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FUTURE OF THE MONTECITO LIBRARY Up Close and Personal

Brave & Maiden Estate in Santa Ynez takes personalized, by-appointment-only approach to wine tasting, p. 44

It’s Up to Us

Former Ohio governor John Kasich speaks about new book at Campbell Hall on Wednesday, October 23, p. 16

FACING SERIOUS FINANCIAL ISSUES THAT ARE TEMPORARILY BEING FIXED WITH COUNTY CANNABIS REVENUES, THE MONTECITO LIBRARY IS RIPE FOR NEW GOVERNANCE OPTIONS, TO BE DISCUSSED AT COMMUNITY MEETING NEXT WEEK, (STORY ON P. 12)

Book Club

Join Montecito Library book club! Next month’s book is Santa Barbara Reads’ selection, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, p. 25

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Luxurious and welcoming, Montecito Club is the perfect choice for the discerning and privacy-minded clientele.

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Guest Editorial

Bob Hazard on California’s pension obligations and how their affecting residents

6 Montecito Miscellany

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Dream Foundation’s Endless Summer Dream; Ryan and James Williams’ new app; Piglet Willy films; 23rd annual Red Feather Ball, Wildlife Care Network hosts Rose on the Roof; Steven Gilbar’s new tome; Measure for Measure at New Vic; Richard O’Neill joins Takacs Quartet; Oprah Winfrey donates to Morehouse College; Drew Barrymore to host talk show; Gwyneth Paltrow in Elle; Nacho Figueras speaks up; sightings

Letters to the Editor

A collection of communications from readers Chris Frisina, David S. McCalmont, Michael Edwards, Bruce Savin, Larry Bond, Dr. Edo McGowan, and Terence Ford

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A list of local events happening in and around town

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Future of Montecito Library to be discussed; update on Montecito bridges; Montecito Association meets

14 Seen Around Town

Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara luncheon; Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care reception; Montecito Trails Foundation annual BBQ; Santa Barbara Beautiful annual awards

16 Coming & Going

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20 Your Westmont

Theater department launches new season with The Government Inspector; college honors top alumni at Homecoming

23 Brilliant Thoughts

Ashleigh Brilliant ponders physical and metaphorical stepping stones

24 Spirituality Matters

JourneyDance returns; Art Journaling and Collage Playshop; Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies’ workshop; Rodger Sorrow resumes weekly gatherings; Yoga Soup happenings; yoga sampling; Qigong workshop

25 Association Agenda

Sharon Byrne speaks to Santa Barbara County Public Works Deputy Director Chris Sneddon about rights-of-way

Library Mojo

Next month’s book club gathering; patron profile; upcoming events

27 Open House Directory 31 Ernie’s World

Ernie and Pat attempt to navigate Rome

32 On Entertainment

Luis Muñoz releases new album; four questions with Z.E.N. Trio; Santa Barbara Symphony season opens; Santa Barbara Music Club concert

39 Montecito Moms

Renee Stahl makes music with her children; her latest album is titled Kindred

43 Our Town

Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, and Rakesh Chaurasia perform at UCSB’s Campbell Hall

44 Santa Barbara in a Glass

Brave & Maiden takes different approach to wine tasting

46 Legal Advertising 50 Calendar of Events

Johnny Mathis plays Chumash; Patricia Houghton Clarke exhibition; Boo at the Zoo; Oktoberfest at Brewhouse; Laughing Nomad comedy show; concert at UCSB; Klezmatics at UCSB MultiCultural Center; “Ask Me Another” at Lobero; Chucho Valdés concert; Santa Barbara Revels twilight cruise; Todrick’s Haus Party Tour

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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.

The Public Pension Problem

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ollectively, every California household is on the hook to pay for the public pension promises and retiree healthcare commitments made by elected leaders to not only the 2.6 million public employees who currently are employed in California, but also the 2.4 million retired public workers, who are now living longer and enjoying lifetime employment benefits for themselves, their spouses, and their children.

California state and local governments currently face more than $401 billion in unfunded liabilities for public employees, according to a joint study from Calmatters, the Los Angeles Times and Capital Public Radio. The cost to state and local governments of unfunded retirement benefits has more than tripled since 2003 and will continue to grow aggressively.

That $401 billion in unfunded debt comes in two chunks: $254 billion in unfunded pension liabilities and $147 billion for unfunded retiree health care.

Santa Barbara County

Peter Adam, Santa Barbara County’s 4th District Supervisor, sounded the alarm a year ago on behalf of County taxpayers: “Santa Barbara County is going broke…The number-one expense that will ultimately break us is our pension obligations. This year, pension payments will constitute over 30% of our discretionary revenue. This is entirely unsustainable.”

Adam went on to say that Santa Barbara County will spend over $145 million this year on pensions alone. He adds that the solutions proposed by his colleagues will be more taxes. They will promise the money will be spent wisely.

Make no mistake, any future taxes will go toward pension payments whether the politicians admit it or not. County funding for pensions and retiree health care leaves road maintenance, affordable housing, homelessness, public safety, fire and flood control, and education underfunded and undeliverable.

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Three-quarters of the pension shortfall in California comes from the state’s two biggest public pension providers: 1) CalPERS (California Public Employees Retirement System), the nation’s largest public pension fund that manages benefits for 1.9 million state and local government employees, retirees and their families, and 2) CalSTRS (California State Teachers’ Retirement System), the nation’s second-largest public pension fund with 933,410 public school teachers and administrators ranging from pre-kindergarten through community college, and their families. CalPERS’ unfunded liability grew from $111 billion in 2015 to $138 billion in 2017. CalSTRS reported a gap of more than $107.3 billion in unfunded liabilities.

The University of California system has its own separate retirement program.

In 1990, the University of California Retirement Plan (UCRP) cancelled all UC employee contributions because of an excess in state funding for its University system. Even when employee payments were resumed in 2010, the UCRP plan and its 129,879 members remain vulnerable to future economic slumps and reductions in investment earnings.

California has 130 public pension programs, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. Nearly one in nine Californians is a member of one or more pension programs.

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Monte ito Miscellany

by Richard Mineards

Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, gossip on The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, a commentator on the KTLA Morning News and Entertainment Tonight. He moved to Montecito 12 years ago.

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record $570,000 was raised when more than 300 guests turned out for the Dream Foundation’s 5th annual Endless Summer Dream at Bella Vista, the sprawling Summerland estate of polo-playing hotel magnate Pat Nesbitt and his wife, Ursula.

The charity’s coffers were helped immeasurably by former board member J. Paul Gignac and Robert Curtis, who donated $285,000 from uncollected checks from a class action lawsuit.

The fun Oscar de la Renta fashion fête, co-chaired by Ursula and Arlene Montesano, and emceed by the ubiquitous Andrew Firestone, kicked off with a poolside runway show, as well an aerialist performances by the Santa Barbara Airedanse Collective, SB Dance Theater, Janet Adderley Youth Ensemble singer Marissa Reyes,

Store-Wide Fall

Hosts Patrick and Ursula Nesbitt with auctioneer Andrew Firestone (photo by Priscilla)

Natalie Noone, and the Aqualillies & Acquawillies synchronized swimmers.

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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 H, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net

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“Problem Solvers” Do It Again

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e had it all: the beautiful ocean along our coast, the great weather, the clean land and the beautiful new and growing economy. We could walk to school, to the store by ourselves and never thought anything would go wrong.

We had new shopping centers and movie theatres that sparkled. We had water and energy and land that would have new houses and new people. We were fine with anyone who wanted to be here. We never thought anyone had a negative agenda; we could all be happy here.

Somewhere along the way some decided we weren’t that good; we did not take enough care of the land, the water, and the natural environment, the tiny fish, the birds, the forests.

So in came the agencies to regulate, to manage us in what they decided we had abused. The EPA would tell us how to do it and take over.

We could not clear the forests of dead wood or the streams of debris that clogged them. We “might” harm the fish, even though there has never been a clear understanding of the total impact of what would happen if we did clear the streams.

So in Montecito we had a massive flood after the fires and we saw the devastation of mud and debris flow.

We also had 16 million gallons of water from storage tanks come down the mountains as the electricity keeping the gates closed went off and there came the water on top of the rains...

Finally we have now taken action, after people died and property was destroyed. We have found many more streams than anyone knew as they were buried for years by neglect.

Neglect to take care, clear debris, make barriers to the boulders so they could never again fall so fast and destroy lives.

But the regulators are not done yet, as they now decide to turn off our electricity before any problem. This is PG & E’s absurd and destructive action to avoid responsibility for any new problem.

So being afraid now to help is to turn everything off. People will die as their life saving power is cut off; their oxygen tanks, their food, their necessities all stop.

Government’s answer is to hire more regulators, make more rules, more laws to keep us in check. This is the Dimms answer to fix this state. Our governor never came to our disaster, never came to see or understand. He

“October is a fine and dangerous season in America... a wonderful time to begin anything at all.” – Thomas Merton

is too busy fighting with the Federal government to come here.

He fixes nothing and regulates everything.

This first thing is he must be recalled and we must find a governor who has the comprehension to deal with the whole state of California.

We cannot bring in more illegals, with more homeless, with more tents on many roads to harm life and businesses. We cannot tax and give everything away on some socialist agenda experiment.

We have lived here a long time and know this can be fixed with new ideas and new government. Here we are in fire season again and we still don’t have answers. Again, people are in danger from the lack of ways to solve the problems of this beautiful State of California.

Chris Frisina Montecito (Editor’s note: Things have changed and mostly not for the better. When we moved here (some 33 years ago), our children could still bicycle to school freely (the SUV had yet to become the vehicle of choice and people really did drive slower), salamanders were plentiful in the small pools left behind by the trickle of water in our creeks that flowed even into late July; Dads cooked barbecues on MUS school grounds where Halloween and Christmas parades were holiday staples; one could still find a tiny octopus or two in tide pools at Hammonds, and grunions came in regularly by the thousands at Miramar Beach on a full-moon high tide. Oh, and the county had only recently mandated that bulldozers would no longer be allowed to clear our creeks, for fear of upsetting Mother Nature. Not to be a Debbie Downer, however, Montecito has retained most of its semi-rural charm and our residents are as handsome and beautiful as ever. – J.B.)

Chasing Doom

Let’s see: Why would a 20-yearold on campus (maybe) feel suicidal these days? For starters, socialism is depressing. Being a victim is depressing. Laying your life at the feet of a corrupt and inept government is depressing. Hating your country is depressing. Being told we only have 12 good years of life left on this planet is depressing. Just hanging around the Climate Change Doomsayer Crowd is depressing.

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This Week in and around Montecito

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 Boo at the Zoo The tri-counties’ most popular Halloween event now has one ticket which is good for admission on any one of the three nights and also for all activities, including Zoo Train rides, during the event. More than 6,000 costumed kids and their families are expected at the Santa Barbara Zoo’s annual Boo at the Zoo, which offers traffic-free and safe trick or treating, costumed characters, entertainment, animal encounters, and special Halloween activities.

When: today (5:30 pm) tomorrow and Sunday (4:30 pm) Where: 500 Ninos Drive Cost: $12-$20 Info: www.sbzoo.org

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 Montecito Union School Walkthrough Please join members of the MUS administration and MUSF board on a walk through of the adjacent property to the MUS campus. Learn about the property’s potential with the hopes of making it a usable education tool for MUS students. The school welcomes all feedback as they develop and implement a vision for this adjacent property in keeping with the school’s Strategic Plan.

When: Two times; please meet at the outside bench in front of the office prior to 8 am and 6 pm Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249 MERRAG Meeting & Training: The Great California Shakeout 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, participate with MERRAG in a California-wide organized public earthquake drill.

When: 10 am Where: Montecito Fire Station, 595 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-2537 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. On today’s agenda: an addition and remodel on Ennisbrook;

an addition on Woodley Road; a garage and addition on Santo Tomas Lane; additions on Edgecliff Lane; an addition and renovation on Chelham; and an addition and pool on Olive Mill Lane, among other items.

When: 1 pm Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 East Anapamu

do science experiments, play with robotics, learn about coding, gaze at the stars, and have fun with math challenges at the many cool stations set up by experts from all over Santa Barbara. Children are encouraged to wear school-friendly costumes!

When: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Where: The Knox School of Santa Barbara, 1525 Santa Barbara Street Tickets: $6 per person, Children 3 and under are free. Tickets are available online only at https://knoxhallow steam2019.eventbrite.com

Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meetup for all ages at Montecito Library When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 Montecito YMCA Golf Tournament Today marks 11 years of the Montecito Family YMCA Golf Tournament and Silent Auction. This year’s event will once again be held at Glen Annie Golf Club. All net proceeds go towards the Open Doors financial assistance program, which grants local families access to life enriching activities, childcare, and membership opportunities. You don’t have to golf to get involved! All are welcome to participate in the dinner reception and silent auction, tickets sold separately.

When: Shotgun start begins at 12 pm Info: http://bit.ly/MONgolf

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

Spooktacular Hallow-STEAM Evening Knox School’s spooky, Halloween-themed STEAM night is back! It’s hands-on science exploration and family fun for all ages.

Bring your whole family to meet live animals including a real live wolf, owls and mini ponies, explore physics,

San Marcos Preserve Community Day Homeseekers and nature lovers will discover why the San Marcos Preserve is a special place for homeowners and visitors alike when the Bartron Real Estate Group partners with Channel Islands Restoration to host a free-to-the public luxury estates tour and ecological trek with Geologist Tanya Atwater, PHd. The Bartron Real Estate Group will provide a 45-minute tour of the San Marcos Preserve Estates followed by a 45-minute guided hike through San Marcos Preserve.

San Marcos Preserve, Santa Barbara’s newest custom estates community, features six luxury estates set on threeto twenty seven acres. Each home site features unique architectural styles – such as Modern Farmhouse, California Ranch and Spanish Hacienda – with customizable features and designer

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“October was always the least dependable of months ... full of ghosts and shadows.” – Joy Fielding

finishes, set within a natural preserve, highlighted by privacy, walking trails and awe-inspiring views of the Santa Ynez Mountains, Pacific Ocean, and distant Channel Islands.

Following the estates tour, Dr. Atwater will lead a 45-minute medium-impact hike and discuss special features of ecology, human history and ranching history at the Preserve and Channel Island Restoration’s ongoing habitat restoration efforts. The guided hike is complimentary with tour of San Marcos Preserve Estates.

When: 9 am to 1 pm Where: San Marcos Preserve, 1070 Cieneguitas Road Info & RSVP: (805) 563-4054 Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music. A valued cultural resource in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public.

When: 3 pm Where: First United Methodist Church, Garden and Anapamu Streets Cost: free TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 Paying for Education Workshop Whether your children or grandchildren are learning to crawl or learning to drive, you can help make a college education a reality. Join for a college savings presentation where the following topics will be discussed: Questions to consider as you establish a college savings goal; savings strategies to help you reach your goal; Features and benefits of various education savings plans. This workshop will be taught by financial advisor Irene Kelly, who passionately believes in providing financial education and teaching complimentary classes in our community. All library programs are free and open to the public.

When: 3:30 to 4:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 17 – 24 October 2019

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meetup for all ages at Montecito Library When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Montecito Library Community Meeting Join the conversation about the future of the library, hosted by First District Supervisor Das Williams. Learn about the history of the local library and governance options for the future.

All residents welcome; refreshments and Spanish interpretation will be provided.

When: 6 to 7:30 pm Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 568-2186 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group 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 Youth Interactive Masquerade Ball Enjoy a glamorous night inspired by art and culture, all to benefit Youth Interactive, the most innovative entrepreneurial arts academy in Southern California, that bridges opportunity and social divisions by providing creative young adults from all walks of life with the keys to self-sufficiency.

The new flagship Youth Interactive space downtown will be transformed into a fantastic masquerade with music, dancing, food, drinks, and so much more.

Cocktail attire and masks required.

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When: 8 am Where: 956 Maple Ave. in Carpinteria Info: 684-3112 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 Crane Country Fair Crane Country Day School’s annual Country Fair is a Santa Barbara tradition, with festivities open to the entire community. This year’s Fair brings back all the old favorites, including a cupcake walk, carnival games, dunk tank, giant slide, face painting and the delicious Country Kitchen featuring home-baked sweets and savories. New this year is a 25-foot climbing wall, Ninja course and bouncing horse race. A safe play area for preschoolers features a petting zoo and Wahooo ride-able stuffed pets.

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ext Thursday, October 24, Montecito residents are invited to learn about how the Montecito Library is currently funded, and learn about several options the County is considering for the future, as the library has been facing some serious financial issues under the current system. “It’s one of the biggest issues we’ve been working on since Supervisor Williams took office,” said Darcel Elliott, First District Supervisor Das Williams’ Chief of Staff.

