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KEYT strikes gold with spate of Golden Mike Awards for broadcasting at L.A. ceremony, P. 6

THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P.11 • SEEN AROUND, P.14 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P.38

GATEWAY TO SCHOOL

Cold Spring School Board makes plans to remove portable classrooms to make way for new administration building; two new classrooms are also part of the proposals (story on p.12)

Steam Dream

Multiple Personalities

No Place Like Home

Car aficionado Jay Leno gets revved-up about Dana Newquist’s prized 1917 Stanley Steamer, p.5

John Tufts portrays more than 30 characters for I Am My Own Wife at New Vic this month, p.30

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Coming & Going James Buckley takes the wheel with friend Dana Newquist, proud owner of a 1917 Stanley Steamer; what’s cooking in Trattoria Mollie’s kitchen; Beach Boys backstage; the Orfaleas report on a fallen tree; and Teen Dance Star 6 Montecito Miscellany TV Hill earns spate of awards; mayor Helene Schneider; Oprah’s weight reduction; teens on Wheel of Fortune; author Stacy Shiff; Lara Firestone’s documentary John; Beverley Jackson honored; The Cecilia Fund; gala for Robert and Christine Emmons; Beach Boys at Granada; Camerata Pacifica players; wine drinking; and Super Bowl suite 8 Letters to the Editor Janice Poltroon on Hollywood politics; Robert Mercado by the numbers; Dale Lowdermilk talks politics; Dudley Morris on water; Michael Phillips eyes the coast; Harris Sherline asks about rights; Daniel Seibert photos; and Tony Papa of CASA 11 This Week Poetry club; Walk & Roll; exhibit opens; Peresphone Rising lecture; prayer retreat; arts and crafts; free music; zoo lecture; health seminar; tea dance; MBAR meeting; Cold Spring board; MA meeting; SMBB lecture; German talk; Festival of Hearts; Date Night; Valentine’s Day Picnic and dinner; Adventuresome Aging; Cava entertainment; brain fitness; Story Time; Italian conversation; farmers and artisans markets 12 Village Beat Cold Spring School forum explores progress; MFPD announces alert system; Friendship Center Festival of Hearts; and YMCA board’s new members

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14 Seen Around Town Lynda Millner enjoys a centennial gala at SB Museum of Natural History; Stacy Schiff ’s new book; and author Missy Brant Chandler De Young at Channel City Club 20 Tide Guide Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach 21 Ernie’s World Ernie Witham explores the long and short of February, touching on groundhogs, Valentine’s Day, and – above all – President’s Day 28 On Entertainment Steven Libowitz profiles animation authority Pete Docter, focusing on Inside Out, and catches up with Room director Lenny Abrahamson 30 On Theater John Tufts from Oregon Shakespeare Festival company provides a peek behind the scenes of I am My Own Wife, slated for the New Vic 36 Your Westmont The college hosts esteemed author and Stanford professor Jack Rakove, and Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts conference February 4-6 38 Calendar of Events First Thursday downtown SB; Blood, Sweat & Tears at Chumash; Tim Farrell at Cambridge Drive church; David Bowie tribute in Carp; artist Kirsten Gold; SB Music Club at Hahn Hall; SB Museum of Art exhibit; organist Cameron Carpenter plays Granada; and SB Chamber Orchestra makes natural history 40 Legal Advertising 41 Cinema Scope James Luksic explores the high seas for the real-life chronicle The Finest Hours and goes face to face with Jane Got A Gun Movie Guide 45 Real Estate As Mark Ashton Hunt reports, the Montecito housing market continues to sizzle; he lists and spotlights four of his favorite properties Open House Guide 46 Classified Advertising Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales 47 Local Business Directory Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they need what those businesses offer

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After a few hours of effort, the Steamer finally got underway and Jay and Dana took it “on the road”

tanley Steamer” is a name associated (in my mind at least) with a nearly legendary type of automobile: one powered by steam.

The Stanley Steamer, I’ve come to learn, was created and assembled by identical twins Francis Edgar and Freelan Oscar Stanley. They were born in Kingfield, Maine, in 1849 and not only created the Steamer for ordinary folks to drive, but also crafted what became known as the Stanley Rocket, which set a land-speed record of 127.66 mph... in 1906! It was a record unbroken (in its weight and class) at least until 1985.

Montecito has its share of serious car aficionados: Craig McCaw, Michael Armand Hammer, Rob Miller, Monte Wilson, Philip Smith, among others, and most importantly, a longtime friend of mine, Dana Newquist. For those who may remember, Dana was the owner-proprietor of Montecito Video way back when “video tape” was something more than a quaint recollection of an antique technology.

Dana has his share of older automobiles (his Avanti was a favorite of Andy Granatelli); I and some of my family, for example, joined Dana and his wife, Andrea, along with Barry and Jelinda DeVorzon, in the back of Dana’s vintage fire truck for last year’s Santa Barbara Christmas Parade, singing “It’s Christmas Once Again In Santa Barbara” (which Barry wrote) at full throttle.

But I digress.

Dana’s latest purchase is a 1917 Stanley Steamer. Mr. Newquist was smitten at first sight it seems, and purchased the vehicle. Upon the realization that he knew absolutely nothing, or at least very little, about steam engines, he recalled that former Tonight Show host Jay Leno owned a couple of Steamers. Dana had become

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acquainted with Leno via car shows, auctions, and various Concours d’Elegance events. Dana called Jay for advice about the car and Jay said, “Why don’t you drop by my garage on Saturday, and we’ll see if we can fire it up?”

The “garage” is Big Dog Garage adjacent to Burbank Airport, where Leno keeps his extensive collection of vehicles, devices, signs, and motorbikes. When Dana called and invited me to join him and Rob Miller for the trip, I jumped at the invitation.

The car was brought down on a flatbed trailer and when it arrived at the garage, half a dozen men, all but one of them in the 60-plus-age category, wearing mostly jeans, descended upon the Steamer.

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Monte ito Miscellany

by Richard Mineards

Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, and a commentator on the KTLA Morning News.

He moved to Montecito eight years ago.

KEYT Earns Gold Rush

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The station garnered a hoard of Golden Mike Awards for broadcasting prowess at the 66th annual ceremony at the Universal Hilton in L.A., presented by the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California, eclipsing major network affiliates from afar as San Diego and Bakersfield, as well as Los Angeles, the number-two market in the nation.

“They are accolades well deserved,” gushes KEYT news director Jim Lemon. “All the individuals have worked hard and been judged by their peers in the profession.

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LETTERS

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The Trouble With Trumbo

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he movie Trumbo just finished playing in Santa Barbara. It is a fascinating docudrama about Dalton Trumbo, at the time a top Hollywood screenwriter, investigated by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and placed on the film industry’s Black list, meaning his future scripts would not be bought nor would they be made into movies, thus depriving Mr. Trumbo of his livelihood. Despite being blacklisted, among a huge body of work he wrote the scripts for Roman Holiday and The Brave One, both winning an Oscar for best screenplay; if there are others, film enthusiasts, please add.

And of course, everyone, left and right, now agree the Hollywood Blacklist was “one of the darkest period in American history.”

After movies such as this, I ask myself what similar mistakes could we be making today? The question answers itself in a fraction of a second: insistence upon “politically correct” thoughts and opinions, and enforcement of speech codes.

The Hollywood Blacklist was instigated by the right to suppress the views of the left. Political correctness and speech codes are attempts by the left to suppress the opinions of the right: well, actually, it’s more than that: the left seeks to squelch almost all opinions that differ from their political orthodoxy.

In both cases, people are so certain of the righteous correctness of their view that they will not even allow other opinions to be expressed. But in the case of the Blacklist, the Cold War and the communist threat were real and indeed would consume American life for the next 50 years. In 1948, Stalin tried to starve out West Berlin, surrounded as that city was by the post-war Soviet zone. Soviet troops prevented traffic from entering or leaving the Western-occupied portion of the German capital city via land, rail, and or river. Only the resoluteness of U.S. and U.K. leaders and their massive and successful re-supply of the city via air, in what has become known as the Berlin Airlift, prevented the Soviets from succeeding.

The Hollywood Blacklist lasted more than 10 years. How long will it take for the political correctness movement to follow it into the dustbin of history? The great universities will not be great for long unless the academic staff actually stand for something.

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Meanwhile, hope is not lost. Oxford is home to endless soppy socialism. It is easy to be a socialist when tenure guarantees you a comfortable income for life, and you lead a most enviable existence in one of the most charming cities on Earth and dine in fantastic 500-year-old buildings with fabulous wine cellars.

There have recently been demands to remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes in Oriel College, Oxford, because Rhodes symbolizes racism and imperialism. Why do brainless young people worry about the British Empire that evaporated after Indian independence 70 years ago, especially in the face of China ruthlessly expanding its empire at every turn?

This was similar to the demands to remove statues of Confederate heroes here in the South. But, good heavens, Oxford University chancellor Chris Patten, has finally gained courage.

He is a pet hate of mine, a half-failed politician, up until now left of center and believing inter alia that global warming was the greatest issue facing the world.

But while American academics are creating “safe spaces,” Patten just told students to open themselves to challenging ideas or “think about being educated elsewhere.” Wow! And the governing body of Oriel College says after “careful consideration” it will keep the statue, but will include “a clear historical context to explain why it is there.”

American Academia take note! The tide has turned in, of all places, rainy ol’ England.

Janice Poltroon, MA Oxon Goleta (Editor’s note: Thank you for your thoughtful letter. I can’t remember who suggested it, but someone recently opined that along with removing the statue of Mr. Rhodes, students should also spurn the money and prestige that comes along with a Rhodes scholarship. That would at least make some sense. The likelihood is that all this madness will begin to subside if a new direction takes hold in Washington, D.C. If, on the other hand, Ms Rodham-Clinton is elected, you will be alive long enough to witness an enormous expansion of both the idea and promulgation of thought and speech control. – J.B.)

Everything is FREE!

In a day where politicians are promising free health care, free food, and free housing, the Santa Barbara City

College Foundation (SBCCF) has followed suit and proposed free community college for all local graduating students. On the surface, this seems like a great idea. That is, until you come to your senses.

The SBCCF has a dream to make college education free for every student from our local district who wants and needs it. However, dreams are dreams, and it takes quite a bit of hard work to make them reality. The hardest part of this feat is, of course, the allocation of money, because in the end, nothing in life is free.

According to the Santa Barbara City College website, it costs $3,088 per student for both tuition and books for a 30-unit school year. Of the 20,109 students now enrolled at SBCC, 60 percent come from within the SBCC school district, which comes out to around 12,000 students. If we were to pay all tuition and book costs for all these students, it would cost around $37 million per year.

So where would we get $37 million to pay for this program? The short answer is of course: from taxpayers.

The SBCCF does a fantastic job of fundraising for its own cause.

However, according to the SBCCF 2014-2015 financial report, they were only able to raise $3.4 million in Temporary Restricted funds for the foundation. This is a far cry from $37

million required to fund this program.

So, we can naturally assume that tax money would be needed to cover the difference.

Believe it or not, that is the good news. We are under the assumption that we will only have 12,000 students attending SBCC. According to SBCCF, just 44 percent of our district graduating seniors go on to attend SBCC. The allure of free college is too great for young people, and we can only assume that more students would take advantage of this “free” program. Should 100 percent of graduating seniors take advantage of this program, we could expect around 27,000 local students to attend SBCC. According to the math, we could expect the cost of this program to balloon to $84 million. Even worse, we haven’t even considered administration costs and other such expenses.

The state of California currently subsidizes the cost of tuition for all California students. In-state students pay $46 per unit for SBCC, as opposed to $266 per unit for out-of-state students. Yet, even with the subsidies, the cost of tuition has been steadily rising for several years. Our taxes never seem to be high enough to pay for the promised utopia. Perhaps we shouldn’t be so quick to throw money at the city college. After all, several of their professors currently make a

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wonderful six-figure salary.

The counter-argument is that we as a society pay for elementary schools, so why don’t we just pay for community college as well. If money translated into good schools, then we should have the greatest schools on the planet. The reality is that our local schools are under-performing. Our school boards are focused on pandering to teachers unions rather than giving our children the best education possible.

Our students are leaving high school unprepared for the world. As a result of poor performance, it now takes our students 14 grades to achieve what they formerly achieved in 12 grades.

But hey, free college!

Robert Mercado President SB County Young Republicans Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: As for taking “14 grades to achieve what they formerly achieved in 12 grades,” you should note that until recently it was taking 12 years to achieve what students less than a hundred years ago achieved in eight years, and that was without kindergarten. – J.B.)

Neuticles for Ninnies

I have sent the following letter to the editor at the Washington Times in D.C. I thought it might be appropriate for your paper, too.

Most politicians can’t answer difficult questions or stand their ground, because they lack certain body parts.

