From left, Marea MacMurray, Belen MacMurray and Toby Matthews race their dinghy boats down the Santa Barbara Channel on Sunday, Sept. 1. The three Carpinteria kids are members of the Santa Barbara Sea Shell Sailing Association, a youth-focused group out of the Santa Barbara Harbor that teaches kids between the ages of eight and 18 to sail. The association – which is hosting its 40th annual wine tasting and yacht tour fundraiser later this month on Sept. 28 – meets every Sunday between April 1 and Oct. 31. See more photos of the association’s Sunday races and read about how these young sailors are trained on pages 14–15 of this week’s print.
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Carpinteria man sentenced to 11 years in prison for child pornography possession
Giovanni Gonzalez, 34, of Carpinteria was sentenced on Monday to 135 months –over 11 years – in federal prison for possession of child pornography.
Gonzalez, who pled guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography on Feb. 5, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner to pay $24,000 in restitution.
Gonzalez was first arrested in October 2014 at his home on the 4900 block of Carpinteria Avenue, when he was 24, after he was found in possession of hundreds of images of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), Coastal View News previously reported. An investigation found that he posed online as a 14-year-old girl to get victims to send him nude photos.
He was convicted for internet-related child sexual exploitation crimes and was paroled in December 2022. Within one month of his release, he “sought out and began receiving CSAM from sources,” including on WhatsApp, according to a press release from the U.S. District Attorney.
On Jan. 7, 2023, after Gonzalez turned over his cell phone to his parole officer, law enforcement found 2,684 videos of CSAM.
“Within days of his release from state prison for despicable acts he committed against children, this defendant returned to his deplorable ways, obtaining thousands of videos showcasing the sexual exploitation of kids,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a press release sent out Monday.
“Protecting our children is central to my office’s mission and we will continue to use all available tools to those who participate in this wicked marketplace that traffics in child abuse,” Estrada added.
Man dies in Casitas Pass Road motorcycle accident
A 30-year-old Carpinteria resident, identified by police on Tuesday as Andres Aguilar Armenta, has passed away following a motorcycle accident on Casitas Pass Road on Sunday.
The accident occurred on Sept. 8 around 8:43 p.m. The man, who was riding a 2020 Harley Davidson, was traveling northbound when the motorcycle went off the roadway and collided with a chain link fence, according to a press release from the California Highway Patrol. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The area was closed for four and a half hours during the on-scene investigation. The crash remains under investigation.
Festival of Trees organizers open donation requests
The 15th annual Festival of Trees returns Nov. 29, and the Lions Club of Carpinteria has opened donation requests for community nonprofits interested in participating. Nonprofits located between Summerland and the northern Ventura County line are eligible. All requests for funds must come from a 501C(3) with verifiable federal and California Tax Identification numbers, Festival of Trees Committee Chair Mike Dawson said.
Donation requests can be sent to Dawson at (805) 568-4038 or mike@bigredcrane. net. The deadline to submit a fund request is Oct. 17. Chosen nonprofits will be asked to supply volunteers to help each day and to host one free community event sometime during the fundraiser.
The festival opens Nov. 29 at the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center and will close Dec. 15, with the raffle day set for 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 15. Since its opening, the festival has brought in $250,000 for local nonprofits.
New Agilent lab opens in Carpinteria
Agilent Technologies, an analytical instrument manufacturer, has launched a new Biopharma CDx Services Lab (BCSL) at its Carpinteria campus, the business announced in a press release sent out Monday.
The lab will support drug development, specifically in areas of therapeutic and precision medicine, from early clinical studies through regulatory approval, per the press release.
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Betty Hash and her family check out The Alazar Theatre tree during the 2023 Festival of Trees.
Friends of the Carpinteria Library receives anonymous $50k donation
The Friends of the Carpinteria Library has accepted an anonymous $50,000 donation, city staff announced at Monday night’s Carpinteria City Council meeting.
Per librarian Jody Thomas, the donation was given in honor of John R. and Thelma L. Schmidhauser and their love for reading, learning and the city of Carpinteria.
Thomas told CVN the money will be used to fund a quarter time literacy coordinator position for three years;
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after that, the library hopes the position will be funded by the California State Library Services.
“The goals for the first year are to hire a bilingual literacy coordinator, get that coordinator trained through California Library Literacy Services (CLLS), add 10 additional tutors; host quarterly trainings for prospective tutors, intake interviews of 15 learners, and establish baseline resource library,” Thomas said in an email.
––Lizzy Rager
“Agilent is committed to advancing the frontiers of biopharma and clinical diagnostics,” said Nina Green, vice president and general manager of Agilent’s Companion Diagnostics (CDx) Division.
“The launch of the Biopharma CDx Services Lab represents a significant milestone in the company’s mission to support the development of innovative therapeutics and precision medicine,” she continued. “By providing cutting-edge technologies and high-quality assays, Agilent aims to streamline the path from early clinical studies to FDA approval, accelerating the delivery of life-changing treatments to patients.”
Agilent’s Carpinteria campus is located at 1170 Mark Ave.
2025 Museum Marketplace schedule not yet discussed
The 2025 schedule for the Carpinteria Valley History Society’s monthly Museum Marketplace has not been discussed by the museum’s board of directors, the museum’s Executive Director and Curator Jayme Yahr told CVN last week.
“We do not yet know if it is returning or not,” Yahr said in an email. She explained that each marketplace takes 80-100 volunteer hours and 35 paid director hours to put on, and that the museum netted $27 from its July Marketplace and $87 from the August marketplace.
“The museum must rethink its resources and be mission-aligned. These decisions are not being taken lightly nor are they being made quickly. The marketplace has been in decline for years,” Yahr said.
The museum held its last marketplace of 2024 on Aug. 30. The scheduling of the marketplace is decided by the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History board.
Coastal Cleanup: Sept. 21
Santa Barbara County’s Coastal Cleanup Day returns for its 40th year on Saturday, Sept. 21, 9 a.m. – noon. Cleanup sites will be set up from Jalama to Rincon, according to local organizer Explore Ecology.
Saturday’s cleanup is expected to draw more than 50,000 people across the state. During the event’s 40 years, volunteers have removed more than 27 million pounds of trash from California shorelines.
Last year, 1,273 volunteers removed 5,735 pounds of litter from Santa Barbara County across 55 miles, according to Explore Ecology.
Locally, the cleanup is organized by Explore Ecology and the County of Santa Barbara Resource Recovery and Waste Management, and supported by local cities. Statewide, the California Coastal Commission takes the lead.
“The support that Californians have demonstrated for our coast over these past decades has been incredible,” said Coastal Commission Executive Director Kate Huckelbridge. “It’s amazing that volunteers who turned out to the earliest cleanups are now bringing their children or even their grandchildren out to participate.”
In Carpinteria and Summerland, cleanup sites will be set up at Franklin Creek Park on Sterling Avenue, Carpinteria State Beach, Jelly Bowl Beach, Loon Point in Summerland, Lookout Park in Summerland, Rincon County Beach and Santa Claus Lane Beach. Volunteers who register will be entered into a drawing to win prizes from local businesses. For the full list of sites, visit bit.ly/CarpinteriaCleanUp.
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From left, Carpinteria High School students Kacy Kramer, Valeria Zamora, Linda Galindo, Matthew Endow, Sara Fakinos, Mina Handall, Samantha Nielsen and Brenda Martinez participate in the 2023 Coastal Cleanup.
Residents urge council to build pickleball courts amid growing demand
BY LIZZY RAGER
Several speakers at the Carpinteria City Council meeting Monday night urged the councilmembers to prioritize the construction of a designated pickleball court in Carpinteria.
Fr om Oxnard to San Luis Obispo, Carpinteria is the only city without a designated court, speakers said. Currently, players use the Girls Inc. of Carpinteria and Carpinteria Middle School campuses to play when school is not in session, and the city’s AgeWell division organizes pickleball free play at Girls Inc. on Wednesdays and Fridays.
The use of two total courts is limited to only before and after school hours, Ann Matson, a Carpinteria resident and AgeWell lesson participant, said to the council during public comment.
E rick Trigueros, who teaches introductory pickleball for AgeWell, also said the demand has increased as well; over the past year, pickleball players in Carpinteria have doubled from roughly 100 players in 2023.
“It is the fastest growing sport in the nation (...) Two Saturdays ago, there
“The Carpinteria Pickleball Club is ready to fundraise for this project. But the city must take the first step.” – public commenter Ann Matson
were more people from the campgrounds playing pickleball than there were locals,” Trigueros said of the visitors’ use of the courts, leading to shortened game times.
Matson said there is already a conceptual plan drawn up for new courts and a dog park to be located on a city-owned parcel at Lagunitas park. She urged the council to add this item to its agenda.
“The Carpinteria Pickleball Club is ready to fundraise for this project. But the city must take the first step,” she said.
