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State Beach steps closed indefinitely

Seal Watch returns

Alldredge is SB firefighter of the year

Story poles on bluffs cause stir

Story poles are now up on the 23.4-acre parcel on the Carpinteria Bluffs, outlining the proposed Farm, Hospitality and Residential Project proposal. The controversial project – opposed strongly by Carpinterians who want the bluffs to remain undeveloped – would split the lot into three parts, with a 41-unit, low-income apartment complex, a 99-room resort and 9.47 acres of open space. Learn more on page 5 of this week’s print.

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Foundation is here to build not just a pool but a pathway for student success,” Fedders said in a press release sent out Monday. “With your support, let’s turn this dream into a reality while creating champions.” She added that the foundation hopes to “foster pride in both the school and the community” with a dedicated aquatics facility. A Polar Plunge fundraiser is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 19 at 5 p.m. at Linden Beach. See more online at warriorpool.com.

Carpinterian killed in bicycle/vehicle accident

Cyclist Steven Kingsley Close, 80, of Carpinteria was identified as the decedent in a fatal bicycle/vehicle collision that occurred on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Police closed down Rincon Road between Via Real and the U.S. 101 for a few hours following the Tuesday morning accident, which was reported around 8:45 a.m. According to spokesperson Raquel Zick of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene.

Trash pick-up unchanged by holiday

E.J. Harrison & Sons will follow its regular trash, yard and organic waste and recycling pick-up schedule next week, despite the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Day. All three carts will be picked up on Thursday, Jan. 18; all food waste should be placed in closed plastic or paper bags and put in the organics waste cart.

The newly formed Warrior Pool Foundation seeks to bring a state-of-theart pool to Carpinteria High School; currently, Warriors operate out of the Carpinteria Community Pool at 5305 Carpinteria Ave.

New foundation looks to bring state-of-the-art pool to Carpinteria High

The newly formed Warrior Pool Foundation – which went public this month – hopes to bring a state-of-the-art pool facility to the Carpinteria High School Aquatics Program, Board President Hayley Fedders told CVN. Fedders said the cost of such a facility would be in the millions, but that all decisions are pending the completion of a pool feasibility study. Currently, Warriors operate out of the Carpinteria Community Pool at 5305 Carpinteria Ave. “Every student deserves access to high-quality athletic programs. The Warrior Pool

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The staircase between Tar Pits Park and the Carpinteria State Beach is closed indeﬁnitely due to surf damage.

Tar Pits, State Beach staircase closed indeﬁnitely

The staircase located between the Carpinteria State Beach and Tar Pits Park is closed indeﬁnitely due to surf damage, the city said last week. The staircase sustained “signiﬁcant damage” during the high surf event that hit the central and south California coasts in early January; there is no estimated time for reopening. The beach can be accessed from the west through the campground or from the east through Tar Pits Park.

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The city’s beach camera is once again capturing photos of the Carpinteria Beach, as seen through the camera at 9:45 a.m. on Jan. 9.

Beach cam returns

The city of Carpinteria’s beach camera – which can be accessed at video-monitoring.com/beachcams/carpinteria – is running again. Images are posted online every 30 minutes. The city is also currently looking into replacing the current equipment with live-streaming services.

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ABOP: Jan. 13

The city’s ABOP Collection event is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 13, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., at Carpinteria City Hall’s 5775 Carpinteria Ave. campus. Residents can bring in antifreeze, batteries, oil and paint for disposal, as well as up to three small household electronics, mercury-based thermostats, company florescent lightbulbs and up to six fluorescent light tubes. All liquids are limited to five gallons per household. Moving forward, the city will also collect cooking fats, grease and oils during its ABOP events, as well as motor oil. Non-cooking fats, grease and oils should not be mixed with cooking fats, grease and oils, the city said in its newsletter last week. Residents with ABOP items cannot drop them off at city hall when there is not an ABOP event. ABOP events are held during the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, except in November and December. In the latter two months of the year, ABOP events are held on the second Saturdays of the month.

Community Partners in Caring searches for South Coast volunteers

Community Partners in Caring – a nonprofit founded in November 1977 that serves seniors and mildly disabled adults – is looking for Carpinteria-based volunteers and organizations to collaborate with. The group helps isolated seniors and disabled adults by offering free rides to their destinations, check-in visits and medicine and grocery deliveries, according to the organization’s executive director Hilda Zacarias and community engagement coordinator Midge Nicosia. Zacarias and Nicosia told CVN that the organization is looking to partner with other organizations in the South Coast to help establish a “door-to-door support” for individuals who are unable to access basic needs. The organization currently services both seniors and adults Mary Montgomery is a client of with disabilities who are unable to drive Community Partners in Caring, or who do not qualify for other support an organization that is seeking to primarily in Santa Maria, Orcutt, Lompoc expand its senior and disabled and Guadalupe. All volunteers go through background adults services to the South Coast. checks and fingerprinting processes and are given education and training through the organization. Driving volunteers must drive their own vehicles and can also be reimbursed for their mileage. Coordination services are also offered in both English and Spanish. “If you want to volunteer, this is about whatever works for you,” Zacarias told CVN. “Some (volunteers) are comfortable doing a couple hours a day, some of us can do a couple of hours a month. If there’s enough of us, we can be there for all of our friends or neighbors who need support.” Nicosia noted that if residents are already transporting their neighbors, or someone else nearby, they can reach out to get reimbursed for their mileage as long as that neighbor signs up as a client. “We’re looking for all the neighbors (to collaborate with), so organizations, service clubs, seniors serving groups, churches – you never know where your volunteers will come from,” Zacarias added. “This makes a difference in the lives of these individuals,” she said. “They develop relationships with our volunteers (…) As (clients) are going through the different stages of aging, we’re able to provide them with appropriate referrals and resources.” To learn more as an individual volunteer, visit partnersincaring.org. For organizations looking to collaborate with Community Partners in Caring, learn more by calling (805) 925-8000.

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City council public commenters stick up for live entertainment, IBC

BY ATMIKA IYER The Carpinteria City Council Code Compliance Division issued a written warning to Island Brewing Company (IBC) on Dec. 18, after the Sheriff’s Office received complaints of alleged violations of the establishment’s entertainment license, according to City Planner Nick Bobroff. Bobroff, who spoke about this issue during the council’s Monday, Jan. 8 meeting, said that at least four Carpinteria residents called the Sheriff’s Office to complain about the noise coming from IBC – a Carpinteria brewery located on Sixth Street – on Dec. 15. City regulations do not permit noise to exceed beyond 750 feet of a licensed establishment, and when the Sheriff’s Office responded to the noise complaints, they found that both instances violated current regulations, city staff said. Vocal complaints about IBC noise came to the council’s attention starting late last year; two community members, Ilene and Steven Markeson, complained about the noise and a perceived lack of enforcement to the council during a late October meeting. IBC is a locally-owned, family-run brewery that has a long history in Carpinteria. In a letter sent to CVN on Nov. 14, co-owner Cheryl Wright said IBC has taken steps to mitigate noise since complaints began, including moving music

indoors and dismantling its outdoor stage. She added that IBC’s music also stops at 9 p.m. According to Bobroff, if an establishment receives more than three warnings within a year, the establishment’s entertainment license can be suspended or revoked by the city planner. “This is the first time we’ve had to issue one of these warnings,” Bobroff said. “Hopefully we won’t have to continue. We’re trying to work with the licensees and find this happy medium where they can have live music and provide that benefit to the community without having that negative impact on their neighbors.” During public comment, community member Amy Rodriguez voiced the need to preserve live entertainment and brought with her a petition with over 100 signatures. “These gatherings are not just about entertainment, but about community, unity, healing through music and supporting our local economy. Carpinteria does not have many options for live entertainment, everything literally closes down at 8 or 9 o’clock. When local restaurants or bars host events, it becomes a hub where we can all gather and enjoy live music,” Rodriguez said. “I know there’s people out there that are complaining about live music and referring to Carpinteria Linden Avenue as Bourbon Street West, which if you’ve

“If someone is going to live in a downtown area, there’s going to be noises… We can’t craft ordinances to allow total silence so that a few people cannot be disturbed more than a couple hours a day.”

– public commenter Lorraine McIntire

ever been to New Orleans, it’s not even close because we don’t have beads. We’re not even open very late,” Rodriguez continued. Rodriguez and a few other community members have multiple petitions circulating in Carpinteria in support of live music, which Rodriguez said will be submitted to the council at a later date. Commenter Lorraine McIntire echoed Rodriguez’s opinions on live music in

Carpinteria, adding that louder noises are common in downtown areas. “Ordinances should be crafted in a way that accommodates more tolerance for the various businesses that thrive (in downtown Carpinteria),” McIntire said. “If someone is going to live in a downtown area, there’s going to be noises … We can’t craft ordinances to allow total silence so that a few people cannot be disturbed more than a couple hours a day.”

City recruiting for multiple open positions

City Manager Michael Ramirez announced that the city of Carpinteria is currently recruiting for four different positions across departments within city staﬀ. Job descriptions and applications for these positions are outlined on the city’s website at carpinteriaca.gov. The city is actively recruiting for its next assistant city manager; applications will remain open till Feb. 2. The position became vacant after Ramirez was promoted to succeed former City Manager Dave Durﬂinger. Following the resignation of Amber

Workman in early January, the city is also looking to ﬁll the position of Aquatics Superintendent by Feb. 1. The second round of recruitment for the position of Parks, Recreation and Community Services director will be underway starting Jan. 15, closing March 1. This position is fairly new and was created during the Summer 2023 to better align with the council’s work plan goals. The city is also recruiting for the newly created position of Recreation Coordinator for Senior Services. Applications opened on Jan. 9 and will close on Jan. 24.