In the canine world, there is a surgical implant designed to restore dignity to big dogs that have lost their “status.” According to the company that manufactures Neuticles, more than 500,000 dogs have been “restored” by them so far.

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A great marketing campaign slogan might be, “Hillary Has Them, Why Not You?” Dale Lowdermilk Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Hmm, we’d love to respond, Mr. Lowdermilk, but we just don’t feel comfortable going there with you. You’re hanging out there on the line all by yourself on this one! – J.B.)

Weekly Updates

You recently published two excellent policy articles, one by Bob Hazard (“On The Water Front” MJ #22/4) and the other by Dale Francisco (“Desalinate Now” MJ #22/4) on the water situation. They were elegant policy discussions as usual, but lacking in concrete information as to 4 – 11 February 2016

whether we are actually making progress on getting a desalinization operational or only treading water, and still arguing the case?

I did learn we have a Montecito “Water Czar” Josh Haggmark.

Hooray! A czar has power to get things done.

Several weeks ago in one of my letters to Mr. Hazard, I had suggested the Journal publish a simple weekly dashboard that would clearly show the timetable of progress toward having an operational desal plant on a milestone by milestone basis: green light for “on schedule,” yellow light for “lagging,” and red for “off track.”

An accountability report on what is actually being accomplished would be helpful.

Dudley Morris Montecito (Editor’s note: Bob Hazard has been doing a first-class yeoman’s job of keeping us informed as to the desal question. One of the reasons there isn’t more information is that negotiations are ongoing and participants in the talks have tried to keep the details quiet until some kind of agreement has been reached. – J.B.)

Liberty Versus License

Where do our rights stop? A popular saying holds that they stop at the end of the next person’s nose. But, judging from the never-ending stream of demands that assaults us every day, it appears everything on our personal and collective wish lists have now become rights, without limit.

Do we have a right to say and do anything we want, to unlimited health care, prescription drugs, subsidized housing, “to do drugs,” to prevent others from using drugs, to have health care plans pay for a sex change operation or prescriptions for Viagra, to a free college education, to receive “equal pay” for “equal work” (however that may be defined), to send your children to the school of your choice, to smoke or prevent others from smoking, to force our opinions or beliefs on others (as in Christian, Muslim or atheist, hedonist, or environmentalist)?

If our rights stop at the end of the next person’s nose, does that include their pocketbook? Stealing may be illegal and immoral, but whether or not it is acceptable seems to depend on who does it and why, and sometimes how. For example, is it acceptable for people to steal food to feed their families, but unacceptable if they steal money to keep from losing their homes in foreclosure?

Taking money from others by force or at gunpoint or by embezzling it from an employer or some company is a crime, but how many people con-

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This Week in and around Montecito

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. Today’s author is Pablo Neruda.

When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 Walk & Roll Montecito Union School students, teachers, and parents walk or ride to school, rather than drive.

When: 8 am Where: Via Vai, Ennisbrook, and Casa Dorinda trailhead Info: 969-3249 Exhibit Opening The Arts Fund is pleased to announce the opening of South County Sampler, an exhibition curated by Nancy Gifford featuring eight accomplished artists working in Carpinteria. A public reception will be held in the gallery tonight during the Funk Zone Art Walk. The exhibition will be at The Arts Fund Gallery, located at 205-C Santa Barbara Street, and will be on view until March 26. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday-Sunday from 12-5 pm. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

When: 5 to 8 pm Where: 205-C Santa Barbara Street

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Centering Prayer Practice Retreat A mini-retreat day for Centering Prayer

practice. There will be meditation walks, journaling, reflection, and prayer practice.

Let by Sr. Suzanne Dunn, Jeannette Love, and Annette Colbert. Beginners welcome.

When: 9:30 am to 1 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031 Family Arts & Crafts An afternoon of family fun creating Valentine cards, heart ornaments, and sponge painting. There will also be a Valentine book display, coloring pages, and refreshments.

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When: 3 pm Where: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road Cost: free Lecture at the Zoo Aaron Pomerantz reveals “new discoveries in the amazon” at a lecture at the Santa Barbara Zoo. Pomerantz is the host of The Next Gen Scientist, and discovers new animals and plants for a

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Village Beat

by Kelly Mahan

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 Village Properties and the Calcagno & Hamilton team. She can be reached at Kelly@montecitojournal.net.

Cold Spring School Plans Continue

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t a special board meeting last week, the Cold Spring School governing board hosted a community forum to discuss the progress of the new administrative building that is slated to be built on campus beginning next year. The building, which the board green-lighted in May of last year, will house administrative offices and two 1,000-sq-ft classrooms, and will replace the two portable classrooms that are currently located near the campus entrance.

“Right now, our campus entrance doesn’t really have a watchdog,” said board president Bryan Goligoski to a group of about a dozen attendees.

“Building a gateway through which the public can enter campus has been a long-range plan for the school for a long time,” he added, saying the current portables were never meant to be permanent fixtures. The school’s business office is located in the center of campus, which board members and superintendent Dr. Tricia Price have long called a security issue.

Architects Joe Wilcox and Thierry Cassan presented renderings of a working design of the building, making it clear that the process is only just beginning. “We’re here to gain insight from teachers and parents on what they’d like to see on campus,” said Wilcox, whose firm, Kruger Bensen Ziemer (KZB) Architects has worked on many school campus projects throughout the state.

So far, the plans include keeping the existing drop-off area off the main parking lot, with entry into the building acting as a hub for visitors to have to check in. “The goal is to create a more formal entry onto campus,” Wilcox explained. In addition to the lobby area, the admin portion of the building will contain office areas for admin staff, a principal/superintendent office, a conference room, and a customizable business center, which would likely house human resource staff. The classroom space would be attached, with two classrooms being used for STEM (Science, Technology,

A rendering of a potential new administrative building at the entrance to Cold Spring School. The building, which is in the design phase, would also include two classrooms and two sets of restrooms.

(Rendering courtesy KZB Architects)

Engineering, and Math) classes and art. Two sets of restrooms are slated to be included, with one set for students that could be accessed from the playground. The plans also include a covered outdoor learning area, as well as a covered walkway to add cohesion to the existing buildings and allow students to walk between classes in the rain.

In addition to the removal of the two portables near the entrance to campus, the school board intends on removing the art classroom portable located in the middle of campus, as it has undergone damage from recent weather events. The current business

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office and administrative space will likely be turned into classroom space, or, the staff lounge could be relocated to where the business office is now, with the current staff lounge turned into a classroom. “These are all decisions that we still need to make, based on your input,” Wilcox said.

The design of the building will be cohesive with the school’s current architecture; a Spanish-style building with white walls and a terra cotta-colored roof, Wilcox said. “The idea behind the design is that you drive past and you think it’s been there

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Certificates of recognition were given to Luke for the museum from all the officials, including the office of Congresswoman Lois Capps.

After our toast, the museum was open to the public with free admission and to have a slice of birthday cake.

Families flocked in, just as the generations had done all these many years.

The museum was founded in 1916 with a collection of bird eggs and called the “Museum of Comparative Oology.” The collection belonged to a scientist named Dr. William Leon Dawson. He owned 500 egg species out of an estimated 16,000 or 17,000.

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This small collection evolved into the SBMNH. In 1931, Albert Einstein and his wife had a tour. The planetarium was built in 1957 and the blue whale skeleton arrived in 1980. And don’t forget the Sea Center on Sterns Wharf, which opened in 1987.

The museum will be open at all times during the needed refurbishing.

There will be a new entry plaza, so you won’t have to walk in the driveway. Luke is most excited about the butterfly pavilion, which will no longer look like a Quonset hut and can be used the rest of the year for special

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We had time to chat with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. She won that for “Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov).”

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Stacy was happy not to be on the East Coast, which had endured a major snowstorm. It was interesting to learn the witches weren’t burned.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 6)

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and we are immensely proud to have got such a significant number of awards.”

At the boffo bash, which was co-hosted by KEYT anchor Joe Buttita and his fiancée, Ventura repoter Kelsey Gerckens, $1 million winners of the CBS reality show, The Amazing Race, two former anchors won in the best news, best serious reporting, and best entertainment reporting categories.

Victoria Sanchez, daughter of retiring police chief Cam Sanchez, now a news reporter at KUSA, the NBC affiliate in Denver, Colorado, got accolades for “Inside An Illegal Marijuana Grow” and “Isla Vista Heroes”, while Shirin Rajaee, now

an anchor at KOVR, the CBS affiliate in Sacramento, won for “Celebrating Selma and the Civil Rights Leaders Who Paved the Way”.

Chief meteorologist Alan Rose clinched the Best Weather Report trophy, while sports anchor Mike Klan won in the categories of Best Sports Segment and Best Sports Reporting for “Still Going Strong”.

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Her good luck enabled Helene, who received the 2016 Leadership in the Arts Award from the conference and Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading non-profit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, earlier in the day, to be back in our tony town in time for the 100th anniversary party for the Museum of Natural History, when the sprawling campus had free admission for the day and myriad of slices of birthday cake – fruit, chocolate, and lemon – were handed out to hundreds guests.

To mark the historic occasion, the museum has launched a capital campaign, under the chairmanship of Palmer Jackson Jr., to raise $8.2 million for exhibition upgrades and the beautification of the entire site.

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THIS WEEK (Continued from page 11) living. He and his colleagues work at the Rio Tambopata Research Station in the Peruvian Amazon, where they frequently find new species.

Pomerantz shares brand-new footage recently published by National Geographic and discusses how wildlife photography can influence communication and tools for the next generation of scientists.

When: doors open at 6 pm; talk begins at 7 pm Where: Discovery Pavilion at the zoo, 500 Ninos Drive Cost: $6 per person; $5 for zoo members Health Seminar at the Biltmore Dr. Glynis Ablon will speak on a holistic approach to skin care; facilitator and author Nancy O’Reilly will also sign copies of her new book, Leading Women: 20 Influential Women Share Their Secrets to Leadership, Business and Life.

When: 4:30 pm Where: La Marina Room, 1260 Channel Drive Info/RSVP: jen@drnancyoreilly.net

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Tea Dance The City of Santa Barbara donates use of the ballroom and volunteers provide music and refreshments for this ongoing, free dance event.

Ballroom dance music including the Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Fox Trot, Quick Step, and rhythm dances such as the Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Mambo, and Bolero are played, among other dance music. Participants can hone their dancing skills or learn new dance techniques.

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

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

Cold Spring School Board Meeting When: 6 pm Where: 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road Info: 969-2678

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito.

When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Lecture at SBMM Santa Barbara Maritime Museum presents a lecture by Howard Jay Smith: “When China Ruled the Sea” When: 7 pm; members only reception at 6:15 pm Where: 113 Harbor Way Cost: free for members, $10 for non-members Registration: www.sbmm.org

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 German Conversation The German Conversation Group meets on the second Friday of each month at Montecito Library.

When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road

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Festival of Hearts Friendship Center presents the 17th annual Festival of Hearts at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort. This year’s theme is old Hollywood style and will be a festive luncheon with local wines, heart art, and a live auction.

When: 11:30 am to 2:30 pm Where: 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard Cost: $100 per person Info and Tickets: www.friendshipcentersb.org or (805) 969-0859

MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito.

When: 2 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu

Date Night at the Zoo Kids get the opportunity to fall in love with the zoo, while mom and dad get a night away.

When: 5:30 to 10:30 pm Where: 500 Ninos Drive Cost: $30 per child; $20 each additional sibling Info: www.sbzoo.org

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Persephone Rising: Awakening the Heroine Within Through lecture, discussion, movement, and writing, participants will explore the archetypal characters in the myth of Demeter and Persephone and their application to the heroine’s journey today. Led by Carol S. Pearson, PhD, the former president of Pacifica Graduate Institute and author of The Hero Within; Awakening the Heroes Within, and Persephone Rising: Awakening in the Heroine Within.

When: today 7:30 pm through Sunday, February 7, at 1 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: resident $390, commuter $290 Info: www.lacasademaria.org

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Valentine’s Day Picnic Order one of three specially made Valentine’s Picnic baskets from Flagstone Pantry for a lovely afternoon spent with your loved one in the beautiful Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Then on Valentine’s Day, pick up your basket and stroll through native displays with a Valentine’s keepsake map in hand. Once you have found a special place, enjoy your locally made basket lunch in the privacy of nature.

Each basket includes free admission to the Garden for two, a keepsake map of the best picnic spots in the Garden, lunch for two with napkins and utensils, a 20-percent discount coupon to use in the Garden’s Gift Shop on Valentine’s Day items and jewelry.

Where: 1212 Mission Canyon Road Info: www.sbbg.org Cost: $50-$55 Four-Course Valentine’s Dinner Raise a glass to romance this Valentine’s Day at Bella Vista at the Biltmore. Indulge in a four-course meal specially created by executive chef Alessandro Cartumini.