Library usage up since city took control, librarian says
Library usage at the Carpinteria Library has increased threefold since the city of Carpinteria took over managing the library in 2022, city librarian Jody Thomas told the Carpinteria City Council on Monday.
“Your support of the library is really making a difference,” Thomas said.
The city’s summer reading programs had high attendance, and the circulation, or the number of materials checked out, increased by 10%. Regular library attendance increased from roughly 100 to 300, per Thomas.
However, she said the city’s summer programming overall did not have sig-
nificant attendance, attributing the dip to poor timing and weather. Thomas said the library board of trustees is working out a solution for better scheduling.
Thomas touted the success of Partners in Education, a Santa Barbara County nonprofit that offers six-week computer literacy classes at local libraries and gives away laptops at the end. Over 45 people have taken advantage of it in Carpinteria, she said.
The class teaches residents basic computer skills, as well as how to fill out forms and applications – “to do all the things one needs a computer for,” Thomas said of the class.
––Lizzy Rager
Conceptual plans for an off-leash dog park and pickleball facility – originally drafted in 2019 – were discussed at the city’s January 2023 work plan meeting. On Monday, public commenters at city council urged councilmembers to prioritize the construction of a pickleball court.
In other council news… New police chief introduction, annual report pushed back
The Carpinteria City Council’s official introduction to the city of Carpinteria’s new Chief of Police Lieutenant Rich Brittingham was pushed back on Monday because the lieutenant was out sick, city staff told the council.
Brittingham was also set to deliver the city of Carpinteria’s annual report on law enforcement services. The report will be heard at a later city council meeting.
City recognizes Hispanic Heritage Month, Suicide Prevention Month
Sept. 8–14 also designated as Celebrate Community Week
The Carpinteria City Council passed two proclamations on Monday night recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and Suicide Prevention Month, and a third designating Sept. 8–14 as Celebrate Community Week.
National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed annually from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. On Monday, the Carpinteria proclamation recognized social, linguistic, artistic and intellectual contributions Hispanic residents have made to the city of Carpinteria and the state of California.
“Generations of proud, hardworking, enterprising Hispanics have contributed to and strengthened our communities, with countless achievements, and their abiding values in the home and family,” District 1 Councilmember Mónica J. Solórzano read aloud from the proclamation.
Speaking during the council meeting, Canalino Elementary School teacher Sonia Aguila hailed the success of dual-language immersion (DLI) in Carpinteria elementary schools. Aguila was named National Bilingual Teacher of the Year for her work advocating for bilingual students and their families, CVN previ-
ously reported.
Since pilot bilingual classes at Canalino and Aliso elementary schools began, classes have grown to 12 at Canalino and four at Aliso from two in 2017. Carpinteria’s first DLI cohort – which begins from kindergarten – is currently in middle school, Aguila said.
“Our students are bilingual, biliterate, bicultural, and we are so so proud of them,” she said on Monday.
The city’s second proclamation recognizing Suicide Prevention Month acknowledges suicide as a public health problem and states that suicide prevention is a community responsibility. The city of Carpinteria contributes to prevention efforts through partnerships with the Santa Barbara County Department of Behavior Wellness, County Public Health and HopeNet of Carpinteria.
“The city promotes awareness of the importance of tending to our mental health, as it is essential, and acknowledges that those living with mental health disabilities are deserving of care,” Carpinteria Mayor Al Clark read from the proclamation.
In 2022, 52 people died by suicide in
Santa Barbara County, one who resided in Carpinteria, staff said on Monday. In 2023, 46 people died by suicide in the county; two of those deaths occurred in Carpinteria, though the victims were not residents. In 2024, there were no deaths by suicide in Carpinteria.
HopeNet of Carpinteria – a local suicide prevention group – representatives Amrita Salm and Becki Norton spoke on Monday about the proclamation. The group has distributed suicide prevention cards, hung banners and arranged outreach activities to develop awareness for suicide prevention resources.
Each year, HopeNet holds an annual candlelight vigil and Mental Health Wellness Faire in September.
“There’s a number that the entire nation should know just like we know 911. That is 988,” Norton said. “Only one in eight people know about that. That is the suicide crisis lifeline.”
Celebrate Community Week encourages service clubs to reach out to one another and work together, the city’s proclamation said. It is recognized by Kiwanis International, Lions Club In -
ternational, Optimist International and Rotary International.
Per the proclamation, “In recognition of Celebrate Community, Carpinteria service organizations are planning to partner on local service projects related to health and wellness, food insecurity and hunger, education and literacy, and the environment.”
One such project includes constructing an innovation room for the Carpinteria Boys & Girls Club, Rotary representative Suzie Schneider told CVN. The club was given $25,000 in grant money from Cox Company to turn one of the club’s rooms into an innovation room.
Carpinteria clubs will host a work party at the club on Saturday, Sept. 14, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., to help put the room together; the club has already ordered 3D printers, 3D pens, robots, STEM kits and furniture.
“They will need help in setting up the room, painting, installing blinds, building furniture and installing bulletin boards, just to name a few projects,” Schneider said in an email.
––Lizzy Rager
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The Red Tail Multifamily Housing Project, seen here in 2021 planning documents.
Red Tail Housing Project application is complete County planning
Santa Barbara County has deemed the Red Tail Multifamily Housing Project application complete, city of Carpinteria Principal Planner Mindy Fogg told the Carpinteria City Council on Monday.
C ounty planning bodies will now begin the formal review of the builder’s remedy project proposed for 1101 and 1103 Bailard Avenue, located just outside of the city of Carpinteria’s boundaries.
The county has asked Carpinteria staff to provide a review of how the project would impact the city of Carpinteria; for example, the road improvements for the project are within city boundaries, Fogg said.
“We’re going to be working on that and trying to get them that list by the end of this week,” Fogg said on Monday.
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors in May voted to rezone the land from single-family residential to high-density housing. It is now zoned for 50 units of lower-income housing and 132 units of above-moderate income housing.
Plans discus sed at a February 2023 conceptual review show six apartment buildings, a playground, dog park, community garden, outdoor cooking area, pool and community center.
bodies will now begin the formal review
The project sparked significant controversy in Carpinteria when it was first proposed, with public commenters at early conceptual meetings arguing the project is too large and urban for the area.
The Carpinteria City Council wrote two letters to the county in 2023, asking that the property not be rezoned and that the project not be allowed to move forward. In one letter sent August 2023, the council said that rezoning the Bailard Avenue – as well as another 15-acre Via Real property – would violate Comprehensive Plan Agricultural Element Policies, the county’s Coastal Land Use Plan and the California Coastal Act.
“…the Van Wingerden 1 and Bailard sites contradict these fundamental principles by proposing the highest densities found in the Carpinteria Valley on agricultural lands at the very edge of the city, outside the urban rural boundary, at significant distance from the urban core, with no immediate access to pedestrian, bicycle and public transit routes, and not within reasonable walking distance to grocery shopping and other necessities and conveniences of daily living,” the city council wrote in its Aug. 28, 2023 letter.
– Evelyn Spence
CHS science teacher receives county’s distinguished new educator award
SUPERINTENDENT’S DESK
DIANA RIGBY
Editor’s Note: A copy of the Superintendent’s Report is run in print as a service for parents, students and community members who cannot attend Carpinteria Unified School District’s Board of Trustees meetings. This report was read aloud during the school board’s Sept. 10 meeting.
Congratulations to Carpinteria High School (CHS) science teacher Mr. Noe Gomez for receiving the 2025 Santa Barbara Distinguished New Educator Award from the Santa Barbara County Education Office (SBCEO).
“From starting off as a scientist and researcher to beginning his teaching career as a Career Technical Education (CTE) agriculture teacher to now teaching dual-enrollment chemistry, Noe ‘brings a wealth of experience to
the classroom.’ His unique perspectives help him engage students through innovative and engaging lessons, fostering their love of learning,” the SBCEO stated in a press release.
CHS Principal Gerardo Cornejo wrote: “Noe’s passion for teaching, combined with his experience and dedication to his students, make him an outstanding educator at Carpinteria High School.”
In the same press release, Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools
Susan Salcido said: “We thank and commend our 2025 Santa Barbara Distinguished Mentors and New Educators for their dedication to their students and excellence in their teaching. At SBCEO, it is our privilege to elevate the teaching profession and recognize outstanding educators in our county’s schools. We look forward to sharing more about these inspirational individuals in the coming months and at our Salute to Teachers celebration on November 2.”
Appreciation
I would like to recognize all the principals, assistant principals and teaching staff for organizing the back-to-school nights at each school site, and thank all the parents who attended. When parents are involved in school, students earn higher grades, have better attendance records, drop out less often, have higher aspirations and more positive attitudes toward school and their school work.
The Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD) receives approx. $1.3 million for free after-school programs for transitional kindergarten (TK) through eighth grade students. At Carpinteria Middle School (CMS), 56 students participate in the after-school program with an additional 20 students participating in surfing, 14 students participating in skateboarding and 20 students participating in Girls Inc. programs.
