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ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 23 • LETTERS, P. 8 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 42

MFPD Updates

Fire Station Location Committee created to provide better coverage to eastern portion of Montecito Fire Protection District, story begins on p. 12

KEEPING

MONTECITO BEAUTIFUL

34TH ANNUAL MONTECITO BEAUTIFICATION DAY TAKES PLACE THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AT THE UPPER VILLAGE GREEN; THE DAY INCLUDES BREAKFAST FROM SAN YSIDRO RANCH, LOCAL TRASH PICKUP, LUNCH COOKED

BY MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS, “RESILIENT IS BRILLIANT” THEMED ART FROM LOCAL SCHOOLCHILDREN, A SPECIAL CITIZEN OF THE YEAR PRESENTATION, AND MORE, PAGE 12

Don’t Put a Cork in It

Growing number of wineries are offering wines in aluminum cans for an approachable, affordable option for your next dinner party or picnic, p. 28

Relational Mindfulness

Meditation and mindfulness teacher Deborah Eden Tull hosts workshop in Carpinteria this weekend, p. 22

M O N T E C I TO C LU B W E D D I N G S

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

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Guest Editorial

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Montecito Miscellany

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Letters to the Editor

Bob Hazard’s possible solution to permanently solve the drought issue

Ensemble Theatre Company’s Ghost Light Night; Bill Dalziel’s new book; Key Class fundraiser; Oprah’s food challenge; Mayor’s Awards breakfast; Boys Like Us at UCSB; Z.E.N. Trio at MAW; another flip for Ellen; new dinner menu at Tydes; Deborah Bertling new president of CAMA women’s board; sightings 2720 MONTECITO RANCH PL.

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A collection of communications from readers Andy Caldwell, Danielle Loveall, Michael C. Schaumburg, Steve Ruggles, Chris Frisina, John Texeira, and David S. McCalmont

10 This Week in Montecito

A list of local events happening in and around town

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Montecito Association’s 34th annual Beautification Day; updates from Montecito Fire Department; Friendship Center event

14 Seen Around Town

Julie Ann Brown’s ghost tour; United Way of Santa Barbara County’s Red Feather Ball; California Missions foundation fundraiser luncheon

20 Ernie’s World

Ernie steps into the fog in Londontown

22 Spirituality Matters

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Relational Mindfulness workshop; Yogacharya Amit Chatterjee comes to town; Transform Your Relationship at Unity of Santa Barbara; sound bath at Yoga Soup; Esalen Massage workshop; more Yoga Soup events; Mind & Supermind series; “Mindfulness Meditation and Prayer in Recovery Weekend Retreat”

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23 Brilliant Thoughts

Ashleigh Brilliant ponders punishment

24 Your Westmont

Charles Duhigg speaks about science of productivity at Mosher Center Luncheon; hundreds of high school singers join voices; top-ranked Warrior soccer teams host weekend games

26 Legal Advertising 28 Santa Barbara in a Glass

Aluminum cans becoming more popular in the world of wine

32 Discovering What Matters

Dr. Peter Brill answers a reader’s question about how to help fight climate change

34 On Entertainment

Nebula Dance Lab celebrates 10th anniversary at Lobero; more dance events around town; 5Qs with Oakland’s Ensemble Mik Nawooj

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38 Open House Directory 42 Calendar of Events

Madama Butterfly opens; Three Dog Night concert; New Vic benefit event; Food and Shelter reading at New Vic; Person Ryan Gallery show; Rhythmic Arts Project concert; Go To Hale: Quips & Clips; Santa Barbara Acoustic Music Association’s Wooden Hall concert series; Storm Front headlines Barbershop Harmony Show; Elaine Weiss speaks

46 Classified Advertising

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47 Local Business Directory

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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.

An Opportunity for Montecito

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ontecito has emerged temporarily from a seven-year drought which ended in 2017. Our opportunity for permanent water security and independence from drought is to tap the biggest reservoir in the world, the Pacific Ocean, larger than all the world’s land masses combined. The Pacific Ocean covers 30% of the Earth’s surface, or 60 million square miles, with an average depth of 1,300 feet. It holds more than half the Earth’s open water supply at 600 billion acre feet (AF).

The Pacific Ocean reservoir was built by nature at no cost to ratepayers.

Conversely, any new reservoir built in California today will cost billions and can never be built if challenged by the environmental community as a threat to the endangered Shasta salamander, the Delta smelt, or the San Joaquin kit fox.

Unlike oil or natural gas, water is naturally indestructible and can be constantly recycled through evaporation, feeder streams and tributaries, and natural rain and fog. The problem is geographic; potable fresh water is not always in the places that it is needed most.

Off-Shore Water Factories

I have a dream that someday soon, Montecito can stop worrying about potable drinking water and responsible landscaping that adds beauty to life. Can we create an innovative, affordable, and imaginative solution to end drought?

Conventional thinkers always tell dreamers: “That idea is not technically feasible… It will cost too much… The environmental community will never let it happen.” Throughout history, those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by those doing it.

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In lieu of payment, a donation was made to David Yarrow’s charity of choice.

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.

ETC Lights up the Night

ETC Artistic Director Jonathan Fox with Kandy Luria-Budgor and Michael Gray, President of ETC (photo

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The dancers, wonderfully made-up as zombies, kicked off their artfully crafted show with “Monster Mash,”

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Watch as Gianluca uses sponging techniques to hand paint charming designs on VIETRI platters, bowls and dinnerware.

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TO THE EDITOR

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

Sue Happy Supervisors

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he old saying, “What goes around, comes around,” should be the new County motto! That is, our County Board of Supervisors (BOS) has done virtually nothing to prevent forest fires by way of reducing fuel loads or creating adequate buffers between the urban and wildland interface. Moreover, they have not maximized the ability of our streams, creeks and culverts to convey storm flows. Neither have they built large enough basins to capture debris flows.

Nevertheless, the county has jumped on the bandwagon to sue utilities for their culpability as it pertains to wildfires and the debris flow.

Adding insult to injury, the supervisors and other local entities, including the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara, have helped put our state utilities in a bind financially by destroying their franchise model and vertical integration as it pertains to power generation and delivery services. This has resulted in a new business model whereby our state’s major utilities will no longer be power generators as much as they will simply deliver power.

Why? Well, because utilities have determined they have no choice but to shut off power when red flag conditions manifest, as the State of California doesn’t allow clear cutting vegetation that can trigger a fire when it comes into contact with power lines.

This has left our communities and our residents vulnerable to hardship and potentially deadly situations.

In light of all of the above, what do County Supervisors Joan Hartman, Greg Hart and Das Williams do?

They lawyer up! The following two paragraphs, which were part of the Supervisors’ agenda on October 15, are direct quotes pertaining to the untenable position the county board of supervisors find themselves in: “The Board of Supervisors received presentations from County staff, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), and Southern California Edison (SCE) regarding electric power line de-energization events, also referred to as “Public Safety Power Shutoffs.” The Board expressed concerns about PG&E and SCE meeting their responsibilities for adequate notifications and mitigation measures during electric power line de-energization events as they plan to seek regulations to deal with the same.

“The Board also executed subsequent agreements for professional services between the County of Santa Barbara and the Meyers/Nave law firm for up to

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$1.5 million. “The primary purpose of the contract is for Meyers/Nave to provide needed legal advice and representation in defending against tort and real property claims and litigation arising from the Thomas Fire and resulting debris flow. A major part of that litigation is an attempt

by Southern California Edison to shift billions of dollars of SCE’s potential liability to the County, the Flood Control, Water Conservation District, and other public entities.”

What does all this mean? The county wants to “hold the utilities accountable” – by way of lawsuits and regulations – when they keep the power on... and when they turn the power off. Meanwhile, these politicians are doing everything within their power to escape their own culpability and liability arising from fires, debris flows, and the subsequent power shutoff scenarios.

Meanwhile, on the same October 15 agenda, Supervisor Hartman proposed a resolution to ensure oil operations cannot be initiated in the Los Padres Forest. Yet, if such operations were to occur, it would necessitate the construction of roads that serve as fuel breaks and access for firefighters into the forest.

While the three South County supervisors were pontificating against the use of petroleum products in their echo chamber, outside on the asphalt (asphalt is made from oil, you know) parking lot, county employees were participating in a health benefits fair, which included munchies and massages. Ironically, a gasoline generator that was belching out fumes galore powered the health fair.

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Butterfly Beach Business

Recently, I was lying on the beach in front of the Four Seasons Biltmore Resort and two people came down the stairs with two dogs. As soon as the smaller dog got down onto the sand, it defecated about four feet from where I was laying and a little girl was just two feet from it, making sand castles.

I was so grossed out and repulsed and after the woman smeared the dog crap into the sand, left the green plastic bag on the beach until I said something to her about leaving it behind.

As they walked south on the stretch

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pictures in remembrance for those who have passed. Attendees are encouraged to bring photos or an offering to add to the altar that will be created for this special event. Makers, artists and vintage goods, face painting, kids crafts, tarot readings, and workshops.

When: 1 to 6 pm Where: Porch, 3823 Santa Claus Lane Info: 684-0300

(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 31

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MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. On today’s agenda: a new pool pavilion on San Leandro; an addition and remodel on Moore Road; new dwelling, garage, and pool on Olive Mill; new wireless cell facility at San Ysidro; remodel on San Ysidro Road, and several other items.

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

Beautification Day Montecito Association hosts the 34th annual event, which beautifies Montecito’s trails, beaches, roads, and bridges, followed by lunch and awards presentation When: 9 am Where: Upper Village Green Info: www.montecitoassociation.org

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 Ghost Village Road Montecito’s annual trick-or-treat event When: 3 to 6 pm Where: Coast Village Road FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 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

Mesa Artists Studio Tour For the past 16 years, the award-winning artists who live on and near the Santa Barbara Mesa have succeeded in making their annual Mesa Artists Studio Tour a pleasant, leisurely saunter. The two-day event is designed so visitors can come to the tour’s 12 ateliers, see the artists’ latest works, chat about the art, and nosh on light refreshments in one of the city’s most scenic, and charmingly quirky neighborhoods. This intimate event, aided by a free map, lets art lovers take their time, enjoy the airy hillside and cozy canyon scenery between the studios.

It’s easy to visit every site on the tour without rushing.

When: Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 4 pm Cost: free Map and info: www.santabarbarame saartists.com Dia de Los Makers The Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, is a holiday celebrated throughout Mexico. The holiday involves family and friends gathering to pray for and remember loved ones who have died, and to help support their spiritual journey. In Mexico you will find big celebrations on the streets and in homes, where you will find beautiful alters overflowing with offerings and

Book Signing at Tecolote Deborah Kalas signs The Wild Herd: A Vanishing American Treasure at Tecolote Book Shop. On the surface, this is a stunning photo exploration of the wild horses living at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. But at a deeper level, it is also an illuminating study of the human-like interactions among the bands of horses, as they move through the seasons and colors of the year and through the natural flow of their life cycles as well.

When: 3 pm to 4 pm Where: Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 East Valley Road Info: 969-4977 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Rumi Study Group: My Religion is Love This group meets to learn, share, and discuss the ancient teachings within Rumi’s poetry. All are welcome.

When: 2 to 4 pm Where: Montecito Community Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Suggested Donation: $20 Info: www.rumieducationalcenter.org TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Montecito Association Land Use Committee The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito; today the Land Use Committee meets to discuss upcoming projects, including an overview and Q&A with Santa Barbara County Flood Control District on the upcoming winter storm preparations and plans for the proposed Randall Road Debris Basin. Supervisor Das Williams’

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office will update on the Thomas Fire and Debris Flow on the difficult trends affecting property owners’ ability to rebuild and plans to assist them, and the latest Public Safety Power Shutoff and building resilience with alternate clean energy options. The MLUC will also review the MPC recommendations on the 2019 telecommunication zoning package ordinance amendments.

When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Bullying Prevention for Kids Learn intervention for Kids with CALM educator Ann Bryant When: 4:30 to 5:15 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: (805) 969-5063 Wine Down Wednesday Rosewood Miramar Beach introduces “Wine Down Wednesday” – a new series for all oenophiles featuring local wineries and prominent vintners from the central coast. Offered on the first and third Wednesday of each month, the featured winemaker will pour a curated selection of varietals including exclusive tastes from Babcock Winery. Recent featured wineries include Brewer-Clifton and Margerum. Guests are invited to enjoy a selection of light bites, cheese and charcuterie to pair perfectly with seasonal sips.

When: 5 to 8 pm Where: 1759 South Jameson Lane Cost: $25 per person (exclusive of taxes and fees) Info: (805) 900-8388 for more information and to purchase tickets CERT Training at MFPD Through CERT training, citizens are prepared to perform crucial emergency functions during the period immediately following a disaster. Learn how you can safely serve your family, neighborhood and community.

The course includes training for disaster preparedness, fire suppression, disaster medical operations (including triage and basic first aid), light search and rescue operations, team organization, disaster psychology and disaster simulation.

When: The four-day training is scheduled for Wednesday, November 6, 2019, from 6 to 10 pm; Thursday, November 7, 6 pm to 10 pm; Friday, November 8, 6 pm to 10 pm; Saturday, November 9, 9 am to 4 pm Where: Montecito Fire Station 1, 595 San Ysidro Road Registration: Sue Zillioto from MERRAG: (805) 705-5697, nacheeh@ verizon.net Santa Barbara Horticulture Society A lecture by Billy Goodnick on Life

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After Lawns: Ideas and Actions.

The siren song of the perfect lawn is fading from our idea of garden design and is being replaced by a new, sustainable aesthetic. As our climate warms up, we’re learning how to squeeze more out of every precious drop of water while introducing more diversity, utility and horticultural excitement into our outdoor spaces.

This slide lecture will focus on life without the traditional lawn and ways to turn that space into a beautiful, useful, sustainable garden.

Topics include: fresh ideas for the former lawn space, developing a plan, stormwater harvesting, lawn removal and steps for selecting the best plants.

Billy Goodnick is a Santa Barbara-based landscape architect specializing in small-scale, “mom and pop” projects. In addition to serving for two decades as city landscape architect for the City of Santa Barbara, Billy has taught in the adult education system for more than 30 years and as an adjunct instructor at Santa Barbara City College.

His book, Yards: Turn Any Outdoor Space into the Garden of Your Dreams, allowed him to lecture at botanic gardens, symposia and garden shows around the country.

Locally, he can be seen hosting Gar-

den Wise, a quarterly show produced

by City TV about designing and maintaining sustainable landscapes.

