Coastal View News • December 8, 2022

Carpinteria finds rhythm on basketball court

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BY RYAN P. CRUZ

PHOTOS BY ROSANA SWING

Carpinteria girls basketball had a busy week with five games in seven days. The Warriors picked up some quality wins together, led by junior Amarisse Camargo and freshman duo Jamaica Cook and Charlotte Cooney. The Warriors got a great start to the week with a 53-35 home win against Thacher.

was the home opener for Carpinteria, and Camargo gave the Warriors fans a good reason to cheer by scoring half of the team’s points in the first two quarters and giving Carpinteria a 26-20 halftime lead. In the second half, everyone on the team got in on the action and the War riors stretched their lead to as many as 24 points in the fourth quarter. Camargo fin ished with 23 points, seven rebounds and four steals in the win. Cook, a freshman in her first year with the team, finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds and three steals.

“I was happy with our overall team play on offense and defense,” said Car pinteria coach Henry Gonzales.

The Warriors got back on the court for a three-day tournament at Bishop Diego. Carpinteria stumbled out of the gate with two losses on the first day, against tourna ment host Bishop Diego and Santa Maria. In the 52-42 loss to Santa Maria, the

Jamaica Cook is a force all the court, racking up points, and rebounds.

Warriors fought back from a nine-point deficit in the first quarter to bring the game within three by halftime, led by eight points from Camargo and nine from Cooney and solid rebounding efforts by Cook and junior Lizbeth Alpizar.

trio of Camargo, Cooney and Cook finished with 13, 15 and eight points in the loss.

next day, Carpinteria got back into winning form with a 38-23 win over crosstown rival Cate. Gonzales said the win was a testament to the strong defensive mindset of the team, which was able to hold Cate under ten points in every period. Alpizar, Cook and senior Scarlet Torres combined for 10 steals in the win.

built on that momentum on the final day of the tournament with another decisive win over Coastal Christian, 54-32. Coach Gonzales said the team was determined to end the tournament on a positive note heading into league play next week. The team was led once again by Camargo, who scored 10 of the first 15 points in the game, and freshman duo Cook and Cooney, who combined for all 13 of the Warriors’ second-

quarter points. At halftime, Carpinteria was up 28-8.

started with good energy, espe cially on defense which led to some easy baskets,” Gonzales said. Coastal Christian battled back in the second half, cutting the lead to eight points at one point, before Carpinteria got back into rhythm and built the lead to over 20 points. “Our trio of Jamaica Cook (18 points, 13 rebounds), Amarisse Camargo (17 points, 11 rebounds) and Charlotte Cooney (16 points, 5 rebounds) were instrumental in our success,” Gonzales said.

John Wullbrandt is Holiday Parade grand marshal

Christmas Cheer at Canalino

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Chuck Graham, left, and Holly Lohuis eye a tree decorated with Carpinteria High School sports gear, raffl e tickets in hand. The tree is one of several decked out at the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center for this year’s Festival of Trees raffle; funds raised with the raffle tickets go back to local organizations. The festival will be open 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. this Saturday during Carpinteria’s regular holiday parade and other festivities, with the raffle winners announced Dec. 17. See this week’s full spread of planned holiday events on pages 26 and

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Second annual Santa Run coming to town

The Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District will hold the second annual Santa Run Parade on Dec. 16, collecting toys around town for local families and children in need. Firefighters will collect toys in Summerland at 5 p.m., and Carpinteria at 7 p.m.

Blankets, warm coats requested for local homeless

The Carpinteria Homeless Outreach group will collect donations for homeless community members on Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Veterans Building, 941 Walnut Ave., in front of the flagpole.

The group is looking for gently used or new backpacks, blankets, one- or two-man tents, sleeping bags, warm coats, warm hats, gloves and long johns, to help people stay warm in the winter. For further questions, contact Lisa Rader at (805) 680-0571.

“Our ultimate goal is to continue to find them permanent housing situations but, in the meantime, we just want to keep them warm during the winter,” Rader told CVN.

Trash pick-up not impacted by Christmas, New Years

Trash pick-up will not be impacted by the upcoming holidays, E.J. Harrison & Sons confirmed, because both Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on Sundays.

E.J. Harrison & Sons will also pick up any extra holiday waste – up to two 50-gallon bags – placed on the curb through Jan. 7, 2023, free of charge. The collection company will also pick up Christmas trees on the curb cleared of all decorations.

For more information, visit ejharrison.com.

Highway Patrol kicks off annual CHiPs for Kids toy drive

Santa Barbara Highway Patrol is now accepting new, unwrapped toys at any of the Central Coast California Highway Patrol offices through Dec. 19, for its annual CHiPs for Kids toy drive. All toys are donated back to local families.

“We hope to help as many families as possible,” Public Information Officer Jonathan Gutierrez said. “We take pride in serving the Santa Barbara community, not only by

protecting the roadways, but helping those in need.”

Toys can also be dropped off at any of the following locations:

Santa Barbara CHP Office, 6465 Calle Real, Goleta; Walgreens, 5900 Calle Real, Goleta; Rite Aid, 199 North Fairview Ave., Goleta; Golden 1 Credit Union, 5676 Calle Real, Goleta; Suds City Laundromat, 5698 Hollister Ave #B, Goleta; Hilton Garden Inn, 6878 Hollister Ave., Goleta.

The county saw an increase in Covid-19 cases over the past week.

Covid-19 cases rise

Between Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reported an increase of PCR confirmed Covid-19 cases. The weekly reported average has increased 65.5%, the department said; there is also an underreporting of cases due to increased rapid at-home testing.

However, Covid-19 community levels remain low in the county, with BQ.1 the dominant Covid-19 strain in the southern West Coast. There was one new death reported over the last week.

To learn where to get vaccinated for Covid-19, visit publichealthsbc.org/vaccine. To get tested for Covid-19, visit publichealthsbc.org/testing. For more information from the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, call 211 and press #4 or email the county at PHDDOC.PIOCommunitySupport@sbcphd.org.

Wullbrandt named Holiday Parade grand marshal

Lifelong Carpinterian John Wullbrandt is this year’s Holiday Parade grand marshal, Kim Gutierrez of Carp Events confirmed. This year’s parade is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 10 at 3 p.m., starting at the corner of Linden Avenue and Ninth Street.

In a message to CVN, Wullbrandt thanked the community’s volunteers for their work. “We celebrate our first responders, healthcare workers, educators, community leaders, service organizations, non-profits, local merchants, ranchers, farmers, grocers, restaurateurs and food servers, brewers, mechanics, artists, laborers, sponsors, philanthropists, city employees and all others, especially our elders and our youth who make Carpinteria a place of pride,” he said.

“Parade participants and parade goers come together for a moment that warms

the heart. We find ourselves remembering past parades and those marching with us in spirit. For this parade let us not be divided by political, racial, social or economic differences. We march once more united as Carpinterians who care for each other. And as we approach the end of the year we are looking forward, filled with hope for a bright and promising New Year.

“Thank you for this opportunity to follow in the footsteps of so many. It is my great honor to marshal the 2022 Carpinteria Holiday Spirit Parade.”

English-language announcers John Palminteri, Marybeth Carty and Kennedy Rodriguez will be stationed at the Seal Fountain during the parade; Spanish-language announcers Angelica Ornelas and Martha Haro will be located in front of Pizza Man Dan’s.

Montecito Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022 Stars for sale at 4:00 p.m. Program begins at 4:30 p.m. Montecito Upper Village Green Corner of San Ysidro & E. Valley Rd.

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Goleta Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022 Stars for sale at 5:00 p.m. Program begins at 5:30 p.m. Camino Real Marketplace Storke & Marketplace Dr.

John Wullbrandt, a regular participant in Carpinteria parades, is this year’s Holiday Parade grand marshal.

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Construction progresses on Highway 101, multipurpose bike path

Closures continue along the Highway 101 overnight, to allow at least two freeway lanes to be open during the day. The speed limit in construction zones is dropped to 55 mph.

On the northbound side, one lane between Santa Claus Lane and Sheffield Drive is closed Mondays through Thursdays from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., as well as Sundays from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. The off-ramp at Evans and Lillie Avenue will remain closed until Jan. 26, 2023, and the on-ramp at Ortega Hill Road will be closed until Feb. 14, 2023.

One southbound lane between Sheffield Drive and Carpinteria Avenue will be closed Monday through Thursday, from 9 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., as well as Sundays from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. The southern on-ramp at Santa Claus Lane will be closed until Jan. 29, 2023, although drivers may use detours on Via Real, Santa Ynez, Carpinteria or Reynolds Avenue.

The stretch of Via Real between Greenwell Avenue and North Padaro Lane, near Oceanview Park, will have fl aggers redirecting traffi c on Dec. 8, from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., for landscaping and k-rail removal.

On Carpinteria Avenue, near the intersection with Estero Street, construction crews are finishing corner improvements, building a new median island and updating the bike lane connections.

Construction on the Olive Mill Roundabout has been pushed to mid-December, as Caltrans, the City and County of Santa Barbara finalize the long-term maintenance agreement.

––Jun Starkey

The southbound off-ramp at North Padaro Lane is closed. Construction crews

Planning Commission moves forward with permanent parklets, formula business ban

Both items need final City Council approval

BY RYAN P. CRUZ

Carpinteria’s planning commission approved a long-term plan for parklets in town and moved forward with a perma nent ban on formula businesses during a downtown focused session on Monday.