One hundred and seventy (170) Canalino Elementary and Carpinteria Family School (CFS) students attend the Canalino/CFS ELO program and 104 attend the Aliso Elementary School ELO program, which offers daily structured enrichment activities in art, science, gardening, music, dance, physical education, chess and assemblies.
MOVE Santa Barbara County
Elementary students in grades two through five will participate in Bike Skills classes with MOVE SB County during September.
SBCEO Children’s Creative Project
The SBCEO’s Children’s Creative Project provides artists for weekly lessons in dance, choral music, visual arts or theater in TK through fifth grade classrooms. These lessons are designed to cultivate students’ appreciation and understanding of the arts in ways that are enjoyable and support student’s academic and personal growth.
Measure U
Following last week’s placement of the new Gen 7 building, the Canalino Learning Center project continued with the completion and inspection of all welding and bolting requirements. Trenching for underground utilities, catch basins, and storm drains are nearing completion. Off-site fabrication for the library’s fixed seating is underway. The Aliso TK/ Kindergarten Classroom Building project remains in the construction-documents phase and the local permitting process.
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.
The Red Tail Multifamily Housing Project is proposed for 1101 and 1103 Bailard Avenue, seen here in purple.
In Carpinteria, we differentiate between the two discrete sections of your sewer lateral: the upper and lower lateral. Homeowners are always responsible for repair and maintenance of the upper lateral. Provided you have an approved cleanout at or near your property line, the Carpinteria Sanitary District will be responsible for the lower lateral and perform any required maintenance, repair or replacement within that section of pipe.
Long live sewer laterals!
Pipe longevity depends on awareness, maintenance and teamwork
BY CRAIG MURRAY, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CARPINTERIA SANITARY DISTRICT
We are all connected. At least if you’re a customer of the Carpinteria Sanitary District you are. The pipe connecting your home or business to the district’s main sewer in the street is called a sewer lateral. And while mostly out of sight and out of mind, sewer laterals are a hidden but crucial part of the wastewater collection system. Typically four inches in diameter, sewer laterals are designed to convey wastewater from showers, toilets, washing machines, dishwashers and other household sources. These pipelines are now made from plastic or PVC, but decades ago, laterals were primarily constructed using vitrified clay pipe or cast iron pipe. There was a period of time following World War II when sewer laterals were
installed using a pipe made from compressed paper impregnated with tar, called Orangeburg pipe.
What’s vital to both the function of your home’s plumbing and the public sewer system is that laterals are maintained and functioning properly. Ignoring maintenance until there’s a system failure can lead to sewage backups and costly repairs. These problems, which always seem to happen at the most inconvenient times, have a few primary causes.
referred to as FOG in our business – can also be very detrimental to sewer laterals. FOG will congeal and stick to the inside of your lateral. Over time, the grease can accumulate and block the flow causing a backup into your home.
MEETING NOTICE
The main culprit in most lateral blockages are tree roots. Roots from trees and shrubs aggressively seek out moisture inside the lateral and will enter the pipe through cracks and joints. Once they tap into the source of water, roots can grow incredibly fast and in short order can damage the pipe or, more commonly, can restrict flow or completely block the sewer lateral.
Carpinteria Sanitary District Board of Directors Adoption of Updated Rate and Fee Ordinances
Although you should expect 50 years of faithful service from a new pipe, buried sewer laterals can simply degrade over time. Cast iron pipe is prone to deterioration from the inside. Clay sewer pipe does not corrode, but it can be damaged by earthquakes or shifting soils. Orangeburg pipe, the worst of the worst, will get saturated and collapse completely.
In most jurisdictions, the sewer lateral is entirely the responsibility of the property owner. When necessary, homeowners get to pay for repair and replacement of the entire lateral including the very expensive portion within the public right of way. Digging up streets and sidewalks is not cheap!
At its regular meeting on June 6, 2017 at 5:30 p.m., the Board of Directors of the Carpinteria Sanitary District will consider adoption of Ordinance No. 15 and Ordinance No. 16, pertaining to Sewer Service Charges and Development Impact Fees, respectively. The public is welcome to attend and participate. The meeting will be held in the District Board Room at 5300 Sixth Street in Carpinteria.
Discharge of fats, oils and grease –
Ordinance No. 15, if adopted, will authorize a serial increase in the District’s annual Sewer Service Charge (SSC) for residential and nonresidential customers. Beginning in July 2017 the residential SSC will increase from $614.16 to $625.31 per dwelling unit. The SSC will then increase by 4% per year for the following four years. Non-residential
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Install a water-wise garden!
This service encourages proper maintenance of the lines to improve the longevity and proper function of the entire system. It also allows us to identify lateral issues, like root intrusion or groundwater infiltration, that have the potential to affect the critical main sewer system. Each year we inspect and maintain hundreds of lower laterals throughout our service area.
In Carpinteria, however, the sanitary district is responsible for a portion of your sewer lateral – with one caveat. Here, we differentiate between the two discrete sections of your sewer lateral. The upper lateral is the segment between your home and the property line. Homeowners are always responsible for repair and maintenance of the upper lateral.
Ordinance No. 16, if adopted, will increase the District’s Development Impact Fee (DIF) for new or expanded construction from $3,324 to $4,600 per equivalent dwelling unit. The DIF will then adjust annually based on a national construction cost index.
The SSC and DIF increases proposed in these ordinances are based on findings and recommendations in a recently completed, comprehensive Wastewater Rates and Fees Study. The rate and fee increases are necessary to meet operational and capital expenses of the agency. The study document can be viewed on the District’s website at www.carpsan.com or in person at the District administrative office.
Increased landscape rebate amounts available to replace water thirsty lawns with native or low-water drought-tolerant plants.
Contact CVWD at conservation@cvwd.net or 805-684-2816 ext 116 before starting your project for rebate eligibility.
The lower lateral is the section between the property line and the district’s sewer main, generally located in the center of the street. Provided you have an approved cleanout at or near your property line – that’s the caveat – the district will be responsible for the lower lateral and perform any required maintenance, repair or replacement within that section of pipe. A cleanout is a riser pipe that is used to access the lateral for inspection and maintenance purposes.
This shared responsibility can mean major savings for individual property owners when lower lateral problems do arise. Carpinteria Sanitary District is one just a handful of Southern California wastewater utility providers that perform maintenance and repair on lower laterals.
Like with most things, maintenance is the key to extending the life of the upper lateral on your private property and preventing costly backups. If you detect a disruption to your home plumbing, like slow draining fixtures, it’s important to have that diagnosed quickly. Licensed plumbing contractors can determine whether issues are related to your home plumbing or to your sewer lateral. If you suspect the problem is in the lower lateral, and you have a property line cleanout, contact the Water District and our staff will investigate. Periodic video inspection of your lateral can be the difference between detecting and repairing a pipe defect early or ending up with a major plumbing failure and a big bill.
If you do end up needing major sewer lateral repairs, we always advise getting multiple bids from qualified contractors. A permit from the district is required to ensure that the work is done correctly and according to applicable standards, and our staff is always available to assist and provide guidance on lateral repairs. As mentioned at the outset we are all connected. When sewer laterals are malfunctioning or compromised, they can impact the environment, or the sewage collection and treatment systems relied upon by the entire community. By working together with our customers to raise awareness and encourage proactive maintenance, we can all end up in a better place. As they say, teamwork makes the sewer lateral dream work.
An engineer by trade, Craig Murray is the general manager of the Carpinteria Sanitary District. He can be reached at craigm@ carpsan.com.
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LETTERS
“SpaceX is a private enterprise, not a federal agency, and must accept reasonable conditions to safeguard coastal resources.”
– Peggy Oki
Sonic booms impact wildlife, coast
Last month the California Coastal Commission (CCC) heard public comments regarding the Department of Air Force (DAF) application for increased launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB).
Majority of launches will be SpaceX which declined all invitations from CCC. SpaceX will request 100 launches annually in 2025, with over 6,200 satellites currently in orbit, intending 42,000.
SpaceX is a private enterprise, not a federal agency, and must accept reasonable conditions to safeguard coastal resources. Applicant DAF refused conditions to protect sensitive environments on and around VSFB from impacts of engine noise, sonic booms, and excessive lighting.
Numerous cases of inadequate and faulty monitoring are indicated in the CCC staff report. DAF’s proposed mitigation is ludicrously inapplicable regarding harms to endangered species. For recent history, search “SpaceX Rocket Explosion Regulators Failed to Address”
“…sonic booms generated by proposed SpaceX rocket launches subject an extensive area of central and southern California’s mainland coast and offshore islands to blast waves and elevated sound levels,” the CCC staff report states. “Marine mammals and other coastal wildlife species outside of VSFB experience these sound and pressure effects, and respond with startle responses and other behavioral changes.”
There are no significant studies in both “spillover” and direct effects within the coastal zone including atmospheric and underwater acoustic monitoring, including sonic booms and avoiding noise impacts.
