Coastal View News • July 12, 2023

From left, visitor John is helped by Barbara Smith, Heidi Wilkening and Sally Graham at the city of Carpinteria’s Visitor Center, located on the 800 block of Linden Avenue near the Seal Fountain. The center is run by the HOST program volunteers, who offer restaurant recommendations and information about other Carpinteria gems; the center also has free maps and brochures available to check out. It is open

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Summerland intruder apprehended

Police apprehended the Summerland burglary suspect Tuesday afternoon in Carpinteria, after the man – later identified as Halen Bretz, 30 – fled the scene. He was booked into the Santa Barbara Main Jail for brandishing a knife, burglary and dissuading a witness. He is being held without bail on a probation detainer.

Police were initially called to the 800 block of Sand Point Road in Summerland around 9 a.m. Tuesday morning for the report of a burglar with a knife, who fled the scene by the time police arrived.

After pictures of the suspect were released on social media, a witness spotted him at 1:24 p.m. near Via Real and Santa Monica Road. He was then detained by the police.

Box truck catches fire on Highway 101

The Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District responded to an early morning box truck fire around 5:30 a.m. Thursday, July 6, on the Carpinteria Avenue off-ramp on southbound Highway 101.

According to public information officer Grace Rampton, fire personnel arrived at the scene to find all occupants out of the vehicle. The fire was extinguished by 6:19 a.m. The cause is under investigation.

HopeNet to hold candlelight vigil

HopeNet of Carpinteria, a local volunteer suicide prevention group, will hold its annual candlelight vigil on Sunday, Sept. 10, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at the courtyard of the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, in honor of World Suicide Prevention Day.

LMFT Toni Navarro, director in the Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness, David Baker of the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire District and Kavya Suresh, senior and ASB president at San Marcos High School, are scheduled to speak.

“This event will honor the memory of those who have died by suicide, survivors, and those impacted by suicide. It will also increase awareness and sensitivity relative to mental wellness, suicide and suicide prevention. We will have music, speakers, candles, refreshments and a resource table as well as therapists available to speak to interested persons,” Roberta Lehtinen, president of HopeNet of Carpinteria, said.

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Burglary suspect Halen Bretz of Santa Barbara was located Tuesday afternoon.

A box truck caught fire near the Carpinteria Avenue off-ramp on July 6.

Family Baptist Church to host 3x3 basketball tournament

Carpinteria’s Family Baptist Church will host its second annual 3x3 basketball tournament for all ages on Saturday, Aug. 5, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., the church said last week. The tournament will have three divisions: under 13, under 20 and open division. Teams and individuals are welcome; game times have not yet been announced. The church will have a food booth with hot dogs and snacks on site. To enter or learn more, visit FBCCarpinteria.org.

AvoFest poster submissions due Aug. 4

The deadline for this year’s California Avocado Festival poster contest is Aug. 4, the California Avocado Festival announced Tuesday. This year’s California Avocado Festival, or AvoFest, is scheduled for Oct. 6 – 8, with a locals block party scheduled for Friday, Oct. 6, 3 – 10 p.m. The festival will also be open from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7, and 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 8, according to the AvoFest website.

Submit your poster online at avofest.org and deliver a hard copy of your artwork to the California Avocado Festival office at 5320 Carpinteria Ave., Suite K. Multiple designs can be submitted; all artworks must be original and should include avocados in the design.

For more information, contact info@avofest.com or call (805) 684-0038. See the full guidelines for the contest online at avofest.org/poster-contest.

Rolando Ortega dribbles down the court during the Family Baptist Church 3x3 tournament in August 2022.

Santa Claus Bikeway now open through Labor Day

Crews will install the final barrier rail shortly after school is set to begin

The Santa Claus Lane Bikeway will remain open until Labor Day weekend, when the bikeway will close so workers can replace the temporary barrier rail with a permanent barrier rail.

Construction continues on the San Ysidro Overcrossing and San Ysidro Roundabout; construction workers are installing safety railings for the overcrossing, connections and sidewalks near the roundabout, and repairing potholes in preparation for the bridge replacement near Romero and Oak creeks. From July 16 to July 20, construction crews will repair potholes from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. at the intersection of South Jameson and Posilipo lanes.

Near the North Padaro Interchange, during the week of July 16, crews will mix concrete for concrete pours from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Those in the area are advised to be aware of potential noise while crews transport materials.

Along Highway 101, closures continue as construction progresses on the Highway 101: Carpinteria to Santa Barbara project; consecutive ramps in the same direction will not be closed at the same time, unless otherwise noted.

On the northbound side of the highway, one lane from Santa Monica to Olive Mill Road will be closed Monday through Thursday from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., and Sunday from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

The northern on-ramp at South Padaro and Santa Claus lanes will be closed until late August, though drivers may use detours on Via Real and the northbound onramp at North Padaro Lane. The on-ramp

and off-ramp at San Ysidro Lane will be closed until early 2025 and January 2024 respectively; drivers may use the on-andoff-ramps at Sheffield Drive.

On the southbound side of Highway

101, one lane from Olive Mill Road to Bailard Avenue as well as the on-ramps at North Padaro Lane and Reynolds Avenue, will be closed Monday through Thursday from 9 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., and

Sunday from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. During the week of July 10, the off-ramp at Evans Avenue will be closed from 9 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.

––Jun Starkey

The Santa Claus Lane Bikeway is now open with temporary barrier railings; a permanent barrier will be installed after Labor Day weekend.

City council moves forward with strict regulations on new formula businesses

New formula businesses largely limited to Casitas Pass Plaza, Shepard Place Shops

BY ATMIKA IYER

Strict regulations on new formula businesses within Carpinteria city limits will go into effect Aug. 9, following a 4-0 vote on Ordinance 760 by the Carpinteria City Council Monday night.

Councilmember Roy Lee recused himself from adopting the consent calendar and Ordinance 760; Lee owns and operates Uncle Chen Restaurant, a small business in town.

Ordinance 760 defines a formula business as “any commercial business operating as a retail sales, restaurant/food service, and/or hotel or motel establishment” that has seven or more locations in the U.S. and meets two or more of the following criteria: “standardized array of services or products for sale, facade, architecture, decor or color scheme, uniform or other employee apparel, signage,

or trademark/service mark.”

The ordinance provides three locations within the city for formula businesses to operate: Casitas Pass Plaza, Shepard Place Shops and in a stretch along Casitas Pass Road. The ordinance also provides a public interest exception for new formula businesses to occupy commercial spaces outside of the aforementioned locations if they are found to be serving the public’s interest.

The ban only applies to new formula businesses; presently operating formula businesses in Carpinteria city limits are allowed to stay in their current locations.

A draft of the permanent ordinance was last brought in front of the council on Feb. 13, when council requested staff amend the ordinance to require formula businesses already in spaces exempt from the ban not be allowed to relocate outside their respective zones.

The city council passed a temporary urgency ordinance in June 2022, temporarily banning new formula businesses from opening in Carpinteria in the hopes of preserving the city’s local charm and preventing disruptions to the local economy via formula businesses, staff said.

The temporary ordinance was set to

expire July 25.

Since the passage of the urgency ordinance last summer, the city has been developing a permanent ordinance to be adopted – receiving approval from the city’s Planning Commission on Dec. 5, 2022, and the California Coastal Commission on June 8, 2023.

Police report over 45 fireworks-related calls

Between June 17 and July 6, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office – Carpinteria division responded to 45 fireworks-related calls for service, according to Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi.

There were only 13 calls for service related to fireworks on July 4, according to Arnoldi.

He reported two specific instances of law enforcement engaging with unsanctioned fireworks to the council. The first instance was on July 4 when three bags of fireworks were confiscated at Ash Beach; and the second instance was on July 6 when unsanctioned fireworks caused a quarter acre fire at the Salt Marsh near a mobile home park. The July 6 incident is still under active investigation by the fire marshal.

Arnoldi provided comparative numbers of fireworks-related calls for service from June 20, 2022, to July 6, 2022, stating a total of 32 calls were made during the previous year’s July 4 festivities.

During the public comment period, Carpinterian Mike Wondolowski said that he saw and reported dangerous use of fireworks at the beach west of Linden Avenue and received no assistance from law enforcement regarding the issue.

A s he provided his comment, he asked council to ensure that law enforcement responds to all calls for service regarding unsanctioned fireworks.

“I urge the city to require the sheriff comply with their contract and enforce the laws in the city, and please also instruct the sheriff not to scoff at public commenters,” Wondolowski said.

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During pubic comment on Monday, Skate Park Foundation Executive Director Peter Bonning, right, explained his reasons for wanting the park to be open for long hours.

City sets hours of operation for new skate park

The Carpinteria City Council set the hours of operation for the new skate park in Carpinteria to 30 minutes before sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset – with extensions to 10 p.m. at the discretion of the city manager.

“We’ve spent a lot of money and put a lot of effort into putting lights in this park and it seems in our best interest to maximize that option that we have,”

Peter Bonning from Carpinteria Skate Foundation said during public comment.

“(There is a) lack of residential communities adjacent to this park, which is the reason the park is going there, we believe (…) we’ve skated in many parks and been to many parks where they’re open till 10 o’clock year-round.”

The new Carpinteria Skate Park will be open next to Carpinteria City Hall.

Moms Demand Action spurs gun safety locally

During Monday night’s meeting, the Carpinteria branch of Moms Demand Action – a grassroots gun safety movement – requested that the council work toward gun storage safety within the city.

In response, the council voted 5-0 to include the following measures in the city’s 2024 Work Plan: request staff draft an ordinance regarding gun storage safety, execute a public information campaign regarding gun safety with Moms Demand Action and organize a gun buyback event in Carpinteria.

The ordinance looks to reduce gun-related injuries locally by requiring gun owners in Carpinteria to use a Department of Justice lockbox to store firearms.

Carpinteria data from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office from the last six years shows three guns found and turned

into law enforcement, 13 guns turned in to be destroyed, five guns reported lost or stolen, 28 incidents where guns were seized or confiscated for safekeeping and 19 crimes where guns were taken as evidence. There are also four issued carry and conceal licenses in Carpinteria.

According to Carpinteria Moms Demand Action member Caroline Campopiano, at least 465 people nationally have lost their lives due to gun violence in July 2023.

“Not even halfway through this month and the number of lives lost in this country due to firearms is at 465 people as of this evening. Our hope is that in passing this ordinance and these actions and furthering education in Carpinteria, this town will never add to those numbers,” Campopiano said.

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Caroline Campopiano, center, spoke at Monday night’s city council meeting about gun safety along with other members of Moms Demand Action, including in the back from left, Lea Boyd, Carley Bass, Susan Anderson, Sandra Duncan, Ingrid Bostrom and Aja Forner.

Helena “Leny” Van Wingerden 09/15/1932 – 06/27/2023

Helena Adriana Koot was born Sept. 5, 1932 to Johannes and Helena Koot in Honselersdijk, The Netherlands. She was the sixth of eight children. Her dad was a butcher, and in her early teens, she helped make the meat deliveries on her bicycle and collected monies due to the butcher shop. Her strong work ethic was evident throughout her life. She married William “Bill” Van Wingerden in January of 1957 and had four children. She often referred to the years of raising her children as being rewarding and special times.

