being generous by doling out these monthly checks.

And you can take that to the bank, you miserable son of a b*tch.

Patty Meyers Montana

Densest Element Discovered

A major research institution has just announced the discovery of the densest element yet known to science. The new element has been named Pelosium.

The chemical symbol of Pelosium is Pu. Pelosium has one neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 224 assistant deputy neutrons, giving

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it an atomic mass of 311. These particles are held together by dark particles called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.

Pelosium’s mass actually increases over time, as morons randomly interact with various elements in the atmosphere and become assistant deputy neutrons within the Pelosium molecule, leading to the formation of isodopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Pelosium is formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as Critical Morass.

When catalysed with money, Pelosium activates MSNBCobnoxium and CNNadnausium, both elements that radiate orders of magnitude more energy, albeit as incoherent noise, since they have half as many peons but twice as many morons as Pelosium.

Since it has no electrons, Pelosium is inert. However, it can be detected chemically as it impedes every reaction it comes in contact with. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of Pelosium causes one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would have normally occurred in less than a second. In the presence of anti-morons, Pelosium can be extremely corrosive. Botox seems to distort and smooth its surface, without impeding its ongoing decay.

Research at other laboratories indicates that Pelosium occurs naturally in the atmosphere. It tends to concentrate at certain points such as government agencies, large corporations, universities, and anywhere there is news coverage occurring. It can usually be found in the newest, best appointed, and best maintained buildings.

Scientists point out that Pelosium is known to be toxic at any level of concentration and can easily destroy any productive reaction where it is allowed to accumulate. Attempts are being made to determine how Pelosium can be controlled to prevent irreversible damage, but results to date are not promising.

E-mailed anonymously Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: This was too much fun not to print. If anyone has a similar note concerning Republicans, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, or President Trump, we’ll be happy to share such a missive. – J.B.) •MJ

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Music Academy of the West Everything’s Jake: Heggie Headed to MAW

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he tag on all of Jake Heggie’s outgoing emails reads: “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.”

The quote from Oscar Wilde wasn’t chosen randomly, of course. In fact, questions of identity have run through his life and most assuredly his operas. The latter includes his first foray into that world, a 2000 adaptation of the book and film Dead Man Walking, a collaboration with famed playwright Terrence McNally – set up

by Lotfi Mansouri, then the director of San Francisco Opera, and later the conductor of Music Academy of the West’s (MAW) opera for several seasons, where Heggie then worked as a publicist who composed art songs on the side.

Walking became an immediate hit and has gone on to enjoy more than 50 productions around the world, a phenomenal accomplishment for a fledgling composer, especially with a modern work. Since then, he’s gone on to create Moby-Dick (libretto by Gene Scheer) based on the iconic Melville novel, in 2010, and, just last year, It’s A Wonderful Life (Scheer), an operatic take on Frank Capra’s beloved holiday fable. Besides being adaptations of famous works, they have something else in common.

“When I look at body of my work, now that I have perspective (of time), I can see they are all real quests for identity and our place on the planet,” he said over the phone late last week.

“How do I belong here? Where do I fit in? Why do I matter?”

He’ll be searching for similar forays into personal expression when he serves as one of the jury members who are judging this Friday’s annual Marilyn Song Competition in the final weekend of the 2017 MAW Summer Festival, a face-off in which the winner will not only receive a cash award and a short recital tour in prestigious

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halls, he or she will also have a brandnew song cycle written for them by Heggie to take out on the road.

While the project serves as Heggie’s formal introduction to MAW, the competition is also a homecoming at Hahn Hall, where Camerata Pacifica debuted a setting of the song “Beyond” back in 2012. His association with the chamber music ensemble dates back to 1997, when he met director Adrian Spence at a conference. He wrote “Winter Roses” for mezzo-soprano Frederica Von Stade, for Camerata, commissioned

by Montecito’s Richard and Luci Janssen. If the timing had been better, OperaFest would have produced a scene from It’s A Wonderful Life this summer, Heggie said. But plans are in the works for producing his work at MAW in the future.

Q. Between the art songs and operas, you seem very prolific. You must be self-motivated.

A. I’ve always loved writing music.

I started piano at 7, composing at 10, and never put the pencil down. I am driven to illustrate and illuminate life through a musical perspective, whether poetry or story or event. When I was really little in Ohio, I used to buy silent movies by catalog with my paper route money. I’d screen them and make up accompaniments. So, it goes waaaay back.

I read where you still write everything by hand, which seems a chore in our technological era.

Yes, all of it, from the very first note to the last one, including orchestrations. I have no interest with the computer. When you write by hand, you think differently. It’s how my brain works. I enjoy the physical act, being invested and connected to the paper and pencil, making a mess and finding my way out of it, which you

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can’t do on the computer because it always looks pretty. If I get mad, I can crumple it up, or erase a bunch of stuff and re-do it. But it’s not easy to cut and paste, so you have to really think about it.

I also only take on projects that somewhat terrify me. It’s a great motivator. And it keeps things fresh so I don’t repeat myself. I never want to hear anyone say the words “That sounds a lot like your other opera.”

It’s a Wonderful Life would seem to fit that bill, being that everybody knows the movie. What made it right for an opera?

It’s such a human experience to wonder about our worth on the planet, or does it matter that I’m here.

That’s why the movie touches people.

The idea of being able to look at the world without you, seeing the ripple effect of your presence on the planet, is a very powerful notion... but it was very scary and hard. We saw it at the premiere in Houston and have done a bunch or re-writes, changes, and cuts.

It’s being mounted with students at Indiana this fall, performed by different casts, which gives us more information. Hopefully, we’ll have it just right for San Francisco next year.

As busy as you are, why take time out to work with young artists at places such as Florida and MAW? YA [young adults] still in their heads about technique and the score and dynamics, which is important, but just a means to an end. What we want is real human beings telling a story and making it come to life. If I can offer perspective, that’s very important to me.

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What do you look for when judging a vocal competition?

I want an intelligent person who has the technique and beautiful voice, of course, but doesn’t feature those. It’s more an expression of a human experience, inhabiting the song or aria rather than showcasing it. I want to take the technical (stuff) for granted and be swept away by the emotion and storytelling. That’s a tall order. But those are the people who inspire me and make me want to write for them. The MAW singers are best in the country, so I’m prepared to be blown away.

What are you working on now?

Julian Green, an American who lived in Paris, friends with Sartre.

An adaptation of “If I Were You” by Julian Green. It’s a Faustian story of a disillusioned young man who wishes he could be anyone else. The devil gives him a phrase when he sings it to anyone he can take over their life.

It’s a real story of our time – the marketing of envy, that you’d be so much happier if you had someone else’s life. Six singers will portray the lead character during the evening, which makes it really challenging as composer – and for the performers – so it’s very exciting.

(But it’s) my goal is to tell relevant, moving important human dramas that open up a dialogue so that people can at least think about their perspective, have a new vista, and maybe change their minds. Just gathering and setting aside differences to be in the same room is immense and so important in our times.

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state average of 93%. Hispanics in our County report a 76% insurance coverage rate, higher than the state average of 71%.

added $25.3 million in gifts, which were used to fund services and equipment not covered by routine hospital revenues.

Conclusion Overall, the community believes it is well-served, but there are five areas of concern: access to care, chronic conditions, food insecurity, and mental health concerns, particularly depression.

For Doctor Care: Sansum Clinic is the largest non-profit specialty clinic between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Last year, under the leadership of its president, chief medical officer, and CEO, Dr. Kurt Ransohoff, Sansum’s 130,012 patients made 816,609 visits to Sansum’s 23 patient care locations throughout southern Santa Barbara County, staffed by 180 physicians and medical service providers.

30% of Sansum’s patient visits are covered by Medicare, 5% are covered by Medi-Cal, 60% are covered by employer health plans, and the remaining 5% are self-pay and charity care.

The Challenge in HealthCare Reform

The local challenge in healthcare today is how best to serve the South Coast community of some 170,000 residents, regardless of a patient’s ability to pay, without putting the high quality of existing healthcare programs at risk.

Nationally, we are facing not a healthcare crisis, but rather a vigorous debate over who should pay the bills.

Where Do Patients Go?

Before considering reforms for the entire national healthcare system, it is worthwhile to understand the local healthcare delivery system for the South Coast, and how the components are stitched together to form an effective healthcare quilt.

For Hospital Care: Cottage Health was established 125 years ago when a group of women in Santa Barbara opened a non-profit hospital dedicated to care for all, regardless of ability to pay. Today, the not-for-profit, $700-million Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara offers patients a 337-room acute care teaching hospital and trauma center, including its affiliated Cottage Children’s Medical Center, Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, and Sage Medical Library. For patients in Goleta, the new $126-million Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital offers 52 private rooms for medical, surgical, and intensive care, as well as emergency service. The Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital has been providing advanced imaging, outpatient surgery, and 24/7 emergency room care since 1964.

Last year, Cottage Health facilities admitted 19,525 patients. Another 78,074 patient visits were serviced by the three Cottage Health 24/7 emergency room facilities. With its 3,120 full-time equivalent employees, supplemented by 1,007 community volunteers, Cottage Health performed 12,603 surgeries and delivered 2,571 babies last year.

Both Santa Barbara and Goleta hospitals rank among the top 2% of hospitals in the nation based on patient experience, quality, and safety. By any measure, Cottage Health serves this community with hospital care that is exceptional for a community of our size.

Almost half (48%) of Cottage Health patients in 2016 were covered by Medicare; 21% were covered by Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid; 30% were covered by employer health plans; and 1% self-pay. Community donors

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Individual Doctors in Private Practice: Our region is blessed with a plethora of highly qualified, independent physicians and smaller clinics that offer a broad range of patient choice in community healthcare. Many private physicians are finding it increasingly difficult to accept either Medicare or Medi-Cal patients because of the regulatory cost of compliance and inadequate reimbursement rates.

Some physicians are converting their practice to a “concierge model” in which they accept a limited number of private pay patients for a fixed annual fee covering basic healthcare services. Other are asking their patients to pay medical bills up-front, and then seek reimbursement from government or private insurance on their own.

The Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics offer affordable medical and dental services to nearly 20,000 patients in need of good healthcare regardless of their ability to pay. Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics offer four outpatient medical centers, plus two dental clinics. Of the clinic’s $10 million in revenues in 2016, 59% came from MediCal reimbursements, 19% from charitable donations, 9% from cash from uninsured patient fees, and 4% from private insurance.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department offers primary care, internal medicine, and specialty care at its five federally qualified Countybased Health Centers in Santa Barbara (two), Carpinteria, Santa Maria, and Lompoc for low-income, uninsured and underinsured families, adults and children.

For Urgent Care: Sansum Clinic Urgent Care Center and MedCenter, Inc. offer walk-in emergency treatment without an appointment, seven days a week, including on-site lab work and X-rays.