When not designing, Billy provides “the thump,” drumming for local rock and roll band, King Bee. When: 7 pm Where: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 909 North La Cumbre Road Info: www.sbchs.org THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 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

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Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. November’s poet is Elinor Wylie (1885-1928), a poet and novelist born into a political family. Quite the rebel, she had a notorious social reputation. Her writing career of only eight years produced a plethora of materials.

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Village Beat

by Kelly Mahan Herrick

Kelly has been editor at large for the Journal since 2007, reporting on news in Montecito and beyond. She is also a licensed realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, and is a member of Montecito and Santa Barbara’s top real estate team, Calcagno & Hamilton.

Montecito Beautification Day The Beautification Committee has been hard at work planning this year’s 34th annual event, to be held this Saturday, November 2, at the upper village green

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ave the date for Montecito Association’s 34th annual Beautification Day, this Saturday, November 2 in the upper village green.

Garnering hefty support from the community, the special day of beautifying Montecito is expected to have a large turnout of community volunteers. “It’s the most support we’ve ever seen,” said Montecito Association Executive Director Sharon Byrne. The family friendly event is being organized by co-chairs Mindy Denson, Houghton Hyatt, Kathi King, and Trish Davis, along with their faithful committee.

The day will begin with a continental breakfast catered by San Ysidro Ranch.

After fueling up, participants will clean up several sites in Montecito, including trails, beaches, roads, open spaces, and neighborhoods, while donning their bright green Beautification tee shirts.

Volunteers will return to the upper village green around 11:30 am, when there will be a short awards ceremony before lunch (hot dogs and chili) is served by Montecito Firefighters, some of whom are just returning after fighting fires elsewhere in the state.

Local school kids from Cold Spring School, Montecito Union, and Our Lady Mount Carmel, have been busy creating their “Resilient is Brilliant” artwork, which is displayed in the upper village shops; the best creations will be given prizes at the event.

To be honored at the event: The Partnership for Resilient Communities, whose core team includes Pat McElroy, Gwyn Lurie, Joe Cole, Les Firestein, Mary Rose, Ron Pulice, Alixe Mattingly, Brett Matthews, Cathy Cash, and Hollye Jacobs. The non-profit Partnership was successfully formed following the 1/9 debris flow, in an effort to augment resiliency efforts taken on by Santa Barbara

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County. The group raised over $5 million in order to install six debris flow nets in the canyons above Montecito, effectively mitigating future risk during sustained rainfall. “It was an easy decision on who should receive ‘Citizen of the Year’ honors this year.

The Partnership has done such amazing things for this community in the last year,” said Denson.

This year the upper village green will be filled with more community tables than in years’ past, including a tent demonstration by ShelterBox USA, whose president, Kerri Murray, is based in Santa Barbara. Other community table sponsors include Montecito Rotary, Montecito Library, Montecito Trails, Montecito YMCA, MERRAG, MarBorg, Montecito Water District, Montecito Sanitary, Lotusland, MFPD, Montecito Journal, Montecito Association, Montecito Community Foundation, the Bucket Brigade, the Humane Society, and the Organic Soup Kitchen.

The Beautification Committee, which includes Denson, Davis, Houghton, Byrne, and Tracy Bryant, Kelly Shiffman, Michael Edwards, Cindy Feinberg, Kelly O’Keefe, Dana Hansen, Nina Terzian, Donna Jolliff, Jean von Wittenburg, Lisa Waldinger, and Patty Zucherman, will once again make their famous homemade chocolate chip cookies to serve. The event beings at 9 am in the upper village green. For more information, visit www.montecitoassociation.org.

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Seen Around Town

by Lynda Millner

Ghosts in Santa Barbara

The ghost tour ladies: Marie Profant, Linda Rosso, Maria McCall, Jeannie Umanzio, Miriam Lindbeck, and tour leader Julie Ann Brown

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She takes people on walking tours (at night, of course). She’ll share with you, “Ghost stories that range from love stories to murders.”

I invited five friends and we were told to meet on the Post Office steps.

Down the street came Julie in her satin

costume coat. For the next hour and a half she enthralled us with her tales of murder and mayhem as we strolled the neighborhood surrounding the Post Office: El Chartel (a former resident from the 1800s and another from the early 1900s), Chinatown (a sensual Chinese woman and the owner’s wife), Presidio Chapel (a sorrowful monk and a couple in love from

afar), Japantown (a couple in forbidden love), Lobero Theatre (a lynching and a theatrical ghost), Chinese Community Center (a drive-by shooting and a ghostly flickering light), El Paseo (a trombone-playing ghost, Judy Garland’s youth and wine tasting ghosts), Orena Adobe (ghostly children and an angry ghost communicates), City Hall (a gruesome murder), and the Historical Museum (displeased ghosts).

As we did out tour we learned of a Chinaman who predicted the exact time of the 1925 earthquake.

C’est Cheese was once an opium den.

Ladies of the night worked behind Jimmy’s and another woman had her head sawed off behind City Hall. Julie says, “Ghosts are happy to come to Santa Barbara.” Until I took this tour, the only ghost I’d heard of was in the Ms Millner is the author of The Magic Makeover, Tricks for Looking Thinner, Younger and More Confident – Instantly. If you have an event that belongs in this column, you are invited to call Lynda at 969-6164.

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When Julie isn’t researching ghost stories, she teaches marketing at SBCC as well as self-esteem classes. To go on your very own ghost tour, call her at 805.905.9019 to reserve a space.

It doesn’t have to be Halloween.

There’s also an app developed by Santa Barbara Ghost Tours and Tours4Mobile. It has added it to their list of digital tours. Now go and get spooked!

Red Feather Ball

United Way of Santa Barbara County presented its 23rd Red Feather Ball. Honorary Chair in perpetuity is Katherine Abercrombie (October 10, 1915 – September 15, 2012). In 1997 the Red Feather Ball was created by Katherine after hearing the story of the Red Feather and how it came to symbolize giving during the Depression Era Community Chest campaigns.

She and husband Stewart co-chaired the event for the first three years. It was Katherine with her flair for style who suggested that the women wear red and the men wear red bow ties,

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MFPD has been exploring opportunities to provide better coverage to the eastern portion of the District since late 2003. In November 2014, the Board of Directors adopted the Montecito Citygate Standards of Coverage Study, which concluded that the District would need to add a Fire Station in the eastern portion of the District and would be better served relocating Fire Station 1 to an area closer to Highway 101. The study concluded that the current two-station model cannot provide the best response times equitably to all developed areas of the District, a fact that has been relied upon for years as a reason to build a third station. Citygate, the engineering firm who completed the study, surmised that two-thirds of Montecito is within coverage and response times, but the eastern portion of the District is underserved.

“While the population and building density is somewhat smaller in the eastern end of the District, building fire and wildland fire potential still exist. Any car fire, outdoor fire, or building fire can spread to the wildland areas. A wildland fire can start and spread from the Front Range any-

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where in Montecito, not just within the reasonable response zone of the two stations,” the study reads. “Should a serious fire start in this area, it could more easily grow beyond control and spread to or from wildland areas, then placing the entire community at risk.”

Citygate observed that lining up three fire stations in a linear method across the District would place the center station farther away from the bulge in the coast containing the highest population, risks, and emergency incident densities in the District, according to the study. The study suggests, in addition to adding a third station, that the District possibly consider a new configuration, called “the triangle” approach. The approach includes moving Station 1’s fire equipment closer to the coast, at a fourth, smaller station site on San Ysidro Road, and adding a smaller, more residential station to the eastern portion of Montecito. The result would be lower response times across the District.

Citygate did not contemplate Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District jurisdictional needs in the 2014 study, but in 2016 the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District Citygate Standards of Response and Headquarters Staffing Adequacy Study was published. Citygate identified the need to add a fire station in the center of their jurisdiction to provide equitable response times to all similar risk neighborhoods, provide for depth of response when multiple incidents

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the 1962 novelty song by Bobby Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers, getting the 150 guests in the Halloween spirit before sashaying up Chapala Street to “We Are Family,” the energized disco hit by Sister Sledge, much to the surprise of pedestrian passersby.

The fun fête, which raised around $200,000 for the popular venue and was co-chaired by Sybil Rosen, Meg Burnham, Kandy Luria-Budgor, and Susan Case, kicked off with dinner at the historic club with salmon, tri-tip and chicken roulade.

At the theater guests got an exclusive performance of a one-man show of humor and humiliation, No Actors Allowed, written, produced and performed by Tim Bagley, a regular on the popular Netflix series Grace and

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Following his scatological one-hour act, sponsors adjourned to the rooftop of the Public Market opposite the theater for a Starry Soirée to conclude the celebrations.

Santa Barbara’s Joann Younger decorated the dinner, writer Erin Graffy conducted the auction and a talented L.A. quartet, Art Deco Menage entertained.

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Ernie’s World

by Ernie Witham

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Beautiful London Fog

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’ve spent a good part of my life in a fog. In my brief stint as a Hippie, the fog was often associated with the inhalation of marijuana or as we referred to it then – grass. Sometimes I think it actually was grass we purchased. “Is that a dandelion?”

“Might be. You feel anything yet?”

“Not sure, man… where are we anyway?”

“Crosswalk, waiting for the light to change again.”

“Cool. There it goes. Wow!” Later in life, the fog was often attributed to indecision. “What are you going to do when you graduate?”

“Not sure. Sleep for a while, I guess. You?” “Try to find a million dollars to pay off my student loans.”

“Totally awesome, Dude.”

Then there was the night I had to drive in Tule fog on our way to China Peak for a family ski vacation. It was so thick and right on the ground so

all I could see were the tail lights of the only other car on the road.

“You know, I keep thinking about something my mother used to say: ‘If the car in front of you drives off a cliff does that mean you have to drive off a cliff?’ Weird huh?”

“Snore, zzzzzzz, snore.”

Most recently, I was in an artistic fog tunnel created by Olafur Eliasson in an exhibition at the Tate Modern, a museum in London, England. He calls his exhibit “In Real Life.” As Pat and I entered, the fog was bright white and you could barely see the heads of the people in front of you as you walked. “If that lady with the big hair disappears over a cliff, don’t follow her.”

“Cliff! There’s a cliff? You said it was just a fog thing. Everything will be fine, you said.”

The light turned an eerie yellow as we continued walking zombie-like.

“Cliff is just a metaphor from another time I was lost in a fog.”

“Oh, you mean like yesterday? Or the day before?”

“Yesterday we were in Churchill’s War Rooms. I was lost in the ‘fog of war.’ And the day before we were in Winchester Cathedral and I was plotting how I was going to get my remains entombed there with all the other famous writers, like Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dickens, Alfred Tennyson, and Jane Austen.

“What’s your plan?”

“I haven’t the foggiest.”

The light changed to a darker orange. It was like we were inside a smoke-filled pumpkin. Eliasson’s other exhibits were also captivating.

There was a room with colored lights that projected multiple silhouettes of you in various hues onto a wall.

“You look good in green,” I told Pat. “If you come back as a space alien in your next life I think you will be quite popular.”

“Great. I’m glad I’ll be happy as an extraterrestrial.”

Another exhibit had a single strobe light in the middle of an otherwise totally dark room. I was only in there for a few minutes but I swore I saw a guy I knew from my Hippie

days. “Far out huh, man?” He said something to me in Chinese. “Wow, you took a radical turn from New Hampshire.” One strobe he was there and the next he was gone.

Eliasson also created a tunnel of refracted images and a room with mirrors on the ceiling so you could see what you looked like to seagulls. And he had a room full of mist that made it seem like you were in a storm.

The Tate Modern itself is, well, a bit wonky, as they say. It has two towers.

One you can take an elevator to the top and get great views of London and some all-glass apartments so you can admire their… furniture. Most of the 10 floors though are not open to the general public, so you have to go down to the second floor to cross over to the second shorter tower, where many exhibits are open to members only. Fortunately, there were still tickets to the Olafur Eliasson exhibit.

The light turned blue and then a door opened and we were out and headed for the exit. “That was great, but I actually kinda miss being in the fog.”

“Don’t worry,” Pat said. “There’s always tomorrow.”

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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.

Relational Mindfulness: The Garden of Eden

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aking a mindful pause is one of the most important tenets of Relational Mindfulness, according to Deborah Eden Tull, the veteran meditation and mindfulness teacher who wrote a 2018 book of the same name. Even so, it was almost surprising when it took a moment for the words to emerge in response to a question about Eden ’s own practice, as she exhibited employing the tenet in the moment.

“All of my life is my practice.

Nothing is separate,” she said, after a brief pause. “Sitting meditation is the training, but all of life is the practice.”

Eden’s book is subtitled “A Handbook for Deepening Our Connection with Ourselves, Each Other, and the Planet,” and her mission these days is to embody and teach not only personal transformation through mindfulness, but to help heal the world through the process.

That’s what connected AHA! – the highly-regarded Santa Barbara nonprofit that has provided social-emotional education to more 20,000 teens, educators, parents, youth care providers and therapists over the course of 20 years, inspiring communities to feel safe, seen, celebrated and emotionally connected – to connect with Eden in the first place about two years ago.

AHA! founder Jennifer Freed brought five staff members to one of Eden’s retreats at Esalen Institute, and then booked her to bring the work to

Santa Barbara for the first time last year, mostly for other staff members.

This weekend’s follow-up workshop in Carpinteria, which is limited to 15, is open to the public.

“Even though it was [previously] offered as a specific way for AHA! to explore the intersection between presence and Relational Mindfulness and being a leader, we’re all being called to that exploration because it’s a time of such change,” Eden explained.

“In the past, people went away to a monastery to do a training, as I did.

(Eden spent seven years in a silent Zen Monastery in addition to several other spiritual trainings and years of inquiry). But in today’s world, when people are interacting all day long and further away from the land-based culture we all came from, we need more guidance, a bridge, in how to use the relational field for remembering who we really are at a deeper level.”

Accordingly, the other eight principles of Relational Mindfulness include Intention, Deep Listening, Mindful Inquiry and Clear Seeing, Turning Toward (pain and discomfort) Rather Than Away, Not Taking (things) Personally, Transparency, and Compassionate Action. If that sounds like a whole lot of work, the truth is exactly the opposite, Eden said.

“These pieces are so deep, and yet so simple in a world that’s become so obsessed with complexity and making things complicated. The work is so

Deborah Eden Tull’s Relational Mindfulness workshop takes place Saturday and Sunday, November 2-3, in Carpinteria

accessible… but our culture is steeped in doing rather than being... Even if people say they crave connection, love, and intimacy, the human ego is terrified of it, and can block experiencing [those things] through choosing to be busy.”

Which is why, Eden said, waking up is easier than we think.