The Friends of the Montecito Library are looking at several governance options to address the funding issue, including creating a special library district and merging with Carpinteria library. “We want to inform the public about the state of the library and options we are considering and, most importantly, receive input on what they want to see from and for our local “The end of the summer is not the end of the world. Here’s to October.” – A.A. Milne

public library,” Elliott said.

The Montecito Library is funded through county and state revenues; it receives no money from the City of Santa Barbara, although human resources, payroll, and other services are contracted by the City. The branch survives on bequests from residents, and the non-profit group Friends of the Montecito Library (FOML), a charitable nonprofit 501(c)(3) community organization that was founded in1975.

The library is open five days a week thanks to the Board of the FOML, who works hard to raise funds to keep the library open. Over 4,000 Montecito residents are active users of the library.

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The emcee for the event was Sofia, who has been a Girls Inc. gal since kindergarten and it shows with all her confidence at being behind a podium and speaking to a room of 400 people.

She introduced the board president, Tracy Jenkins. One of the girls had asked Tracy why she was involved in Girls Inc. Her reply, “Mentors give the girls worth. I can use my voice for good. The girls learn to say no and to say, I can.”

CEO Barbara Ben-Horin told us, “The organization was founded in 1864 and helped with the trauma of the Civil War. It’s been in Santa Barbara for 61 years and there are 81 clubs in the United States.” Barbara presented Marsha Bailey with the Strong, Smart and Bold Award. She founded Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) 30 years ago and since has helped start and expand more than 4,500 women-owned businesses in our community due to WEV’s training, consulting and loan programs.

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t the beginning of our telephone conversation, when I said to the former governor of Ohio and 2016 presidential candidate John Kasich that my most impressive memory of him was in the mid-1990s, when he teamed up with then Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich as the face of the Republican Contract With America, he demurred, noting “that was a hundred years ago.

We were, however, successful in the end.”

He and Gingrich then went on to draft and ultimately pass the Balanced Budget Amendment, but Kasich suggested that he had done many more important things since. Having gone on from U.S. Representative and heading up the Congressional Budget Committee, to become a successful two-term governor of Ohio, Mr. Kasich is right of course. But getting the Balanced Budget Amendment passed and indeed balancing the federal budget in the mid- to late-’90s stands out as a superhuman feat and one that continues to overshadow any proceeding success of every Congress since.

You use quotes from Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. in the front of the book, and though I’ve only read the first two chapters – “Start a Movement,” and “Be the Change Where You Live,” I have to say it reads somewhat spiritual.

Is that what you had in mind when you wrote it?

Well, in some respects, it is spiritual.

That wasn’t my intent, but if you take it that way, I’m all for it. However you want to describe it is good for me as long as you read it.

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Author, former U.S. Congressman, former Ohio Governor John Kasich to speak at UCSB Campbell Hall Wednesday, October 23, beginning at 7:30 pm

The engaging and politically astute Mr. Kasich’s latest book, It’s Up To Us: Ten Little Ways We Can Bring About Big Change, was released on Thursday, October 17, and one of his first speaking engagements of his upcoming book tour is a stop at Campbell Hall on the UCSB campus Wednesday, October 23.

Q. Governor Kasich, you’ve written a number of books (Two Paths: America Divided or United, Every Other

Monday: Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship, Stand For Something, Courage Is Contagious, and others). All have done reasonably well, including becoming New York Times best sellers. What is the purpose of your latest book?

A. The purpose of this book, I guess is to say, “Look, stop thinking about things far away from you and start to think about how you can help. Start thinking a little bigger than yourself.

Slow down, get out of your silo, think about your eternal destiny. This book is non-political and is sort of a prescription for finding meaning in life.

How would you describe it?

People have said the book is “provocative,” but I’ve never thought of my book as being provocative. It makes you think about yourself. It’s a way of getting inside your head to get at things that are personal to you. And I like that.

I’d describe it as a philosophy book.

Most people who hear my name would think the book is about politics and it really is not. It’s about life: I purposely did not write another book about religion. I’ve already written one. This one is about one’s eternal destiny.

You ran for president in 2016 and for awhile I believe you toyed with the

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idea of running in 2020. You are a known political quantity. With discussions about impeachment and the upcoming presidential campaigns taking hold, I imagine many questions from your UCSB audience are likely to be political. How do you plan to deal with those, since you’re here to discuss a book that isn’t political?

I’ve been speaking all over the country for the past ten months and sometimes the questions are like that and that’s not where I want them to be.

People are going to ask me what I’m going to do politically in the future, but I don’t have a clue. That’s where my life is right now. I want the focus to be on [the audience]. I want them to know that they are special.

These are volatile times. It seems to me that a guy like you will have insights that most people won’t have and it would be valuable to hear from you.

I’ve done a lot on CNN and I’m on all the time. I don’t have any more to add to what I’ve already said.

I’m a FOX viewer, so I haven’t heard from you lately.

I’m a CNN [correspondent], so if you want to know how I feel about current affairs you need to get out of your silo [which is another chapter in his book].

Do you wish you were still in the game?

I’m in the game. I’m very much in the game. Just because I’m not at my desk and writing a law doesn’t mean I’m not in the game. I think it’s a misnomer. I liked being governor and got a lot done, though I became less effective in my last year because people got tired of me. Which is normal.

I’ve written books. I communicate.

I’ve got a million followers on Twitter.

I put stuff on Instagram. I think I’m in the game more than a bunch of Congressmen you’ve never heard of.

I guess I meant the election game... ...I don’t live for the election game.

I live for policies and public positions on things.

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Back in ‘94, ‘95, ‘96, people thought of you then as...

Ninety-four, ninety-five, ninety-six?

That was a hundred years ago. I don’t live in the past.

You went from what most people considered a pretty rock-ribbed conservative to a fairly liberal governor and that was quite a transition... ...No, no, no, absolutely not. I didn’t become a liberal governor; I just thought everybody ought to be treated fairly and if one group was going to prosper, then every group should prosper. Is it liberal to say that everybody should have access to health care? I don’t think so. Is it liberal to say that people who are in the minority

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should get the same as others? That’s not liberal. The party has moved away from me. I don’t even recognize the party anymore. To say that I went “liberal,” I’d say, no, I’d gone to common sense and if I sat down with you, you would not find reason to disagree with me. Should we pay attention to infant mortality? Absolutely. Should we get involved in the opioid crisis and take decisive action? Absolutely.

When we cut taxes for rich people should we create incentives for poor people? To me, that’s not liberal; that’s just common sense.

What’s the best thing you’ve ever done in your life, outside of meeting and marrying your wife and having a family?

The most meaningful thing I’ve ever done? I’ll take a pass. I’m not ready to sum up my life in one sentence.

Okay, then the most satisfying thing you’ve ever done?

I’m satisfied with my life most of the time. I’m just trying to be true to myself. We’re all failures but the more I’m true to myself, the better I feel. I’m very happy. I’m a very satisfied guy. I live a full life. I’ve been very blessed.

Why should I buy your book?

It’s a book that everybody ought to read because it will allow them to examine their own life and to figure out how to live a life that’s a little bigger than themselves, which is what everybody wants to do.

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Just a short note to mention the 23rd Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Golf Tournament (and 10th Annual Bobbie Kline Memorial) takes place on Monday, November 4 at La Cumbre Country Club. Check-in is at 9 am, shotgun start begins at 11 am and the $230 entry fee includes green fees, cart, range balls, box lunch, and an awards presentation. All proceeds go to Breast Care Imaging Center at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital and the Breast Cancer Resource Center in Santa Barbara. If you’d like to join this group of (mostly) women players or maybe even donate or help sponsor it, contact Bonnie Crouse at 805-886-5649.

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Theater Stages Satirical ‘Government Inspector’ SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AT BIRNAM WOOD The Montecito Sanitary District is dedicated to preventing backups, spills or any other problems before they occur.

To accomplish that we undergo a systematic, ongoing maintenance protocol to inspect each of our 76 miles of sewer pipelines.

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The Government Inspector, an entertaining satirical play, focuses on a small Russian village that learns of a secret, undercover government inspector coming for a surprise visit.

When panic arises from a case of mistaken identity, the whole village spirals into a world of hysteria, disarray, and greed.

Thomas says the wildly hilarious adaptation exposes bureaucratic corruption with sharp wit and fun. “It’s a classic farce, and one of the funniest

plays in the canon,” Thomas says.

“The comedy is relevant in any age, but we might feel the satire is especially on point in an era where the greed, corruption, and hubris of the characters feel unnervingly familiar.”

Later this fall, graduating theater major Cierra Denning directs “Everyman,” a late 15th century morality play, on Dec. 6-7 in Porter Theatre.

Guest Artist Nita June Davanzo directs “Love and Information,” a play exploring contemporary issues about knowledge, technology and communication and our capacity for love, on Jan. 30-Feb. 2 in the Black Box Theatre.

“Our season this year is eclectic, giving audiences and artists a wide-ranging mix of genres, styles and theatrical experiences,” Thomas says.

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Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe (center) honored alumni Scott Hempy, Erik Olson, Jim and Sue DeVries, and Leeba Lessin (not pictured) at Homecoming

and “Gianni Schicchi” on Feburary 28, March 1 and 3 at the New Vic Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara. “The collaboration will be a highlight of the year, performing at the beautiful New Vic,” Thomas says. “Last year we had many new Santa Barbara audiences exposed to Westmont theater, and we welcome the chance to continue that relationship with our fresh and fun approach to these wonderful operas.”

All ticket reservations are held at the box office, which opens 45 minutes before each performance.

Alumni Return for Homecoming Weekend

Westmont celebrates Homecoming 2019 with a full slate of on-campus events October 11-12, including the annual All-Alumni Brunch which honored Erik Olson ’90, a partner and trial lawyer at Morrison & Foerster LLP, and Leeba Lessin ’79, former president of CareMore Health System, as Alumnus and Alumna of the Year, respectively. Jim ’70 and Sue Bergman DeVries ’71, longtime missionaries with One Challenge International (OCI), received the Global Service Award, and Scott Hempy ’14, founder and chief revenue officer at Filld, has earned the Young Alumni of the Year.

Olson’s practice focuses on the litigation of intellectual property, securities, and corporate governance disputes, with particular emphasis on clients in the biotechnology, medical device, telecommunications, and high-technology industries. He serves on the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, which offers pro bono attorneys to foster youth, people with mental illnesses, and other underserved populations in Silicon Valley facing legal challenges. He earned a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1994. Erik is married to Jill (Primuth) ’89. Their son, Andrew, graduated from Westmont in 2018, earning a degree in biology and political science.

Lessin started a health-maintenance organization in Santa Barbara in 1986, and she has played a leading role in a managed care company. While with CareMore, a health 17 – 24 October 2019

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plan and care-delivery system for Medicare and Medicaid patients, she created a highly regarded medical management and care model for the care of chronically ill patients. She is also the former president of the Southern and Northern California operations of PacifiCare, a health insurance company that is now part of UnitedHealth Group.

The DeVries have shared a lifetime of marriage and ministry, raising three daughters who now serve in the mission field themselves with the DeVries’ 10 grandchildren. The couple began their career in Ghana, teaching high school. For the next 20 years, based in Kenya with eight families, they traveled and trained pastors. In 2006, they moved to Cyprus to support missionaries in the Middle East who face ongoing stress. After 38 years, Jim and Sue have moved to Colorado, but they continue to work with OCI. Hempy, who was named to Forbes’ prestigious 30 Under 30 list in 2016, began delivering fuel through the Filld app to the Bay Area in April 2016 and has expanded to Washington, D.C. While at Westmont, he participated in Westmont in Haiti, using microfinance to launch small businesses during spring break. He is married to Kylie (De Raad) ’14.

The men’s and women’s soccer teams excelled with the large Homecoming crowds. The No. 7 Westmont women’s team and the No. 4 Westmont men’s team both beat Vanguard, 3-0.

•MJ

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Retiree Health Care Shortfall

Most government agencies do not set up reserves to pay for retiree health coverage (although some are beginning to do so). Unlike pensions, which are pre-funded with contributions from both the employer and employee, retiree health care benefits are more often funded out of current operations. Public pension retirees are often offered a choice of medical plans including dental and vision coverage. The current unfunded retiree healthcare shortfall is estimated

by Calmatters at $147 billion.

For retired state workers, the state now chips in up to $21,000 a year per retiree for lifetime health insurance premiums. California State Controller Betty Yee calls this annual state contribution of $91.5 billion in health care payments for retired state workers a crushing blow that will become even more expensive as retirees live longer and request and receive more expensive medical treatments.

Montecito’s Special Districts

The Montecito Sanitary District (MSD) with 17 employees is a perfect example of public service generosity. With only 17 employees, staff salaries amount to $1,851,678 or $109,000 per employee per year.

MSD, like most public service districts, offers generous benefits. MSD’s employer paid pension payments, retiree medical benefits and social security (FICA) contributions last year amounted to $506,437, or $29,800 per employee.

Total paid employee benefits, including retirement, group medical, dental, Medicare, life insurance, auto allowance, disability, workers comp – amounted to $940,169 or a whopping 51% of payroll costs. That means that for every dollar paid in wages, it cost MSD ratepayers $1.50 in salary and benefits. The comparable cost for employee benefits in the private sector is much lower, coming in at approximately 32% of payroll.

MSD is not singled out here as excessive. A similar story exists for all 2.6 million public workers in the State of California. No one begrudges high pay for public service but excessive pay and benefits needs to be studied rigorously.

Bankruptcy as a Solution

State bankruptcy is prohibited by the U.S. Constitution and so is a bailout of a state by federal taxpayers. However, federal bankruptcy codes do allow municipalities including California cities, towns and villages, counties, and taxing districts such as municipal utilities, water districts, school districts, bridge authorities, highway authorities and gas authorities to declare bankruptcy to discharge their pension obligations.

Since 2010 the City of San Bernardino, the City of Stockton and the Town of Mammoth Lakes in California and the County of Boise, Idaho have voted to declare bankruptcy. When the City of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy on July 18, 2013, it was the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history, with unfunded debts in the neighborhood of $18 to $20 billion.

How it Happened Prior to President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 Executive Order 10988, public service unions were limited to employees of the U.S. Post Office and a few states.

Previous presidents and Congress saw little need for union collective bargaining in government monopolies. After 1962, public service unions began to grow exponentially. Today, union membership in the private sector has shrunk to an all-time low of a 7% share of workers while public service union membership has swelled to 37% of public workers.

Picking Taxpayers’ Pockets

At the state and county level, powerful public service unions provide money, campaign workers, and reliable votes to place elected legislators in office. In return, grateful politicians vote for a steady stream of public largesse demanded by the unions, including increased public wages, guaranteed lifetime pensions, reduced work rules and guaranteed public pension plans that are the envy of comparable private sector workers.

Private Industry Solutions

Private industry has swapped traditional pensions for 401K plans. IBM closed its pension plan to new hires in 2005 and froze benefits in 2008. Boeing closed its pensions in 2009 and froze benefits in 2016.

In 2011, General Electric (GE) stopped giving pensions to new employees. In 2015, faced with a crushing defined pension plan underfunded by $30 billion, GE ended healthcare plans that supplement Medicare for nearly 200,000 retirees and their dependents.

Of the Fortune 500, only 16 private companies still offer traditional defined benefits to new hires.

Solutions for Consideration

Why is the conversion of defined benefit pension plans to 401K plans for retirement never considered for public workers? Why not drop the current plan for new public service hires?

When the Montecito Water District (MWD) Board asked CalPERS what would happen if they canceled pensions and retiree healthcare for new employees, the answer was that MWD and its new hires would still have to pay CalPERS their regular contributions because CalPERS funds were needed to pay current workers, so not a nickel would be saved.

Why not a pension freeze? Why not a retirement plan that matches or exceeds the average Fortune 500 private plan? Why not a single fiscally responsible plan instead of 130 public pension plans in California?

Public indifference makes the current mess possible. What would it take to make Governor Newsom or the Santa Barbara County ruling trio of Das Williams, Gregg Hart, and Joan Hartmann advocate for financially prudent changes to pension and retiree healthcare funding? My bet is that all four of these elected leaders will continue to brag about minor tweaks, without the courage to look ahead and solve the problem. The path to election has sadly become one in which majority candidates must support labor unions, please uber-environmentalists and hope that they personally will have retired from public office before the next serious economic recession threatens to bankrupt California cities and counties.

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Brilliant Thoughts

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Taking Steps

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n old Chinese adage says, “A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step” – to which I have added my own piece of wisdom: “So, to save 1,000 miles, don’t take that step.”

