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Lights, cameras …. art! Biden to visit Patricia Chidlaw painting becomes Santa Barbara International Film Festival poster
Central Coast Sen. Padilla is also part of tour of communities hit by the storms By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
President Joe Biden is expected to visit the Central Coast today to visit areas that have been impacted due to the storms that have hit Santa Barbara County. He will be joined by U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif. Together, Sen. Padilla and
President Biden will travel the Central Coast to survey recovery efforts and visit with first responders, state and local officials, and communities impacted by the devastation from recent storms, according to a news release from Sen. Padilla’s office. The White House hasn’t announced whether President Please see VISIT on A4
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President Joe Biden is scheduled today to visit Central Coast communities affected by the recent storms.
Kidnapping suspect to appear in Superior Court By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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Patricia Chidlaw stands in front of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival poster, which is based on her oil on canvas painting, “2 Stars, Arlington.”
FYI The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will run Feb. 8-18 at the Arlington Theatre and other Santa Barbara venues. For more information, go to sbiff.org. By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR
A renowned painter’s realistic image of the historic Arlington Theatre graces this year’s poster for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Artist Patricia Chidlaw’s poster was unveiled Wednesday morning before reporters and photographers at Sullivan Goss: American Gallery, where owner Nathan Vonk had a lot to say in praise of it. For one thing, Mr. Vonk told the News-Press, Ms. Chidlaw knew what details to include and what details to leave to the viewer’s imagination in her oil on canvas painting, “2 Stars, Arlington.” “She’s really amazing,” Mr. Vonk said. “It looks like a photograph.” In creating her first painting for the film festival’s poster, Ms. Chidlaw was careful to leave space in the sky for the typeface promoting the popular festival. The film festival will take place Feb. 8-18 at the Arlington Theater and other Santa Barbara venues, and the stars will vary from recent Golden Globe winners Angela Bassett and Cate Blanchett to
In preparing for the poster, Patricia Chidlaw created three oil paintings. The film festival selected the one at the far left, which has space for typeface at the top.
Brendan Fraser, who’s seen as a likely Oscar nominee for his critically acclaimed comeback role in “The Whale.” Mr. Fraser will receive the Riviera Award, and Ms. Bassett and Ms. Blanchett are winners of the Montecito Award and Outstanding Performer of the Year Award winners respectively. Other stars will vary from Austin Butler, who starred in the title role of “Elvis,” to Ke Huy
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told reporters at Sullivan Goss. And he explained the festival reached out to Sullivan Goss for an artist to create this year’s image. That’s how Ms. Chidlaw became involved, and she took Mr. Vonk’s suggestion that she paint the Arlington from the vantage point of the roof of The Granada’s parking garage. Please see SBIFF on A4
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Quan (“Everything Everywhere At Once”) and Jamie Lee Curtis, who will receive the Matlin Modern Master Award and be interviewed by critic Leonard Maltin. The Cinema Vanguard Award will go to stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. “We will have 52 world premieres and 78 U.S. premieres from 43 countries,” Roger Durling, the festival’s executive director,
A Santa Barbara man charged with attempting to kidnap a 12year-old girl in Carpinteria is scheduled to appear in Superior Court next week to set a date for his preliminary hearing on that felony charge and two additional misdemeanors. Elias Maldonado, 51, appeared in court on Jan. 11 to set a preliminary hearing date, but the case was continued until Jan. 25. Sheriff’s deputies announced Nov. 10 that they had arrested Mr. Maldonado on suspicion of attempted kidnapping for an incident two days earlier. According to prosecutors, the defendant is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 215 pounds. On Nov. 9, Community Resource Deputy Bryan Dickey was notified by Carpinteria Middle School staff of a kidnapping incident that had occurred at approximately 4 p.m. Nov. 8 in the 5500 block of Carpinteria Avenue near the entrance to the bicycle path. CRD Dickey spoke with the female juvenile reporting party who provided a thorough account of the incident and a suspect description, sheriff’s officials said. He and patrol deputies conducted a follow-up investigation, identified the suspect as Mr. Maldonado and tracked him to a motel in the 5500 block of Carpinteria Avenue. Deputies also learned that he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. The next day, Nov. 9, at approximately 9:50 a.m., SRD Dickey along with patrol
deputies and a Sheriff’s K-9 unit contacted Mr. Maldonado at the motel where he was taken into custody after briefly attempting to flee. Maldonado was booked at the Main Jail on suspicion of attempted kidnapping of a child under the age of 14 (felony) and obstructing a peace officer (misdemeanor) as well as his outstanding warrant for domestic violence (felony) and false imprisonment (felony). He was being held on $150,000 bail, but sheriff’s department records Wednesday noted he is no longer in custody. The complaint charges him with attempted kidnapping, a felony. Prosecutors allege he attempted to abduct the victim either by force or “by any other means of instilling fear,” with the intention of taking her elsewhere. The charge is a serious and/or violent felony. Prosecutors allege aggravating factors, contending the alleged crime involved great violence, great bodily harm, threat of great bodily harm or other act disclosing a high degree of cruelty, viciousness or callousness, and that the victim was particularly vulnerable. They also allege he engaged in violent conduct that indicates a serious danger to society. He also is charged with two misdemeanors, one for allegedly annoying or molesting a child under 18, and the other for resisting arrest. Prosecutors said they intend to introduce evidence of any prior acts of sexual offenses committed by the defendant.
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