Unfortunately, the largest and most expensive forms of urgent care are the three Cottage Health hospital emergency centers at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, and Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital.

For Cancer Treatment: The new Ridley-Tree Cancer Center, scheduled to open next month at the entrance to Santa Barbara’s Medical District, will offer 53,407 square feet of specialty cancer care. It will be the most advanced multi-disciplinary cancer care between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The Cancer Center now treats 10,000 cancer patients per year and expects a 14% increase with the opening of its new campus. Its philosophy is to treat every patient in need, regardless of his or her ability to pay. Superior cancer care would not be possible without the 385 private donors, who have already stepped forward with private donations and pledges of $46 million to design and build the new $53 million Ridley-Tree Cancer Center.

How to Look at Healthcare Reform

As local doctors and hospitals look to the future, they hope for a healthcare system that will provide realistic reimbursement rates that at least cover their cost of service. Patients want a choice of plans that promise relief from skyrocketing premiums and onerous deductibles. Patients covet more focused plans tailored to meet their individual needs, rather than one-size-fits all plans.

Attractive features include plans that can be purchased across state lines to lower premium costs; plans that cover pre-existing conditions; plans that are portable when changing jobs; and plans that provide more affordable prescription drugs.

How we balance the conflicting goals of more comprehensive coverage at less cost will be explored in the next edition, as we look more closely at the national healthcare choices.

Next week: What are our choices and how do we pay for them?

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This Week @ MAW

All good things come to an end, and so it must be with the 2017 Summer Festival, for which the word “good” – to quote a favorite TV series – seems unspeakably lame. To say MAW stepped it up another notch for the 70th anniversary season is yet again a radical understatement, as these past seven-plus weeks saw another remarkable leap in quality, not to mention such marvelous new programs as composers-in-residence and new competitions. So even though we’re down to the final three days, there’s still lots to see and hear before MAW brings the curtain down on 2017.

Thursday, August 3: Violinist Frank Huang matriculated at MAW in 1998-99 before going on to hold the position of first violinist of the

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Grammy Award–winning Ying Quartet, then serving as concertmaster of the Houston Symphony, where he’d made his national broadcast debut at the age of 11. In 2015, he took over for the retiring Glenn Dicterow (who then joined MAW’s faculty) as concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. He sat in that seat for last Monday’s massive concert at SBCC that represented the final Philharmonic appearance of music director Alan Gilbert, and also played Tuesday with the Phil’s String Quartet at the final MAW faculty concert at the Lobero. Today, he gets the honor of the penultimate event (and final masterclass) in the Philharmonic’s four-year partnership with MAW by hosting the violin masterclass (3:15 pm; Lehmann; $10).

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ee Samuel M. Ilsley writes, “Mr. Hunt has chosen to design a distinctly modern style, simply and logically, with nothing freakish or forced, but getting the most out of a necessarily limited cost that cut out expensive sculpture, wrought iron, or originally designed tiles.”

After expounding on the exciting beginnings of a new modern style (we would call it Moderne or Art Deco today), Ilsley added, “Only a trained eye can appreciate the studied art that has gone into the design.” Thus he disposed of any potential criticism of the finished product.

That product included three stairstepped reflecting pools, each succeeding pool cleverly narrower than the one before it to give the illusion of great distance. The pools led to a tall wooden doorway from which rose a colorful, stylized design of California poppies surmounted by a sunburst, designed and painted by John Gamble and completed the day of the opening.

Inside, brass memorial plaques honored Clarence Black and the Faulkner sisters.

The barrel-vaulted, sky-lit print room contains memorial plaques to Clarence Black and the Faulkner sisters above the doorways (Courtesy Santa Barbara Public Library)

Myron Hunt used landscaping to give the illusion that the gallery was a separate but harmonizing building between the post office and the library (Courtesy Santa Barbara Public Library)

Opening

On October 15, 1930, nearly a year after the stock market crash and the Depression had taken hold, flood lights placed in a niche in the Presbyterian church across Anapamu, illuminated the classic outlines of the new building and caused the harmonizing pools to sparkle with the colors of the new building. Santa Barbara artists created the first exhibition, and the dignitaries and invited guests who attended the opening that night had nothing but praise for the gallery space and works of art. Drawing from the work of instructors and students at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts as well as the Santa Barbara Art League, the exhibit was exceptional.

Ranging from western scenes by Ed Borein and Joe De Yong; miniatures

by Martha Baxter Wheeler; nocturnes

by Oscar Coast; Hawaiian and Santa Barbara scenes by Mary J. Coulter and portraits by Clarence Mattei, this show would have drawn a packed house 87 years later. Both De Witt and Douglas Parshall exhibited their work, as did Channing Peake and a young Campbell Grant. Fernand

Opening exhibit program (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum) Forty-two noted Santa Barbara artists exhibited 135 paintings, prints, and etchings for the opening exhibit of the Faulkner Gallery. (From left) Fernand Lungren’s “In the Abyss” and “Desert Dawn”; Lyla Harcoff’s “Marian and Billy”; unidentified painting of ocean through trees; John Gambles’s saguaros in “Spring Morning”, Edward H. Nicholson’s “Path Through the Cypress”; William Louis Otte’s “The Land of the Apache”; and Douglas Parshall’s “The Blue Kimono”. (Courtesy Santa Barbara Public Library)

Lungren, first director of the Santa Barbara School of the Arts contributed “Desert Dawn”, “The Hour in Violet”, and “In the Abyss”, It had been decided that the Faulkner Gallery would not have a permanent exhibit. Organizers believed that the public and the gallery would be better served by loan exhibitions, which would be fresh and new and inviting.

A permanent collection, they believed would have grown “moribund.”

That first exhibition started a pattern, however. Local artists would have an exhibit every January and

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July, and often there was one exhibit in the main gallery and another in the barrel-vaulted print gallery. One exhibit a year was allotted to public school art classes. Some exhibits, such as the April 7-April 30, 1933, memorial exhibit for Lockwood de Forest, Sr., were accompanied by music. For the De Forest display, the London String Quartet gave three performances in memory of Ethel Roe Eichheim.

Since the gallery was given without an endowment, the public library was charged with its maintenance.

The budget, however, barely covered the upkeep. The expense of handling visiting shows was often borne by private gifts and sponsors. The exhibits were chosen by a committee of three artists, the first three being DeWitt Parshall, Belmore Browne (new director of the Santa Barbara School of the Arts), and John M. Gamble.

In the ensuing years, the library and the gallery have seen many changes.

At some point, the Santa Barbara Arts Council took charge of the gallery and

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organized the exhibits and activities, which became increasingly community-based. A great proponent of the Community Arts Movement in the 1920s, Frances Linn would have been pleased. A complete remodel in 1980 added a new lighting system, carpeted walls, and created two galleries and meeting rooms from long corridor of the print room. Most noticeable change over the years was that of landscaping with a sunken garden and a traditional three-tiered fountain.

As for the future, in all likelihood the property will continue to evolve to meet the demands of a modern society and an ever-changing sensibility of artistic style.

(Sources: contemporary newspaper articles; obituaries and wills; Billerica Historical Society; various websites on Salem witch hunts; files of the Santa Barbara Public Library, including letter dated Dec. 5, 1931, and exhibit programs and yearly lists; Gledhill library files on Faulkner Gallery, maps, Nesselrod’s Biography of a Library; Myrick’s Montecito and Santa Barbara; “A Study of the Historical Development of the Santa Barbara School District” by Robert Nelson Christian, 1963.)

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by Scott Craig (photography by Brad Elliott) Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

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estmont has begun constructing its second employee housing project, creating 13 two- and three-bedroom condominiums designed for faculty near Oak Park in downtown Santa Barbara.

Planned for more than a decade, the condos are being built at 505 and 509 W. Los Olivos St. and 2121 Oak Park Lane.

The project, which was initially approved by the city in 2009, has undergone several improvements, including a 1,000-square-foot increase in space to a common yard, underground storm-water retention basins and a 26-percent increase in energy savings. It maintains existing Oak Street trees and adds 27 new trees.

“I particularly like the fact that all the units will have their own two-car garage that really fits into the character of the neighborhood much better than before,” said planning commissioner Lesley Wiscomb at the hearing.

“The fact that you are really retaining and protecting the trees is again in the character of the neighborhood, which I think is really great. I applaud your efforts.”

“We’ve been eager to see more employee housing for sale and rent coming forward,” said planning commissioner Deborah L. Schwartz. “I’d love to have Westmont’s project be a model or example of what we can discuss with other employers.”

In 1996, Westmont completed construction of 41 faculty homes adjacent to campus in Las Barrancas.

“Westmont has a nearly 40-year history of providing housing assistance in one form or another to employees, particularly to those who are looking to relocate to Santa Barbara from less expensive parts of the country,” said Doug Jones, Westmont vice president for finance. “We are often looking for new faculty from around the country and around the world as we seek educators to join us in preparing the next generation of young men and women to be leaders in our society. We have found time and time again that the availability of affordable homes has been an important draw for Santa Barbara.”

The project diversifies the college’s housing portfolio, allowing faculty to choose between size and location.

“There is already much excitement on campus about these condos opening in 2018, and several new faculty are already hopeful that they may be able to live there next year,” Jones says.

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City officials were also pleased that two of the 13 units will be middle-income affordable units, meaning they can only be sold to someone earning 130 percent of the Area Median Income.

Westmont Welcomes Augustinian Scholars

The 60 Augustinian scholars who arrive at Westmont on Thursday, August 24, benefit from significant scholarships, including amounts up to full tuition. They join the 30 inaugural scholars who begin their second year at Westmont this fall. Another anonymous donor has stepped forward to double the number of Augustinians this fall and help even more students afford a college education.

These scholarship recipients participate in the Augustinian Honors Program. “Our goal is to integrate Augustine’s ideas with a contemporary conversation about how committed people of faith honor their convictions while being deeply engaged in the wider issues of our society,” says Jesse Covington, associate professor of political science and director of the program.

About 100 Augustinian Scholarship candidates, who applied Early Action to Westmont, arrived on campus and competed for the scholarships in February.

“Not only was I happy to see that the students around me were genuinely happy to be together, be studying, and meet someone new, but the quality faculty here take a personal interest in seeing their students succeed,” says Grant Thomas, an incoming Augustinian Scholar from Portland, Oregon, who hopes to major in cellular and molecular biology and play cello in the orchestra. “It’s that personal investment in students’ academic and religious success that persuaded me to attend Westmont and what made it stand out from all the other colleges I visited leading up to my decision.”