For some reason, humans and birds are the principal creatures which walk on two legs – I have been privileged to visit some (very smelly) penguin “rookeries” in Antarctica, where it’s is quite amazing to find yourself surrounded by these waddling tuxedo-clad avians, who have never learned to fear humans.

Of course some critters can be “taught” “bi-pedalism.” Dr. Samuel Johnson remarked that “A woman’s preaching is like a dog walking on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all.”

Possibly one of the greatest inventions of all time was that of STAIRS, which enabled humans to climb inclines which might otherwise be too steep. Hence, we have had other refinements, such as that superb space-saver, the spiral staircase, which also made possible defensive towers and minarets. In London, you can still use such stairs to ascend a column called The Monument, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, the architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral – which marks the starting point of London’s Great Fire of 1666.

Another great human invention was the Ladder, which came as a counter-blow to the Wall, making possible a whole new kind of fighting. Even as late as January 1815, at the Battle of New Orleans, British soldiers carried ladders which were supposed to help them scale the American defenses – but something went terribly wrong, and very few of the ladder-crews got through the withering Yankee fire.

(This was the Battle in which the British General, Sir Edward Packenham, was killed, and the American commander, Andrew Jackson, became a hero, winning fame that ultimately led him to the Presidency. It was also a totally unnecessary battle, since peace between the two sides had already been signed several weeks earlier. But that happened in Ghent, Belgium, and the news reached America too late to prevent all that bloodshed.)

In World War II, the islands of the Pacific were often described metaphorically as “stepping stones” to the Japanese heartland. Japan herself is of course a group of islands, but, when 17 – 24 October 2019

the Allied forces captured islands within bombing range, the ultimate outcome of the war was never really in doubt, no matter what kind of bombs were used.

But of course, real stepping stones (usually placed by Nature or Man to assist in crossing rivers and streams) have their own limitations. They may be too far apart, or too small and slippery to provide an easy and safe crossing. Their usability also depends on the height and turbulence of the water in the river or creek.

And, as many of us have learned to our cost, whether crossing water or land, however long the intended journey, it can all be ruined by taking one bad step. The hospitals are full of people who stumbled on a rock, slipped on ice (or on the traditional banana peel), tripped on an unexpected unevenness in the ground, or simply stepped on a stepping stone that wasn’t there — thus precipitating that all too common calamity known as a “Fall.” (Even while writing this, I heard from a fan who had fractured an elbow, falling over the dog she was walking!)

But while we are stepping around the subject of steps, we mustn’t overlook the formulaic musical and military varieties. There are of course any number of dance steps, from the most formal of classical Ballet to the most uncontrolled savage rituals. And, going back to ancient game-plans, soldiers were trained in very nimble footwork in attempts to out-maneuver their enemies. Then there were the marches, just to keep men moving in an orderly fashion. One of these somehow developed into what was known as the “Goose Step,” a type of marching in which the forward knee is kept perfectly stiff, and is brought down, especially on city streets, with something of a heavy tramp. This became particularly associated with Nazi storm troopers and thus gained an unpleasant reputation – although the same step is now used by military forces all over the world.

In any formal march, the most important thing is of course to have all the participants keeping step. On that subject, I will contribute today’s final piece of wisdom:

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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.

JourneyDance Journeys Back to Town

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ourneyDance is a dynamic, conscious dance form that combines freestyle and structured movement to inspire participants to move from the mind into the body. Lisa Buell, who boasted a decade of experience as a life and business coach before adding dance and intuitive painting to her repertoire, brought the practice to Santa Barbara from the East Coast in early 2017, but was on hiatus for six months earlier this year as she moved back east for family obligations. Now, Buell is back and ready to restart the JourneyDance journey. A movement form that is based on the chakras, the practice leads participants on a ritual journey of physical and emotional transformation – through breath, sweat and expression, you gain a palpable experience of yourself as pure powerful energy.

“The greatest challenges of modern life come from living in our heads, dominated by our thoughts,” Buell writes. “Ten years of dancing have convinced me that everything we need to thrive we’ll find by coming home to our body.

Freedom, self-expression, grounding, acceptance, sensuality, release, emotional well-being, peace, joy – these are the gifts that are waiting for you when you step back in to your body, and begin to inhabit every inch of your life.”

Saturday, October 19, at 4 pm brings the first new experience, entitled “Follow the Light Within,” at Santa Barbara Dance Arts (531 East Cota Street). Over the 90-minute session, participants will forge a response to the shortening days and colder weather by slowing down and turning within to ground and connect, release and make room for the new, find the natural movement of our energy, and express our deep creativity through the JourneyDance Flow exploration into a loving, intimate relationship with body, mind, and energy.

Admission is $15 in advance, $20 at the door. To register, or learn more about JourneyDance visit, www.lisabuell.com/journeydance or www.meetup.com/ Journey-Dance-Santa-Barbara.

Art Journaling and Collage Playshop

Minette Riordan’s bi-monthly gatherings – which haven’t officially met since February – are focused on connecting to your inner artist through creative processes like SoulCollage®, Zentangle®, art journaling and JourneyCircles™.

Beautifully You – Exploring the Heroine’s Journey through Collage, which takes place 10 am to 12:30 pm this Saturday, October 19, employs the creative process and art-making as powerful tools for personal development, managing stress, mindfulness, connecting to intuition, thus transforming our relationship with ourselves and connect more deeply to spirit. No artistic experience or skills needed as the group is about deepening connection to self through reflection, journaling, creative play and meaningful conversation with other caring women in a safe and supportive environment. All art supplies, coffee, tea and snacks included with admission, which costs $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

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Buddha of Boundless Life

This weekend’s retreat with Drub-la Tsampa Karma comes directly via an invite from Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies’ Alan Wallace, who requested special empowerment and teachings on longevity to take place in Santa Barbara. Venerable Drub-la Tsampa Karma was born in eastern Bhutan and joined the Long-Nying Chöling Monastery at a young age, later receiving empowerment and teachings from many revered teachers, including H.H. Dodrupchen Rinpoche, H.H. Penor Rinpoche, H.H. Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, and H.H Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche.

He has spent over 12 years in strict meditation retreats, and is renowned as a genuine retreat master throughout Bhutan and as one of the most important Bhutanese lamas to disseminate the teachings and maintain the tradition of Terton Pedgyal Lingpa. Drub-la will offer Amityus Long Life Empowerment in the morning and teachings on Shamatha in the afternoon on Saturday, October 19, and additional teachings on Shamatha for both the 9 am and 2 pm sessions on Sunday, October 20. Registration for the weekend, which takes place at the Marriott Courtyard, 401 Storke Road, Goleta, is $135. Info and registration at www.sbinstitute.com/product/oct-1920-2019.

Compassionate Communication Convenes

Veteran Nonviolent Communication practitioner and teacher Rodger Sorrow,

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who brought the annual regional NVC Convention back to Santa Barbara this spring, is resuming leading weekly gatherings to practice the basic foundations of NVC as developed by founder Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D. – who himself led periodic weekend workshops in town before his passing. Under the aegis of SBCC’s School for Extendeed Learning, Sorrow – a Certified Trainer and Assessor in Training with The Center for Nonviolent Communication and co-founder of www.ChooseConnection.com – will delve into the practice that aims to improve the quality of connection in all interpersonal relationships, including the spiritual basis of nonviolent communication. Among the topics to be covered over the two months are listening more fully with presence, honest feedback without criticism or blaming, conflict resolution, forgiveness for ourselves and others, “beneficial regret,” role playing games and more. The 6:15 8:30 pm class runs for eight Tuesdays, October 22 to December 10, at the Schott Campus, 310 W Padre Street. Admission is free, but registration is required.

Visit www.sbcc.edu/extendedlearning.

Soul Rejuvenation, More Seminars at the Soup

Tania Isaac’s group healing session combines restorative yoga, Reiki handson healing, and channeling for a transformative and nourishing experience that also integrates sound healing and essential oils in a holistic workshop intended to help heal and rejuvenate the mind, body and soul. The 2-5 pm workshop on Saturday, October 19, costs $60…

Sarah Uma and Greyson Kirby team up for Inner Re-Balancing: An Alchemical Ceremony that serves to integrate the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine in sacred union within. Through conscious breath, alchemical ritual enactment, and movement, participants will experience the transformation of inner re-balancing resulting in more freedom, wholeness, unity consciousness and ecstatic embodiment. The 7-9 pm seminar on Saturday, October 19, costs $22 in advance, $30 day-of…

Elisa Rose’s two-hour Embodiment Alchemy is a journey in which people will turn attention inward with blindfolds to learn somatic tools to connect to the body’s wisdom. Participants will nourish nervous systems with restorative practices and open voices to the innate healing power of expressing through sound as well as periods of movement and rest. The 7-9 pm event on Saturday, October 19, costs $15…

Sunday afternoon, October 20, brings the four-hour Trauma, Attachment, and Self-Healing workshop with Suzanne Marlow, M.A., LMFT. The licensed psychotherapist who is also a senior instructor at Yoga Soup with two decades of experience will lead an exploration of trauma and issues of attachment with focus on their impacts on relationships. Techniques will be taught through Insight yogic practices, including movement, breath, meditation, and psychological inquiry, while self-regulation tools will guide students to become more current and present in body and mind. Admission to the 1:30 pm workshop is $40 in advance, $45 day-of.

Yoga Soup resides at 28 Parker Way near the train station. Call (805) 965-8811 or visit www.yogasoup.com/category/events.

Going, Going, Qigong

Veteran Carpinteria-based Qigong/Tai Chi teacher Jessica Kolbe, whose ongoing TV show on TVSB earned an award earlier this year, has scheduled a couple of special events as the calendar heads toward mid-Autumn. Up first is a Happy Heart Dance workshop slated for 10 am to 3 pm this Saturday, October 19, combining joyous Nia movements led by Gabi Barysch-Crosbie with Kolbe’s healing Tai Chi energy work. SBCC’s School for Extended Learning’s Schott Campus at 310 West Padre Street hosts the event designed to bring delight to your heart and peace to your spirit as participants dance their life stories and gain insights about their lives, patterns and more. The uplifting, easy-to-follow Nia dance and meditative Tai Chi movements allow you to reach your true potential, and let the best version of yourself emerge. Course fee is $45. Register in advance at www.thecll.org.

The Tai Chi Easy™ Educational Symposium, which takes place next Saturday, October 26, at Carpinteria Veterans Hall on 947 Walnut Street, features teachers Kolbe, Trish Shade, and Terry Perretz sharing the healing practices of Tai Chi along with an introduction to Wisdom Healing and Mind/Body Connection Qigong. Tai Chi Easy™ is a simple form of mind/body self-care which includes gentle movement, breathing, massage and meditation, and requires no prior Tai Chi experience. Shade’s Wisdom Healing segment involves movements to break up stagnation and blocks along with healing sounds, and Shibashi: Flowing Japanese Qigong to soothing music, while Perretz’s offering imparts how to harness the power of your intention and focus attention for improved healing. The $65 tickets include a catered lunch and free passes to future classes with the instructors. All proceeds go to the Healer Within Foundation: Training thousands to improve the health of millions. Visit www.QigongSB.com. •MJ

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Association Agenda

Library Mojo

by Sharon Byrne, Executive Director of the Montecito Association

Right-of-Way Rules

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nowing where your property ends and where roads begin can be confusing. The Montecito Association has received some calls about easements and encroachments and realized it might be a good idea to write about roads, bridges, and other related topics.

Road right-of-way is dedicated when property maps are created to allow space for the County, State, or other agencies (utilities, flood control districts, etc.) to provide services to your property and the community.

These areas are used to provide room for roads, drainage, utilities, shoulder recovery zones, walking/biking areas, signs, and other needs that may arise as areas develop.

Rights-of-way can be a little confusing because some maps may show your property extending roughly to the middle of the road. That is because in some cases the road right-of-way is an easement, which means the adjacent property owner still owns the underlying property, but the public has the right to access it for the purposes described above. In other cases, an agency may own the physical property the road and shoulders cover. In that case, it is called “fee” owned right-of-way.

Alignments and widths of rightsof-way can differ. One property could have a right-of-way that’s 15 feet or more from the edge of the road shoulder, while another could be very near the edge of the paved road. It’s important to know where the right-of-way is because future projects could impact your property. Also, any improvements in the road right-of-way should have a road encroachment permit, regardless of whether it is an easement or owned by the agency in fee. If you have fencing, landscape planting, or stones at the edge of your property, they might be encroaching in the right-of-way.

When a planned shoulder trail goes in on Olive Mill Road, for example, the current plan is to shift the street a few feet to the west and install a path on the east of the road. This could include the removal of some items that encroached in the right-of-way.

Santa Barbara County Public Works Deputy Director Chris Sneddon says the County carefully decides how to use the right-of-way for improvements or repairs, and takes care to minimize impacts to adjacent properties. Public Works sometimes receives requests asking the County to force someone to move things out of the right-of-way. Chris says, “We generally don’t move things unless it’s causing an issue. People want to be able to 17 – 24 October 2019

walk in the right-of-way or use it as a public space. But some of the trees and fences in the right-of-way may have been there for 50 years or more, without permits. A present owner may not even be aware of it, especially if it was planted years ago before they acquired it.” In these cases, the County seeks to balance the needs of the community with the individual property owner’s desires to maintain their frontage improvements.

So when do you need to get an encroachment permit to use the County’s right-of-way? You need it for things like landscaping, fencing, boulders, mailboxes, and walls. Chris says, “pretty much anything in the right-of-way should have a permit.”

To get a permit to use the right-ofway, residents can visit the County’s Encroachment Permits office at 4417 Cathedral Oaks or call (805) 681-4990.

Reconstructing Bridges

I also spoke with Chris about bridge reconstruction, and why new bridges might look so different from what was there before. Chris said the County and CalTrans are still reconstructing bridges damaged during the 1/9 debris flow. “Sometimes, the new bridge construction can cause a shock to neighbors who were long used to the old one. The reason for this is the codes have changed since the original bridges were constructed, and the codes now require things like bigger guard rails and other improvements.”

For example, at an old bridge up Alisos Drive the guardrails are quite low and made from wood.

The railing would usually be left as is, even though it’s out-of-date with current codes. However, the bridge rails further down on Alisos Road were destroyed in 1/9 and require replacement. When new replacement work is done, they must be built to current standards. That includes new, more robust codes that replace the rails with larger and stronger elements.

Even so, the new railing the County is installing on the Alisos Drive bridge is the minimal size the County could install. And the rust color is a more expensive treatment than the galvanized grey steel that is standard.

Chris said the rust color “is meant to blend in more with the community. This finish is called weathering steel, or Natina, and it also matches what Caltrans is using on East Valley Road.” These treatments came out of community input for past projects, such as the pedestrian bridge near the YMCA and the bridges on North

by Kim Crail

Kim is the Branch Lead of the Montecito Library. Questions or comments?

Contact her: kcrail@santabarbaraca.gov

A Visit to the Library

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he Montecito Library is often referred to as a gem or a special place, but you can also think of us as your mojo – your magical charm. When you need a boost, head to the library for an environment of curiosity, respect, gathering and belonging.

Library staff provide a welcoming space, help you find what you need, offer storytimes for kids, give you a hand with public computers or your devices, and hopefully share a laugh.

Stop by or at least enjoy our new monthly column about public library life in Montecito.

Montecito Library Book Club

Last Saturday, book club attendees discussed Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. The book is set in Shaker Heights, a planned community of privilege and shiny exteriors. Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington are producing the 2020 Hulu miniseries and will play the opposing matriarch characters of the novel, one a calculating journalist and the other a nomadic artist.

Book club members recommend it.

“The book is very engrossing, particularly for anyone interested in issues of class, race and mothering,” said book club member Jill Peacock.

November’s book is Santa Barbara Reads’ selection Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Affectionately Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the referred to by fans as Ari and Dante, Universe is the next selection for the Montecito this multiple award-winning young Library book club adult novel is a coming of age story that explores topics such as racial and sexual identities, family relationships, and mental health issues.

SB Reads, sponsored this year by the Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation, will run from October 15 through November 15, 2019. Author Benjamin Alire Sáenz will be speaking at the Marjorie Luke Theatre on Monday, November 4 at 7 pm. As always, all library events are free and open to the public.

We invite you to read this beautiful story and join us on Saturday, November 9 at 11 am to discuss Ari and Dante in Montecito.

Upcoming Special Events

Financial Education Series with Irene Kelly: Paying for Education, October 22 at 3:30 pm Retirement by Design, October 29 at 3:30 pm

SB Reads Montecito Events:

Dog Parade through the Upper Village, October 26 at 10 am Bullying Prevention with CALM, November 6 (4:30 pm for kids, 5:30 pm for adults) See you at the library!