In 1967 she emigrated to the United States with her family of six, along with Bill’s three brothers and their families, to pursue the American dream. The family had chosen Carpinteria for its ideal growing conditions, as they were farmers. It was an amazing adventure which she loved, although leaving behind all her side of the family was hard.

Leny was a wonderful homemaker; she loved to cook and bake, always enjoying new recipes. She was also an excellent seamstress and kept a clean and organized home. She loved to entertain and was a fantastic hostess with delicious dinner parties followed by card games. She was very creative and designed beautiful handmade birthday and Christmas cards, which were treasured by those who received them. She also stitched some beautiful needlepoints including a masterpiece, “The Night Watch,” a wellknown Rembrandt painting.

When her husband passed away in 1993, she was encouraged by Kees, her brother-in-law, to come back to the Santa Barbara Bridge Center, as he had found her a new bridge partner. Playing bridge

brought her years of enjoyment and some new dear friends. She also joined the Polo Club, where you could find her swimming laps in the early morning hours, always challenging herself to improve the number of laps she could swim in an hour. There, as well, she made some wonderful friends. Many may remember seeing Leny on her walks through Carpinteria. She loved it when those she passed shared a smile or a greeting. She delivered meals for Meals on Wheels and volunteered for HELP of Carpinteria, giving rides to those who were in need.

Leny treasured spending time with her family and made the holidays – especially Christmas and Easter – festive and fun. She started a tradition of taking all the grandkids to the Apple Farm in San Luis Obispo by train where they enjoyed spending fun times together. She took all her children and grandchildren on individual trips to see the world, as she loved to see new places and wanted her family to experience the adventures of traveling. She enjoyed and looked forward to attending church at St. Joseph Church and at the chapel on Seventh Street.

Leny received wonderful, loving care at her home from her family in the last weeks of her life. She passed peacefully into Heaven on the evening of June 27, leaving behind a legacy of love through her cherished family. Her family members include her children Astrid (Phil), John (Dorine), Walter (Allison) and Esther (Hans); grandchildren Denise (Jim), Tammy (Geno), Tarra (Jarrett), Tessa (Martin), Erika, Natalie (Paul), Portia (Andrew), Johnny, Janine, Hanna and Talia; and great-grandchildren Skylar, Delilah, Lucy, Syrah, Charlotte, Blake and Dane.

The family would like to thank all of you who donated blood and platelets in the past, for this gave her extra time to spend with her family and friends through the transfusions she was given. A heartfelt thanks to Reyna Talanian, MD, Julian Davis, MD, and Amanda Sweet, PA, along with the infusion team at Cottage for the loving care she received.

Please join Leny’s family for her celebration of a life well lived, which will be held on July 18 at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Church in Carpinteria, followed by a graveside service, then a luncheon reception. You may make a donation to your favorite charity in Leny’s name to honor her memory.

Frederick “Perico” Jimenez

09/16/1941 – 07/02/2023

Frederick “Perico” Jimenez Sr. passed away peacefully on July 2, 2023. Frederick was 81 years old and lived a happy and fun life.

Frederick was preceded in death by his mother and father Raymond Jimenez and Nellie Jimenez, his wife of 55 years Slyvia Jimenez, his sister Dorthy Dominguez (Joe) and his brothers Billy Jimenez (Gloria) and Ernie Jimenez (Juana).

Frederick is survived by his two sons, Raymond Jimenez (Trisha) and Frederick Jimenez Jr. (Yvonne); his sisters, Ramona Cruz (Mardonio), Maryellen Rios (Bernie), Margie Luera (Frank), Tillie Donnelly (Mike), Nellie Galvez (Joe) Rae Jimenez; his brother, Raymond Jimenez (Mary); and his five grandchildren, Jessica Jimenez, Frederick Jimenez III (Natali), Raymond Jimenez Jr., Anthony Jimenez and Joseph Anthony Jimenez.

Frederick was born on Sept. 16, 1941, in Santa Barbara, California. He was raised in Carpinteria by his mother and father, Raymond and Nellie, and grew up with seven sisters and three brothers, with him being the youngest out of the boys. They were a close-knit family that loved each other very much, sharing so many memories, and so many jokes and laughter between one another. There was never a time where they were all together that there wasn’t someone laughing amongst one of them. The love they had for one another was a type of love you only find once in a lifetime between a loving family. Frederick carried a quality that was bigger than life itself, making his presence known and making everyone that he came into contact with laugh.

Frederick was raised in Carpinteria and lived there his whole life. He graduated from Carpinteria High School in 1959; he then went off to the army at the age of 18 to serve his country, and was deployed to Germany. On Aug. 24, 1963, he got married to Sylvia Villages. He worked as a commercial house painter, which he loved doing since he wanted to live a comfortable life when he retired. Frederick was always there for his family and helped raise his two sons. He showed his sons the right way to go about certain situations in life and gave them the tools to make their own lives the best it could possibly be and always motivated them to be the best versions of themselves. He never wanted anything less from his sons than having them be the men he knew they could be.

Frederick enjoyed painting, collecting hot wheels, camping, Vegas trips with his brothers and sisters, playing softball, fishing, barbecuing for his family, watching his sons and grandchildren play sports,

watching the Dodgers on TV and attending family BBQs. He had so many friends near and far that whenever they came around, he always greeted them with his iconic smile that he possessed. He was the true definition of bringing laughter anywhere he went; he was always cracking jokes, knowing he would get the whole room laughing. He was definitely a true prime example of a happy, funny and joyful soul that should be on this earth. He always had a smile on his face that would bring happiness into the bodies that he was around, knowing it was never going to be a bad time around Frederick, but a happy and humorous one. Frederick lived a fun-filled and happy life. He left his own legacy in his two sons and all his grandchildren that they will never forget.

Frederick was the best father to his children. He always showed the true love and care he had for them, protecting them from any harm and showing them how to live a happy life just like he did. He showed them love and care until his last days. Although his wife had passed away five years ago, he always kept their marriage alive by never taking off his wedding ring, and always going to visit her whenever he could on any given day. He was the best husband any wife could have asked for and everyone around him saw that while he was taking care of her and loving her till her last days.

He was truly one of the funniest and gold hearted grandfathers any grandchild could have asked for in their lives. He was always there for them, whether that be cheering them on from the stands as they played sports, or being there for them whenever they needed someone to just talk to and laugh with. They knew they could always count on him to put a smile on their face and laugh so much until their stomachs were hurting. From his wife, sisters, brothers, sons and his grandchildren the love and care they had for him was something they all learned from the man he was to them.

Frederick was a true gift from up above and a once in a lifetime man that can never be compared to anyone else. He had the strength to fight through any obstacle that was thrown at him and he fought until his last days. He was a great example for everyone to never give up and an outstanding example of always being happy, funny, being there for anyone and simply living life to the fullest with jokes and laughter filling up the room. These qualities are instilled in his sons and grandchildren, and will live on until the end of time. He will always be loved and missed dearly, but never forgotten by his family.

On behalf of Frederick Jimenez and our family we sincerely thank Paloma and her wonderful, outstanding and caring team at Sarah House. It was exactly what Frederick and our family wanted and needed to get through this together. It was so peaceful and comforting there, and we wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. Also, a special thanks to the team of Assisted Care with their expertise of caring.

A viewing was held at Welch-RyceHaider Downtown Chapel, located at 15 E. Sola St., on Wednesday, July 12, at 6 p.m. A celebration of life will be held on Friday, July 14, at 12 p.m. at the Carpinteria Cemetery District, located at 1501 Cravens Ln.

Cathy Foss, Kim Ishida, Yvette Torres, Kathy Daly.

––Carol

Native trees are good for our ecosystems

Sycamore trees are native to California. Carpinteria has several of these beauties located all around our town. Three sycamores are located along Franklin Creek on the trail between Carpinteria Avenue and Ninth Street. Their wide canopies provide roosts for hawks, owls, blackcrowned night herons and many other birds.

So it is with relief that I read the Arborist’s Report for the proposed development for the trail along Franklin Creek. On page 16, that report specifically states: “All three of these trees would be worthy of site retention efforts.” This report is available at Carpinteria City Hall.

When standing on the Franklin Creek bridge and looking down the channel toward the salt marsh, these trees make the trail look inviting, cool and relaxing. Pedestrians, cyclists, school children, locals and visitors all enjoy walking along the rustic path.

Thank you to all who work in City

Hall for including the community in the planning process. There will be meetings in August and September to further discuss the trail. Watch this space – and your mailbox!

Carol Kernahan Carpinteria

How to request a Trader Joe’s in Carpinteria

Trader Joe’s offers food options not available in Carpinteria. Their employees are always happy and accommodating. It’s a pleasure to shop there. I’d love to have a Trader Joe’s here in Carpinteria and I’m confident that you do as well. Please contact them by going to the Trader Joe’s website – in the ‘Contact Us’ category under ‘Request a Store’ – to express your support for having a location in our wonderful town.

Lisa Piltz Carpinteria

Family fun

“When standing on the Franklin Creek bridge and looking down the channel toward the salt marsh, these trees make the trail look inviting, cool and relaxing.”

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In CVN Vol. 29, No 42, “Incoming Rotary presidents attend Australia convention,” the conference was attended by 200 countries, and 14,000 people.

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Three generations of Carpinterians set up the shaved ice and hot dog stand in Carpinteria last week, enjoying the sunny weather; from left, Penelope’s Sno Balls owner Penelope Gilbert hugs her granddaughter Violet Luoma, with Penelope’s daughter Heather Luoma and Jasmin Gilbert by their sides.

president; Carlos Brens, club secretary; Clyde Freeman, club treasurer; installing officer District Governor Dr. Kalani Jose from Oxnard; Carl Van Wingerden, Lion tamer; Robert Shroll, tail twister; and board members Ken Towers, Gene Wanek and Chris Jones.

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Carpinteria Lions Club inducts officers for new year

The Carpinteria Lions Club recently installed new officers for its 2023-24 year, including new President David Hayman, the 96th president of the club; Hayman’s motto for the year is: “Lions Club, an anchor of our community.”

Other incoming officers include Barry Brand, first vice president; Ray Lane, second vice president; Rolando Mia, third vice president; Carlos Brens, club secretary; Clyde Freeman, club treasurer; Carl Van Wingerden, Lion tamer; Robert Shroll, tail twister; and board members Ken Towers, Gene Wanek and Chris Jones.

Rotary of Carpinteria Morning celebrates new president

The Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning held its annual step-down dinner at the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club, honoring outgoing President Rebecca Griffin and celebrating incoming President Carie Smith.

Griffin was the 2022-23 president for the club; during her time as president, the first Rotary Exchange Student Program was started. The club also had a “very successful Electric Bike raffle” that raised over $10,000, which was donated to local non-profit organizations, according to a press release from the club.

Those who are interested in learning more about the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning may email Carie Smith at a2thfarie@aol.com.

Lions and Masons to host blood drive

The Lions Club of Carpinteria and the Carpinteria Masonic Lodge have teamed up with Vitalant to host a blood drive at the Masonic Lodge on Saturday, July 15, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Visitors are encouraged to schedule appointments, which can be made at donors. vitalant.org by using the blood drive code K1009. Appointments can also be made by calling (805) 542-8500. Donors should bring a photo I.D., eat well and drink water before donating blood.

The Masonic Lodge is located at 5421 Carpinteria Ave.