When: 5 to 9 pm Where: 1260 Channel Drive Cost: $99 per person, exclusive of tax and gratuity Info: 565-8237

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

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

When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $75, includes lunch, plus one-time fee of $35 Info: Kai Hoye, 969-0859 Story Time at the Library A wonderful way to introduce children to the library, and for parents and caregivers to learn about early literacy skills; each week, children ages three to five enjoy stories, songs, puppets, and fun at Story Time.

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

When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAYS Farmers Market When: 8 to 11:15 am Where: South side of Coast Village Road Local Artisans Market When: 3 to 7 pm Where: La Cumbre Plaza, 121 South Hope Avenue Info: www.localartisansmarket.com

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There’s groundhog day to worry about. In California, Pacoima Phil always sees his shadow because it’s always sunny. That means six more grueling weeks of temps in the 60s instead of the 70s.

“Socks with flip-flops? You’re such a fashion plate.”

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Then there’s my wife’s birthday.

“This is the same card you gave me last year!”

“Must be the perfect sentiment, I guess.”

“No, what I mean is, this is exactly the same card you gave me last year.

I can see eraser marks on it.”

Oops.

There’s Valentine’s Day, of course.

“Thanks, dear. Wait, there’s two chocolates missing out of this box.”

Chew, chew, chew. Gulp, gulp, gulp. “Weird. Must be a quality-control problem at Whitman’s.”

And then there is President’s Day. I used to get President’s Day off back when I had a job. But now I’m retired, so I don’t. Bummer.

I hadn’t really thought much about President’s Day until a few years ago, when we were in Washington, D.C., and visited the Lincoln Memorial.

“Wow, I heard he was tall, but 19 feet? Amazing he could get through doors.”

“Please don’t say stuff like that out loud – it scares the school children.”

We also visited Mt. Vernon, where George Washington hung his coat and stored his wooden teeth.

“Actually,” the guide told our tour group, “George Washington did not have wooden teeth. That’s an urban legend.”

“Wouldn’t that have been a rural legend back then?”

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“Horse teeth? So when he got a bit ‘long in the tooth’ as the saying goes, he really did?”

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was a prestigious position. So, the British made him an officer in their army and he fought in the French and Indian war, which the British won. He wasn’t all that committed, though, and after losing one battle he just went home.

“Wouldn’t it be great if everyone did that? You know, just say ‘uncle,’ shake the other guy’s hand, and get over it?” I don’t think the others in our group thought much of my war strategy.

G.W. was unhappy that he didn’t get promoted higher in the British army, so he decided to join the colonialists as a more important officer.

He still lost a number of battles, but he knew how the British fought and that the colonialists couldn’t beat them conventionally. He started using sneak attacks.

“Look, Redcoat, your shoe is untied.”

“It is?” Thump.

He went on to became a famous general and was elected to be the first president. And for a while, he had his own holiday – Washington’s birthday. Now he shares it with Lincoln, and corporations don’t have to give workers – heaven forbid – two days off in February.

“George Washington could have been King George and been a lifelong ruler if he wanted, but he didn’t want to be,” the guide told us.

Too bad. Would have been fun when he visited England: “King George, may I present King George.”

After the presidency, instead of going on the speaking circuit, he went back to Mount Vernon to farm.

At age 67, he got sick after a day in the rain and sleet and died several days later, even though the doctors bled him a number of times. Or maybe because of that.

All that history made me hungry, so we had lunch at the Mt. Vernon Inn. Then we visited the museum that had many actual items – including his “Trigger” teeth. They also had used technology to figure out what he looked like at various stages of life and made full-size replicas of him. His eyes follow you wherever you go.

The last event in February is my stepson Jon’s birthday, but he’s easy.

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since the school was originally built,” Goligoski said.

Several teachers and parents at the meeting asked the board and Dr. Price to be thoughtful and careful in deciding exactly how the new space will be utilized. Some teachers thought the classrooms should be able to house after-school care and special education classes, in addition to the STEM and art curriculum. One parent asked the architect to consider increasing the width of the drop-off area in the school’s parking lot as part of the project, to increase safety and drivability.

Two parents came forward asking for more involvement in the planning process for the new building; on Monday, February 8, the board will discuss forming a committee that might include admin staff, board members, parents, teachers, and community members, being careful not to violate the Brown Act. The purpose of the committee will likely be to work with the architects to develop the programming for the classroom space.

The architects will continue to complete necessary work on the campus project; a topographic survey and fault line study have already been completed. The project will be seen by the Montecito Association and the Montecito Board of Architectural Review for courtesy review at some point this year, while the Division of State Architect will be the deciding body to approve and oversee the endeavor. More public workshops are also slated for the spring.

The school board continues to discuss funding for the new building, which is expected to cost roughly $2.2 million. Goligoski said it is very unlikely the school will attempt a bond measure. Measure C ($2.4 million), which passed in 2008, funded an infrastructure remodel in 2010, which included updates to 80-yearold restrooms, upgrades to flooring, cabinets, and instructional surfaces, repair and replacement of roofs, ADA upgrades, electrical and mechanical system updates, and an overhaul of the school-wide alarm, camera, and communication systems. Two prior bond measures in 2006 and 2008 failed, causing the board to look into funding the new building from the general fund. About $1.6 million is already earmarked for the project; the rest will likely come from a capital campaign.

Ideally, the new classrooms could accommodate enrollment numbers well into the future. The current enrollment is 154 students, with the average over the last seven years at 167. The school’s highest enrollment in the last seven years is 199, according to Dr. Price.

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Episcopal Church, has been providing adult day care and respite for caregivers since 1976.

Tickets cost $100. The event is from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm at Fess Parker’s Reagan Room. For more information, call 969-0859. To learn more about the Friendship Center, visit www.friend shipcentersb.org.

years,” Goligoski said.

The project is expected to break ground in January 2017.

MFPD Announces New Alert System Residents set up to receive Nixle alerts from various Santa Barbara County agencies likely received several alerts over the weekend pertaining to high surf, flood advisories, and strong winds. On the heels of the storm, Santa Barbara County and its local jurisdictions, including Montecito Fire Protection District (MFPD), announced the launch of a new and better emergency alert system, called Aware & Prepare. The Aware & Prepare Initiative, which has been in the works for several months, will be used to communicate with citizens and businesses during emergencies and other critical events, via quick and reliable emergency notifications and public service announcements.

The new notification system will alert residents about a variety of events, ranging from severe weather, fires, floods, and other emergencies, to more routine announcements, such as road closures and water utility maintenance.

“What we like about this system is that it gives residents a choice about how they are contacted,” said MFPD’s division chief of operations Kevin Taylor. Messages can be sent to residents on their preferred contact path, including cell phone, SMS, home phone, email, fax, pager, and more to ensure real-time access to potentially lifesaving information. “It’s a more efficient infrastructure, which allows us to more rapidly reach community members,” Taylor said, adding that the system will be in addition to the current Nixle emergency alerts. It will eventually become MFPD’s primary method of alerting the community to emergencies and important events.

Residents listed in Santa Barbara County 911 database will be automatically subscribed to alerts by phone, but Aware & Prepare allows citizens to self-register, provide additional contact information, or opt out. Residents are encouraged to register immediately at www.awareandprepare.org.

For more information, please contact Joyce Reed at (805) 969-2537.

Also happening at MFPD: the District has announced the return of its annual neighborhood fire prevention program later this month, with 10 neighborhoods slated to receive inspections and help reducing fire danger on individual properties. Be sure to check out our This Week calendar toward the end of the month for listings of the fire prevention schedule.

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New Board Members at Montecito YMCA

The Montecito Family YMCA, a branch of the Channel Islands YMCA, recently elected four new board members: Lisa Jackson, Josephine (Josie) Root, Catherine (Cate) Stoll, and Gretchen Horn.

Lisa Jackson

Friendship Center executive director Heidi Holly and supporter Arlene Larsen at last year’s Festival of Hearts event

Friendship Center Festival of Hearts

Friendship Center’s dedicated staff members are busy planning the Festival of Hearts, the popular Valentine’s themed event that marks its 17th year on Saturday, February 13.

This year’s event is based on the glamour of a bygone era in old Hollywood and will include a festive luncheon with local wines, Heart-Art, and a live auction, all to benefit Friendship Center.

As in years past, at the center of the Hearts event are whimsical papier-mâché hearts donated by local artists, celebrities, and students from area high schools. Hearts have already been decorated by Jeff Bridges, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Rod Lathim, and other local artists and celebrities to be up for grabs on the silent auction block. Guests receive a hand-decorated heart from local students as a party favor.

Musical entertainment will be provided by A La Carte (aka Henry Garrett and Jan Ingram), who will play Sinatra and other songs from a previous time. Live auction highlights include a yet-to-be-unveiled item courtesy of Milt and Arlene Larson of Hollywood’s Magic Castle; a Santa Barbara staycation with a night at the Fess Parker, wine tasting, and local attractions; an evening of old Hollywood crooning by A La Carte with a catered dinner; and more.

All proceeds from the event support Friendship Center’s H.E.A.R.T. (Help Elders At Risk Today) program, subsidizing the cost of adult day services for the low-income aging population. Friendship Center, located on the grounds of All Saints-by-the-Sea

Josie Root

The four women join other Montecito Family YMCA Board members Mike Denver (chair), Rob Adams, Tim Werner, Roland Messori, Darren Caesar, Dan O’Keefe, George Armstrong, Andy Grant, Clas Lensander, Valerie Kissell, Cynthia Boller, Sally Jo Murren, Rhett Hedrick, Lindsay Whitworth, and Lee Ohanian.

Jackson joined the Montecito community in 2012, moving north from Los Angeles. She received a B.A. at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and works as an assistant designer for JRSID, a local interior design firm. In 2014, she served as president of All Saints-by-the-Sea Parish School Parent Council and is currently Event and Activities chair.

She has also served as event chair for Delta Gamma sorority and the Salt Air Club in Santa Monica.

Root came to Montecito from the Seattle area and has resided in Montecito since 2014. She is a self-em-

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focusing on weight loss.

Oprah’s best friend, CBS This Morning co-anchor Gayle King has also begun posting photos of her success, having lost 14 pounds.

Wheel of Four-teen

before returning to a very snowy Manhattan the next day.

Sight and Sound Santa Barbara interior designer turned filmmaker Lara Firestone has chosen a fascinating topic for her Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak with Ava Burford and friend Chloe Babcock (photo by Jerrad Burford)

Tracey Jackson, author of “Gratitude and Trust” with her mother, local iconic collector of fashions and penned communicator at the grand opening of her “Stars, Snapshots and Chanel” (photo by Priscilla)

Having watched Santa Barbara High School student sister Grace Burford and her best friend, Kate Mascari, win a nominal $2,000 on the hit TV game show Wheel of Fortune, 14-year-old Ava Burford and pal Chloe Babcock were determined to do better when they appeared on the show 72 hours later.

And, boy, did they!

The dynamic duo, who have been friends since childhood, walked off the Culver City set at Sony Studios with a whopping $26,756 and a jaunt to the Caribbean island of St Maarten.

The tony twosome also made it to the final round, but failed to guess the phrase “Cardboard boxes,” which, as they found out from host Pat Sajak, would have added another $40,000 to their coffers.

“But they were really more than happy with the results and the experience,” says their financial executive father, Jerrad Burford.

Write Makes Might Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Shiff attracted quite the crowd when she was guest of Montecito legal eagles Jule and Betsy Hannaford at a reception for the UCSB Arts & Lectures speaker.

The New York-based writer, who later spoke at Campbell Hall, was promoting her latest Little Brown tome, The Witches: Salem 1692, a follow-up to her 2010 biography, Cleopatra: A Life.

Stacy, a guest columnist for The New York Times and former senior editor at Simon & Schuster, won the 2000 Pulitzer for her book Vera, a biography of Vera Nabokov, the wife and muse of novelist Vladimir Nabokov.

She was also the finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Saint-Exupery: A Biography of Antoine de Saint Exupery, a French writer and pioneering aviator.

What’s her next topic?

“I have no idea, but if you any ideas I’d welcome them,” Stacy replied

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Jeanne Buchanan, SBHM membership director; Evie Sullivan, supporter; Eleanor Van Cott, trustee; Michael Redmond, director of research (photo by Priscilla)

Thrilled with the “Star Snapshots and Chanel” exhibition are Fem Fiedtkou, a radiant Beverley Jackson; Lynn Brittner, SBHM executive director (photo by Priscilla)

Lara Firestone launches first public documentary

28-minute documentary, John, about a blind painter in Denton, Texas, who does portraits by touch and sound.

The low-budget project premieres at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 10 and 13.