Winston Gee, another new Augustinian scholar from Boise, Idaho, is considering a degree in biochemistry or data analytics. “I recognize the great opportunities Westmont offers,” he says. “Knowing the next four years are formative in my life, I desire the strong Christian mentors and peers at Westmont who will invest in me both spiritually and intellectually, which lies beyond the main

framework of other colleges. I view Westmont as a great place to develop deep relationships and acclimate to my next phase in life.”

As a part of the Augustinian Scholars program, Westmont launched its own chapter of the Bridge2Rwanda program last year.

This fall, Annie Dusabimana will join our first Rwandan students, Odile Ndayishimiye Uwineza and Festo Mugire Muhire.

The first two Michaelhouse Fellows from South Africa, Luvuyo Magwaza and Mfolozi “Flo” Dlamini, arrived on campus in January.

“The Rwanda and Michaelhouse programs are part of wider efforts underway to develop diversity and global engagement throughout the college,” says president Gayle D. Beebe. “These students truly enrich our overall educational experience.”

The next set of Michaelhouse Fellows arrive in January 2018 after they finish their studies in South Africa, which follows the international academic calendar aligning with the January-December calendar.

Alumna to Direct Westmont Library

Westmont has appointed alumna Mary Logue ’00 as new director of Westmont’s Voskuyl Library, where she has worked for the past 17 years. Logue, who earned a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) from San José State University, has served multiple roles at the library, including technical services assistant, technical services director, and associate director. For several years, Logue was chair or vice chair of the Gold Coast

Mary Logue, director of Voskuyl Library

Library Network, a consortia of academic and public libraries serving the Tri Counties. In 2008, she was the co-founder of the Central Coast Disaster Preparedness and Response Network, and she has taught several courses on book repair and disaster preparedness for libraries.

Logue served as interim director from 2016-17, conscientiously guiding the library through sudden transitions and vacancies. “Mary has earned the appreciation of her colleagues with her integrity and wisdom,” says provost Mark Sargent. “I admire her collaborative spirit and vision for enhancing the library’s contribution to the campus.”

In her free time, Mary plays goalkeeper for a soccer team, two roller hockey leagues, and occasionally for ice hockey teams. She enjoys playing board games and reading authors such as Dickens, Hardy, Dostoyevsky and all 40 books in the Oz series.

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worked in Santa Barbara before going into construction, played golf well into his 90s and only recently needed a caregiver eight hours a day.

The previous record-holder was Thomas Nelson of Port Arthur, Texas, who lived 111 years and 185 days. He died in January 2007.

Thanks a Lotus for Garden Variety Fashionistas were out in force when Lotusland, the late opera singer Ganna Walska’s 37-acre Montecito botanical paradise, held its 22nd annual gala, amusingly named Avant Garden, featuring fashions by Italian couturier Valentino.

The 500-guest gala, which was expected to raise $600,000 for the impressive estate, was co-chaired by Jennifer Smith Hale, owner of Santa Barbara and C magazines, trustee Belle Hahn Cohen, and Rachel Wryan.

Mannequins, both dummies and real from L.A. Models, dotted the grounds, along with electric Steinway Spirio pianos for the first Saturday event, given the popular bash is normally held on a Sunday. Opera singer Deborah Bertling was clearly in the right aria performing vocals at the entrance, as members of the State Street Ballet performed to the music of Max Richter.

“We wanted it to be more accessible and thought by changing the day we’d do that,” one staffer told me.

“It obviously worked, given we were totally sold out by June 1.”

Valentino and his partner, Giancarlo Giammetti, who I knew well from my Studio 54 days in New York in the late ‘70s, were well-represented, with many examples from Walska’s eclectic wardrobe, not to mention other costumes by art-deco king Erte, whose birthday each year I’d attend at Manhattan’s Plaza Hotel. One particular outfit of note he wore was a gold lame tux with lapels made of peacock feathers!

Eliza Osborne, executive director of the Centre Pompidou Foundation, auctioned off a bevy of unique items, including a diamond dust triptych painting of Walska by artist Russell Young, an impressive Lotus-inspired 7.6-carat aqua and diamond ring by Montecito jeweler Daniel Gibbings, and a vacation at the Belmond La Samanna in St. Martin.

Among the gaggle of glamorous guests were actor Armie and Elizabeth Hammer, Henry and Rita Hortenstine, Chuck and Margarita Lande, Hiroko Benko, Merryl Brown, Kendall Conrad, Dana and Andrea Newquist, Bertrand and Tamara de Gabriac, Firooz Zahedi and Beth DeWoody, Nancy Gifford, Doug and Marni Margerum, Mark and Alixe Mattingly, Chris Toomey, Anne Towbes, Leslie Ridley-Tree, Steve and Caroline Thompson,

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Peggy Wiley and Wilson Quarre, Bruce Heavin and Lynda Weinman.

Lynn Kirst, Robert Lieff and Linda Koehler, Gwen Stauffer, Zoe Saldana, and retired basketball great Isaiah Thomas.

Thicke and Tired The battle royal between the late Carpinteria actor and comedian Alan Thicke’s widow, Tanya, and his sons is heating up.

The former model has asked a Los Angeles judge to tell Alan’s singer son, Robin, and his brother, Brennan, to stop making “baseless allegations” about her.

According to TMZ, the men reportedly filed documents asking a judge to block Tanya from challenging a prenuptial agreement she signed with their father, four days before they got married and without legal representation.

Bolivian-born Tanya claims she has no intention of challenging the agreement and says Robin, 40, and Brennan’s papers have been issued simply to sully her name.

The men previously filed legal documents claiming she threatened to go the tabloids if she didn’t get what she wanted.

According to the pre-marital agreement with Alan, who died in December aged 69 from a ruptured aorta while playing ice hockey with his son, Carter, 19, the 41-year-old is afforded rights to 25 percent of his personal effects, his ranch’s furnishings, a $500,000 life insurance policy, all of his death benefits from pensions and union memberships, and 40 percent of his remaining estate.

Robin and Brennan are taking legal action “in order to honor the memory of their father, protect his legacy, and prevent his testamentary intentions from being undermined by avarice and overreaching of his third wife, Tanya Callau” their attorney, Alex Weingarten, told The Hollywood Reporter (THR).

“This is apparently despite the fact that Alan updated his trust from time to time, most recently in February 2016, and his sons say Tanya made no complaints about the pre-nup or estate plan at that time. Now that Alan has passed away, Tanya claims there are numerous problems with the trust and the prenuptial agreement.”

According to the petition, Alan’s trust leaves his three sons Robin, Brennan, and Carter equal shares of his Carpinteria ranch, as well as 75 percent of his personal effects and 60 percent of his remaining estate.

Alan also provided that his wife could live at the ranch as long as she paid for expenses and maintenance.

“Tanya asserts that there is no chance the ‘prenup’ could withstand legal challenge, and that she has very

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significant community rights in the trust’s assets and rights of reimbursement with respect to improvements to the ranch.”

According to THR, Weingarten claims Alan’s wife has “threatened to make her claims fodder for tabloid publicity unless the co-trustees agreed to participate in a mediation and succumb to her demands.”

They claim their father acquired the majority of his wealth long before meeting Tanya in Miami 1999, where he was a celebrity host and she was a model. They also want the court’s instructions on whether Tanya’s challenge to the pre-nup is barred because she waived her community property rights when signing it.

Robin and Brennan’s mother is Alan’s first wife, Days of Our Lives actress Gloria Loring. Carter’s mother is Alan’s second wife, Miss World 1990 Gina Tolleson, now editor of Santa Barbara magazine.

Tanya married Alan in 2005, and in 2014, along with Carter, starred in a reality-sitcom hybrid titled Unusually Thicke and was also featured in an episode of Celebrity Wife Swap in 2013.

Excellent Elixir As the Music Academy of the West’s popular two month summer festival draws to a close, it staged Donizetti’s opera The Elixir of Love at the Granada.

Directed by Los Angeles-based James Darrah, with Speranza Scappucci conducting, the produc-

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tion – dedicated to the late Michael Towbes – had Joshua Blue, Boya Wei, Geoffrey Schellenberg, Ben Lowe, and Hannah Rose Kidwell as the principal soloists, an extremely talented ensemble.

Earlier in the week Strauss, Brahms, and particularly Schoenberg reigned at the Lobero for the festival artists series with violinists Kathleen Winkler and Lucia Nowik, violists Richard O’Neill and Erin Pitts, and cellists Robert deMaine and Minji Kim, giving a particularly haunting rendition of the Austrian composer’s 1899 work Verklarte Nacht, based on the poem of the same name by Richard Dehmel.

Two for One The Belmond El Encanto, the fivestar Riviera hostelry, has partnered with our tony town’s Museum of Contemporary Art to launch a designer in residence series.

Having staged paintings by Texan multi-media artist Cruz Ortiz in the spring, the latest exhibition features London-based Canadian furniture designer Philippe Malouin, which is shown as a video presentation given the weight and size of his creative work.

The exhibits have been so successful, it is intended to expand the times of display in due course, marketing director Alison Brainard Sydney told me over lunch with MCA communications director Sarah Klooster, El Encanto Artist in Residence lunch (photo

by Alison Brainard Sydney)

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Noozhawk’s Judy Foreman, Charles Donelan of the Independent, Sentinel writer Ted Mills, and Frederick Janka, MCA’s director of development.

Bravo.

Deck the Halls After a lull of nearly a year, Santa Barbara Museum of Art resurrected Atelier at the august State Street institution.

Inspired by the current exhibition You Are Going On A Trip: Modern and Contemporary Prints from the Permanent Collection, the 400-guest, one-night party took the notion of travel and escape and invited attend-

including Queen of Angels and The Long Soak, which left us suitably shaken and stirred.

Somerset Sunset It was definitely a mix of the old and the new when former Honolulu, Hawaii, social diarist Kimi Matar, who recently bought a home in our Eden by the Beach, hosted a sunset soirée at Somerset, the beautifully designed new eatery on East Anapamu Street.

Kimi blended a bash by the 60-yearold group, The Newcomers, which organizes numerous events for neophyte Santa Barbara residents, with

(from left) Paul Levine, Marcia Silvers, and eatery manager Hayden Felice (photo by Nigel Gallimore)

screaming in restaurants.”

Pratt, 33, adds: ‘I’ll make the rules, but I’ll also explain them, so my child understands why each one is in place.”

The duo, speaking to InTouch Weekly, says Montag will be the disciplinarian, letting their son listen to only Christian music.

“Heidi hates swearing, so that won’t be allowed,” says Pratt, joking that he’s going to put a chip in his youngster as well as use a leash.

“And not just for Disneyland. I won’t ever take it off.”

Meanwhile, the couple have been enjoying some leisure time in Hawaii, posting pictures on Instagram.

On the Market

Atelier SBMA popular teaching artist Tina Villonova doing a special canvas for Janet Wallace (photo by Priscilla)

British lyricist Bernie Taupin selling Santa Ynez Valley ranch (photo by Jim Bartsch)

ees to “Get Out of Town” for a surreal summer vacation.