Missile trajectory goes over the Santa Barbara Channel and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, an extremely rich and diverse community of marine animals. Many species either breed on the islands or feed in these productive waters, including endangered blue whales.
Whales and dolphins depend primarily on their acoustic capabilities for at very least foraging, breeding, and predator avoidance. “A deaf whale is a dead whale.”
Twenty-six speakers, three of four in favor, were local politicians; 22 expressed concern, 10 representing organizations.
Peggy Oki Carpinteria
Potential loss of museum marketplace
Yes, this Museum Marketplace has been the most unique and charming flea
market that I have ever visited! Visitors, vendors and volunteers have become like family. Every last Saturday of the month for at least 15 years (with few exceptions) we would look forward to attending with family, friends and pets in tow. Our dog got excited when we exited the 101 on Linden Avenue because he knew his monthly hotdog was waiting for him.
Sadly, on August 31 we learned that no more flea markets are scheduled for the rest of the year. It’s still unknown yet if there will be more next year.
What a huge loss for Carpinteria and all those who loved to participate!
I’ve spoken to many who shared their insights and ideas to address possible challenges. How wonderful it would be to let this amazing tradition continue!
Jeannette Greim Carpinteria
Keep the monthly museum market open
I heard today that the market may close. What! It is an institution in Carpinteria.
Who is running the ship? Who is allowing this to happen? Something is amiss!
Several of us are very upset and I am sure a lot more! Strolling the market and listening to music, with a hot dog was such a delight.
Bring back the market!
Penny Collard Carpinteria
Inconsiderate statements from local leaders
I was just reading the letters to the editor in the hometown paper. I read a letter from Zave Saragosa printed Aug. 28, (CVN Vol. 30, No. 50) where the mayor apparently made a statement about how law enforcement handled fireworks calls.
Did you really say, “Maybe next time they should say someone has a gun”?
As a former resident of Carpinteria and family that has roots back to the ‘20s, a Carpinteria High graduate, four years as a Carpinteria police officer and 30 years with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, I’m truly astonished at how stupid politicians are.
Fireworks are a very low priority call. Maybe they were busy with more pressing calls. You know, like handling actual crime calls, domestic violence calls, drunk drivers, etc.
Jon Simon McCall, Idaho
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Diego Lake Nieves 10/15/2005 – 07/04/2024
Diego Lake Nieves was born to Shyan Harrison and Edelmiro Nieves in Berkeley, California on Oct. 15, 2005. Diego tragically passed away on July 4, 2024. He lived a full, active and loving life.
Diego’s first years were spent in Alameda, California. When he was four years old, he moved to Carpinteria, California, with his grandparents Sheryl Lake and Jim Tarantino. He attended Aliso Elementary School, where he met many of his lifelong friends. Diego saw the Fourth of July parade in 2010 and decided to be in the next one. He was in seven parades, either entering alone or with friends.
D iego, his grandparents and their friend Liz traveled across the country over seven weeks in the summer of 2011, visiting friends and family along the way. They went to 14 National Parks and 31 states, covering 11,000 miles.
He played soccer and basketball, but Little League was his greatest passion. Diego loved the beach, camping, fishing and sailing. He was in Junior Lifeguards for three summers and was on the water polo team. During several winters, he went snowboarding with his uncle and friends.
It was in middle school that Diego changed into a serious student. Thanks to several tutors and a significant effort on his part, he excelled in his coursework. Eighth grade saw him and his classmates go to Washington D.C.
High school was interrupted by Covid-19 – an even bigger challenge to overcome. He kept his grades up and got on the Warriors’ baseball team at the same time. Diego played all four years, creating many great memories for his teammates, family and friends. He also enjoyed being a member of Future Farmers of America.
Graduating with honors and receiving a total of eleven different awards, scholarships and grants for college, Diego decided to attend Santa Barbara City College and worked hard his first year, all while working at Laughing Buddha Thrift and Rory’s Artisanal Creamery. Throughout his life, his smile and easy manner allowed him to make friends out of everyone he met.
His parents, his brother Adarian, his uncle Jay and Jay’s wife Jazmine, their new baby J. J., Diego’s girlfriend Yasmin Belaz, his grandparents and extended family are all mourning his passing and will cherish his memory. Along with his warm heart and kind spirit, Diego touched numerous people from many different generations. Diego was a special being who always used common sense and never hesitated to help his friends, family, and neighbors. He uplifted others with encouragement and had a great sense of humor.
A scholarship fund in Diego’s name has been created by the family for graduating seniors from Carpinteria High School to honor his memory. Tax deductible donations can be made directly to Carpinteria Education Foundation under Diego’s name. A GoFundMe has also been set up for the scholarship fund.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Woman’s Club of Carpinteria on Oct. 12, noon to 6 p.m.
David Griggs 09/22/1956 – 08/22/2024
David Griggs, 67, of Goleta passed away peacefully on Aug. 22, 2024. Born on Sept. 22, 1956 in Pacoima, California, David touched many lives with his kindness, his generosity and his enthusiasm for natural and human history.
After graduating from UC Santa Barbara with a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies, David spent several years working on the Channel Islands as a naturalist and cultural history interpreter. At just 29 years old, he was hired as the director/curator of the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History, a position he held for 36 years before retiring in 2022.
David had a tremendous impact on the museum and the community of Carpinteria. Among his proudest accomplishments were the museum’s fiscal independence, a balanced budget and the strategic creation of an endowment fund that assures a solid future for the non-profit. He grew the museum’s exhibits, cared for the beautiful adobe building and landscape, and fostered a dedicated corps of docents and other volunteers.
The monthly museum marketplace and annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Faire were programs introduced and thoughtfully maintained by David. Thousands of Carpinteria children will remember David as the knowledgeable and affable tour guide who made hundreds of years of Carpinteria history come to life.
Outside of his beloved museum, David had a full life. His home in Goleta was his own museum/botanical gardens. He loved the beach, camping, gardening, and spending time with his family and his devoted Jack Russel terriers. He had many friends and will be remembered for his ability to talk to anyone on any subject and make them feel special.
David is survived by his brother, Gary, and his sister, Sharalyn.
Though David battled ALS in his final years, he lived an incredible full and rich life marked by the pursuit of his passions and the love of his family and friends. A celebration of David’s life will be held on Sept. 28 at noon at the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History, 956 Maple Ave. Lunch will be available.
Donations in memory of David Griggs may be made to the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History.
County of Santa Barbara County Planning Commission
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Cannabis Odor Ordinance Amendments
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Planning Commission Hearing Room 123 E. Anapamu Street, Room 17, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Hearing begins at 9:00 A.M.
On September 25, 2024, the County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing and consider making a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors regarding proposed ordinance amendments to Article II, the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (CZO). The amendments will establish a cannabis odor threshold and revise existing development standards for odor abatement and Odor Abatement Plan procedures. The County Planning Commission will consider the following in order to recommend that the Board of Supervisors adopt the proposed amendments:
A resolution recommending that the Board of Supervisors approve Case No. 24ORD‐00012, an ordinance amending Division 7 General Regulations, and Division 11, Permit Procedures, of Article II, the Coastal Zoning Ordinance, of Chapter 35, Zoning, of the Santa Barbara County Code.
The County Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 A.M. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the County Planning Commission. The staff analysis of the proposal may be viewed at the Planning and Development Department website, located at https://www.countyofsb.org/1625/County‐Planning‐Commission prior to the hearing. For further information about the project, please contact the planner, Corina Venegas‐Martin, at cvenegas@countyofsb.org.
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SCHOOL NOTES
COMPILED BY JUN STARKEY
Junior Ranger program returns to state beach for September
California State Parks has brought back its Junior Ranger program for September in Carpinteria, with events – including classes and a beach cleanup day – planned for Sept. 21 and Sept. 28.
The Junior Ranger program will hold its Litter Getter Coastal Clean-up Day on Sept. 21 at the beach off Palm Avenue, from 10 a.m. to noon. Junior Rangers can earn a badge and a booklet for participating.
On Sept. 28, there will be two events in the classrooms near the Carpinteria State Beach Visitor Center for different age groups, with a capacity of 15 students per class. For Junior Ranger pups (ages three to six), there will be a class about octopuses that begins at 9:30 a.m., and for Junior Rangers (ages seven to 12) a class on nature journaling will begin at 10:30 a.m.
The Junior Ranger classes are first, come first serve.
Visitors with disabilities can contact the Carpinteria State Beach Visitor Center at (805) 566-2494 for accommodations.
Howard School celebrates new year; openings still available
The Howard School celebrated the beginning of the school year on Aug. 26. A few openings are still available for the lower grades at the private school, which educates students from preschool through middle school.
Learn more online at thehowardschool.org.
Job change?
Whether retiring or changing jobs, you’ll want to know your retirement account options.
There are four potential options for your 401(k) when leaving an employer:
• Leave it in your former employer’s 401(k) plan, if allowed by the plan.