“I came across John Bramblitt’s story and I couldn’t believe the art he was producing,” says Lara. “He was very receptive, and we filmed over four days in April last year.”

John took up painting after suffering vision loss during a series of seizures in 2001 and takes viewers through the journey he has traveled, one of life’s darkest challenges, transforming the images in his head into masterful works of art that have to be seen to be believed.

“He really is an inspiration,” adds Lara. “I have enormous admiration for the way he embraces life, despite the many challenges he has encountered along the way. It goes to show that nothing is impossible.

“It is through our creativity that we find ways to connect with each other.”

John is flying in to our Eden by the Beach for the screenings.

Jackson Action Fashionistas were out in force at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum when society doyenne Beverley

Jackson, former social columnist for the News-Press, was feted with a delightful exhibition that looked back at the 70s and 80s.

The bustling opening bash, hosted by guest curator Erin Graffy, dressed in vintage Gucci, and Missy DeYoung, looked like a mini Costume Institute Gala at New York’s Metropolitan Museum, which I attended regularly during the same period as a guest of the two founders, Manhattan great dames Pat Buckley, wife of political pundit Bill Buckley, and the “never too rich, never too thin” Nan Kempner.

Beverley, who guided me when I first came to our rarefied enclave in 2007 to write a column for the News-Press from Hancock Park, where I used to reside in Mae West’s old building, The Ravenswood, dubbed her popular column on the city’s mad social whirl, By The Way. The honoree, dressed in a shocking pink confection with a magnificent rock-crystal necklace, made the exhibited outfits by Christian Dior, Yves St. Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Jean Patou, Scaasi – Isaacs spelt backwards – Halston (a rare brown silk chiffon pajama suit lent by former Skrebneski model Annette Caleel), Michael Vollbracht, the late Luis

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Estevez – who lived in Montecito for many years – as well as dresses from I. Magnin and Bullocks-Wilshire – look quite drab by comparison.

Among them were photos of Beverley’s past column subjects, from 1968 to 1992, including Queen Elizabeth, Anne and Kirk Douglas – who lent the tuxedo he wore to the Hollywood premiere of one of his most famous films, Spartacus – Robert and Dorothy Mitchum, Jack Lemmon, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rudolf Nureyev, Burl Ives, Pearl Chase, Robert Wagner, and Natalie Wood, and Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein, evoking memories of a glamorous past gone by.

Other photos were projected on the wall, while video of Beverley recounting her encounters with the rich and famous kept everyone mesmerized, and music from the era blasted over the speakers, including the Studio 54 theme anthem “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor, who I fondly remember appearing with on the TV talk show Geraldo and dancing with her in front of a live studio audience, while she lip-synched away.

Among the many “time travelers” at the colorful show, which runs through

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done appropriating someone else’s dollars through taxation? The answer is: probably everyone, to some degree.

But, isn’t that the problem? That is, the degree? Too often, in matters of taxation, right and wrong depend on who has the power to tax or whose ox is being gored.

When did we move from the freedom of speech guaranteed by our Constitution to freedom of speech only if it does not offend some particular group, as in African Americans, Hispanics, women, gays, liberals, conservatives, Christians, Muslims, Jews… you name it? Our treasured freedom of speech seems to be acceptable only so long as it conforms to some special interest group’s definition of expression they consider “correct.”

There always seem to be good and sufficient reasons to impose our individual or collective will on others. Both sides of the political spectrum find plenty of justification for pressing their values on everyone else. Abortion is either about a woman’s right to do what she wants with her body or it is murder, depending on one’s personal beliefs. Those on the left say the Boy Scouts were wrong to prevent gays from being scout leaders, notwithstanding the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court has held that the Constitution guaran-

tees their right to make such a determination. But, that didn’t stop the ACLU and others who oppose the Boy Scouts’ policies from attempting to force communities around the nation to punish them in various ways, such as pressuring donors, including local governments, to stop giving them money or to cancel long-standing privileges to use certain community facilities, such as parks or school grounds.

Schools have always been able to define the types of organizations that are permitted to hold meetings in their facilities or on their grounds or, for that matter, to even organize.

But now, under the guise of keeping church and state separated, they go to such extremes as permitting clubs to organize celebrations like Kwanzaa or Voodoo rituals while preventing Christian students from holding club meetings on school grounds.

Or, how about the right of students to swear at others, including teachers, on school grounds? In some places, vile language is considered acceptable, while prayer is not.

Do I have the right to demand that I be compensated for some perceived injustice, such as reparations for slavery? After failing to gain any traction with Congress, those who hold this view are now attempting to pursue claims against certain American cor-

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porations that were in business at the time their ancestors were enslaved and that profited from slavery. They may have the right to try, but should they? Apparently, stopping at the other person’s nose does not include corporate pockets.

Generally, we have the right to decide what and how much we eat, but there are some people who feel we should not be permitted to eat meat or a diet that’s high in carbohydrates or fat. Should they be allowed to determine what a proper diet should be for everyone else?

Is obesity a disease or just lack of control? I suppose it can be either/ or, depending on the circumstances, but who’s to say? So, for some people it appears that it is just too bad if my “nose,” as in my dietary choices, happens to get in the way of someone else’s notion of what’s good for me.

Rights can be measured on a continuum, ranging from not having any rights to absolute, unrestricted, and uncontrolled rights to do or say anything – that is, anything to anyone, anytime, anywhere.

But, unlimited rights eventually reach the point where they become license. By license, I mean the unrestricted freedom to say or do anything we please, regardless of whose “nose” gets in the way.

Is that what we want?

In the final analysis, rights are really more about self-control than they are about laws or regulation or the constitution. You may have, or think you have, the right to say or do whatever you please, but that doesn’t always mean you should, law or no law.

Harris R. Sherline Santa Barbara

Saving the Coast

The California Coastal Commission has been a consistent advocate for the preservation and protection of our state’s 1,100-mile-long coastline from aggressive development for 40 years. This could well change should an attempt at its February 10 hearing to remove the Coastal Commission’s executive director Charles Lester, thought by some to be too protective of the Coastal Zone, be successful.

Beyond the unique unspoiled beauty of the Gaviota coast we enjoy, Montecito is subject to dual land management laws; part County, and roughly below East Valley Road, Coastal Commission. We all enjoy the impact these coastal zone laws have had on our community. To have the focus of the Coastal Commission move away from its intended protective role would be a great loss.

Governor Jerry Brown, who signed into law the Coastal Act in 1976, has been standing on the sidelines. We need to let him know that the coastal zone must continue to be aggressively protected for all of us today and for generations to come.

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The number-one thing we hear from prospective volunteers is that they don’t believe they have the skills to be a volunteer, but they couldn’t be more wrong. Every CASA volunteer comes from a different walk of life and brings something unique to the table, whether it be knowledge in childhood development or even having no experience working with children, but having the desire to make a difference.

CASA trains all of its volunteers, giving them the skills and staff support they need to succeed in this very important role. The next volunteer training began February 1 and meets every Monday during the month of February from 6 to 9 pm.

Training also consists of five online sessions that can be completed any time of the day, from any location.

If you are ready to give one of the 39 children on our waitlist a voice, email volunteer@sbcasa.org. Time is of the essence.

Tony Papa President, CASA (Editor’s note: Court Appointed Special Advocates do the work of angels.

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by Steven Libowitz

he first rule of creating fiction, they say, is to write what you know. That works for animation, too. At least most recently for Pete Docter, the Pixar lifer who previously created Monsters, Inc. and Up, who turned to his own past and his family to get a grip on Inside Out, last summer’s blockbuster that turned working with emotions into an action-adventure movie. Docter, who is nominated for Oscars for both animated film and his script, will hang out with the local kids when the film screens at the Arlington for Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s (SBIFF) 2016 Field Trip to the Movies, after participating in Saturday’s popular It Starts with the Script screenwriters panel on Saturday morning.

He talked about Inside Out’s journey from idea to film over the phone last week.

Q. What was the catalyst that turned the idea of working with emotions into making a movie.

A. The fist inkling was seeing emotions as characters, which seemed really cool and hadn’t been done before. That’s what animation does best. As this was happening, my daughter turned 11, and I’d see how how different she was from a year earlier. Not bad. But definitely a change, which others told me was normal. That really resonated.

There’s nothing quite as powerful or affecting than being a parent.

Didn’t you also experience a move of your own at the same age? Is that how the story came together?

We looked at a number or ways to put specifics on the idea of growing up. One thought was to have her invited to a party and not sure what gift to bring – one gets her in with the cool kids and the other has her on the outside. But moving seemed like a perfect metaphor, and it was an experience I had, and many of us have, even if we didn’t actually relocate. The rules change, people act in different ways. But we did draw from some specifics from my life – I was transplanted to Denmark and literally didn’t understand anybody.

At that age, you’re so aware of trying to fit in, to find your own family the new social group. That became Riley’s story.

There is no clear consensus on what constitutes an emotion – how did you choose the five that you did?

We did a lot of research. One scientist we talked to said there were

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

Animation authority Pete Docter looks deep into Inside Out

27. We experimented for a while and had a longer list inside Riley’s head. Some were just for comedy, like pride, schadenfreude, and ennui.

Those got weeded out right away. I honed in on the ones that were more common and powerful. It became less about scientific accuracy than the needs of the story.

Still, there is a lot of science behind the story. How did that work?

We skated on both sides as the production went on. Sometimes I’d think of the science as the fodder to feed us moving forward, even though we didn’t have to be truthful. Then I’d swing to other extremes, where I’d worry if scientists see it and anything is inaccurate I’m going to be upset.

We found a middle ground, where we try to be scientifically correct – or at least not wrong. We know that memories don’t work like little snow globes where you can shake them up and look a the same thing over and over. But to explain that would have been a long detour from the story.

The first two or three years was about simplifying the incredible complexity of the human mind down to something that could be understood by five year olds and not get in the way of the storytelling.

So, was that the biggest challenge? I read there was a point where you were almost ready to give up. But doesn’t that happen with all of the Pixar films at one point or another?

The characters and world were so fun, and it was so ripe with opportu-

nity, but in the first two or three years of screening (from storyboards) people (at Pixar) said it was a great concept. I remember thinking, “Thank you, I think, but it’s a movie, not a concept.” It just wasn’t coming together. People don’t go to movies for understanding or to be lectured at. It’s the experience, which usually comes down to relationships – between characters, between people.

We were grappling with so much (information) that the characters were secondary to just understanding the rules of the world. That was a big struggle.

We had made a choice early on to pair Joy with Fear as the central relationship, mostly for comedy; fear has a lot to say to a kid in junior high. I know it did for me. Probably still does more than I would care to admit. But as we went on, we realized Joy didn’t learn as much, change as much, from Fear. So we pulled Fear out and put Sadness in, which made a big difference. You expect Joy to win because it’s a Pixar movie. We’re used to happy endings.

To have a character who is ultimately going to lose, that her point of view isn’t ultimately going to win the way, that seemed like a good surprise from a storytelling standpoint. It makes sense now, but along the way it’s all discovery.

Casting is a big part of animation, of course. Lewis Black seems so obvious, as does Amy Poehler, at least now. But I understand you struggled with Joy. How did you arrive at Amy? We had such a struggle cracking the character. We thought originally (in the story) that everybody would get behind Joy, but it wasn’t until later that I realized if you have friends who are always chipper and peppy, you just want to smack them.

You don’t really trust them. It’s like they’ve got to be hiding something.

Nothing makes you angrier if you’re feeling down than being around someone saying, “OK guy,s we can do it! We cracked a couple of things on our own, and then when we cast Amy and explained it to her, she was really able to help. She knows that line of what she can get away with before it goes too far.

What do you want the kids at the Arlington in Santa Barbara to get from the movie? For that matter, what did you learn yourself throughout this whole process?

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How invisible all this stuff is. You walk through life and you don’t choose to feel sad or fearful, you just do. It takes over. We can stop it; we can prevent ourselves from showing or acting on things. But so many of our decisions are driven by all this stuff outside of our conscious knowledge. Being aware that anger is driven by a feeling of unfairness, for example, is helpful. I remember a month ago I was walking around pissed, and couldn’t figure out why until I remembered that anger is about feeling mistreated or ripped off. I had felt slighted by someone, and that understanding helped me move through it.

Director Creates Breathing Room

Room is the smallest and perhaps unlikeliest of the nominees for Best Picture. Adapted from a best-selling book, Room is the story of a young mother raising her now five-yearold son in the tiny garden shed she has lived in for seven years – after being kidnapped not far from home – has captured hearts and minds wherever it’s played, from film festivals to major screens. Lead actress Brie Larson, who will be honored with SBIFF’s Outstanding Performer award (along with Brooklyn’s Saoirse Ronan) on Monday night, is considered a lock for the best actress Oscar, while director Lenny Abrahamson, who earned a director’s nod, will join his fellow nominees at the Arlington on Thursday evening. He recently answered questions: Q. What was it about this book that attracted you?