CWA recognizes Liz and John Watkins

The Carpinteria Chapter of the California Women for Agriculture (CWA) recently recognized its 2023 Volunteers of the Year – Liz and John Watkins – at an event held at the home of members June and Rene Van Wingerden.

Liz and John were honored for their longtime commitment and service to the CWA, according to a press release from the group.

District to update school safety protocol

2023-24 State Budget

SUPERINTENDENT’S DESK

DIANA RIGBY

CUSD SUPERINTENDENT

The Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD) is participating in the Santa Barbara County Safe Schools Coalition, working with county school districts, law enforcement and first responders in adopting a common framework for school safety.

School districts will move forward with the Standard Response Protocol (SRP) K12 (the “I Love U Guys” Foundation) – an organization dedicated to working with local groups to improve school safety – which was strongly endorsed by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff and the Santa Barbara Police Department, and is currently used in many districts in the county.

CUSD Leadership Team will receive training in SRP this summer to prepare for fall staff training. The SRP will replace CUSD’s current Hour Zero emergency protocol.

Appreciation

I would like to recognize our summer school teachers and staff who have provided summer school classes for our elementary and secondary students this past month.

On June 30, the governor and legislature reached agreement for the 23-24 State Budget with a package of trailer bills. Senate Bill 114 included the following for education: provide the statutory 8.22% LCFF COLA; create the “LCFF Equity Multiplier”; reduce the Arts, Music, and Instructional Materials Discretionary Block Grant from $3.48 billion to $3.28 billion; and reduce Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant funds by $1.1 billion, with the intent to restore $378.65 million in 25-26 to 27-28.

As the 2023-24 State Budget is finalized in the next few weeks, the effects on CUSD will be better understood.

Measure U

Measure U summer projects are making good progress. The Main School roof and skylight replacement is underway and the building is being primed for final paint. The Canalino Elementary School sewer project is progressing at nearly half complete with a minor delay due to ground water in a portion of the front campus trenching.

The Summerland Elementary School new monkey bars have been installed and the rubber panels will be laid next week. The Summerland play field has been replaced with beautiful green sod. The Summerland tennis courts are progressing after an unexpected delay due to Santa Barbara County soil and compaction requirements. Retaining walls and sidewalk curbs have been installed with the sidewalks following in the next week.

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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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The new Lions Club of Carpinteria 2023-24 officers include, from left, Barry Brand, first vice president; Ray Lane, second vice president; Rolando Mia, third vice

David Hayman was recently sworn in as the 96th president of the Lions Club of Carpinteria.

Incoming president of the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning Carie Smith, left, receives the gavel from outgoing president Rebecca Griffin, right, at the club’s recent step-down dinner.

From left, Liz and John Watkins, Susan Pollard, Carolyn Frary, Arna Crittenden and Katherine Klock attend a recent CWA celebration honoring the Watkins.

Former Peebee and Jay’s, Corktree Cellars owner opens consulting group

BY JUN STARKEY

Lifelong Carpinterian Jessica Clark, former owner of Peebee and Jay’s Carpinteria location and Corktree Cellars, has opened her own consulting business – The Connected Co. – to help local business owners build community and success.

“I was always being asked for help, so this felt like a natural progression,” Clark told CVN.

Clark was born and raised in Carpinteria and Santa Barbara County, and has owned and operated restaurants in Carpinteria since she opened Corktree Cellars in 2008. She would subsequently open the first Peebee and Jay’s in 2011 and co-founded Rincon Brewery in 2014, as well as two additional locations for each restaurant in the last three years.

Clark told CVN that the process of opening her business unfolded naturally, noticing a need in Carpinteria – such as a lack of good sandwich spots, or a brewery that also serves food – and created spots to fill those needs. She also wanted her restaurants to serve as a sort of community hub.

While operating Corktree Cellars, Clark said she started Club Kind, which involved a group of women coming together, creating a pot of money through their own donations and deciding who in the community was in need of an act of kindness.

“I’ve always loved the giving back part of things, and having a restaurant allowed me to do that,” she said.

Now with The Connected Co. Clark said she wants to help other businesses in promoting themselves and collaborating with the community. The consulting process involves a first general meeting between Clark and the business owner, followed by her providing an outline of potential changes and a timeline for implementation. Clark’s outlines generally include six-, eight- and 12-week timelines for a single consulting project.

“I want to show others how to do what I was doing,” she told CVN.

The Connected Co. is a single-person operation run solely by Clark, and she said she likes it this way. After so many years in the restaurant industry, she noticed she had less and less time to spend with her children Dax and Harper, who

are currently eight and 10, respectively.

“It became hard to be present in their lives and present in the restaurants,” Clark said.

Although she said it was a diffi cult decision, especially leaving longtime employees who had been with Clark for more than 10 years, she said leaving her restaurants was the best decision for herself and her family. Clark still owns the Peebee and Jay’s Port Hueneme location.

The Connected Co. will also host community events, including group meetings called the Mastermind, and local community events Clark calls Gatherings. The Mastermind is a six-week commitment which involves community members meeting over Zoom, networking and swapping ideas and providing resources to one another. Gatherings are public events, and focus more on providing

resources to the community.

Clark has her first Gathering planned for Oct. 14 at the Girls Inc. of Carpinteria campus – 5315 Foothill Road – and the event will focus on providing resources to women, including bra-fitting, consulting a dietician and a fi nancial planner.

The goal of the event is to provide some relief to local women, she explained. “As women, we always say ‘we have to get to that,’ but we are so busy taking care of our families,” Clark said.

She hopes to provide a one-stop shop for women to seek out these resources, and help them feel “seen and taken care of.” The event is $75 for entry, and includes lunch and access to the venue with more than 30 vendors, as well as smallgroup workshops. Tickets are currently available; the venue can support up to 300 people.

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Glass House Farms files defamation countersuit against Los Angeles cannabis retailer

BY JUN STARKEY

Glass House Farms, a cannabis company with grows in Carpinteria, was accused in a lawsuit last month of being “one of the largest, if not the largest, black marketers of cannabis in the State,” per a lawsuit filed by Catalyst, a cannabis retailer based out of Los Angeles County. Shortly after this lawsuit was filed, Glass House Farms filed a countersuit against Catalyst and its CEO, Elliot Lewis, for defamation, stating that the “black market” claims have no merit.

Glass House Farms did not respond to requests for comment.

The initial lawsuit was filed by Catalyst on June 6 in the county of Los Angeles, and alleged that Glass House Farms is a major black market seller of cannabis and has structured its business to profit from the illegal sales of cannabis to the “financial detriment” of Catalyst.

In the suit, Catalyst alleges that Glass

House Farms employees engage in the black-market sales of cannabis through a network of “burner distros” or burner distributors, distributors that avoid state taxes. The suit also alleges that based on Glass House Farm’s projected revenue increase and increase of production, during a time of “serious tumult” in the cannabis industry, and Lewis’ own knowledge of the industry, more than 70% of Glass House Farm’s sales were made on the black market.

Glass House Farms fi led a defamation lawsuit against Lewis and the company on June 20, claiming Lewis has made knowingly false and egregious claims based on “misplaced anger and hostility.”

The suit states that Lewis and his partners have engaged in a systematic effort to defame Glass House and its owners over social media, including over interviews or through video posts on social media, attacking the integrity of Glass

House and the character of its owners Graham Farrar and Kyle Kazan.

Glass House defended itself against the allegations of illegal sales, stating in the suit that it has made a consistent effort to comply with local, state and federal regulations. “To date, no state or local regulator has imposed any regulatory violations or assessed any penalties relating to any alleged violations against Glass House,” the suit states.

Glass House further said that all of its cannabis and cannabis products contain METRC tags, which allows the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) to track cannabis from the moment it is planted to the moment it is sold.

The lawsuit maintains that Lewis and his partners have spread false information, through their lawsuit and over social media, to damage the reputation of their competitor, Glass House Farms.

“To date, no state or local regulator has imposed any regulatory violations or assessed any penalties relating to any alleged violations against Glass House.”

– Glass House Farms lawsuit

“I was always being asked for help, so this felt like a natural progression.”

– Jessica Clark

COURTESY PHOTO

Jessica Clark, former owner of Peebee and Jay’s Carpinteria location and Corktree Cellars, recently launched consulting company The Connected Co.

Carpinteria’s emerging artists

PHOTOS BY DAVID POWDRELL

Photographer David Powdrell stopped by the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center’s Summer Camp on Friday, July 7, capturing artist Brecia Kralovic-Logan and music instructor Sarah Slezak’s class with several young Carpinterians. Children drew photos of the beach, created palm frond masks, hula danced and played the drums, marimbas, ukuleles and hand percussions, Powdrell said.

“The emerging artists of Carpinteria are fortunate. They are surrounded by a supportive community, an arts center passionate about promoting arts education, and an array of highly qualified art instructors and teen volunteers,” he added. “The emerging artists of Carpinteria are diverse, creative, bold, and unique, supporting the claim that the arts are, in fact, vibrant and alive in our tiny beach town.”

The summer camp is sponsored in part by the city of Carpinteria, artist Megan Isaac, the Pacific Graduation Institute, the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation and other local contributors; the fine arts program through the arts center has been led by Sara Leo for over a decade.

At left, students made palm frond masks and paintings at last week's camp; below, Skylar Zielger chose to focus on the beach for her painting.

Teen volunteers, from left, Penny Wrought, Bella Casbarro, Alyssa Manriquez, Hannah Weitzman and Isela Zamora help out with Friday’s class.

Maya Flores plays the ukulele.

Sara Leo, head of the arts center’s fine arts program, directs the class.

Mila Boardman takes her turn hula dancing.

Phoenix Barr uses her hand percussions.

CALENDAR

Thursday, July 13

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

Puzzles and Games Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 10 a.m.

Mindful Stretch Exercise Class Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 11 a.m.

Dementia Caregivers Support Group Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10:30 a.m. –noon. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

World’s Safest Bingo Carpinteria Main Beach, at the end of Linden Ave. 6 – 7 p.m. Free. worldssafestbingo@ gmail.com

Friday, July 14

Friday Fun Day Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10 –11:30 a.m. For ages three through 11. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Film: “80 for Brady” The Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave. 7 p.m. thealcazar.org, (805) 684-6380

Live Music: Rent Party Island Brewing Company, 5049 Sixth St. 6 – 9 p.m. islandbrewingcompany.com, (805) 745-8272.

St. Joseph Church Annual Festival St. Joseph Church, 1500 Linden Ave. 5 – 11 p.m.

Saturday, July 15

Poetry Picnic Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. noon – 2 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Live Music: King Bee Island Brewing Company, 5049 Sixth St. 6 – 9 p.m. islandbrewingcompany.com, (805) 745-8272.

Blood Drive Carpinteria Masonic Lodge, 5421 Carpinteria Ave. 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. donors.vitalant.org, (805) 542-8500

St. Joseph Church Annual Festival St. Joseph Church, 1500 Linden Ave. noon – 11 p.m.

Sunday, July 16

Live Music: Annie Hall and the Remarkables Island Brewing Company, 5049 Sixth St. 2 – 5 p.m. islandbrewingcompany.com, (805) 745-8272.

St. Joseph Church Annual Festival St. Joseph Church, 1500 Linden Ave. noon – 9 p.m.