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During its Monday, Jan. 8 meeting, the Carpinteria City Council unanimously passed a proclamation designating January 2024 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month and calling on the Carpinteria community to aid “in preventing, reporting, and adjudicating” such crimes. The proclamation recognized the Santa Barbara County Human Trafficking Task Force for investigating and prosecuting human trafficking and raising awareness of the prevalence of human trafficking in California. “The Santa Barbara County Human Trafficking Task Force has worked diligently to bring awareness to the fact… that California ranks number one in the country for reported human trafficking cases, and that Santa Barbara County is

home to hundreds of survivors of trafficking and exploitation,” Councilmember Mónica Solórzano read aloud from the proclamation. Executive Director of Standing Together to End Sexual Assault Elsa Granados spoke during the public comment to raise awareness of sex and labor trafficking in California and the Central Coast region. “We are along a main corridor between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Being in that corridor, we are a focus of that kind of exploitation,” Granados said. “What we’re seeing is that our young women and some young men within our communities are being trafficked. They are trafficked within California to other states, but mostly within California.”

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Keep sacred land undeveloped

I don’t need 300 words to express my distaste and categorical opposition to the development being proposed on our bluffs. I only need two: Hell. No. There has been enough development there as it is. It’s clear that the citizens of Carpinteria do not want development to happen, as we have multiple times over the years banded together to purchase the available land and put it in a trust so that it can never be developed. It doesn’t matter if not enough people enjoy them, it doesn’t matter if you think putting a hotel on the bluffs will bring more revenue to our local businesses. All that matters is this: once those buildings are erected, they will not be torn down. Once that sacred open undeveloped land is besmirched, there is no chance of un-besmirching it. Taking away a place’s beauty in order for more people to be able to come visit said beauty is backwards logic. I don’t care if you have a vision, I don’t care if you think it will put Carpinteria on the map. The people who want to develop this land are not familiar with it; they are looking to extort it for their financial gain. There are plenty of ways to make money, and this is not it. Please, fellow Carpinterians: we must come out in droves to oppose this development in any way we can.

Geoffrey Jensen Carpinteria

Speak up for our bluffs

I’ll never forget being part of the efforts of saving our bluffs 26 years ago. I was in law school in Santa Barbara, working at the Coffee Grinder, Delilah’s (now the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center) and various other jobs. This preserve molded my future and is now my

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“At the Architectural Review Board meeting on Jan. 25, I plan to stand in opposition to this project and to let the developer and city of Carpinteria know that this is not a coastal town that will be overcome with the development of sacred and beloved land.”

– Beth Cox

literal life path for balance, inspiration and positivity on a daily basis. Just as I was 26 years ago, I am in complete opposition to the current proposal for bluffs development. Have you seen the social media and news clips of tourists in Yellowstone going right up to buffalo to take selfies? Well, that’ll be our Seal Sanctuary. This development will add hundreds of tourists along our cliffs to taking selfies and thoughtlessly roaming an already dangerous railroad corridor. I am all about tourism and promoting business and sustainability of our small businesses in our community, but this project does not belong on this sacred land. The view of this resort will interfere with every walk you take on our preserved bluffs. And what about all the species of wildlife that reside on the bluffs? Increased foot traffic will overtake and overpopulate this precious area, forcing wildlife to disappear. Why not use the land for tourism in the way it already is being used, perhaps

a nine-hole natural golf course with a clubhouse restaurant? Or perhaps pickleball courts, which are sorely needed in Carpinteria. I urge you all to join me in attending the first of numerous public hearings to review this project. At the Architectural Review Board meeting on Jan. 25, I plan to stand in opposition to this project and to let the developer and city of Carpinteria know that this is not a coastal town that will be overcome with the development of sacred and beloved land.

Beth Cox Carpinteria

Listen to Carpinteria citizens

Patrick Crooks’ thoughtful letter of Jan. 4 (CVN Vol. 30, No. 16) regarding the proposed luxury development on the Tee Time property is timely. The story poles on site make the picture clear enough. Another project out of sync with community and conservation values yet winding its way through bureaucracy. Carpinteria has had many successes in land use planning for the public benefit such as the bluffs project, Salt Water Marsh, many city parks and trails and the Franklin Trail. These projects have all come about through forward-thinking citizen action, cooperative spirit on the part of the citizens and the land holders and effective governance. That spirit has seen defeat of late with the railroad hotel project and the disaster of degraded air quality created by the cannabis fiasco. In both cases, the bureaucratic process served nothing more than to confound the legitimate concerns of the citizens while serving those that are motivated by greed and power. We can do better than this. I believe there is a way forward. I am encouraged to see Mr. Crooks in a leadership role. His knowledge and experience are needed and will build on the much hard work so many have contributed over the years in making Carpinteria a better place to live.

John Culbertson Carpinteria

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Story poles up for controversial bluffs proposal

Story poles are now up on the Carpinteria Bluffs, outlining the controversial Farm, Hospitality and Residential Project proposal. The proposal divides the 23.4-acre bluffs lot into three parts: 1.58 acres of residential property with a 41-unit apartment complex, 12.32 acres of resort with a 99-room resort, and 9.47 acres of open space, according to tentative development plans filed with the city. Of those 41 units – split into one, two, and three-bedroom units – 40 would be income-restricted affordable apartments, and one would be a manager’s unit.

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The project also involves the 4.13-acre lot located south of the Union Pacific Railroad. That lot would remain as open space, but a 20-foot-wide, ADA-accessible trail and a second seal rookery overlook would be constructed, as well as an at-grade railroad crossing in the northeast corner. The full project will be tentatively reviewed at the Architectural Review Board meeting on Jan. 25, 2024, at Carpinteria City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Ave. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m.

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What’s new at the harbor seal rookery?

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CVN’s Seal Watch weekly report, written by Seal Watch volunteers, covers activities at the Harbor Seal Rookery. The group can be reached at carpsealwatch@gmail. com or at (805) 364-3194. The rookery is located immediately east of Casitas Pier, between the Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve and the Carpinteria State Beach.

NATURAL HISTORY NOTES

The last California NOAA survey a number of years ago documented four rookeries and 13 harbor seal haul outs on the Southern California mainland coast. Three haul outs are in Carpinteria: the rookery area, the rocks just west of the pier and the reef/rocks at the State Park. Only the rookery area can accommodate more than one or two dozen seals.

VISITORS

Over 1,530 visitors were recorded. People came to the overlook from China, Sweden, Spain, the United Kingdom, Croatia, France, Mexico, Ireland, Armenia, Germany, Bulgaria, Canada, Russia, Switzerland, Hungary, Alaska, Arizona, Montana, Iowa, South Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Ohio, Utah, South Dakota, Colorado, Florida, Wisconsin, New York and Oregon. Sometimes visitors have no idea the seals are here – two Bulgarian visitors on a business trip were just walking by, but were excited to discover the overlook and learn.

DISTURBANCES

Minor scares were caused by a viewer waving his arms, and by pier activity.

Carpinteria Seal Watch has begun its annual volunteer schedule during the pupping season. Sealwatchers monitor our local seals year-round and would like to increase visitor services and data collection year-round, but more volunteers are always needed. Contact Seal Watch at carpsealwatch@gmail.com or at (805) 364-3194 if you’d like to help!

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Karen Louise Morley 04/25/1953 – 12/13/2023

Karen Louise Morley, of Santa Barbara, went to be with the Lord on Dec. 13, 2023, peacefully surrounded by family in the comfort and light of her home. Born in San Diego, Calif., on April 25, 1953, she was the youngest of three children of Clifford and Clara Strom. A proud Swede by heritage, it was a tender coincidence that Karen passed on the Swedish holiday of St. Lucia! Karen graduated from Westmont College and, together with her first husband Jonathan Hess, raised her three children in Santa Barbara. To quote a friend, Karen knew “how to make a house a home, full of love, comfort, safety, and beauty,” and she was renowned for her cooking skills! She brought her poise, energy, and personal touch to all of her roles, including her ownership of a Jazzercise franchise in the 1980s, and admissions and recruiting positions in higher education. Karen’s humble perseverance, and her commitment to service and integrity, flowed from her deep faith in Jesus Christ. Karen wed Dave Morley in a beautiful ceremony on the island of Maui on Jan. 6, 2011. Karen and Dave loved and cared excellently for one another and for others. She is survived by her husband, Dave Morley; her sister, Marty, and her family; her son, Trevor Hess, and his wife and children; her son, Landon Hess; her daughter, Kiersten Arnaudin, and her husband; and Dave’s three children, 11 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren! A celebration of Karen’s life and legacy will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, at First Presbyterian Church at 21 E Constance Ave. in Santa Barbara. A reception will immediately follow.

Previously published obituaries may be read online at coastalview.com

María Carmen Villaseñor Nuño de León 01/16/1932 – 12/08/2023 A limb has fallen from the family tree. I hear a voice that says, “Grieve not for me.” Remember the best times, the laughter, the songs. The good life I lived while I was strong. Continue my heritage, I am counting on you. Keep smiling and surely the sun will shine through. My mind is at ease, my soul is at rest remembering how I truly was blessed. Continue traditions no matter how small. Go on with your life, don’t worry about falls. I know you miss me, keep up your chin and live. Until the day comes we’re together again… Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen to your heart, it knows. Always in our heart! From, Beatriz, Martha and Hilda. A mass will be held on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 11:30 a.m. at the St. Joseph Church Chapel on Seventh Street. Her ashes will be kept by one of her daughters.

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Oh Holy St. Jude, apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in Miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful special patron in time of need, to you do I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg you to whom God has given such great powers, to come to my assistance. Help me in my present urgent petition. In return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. Pray for us all who invoke your aid. Amen Say three Our Fathers, three Hail Marys, three Glorias. This Novena must be said for 9 consecutive days. This Novena has never been known to fail.