A. It’s always a very visceral reaction. I knew the headline of what it was about: a woman and boy in captivity. I assumed that there was a certain tone and was expecting a bleak and difficult read. But she told it from boy’s point of view, and used the situation to talk about love, parenting, and growing up. It was such a wonderful reversal of expectation, and a clever way of creating a pretty powerful allegory. Also, my little boy was four when I read it. So I was keened in to kids. Her portrait of Jack is such a brilliant love poem to what make children extraordinary.

I was open to that because I was a new father.

It’s an honest account of parenting, albeit in a very unusual situation.

But it’s all there in real life, too – parent-child relationships are claustrophobic, and you get angry in a way that’s hard to comprehend and unlike any other aspect of your life. But it’s also the most personally transformative. That’s why I really wanted to make the movie.

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supposed to be an hour, it turned into a four-hour conversation that I didn’t want to end. I needed an actress who would remain present as a human being during the film, not have to hide away between takes in their trailer, because we had the little boy to worry about, wanted him to feel comfortable with actor playing his mother. I knew Brie would be there and be warm. They formed a great relationship.

Room director Lenny Abrahamson comes to the Arlington

So much so that you wrote her a fivepage single-spaced letter why you were the guy to do it.

I didn’t think there was much of a chance, especially after I’d heard that President Obama had been photographed coming out of bookstore on Martha’s Vineyard with a copy under his arm. I figured that’s the end for me, it’s too big. So, I thought I’d get my thoughts down on paper and send them to Emma (Donoghue).

And be able to look myself in the eye and say I tried, and at least have a document that proved what I would have done when the film came out and wasn’t good.

So, I wrote about what the novel meant to me, and to show her I understood what she was doing with the stylistic approach. The second half was how I might adapt it. I didn’t want to use graphics to bring alive his imagination and show how he thinks about Room and the world outside it. Film’s native expressive palette for me is naturalistic. What it does that other medium can’t is the illusion of actual contact with the characters. Of up-close presence.

What flows in is what’s really there when you take the lens cap off. The architecture of this piece of work can be hidden from the viewer. What you can do for an audience is give them the immediate sense of encounter with someone else’s reality. Even filming in a small box, there were ways to make it feel like a universe, from the small boy’s point of view.

And that ended up being quite close to what we did. To look back and see a reasonably rendered blueprint of the movie, we ended up making four years later is pretty amazing.

What was it about Jacob Tremblay that made you think he was right for the part?

I’d seem him on tape, knew he was physically able; he had a confidence most of the others didn’t have. But he seemed over-prepared and too sweet on tape. But when I met him, I told him you can be almost yourself, and he got that right away, which is amazing at seven. At that point, you can see this really great kid who has a deeply instinctive knack for acting.

That’s when I knew. He holds himself in a way that is both expressive and mysterious, like all great actors.

He has that thing you can’t describe where you just want to watch him. A week or two in on set, when he began to laugh and his relationship to Brie was forming, that’s when we knew it was really special.

She’s amazing in the role. She’s not a mother, but that relationship seems so natural.

In Short Term 12, she showed she has a very powerful center as an actor, and is supremely believable, and just completely disappears into the characters that she plays. She fit the emotional center. She’s generous and honest as an actor. Totally believable. But it was also just an extinct. When we met for what was

The two of them seem to have real chemistry on stage. How did you get that to happen?

They had a lot of time in Room with toys and props before we started shooting. But that’s standard. What’s real is that they really like each other.

That’s the actual energy there on set. I never did mother-son work, mimic that relationship. What’s happening is real because the tenderness between Jake and Brie was real, emotionally grounded. The rest is context, what you do as filmmaker.

It’s so artificial on a set – you know you are making a movie – that’s why when it works makes it really amazing. It was a very happy set, which was important because this stuff is very dark. Having Jake there meant we could never get sucked into the darkness. He never let us. He just wanted to play.

I understand there was some improvising that made it onto the screen.

Yeah, when they’re baking or exercising, or when he is playing with the truck on the bed while she’s burning the grilled cheese. Jake got to where he was really good at improvising within the boundaries. It really added a freshness and truthfulness to the scenes. The argument between Brie and Joan Allen (who plays her mother) about if she hadn’t taught her to be so nice she might not have helped the man with the sick dog and gotten kidnapped. My job is not to impose something but to watch what’s happening and see possibilities. It helped that we shot chronologically, so we were able to revise things by our instincts.

Normally, cinema film is about going place we can’t go, on adventures, et cetera. But you had to stay confined to a very small space that all of us have in our own homes, at least in the first half. How do you make that visually interesting?

It’s the boy’s whole world, which was of enough interest. He was our guide. Scale is a relative thing in our world. It’s a small room, but if you zoom in, it fills your field of vision.

Like Jack says in the film, “It goes all the way in every direction and never stops.” The walls were built on panels that could be removed, rather than taking out the whole wall, which would have destroyed the feeling that it was a real place. We didn’t want to break the integrity. So, the rule was that the lens was always inside the dimensions of the room.

And it wasn’t that hard once we got the hang of it. It was exhilarating and very thrilling to shoot in the room, which didn’t feel antiseptic. It has the substance of two full lives. And it’s so charged, the danger, the epic drama unfolding. So, that made it a very rich place to shoot.

How has the awards attention, including several Oscar nominations, changed things?

I don’t know where to start. Not something I ever expected. I’d been critical of movies that have been nominated in the past, so why was it suddenly important to me now because I’m in there? Apart from the natural human reaction, it’s a big deal for the movie. It will get it seen by a hell of a lot more people who might have stayed away because of what seems like a difficult subject. Personally, it means my peers understand the work I’ve done. Room is not showy in its direction. I wanted to create the thinnest possible membrane between the audience and the story. You do that by wearing a cloak of invisibility which doesn’t usually get recognized next to more pyrotechnical or stylized ones. The nomination means directors know how tough it is to create that immediacy and truthfulness and also work with a small child. So, •MJ I’ve decided I’ll enjoy it.

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oug Wright’s Pulitzer Prizeand Tony Award-winning one-man play, I am My Own Wife, is much more than a portrait of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, the elegant, enigmatic, and eccentric transvestite who somehow survived Nazi Germany and lived openly in East Germany through the fall of the Berlin Wall. The piece, set in the 1990s when Charlotte was 65, is also a self-reflective journey of discovery for the playwright, who himself is one of the 30-plus characters portrayed by the single actor.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival company member John Tufts – who normally takes on any number of the Bard’s classic figures during the regular season – gets to play Charlotte, Nazis, her father, and others, including serving as Wright’s narrative voice, when Ensemble Theatre Company presents the Santa Barbara debut of the 2004 drama at the New Vic, February 4-21.

Tufts talked last week about the play.

Q. What drew you to this play?

A. It’s an extraordinary piece of

John Tufts is a man of many faces at New Vic (photo by David Bazemore)

writing and a great challenge for any actor. For me, I always want to do something next that’s the opposite of what I just did. If I’m a king invading France in Ashland one season; the next year, I want to play a frivolous clown. I like getting to playing the full spectrum of human behavior.

This play allows one actor to do that over the course of one night.

It’s like playing all the instruments in an orchestra yourself, so I have to really focus on the technical execution of making sure each character is clear and played correctly. But it’s also important that the dynamic happens over the arc of the evening, that the audience gets a sense of a full, completely theatrical event. The big challenge is making sure I can sense that dynamic from within.

So how do you achieve the transitions between them?

I always go back to the play and see what the writer has given to make characters distinct. But I also don’t want the audience to be thinking about the technical feat. Ultimately, this is a play about extraordinary humanity. So, I focus on making sure that each character has elements of that we can witness and experience. That means the transitions are smaller and maybe not as sharp and aggressive – not like Saturday Night Live, where one guy has a hump and the other a limp.

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The playwright by his own words “gets very obsessed” with the subject of his works, and of course, that’s what Wife is all about. Do you share that • The Voice of the Village •

passion for theater, and for this story?

I get completely obsessed with whatever show I’m working on – leading up to the rehearsal process, looking into the background of the writing, the story, and thinking about the characters’ strengths and flaws. I have lots of sleepless nights obsessing. It becomes all-consuming.

Can you explain how his obsession and the aftermath forms the journey that takes place in Wife?

Doug Wright was so completely blow away by this woman and her incredible story as a transgender woman who survived both the Nazis and communist East Germany. For a political and passionate gay man writing in NYC, she embodies the history he never knew he had. But as he digs deeper, he learns there are some questionable choices that she made that allowed her to survive.

And in order to accept her completely, he has to accept those very unsavory aspects of her personality and behavior.

It’s in asking those difficult questions about her, he asks them to himself. He has to have a reckoning about what it means to accept somebody in total, flaws and all. To do that, he has to accept itself. And that’s an enormous and very difficult personal journey that we all have to make.

Speaking of transitions, how has working on Wife changed you if at all, so far?

Whenever you do a play, you are defending your character; it’s your job as the actor. Other people are defending theirs, and that’s what creates the conflict. But here you do them all by yourself, from Charlotte, to the cruel Nazi, to the creepy Stassi agent. You have to mount a defense for all of them, even the ones that are going to be your antagonist later. That’s allowed me to have this almost crazy and strange discovery that you don’t normally get to tap into: everyone deserves at least one degree of humanity. It’s been challenging, because some of the (characters) really suck They’re crappy people.

The issue of transgender is much more in the public eye than it was when the play was written, perhaps thanks in part to Caitlyn Jenner. How has that affected the work?

Twelve years ago, this was a niche play. But now that we have the vocabulary of trans-culture, one that’s evolving and growing hugely, it’s much more mainstream. The play lets us know, though, that this has been talked about in Germany for more than 100 years. It’s not a new thing with Caitlyn Jenner. This play illuminates that for us.

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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 23) Gretchen Horn

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ployed make-up artist. She has served as a member of an AIDS Advocacy Project in New York City, and acted as a reading mentor in an Adult Literacy

Campaign. She has served as a youth coach and a teen outreach leader at First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, Washington, and was an adviser for

“Prescription Well Being”, a beauty program for patients hospitalized because of illness.

Originally from New Hampshire, Stoll has been a California resident for 14 years, six of those in Montecito.

She has three young children. For two years, she served as treasurer of the Parent Council and has been involved with the annual auctions at All Saints-by-the-Sea Preschool. Prior to having children, she had a small business management firm in Los Angeles.

Horn joined the Santa Barbara community in 2001, moving from the San Diego area. She received

her B.A. from Smith College and her M.A. from the University of California, San Diego. Horn is the manager of Prospect Research at Cottage Health. She has served on the Development Committee at Santa Barbara Children’s Museum, is a former board member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and is the president of Smith College Club of Santa Barbara.

The YMCA Board will be imperative as proposed remodel plans to the Montecito YMCA campus are expected to make their way through the Santa Barbara County planning process later this year.

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June 5 and was sponsored by Glen and Gloria Holden, Robert and Gretchen Lieff, Michael and Ceil Pulitzer, Joanne Holderman, Bob and Val Montgomery, Leslie von Wiesenberger, and Virginia Castagnola-Hunter, among others, were Jamie and Marcia Constance, Hal Conklin, Kellam de Forest, Lynn Brittner, Patrick DeYoung, Gerald Incandela, Bob and Carol Jackson, Mahri Kerley, Hiroko Benko, Chase and Ronnie Mellen, Trish Reynales, Eleanor Van Cott, Hope Kelly, and Gil Rosas.

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provide health care funding for our Eden by the Beach’s most vulnerable residents, gave $124,154 in medical and dental support last year, co-presidents Susan Johnson and Marion Schoneberger, revealed at the annual meeting and tea at the historic Santa Barbara Club.

The club replaces the 124-year-old organization’s usual venue, All Saints by-the-Sea’s Episcopal Church in Montecito.

Fred Kass, hematologist and oncologist at Sansum Clinic, spoke about the health care industry and its impact on consumers, while Ashley Othic, a cancer survivor, recounted her story and the help she received from the fund.

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Signs of Life Philanthropists Robert and Christine Emmons, who are being honored by Life Chronicles with the fourth annual Father Virgil Remarkable Life Award at a gala at the Fess Parker’s DoubleTree at the end of the month (February 28), were given a pre-fete reception at Jeff Spangler’s JadeNow art gallery.

Although the gala clashes with Hollywood’s biggest night, the Oscars, it is almost sold out and supporters galore turned out for the downtown soirée, including Kate Carter, founder of Life Chronicles, Judi Weisbart, radio host Catherine Remak, Peter and Gerd Jordano, Ed and Sue Birch, and politico Salud Carbajal.

Granada’s Good Vibrations

ages, as vintage photos and video of the original group members in their glory days featured on a giant screen behind.