• Move it to your new employer’s 401(k) plan, if you’ve changed employers and your new employer plan allows for it.
• Roll the account over to an individual retirement account (IRA).
• Cash it out, which is subject to potential tax consequences.
We can talk through your financial goals and find the option that works best for you.
Aaron P Crocker Financial Advisor
COURTESY PHOTO
The Howard School students line up together between classes.
Scouting out the treats
PHOTOS BY ROBIN KARLSSON
New and returning boy scouts grabbed sweet treats at the Scout House behind the Carpinteria Community Church on Thursday, Sept. 5 for the annual ice cream social; scouts also met their new den leaders and learned about exciting scout excursions planned for the upcoming scout year. Cubmaster Courtney Reynolds said there are three camping trips scheduled, including one on Santa Cruz Island.
Eva Hess
Nico George
Jameson Kelly
Albert Patterson Joe and Wes Overgaag
Sammy Renolds
From left: Crosby Bass, River Taylor, Tate Mayer and Beau Dudley.
Cubmaster Courtney Reynolds signals for the scouts’ attention.
Deputies responded to a call about a firearm and contacted a man who reportedly had an unregistered Kimber 1911 firearm in his possession. The firearm was taken from the man and secured into the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office property department for safekeeping.
HopeNet hosts candlelight vigil, Mental Health & Wellness Faire
6:15 p.m. / Theft / 3200 block Via Real
A caller reported that she believes her laptop and credit cards were stolen by a female neighbor who lives at the Polo Field apartments. Follow up by deputies.
Tuesday, May 19
11:44 a.m. / Misdemeanor Hit and Run / 6500 block Rincon Road
HopeNet of Carpinteria brought the community together Tuesday night for the suicide prevention group’s annual candlelight vigil and Mental Health & Wellness Faire. Above, community members remember loved ones lost by suicide; below, several local organizations set up booths at the faire to share information about mental health and community resources, including YouthWell, the Carpinteria Children’s Project and the Carpinteria Community Library.
hit and run call, but the male subject fled the scene traveling southbound on Rincon Road. The man continued southbound on the northbound off-ramp of Highway 101 at Rincon Road. Deputies checked the area and were unable to locate the subject.
A reader sends a halo to Giovanni’s Pizza for providing a great lunch for the homeless and to Tom Spodaro for helping with bus passes and gas cards.
A reader sends a halo to Burlene for making the Carpinteria Lumberyard Nursery area a joy to visit. “Her outgoing personality (Southern style), friendly conversation and plant knowledge make it a pleasure to visit and shop.”
A reader sends a halo to the generous person for paying for the reader’s gas when she forgot her ATM card at the gas station. “I’m sorry I chose the most expensive oil, I’d love to reimburse you, and thank you. I’m deeply moved by your generosity.”
A reader sends a halo to Carpinteria Eye Care at Shepard’s Plaza for taking such great care of the reader.
A reader sends a halo to Sean and Dayna for being wonderful neighbors and helping the reader through another frazzled mom situation.
A reader sends a halo to the 93013 Fund, Uncle Chen Restaurant and Marybeth Carty for the surprise delivery of a delicious dinner complete with a fortune cookie, candy bar and painted rock. “Wonderful kindness and quite a thrill!”
A reader sends a halo to Jeanne from Zookers Restaurant for taking time out of her busy schedule to help this visually impaired customer find sauerkraut at Smart and Final. “Saved me a lot of frustration.”
A reader sends a halo to the anonymous person who left a $100 donation in the HELP of Carpinteria office mail slot this past week. “Thank you for your kindness.”
A reader sends a halo to the staff of Jack’s Bistro for staying open during Covid-19. “Always a smile no matter how busy. A great way to start the day.”
A reader sends a halo to the Daykas for always being there to help with anything and never complaining. “Many thanks to the best neighbors ever. We love you all dearly.”
A reader sends a halo to Mayor Wade Nomura for the city’s beautiful flower wreath at the Carpinteria Cemetery for the Memorial Day program.
A reader sends a halo to Sharon Couture, who found the reader’s driver’s license on the Carp Bluffs trail after it fell out of the reader’s pocket. “(She) was so kind to not only try to notify me via Nextdoor and Linkedin (I didn’t have wi-fi) but went out of her way to drop it off at my house! Your kindness and integrity fills me with gratitude to live in a community with such good people! This is what makes Carpinteria so special!”
A reader sends a halo to Tami and John at Robitaille’s for their constant smiles and over-the-top customer service. “The wedding favors were loved by all and brought a bit of Carpinteria to the Seattle wedding!”
Deputies responded to narcotic activity and contacted a woman who had two outstanding warrants: one out of Hermosa Beach but was non-extraditable, and the other out of Santa Barbara. The woman was arrested for the outstanding warrant out of Santa Barbara County.
Deputies received complaints about an abandoned vehicle parked near Sandpiper Liquor. The vehicle was tagged and marked on Thursday, May 14. The vehicle was checked and was not moved. The
8:28 p.m. / Meth Possession / 1100
A man drove into a parking lot not wearing his seatbelt. A traffic stop was initiated, and he admitted to being in possession of a meth pipe. During a search of the vehicle, his meth pipe was located, but also a baggie with 3.7 grams of meth. The subject was cited for the violations.
3 p.m. / 015F / Linden Avenue and Malibu Drive
A black purse was found at Linden and Malibu, then booked for safe keeping. The owner was not contacted.
BACK ON THE MARKET
Sunday, May 17
10:12 p.m. / Weapon and Dope Violations / Hales Lane and Via Real
8 p.m. / Trespassing / 3200 block Via Real
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A caller who is renting a home on the Polo Field reported that several people forced their way into her rental home and started yelling and insulting her family. Deputies arrived and contacted six people, who admitted entering the home after they were directed to come look at the damaged caused by the caller. The caller showed cell phone video of the suspects entering the home without permission and were heard and seen yelling at the caller and her family. The husband-suspect fled across the Polo Field and did not return to the scene. A complaint will be forwarded to the DA’s office for review.
5 p.m. / Open Beer Violation / Linden Avenue and 9th Street
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A man was cited and released for possession of an open container.
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A caller reported that his girlfriend’s 27-year-old son had a bad dream and ran out of the house naked and was last seen running towards Summerland. Deputies responded and located a man walking nude on North Jameson near Sheffield. The man claimed he smoked marijuana with friends and wanted to go to the hospital to detox. His mother drove him to the hospital.
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Monday, May 18
10:41 a.m. / Tossed Mail / Via Real and Carpinteria Creek
Mail was found scattered off a county access road by a Caltrans site. The mail
A woman and man were contacted as their vehicle was getting dropped off by a tow truck. The woman is on active probation and a search of her property showed she had meth, a meth pipe and a container of pepper spray. She is a convicted felon and prohibited from owning pepper spray. A baggie of meth was found in the center console and since no one wanted to claim it, the man was given ownership
3:38 a.m. / Dope Violations / 4100 block Via Real
A woman and man were in a vehicle with a stolen license plate, reported to Santa Barbara Police Department. A traffic stop was initiated, and it was determined the vehicle was not stolen, but was rented a few weeks ago by the woman. She thought the “PERM” on the Arizona license plate meant it was only a “permit” for the vehicle and not an actual license plate. So, to avoid getting pulled over, they placed a stolen plate on the car, she said. After a search of nearby motel rooms associated with the subjects, they, and the woman’s sister, were cited for possession of stolen property, meth and paraphernalia. Further investigation will be done for the fraudulently obtained EBT cards.
Thursday, May 21
8:47 a.m. / Driving with False Registration / Carpinteria and Palm avenues
A man was driving with a false registration tab. He was cited for the violation and allowed to park the vehicle at his mechanic shop located nearby.
10:06 p.m. / Suspended License / Via Real and Vallecito Road
A man was stopped for not displaying license plates on his truck. A records check showed his driver’s license was
A reader sends a halo to those who acknowledge people with disabilities. “When you encounter a person in a wheelchair or walking with a walker, please smile and say hello to that person.”
A reader sends a halo to Lance Lawhon at the Carpinteria Sanitation District for helping Kim’s Market.
A reader sends a halo to Anna at Risdon’s Tire & Wheel on Palm Avenue for “professional and friendly service with a smile!”
A reader sends a halo to the Carpinteria Beautiful lady picking up trash in a neighborhood near the beach. “Thank you! We need all the help we can get keeping trash picked up in the neighborhoods on the beach-side of the tracks.”
A reader sends a halo to Kassandra Quintero at The Spot. “When the roof-top flag was twisted and lodged in the rain gutter, Quintero jumped into action and climbed up to the roof and untangled it so that it could wave freely. Way to show patriotism!”
A reader sends a halo to the gentleman with Carpinteria Beautiful who was picking up trash on Via Real near Serena Park on Tuesday. “Thank you for beautifying our neighborhood!”