The temporary parklets in the down town area popped up during the Covid-19 pandemic, but after finding the outdoor seating was well-liked by both business owners and customers who got to enjoy an outdoor meal, city council directed staff to start the process to allow parklets to exist permanently.

City planner Nick Bobroff and Public Works Director John Ilasin outlined the permanent plan, which was drafted after several meetings of the council, traffic and site development subcommittees, archi tectural review board and a downtown business open house over the past year.

The final plan would establish the parklets for the long run, allowing restau rants and food service businesses on the ground floor within the Downtown “T” district to use outdoor parklets for the next five years at least, so long as they fit within the newly established guidelines.

The parklet for a single business could only occupy a maximum of two parking spaces, though two adjacent businesses could combine and share a parklet span ning four spaces. Parklets could operate only during business hours, but “must be made available for public use,” and the city encourages businesses to use some sort of permanent seating.

Businesses will be able to choose from two available prefabricated options –costing between $12,500 and $15,000 – or could build their own, as long as the parklet fits within the city’s guidelines. Movable seating would have to be moved and stored by the end of the day; lighting would have to be “self-contained and battery powered” only and no electronics, televisions, projectors or speakers would be allowed.

Some of the specifics of the guidelines were still open for changes, and the plan ning commission narrowed down some of the decisions, recommending that canopies be allowed, as well as portable heaters, although businesses will have to remove propane tanks overnight and secure them to prevent theft or fire risk.

It still remains to be decided whether the business owners will have to tear down the parklets for Carpinteria’s an nual Avocado Festival. The drafted plan floated the idea that the parklets would be taken down during the week of the event to coincide with the required once-a-year city inspection; businesses could also pay a fee to keep their parklets for the festival.

As a compromise, the planning com mission recommended that city council try to allow the businesses to keep the parklets without having to pay during the Avocado Festival.

In general, the commission agreed that the parklets were a positive for businesses and would be a benefit for creating a more walkable downtown district.

“The parklets have proved their useful ness,” said commissioner John Callender. “I’m a supporter of reclaiming public space from the automobile in Downtown ‘T.’ It’s in our interest to imagine a version of downtown Carpinteria that is more pedestrian friendly.”

Permanent parklets must be limited in size and conform with local guidelines.

The commission voted 4-1 to recom mend that council adopt the resolution and establish the parklets for a five-year period. Chair Jane Benefield, the sole op posing vote, said she didn’t think the city was ready for permanent parklets and the city should be mindful of available parking downtown.

Even though there is a surplus of park ing now, according to a recent parking study, Benefield said upcoming devel opments – including the multi-business marketplace at 700 Linden Ave. and the proposed Palms Hotel project – would change the picture in the future.

“I think parklets are a good idea whose time has not come for Carpinteria yet,” she said. “The study says there’s parking spaces (now), but if we keep taking spac es, there won’t be.”

Also at this month’s planning commis sion, a permanent ordinance to regulate

“formula businesses” in the downtown district was approved 4-1, with commis sioner John Moyer voting against. Moyer said he was worried that it was a “ma nipulation of free enterprise” to control which businesses could open in town.

The permanent ordinance would ex tend what was a temporary ban on “big box” businesses – chain restaurants, cor porate retail stores and nationwide hotels preventing any new formula businesses from obtaining a certificate of occupancy.

The current moratorium lasts until June 26, 2023, and the new permanent ordinance is nearly identical to its tempo rary counterpart, adding only a provision that extends the “exclusion zone” to busi nesses on Casitas Pass Road all the way to the Arco and McDonald’s locations.

Formula businesses that already have a location in Carpinteria, like Starbucks, would be allowed to keep their license in the event of relocation to the down town district. The planning commission recommended that city council also add a provision in the ordinance to allow other exceptions when they came up or allow businesses to appeal in certain circumstances.

In other business, the commission unanimously approved a two-year exten sion on the Haber Condominiums on Sev enth Street, and another smaller duplex addition and remodel on the same street.

Planning commission will reconvene for a special meeting on Dec. 19.

“The parklets have proved their usefulness (…) I’m a supporter of reclaiming public space from the automobile in Downtown ‘T.’ It’s in our interest to imagine a version of downtown Carpinteria that is more pedestrian friendly.”

–Planning Commissioner John Callender

Many food-focused businesses in Carpinteria operate in the Downtown “T” area, seen here on Carpinteria and Linden avenues.

Obituary

LETTERS

Say no to water reclamation project

I would like to thank Mayor Wade Nomura for writing “We must protect Carpinteria” (CVN Vol. 29, No. 11)

There is not a “one size fits all” answer to housing growth in California. We res idents of the coast are already squeezed. There are massive stretches of unused land throughout our state that can be tapped for growth, particularly in the valley and far north. Use that land!

Politicians tend to “kick the can” and vote for unsustainable plans that cause tremendous future problems. San Francisco is only one sad example of a formerly beautiful city now destroyed by poor and irresponsible political decisions. There is no accountability. We have to remain vigilant.

Thank you, Mayor Nomura for stand ing up and saying no! We must con tinually fight to protect our town. Just because we are tiny does not mean that we should be bullied by clueless state politicians. This goes for local problems as well. Currently the water company is planning a “Water Reclamation’’ project in El Carro Park.

They have no regard for the many people who use the park; the dog walkers, the soccer players, the Girls Inc. facility. Or the neighbors who live next door. The water company has decided that this public park is the only place in all of the Santa Barbara County valley that can

accommodate their project.

This is wrong. It is a case of a large entity blindly rolling over the weak. Yes, we need an independent source of water, but there are many other places this facil ity could be located. My thinking is that by placing it on public land, the water company gets to use it for free. Help us, Wade Nomura! Help the residents who live adjacent to El Carro Park!

Teresa Peacock Carpinteria

To Airbnb or to not Airbnb

I wanted to see what other Carpinteri ans think of all the Airbnbs in our town. Since buying our home three years ago we now have one on either side of us, and two more (that I know about) on our street. They used to not bother me but the constant flow makes the neighbor hood feel like a motel, not to mention the occasional sketchy visitor. I understand we want tourists for local businesses, but at what cost? How many people do you know who can’t find a house to rent in town, yet when you go on Airbnb. com there are endless houses available for short-term rentals. Seems like we are pushing Carpinterians out in exchange for tourists... and cheapening our neigh borhoods in the process.

Patrick Gordon Carpinteria

Edward Goulart

12/14/1936 – 11/27/2022

Ed was born on Dec. 14, 1936, in Berkeley, CA and raised in Los Gatos, CA. He graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, before attending the Pasadena Playhouse. He appeared in several theater productions including “Taming of the Shrew” and “As You Like It” in Pasadena and “Harvey and The Matchmaker” in San Jose. Ed served his country in the U.S. Naval Reserve for six years.

Ed met his wife, Darklis Anne, on a blind date; they were married in San

Jose in 1962. They lived in San Francisco where Ed worked for ABC TV on the Er nie Ford Show. After a year, they moved to Los Gatos, CA, where Ed worked for 16 years as manager and owner of the family business Eddie’s Northside Market. In 1978 he established the Wine Seller’s Deli in San Jose and ran the business with his wife and two sons for 12 years.

Upon retiring in 2000, he and his wife built a home by the ocean in Carpinte ria, CA. Ed volunteered as a driver for HELP of Carpinteria. Ed loved the sport of bowling and competed in several leagues and tournaments in San Jose, Ventura, Reno and Las Vegas. He and his wife enjoyed living near their two sons with their wives, grandchildren and great-grandson.

Ed is survived by his wife of 60 years, Darklis Anne; his sons Gregory (Mira) and Todd (Julie) Goulart; grandchildren Timothy, Tabitha (Spencer), Deborah (Travis), Bradley, Nicholas and Carson Goulart; and great-grandchildren Leon and Poppy.

A memorial service will be held at Christ Church Carpinteria, 1335 Vallecito Pl., Carpinteria, on Thursday, Dec. 22 at 10 a.m.

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“We must continually fight to protect our town. Just because we are tiny does not mean that we should be bullied by clueless state politicians”.

––Teresa Peacock

IN MEMORIAM

Nilo Fanucchi

For months leading up to Dec 10, 2016 Dad was blissfully anticipating our Holiday Parade, where he’d be opening the event as Grand Marshal. Mike Lazaro, one of Dad’s most favorite humans, had arranged for David Powdrell to escort Dad down Linden in a convertible where announcer/ buon amico John Palminteri would eagerly broadcast his arrival. It could not have been more perfect. Dad surrounded by people he absolutely cherished, driving through the town he absolutely loved and being cheered by a community he absolutely adored. It was perfection in the making. However, as the 10th neared, it became undeniably clear that dad would not make it to the holiday parade, for his journey was instead aimed towards the most spectacular and glorious of all destinations.

As immigrants, education, work and property ownership were always the goal and California’s pull of incredible weather and work opportunities enticed the Fanucchi family to move out west from Chicago. Landing in Monterey Park, my Nana (grandmother) found work as a seamstress and my Nanu (grandfather) a groundskeeper. ey were perfectly happy living in Monterey Park, until Dad received a scholarship to play baseball for Cal Poly SLO . On their way to San Luis, Nanu saw mountains of Carpinteria for the rst time and declaried “ ose look just like Tassignano!” referring to their hometown in Tuscany. My grandparents were so moved by their similarity that they moved to Carpinteria while Dad attended college. Mom (Rosemarie) and Dad later joined them in 1959, nding their 1st home in an apartment at Sunset Shores. My future Godparents, Erma and Harold Smith together with Margaret and Stan Taggart, my brother Stephen’s future Godparents, tucked both my parents and grandparents under their wings, where they permanently stayed being nurtured and loved all of the days of their lives.