Love even joked the about the group’s age, quipping: “When we started, this theater was new” – referring to the 92-year-old Granada building.

As well as a backstage bash before the concert, Roger and Sarah Chrisman hosted a reception in the Miller McCune Founders Room for the many guests delighted at the chance to celebrate their younger days, quaffing wine and champagne and noshing on canapés from chef Michael Hutchings, including Eric and Nina Phillips, Mike and Anne Towbes, Robert and Gretchen Lieff, Christopher Lancashire and

Bruce Johnston, Sarah Chrisman, Tom Parker, and Carla Blackwell at the reception before the sold out Beach Boys performance (photo by Priscilla)

The attending group of Santa Barbara Yacht Club commodores John Berryhill and his wife Caron, Ken Clements, Francine Lufkin, Bruce Johnston, Joanne Gordon, Jack Byers, Bud Toye, and host Roger Chrisman (photo by Priscilla)

Gathered backstage at the Granada Theatre before the sounds of The Beach Boys are guests Charlie Morse, James Williams, Chuck Williams, with Beach Boys founding member Mike Love, Paula Michal, and Bruce Johnston, Beach Boys founding member; Kyleen Dawson, Pat McCarthy, Lacey Williams, Alex Morse, Nancy Norberg, Peggy White, Fanny Perriere, Jacqueline Lundquist, and Doug Norberg (photo by Priscilla)

Longtime Montecito resident Bruce Johnston, singer and keyboardist for The Beach Boys, was back in town with group co-founder Mike Love, for an energized sold-out performance at the Granada.

The legendary group, which celebrated its half-century in 2012 with a world tour, was in top form, singing all its major hits, including “God Only Knows”, “Good Vibrations”, “Sloop John B”, “California Girls”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “Barbara Ann”, “Little Deuce Coupe” and “Kokomo”, much to the delight of its eclectic audience of all

Catherine Gee, Nina Terzian, Bud and Sigrid Toye, Tom and Sue Parker, Diana Starr Langley, Kristi Newton, Craig Springer, and Robert and Pru Sternin.

A 1939 beautifully restored Ford Woodie sat outside the front of the theater to celebrate the occasion.

I last saw The Beach Boys in 1977 at the Aladdin in Las Vegas, which was demolished in 1998 to make way for the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.

Unlike most things, they have just improved with age.

Anticipating The Beach Boys performance are Luci and Richard Janssen with Pru and Rob Sternin (photo by Priscilla)

Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys with Sarah Schlinger Chrisman, Beach Boys reception hostess (photo by Priscilla)

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Friends Anne Towbes, Bruce Johnston, and Wayne Siemens ready to enjoy The Beach Boys tour (photo

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Huang and Horn Camerata Pacifica, the popular chamber music group that plays monthly at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall, has just added two world-recognized players to its roster of principal artists – violinist Paul Huang and French-hornist Martin Owen.

“I am thrilled to bring them on board,” says founder and artistic director Adrian Spence. “Over the past few seasons, their musicianship and characters have become so well-integrated into the group. Already audience members look forward to their appearances.”

Owen is widely regarded as one

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Camerata Pacifica adds two new principals, Martin Owen and Paul Huang (Huang photo by Marco Borggreve)

of Europe’s leading horn players, and currently holds the position of Principal Horn with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, having served in the position with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which played at the Granada in January, for 10 years.

Huang, a Taiwanese-American, made his debut at Washington’s Kennedy Center and was a recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant last year.

It’s a Sobering Thought Wine consumption in the U.S. is expected to drop this year after more than two consecutive years of growth.

With baby boomers aging – and more and more millennials choosing to pass on the Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio – experts predict the industry, so important to central and northern California, will see a decline across the board for the first time since 1993.

“While demand for premium wine will increase this year, there are clouds on the horizon that should be considered,” says Rob McMillan, founder of the Silicon Valley Bank’s wine division and author of their annual State of the Wine Industry report.

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By 2021, Gen-Xers will replace baby boomers as the largest fine-wine consumer demographic in the U.S., according to officials.

With the value of the U.S. dollar strengthening and Americans having direct access to suppliers across the globe, thanks to the Internet, officials expect fine wine imports to be more popular this year, while bulk foreign wine imports re expected to lose market share.

McMillan says he expect California’s largest wine region – The Central Valley – to be hit the hardest by the drop in consumption in 2016, which will ultimately force tens of thousands of additional grape acres to be removed from the 300-mile stretch of land.

“This is alarming,” adds McMillan.

“People in that area will have to make massive changes in order to define themselves in the long run and become more relevant.”

Oregon and Washington, on the other hand, are expected to see high interest for vineyard acquisition for premium and luxury wine production.

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When Dana Newquist brought the 1917 Stanley Steamer to Jay Leno’s Big Dog Garage in Burbank, half a dozen men in jeans swarmed over the vehicle

They climbed all over the vehicle, picking up car seats, underneath each of which was some kind of valve, tool kit, overflow tank, or other useful item.

One of the men explained that even though it seemed complicated to start and drive – various valves needed attending, clutches to activate, pilot lights to be lit, pressure to be attained, et cetera – most farmers in those days (late 1800s to early 1900s) would have been acquainted with the intricacies of steam engines. Many early buyers

were farmers or had farms, and most would have owned a steam-powered tractor or other implement. “It was the early internal combustion contraptions that seemed really complicated to them,” I was told. Another thing to remember: it was steam power that fueled the industrial revolution.

Steam had been king for the past hundred years.

I also learned that Jay is not only a car nut, he really knows his stuff.

It was Jay who got down under the Steamer with a blowtorch to light

Jay Leno was both fearless and knowledgeable as he utilized a blowtorch to light the pilot underneath the Stanley Steamer’s water tank

the pilot under the 24-gallon water tank sitting under the hood where an engine should be.

As Jay was using the blowtorch to light the pilot, someone opened one of the nearby valves, and fuel began leaking on the ground. Jay was unfazed and had a fire extinguisher nearby.

This nearly 100-year-old, three-passenger, 20-horse-power, Model 726 Stanley Roadster sold for $1,925 (FOB Newton, Massachusetts) in 1917. If you wanted to upgrade to wire wheels, five were available for an extra $90, so

it was not a vehicle for the masses, though 500 were made in that year.

The car, the Owner’s Manual insisted, could travel from 150 to 250 miles on one tank of... water.

Curiously, and similar to today’s electric vehicles, including a Tesla, the Steamer ran quietly. It was so quiet, the horn that came with the original models were similar to foghorns used by ships to warn upcoming pedestrians and other vehicles that you were coming through.

After just a couple hours of tinkering, Jay and his team successfully fired up the old car. Jay seemed so pleased with the results that he invited Dana to come back a couple days later for more. It was a day of joy to be part of this endeavor, so thank you, Dana, for your generous invitation.

If you are a professed car nut and think you would enjoy meeting other car nuts, you are invited to join them at Cars & Coffee every Sunday from 8:30 to 10:30 am in Montecito’s upper village. Bring your car.

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ack Rakove, Pulitzer Prize-winning political author and professor at Stanford University, will speak to a sold-out audience about Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, Adams, and Madison: The Moral Vision of America’s Founding on Friday, February 5, at noon in the Loggia Ballroom at the Biltmore Santa Barbara.

Rakove, the William Robertson Coe professor of history and American studies and professor of political science and law at Stanford University, authored “Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution” which won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in History, the 1997 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award, and the 1998 Society of the Cincinnati Book Prize. His other books include The Beginnings of National Politics: An Interpretive History of the Continental Congress and James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic.

He has edited several books on topics such as the Constitution and the Federalist Papers, and published numerous op-ed articles in major newspapers.

Rakove has been a consultant and expert witness in several cases involving 18th-century Indian land claims in New York. In fact, he has written four amicus curiae briefs for the Supreme Court, including one cited in D.C. v. Heller (2008), the leading Second Amendment case.

He graduated from Haverford College, studied at the University of Edinburgh, earned a doctorate in history at Harvard, and has been teaching at Stanford since 1980.

The Mosher Foundation’s series on Moral and Ethical Leadership in American Society continues with the Westmont President’s Breakfast Friday, March 4, at 7 am at the Fess Parker: A DoubleTree Resort by Hilton. David Brooks, New York Times columnist and author of the best-selling book The Road to Character, will speak at the breakfast.

Tickets cost $125 each and are on sale at westmont.edu/presbreakfast.

Talks Examine Liberal Arts, Social Change

Westmont’s Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts explores how higher education prepares students to make social change at its 15th annual conference February 4-6. The public is welcome to plenary sessions of the Conversation on the Liberal Arts, “From Inquiry to Impact: Social Transformation through

• The Voice of the Village •

Liberal Learning.”

Speakers include alumna Rachel Goble ’05, co-founder and president of The SOLD Project, a nonprofit agency that works to combat the sexual exploitation of women and children; Mary Godwyn, professor of sociology at Babson College and a specialist in the integration of liberal education and entrepreneurship; Jon Isham, director of the Center for Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) at Middlebury College; and Cheri Larsen Hoeckley, professor of English at Westmont, where she has taught since 1997. A complete schedule is available at west mont.edu/institute. For more information, please call (805) 565-6124.

A downtown panel discussion, “Listening to the Community”, features Ken Saxon, founder and president of Leading From Within; Brandon Cox, co-founder of CorePower Yoga; Ian Bentley, co-founder of Parker Clay; David Kerr, head of Sansum Diabetes Research Center and health innovator; and alumna Jenny Martinez ’14, program coordinator for education and outreach at the Sansum Diabetes Research Center, on Saturday, February 6, at 9 am at the Westmont Downtown campus, 26 W. Anapamu, third floor.

Following the conference, Isham lectures about a type of education that doesn’t succumb to the whipped-up frenzy of our time. “‘Slow Learning and Social Transformation” is free and open to the public on Monday, February 8, at 3:30 pm in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall.

“Too often, we rush, we assign more, we expect more, we pursue more. And perhaps as a result, we learn less,” Isham says. “Slow learning is an approach that declares ‘less is more,’ that promotes the ‘read’ and then the ‘re-read,’ that brings mindfulness into the classroom, that honors students who unplug, reflect, and actively raise questions about their own identity and agency in this complicated age.”

In 2012, Isham co-founded the CSE, a recognized leader in the integration of social entrepreneurship and the liberal arts. The CSE helps students use entrepreneurial tools and strategies to bring about positive social change.

The Gaede Institute, created in 2001, promotes the continued vitality of the liberal arts tradition in American higher education. In May 2006, Westmont renamed the institute after its founder, •MJ former president Stan Gaede.

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trol if someone was demonized. These were young girls from ages 9 to early 20s who were convulsing and accusing. Most were orphaned because of Indian Wars. Some traumatized by Indians themselves. The whole nightmare lasted only nine months.

Witchcraft was engraved in the culture at the time. If an oddity couldn’t be explained it was declared witchcraft. Those accused of witchcraft were allowed to live if they confessed.

If not they were hanged. Even the minister’s wife was accused and the governor’s wife.

The witch trials damaged the Puritans credibility with 1692 marking the beginning of the church’ end. They were not a tolerant group. Stacy can see a connection to today’s demonizing of all Muslims as terrorists. She hopes everyone won’t jump to conclusions without thought.

Some of those enjoying the intimate evening before heading to UCSB were Nancy Clark and Chris Dewey, Ann Daniel, Anne and Matt Hall, Hollye and Jeff Jacobs, Gretchen and Marsh Milligan, Judy Wainwright and Jim Mitchell, Nicole and Kirt Woodhouse.

Remarkable Women of California

Missy Brant Chandler DeYoung ought to know a remarkable woman when she meets one. “Remarkable Women of California” is the name of her book, and she should probably be in it herself, as well as the 82 she chose to highlight. She came to the Channel City Club and Committee on Foreign Relations luncheon to enlighten us on these remarkable ladies.

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circle of most prominent citizens for the burgeoning Los Angeles. Missy saw all of this while she received a master’s in urban planning from UCLA. She was also the 30-year wife of Otis Chandler, who published the Los Angeles Times and was a scion of

another powerful California family.

She has known women who helped shape not only Los Angeles but also California. Missy said, “Publishing this book was like giving birth” – which she has, to five children.

Missy has spent 30 years collecting stories and remembered where it all began. “It was at my mother’s monthly bridge group. They were all in their 90s and grande dames of Los Angeles.

I fixed them bloody Marys, and they talked and gossiped of days gone by.

One woman led to another, and soon I had to eliminate ten as the book had gotten too fat.”

Interestingly, Missy surmises that California women are special because in 1850 we had Spanish law, which gave women the right to own property of their own and to pass it to their children. This was not true for the rest of the United States. California was also separated from the U.S. by desert and mountains, so many women were separated from their families and became more independent. They were also less tied to tradition and could choose to wear what they liked. There was one woman called Charlie Parkhurst who drove a stagecoach wearing the appropriate gear. No one knew she wasn’t a man until she died.