With highlights including night croquet on the museum’s front steps, while KCRW disc jockey Garth Trinidad provided a curated soundtrack, and a Picasso meets Warhol print studio in the Von Romberg Gallery with largescale mono-prints created on giant plexi panels, which guests could take home.

In another gallery, the award-winning L.A.based Helios Dance Theater performed three 10-minute segments to music by David Bowie and Grant Lee Phillips featuring costumes by famed designer Rami Kashou.

The boffo bash also featured a host of heavenly signature cocktails,

Corinna Gordon, Colette Eyears, and Archie McLaren at Somerset bash (photo by Nigel Gallimore)

an intimate private party for interior designer Corinna Gordon, Colette Eyears, Ariana Guinn, Nigel Gallimore, Archie McLaren, Susan Farber, TV writer Paul Levine and his wife, Marcia Silvers.

Welcome to the ‘hood.

Will Wallace perching next to his completed portrait by SBMA artist Tina Villonova at the Atelier event (photo by Priscilla)

Santa Barbara Museum of Art Robert and Mercedes Eichholz director and CEO Larry Feinberg and wife Starr Siegele with SBMA teaching artist Tina Villonova creating the special portrait for posing guest model (photo by Priscilla)

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Money Makers Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates was briefly toppled as the world’s richest man by Amazon magnate Jeff Bezos after holding the top spot since 2013.

Bezos, 53, a frequent visitor to the Santa Barbara Polo Club, has a personal fortune of $91 billion while Gates, 61, is just behind at $90 billion, according to Bloomberg, but dropped a ranking or two after quarterly profit reports weren’t as expected.

Berkshire Hathaway’s affable Warren Buffett is fourth with $74.5 billion with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg fifth with $56 billion, and Oracle’s Larry Ellison, who has homes in our Eden by the Beach, seventh with $52 billion.

Quiet, Please As the due date for their first child approaches in October, Santa Barbara reality TV twosome, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, plan to be strict parents.

“We are going to have firm ground rules,” says Montag, 30. “I will have a zero-tolerance rule: no tantrums, no

In your songs, please stop adding noises that sound like something is wrong with my car

Bernie Taupin, noted lyricist and writing partner of Sir Elton John, is selling his longtime home in the Santa Ynez Valley for $4.7 million.

The gated 30-acre, Mediterraneanstyle equestrian estate, Roundup Valley Ranch, has a main house and a guest house-studio, as well as stables, an outdoor riding ring, and a covered arena.

Set on a knoll amid mature oak trees, the 5-bedroom, 6-bathroom main 5,000-sq.-ft. property has a vaulted ceiling great room, and the chef’s kitchen is awash in Jerusalem stone and granite, with an island and pizza oven.

Taupin, 67, has owned the ranch for more than two decades and has used the property to raise and show horses.

Ann Abernethy of Ranch Marketing Associates is handling the sale.

Power Players Patti Ottoboni, co-chair of ArtWalk at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History for 20 years, has been elected to the Community Arts Music Association’s board of directors, as the city’s oldest arts organization celebrates its 99th year with one of its most stellar lineups ever, including Riccardo Muti with the Chicago Symphony, Gustavo Dudamel with the L.A. Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas with the San Francisco Symphony, and violinist-conductor Joshua Bell with London’s Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

Ottoboni, a graduate of SB High

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 35) Patti Ottoboni joins CAMA board

School and St. Vincent’s College of Nursing in L.A., is also a charter member of the Pearl Chase Society, a past president of the CAMA women’s board, and member of our rarefied enclave’s County Genealogical Society.

After a career spent in L.A., San Francisco, and Honolulu, she returned home to Santa Barbara in 1965.

Memory Lane On a personal note, I remember faux bling king Kenny Jay Lane, who just died at his New York home aged 85.

The designer and bon vivant, who built a global business producing costume jewelry, was a regular at Mortimer’s, the social watering hole on Manhattan’s Upper Eastside, where I used to hang out, living nearby at 66th Street and Madison Avenue.

Lane even said he was as fabulous a fake as his creations, pronouncing

the name of his home city Detroit as “Day-twah.”

An amusing and witty man, always impeccably tailored in Savile Row suits, Lane was a regular on the QVC shopping channel, and his wares adorned the likes of first ladies Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, and Jackie Onassis, former Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, Babe Paley and Audrey Hepburn.

A unique individual and avowed Anglophile, he, fittingly enough, had spent a month at the London Ritz before his departure for more heavenly pastures.

Sightings: Back to the Future’s Christopher Lloyd at the Santa Barbara Polo Club...News-Press publisher Wendy McCaw masticating at the Coral Casino...Actor Billy Baldwin at Lama Dog in the Funk Zone Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal.

To reach Priscilla, email her at pris cilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 969-3301.

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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 12) Another submitted photo: a large crane (far left) being used to construct the mixed-use building at Olive Mill and Coast Village Road created a traffic detour that caused backup all the way down the street (photo courtesy BJ Sepulvado)

ers driving south from the lower east side, and totally unseen are the crowdsourced traffic apps including Waze and Google Maps that regularly divert drivers onto Coast Village Road and into neighborhoods, in an effort to beat snarled traffic on the freeway.

Last Wednesday, even a Ventura County Commuter Bus driver (funded by both SBCAG and Ventura County Transportation Commission or VCTC) was guilty of using Coast Village Road as an alternative route and was seen by multiple witnesses using the inside parking lane to further beat the stalled traffic on CVR. “This driver behavior is unauthorized and unacceptable, and VCTC staff assured us that it will not occur again,” said SBCAG Public Information manager Gregg Hart.

Some Good Ideas Using the parking lanes as a way to circumvent the bulk of the traffic is an increasingly dangerous and contentious issue; several business owners report that customers complain that cars drive fast through the parking lane, making it dangerous and tricky to pull out of a parking space. Williams suggests installing physical barriers between the adjacent parking zones to prevent people from using the side parking areas as a through street, and to encourage actual customers to pull in and park. Another idea he suggested: changing the direction in the parking area, so it’s one-way south to north (diagonal parking the other way). “Traffic only gets plugged going south because of the two-lane bottleneck on the 101. Going north isn’t the problem,” Williams said.

Ludwick has some other ideas, including more speed bumps in the parking zones, signage to deter using the zones as a thoroughfare, police presence to deter speeding, and creative ideas at the crosswalks along the road, which further snarl traffic. Along with the traffic, the barren medians and the increase in panhandlers only add to the visual blight of the road. Ludwick tells us beautifying the medians is also a priority of the CVA. It’s Going To Get Worse What can be agreed on is that the City of Santa Barbara, Caltrans, and the County should be involved, as traffic throughout Montecito is likely to get worse during the expansion of the 101 in coming years, and adding roundabouts at Olive Mill and San

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Ysidro roads may exacerbate the problem, according to Williams. “Adding more roundabouts will only encourage further degradation of Coast Village’s charm by funneling more cars down a business road where they have no intention of stopping,” he says. “Caltrans and the County should not be encouraging line skipping, which is all they would be doing by adding roundabouts at CVR and Jameson Lane/San Ysidro Road. It encourages traffic to get off the 101, speed through Montecito, and likely Summerland, only to jump back on the highway at Padaro or someplace, which only backs up the 101 in Montecito further.” For more about the plans for roundabouts, see last week’s cover story (MJ #23/30).

Ludwick is encouraging community dialogue about traffic on Coast Village, and as part of the CVA’s resurgence, a social media platform is being launched, on which drivers, business owners, and residents can give suggestions and comments about the situation. “The goal for us is to make traffic-reducing and traffic-managing changes around which we form a consensus,” Ludwick says. “Then we can devise an action plan to implement those changes ASAP.” For more information, visit www. coastvillageroad.com, where you can follow the group’s Facebook page and submit comments and suggestions.

Happenings at Montecito Water District

Last week, Montecito Water District (MWD) general manager Nick Turner released a summary report as the District moves into fiscal year 2017/18.

The District adopted its fiscal year 2017/18 budget on June 28.

According to the report, above-average rainfall in Santa Barbara County and across the State this past winter improved local water supplies. The District’s current water supplies can support a 28% increase over last year’s water use (3,127 acre-feet per year in FY2016/17 to 4,000 acre-feet per year this fiscal year). Based on the District’s current available water supplies and projected demands (in compliance with State law), the District projects having sufficient water supplies through 2020.

The District will not implement a 7.4% rate increase for fiscal year 2017/18 at this time. In 2013, the District 3 – 10 August 2017

developed a Cost of Service Study and adopted Resolution 2107, providing for annual rate increases from fiscal year 2013/14 through 2017/18, to cover the District’s projected operating costs and capital replacement needs.

The anticipated increase in revenue from increased water sales is projected to be sufficient to cover the District’s operating expenses, including capital improvement programs, without implementing the annual rate increase.

Improving Water Delivery In response to exceptional drought conditions and a limited water supply, the District declared a Water Shortage Emergency and adopted drought ordinances in 2014 establishing monthly water allocations and penalties for consumption in excess of allocations. Because of the improvement in the District’s overall water supply condition, the District will continue its suspension of penalties for water use in excess of monthly customer allocations. With improved local water supply conditions and less of a need to acquire supplemental water than in recent years, the District is ramping up its Capital Improvement Program.

Among other capital expenditures, the District plans to replace more than two miles of 1920s distribution pipelines to improve the reliability of water deliveries to customers.

In March 2015, the District established a Water Shortage Emergency (WSE) surcharge. The purpose of the surcharge is to recover lost revenue resulting from a substantial decrease in water consumption following the establishment of monthly water allocations and penalties. As water sales increase, the surcharge will be reduced.

With a projected upturn in water sales this fiscal year, the District anticipates a reduction in the surcharge mid-year if water sales trend around 4,000 acrefeet.

A significant portion of the District’s annual expenses are fixed, such as those associated with salaries and benefits, capital debt repayment, the State Water Project and Joint Powers Authorities. The 2017/18 Budget forecasts the District keeping tight control of variable expenses, with a minimal increase of approximately 1%.

Improving water supply reliability remains a top priority for the District, according to Turner. To improve the reliability of the State Water Project, the District will be investing in the purchase of regional groundwater storage within the Semitropic Groundwater Storage District, located in California’s central valley. Storing water in a groundwater bank ensures water availability when supplies are needed most, such as during drought periods. This banked water will be delivered through the State Water Project when State water 3 – 10 August 2017

deliveries are reduced, increasing the reliability of the State Water Project from 60% to nearly 100%.

Rate Study Underway The District began a rate study more than a year ago, but it has been on hold as new long-term local and reliable water supply options such as desalination and recycled water are being evaluated. With the current fiveyear financial plan in its final year, the District will likely be completing this rate study in early 2018, with or without acquisition of a new water supply.