Our home practiced an open-door-policy. It was where all our friends gathered, and it was common to nd a bed made up for guests ranging from family members needing a new adventure, friends in want of my parent’s guidance, to yearlong exchange students. Dad was always eager to help and his hypersocial and nurturing personality made him a magnet. He loved new things and introducing people to new things, anyone spending time with the Fanucchi’s were bound to learn something fresh and exciting. It was like attending e School of Nilo.

Dad loved beautiful things, wonderful food, travel, literature, nature, art, history, sports, deep discussions and of course entertainment - especially operas, plays and musicals. La Boheme, Turandot, all of Puccini’s work were great loves of his life. Our home was continually lled with music . . . from Luciano Pavarotti belting out Nessun Dorma to Dad rehearsing Oh Holy Night, to Stephen auditioning for yet another starring role. Mom o en accompanied them on piano with myself and our dogs as captive audience members. Like our dogs, I did not inherit the showbiz gene. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the almost daily performances.

Our nightly and required family dinners included round-table discussions about the latest headlines, books, school projects, etc., and even guests were expected to participate. Dad encouraged us to think deeply, articulate those thoughts and never shy away from conversation. No subject was ever o limits and di erences of opinions were highly encouraged. He was blessed with an impressive intellect and was always eager to share his perspectives. I’m sure his gaggle of morning co ee gatherers could speak volumes about this. When Stephen died in 1994, being gay and having AIDS brought out some pretty ugly human behavior, but Dad never allowed that ugliness to invade our family. In fact, he channeled all his heartbreak, devastation, anger and love into AIDS education, creating room and understanding for those enduring the disease while giving their families a loving space for support. However, if warranted he could get scrappy, a side no one ever wanted to be the recipient of.

Dad found another great love in the work of Rotary International, becoming Carpinteria’s 1st and one of the youngest District Governors ever. He travelled the world meeting and collaborating with other Rotarians developing solutions to some of our most challenging problems. Under their wings, the Smiths and Taggarts instilled “leave this world a better place” directives which my parents heeded wholeheartedly, threading that mandate throughout everything they did.

December 10th will mark six years since Dad’s ight to heaven, a journey supported by both earthly and heavenly angels. For the days leading up to his departure, Dad was eternally surrounded by love, love from friends, love from nurses, love from those in the great beyond. Family friend Kelly Clark supported us throughout. She stepped in, gently working in lockstep with both Hospice and me. She took the helm, allowing me to just be his daughter, to be in all the moments that were unfolding, to fully experience God’s glory as Dad transitioned from this realm to our true, forever home.

Tis Saturday, as I cheer and celebrate Grand Marshal, John Wulbrandt in our Holiday Parade, hang our stars on Hospice’s Tree of Lights, sit with the feels from the forever and relentlessly missing- I’ll also be raising a few glasses to our community in gratitude for all the love they bestowed upon Dad and to the beautiful life he was so blessed to live, “Chin chin e Buon Natale!”

—Tina Louise Fanucchi-Frontado

MOM

Carpinteria Seniors Inc. marks 50th anniversary of charter

BY JUN STARKEY

Carpinteria Seniors Inc. celebrated the 50th anniversary of its charter with a lunch for members on Friday at Carpin teria Community Church, combining the celebration with the group’s annual Christmas festivities and toy drive.

Pat Keiser, president of the group, said the original charter for Seniors Inc. was discovered last year. The group had a new slate of board members to swear in, and while sorting through papers, discovered that the group was chartered on Dec. 19, 1972 – nearly 50 years ago to the date.

Two signatures were on the charter, Keiser said: Andrea Otto and Barbara Ar mandeck. Keiser said she attended high school with one of Armandeck’s sons.

“We knew we had to do something… and get everyone involved,” she said. “We try to have at least five meals a year as a group.” The club invited its 100 plus members to attend the lunch Friday, which included a turkey, ham and cake, as well as a performance from the Treble Clef Choir.

Members also brought toys to be brought to the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District, which will later be donated to local children and families.

In November, the group donated 27 bags of groceries to the Main School, to be given to families in need, and hosted a turkey drive the Friday before Thanks giving.

Keiser said 40 years ago, Seniors Inc. received a cash endowment from two wealthy members, who left it to the group after they passed away. The money was then invested, and Keiser said it has

allowed the group to take trips and par ticipate in philanthropic events.

Carpinteria Seniors Inc. is open to res idents 55 and older; membership fees are $20 a year. The club typically meets at the Carpinteria Community Church on the first of each month. To learn more about the group, contact carpsandy@gmail.com.

From left, Seniors Inc. members Steven Christiansen, Jerry Abbott, June Abbott and Wilma talk among themselves as they wait for lunch.

PHOTOS BY JUN STARKEY

LEFT: Carpinteria Seniors Inc. President Pat Keiser gives her monthly report. RIGHT: From left, Joann Defratis, Norma Migliazza and Betty Coffey listen to the Seniors Inc. monthly meeting report, at the group’s 50th anniversary and Christmas lunch celebration.

Members of Carpinteria Seniors Inc. donated dozens of presents to be brought to the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District, which will later be given to children and families in need.

Real estate demand down, interest rates up

CVN

THE QUARTERLY REPORT

JON-RYAN SCHLOBOHM

This market has sure been on some ride over the last couple of years. With so many buyers competing over so few homes and super low-interest rates, combined with a lot of migration, this market is calming now, which feels so strange after all the activity. Now with interest rates doubling and a weakening economy, it sure feels like the foot has been taken off the gas.

We are thankful that, unlike the stock market, residential real estate is more than just an investment; for most of our clients, real estate is first and foremost a home.

So how’s the real estate market? The most notable change in the market is our drop in sales volume. The first quarter of 2022 was fairly normal, but a noticeable decrease began in April/May of 2022. At first, we thought the decrease was due to extremely low inventory, but it has be come clear now that our demand has dropped over the last six months even with low inventory. Looking at our last

Year-To-Date

TOTAL SALES: 1,282 in ‘22 vs 1,932 in ‘21 | DOWN 33%

TOTAL HOME SALES: 900 in ‘22 vs 1,351 in ‘21 | DOWN 33%

TOTAL CONDO SALES: 382 in ‘22 vs 572 in ‘21 | DOWN 33%

MEDIAN HOME PRICE: $2,165,000 in ‘22 vs $1,875,000 in ‘21 | UP 15%

MEDIAN CONDO PRICE: $955,500 in ‘22 vs $839,500 in ‘21 | UP 14%

SALES ABOVE $5M: 119 in ‘22 vs 181 in ‘21 | DOWN 34%

October 2022

TOTAL SALES: 98 in ‘22 vs 172 in ‘21 | DOWN 43%

PENDING SALES: 87 in ‘22 vs 167 in ‘21 | DOWN 48%

TOTAL OFF-MARKET SALES: 9 Sales | 9%

TOTAL CASH SALES: 35 Sales | 36%

AVERAGE 30-YEAR FIXED RATE MORTGAGE: 6.62% as of Nov. 28, ‘22

six months of sales (May–October) and comparing it to the sales from 2013 to 2019 for the same time period, our total sales volume dropped by 28%.

With the decrease in demand for most properties, overall we are seeing prices

decrease. This is not evident yet in our year-over-year

shown in our October statistics, but in comparing the first five months of 2022 through the second part of the year, we see a notice able 12% drop in our median sales price. These times of transition in the market

can cause many to take pause and seek to understand what the new normal is. We are hopeful that we will find a new equilibrium shortly as interest rates stop their rapid increase and buyer and sellers understand the current market.

The one phenomenon that stands out to us is how a mass consensus can be strongly positive or strongly negative on a market over a relatively short period of time. We are reminded in these times that reality is probably somewhere in the mid dle. The desire for home ownership will remain strong. Sales are still occurring in this transitioning market there is just a little more to navigate at the moment.

Jon-Ryan Schlobohm is a licensed realtor and broker associate with Schlobohm real estate team at Compass. He and his business partner Sarah Aresco Smith specialize in residential real estate in the Santa Bar bara area, but Carpinteria is our home town. To learn more, visit schlobohmteam. com. Jon-Ryan can be reached at (805) 450-3307 or jr@jon-ryan.com.

The county animal shelters took in 334 pets in November 2022, compared to 117 during the same period last year.

County animal shelters face “high volume”

Santa Barbara County Animal Services is reporting a high volume of pets in its shelters, with numbers “that we haven’t seen in years,” Sarah Aguilar, animal shelter director, said.

The shelters took in 334 pets in November 2022, compared to 117 during the same period last year; during the first week of December, the shelters took in 87 new pets, with no vacant kennels available on Dec. 2. After sending out an alert, community members took in 33 pets, freeing up some space.

“The outpouring of support indicates just how much Santa Barbara County cares about our pets. Over 100 pets are currently housed in foster homes, on their way to adoption,” Aguilar added.

To learn more about the animal shelters, visit linktr.ee/sbcanimalservices. The south county animal shelter is located at 5473 Overpass Rd., Goleta, and the north county shelter at 548 W Foster Rd., Santa Maria.

It has become clear now that our demand has dropped over the last six months, even with low inventory.

CANALINO CELEBRATES CHR I STMAS

BY ROBIN KARLSSON

Santa, elves and reindeer galore! Canalino Elementary School jumped into the holiday spirit on Saturday with its Holiday Trolley event and festival, where local kids got the chance to ride “reindeer” – a.k.a. Los Padres Outfitters horses – make holiday crafts and ride the trolly, peeking at the neighborhood lights and decorations.