Monday, July 17

Story Time Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10 a.m. For preschool aged children. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Mind Games for Adults Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 2 – 3 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Monday Mahjong All levels of play. 1 p.m. (805) 729-1310

Bingo Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Ave. 9:30 a.m. –11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, July 18

Carpinteria Writers’ Group Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10 a.m. – noon. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Spanish Language Conversation Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 1 – 2 p.m.

Puzzles and Games Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 10 a.m.

Body Balance Exercise Class Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 11 a.m.

Improv Classes The Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave. 7 p.m. thealcazar.org, (805) 684-6380

Film: “Finding Nemo” Linden Field. Sunset.

Wednesday, July 19

Baby & Me Meet Up Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 9 a.m. Children under two. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Arts and Crafts Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Ave. 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

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Alcazar to screen “80 for Brady” for senior movie night

The Alcazar Theatre has partnered with Seniors Inc. and Carpinteria Seniors Group for an upcoming movie night for all ages, as part of a series of events to promote programming for active adults and seniors. The first movie night, featuring “80 For Brady,” will be held on Friday, July 14 at 7 p.m.

“80 for Brady” is inspired by a true story of four friends taking a wild trip to the 2017 Super Bowl to see their hero, Tom Brady, play. It stars Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field and Tom Brady. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session with some behind-the-scenes figures from the film, including Lois Burwell, makeup artist, and John Toll, cinematographer.

“This seems like a fun way to kick off a program, score a little fun and welcome our seniors back to the theatre. The Rotary Club of Carpinteria Sunset has donated funds to this event to help offer 100 tickets at a $3 discount,” said Connie Geston, the operations and marketing manager for the Alcazar Theatre. “We are still looking for additional sponsorships and donations to offer specials to senior programs at our theatre through movies, live theatre, concerts and classes, and also to provide volunteer opportunities.”

Autumn Brands and the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Sunset are sponsors of this event.

Tickets for the show are $10 and are available the day of the production; the box office opens at 6:30 p.m. The movie is rated PG-13. The Alcazar Theatre is located at 4916 Carpinteria Ave. See more online at thealcazar.org.

Public invited to upcoming summer camp performance

The Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center will host a public art show and music performance from the Arts by the Sea Summer camp, featuring music by children aged six to 12, on Friday, July 14 at 2:15 p.m. in the Koch Courtyard. The arts center is located at 865 Linden Ave.

Pop-up to showcase Santa Barbara community history

Santa Barbara photographer Barbara Parmet will present the “Roots and Branches Project” as the second artist talk and photography pop-up in the “Facing Ourselves Presents” series at the Patricia Clarke Studio on Saturday, July 29, 2–5 p.m.

The “Roots and Branches Project,” a multi-media exhibition, will have displays of large-scale oak branch fractals on the walls and an audio video presentation telling Santa Barbara’s communal stories. By sharing these voices and connecting the various artists and cultural organizations, Parmet said in a press release that she hopes to support a growing arts infrastructure in Santa Barbara County.

Parmet is a community artist, curator, teacher and organizer; Parmet has been making photographs for fifty years and exhibiting work since 1991. Those interested may learn more about her work at barbaraparmet.com.

Former NFL star Chris Gocong of Carpinteria will hold an opening for his exhibit “Magnetic” on Saturday, July 15, at the Helena Mason Art Gallery in Santa Barbara.

“Magnetic” by Chris Gocong opens at Santa Barbara gallery

Former NFL star Chris Gocong of Carpinteria will have his latest artworks on display at the opening of his exhibit “Magnetic” on Saturday, July 15, 6–9 p.m., at the Helena Mason Art Gallery in Santa Barbara.

Gocong is a visual artist with a “passion for capturing emotion through portraiture, figurative art and abstraction,” according to a press release. Gocong works with a range of artistic expressions, including cosmic abstractionism, exploratory textural pieces and pop art. His works are heavily influenced by human emotions and consciousness.

The Helena Mason Art Gallery is located at 48 Helena Ave. in Santa Barbara.

Students in the Arts by the Sea Summer Camp are set to perform at the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center on Friday, July 14.

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Hanging with hummingbirds

giant-sized feeders currently swarming with clouds of hummingbirds: facebook. com/reel/790635312732450 Be sure to listen to the audio to hear the roar of thousands of tiny wings. Hummingbirds are named for the sound of their wings. The feeders at the Stutz ranch sound more like an airport.

IN THE NATUREHOOD

NANCY

BARON

Each morning as I drink my coffee I enjoy watching the hummingbirds at our feeders, sipping their morning beverage too. Anna’s Hummingbirds are relatively large hummingbirds, with green feathers and brilliant red throats. Allen’s Hummingbirds, though smaller, are the feistiest. We keep two feeders going because the Allen’s will drive all others away.

Allen’s Hummingbirds are found only in coastal California to southern coastal Oregon. Their populations have plummeted over 80% due to loss of habitat. Feeders provide an important food source, as they must eat half their weight in nectar or sugar water each day, as well as insects in the breeding season.

“It is insane!” Stutz said. Right now, with the juveniles and females furiously feeding to put on fat for migration, she and her husband serve up to 43 cups of sugar water each day, feeding an estimated 4,000 hummingbirds. A ratio of 1:4 sugar to water is similar to what flowers naturally produce. A 20-pound bag of sugar lasts a few days. This is a record year she said, explaining, “We probably have double the number we had two years ago.” 2021 was the summer that the heat dome hit British Columbia.

The health and populations of hummingbirds are sensitive to environmental conditions. Extreme heat will force birds to abandon their nests as will wildfires. Migration is getting more and more fraught with loss of habitat and extreme weather. Hummingbirds can easily run out of fuel if stops along their “trap-line” aren’t there.

help provide answers. But how do you band a tiny bird that flies so fast?

Anna’s Hummingbirds do not migrate. Once they have a territory with a reliable food source, they stick to it.

Rufous Hummingbirds pass through Carpinteria in March, heading north. They return south in July via the Rocky Mountains in an elliptical migration pattern. Right now, the males are already traveling south, “trap-line feeding” on flowers and feeders, and are headed towards Mexico. The females and juveniles linger longer to build up their fuel reserves. Females do all the work of making nests and raising their two young.

The Robson Valley near the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, where I once worked as a park naturalist, is a critical breeding and feeding ground for Rufous Hummingbirds.

Birgit Stutz runs Falling Star Horse Ranch in the Robson Valley, and feeds hummingbirds. A publicly-available video posted to Facebook shows her many

Hummingbirds are also hard to track. That’s where data from banding birds can help provide answers. But how do you band a tiny bird that flies so fast?

I recently got a front-row seat to a bird banding operation at the home of Doreen Olson near Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, where each year banders capture and record data on these tiny iridescent bullets. Three certified bird banders and several volunteers were set up in Doreen’s garden. Doreen and two other “trappers” sat in chair watching a feeder and holding a line attached to a net suspended overhead.

The hummingbirds buzzed around the feeders. Once one was settled and drinking deeply, Doreen released the net, which dropped over the feeder like a curtain trapping the hummingbird –sometimes. This takes practice.

“Bird!” Doreen called out. Inside the net, the hummingbird sounded like a loud mosquito. The lead bander, Sue Elwell, put her hand inside the net and

Anna’s Hummingbirds are the most common resident in our area, the author says. The males have throat feathers called a gorget that flashes iridescent pinky-red.

gently took the bird which was chirping angrily. “It’s a Rufous,” she said. In her decade of banding birds, she seems to know their language. “Rufous are feisty. The only words they know are swear words,” she grinned.

Sue worked swiftly and carefully. She lay the bird on its back on a little piece of soft blue felt that works like a tiny straight jacket to protect its wings. She weighed the bird and took measurements: including beak and wing length. Measuring the leg, she selected the proper size from her many boxes of tiny bird bands.

The numbered bands provide information about the bird’s life span, their breeding cycles and the importance of certain areas to them for nesting and migration

When placed on their backs, hummingbirds remain motionless. This female Calliope weighs 2.6 grams, half the weight of a credit card.

routes. The data from the bands goes to federal scientists via the Canadian Wildlife Service to the U.S. Geological Survey in the United States. The USGS maintains the banding records for North America, issues the permits and distributes the bands to certified banders.

On this day, Sue trapped one bird she had banded at Doreen’s seven years ago – a “recap,” or recapture. This was the smallest of them all: a Calliope hummingbird, a species that sometimes passes through Carpinteria in spring on its over 5,000-mile race-track shaped migration up the coast and down the Rockies.

Sue carefully set the Calliope on the scale on its back, with its little feet in the air. It remained motionless – for a time. A Calliope weighs 2.6 grams, half the weight of a credit card. She took my Visa and weighed it: 5.2 grams.

All measurements were done in less than three minutes to minimize stress.

Banding complete, she gently removed the little straight jacket and offered the bird a drink from the feeder she had sitting on her table. It took a long deep drink, then in a blur, it flew off in a whir of wings.

You can help hummers by keeping a hummingbird feeder year-round replenished with fresh sugar water (1:4 ratio). Do not use any other sugar than refined white sugar. Cleanliness and consistency are key. In return, the hummingbirds will reward you with endless pleasure.

Nancy Baron is a naturalist and writer. She lives with her husband Ken Weiss on an organic avocado farm in the hills above Carpinteria. You can email her with comments or questions at baron@nceas.ucsb.edu

Hummingbirds are also hard to track. That’s where data from banding birds can

KEN WEISS

Matthias Bieber measures the wings and tail of a hummingbird before banding it.

NANCY BARON

LYNN SCARLET

LYNN SCARLET

Allen’s Hummingbirds are closely related to Rufous Hummingbirds. The males’ iridescent colors help them attract females, ward off rivals and compete for food sources.

MARC LAVIGNE

Feeding frenzy: Swarms of Rufous Hummingbird females and juveniles are tanking up at Falling Star Ranch in British Columbia’s Rocky Mountains to fuel their journey south.

Pasta salad does not date back centuries, like many foods, but is a more modern creation thought to have appeared in the early-to-mid 20th century. My 21st century version calls for a balsamic vinaigrette dressing and fresh vegetables. Is pasta salad an entrée or a side dish, you may ask? It can be an entire meal, but I prefer to serve it as a side dish.

Ingredients:

20-ounce package Buitoni Mixed Cheese

Tortellini

2 carrots (round thin diagonal slices)

2 spring onions (sliced thin)

1 tablespoon fresh basil (chopped)

14-ounce can artichoke hearts (drained and chopped)

6-ounce can pitted black olives (sliced in half lengthwise)

½ cup gra pe tomatoes (sliced in half lengthwise)

8 ounces mozzarella cheese (cut into ¾-inch cubes)

½ cup extra virgin olive oil

¼ cup balsamic vinegar

2 teaspoons capers (in vinegar)

Salt and pepper to taste

Dried oregano (garnish)

Directions:

Cook the tortellini according to package instructions; drain and rinse with cold water. In a large bowl, combine tortellini, carrots, onions, basil, artichoke hearts, olives, tomatoes and mozzarella cheese.

Whisk together olive oil and vinegar in a small bowl. Add capers. Pour over salad. Toss gently to combine. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour before serving.

To serve, garnish each serving of salad with a pinch of dried oregano.