“When we become more present, we understand that our awareness is already awake, and that we don’t need to try hard to do something to get enlightened. We’re already awake; we’ve just turned our attention to the mind of separation. The practice is so simple, because it’s just returning to who we actually are.”

But it’s also one that, for most of us, might be woefully out of shape, Eden said.

“Meditation is not sitting still and finding a place of peace we can hold onto. It’s the intention to bring compassionate awareness to everything that arises in our lives from moment to moment. It’s building a muscle that is actually the strongest part of all of us, but most of us have turned away, so we have to practice to develop it.”

The concept is as each of us “awakens,” the communities around us – from personal connections to the global network – also benefit.

“Mindfulness is not just personal, but interpersonal, transpersonal, and societal, social, and global,” Eden said. “The impact of presence is truly dynamic.”

Deborah Eden Tull’s Relational Mindfulness workshop takes place Saturday and Sunday, November 2-3, in Carpinteria. Admission is $250.

RSVP via emailing drjenfreed@gmail. com or molly@ahasb.org or visit Eden’s website, www.deboraheden tull.com, for more information on Relational Mindfulness.

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Yogacharya Amit Chatterjee, advanced disciple of Kriya Yoga Master Paramahamsa Prajnanananda, the current spiritual leader of the Kriya Yoga Institute, is coming to town for the annual Kriya Initiation Program. Kriya, an ancient method of “There is something haunting in the light of the moon.” – Joseph Conrad

living and meditation that cultivates body, mind, intellect and awareness of the soul using powerful meditation and yogic disciplines, helps people to experience the “three divine qualities of light, vibration, and sound” by using techniques of concentration, posture, and breathing. Chatterjee – who has a masters in computer engineering and worked for Microsoft for 30 years until just this past January, including serving as managing director for its India Development Center in Hyderaba, began to guide meditations in 2014 and to teach Kriya Yoga in 2018. He will give a free inspirational public lecture about “Creating Balance in a Changing World” at 7 pm on Friday, November 1, at the Montecito Library. The spiritual discourse serves as a preview to a weekend workshop held at an alternate site on Saturday and Sunday with instruction, techniques classes and practice of Kriya Yoga meditation. For more information, email Lucy O’Brien at info@santabarbara.kriya.org, call (805) 895-0966, or visit www.kriya. org/event-details/4674/en.

Navigating the Mayes of Relationships

Phil and Maude Mayes’ cleverly-titled 2016 book, How Two Have a Successful Relationship, is a 100-page primer based on principles of acceptance, individuality, presence, and processing drawn from the Santa Barbara couple’s own relationship and interviews with local friends and colleagues. Next up in the couple’s mission to “spread peace one relationship at a time” is a workshop called Transform Your Relationship, slated for 2-4 pm on Saturday, November 2, at Unity of Santa Barbara (227 East Arrellaga Street), which offers a simple step-by-step process for creating conflict-free and loving relationships employing real life-examples for creating harmony and deep satisfaction.

The interactive gathering is open to both couples and singles and covers such areas as how to find mutual solutions to decision-making and problem-solving, how to break the vicious cycle of anger and recrimination, how to avoid the pitfalls that create separation and estrangement, and how to keep and nurture the original loving connection to one’s partner.

Tickets cost $25 for singles and $40 for couples in advance, $30 & $45 at the door. Visit https://philandmaude. eventbrite.com.

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Punishment

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e’ve all heard the expression “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” – and, if pressed for an origin, we’d probably say “it’s something out of the Bible.” But, as far as I can determine, those exact words don’t occur in any accepted version of the Bible. What we do find, in the 21st Chapter of the Book of Exodus, is a long complicated list of laws, from which may be extracted the following: “If people are fighting, and . . . there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. . .”

But the whole lengthy spelling out in just this one chapter of all the different relationships, (servants, slaves, spouses, etc.) misdeeds (intentional and accidental) injuries (major and minor) and penalties (mild and severe), is mind-boggling. And whether it all meant literally that you should lose an eye because you caused somebody else to lose one is not at all clear (not to me anyway, particularly because this Hebraic code is apparently considered by many scholars to be more humane than others of its time).

The question of how to treat those who misbehave is, of course, still a prominent issue in today’s society. I have my own ideas, but they come up strongly against believers in freedom.

I don’t believe in second chances. In fact, I don’t believe in FIRST chances.

We have enough scientific knowledge now, or we may soon have, to separate at an early age (or maybe even before birth) at least some of those most likely to be a danger to society – and to perform the necessary brain surgery, or administer the appropriate drugs, to render them, if not altogether harmless, at least less of a threat. (Or even – dare I say it? – not let them be born at all.)

In the meantime, we have all the wonders of modern Penology, with its laws and courts, its vast systems of prisons and paroles, its widely abandoned or diminished rehabilitation programs, and, of course, its rising rates of crime and recidivism, to say nothing of its ever-increasing numbers of victims. Isn’t there anything we can learn from all the generations that have preceded us?

One thing they had that we’ve given up on was inflicting physical pain, AKA Corporal Punishment. Strangely, it now prevails only in the home, in the form of “spanking.”

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several parts of Western Europe and America, vast new prison complexes were built, on the then-popular theory that isolation and solitude were the best treatment for criminal minds. So, each prisoner was, as much as possible, kept locked away in his own cell, with no contact with other prisoners, or even with the guard who brought his food.

The buildings were designed, with all wings radiating from a central control-tower, engendering a maximum of efficient control, and a minimum of inner communication. The idea was that you went to prison to silently repent of your bad behavior – which is why these institutions were called “Penitentiaries.”

The question of how to treat those who misbehave is, of course, still a

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prominent issue in today’s society.

Whether that whole bold experiment was at all successful in changing human lives in any positive way may be judged from the fact that rules were gradually relaxed, and the very word penitentiary has been generally dropped. At about the same time, the most popular method for getting rid of supposed incorrigibles was, to export them – the Russians to Siberia, the French to Devil’s Island, the British, first to America, then to Australia.

But no society seems yet to have been able entirely to do away with its penal system. And of course, punishment, like so much else, begins in the home. Indeed, I first heard that word used by my own father, a mild man, who favored such punishments as deprivation of privileges, or withholding of my “allowance.” This sometimes turned life into a game of calculation, as to whether the crime was worth the punishment.

There is still the question of whether it does any good to try to frighten people into behaving properly by knowing what will happen to them otherwise. This is known as the principle of “deterrence,” and it is of course a central feature of debates on what we call “Capital Punishment.” So, we’re back to the Exodus doctrine of “a life for a life.” But at least the eyes and the teeth have become less negotiable. •MJ

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

Duhigg Examines ‘Science of Productivity’ at Luncheon Charles Duhigg speaks about the science of productivity at a Mosher Center Luncheon on November 1

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harles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prizewinning New York Times reporter and bestselling author, speaks at the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership luncheon on Friday, November 1, at noon in Westmont’s Global Leadership Center.

Tickets to the event, “Charles Duhigg:

The Science of Productivity,” may be purchased at $100 per person at west mont.edu/mosher-events. For more information please call (805) 565-7251 or email specialevents@westmont. edu.

Duhigg’s best-selling book The Power of Habit paves the way for his

newest book, Smarter Better Faster: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business, which provides a fascinating exploration of the science of productivity.

He has written and contributed to multiple series as an investigative reporter for the New York Times business section, including “The Reckoning” (2008), which observed the causes and outcomes of the financial crisis and “iEconomy” (2013), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, which examined the global economy through the lenses of Apple.

His podcast, “How To! With Charles Duhigg,” is billed as solving life’s problems, one question at a time. He regularly appears on television, radio, and broadcasts including Frontline, PBS Newshour, Dr. Oz as well as various programs on CNBC and NPR. The Mosher Foundation sponsors a series of speakers in Santa Barbara, including Pulitzer Prize winners, who address the moral and ethical strengths and weaknesses of various American presidents and society in general. Past speakers include: Daniel Kahneman, the self-described godfather of behavioral economics; Guy Kawasaki, renowned entrepreneur; Bob Woodward, Pulitzer Prizewinning investigative reporter; Jon Meacham, presidential historian, Pulitzer Prize-winner and contributing editor at Time magazine; David Gergen, former adviser to four U.S. presidents; and Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state and a Nobel Peace Laureate.

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The 15th annual Westmont Fall Choral Festival combines voices of more than 300 high school students from 12 different schools on Friday, November 1, at 4:45 pm at First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu Street, and 7 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 21 East Constance Avenue. Both performances are free. For more information please call (805) 565-6040.

The Westmont Choral Union and singers from Crean Lutheran, Cate, Rosemead, Arvin and Fresno

Christian High Schools perform in the afternoon. The Choral Union is directed by Grey Brothers and Sara Rockabrand and accompanied by pianist Pascal Salomon and violinist Junia Work.

Westmont Chamber Singers and the Westmont College Choir will take the stage in the evening, following performances from Chatsworth Charter, Mira Monte, Cathedral, Providence, Highland and Stockdale High Schools.

Westmont College Choir presents works ranging from all over the world and sung in Latin, Italian and in Tagalog, a language of the Philippines. “For A Breath of Ecstasy”

by Michael John Trotta and poems

by Sara Teasdale, includes Westmont musicians Work, Makenna Sallade (violin), Elaina Hollister (oboe), Isaac Siebelink (viola), and William Ellzey (cello).

The festival concludes with singers from all the high school combining to perform a mass choral piece, “Come Unto Me, Ye That Labor,” by Westmont alumnus Michael Bennett ’09.

Top-10 Soccer Teams Host Senior Days

No. 4 Westmont men’s soccer, which has been unbeaten in its last six games, celebrates its seniors, including co-captains Edward “Lalo” Delgado and Tim Heiduk, prior to the match against Arizona Christian on Saturday, November 2, at noon on Thorrington Field. Other seniors include Christian Webb, Francisco “Panchito” Castro, Lucky Puengrod, Gabriel McEwen, and Sean Nakaoka.

The Warriors (11-1-1, 5-0-1 GSAC), who have held their opponents scoreless in eight games this season, battle Ottawa Arizona on Thursday, October 31, at 3:15 pm.

No. 9 Westmont women’s soccer (112-1, 5-1 GSAC) hosts final regular-season games against Ottawa Arizona on October 31 at 12:30 pm. and Arizona Christian on November 2 at 2:30 pm.

During Senior Day on November 2, the women will honor senior co-captains Kira Nemeth and Maddi Berthoud, as well as Brooke Porter and Katelyn Merrell. The Warriors are locked in a four-way tie for the conference lead, with each team holding a 5-1 record and 15 points.

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

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 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 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 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.

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

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider the appeals, filed by Anna Marie Gott and Accessible Santa Barbara, of the Planning Commission’s approval at 11 Anacapa Street of a Parking Modification and a Coastal Development Permit for the renovation and adaptive re-use of an existing 11,201 multi-tenant nonresidential building. Proposed improvements include exterior and interior alterations; conversion of 2,500 net square feet of warehouse use to restaurant use; conversion of 2,100 net square feet of warehouse use to retail use; demolition of 1,201 net square feet of unpermitted second floor and mezzanine floor area; construction of a new outdoor deck for restaurant seating; accessibility upgrades; reconfiguration of the parking lot; a valet parking operation plan during restaurant hours; and new parking lot landscaping. The required applications for the project are: a Modification to provide fewer than the required number of parking spaces (Santa Barbara Municipal Code (SBMC) §28.92.110); and a Coastal Development Permit (CDP201800019) to allow the proposed development in the Appealable Jurisdiction of the City’s Coastal Zone (SBMC §28.44.060).

The project was found to be exempt from further environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15183.

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.

If the City Council approves the project on appeal, then it is appealable to the California Coastal Commission under California Public Resources code §30603(a) and SBMC §28.44.200. If you challenge the Council's action on the appeal of the Planning Commission’s decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

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.

You are invited to attend this hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102‑1990.

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; under Most Popular, click on Council Agendas, Minutes, and Videos. 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.

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

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

Published October 16, 23, 30 & November 6, 2019 Montecito Journal

Published October 16, 23, 30 & November 6, 2019 Montecito Journal

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager October 22, 2019 Published October 30, 2019 Montecito Journal

NOTIFICACIÓN DE QUE TODAS LAS BOLETAS ELECTORALES PARA LA ELECCIÓN MUNICIPAL GENERAL QUE SE LLEVARÁ A CABO EL MARTES, 5 DE NOVIEMBRE DEL 2019, SERÁN CONTADAS EN LUGAR CENTRAL DE COMPUTOS.

NOTICE THAT ALL BALLOTS FOR THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019 WILL BE COUNTED AT A CENTRAL COUNTING PLACE.

El Secretario Municipal de la Ciudad de Santa Barbara ha autorizado que la oficina de Los Ángeles County Registrar/County Clerk localizada en 12400 Imperial Highway, 5º piso, Sala 5214, Norwalk, CA, 90650 sea designada como el lugar central para contar las boletas electorales para la Elección Municipal General que se habrá de llevar a cabo el martes, 5 de noviembre del 2019.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Clerk of the City of Santa Barbara has authorized that the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office located at 12400 Imperial Highway, Norwalk, CA, 90650 to be designated as the central place to count the ballots for the General Municipal Election to be held on November 5, 2019.

Se comenzará a contar los votos por correo aproximadamente a las 8:30p.m., pero los resultados de los votos por correo no serán publicados hasta después del cierre de las casillas electorales a las 8:00 p.m.

Vote-by-Mail ballots will be counted at approximately 8:30 p.m. The results of the vote-by-mail ballots will not be released until after the close of the polling places at 8:00 p.m.

/s/ Sarah Gorman City Clerk Services Manager

________________________________________ Sarah Gorman City Clerk Services Manager

Fechada: 23 de octubre del 2019

Dated: October 23, 2019

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Channel Islands Post Acute, 3880 Via Lucero, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Powers Park Healthcare, INC., 29222 Rancho Viejo Road, STE 127, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 23, 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 John Beck. FBN No. 2019-0002670. Published October 30, November 6, 13, 20, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Your House For Cash, 935 Sunrise Drive, Santa Maria, CA 93455.

Kyle William Rayner, 935 Sunrise Drive, Santa Maria, CA 93455. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 18, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that

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this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Mary Soto. FBN No. 2019-0002623. Published October 23, 30, November 6, 13, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bowtique Decor, 840 Riven Rock, Montecito, CA 93108. Carolyn Petersen, 840 Riven Rock, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 8, 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. 20190002491.

Published October 23, 30, November 6, 13, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JLD Boxing Academy; Home of the Lion, 504 W. Boone St. Space 11, Santa Maria, CA 93454. Ricardo Ayala Barajas, 1439 Marilyn

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The above captioned resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on August 13, 2019.