PHOTOS

From left, clockwise, Sylvie Taran Freund, Charlie Freund, Abner Freund, Elias Fiore Palm, Jessica Clark, Taran Freund and Sissy Taran enjoy holiday treats together.

From left, Tate, Jess, Jane, Tyler, Hallie and Evie Mayer joined in on holiday fun with their Santa hats and reindeer ears. Hudson Lytel told Santa his Christmas wishes.

Maddie Adam shows off her Christmas art.

From left, Phoenix and Autumn Fiore Palm check out the crafts.

Jonnie Williams, right, painted Christmas icons on children’s faces.

Grant Cox Enterprises Inc. family and friends filled one trolley. Trollies

(the Holidays

BY EVELYN SPENCE

Believe it or not, the holidays are finally here, so bundle up for some (moderately) cold California weather and brace yourself for all that comes over the next several weeks until good ol’ New Year’s Day. Here at CVN, we’re celebrating with drink recipes and struggling to pick out gifts for our loved ones, so whether you’re setting into a warm chair with a comfy cup of hot coco – spiked or otherwise – or beginning those holiday parties nice and early, these recipes are sure to get you through this holiday season.

Happy holidays from CVN, and don’t forget to keep up with the latest Carpinteria Valley news, available at a newsstand near you and – as always – at coastalview.com.

Spiked Frozen Eggnog)

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Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups eggnog (store-bought or homemade)

1 1/2 cups vanilla ice cream

1/2 cup dark rum

1/4 cup brandy

1/4 cup bourbon

1 cup ice cubes

Cinnamon and freshly grated nutmeg, for garnish

Directions:

Delish!

Chill six cups in the freezer for at least 30 minutes before serving. Place all the ingredients in a blender and purée on high speed until the mixture is thick and frothy, 1 to 2 minutes. Divide the mixture among the chilled cups and top each with the cinnamon and nutmeg.

Tip: Prefer non-dairy? Use O’Nog from Trader Joes and non-dairy ice cream.

GRAB A FORK!

The sliced fruit that is served with the sangria soaks up the flavors and is delicious to eat but it can be a little tricky to eat from the bottom of the glass.

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KNOW?

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What do snowmen breakfast?

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SNAP SHOTS

Merry Christmas from Carpinteria Community Church

The Carpinteria Community Church and the 4-H club – along side their goats – set up a live nativity scene over the weekend, waving and cheering at Canalino Holiday Trolley Festival pass ersby.

Soaring to new heights

A rainbow end to weekend rain

While

Deck the halls… of the porta potty?

A friendly neighbor decided to “deck the halls” of a porta potty on the corner of Linden Avenue and Foothill Road, putting up a red reindeer nose and lights in the festive spirit, neighbor Jane Craven said. “There has been lots of work going on at the corner here and one of the neighbors just decided to make it fun for the workmen who have been working here,” Craven told CVN.

KARLSSON

out taking photos Monday afternoon, CVN photographer Robin Karlsson caught a glimpse of out-of-towners flying over the bluffs. The Seattle-based visitors, Tyler and Austin, took advantage of the post-rainy weekend to hit new heights.

Evening jogger Paul Sanchez spotted a rainbow over Carpinteria High School on Sunday evening, marking the end of the weekend rainfall.

MICHELLE SANCHEZ PHOTOS

KARLSSON

JANE CRAVEN

Cranberry-Oatmeal Christmas Cookies

In a separate, larger bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and oats. To this bowl, add the walnuts, cranberries and the sugar/egg mixture. Mix well. This mixture will be very thick, so be sure to scrape down to the bottom of the mixing bowl so that everything gets mixed thoroughly.

RANDY GRAHAM

This is not your traditional Christmas sugar cookie recipe. This is a healthier recipe that’s still festive and nutritious, with oatmeal and dried cranberries. Substitute vegan egg replacer for eggs, and this is a vegan recipe.

Ingredients:

1 cup vegetable oil (or use butter)

2 cups coconut sugar (or use 1 cup each brown and cane sugar)

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3 cups old fashioned oats

½ cup walnuts (chopped)

1 cup dried cranberries

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium mixing bowl, combine the oil and sugar. Mix thoroughly. Beat in the eggs, then the vanilla extract. Set aside.

To make the cookies, drop two tablespoons of the mixture on an ungreased cookie sheet. Continue until the sheet is full. Bake for 15 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.

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Guide. His vegetarian recipes are published in newspapers throughout Central California under the header, Chef Randy. He and his wife, Robin, live in Ojai, California, with their dog Cooper. Robin and Cooper are not vegetarians.

Randy Graham is a noted chef and writer and has been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for over 38 years. Chef Randy has written and published a series of seven cookbooks with original recipes developed over the period 1975 through 2020. He writes for the Ojai Quarterly, the Ojai Discover Monthly, and the California 101 Travelers

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The story of the single fin sling

matter. Sometimes however, the single fin is just what’s wanted, a “palate cleanser” as Parmentor puts it.

IT’S ALL SURFING

CHRISTIAN BEAMISH

Three factors compelled me to start shaping my own boards in the mid ‘90s while in college in Santa Cruz.

One: I’d grown up watching Greg Pautsch, Bob Hurley and Mike Lyttle shaping in Newport, Costa Mesa and Huntington, and I loved the craft; two: new to Santa Cruz, I didn’t have the connections for surfboards I did growing up in Newport; and three: high-performance boards had gone so thin and narrow that they didn’t work well in the generally rolling and flat-faced waves up north (no matter the power in the swells up there).

Of these three reasons to start shaping my own boards, the design ethos of the time – the anemic blades that most surfboards had become – was the main factor driving my decision. The first board I made was a short, Dave Parmentor-inspired, wide-nosed three-fin I dubbed the “Mysto Moon Flyer” for the midnight blue paint job I put on the bottom, replete with silver stars and a crescent moon. The board worked pretty well and was a great antidote to the overly rockered boards of the day and allowed long projecting turns.

From there, I alternated between single fin and Bonzer designs, just loving the more dawn-out style of surfing (not dreaming that I’d one day live in the Santa Barbara/Ventura zone, ground zero for positioning and flow).

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While stationed in the Philippines with my Seabee battalion, I’d managed to buy a vintage early 1970s single fin from an expat Aussie I met on a weekend off surfing. It was a 7’4” Brothers Neilson from

Queensland with a very-groovy logo of palm trees that looked like sativa stalks, and little figures carving up and down and inside of waves with huts on the beach, flowers and mushrooms sprouting. My first surfboard when I was a kid was a Russell Brotherhood single fin, so I had some background riding boards in that style, even if my focus soon became trying to surf more radically than those single fins allowed.

The Brothers Neilson accompanied me through my Navy years and ended up in Santa Cruz (where, as seems fitting in that town, it was stolen). I was still riding it from time to time, jumping off the cliff at Steamer Lane and somehow never losing it into the rocks. Yet for as flowing and “glidey” as the Brothers Neilson was, I wondered if I couldn’t make a more high-performance version. So began a quest to make a single fin shortboard, aiming to have the clean flow inherent in a single fin, along with improved performance capabilities.

It didn’t work. Or at least not in the way I’d hoped it would. What I’ve discovered is that the single fin, in my opinion, needs a certain amount of rail line and volume to perform optimally. And it’s never going to do what a three-fin surfboard can do – or a twin fin, for that

Images of the great Australian surfer Rabbit Bartholomew in the late 70s/ early 80s had me thinking the 6’0” single fin could really be the call – a board that would provide clean arcs, right in the hook of the wave. But it just seemed in the shorter versions I made, that the initial jump to board speed was lacking on single fins. The longer boards on the other hand (still maintaining a “pulled” nose and racy outline) had enough glide and inherent momentum to allow the flowing turns that are so pleasing on single fins.

I made a 7’2” that I brought with me to a point break in the far North of California, and that was one of the best surf experiences of my life. The remote setting, and absolutely perfect waves that gave ample speed to allow the board, allowed it to pivot and fly. I moved away from Santa Cruz to work at The Surfer’s Journal, and back deep in Southern California the shorter single fins didn’t make sense (even a 7’2”).

Since getting into the channel bottom design in the past four or five years, I’ve found that the single fin can be a good smaller board but that initial pick up is still an issue (not as quick under the feet as a multi-finned board), and I tend to make single fins 7’0” and above. These are “performance” boards I’m referring to, not longboards. The channels almost act as side fins and add an element of drive.

Most recently, I’m experimenting with a design that fits the wider plan shape of the old-school Twin Fins I make with a rounded tail block to keep maximum width throughout the surfboard – not unlike the Bob Simmons style keel fin boards (popularized by Richard Kenvin’s explorations with the 75-year-old design in La Jolla). The new design will have six channels and run with a “two-plusone” fin set up (a slightly larger center fin and two smaller side fins set in the outside-most channel bed). My buddies at True Ames fins in Goleta will have to assist in choosing the right set up!

The overall concept is what drives most of the boards I do, which is to say, I’m seeking maximum speed and clean turning capabilities. Other single fins are more spear-like and suited to the surf North of Point Conception, or over in Hawaii. Of course, the “neutral” (nothing fancy) 9-footers I’m doing are made to trim fast in smooth little peeling waves that we often have in this region. Happy holidays!