It is anticipated that with completion of this rate study, the Water Shortage Emergency surcharge will be eliminated.

The District filed its 2015 Urban Water Management Plan Update (UWMP) with the Department of Water Resources in May 2017. In accordance with State Law, its purpose is to inform customers of the District’s long-term water resource planning to ensure adequate water supplies for existing and future demands. It sets a path toward meeting the State’s goal of reducing water consumption by 20% in 2020.

The District is currently in compliance with State Law and on track to being in compliance in 2020. Targeted sales for 2020 are approximately 4,300 acre-feet.

Sales above this would violate State law. Therefore, the District is trending toward sales of 4,000 acre-feet in fiscal year 2017/18, in order to gradually approach, without overshooting, the 4,300 acre-feet limit in 2020.

Water Quality Standards The District’s water quality once again meets and exceeds all State and Federal water quality standards. To ensure that our water is safe to drink, MWD complies with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the State Water Resource Control Board limits for various contaminants in drinking water. In addition, the District’s state certified water treatment facility and staff monitor water quality continuously. Results of this monitoring are summarized in the 2016 Consumer Confidence Report, which can be found on the District’s website.

While the District’s water supplies have improved significantly from this time last year and the drought is seemingly over for most of the State, it continues here in Santa Barbara County.

Winter rainfall only partially restored Lake Cachuma and Jameson Lake to approximately 50% and 60% of capacity, respectively. Therefore, Lake Cachuma is expected to yield only a 40% allocation (1,060 acre-feet) for the second consecutive year, as determined by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.

Jameson Lake currently holds approximately 3,000 acre-feet. The yield from Jameson Lake will increase over last year but will be limited to 500 acre-feet

per year to conserve this supply in the event of ongoing drought.

Monitoring Ground Water Groundwater supplies remain depleted after five consecutive years of record drought. The District’s spring 2017 Groundwater Monitoring Program indicates that the Montecito Groundwater Basin is not yet showing signs of recovery. According to local hydrogeologists, it may take several years of above-average rainfall before the groundwater basin recovers. In response, the District has reduced its groundwater production by approximately 50% to allow for additional recharge of the groundwater basin.

This is possible due to an improvement in available surface water supplies. Under normal conditions, groundwater constitutes up to 15% of the District’s annual water supply. Proper management of the local groundwater supplies in accordance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is a priority for the District.

This past winter’s significant rains and historic snowpack have elevated the 2017 State Water Project allocation to 85% in 2017, which equates to 2,805 acre-feet. In addition, the District has roughly 3,000 acre-feet of supplemental water purchased from various suppliers around the State. These supplies are stored in San Luis Reservoir until delivered to Lake Cachuma. While delivery capacity is limited, the District is taking the maximum available and have transferred and accumulated upward of 1,300 acre-feet of imported water in Lake Cachuma. There are risks associated with storing water in San Luis Reservoir, specifically loss of water due to spill as experienced in early 2017.

In an effort to reduce this risk and increase the reliability of the State Water Project, the District approved the purchase of regional groundwater banking capacity within the Semitropic Groundwater Storage Program. This will ensure the delivery of up to 1,500 acre-feet per year, and possibly more, of the District’s banked water for use during periods of below-average rainfall or future droughts. The abundance of water across the State has created opportunities to purchase water at much lower cost than was available in prior years. During the drought, the District purchased supplemental water, of which 5,000 acrefeet must be returned to the supplier in accordance with Department of Water Resources requirements. The District recently purchased 2,000 acrefeet of supplemental water, which is being used to reduce its water debt by 40%. In addition, the District will be considering the use of other stored water to reduce the debt even more later this year.

It’s amazing how many office supplies can be used as a back-scratcher

Water Conservation The District’s customers continue to achieve extraordinary levels of conservation. The District’s current annual average conservation is 55% of 2013 usage, and 41% for the month of June 2017. When comparing current water use to that during the drought, it’s clear that conservation is key to achieving compliance with State law. The target conservation for compliance is approximately 35%. Recognizing that Santa Barbara County remains in moderate drought and that water supply conditions have improved, the District encourages the use of a little more water by customers, provided that the water is used efficiently and wisely. Common wasteful practices, such as overwatering landscapes, must be avoided. To help monitor water use and avoid unintended water loss, the District continues to encourage weekly meter readings. Water Supply Reliability to the District continues to focus on developing permanent, local, reliable water supplies.

The District filed an application with the State Water Resources Control Board for grant funding for the preparation of the Recycled Water Feasibility Study. The purpose of the analysis is to evaluate the feasibility of developing a water supply project for the District that produces highly treated recycled water for use in various applications, including groundwater recharge. All recycled water opportunities will be studied to develop a proposed implementation plan and schedule, providing the District with the basis for making a decision on how to proceed with recycled water.

Acceptance of the grant application by the State Water Resources Control Board is anticipated to take two to three months. Work on the plan will begin thereafter.

Negotiations with the City of Santa Barbara are temporarily on hold following months of staff negotiations and reaching draft terms on a long-term water supply agreement. The District’s board of directors voiced opposition to several key terms and directed District staff to research and present alternatives prior to their making a decision.

District staff is currently evaluating alternatives, including the feasibility of the District’s own desalination facility and recycled water, and anticipates bringing a report to the board in late summer or early fall with recommendations on how the District should proceed with securing new long-term local and reliable water supplies for the District’s customers.

Copies of all documents referred to here: 17/18 Budget, 2016 CCR, 2015 UWMP Update, and the Quarterly Water Supply Update are all available online. For reference, visit: www.montecitowater.com/public.htm or call (805) 969-2271.

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ORDINANCE NO. 5797 CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3862 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3862 for the EL ESTERO DRAIN RESTORATION PROJECT will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 P.M. Thursday, August 17, 2017 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “EL ESTERO DRAIN RESTORATION PROJECT, Bid No. 3862.”

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: implementation of a remedial action plan and habitat restoration plan for a drainage channel located south of the El Estero Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The project scope of work includes: mobilization/site preparation; delineation and excavation of impacted soils; modification of east end of the drainage swale; construction of turtle access ramp; construction of permeable paver access road; provide underground autosampler conduits; completion of habitat restoration activities; provide temporary irrigation system; and site cleanup and demobilization. The Engineer’s estimate is $450,000.

There will be an optional Pre-Bid Conference scheduled for Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 1:00 P.M. in the Public Works Conference Room located at 630 Garden St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California Class A or C-27 Contractor’s license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code. In addition, the prime or subcontractor performing excavation must possess the HAZ certification. The bidder shall be responsible for ensuring that workers handling hazardous materials have the appropriate HAZWOPER certifications.

The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Andrew Grubb, Project Engineer, 805-564-5404.

In order to be placed on the plan holder’s list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A SECOND AMENDMENT TO CONCESSION AGREEMENT 23,445 WITH FIRST CLASS CONCESSIONS, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, AMENDING THE ‘TERM’ AND ‘MIDTERM REFURBISHEMENT’ PROVISIONS TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION BY FIVE (5) YEARS TO AUGUST 31, 2026 AND ADD A REQUIREMENT FOR REBRANDING OF THE AIRLINE TERMINAL FULL-SERVICE RESTAURANT AT SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT, AS WELL AS UPDATE LANGUAGE REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION REGARDING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on July 18, 2017.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

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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 the Department of Industrial Relations. 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.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

Per California Civil Code Section 9550, 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 within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal.

A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work.

ORDINANCE NO. 5797 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

was introduced on July 11, 2017, and was adopted by the

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on

The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority 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 race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

July 18, 2017, by the following roll call vote:

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

William Hornung, C.P.M.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance

AYES:

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

PUBLISHED July 26 & August 2, 2017 Montecito Journal

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Physician’s Practice Management Consortium, 1441 Wyant Road, Montecito, CA 93108.

Richmond Zapalac Investments, LLC, 1441 Wyant Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 17, 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 Margarita Silva. FBN No. 2017-0002035.

Published

August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Autumn Brands, 5425 Carpinteria Avenue #250, Carpinteria, CA 93103. Johannes Brand, 5425 Carpinteria Avenue #250, Carpinteria, CA 93103.

Autumn Shelton, 17 Conejo Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 17, 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.

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Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Serena Grossman. FBN No. 2017-0002041. Published August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dukky Repair and Recovery, 16 West Calle Laureles, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Henri Lombardi Grimm, 1377 East Valley RD, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 26, 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. 2017-0002154.

Published August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NextHome Preferred Properties, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. Decker Realty, Inc., 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 28, 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

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on July 19, 2017.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on July 19, 2017.

/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor Published August 2, 2017 Montecito Journal

statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2017-0002167. Published

August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2017.

FICTITIOUS NAME

BUSINESS STATEMENT:

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ORDINANCE NO. 5796

ORDINANCE NO. 5795

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING SECTION 10.44.220 OF THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE WITH RESPECT TO RESTRICTION OF OVERSIZED VEHICLE PARKING

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING CHAPTER 10.60 OF THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE BY REVISING SECTION 10.60.015 AND ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CARRILLO STREET, FAIRVIEW AVENUE, GUTIERREZ STREET, SAMARKAND DRIVE, SAN PASCUAL STREET, AND SANTA BARBARA STREET

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on July 18, 2017.

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on July 18,

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the

2017.

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the

as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as

obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,

amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be

California.

obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(Seal)

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 5796 ) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

ORDINANCE NO. 5795

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

was introduced on July 11, 2017, and was adopted by the

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance

Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on

was introduced on July 11, 2017, and was adopted by the

July 18, 2017, by the following roll call vote:

Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on July

AYES:

18, 2017, by the following roll call vote:

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Frank Hotchkiss, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider

NOES:

Councilmembers Gregg Hart, Cathy Murillo

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on July 19, 2017.

AYES:

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

BID NO. 5548 DUE DATE & TIME: AUGUST 21, 2017 UNTIL 3:00P.M. SECURITY PATROL SERVICES AT VARIOUS CITY LOCATIONS Scope of Work to include Security Patrol Services at the El Estero Treatment Plant and Various Water Distribution Sites.

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

http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.

The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.

Bidders are hereby notified that any service purchase order issued as a result of this bid may be subject to the provisions and regulations of the City of Santa Barbara Ordinance No. 5384, Santa Barbara Municipal Code, Chapter 9.128 and its impending regulations relating to the payment of Living Wages.

The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a valid CALSAGA (California Association of Licensed Security Agencies, Guards and Associates) Certification.

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.

_________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

Published: August 2, 2017 Montecito Journal

on July 19, 2017. /s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on July 19, 2017.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on July 19, 2017.