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

(Seal) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager RESOLUTION NO. 19-060 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Santa Barbara on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 1.There shall be 3 Drop-Off Centers.

2.That the Drop-Off Centers shall be the places designated below and the language(s) other than English in which assistance will be provided.

Drop-Off Center Description: Drop-Off Center Address: Accessible to Handicap: Assistance will be provided in:

Franklin Neighborhood Center, Multipurpose Room 1136 E. Montecito Street, Santa Barbara, 93103 Yes Spanish

Drop-Off Center Description: Drop-Off Center Address: Accessible to Handicap: Assistance will be provided in:

Holy Cross Church, Room 1 1740 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, 93109 Yes Spanish

Drop-Off Center Description: Drop-Off Center Address: Accessible to Handicap: Assistance will be provided in:

City of Santa Barbara, City Hall (Lobby) 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, 93101 Yes Spanish

All Drop-Off Centers will be open on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. The Drop-Off Center located at the City of Santa Barbara, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, will also be open on Friday, November 1, and Saturday, November 2, 2019, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

meeting held on August 13, 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

ABSTENTIONS:

None

________________________________________ Sarah Gorman City Clerk Services Manager Dated: October 23, 2019

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on August 14, 2019.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing resolution on

NOTIFICACIÓN DE LOS LUGARES DE VOTACIÓN

August 14, 2019.

/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor Published October 30, 2019 Montecito Journal

Way, Santa Maria, CA 93454. John Leo Dato, 2722 Banyan Way, Santa Maria, CA 93454. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 7, 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 Kathy Gonzales. FBN No. 2019-0002476. Published October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Simply Organic Landscape, 1187 Coast Village Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Edgar Echeverria, 115 Tecolote Ave., Goleta, CA 93117. Raul Torres, 1187 Coast Village Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 7, 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. 2019-0002466. Published October 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Beach house Winery; River Run Winery; Sleeping Indian Winery, 1534 Sleeping Indian Road, Fallbrook, CA 92028. Beach House Winery, Inc., 1534 Sleeping Indian Road, Fallbrook, CA 92028. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 13, 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. 2019-0002228. Published October 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019.

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POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO de que en la Elección Municipal General que se habrá de llevar a cabo en la Ciudad de Santa Barbara el martes, 5 de noviembre del 2019, 1. Habrá 3 centros de recolección; 2. Que los centros de recolección serán los lugares designados, y el idioma designado, aparte del inglés, será hablado en cada centro de recolección.

Centro de recolección: Dirección: Accesible para personas discapacitadas: Idiomas hablados:

Franklin Neighborhood Center, Sala de multipropositos 1136 E. Montecito Street, Santa Barbara, 93103 Sí Español

Centro de recolección: Dirección: Accesible para personas discapacitadas: Idiomas hablados:

Holy Cross Church, Salon 1 1740 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, 93109 Sí Español

Centro de recolección: Dirección: Accesible para personas discapacitadas: Idiomas hablados:

Ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Santa Barbara (vestíbulo) 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, 93101 Sí Español

Todos los centros de recolección estarán abiertos el martes, 5 de noviembre del 2019, dentro las horas de 7:00 a.m. y 8:00 p.m. El centro de recolección localizado en en ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Santa Barbara, 735 Anacapa Street, también estará abierto el viernes, 1 de noviembre, y sábado, 2 de noviembre del 2019, dentro las horas de 8:00 a.m. y 5:00 p.m. /s/ Sarah Gorman City Clerk Services Manager Fechada: 23 de octubre del 2019

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SANTA BARBARA IN A GLASS

by Gabe Saglie Gabe Saglie has been covering the Santa Barbara wine scene for more than 15 years through columns, TV and radio. He’s a senior editor with Travelzoo and is a leading expert on travel deals, tips and trends. Gabe and wife Renee have 3 children and one Golden Retriever named Milo

Bye-Bye Bottle? Wine in Aluminum Cans is Becoming All the Rage

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enjoyed a lovely rosé wine over the weekend. It was refreshing, with a pretty light pink hue, a delicate fizz on the tongue and yummy flavors of red berries and citrus. The finish was especially quenching – dry, perky, and clean.

There was one thing about this wine that was especially remarkable, though: it came in a cute little aluminum can.

To be sure, many avid wine drinkers will think twice about the idea of a fine wine in a tin can, if not reject it altogether. We tend to be traditionalists, we understand the glass bottle, and we’ve learned how to extricate the wood cork like pros. Isn’t the fact that we’ve expanded our minds to accept the proliferation of the screwcap progress enough?

Fact is, wines in a can, which have been an increasingly pervasive part

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of the wine marketplace for the better part of the last decade, are quickly becoming a consumer favorite.

According to Nielsen, canned wine sales surpassed $69 million in 2018, way up from the $2 million they netted in 2012. Their convenience, their no-frills attitude, and the fact that better wines are going into these little aluminum vessels these days are giving this sector of the industry an ever-larger piece of the consumer pie.

The wine I sipped this weekend is new – Nomikai, a Northern California-based brand named after the Japanese word for drinking parties. The wines come in 187ml. cans, or the same as one-fourth of a regular 750-ml bottle (or what many of us call, a glass of wine).

The Frizzy Rosé is made up of various white grape varieties, plus gre-

nache. There’s a California Red, too, which I did not like as much because of the sweet-leaning fruit character; however, for those who like zing in their reds and who like the idea of sipping it chilled on a warm afternoon, by the pool perhaps, this wine might fit the bill nicely. The wines are sold in 24-pack singular or mixed cases, or the equivalent of six bottles, for $96 on the Nomikai website. A growing number of retailers carry it, too, though none yet (ironically) in California.

You will, though, find plenty of other canned wine options at your local wine shop or supermarket, since the movement is being driven by some of the industry’s largest players, like E. & J. Gallo. Foley Family Wines, founded by magnate and former Santa Barbara resident Bill Foley, announced earlier this year its lineup of rosé, chardonnay, pinot gris and pinot noir in 375-ml. cans under the Oregon-based Acrobat “Shadows mutter, mist replies; darkness purrs as midnight sighs.” – Rusty Fischer

label; a project like this coming from the same folks who put out myriad top-tier California labels, including Foley, Lincourt, and Firestone in the Santa Ynez Valley, is promising for consumers. I’ve tasted nice wines from Union Wine Co. in Oregon, whose quarter-million-case output of the canned Underwood label wines last year accounted for more than half of its total production. Canned wines from Alloy Wine Works in Paso Robles are worth a few yanks of the pull-tab, too.

One of the great canned adult beverages in the marketplace now is Rosalie, a half-wine/half-beer experiment from Firestone-Walker Brewing Co. that sees both components – chardonnay, viognier, sauvignon blanc, Riesling, and muscat grapes plus hops and pilsner malt – fermented together. Hibiscus flowers are added to create a drink that appeals to wine and beer lovers alike: it’s wine upfront, with a bouncy mouth feel and flavors of berries, and it’s beer on the back end, with a subtle hops essence and a refreshing effervescence. At 5% alcohol per volume, it’s prime for multiple pours, too. Target sells a six-pack of 12-ounce Rosalie cans for $9.99.

The approachability of aluminum cans, and their affordability, make this packaging appealing, or at least intriguing – and not only for a new wine audience, but even for fervent wine consumers looking for that sweet spot where value and quality converge. It’s still hit and miss overall, but the growing market is bound to show at least a few new stars.

The Nomikai folks tout the eco-friendly angle, too: their cans are 99% recyclable and while four cans equal one glass wine bottle in volume, the waste they produce weighs 13% as much. So drinking red, it turns out, can help you go green. Check out drinknomikai.com for more information.

Cheers!

•MJ 31 October – 7 November 2019

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Thursday, November 14, 2019 • 5:30 – 6:30 pm Wolf Education & Training Center at Ridley-Tree Cancer Center 540 W. Pueblo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This lecture is offered free-of-charge.

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and so it is today.

It’s always a stunning sea of red on the Coral Casino Oceanside terrace.

Merryl Brown, event design extraordinaire, had photo ops with two gorgeous gal greeters who had fabulous head dresses of red flowers. Auction chair Rosemary Mutton arranged a “something for everyone” silent auction while guest sipped cocktails.

Co-chairs Belle Hahn, Shari Liu, Amber Ortiz and their committee turned the ball room into a wonderland of red. Andrew Firestone was the emcee who introduced the honorary chair Merryl Snow Zegar and David Jackson from the Zegar Family Foundation. Board chair Rick Scott thanked the sponsors, especially the premier ones, Aera Energy and the Zegar Family Foundation. The event was 100 percent underwritten. United Way president and CEO Steve Ortiz told some of the great programs United Way promotes. Fun in the Sun offers a nurturing program for low-income children and their parents. It is a summer learning experience that dramatically improves reading, math, social and behavioral skills. Currently it involves over 80 service delivery partners, 25 funding partners and over 600 volunteer mentors. The program has been awarded the Excellence in Summer Learning Award by the National Summer Learning Association.

Then there is the United for Literacy

Michael and Nati Smith with Ivana and Andrew Firestone at the Red Feather Ball

program consisting of three program strategies. One is an early education that helps kindergarteners master basic academic literacy and social/ emotional skills needed for success in school. Another is Dolly Parton’s imagination library. It provides a brand new, age appropriate book every month from birth to kindergarten to those registered. The third is an online literacy program with power reading and power math.

The United Way mission is “Right here, right now, with the Power of Partnership, we are improving lives for children, families, seniors and YOU!” Their vision: “In our community, everyone has a hopeful future.”

If you would like to donate to help kids call United Way 805.965.8591 for information.

California Missions Foundation

A little known secret in Santa Barbara is the California Missions Foundation (CMF). I went to a lovely fall fundraiser luncheon at Tydes restaurant at the Coral Casino arranged by CMF executive director/CEO David Bolton

Bob Bernhardt, C O N D U C T O R V O C A L S : Cassidy Catanzaro (left), Brie Cassil, and Tameka Lawrence

“eroica” symphony january 18 + 19, 2020 Nir Kabaretti, C O N D U C T O R Sivan Silver & Gil Garburg, P I A N O Michael Torke: Ash Brahms/arr. Richard Dünser: Concerto for Piano, Four Hands and Strings (after Brahms Op. 25) Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, “Eroica”

805-899-2222 | thesymphony.org More lunch ladies: Donna Long, Pat Hines, Mimi Michaelis, JoAnn Mermis, and Kathy Washburn

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CMF executive director David Bolton giving a plate for a $500 donation with JoAnn Mermis and Wes St. Clair

CMF board Colin Hayward, CMF executive director David Bolton, el presidente Erik Davis, 2nd vice president for Old Spanish Days Alex Castellanos, and past el presidente Scott Burns at the fall CMF luncheon

Nancy Melekian, Victoria Hines, and Holly Murphy at the CMF lunch

and his staff. The sun was shining off the ocean, a slice of heaven with about 50 of us enjoying the view.

As their brochure says, “Nothing defines California Heritage as significantly as do the 21 missions founded

from San Diego to Sonoma.” All 21 are California Historical Landmarks and many are National Historic Landmarks as is the Santa Barbara Mission. They are among the most popular tourist destinations in California, attracting millions of visitors each year.

California fourth-grade children learn our history by studying the missions. CMF supports this with their “All-Aboard-the-Bus” field trip grant program for low and middle income schools throughout California. As Angel said, “My favorite part of the field trip to the San Juan Buatistia Missions was that we learned about history by seeing it.” Another child liked the old books, the deerskins and the feathers used to write with ink.

These trips provide motivation for

learning once back in the classroom.

This particular luncheon was to support the art restoration project of Old Mission Santa Barbara’s historic Christ Paintings on Copper from the late 18th Century. They are an example of the important role that art and storytelling played in religious education at our mission. The paintings were donated to the Mission in the 20th century, helping to tell about the mission’s post-secularization.

CMF is proud to play a significant role in supporting the conservation of these historic treasures in all of the California Missions and Presidios for the enjoyment of generations to come. If you’d like to make a donation or become a member call 805.963.1633.

•MJ

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Discovering What Matters

by Dr. Peter Brill

Dr. Brill can be reached at pbrill@dwmblog.com. His blog appears at www. dwmblog.com. Specializing in medicine, psychiatry, marriage and family therapy, nonprofits and business, he has served as a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and Wharton School of Business, consulted to more than 100 organizations, run workshops on adult development, and performed major research on the outcome of psychiatric treatment. He is the founder of Sustainable Change Alliance & co-author of Finding Your J Spot.

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John is a fit, very bright, well-read and highly articulate man who looks much younger than his years, with a quiet intensity and occasional flashes of deep emotion. He speaks easily and with well-formed thoughts and phrases of an experienced corporate lawyer. His commitment to changing the course of the future, and the impact that humankind is having on the environment, is unreserved and inspiring.

History and how he Became Involved with the Environment

John’s history gives you a sense of the evolution of how someone becomes interested in and committed to the environment. By 1977 John was practicing corporate, transactional and commercial law with an emphasis on international transactions. In September of 1989, he read an article in The New Yorker by Bill McKibben entitled “The End of Nature” which was the catalyst for his environmen-

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When you think about John’s story, I want you to ask yourself these questions: Do you care about anything besides yourself?

Do you care about your family?

Do you care about your grandchildren and what future they will face?

Or do you just live for today and feel no desire or ability to mold the future?

Intending to devote his time to environmental issues, he retired from his practice at the end of July 2008, less than two months before the start of the Great Recession. Not knowing how bad the recession would be, John put his plan to become an environmental activist on hold to earn income from consulting in Tokyo until the end of 2010.

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In addition to working to support non-profit organizations, John has been involved in facilitating development of clean energy technologies. As an example, shortly after the Fukushima disaster struck Japan in 2011, John offered to introduce Montecito wind energy entrepreneur Jim Dehlsen, who was then working to harness steady ocean currents to generate electric power, to several of his contacts in Japan. John’s efforts resulted in a substantial investment by a leading Japanese manufacturer into Mr. Dehlsen’s marine energy company which continues to develop the technology to capture power from ocean currents near Japan.

So, John is a practical man, deeply committed to the environment, and has developed a deep knowledge about what must change and will happen if we don’t alter the impending future.

Aren’t the problems so enormous, how much can really be done locally?

John’s response was, “That is a crucial question.”

John subscribes to the poet Wendell Berry’s view that our environmental problems are indeed enormous and worldwide, and the climate crisis is the most conspicuous symptom of an over-arching problem – the rupture of humanity’s mutually sustaining relationship with the natural world.