Christian Beamish took leave of his position at Coastal View News in October 2020, to pursue his surfboard business, “Surfboards California,” full time. He continues his monthly column, and shapes at the surfboard factory showroom at 500 Maple Ave., in Carpinteria. The former Associate Editor of The Surfer’s Journal, Beamish is also the author of “Voyage of the Cormorant,” (Patagonia Books, 2012) about his single-handed expedition down the coast of Baja California by sail and oar in his self-built Shetland Isle beach boat. He now lives with his wife and two children in Ventura.

Women’s Pro Golf Cup

The author showcases a new design concept.

Sunday, Nov. 27

0640

hrs / Narcotics Violations / Concha Loma Drive

A man was contacted in his vehicle, and he consented to a search. He was found in possession of meth and was cited and released.

1019

hrs / Narcotics Violations / Via Real

Two people were contacted in the area, as they stood counting money between them. One threw a piece of paper that contained meth and a piece of foil with fentanyl. The other was searched and found in possession of a meth pipe, burnt foil, and a straw. Both were cited and released.

Monday, Nov. 28

found in possession of meth in his wallet. He was cited and released.

1545 hrs / Narcotics Violation / 3400 block Via Real

returned to the area. He was located and admitted to the brandishing/threats. He was transported to Santa Barbara County Jail, where he was told all the charges. The man spit on the transporting deputy. He was held down and custody personnel responded to assist, and he kicked another person. Additional charges were added to the booking.

2019

hrs / Theft / 1000 block Casitas Pass Road

A man was observed going through items behind a store. He admitted he was trying to take the items. He was arrested and suspected methamphetamine was located on his person. He was booked into jail.

0924

hrs / Warrant / Concha Loma Drive

A man was seen riding his bike in the area. When deputy exited his patrol unit, the man fled on the bike. He was last seen in the area of Concha Loma and Calle Arena. He was not found, and a report was taken for complaint to be sent to district attorney’s office. About an hour later, a resident in the area called to report the bike was abandoned in their backyard. The bike was retrieved and booked into property.

1137 hrs / Narcotics Violation / 5500 block Carpinteria Avenue

A man was contacted in his vehicle. He consented to a search and was found in possession of a baggie of meth in his pants pocket. He said the meth was not his because the pants were community property in the apartment, and he didn’t know it was there. He did admit the meth in his wallet belonged to him. The subject was cited and released.

1451 hrs / Narcotics Violation / Via Real

A man was stopped for expired registration. He consented to a search and was

A man was contacted because, as he danced on the side of the road, he was almost stumbling into the lanes. He was found to be under the influence and arrested. During a search of his person, he was found in possession of a meth pipe. He was transported and booked into Santa Barbara County Jail.

Tuesday, Nov. 29

1129 hrs / Warrant / Linden Avenue and Dorrance Way

A man was consensually contacted at the above-mentioned intersection. A record’s check showed he had an outstanding felony warrant. He was arrested and transported to Santa Barbara County Jail.

Wednesday, Nov. 30

0921 hrs / Warrant Arrest /

Carpinteria Middle School

Carpinteria Middle School staff reported an “intruder” on campus, who had jumped one of the fences onto school property. The school went into lockdown. While dispatch was getting information, staff reported the suspect went off campus and into an apartment complex nearby. Deputies arrived on scene and determined the suspect was a man with a warrant who had fled by police two days prior. He was seen entering a unit, where he was believed to still be inside.

Once the apartment was surrounded, announcements were made, with no response from inside. Deputies removed the screen from an open front window and moved the blinds to get a visual of the interior of the apartment. A male – not the suspect – was on the couch, and he opened the front door. Deputies entered and eventually located the suspect inside the bedroom. Once confronted, the man was taken into custody without incident. During a search, he was found with a bindle of narcotics in his sock. He was booked into Santa Barbara County Jail for trespassing on school grounds, resisting/ delaying and possession of controlled substance. School staff was advised they could lift the lockdown once it was determined the suspect was barricaded in the apartment.

Saturday, Dec. 3

1130 hrs / Vandalism / 5000

block Carpinteria Avenue

At the beginning of the work week, deputies noticed two patrol vehicles had been vandalized. After speaking with other deputies and reviewing footage, it was determined the cars were vandalized on 11/30/2022. After reviewing security footage, a man was seen scratching the passenger sides of both vehicles hours before he was arrested that same day. He was booked under new charges since he was still in custody.

He said, she said

1229 hrs / Public Intoxication / 5000 block Carpinteria Avenue

A man was intoxicated and tried to fight a passerby. He brandished a pocketknife, threatened the victim and threw a glass beer bottle at him. Several 911 calls were received about the incident while the suspect fled the area. A short time later, a call was received that the suspect had

0001 hrs / Public Intoxication / 4200 block Via Real

History doesn’t have to be boring. Readers sent in their funniest captions for the photo above, and we selected our favorites (in no particular order). Enjoy. Patriots ball boy works to inspect firmness of squash during the off-season. ––P. Drough Du’Gray

A man reportedly caused a disturbance at a local motel and was asked to leave. He was located on a bus bench. He was extremely intoxicated, unable to tell deputies where he lived or spell his name. He was arrested.

“Not exactly Make-a-Wish, is it?” ––Anonymous

“Yeah, I doubled my production this year.” ––Steve Brown “Darn, if I’d known they were taking me to a farm, I would’ve worn the sailor suit with the overalls.” ––Anonymous

“Mom, why couldn’t you buy me Legos like the other kids have?” ––Marty Panizzon “Ahhhh... Life. Is. Gourd.” ––Dooble Campbell

“We thought we’d invite the new kid, Joey, to join us in a game of squash. He wanted to play so badly that he is already in the field!” ––JB “Nana, wake up! I found your neck pillow.” ––Anonymous “My daddy must have been out of his gourd when he grew this stuff.” ––Chas. Jerep “It’s going to be a lousy Halloween this year with no round pumpkins.” ––Steve Urbanovich

Gee, just what every kid wants: to have their baby photo taken on a squash farm. ––Anonymous

At the rescue-gourd ranch ––Anonymous

“I guess when mom and dad told me that if I didn’t behave they’d abandon me on a squash farm, they weren’t kidding.” ––Anonymous

“I’m just wondering if I’ll ever eat this stuff again.” ––Chas. Jerep “Poor little sailor. Please give him a teddy bear. ––P. Porter

“A young Timmy awaits Lassie’s rescue as he is attacked by giant man-eating sea cucumbers in Carpinteria’s salt marsh in 1934.” ––Bruce Montgomery

To learn more about Carpinteria’s unique and interesting past, visit the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History, open Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at 956 Maple Ave.

Public Notices

Unless You Take Action To Protect Your Property, It May Be Sold At A Public Sale. If You Need An Explanation Of The Nature Of The Proceeding Against You, You Should Contact A Lawyer. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. No cashier’s checks older than 60 days from the day of sale will be accepted.

Trustor: Future Value Construction, Inc., a California Corporation Duly Appointed Trustee: Geraci Law Firm Recorded 12/10/2020 as Instrument No. 20200073591 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Barbara County, California, Date of Sale: 12/28/2022 at 1:00 PM

Place of Sale: north door main entrance to County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $883,482.91 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 260 E Mountain Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93108 A.P.N.: 013A-030A-019

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. Notice To Potential Bidders: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

Notice To Property Owner: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (877) 440-4460 or visit this Internet Web site www.mkconsultantsinc.com, using the file number assigned to this case 221117310. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice

To Tenant: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (877) 440-4460, or visit this internet website site www.tlssales.info, using the file number assigned to this case 221117310 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate

NOTICE

OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

T.S. No.: 221117309

Loan No.: 399313014 Order No. 05946269

APN: 013-030-026 Property Address: 262 E Mountain Dr Montecito, CA 93108 You Are In Default Under A Deed Of Trust Dated 12/3/2020. Unless You Take Action To Protect Your Property, It May Be Sold At A Public Sale. If You Need An Explanation Of The Nature Of The Proceeding Against You, You Should Contact A Lawyer. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. No cashier’s checks older than 60 days from the day of sale will be accepted. Trustor: Future Value Contruction, Inc., a California Corporation Duly Appointed Trustee: Geraci Law Firm Recorded 12/9/2020 as Instrument No. 2020-0073039 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Barbara County, California, Date of Sale: 12/28/2022 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: north door main entrance to County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $882,720.81 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 262 E Mountain Dr Montecito, CA 93108 A.P.N.: 013-030-026

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. Notice To Potential Bidders: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information.

If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. Notice To Property Owner: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.

If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (877) 440-4460 or visit this Internet Web site www.mkconsultantsinc.com, using the file number assigned to this case 221117309.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice To Tenant: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction.

If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (877) 440-4460, or visit this internet website site www.tlssales.info, using the file number assigned to this case 221117309 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee.

Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale.

Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

Date: 11/23/2022 Geraci Law Firm by Total Lender Solutions, Inc., its authorized agent 10505 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 125 San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: (949) 954-6092 Sale Line: (877) 440-4460 BY: Randy Newman, President Publish: December 1, 8, 15, 2022

Advertisement of Lien Sale

Notice is given that pursuant to Sections 21701-21715 of the business and professional code, section 2328 of the commercial code, and section 535 of the penal code, Mc Cann Mini Storage, 1222 Cravens Lane, Carpinteria, CA 93013, will sell by competitive bidding December 8th and December 15th online at storagetreasures.com the following; miscellaneous household items and antique furniture.

Name Unit Size Mark Biancaniello B301 5X8 Publish: December 1, 8, 2022

SUMMONS (Family Law) CASE NUMBER 1467327

NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: LUIS ENRIQUE FLORES GUZMAN You have been sued.