Jameson Lane between San Ysidro Road and Sheffield Drive. Here’s an example from the Alisos Drive bridge rails – these are the new ones.

The County published an information pamphlet on rights-of-way, encroachments, and where the

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clear-zone is. Chris is providing the Montecito Association with some, and we’re happy to give them to you. Just visit our office at 1469 East Valley Road, Mondays through Thursdays from 9 am to 2 pm. Questions? Call us at (805) 969-2626.

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the system has gone up because the City has increased the administrative fee for managing the libraries in an effort to recoup its cost of providing administrative staff. The fees to be included in the Black Gold system that allows the libraries to share materials has also increased. “At the same time, reserves that previously closed funding gaps have run out,” Elliott explained, adding that the gaps have recently been filled using cannabis revenue. “Obviously we can’t predict how long that will be the case.” Supervisor Williams and his team have spent the last three years looking at the library system, how it’s managed, the services it provides, and how it is funded; the meeting next Thursday is to update the community on those investigations.

The County, with increased help from the Friends of the Montecito Library, is considering three different governance options for the Montecito Library in the future. The first option is the creation of a County Service Area: Montecito is one of the few unincorporated areas in the County that doesn’t have a County Service Area that creates dedicated revenue for specific services requested from the County. This option would create a dedicated revenue source for the Montecito Library and allow the County to continue to contract with the City of Santa Barbara or potentially the City of Carpinteria to provide library services. The second option is the creation of a Library District: this would be an independent special district, distinct from the Board of Supervisors, and would create a dedicated revenue source and a governing board for the Library that could contract with any entity to run the library or hire staff themselves to run it.

The third potential option: the City of Carpinteria is considering separating from the County library system and managing their library themselves. If they were to do this, there is the potential that they would also manage the Montecito Library if there were a dedicated funding source for the library. The County will review all of these options at length next Thursday; County staff will also release a survey to collect information for those who cannot attend.

The community meeting is Thursday, October 24, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm at Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road. All County residents, including children, are welcome to attend the meeting; refreshments and Spanish interpretation will be provided. The meeting is hosted

by Santa Barbara County First District Supervisor Das Williams in coordination with the Friends of the Montecito Library, Friends of the Carpinteria

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A temporary utility pole near the Montecito Creek Bridge at Parra Grande will be removed in the coming weeks before the opening of the bridge in mid-December

Underground drainage and creek restoration is also taking place under the bridge

Library, and the City of Carpinteria.

Please contact Darcel Elliott with any questions or to request accommodations at 805-568-2186 or delliott@coun tyofsb.org.

Bridge Updates

Caltrans reported earlier this week that the Montecito Creek Bridge at Parra Grande and Highway 192 is slated to open mid-December, nearly three months later than originally planned.

Caltrans Public Information Officer Jim Shivers tells us the reason that the Montecito Creek Bridge is the last one to be opened to traffic is due to a large gas supply line that had to be relocated in order to complete the bridge. The gas line, which serves the Santa Barbara and Montecito area, had to be relocated at two bridges: the Arroyo Paredon Bridge in Carpinteria and the Montecito

Creek Bridge. “These were the northern and southern most structures damaged in the mudslide,” Shivers said. In order to service the area with gas without interruption, the gas line could only be worked on at one location at a time. Since the Arroyo Paredon Bridge was farther along and less complicated, the gas line was cut and capped there and relocated there first, making it one of the first structures to be completed post mud flow (it was re-opened in May 2019).

According to Shivers, the Montecito Creek Bridge was more complicated as it had multiple utilities tied to the bridge. The challenge was to coordinate with all of the utilities to remove the existing facilities off of the bridge while maintaining service with temporary lines that were located out of the way of the structure foundation work. The amount of time it took to relocate utilities put

the structure foundation work into fall of last year. “An unseasonably wet year hit our construction site and we had to remove our crews out of the creek until the flows could be diverted enough to begin foundation work below the creek level,” he said, adding that the site is extremely tight for a work area, in part due to the temporary utility pole placed in the roadway. “The pole is a hazard because of the proximity to where traffic would be placed, if we were to open the bridge up to one lane of traffic. The tight area and working around live traffic would result in the repair work taking longer than estimated,” he said. Caltrans is currently completing underground drainage and creek restoration work at the site, and the bridge is expected to reopen in mid-December.

Construction continues daily from 7 am to 5 pm, weather permitting.

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sures at the intersection of Parra Grande Road and SR-192. Barricades and locked gates will continue to secure the Montecito Creek location with detours available via local roads. Emergency responders will maintain access to the locked gates for public safety.

Five other bridges at San Ysidro Creek, Romero Canyon Creek, Toro Creek, Toro Canyon Creek, and Arroyo Paredon Creek were opened earlier this year, but motorists may encounter active construction on some of these bridges until all bridge bicycle railing has been installed. All construction is expected to be completed by mid-December.

Montecito Association Meets

At this month’s Montecito Association meeting, First District Supervisor Das Williams reported that a Public Safety Power Shutoff is preliminarily scheduled for this Friday, October 18. As of press time Southern California Edison had put out a warning of high fire conditions that could trigger a PSPS from 3 pm to 5 pm, or longer. The shutoff affects the Sheffield Circuit, which includes part of Birnam Wood, eastern Montecito above and below East Valley Road, Ortega Ridge, Summerland, and the western portion of Carpinteria. “I highly dis-

courage people from going out and buying generators. The air quality gets demolished. It would be counterproductive if a massive amount of diesel generators are purchased,” Williams said, before a discussion ensued about pursuing multiple community solar microgrids that could be activated during a PSPS. Williams said he would direct his staff to look into solar options for Montecito. The MA voted unanimously to form an ad hoc committee to look into the issue, working with Supervisor Williams and MFPD Chief Kevin Taylor. To learn more about the potential PSPS, visit www. sce.com/maps, where you can click on the circuit list by County. Friday’s PSPS, if implemented, will affect the Sheffield Circuit.

Chief Taylor reported that revised Debris Flow Risk maps will be released to the community on December 5, 2019. “All of the indicators lead us to believe our risk is diminishing substantially, and hopefully the maps will show much narrower red zones,” he said. We’ll have much more on the map revisions as we approach their release.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi reported there have been several burglaries in Montecito in the last two months, including a commercial burglary at San Ysidro Pharmacy in the middle of the night in mid-September.

Residential or automobile burglaries have occurred on Chelham Way, East Valley Road, Olive Mill Road, Butterfly Lane, San Ysidro Lane, and Summit Road, and several trailheads have seen burglaries from vehicles.

Despite this, Lieutenant Arnoldi said that reported crimes are occurring less often than usual for Montecito.

Trish Davis reported that the Sheriff’s Department, Montecito Fire, and the Montecito Association

are hosting a community meeting to discuss active shooter situations.

The meeting is intended to educate residents about what is being done at local community events to thwart such situations. The meeting is November 4, 2019 from 6 pm to 8 pm at Montecito Union School.

The next Montecito Association meeting is November 12. For more information, visit www.montecitoas sociation.org.

•MJ

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COMING & GOING (Continued from page 19) Nearly 900 people came out in force to enjoy Fun With The Force at the Nesbitts’ in Summerland

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believe we ran any photos of the size of the audience out to support the law-and-order community at Pat and Ursula Nesbitt’s Summerland estate.

There were over 900 folks sitting at tables and under umbrellas outside on the Nesbitt once-upon-a-time turf farm and, though the wind threatened to turn those tables and umbrellas upside down, all was calm throughout the entertaining fund-raising evening that featured a live auction led by auctioneer Dennis Miller and a nearly hour-and-a-half soulful performance by Kenny Loggins.

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We lost one of our favorite people at the end of September, as Canadianborn Lorraine Duffy Wilson passed away at the age of 87. She was a regular at Santa Barbara and Montecito fundraisers for decades, and as the News-Press society editor made lifelong friends of those she covered and those who covered them with her.

Though I hadn’t seen her recently, her kind and generous smile remains a permanent memory.

IN PASSING

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Clark Malcolm Greene (1946 – 2019) Clark graduated from Jefferson High School in Monroe, MI in 1964, and five decades later, with Jack Mabe, co-founded the Raymond L. Kessler Scholarship fund, honoring its Principal. As a true “Renaissance Man,” Clark’s career encompassed being a Maker of Steel, Writer and an Educator.

In the Steel Industry, while employed at Georgetown Steel Corporation (GSC) in Georgetown, SC, Clark: Wrote and administered a “October is a symphony of permanence and change.” – Bonaro W. Overstreet

Work-Place Literacy Grant; put GSC in the global market complying with ISO 9000 (International Standards Organization); taught techniques of vibration analysis and maintenance in Paris; and established the first Apprenticeship program with the U.S. Department of Labor and USWA (United Steel Workers of America).

While working at Siemens AK Steel in Indiana, Clark’s maintenance department won the NAME (North American Maintenance Excellence) Award.

As a gifted author, Clark published two companion memoirs, DOG is GOD Spelled Backwards and Things I Only Did Once, which chronicle growing up with his Airedale Terrier, Patch,

by Lake Erie in the 1950s and ‘60s. As a skilled ghost writer, he intuitively got into the heart and soul of his clients.

Most notably as an educator, he taught in the Physics Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, training Ph.D. candidates how to use machine tools enabling them to competently build parts for NASA’s space shuttle.

Clark’s life philosophy was successfully demonstrated by his propensity to be able to answer “Yes” to three questions prior to speaking or acting: “Is it true? Necessary? And Kind?” and “If you’re going to do a job, best do it right the FIRST time!” Of his wife he maintained, “If there were thorns, I hadn’t noticed.”

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LETTERS (Continued from page 8)

(Crap), I’d be reserving a spot in the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge at midnight myself if I believed all that (stuff).

David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara

Homeless Celebrities

A few comments on a recent guest editorial by Bob Hazard (MJ # 25/39).

From what I’m aware of, someone who’s employed at the Coast Village Road Chevron station is without a home, at least part of the time. The numbers Mr. Hazard quoted, especially in LA/LA County, proves homelessness can happen to anyone. I believe Ernest Borgnine, James Michener, Larry King, Jim Carrey, Whoopie Goldberg and many others have all spent time without regular shelter.

Just Google “celebrities who’ve been homeless” and you’ll be amazed at the listings.

Since Mr. Hazard is, I believe, someone of considerable means and lives not too far from the upper village shops, perhaps he could take in one of the poor women he’s complained about. (Just sayin’...)

And why is Sharon Byrne the executive director of the Montecito Association, as she certainly doesn’t live there?

Just sign me A concerned member of the community, Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: FYI, there is no residential requirement for the administrative position of executive director, although there are strict residential restrictions for all members of the Montecito Association Board of Directors and their concomitant committees and sub-committees, all of whom must live or own in Montecito proper. – J.B.)

The Daily Noose I was noodling around one morning and found an article in The Economist about how smart speakers are now being fitted with cameras to monitor one’s daily movements while in the home. I thought about this for a while and started writing. I think I might have been channeling William S. Burroughs while I used my pen and paper as it came through as a poem, not a letter: The World This Week A roundup of political and business news.

America and Iran are on a collision course.

Trade talks, Deal, or no deal?

Latin America is under The Volcano!

The Istanbul election is going down, and there is a creep in your kitchen Your smart speaker is watching you cook All eyes are on you!

Michael Edwards Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Yeah, I know what you mean/feel: I often get a little creeped out when “Alexa” pops up to make a comment about something we’d been talking about minutes before – J.B.)

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Bruce Savin Montecito (Editor’s note: Point well taken, sir! – J.B.)

School Daze

This missive was prompted by the recent letters from Steve King on the educational system, which really rang true to my experience with putting a child in the public schools. After my son began going to school, his entire personality changed; it was as though I had put him in a prison. He was more often than not in some sort of trouble, and I sensed he very much resented me making him go.

Prior to that he had always accompanied me in whatever exploits I was up to on any particular day. After that when I gave him some advice, he would do the exact opposite, I believe just to get back at me for putting him in school.

The person that always comes to my mind whenever I discuss this topic is Jack London whose education was primarily derived in Heinold’s Saloon in San Francisco, now (unofficially) known as The Jack London Rendezvous. The saloon owner took him under his wing and made him sit at one of the empty tables studying a dictionary. He was a dyed-in-thewool socialist most of his life, which changed after he became wealthy enough to buy his own property and had to deal with the Italian workers.

Thomas Sowell had a recent column, which advocated that those disenchanted with public schools should support the voucher system in order to get a little more control over their children’s education.

Larry Bond Santa Barbara

Wasting Water (Or Not)

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) can act as conduits for many recalcitrant anthropogenic compounds, such as polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), leading to the environment through effluent discharges and land application. PFAS are found ubiquitously in wastewater. Some of these anthropogenic materials are considered as “forever materials.”

For us here in Montecito, considerations of using recycled water might be worth a broader discussion. If remembered not long ago, there was a developed program to allow in-trucking of Goleta recycled. That water includes a reasonably broad based industrial and healthcare related input to the wastewater base. The same can be said for Santa Barbara.

Various industrial pretreatment requirements may be attached to a variety of dischargers using a local sewer system. In many instances, how

“October’s poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter.” – Nova Bair

pretreatment requirements are determined depends on the particular sanitary district. Dilution of the industrial discharge with extra water is one way of meeting current pretreatment discharge requirements. This dilution is for the comfort of the microbes living in the sewer plant as they are used to break down (digest) materials sent to the sewer plant.

One can think of a sewer plant as a big mechanical stomach. Domestic and human wastes, along with industrial wastes are mixed, and in some cases, the industrial waste, which includes myriad toxins, can be changed by what the various microbes digest during treatment. Some of these microbe-driven-changes to the incoming chemicals, toxins and pharmaceuticals, may make them more available, more toxic or combine materials to create new-not-considered toxic byproducts.

When this effluent-derived fluid is recycled, it can reconcentrate these detractors within the soil as discussed by Chad Kinney and the USGS (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/16519291). For example Glyphosate can be bacterially broken down to produce an additional or second form of carcinogen. See also:Glyphosate toxicity and carcinogenicity: a review of the scientific basis of the European Union assessment and its differences with IARC.Tarazona JV et al. Arch Toxicol. (2017) The various bacterial contaminants are also able to set up biofilms when used as irrigation water, which biofilms by their nature protect bacterial systems from degradation. Thus reservoirs of biofilm enhanced microbial communities can be established by irrigation with recycled water: see Fahrenfeld: Viability-based quantification of antibiotic resistance genes and human fecal markers in wastewater effluent and receiving waters. See also: Reclaimed water as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes: distribution system and irrigation implications.

Each source of recycled water will have a different course of intractable pollutants. Unless there is a steadystate of inputs, the effluent, that part of wastewater becoming recycled, will shift. Thus assuming a steady state of source and product may be naïve and may well vastly miss the mark as the target constantly shifts. There are at least three possible sources of recycled wastewater available to use as a source available to Montecito: MSD, Santa Barbara, and Goleta. Of the three, MSD is probably the most stable.

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) can act as a conduit for many recalcitrant anthropogenic compounds, such as PFAS, to the environment through effluent discharges.

Irrigating lawns in this local climatic system can take up to 52 inches 17 – 24 October 2019

Ernie’s World

by Ernie Witham

Read more humorous adventures in Ernie’s travel book: “Where are Pat and Ernie Now?” available at Chaucer’s.

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’m always suspicious of someone trying to sell me something. Which is odd because I used to be in retail.

“I’m not sure I need the latest Kodak Instamatic 60.”

“Comes with a free flash cube.”

“I’ll take it.”

That was many years ago and many miles away.

“Hop-On Hop-Off tickets,” the guy said in an accent that was hard to distinguish. He showed us a map with all the main attractions in Rome. I tried to take the map. He wouldn’t let it go.

“It’s 18 euros each for the rest of the day. Whataya think?” Pat asked.

A Hop-On Hop-Off bus stopped nearby. It was packed with tourists all taking photos of other tourists. “That’s 36 euros and we’ll only have time for, like, one hop, two at the most.”

“We have 24-hour tickets. Very good deal.”

I looked around Piazza Venezia.

There were guys with red Hop-On Hop-Off shirts on every corner. “Very good deal… very good deal… very

of applied water. That is 4.33 feet of water. Not all of that will evaporate or be used in plant metabolic processes. This extra water may affect the local aquifers. There is a flux of water contained within aquifers, this is caused by wells pulling cones of depression which can severely affect adjacent well levels as well as a way to mix ground water, the idea that groundwater is static or injection does not affect adjacent wells has a poor basis in fact.