A reader sends a halo to Carpinterians who put out boxes in front of their homes full of surplus oranges, avocados, etc. from their trees. “Thank you for sharing your abundance.”
A reader sends a halo to Emma and Justin. “It was a wonderful wedding, great food, spectacular location and great people! It was moving and wonderful.”
A reader sends a halo to Thario’s Kitchen for its delicious food and welcoming ways. “The specials are always changing, keeping the options fresh. Any risotto I have had there is a new favorite! Thank you to the chef Thais, Mario and staff for offering Carp’s families a relaxed, beautiful place to dine and have a drink after a day at Santa Claus beach. See you all again soon!”
A reader sends a halo to Nikki at HEAT Culinary. “I went to my first class this weekend with my sister, who has been to four so far. I had the best time! Someone get this girl a TV show, she should be on the Food Network already.”
A reader sends a halo to all the beach community residents. “Thank you for parking in front of your home with your permit.”
A reader sends a halo to Diana, a caregiver at Carpinteria Senior Lodge for nearly three years.
A reader sends a halo to their Carp besties who always make the reader’s summer visits amazing. “A special shout out to the Smith family, which took my family of five into their home and were the best hosts ever! We love you.”
A reader sends a halo to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the local vet for working diligently to save the Rincon Beach bear. “It’s a terrible shame to lose one of these magnificent creatures; however, I wouldn’t want it to suffer to a miserable death.”
A reader sends a halo to Officer Chris Brady, who pulled the reader over about noon on Labor Day on Casitas Pass Road. “He was kind and polite and I wish halos to all the men and women who protect us!”
A reader sends a halo to Tom Sweeney for going out on Elm Avenue by the beach to clean up plastic bottles, bags, dirty gloves and masks.
A reader sends a halo to Bill and Rosana Swing for spending their Saturday taking photos for Junior Warriors Football. “We appreciate all you do for our families, players and program. You rock!”
A reader sends a pitchfork to the new parking zones. “All the “no parking/two hour” signs just made people park in my neighborhood. Seventh and the neighboring streets are a packed parking lot.”
A reader sends a pitchfork to the city of Carpinteria for wasting tax dollars. “Replacing perfectly fine ADA ramps with new ADA ramps? That investment could be made in our library, schoolbooks, teacher’s salaries, repaving pot-holed streets.”
A reader sends a halo to DJ Hecktic for coming out early Saturday morning to support the Junior Warriors. “It made the kids so happy to hear you say their names—you’re a local celebrity to them!”
A reader sends a pitchfork to those who lied on their FAFSA and took scholarships away from kids who need it.
Submit Halos & Pitchforks online at coastalview.com.
All submissions are subject to editing.
A reader sends a pitchfork to the agencies for not maintaining the solar lights on the path between Linden and the State Park. “There are seven lights out and it is very dark. This is a safety hazard. They have been out for months.”
A reader sends a halo to Diana Rigby, Superintendent of schools, and Debra Herrick, director of Boys & Girls Club, for removing the toxic Euphorbia fire sticks from the pots and landscape.
suspended. The man was cited, and his vehicle was released to a licensed driver.
A reader sends a pitchfork to the kids who ride their electric bikes without helmets and not don’t pay attention to traffic signs.
2:37 a.m. / Public Intoxication / Bailard Avenue
A reader sends a pitchfork to public agencies for not maintaining the path down to Rincon from the parking lot. “Just look at the difference between that and the county park across the street!”
Two men were contacted in a parked truck and both were extremely intoxicated with open containers of alcohol observed in the vehicle. One man was not being the most cooperative, but once he was convinced to exit the vehicle, a pat down search of his person was conducted. Deputies located a collapsible baton in the man’s front waistband. He was cited and both were released to a sober friend.
he found a small baggie containing a white powdery substance underneath the driver’s seat of his recently purchased vehicle. The man stated he purchased the vehicle three weeks ago but didn’t find the small baggie until he’d removed the driver’s seat to fix the reclining mechanism. The incident was documented, and the baggie was booked into Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office property for destruction.
A reader sends a pitchfork to the city for “what has turned out to be a case of ‘bait and switch.’ A major selling point they gave us citizens for the need to have a 1% sales tax increase, was for ‘road improvements and maintenance.’ Well, west Via Real continues to be a dilapidated road desperately in need of repaving. This reader has driven on many country dirt roads in much better condition.”
Saturday, May 23
5:49 a.m. / Domestic Violence / 4100 block Via Real
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Friday, May 22
Deputies responded to a motel on Via Real for a report of a domestic violence incident. Upon arrival, a deputy contacted a man and woman in the parking lot. After contacting both subjects, there were visible injuries on both parties. Due to conflicting statements regarding their mutual altercation and obvious injuries, both parties were arrested for corporal
garage door was unlocked during the night and is in the process of getting a new lock. She did not have any suspect information at the time. The incident was documented, and patrol will follow-up for further details of the stolen items.
Deputies responded to a report a of a black sedan crashing into a parked water truck. While en route, it was also reported the male subject driving the sedan fled the scene on foot. Upon arrival, deputies observed the sedan abandoned in the middle Cameo Road with major damage to the front right passenger wheel
2:07 p.m. / Found Drugs / 6000 block Jacaranda Way
A man was contacted after reporting
Pre-teens and teens were asked to create 2’ by 2’ panels using the theme “Imagine…”
The world through a teen’s eyes
PHOTOS BY ROBIN KARLSSON
For the 2024 Teen Mural Project, nearly 40 local pre-teens and teens – led by artists Janey Cohen and John Wullbrandt – were asked to create 2’ by 2’ panels with the theme “Imagine…” as inspiration. The students, ages 11 to 19, returned to the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center on Sunday to unveil their works of art, now set up in the Koch Courtyard at the arts center. Below, each teen describes their panel in their own words.
Clay, age 12: “If you ever notice the sun or the moon smiling at you, why don’t you wave back because who knows how lonely they get up there?”
Callie Labistour, age 13: “This art piece represents the beauty and mystery of a seal turtle. I can imagine the sun reflecting off the coral reefs onto the turtles, making them appear colorful and even more graceful and majestic. Their smooth feet glide through the water, guiding them through the waves.”
Ayla Soicher, age 14: “When I was little I always dreamed of living in a little mushroom house. So when I sat down to paint, I decided to pursue that dream through my painting.”
Emma Lepper, age 12: “The purpose of this piece was to acknowledge the creative minds behind the fairy tales we grew up with. Look closely and you can see some of the classics coming out of a magic book at the bottom of my piece.”
Calkins, age 13: “This painting is about me imagining becoming an
and getting
coordinator
Munro, age 12: “I use my imagination to bring my drawings to life. Each drawing is a piece of my story, inspired by my dreams, books and everyday experiences.”
because I also have a dog named Poppy.”
Hazel Claassen, age 12: “It took me a while to come up with an idea for this project. In fact, I painted the whole panel the day before we were to give it back. I ended up going with someone sitting alone and letting their imagination run wild.”
Lucy Kane, age 12: “This is my new puppy named Zinnia. There are poppies in the background
Lily
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Teen Mural Project
John Wullbrandt stands by the “Imagine” mural.
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Olympic swimmer
gold!”
ARTCETRA
Ceramics duo joins artists operating out of Linden Studio
Linden Studio, at 961 Linden Ave., will host a reception on Saturday, Sept. 14, to welcome the gallery’s new artists, Linda and James Haggerty, a married couple who create ceramics together.
The Haggertys have been creating art together for more than 27 years, Linda told CVN, after the couple met at Santa Barbara Ceramics Designs in the 1980s. After they lost their private studio in Goleta, the Haggertys relocated their ceramic business, Haggerty Ceramics, to Linden Studio in Carpinteria.
“Carpinteria is my home during the day, and I love it here,” Linda said. “The people here are so talented.”
Haggerty Ceramics specializes in Persian luster, a unique firing process that gives the ceramics an
opalesque hue. Linda said James is a chemist as well as a sculptor, and that he uses more than 600 materials for his glazing process.
Linden Studio was a good location for the Haggertys, Linda said, in part due to the outdoor area in the back and the space to host classes. Linda said she plans to host ceramics classes at the studio within the next few months, as well as a maker’s market during the holidays. “I’m really excited to have a cool space that I can teach and work in,” she said.
The reception will take place on Sept. 14, from 3 to 6 p.m. More Linden Studio works can be viewed on Instagram at @lindenstudio961.
Surf film “Confluence” coming to The Alcazar
The Alcazar Theatre will hold a screening for the premiere of “Confluence” a surf film by Jason Baffa on Sunday, Sept. 15, 5–7 p.m. The film is scored by the Baffa’s band Sea Poodle, which will perform live while the film plays.
The film includes footage of wave swells from oceans around the world, including in California, Mexico, Indonesia and Hawaii. Baffa’s other works include “Chasing Waves,” “Caddie’s Long Walk” and “One California Day.”