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High school chemistry instructor co-authors animal science textbook

Carpinteria High School (CHS) chemistry instructor Noe Gomez, who is also an alumnus of CHS, has co-authored a scientific textbook entitled “Animal Science: Principles of Production, Management, and Selection.” The textbook was recently published along with the accompanying workbook. Gomez co-authored the book alongside seven other authors, who he said paved the way for him. “I consider them mentors in this endeavor I was invited to join,” he said. Gomez has been featured in more than a dozen scientific publications, and he told CVN he has been writing for scientific journals for more than 10 years. He said he would find time to write outside of class, working during the day with his students and returning home to continue writing. Gomez said he had a similar schedule as a graduate student – working all day and writing all night – so it wasn’t unfamiliar to him. “Writing about a topic that I’m passionate about isn’t as difficult as it sounds,” Gomez said. “It’s easy to just write and write about scientific concepts that I have experience in.” Bea Sibaja, office coordinator at CHS, told CVN it took Gomez seven years to complete the textbook, “all while teaching, Covid-19 and completing his

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Carpinteria’s own Ashlan Alldredge was recently honored by the Santa Barbara City Firefighters Association as the 2023 Firefighter of the Year, for his work in organizing major fundraising events for the department. Alldredge has lived in Carpinteria with his family for the past six years, and has worked for the city of Santa Barbara since 2015, after transferring from the Lompoc Fire Department. Since his time in Santa Barbara, Alldredge has helped orchestrate two fundraising events for the department: the Special Olympics Polar Plunge – where members of the fire department take an early morning dive at Leadbetter Beach – and the department’s fall “Fired Up” BBQ, where firemen serve BBQ to attendees. Both events raise funds for the Special Olympics of Southern California. Alldredge said his wife Jenny was a huge inspiration for his support and work with the Special Olympics, due to her work in the Carpinteria Unified School District with special education students. Part of Alldredge’s role is organizing fellow firefighters to volunteer during their off hours, but he said he mostly enjoys the time he’s able to spend with the athletes during the games. “We’re there with the athletes on the field… it’s inspirational for us,” he told CVN.

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Seventy-one percent of students at Carpinteria High School earned a 3.0 or higher GPA during the first semester of the 2023-24 school year.

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Seventy-one percent (71%) of Carpinteria High School (CHS) students earned a 3.0 or higher GPA, with a school average GPA of 3.45. Both indicators demonstrate improvement since 2022-23 first semester. Additionally, there were fewer students in grades 10 through 12 with Ds and Fs. Afterschool tutoring continues to be offered to assist those students with failing grades.

Appreciation

January is the time to acknowledge the school board and its role in supporting student achievement during School Board Recognition Month. We are proud to join more than 1,000 local educational agencies in the state in recognizing the contributions of our board members who work tirelessly to help our district establish new ways of ensuring students continue to learn. Board members are our elected representatives and a vital link between the school district and the community. The board sets the foundation and vision for the district, directs resources where they are most needed and ensures accountability to the community by monitoring progress toward goals. Its end goal, of course, is to support and elevate student achievement. Please join me in saluting our hard-working board members Jaime Diamond, Sally Green, Andy Sheaffer, Aaron Smith and Eric Bridgford.

United Way Winter Break Program

Fifty-three elementary students participated in the Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD) grant-funded United

Way Winter Break Program at Canalino Elementary School from Dec. 18 to Dec. 22, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. The students enjoyed fun-filled art, music and physical activities in addition to daily reading and math practice. Crystal Wang, Canalino fourth-grade dual language immersion (DLI) teacher, served as the site director, and 11 CUSD staff members from Aliso, Canalino, Carpinteria Family School and CUSD Preschool served as program staff.

Career Technical Education Pathways grants at high school

CUSD received the K-12 Strong Workforce Grant, which includes $74,000 to support the CHS agriculture pathway; and the Career Technical Education Incentive Grant, which includes $90,000, to support the culinary, engineering and robotics pathways. These grant monies will be used to develop curriculum, staff training, staffing, instructional supplies and industry certification.

Professional development

The Santa Barbara County Office of Education (SBCEO) is providing professional development for CUSD teacher leaders to strengthen the work of their professional learning communities to increase student achievement. PLCs collectively analyze student performance data to evaluate student learning and needs, and determine improvement in instructional strategies. Teachers meet weekly to discuss instructional practices, share knowledge and observe one another for continuous professional learning and growth.

Measure U

Measure U staff is currently preparing the RFP for the Lease LeaseBack (LLB) Contractor for the Canalino Learning Center which will be advertised in mid-January. Once the board approves the LLB Contractor, construction is expected to begin on the Canalino campus during March 2024 with a completion date of November 2024. Diana Rigby is the superintendent of Carpinteria Unified School District. For more information about CUSD, log on to cusd.net, or contact Diana at drigby@cusd.net or (805) 684-4511x222.

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6 p.m. / Towed Abandoned Vehicle / 2200 block Lillie Avenue

Deputies responded to a misdemeanor hit and run call, but the male subject ﬂed the scene traveling southbound on Rincon Road. The man continued southbound on the northbound off-ramp of Highway 101 at Rincon Road. Deputies checked the area and were unable to locate the subject.

Deputies received complaints about an abandoned vehicle parked near Sandpiper Liquor. The vehicle was tagged and marked on Thursday, May 14. The vehicle was checked and was not moved. The vehicle was towed.

2:12 p.m. / Narcotics / 4600 block Carpinteria Avenue

8:28 p.m. / Meth Possession / 1100 block Casitas Pass

standing warrants: one out of Hermosa Beach but was non-extraditable, and the other out of Santa Barbara. The woman was arrested for the outstanding warrant out of Santa Barbara County.

session of a meth pipe. During a search of the vehicle, his meth pipe was located, but also a baggie with 3.7 grams of meth. The subject was cited for the violations.

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A woman and man were contacted as their vehicle was getting dropped off by a tow truck. The woman is on active probation and a search of her property showed she had meth, a meth pipe and a container of pepper spray. She is a convicted felon up at from owning pepper and Sign prohibited spray. A baggie of meth was found in the center console and since no one wanted to claim it, the man was given ownership since it was his vehicle.

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A reader sends a halo to Velma in the bakery section of Albertson’s. A reader sends a halo for making the Carpinteria Lumber“She always helps me to getBurlene my favorite brownies from the back when A reader aahalo the “Her generous person for paying forattithe yard Nursery joy totovisit. outgoing personality (Southern they are outsends of area stock on the shelf. Your sweet smile and helpful reader’s gas when she forgot her ATM card at the gas station. “I’m style), friendly conversation and plant knowledge make it a pleasure tude makes my day!” chose the most expensive oil, I’d love to reimburse you, and tosorry visit Iand shop.” thank you. 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rick, director of Boys & Girls Club, for removing the toxic Euphorbia fire sticks from A caller who is renting a home on the the pots and landscape. Polo Field reported that several people suspended. The man was cited, and his he found a small baggie containing a forced their way into her rental home vehicle was released to a licensed driver. white powdery substance underneath and started yelling and insulting her the driver’s seat of his recently purchased RECORDS • POSTERS • VINYL ART • THEMED APPAREL & MORE!the family. 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Northbound off-ramp at San Ysidro opens, southbound off-ramp to close mid-January

The northbound off-ramp at San Ysidro Road for the San Ysidro Roundabout is now open. Caltrans construction crews will continue to grind and pave the approach areas leading into the roundabout, and those in the area are advised of noise and flaggers directing traffic. Caltrans also estimates that the southbound San Ysidro Road offramp may close as early as Jan. 21, though drivers will be able to use the off-ramp at Sheffield Drive as a detour during the closure. For continued closures along the highway, on the northbound side, one lane from Carpinteria Avenue to Olive Mill Road will be closed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Sundays. The northern on-ramp at San Ysidro Road will be closed until early 2025. On the southbound side, one lane from Olive Mill Road to Carpinteria Avenue, and the on-ramp at Olive Mill Road, will be closed from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m., Monday through Thursday, and 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on Sunday. ––Jun Starkey

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In the closed lane by the median between Sheffield Drive and North Padaro Lane, construction crews have placed orange safety barrels and signs to denote the closed area.

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Crews continue work on drainage improvements, retaining walls, safety barriers, fencing and signs for the northbound Highway 101 ramps.

Crews will continue to clear vegetation, work on drainage improvements and remove old guardrail and pavement along Highway 101.

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When many people think about investing, the first thing that comes to mind is the stock market. And that’s not surprising, as the rise and fall of stock prices is constantly in the news. But if you’re going to achieve your financial goals, you may well need to look beyond stocks and include fixed-income investments in your portfolio. Fixed-income investments offer three important benefits: • Income – When you invest in fixedincome vehicles, such as bonds, Treasury securities and certificates of deposit (CDs), you receive regular income in the form of interest payments. And you continue to receive this income until your investment matures or you sell it, no matter what’s happening in the financial markets. Of course, the income you can receive from fixed-income investments will always depend on the interest rates at which these investments were issued. But if you own a mix of long-term and short-term fixedincome investments, you can gain some protection against fluctuating rates. When market rates are low, you can get greater income from your longer-term bonds, which typically — although not always — pay higher rates. And when market rates rise, you can benefit by reinvesting the proceeds from your shorter-term bonds. • Diversification – If you were only to own stocks, or stock-based mutual funds, your portfolio would be susceptible to higher risks, especially with market downturns. But you may be able to reduce the impact of market volatility by adding fixed-income investments to your holdings. Bond prices often move in a different direction from stocks, so if stock prices are falling, you might find that the value of your bonds is rising. You can also diversify within the fixed-income portion of your portfolio by owning a mix of corporate and Treasury bonds, as well as CDs, just to name a few. • Stability – As mentioned, you will always receive interest payments from your bonds if you hold them until matu-

rity. But if you wanted to sell your bonds before they mature, you could get more, or less, than what you originally paid for them. When market interest rates rise, the price of your current bonds will likely fall, as no one will pay you the full price for them when they get newer ones that pay more — this is what’s known as interestrate risk. Conversely, when market rates fall, the prices of your current bonds will probably rise. But here’s the key point to remember: Bond prices generally don’t fluctuate as much as stock prices. In other words, bonds are typically less volatile than stocks. Consequently, owning bonds can add diversification to your portfolio. And to maximize the stabilizing effects of bonds, you may want to stick with highquality bonds rated as “investment grade” by independent bond-rating agencies. How much of your portfolio should consist of fixed-income investments? There’s no one right answer for everyone. And over time, your interest in these types of investments may well change — for example, as you near retirement, you may want to consider shifting some of your growth-oriented investments into incomeproducing ones, though you’ll still need some growth potential to keep up with inflation. In any case, the combination of income, diversification and stability provided by bonds and similar securities should be compelling enough for you to find a place for them in your investment mix. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Samantha F. Anderson Financial Advisor 5320 Carpinteria Ave Suite J Carpinteria, CA 93013 805-684-8470