/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor Published August 2, 2017 Montecito Journal

The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Calligraphy By Carla, 3721 Cordero Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Carla Harris, 3721 Cordero Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 19, 2017. This statement

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for:

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.

(Seal)

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS

/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor Published August 2, 2017 Montecito Journal

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. 2017-0002064.

Published July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: AG Protection, 719 De La Vina, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Iran Alexis Gonzalez, 719 De La Vina, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Rocio Lizette

Gonzalez, 719 De La Vina, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 17, 2017. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify

Unless a meatball sub can fix it, I’m out of ideas for helping you

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. 2017-0002034.

Published July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pac & Store Container Storage; Pac & Store Portable Storage, 1309 State Street STE A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Preston Maloney, 1417 Pacific Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93109.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 19, 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2017-0002067. Published July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Fish Window Cleaning, 933 Castillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. RF Ventures, 831 Weldon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2017-0001976.

Published July 19, 26, August 2, 9, 2017.

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ON THE ROAD

by Barbara Briggs-Anderson

Montecito resident Barbara Briggs-Anderson is the granddaughter-in-law of Julian P. Graham, the famed photographer who captured the exhilaration of the Pebble Beach Road Races in the Del Monte Forest. Barbara has written two other eBooks highlighting Graham’s historical photographs: her first is Salvador Dali’s “A Surrealistic Night in an Enchanted Forest”, and her second is Dr. Alister MacKenzie in 65 Photos, 1926-1934. Barbara is curator of the Julian P. Graham Historical Photographic Collection, an archive of 26,000+ images, and more than 3,000 photographs may be viewed on her website at www.julianpgraham.com or www.loonhill.com.

The following is taken from chapter one of her latest eBook, Pebble Beach Road Races in the Forest 1950-1956.

Pebble Beach Road Races

“There were many spectators at Pebble Beach for the running of the novice races, getting underway here in the under 1,500cc event for a practice spin of the 2.1 mile course.” – Monterey Peninsula Herald, April 20, 1953 Sunday, April 22, 1956, on lap 29, Carroll Shelby accelerated to the front of all the race cars driving a 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spyder to win The Del Monte Trophy Race-Modified division for cars over 1,500 cc, 48 laps, (100.8 miles). The Ferrari was painted in the American racing colors of white with a blue stripe, and the interior had black Naugahyde seats. This Ferrari won both big races, The Del Monte Trophy, in 1955 with Phil Hill driving (see above photo), and in 1956 with Carroll Shelby behind the wheel. Carroll Shelby went on to achieve international fame with his design and creation for Ford Motor Company for the Shelby Cobra Mustangs.

Don Parkinson of Los Angeles, who finished second the previous year, flipped his Jaguar XK-120 at about 80 mph May 27, 1951, on the new open turn that entered the added section. He was unhurt, but Turn 3 became known thereafter as Parkinson’s Corner.

Pebble Beach Road Races in the Forest 1950-1956

T

he Pebble Beach Road Races began in 1950 from an idea of John (Jack) Morse, then president of the Del Monte Properties Company, (today the Pebble Beach Company), and San Francisco industrialist and racecar driver, Sterling Edwards. Morse and Edwards contracted with the Sports Car Club of America, Inc. to organize, plan, and structure the Road Races in the Del Monte Forest.

The Road Races were amateur events, and all the officials and people who worked on the picturesque course were volunteers, creating a party-type atmosphere. For the competition, the racecars had to be licensed for driving on public streets and many of the drivers drove directly to the Road Races in their racecars. The dangerous roads used in the circuit were narrow with tight turns and short straightaways. The track was lined closely by trees and an ever-changing number of spectators, which made passing another competing car a treacherous task.

The initial track was 1.8 miles long and the following year, 1951, a loop was added to extend the track to a 2.1mile lap. The narrow roads surrounding the stables used as the racing circuit were mostly paved asphalt, but some portions were on dusty dirt and loose gravel. In 1950, the European

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Barbara Briggs-Anderson Historical Photos by Julian P. Graham

Barbara Briggs-Anderson’s book is available on Amazon Kindle and Kindle app for $9.99

Julian P. Graham, 1886-1963, was the official photographer for 39 years for the Del Monte Properties, known today as The Pebble Beach Company. Through his life’s work as a photographer, Graham has left an extensive historical photographic collection that documents the entire Monterey Peninsula from 1924 until his death in 1963.

style of driving was used with the racecourse running clockwise, with all turns to the right. The start line was located across from the stables on Portola Road, and from there the drivers would take a right on Sombria Lane, right on Drake Road, right on Stevenson Drive, and right on Portola Road, returning to complete the loop back to the Finish/Start line.

In the early days of West Coast motor racing in California, 1950 to 1956, Julian P. Graham photographed the thrilling and electrifying Road Races in the Pebble Beach Del Monte Forest. Participants were mostly amateur car enthusiasts who drove the latest sports cars: Ferraris, OSCAs, Cadillac Allards, Maseratis, Porsches, Jaguar XK120s, et cetera. The 200 historical photographs in my e-book, Pebble Beach Road Races in the Forest, 1950-1956, highlights the drivers in their race cars amid all the riveting action of the thrills, spills, and crashes along the curvy, narrow, tree-lined roads.

Photographs of the euphoric winners of the biggest races – famed driver Phil Hill, Bill Pollack, Sterling

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Bob Cooper waves the checkered flag for a victorious Phil Hill driving Allen Guiberson’s Ferrari 750 Monza for cars over 1,500cc, The Del Monte Trophy, April 17, 1955

Edwards, and Carroll Shelby (created and designed the Ford Shelby Cobra) – captures the emotions of the their stunning triumphs. The races were moved to Laguna Seca Raceway in 1957, after Ernie McAfee crashed his 4.4 Ferrari into a pine tree in Pebble Beach in the 1956 race and perished.

Every August, historical cars, some of the very ones that once raced through Pebble Beach Forest, compete at Laguna Seca at the Mazda Raceway.

This year ’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion takes place August 17-20. The 2017 Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance takes place Sunday, August 20.

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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)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 On the Town with RTC’s Youth – West Side Story is the most famous of Leonard Bernstein’s musicals. But On the Town might be the most fun.

Armed with the pomp and fanfare of New York City and the sweet immediacy of a day of freedom during a time of war, Town is an American classic, beloved both for its moment in history and for its timeless qualities of youth and exuberance. The show follows the adventures of three sailors on a 24-hour leave in the city before

heading off to World War II, a tale about seizing the day and living life to its fullest that seems tailor-made for a youth production. Rubicon Theatre Company’s summer program tackles the soaring score by Bernstein that features clever and smart lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, including the song “New York, New York” (the one that goes “New York, New York, a helluva town. The Bronx is up but the battery’s down,” not to be confused with the Frank Sinatra classic). WHEN: 7 tonight and August 9 & 11, 2 & 7 pm tomorrow,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 Fiesta 1st Thursday – With Old Spanish Days already in full bloom, Fiesta forms the theme for just a few of the stops along the monthly self-guided tour of downtown galleries and art-hosting spots. Lady McClintock hosts its second exhibition of Fiesta-inspired paintings, featuring works by Claudia Lash, Cathy Quiel, Ellen Montgomery, Rosemary McClintock, Beth Preston, and others, many of whom will be on hand this afternoon, where you can enjoy a glass of sangria and listen to live music while viewing the colorful collection. Also, Voice makes a nod to the famed Fiesta parade as local artists parade their equine masterpieces at the gallery, which will also host a live sculpture demo.... At Sullivan Goss, internationally acclaimed urban muralist David Flores will be taking over the entire second gallery with a mural, plus the debut of an artist-designed stained-glass window, a custom-woven rug, several major paintings, and a whole gallery of other pieces. Since last seen at the gallery, the artist whose career began at Shorty’s right here in Santa Barbara – has completed a 300-foot-long mural commission in his signature style for the L.A. Coliseum, and recently painted the hangar doors on the block of East Yanonali street near Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company in the Funk Zone. His new work, Downtown 81, is a mural of Jean Michel Basquiat painting a mural. Also, Sullivan Goss artist Jon Francis returns for the first time in three years with a solo exhibition of iconic airstream trailers and beloved California iconography.... Elsewhere, The Barber Shop, the new hair-cutting spot at 1233 State Street, is a piece of living art by itself, no gallery show needed. Music, drinks, and appetizers await visitors to the unique space and the newly opened Victorian salon.... The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara hosts its final KCRW Summer Nights of 2017, when art and live sets from KCRW DJ Raul Campos get mixed up with signature curated cocktails and interactive art making.... On the performing arts front, Flamenco! Santa Barbara takes over Paseo Nuevo’s Center Court as the shopping center competes with El Mercadeo de la Guerra across the street for getting into the spirit of Fiesta with a live series of dance and musical offerings. Macaroni Kid gets the coveted spot at the corner of State & Anapamu streets (by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art), celebrating Old Spanish Days with Fiesta-themed macaroni crafts. Kids of all ages and their families are invited to make paper sombreros with colored macaroni, as well as Fiesta macaroni jewelry.... Even CorePower Yoga in the courtyard of 1129 State Street marks Santa Barbara’s favorite five-day celebration with free Fiesta-inspired vinyasa yoga in the courtyard accompanied by live Spanish guitar music.... Skipping the Fiesta theme are the Community Arts Workshop, which is the home of the Summer Solstice Workshop in the spring, as they celebrate the third season of the On The Verge Repertory Theatre Festival, with an Opening Night Gala featuring live music and drinks followed by a 7 pm performance of Michael Perlman’s acclaimed new work At The Table. The funny yet challenging story is about friends coming to terms with their own prejudices.... Charged Particles, a mainstay on the Bay Area jazz scene, has a celebration its own: the band’s 26th anniversary, which they’ll mark at Marshalls Patio with their special blend of original funky Latin jazz with high-energy numbers full of compositional complexity and musical virtuosity. WHEN: 5 to 8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: 962-2098 or www. downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday

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EVENTS

by Steven Libowitz

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 Out of the Woods – The Wu-Tang Clan spawned some serious solo careers for the members of the 1990s-launched collective, including Method Man and Ol’ Dirty Bastard, the most famous names to emerge. Meanwhile, Raekwon The Chef (born Corey Woods) has gone on to record his own series of critically acclaimed and commercially successful work.