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual.

Petitioner’s name is: NELLY SOSA

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

NOTICE: The restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from 1. removing the minor child or children of the parties, if any, from the state without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court;

2. cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, pr changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or any other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor child or children;

3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and

4. creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in the manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of supervisorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party.

You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 1100 ANACAPA ST. • P.O. Box 21107

SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101-1107

The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney are:

NELLY SOSA 223 W. VICTORIA STREET #10 SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101 Date: May 30, 2014

Filed by Robyn Rodriguez, Deputy Clerk, for Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer.

Publish: December 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CARLA AGUSTINA ECHEVERRIA NERI ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NO. 22CV04234

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: CARLA AGUSTINA ECH EVERRIA NERI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name: CARLA AGUSTINA ECHEVERRIA NERI

Proposed name: CARLA NERI ECHEVERRIA

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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 include 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 the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING JANUARY 9, 2023 at 10:00 am, Dept: 5, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121-1107. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Carpinteria-Summerland Coastal View a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing on the petition. Dated 10/16/2022 by Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court.

FILED BY the Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara on 11/29/2022. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer by Chavez, Terri, Deputy Clerk. Publish: December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as (1 )EL PORTAL VINEYARDS (2) FAIR OAKS RANCH (3) FIRST CRUSH VINEYARDS (4) GEORGE PHILLIPS CELLARS (5) WOLFSON CELLARS at 35 INDUSTRIAL WAY, BUELLTON, CA 93427. Mailing ad dress C/O HEMISPHERES, LLC, 1125 E BROADWAY #183, GLENDALE, CA 91205. Full name of registrant(s): HEMI SPHERES, LLC, at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company . This state ment was filed with the County 11/23/2022. The registrant began transacting busi ness on N/A. Signed: BERNICE KLEIN. OWNER. In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (see section 1441 Et Seq., Business and Professions code). I hereby certify this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2022-0002863.

Publish: December 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as NOW REALTY at 43 LA CUMBRE CIRCLE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105. Full name of registrant(s): VENTURA GLOBAL, INC. at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE.. This business is conducted by a Corpora tion. This statement was filed with the County 11/23/2022. The registrant began transacting business on 11/23/22. Signed: ROBERT WARNER, PRESIDENT. In ac cordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement gener ally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (see section 1441 Et Seq., Business and Professions code). I hereby certify this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2022-0002868.

Publish: December 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022

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TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioners: ISAAC MBUGUA NGANGA & ESMERALDA RODRIGUEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name: PAUL ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ NGANGA

Proposed name: PAUL NGANGA MBUGUA

OFFICE BOOKKEEPER

CARPINTERIA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT

ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN II $6,069-$6,866/MO DOQ

EXCELLENT BENEFITS INCLUDING PERS AND HEALTH BENEFITS

The District is seeking a qualified individual to: perform a variety of difficult and complex professional accounting duties in support of District financial, accounting, and related administrative functions; to assist with annual performance audits of District functions and services.

Education & Experience Requirements: A Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or closely related field from an accredited college or university is required. Five years of broad and extensive work experience that included performing professional financial analysis, accounting, and budgeting work.

Applications may be obtained online: www.cvwd.net Send completed application & resume to: Assistant General Manager, CVWD 1301 Santa Ynez Avenue Carpinteria, CA 93013 E.O.E.

CLASSIFIED

HOUSEMATE WANTED

Looking for someone to share a 3 bedroom farmhouse in the foothills of Carpinteria. $2750 805-200-8735

CAREGIVER AVAILABLE

Caregiver with excellent references willing to care for elderly person in exchange for housing. CONTACT: Mary at 805-318-0090

JOB OPPORTUNITY

JOY EQUIPMENT PROTECTION a Local Fire Protection Company is looking for someone that would like to learn the fire protection sales and servicing of extinguishers. Much more to learn along the way. Contact: rick @ joyequipment.com

PIANO LESSONS

STUDIO OF MUSIC is currently transitioning to inperson lessons. Call now to arrange a time. 805-453-3481

THE COURT ORDERS that all

if any,

of name

not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that include 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 the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING JANUARY 18 2023 at 10:00 am, Dept: 3, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121-1107. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Carpinteria-Summerland Coastal View a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing on the petition. Dated 12/04/2022 by Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court.

FILED BY the Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara on 12/05/2022.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer by Chavez, Terri, Deputy Clerk.

Publish: December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022

not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING JANUARY 9, 2023 at 10:00 am, Dept: 5, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121-1107. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Carpinteria-Summerland Coastal View a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing on the petition. Dated 12/01/2022 by Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court.

FILED BY the Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara on 12/01/2022. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer by Chavez, Terri, Deputy Clerk.

Publish: December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2022

COASTAL VIEW NEWS DOES NOT KNOWINGLY ACCEPT advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent, or which might otherwise violate the law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of the goods and services advertised. Readers are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with the persons unknown to you who ask for money in advance of delivery of the goods or services advertised.

persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause,

why the petition for change

should

THROWBACK

Gaiety and gin at the Rincon Inn

BY STEPHEN BATES

During Prohibition, the Untouch ables of Rincon Point were supposedly the bootleggers, not the crime-fighters. According to lore, the county line ran through the middle of the Rincon Inn’s restaurant.

“When the Santa Barbara County Po lice arrived, we all rushed to the Ventura side of the house and thus couldn’t be pinched,” writes Sally Stanford, a bootleg ger around Ventura (later a San Francisco madam). “It was vice-versa when the Ventura County cops dropped by. You just couldn’t take a tumble in this place unless both county policemen arrived at the same time, and somehow this simultaneous action never occurred to them.”

Stanford tells that Keystone Cops story in her 1966 autobiography, “The Lady of the House.” It pops up in a few other places, too. In an unpublished memoir, the writer Silvia Dobson says that Robert W. Bates relayed it to her when she was living at Rincon Point in the 1960s. Henry M. Brown mentions it in a 1987 article in the “Grapevine,” the newsletter of the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History.

It’s a great tale, but it turns out to have some holes. To start with, Califor nia laws then (and now) let police cross county lines in pursuit of suspects. Also, Prohibition was enforced in large part by federal agents.

In addition, the hotel was built on property owned by Dr. Reuben W. Hill’s family in Santa Barbara County. If part of the structure extended into Ventura County, it was on somebody else’s land. In any event, a survey in 1939 found that the county line didn’t cross the building. It crossed a nearby road (close to the Model T at lower left, as seen in the ac companying photo).

Last, but hardly least, the Rincon Inn actually did get raided twice in 1920, the first year of Prohibition. Federal agents, along with sheriff’s officers from both counties, confiscated liquor and arrest ed hotel manager Harry Goldflam. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four months in the Santa Barbara County jail, though President Warren Harding commuted the sentence and released him three weeks early on grounds of poor health.

The Rincon Inn (first called the Hotel Rincon) developed a seedy reputation soon after it opened in 1915, and that reputation stuck. While Goldflam was in jail, Santa Barbara social workers decried the hotel’s late-night carousing. People need “a reasonable amount of gaiety” during evening hours, a representative of the group said, but “if there is too much gaiety there at midnight, we believe the public should at least know of it.”

Although the county line didn’t split the dining room, it did present a legal puzzle in 1919, before Prohibition. For a while, Goldflam didn’t know whether the hotel was still in Santa Barbara County or whether it had moved to Ventura County.

The legislature created Ventura County in a law enacted in 1872, with the bound ary “commencing on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, at the mouth of the Rincon Creek; thence following up the center of said creek.” In 1872, the creek on Rincon Point looped eastward toward Ventura and back. Dr. Hill and his family lived and farmed in the loop of the creek. A flood in 1914 eliminated the loop and destroyed the Hill farmhouse, but the county line stayed where it was. According to Richard Elgin, a profes

THURSDAY

and new channels. In 1919, it looked as though the California legislature had accidentally changed the county line from the old channel to the new channel, which would have moved the hotel to

sional surveyor and author, property and boundary lines generally move when a creek changes course slowly through erosion but stay put when it changes abruptly in a flood.

In 1919, the California legislature passed a law to relocate some county lines. For good measure, the law set forth all county lines in the state, even the ones that weren’t being changed – including Ventura County.

The problem was that the words “Rincon Creek” carried a new meaning. By restating the creek as the county line,

the legislators might have accidentally moved the line from the 1872 creek path to the 1919 one. It would depend on how judges interpreted the law.

For weeks, according to the Carpinte ria Valley News , Goldflam didn’t know where his hotel was located. Then, for reasons unrelated to Rincon Creek, a court invalidated the 1919 law, and the Rincon Inn once again rested squarely in Santa Barbara County. Maybe that short-lived mystery ballooned into the tale of bootleggers foiling police by crossing the dining room.

Surveyor Elgin says that “there’s quite a bit of lore” about boundaries that bisect buildings, such as a liquor store strad dling a state line that can sell hard liquor on one side but only 3.2 beer on the other. Most of these tales seem to be myths, including the roadhouse on Rincon Point.

Stephen Bates is coauthor (with Vince Burns) of a pictorial history of Rincon Point, which is available at the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History and elsewhere. He is a professor of journalism at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

COURTESY OF OTA FAMILY

According to popular lore, a Rincon Point hotel could serve alcohol during Prohibition because the county line ran through the dining room. When police from one county raided it, bartenders and patrons could avoid arrest by running to the other side. In this ca. 1924 photo, a hay wagon passes the Merryland Inn, as it was known then. A later survey found that the county line actually ran near the Model T at lower left, not through the building.