Paraphrasing Berry, while climate change “happens in the whole sky,” its “causes are myriad local instances of waste and pollution [including carbon pollution], for which local solutions will have to be worked out, if climate change is to be stopped.”

So, according to John, the bad news is, simply by doing our part to eliminate the waste and pollution that we are contributing to the crisis, we cannot solve it. On the other hand, it is also clear that unless we eliminate our waste and pollution, the crisis cannot be solved.

Fortunately, John feels our community is blessed with sufficient resources – natural, human, and financial – to eliminate our share of waste and pollution and, by our success, to inspire

“Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.” – Steve Almond

other communities around the world to do likewise.

To quote John again, “How bad will the damage from climate change have to get before humanity’s immune system kicks in with decisive action to reduce GHG emissions?”

We can either eliminate our waste and decarbonize our economy voluntarily by intelligent planning and action, or watch helplessly as our fossil-fueled civilization collapses. Of course, big social change is never easy, even in the face of strong evidence that our current behavior risks future calamity. Citing the Exodus story, John hopes that we heed the signs Nature is sending us – fires, floods, extinctions of species, collapse of ecosystems, etc.

– and not wait for the Destroying Angel to take our firstborn before we begin to repair our relationship with Nature and de-carbonize our energy system.

What can we do locally to reduce waste and abuse?

John believes that our local elected officials have the power, by regulating land use and setting energy, transportation and waste policy, to reduce and eventually eliminate our own community’s waste and emissions. In fact, due to the actions of our local leaders, most residents of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties will soon have the ability to receive their electric power from 100% fossil-free sources. Many initiatives of the CEC and other NGO’s in our community are already making huge progress to reduce waste – to cite just one: CEC’s “Rethink the Drink” program to install refilling stations in schools and provide students permanent water bottles has eliminated over 4 million plastic water bottles that would have gone into landfills or ended up in the ocean.

With the concentration of GHG’s in the atmosphere already exceeding 415 ppm and rising, Santa Barbara must also prepare for the consequences (sea level rise, increases in extremely hot days and nights, more instances of intense rainfall, etc.) that are already “baked in” to the global climate system. We must become resilient.

What specifics do you think can be done beyond land use and waste?

We have excellent local solar and wind energy resources and, combined with advances in battery storage and microgrids, we have a feasible path to achieve 100% clean energy by 2030.

Using clean energy to power electric cars, trucks and busses will help reduce emissions from transportation, but ride sharing – the simplest way to improve the energy efficiency of transportation – has not yet taken hold in our community.

I hope this begins to answer your question, Greg.

•MJ 31 October – 7 November 2019

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On Entertainment A Decade of Dance Lab

by Steven Libowitz

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ebula Dance Lab Founder/ President and Artistic Director Devyn Duex had a very clear idea of what she was suggesting when the dancer/choreographer named her new creation after the interstellar phenomenon back in 2009.

“It’s a mass with lots of gas and energy, which just pulls in more energy and it gets bigger and bigger from the collective energy,” she explained.

“That’s what we wanted to create – an open place where more people and ideas could come in.”

The concept was to go beyond personal accomplishments and embed something in the community that had an expanded vision. “I didn’t want a company that was just my stuff,” said Duex, whose extensive dance history included pre-Santa Barbara stints with James Sewell Ballet, Straw Hat Players, The Pittsburgh Playhouse, Cabrillo Music Theater, Universal Pictures, and others, while her post-2003 modern dance engagement included working with Motion Theater Dance Company, SonneBlauma Danscz Theater, Fusion Dance Company, and more. “I wanted to create an environment where emerging artists had a platform, a space where they could try things out, experiment, push the boundaries, and not only create work but also be able to put it out there for the public to see.”

Now, as Nebula is preparing to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a show at the Lobero Theatre that reprises repertory and performers from its history along with a couple of new works, Duex has come up with a title to reflect the occasion: Kairos. “It’s the perfect, delicate, crucial moment; the fleeting rightness of time and place that creates the opportune atmosphere for action, words or movement.”

The moment is the Decade of Dance Lab celebration set for November 7, an evening as a journey through

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.

Nebula’s creative collaboration and evolution featuring repertory work

by Erin Martinez, Emily Tatomer, Meredith Cabaniss (whose own Santa Barbara-based selah dance collective produced a two-week pop-up series of community events at a vacant State Street storefront earlier this month), Brooke Hughes Melton, and Edgar Zendejas along with the premiere of new works by Gianna Burright and Indy Award-winning choreographers Shelby Lynn Joyce and Weslie Ching, plus special pre-show performances by youth companies in Santa Barbara.

“I’m just so satisfied that we’ve had the ability to support so many artists, hundreds over the years,” Duex said.

“Whether they stay for eight years, which some have done, or come in and out for a project or season, everyone has a place to come back to.”

Duex was thrilled to note that the Kairos show features choreographers and many of the dancers who have moved on – including one who is even coming out of retirement to perform – representing all 10 seasons of the company/collective.

“I got emotional yesterday in rehearsal because everybody’s back, in some way or another, in the space, re-staging a piece, or dancing, or just coming to see the show. It’s just really awesome. It means a lot to have had so many people resonate with the vision. When I look out across all the dance people who have been involved, I can see that it really is a

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company, with everyone owning the things that they do.”

Duex’s own choreography will be represented by “Sand Into Glass,” which played in 2012 and 2013 to sold out houses, while she’ll also be dancing on stage as part of the celebration.

“And I’m the producer/director so there are lots of layers,” she said.

As the November 7 performance approaches, Duex is finding the emerging emotions hard to contain.

“There have already been some tears, and I’m sure I’ll be crying that night.

Good tears, of course. There’s just so much history, so many people.”

But Nebula won’t be receding into a black hole when the curtain comes down. Indeed, the rest of the season has already been announced, while next fall brings the company’s ambitious dance adaptation of “Island of the Blue Dolphins,” the 1960 children’s novel of a 24-year-old woman stranded alone for years on an island off the California coast that was adapted into a movie in 1964. Plus, there’s increased attention on Nebula’s HHII Dance Festival, which began in 2015 as a showcase for dozens of small U.S. and international companies to exhibit new works outside of their own hometowns.

“We’ve got our sights set on our next ten years,” Duex said. “We want to expand HHII into a live arts festival, and make it more collaborative beyond Nebula. We want to grow our mission to support emerging artists and provide a platform for them to be seen and heard, see other perspectives, other styles and approaches from all over the world, and create more collaborations.”

And apparently we’ll need another astronomical term to denote Duex’s Dance Lab vision.

2Qs with Ensemble Mik Nawooj

Oakland’s Ensemble Mik Nawooj is an innovative 10-piece ensemble featuring winds, strings, piano, drums, and a lyric soprano – plus two MCs, the kind you find at a hip hop concert. That’s because EMN founder and composer JooWan Kim, who was classically trained in composition at Berklee College of Music and San Francisco Conservatory, also is drawn to hip hop’s spirit of disruption. EMN

“I’ll stop wearing black when they make a darker color.” – Wednesday Addams

merges the two influences to create a hybrid that turns upside down everything you thought you knew about either genre.

EMN brings its cutting-edge stylings of original songs and extractions of Wu-Tang Clan music to UCSB Campbell Hall on Friday, November 1. Kim clued us in on its beginnings and its breadth.

Q. How on earth did you come up with EMN? A. It was really just purely by accident. I was doing my masters at conservatory, but I was totally disillusioned with the Eurocentric classical music aesthetic. I wanted to get out of that concert music world. In trying to make that happen I did a novelty piece that involved chamber music with an emcee coming in at the end.

My teachers hated it, of course, but the audience loved it. And then we ended up getting a full-page write up in the paper. My emcee thought there was some juice in the project. I spent the next six months writing music, thinking about what I wanted this to be using classical instruments. I figured, I’ve spent so much time and money, why not start there.

So you were embracing hip hop?

At the time I wasn’t into hip hop at all. But later, once I heard N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton album, I had an experience where I totally got it. It was literally a rapture. I was dipped into the river of hip hop and reborn as a hip hop composer.

Dance Dimensions

State Street Ballet, which opened its 2019-20 season early in October with one of its biggest productions in its history, scales back dramatically as “EVENINGS” – its showcase for its dancers to create their own works and experiment with new movement, music, and styles – returns to the Gail Towbes Center for Dance on November 1 and 2. The annual event features seven short world premieres, performed in SSB’s rehearsal space and followed by a Q&A with the choreographers to provide a glimpse into their process. Wine, light refreshments, and a fun social environment rounds out the event where almost anything goes.

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ist experienced with multiple modalities of vibrational healing and group facilitation, brings a special “Sounds of the Ocean” sound bath on Saturday, November 2, from 8-9:30 pm. The aural journey features recordings of whales, dolphins, and seals from deep water by Monterey Bay Canyon combined with live instruments representing the element of water to create a soundscape that represents a collaboration between marine and human life through artistic expression. The immersive sound experience is meant to connect people to nature and support environmental organizations in the wake of dramatically increasing noise pollution in our oceans caused by commercial shipping, oil and gas

exploration, and recreational boating.

Admission is $30 in advance, $35 day of.

Touch of Gratitude Imparts Elements of Esalen

Esalen Massage is a type of Swedish massage taught and trademarked by the famed Esalen Institute in Big Sur that combines with energy work to treat the mind, body, and soul simultaneously. The goal is to support and promote the internal wisdom and healer, resulting in a sense of psychological harmony and balance.

Santa Barbara resident Lori Lewis,

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Average Unit-size Density Incentive Program

Joint City Council/Planning Commission Special Meeting Thursday, November 14, 2019 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

David Gebhard Public Meeting Room 630 Garden Street

Amendments are proposed to the City’s Average Unit-Size Density (AUD) Incentive Program. At this hearing, the City Council will consider the Planning Commission’s recommendation on proposed amendments to Title 30 of the Municipal Code, which regulates multi-unit housing development standards. In response to input from decision-makers, staff, developers, and the general public on the AUD Program, substantive amendments are proposed, including changes to density and parking requirements. The City Council will receive public comment, discuss the proposed amendments, and give direction to staff.

You are invited to attend this public hearing. The agenda, staff report, and exhibits will be available by the end of the day on Thursday, November 7th at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CouncilVideos. Additional information about this work effort and background material can be found at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/AUD_amendments.

Written comments are welcome and should be submitted prior to the hearing by mail to City Clerk, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102; or by email at SGorman@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at (805) 5645305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases.

For more information, please email Jessica Metzger, AICP, Project Planner at JMetzger@SantaBarbaraCA.gov or call 564-5470 x 4582.

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who is certified by the Esalen Massage and Bodywork Association as a 500hour massage practitioner and teacher, leads a four-hour afternoon workshop on Sunday, November 3, to offer basic massage skills for participants that can be shared with friends, family members, and the greater community and families in the coming Thanksgiving season as a gift of gratitude. Space is limited to 20 students for the 1-5 pm workshop that costs $30.

Cups of Soup

November’s First Friday ecstatic dance at Yoga Soup on November 1, begins with a contact improv warmup from 7-7:30 pm followed by the two hour dance until 9:30 pm that loosely follow a 5Rhythms-style ecstatic dance “wave” with slow and mellow music building to chaotic intensity and then returning to stillness at the end. Admission is $15…

FireTenders Men’s Group, led by founder Timothy Tillman plus Jordan Santoni and Damian Gallagher, continues its “Open Tending” circles – which are open to all men on a drop-in basis to build community, connection, self awareness and emotional skills – from 3:30-5 pm on Sundays through November 17. Admission is $10.

Supermind-fulness Over Matter

It’s been an eventful 22 months for Santa Barbara-based Buddhist meditation teacher Radhule Weininger, MD, Ph.D., and, often, her husband, palliative care physician Michael Kearney, MD. That was when the Montecito debris flows cut a wide swath through the scenic hillside retreat center known as La Casa de Maria, destroying a number of important buildings and structures, although largely sparing the Center for Spiritual Renewal where Weininger was the resident teacher of mindfulness practice for 17 years. In the time since, Weininger, a clinical psychologist and the guiding teacher of the One Dharma Sangha, and Kearney, who works at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and Serenity House where he emphasizes a spiritual model of self-care based on mindfulness and connection to nature, have each published their first books. The couple also founded the nonprofit Mindful Heart Program which teaches mindfulness at area high schools and holds mindfulness facilitator training programs in the community. They’ve expanded the nearly three-year old monthly Solidarity and Compassion Project gathering, a sort of spiritual town hall initiative featuring guest speakers drawn from leading faith traditions as well as visionaries and activists to discuss ways of community healing during difficult times to help people deal with uncertainty, anxiety,

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” – William Shakespeare

and fear during a challenging time in our country. And they’ve co-led a series of retreats at Mt. Cavalry and elsewhere to teach mindfulness and compassion and enrich the community.

This week, they’ll finally make an appearance at the longstanding Santa Barbara spiritual and self-help series known as Mind & Supermind, the periodic offering from what used to be SBCC’s Adult Ed program now known as the School for Extended Learning. “Awakening the Heart: Self Care and Resilience in Uncertain Times,” which takes place 7:30-9:30 pm on Monday, November 4, at the Schott Campus Tannahill Auditorium, addresses the popular question of how to stay awake and present to the situations in the world without feeling overwhelmed or becoming burnt out.

Weininger and Kearney will discuss a model of self-care and resilience based on mindfulness, self-compassion and nature connection that they have presented to health care workers, university and high school students, educators, firefighters, and elderly individuals living in skilled nursing facilities. They will also report on Solidarity and Compassion Project which has been countering uncertain times without panic or apathy, instead offering deep connection and finding ways for compassionate action. And, we’re told, the evening includes some interactive practice with the audience.

Admission is $20. Register at https:// sbcc.augusoft.net or get tickets at the door.

Radhule & Recovery

In mid-November, Dr. Weininger also teams with Peter F. McGoey M.A. LMFT, who has worked in the recovery field for nearly years including as a case manager in Cottage’s Residential and COPE Outpatient Programs and as a teacher in the first offender DUI program in Ventura County, for the “Mindfulness Meditation and Prayer in Recovery Weekend Retreat” at Mt. Calvary Monastery Guest House.

Geared toward people in recovery and recovery support systems – which also includes AA, NA, Al-Anon, ACA, and their friends – the weekend will investigate mindfulness meditation and contemplative prayer from many perspectives, employing surrender, love, and compassion to find refuge in a spiritual practice in order to live a healthy, connected, and inspired life.