Raekwon, who frequently partners with Wu Tang’s Ghostface Killah, now follows Killah, who played a solo show at SOhO just last March, into the upstairs nightclub in downtown Santa Barbara. Raekwon, whose solo output includes the classic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, defined by Raekwon’s cinematic narratives and intoxicating hooks, released his seventh solo studio CD, The Wild, last March, receiving good reviews but only barely denting the Top 100 on the charts. WHEN: 9 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 in advance, $28 at the door INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

and August 10 & 12, plus 2 pm this Sunday WHERE: Rubicon Theatre Company, 1006 E. Main St., Ventura COST: $16 general, $11 children 12 & under INFO: 667-2900 or www. rubicontheatre.org SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 Learning to Krall – Diana Krall perked up in popularity almost overnight, going from playing venues as intimate as the (now-defunct) concert series at Gainey Vineyards in Santa Ynez to the 100x larger Santa Barbara Bowl in the space of less than a year. Now a staple at our beloved jewel of a venue, Krall is the only jazz singer – male or female, mind you – to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. The pianist-singer-songwriter’s CDs have won the sultry yet personable singer a full five Grammy Awards, eight Juno Awards (Canada’s Grammys), and have earned nine gold, three platinum, and seven multi-platinum albums. What’s more, her popularity has transcended the genre, with all of her recent albums landing high up in the regular charts, including her latest, Turn Up The Quiet, released this past May. The new album celebrates a return to jazz and the Great American Songbook, reuniting her with producer Tommy LiPuma. Consequently, her recent concerts have also aligned with the classic American tunes, with a set list from last weekend containing standards “Night and Day”, “Blue Skies”, “Sunny Side of The Street”, “I Don’t Know Enough About You”, as well as Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You” and crowd-fave “Peal Me A Grape”. Tickets for the show include a download copy of Turn Up The Quiet. The Well Pennies, the Massachusetts-born folk-pop husband-

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and-wife duo Bryan and Sarah Vanderpool, open the show. (But don’t expect Krall’s spouse, Elvis Costello, to make an appearance.)

WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 1122 North Milpas St. COST: $53.50$88.50 INFO: 962-7411 or www. sbbowl.com Jazz Jam – Jazz fans can warm up for Krall at SOhO this Sunday afternoon with the Santa Barbara Jazz Society’s (SBJS) annual Summer Party/Jam Session. Montecito’s Peter Clark, SBJS’s current president, and his quartet will play a few tunes, as well as serve as the back band for the local professionals and closet musicians and vocalists who are up for taking a turn at the microphone.

(Don’t forget to bring charts for the musicians). Standards should dominate the program, but there may be a left turn or two, too. Professional performing musicians are admitted free. WHEN: 1 to 4 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $20 general, $10 SBJS members, $5 full-time students INFO: 962-7776/www. sohosb.com or 687-7123/www. sbjazz.org Fiesta Finale – Old Spanish Days comes to a thrilling close with the annual free concert in the Sunken Gardens of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse. Bring lawn chairs, umbrellas, picnic baskets, hats, and sunscreen to savor the sounds of the West Coast Symphony Orchestra conducted by artistic director Dr. Michael Shasberger, Westmont professor of music. On the program are John Williams’s The Cowboys Overture, Moritz Moszkowski’ Spanish Dances, and music from Magnificent Seven by the late film composer Elmer 3 – 10 August 2017

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 Rivera above the American Riviera – It’s merely coincidence that Lupillo Rivera, the Grammy Award-winning Mexican-American singer-songwriter, is coming to the Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom tonight, deep in the heart of Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days celebration. Rivera, whose popularity began to grow immensely after leaving his father’s recording label and studio Cintas Acuario to sign with the Son Discos label, was awarded three Lo Nuestro Awards for Regional Mexican Male Artist of the Year back in 2001, and Banda Artist of the Year and Regional Mexican Album of the Year for his album Despreciado. Nine years later, he won his first Grammy award for his album Tu Esclavo y Amo. He took a five-year hiatus from recording after releasing his 24th album back in 2012 – having netted 15 Top 50 singles on the Latin charts since 2001 – but returned earlier this year with El Malo. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 East Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $25 to $45 INFO: (800) CHUMASH (248-6274) or www. chumashcasino.com

Bernstein, who lived in Montecito, plus Mauro Giuliani’s Concerto for Guitar, featuring soloist Tony Ybarra fresh off his appearance at the Stow House last Tuesday. The event kicks off with West Coast Ballet’s Ellen Schipper performing on the Noches de Ronda stage before the music goes live from in front of the archway. WHEN: 4 pm WHERE: Anapamu & Anacapa streets COST: free INFO: 962-8101 or www. oldspanishdays-fiesta.org Toad Trip to Ojai – To a man, the four members of Toad the Wet Sprocket wish they had chosen a different name than the silly one that came from an old Monty Python skit. But back when they first formed the band as students at San Marcos High School in the mid-1980s, who could have imagined they’d go

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on to become the singularly most successful and enduring pop group to emerge out of Santa Barbara?

Now, when lead singer-songwriter/ rhythm guitarist Glen Phillips – who lived in Montecito for more than two decades – and original cohorts Dean Dinning, Todd Nichols, and Randy Guss get together to play such classic songs as “Walk on the Ocean” and “All I Want” (plus some newer ones such as “California Wasted”), it’s mostly a trip down memory lane, a chance to re-live with a mid-life perspective those earlier youthful outpourings. It should be an even more organic experience amid the oaks at Ojai’s Libbey Bowl.

WHEN: 5 to 9 pm WHERE: Libbey Bowl, 210 S. Signal Ave., Ojai COST: $30 to $79 INFO: libbeybowl.org/ event •MJ

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Ojai Playwriting Conference – Despite its locale tucked away in a mountain community – or maybe because of it – the OPC has become one of the most acclaimed new play developmental programs in the country over its 20 years, counting the first workshop productions of Fun Home, the musical based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir that claimed five Tony Awards in 2015, and Sandra Tsing Loh’s recent one-woman show The Madwoman in the Volvo among its recent spawnings. The celebratory anniversary season digs even deeper with an extraordinary program of playwrights, new play workshop presentations, and special performance events, including the return of Jon Robin Baitz, who will be developing an epilogue to Vicuña, his prescient play about a reality TV star’s unlikely presidential bid, and Loh, who is also working on a piece in response to the 2016 election. They are just part of the program that, in the words of OPC artistic director/producer Robert Egan, carries the mission of developing plays and playwrights who “dare and care to write vividly, bravely, and deeply about the sociopolitical and ethical challenges we face as a people.” Get all the details about the eight days of public presentations online at www.ojaiplays.org. WHEN: Today through August 13 WHERE: Zalk Theater and Matilija Auditorium in Ojai COST: Most events $30 INFO: 640-0400 or www. ojaiplays.org

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2775 Bella Vista Drive 1-4pm $8,900,000 5bd/6ba JoAnn Mermis 895-5650 2140 Ortega Ranch Lane 2-4pm $7,495,000 7bd/7ba Edna Sizlo 455-4567 2084 East Valley Road 1-4pm $6,450,000 5bd/5ba Kathryn Sweeney 331-4100 1574 Green Lane 1-4pm $5,650,000 6bd/5.5ba Andrew Templeton 895-6029 2815 East Valley Road 2-4pm $4,895,000 7bd/6.5ba Emily Kellenberger 252-2773 1417 East Mountain Drive 1-4pm $4,750,000 6bd/6.5ba Venturelli Group 448-3644 502 Picacho Lane 1-4pm $4,450,000 4bd/4.5ba Kirsten Wolfe 722-0322 2224 East Valley Road 1-4pm $4,375,000 4bd/4.5ba Toni Sutherland 618-1886 860 Coyote Road 1-4pm $3,850,000 5bd/4.5ba Bruce Emmens 452-3283 1149 Glenview 1-3pm $3,495,000 3bd/2.5ba John Henderson 689-1066 444 Pimiento Lane 1-4pm $3,495,000 4bd/5ba Marilyn Moore 689-0507 89 Butterfly Lane

By Appt. $3,495,000 3bd/4.5ba Jason Streatfeild 969-1122 2180 Alisos Drive 2-4pm $3,495,000 4bd/3.5ba Arve Eng 698-2915 178 Coronada Circle 1-4pm $3,200,000 3bd/3ba Tim Walsh 259-8808 1196 Dulzura Drive 2-4pm $2,999,000 5bd/5ba Sandy Stahl 689-1602 850 Chelham Way 2-4pm $2,850,000 5bd/3.5ba Kelly Knight 895-4406 355 Sierra Vista Road 2-4pm $2,795,000 3bd/3.5ba Don Hunt 895-3833 2979 Eucalyptus Hill Road 1-3pm $2,750,000 4bd/3.5ba Mark Ashton Hunt 698-2174 2728 Macadamia Lane 2-4pm $2,398,000 5bd/5ba Scott McCosker 687-2436 434 Nicholas Lane 1-4pm $2,345,000 4bd/3ba Tony Miller 705-4007 1395 Santa Clara Way 2-4pm $2,295,000 3bd/3ba Amanda Lee 895-9835 195 Canon View 2-4pm $1,749,000 4bd/3ba Louise McKaig 364-2326 8675 Romero Canyon 2-4pm $1,745,000 3bd/2ba Linda Lorenzen 866-1842 136 Loureyro Road A & B 1-3pm $1,595,000 4bd/2ba Brian Felix 455-3669 1050 Fairway Road 1-4pm $799,000 1bd/1ba Laura Kenig 705-6851

1417 EAST MOUNTAIN DRIVE

1-4PM 1574 GREEN LANE

1-4PM 195 CANON VIEW

2-4PM 2979 EUCALYPTUS HILL RD

1-3PM

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Call me to see these properties and others, when it works for your schedule.

(805) 208-1451 3 – 10 August 2017

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING (805) 565-1860 (You can place a classified ad by filling in the coupon at the bottom of this section and mailing it to us: Montecito Journal, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA 93108. You can also FAX your ad to us at: (805) 969-6654.

We will figure out how much you owe and either call or FAX you back with the amount. You can also e-mail your ad: christine@montecitojournal.net and we will do the same as your FAX).

ITEMS FOR SALE Old Comic Books?

I pay good money for old comic books & comic book art.

Call Sonny today for a cash offer: (805) 845-7550 TRESOR

services (preceded by multilingual research, if necessary) are also available.

Free, no-obligation meeting: 805-637-8538.

WEDDING CEREMONIES Ordained Minister Any/All Types of Ceremonies “I Do” Your Way. Short notice, weekends or Holidays Sandra Williams 805.636.3089 MEAL DELIVERY SERVICES A Taste of Home Our meals are homemade and delivered directly to your door.

We deliver Mon, Wed & Friday, starting at $98/ week.

We Buy, Sell and Broker Important Estate Jewelry. Located in the upper village of Montecito. Graduate Gemologists with 30 years of experience. We do free evaluations and private consultation.

1470 East Valley Rd suite V. 969 0888 FINE ART/PAINTINGS FOR SALE Vintage Oil Paintings Collector’s level, Pre-WWII Listed American Artists.

Private Dealer. Montecito. 969-4569 COMPUTER/VIDEO SERVICES VIDEOS TO DVD TRANSFERS Hurry, before your tapes fade away.