Note: Use any kind of tortellini that you like. I like Buitoni because it is fresh. Its Mixed Cheese Tortellini is multi-colored, tasty and perfect for this recipe.

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.

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Riding through the ruts

IT’S ALL SURFING

CHRISTIAN BEAMISH

I wrote last time about the “MidLength for Black Belts” surfboard design I’m shaping at 500 Maple Avenue here in town, and I also did some complaining about the state of my skin and the nature of business. The good news is that business seems to be improving (although I suspect it may take a while to fully catch up), and my face (thanks for asking), is now as smooth and winsome as ever.

Regarding the MLBB (the Mid-Length for Black Belts), I got the first batch of them back from the glass shop in Costa Mesa and pulled a 9’8” aside to try. A middling South Swell was working, and after coordinating with my customers in Orange County I made my way back up the coast via Malibu. I found a place to park on PCH on the West Side of the lagoon, then waited at the crosswalk signal with a gaggle of tourists who seemed to be having a “California moment,” repeatedly glancing at me and another surfer with our boards under arm.

It was quite a contrast between the two of us surfers: me with a cadaver-like pasting of sunscreen across my face, longsleeve shirt and workpants, hat pulled low and towel slung overhead, and the surf-lady standing next to me with her wetsuit pulled down to her waist, glowing skin and long brown hair catching the sun.

We chatted on the five-minute walk around the lagoon, talking about how it’s always worthwhile to take the time to go surfing. Her name is Dina if I recall correctly, she has a jewelry boutique in Beverly Hills, she’s from Italy. Only in LA… We said “ciao/see ya later” when she paddled out at the shortboard break of Third Point, and I continued on my Lawrence of Arabia beach trek down to First Point.

The surf was small and inconsistent, but the sun was shining, and even with a lingering tinge of red tide the waves had a sparkle on them as they did their Malibu magic. It was crowded of course, but it was a light crowd by Malibu standards— only maybe fifty people out, stretching from the inside to the top of the point.

Visiting Malibu always comes with sensory overload: the sheer mass and variety of wave-riding humanity and the surf craft they employ; the clearly sacred arrangement of mountain, river and sea – a Chumash holy land run through with Range Rovers, Maseratis and the carts of the homeless. My friend, the writer Jaime Brisick, often riffs on imagined or perhaps real memories of the scene. “In the Malibu parking lot” is his poetic refrain, coupled with references to (let’s call them “encounters”) youthful debauchery in vans.

My father, gone now five years, always accompanies me at Malibu as well. The whole stretch of coast there feels like ancestor land. Something in light, the headlands and coves, those mountains. He was there as a young man in the 1950s, having grown up in the movies in Hollywood. Becoming a Los Angeles County lifeguard brought him over to Zuma. Parties in the Colony. The pantheon of surfing greats were just the other guys hanging out.

It was another time, obviously, a lifetime ago. But I often think about how that time – my dad’s early life from 1932 when he was born, to about 1959 – touched on and was directly informed by older sensibilities and longstanding wisdom. People aren’t like my Dad and his generation anymore. Just the way they dressed, how they spoke.

I am not yearning here for a return to early 20th century America (even if a lot of my fellow Americans these days seem to be). Let’s not forget that in this same era Black and Mexican American kids were legally barred from public schools that white kids attended. The struggle continues for our country to become “a more perfect union.”

Yet in some ways I do yearn for those earlier years, even if I never knew them myself. The air hurt to breathe when as a child my dad took me to visit his dad in Hollywood in the mid-to-late ‘70s, so that’s better now. But in the notion of reaching back in time, my grandfather’s grandfather (who he knew very well) immigrated to Aotearoa New Zealand from West Cork Ireland in 1868. It’s not that far back in time. I’ve spoken with men who hit the beaches in Normandy on D-Day.

It’s tantalizing to think retroactively, to think of the blunders we might have avoided in our personal lives and collectively, as a nation. Because I fear we’re ensnared in a trap not of our own making but made by a mere few, exerting pressure on everyone. The few I’m referring to are the tech giants who have succeeded in creating a mostly digital world that there is no real way to opt-out of, and also the relative few who made plastic packaging ubiquitous so that it has now infused our entire planet. Market leverage, baby!

I do not believe we are doomed, however. We do seem to be at a tipping point, but I’m not the only guy out here thinking about these things, and a lot of people are actively working to make the world a better place, like a younger surfer I observed at Malibu on my recent visit. (A quick aside, before I forget: the 9’8” MLBB showed real promise on the quick little Malibu peelers – it has the drive I wanted from the outline, and, as I suspected, the eight deep channels work some alchemy of water flow and I can’t wait to let it run in some more substantial surf.)

Back to the young guy at Malibu. He arrived with a couple of buddies and the three of them had a kind of presence: fit,

The author recently received one of his new surfboard designs from a glass shop in Costa Mesa, and pulled aside a 9’8” to try in Malibu.

handsome and each carrying a clean and interesting surfboard under arm. Just as they were entering the water, I saw him lay his board down on the sand, pick up an empty potato-chip bag and walk back up the beach to throw it away.

I was taking a break between sessions, eating my Safeway Select roast beef sandwich and surreptitiously sipping a can of beer under my beach towel wrap (fooling no one I’m sure). Anyway, I paddled back out a little while later, and noticed the young guy and his buddies getting some nice waves – they clearly had the place wired.

As I mentioned, it wasn’t super crowd-

ed by Malibu standards but as is always the case, the best surfers were getting most of the waves. Another one came through, and the guy who had picked up the chip bag was set to take off. A young woman was out on the shoulder, paddling for the wave, and he pulled back to let her have it. It was just a small thing, but maybe kind of a big thing, too. She wasn’t a great surfer, but he let her go on that nice wave, didn’t take off behind her, didn’t holler out, “hey!” as would have been his right.

He simply shared the line-up… and picked-up some trash he saw on the beach.

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

BEAMISH

I do not believe we are doomed. We do seem to be at a tipping point, but I’m not the only guy out here thinking about these things, and a lot of people are actively working to make the world a better place.

CAROLYN WOOD FRIEDMAN Good

Local Carolyn Wood Friedman spotted thousands of baby clams at Bates Beach on Sunday, July 9, capturing a photo of the astounding sight.

“The Voyage of the Cormorant: A Memoir of the Changeable Sea” by Christian Beamish

An adventure tale of the finest type awaits you in “The Voyage of the Cormorant: A Memoir of the Changeable Sea,” written by local author Christian Beamish. The Carpinteria Community Library invites you to join us in reading our One Community, One Book selection for 2023. Beamish builds his own little 18’ boat and sets off down the coast of California and Baja, alone. For miles and miles and days at a time, he relied on his own skills and judgment, and like all sailors, was at the whim of the weather and waves. Imagine being alone at sea, sleeping on the boat at night in the very pitch dark, listening to whales breathing. Imagine relying on strangers to help you get someplace you can restock your provisions. Imagine being stuck in a precarious situation that could become life threatening if the weather doesn’t shift or if you can’t fix your broken rudder. Or better than imagining, read the book this summer and come hear Beamish reflect on that experience. The book is available for give away at the library, and electronic editions to read or listen to are available through the Libby app with your library card. Christian Beamish will speak on Sunday, Aug. 20 at 3 p.m. at the library, and two book discussions will be held in August as well. I absolutely loved this story and I hope you will, too. I can’t wait to talk with you about it.

––Jody Thomas, Carpinteria Community Library

the way that Frankl worked through his thoughts, convictions and his search for meaning in such dire circumstances. He focused on how to persevere with dignity despite the bleak environment. “When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task; his single and unique task. He will have to acknowledge the fact that even in suffering or suffer in his place. His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden,” (Frankl, 2006, p. 77). Throughout the book, this mindset suggests maintaining one’s dignity and purpose even in terrible circumstances. Frankl wrote about love being the highest goal to which man can aspire. He writes, “The truth that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and through love,” (Frankl, 2006, p. 37). He goes on to say in the same section, “I knew only one thing – which I have learned well by now: Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance,” (Frankl, 2006, p. 38).

In the second half of the book, Frankl explains logotherapy, a theory of psychology that he developed. Logotherapy is part of existential and humanistic theories. In a phrase, logotherapy is focused on man’s search for meaning. “Logotherapy focuses rather on the future, that is to say, on the meanings to be fulfilled by the patient in his future… in logotherapy, the patient is actually confronted with and reoriented toward the meaning of his life” (Frankl, 2006, p.98). This book was published in 1946, when men were the focus.

I would love to see a title like “Human’s Search for Meaning.” A very famous and often quoted sentence from the book is, “Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how.’” If you find a why, then you can bear any how. This is one of the most profound statements of the entire book. If you find your purpose, then you can overcome any challenge that life throws at you.

Frankl’s book has sold 16 million copies and has been translated into 50 languages worldwide. I highly recommend the read!

––Canalino Principal Jamie Persoon, Friends of the Carpinteria Library

LIBRARY NOTES

“World’s Safest Bingo” launches Thursday

The city of Carpinteria and the Carpinteria Community Library will launch the “World’s Safest Bingo” game starting Thursday, July 13 at the Carpinteria Beach, according to librarian Jody Thomas.

Every Thursday, the library will host a free bingo game at the beach on Thursdays between 6 and 7 p.m., through Sept. 7. Players can meet at the Carpinteria City Beach at the end of Linden Avenue; participants should bring their own beach chairs or blankets.

See more by emailing worldssafestbingo@gmail.com.

Library to offer “adulting” lessons for teens

The Carpinteria Community Library is providing a three-week Adulting 101 course for local teens interested in developing “essential skills for independence” on Thursdays and Fridays from 4 – 5 p.m. The first session will be held on Thursday, July 25.

Teens between the ages of 13 and 17 will learn how to establish credit, apply for a job, ace a job interview, understand insurance, maintain a savings account and manage a budget, among other skills.

Classes are free, but registration is required. Teens may register by calling (805) 684-4314 or by visiting the library at 5141 Carpinteria Ave.

Summertime poetry picnic: July 15

Poets and poetry enthusiasts are encouraged to attend the summertime poetry gathering at the Carpinteria Community Library, on Saturday, July 15, from noon to 2 p.m. Attendees should bring a blanket, something to eat and a poem to share. Those without poems may also attend and listen to the poetry. The library is located at 5141 Carpinteria Avenue.

“Man’s Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy”

by Viktor Frankl

Originally published in 1946, Viktor Frankl wrote the book “Man’s Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy.” Frankl, born in 1905 in Vienna, Austria, was a Jewish psychiatrist and holocaust survivor. The first half of the book is about his experience in concentration camps in vivid, captivating and devastating detail. Frankl survived the experience in large part because of his medical background, on which his captors capitalized.

While the description of the camp was appalling, it was also inspiring in

Carpinteria talent

Local artist Ben O’Hara donated his time and talent last week, painting four paddles featuring Carpinteria views that were given out to the top four teams at the local Jr. Guards competition on Friday, July 7.

CARPINTERIA MAGAZINE SUMMER

Sunday, July 2

1630 hrs / Incident / Seventh Street

Deputies responded to a possible subject shooting a pellet gun at a cat. According to the reporting party, she noticed pellet rounds ricocheting onto her back yard where her cat was hit. Deputies spoke with a juvenile that was shooting his pellet gun in his front yard. He was aiming at his fence but noticed the pellet rounds ricocheting. The juvenile was advised not to be shooting his pellet gun. The incident was deemed to be an accident.