Tickets are $15 for general admission and $12 for kids and seniors. See more online at thealcazar.org.
Linda and James Haggerty of Haggerty Ceramics have moved their work to Linden Studio.
“Confluence” by Jason Baffa will show at The Alcazar Theatre on Sept. 15.
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HELP volunteers Anne Goulart, Lorien Rennie, Mary Lemke
Learning to sail, one race at a time Sea Shell Sailing Association brings young Carpinterians to the sea
BY EVELYN SPENCE | PHOTOS BY ROBIN KARLSSON
The Santa Barbara Sea Shell Sailing Association is “one of Santa Barbara’s best kept sailing secrets,” Carpinterian Mark Matthews said of the youth-focused sailing group that offers kids the chance to captain their own (small) ships.
Each Sunday between April 1 and October 31, roughly six Carpinteria families head up the coast to the Santa Barbara Harbor, meeting up with more than 30 other Santa Barbara County families who have kids between the ages of eight and 18.
With their gear in hand and life vests strapped on, kids are helped into small dinghies by their parents and set free to race with their peers, with parents and volunteers keeping a close eye nearby in safety boats for any capsized vessels or sea troubles.
“It’s family (orientated)... It’s not like you drop your kids off for soccer practice or something. Everyone stays there,” explained Matthews, a board member and the association’s historian. He said the kids will tackle three races in the Santa Barbara Channel between Stearns Wharf and the Harbor before the adults take their own turns in the water for an adults-only race.
“All of our races are inside the channel, so we’re not impeding the actual flow of traffic in the harbor,” he said. “It’s fun racing, but there’s definitely a competitive element too.”
Sea Shell is in its 76th year of operation. The association began with the Kieding family of Santa Barbara; the family’s patriarch, Ray, eager to teach his kids how to sail, ordered two wooden plywood Sea Shells kit boats that first summer.
“He built them, and his kids raced one summer,” Matthews said. “By the next summer, all their friends wanted them.”
The association incorporated as a nonprofit in 1955, and while those wooden boats have since been replaced by modern materials such as polymer and composite – “more indestructible, because kids are always kinda crashing, (the boats) live a hard life in the water,” Matthews said – the fun remains.
Island Brewing Company’s Matthews and his wife, Laurie, may be newer recruits to the Sea Shell Association, but they are no strangers to sailing. The pair met while sailing in San Francisco, and from there took to the seas for an adventure of their own, traveling as far as the Panama Canal and the Caribbean.
They landed in Ventura in 2001, living on their boat there before coming to Carpinteria. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the family spent 13 months living and traveling on a 42.4 ft sailing vessel. (That trip was originally supposed to last six months, but the pandemic derailed their plans.)
And now, Santa Barbara Families required to the team. If be here the New boaters ner – sometimes fleet for 10 At the beginning C Sabots, B boat, according Entry fees and $600; and per season. The association returns on Saturday, The fundraiser and replacing found sbssa.org It’s a magical little community.”
Alia Matthews and mom Laurie
Belen MacMurray
Sawyer Matson
Toby Matthews
Mark Matthews
Alia Matthews
now, their two kids – 14-year-old Alia and 11-year-old Toby – spend their weekends at the Barbara Harbor, braving the channel in their own boats. don’t have to have previous boating experience to join the association, and they aren’t be there every weekend if they have conflicting plans. “It’s not like you’re letting down you have to go hang out with grandma that weekend, go hang out with grandma – we’ll next weekend,” Matthews said.
boaters will start in the novice fleet, where they are paired with a more experienced partsometimes their parent – while they learn. When they’re ready, kids will sail with the novice solo races before graduating into the entry-level racing class, where they can sail alone. beginning of each season, young sailors’ skills are reassessed, and they are placed in the B O’Pen Skiffs or the RS Tera fleets. They eventually can move to the two-person Feva according to the association’s website. fees include a $200 membership; the cost of purchasing a boat, which can be between $300 and a $175 per year storage fee. Boats can also be rented from the association for $250–$300 Life vests are required for all.
association also hosts an annual Wine Tasting and Yacht Tour fundraiser each year, which Saturday, Sept. 28, 4–8 p.m., at Marine One in the Santa Barbara Harbor for its 40th year. fundraiser and silent auction will help cover costs associated with boat maintenance, new boats, replacing the association’s aging storage shed. More information about the association can be sbssa.org and SBSSA.org/sips for the Sips and Ships event. magical little organization that we gravitated to,” Matthews told CVN. “It’s been a great community.”
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CHEF
RANDY
RANDY GRAHAM
The other day, I talked with my friend, Lol, and told him about a new recipe for grilled tofu. “How do you grill tofu?” he asked. “Doesn’t it slip through the grill onto the flames?”
“Ah,” I replied. “I have a secret to grilling tofu.”
“Do tell,” he said.
“The secret is to use organic firm tofu. It has a meaty texture and doesn’t disintegrate on the grill. I make cuts that crisscross the tofu and brush a sauce of tamari, rice vinegar, Sriracha, garlic, and ginger into the cuts before grilling. I’ll make it sometime for you and Linda. I think you’ll like it!”
Makes 4 servings.
Ingredients:
6 tablespoons Tamari
4 tablespoons rice vinegar
4 tablespoons Sriracha Chili Sauce
1 tablespoon vegan fish sauce
Crispy Accordion Cut Tofu
1 tablespoon grated ginger
3 large garlic cloves (peeled and minced)
1 block organic firm tofu (drained and 8 bamboo skewers (soak in water for at
side. Cut on a diagonal every ¼-inch until your knife stops on the chopsticks. Thread four skewers through each of the two tofu slices.
3 tablespoons vegetable oil (for frying)
Salt and ground white pepper to taste Cooked Basmati rice for serving
Garnish:
½ cup jalapeños (remove seeds and veins and chop fine)
½ cup green onions (sliced)
½ cup cilantro (chopped)
Combine the first six ingredients (syrup through ginger) in a medium mixing
Remove the tofu from the package and rinse under cool water. Cut it into two horizontal slices about ¾-inches thick. Lay the slices on four paper towels and cover them with another four towels. Press down to absorb as much liquid as possible. I put a cutting board on top of the towels, then a weight on top of that,
Carpinteria
Heat a grill on medium-high heat. Add oil, then add the tofu – season with salt and pepper to taste. Sear for four minutes. Flip the tofu and pour half the sauce over the top to coat each slab thoroughly. Sear for another four minutes. Turn the tofu over and glaze with the balance of the sauce, then sear until crisp. Remove the tofu from the grill and cut each slice into two separate slices. You will have four rectangular slices of tofu.
Place a cup of cooked rice on each of the four plates and place one of the grilled tofu rectangles on top of the rice. Remove skewers and garnish with jalapeño, green
FOOD
Use a pair of chopsticks to make the accordion cut. Lay a tofu slice on a cutting board and place the chopsticks on either
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
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CALENDAR
Thursday, Sept. 12
English Language Conversation Group / Grupo de Conversación en Inglés Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 8:10 a.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314
Veterans Morning Meet Up Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 8:30–10 a.m. agewell@carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1279
Drop-in Volunteer Discovery Days Carpinteria Valley History Museum, 956 Maple Ave. 10–11 a.m. info@carpinteriahistoricalmuseum.org, (805) 684-3112, carpinteriahistoricalmuseum.org
Food Bank Senior Food Distribution Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 1–2 p.m. agewell@carpinteriaca. gov, (805) 881-1279
AgeWell Senior Program: Film Club Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 2–4 p.m. agewell@carpinteriaca. gov, (805) 881-1279
Carpinteria Creative Arts Eighth Street and Linden Avenue. 2:30–6 p.m. Handmade pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry and sewn articles. (805) 698-4536
U.S. Citizenship Test Preparation Classes / Clases de Preparación Para el Examen de Ciudadanía Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 6:10 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314
Friday, Sept. 13
AgeWell Senior Program: Pickleball Free Play Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, 5315 Foothill Road. 8–10 a.m. agewell@ carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1279
Friday Fun Day Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10–11:30 a.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314
Seniors Inc. BBQ 6196 Casitas Pass Road. Noon. Bring a side dish or dessert. (805) 220-6845
Art Reception: Linden Studio Linden Studio, 961 Linden Ave. 3–6 p.m. Instagram: @Lindenstudio961
Live Music: The Youngsters Corktree Cellars, 910 Linden Ave. 6–9 p.m. corktreecellars.com, (805) 684-1400
Live Music: Will Breman Band Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Ave. 6 p.m. info@carpinteriaartscenter org, (805) 684-7789
Sunday, Sept. 15
Film: “Confluence” The Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave. 5–7 p.m. Tickets: general $15, kids/seniors $12. thealcazar.org, (805) 684-6380
Live Music: Olivia W ilhite Island Brewing Company, 5049 Sixth St. 2–5 p.m. islandbrewingcompany.com, (805) 745-8272
Live Music: Will Stephens Band Corktree Cellars, 910 Linden Ave. 5–8 p.m. corktreecellars.com, (805) 684-1400
Monday, Sept. 16
Preschool Story Time Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10–11 a.m. Geared toward ages
two to five. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314
AgeWell Senior Program: Music Mondays Sing Along Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 10:30–11:30 a.m. agewell@carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1279
Monday Mahjong All levels of play. 1 p.m. (805) 729-1310
AgeWell Senior Program: Holistic Movement Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 1–1:45 p.m. agewell@ carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1279
AgeWell Senior Program: Mind Games Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 2–3 p.m. agewell@carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1279
MNF Chili Night – Phi vs. ATL Corktree Cellars, 910 Linden Ave. 5–9 p.m. corktreecellars.com, (805) 684-1400
Tuesday, Sept. 17
AgeWell Senior Program: Walking Club Meet at Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 9 a.m. agewell@carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 8811279
Senior Arts & Crafts Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Ave. Tuesdays, 9 a.m. – noon. Free. info@ carpinteriaartscenter.org, (805) 684-7789
Carpinteria Writers Group Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10 a.m. – noon. (202) 997-0429
AgeWell Senior Program: Mind Balance Body Exercise Class Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 11 a.m. – noon. agewell@carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1279
Spanish Conversation Group Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 1–2 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314
Bridge Group Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 1–4 p.m. agewell@carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 8811279
Carpinteria Songwriters Circle Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 4–5:30 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314
Senior Nutrition Program Carpinteria Veterans Hall, 951 Walnut Ave. Monday–Friday, 12:15 p.m. No cost for seniors ages 60+. (805) 925-9554, meals@ centralcoastseniors.org
Sunday, Sept. 1
1130 hrs / Narcotics / Highway 101 and Santa Monica Road
A traffic enforcement stop was conducted on a vehicle for an equipment violation. The driver was on PRCS with full search and seizure terms. During the search of the car, one pistol was found along with 167g of Fentanyl, 226g of meth, M30 pills, heroin and items determined to be for narcotic sales. The driver and the passenger were booked for multiple charges.