Long ago I did a groundwater reconnaissance of the 1.7 million-acre Los Padres Forest as a geologist with the USFS. We were often asked to do luncheon lectures on geology in the forest. In one such lecture I showed a series of slides that were originally from the doctoral work of Jay Lehr. A series of micro wells were sunk into a lab series of different groundwater basins and as they were activated it was easy to see the extended reach one well system had on the field and adjacent wells. The luncheon was attended mainly by geologists and their general response was, “Wow, I had no idea; is that how it really works?”

There are many unknowns in this field relating to the interaction of toxic materials, soils, microbes and inputs of wastewater and effect on local wells. Hooking up pipes to transport recycled wastewater is but a very tiny part of what is being suggested. This is not to say it cannot be done, just that it is not all that simple and the

end result of doing it wrong out of ignorance or for profit/cost-cutting can have long lasting adverse impacts.

Dr. Edo McGowan Montecito

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good deal…” echoed off the towering Victory Emmanuel monument.

“Everything looked pretty close on that map. I think we should figure out local transportation. Probably a lot cheaper and less crowded.”

In a nostalgic moment of selling success, proving I still have it, Pat said: “Perhaps you’re right.”

So, the next morning just outside of our Airbnb in the Trastevere neighborhood, we bought two all-day passes for seven euros each, and now happily stood – in the rain – at the

“Plenty of room on the 3 tram,” I suggested. No one got off. We crammed in and made it to Piazza Venezia again.

The Airbnb owners had left us a pocket WiFi. Turns out it was a short walk to the Pantheon. We passed the Hop-On Hop-Off bus which was stuck in traffic. The upper deck people were holding umbrellas.

Church was in session, so no one could go into the Pantheon. We found a covered outdoor restaurant and ordered cafés and toasted crostini with prosciutto e formaggio. The rain

Trevi Fountain in Rome

Back In Focus We very much enjoyed working with Joanne Calitri and her “Our Town” column on her profile of our fStop Warrior Project at the SBCC Wake Campus. Community support for our transiting Post 9/11 veterans is essential for the successful re-integration after their service in America’s OEF/OIF conflicts.

We are now focused on bringing other generations of veterans into the fStop photography program starting with our Winter Session, which we are planning to start in January 2020.

In order to accomplish our mission, it is important that we are able to have a clear channel of communications with the veteran communities we wish to serve.

Unfortunately, our email address in Ms Calitri’s article was not correct.

We contacted her about the error and she assured us that a correction would been forthcoming. We have still not seen that correction.

The correct email address for our program is: tford@pipeline.sbcc.edu We would very much appreciate the Journal publishing a correction. Thank you for your continued support!

Terence Ford fStop Foundation •MJ

tram stop. “Let’s take the 3,” I suggested. “It goes to the Coliseum.”

I knew we’d never get into the Coliseum on a Sunday without advanced tickets, but I wanted to see it anyway. So, we hopped on and sat for a long time. The conductor came out and opened and closed the sliding door a few times. He went back to the front and we began moving. It went just a few yards, then took a right. We stopped. The conductor opened and slammed the back door. This time a bit harder. We drove to the first stop.

A few people got on. We didn’t move.

This time he rebooted. All the lights went out then back on. People were chuckling in Italian. Finally, we got going again and made it to the next stop. This time the conductor forced open the doors and told us all to get off. Another conductor came out and was arguing that everything would be alright in a minute, he’d called someone. At least that’s what I think he said.

They were lots of hand gestures. We walked back to the stop – in the rain.

“Very good deal,” Pat muttered.

Finally, the 8 tram came. It was full.

slowed and the line swelled. We followed the WiFi to Trevi Fountain.

That’s when we realized how close most things really were.

After 100 photos of the towering Oceanus and the Tritons of Trevi, we walked back to the Pantheon.

Amazing! Built almost 2,000 years ago, the Pantheon’s dome is the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome. It has a central oculus open to the sky, which confirmed it was still sprinkling. I took photos of statues and frescos while Pat read all the signage. Then we took the tram home and explored Trastevere. Pat found the oldest Catholic church in Rome.

We caught the last 15 minutes of a service (just the right amount!).

“Dinner?”

We got a bottle of wine, spaghetti carbonara, and a salad the size of a soccer ball with olives, capers, tomatoes, potatoes and more. Plus, they gave us free liqueur for dessert. The bill came to exactly the 36 euros I had saved us. Pat handed it to me.

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On Entertainment

by Steven Libowitz

A ‘Dream’ in Blue

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hink of Luis Muñoz’s new album The Infinite Dream as the nexus between his last two recordings – 2015’s Voz, which found the Costa Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist working exclusively with singers for the first time in his then 30-year recording career, and 2017’s The Dead Man, which represented a return to instrumental music but much more meditative as it used a poem about a farm worker facing his imminent death after a lethal accident as a springboard to express Muñoz’s visceral reaction to the election of President Trump.

The new record features Muñoz’s most frequent group of the last five years, featuring core Santa Barbara members Dan Zimmerman on guitars, Brendan Statom on basses, Jonathan Dane on trumpet, and George Friedenthal, its newest member, on keyboards. So it’s not a stretch at least sonically to say that Dream in a way represents what Dead Man might have been if Muñoz had put metaphorical words to his thoughts at the time. But it also indicates a truly

Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than 10 years.

giant step forward, a maturation of the composer’s musical vision and an astonishing display of subtlety with lyrics full of nuanced imagery and mystical messages.

That’s largely the result of its impetus: Muñoz’s desire to craft an entire album of songs for the Santa Barbarabased Guyanese singer Lois Mahalia.

She imbues the words with often breathy vocals that emerge slowly, as if she were caressing the syllables as much as singing them, lingering on phrases to coax myriad levels of depth and meaning. Seldom have we heard such subtlety from the singer more familiar to local audiences for belting out R&B and soul songs in a band with her brothers at such

venues as the Biltmore’s Ty Lounge here in Montecito, or backing up Santa Barbara superstar singer-songwriters Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald.

“I wrote it with Lois’ voice in mind,” Muñoz explained earlier this week.

“I’ve had vocal songs on most of my albums, at least one, but this time I thought that she’s such a jewel of a singer, a beautiful songstress, that I wanted to do an entire project with her. All the material was written for Lois to sing.”

Muñoz, whose main instrument is percussion, normally relies heavily on Latin jazz and other South or Central American influences. But Infinite Dream is much slower and sultry than any of its predecessors in his nine-album catalog, more reliant on ballads.

“It was more Joni Mitchell meets Sade that I had in mind, along with other singers,” Muñoz agreed. “I’ve been doing this for so many years, you learn to borrow and steal from everybody, from Bali to Argentina to the American south.”

But it’s also the subject matter that informs the project.

“It’s a very personal record. I wrote it in a dream state of beauty but also in the reality of getting in touch with your own mortality,” explained Muñoz, who officially released the album back in August on his 65th

birthday. “It’s time to get rid of all the BS that society surrounds us with, or that we do to ourselves, all that worthless stuff. Get to the essence of human existence and those existential qualities of life and death, having and living your purpose, and how to better the world.”

But to be sure, The Infinite Dream doesn’t ignore the difficulties of everyday life, the struggles and the strife sometimes just to get by, and issues beyond the individual. On “Shame,” Muñoz indicts mankind for its apathy in the face of terrible human and environmental tragedies: “The fool is blinded by the veil / of dreams of gold and scripture’s tales / as Mother Earth takes one last breath / Man keeps on nourishing his death.”

“People don’t care, or they naively think it’s going to be OK,” the composer said. “They don’t seem to be awakened, their priorities are mixed up. And I’m like that too. It’s a direct commentary on the state of society.”

Another of society’s scourge – the opiate crisis – gets addressed in “In Blood at Midnight,” which Muñoz described as a dialogue between a mother and her heroin-addicted daughter.

“But on the other hand I wrote about hope, desires and the fragility of peace,” Muñoz noted. “The album was

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done, Gregg’s mom chimed in with, “My daughter could be president.”

Gregg sold her successful bridal registry company to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. She now has 40,000 beauty consultants in her Beautycounter company and is on a crusade for new laws governing cosmetics. Right now there are no laws about the safety of contents. Cosmetic companies can claim anything they want.

Gregg feels lack of confidence is the root of failure and Girls Inc. builds confidence. Gregg gathered all the girls at the luncheon on stage and told them, “You are the cake and all the rest is icing.” She also mentioned, “Learn how to write thank you notes and have a strong handshake.”

The Girls Inc. speaker was Sarahi who has gone to Girls Inc. since third grade. She told us about her parents’ divorce, being left with her mom and brother and how difficult it was. “But I went to my happy place (Girls Inc.) from 2:45 to 6 pm every day. I’m still excited to go.” Her dream was to someday buy her mom a house and a car. Leo Bunnin, who owns the local Chevrolet dealership (Runnin’ to Bunnin) was the auctioneer for the live auction. When he heard Sarahi’s wish he told her, “I don’t have real estate but I have cars. I will loan you one for a year. If that goes well, I’ll give it to

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There were several big donors for the paddle raise including $10,000 from Bunnin and $25,000 from Lynda Weinman. If you’d like to contribute, call 805.963.4757.

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“Synergy: The bonus that is achieved, when things work together harmoniously.” – Mark Twain.

Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care (VNHC) hosted a reception at the Montecito Club to celebrate a legacy of synergy and learn about important changes in our local healthcare community.

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President and CEO Lynda Tanner says, “VNAHealth is the leading non-profit in health care.” If you’d like to know more call 805.965.5555.

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Autumn is here and it was time for the Montecito Trails Foundation (MTF) to have its fall 55th annual BBQ, this year at Crane Country Day School. Besides BBQ you could Hoofit, Bike-it or Hike-it. Jane Murray got you on a horse or a bike and Ashlee Mayfield had you move it or lose it on a trail walking. Their theme was “Moving Trails Forward.” Stan Cowell led the mountain bike ride.

“We are looking forward to a day of celebrating another great year of progress. A year that saw the addition of a new community trail, extensive

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winter repairs, endless spring and summer brushing and countless miles traversed by foot, hoof and wheel.

Let’s keep these trails moving forward towards full restoration!” remarked MTF president Ashlee Mayfield.

Steve Woods sang our country favorites and Los Padres Outfittters did the tri-tip and chicken. Not to forget the margaritas. The most fun was the raffle with some really great prizes, like lobster dinner for four, or a night at San Ysidro Ranch.

Unfortunately I didn’t win anything.

Barbara Cleveland and her committee arranged the event.

MTF maintains an amazing 200 miles of trails. For additional information call 805.969.3514.

Chief development officer for SBCC foundation Gretchen Hewlett, SBB board member Nina Dunbar, and Eric Friedman

When Pearl Chase was attending the founding meeting of Santa Barbara Beautiful (SBB) in 1965 she offered this quote from Abraham Lincoln, “I like to see a man proud of the place he lives.” And so Santa Barbara Beautiful was born.

Arriving at the Music Academy of the West for the annual awards, I was greeted by my longtime friend (1976) Penny Haberman, now the president of SBB. She told me, “Over the years we have provided the city with over 13,000 trees.” They have helped fund many other projects including the latest, “The Tiny Libraries on State Street.” Penny gets to choose the president’s award, this year the Santa Barbara Inn (one of my favorites). The

SBB board members Mark Whitehurst and Kerry Methner

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brick pavers came from a 100-year-old street found in Iowa and the list to detail of the Inn goes on.

Before the presentations, guests strolled the Marilyn Horne house sipping wine and munching bites while listening to music in various rooms or

learn to tango. In the Lehmann ballroom John Palminteri was the emcee.

The Jacaranda Award for Award for Environmental Stewardship went to Explore Ecology. They have many programs that educate over half a million students in our County to be environmental stewards. The city of Santa Barbara Arts Advisory Committee presented the Business in Art Award to Indigo Interiors. In their boutique, Genny and Tom Cummings have promoted all things artistic for the past 30 years. There were also seven awards given to exceptional buildings and projects including the Museum of Natural History.

If you’d like to become a member or dedicate a tree to this wonderful organization, just call 805.965.8867. •MJ

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An 18 karat gold and diamond floral necklace by Montecito bling king Daniel Gibbings went for $3,750, a first class trip to the Four Seasons in Maui was snapped up for $5,700, and a two night stay at the Beverly Hills Hotel and the use of a new Tesla for $3,500.

Among the dreamers at the sunset soirée, with food by Bibi Ji, Duo Catering, the Firefly Pizza Company, Los Arroyos and Lucky’s, were Peter Hilf, Corinna Gordon, Nigel Gallimore, Jeff and Hollye Jacobs, Peter and Mireille Noone, Justine Roddick, Kisa Heyer, Chris Lancashire and Catherine Gee, Kimi Matar, Gloria Clark, Christopher Pilafian, Tanya Thicke, Bob and Patty Bryant, Skip and Jen Abed, Tom Parker, and Tom and Eileen Mielko.

James and Ryan Williams create ingenious new app (photo by Ingrid Bostrom)

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A local father and son duo, Ryan and James Williams, have come up with an ingenious new app.

Known as GYDO, an acronym for Get Your Drink On, one might best

describe it as the alcoholic version of Interflora, a network which boasts 58,000 flower shops in 140 countries.

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chasing blooms you can buy a drink for a friend or family anywhere in the world.

“It is like a digital gift card,” enthuses James, a model. “The idea is the gift of giving if you cannot make the occasion – to celebrate friendship or stay connected with the family or social circle.

“The app is free and supports local wineries and breweries. A number of places have signed so far, including the Island Brew Company in Carpinteria, Draughtsman, Aleworks, Brewlab, Willmore and the Santa Ynez Valley Wine Collective. The sky’s the limit.

“Our vision is having the app worldwide. We’ve had really good feedback.”

The service is completely free for venues and there’s a 25 cent transaction fee.

“We are going for volume,” adds James. “It shows people you are still thinking of them halfway across the world.”

The tony twosome have also produced a two-minute YouTube video, which can be accessed on www.gydo. me.

I’ll drink to that!

Piglet at Sea Montecito author Alicia St. John is bringing her award-winning children’s book Piglet Willy to film.

The work, which I helped narrate some years back, won the CALM Celebrity Authors award the year it was published and was endorsed by Thomas Steinbeck, son of novelist John Steinbeck.

Now Dan Goldbacher, director of the Dana Point Ocean Institute, whose organization owns the replica tall ship The Spirit of Dana Point, which sails annually in connection with the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, hosting educational programs for local youth based upon Richard Henry Dana Junior’s biographical novel, Two Years Before the Mast, has given permission for Alicia to film her porcine chronicle aboard the ship.

Guy Challen in Piglet Willy with Alicia St. John

Filming took place earlier this month and has child actor Guy Challen, son of local twosome Michael and Betsey Challen, as the boy-hero and Edgar Barragan in the role of pirate king.

Alicia also called on Montecito actor Trev Broudy, who was the voice for the Bourne Identity trailers. with costumes provided by John Blankenship of the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation.

Rounding off the cast is Montecito’s Patrik Maiani, who is writing the full musical score.

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Stahl was already well regarded in the mainstream music world for rich melodies on solo records like Hopeful Romantic as well as on the debut by her duo, Paper Flowers.

But it wasn’t until she was laying in bed that things took a whole different musical twist.

When expecting her first child, Stahl was put on bedrest. Unable to do much, her friend and singing partner, Jeremy Toback, suggested she do a Lullaby CD: “When I was in bed, [Toback] would bring his guitar over and we would write songs. We recorded the songs in my daughter’s nursery two weeks before she was born. This became our 1st CD, It’s a Big World.” Now, she and Toback have racked up over 4.5 million views on YouTube, and It’s a Big World is listed

by Babble as #2 in their Top 50 baby music albums of all time.

Says Stahl, “Jeremy and I both came from indie singer and songwriter music… That translated nicely into music for children and families.”

After living in big cities and moving around, Stahl and her family officially decided to call Montecito home five years ago for cleaner air, less traffic, and the schools. The town already had a special place in her heart as she and her husband had their first date and eventually got married here.

Her favorite thing about Montecito are the trees and nature: “One of my favorite places to visit is Lotusland. Every time I go, I discover something new, something magical.”

Now, she makes music with her own children, Amelia and Isadora, and the music has reflected their lives as they have grown up: “From lullabies to the toddler stage, to cover songs and onward. I am thrilled that both of my daughters are on most current CD, entitled Kindred, which came out this year in April.”

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Montecito event whiz Merryl Brown shrouded the La Pacifica Ballroom in blood red draperies while the ubiquitous Andrew Firestone emceed the boffo bash, which was co-hosted by

Belle Hahn, Shari Liu, and Amber Ortiz.

Merryl Snow Zegar, honorary chair, David Jackson of the Zegar Family Foundation and Steve Ortiz, president and CEO, spoke along with Belle and Melinda Cabrera, director of strategic partnerships, before dancing the night away to The Spare Keys.