2258 hrs / DUI / Carpinteria Avenue and Bailard Avenue

A driver was observed swerving, braking for no reason and not stopping for a stop sign. He was stopped and found with multiple empty beer bottles and a partially full open bottle. The man had strong objective signs of alcohol intoxication and performed poorly on SFSTs. He was arrested for DUI and blew 0.16% and 0.15% BAC for the evidentiary test.

Monday, July 3

0926 hrs / Incident / 5700 block

Carpinteria Avenue

City Hall employees reported a transient male causing a disturbance in the lobby of City Hall. The man was contacted and found to have a felony warrant for his arrest. He was booked into Santa Barbara County Jail.

2339 hrs / Incident / La Tierra Lane

The reporting party called to report three subjects checking door handles. The reporting party confronted the suspects,

and they fled east and then south on Santa Ynez. No vehicles were found to have items taken from them. Report taken.

0115 hrs / Narcotics / 5400 block Carpinteria Avenue

A man was contacted at the entrance to the Carpinteria Creek Highway 101 underpass bike path. He was found in a seated position with narcotic paraphernalia in plain view and part of a fentanyl pill was located on his person. He was arrested and booked into jail.

Tuesday, July 4

0838 hrs / Incident / Carpinteria

A deputy conducted a traffic enforcement stop in the city of Carpinteria on a vehicle without any brake lights. The deputy contacted the solo occupant, who had a Mexico ID card and had no California driver’s license. Upon conducting an inventory of the vehicle, as it was to be towed, deputies located a plastic grocery bag in the rear passenger area. Upon inspection, deputies found about 15 to 20 small Ziploc style bags and plastic bindles containing methamphetamine. Another larger plastic bindle found within the

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A traffic enforcement stop was conducted on a vehicle after it was discovered the registration was suspended. During the investigation, an open container with over an ounce of marijuana, and open containers of alcohol were observed in plain view on the rear floorboard. A search of the vehicle revealed a large bag of psilocybin mushrooms in the center console. The driver and single occupant was arrested and booked into Santa Barbara County Jail.

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Library preschooler story time, 10:30 a.m., Carpinteria library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave., 684-4314

Rotary Club of Carpinteria meeting, 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m., lions Park Community Building, 6197 Casitas Pass road, non-members rSVP to 566-1906

Bingo, 1 p.m., Veterans Building, 941 Walnut Ave.

same grocery bag, contained approximately half an ounce of a white powdery substance which is believed to be cocaine or fentanyl. However, due to the risk associated with narcotic dealers often mixing illicit substances with Fentanyl and Carfentanil – both synthetic opioid analgesics which can be anywhere from 50 to 200 times more potent than morphine – no field tests of the substances were conducted.

Farmers Market and Arts & Crafts Fair, 3-6:30 p.m., linden Ave. downtown, Craft fair: 684-2770

Free Stress Relief Veteran’s Acupuncture Clinic, 6-7 p.m. drop in, 4690 Carpinteria Ave. Ste. A, 684-5012

Karaoke, 8 p.m., Carpinteria & linden Pub, 4954 Carpinteria linden Ave.

Dusty Jugz Country Night, 9 p.m., the Palms, 701 linden Ave., 684-3811

Deputies were called for a subject trespassing in a backyard and attempting to open a door. The suspect was located walking on the street approximately a block away. The suspect was detained and repeatedly provided a false name. The reporting party did not desire prosecution for the prowling. The suspect was arrested for an open container of alcohol which was found in her bag, as well as other violations, and was booked into jail.

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Friday, March 15

A digital scale was also located and upon request, the suspect allowed deputies to search his cellular phone as he claimed the narcotics were not his. Upon doing so, several text messages were found showing the man was involved with the illegal sales of narcotics. The man was booked into the Santa Barbara Main Jail for narcotics sales and transportation related offenses.

1037 hrs / Incident / 1000 block Casitas Pass Road

CVCC Lunch & Learn, noon-1 p.m., Curious Cup, 929 linden Ave., 684-5479 x10.

The Peace Vigil, 5-6 p.m., corner of linden & Carpinteria Ave.

1141 hrs / Incident / 4700 block

Music in our Schools Month Concert, 7:30 p.m., CHS cafeteria, 4810 foothill road, 684-4701

Back Track, 9 p.m., the Palms, 701 linden Ave., 684-3811

Eighth Street

The reporting party said his vehicle and his friend’s vehicle were ransacked.

Saturday, March 16

Unknown subject entered the rear storage area of a local grocery store and stole approximately $1,600 worth of high-end alcohol. Video surveillance was retrieved. Report taken, follow-up to be conducted by patrol.

Carpinteria Salt Marsh docent led tours, 10 a.m., free walks start from the park sign, 684-8077

2030 hrs / Incident / Ash Avenue

1138 hrs / Narcotics / 1000 block Concha Loma Drive

Magicarp Pokemon League, 11 a.m., Curious Cup, 929 linden Ave., (619) 972-3467

Energy Balancing, 2-4 p.m., Curious Cup, 929 linden Ave., free

“The Quiet Man,” 8 p.m., Plaza Playhouse theater, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., $5

The Groovie Line, 9 p.m., the Palms, 701 linden Ave., 684-3811

Monday, March 18

Deputies performed foot patrol in the area of Ash Avenue at the beach and located numerous people with fireworks. Deputies confiscated three bags worth of fireworks before being preempted for an in-progress assault. Fireworks to be booked for destruction.

Wednesday, July 5

Women of Inspiration, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Girls inc. of Carpinteria, 5315 foothill road, $70, 684-6364

1037 hrs / Incident / 800 block

Basic Bridge, 1 p.m., Sandpiper Mobile Village clubhouse, 3950 Via real, 684-5921

Deputies patrolling on foot contacted multiple subjects inside a vehicle who had numerous open containers of Modelo beers. During the investigation, the owner of the van and passenger were in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Both subjects were arrested and booked into Santa Barbara County Jail.

Mah Jongg, 1 p.m., Sandpiper Mobile Village clubhouse, 3950 Via real, 729-1310

Linden Avenue

Bingo, 1 p.m., Veterans Building, 941 Walnut Ave.

Celebrate Recovery (Hurts, Hangups, Addictions), 6 p.m., first Baptist Church, 5026 foothill rd., 684-3353

Employees at a local store reported a male subject they recognized entered the store and stole beer and other items. Subject fled the scene before deputies arrived. Report forwarded to DA’s office for review.

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CVCC’s Cuba Trip Meeting, 6-8 p.m., Carpinteria library Multi-Purpose room, 5141 Carpinteria Ave., 684-5479 x10

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A Community Toolbox: How to Serve the Depressed Person with Understanding, 7-8:30 p.m., Carpinteria Woman’s Club, 1059 Vallecito road, 684-2509

Tuesday, March 19

Coffee with Cops, 9-11 a.m., Crushcakes, 4945 Carpinteria Ave., 684-5405 x437 Carpinteria Writers’ Group, 10 a.m.-noon, Carpinteria library multipurpose room, 5141 Carpinteria Ave., 684-7838

Sandpiper Duplicate Bridge Club, 1 p.m., Sandpiper Mobile Village Clubhouse, 3950 Via real, 684-5522

Battle of the Books club, 3:30 p.m., Curious Cup, 929 linden Ave., 220-6608

Beginner Meditation Workshop, 6:30 p.m., Curious Cup back meeting room, 929 linden Ave., 705-4703

Al-Anon Meeting, 7-8 p.m., faith lutheran Church, 1335 Vallecito Place, 331-4817

ESL Class, 7 p.m., first Baptist Church, 5026 foothill road, free, 684-3353

Wednesday, March 20

Morning Rotary meeting with Cyndi Macias, The Gym Next Door, 7-8 a.m., Woman’s Club, 1059 Vallecito rd., $10 Meditation, 10:30-noon, Carpinteria Woman’s club, 1059 Vallecito rd., 847-208-6520

Each Sudoku has a unique solution that can be reached logically without guessing. Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square.

Knitting Group, 1-4 p.m., Veterans Memorial Hall, 941 Walnut Ave., free, 684-8077

Fighting Back Parent Program, 5:30-7 p.m., Canalino School, 1480 Carpinteria Ave., 963-1433 x125 or x132

Kiwanis Club Meeting, 6 p.m., Veterans Memorial Hall, 941 Walnut Ave., 368-5644

Coastal View Book Club meeting, 7:30 p.m., Carpinteria Branch library, 684-4428

8 Ball Tournament, 7:30 p.m., Carpinteria & linden Pub, 4954 Carpinteria linden Ave.

ONGOING

Lani Garfield photography show, island Brewing Co., 5049 6th St., 745-8272

Michael Fisher Fish art show, Corktree Cellars, 910 linden Ave., 684-1400

Liz Brady art show, Porch, 3823 Santa Claus lane, 684-0300

Arturo Tello art show, friends of the library used Bookstore, 5103 Carpinteria Ave., 566-0033

“SPACE” exhibit, 855 At the Arts Gallery, 855 linden Ave., 684-7789

Carpinteria Plein Air Painters art show, lucky llama, 5100 Carpinteria Ave., 684-8811 Imagination & Inspiration show, Curious Cup, 929 linden Ave., 220-6608

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as ACURA

FINANCIAL SERVICES at 1919 TORRANCE BLVD. TORRANCE CA 90501. Full name of registrant(s): AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORP. at 1919 TORRANCE BLVD. TORRANCE CA 90501. This business is conducted by a Corporation. This statement was filed with the County on 06/20/2023. The registrant began transacting business on Aug 13, 2008. Signed: JESSIE SHAO, ASSISTANT TREASURER. 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)

FBN2023-0001535.

Publish: June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/ are doing business as STEWART’S DEROOTING & PLUMBING at 415 EAST MONTECITO ST, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103. Mailing address: PO BOX 576,SUMMERLAND, CA 93067. Full name of registrant(s): COUNTY SANITATION CO., INC. at 415 EAST MONTECITO ST, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103. This business is conducted by a Corporation. This statement was filed with the County on 06/12/2023. The registrant began transacting business on JUNE 19, 2008.

Signed: JENNIFER HODGINS, VP/ SECRETARY/TREASURER 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) FBN2023-0001494.

Publish: June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/ are doing business as SANTA BARBARA BOOTS & WEAR a 306 E HALEY ST, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101. Mailing address : 99 REDWOOD CIRCLE, VENTURA, CA 93003. Full name of registrant(s): GOWIRELESS21 INC. at 99 REDWOOD CIRCLE, VENTURA, CA 93003. This business is conducted by a Corporation. This statement was filed with the County on 06/22/2023. The registrant began transacting business on March 8, 2023. Signed: ISMAEL DE LA SANCHA, CEO. 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) FBN2023-0001568.

Publish: June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 2023

CITY OF CARPINTERIA 5775 CARPINTERIA AVENUE CARPINTERIA, CALIFORNIA 93013 (805) 684-5405

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 24, 2023

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the City Council at 5:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as may be heard on Monday, July 24, 2023 in the Carpinteria City Council Chamber, City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, California, on the following matter:

Annual Review of the CarpinteriaSummerland Fire Protection District’s Fire Protection Mitigation Fee and Master Facilities Plan

The City Council will review and account for the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District’s Fire Protection Mitigation Fee. The Council will also review the Fire District’s Master Facilities Plan that the fee programs are based on. The review and accounting of the fee programs is in accordance with Government Code 66002 and 66006 and Carpinteria Municipal Code 8.26.100 and 8.26.150. The City Council will review the projects contained in the Master Facilities Plan and will consider an accounting of said fees, including adjustment thereof, interest and other expenditures for the cost of public facilities and equipment.