In the book, there are vivid biographies and photos of ladies from philanthropists, to athletes, to politicians, entrepreneurs, and educators.

Something for everyone. Channel City Club says they are Santa Barbara’s “Window on the World.” Missy’s book can only add to that.

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C ALENDAR OF Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to slibowitz@yahoo.com)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 1st Thursday – Going for a stroll downtown amid the galleries, shops, and boutiques that participate in the monthly art-and-culture event is already a fairly romantic way to commemorate Valentine’s Day 10 days before the actual holiday. A few of the venues have specific activities tailored to bringing out the love connection, starting with Casa Magazine, which welcomes “Santa Barbara Valentine”, a passionate exhibition of local beauty that evokes the landscape of the heart completed with love songs on the guitar, harp, piano, and voice.

The magazine’s storefront locale also hosts a book signing of “Painted With Love” by Diana Montee.... Maybe take your one-and-only to El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park, aka The Presidio, for Pastimes by Candlelight, a rare opportunity to visit by candlelight and experience living history vignettes including hearing the comandante converse with officials, watching the soldados relax after a long day’s work, and enjoying the music and dances of Early California....

For glimpses of a movie star who many loved from afar, stop by Bella Rosa Galleries to view Marilyn Monroe vintage movie posters along with original rock and roll photography by Amber Paresa and Vintage Hollywood Jewels from the 1930s and ‘40s.... It’s not quite Marilyn, but perhaps the two

of you might like to drop by the Santa Barbara Historical Museum for Stars, Snapshots, and Chanel. Experience the 1970’s and 1980s social scene on the American Riviera through high fashion costume and photographs

by Beverley Jackson, who as the News-Press social columnist made the rounds of the city’s most glittering events beginning in 1968.... Over at Faulkner Gallery West (in the Public Library), Jennifer Ringer hosts her first solo art show, “Colors of the Coast”, featuring many of her acrylic paintings plus prints and ceramic pieces that are bright, colorful, and fun, as her work incorporates many geometric shapes and bold lines creating a unique style. The artist will be on hand most of the evening.... A fancy drink always gets the energy flowing, which brings us to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Paseo Nuevo, where Outpost at the Goodland’s resident mixologist Chris Burmeister will be serving curated cocktails with a soundtrack of love songs by DJ Darla Bea and art from current exhibits Tam Van Tran, Aikido Dream, and Bloom Projects: Michael DeLucia, Appearance Preserving Simplification.... David Courtenay’s upbeat folk-rock served with a captivating smile and a side of spirituality always seems to leave listeners in a happy place and often even feeling frisky. The local hero plays with his band on Marshall’s Patio....

Finally, if you’ve got kids, Valentine’s

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 Fingering in February – Tim Farrell, a trailblazing finger-style guitarist from Pennsylvania, has six full-length CDs to his name full of songs of elegant simplicity that harken to the purity of the acoustic guitar. The album, Cascadia, not only features some of his originals but also a cover of the timeless song “Walk Away, Renee”. Farrell, who has shared the stage with such artists as Les Paul, George Benson, and Jean Luc Ponty, is also part of StringSongs, a trio with bassist Michael Manring and Grammy winner Pat Robinson. His music is frequently played on such internationally syndicated programs as Echoes and World Café. He has composed for television, radio, and the theater, and his song “Rosewood Alley” won the International Acoustic Music Award for Best Instrumental. Opening for Farrell tonight at the Cambridge Drive Concert Series is Susan Marie Reeves, a Santa Barbara local who has similar performing opportunities. The multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter toured for six years with her successful bluegrass band, Wild Sage, before switching over to solo work and then forming the quirky harmony-laden, allfemale quintet Honeysuckle Possums. Reeves’s picturesque, melodic music that she refers to as Gypsy Newgrass works in all the environments, including when she performs with her adult daughter Sierra, who is an accomplished singer-songwriter herself. It’s as the family duo that Reeves returns to the church’s stage. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Cambridge Drive Community Church, 550 Cambridge Drive, Goleta COST: $12 with advance reservation and $15 at the door INFO: 964-0436 or www. cambridgedrivechurch.org

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Big Bowie Benefit Bash – Santa Barbara area audio artists come together at the charming Art Deco-era Plaza Theatre in Carpinteria tonight to pay tribute to the late, great David Bowie, who passed away last month at 67.

Tariqh Akoni – the Santa Barbara-raised chair of the guitar department at the L.A. Music Academy, musical director for Josh Groban, and a performing and sessions guitarist and songwriter – served as music director for the concert, fronting a fabulous backing band featuring Herman Matthews on drums (Kenny Loggins, Richard Marx, Tower of Power), Randy Tico on bass (Jeff Bridges, Airto and Flora, Ivan Lins, and myriad Santa Barbara bands such as Area 51), David Delhomme on keys (Eric Clapton, Marcus Miller, The Tonight Show), Peter Korpela on percussion (Josh Groban, Melody Gardot, Robbie Williams), and Jesse Siebenberg on lap steel and guitar (Supertramp, A Fine Frenzy, Crosby Loggins). Perla Batalla, the Grammy-nominated singer who has toured with Leonard Cohen, is among the musicians scheduled to perform, a list that also includes Montecito singer-songwriter Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket fame, and Shane Alexander, Rain Perry, Jamie Drake, Eli Wulfmeier, Jaime Wyatt, Shelby Figueroa, Max Kasch, and The Brambles. Proceeds benefit The Young & Brave Foundation WHEN: 7-10 pm WHERE: Plaza Playhouse Theater, 4916 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria COST: $20 in advance, $25 at the door INFO: 684-6380/ www.plazatheatercarpinteria.com or www.onestowatchproductions.com

Day probably means making sure the little ones are feeling loved and secure.

Which is where Family 1st Thursday at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art comes in, this month offering Pattern Play Collage where visitors can create a mixed-media mini market vendor installation by sculpting objects in terra cotta clay and pairing them with images and words, inspired by Eniac Martínez’s Herbal Medicine, Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico. WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: www.santabarbaradowntown.com/ about/1st-thursday Blood, Sweat, and Years – None of the original members of Blood, Sweat & Tears are still performing in the band that scored three big hits (“You Made Me So Very Happy,” “Spinning Wheel,” and “And When I Die”) on their eponymous second album, which topped the Billboard charts and beat out The Beatles’ Abbey Road for the Album of the Year at the Grammys at the end of the ‘60s. But the new lead singer Bo Bice has a little street cred – make that TV studio endorsement – of his own, as the runner-up to Carrie Underwood on the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Early reports are that Bice has stepped in nicely as the voice of BS&T – one of the first bands to blend rock, R&B and jazz, serving as progenitors to Earth Wind & Fire and the like – even though the group formed eight years before he was born. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort, 3400

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Handy Man at the Organ – Controversial organist Cameron Carpenter – who makes waves with his appearance (a jet-black mohawk, Swarovski crystalencrusted suit tails, and bejeweled shoes are his regular stage outfit), as well as his extraordinary musicianship – makes his Santa Barbara debut with the International Touring Organ, an elaborate digital instrument created from his own design that represents a seismic shift in the organ world. Carpenter designed the instrument in a bid to innovate the relationship between organ and organist. It was created by sampling sounds from many traditional pipe organs, including many of Carpenter’s favorite instruments, from the cathedral to the Wurlitzer, and designed to be easily portable (under three hours to put together on site). As for the music, Carpenter – who has two degrees from The Juilliard School, holds the 2012 Leonard Bernstein Award, and is the first solo organist ever nominated for a Grammy for a solo album – bucks tradition with a varied and virtuosic repertory that spans across genres, encompassing Wagner, J. S. Bach, pop music, and international film scores. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $35-$45 INFO: 8992222/www.granadasb.org or 893-3535/www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

short comic opera based on the current rage for developing new information technologies, often by tiny start-up firms. The development process collides with an evolving love triangle, yielding song titles, arias, and lyric lines such as “It All Starts With the Idea”, “I’m at a Loss about My Boss.” “I.T. Gal, I.T. Gal”, “No Merger? No Merger!”, “Handy, Dandy, It’s the Latest It’s the Greatest”, and “There’s No Mystery Why Matt Is History” as the plot thickens and the story progresses.

The performers include sopranos Kyra Folk-Farber and Christine Hollinger, tenor Adam Bradley, baritone Andre Shillo, and pianist Christopher Davis. The special show takes place at a special place for the Music Club, Hahn Hall, which has heard many an aria from fellows at the Music Academy of the West each summer. WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Road COST: free INFO: www.sbmusicclub.org SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Hang Tight – As the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) gears up to

celebrate its 75th anniversary later this year, a new installation highlights the most celebrated works of art from SBMA’s permanent collection, as well as several of the most exciting gifts and acquisitions in the areas of modern and contemporary art, photography, and the arts of Asia. The small works on paper gallery features favorite photographs of former curator Karen Sinsheimer as a tribute to her vision in the building of the permanent collection. The eclectic group of objects, meant to sample the breadth and diversity of the permanent collection while some of the museum’s galleries are temporarily closed for renovation, includes visitor favorites such as the life-size bronze Bather Putting Up Her Hair (1932)

by Aristide Maillol, the Yuan dynasty Seated Luohan (13th century), and the early painting by the famed Bay Area Figuration artist Richard Diebenkorn.

Stay tuned for the major celebration in the early summer. WHEN: Opens today, runs indefinitely WHERE: 1130 State Street COST: regular museum admission INFO: 963-4364 or www. sbma.net •MJ

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3813 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3813 for the ADA Ramp at Oak Park Pool will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, February 18, 2016 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled “ADA Ramp at Oak Park Pool, Bid No. 3813.”

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete a new pool ramp and decking to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements, drainage, plumbing, new gate, and associated work per the plans and specs. The construction cost estimate is $55,000. Each bidder must have: (1) either a Class A General Engineering Contractor license or a Class B General Building Contractor license and (2) a C-53 Swimming Pool Contractor license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2016 at 10:00 AM at Oak Park Pool 600 W. JUNIPERO Street, Santa Barbara, CA. The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is KEVEN STRASBURG, PARK PROJECT TECHNICIAN, 805-897-1906.

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

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations.

In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts.

Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

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

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

Effective March 1, 2015, Senate Bill 854 requires the City to only use contractors and subcontractors on public projects that have been registered with the State of California Department of Industrial Relations.

The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Automoto Events, PO Box 91323, Santa Barbara, CA 93190. Jeremy Robert Cable, 318 Rosario Drive #B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Fred Lobianco, 26500 Agoura Hills Road, Calabasas, CA 91302; Mark Macinnis, 1954 Argyle 3A, Los Angeles, CA 90068.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 29, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2016-0000281.

Published February 3, 10, 17, 24, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Radhas Love; Radhas Love Designs, 5516 Telling Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Ariana Anderson, 5516 Telling Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93111.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 8, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2016-0000061.

Published February 3, 10, 17, 24, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MH Home, 1255 Coast Village Road Suite 102C, Montecito, CA 93108. Maureen Hemming Design, LLC, 1255 Coast Village Road Suite 102C, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 20, 2016.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 20160000186. Published January 27, February 3, 10, 17, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Keller Williams Realty; Keller Williams Realty Santa Barbara; Keller Williams Santa Barbara, 1435 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara CA 93103. SB Wealth, INC, 439 N. Canon Dr, Penthouse,

Beverly Hills, CA 90210. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 30, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Melissa Mercer. FBN No. 20150003576. Published January 27, February 3, 10, 17, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Village Cab, 3712 Greggory Way #2, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

Village Cab Incorporated, 3712 Greggory Way #2, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 21, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasingh. FBN No. 20150003512. Published January 20, 27, February 3, 10, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: QUIETGUIDES. COM; TOURS4MOBILE; Travel Tips and Tours. com; Virtual Publishing Solutions; Visual Travel Tours, 3905 State St. #7128, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. URATRIP.COM LLC, 741 Mission Canyon Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 30, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Noe Solis. FBN No. 20150003569. Published January 20, 27, February 3, 10, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Miranda’s House Cleaning, 1313 Pitos St. #A, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Gloria A Miranda, 1313 Pitos St. #A, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 5, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan

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Morales. FBN No. 20160000023. Published January 20, 27, February 3, 10, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Z.A.G.; Z.I.G.; Zilles Architectural Group, 1284 East Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 931082028. Marsha Elizabeth Zilles, 1284 East Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 17, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 20150003492. Published January 13, 20, 27, February 3, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLANKA, 1266 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

BLANKA, LLC, 1266 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 8, 2016.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20160000071. Published January 13, 20, 27, February 3, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A Loving Helper Home Care Service, 1144 E. Mountain Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93108. A Loving Helper Home Care Service, INC., 1482 E Valley Rd STE 233, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 18, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 20150003502. Published January 13, 20, 27, February 3, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: IMEDRECOVERY, 1770 Jelinda Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93108. IMEDVENTURES, LLC, 1770 Jelinda Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This

statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 14, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20150003452. Published January 13, 20, 27, February 3, 2016.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV00030. To all interested parties: Petitioner Danny Tran filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Danny Deity Tran. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed January 28, 2016 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: March 9, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 16CV00162.