Among the guests tickling their fancies were Hiroko Benko, George and

Double the Fun Two of the Granada Theatre’s resident companies, the State Street Ballet, celebrating its 25th anniversary, and the 72-year-old Santa Barbara Choral Society, combined their abundant talents in American Masters.

The enticing program featured masterworks from Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and Morten Lauridsen, and choreography ranging from neoclassical to the avant garde combined in an endeavor described by ballet founder Rodney Gustafson as the “culmination of the magical idea we call art.”

The showcase kicked off with Bernstein’s 1965 Chichester Psalms with New York choreographer William Soleau creating an impressive ballet premiere in celebrating the West Side Story composer’s foremost piece of choral music, with notable singing by countertenor Jacob Hall.

Dancers, chorus and orchestra, conducted by veteran maestro JoAnne Wasserman, shared the stage during the multi-faceted performance.

Morten Lauridsen’s 1997 work Lux Aeterna was the score for the second segment of the entertaining show, with multimedia special effects bringing new dimensions to the popular choral work by the USC Thornton School’s professor of composition, again featuring creative choreography

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Tue, Oct 22 / 7 PM / Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West $30 / $9 UCSB students An enthralling ensemble, the Z.E.N. Trio is made up of three standout solo musicians who captured the music world’s attention as BBC New Generation Artists.

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Featuring works by Shostakovich and Bach, as well as contemporary compositions and traditional folk tunes, this spectacular program is not to be missed!

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(805) 893-3535 | www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu Granada event tickets can also be purchased at: (805) 899-2222 | www.GranadaSB.org Arlington event tickets can also be purchased at: (805) 963-4408 17 – 24 October 2019

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written with the duality of suffering, mortality and the tragedy of human existence, but also the deep desire of approaching and seeing life from the perspective of light and hope. It’s a dream that’s infinite in its optimism despite all these horrible things we’re going through on this planet. I choose the light, the positive aspect.”

Indeed, that’s the impact in total of the album, which shimmers in its beauty and the apparent symbiosis between composer Muñoz and singer Mahalia. Because, remarkably, the collaboration only began in the studio.

“I’m very egocentric, a complete control freak when it comes to the music,” he admitted. “I need to develop it, all the details, arrange it, produce it, write the lyrics, determine the instrumentation. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to let go of any of that.”

What he has been able to let go of is living in Santa Barbara, a residency that began 45 years ago when the percussionist attended UCSB. But the first concert since the album’s release takes place this Friday, October 18, at the Lobero Theatre, only Muñoz’s third appearance at the former opera house over that span. Mahalia will be joined as vocalist by the longtime Santa Barbara-based Brazilian bossa nova singer-guitarist Teka for the official farewell show, although the composer has so far only de-camped to Oxnard, with Arizona or Costa Rica on the near horizon. The band will play selections from the last several albums and perform The Infinite Dream in its entirety.

“It’s more of a gathering of friends for me to say farewell to them by giving them the only thing I have, which is my music,” Muñoz said. “This city offered me its support and love for many decades. The least I can do is to give them the very best of me one last time through my music.”

4Q’s: Z.E.N. Trio

Pianist Zhang Zuo, violinist Esther Yoo, and cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan met as BBC New Generation Artists in 2015, and hit it off so well they decided to continue working together as a piano trio for chamber music concerts as The Z.E.N. Trio, employing their first initials as an acronym.

Since the three are all also standout solo musicians – Hakhnazaryan won Cello First Prize and Gold Medal at the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011, a year earlier Yoo became the youngest prizewinner of the 10th International Sibelius Violin Competition at age 16 and she made her L.A. Phil debut just last year, and Zuo’s accomplishments include playing solo recitals at the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center, among many others – finding time to connect has been a challenge,

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although they managed to record an album two years ago, and to conduct tours in Europe and China as well as residencies at the Aspen Festival. But this fall brings Z.E.N.’s first North American appearances in multiple cities, six in all, with Santa Barbara by far the smallest.

The trio will perform Schubert’s Notturno in E-flat Major, op. 148; Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, op. 67; an arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise; and Armenian composer Arno Babajanian’s Piano Trio at Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall on Tuesday, October 22. Yoo clued us in on the trio ethos and take on the program over the phone from her home in Brussels earlier this week.

Q. What drew you to each other to form the trio outside of the BBC? A. Fate had us put together for a recording for the BBC Radio, but we all really got along so well musically and personally, and the sessions and rehearsals went so smoothly, with easy communicating that we became friends from then on. We all value the importance of chamber music.

It really enhances a way of thinking about music, the way we listen, and respond to each other. It benefits our solo work because we’re always discovering new ways of playing.

What’s Zen about the Z.E.N. Trio?

The idea just showed up at first.

But it feels like the right word for us because we have a real sense of harmony. Of course with any intense relationship it’s not Zen all the time. But the way we manage to work through difficult things, and communicate with each other with acceptance and respect is also great. We’re friends first, and we have a lot of willingness to learn from each other, and a shared commitment to approach music with a beginner’s mind. So it’s a name that ties us together.

How did the program come together?

The Schubert is simplistic and a very calm and sweet piece that is so contrasting to the rest of the program.

The atmosphere changes with the Shostakovich, who is one of my favorite composers. It’s that Russian school that we love and are familiar with, and it suits us because it’s music that we’ve known since our childhood, so that language that feels very familiar.

We know our way around so we really enjoy figuring out and discovering even more. The Rachmaninoff is an arrangement by Narek’s mother, and we end with the Babajanian, which is not part of the core piano trio repertoire so most people aren’t familiar with it. But when you hear it, you’ll realize how wonderful it is. It’s a fantastic trio with so much going on, very Armenian. Narek showed us the ropes of how to approach it.

Turning to your solo career, the world these days is rife with brilliant young female violinists. How do you set yourself apart?

That was a concern I dwelled upon over the past few years. There was a time that I was thinking too much about how to stand out, and do things differently just for the sake of it. But at a certain point, it became counterproductive. We forget that as individuals we are already different and unique.

Everyone plays slightly differently.

So now I prioritize more discovering who I am and what I want to say through my music, organically. And I think that’s enough. I don’t need to fake it or create something that isn’t true to me. I just want to follow what I love and what I want to share.

Symphony in Harmony

The opening concert of the Santa Barbara Symphony’s 2019-20 season is sure to warm the cockles of its charismatic conductor Nir Kabaretti, the Israeli-born musician with an Italian-

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Z.E.N. Trio at Music Academy of the West on Tuesday, October 22 (photo by Marco Borggreve)

“October is a hallelujah reverberating in my body year-round.” – John Nichols

sounding last name whose extensive operatic experience includes several productions at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence and Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

The ensemble will launch its series of monthly concerts at the Granada on October 19-20 with “Festa Italiana!”, opening with famed composer Verdi’s overture to his mid-career La Forza del Destino before critically acclaimed violinist Francesca Dego performs Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1.

Post-intermission the symphony will play Tchaikovsky’s Fantasy Capriccio Italien, composed during a threemonth sojourn in Rome in 1880, before closing the Italian-themed program with Mendelssohn’s Sym-phony No. 4.

The weekend’s performances also represent the beginning of a new, fouryear collective bargaining agreement with the union representing more than 75 orchestral musician positions, including pay rate increases that represent an investment in the ensemble’s continued artistic quality in a competitive L.A. area market. Kabaretti, who was named the orchestra’s music director in 2006 and artistic director two years later, received a new contract of his own last year.

Half a Century of Community Concerts

Santa Barbara Music Club marks a major milestone with its new season that begins this Saturday, October 19, with a concert by pianist Betty Oberacker, one of the community organization’s longest tenured members. The first six concerts of the season will be performed at First United Methodist Church, a few blocks from its home for many years at the Library’s Faulkner Gallery (where concerts will resume starting in February), one of the more recent changes for SBMC, which grew from basically a tea party in private homes to a presenting entity that counts a majority of professional musicians among its constituents, although accomplished amateurs are also always welcome.

Oberacker – a UCSB professor emeritus and revered solo and chamber music pianist who toured throughout Europe, Israel, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and the U.S., including performances at Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and Berlin Philharmonic Hall – will play the program “Apotheosis,” including two preludes and fugues from J.S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: C major, BWV 870, and in F-sharp minor, BWV 882, and his Italian Concerto, BWV 971, before being joined by clarinetist David Singer for Brahms’ Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120/1. As always, admission is free. Visit https://sbmu sicclub.org.

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the way I play tabla now. For the last 10 years, my tabla playing has moved in an interesting direction where I am able to experience the repertoire of my tradition that has come to me by my father, not only in a rhythm pattern but also a harmonic pattern, looking at the rhythm pattern and recognizing melodies in that. Béla and Edgar are

Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer and Rakesh Chaurasia in concert (photo courtesy of the artists)

éla Fleck (banjo), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Edgar Meyer (double-bass), and Rakesh Chaurasia (flute) will perform for the first time in Santa Barbara on October 19 at UCSB Campbell Hall, coming in from their tour and work in Nashville on a new LP. With over 20 Grammy Awards collectively, we can expect this collaboration to be inspirational and a great positive sign that there are still new ways to create music in this millennium.

Zakir and I talked on the phone on how the quartet met, creates, and all things music: Q. How did the quartet happen?

A. When the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO) was building a new concert hall, they wanted to open with a new piece of music. They commissioned Béla and Edgar, who invited me to work with them on it. Our original focus was just this piece we would play with the NSO, being a trio wasn’t in our minds at the time. After we finished writing it, the NSO asked, will you be doing some original pieces of your own? We realized we did not have separate music for us to play, so we each wrote three new pieces that once performed sparked us to want to write more together, make a record and go on tour. Our friendships strengthened to include our families, and we have played together 10 years now.

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like a glove with our group. We are in Nashville now recording and rehearsing a new LP to be released in 2020.

Halfway thru this tour we will return to the studio and finish the album.

Has Rakesh influenced the music in your group?

Yes. The banjo and bass instruments have both rhythm and melody, and the tabla is a basic rhythm instrument that also has tone and you can play notes on it. The banjo, tabla and bass can live in the rhythm mode and melody mode together. We needed a pure melodic instrument, a floating fluid element to our music and that became the addition of Rakesh.

Béla mentioned in another interview, you hold the timing for the group... (laughs) In the quartet, you’re dealing with instruments, all vocals, relying on resonance and a sound that has length and reach, which allows them to be able to in a leisurely way manipulate the movement to the passages of music. I, on the other hand, playing tabla never really had to deal with the long tones because that was already taken care of by the flute or sitar. But playing with Béla and Edgar, we accompany each other, and it became clear to me right away that I had to find a way not only to hold time for them, but there are situations where I have to provide tonal and harmonic support, a lesson that came to me watching Béla, whose instrument is staccato. He found a way to play [banjo] that is so melodic and so fluid.

That was a lesson for me to apply to

musicians who don’t just learn the piece, but experience and explore the piece in melodic form, rhythmic form and emotional content, and how to be able to bring out various nooks and corners in songs. It takes a very evolved person with the commitment and focus of lifetime to be able to unravel a song. Béla and Edgar are like that. We learn a song in 20 minutes and then take three to five hours just experiencing a song, like the way you look at a painting, seeing so many different shades and dimensions into it that you don’t see at the first glance.

What color is each instrument or in the group’s song?

We are like a rainbow, but we all come from just one color. Each one of us represent so many different shades of blue. Any group performance [music] eventually paints one color.

You’re creating a new genre of music, like Sun Ra or Miles?

When you talk about Sun Ra, Miles, Coltrane, Ravi or Charles Lloyd, these are people who sat on a shelf far above the mundane things in life, and then music represented that shelf that they were on. It was something way beyond anybody else, and those days the life was different; the music business was not the music business we know now. None of us today can live that way; today we get up and open our computers and check what emails we got, our credit scores, our credit card payment, and we check with our publicist what is going on with interviews, etc. There’s a whole set of other

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things we get involved with that have nothing to do with us actually sitting down and playing music.

So for me to be able to dare to even consider that we in our world of music have a similar depth of vision or understanding of the arts as musicians of those times like Sun Ra, it’s hard for us to imagine that. The music today, the expression of the music and the transmission of the it has lost some of that pristineness, I must say that sadly, and we are all looking for that, we are all trying to see that clarity, it comes in spurts, in moments, in seconds, but for us to be able to experience a long lengthy voyage through it, is something we can only dream of at this point.

Some of us get to the point where it is not necessary any more to impress anyone with our talents or virtuosity. Everything we want to say has to come from our heart and stand the test of time, something we can stand behind and say that’s exactly what we wanted to do. I’m arriving to a point where I am not threatened in the world of music to the best tabla player, be a technical marvel, I just want to be on stage and make music that makes me happy, and converse with my fellow musicians with no boundaries or hesitancy in our work. I am starting to see what my father was all about, the happiness he had in his relationship with his music and his instrument, the same way at age 75 as when he was 15.

In 1960s for two or three years, there was such love and incredible feeling of affection for your fellow human beings that existed; that’s all changed now. When I first arrived here [San Francisco] it used to be great musicians would hang out together in clubs, jam and play music, there was no question like I’m going to have to ask my booking agent or manager if I could make myself available, or is anybody recording it, what are the royalties, who’s going to get what, that wasn’t there in the old days. That kind of freedom of sharing, not just a plate of food, but your inner being which is your music, in an open and giving manner, is something that does not necessarily exist now.

That’s why I thank my lucky stars that I worked with Ravi, Mikki Hart, John McLaughlin, Béla, and Edgar because these are relationships that have stood the test of time, 40 years down the road I’m still playing music with them and we are still looking at new ways to be able to tell the same old story. The understanding between us increasing a hundred fold because we’ve been together such a long time and that reflects in our music. I’m lucky I’m still with musicians who have that old system inside them.

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“We want to change the dynamic of the wine tasting experience,” he tells me, as we meander through his 70-acre estate in the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley. He’s explaining the one-on-one approach to tasting here, which is by appointment only and unhurried by design.

“It’s just a better way to learn about our wines,” he adds.

In the year since its opening to the public, the picturesque property has, in fact, become a destination winery for sophisticated and curious consumers on the hunt for special wines showcased in a special way. Unlike the majority of tasting rooms throughout Santa Barbara County and beyond, tasting here is personalized. You have to call for an appointment, and there are three guided experiences to choose from: a one-hour seated tasting of the

Brave & Maiden estate-grown wines ($30 per person), a 90-minute tour of the vineyard and winery, plus a tasting of wines ($60/pp), or a two-hour tasting and tour that also includes a

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“When you visit, there’s no jockeying for position at a bar or need to flag down an attendant to ask a question – you’re given our full and complete attention,” says Djang.

The sipping and noshing can be done indoors, inside a sleek visitor center that was designed by the architectural firm of Backen, Gillam & Kroeger, the same creative minds behind distinctive spaces like Harlan Estate Winery in Napa, the luxe Esperanza Resort in Los Cabos, and the family of Il Fornaio restaurants across the U.S. It’s modern and airy, and full of quiet corners to sip at your own pace. The outdoor courtyard offers intimate spots for tasting, too, along with a taste of that salubrious Valley air and sweeping vineyard views.

There are 46 acres of wine grapes planted here, one-third of them to cabernet sauvignon. “I’m feeling really good about our Bordeaux program,” says winemaker Josh Klapper about a program that also includes merlot, cabernet franc, and sauvignon blanc. Syrah grows on the estate, too.

Made inside a gorgeous state-of-theart winemaking facility to the tune of about 5,000 cases a year, the wines by Klapper, who leans on insight from renowned consulting Sonoma winemaker Paul Hobbs, are spectacular.

The 2016 Limited Merlot ($65) is layered and bouncy; the 2016 Limited Cabernet Franc ($65) is luscious and wonderfully structured; the 2016 Limited Cabernet Sauvignon ($75) has red and blue fruit flavors and is

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elegantly textured; the 2016 Limited Syrah ($65) is both dusty and velvety at once; and the 2016 Rule of Thirds ($65), a Rhone blend of grenache, syrah and mourvedre, is dark, supple and delicious.

“Any wine that we put in bottle should age ten years with proper cellaring,” says Djang, an L.A.-based YouTube exec and former videographer with the Obama White House.

Brave & Maiden is the culmination of a collaboration with friend Rizal Risjad, which saw the purchase of the property along Refugio Road in 2010, followed by years of upgrades and plantings that led to its opening to the public in late 2018. In homage to the local region, the label is named after the characters in a Romeo & Julietstyle story that unfolds at the nearby Nojoqui Falls.

The Brave & Maiden wine club affords members two options – sixor 12-bottle shipments sent out twice a year – and includes perks like free tastings, access to member-only spaces around the property and concierge services to enhance visits. There are also member-only events throughout the year.