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Senior Center Activities: Senior Lecture Series Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 9:30–10:45 a.m. Dementia Caregivers Support Group Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10:30 a.m.–noon carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314 Senior Center Activities: Chair Yoga Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 11 a.m.–noon. Bilingual Postpartum Support Group El Carro Park, 5300 El Carro Lane. 1 p.m. rmaldonado@carpchildren. org, (805) 566-1613 Senior Center Activities: Good Times & Games Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 2–4 p.m. Carpinteria Creative Arts Eighth St. and Linden Ave. 2:30–6 p.m. Handmade pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry and sewn articles. (805) 698-4536 Carpinteria Farmers Market 800 block of Linden Ave. Thursdays, 3–6:30 p.m. Rincon Classic Kickoff Party Rincon Brewery, 5065 Carpinteria Ave. 5:30–8:30 p.m. rinconclassic.com

Friday, Jan. 12

Friday Fun Day Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10 a.m.–noon. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314 Senior Center Activities: Karaoke Party Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Ave. 1:30–3 p.m. Teens Dungeons & Dragons Club Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 3–5 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Saturday, Jan. 13

ABOP Carpinteria City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Ave. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Carpinteria Beautiful Meeting Carpinteria City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Ave. 9 a.m. Salt Marsh Nature Park Docent Tours Meet at the entrance across from the corner of Sandyland and Ash Avenue. 10 a.m.–noon. Free. (805) 886-4382. Let’s Get Growing Carpinteria Community Garden, 4855 Fifth St. 10–11 a.m. Live Music: The Gravy Island Brewing Company, 5049 Sixth St. 6–9 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 14

Live Music: Jared Lettow Island Brewing Company, 5049 Sixth St. 2–5 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 15

Preschool Story Time Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10–10:30 a.m. For preschool-aged children. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314 Senior Center Activities: Music Mondays Sing Along Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 10:30 a.m.–noon Monday Mahjong All levels of play. 1 p.m. (805) 729-1310 Mind Games Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 2–3 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Filmmakers Duffy Hecht, left, and Larry Nimmer, right, interviewed Steve Price for their documentary “Shopping Cart People,” which was recently honored at several ﬁlm festivals.

Local documentary honored at international ﬁlm festivals

CVN’s Man on the Street Larry Nimmer and local Duffy Hecht’s documentary “Shopping Cart People” was honored and awarded during a recent film festival run. It was chosen as a semi-finalist for the Stockholm Film Festival, semi-finalist for the Prague Underground and an award winner in the Hong Kong Indie Film Festival, among others, after being screened as an official selection in over 20 international competitions. The film also received awards including Best Picture, Best Documentary, Social Justice, Human Rights and Original Score. “Shopping Cart People” looks at underrepresented people in the homeless community through interviews with individuals and their advocates. The film was primarily shot in Carpinteria, including at Mills Corner and the Casitas Pass Shopping Center. “The film ends with these words from The People’s Justice Project which highlights the movie’s theme: Criminalizing and punishing people for experiencing homelessness isn’t just cruel and inhumane, it’s often illegal. No one is above the law and no one is beneath its protections,” Hecht said in a press release. The film was produced and directed by Hecht, with camera and audio work by Nimmer and music by Bobby Johnson. Others involved include Steve Price, Wayne Mellinger, Snake, David Hopkins and Glen Mower.

Tuesday, Jan. 16

Senior Center Activities: Arts and Crafts Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Ave. 9–11 a.m. Carpinteria Writers Group Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10 a.m.–noon. (202) 997-0429 Senior Center Activities: Mind Body Balance Exercise Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 11 a.m.–noon Spanish Conversation Group Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 1–2 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314 Duplicate Bridge 1 p.m. Call Lori Locker at 805-684-5921 for more information Tai Chi Practice Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 2–3 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 17

Senior Center Activities: Walking Group Meet at Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 9 a.m. Baby Meet Up Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 9–9:45 a.m. Children under two. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314 Knitting Group Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 1–3 p.m. Free. (805) 886-4382 Senior Center Activities: Mindfulness Meditation Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 2–3:30 p.m.

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Chris Gocong, a Carpinteria local and former NFL linebacker, will have his art on display at Dama Gallery in Ventura, which opens on Jan. 27.

Gocong works on display in Ventura gallery

Carpinteria High School alumnus and former NFL linebacker Chris Gocong will be featured in the ﬁrst exhibition of 2024 at Dama Gallery, 1793 East Main St., Ventura. An opening reception is scheduled for Jan. 27, 6–8 p.m. Gocong’s work – which has been featured in several galleries throughout Southern California over the past few years – navigates his identities as a former athlete and artist through mixed media. “In a symphony of mediums ranging from dramatic wearable art, evocative and familiar ﬁgurative pieces to his most recent abstract paintings that brilliantly showcase his talent for controlled chaos on canvas, Gocong elegantly unravels the dichotomies that have sculpted his remarkable journey,” said Jim Kent the assistant gallery coordinator for Dama Gallery, in a press release. The exhibit opens on Saturday, Jan. 27, and will be available until April 30. The gallery is open from noon to 3 p.m.

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Rotary members renovate playhouses at Carpinteria Children’s Project

PHOTOS BY DAVID POWDRELL

Members of the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Noon recently renovated playhouses at the Carpinteria Children’s Project (CCP) for a service project, transforming them into colorful play areas after two full days of sanding, painting and repairing, according to Rotary Club of Carpinteria Noon President Karen Graf. The purpose of the project, Graf said, was to help create colorful and safe spaces at CCP for reading and playing. “This was truly a ‘Service Above Self’ experience that all the Rotarians involved could feel proud of,” Graf told CVN.

From left: Rotary Club of Carpinteria Noon members David Powdrell, Carrie Kirchner, President Karen Graf, Roland Rotz, Jon Everett, Gregg Carty, Marianne Rauch, Lin Graf, Tom Collins and Bob Berkenmeier.

ABOVE: From left, Pam Enticknap and Carrie Kirchner work on the paint job for one of the playhouses.

Roland Rotz paints the inside of a playhouse.

Members of the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Noon spent two days building, sanding and painting the playhouses at the Carpinteria Children’s Project, to create a colorful space for students to play.

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Rotary Club of Carpinteria Noon member Lin Graf repairs one of the playhouses.

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What’s missing?

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IN THE NATUREHOOD NANCY BARON Are we moving toward a “Silent Spring?” One in eight birds in the world today are threatened with extinction, and over half are in steep decline. North American bird populations have dropped 30% since 1970 – that’s one in three birds. And many of the losses come from our most common birds: sparrows, warblers, finches and blackbirds. These dismal statistics are swirling around in the news. Personally, I find it hard to wrap my head around them. Yet, of late, more and more people have been noticing that there seem to be fewer birds around, even in our own backyards. Normally, I like to celebrate nature. But, at times, we need to look at not just what delights us, but also what’s missing. This has been rattling around in my brain since I read an Independent column by Hugh Ransom, entitled “Backyard Birds are Thin on the Ground.” When I read his words, it hit me hard. Right. Thin on the ground. Perhaps, it’s the way we are wired. We take notice when we see birds. But if they are gone – unless they’re completely gone – it takes a while to sink in. This has been my observation too. There are far fewer birds coming to our feeders than in past winters. Some of the birds I look forward to seeing have simply failed to show up, such as the secretive little Lincoln’s sparrows that peck seed beneath the bird feeders. Or the hordes of lesser goldfinches that swing from the thistle feeders and brighten the day with flashing yellow feathers. Laurel Luby and Tom Beland, who live along Carpinteria Creek noted, “Our backyard bird numbers are very low. Especially the finches and whitecrowned sparrows.” Each Sunday, Luby and Beland canvass the Carpinteria Salt Marsh and do a bird count for the reserve. For them, it’s “Going to church,” Luby

Townsend’s warblers migrate here from British Columbia, but there seem to be fewer this year. said. But now, it’s a church with fewer congregants. Hugh Ransom tracks online discussions among birders in California, Oregon and Washington. “Consistently people are talking about how few birds are coming to the feeders,” he told me. “I think most of us are noticing it this year. I feel like something big is taking place.” The annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count recently took place in Carpinteria on Dec. 16, Santa Barbara on Dec. 30 and Santa Cruz Island on Jan. 2. Typically, people break into small groups and follow assigned routes, tallying every bird they see. “Our general impression is that, like on the mainland, many migratory birds are way down,” said Jessie Alstatt, who leads the Santa Cruz Island count. Some examples she cited are white and golden-crowned sparrows, yellow-rumped warblers and ruby-crowned kinglets. Raptors and falcons appear to be down, too, as are resident birds such as island scub jays, which are found nowhere else on earth other than Santa Cruz Island.

Normally, I like to celebrate nature. But, at times, we need to look at not just what delights us, but also what’s missing.

White-crowned sparrows are down in numbers.

JOHN CALLENDER

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House finches are also less abundant.

KEN WEISS

JOHN CALLENDER

Lesser goldfinches are seen less frequently at feeders this year.

This painted bunting was a surprise on the count. Climate change may be pushing birds to shift their ranges.

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Frecker’s farm provides an important winter habitat for birds. From left is Nancy Baron, Ken Weiss and Steve Gaines on count day. “In Carpinteria, the participants found more species than ever, a total of 168 different kinds of birds,” said John Callender, who leads the Carpinteria count. But the abundance, or how many of any type of bird, remains unclear, he said. “Once the data are compiled and compared to last year, we will have a better picture.” Even if the data remains unclear, Callender has a distinct personal impression. “When you look at the three billion birds lost figure, you can definitely say there is something going on. I am confident that I am witnessing declines.”

What can we do?