To all interested parties: Petitioner Jesus Ornelas filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Jesse Ornelas. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed January 21, 2016 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: March 23, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Published 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24

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CINEMA SCOPE

by James Luksic

James is managing editor of the Montecito Journal and was recently editor and film critic of the Santa Barbara Sentinel. He has reviewed movies for 30 years and can be reached via Editor@montecitojournal.net.

Down and All Around

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mong the releases slated for early February is none other than Pride and Prejudice and Zombies; its director’s name, Burr Gore Steers, would seem to be a fitting match for such a movie – at least more than its seven producers. From this vantage point, the only upside to Deadpool’s release date of February 12 is that film-goers won’t have to endure its godforsaken trailer thereafter. One’s tolerance for such a juvenile, Marvel-mired revenge caper figures to be equal to one’s acceptance of ogling Ryan Reynolds in a Spandex costume as he tosses one-liners like firecrackers.

Farther down the road but foremost on my radar: The Witch, whose eerie, spooky trailer – and stark, rustic setting – provoked an initial observer to point out: “It feels like we’re watching something we should not be seeing.” I’m all eyes.

Making Waves

The Finest Hours documents the true tale involving the Coast Guard, circa 1952, rescuing individuals (the same number of Chilean miners liberated in last fall’s The 33) stuck on an oil tanker during a rip-roaring blizzard.

Inevitable comparisons to the likes of Titanic and The Perfect Storm, sometimes work to the Hours advantage.

Behind the camera, Craig Gillespie cobbles together an old-fashioned, authentic aura of time and place.

Insofar as it’s a Disney production, there’s also a sense of sugar-sweet polish. But the movie is impeccably cast (though Los Angeles native Chris Pine grapples with a Massachusetts accent, as his character does the SS Pendleton’s steering wheel) across the board – especially among the salty, middle-aged supporting players.

Natalie Portman embodies the weapon-toting wife and forlorn mother in Jane Got A Gun, all but invisible at the box office despite star power in the form of Joel Edgerton and Ewan Mcgregor (a peculiar casting choice).

Its familiar fable of love, revenge, and bounties out west is often more mild than wild, chiefly because the ailing husband (Noah Emmerich) gets relegated to mumbling in bed. The picture ultimately comes across not as a misfire but a noble effort – if inconsequential by cinematic Western standards.

•MJ

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Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be

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COMING & GOING (Continued from page 35) Frankie Harman’s solo performance of “Phenomenal Woman” not only earned her the title of Teen Dance Star but it also garnered a spontaneous standing ovation from the Lobero audience (photo courtesy of Ryan Fleming)

What’s Cooking host Arthur Von Wiesenberger joins Mollie Ahlstrand and William Conlin, director of the TV show, in the kitchen at Trattoria Mollie on Coast Village Road

Johnson, Rob Lowe, and Oprah Winfrey. Katy Perry is a frequent presence, as am I. Every fall for the past few years, Mollie has gone to Alba, Italy, to join in a white truffle hunt and to bring back some of the tasty morsels for her eatery. This year, however, owner-chef Mollie Ahlstrand brought back only one rather large white truffle (a $3,000 baby), because it had been a dry year and truffles were simply too expensive. She couldn’t see how she could justify charging her customers for them (by adding, say, $100 to a dish). But, she did make some truffle-induced dishes for Arthur Von Weisenberger (Nipper) and he came by her kitchen to record the experience for his TV show, What’s Cooking with Arthur Von Wiesenberger. The first episode of season 3, starring Mollie, is set to air on Saturday, February 6, on KEYT (Channel 3) at 10:30 pm. If you miss it, it’s likely to be repeated and will also be available for viewing at www.newspress.tv anytime after Saturday.

You’ll enjoy Arthur’s dry wit and Mollie’s exuberant presence, so tune in or record the show for future viewing. You won’t be disappointed.

Backstage with the Beach Boys

It was Old Home Week at the Granada on Saturday, January 30.

The show began at about 7:45 and for

the next two hours (with a 20-minute intermission) it was all rock-out all the time, as The Beach Boys, featuring Mike Love and Bruce Johnston – along with newcomers Scott Totten, Jeff Foskett, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill, and Brian Eichenberger – belted out Beach Boys songs and other rock ‘n’ roll hits from the 1960s. Roger and Sarah Chrisman had invited all past Santa Barbara Yacht Club Commodores to join them in the first two rows of the balcony. And plenty of the rest of Montecito was there in the audience, too, (see Richard Mineards’s cover-

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and her dad is Brett Harman (stepdad is Christopher Haskell).

Frankie’s win was powered by her jazz/funk solo choreographed by Kelli Forman, to Justin Bieber’s “Where Are U Now,” and another more contemporary turn to a Maya Angelou poem (“Phenomenal Woman”), choreographed by Kyleigh Carlson.

The 10 finalists rehearsed together, under the direction of talent director Kerrilee Gore (wife of Martin Gore) to produce a number that opened the show. The judges for the finals were industry professionals: Jessica Richens, Will Wingfield, and Monique Wingfield (all former finalists on So You Think You Can Dance).

Another Widow Maker Down

The cheerleaders that brought so much energy to “Be True To Your School” and again to “Barbara Ann” on stage at the Granada during The Beach Boys concert were (from left): Bella Giannettoni (Hale Charter Academy), Madeleine Lucas (Sequoia Middle School), Regina Aguilar (Monte Vista), Kayley Huston (Carpinteria Middle School), and Brooklyn Shamvlin (Mount Carmel)

Downstairs after the concert, Beach Boy Bruce Johnston (left) was joined not only by half of Montecito, but also by his son, Ozzie (in photo); Ozzie spent his childhood in Montecito, attending MUS, Crane, and Laguna Blanca before heading off for higher degrees and a life elsewhere

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age beginning on page 33).

The corps of ushers were taken aside before the doors opened and advised as to how to keep people from climbing up on the stage or dancing in the aisles. No one rushed the stage, but the edict against dancing in the aisles was quickly demolished.

You should have been there, as most of your neighbors and friends were!

ers competing for the title of local impresario Joe Lambert’s latest production: “Teen Dance Star” at the Lobero. The winner was Montecito resident, 14-year-old Frankie Harman.

She attended All Saints Pre-School and Montecito Union, and is now an eighth grader at Providence Hall. She has two brothers at MUS – Will and Ford (twins, 10 years old) – and stepsister Alex Haskell and stepbrother Christophe Haskell. Her win should not have come as any real surprise, considering that her grandfather is actor Bradford Dillman and her grandmother was the original “supermodel” and actress, the late Suzy Parker Dillman. Frankie’s mom is also an actress, Pamela Dillman Haskell,

• The Voice of the Village •

Luckily, this overgrown eucalyptus with a bad attitude and dangerous disposition didn’t harm anyone or anything on its way down at Butterfly Lane and Channel Drive

We received the following report from Jane Orfalea: “Thought you might want to send a reporter to cover the big tree down on the corner of Channel Drive and Butterfly Lane. Despite it being the busiest time of day – about 4 pm – miraculously, no one was injured. My husband, Paul Orfalea, and I had just walked past with two of our dogs a few minutes before. I guess our number wasn’t up. FYI: there’s another eucalyptus tree on Butterfly Lane and Hill Road, in the middle of the road, which looks very ready to fall. A lot of pedestrians walk by there every day.”

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Real Estate

894 Toro Canyon Road: $3,195,000

Panoramic ocean, island, mountain,

by Mark Ashton Hunt and city views are a feature of this

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

New Montecito Listings

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he first few weeks of 2016 started out with few new listings. Since then, however, a diverse collection of new listings has hit the market, including a ridge-top retreat off Toro Canyon and an oceanfront condo. The market here remains hot. For example, one new oceanfront condo listing went into escrow so quickly, I did not have a chance to add it to my Best Buys list. What follows are my choices from among those new listings.

2775 Sycamore Canyon Road: $1,295,000

This is a small cottage located on a full acre, surrounded by multi-million dollar estates. The home offers two bedrooms and one bath in just over 750 square feet of living space. The chic farmhouse has been remodeled and is well located, close to both upper and lower villages in Montecito.

Open decks off of the home, garden areas, pitched roof ceilings, and a fireplace add to the desirability of the property. Additionally, the home is located in the Cold Spring School District. Enjoy as is, make plans to expand, etc… this is a good example of a clean, entry-level Montecito home.

901 Aleeda Lane: $2,265,000

This home is perched above a quiet neighborhood, just off of Camino Viejo, close to both upper and lower villages in Montecito. The driveway leads up to the residence that sits above and is set back from the street.

Upon reaching the home, one is met with a charming, single-level ranchstyle home with 2,447 square feet of living space on a .34-acre lot. This wellcared-for home has coastal and valley views from the living room and covered patio. There are three bedrooms and three bathrooms, an office-style den offering views, a kitchen, dining room, and laundry room that have all been remodeled.

The outdoor entertaining spaces provide different areas to enjoy the gardens or take in the views. There is a finished garage with additional exterior parking.

This home is not in either of the Montecito school districts but within the 93108 ZIP code.

Mediterranean home located on 15.34 acres in the Toro Canyon estates area of Montecito. This home has three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms, in 4162 +/- square feet of living space. There are two master suites, a guest room, cathedral ceilings, two fireplaces, a private office with separate entrance, a roomy kitchen, family room, library, wine closet, lap pool, and separate level pad that is advertised as having the potential of adding another structure (buyer advised to investigate this potential).

This gated property is accessed by a +/- 0.3-mile roadway off Toro Canyon Road, where the home sits like a retreat on its own ridge. Each room takes full advantage of its expansive ocean-mountain views.

A private water company serves this neighborhood with (two) wells. The home has built-in fire sprinklers throughout, and there is a two-car garage and off-street parking for guests. While this home is located in the Montecito 93108 ZIP code area, it is in the Summerland and Carpinteria school districts.

3 Seaview Drive: $3,600,000

This is an opportunity to buy into beachfront living in Montecito.

The condominium is located in the guard-gated Montecito Shores complex, which rests near the Four Seasons Biltmore hotel, the Coral Casino, Butterfly Beach, and Hammonds surf spot.

Most units in this complex feature two bedrooms in about 1,700+/square feet. However, this unit offers three bedrooms, two and a half baths, in 2,234 square feet of living space. The unit is single-level on the ground floor, allowing a new owner to walk straight out their side entrance and directly to the walking paths leading to the sand.

The updated kitchen opens onto the dining area with ocean views, and there is radiant floor heating throughout. This ocean-side gated community offers tennis, pool, spa, walking paths, and oceanfront patio-style tables and benches.

This unit comes with two assigned parking spaces in the common garage and guest parking nearby.

The Montecito Shores complex is located in the Montecito Union School District and is close to the shops and restaurants along Coast Village Road.

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

MontecitoBestBuys.com from which this article is based.

•MJ

93108 OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7

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630 Stonehouse Lane

11-2pm

790 Lilac Drive

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$6,650,000

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Loyd Applegate

570-4935

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1-3pm

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455-5045

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1-3pm

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637-2948

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923 Buena Vista Drive

By Appt.

$5,495,000

6bd/6.5ba

Frank Abatemarco

450-7477

Sotheby’s International Realty

975 Mariposa

By Appt.

$4,995,000

4bd/4ba

Grubb Campbell Group 448-3081

Village Properties

2332 Bella Vista Drive

By Appt.

$4,795,000

3bd/4ba

Frank Abatemarco

450-7477

Sotheby’s International Realty

705 Oak Grove

12-2pm

$4,650,000

4bd/6ba

Ron Madden

284-4170

Village Properties

1709 Overlook Lane

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$4,620,000

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Frank Abatemarco

450-7477

Sotheby’s International Realty

556 Periwinkle Lane

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$1,975,000

3bd/2ba

Grubb Campbell Group 448-3081

Village Properties

1510 San Leandro Lane

1-4pm

$1,795,000

N/A

Gene Archambault

Sotheby’s International Realty

421 Seaview Road

By Appt.

$1,450,000

2bd/2ba

Grubb Campbell Group 448-3081

Village Properties

546 San Ysidro Road #B

1-3pm

$1,299,000

2bd/2ba

Holly McKenna

886-8848

Coldwell Banker

$999,000

3bd/2ba

Arve Eng

698-2915

Sotheby’s International Realty

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