The public is invited to an upcoming holiday wine dinner ($175, $150 for members) on Saturday, December 7. It’ll be presented inside the Brave & Maiden barrel room, with Klapper pouring and leading the conversation about the wines. For more information and tickets, check out braveand maiden.com.

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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AND THE 2019 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO BOTH CODES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing on the matter of the proposed ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara repealing Santa Barbara Municipal Code Chapter 8.04 and adopting a new Chapter 8.04 adopting by reference the 2018 edition of the International Fire Code, including Appendix Chapter 4 and Appendices B, BB, C, CC, and H of that Code, and the 2019 California Fire Code with local amendments to both codes will be held in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California on October 29, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. at which time evidence will be taken and interested persons will be heard by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that copies of the 2018 International Fire Code, the 2019 California Fire Code, and the proposed local amendments to both codes being considered for adoption are on file with the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Santa Barbara, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California and are open for public inspection.

The proposed ordinance will adopt fire safety standards promulgated by the International Code Council and the State Fire Marshal and will adopt local amendments to these statewide fire safety standards based on local geological, topographical, and climatic conditions and local administrative procedures for the implementation of said codes.

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For further information, please contact the Santa Barbara Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division, (805) 564-5701.

On Thursday, October 24, 2019, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, October 29, 2019, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov/CAP. Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. Each televised Council meeting is closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

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Notice is further given that copies of the 2019 California Building Code, Volumes 1 and 2; 2019 California Residential Code; 2019 California Electrical Code; 2019 California Mechanical Code; 2019 California Plumbing Code; 2019 California Energy Code; 2019 California Historical Buildings Code; 2019 California Existing Buildings Code; 2019 California Green Building Standards Code; 2019 California Referenced Standards Code; and the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code, and the proposed local amendments to those codes being considered for adoption are on file with the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Santa Barbara, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California and are open for public inspection.

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For further information, please contact the Andrew Stuffler, Santa Barbara Community Development Department, Building and Safety Division, (805) 564-5553.

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Bidders must be registered on the city of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit their bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time.

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., at the Waterfront Maintenance Superintendent’s Office, located at 117C Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid. Bids will not be considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory meeting.

FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason 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, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. The Contractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code.

LIVING WAGE Any service purchase order contract issued as a result of this request for bids or quotes may be subject to the City’s Living Wage Ordinance No 5384, SBMC 9.128 and its implementing regulations.

CERTIFICATIONS In accordance with California Public Contracting Code § 3300, the City requires the Contractor to possess a valid California C-61 Limited Specialty, D-38 Sand and Water Blasting contractor’s license at time the bids are opened and to continue to hold during the term of the contract all licenses and certifications required to perform the work specified herein.

CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE Contractor must submit to the contracted department within ten (10) calendar days of an order, AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK, certificates of Insurance naming the City of Santa Barbara as Additional Insured in accordance with the attached Insurance Requirements. _______________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

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 Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 2019-0002228.

Published October 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019.

Published 10/16/19 Montecito Journal

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Coach Chella, 4477 Shadow Hills Circle, Unit A, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Stefan Menichella, 4477 Shadow Hills Circle, Unit A, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This 17 – 24 October 2019

Notice Inviting Bids

ORDINANCE NO. 5909

FY2020A PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROJECT Bid No. 5788

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE

1.

2.

Bid Submission. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its FY2020A Pavement Maintenance Project (“Project”), by or before October 31, 2019, at 3:00 p.m., at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually delivered to the Purchasing Office. The receiving time at the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

Project Information.

2.2 Time for Completion. The Project must be completed within 90 calendar days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about January 2020, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.

4.

Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: http://www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboardplanetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959. A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155.

5.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Award.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.1 General. Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., this Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

6.2 Rates. These prevailing rates are on file with the City and are available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project.

The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code § 1771.4.

CORPORATION, FOR 10,880 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND

LIGHT

MANUFACTURING LOPEZ

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SPACE SANTA

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100

BARBARA

YEAR OPTION TO EXTEND The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on October 8, 2019.

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

(Seal) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 5909 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on October 1, 2019, and was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on October 8, 2019, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Randy Rowse, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None None

8.

Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code § 22300.

9.

Subcontractor List. Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the base bid price) for each Subcontractor that will perform Work or service or fabricate or install Work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.

ABSTENTIONS:

Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all of the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids.

on October 9, 2019.

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

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

Date: ________________

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

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on

2) October 16, 2019

October 9, 2019.

END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

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AIRPORT FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS WITH A FIVE

Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents.

statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 12, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County

LEASE

AND SENSEEKER ENGINEERING, INC, A CALIFORNIA

7.

Publication Dates: 1) October 9, 2019

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

3.2 DIR Registration. City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

By: ___________________________________

EXECUTE

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter

License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s) A.

10.

TO

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the

2.3 Estimated Cost. The estimated construction cost is $5,000,000.

6.

DIRECTOR

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

FREDERICK

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at various streets throughout the City, and is described as follows: Repair various streets by performing asphalt dig outs to repair failed areas; tree root pruning and concrete curb and gutter replacement; sidewalk removal and replacement; asphalt cold milling and asphalt hot mix overlay; crack sealing and slurry sealing; reconstruction of existing non-compliant curb ramps; construct new curb ramps; traffic striping and markings; relocate and protect existing signs and roadway name stamps; perform traffic control, notifications, and postings, complete and in place.

3.

AIRPORT

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 Thomas Brian. FBN No. 2019-0002211.

/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor

Published October 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Couture

Pattern Museum, 315 Meigs Road, STE A380, Santa Barbara, CA 93109.

Cara A. Rademaker, 315 Meigs Road, STE A380, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the

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County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 26, 2019.

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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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE STATE BUILDING STANDARDS CODES WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA - GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION PO BOX 1990, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102-1990 INVITATION FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received via electronic transmission on the City of Santa Barbara PlanetBids portal site until the date and time indicated below at which time they will be publicly opened and posted for: BID NO. 5796 DUE DATE & TIME: November 13, 2019 UNTIL 3:00P.M. HANGAR AND ROLL-UP DOOR MAINTENANCE & REPAIR AT AIRPORT Scope of Work: The successful Contractor shall plan and perform routine inspections, preventive maintenance, and repair on the Airport’s Hangar and Roll-up Doors at various locations.

Bidders must be registered on the city of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit their bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time.

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on October 30, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., at Airport Building located at 6100 Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Park behind building on Becknell Rd. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid. Bids will not be considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory meeting.

FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason 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, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. The Contractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code.

BONDING Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

PREVAILING WAGE, APPRENTICES, PENALTIES, & CERTIFIED PAYROLL In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code § 1773.2, the Contractor is responsible for determining the correct prevailing wage rates. However, the City will provide wage information for projects subject to Federal Davis Bacon requirements. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rates of wages and employer payments for health, welfare, vacation, pensions and similar purposes applicable, which is on file in the State of California Office of Industrial Relations. The contractor shall post a copy of these prevailing wage rates at the site of the project. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and its subcontractors hired to pay not less than the said prevailing rates of wages to all workers employed by him in the execution of the contract (Labor Code § 1770 et seq.). Prevailing wage rates are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/PWD/index.htm

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing on the matter of the proposed ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara amending Santa Barbara Municipal Code Chapter 22.04; adopting by reference the 2019 California Building Code, Volumes 1 and 2; 2019 California Residential Code; 2019 California Electrical Code; 2019 California Mechanical Code; 2019 California Plumbing Code; 2019 California Energy Code; 2019 California Historical Building Code; 2019 California Existing Buildings Code; 2019 California Green Building Standards Code; 2019 California Referenced Standards Code; and the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code; adopting local revisions to those codes; and repealing Ordinance Number 5780 will be held in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California on November 12, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. at which time evidence will be taken and interested persons will be heard by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara.

Notice is further given that copies of the 2019 California Building Code, Volumes 1 and 2; 2019 California Residential Code; 2019 California Electrical Code; 2019 California Mechanical Code; 2019 California Plumbing Code; 2019 California Energy Code; 2019 California Historical Buildings Code; 2019 California Existing Buildings Code; 2019 California Green Building Standards Code; 2019 California Referenced Standards Code; and the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code, and the proposed local amendments to those codes being considered for adoption are on file with the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Santa Barbara, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California and are open for public inspection.

The proposed ordinance will adopt the aforementioned state building standards codes and will adopt local amendments to these state-wide codes based on local geological, topographical, and climatic conditions and local administrative procedures for the implementation of said codes.

Written comments may be sent to the City Clerk of the City of Santa Barbara at the above address.

For further information, please contact the Andrew Stuffler, Santa Barbara Community Development Department, Building and Safety Division, (805) 564-5553.

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It is the duty of the contractor and subcontractors to employ registered apprentices and to comply with all aspects of Labor Code § 1777.5.

/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager October 14, 2019

There are penalties required for contractor’s/subcontractor’s failure to pay prevailing wages and for failure to employ apprentices, including forfeitures and debarment under Labor Code §§ 1775, 1776, 1777.1, 1777.7 and 1813.

Under Labor Code § 1776, contractors and subcontractors are required to keep accurate payroll records. The prime contractor is responsible for submittal of their payrolls and those of their subcontractors as one package. Payroll records shall be certified and made available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of the contractor/subcontractor pursuant to Labor Code § 1776.

The contractor and all subcontractors under the direct contractor shall furnish certified payroll records directly to the Labor Compliance Unit and to the department named in the Purchase Order/Contract at least monthly, and within ten (10) days of any request from any request from the City or the Labor Commissioner in accordance with Section 16461 of the California Code of Regulations. Payroll records shall be furnished in a format prescribed by section 16401 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, with use of the current version of DIR's “Public Works Payroll Reporting Form” (A-1-131) and “Statement of Employer Payments” (DLSE Form PW26) constituting presumptive compliance with this requirement, provided the forms are filled out accurately and completely. In lieu of paper forms, the Compliance Monitoring Unit may provide for and require the electronic submission of certified payroll reports. The provisions of Article 2 and 3, Division 2, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code, State of California, are made by this reference a part of this quotation or bid.

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.

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

CERTIFICATIONS In accordance with California Public Contracting Code § 3300, the City requires the Contractor to possess a valid California C61 Limited Specialty/D28 Doors, Gates and Activating Devices Contractor’s license at time the bids are opened and to continue to hold during the term of the contract all licenses and certifications required to perform the work specified herein.

CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE Contractor must submit to the contracted department within ten (10) calendar days of an order, AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK, certificates of Insurance naming the City of Santa Barbara as Additional Insured in accordance with the attached Insurance Requirements. _______________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2019-0002368.

Published October 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Moto Fabrica, 1110 E De

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La Guerra Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Chris Puglisi, 1110 E De La Guerra Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the

County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 23, 2019.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the Coun-

Published October 16 & 23, 2019 Montecito Journal

ty 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. 2019-0002315.

Published October 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pinpoint Local, 4103 Maple Street, Ventura, CA 93003. First Rule Digital Marketing LLCA, 4103 Maple Street, Ventura, CA 93003. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San

ta Barbara County on August 27, 2019. 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 Thomas Brian. FBN No. 20190002097. Published September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 2019.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Marvelous Cleaning Services, 12356 Parkside St., Lakeside, CA 17 – 24 October 2019

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AND THE 2019 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO BOTH CODES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing on the matter of the proposed ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara repealing Santa Barbara Municipal Code Chapter 8.04 and adopting a new Chapter 8.04 adopting by reference the 2018 edition of the International Fire Code, including Appendix Chapter 4 and Appendices B, BB, C, CC, and H of that Code, and the 2019 California Fire Code with local amendments to both codes will be held in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California on November 12, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. at which time evidence will be taken and interested persons will be heard by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that copies of the 2018 International Fire Code, the 2019 California Fire Code, and the proposed local amendments to both codes being considered for adoption are on file with the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Santa Barbara, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California and are open for public inspection.

The proposed ordinance will adopt fire safety standards promulgated by the International Code Council and the State Fire Marshal and will adopt local amendments to these statewide fire safety standards based on local geological, topographical, and climatic conditions and local administrative procedures for the implementation of said codes.

Written comments may be sent to the City Clerk of the City of Santa Barbara at the above address.

For further information, please contact the Santa Barbara Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division, (805) 564-5701.

On Thursday, November 7, 2019, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov/CAP. Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. Each televised Council meeting is closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CouncilVideos.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator's Office at 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange.

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INVITATION FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received via electronic transmission on the City of Santa Barbara PlanetBids portal site until the date and time indicated below at which time they will be publicly opened and posted for: BID NO. 5779A DUE DATE & TIME: NOVEMBER 12, 2019 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Window & Door Project at Fire Station 3 Scope of Work: The Successful Bidder shall provide labor and any specialty equipment required for the removal of existing window sashes and doors, and installation of new windows and doors provided by the City of Santa Barbara at Fire Station 3.

Bidders must be registered on the city of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit their bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time.

A Mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on October 29, 2019 at 1:00 p.m., at Fire Station 3 located at 415 E. Sola Road, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid. Bids will not be considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory meeting (with the exception of those who attended original pre-bid meeting for Bid No. 5779). Pre-bid meeting is OPTIONAL for those who attended the original pre-bid meeting on September 12, 2019.

FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason 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, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. The Contractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code.

BONDING Bidder shall furnish a Bid Guaranty Bond in the form of a money order, a cashier’s certified check, or bond payable to the order of the City, amounting to ten percent (10%) of the bid. Bonds must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

Note: All bids must be accompanied by a copy of the bid security uploaded to PlanetBids. Only the original bid security of the three (3) lowest bidders must be mailed or delivered to the Purchasing Office in a sealed envelope and be received within (3) City business days of the bid due date and time for the bid to be considered.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

PREVAILING WAGE, APPRENTICES, PENALTIES, & CERTIFIED PAYROLL In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code § 1773.2, the Contractor is responsible for determining the correct prevailing wage rates. However, the City will provide wage information for projects subject to Federal Davis Bacon requirements. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rates of wages and employer payments for health, welfare, vacation, pensions and similar purposes applicable, which is on file in the State of California Office of Industrial Relations. The contractor shall post a copy of these prevailing wage rates at the site of the project. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and its subcontractors hired to pay not less than the said prevailing rates of wages to all workers employed by him in the execution of the contract (Labor Code § 1770 et seq.). Prevailing wage rates are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/PWD/index.htm It is the duty of the contractor and subcontractors to employ registered apprentices and to comply with all aspects of Labor Code § 1777.5.

/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager October 14, 2019

92040. Carmen L Munoz, 12356 Parkside St., Lakeside, CA 92040. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 30, 2019. 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 Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 20190002131. Published

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA - GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION PO BOX 1990, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102-1990

September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 2019.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Norton’s Pastrami & Deli, 18 W. Figueroa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. EASYTALY, LLC, 977 E. Foothill Blvd Suite #108, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Septem-

There are penalties required for contractor’s/subcontractor’s failure to pay prevailing wages and for failure to employ apprentices, including forfeitures and debarment under Labor Code §§ 1775, 1776, 1777.1, 1777.7 and 1813.

Under Labor Code § 1776, contractors and subcontractors are required to keep accurate payroll records. The prime contractor is responsible for submittal of their payrolls and those of their subcontractors as one package. Payroll records shall be certified and made available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of the contractor/subcontractor pursuant to Labor Code § 1776.

The contractor and all subcontractors under the direct contractor shall furnish certified payroll records directly to the Labor Compliance Unit and to the department named in the Purchase Order/Contract at least monthly, and within ten (10) days of any request from any request from the City or the Labor Commissioner in accordance with Section 16461 of the California Code of Regulations. Payroll records shall be furnished in a format prescribed by section 16401 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, with use of the current version of DIR's “Public Works Payroll Reporting Form” (A-1-131) and “Statement of Employer Payments” (DLSE Form PW26) constituting presumptive compliance with this requirement, provided the forms are filled out accurately and completely. In lieu of paper forms, the Compliance Monitoring Unit may provide for and require the electronic submission of certified payroll reports. The provisions of Article 2 and 3, Division 2, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code, State of California, are made by this reference a part of this quotation or bid.

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.

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

CERTIFICATIONS In accordance with California Public Contracting Code § 3300, the City requires the Contractor to possess a valid California A-General Engineering OR B-General Building contractor’s license, including HAZ-Hazardous Substance Removal Certification & EPA LeadSafe Certification Renovation, Repair, and Painting at time the bids are opened and to continue to hold during the term of the contract all licenses and certifications required to perform the work specified herein.

CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE Contractor must submit to the contracted department within ten (10) calendar days of an order, AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK, certificates of Insurance naming the City of Santa Barbara as Additional Insured in accordance with the attached Insurance Requirements. _______________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

ber 12, 2019. 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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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, OCTOBER 18 Johnny on the Spot – The title for Johnny Mathis’ current road trip is “The Voice of Romance Tour,” and who’s to argue? More than 60 years ago, Mathis rose to superstardom by concentrating on the romantic side of jazz and pop music standards, finding great success among the adult contemporary audience. Back in 1958, Mathis boosted his already gargantuan popularity with his album Johnny’s Greatest Hits, which became one of the best-selling and most enduring albums of all time, spending an unprecedented 490 consecutive weeks (about six months shy of a decade) on the Billboard Top Albums chart. In all, Mathis has sold more than 350 million records worldwide over his six-decade-plus career, including a few dozen albums achieving gold or platinum status, not to mention his smash hits “Chances Are,” “Misty,” and “It’s Not For Me to Say” – all of which have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Mathis himself received the Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. Mathis has scored several hits as duets with other popular singers, dating back to “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late” with Deniece Williams in 1978. That trend continues, as earlier this summer Mathis recorded a Christmas duet with longtime friend and colleague Dionne Warwick for her new holiday album The Voices Of Christmas, which, as chance would have it, just happens to have been released today, just in time for tonight’s return to the Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom.

Country singer/comedian Gary Mule Deer opens. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 3400 Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $69-$109 INFO: (800) CHUMASH or www.chumashcasino.com

‘Facing Ourselves’ – Santa Barbara photographer Patricia Houghton Clarke has spent nearly a decade exploring the impact of migration and integration from a very intimate perspective. An Artist in Residency grant provided the opportunity to live in a small southern Italian village whose residents had been migrant workers and had a different perspective on acceptance of “other.”

The result of her exploration to find the commonalities of human nature and personal dignity has become an expanding exhibition that last year Won the international Julia Margaret Cameron Honorable Mention Award for Human Rights. Clarke has also been invited by communities in Denmark, Mexico, and Germany to continue the project which has achieved international and national coverage. Now, “Facing Ourselves: Carpinteria” brings the works closer to home via Clarke’s poster-sized color portraits of the refugees themselves as they assimilated into new communities and cultures. By photographing the newcomers and the communities that welcomed them, she has crafted a series of images extraordinary in its empathetic persuasiveness, in the process confronting the challenges, misunderstandings and stigma that accompanies migrants and refugees. The exhibition will be shown inside the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, while the show will also debut Carpinteria’s Public Art program, with installations at The Art Center, the Seal Fountain on Linden Avenue near 8th Street, and at the city’s main intersection of Linden and Carpinteria avenues where the portraits will be in large format using vinyl banners. WHEN: Today through November 4 (Opening reception 7-9 pm tonight, artist talk 2 pm tomorrow WHERE: 865 Linden

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 Boo at the Zoo – The annual safe, traffic-free trick-or-treating trek at the Santa Barbara Zoo is ostensibly a family event, but you don’t have to fret, be embarrassed or resort to borrowing your friends’ offspring to attend.

The pre-Halloween festivities in which the zoo transforms into a not-so-scary outdoor haunted house include a Trick-or-Treat Trail, Boo Choo Choo train rides, Spooky Storytelling, Goblin Games and more. Tickets include the trick-or-treating, Zoo train ride, mad science experiments, scare zone, animal scooter ride, dance party, creepy-crawly animal encounters, performances, bounce houses, and rock wall climbing – all of which makes Boo at the Zoo the most popular family Halloween festival in the tri-counties area.

WHEN: 5:30-8:30 pm tonight, 4:30-8:30 pm tomorrow, 4:30-7:30 pm Sunday WHERE: 500 Niños Drive COST: $20 adults, $14 Children 2-12 ($2 discount for Zoo members) INFO: (805) 962-5339 or www.sbzoo.org/event/boo-at-the-zoo/?

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 Oktoberfest – The Brewhouse pub near West Beach is as much a destination spot as a neighborhood watering hole and eatery, what with entertainment several nights of week featuring local singer-songwriters, blues-meisters and even a periodic open mic. But the place that was one of the first in town to serve its own microbrews is always packed in mid-October for what’s become an annual tradition around these parts. Patrons can enjoy authentic German and Bavarian beer and food specials, plus lots of live German music and special Saturday contests such as best German costumes, brat-eating contests and even a Stein hoisting competition. Slap on your lederhosen and roll out the barrels – it’s Oktoberfest at the Brewhouse. WHEN: 10 am-11 pm today-Sunday WHERE: 229 W. Montecito St. COST: free admission INFO: (805) 884-4664 or www.sbbrewhouse.com

Ave. COST: free INFO: (805) 6847789 or www.carpinteriaartscenter. org SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 Wandering Wits? – The premier Laughing Nomad comedy show in Santa Barbara boasts an impressive lineup of laugh inducers, including Lara Beitz, who was named Milwaukee’s Funniest Comic in 2012; clean comic/actor Justin Marchert, the creator of Fantasy Hospital and Dumper Entertainment; Ghassan JW, a writer and stand-up comic currently living in Pasadena who was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon; and Orr Redko, a graduate of Santa Barbara High School who is also an actor known for the 2018 Chilli’s Bad Dad Jokes web-series. Most of the faces are new to Santa Barbara but we’re promised “a night of laughing so hard your face will be sore.” WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Center Stage Theater, upstairs in the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center, at the intersection of Chapala and De la Guerra Streets COST: $25 INFO: (805) 963-0408 or www. centerstagetheater.org World Music Wonders – Before Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, and Zakir Hussain started working together as a trio a decade ago, perhaps nobody would have imagined banjo, double bass, and tabla players making music on the same stage. Each has proven his mettle many times over in both traditional and innovative formats, earning 20 Grammy Awards between them. Fleck, perhaps the world’s premier banjo player whose expertise and influence extends to bluegrass, jazz, classical, pop, rock, and world beat music, and Meyer, a bluegrass bassist turned in-demand solo classical

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” – L.M. Montgomery

bassist and composer (he was a Mosher Guest Artist at the Music Academy of the West just this past summer), had worked together on and off for nearly 40 years. But the collaboration with North Indian classical table master Hussain, sparked by creating The Melody of Rhythm concerto, brought the exploration to another level. The trio are touring again in anticipation of creating another album, and their first-ever Santa Barbara appearance together includes special guest Rakesh Chaurasia, who plays the bansuri (Indian flute), adding yet another dimension. Their concert on the UCSB campus tonight should easily transcend their admittedly astonishing virtuosity into achieving a sonic border-crossing alchemy of connection, fluidity, and resonance. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $40-$60 INFO: (805) 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures.

UCSB.edu Another Dose of ‘Ask Me Another’ – NPR’s and WNYC’s Brooklyn-based public radio program that mixes trivia games with comedy and music is coming back to the Lobero Theatre. Four and a half years after ‘Ask Me Another’ made its local live taping debut, host Ophira Eisenberg and house musician Jonathan Coulton return to the former opera house with a much more decidedly low brow dose of rambunctious trivia games penned by too-witty-for-words puzzle writers, often aided by musical mashups. At the end of the evening, one contestant will be crowned the episode’s champion, likely earning a signed Rubik’s Cube and some other swag bag stuff for their troubles. Santa Barbara pop star Michael McDonald is the special VIP guest for Saturday’s show, which also serves to 17 – 24 October 2019

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 Oy! Such a Sound – The Klezmatics emerged more than 30 years ago out of the vibrant cultural scene of New York City’s East Village, a microcosm of multiculturalism. While rooted in the klezmer genre, the Klezmatics have moved beyond so-called “Jewish roots music” to incorporate other contemporary themes and styles including Arab, African, Latin and Balkan rhythms, plus jazz and punk rock. In 2006, the Klezmatics made history as the first klezmer band to win a Grammy Award, for the album Wonder Wheel, one of 11 the band has released over the years. More recently, they were the subject of a feature-length documentary film The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground, and the group has also collaborated with authors, playwrights, and vocalists, continuing to raise the bar for European Jewish music and changing the face of contemporary Yiddish culture. While they’ve appeared at festivals and other outdoor venues, tonight’s concert at UCSB MultiCultural Center represents a rare opportunity to see the band in an intimate theater. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: University Center Room 1504 COST: $15 general, $5 UCSB students and children under 12 INFO: (805) 893-2064 or www.mcc.sa.ucsb.edu/events

celebrate KCLU’s 25th anniversary as L.A.’s NPR affiliate. It’s a rare opportunity to catch to comedy live in person out here on the Left Coast. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $180 per pair (payable as a gift to KCLU of $15 a month in donations) INFO: (805) 493-3471 or www.kclu.org SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 Cruise and Carouse – Santa Barbara Revels long ago expanded its offerings from the holiday themed Christmas Revels cultural show to include celebrations in songs of different seasons and traditions. The latest musical expansion actual leaves terra firma for a twilight cruise in Santa Barbara Harbor aboard the Condor Express, where Revels songleader Erin McKibben will encourage everyone to sing along to an eclectic selection of Irish tunes, sea shanties and other traditional favorites. Light snacks and a no host bar round out the event to make Revels Harbor Sing turn the water-bound watering hole into a musical wonderland. WHEN: 5-7 pm WHERE: 301 West Cabrillo Boulevard COST: $35 INFO: (805) 364-4630 or https://santabarbararevels.org/

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Todrick the Entertainer – The singer-songwriter, actor, choreographer and YouTube star Todrick Hall first came to national attention as a contestant on the ninth season of American Idol, where he made it to the semi-finals. That showing led to his forging a large following on YouTube with multiple viral videos that include original songs, parodies and skits, and Todrick later became a resident choreographer on RuPaul’s Drag Race. He starred as Lola in Kinky Boots on Broadway in 2016-17 and also appeared as Billy Flynn in Chicago on Broadway. He’s also released three studio albums, choreographed flash mobs for Beyoncé, and appeared as a backup dancer in Taylor Swift’s video “Look What You Made Me Do.” Todrick’s Haus Party Tour features brand new sets and costumes along with music from his three-part album of the same name, plus some of his most viral online creations live on stage. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $42-$141 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www. lobero.com •MJ

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 Cuban Jazz Legend – Winner of six Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammys, the Cuban pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader Chucho Valdés has been a key figure in the evolution of Afro-Cuban jazz for the past 50 years. In 1972, Valdés’ fourth album, a recording with bass and batá drums entitled simply, Jazz Batá, explored the descarga roots of Cuban jazz, blending jazz with traditional rhythms of the sacred batá, used in Santeria rituals, forming the stylistic foundation of what would become his history-making group, Irakere. More than 45 years later, Valdés, joined by bassist Ramon Vazquez plus percussionists Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé and Yaroldy Abreu Robles, returned to the Jazz Batá sound in a journey to discover modern interpretations of classic forms that resulted in last November’s Jazz Batá 2 album. Chucho Valdés and Band’s current tour continues revisiting the exceptional early experiment pairing a piano jazz trio with batá drums, a full circle journey for the revered Afro-Cuban pioneer. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $35-$55 INFO: (805) 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 40) Kandi LuriaBudgor, Benjamin Schuster, Roland Bryan, Aaron Budgor, and Gretchen Lieff on the Union Bank roof (photo

by Priscilla)

John Woodward, Adriana Katzovich, Jay Van Meter, Kandi Luria-Budgor, Cynthia Ziegler, and Roland Bryan (photo by Priscilla)

year, is now planning a $5.5 million animal hospital, which they hope to open in two years time. Ten per cent of the funds have already been raised.

Among the winers were Miles Hartfeld, Judi Weisbart, Kristi Newton, Mindy Denson, John Woodward, Beno and Kandi Budgor, Ginni Dreier, Tipper Gore, Belle Hahn, Arianna Katovich, Edie Caldwell, Carole Ridding, Tom and Eileen Mielko, and Carrie Towbes.

The Poet and The Prince Steven Gilbar’s book recalls written history

Prolific Montecito author and former attorney Steven Gilbar has published his latest book, The Poet and The Prince: Stories of Forgotten Santa Barbara Writers.

Steve, who has authored more than 20 books, including Literary Santa Barbara, and founded Speaking of Stories, which just ended a 25-year run this year, says his latest work is about 11 forgotten local writers.

“Several had interesting things to say about Montecito in the early decades of the last century, even if their works have not passed the test of time,” says Steve.

Writers include E.P. Rose, Walter Nordhoff, Yda Addis, and Ernest L. Thayer.

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In Great Measure

Paige Tautz, Lily Gibson, and AK Murtadha star in the Ensemble Theatre Company production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure (photo by David Bazemore)

William Shakespeare was clearly ahead of his time with his play Measure for Measure, which has just opened the new season of the Ensemble Theatre Company at the New Vic. Creatively directed by Jonathan Fox, the production is considered one of the bard’s most beguiling plays, dramatizing one of his more infamous bargains – a young woman’s virginity in exchange for her brother’s life.

The story of tyrannical authority, sexual power, and gender politics is specially resonant in today’s #MeToo culture.

Lily Gibson as novice nun Isabella plays the role with great passion, while battling the Duke, AbdulKhalid Murtadha, politician Angelo, Richard Baird, and her condemned brother Claudio, Trevor Peterson.

A great kickoff for the latest season.

It runs through Sunday, October 20.

New Member Korean-American Richard O’Neill, longtime violist for Adrian Spence’s Camerata Pacifica, is joining the internationally acclaimed lineup of the 45-year old Takacs Quartet.

Richard O’Neill joins legendary quartet

He will replace Geraldine Walther, who is retiring after 15 years in May. Richard, 41, joins founding member, cellist Andras Jejer, English first violinist Edward Dusinberre and American second violinist Harumi Rhodes, in the Fab Four, which was founded in 1975 by four Hungarian students at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest.

He is renowned as both a chamber musician and Grammy-nominated soloist. He plays a 1727 Matteo Goffriller of Venice viola and makes his quartet debut at the Music Academy of the West in June.

More for Morehouse Montecito media mogul Oprah Winfrey has donated a hefty $13 million to Morehouse College, bringing her grand total to $25 million.

The former TV talk show host started the giving in 1989 when she handed over $12 million to the 152-year-old liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia, which boasts alumni including Martin Luther King Jr. and film director Spike Lee. Oprah, 65, is now the largest single donor in the college’s history as she celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program.

“I understand African American men are an endangered species,” she declared. “They are so misunderstood. They are so marginalized.

“Where and when I can lend support to try to change that image, I do.”

You go, girl.

Tune in to Drew Former Montecito resident Drew Barrymore, actress, producer, director and entrepreneur, is adding TV talk show host to the list.

Drew, 44, who used to live next door to TV mega producer Dick Wolf, is set to headline a syndicated talk show for CBS Television Distribution, which is aiming for a 2020 launch, according to Variety.

The E.T. star shot a pilot in August, which was well received.

“It is beyond my wildest dreams to have this opportunity,” says Drew.

“I’m truly thrilled and honored.”

Grateful for Goop Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow has gone topless in the November issue of Elle magazine.

The 47-year-old Oscar winner says that creating her lifestyle brand Goop has helped her flourish in ways she wasn’t prepared for.

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Gwynnie is one of many celebrities featured on the cover of the fashion glossy’s Women in Hollywood issue, posing topless with just a pair of suspenders and trousers hiding her modesty.

She launched Goop in 2008 and says her “ambition has been unleashed.”

Last year the company was valued at $250 million...

Defending Harry Santa Barbara Polo Club player Nacho Figueras has defended his friend and fellow equestrian Prince Harry after Queen Elizabeth’s grandson issued a statement speaking out against the “relentless propaganda” against his wife Meghan Markle.

The Argentinian polo player and Ralph Lauren Polo model, 42, captain of the Duke of Sussex’s charity polo team, says he would defend Harry with his life.

In an interview with Montecito TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres he described former actress Meghan, 38, as “incredible” and revealed how she gave up everything to marry the man she loved.

“They are making a difference and we should all be supporting and helping instead of attacking. Let’s be kind to one another!”

Nacho and his wife Delfina, who attended last year’s royal wedding at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, says Harry is “a wonderful man who really cares about making the world a better place.”

Rest in Peace On a personal note, I remember the delightful James Breen, former PR for the Ensemble Theatre Company when it was based at the rustic Alhecama Theatre before it moved to the New Vic. James, 71, first gained notoriety as a witty bartender at the Sportsman and Harry’s before using his computer talents to set up websites for myriad Santa Barbara cultural organizations.

A charming and affable curmudgeon with a heart of gold.

Sightings: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi sitting in former president George W. Bush’s box at a Dallas Cowboys football game... Peewee Herman actor Paul Reubens at the Magic Castle... Actor Christopher Lloyd in his Tesla at the Chevron station on CVR 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.

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