The full agenda, associated staff report and resolution will be available on Thursday, July 20, 2023 on the City’s Website here: https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/ agendas-meetings/. Details and procedures on how to provide public comment and participate in the meeting through telephonic means are available on the posted agenda at https://carpinteriaca. gov/city-hall/agendas-meetings/.

The staff reports will be available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s Office 15 days prior to the start of the public hearing and may be requested by email at brianb@carpinteriaca.gov.

If you have any questions about the above referenced matter, please contact Brian Barrett, City Clerk, by email at brianb@ carpinteriaca.gov or by phone at (805) 755-4403.

If you challenge the actions of the City Council related to the matter noted above in court, you may be limited to only raising those issues you or someone else raise at the City Council hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence to the City Council prior to the public hearing.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact Brian Barrett, City Clerk at brianb@carpinteriaca.gov or (805) 7554403. Notification of two business days prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.

Brian C. Barrett, CMC, CPMC City Clerk

Publish: July 13, 20, 2023

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF EMMA ELISA GIBSON ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NO. 23CV02516 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

Petitioner: EMMA ELISA GIBSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present name: EMMA ELISA GIBSON

Proposed name: EMMA ELISA LINOWSKI 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 AUGUST 25, 2023 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 06/27/2023 by Donna D. Geck, Judge of the Superior Court.

FILED BY the Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara on 06/27/2023. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer by Baksh, Narzalli, Deputy Clerk.

Publish: July 13, 20, 27, August 3, 2023

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

DATE OF HEARING: JULY 26, 2023

PLACE: BETTERAVIA GOVERNMENT

CENTER, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

HEARING ROOM 511 E. LAKESIDE PARKWAY SANTA MARIA, CA 93455

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

The County Planning Commission provides in-person participation as well as virtual participation until further notice.

The following methods of participation are available to the public.

1. You may observe the live stream of the County Planning Commission meetings on (1) Local Cable Channel 20, (2) online at: http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/csbtv/ livestream.sbc; or (3) YouTube at: https:// www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20

2. If you wish to provide public comment, the following methods are available:

• Distribution to the County Planning Commission - Submit your comment via email prior to 12:00 p.m. on the Monday prior to the Commission hearing. Please submit your comment to the Recording Secretary at dvillalo@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately.

• Attend the Meeting In-Person: Individuals are allowed to attend and provide comments at the County Planning Commission meeting in-person.

•Attend the Meeting by Zoom Webinar

•Individuals wishing to provide public comment during the County Planning Commission meeting can do so via Zoom webinar by clicking the below link to register in advance. Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing important information about joining the webinar.

When: July 26, 2023 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Topic: County Planning Commission 07/26/2023

Register in advance for this webinar: https://countyofsb.zoom.us/webinar/ register/WN_a4kUifR3SX-H5_Tj-Kjx2g

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Hearing on the request of Jill Stassinos, representative for Concerned Carpinterians (Appellant), to consider Case No. 23APL-00008, an appeal of the Planning and Development Department (P&D) Director’s approval of Case No. 19CDP00000-000045 for cannabis nursery cultivation in four existing, permitted greenhouses. The appeal was filed on March 13, 2023, in compliance with Section 35-182 of Article II, the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Article II). The Proposed Project is a request for approval of a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for a total of 115,934 square feet (2.66 acres) of cannabis nursery cultivation on a 17.94-acre parcel pursuant to Sections 35-68 (Agriculture I), 35-102F (Carpinteria Agricultural Overlay District), and 35-144U (Cannabis Regulations) of Article II; and to accept the Cannabis Land Use Ordinance and Licensing Program Environmental Impact Report (17EIR-00000-00003) as adequate environmental review for Case No. 19CDP-00000-00045 pursuant to Sections 15162 and 15168(c) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. The application involves property zoned Agricultural I (AG-I-10) on Assessor’s Parcel Number 004-004-012, located at 4994 Foothill Road in the Carpinteria area, First Supervisorial District.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING SECRETARY (568-2000)

Publish: July 13, 2023

PUBLIC NOTICE SUMMARY OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 760 (AS PRESCRIBED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 36933(C)(1)) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARPINTERIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 14 OF THE CARPINTERIA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD ZONING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FORMULA BUSINESSES

The proposed Ordinance was introduced and a first reading was approved at the regular City Council meeting held on February 13, 2023. The Ordinance was adopted following a second reading at a regular City Council meeting held on July 10, 2023, by the following vote:

AYES: Nomura, Solórzano, Alarcon, and Clark

NOES: None

ABSENT: Lee (recused)

ABSTAIN: None

CARPINTERIA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT

WATER UTILITY WORKER I (WUW1) $4,377-$5,602/MO

DOQ OR WATER UTILITY HELPER (WUH) $3,864-$4,946/MO DOQ

WUWI:

The District is seeking a qualified individual to perform a variety of semi-skilled tasks in the construction, maintenance, repair and replacement of water mains, services and meter, water production facilities and related equipment. This position requires the employee to be available for “stand-by” duty to respond to District emergency calls during off hours, in addition to the above duties. While on such “stand-by” duty, the employee must remain within 45miles or 45 minutes of the District.

Desirable Education & Experience: Graduation of high school or GED required. Minimum of 2 years of experience in general maintenance and construction work, a CA Drivers license with a good driving record. Possession of a CA Department of Health Services Water Distribution License D2 and Water Treatment Operator T1 is required.

WUH:

The District is seeking a qualified individual to perform work in the maintenance, construction, and repair of District facilities. Position will assist water utility workers and O&M staff in operations and maintenance of District distribution facilities, maintenance of equipment and grounds. This is an entry level position. General understanding of construction, equipment maintenance and mechanical ability preferred.

Education: High school graduation or GED required. The District will only fill one of the classifications, based on candidate base.

Open until filled.

Applications may be obtained during business hours, M-F, 8:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.

Or online at: www.cvwd.net

Send completed application and resume to: CVWD, 1301 Santa Ynez Ave., Carpinteria, CA 93013 E.O.E.

The Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Planning Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support or in opposition to the projects. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101. Letters should be filed with the secretary of the Planning Commission no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Monday before the Planning Commission hearing. The decision to accept late materials will be at the discretion of the Planning Commission.

Maps and/or staff analysis of the proposals may be reviewed at https://www. countyofsb.org/1625/County-PlanningCommission a week before the hearing or by appointment by calling (805) 568-2000.

If you challenge the project(s) 23APL00008 or 19CDP-00000-00045 in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing.

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Summary of Ordinance: This Ordinance will adopt Case No. 22-2151-LCPA, which proposes to amend the City’s Local Coastal Plan to reflect changes to the Carpinteria Municipal Code and the City’s zoning regulations to include regulations regarding establishment of formula businesses within the City. Changes to the Carpinteria Municipal Code include (1) the addition of Chapter 14.53 containing regulations restricting the establishment of new formula businesses within the City limits, with the exception of the parcels fronting the portion of Casitas Pass Road from Carpinteria Avenue to Highway 101, including the entirety of Casitas Plaza Shopping Center and the Shepard Place Shops, and (2) the addition of the definition of “formula business” to Chapter 14.08. The Ordinance also approves an exemption pursuant to sections 15060(c) (2), 15060(c)(3), and 15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Guidelines.

A certified copy of the full text of Ordinance No. 760 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 at https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/public-hearingslegal-notices/, under “Public Hearing & Legal Notices.”

Brian C. Barrett, CMC, CPMC, City Clerk Publish: July 13, 2023

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

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

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

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 1100 ANACAPA STREET SANTA BARBARA, CA 93121-1107

The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney are: LORENA FLORES 2960 EAST VALLEY RD SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108

Date: 6/12/2023

Filed by Lonica Buensh, Deputy Clerk, for Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer.

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FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from 1.removing the minor child or children of the parties, if any, from the state without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court;

2.cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, pr changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or any other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor child or children; 3 transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and

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

You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community

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THROWBACK

Mirror for a Star on Rincon Point

BY STEPHEN BATES

At Yale University’s Beinecke Library, you’ll find the papers of Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, Gertrude Stein and James Baldwin – as well as the papers of a 20year resident of Rincon Point named Silvia Dobson. Dobson wrote novels and poems, but she’s remembered chiefly for her association with one of the leading lights of modernist literature, Hilda Doolittle, who published under the byline H.D.

Dobson was a London schoolteacher in the early 1930s. Although she remarked that lesbians and bisexuals then had to be “very, very careful,” she stood out. She cut her hair short and wore slacks, silk shirts and a black hat. A waiter once asked if she was related to Lord Byron.

In 1933, she read a poetry collection by H.D. called “Heliodora” and sent a fan letter. H.D. invited her to tea in her London flat in early 1934. Dobson was 26, and H.D. was 48. They had a brief intimate relationship followed by a friendship that lasted until H.D.’s death in 1961.

H.D. could be domineering. On vacation together in Venice in 1934, she announced that they would share morning coffee and evening tea, but she needed uninterrupted solitude for the rest of the day. If Dobson saw her on the street, she mustn’t approach. Dobson excused the imperiousness on the grounds that H.D. was approaching 50, “a difficult age.”

Whether in the same city or far apart, Dobson and H.D. stayed in touch by letter through the years that followed. In the late 1950s, Dobson met and fell in love with a high school teacher from Ventura who was traveling in Europe: Liz Truelson. In 1960, she emigrated to the United States so that they could live together. In 1964, they decided to leave Ventura for Rincon Point.

They bought an empty lot near Rincon Creek for $15,000, in Dobson’s recollection, which left them with $25,000 for a house. Their architect suggested that they save money by building a structure supported by pressure-soaked telephone poles embedded in concrete. By doing the painting themselves, they were able to stay within their budget.

After they moved into their distinctive pole house, Truelson continued teaching in Ventura while Dobson gardened, worked on a novel and volunteered in a thrift store in Carpinteria.

Rincon Point enchanted them. “We grew to appreciate the ever-changing landscape, to learn the different moods of the Pacific Ocean,” Dobson wrote in an unpublished memoir. As the years went by, she noted seasonal patterns. Of the gingko tree in their garden, she wrote: “Soon after the green leaves turn yellow, they drop secretly, all in one performance.”

The Bates family and the Hill family had owned much of Rincon Point since the late 1800s. Dobson and Truelson had long talks with R.W. Bates and a Mr. Hill, probably Edwin. Bates and Hill “did not get on with one another,” Dobson wrote, but “we loved them both, delighting in tales they told about Rincon Point at the turn of the century.”

Rincon Creek flooded in 1969. “Mr. Bates’ men managed to keep the bridge intact as branches, boulders, huge tree trunks rattled down the raging water,” recounted Dobson. “Then a whirlpool built up at the tunnel’s mouth, undercutting concrete abutments on either side of the creek bed.” They moved their cars before the road collapsed.