COURTESY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SURVEYOR

The Rincon Creek flood of 1914 destroyed the Hills’ house and cut a new channel to the Pacific, as seen in this survey from 1915, but the old channel still served as the county line. The hotel stood in the triangle between the old

Ventura County.

COURTESY OF SUZANNE RHODES

Dr. Reuben W. Hill and his family lived and farmed on the Santa Barbara County side of Rincon Creek. A flood in 1914 washed their house out to sea. Here, one of the Hill daughters, 18-year-old Carmelita, poses near the home site.

Carpinteria finds rhythm on basketball court

BY RYAN P. CRUZ • PHOTOS BY ROSANA SWING

Carpinteria girls basketball had a busy week with five games in seven days. The Warriors picked up some quality wins together, led by junior Amarisse Camargo and freshman duo Jamaica Cook and Charlotte Cooney.

The Warriors got a great start to the week with a 53-35 home win against Thacher.

It was the home opener for Carpinteria, and Camargo gave the Warriors fans a good reason to cheer by scoring half of the team’s points in the first two quarters and giving Carpinteria a 26-20 halftime lead.

In the second half, everyone on the team got in on the action and the War riors stretched their lead to as many as 24 points in the fourth quarter. Camargo fin ished with 23 points, seven rebounds and four steals in the win. Cook, a freshman in her first year with the team, finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds and three steals.

“I was happy with our overall team play on offense and defense,” said Car pinteria coach Henry Gonzales.

The Warriors got back on the court for a three-day tournament at Bishop Diego. Carpinteria stumbled out of the gate with two losses on the first day, against tourna ment host Bishop Diego and Santa Maria.

In the 52-42 loss to Santa Maria, the

Warriors fought back from a nine-point deficit in the first quarter to bring the game within three by halftime, led by eight points from Camargo and nine from Cooney and solid rebounding efforts by Cook and junior Lizbeth Alpizar.

The trio of Camargo, Cooney and Cook finished with 13, 15 and eight points in the loss.

The next day, Carpinteria got back into winning form with a 38-23 win over crosstown rival Cate. Gonzales said the win was a testament to the strong defensive mindset of the team, which was able to hold Cate under ten points in every period. Alpizar, Cook and senior Scarlet Torres combined for 10 steals in the win.

Carpinteria built on that momentum on the final day of the tournament with another decisive win over Coastal Christian, 54-32.

Coach Gonzales said the team was determined to end the tournament on a positive note heading into league play next week. The team was led once again by Camargo, who scored 10 of the first 15 points in the game, and freshman duo Cook and Cooney, who combined for all 13 of the Warriors’ second-

quarter points. At halftime, Carpinteria was up 28-8.

“We started with good energy, espe cially on defense which led to some easy baskets,” Gonzales said.

Coastal Christian battled back in the second half, cutting the lead to eight points at one point, before Carpinteria got back into rhythm and built the lead to over 20 points.

“Our trio of Jamaica Cook (18 points, 13 rebounds), Amarisse Camargo (17 points, 11 rebounds) and Charlotte Cooney (16 points, 5 rebounds) were instrumental in our success,” Gonzales said. “I’m proud of our team for their dedication, commitment, and willing ness to compete.”

Carpinteria is now 6-6 on the season and will begin league play this week against Nordhoff and Channel Islands.

Jamaica Cook is a force all over the court, racking up points, steals and rebounds.

ABOVE, Freshman Charlotte Cooney has already proved herself to be an elite scorer in her first year.

RIGHT, Junior Amarisse Camargo has been instrumental in the Warriors’ success this season.

Carpinteria soccer adjusts to heavy rain at Dos Pueblos

BY RYAN P. CRUZ • PHOTOS BY ROSANA SWING

Heavy rain caused complications in last week’s soccer schedule, as Carpinte ria’s boys soccer team was scheduled to host Dos Pueblos on Friday, but due to an irrigation malfunction that rendered Carpinteria’s field unusable, the schools agreed instead to host both the boys and girls soccer matches on the same day at Scott O’Leary Stadium in Goleta.

According to Carpinteria athletic di rector Pat Cooney, this feat required an extraordinary amount of coordination between staff from both schools and among the Warrior faithful, who pitched in to ensure both teams were able to make the trip to Dos Pueblos and back.

After both game times were adjusted, referees reassigned to Dos Pueblos’ home pitch and transportation worked out, the

leaving the Warriors to play from behind for the rest of the match. Late in the game, the Chargers would seal the deal with a free-kick goal in the 89th minute for a 2-0 victory.

Carpinteria coach Freddy Martinez said that despite the loss, the Warriors fought hard in the midfield, led by the dual threat of seniors Sophie Mora and Ashley Verduzco.

“Coming into the match many thought the result was pre-determined since Dos Pueblos is Division 4 and we are Division 6,” Martinez said. “However, no one bothered to tell my girls that because they came out swinging from the opening whistle. We played press and we played aggressively, and I was really happy with the teams’ overall performance.”

The Warriors girls soccer squad is now 1-1-2 overall, and the team has one more non-league matchup against La Reina before starting league play against

Nordhoff this week.

“This was an excellent measuring stick of our current progress and I’m optimistic that we can be a contender in our league sooner rather than later,” Martinez said.

After the girls match, the two boys teams lined up under the lights for a cold and slippery Friday night matchup.

It was the Warriors’ second game of the year, after a 2-1 loss in the season opener against Ventura.

At Dos Pueblos, Carpinteria goalie Alex Silva held strong in front of the net, holding the Chargers scoreless, and one goal was enough for the Warriors to take the win, 1-0.

The win was first-year head coach Gerry Rodriguez’s first win for the War riors. Carpinteria boys soccer is now 1-1 overall, heading into league play this week with games against Nordhoff and Channel Islands.

Carpinteria’s Angel Zepeda slips through the defense in the Warriors’ 1-0 win over Dos Pueblos.

Ulises Segura, right, moves the ball down the field for Carpinteria.

ABOVE, Warriors’ goalie Alex Silva held strong with a shutout in the heavy rain at Dos Pueblos.

LEFT, Dos Pueblos senior captain Fin Silver (#9) heads the ball into Warriors’ territory.

SHORT STOPS CVN ON DECK

BY RYAN P. CRUZ • PHOTOS BY ROSANA SWING

Warriors water polo hits three-game win streak

After dropping the home opener against Royal, Coach Jon Otsuki and the Carpinteria girls water polo squad have now won three in a row, with two more wins last week over Foothill Tech and Pacifica.

At home against Foothill Tech, the Warriors started slow, with only two goals in the first quarter, before the team got back into the groove and took a 10-2 lead into halftime. In the second half, Carpinteria scored four more while allowing two goals for a 14-4 win.

Senior Ainslee Alexander led the Warriors scoring attack with five goals; junior Lilli Nemetz and sophomore Giulia Piccoletti each scored four and Monica Delgado scored one.

Seniors Taylor Classen and Kate Isaac played solid defense for Carpinteria, while goalie Erin Otsuki snagged three steals to go with her 13 saves in the win.

On Monday, Carpinteria hosted Pacifica for a rematch of a game just one week prior, in which the Warriors dominated the Tritons at their home pool in Oxnard 25-2.

In the rematch at Carpinteria Community Pool, the Warriors’ staunch defense held Pacifica to two goals for the second time in a row, and at least nine Carpinteria players scored in the 17-2 victory.

“By the end of the first quarter the starters got out to a fast start with a 6-0 lead and never looked back,” coach Otsuki said. “Younger players mixed in with the starters to get quality minutes.”

Seniors Ximena Briceno and Taylor Classen and sophomore Giulia Piccoletti tallied 3 goals each. Devyn Clayton and Monica Delgado added two each, and Vivi Medina, Francis Bennett, Kate Isaac and Lilli Nemetz each scored once. Goalie Erin Otsuki finished with nine blocks

After one more non-league match at Buena, the Warriors will open up league play at Nordhoff on Dec. 8.

CVN

Thursday, December 8

Carpinteria Girls Water Polo at Nordhoff, 3:45 p.m.

Carpinteria Girls Basketball at Channel Islands, 7 p.m.

Friday, December 9

Carpinteria Girls Soccer at Channel Islands, 6 p.m.

*Carpinteria Boys Soccer vs Channel Islands, 6 p.m. Carpinteria Boys Basketball at Channel Islands, 7 p.m.

*Denotes Home Game

Carpinteria 52-48 in the third round, with Glasgow once again leading the team with 22 points. Senior Rodolfo Jimenez scored 11 points and sophomore Carlo Suarez scored 11 points.

The Warriors matched their previous high score with 62 points in the fourth and final game of the tournament, but Rio Mesa’s high-powered offense proved too much in the end, and the Spartans took the win 78-62.

With 27 points against Rio Mesa, Glasgow brought his tournament average to 25 points per game and has proved to be a bright spot on the court for the Warriors.

Carpinteria is now 1-7 and will open Citrus Coast League play this week at Nordhoff.

Cate basketball makes tournament final

On the other side of town, Cate’s boys basketball has been on a roll, and won three tournament games in a row to make it to the Nordhoff Invitational Final against Ca marillo, led by the phenomenal play of senior double-double machine Babacar Pouye.

In the first three games, the Rams handled Villanova (59-51), Ventura (65-58) and Fillmore (58-48) to set up a tournament championship against Camarillo.

Against Villanova, junior Tyler Martinez and senior Jengus Ercil finished with 17 and 13 points, respectively, while Pouye racked up 20 points and 10 rebounds.