The retreat, appropriate for both new and experienced meditators, includes silent meditation sits, guided meditations, walking meditations, individual coaching, dharma talks, Q&A, and group discussions. Visit https:// www.mindfulheartprograms.org for details, registration, and information on scholarships for the November 15-17 retreat.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 18) Key Class Founder/ President John Daly, hostess Judie Jacquemin, and guest speakers Fatima Lopez and Brian SlotnickLastrico (photo by Priscilla)

World Dance for Humanity “ghouls” surrounding Jonathan Fox (photo by Priscilla)

Jonathan Fox, George Konstantinow, Mary Dorra, David and Anne Gersh, Gillian Launie, Stan and Betty Hatch, Derek and Beth Westen, Simon Williams, Dan Burnham, and George and Laurie Leis.

Ulma the Elm Montecito artist Bill Dalziel, who lost his home in the mudslides, has published his first book Ulma, The Kidnapped Tree.

The work, handsomely illustrated with his own pictures, tells of an architect’s dream in bringing an elm, an American Liberty Tree, from Virginia to a shopping center in Southern California.

“It’s a heart-filled story of a young elm and her friend, Charlie, the eastern Blue Jay, that takes us on a journey of love and loss, sadness and freedom, and the trauma of an earthquake that

eventually brings freedom to Ulma, the Liberty Tree,” explains Bill, a world traveler.

He is currently working on two other books, Zen Poetry and Musings, and a Book of Portraits.

Next month he is also unveiling a 15ft. by 3ft. five-panel ink mural Paradise Found at Pierre Lafond’s Wine Bistro.

Ps and Qs Afternoon tea and champagne were on the menu when John and Marti Daly and the Key Class, a nine-yearold organization that teaches students the manners and etiquette they need to succeed, threw a fundraiser at the Ennisbrook Club House.

Seasons Catering of Ventura donated their services for the 60 guests at the fun fête which featured Fatima Lopez,

Hugette Khumalo, Donnie Feller, John Wilson, Vickie Prezelin, Donna Reeves, Greg Abrams, and friend at the Key Class fundraiser (photo by Priscilla)

a 15-year-old student at San Marcos High, who said that “good manners and good behavior are never out of style,” and Brian Slotnick-Lastrico, a Dos Pueblos High teacher, who has welcomed John into his classroom for

the past seven years as a lecturer.

The event raised more than $70,000, including one supporter who underwrote a $35,000 videotape project,

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MONTECITO SANITARY DISTRICT NOTICE

VISIT OUR TABLE: MONTECITO BEAUTIFICATION DAY Montecito Upper Village • Saturday morning • November 2

Schedule a tour of MSD’s Treatment Plant and learn about our Recycled Water Project and our goal for green energy.

Key Class supporters Daniel and Mandy Hochman, Joan and Jerry Rocco, and Marti Daly (photo by Priscilla)

Bill Dalziel keeping busy

MEDICARE

If your property is connected to the sewer system, learn about MSD’s $2,000 private lateral repair rebate program.

If your property is located where public sewer is currently not available, learn about MSD’s proactive approach to constructing sewer pipelines to serve your neighborhood.

We look forward to seeing you at Montecito Beautification Day!

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occur, and to provide for concentration of response forces for high-risk properties. Citygate did not consider the Montecito Fire Protection District jurisdictional needs in the study.

“Taken together, these two narrowly focused studies recommend the addition of three fire stations in two relatively small fire protection districts. A single study considering both the Montecito and CarpinteriaSummerland Fire Districts jurisdictions together will likely identify mutually beneficial fire station locations,” Fire Chief Kevin Taylor told the Board of Directors on Monday.

The Committee will be tasked with exploring locations, collecting and analyzing standardized response data, providing reports to both Boards, and developing recommendations regarding the strategic use of resources to improve the District’s emergency response capability and performance.

Directors Peter van Duinwyk and Sylvia Easton were appointed to the Committee; the Board of Directors of the Carpinteria-Summerland District will vote on the action at their meeting next week.

Also at Monday’s meeting, the Board was awarded a District Transparency Certificate of Excellence

from the Special District Leadership Foundation (SDLF). The SDLF is dedicated to promoting excellence in special districts through recognition programs that highlight and focus on implementation and governance best practices. The District Transparency program was created in 2013 as an effort to promote transparency in the operations and governance of special districts to the public and to provide special districts with an opportunity to showcase their efforts in transparency.

There are three main subject areas for this program: Basic Transparency Requirements which include current ethics training certificates for all board members, and timely filing of the State Controller’s Special Districts Financial Transactions and Compensation Report; Website Requirements which includes posting the board meeting schedule, district’s mission statement, current audit and budget, and the board of director’s roster with terms of office; and Outreach Requirements.

“You are responsible for taxpayer dollars, and it’s clear you take that very seriously. We are proud to recognize these efforts,” said Steven Nascimento, Public Affairs Field Coordinator for the California Special District Association, who presented

the certificate.

Of the 2,089 Independent Special Districts in California, only 136 hold this distinction (approximately 6.5%).

Last week, the Montecito Water District received the same District Transparency Certificate of Excellence in recognition of its outstanding efforts to promote transparency and good governance.

Hearts & Hugs for Heroes Next Wednesday, November 6, the Friendship Center invites the community to celebrate veterans and their service to our country at the Montecito Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane.

There will be a heroes’ hug line, heart cookies, flag ceremony, and patriotic music. Carol Metcalf-Roth, licensed MFT, Military Family Life Counselor, and comedian, will do live comedy and discuss the monthly Veteran Support Group she facilitates. The support group is held the third Monday of each month at the Montecito Center, 2 pm to 3:30 pm, free of charge and open to all veterans.

Metcalf-Roth grew up on military bases. Her father had a 30-year career in the Air Force, serving in World

War II and Vietnam. A licensed MFT and Military Family Life Counselor, as well as an adjunct professor at Antioch University, Carol volunteers with the Soldiers Project in addition to her monthly support groups at Friendship Center for veterans.

Humor is an integral part of this work for Carol, also an accomplished stand-up comedian and actor. “My father was my hero,” she says. “And Bob Hope was his hero, entertaining troops in war zones, bringing them love from home. Humor was a way of reframing the uncertain outcomes these soldiers faced.” Working with those who struggle with cognitive impairment presents a unique challenge in a counseling setting. Carol’s approach begins with meeting participants where they are. “I never correct them when they relate a memory,” she says.

Veterans and their friends, loved ones, and supporters are all welcome to the event next week, which is from 1 pm to 3 pm. Friendship Center is a non-profit proudly serving the Santa Barbara community, providing day services for adults with dementia and other cognitive disabilities since 1976.

For more information, visit www. friendshipcentersb.org or call 805-9690859.

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“I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner.” – Evan Peters

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EDITORIAL (Continued from page 5)

Beach. It joins six other oil platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel scheduled to be permanently shut down and removed. The de-commissioning cost to oil companies per platform is a whopping $500 million to $1 billion, depending upon which option is mandated by our state.

The options being considered are: 1) Take down all seven platforms and their sub-structures completely at a cost of $1 billion per platform; 2) Create artificial reefs for marine life by retaining that portion of the platform that is below the ocean’s surface; 3) Convert the platforms to Water Factories at oil company expense in lieu of them incurring decommissioning costs. In effect, “Convert Oil into Water.”

Why Platform Holly as a Test Water Factory?

Before shutting down operations in 2015, Holly’s 30 wells on its one-acre platform descended more than 200 feet before piercing the ocean’s floor. They then spidered-out nearly 10,000 feet in all directions, to extract a mixture of both water and natural gas.

The concept would be to use existing drilling technology to extract subocean floor water and natural gas with no harm to marine life. Pass the extracted water through new underseas reverse osmosis (RO) membranes to remove salt and other impurities and deliver fresh desalinated water through existing natural gas pipelines to urban users along the California Coast.

The deal to be crafted would be for oil companies, or their appointed surrogates, to fund and produce some 25,000 to 50,000 acre-feet of desalinated water per year at zero-cost to taxpayers, shipped from the Holly platform to a shorebased “Water Portal” in return for relief on the $500-million to $1-billion cost of decommissioning each abandoned platform.

Water districts would have to pick-up the cost of a conveyance systems to distribute the water to their users, probably through a connection to the existing South Coast Conduit, which already links Goleta, Santa Barbara, Montecito, and Carpinteria.

The plan would eliminate our 70% unreliable dependency on the outdated and costly State Water System. In a gesture of nobility, coastal cities could cede or sell all their State Water (and its associated costs) to inland cities and inland agricultural interests that need more water.

Water Factory Ownership

The Platform Holly Water Factory could be owned by oil companies, or public/private partnerships, or private contractors such as Poseidon/IDE, or Santa Barbara’s own Jim Dehlsen at Dehlsen & Associates and Peter Stricker at Ecomerit Technologies. Dehlsen and Stricker has recognized that land-based desalination plants are environmentally unfriendly and expensive to build with the high cost of land, permitting restrictions, regulatory costs and legal costs in California.

They have developed engineering models for modular SeaWell offshore desalination buoys using ring-based RO modules that could be operational within two years to desalinate seawater.

Energy Considerations

Desalination operating costs are driven by the high costs of energy in California.

Ideally the Holly Platform desalination test program energy needs could be resolved by solar panels, wind turbines, wave or tidal technology or some combination of all three. To meet a demanding time schedule, available and abundant natural gas now seeping next to the platform and polluting the air seems to be a natural short-term energy solution, while replacement solar, winds and tidal solutions are developed and tested at the Marine Biology Labs on-site.

Environmental Considerations

Could community environmentalists accept the formation of Water Factories on former oil platforms? First of all, unlike oil spills, there are no adverse environmental effects from a freshwater spill.

Second, serious environmental concerns about the damage to marine life from an intake system that sucks fish larvae, eggs or plankton would be eliminated because the mix of gas and water as feedwater would be extracted from beneath the ocean floor.

Third, brine disposal problems would be minimized by diluting the brine with an unlimited amount of seawater.

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of thousands of endangered invertebrates that use the existing platform structure as their habitat.

Fifth, desalinated water could recharge our depleted aquifers preventing a potential catastrophe from saltwater intrusion and overdrafts.

Cost of Desalinated Water

An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons. It is about the amount that a family of five in California uses in a year. The cost of desalinated water has been coming down as the technology evolves. In the last three decades, the cost of desalination has dropped by more than half, except in California. The California added-cost culprits are the highest energy costs in the nation; the thicket of environmental, permitting and operating regulations; and California’s hostility to fossil fuel production anywhere in the state.

The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, 30 miles north of San Diego, remains the largest plant to turn saltwater into fresh water in North America. Each day 100 million gallons of seawater are pushed through semi-permeable membranes to create 50 million gallons of freshwater that is piped to municipal users at a cost of $2,100 per acre-foot (AF).

Water from the San Diego desalination plant costs more than twice the cost per AF for a similar desalination plant built by the same company, IDE Technologies, in Israel.

Desalinated water from the Charles E. Meyer desalination plant in Santa Barbara has been offered to the Montecito Water District (MWD) at the hefty price of nearly $3,000 an acre foot, a third more expensive than Carlsbad and three times the cost of desal water in Israel. The affordable price for desalinated water is $1,000 per AF, or less.

$100 Million Desalination Project to be Led by Lawrence Berkley Lab

Fortuitously, last month, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to lead a $100-million research project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy aimed solely at bringing down the cost of desalination.

Nineteen universities around the country including Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA and others, along with 10 private industry partners and other Department of Energy institutions such as Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee, will combine talents to reduce the cost of removing salt from ocean water to make it a more viable source of drinking water.

How to Get Started?

Identifying problems is the easy part. Finding fundable and feasible solutions is the hard part. Big ideas usually come with a price tag that normally necessitates a big tax increase or a big utility rate increase. This idea does not: no tax increases, no rate increases.

Santa Barbara County needs imaginative new ideas. Our county is essentially broke (financially challenged) because of unfunded public pension liabilities and retiree health care costs. Recently beset by wildfires, floods and mudslides, the latest debacle is 10-years of potential power outages from our trusted electrical utilities, PG&E and Edison, who both threaten to shut off all power whenever a brush fire or winds greater than 30 mph seem imminent.

Is it possible for South County leadership – Supervisors Das Williams, Gregg Hart and Joan Hartman – all openly pro-environment and anti-oil and natural gas drilling – along with supervisors Peter Adam and Steve Lavagnino – to meet with Lawrence Laboratory representatives and a community technology team to structure a “Proof of Concept” for the Holly Platform, or any other platform for a conversion to a Water Factory and a marine biology lab?

Business leaders with ties to our community could include Steve Bechtel (Bechtel Corporation), Ken Stinson (Kiewit Corp); Jim Dehlsen (Aquantis) and Peter Stricker (Ecomerit Technologies); Gilad Cohen, CEO of IDE Americas and/or Ralph Felix of IDE Americas, Inc, who manages the desalination plant for Santa Barbara, and many others.

Even if technically feasible, would oil companies accept the capital and operating costs of Water Factories in lieu of platform decommissioning costs? Would environmentalists stop blocking anything and everything?

Would elected leaders and Lawrence Lab accept fossil fuel money to help fund research for this program?

We can no longer afford to live in our current La La Land. This is an issue for Das Williams and/or Gregg Hart to pursue in order to polish their environmental credentials as innovative and effective dealmakers. Let me know what you think. Email me at bobhazard@gmail.com.

•MJ

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Mayor’s Awards recipients (photo by Priscilla) Christopher Toomey, Christine Emmons, Andrea Michaels, and John Daly at the Ennisbrook Club House (photo by Priscilla)

which will be made next year.

Among the supporters tucking into the tea sandwiches and scones with strawberry jam and clotted Cornish cream were Anne Towbes, Christopher Toomey, Donna Reeves, Christine Emmons, Merryl Brown, Alixe Mattingly, Daniel and Mandy Hochman, Jane Orfalea, Andrea Michaels, and Suzi Schomer.

One Meal A Day Former TV talk show titan Oprah Winfrey is up for a challenge.

Montecito’s most famous resident is now halfway through a 30-day challenge requiring she eat one “plantbased meal” per day.

Oprah, 65, is taking on a culinary task posed by One Meal A Day, a book written by Titanic director James Cameron’s fifth and current wife, Suzy Amis.

The TV tycoon, who owns a stake in Weight Watchers, posted photos of her on Instagram eating a gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free pancake made

Tasha Addison, Mark Parker, and Patience Ncube at the Mayor’s Awards breakfast (photo by Priscilla)

with gluten-free flour, no eggs and no milk, but with banana and flax seeds and “a little bit of Earth Balance to hold it together.”

Food for thought...

Mayor Murillo’s Medals Cathy Murillo hosted the 14th annual Mayor’s Awards breakfast honoring businesses for facilitating employment for those with disabilities at the Carrillo Recreation Center.