Birds are suﬀering death by a thousand cuts. They are losing the habitats they need to live, ﬁnd food, rest and raise their young. They face other threats as well – from free-roaming cats and collisions with glass, to toxic pesticides and insect declines. Climate change adds a huge stress, especially for migratory birds. Birds live on tight energy budgets. They may die migrating if their refueling sites have been destroyed or developed or if they have to deal with extreme weather. But there are things we can do to help. When walking the beach consider that shorebirds have only so much time during daylight and high tides to search for food. Give them space and don’t allow your dogs to chase them. They are literally living on the edge. Flying exhausts them. Next to habitat loss, domestic and feral cats are the greatest cause of bird deaths. No matter how well-fed a cat is, it is in their DNA to be a killer. The solution is to keep cats indoors, or in screened enclosures, known as “catios,” for their own safety from other predators as well. Pesticides have contributed to what some people have called an insect apoc-

Join the discussion On Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m., John Callender will lead a discussion on results from this year’s Christmas bird counts and invite observations from participants and local residents. They will celebrate the birds seen and discuss some of the things we can do to help birds locally. This meeting will take place in person at the Carpinteria Community Library meeting room (5141 Carpinteria Ave.) as well as online via Zoom. See carpbirdwatchers.org for more details. alypse by undercutting the bottom of the food web for many birds. Reducing pesticide use can help at the individual level. When you buy organic, you are supporting birds. Birds will eat the bugs. Plant native plants to shelter and feed birds and be a tree advocate. Trees are their homes and sources of food. Avoid trimming trees in spring when birds are nesting. As I write this, an Anna’s hummingbird is sipping nectar from a potted plant outside my window. It reminds me that even the smallest contributions in our backyards can help make up some of the deﬁcits – and bring us joy. What are you noticing? Please email me with your observations at nancyebaron@gmail.com.

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COMMANDER’S RECAP

1702 hrs / Violation / Cambridge Lane

The reporting party called to report their neighbor violated a served civil harassment order. The neighbor was ﬁlming the reporting party while they were celebrating Christmas Eve with family and friends, then pointed a leaf blower through the fence at them while they were sitting in their backyard.

2250 hrs / Incident / Bailard Avenue

Deputies responded due to a 911 hang up, where a female was heard yelling. Upon arrival, deputies found an intoxicated male that had gotten into an altercation with a family member. The ﬁght was broken up but there was a broken glass table and multiple glass bottles. No one desired prosecution but the suspect was asked to leave by family. An unregistered and unsecured ﬁrearm was found and booked for safekeeping.

0003 hrs / Incident / Shelby Street

Deputies responded to a report of a fight in the street. When deputies arrived, the fight was broken up. While at a wedding party, a man had become upset after his girlfriend danced with other men. The suspect charged the victim, knocked him to the ground and then punched him in the face. A bystander, who tried to stop the suspect, was also punched in the face. The fight spilled into the roadway where the man began punching vehicles. The suspect fled prior to deputies arrival but was later located nearby. The victim desired prosecution. The suspect was arrested and booked into Santa Barbara Main Jail.

Monday, Dec. 25

0500 hrs / Incident / 5900 block Via Real

The reporting party stated a female had broken a window and the glass had cut the male’s face. Upon arrival, no one was answering the door, but after several minutes, the female was observed inside. The male eventually opened the door and it was determined the female had left the apartment earlier, returned and accused the male of cheating. While talking to him through the bedroom window, she pushed into the window, trying to open it, causing the glass to break. The male had a small laceration on his cheek that did not require medical attention. The female was arrested for domestic violence and for a previous warrant.

Tuesday, Dec. 26

0728 hrs / Incident / 4400 block Via Real

Deputies responded to a local gas station after the store manager had found a skimming device on a credit card reader inside the store. The device was taken and the reporting party will be providing surveillance footage at a later time.

0903 hrs / Warrant / Sterling Avenue and Eleanor Drive

A man was contacted whom deputies knew had two warrants; he was arrested and booked at Santa Barbara Main Jail.

1853 hrs / Incident / Franciscan Court

A man was found trespassing in the gated pool area of an apartment complex. The man had an outstanding warrant out of Stockton, and he was arrested and booked in Santa Barbara Main Jail.

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Wednesday, Dec. 27

0854 hrs / Incident / Santa Monica Road and Verano Drive

A man was contacted as the result of a consensual encounter, and a records check revealed he had two outstanding misdemeanor warrants for his arrest. The man was arrested and booked at Santa Barbara Main Jail.

1043 hrs / Narcotics / 1000 block Concha Loma Drive

Deputies contacted a man after he was seen smoking methamphetamine. The suspect initially walked away from deputies and discarded his meth pipe which was later recovered. The suspect then returned to the scene wearing a diﬀerent shirt. The suspect was arrested and booked at Santa Barbara Main Jail for the violations.

1617 hrs / Narcotics / Lavender Court and Carpinteria Avenue

While responding to another call, deputies observed a male and female that appeared to be asleep on a bus bench. While driving past the bus bench again, deputies observed the female slumped over onto the male. Deputies stopped to check the welfare and immediately observed both subjects showing symptoms of an overdose. The female was turning purple, and both had agonal breathing. Medics were requested and Narcan was deployed. Once ﬁre personnel arrived, they administered additional doses of Narcan. The female eventually woke up, but the male remained unresponsive, but with improved breathing. Both were eventually transported to Cottage Hospital for treatment.

1617 hrs / Incident / Lavender Court and Carpinteria Avenue

While dealing with another incident, deputies were contacted about a sixyear-old boy who was found crying because he was lost and didn’t know where he lived. Deputies were eventually able to locate a parent who responded to the location to take custody of the child. The older sister was supposed to be watching the child while the parents were grocery shopping, but he snuck out on his bike to ride to the store to ﬁnd his parents.

0105 hrs / Theft / 5300 block Ogan Road

Deputies responded to a report of a theft. Two unknown suspects who were in a dark pickup truck with a white camper shell were seen tampering with locks on a vehicle and stealing a catalytic converter. A report was taken.

Thursday, Dec. 28

0852 hrs / Narcotics / Via Real and Nidever Road

A vehicle with a trailer was stopped for having an expired registration. The driver attempted to dissolve his methamphetamine in a drink can before stopping. The man was arrested and booked into Santa Barbara Main Jail.

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0840 hrs / Incident / 3900 block Via Real

A vehicle reported stolen was located abandoned. The reporting party was contacted and arrived on scene to collect the vehicle. The vehicle was removed from the Stolen Vehicle System (SVS).

1415 hrs / Incident / Begonia Drive

The reporting party reported her vehicle was stolen from her driveway between the hours of 2100 and 1200 hours. The keys to the vehicle were left inside overnight, and there was no suspect information. The vehicle was located via GPS tracking approximately an hour later on Upson Road. No suspect was located on scene. The vehicle owner was notiﬁed and arrived on scene to collect the vehicle. The vehicle was entered and removed from the SVS.

Friday, Dec. 29

2012 hrs / Incident / Bailard Bluffs

A deputy observed a vehicle parked at the Bailard Bluﬀs after hours. While speaking with the subject, the deputy observed signs of the vehicle’s owner being under the inﬂuence of a controlled substance. After conducting a vehicle search, deputies discovered a usable amount of methamphetamine. After performing a urinalysis sample, the subject’s urine was positive for methamphetamine. The man was cited for the violations.

0106 hrs / Theft / 4400 block Via Real

Deputies responded to a theft that occurred at a local gas station. Upon arrival, the store clerk stated two male suspects had ﬂed. One of the male suspects stole $15 worth of alcohol.

Saturday, Dec. 30

1120 hrs / Theft / 5700 block Via Real

The reporting party’s surfboard was stolen by an unknown suspect from his backyard along with $9 from an unlocked vehicle. Deputies were able to recover the surfboard nearby. Video footage captured the suspect walking around the area with a surfboard and subsequently abandoning the surfboard at the above-mentioned address. A report was authored, pending leads.

Tuesday, Jan. 2

1334 hrs / Incident / 500 block Linden Avenue

Deputies were dispatched to a reported intoxicated, argumentative male sub-

ject who was publicly urinating in front of a local store. The man was arrested and booked into Santa Barbara Main Jail.

1642 hrs / Incident / 5000 block Carpinteria Avenue

A subject was at a local gas station asking for a ride to Montecito after being refused transportation by the Metropolitan Transit District. A records check revealed the subject had an outstanding misdemeanor warrant. The subject was arrested and booked at Santa Barbara County Jail without incident.

Thursday, Jan. 4

1502 hrs / Theft / 2200 block Lillie Avenue

An employee reported an unknown female and male entered the store and ran out with multiple items amounting to $280. The employee captured a photo of the vehicle’s license plate as the vehicle fled south on Lillie Avenue. However, a DMV records check revealed the license plate belonged to a different vehicle than the one fleeing the scene.

0010 hrs / Incident / Channel Drive

Deputies responded to Channel Drive for a report of individuals looking around with ﬂ ashlights and ski masks on. The reporting party made verbal contact with the suspects and they ﬂed.

1956 hrs / Theft / Casitas Pass Road

Reporting party reported a theft of money from an apartment. There is suspect information, so the case is currently pending.

Friday, Jan. 5

0744 hrs / Theft / Sterling Way

The victim reported his vehicle was stolen sometime between 2200 hours on Jan. 4, and 0700 hours on Jan. 5. A car key was left inside, and the vehicle was unlocked.

1808 hrs / Incident / Carpinteria Avenue and Walnut Avenue

Deputies observed a suspect shadowboxing on the sidewalk. The subject was found to be intoxicated and was transported to the Santa Barbara County Jail without incident.

2021 hrs / DUI / Ninth Street

A man called 911 to report his daughter missing, claiming someone took her from his parked vehicle as he was walking nearby while talking on the phone. When deputies arrived, it was observed that the man was intoxicated. Deputies spoke with the daughter’s mother who had the child and claimed the man had dropped her oﬀ a few minutes before the call. The man admitted to driving across the parking lot prior to the ﬁve-minute phone call, but believed the mother had somehow taken the child from his vehicle. The man was arrested for DUI, and the complaint was sent to the district attorney.

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Ingredients:

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Replace tops. Grill the sandwiches on the Panini Press until the cheese is melted – about ﬁve to six minutes. Serve with apple slices, potato chips or your favorite sandwich side.

Sprinkle the eggplant slices with salt and let sit for 15 minutes. Pat dry and brush lightly with olive oil. Preheat the panini grill and place the eggplant slices in it in an even layer. Grill for three minutes, until cooked through and nicely marked by the grill. Remove from the grill, cover to keep warm and set aside.

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 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.

Place the ﬁrst eight ingredients (mayo through cracked pepper) in a blender. Cover and process until the mixture is smooth. Set aside.

Spread cut sides of each roll with one tablespoon of aioli; layer bottoms with one slice of cheese, two slices of eggplant and the remaining cheese.