The match against Ventura was a shootout, with Martinez scoring a team high of 20 points and Pouye continuing his double-double streak with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

“This was one of the most exciting games I have been a part of at Cate and the hot shooting on both sides in the first quarter set this up to be a thriller,” said Cate coach Andrew Gil, who added that this was the first time in school history that the Rams beat Ventura.

Pouye continued to dominate in game three, with 20 points and 11 rebounds against Fillmore, but Gil said that the win served as a breakout game for sophomores Marcus Scudder and freshman Josh Butler, who proved that Cate has a lot of young talent to surround its star players.

In the tournament championship, Cate and Camarillo fought back-and-forth for much of the game, with Camarillo escaping with a close 62-59 win. Pouye finished the game with 25 points and 14 rebounds, was named along with Ercil to the AllTournament team.

“(It) feels great competing with a big school and well-coached program such as Camarillo,” Gil said. “We have the confidence to know we can play with anybody.”

Cate is now 4-1 overall and will begin league play this week at Santa Clara.

Warriors boys hoops struggles at Nordhoff tournament

Carpinteria boys basketball had a tough time at the Nordhoff tournament, losing four straight games and falling to 1-7 overall on the year.

The troubles started against San Luis Obispo, who defeated Carpinteria 76-59 in the opening round of play.

Despite the loss, Warriors leading scorer Kainoa Glasgow racked up 29 points, while sophomore Sawyer Kelly finished with 11.

In the second game, Bishop Diego overpowered Carpinteria 58-45. Glasgow finished with 22 points in the loss.

In the closest game of the tournament for the Warriors, Foothill Tech outlasted

Goalie Erin Otsuki snagged three steals along with 13 saves in the win against Foothill Tech.

Carpinteria girls water polo is on a three-game winning streak, with aggressive team play on both sides of the pool.

OCT. 6 -12

DEC 8 - 14

IN CARPINTERIA THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8

CARPINTERIA CITY HALL: SEAL WATCH

The Carpinteria Seal Watch Orientation for new and returning volunteers is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 8 at Carpinteria City Hall. 5775 Carpinteria Ave. Thursday, Dec. 8. 6 p.m. FREE

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9

WESTERLAY ORCHIDS RETAIL SHOWROOM: HOLIDAY PARTY

Westerlay Orchids will hold its annual Christmas Open House on Friday, Dec. 9 in its retail showroom, which will include wine, treats, coffee and a visit from Santa at 4:30 p.m. Photos will be available. Westerlay will raffle off an orchid every 30 minutes of the event. 3504 Via Real. Friday, Dec. 9. 4–7 p.m. FREE

CARPINTERIA CHILDREN’S PROJECT: FREE COVID-19 VACCINES

Covid-19 vaccine and boosters, as well as a limited number of flu shots, will be available to all eligible people between the ages of 6 months and 18+ years at the Carpinteria Children’s Project on Friday. Walk-ins are welcome; no ID or medical insurance are required. 5201 8th Street. Friday, Dec. 9. 1–6 p.m. FREE

LYNDA FAIRLY CARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER: CATE SCHOOL HOLIDAY MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

Cate School will put on a Holiday Music performance at the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center on Friday, Dec. 9. 865 Linden Ave. Friday, Dec. 9. 5:30 p.m. FREE

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10

CARPINTERIA CITY HALL: CARPINTERIA BEAUTIFUL MEETING

Carpinteria Beautiful will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, Dec. 10 at city hall. Meetings are open to the public. 5775 Carpinteria Avenue. Saturday, Dec. 10. 9 a.m. FREE

CARPINTERIA COMMUNITY LIBRARY: FROSTY FEST

The Carpinteria Community Library is hosting Frosty Fest, which will include games, treats, crafts and prizes for children of all ages, on Saturday, Dec. 10. Wear your fa vorite beanie for a chance to win a prize! 5141 Carpinteria Ave. Saturday, Dec. 10. 10 a.m. – noon. FREE

LYNDA

FAIRLY CARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER: ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIRE

The Carpinteria Arts & Craft Faire will be held on Saturday, Dec. 10 in the Koch Courtyard of the arts center. More than 20 local artists will offer a variety of art and crafts for holiday shopping. Ukulele Jammers will strum in the morning, and the Americana Cats will play from 12:30–2:30 p.m. 865 Linden Ave. Saturday, Dec. 10. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. FREE

LINDEN AVENUE: CARPINTERIA HOLIDAY PARADE

PHOTOS BY ROBIN KARLSSON

In a bright spot of holiday cheer, Carpinteri ans of all ages bundled up on for the Holiday Spirit Parade – a nice return of joy as the world prepares to enter 2023, which will soon mark two years since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

Visit Linden Avenue in downtown Carpinteria on Saturday, Dec. 10 to participate in Holiday-focused activities, including the Carpin teria Holiday Parade. Linden Avenue. p.m. FREE

Linden Avenue was filled with all manners of joy, from bagpipers marching to the beat of the drum, to cheerleaders from Carpinteria High School waving their pom-poms. The official grand marshal of the Holiday Spirit Parade was the Carpinteria Valley cannabis operator, Autumn Brands.

CARPINTERIA COMMUNITY CHURCH: SANTA BARBARA EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE

The Carpinteria Community Church will host a free concert featuring the Santa Barbara Early Music Community Ensemble on Saturday, Dec. 10. to Rd. Saturday, Dec. 10. 4:30 p.m. FREE

ments. 850 Linden Ave. Saturday, Dec. 10. 5:30 p.m

Thursday, December 9, 2021 Coastal

local marine who served in the Korean War, waves to

Team members of Autumn Brands, the Holiday Spirit Parade Grand Marshal, usher in the city of Carpinteria parade. Autumn Brands co-owner Johnny Brand drives the tractor with little Lennox Shelton, while co-owner Autumn Shelton is towed behind in a wintry sleigh. Walking alongside to the right is Autumn Brands co-owner Hans Brand.

LYNDA FAIRLY CARPINTERIA ARTS

CENTER: FESTIVAL OF TREES

The Carpinteria Lions Club presents the Festival of Trees at the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, ongoing until Dec. 17. On Saturday, following the Carpinteria Holiday Parade, Santa and performers from the Alcazar Theater’s “Miracle on 34th” will make a visit to the center. 865 Linden Ave. 11 a.m – 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9.

ISLAND BREWING COMPANY: GROOVESHINE

Grooveshine will perform at the Island Brewing Company on Saturday following the holiday parade, starting at 6 p.m. 5049 Sixth St. 6–9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11

LYNDA FAIRLY CARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER: COMMUNITY POSADA CELEBRATION

The arts center will hold a community Posada celebration on Sunday, Dec. 11 in the Koch Courtyard, in collaboration with the Carpinteria Children’s Project. The event will have live music, family craft activities, free pozole and pastries and a food truck. 865 Linden Ave. Sunday, Dec. 11. 4–6 p.m. FREE

ISLAND BREWING COMPANY: MIKE WITT

Mike Witt will perform at the Island Brewing Company on Sunday. 2–5 p.m. 5049 Sixth St.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14

The Carpinteria

front of the flagpole. The group is looking for softly used or new: backpacks, blankets, one- or two-man tents, sleeping bags, warm coats, warm hats, gloves and long johns. 941 Walnut Ave. Wednesday, Dec. 14. 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

ONGOING EVENTS

MONDAYS

Mah Jongg Madness Silver Sands Mobile Home Park, 349 Ash Ave. Contact Roz at (805) 729-1310 for more details. Mondays, 1–4 p.m.

TUESDAYS

Carpinteria Improv The Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave. $10 at the door. Tuesdays, 7–9 p.m.

Carpinteria Writers’ Group Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. carpinterialibrary.org. Tuesdays, 10 a.m. – noon

WEDNESDAYS

Preschool Story Time Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave., carpinterialibrary.org. Wednesdays, 10–10:30 a.m.

Knitting Group. Veterans’ Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. Call (805) 8864382 for more information. Wednesdays, 1–3 p.m.

Mind Games Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. carpinterialibrary.org. Wednesdays, 2–3 p.m.

Good News Club Meeting Canalino Elementary School Library, 1480 Linden Ave. Permission slips available at cefsantabarbara.org/locations/. Wednesdays, 1–2:30 p.m.

THURSDAYS

Carpinteria Community Library chess club For school-aged players and beginners. carpinterialibrary.org. Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. Thursdays, 3–4 p.m.

FRIDAYS

Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. Fridays, 10 a.m. – noon.

SATURDAYS

Docent Tours of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Nature Park. Meet on the corner of Sandyland and Ash avenues. Call (805) 886-4382 for more information. Saturdays, 10 a.m.

VETERANS BUILDING: CHRISTMAS GIFT DRIVE FOR UNHOUSED PEOPLE

Homeless Outreach Lunch Bunch is hosting a Christmas gift drive for homeless community members Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Veterans Building in

KARLSSON

Three bedrooms, two and onehalf baths. Living room with cozy fireplace and private patio. New laminate flooring downstairs and carpet upstairs. Living room features a cozy fireplace and an attached private patio. The primary bedroom has vaulted ceilings, large walk-in closet and a small balcony. There is a wonderful on-site pool. Fantastic view of the Salt Marsh Nature Preserve from the guest bedrooms. An attached one car garage with laundry area. Assigned exterior parking and direct beach access across the salt marsh. A short stroll will take you to charming downtown Carpinteria with unique shops, restaurants and more.

OFFERRED AT $1,249,000

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