The Non-Profit award went to the Santa Barbara Zoo, the first menagerie on the Left Coast to become a certified autism center, while the outstanding effort accolade was given to the 45-year-old Buena Tool Company for providing training and employment opportunities to student workers.

The Employment-Accommodation award went to Karl Storz Imaging, a high-tech medical imaging equipment designer-manufacturer, which was accepted by Miles Hartfeld, president, and Rick Spitzer, director of facilities and technical services.

The final award for design and accessibility went to architects Kruger Bensen Ziemer, which was accepted

by Joe Wilcox and Mat Gradias.

Dani Anderson, executive director of the Independent Living Resource Center, was keynote speaker.

Another Flip Montecito TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and wife actress Portia de Rossi have just sold a townhouse in Westlake Village for $980,000.

The tony twosome purchased the

property four years ago for $670,000 and first listed it in July for $1.125 million.

Feeling Z.E.N. Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West was socially gridlocked when the Z.E.N. Trio, made up from the initials of pianist Zhang Duo, violinist Esther Yoo, and cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, performed as part of UCSB’s popular Arts & Lectures series.

The concert, part of the long-runUCSB Music Department Chair Robert Koening with Z.E.N. Trio violinist Esther Yoo and Joel Lindsey (photo by Grace Kathryn Photography)

SBC Supervisor Das Williams, Rick Spitzer, Mayor Cathy Murillo, and Miles Hartfeld (photo by Priscilla)

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headed the organization’s pre-concert lecture series.

Sightings: Rocket Man star Taron Egerton and Elton John’s lyricist Bernie Taupin at the Riviera Theatre...

Modern Family actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson noshing at the Honor Bar...

Oscar winner Michael Keaton checking out the Biltmore’s spa

Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmineards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal.

To reach Priscilla, email her at priscilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 805-969-3301 •MJ

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Sponsor Robert Weinman with the Z.E.N. Trio (photo by Grace Kathryn Photography)

Chefs Michael Patria and Erik Anderson show off abundant skills at Tydes

ning Robert Weinman-sponsored Up Close & Musical Series, featured works by Schubert, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, and Babajanian.

Afterwards a reception was hosted for the tony triumvirate, appropriately enough, in Robert Weinman Hall.

Mouth-Watering Menu To Tydes at the Coral Casino where the Biltmore’s new executive chef Michael Patria and Michelin-starred culinary wizard Erik Anderson from the new Truss Restaurant at the Four Seasons in Napa Valley, showed off their skills debuting a new dinner menu which is available through November 16.

The menu, which marries Patria’s vision for the eatery with acclaimed dishes from Anderson, includes California white sturgeon caviar with pickled red onion in seaweed vinegar, jidori egg white and yolk pearls, lightly smoked creme fraiche, and buckwheat waffles; sunchoke bisque with hazelnut, apple and radish; mackerel crust with fermented pineapple, burned onion, and fig leaf oil; grilled lobster with cornbread panzanella salad, smoked heirloom tomatoes, corn, truffle butter and yuzu vinaigrette; California white sturgeon poached in chicken fat, Savoy cabbage, grilled chicken hearts, caviar and roasted hay cream; and cote de boeuf with matsutake mushrooms, consommé, bone marrow, potatoes and bordelaise sauce.

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Madame President Award-winning actress and opera singer Deborah Bertling has been appointed president of the women’s board of the Community Arts Music Association.

Her extensive performance history throughout California has included dozens of plays, musicals, staged readings, concerts, feature films, and several Opera Santa Barbara productions.

Deborah is also president of the Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation.

In addition to hosting an annual fundraising event benefitting CAMA, the women’s board seeks to bolster appreciation for classical music generally, and in recent years has spear-

The prize-winning journalist and author of the blockbuster book The Woman’s Hour, Elaine Weiss recounts the riveting story of one of America’s greatest battles: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote.

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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, NOVEMBER 1 Dog Days of Autumn – With the temperature finally dipping to more seasonal cool numbers, the timing seems right for a concert by Three Dog Night – whose name came from a magazine article about the number of canines indigenous Australians would cuddle up with to keep warm on particularly cold nights. The band formed back in 1967 with an unusual alignment that featured three different lead singers in Chuck Negron, Danny Hutton, and Cory Wells. Within two years, the band was already scoring big hits, and by 1975 they’d placed 21 consecutive singles on Billboard’s Top 40 chart, including three No. 1 hits, one each by the individual singers. Negron long ago left for a solo career, Wells (and two other original members) passed away, but Hutton and near-original guitarist Michael Allsup are still plugging along with the group responsible for turning Hoyt Axton’s “Joy to the World” into one of the most popular classic rock radio staples – does anybody not know that Jeremiah was a bullfrog? Although they had a few band-composed hits, Three Dog Night also promoted lots of other writers, putting Randy Newman on the map with “Mama Told Me (Not to Come),” giving Laura Nyro royalties for “Eli’s Coming,” helping to make the musical Hair mainstream by covering “Easy to Be Hard,” popu-

larizing Harry Nilsson’s “One,” and giving props to soul man Otis Redding by re-working his “Try a Little Tenderness.” It might have been 43 years since the band recorded a full-length album, but those are some pretty good laurels to rest on. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom, 3400 Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $29-$59 INFO: (800) CHUMASH or www.chumashcasino.com Food, Shelter ... and Counseling – Maslov’s hierarchy of human needs gets addressed on a number of fronts via tonight’s benefit event at The New Vic Theatre featuring a staged reading of Food and Shelter written by the highly decorated writer Jane Anderson. The author won an Emmy for writing the screenplay for the miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014), and includes among her credits writing and directing the feature film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) as well as several critically acclaimed television movies, notably Normal (2003), starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson, and The Baby Dance (1998), starring Stockard Channing and Laura Dern. She also scored a nomination for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series for her work on the second season of Mad Men, and also wrote the Glenn Close-starring Oscar-nominated 2018 film The Wife. Food and Shelter,

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 ‘Butterfly’ Buffet – If you are somehow unaware that Opera Santa Barbara opens its new season at the Granada this weekend with Puccini’s beloved Madama Butterfly, don’t blame the company itself.

OSB has outdone itself with promotions, tie-ins and ancillary events in the weeks leading up to the new production, including multiple appearances by its Chrisman Studio Artists, a community-wide “Big Sing!”, a kimono show, pop-up performances at Pianos on State, not to mention last weekend’s groundbreaking free open rehearsal in the open air featuring the full singing cast and the OSB Orchestra at the Courthouse Sunken Gardens, a first for the company, which was also honored at the Granada Legends Gala in September. Tonight and Sunday, you can check out OSB’s full production of the masterpiece that the composer modified after it opened in 1904 to jeers and boos, turning the story of clashing cultures through innocence and betrayal into one of the world’s most popular operas. OSB artistic director Kostis Protopapas conducts, Octavio Cardenas, last with OSB for 2016’s Carmen, directs, as Eleni Calenos (Mimi in La Bohème, OSB 2018) and Harold Meers (Le Chevalier des Grieux in Manon, OSB 2017 and Don José in Carmen) return as the doomed geisha and sailor. Butterfly soars with emotionally charged arias and unforgettable duets highlighting a lush and lyrical score, and OSB’s production heightens the drama by setting the piece with imaginative digital projections. WHEN: 7:30 pm tonight, 2:30 pm Sunday WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $15-$209 INFO: (805) 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org

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EVENTS

by Steven Libowitz

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 TRAP Set – Founded by drummer Eddie Tuduri after he suffered a traumatic brain injury in an accident, The Rhythmic Arts Project has provided service for more than 20 years to people with intellectual and developmental differences both locally and globally via musical programs and more. Periodic benefit concerts grew from outdoor gardens in Carpinteria to the glorious Lobero Theatre, but now we’re told tonight’s concert will be the last at the venue. They’re going out with a bang, though, as perennial guests Michael & Amy McDonald and Bill & Tamara Champlin will be joined by the band Fall Risk and special guest Ellis Hall for the event hosted by radio personality Lin Aubochon. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $59.50-$84.50 ($159.50 VIP tickets include a post-show reception with the artists) INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

which details the struggles of a homeless couple and young daughter who use a $100 infusion to visit Disneyland and decide to spend the night in the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse – was praised by The New York Times for “flashes of quirky humor and its realistic depiction of everyday frustration and anguish” when it opened in 1991 and later dubbed “Heart wrenching”

by Variety. Tonight’s reading stars stage and screen actors Joe Spano (NCIS, Apollo 13, NYPD Blue, and Fracture), Eric Lange (Victorious, Lost, Narcos, and The Bridge), Chris Butler (Designated Survivor, Rescue Dawn, The Good Wife, and King & Maxwell), and Faline England (9-11, The Mentalist, Station 19, and Valentine’s Day) and is directed by local helming star Jenny Sullivan (who most recently helmed a two-character work at the Rubicon that starred Spano and England). The reading is presented by (and benefits) New Beginnings Counseling Center to introduce new community members to its work and expose people to the ongoing social issue of homelessness. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: New Vic Theatre, 33 West Victoria St. COST: $39 INFO: 965-5400 or www.ensembletheatre. com/rental-shows Photogs at Person – The new art show from the Person Ryan Gallery, Santa Barbara Coastal Innovations: A Local Photographer’s Eye, explores our local coast through the lens of 10 professional area photographers, each with their own perspective. Among the artists represented in the gallery’s first photo exhibit since opening a year ago are Bill Dewey, who captured many aerial views while at the controls of his plane; veteran coastal photographer Reeve Wolpert, who has recently documented the Gaviota

Coast for The Nature Conservancy; Nik Wheeler, who started his career as a combat photographer for UPI in Vietnam followed by assignments in the Middle East as well as projects for Time, Newsweek, and National Geographic; Santa Barbara Independent photo editor Kim Reierson, who spent a decade in New York as a commercial photographer in the fashion industry before returning to Santa Barbara and documenting truck drivers with her book Eighteen; and Ken Pfeiffer, who spent his career teaching psychology and engineering at UCLA and now specializes in real estate and architectural interior photography. WHEN: Opening reception 5:30-7:30 pm tonight; exhibit continues through December 24 WHERE: 2346 Lillie Avenue, in the Summerland Center for the Arts COST: free INFO: (805) 770-3677 or www.personryangallery.com SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Wooden it be Nice – It would seem to be a bit of a cliché to call a musician a “one-of-a-kind composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter,” as Hiroya Tsukamoto’s bio suggests, but his story might actually be unique.

The Kyoto-born Tsukamoto began playing the five-string banjo when he was 13, took up the guitar shortly after, and in 200 received a scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. That’s where he not only began to refine and hone his fingerstyle approach but also formed his own group called INTEROCEANICO (inter-oceanic) which consisted of musicians from different continents including Latin Grammy-winning Colombian singer Marta Gomez. The group released three acclaimed records while Tsukamoto has also put out 31 October – 7 November 2019

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 For the Hale of it – Lifelong rock and roll fan and music lover Hale Milgrim, whose journey to the executive suite at Capitol Records began behind the counter at Isla Vista’s Discount Records, is back after a healthy hiatus with another episode of Go To Hale: Quips & Clips. While most of the shows in the series – which boasts rare concert footage mined from his personal archives plus a wealth of and insider stories – have a relatively narrow theme, Milgrim goes meta for tonight’s offering. “Music is Love: 1960s-Present” traces the music man’s six-decades-plus love affair with rock music, a Milgrim-ized magical mystery tour of outstanding artists and over-the-top tales, full of memorable insights, commentary and illumination. As always, given Hale’s healthy sense of humor, the presentation will begin at 6:57 pm sharp, with doors open half an hour earlier, while pre-show refreshments and fun stuff from Lobero LIVE and classic rock radio station KTYD begins at 6:023. And given his humble and humanistic tendencies, all proceeds from sales benefit live music at the Lobero. WHEN: 6:57 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $20 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

three solo albums, earning raves from Jazz Review.com, who praised his “… chops, passion and warmth. Zealously recommended!”, and Acoustic Guitar Magazine, which said Tsukamoto “plays with fluid mastery, pristine tone, and great warmth.” In 2018, he won second place in the International Finger Style Guitar Championship. Hear his “fingerstyle soundscapes” in a solo concert tonight as part of the Santa Barbara Acoustic Music Association’s Wooden Hall concert series. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Alhecama Theater, 914 Santa Barbara St. COST: $22 in advance, $25 at the door INFO: www.sbama.org SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Suffragists’ City – Journalist Elaine Weiss’ recounting the riveting story of the battle for ratification of the

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constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote made her book The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote a blockbuster bestseller. Her Nashville-based tale of the tension-filled struggle for Tennessee to be the last necessary state to ratify – the culmination of suffragists’ seven-decade crusade – was called a “gripping account… of courage and cowardice” by The Wall Street Journal and inspired former Senator, Secretary of State and presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton to team up with Steven Spielberg to bring the triumphant episode of American history to TV. Hear from the author herself at UCSB, two days before Election Day. WHEN: 3 pm Sunday, November 3 WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $20$35 INFO: (805) 893-3535 www.

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Storm Warning – Not long after Storm Front added comedy and parody to their Barbershop Quartet act back in 2007, the fearsome foursome won the International Quartet Championship for 2010 at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s annual international convention. The quartet – whose puns can be as precious and antics as zany as their harmonies are heavenly – remains one of the most sought-after show quartets nearly a full decade later. Storm Front will headline this afternoon’s Barbershop Harmony Show sponsored by Pacific Sound Chorus, the Santa Barbara and Ventura based ensemble that rehearsal every Monday night and produces periodic shows at the Marjorie Luke. The show will be one of the first local concerts since Pac Sound appointed Courtney Anderson-George as its new front-line director, and will also feature the Carpe Diem Chorus, the local female ensemble that less than four years after forming claimed the 2015 Region 11 Chorus Championship, the smallest chorus (20 singers) in the 70-year history of Sweet Adelines to win a regional championship. Three years later, Carpe Diem, now 26 singers strong, brought home the gold as 2017 International Small Chorus Champions at the International Harmony Classic Competition. WHEN: 2 pm WHERE: Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara Junior High, 721 East Cota St. COST: $20-$50 INFO: (800) 353-1632 or www.pacificsoundchorus.org/

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of sand I noticed the other dog they had with them urinating and then the man left it off the leash. That ruined it for me. As I was leaving, I noticed about five other people with several dogs on Butterfly Road heading toward the beach. I vowed never to go to this contaminated dog cesspool ever again, and right in front of a highend hotel.

I know a doctor in town that openly admits that he walks his dog daily by East Beach and allows it to defecate in a bush and just leaves it there, for years!! I’m sure he is not the only one.