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Atticus Edward Watson was born on July 30, 2023, at Ascension Seton Hospital in Austin, Texas, to Michelle Morris and Richard Watson of Austin, Texas. Atticus, the couple’s ﬁrst child, arrived at 8 pounds, 13 ounces and 20.5 inches long. His grandparents are Trish Bray of Carpinteria, Calif. and the late Dennis Morris; and Michael A. Watson of Dunnellon, Fla. and the late Deborah Watson Correl of Snow Camp, N.C. His great-grandparents are Jean Foster of Carpinteria, Calif. and Rick Foster of Wichita, Kan.; and Michael and Barbara Morris of Indio, Calif.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PENDING ACTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO: WAIVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A MODIFICATION APPLICATION AND APPROVE, CONDITIONALLY APPROVE, OR DENY THE MODIFICATION APPLICATION This may affect your property. Please read.:

. Notice is hereby given that an application for the project described below has been submitted to the Santa Barbara County Planning and Development Department. This project requires the approval and issuance of a Modification application by the Planning and Development Department. The development requested by this application is under the jurisdiction of the Zoning Administrator and therefore a public hearing on the application is normally required prior to any action to approve, conditionally approve, or deny the application. However, in compliance with the Santa Barbara Land Use and Development Code Section 35.82.130.D.7, the Director intends to waive the public hearing requirement unless a written request for such hearing is submitted by an interested party to the Planning and Development Department within the 15 working days following the Date of Notice listed below. All requests for a hearing must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, to Veronica King at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101 2058, by email at kingv@countyofsb.org, or by fax at (805) 568 2030. If a public hearing is requested, notice of such a hearing will be provided. WARNING: Failure by a person to request a public hearing may result in the loss of the person’s ability to appeal any action taken by Santa Barbara County on this Modification Application to the County Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors. If a request for public hearing is not received by 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, then the Planning and Development Department will act to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the request for a Modification application. At this time it is not known when this action may occur; however, this may be the only notice you receive for this project. To receive additional information regarding this project, including the date the Modification application is approved, and/or to view the application and plans, or to provide comments on the project, please contact Veronica King at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101 2058, or by email at kingv@countyofsb. org, or by phone at (805) 568 2513. PROPOSAL: GLAZER MISKULIN LIVING TRUST GARAGE PROJECT ADDRESS: 915 CAMINO MEDIO, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93110 2nd SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT DATE OF NOTICE: 1/11/2024 REQUEST FOR HEARING EXPIRATION DATE: 2/1/2024 PERMIT NUMBER: 23MOD-00020 APPLICATION FILED: 11/20/2023 ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO: 063-041-005 ZONING: 1.5-EX-1 PROJECT AREA: 1.10 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Applicant: Ivor Miskulin Proposed Project: The project is a request for a Modification to allow for a portion of an existing legal nonconforming garage to be demolished and rebuilt partially within the standard front yard setback of the parcel, resulting in a reduction of the standard front yard setback from 75’ to 70’ 1.5” from the centerline of Camino Medio. The total front setback encroachment from the garage will be approximately 106 SF and total 0.8 percent of the total required front setback. The parcel will be served by the Goleta Water District, a new private septic system, and the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. Access will continue to be provided off of Camino Medio. The property is a 1.10 acre parcel zoned 1.5 EX 1 and shown as Assessor’s Parcel Number 063 041 005, located at 915 Camino Medio in the Hope Ranch area, Second Supervisorial District. APPEALS: The decision of the Director of the Planning and Development Department to approve, conditionally approve, or deny this Modification application 23MOD 00020 may be appealed to the County Planning Commission by the applicant or an aggrieved person. The written appeal must be filed within the 10 calendar days following the date that the Director takes action on this Modification application. To qualify as an “aggrieved person” the appellant must have, in person or through a representative, informed the Planning and Development Department by appropriate means prior to the decision on the Coastal Development Permit of the nature of their concerns, or, for good cause, was unable to do so. Written appeals must be filed with the Planning and Development Department at either 123 East Anapamu Street, San-

ta Barbara, 93101, or 624 West Foster Road, Suite C, Santa Maria, 93455, by 5:00 p.m. within the timeframe identified above. In the event that the last day for filing an appeal falls on a non business day of the County, the appeal may be timely filed on the next business day. For additional information regarding the appeal process, contact Veronica King. The application required to file an appeal may be viewed at or downloaded from: https://ca santabarbaracounty.civicplus. pro/1085/Planning and Building Permit Application ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Information about this project review process may also be viewed at: https://ca santabarbaracounty.civicplus. pro/1499/Planning Permit Process Flow Chart Board of Architectural Review agendas may be viewed online at: https://www.countyofsb.org/160/Planning Development Publish: January 11, 2024 ________________________________ SUMMONS (Family Law) CASE NUMBER 23FL01198 NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: LINDSEY ESPARZA You have been sued. NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual. Petitioner’s name is: OMAR LOPEZ 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, antacting 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.

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

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The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of 30 days after the date set for the opening of bids. All questions pertaining to this RFP must be submitted through the project website at https:// projects.infinitycomm.com. Board of Education of the Carpinteria Unified School District Project #0010-24C.1 Publish: January 11,18, 2024 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/ are doing business as NC STRATEGIES at 1475 THERESA ST, CAPRINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s): NAHTAHNA CABANES at1475 THERESA ST, CAPRINTERIA, CA 93013. This business is conducted by a Individual This statement was filed with the County on 12/13/2023. The registrant began transacting business on N/A. Signed: NAHTAHNA CABANES, 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) FBN2023-0002841. Publish: January 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024

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Proposed name: DAHLIA LOPEZ CIPRIANO

This project is anticipated to start after July 1, 2024, and will have a duration of ninety 90 days. All work shall be completed per the agreed upon project schedule, but no later than September 30, 2025.

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

Present name: DAHLIA LOPEZ SIPIRIANO

NOTICE OF HEARING FEBRUARY 9, 2024 at 10:00 am, Dept: 4, 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 12/19/2023 by Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court.

Filed by Yuliana Razo, Deputy Clerk, for Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer.

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TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: DAHLIA LOPEZ SIPIRIANO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

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––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/ are doing business as K 9 DOG RANCH at 3495 FOOTHILL RD, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s): JUDITH C JONES at 3495 FOOTHILL RD, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013.. This business is conducted by an Individual. This statement was filed with the County on 12/04/2023. The registrant began transacting business on Nov 13, 2023. Signed: JUDITH JONES, 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) FBN2023-0002772.

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.

________________________________ IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF DAHLIA LOPEZ SIPIRIANO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NO. 23CV05278

FILED BY the Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara on 11/17/2023. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer by Chavez, Terri, Deputy Clerk.

________________________________ IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF LINDA GUTIERREZ ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NO. 23CV05316 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: LINDA GUTIERREZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

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CLASSIFIED CITY OF CARPINTERIA 5775 CARPINTERIA AVENUE CARPINTERIA, CA 93013 (805)684-5405/www.carpinteriaca.gov NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CARPINTERIA CITY COUNCIL MONDAY, January 22, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before a regular meeting of the City Council on Monday, January 22, 2024 at 5:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, California to consider the following item: Re-adoption of the 6th Cycle 2023-2031 Housing Element via Resolution No. 6288 as revised to address comments from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) (General Plan Amendment No. 22-2157-GPA). Hearing to adopt Resolution No. 6288 to re-adopt the 2023-2031 Housing Element as revised to address HCD comments; find the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3); and direct the City Manager to submit the Housing Element to HCD for final certification. The City Council agenda and associated staff report will be available on Thursday, January 18, 2024 on the City’s Website here: https://carpinteriaca.gov/cityhall/agendas-meetings/. Details and procedures on how to provide public comment are available on the posted agenda at https://carpinteriaca.gov/cityhall/agendas-meetings/. All interested persons are invited to attend, participate and be heard. Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk by email brianb@ carpinteriaca.gov or by phone at (805) 7554403, or the California Relay Service at (866) 735-2929. Notification two business days prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements for accessibility to this meeting. Brian C. Barrett, CMC, CPMC, City Clerk Publish: January 11, 2024 _________________________________

Present name: LINDA GUTIERREZ Proposed name: LINDA MARIE GUTIERREZ 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 should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING FEBRUARY 9, 2024 at 10:00 am, Dept: 4, 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 12/11/2023 by Donna D. Geck, Judge of the Superior Court. FILED BY the Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara on 12/11/2023. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer by Chavez, Terri, Deputy Clerk. Publish: January 11, 18, 25, Feb, 1, 2024 _________________________________ Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 6250 Via Real, Carpinteria, CA 93013 on January 23, 2024 at 10:00AM . Beverly Woods - bags, totes, boxes The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra SpaceStorage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possessionof the personal property. Publish: January 4, 11, 2024

___________________________ NOTICE OF PUBLIC LIEN SALE Notice is given that pursuant to Section 21700 et seq. of the Business & Professions Code, Section 2328 of the Commercial Code and Section 535 of the Penal Code, a Public Lien Sale will be held January 24, 2023 at 11:00 AM by online auction conducted by www. storagetreasures.com. The sale is by storage unit of property owned by Genevieve Monica Bernal, and located at Alamo Self Storage, 5666 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Publish: January 11, 18, 2024