Now doing records & cassettes to CD. Only $10 each 969-6500 Scott.

805 603-2918 POSITION WANTED As YOUR PERSONAL ASSISTANT, I’ll write your checks, pay your bills, filing, correspondence, scheduling, organize everything, reservations, errands.

Confidential with excellent references.

636-3089 WATER MANAGEMENT SERVICES

BUSINESS FOR SALE Established 50 year-old specialty linen shop in Montecito Upper Village.

Inventory and furnishings included.

Serious inquiries only.

969-2617 or 969-5635. Leave message.

POSITION AVAILABLE Hairstylist – FT/PT, station rental w/ clientele, DADIANA Salon Montecito, Upper Village, great location, professional, friendly, great parking.

Diane 805 705 9090.

Part time Gallery sales assistant, artistic knowledge not as important as good sales skills. Must be able to work Saturdays mostly one day a week 30 to 40 hours monthly. Year-round position, retiree welcome 805-695-8850 WRITING/EDITING SERVICES A former reporter for Newsweek, book editor, and current full-time writer for The Economist, the international newsweekly based in London, helps you produce lean, compelling, and professionally sequenced prose for an article, op-ed, collegeadmissions essay, or book. Ghostwriting

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SAVE 30-60% through WATER MGMT! Merging Big Data, AI & Onsite Inspections. Irrigation Tuned to MicroClimates Gives Big Savings 20 to 600+ Valves. Exclusive SB Distributr of AuditorSoft Water Mgmt Services (805) 654-4943 REGENERATIVE LANDSCAPE ALLIANCE 28yrs-WATERWISE DESIGN,I NSTALL TUTORING/CLASSES Guitar teacher (30 years of composing, performing, and teaching) and excellent

$8 minimum

communicator offers lessons to kids and adults (beginners welcome). Lessons are clear, engaging, effective and tailored to your learning style and musical preferences, be it pop, jazz, funk, disco, rock, metal, reggae, blues, folk, country, or electronic. If desired, lessons include instruction on composing, songwriting, stagecraft, using music-recording software, and buying equipment. First lesson free with no obligation. References available. Jason: 805-452-3738.

SPECIAL/PERSONAL SERVICES If you are looking for an experienced, kind, considerate and patient person to drive you to Drs. appointments, shopping trips, hair appointments, etc. then I am your girl.

Please call Mary Schmidt at 805 636-7569.

RN/personal assistant available Local RN with 35 years of experience Private duty medical care.

Run your errands. 805 708-8710 Bodyguard, cook, chauffeur will pay $1,000 monthly for estate living I’m a mature, well established professional and long-time resident of Santa Barbara with impeccable references available as a live-in cook, gardener and as 24/7 security. If you’re looking for peace of mind and a help around the house, I can make you very comfortable while contributing $1,000 monthly to your bank account.

Let’s communicate via email and then talk if interested.

Steve: freshstartbiz@gmail.com Marketing and Publicity for your business, non-profit, or event.

Integrating traditional and social media and specializing in PSAs, podcasts, videos, blogs, articles and press releases. Contact Patti Teel seniorityrules@gmail.com HEALTH & WELLNESS SERVICES Trained and certified instructor will teach you how to meditate to create peace and bliss in your life. Sandra 636-3089.

Learn to Meditate SB native, Tom G. O’Brien is a trained teacher with 25 years of experience. Graduate

PHYSICAL TRAINING/THERAPY Wellness Recovery Have you or a loved one been challenged by health or aging issues? House calls to regain one’s best self. Certified in effective exercise for Parkinson’s.

Josette Fast, PT. 37 years experience UCLA trained. 805-722-8033 www.fitnisphysicaltherapy.com Fit for Life Customized workouts and nutritional guidance for any lifestyle. Individual/ group sessions.

Specialized in CORRECTIVE EXERCISE – injury prevention and post surgery. House calls available.

Victoria Frost- CPT & CES 805-895-9227 LONG/SHORT TERM RENTALS Montecito Rental For rent a beautiful one-bedroom poolside furnished guest house on estate. Beautiful quiet setting.

Jay Dooreck (805) 455-2925 JDooreck@mac.com Polo Club: Private Room & Bath. $1100/mo.

Includes all utilities/completely furnished.

Avail. Aug.15th (805)717-1787 Early 1932 Spanish casita near Picacho Lane. 2 acres, 2 bedrooms.

Photos: www.vrbo.com/84421 Fully furnished. All utilities including maid service and gardener.

Available for December rental.

Contact: rbdickins@gmail.com REAL ESTATE SERVICES

TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD

It’s Simple. Charge is $2 per line, each line has 31 characters. Additional 10 cents per Bold and/ or Uppercase letter. Minimum is $8 per issue/week. Send your check to: Montecito Journal, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA 93108 or email the text to christine@ montecitojournal.net and we will respond with a cost.

Photo/logo/visual is an additional $20 per issue.

Deadline for inclusion is Monday before 2 pm. We accept Visa/MasterCard

• The Voice of the Village •

of Crane, Thacher & Wesleyan U. See Independent article on “Rupa Meditation” of 7/6/2017. Serenity is your birthright; meditation is the key. Local references.

805.453.8965 rupameditation@gmail.com

REVERSE MORTGAGE SERVICES Reverse Mortgage Specialist Conventional & Jumbo 805.770.5515 No mortgage payments as long as you live in your home!

Gayle Nagy

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LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY (805) 565-1860 Voted #1 Best Pest & Termite Co.

BUSINESS CARDS FOR VOL 20#48, Dec 10, ’14

Kevin O’Connor, President (805) 687-6644 ● www.OConnorPest.com

Hydrex Written Warranty Merrick Construction Residential ● Commercial ● Industrial ● Agricultural Bill Vaughan Shine Blow Dry Just Good Doggies Musgrove(revised) Loving Pet Care in my Home Valori Fussell(revised) Lynch Construction $25 for play day Good Doggies $40 for overnight Carole (805) 452-7400 Pemberly carolebennett@cox.net Beautiful eyelash (change to Forever Beautiful Spa) Luis Esperanza Simon Hamilton Enroll Now Free Estimates ● Same Day Service, Monday-Saturday

Free Limited Termite Inspections ● Eco Smart Products

Licensed, Bonded & Insured

www.MontecitoVillage.com® Broker Specialist In Birnam Wood. Member Since 1985

www.BirnamWoodEstates.com BILL VAUGHAN 805.455.1609 BROKER/PRINCIPAL

CalBRE # 00660866

ART CLASSES 695-8850 Portico Gallery

1235 Coast Village Rd. • Convenient Parking Beg/Adv . Small Classes. Ages 8 -108

SCULPTURE RESTORATION & RESURFACING Indoor and Outdoor Stone, bronze or other Material Museum Quality Restoration References Available

JOANNE DUBY - FRANCINE KIRSCH 805 794 6618 - 805 636 7522 joanne@joanneduby.com

Executive Loan Advisor gnagy@rpm-mtg.com NMLS #251258 RPM Mortgage, Inc. 319 E. Carrillo St., Ste 100 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 LendUSA, LLC dba RPM Mortgage NMLS #1938 - Licensed by the Department of Business Oversight under the CA Residential Mortgage Lending Act. | C-294 | Equal Housing Opportunity

Downsizing, and Estate Sales .

Complimentary Consultation (805) 708 6113 email: theclearinghouseSB@cox.net website: theclearinghouseSB.com

ESTATE/MOVING SALE SERVICES

Live-In Available.

Estate caretaker, manager, companion.

(805) 636-4456

THE CLEARING HOUSE, LLC Recognized as the Area’s Leading Estate Liquidators – Castles to Cottages Experts in the Santa Barbara Market! Professional, Personalized Services for Moving,

3 – 10 August 2017

Estate Moving Sale Service-Efficient30yrs experience. Elizabeth Langtree 689-0461 or 733-1030.

ESTATE SERVICES

GARDEN CONSULTING LANDSCAPE INSPECTIONS Skilled troubleshooting

Gardener training Landscape inspections for Escrow, Construction Certified Arborist & Professional Horticulturist ‪(805)886-2424‪‬‬ www.tierrasage.com WOODWORKING/REPAIRS Artisan Custom Woodworks.

Repairs on doors, windows, furniture, kitchen cabinets. Small jobs welcomed.

Ruben Silva 805-350 0857. Contractor Lc#820521.

HANDYMAN/CONSTRUCTION H Property and Repair Specializing in handyman services, flooring and remodels 805-315-6419

It’s easy to tell crocodiles and alligators apart: one will see you in a while, whereas the other will see you later

Mr. Fit-it Handyman. Specializing in structural wood repair, FREE wood inspection for water or termites damage & all your home repair needs. Sam Campbell. 805- 455-6509.

DONATIONS NEEDED Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary Menagerie 2340 Lillie Avenue Summerland CA 93067 (805) 969-1944 Donate to the Parrot Pantry!

At SB Bird Sanctuary, backyard farmer’s bounty is our birds best bowl of food! The flock goes bananas for your apples, oranges & other homegrown fruits & veggies.

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$32,750,000 | 4347 Marina Dr, Hope Ranch | 5BD/7½BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233

$22,500,000 | ParadiseOnPadaro.com, Carpinteria | 6BD/6½BA Kathleen Winter | 805.451.4663

$37,500,000 | 1104 Channel Dr, Montecito | 5BD/7½BA Phyllis Noble | 805.451.2126

$16,900,000 | 2692 Sycamore Canyon Rd, Montecito | 7BD/8BA Mary Whitney | 805.689.0915

$8,750,000 | 1711 E Valley Rd, Montecito | 5BD/6½BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233

$8,200,000 | 706 Park Ln, Montecito | 4BD/5½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896

$5,995,000 | 4101 Roblar Ave, Santa Ynez | 34± acs (assr) Calcagno & Hamilton/Kerry Mormann | 805.565.4000/682.3242

$5,650,000 | 534 Las Fuentes Dr, Birnam Wood | 3BD/5½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896

$4,300,000 | 275 La Casa Grande Cir, Goleta | 3BD/3BA Kerry Mormann/Mary Elliott | 805.682.3242

$3,495,000 | 89 Butterfly Ln, Montecito | 3BD/4½BA Jason Streatfeild | 805.280.9797

$3,250,000 | Freesia Dr, Summerland | 3BD/3½BA MK Properties | 805.565.4014

$2,575,000 | 1395 Greenworth Pl, Montecito | 5BD/3BA Calcagno & Hamilton | 805.565.4000

$2,295,000 | 1395 Santa Clara Rd, Montecito | 3BD/3BA Calcagno & Hamilton | 805.565.4000

$2,075,000 | 620 Rockwood Dr, El Cielito/Las Canoas | 4BD/3BA Michelle Cook | 805.570.3183

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