The horrible fact is that there is not one beach in Santa Barbara that is not contaminated with dogs. Even though there is a designated dog beach, “Hendry’s,” is not good enough for dog owners that have no respect for the law, the wildlife or other people that want a clean, healthy beach to relax peacefully, listening to the waves and not barking dogs.

Why is the City of Santa Barbara (and the County) refusing to enforce the laws regarding dogs on the beaches? I called animal control a couple times and the officer tells me, “It is frustrating” that people are breaking the laws, but they do nothing about it.

I suggested that the city have officers like the parking police that would patrol the beaches where the signs are posted “No Dogs Permitted”.

They would be able to fine for dogs off the leash in addition to being on restricted, protected areas. He used city budget as an excuse. I told him they would make a fortune for the city while protecting the environment!

The LA Times published an article on just how toxic dogs are to the environment that also explained fecal matter.

Something needs to be done to stop people from freely breaking the law and turning Santa Barbara beaches into dog cesspools that end up in the ocean causing more bacteria levels to rise. They are also transporting ticks onto the sand that cause lime disease.

I’m sure scientists and environmentalists would back me on this. Please come forward.

Danielle Loveall Santa Barbara

Bill ‘Em and Kill ‘Em

California’s War on Prosperity includes: outrageous gas prices, petroleum prohibition, no new oil refineries, no new water storage for agriculture and citizens, 13% State income tax, State-wide rent control, over-taxing costs burdening building housing, fast-growing homeless, diseases from human fecal matter and needles left on sidewalks and in parks, gainfully employed taxpayers and businesses exiting the State in alarming numbers, welfare recipients welcomed, illegal immigration and laws not enforced,

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police sanctuary zones, viable independent contractor businesses outlawed, broke public utility power shut-offs, Government salaries and pensions out of control – both unsustainable (Santa Barbara Sups just voted salary increase), over-priced healthcare, over-taxed education with low scoring results, etc., etc., etc.

The musical chairs strategies of the elected are the “generals” in charge that created and perpetuate California’s “War on Prosperity.” Other states are governed better and encourage freedom and prosperity; their populations are living successfully. Is this a war we want to lose? Join the resistance and unite, pick a battle and fight back against California’s War on Prosperity.

Michael C. Schaumburg Santa Barbara

Feed ‘em and Fete ‘em

What to do with the Montecito Inn restaurant location? Invite “Jane” to come back, both bar and restaurant.

Enough of the “discreet charm of the bourgeoisie” eateries. Take note of the Honor Bar. Bet they could open a second one with a different menu and be successful if the Jane family isn’t interested. Also, I think Kaiser Grill would be a hit. My two bits.

Steve Ruggles Montecito (Editor’s note: Or, how about recreating a bistro-style eatery like Café Au Lait (Full Disclosure: That was my family’s restaurant and, no, we’re not up to it, but we’d donate the recipes) – J.B.)

Fly Me To the Moon

Let me play among the stars…

But how to get there in the next years will bring controversy.

We will not achieve a future without fuel to get us there.

We will not fly unless we sprout wings if we cannot have fossil fuel.

We are not even close to some form of transportation that needs only solar or wind.

We cannot ride a bike or walk to the moon.

Some ideas are just absurd, that we should go back to walking, riding bikes or some train that can’t be built.

Ideas to nowhere abound.

Roads exist for cars and trucks and busses and will for a long time. We can’t just stop fixing them and hope people stop driving.

More advanced cars still need fuel and most of us drive cars that need gas. We’ve come so far so fast with gas and oil. We still have lots of it.

Time will send us into a future with new technologies and ways to get where we want to go, but we won’t walk to the future as our governor has suggested.

If these officials had to walk or ride

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a bike for even just a week they might rethink, but we know that won’t happen. They have needs that “we” don’t.

All those attending the climate conference flew in private planes on their private agendas and cared not how much fuel they used.

They would have us walk, while they fly.

We have words like light-speed, ultrasonic, and supersonic now engrained in our brains.

Faster, faster, faster. That is the future; to fly faster, to drive faster.

To the Moon Alice…

Chris Frisina Montecito

Let’s Make A Change

I am voting for Andy Caldwell because as a conservative Californian I am tired of “Taxation without Representation”. I want my Congressman to represent the principles upon which the country was founded, not a socialist agenda.

I am voting for Andy Caldwell because Salud Carbajal has proven to me he is a socialist, who believes the government should control every aspect of our lives. He took an Oath of Office to support our Constitution and our current immigration laws, instead he supports illegal Immigration and open borders. Illegal Immigration is unfair to those who are trying to enter the country legally.

America is a nation of laws; our elected representatives must support our current immigration laws. We need to control our borders; a nation without borders loses its sovereignty. If Congressman Carbajal disagrees with our current Immigration Laws he needs to work to change the laws in Congress, not just ignore them. That’s his job as a Congressman.

Salud supports government control of our healthcare system.

Government control of healthcare always results in higher costs, higher

“Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.” – Mason Cooley

premiums, higher deductibles, longer wait times, and ultimately the rationing of healthcare treatment.

Government controlled healthcare has the efficiency of the DMV, and the compassion of the IRS. Andy Caldwell supports healthcare decisions being made between individuals, families, and their doctors.

I am voting for Andy Caldwell because I believe in a smaller, limited Constitutional government, control of government spending, and a free market economy. Free market economies have raised the standard of living across the globe.

I am voting for Andy Caldwell because I love America as she was founded.

John Texeira Paso Robles

Heads Will Roll

Media cannot guide and control this Justice Department investigation.

Trump’s Deep State enemies will go to jail and The Donald will coast to reelection in 2020. As a corollary to this, Republicans may control all branches of constitutional government in January 2021.

These dirty Deep State people, caught with their pants down around their ankles, truly are “Scumbags”.

To paraphrase AC/DC: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap are worthy of public shame, humiliation and jail time.

The outright damage these people have needlessly inflicted on America’s free institutions is incalculable.

If Hollywood actresses can get jail time for buying matriculation rights for their daughters at U.S.C, scumbags who were willing to scam, game and trash our democratic systems for personal pleasure and profit should spend at least a decade in the slammer.

See ya, guys. Wouldn’t want to be ya.

David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara •MJ 31 October – 7 November 2019

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Elizabeth Langtree (805) 733-1030 or (805) 689-0461.

SB SOS- senior concierge moving and estate sales 805.946.0060 We offer comprehensive downsizing, moving and turn key setup services for seniors.

Connect with Santa Barbara locals, Kelsey and Deb, for a complimentary consultation. justbreathe@sbsos.care https://sbsos.care/ 805-946-0060

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SENIOR RELOCATION SERVICES www.SantaBarbaraRelocationServices.com Personalized Estate Solutions.

Managing your complete move!

Downsizing, packing, move coordination, setup, estate sales, home closure services.

Your LOCAL SPECIALIST since 2012.

Call Kip Glover 805-452-4423 for a free consultation.

Compassionate and Caring Caregiver. Candice Turner 805-963-0012

ITEMS FOR SALE TRESOR We Buy, Sell and Broker Important Estate Jewelry. Located in the upper village of Montecito.

Graduate Gemologists with 30 years of experience. We do free evaluations and private consultation.

1470 East Valley Rd suite V. 805 969-0888

PHYSICAL TRAINING/HEALTH Fit for Life Customized workouts and nutritional

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guidance for any lifestyle. Individual/group sessions.

Specialized in CORRECTIVE EXERCISE – injury prevention and post surgery.

House calls available. Victoria Frost- CPT & CES

MONTECITO CARE & MORE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY We offer private rooms for your loved ones with dedicated, loving and nursing care. www.montecitocareandmore.com 805 448-2172

Improve the Way You Move House calls for personalized strengthening, flexibility, balance, coordination and stamina. Certified in effective exercise for Parkinson’s. Josette Fast, PT since 1980, UCLA trained 805-722-8035 www.fitnisphysicaltherapy.com

GOT OSTEOPOROSIS? We can help! At OsteoStrong our proven non-drug protocol takes just ten minutes once a week to improve your bone density and aid in more energy, strength, balance and agility. Please call for a complimentary session!

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SPECIAL/PERSONAL SERVICES BUSINESS ASSISTANT/BOOKKEEPER Pay Bills, Filing, Correspondence, Reservations, Scheduling, Confidential. Semi-retired professional.

Excellent references.

Sandra (805) 636-3089 I’m a Food Safety Certified Chef offering a home delivery meal service. I’ll prepare and deliver well balanced, nutritional meals. I also offer cooking classes. Contact Dinesh 805-448-7961

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I’ve healed the soil since 1972.

Invisible Gardener 310-457-4438 or 805-612-7321.

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT Local Buyer Wants Lease @ Option Local couple seek SB Area rustic or fixer upper to buy on lease @ option 2 – 4 bdrm. Pvt Ptys only. What do you have? Call John 805-455-1420

HOME RENTALS Riviera, Spectacular Ocean, City, Island Sunset Views. 3 BR/2BA. Large open living/dining/kitchen area with views, view deck, flagstone patios, laundry hook-up, surrounded by nature – oaks, birds and butterflies. Quiet, private, light, bright. Easy access to downtown Santa Barbara and Montecito. N/S, small pet considered. $4500/ mo. 310-467-5303 Elegantly updated craftsman bungalow. Lower riviera. Furnished 2 BR, 3BA, den, office, great kitchen, bkfst room pvt outdoor patios, beamed ceiling, skylights, original wood floors, light, bright, open, private, quiet. N/S, small pet considered. $4200/mo.

310-467-5303 HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Amazing ocean views with pool & spa.

2 beautiful properties on the riviera: #1 is furnished (5bd/4.5ba) & #2 is unfurnished (6bd/6ba).

Call Annick for details 805-708-0320

OFFICE RENTALS Private Office Suite SubLease Available Immediately Coast Village Rd 250 sq ft $1800 805-729-2621 jill.taskjoy@gmail.com Over 25 Years in Montecito

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ADVERTISE IN THE LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY (805) 565-1860 I Heal the Soil

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LVN, CMC, Client Care Manager FRENCH ANTIQUE FURNITURE SPECIALIZING IN “ART DECO” CLUB CHAIRS

STEVEN BROOKS JEWELERS Appraisals for Estates and Insurance Graduate Gemologist ~ Established 1974 Sales of Custom Designed and Estate Jewelry Purchasing Estates sbjewelers@gmail.com or 805-455-1070

PERSONAL ADS Female 62. I am noble and virtuous.

Seeking companionship from a like minded individual. Call (805) 886 7849

SITUATION WANTED Room and Bath in exchange for light duties, driving, errands, companionship. Responsible, reliable, quiet, non-smoker, non-drinker, no pets.

References. Areas desired Montecito, Summerland, East Side, Riviera. Moving to Santa Barbara area permanently.

Rob 949-444-4488

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

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er’s bounty is our birds best bowl of food! The flock goes bananas for your apples, oranges & other homegrown fruits & veggies.

Volunteers Do you have a special talent or skill?

Do you need community service hours?

The flock at SB Bird Sanctuary could always use some extra love and socialization. Call us and let’s talk about how you can help.

(805) 969-1944

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED K-PALS need volunteers to be foster parents for our dogs while they are waiting for their forever homes. For more information info@k-9pals.org or 805-570-0415.

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LUCKY’S . . . for lunch • Smaller Plates and Starter Salads •

• Main Course Salads •

Iceberg Lettuce Wedge ....................................................................10 roquefort or thousand island dressing

Sliced Steak Salad, 6 oz................................................................... 27 arugula, radicchio, endive, sautéed onion

Arugula, Radicchio & Endive, reggiano, balsamic vinaigrette.... 12 Caesar Salad..................................................................................... 12 Farm Greens, balsamic vinaigrette................................................. 12 Jimmy the Greek Salad, french feta ............................................... 12 Giant Shrimp Cocktail (3 pcs)........................................................ 18 Grilled Artichoke, choice of sauce.................................................. 12 Burrata, tomatoes, arugula, evoo....................................................15 French Onion Soup Gratinée ......................................................... 12 Matzo Ball Soup or Today’s Soup ..................................................10 Lucky Chili, cheddar, onions, warm corn bread............................14 Fried Calamari, two sauces ............................................................. 12

Seafood Louie ....................................................................................32 two shrimp, 4 oz. crab, egg, romaine, tomato ,cucumber, avocado

Lucky Meatballs, tomato sauce, grilled ciabatta...........................15

Cobb Salad, roquefort dressing .......................................................20 Chopped Salad ...................................................................................18 arugula, radicchio, shrimp, prosciutto, beans, onions Charred Rare Tuna Nicoise Salad................................................... 27 Old School Chinese Chicken Salad ................................................20 Chilled Poached Salmon Salad of the day .....................................22 Lucky’s Salad .................................................................................... 19 romaine, shrimp, bacon, green beans, avocado and roquefort

• Sandwiches • Fries, Farm Greens or Caesar

• Tacos and other Mains •

Lucky Burger, choice of cheese, soft bun or kaiser ...................... 20 Vegetarian Burger, choice of cheese .............................................. 20 soft bun or kaiser (burger patty is vegan)

Chicken, Swordfish or Steak Tacos .................................................22 beans, guacamole, salsa, tortillas

Sliced Filet Mignon Open Faced Sandwich, 6 oz. .......................27 mushroom sauce

Fried Chicken Breast, boneless & skinless, coleslaw and fries ...... 19 Chicken Parmesan, San Marzano tomato sauce ............................22 imported mozzarella, basil

Reuben Sandwich, corned beef, kraut & gruyère on rye ............. 20

Salmon, blackened, grilled or steamed ...........................................22 lemon-caper butter sauce, sautéed spinach

Chili Dog, onions, cheddar & kraut - all on the side ....................14 Maine Lobster Roll, warm buttered D’Angelo roll ..................... 29

Sautéed Tofu, Japanese vinaigrette, green onions, shiitakes ..........18 Sliced Prime NY Steak Frites, 7 oz. ...............................................29 red wine shallot or peppercorn cream sauce Smoked Scottish Salmon, Toasted Bialy or Bagel .........................20 cream cheese & condiments

Grilled Chicken Breast Club on a Soft Bun ................................ 20 bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado

• Sides • Skinny Onion Rings or Herbie’s Potato Skins ................................9 Lucky’s Home Fries or Fried Sweet Potatoes ..................................9 Lucky’s Half & Half .......................................................................... 10 Sautéed Spinach or Sugar Snap Peas ...............................................9

Our Corkage Fee is $35 per 750ml bottle with a 2-bottle limit per table • 20% Gratuity added to parties of six or more