CITY OF CARPINTERIA 5775 CARPINTERIA AVENUE CARPINTERIA, CA 93013 (805)684-5405/www.carpinteriaca.gov PUBLIC NOTICE SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 776 (AS PRESCRIBED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 36933(C)(1)) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARPINTERIA REPEALING AND REPLACING IN ITS ENTIRETY CARPINTERIA MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 8.50, REGULATING POLYSTYRENE PRODUCTS AND SINGLE-USE PLASTICS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT this Ordinance was duly introduced for first reading at the Carpinteria City Council meeting of January 8, 2024. A second reading and adoption of the Ordinance is scheduled for January 22, 2024, at 5:30 pm, City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA. Summary of Ordinance: If adopted, this Ordinance would expand the regulations to a prohibition of all polystyrene foodware and packaging material; add language regarding bundling and packaging to comply with AB 1276; remove the term “marine degradable” from the Ordinance language; redefine “compostable” and “recyclable” to align with SB 54 definitions; incorporate amendments to the California Health and Safety Code, allowing reusable foodware; and add language prohibiting the distribution of all mylar balloons, as well as the distribution of latex balloons filled with air or gases lighter than air. A certified copy of the full text of Ordinance No. 776 is posted in the Office of the City Clerk, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA. The full text can also be viewed on the City’s website under “Public Hearing & Legal Notices at https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/publichearings-legal-notices/.” Brian C. Barrett, CMC, CPMC, City Clerk Publish: January 11, 2024 ________________________________ IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ROGER JOSEPH ELIAS MARCELLIN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NO. 23CV05572 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ROGER JOSEPH ELIAS MARCELLIN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ROGER JOSEPH ELIAS MARCELLIN Proposed name: ROGER JOSEPH MARCELLIN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FOR PLANNED ADOPTION OF CARPINTERIA GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY PLAN (GSP) In accordance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), the Carpinteria Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) has developed a draft Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP). The GSP is a detailed roadmap for how to ensure groundwater reliability within 20 years to safeguard our future water supply. The Carpinteria Groundwater Basin is designated a high-priority basin by the State under the SGMA – this means our vital groundwater resources are critical as a water supply and this plan helps identify how to protect these resources. The Carpinteria GSA Board of Directors plan on adopting the GSP at a public hearing at 5:40 p.m. on January 24, 2024. The public hearing will be held at the Carpinteria City Council Chambers located at 5775 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria, CA 93013. To view the GSP visit the Carpinteria GSA website at https://carpgsa.org and click on “Groundwater Sustainability Plan.” Publish: January 11, 18, 2024

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Colorful, coveted bricks from the sea

THURSDAY Pastel-colored bricks continue to wash up at Rincon Point, most of them probably close to a hundred years old. Now they’re collectors’ items.

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The Rincon brickyard may have operated for only a decade, but its afterlife has lasted for nearly a century and shows no sign of slowing down. Pastel-colored bricks from the 1920s and 1930s continue washing ashore at Rincon Point, where collectors lie in wait. The brickworks began as Carpinteria Clay Products, a company formed in 1921, though it took a year or two to start production. It leased part of the L. L. Brentner ranch near Rincon Point. A hill there contained a clay deposit more than 200 feet thick, according to the California State Mining Bureau. Carpinteria Clay’s brickmaking operation was on the Carpinteria side of what’s now Bates Road, on the inland side of the railroad tracks. (The expansion of the 101 around 1970 buried what remained of it.) Carpinteria Clay, according to news reports, planned to produce bricks right away and possibly expand into chinaware and other ceramics in the future. When the plant was running, a tractor and scraper dragged raw clay to a hopper, from which it went to a “knife-blade crusher,” a screen, an auger press and a wire-cutting machine that could produce 45,000 bricks per eight-hour day. The bricks then dried in trays and got fired in oil-fueled kilns. The plant and its bricks supposedly stood out in three respects. First, the processing facility was just 50 feet from the bank of clay, which saved time and cut costs. Second, the clay had particularly high quality – perhaps the finest in California, according to one trade journal. Finally, because of the composition of the clay, the bricks were distinctive in appearance. Building & Engineering News said that it was “one of the few plants on the coast which produces yellow brick.” Not just yellow, but greenish-yellow, pink, orange, cream and other pastel hues. Carpinteria Clay Products sold out to

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Bobette Bates McKay took this photo of the ruins of the brickyard kiln in 1969, shortly before it got buried beneath freeway fill.

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R.W. Bates bought 7,600 Rincon bricks in 1931 to build a ranch house on a mesa overlooking Rincon Point. He decided to paint over the multicolored bricks, a decision that he was still second-guessing four decades later.

Santa Barbara Supply Co. in 1925. Montecito Clay Products Co. took over in 1931, with plans to produce floor and roofing tile in addition to bricks, plus possibly chimney pots and large vases. An early Montecito Clay customer was Rincon rancher R. W. Bates, who placed an order for 7,600 burned bricks on Feb. 14, 1931. On a mesa overlooking Rincon Point, he used them to build his 11-room ranch house. He painted it white. In a conversation ca. 1970 with Johnny Brown of Carpinteria, Bates said that painting over the multicolored bricks had been a difficult decision, and he still wasn’t sure he had gotten it right. It’s not clear when the brickyard shut down. Montecito Clay Products doesn’t seem to appear in newspapers or trade journals after 1931, and it isn’t listed in the Carpinteria phone directory for 1942, the oldest one online. The operation seems to have become defunct by 1949, when Bates – whose family owned the neighboring Rincon del Mar Ranch – tried to buy the land from its then-owner, someone named Sheldon. (Sheldon considered his opening offer an insult, Bates said in a letter to his children: “Our negotiations are at a temporary standstill, or at least I assume so from Sheldon’s statement that he would see me in Hell first – whatever that may mean.”) Pastel-colored bricks continue to wash up at Rincon Point, most of them probably close to a hundred years old. Now they’re collectors’ items. Wayne Babcock of Angels Antiques in Carpinteria may own the biggest collection. He first noticed the bricks in the El Nino year of 1983, and he began collecting in the early 1990s, inspired by Santa Barbara surfer Mike Furner and others. Babcock likes to think about a typical brick’s journey, starting at the brickyard discard pile, splashing down Rincon Creek, cascading into the surf and riding a wave back onto the beach. “All this tumbling rounds the edges and corners of the bricks, giving them a soft, rounded form,” he says. When bricks on the beach are still wet from the surf, the colors almost glow. Over 30 years’ time, Babcock thinks he may have accumulated a ton of Rincon bricks. He hopes that an artist will use them someday to sculpt an ocean wave, with the lightest-colored bricks as foam. He envisions the sculpture at a museum in Carpinteria that will house his surfboard collection. This museum is still in its dream stage. “A location is all we need,” he says. The late artist Jack Baker, a Rincon Point resident, was another early collector. Baker showed his bricks to Susan Heeger of the Los Angeles Times in 2000. “One day soon I’ll work them into

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LEFT: DEBBY BURNS; RIGHT: STEPHEN BATES

Debby Burns of Rincon Point mixed Rincon bricks with larger stones, left, for a walkway at her house in Santa Paula. At right, one Rincon Point resident used bricks from the beach to create the walkway.

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continued from page 20 something,” he said. His enthusiasm was infectious, and by the time she left, Heeger craved her own collection. When she visited again a month later, Baker had decorated a garden bench with bricks. The most detailed online account of the brickyard and bricks is a blog post from 2010 by Don Jayne, who then lived in La

Conchita. Jayne first noticed the bricks during the 2004-2005 winter rains (the La Conchita landslide came soon after), when he saw “a freaking huge pile of sand, rocks and debris, standing about 10 feet high and at least 100 feet wide, at the mouth of (Rincon) creek extending way out in the break.” The debris was full of multicolored bricks, and “people were collecting them by the tons – wheelbarrows, wagons, you

name it,” he writes. Jayne didn’t join in the hunt – “I don’t know why” – but he did become a collector a few years later and accumulated hundreds, mostly one or two at a time. He moved from La Conchita to Trinity County in 2023, he says by email, and gave his bricks away. Rincon Point resident Debby Burns remembers bricks on both sides of Rincon Creek for a considerable distance after the 2005 storm. With time, they spread over a large area of the beach. She collected as many as she could and used them for a walkway at her house in Santa Paula. “Even these days,” she says, “I occasionally find a piece of brick among the rocks.”

What accounts for the Rincon bricks’ distinctive colors? Chemicals in the clay, says geologist Gregg Wilkerson, who has studied natural and manmade features of the beach around Carpinteria. “Clays that have iron (magnetite, bentonite) in them will turn red or yellow in the kiln,” Wilkerson explained by email. “Clays that have potassium (kaolinite) turn white. Clays that have magnesium or chlorine (chlorite) turn green. Mixtures turn pink.” Stephen Bates is coauthor (with Vince Burns) of the book “Rincon Point,” on sale at the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History and elsewhere. He is a professor of journalism at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Carpinteria soccer loses 2-1 after late goal

League rival Santa Paula Cardinals scored the winning goal in the closing minutes BY RYAN P. CRUZ | PHOTOS BY ROSANA SWING Carpinteria boys soccer returned to the pitch after a long winter break, hosting league rival Santa Paula for a Friday night matchup at Carpinteria Valley Memorial Stadium on Jan. 5. The last time the Warriors took the field was three weeks earlier, when Carpinteria suffered a 0-3 loss to Hueneme before the holidays on Dec. 15. Against Santa Paula, the Warriors started off with confidence, controlling the rhythm of the game and battling the visiting Cardinals for possession early on in the match, but as the game went on Carpinteria struggled to convert on scoring chances created by the offense. Both teams were scoreless through 35 minutes of the first half, but it was Santa Paula that broke the tie when the Cardinals found the back of the net off a corner kick to take a 1-0 lead before halftime. “The boys played well in the first half, creating chances and playing with confidence,” said Carpinteria coach Gerry Rodriguez. “The good thing for us was that the never-give-up mentality played into the second half.” In the beginning of the second half, Carpinteria dominated the possession and kept Santa Paula on its heels as the Warriors pushed forward and created scoring opportunities. The aggressive offense paid off for the Warriors and they capitalized on one of those opportunities ten minutes into the second half, when senior Raul Reyes corralled a pass inside the 18-yard box and drew a foul, giving Carpinteria a penalty kick and a chance to tie the game. Jeshua Magaña then lined up and knocked in the penalty kick, giving the Warriors the equalizing goal and the momentum heading into the final minutes. Carpinteria kept the offensive pressure up, trying to find an opening for the goahead goal, but it was Santa Paula that broke through once again on a counter-attack score that gave the Cardinals the lead

Jeshua Magaña (#21) celebrates a game-tying goal in the second half. with less than five minutes to play. Santa Paula’s late-game goal was just enough to give them the win, 2-1, and hand Carpinteria its fifth loss of the season. Out of those losses, this is the third time the Warriors have lost by only one goal. “I was very happy and proud of the way the boys played,” coach Rodriguez said. “They played with a lot of heart and intensity, it was great to see.” Carpinteria is now 1-5-1 overall and 0-4-1 in league play, with two home games this week against league opponents Fillmore and Malibu.