Soon their garden was submerged. A fireman sloshed through 12-inch-deep water and shouted that everyone must evacuate. “Mesmerized,” wrote Dobson, “we watched him step into our four-footdeep oval pond.”

A friend and former student of Truelson’s, Max King, arrived just as the floodwaters destroyed part of the foundation under the garage. “Everyone was freaking,” recalls King, now an interior designer in Ventura, “but Liz or Silvia said something to the effect that they’d enjoyed designing and building the house, and they could do it again.”

Although the house survived, the flood partly unmoored several of the poles, which required major repairs.

Truelson died in 1980. The law at the time treated gay couples as strangers, so Dobson had to pay heavy taxes – $29,000 state and $8,000 federal, in her recollection – on “the house we built together, shared and left to one another in our wills.”

Dobson spent her later years (she died in 1993) organizing her letters from H.D., more than 500 pages. To aid scholars, she prepared an index, introduction

and explanatory notes, which she titled “Mirror for a Star, Star for a Mirror.” She also drafted an account of her own life. When Yale agreed to buy the papers, Dobson told the university to keep the money and use it to fund a fellowship for researchers to study women writers, the H.D. Fellowship.

Dobson left Rincon Point for Santa Barbara in the mid-1980s. The pole house that had cost $40,000 two decades earlier sold for $450,000, an amount that astonished her. The buyer was Paige Rense, the editor of Architectural Digest, who modified and expanded it without changing its fundamental pole structure.

“It feels very warm,” wrote Dobson, “to know the house we built will go on giving pleasure to others.”

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.

DOUG WHITE

The Rincon Creek deluge of 1969 dislodged some of the poles in Silvia Dobson and Liz Truelson’s house, which required major repairs.

MAX KING

Silvia Dobson, right, and her partner, Liz Truelson, sit in the garden of their pole house on Rincon Point.

Silvia Dobson, left, first met the modernist writer H.D. – Hilda Doolittle – above, in 1934. Dobson was 26, and H.D. was 48. The two women had a brief intimate relationship followed by a long friendship. The Dobson photo is undated. The H.D. photo, by Man Ray, is from about 1929.

DIANA COLLECOTT

BEINECKE LIBRARY, YALE UNIVERSITY

Wade Nomura: Carpinteria’s champion cyclist councilmember

Local leader opens up about five time national championship BMX racing career

Long before leading the city of Carpinteria as a member of city council and former mayor, Wade Nomura was leading the pack as one of the fastest BMX racers of the early ‘80s.

In fact, Nomura wasn’t only riding faster than everyone on the BMX track, he was also making his own bikes, which were at the time some of the most technically advanced – and lightest – on the market.

It all started with motorcycles. Growing up, Nomura gained a love for speed by riding motorcycles with his family and eventually racing flat track and motocross. He fell in love with the feeling of catching air on a big jump.

“Riding brings freedom – the feeling as if I am flying on air,” he wrote in his 2020 book “Creating Destiny. “

But as Nomura got married and began a career in landscaping, his life took an unexpected turn. While he was working

BY RYAN P. CRUZ

a landscaping job in Santa Barbara, he began to become popular with the kids who hung around the job site.

They would insist on asking him questions about what he was doing, and started to ask about his motorcycle racing, until Nomura finally caved in and took them out on a trip to the track. There, the kids would marvel as he raced around the track, and he even gave them turns riding on the back. Of course, they wanted to get their own bikes to try.

But Nomura worried that motorcycles would be too expensive for the young kids – many of whom came from low-income families – so he got the idea to open up his own bike shop, so he could help them get a few BMX bikes at wholesale price and earn some extra income on top of his landscaping business.

He started off by buying two Diamondback racing bikes, and he would take his crew to the local tracks on the Central Coast and Southern California. At the time, he was 26 years old, and he never intended to start racing himself. But one weekend the kids encouraged Nomura to enter a special Father’s Day Race at the Monrovia track.

He took the win, and soon after learned that the U.S. National Bicycle Association was opening a new class for competitors ages 26 and over. He entered the Grand Nationals in Las Vegas for what would be his first official title race.

At the Grand Nationals, he took the win again, earning himself his first of many national titles and the coveted

Number 1 plate.

“After I won and got the Number 1 rank, everybody knew me,” Nomura said.

But now that he had committed himself to racing, he was set on building his own bikes that would be much lighter and faster than any other available at the time. In those first races, he was on a Gary Littlejohn cruiser, which was fast under the right hands but weighed over 30 pounds.

“I thought, well, I could probably build a bike better than that,” Nomura said.

He had never built a bike frame from scratch, but using his resources at the bike shop, he began to chart the dimensions of all the available BMX bikes on the market. He laid out a graph with over a dozen different bikes, comparing the angles, wheelbase, tube length and materials.

He soon learned what made certain bikes better, and why some seemed to give a racer just enough edge to lead the pack. Using aircraft grade aluminum – some of which he says was recycled from a scrapped space shuttle project – he crafted the revolutionary Nomura Racing BMX frame, with its trademark short rear end and long top tube.

“The first bike I built to race the nationals was a 26-inch cruiser bike that weighed 19 pounds, and we shredded, man,” Nomura said.

The bike was nearly 10 pounds lighter than many of its competitors, and in the first year of competition in 1980, the Nomura Racing factory team claimed all six Number 1 titles in all age classes – from age 10 to the Pro Class all the way to the 27 and over class, which

Nomura claimed himself again. To this day, no manufacturer has ever swept the top spot for all BMX Cruiser age groups in the same year.

The secret, Nomura said, was simple: be the first rider to the first turn. He made sure that all his team riders were the fastest right from the start.

“If you want to win a race, you have to win at the first turn, you have to be the first one right out of the gate,” he said.

But it wasn’t just the bikes. By traveling to as many tracks as he could – sometimes racing three or four times a week – he soon gathered some of the most talented racers across California.

For others, he didn’t have to look very far. His daughter Lisa earned her own BMX National championship at age five, racing on a bike that was barely over 10 pounds.

As much as Nomura tries to credit his Nomura Racing frames for his success, it’s impossible to ignore the work ethic he brought to his racing career. During peak racing seasons, he spent weeks at a time on the road, traveling not only to tracks up and down the West Coast but venturing to new tracks all across the country.

During the training season, he would put himself through grueling 16-hour days, starting with speed work in the morning, endurance training, then technical drills during the rest of the sunlight hours. In the evenings, it would be speed work again, getting miles in on the exercise bike, then lifting weights before tinkering with his bike some more. His work ethic was driven by his obsession to win, he said. NOMURA

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Nomura and one of his first motorcycles.

Wade Nomura, with the highly coveted Number 1 plate, leading the pack at the BMX track.

Wade Nomura

Jr. Guards take second in local competition

BY LEXI PERSOON, ASSISTANT AQUATICS PROGRAM COORDINATOR PHOTOS BY ROBIN KARLSSON

The Carpinteria Junior Guards had an outstanding performance on their home turf at last Friday’s Carp Comp competing against seven other agencies in the surrounding areas. These agencies included Santa Barbara East Beach, UC Santa Barbara, Hendry’s, Leo Carillo, Port Hueneme, Pismo and Avila Beach. The day was filled with fun and included both land and water events.

Historically, the program has been strong in the paddle events and this year was certainly no different. Notable highlights in these events include but are certainly not limited to: first place finishes in the Paddle Relay for C-Group girls, B-Group boys, and the Distance Paddle for A-Group girls (Izzy Scott) and C-Group boys (Hugo Goodfield). Along with the paddle events, the Jr. Guards brought it home with stellar performances in the swim and run events, with many impressive finishes in all age divisions. The Carp Junior Guards ended up with a second-place win, moving up one whole place from the previous year! The event was a huge success, and it would have not been possible without the whole Carpinteria Jr. Guards Team and all of the parent volunteers.

Imre Patterson takes aim during the dodgeball competition.

Dax Clark charges on the run relay.

Dominic Sturdivan stands beside the C-Group girls paddle team including, from left, Poppy Boersema, Hazel Postma and Holyn Vega, as they take the first place finish in the paddle relay.

The A-Group boys begin the distance paddle.

B-Group member Hugo Goodfield, right, wins the flag competition.

From left, Canyon Atkinson, Maddox Keet, Wyatt Pitterle, Walker Scott, Owen Regan, Cornelius Patterson and Kyler Brian ready for their next event.

The B-Group girls team gets in formation, ready to start the flag competition.

The B-Group gets ready for the long run to the Tar Pits.

Kennedy Rodriguez completes the paddle relay.

From left, Carpinteria C-Group lead instructor Dominic Sturdivan, Santa Barbara assistant instructor Brittaney Gamble and directors of the Avila Beach and UC Santa Barbara teams accept their awards.

Lucia Smith, right, encourages Mina Handall before her paddle out.

Ryder Shaw prepares for the A-Group boys distance paddle.

“That way I felt when I got to the starting gate, I could look both ways and know I deserved this more than anybody else on the line,” he said.

For the next few years, Nomura dominated the 26 and over class, taking the amateur national crown and earning multiple national championships in five

sanctioned circuits from 1979-1982. He was at the top of his game, making the fastest bikes on the market and winning almost every race he entered.

In 1982, at the age of 30, the five-time National champion Nomura decided to take the next step and enter the pro class. It was a big decision because in the sport

of BMX, once you turn pro you cannot go back to open amateur competition, and Nomura was nearly 10 years older than many of the up-and-coming pros on the circuit.

In the pro class, Nomura struggled with injuries, at one point racing on a broken foot without even knowing it was broken. He found that the younger competition bounced back quickly from their injuries, while his body took much more time to recover.

In 1984, a series of injuries finally forced Nomura to hang up the helmet. During a pro race in Las Vegas, he found himself in fourth place when he saw an opening. He attempted to hit a big step-up jump to pass

the competition when a soft spot in the dirt sent him launching more than 16 feet in the air.

“I know it was that high because I was looking down on the top of the motor homes in the parking lot,” he said.

When he came down, he shattered his shoulder blade, broke his collarbone and

a few ribs and was sent to the hospital with a punctured lung. But the next day when he was scheduled for surgery, his doctor was shocked to find his lung had miraculously healed itself.

“Cause I was in such good condition, the doctor said, it sealed itself,” he said. “It made me think I was indestructible.”

Then the next weekend, while riding around with his kids back home, he slipped and busted the same shoulder. Just a few weeks later, he entered a race in Azusa where he crashed one final time, rebreaking both his collarbone and shoulder.

After that, he said, he had “lost his edge,” and decided it would be too dangerous to continue racing. “I crashed because I tensed up,” he said. Nomura never raced competitively again.

Even after retiring, the impact of Nomura Racing still stands in BMX history. In just four years, he built a team from the ground up and created one of the sport’s most elusive bikes. To this day, there is a BMX Museum webpage dedicated to fans showing off their 80s-era Nomura Racing Bikes. In 2001, he was a Hall of Fame Inductee for BMX at the Japanese American National Museum.

Nowadays, Nomura doesn’t ride bikes as much as he used to, though he still keeps several bikes around. He says it’s his competitive edge, that it’s hard to ride without wanting to race again. He still has more than a thousand racing trophies, he said, and people still ask him about his old BMX days, but now his energy is more focused on leading the city and helping others through the Rotary Club, Boys and Girls Club and SB Junior Golf.

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