Carpinteria goalie Alexis Jimenez (#0) sends a free kick down the field.

Brennan Van Wingerden (#19) tries to find an open teammate.

Daniel Velasquez (#11) cuts back on a Santa Paula defender.

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Girls water polo wins big over Nordhoff

Warriors girls water polo is back in the driver’s seat with two straight league wins after cruising past Nordhoff 20-8 on Tuesday, Jan. 9. With the win, Carpinteria is now 7-3 overall and 2-0 in league play. Carpinteria overcame some early turnovers to take a 4-0 lead after the first quarter, and both teams traded goals in the second quarter with the Warriors taking a 7-3 lead into the half. In the third, Nordhoff tried to keep the pace with Carpinteria, but the Warriors held onto their edge and took a 12-7 lead heading into the fourth and final quarter. In the fourth, Carpinteria’s defense created some fast break opportunities and the Warriors exploded for eight goals while holding the Rangers to only one score COURTESY PHOTOS to take the win, 20-8. Freshman Hazel Dugré “Nordhoff seemed to get more tired as the Warriors has already made her brought everything together defensively as well as ofmark in her first season fensively,” said Carpinteria coach Jon Otsuki. “Great defense helps create easy offensive opportunities, (which) as a Warrior. is what all coaches strive for.” Carpinteria junior Giulia Piccoletti led the team with seven goals and two steals, while freshman Hazel Dugré continued a breakout season with five goals, three steals and one block. In her first season, Dugré has already made a splash for the Warriors and earned recognition as the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Player of the Week. “Hazel has been instrumental to the success of this year’s program,” coach Otsuki said. “She is a strong physical player that anticipates well and has an aggressive instinct to get to the ball before the opposition. She takes pride in her defensive play and is a key to our game plan.” Three more Warriors scored in the win against Nordhoff, with Lilli Nemetz scoring four goals, Caden Lemere adding three and Mina Handall pitching in one goal.

Warriors girls soccer drops second loss

Carpinteria girls soccer was back on the field with a road game against Santa Paula on Friday, Jan. 5, and the Warriors couldn’t shake off the holiday rust after the threeweek break and gave up their second loss in a row by a score of 0-2. “We looked very much like a team that was out of rhythm,” said Carpinteria coach Freddy Martinez. “In the first half, very little was going our way and we could not connect or create any chances.” Both teams were locked at 0-0 at halftime, but Santa Paula broke the tie in the 59th minute with a penalty kick to take a one-goal lead. Then in stoppage time, just before the final whistle, Santa Paula snuck another goal through to take the win 2-0. “It was not our best performance today, but our veteran players didn’t allow our young team to lose our competitive spirit and kept striving for a result tonight,” coach Martinez said. “I know the team will be able to put this match behind them and focus on the next.” Carpinteria is now 6-2 and 3-2 in the league with games this week against Fillmore and Malibu.

Warriors boys basketball wins two out of three

Warriors boys basketball won two out of their first three games in 2024, moving up the standings to take sole possession of second place in the Citrus Coast League. Carpinteria started out the year slow, with a 37-65 loss on the road to Santa Paula on Thursday, Jan. 4. Only one Warrior scored in the double figures in the loss, with junior Sebastian Campuzano-Reed leading the team with 11 points. Two days later, Carpinteria hosted Channel Islands for an early Saturday game, and this time Carpinteria got back into the flow. Campuzano-Reed scored a teamhigh 18 points and junior Sawyer Kelly dropped four three-pointers – three in the first half – to finish with 16 points in total. “He also, as he always does, took on the challenge of guarding Channel Islands’ leading scorer, a forward averaging 18 points a game,” said Carpinteria coach Jackson Hall. “Sawyer held his matchup to four points and zero field goals through the first three quarters of the game.” Juniors Aiden Alcaraz and Carlo Suarez contributed nine and eight points, respectively, and Carpinteria took the win 53-35. It was the Warriors’ first win after a four-game losing streak stretching back to Dec. 19. Carpinteria carried that momentum into the next league matchup on the road at Fillmore on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Again, it was the Warriors’ group of juniors leading the way, with Alcaraz scoring 17 points, Kelly contributing 14 points and Suarez and Campuzano-Reed each adding seven points in a 45-33 win over the Flashes. With the win, the Warriors advanced to 8-8 overall and 3-1 in the Citrus Coast League, claiming second place in league and making solid progress towards the postseason. “Tonight was a gritty win for our team on the road,” coach Hall said. “I am proud of the guys for playing together as a team and withstanding Fillmore’s fourth quarter run. Every league matchup is a tough one, especially on the road, and the boys really buckled down on the defensive side of the ball this evening when we needed it most.”

Girls hoops drops game to Santa Paula

Carpinteria girls basketball lost on the road against Santa Paula on Friday, Jan. 5, with a final score of 38-63. Santa Paula came out fast, jumping to an early 21-6 lead in the first quarter, which was too much to overcome for Carpinteria. The Warriors were led by senior Amarisse Camargo with 14 points and seven rebounds; sophomore Jamaica Cook with eight points and 13 rebounds; and sophomore Charlotte Cooney with eight points and four rebounds. Carpinteria girls basketball is now 6-6 overall and 2-2 in league play, and the Warriors will face Fillmore and Malibu this week.

Babacar Pouye was Cate’s leading scorer and captain in 2023.

Cate graduate excels at next level

With the Cate soccer and basketball teams preparing to return from their winter breaks, it’s time to check in on Rams superstars across the country. This week, we take a look at class of 2023 basketball standout Babacar Pouye, who was a dominant force on the court during his time playing for Coach Andy Gil at Cate. In his senior season last year, Pouye helped lead the Rams to the CIF Division 4A Quarterfinals with an impressive stat line of 20.3 points, 14.7 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game – good enough to earn him a spot on the All-CIF First Team for 2023. Now, the 6-foot-7 forward is getting lots of playing time at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, where he had a breakout game with a season-high 24 points on Dec. 2. “Babacar is playing at a tremendously high level and leading the team in minutes played in most games,” coach Gil said.

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Carpinteria Girls Water Polo at Hueneme, 3:45 p.m. *Carpinteria Boys Basketball vs Malibu, 6 p.m.

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Carpinteria Girls Soccer at Malibu, 5 p.m. *Carpinteria Boys Soccer vs Malibu, 6 p.m. *Carpinteria Girls Basketball vs Malibu, 6 p.m.

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“Wonka”

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It’s not an excellent movie, or a standout 28  Thursday, December 14, 2023 movie. There are no major innovations in any particular DUNCAN’S department. The plot is just OK – paced all REEL DEAL right, but with some M AT T D U N C A N pretty lazy elements. There are a bunch of different film versions of Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Fittingly, they all feature Charlie – loveable, humble, little Charlie. A great character! And yet it’s the eccentric Willy Wonka that tends to steal the show, to grab our imaginations and titillate our tastebuds. So, Charlie, step aside, it’s time for Wonka to get his own movie: “Wonka.” It’s a prequel – an origin story. We don’t get the whole backstory. It starts with a grown – though young-ish – Wonka (Timothèe Chalamet) getting off a boat somewhere in Europe (seems kinda like Paris, kinda like London, kinda like Munich… maybe Belgium? Who knows?) to start a chocolate business. He’s pumped. He’s sure he will succeed. But Wonka quickly gets a bitter taste of city life in post-Victorian Europe. One moment he’s singing about all the money in his pocket, the next he’s singing about the lack thereof. In the city, things are pric-

ey, people are pushy, swindlers abound. Still, nothing can wipe the smile off the indefatigable Wonka’s face. He’s got a clever and (literally) magical way of dealing with any difficulty. Well, almost any difficulty. Wonka’s plan relies on two factors that, alas, are not entirely under his control: First, that he will be free to make and sell his delicious chocolate, and, second, that people will gobble it up. The second thing is almost guaranteed given the first, since Wonka’s products are impeccable, but the first thing turns out to be no sure bet. One issue is the city’s other chocolatiers. They know Wonka has a gift, and they don’t want competition from him. It turns out the chocolate lobby is quite powerful in this city – even the police obstruct Wonka’s path to greatness. Another issue is Mrs. Scrubbit (Olivia Colman) and Bleacher (Tom David),

eponymous operators of Scrubbit and Bleacher, a sketchy laundry service and boardinghouse. Wonka needs a place to stay, and Bleacher coaxes him in. Wonka naively signs a boarding agreement without reading the fine print and gets stuck with an enormous debt that he has to Coastal View News • Carpinteria, California pay off in service alongside other sucker signers. Wonka is stuck. But Wonka is also magical. And charming. So, with the help of his new co-worker – an orphan named “Noodle” (Calah Lane) – he is able to sneak away, at least during the daytime, to make and sell his confections. People are enchanted by his chocolate, of course, but the threats remain. Wonka is clever, but not always shrewd. It’s a sticky situation – it’s not easy to chew through, even for him. It must be fun for an actor to figure out how they want to play Willy Wonka. Gene Wilder played him as a high-minded though mercurial genius. Johnny Depp played him as a total kook, an enigmatic half-lunatic. Timothèe Chalamet plays some pretty lazy elements, like Wonka him as an upbeat, engaging, happy-go- getting stuck at Scrubbit and Bleacher’s lucky magician untainted by the wiles of simply because he didn’t read the fine world. He’s a much warmer, approach- print. The cocoa gismos and gadgets and wonderment add to the charm. But, able Wonka than the others. Chalamet’s Wonka is likeable. As are again, it’s the characters that make it… several of the other actors – such as Kee- yeah, likeable. “Wonka” is rated PG for some violence, gan-Michael Key, who plays a chocoholic chief of police with an ever-expanding mild language and thematic elements. waistline; and Jim Carter, who gives off the same old-school-with-a-big-heart Matt Duncan, a former Coastal View News vibes as his character in Downton Abbey. editor, has taken physical but not emotional The likeability of these characters makes leave from Carpinteria to be a philosophy professor at Rhode Island College. In his free “Wonka” itself likeable. It’s not an excellent movie, or a stand- time from philosophizing, Duncan enjoys out movie. There are no major innova- chasing his kids around, watching movies and tions in any particular department. The updating his movie review blog, duncansreelplot is just OK – paced all right, but with deal.blogspot.com.

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