1832 hrs / DUI / Santa Monica Road and Via Real
While patrolling the area of Via Real and Santa Monica Road a deputy observed a vehicle turn left onto the freeway against a solid red light. Upon contacting the driver of the vehicle, it was discovered he was driving while under the influence of alcohol/drugs and his license was expired. California Highway Patrol (CHP) was called to the scene and assisted with the DUI. The suspect was ultimately cited for the violations and subsequently arrested by CHP for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs.
A Carpinteria resident was attending a family reunion. While catching up with family, she was attacked from behind by a distant cousin without provocation. The victim sustained numerous visible injuries during the attack, all of which were minor in nature. The victim signed a citizen’s arrest against the suspect. Case being investigated by patrol.
1706 hrs / Incident / 100 block Elm Avenue
Deputies responded for an intoxicated subject causing a disturbance. Upon arrival, it was determined a 14-year-old child was intoxicated. The father was cited for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Another subject claimed the open alcohol containers belonged to him; therefore, he was cited for possession of an open container.
2000 hrs / Civil Dispute / Arbol
Verde
Deputies responded to a civil dispute between roommates. The suspect attempted to force entry into the victim’s bedroom by using a hard object to destroy the lock on her bedroom door. The lock was valued at $50. This is an ongoing issue where the suspect alleges the victim has no legal standing in the home. Based on the information provided, it is believed the victim has legal standing in the home.
Tuesday, Sept. 3
2020 hrs / Protection Order
Violation / 5400 block Eighth Street
Deputies responded to a report of a subject knocking on the door of his
ex-wife and attempting to contact her through the door. The subject is in violation of a served criminal protective order. The subject left the scene prior to deputies arriving and was located in his vehicle and a traffic stop was conducted. He was subsequently arrested. During a search incident to arrest, a small amount of crystal methamphetamine was found in the vehicle. The subject was arrested for the above violations and booked into Santa Barbara County Jail.
Wednesday, Sept. 4
1500 hrs / Alcohol, Drugs / Palm Avenue and Sixth Street
A subject was contacted in his vehicle. When contacted it was discovered that the vehicle had a punched ignition. During the investigation it was determined that the subject had a signed title and release of liability in his name, but he was found to have alcohol and marijuana in the vehicle which was seized since he was under 21 years of age. He was cited and released.
Friday, Sept. 6
1455 hrs / APS / Casitas Pass Road
Adult Protective Services called regarding a patient at a local hospital who was severely malnourished. The patient’s mother was not allowing medical personnel to properly treat the subject. The mother wanted to take the patient and provide care at home. An emergency protection order (EPO) was requested to prevent the mother from interfering with medical care. The EPO was granted and served at the hospital; the suspect was escorted from the property. On Sept. 7, the mother violated the EPO via text message and third-party contact. The mother was arrested.
1906 hrs / Incident / Bailard Avenue
Deputies were dispatched to Birch Street regarding a subject yelling in the middle of the street. The subject was described as an adult wearing dark colored clothing, carrying a yellow backpack and possibly intoxicated. A subject matching the description was located on the Bailard Avenue Overpass. The subject was found to be intoxicated and unable to care for himself and was placed under arrest. While enroute to jail, the subject became combative. He was yelling, spitting, kicking and hitting his head against the center partition. Once at the jail an approximately 2” cut was seen on the top of his head. He was medically cleared and booked in the Santa Barbara County Main Jail.
1942 hrs / Incident / Catlin Circle and Santa Ynez Avenue
Deputies were dispatched to a local hospital for a minor with a projectile injury to the neck. Deputies discovered the incident occurred in Carpinteria. The victim was contacted by the 17-year-old suspect via phone and advised to meet, because the victim had gotten the suspect in trouble over controlled substance use. While at that location, the suspect produced a CO2 powered glock BB gun from his waistband and shot the victim in the abdomen. Another second altercation took place along a local footpath. At the conclusion of the altercation, the victim discovered he was shot in the neck and the wound was serious. He was then transported by his mother to the hospital. Currently, the victim is stable and the doctors decided to leave the BB in the
victim’s neck. Deputies identified the 17-year-old suspect, and his mother was contacted. The suspect’s mother turned over the glock BB gun and a second AR15 style BB pistol. CIB was contacted and this case will be forwarded to them for further investigation.
Saturday, Sept. 7
0931 hrs / Referral / 5700 block Via Real
A home visiting nurse called to have medics evaluate an elderly patient who had bruising on her arms. Contact was made with the patient and her roommate/caregiver. It appears the untrained roommate struggles with assisting the patient when moving her around the residence, possibly causing bruising on her arms. Incident report taken and APS contacted for follow-up.
1357 hrs / Incident / 4100 block Foothill Road
Residents and staff arrived home and discovered an unknown suspect attempted to pry open a window; entry was not made into the residence. The resident believes they know who the suspect is.
During an argument in the vehicle, the suspect forcefully closed the center console of the vehicle while the victim’s hand was inside. Based on the injury, medics advised the victim’s hand might be broken. The suspect had left the area prior to the victim contacting law enforcement. Based on information provided by the victim, it was believed the suspect would be in Ventura. The Ventura Police Department checked the location and located the suspect. A prisoner exchange was arranged and the suspect was booked into Santa Barbara County Jail.
1615 hrs / Elder Abuse / 5700 block Via Real
Deputies responded to a local hospital for a report of elder abuse from Adult Protective Services. Per the charge nurse, the victim had bruising on her arms and chest while claiming to have been hit and pushed by her daughter. Upon deputies’ arrival, the victim was being intubated and moved to the MICU because she lost the ability to breathe on her own. Empty prescription bottles were found. The victim’s daughter denies hitting her mother. There is a history of domestic disputes between the victim and her daughter. Based on the history of their relationship, the altered mental status of the victim at the time she made the statements, and the inability to interview the victim due to being intubated, the investigation was forwarded to detectives.
2130 hrs / Incident / Poplar Street and Via Real
Deputies responded to a subject threatening with a knife in between residences at Poplar Street and Via Real. The suspect was reported to be threatening a group and was wearing a white T-shirt. Deputies arrived on scene and the suspect hid behind vehicles and attempted to hide the knife in a bush. The suspect was detained and a search of the subject revealed a baggie of methamphetamine. The victims in this case stated the subject challenged them to fight from his upstairs balcony. He then came down to the group and produced a kitchen knife with an approximate six inch blade. One of the victims ran into his residence and returned with a baseball bat for self-defense. The victim signed a citizen’s arrest, and the subject was transported and booked at Santa Barbara County Jail.
Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke
Taking swallows under her wing
IN THE NATUREHOOD
NANCY BARON
Marine biologist Holly Lohuis is a champion for the oceans and co-director of the Santa Barbara Channel Whale Heritage Area. Photos in her Carpinteria condominium show her scuba diving with sharks and holding a giant Humboldt squid on Jean-Michel Cousteau’s expeditions.
And this year, when a pair of barn swallows decided to raise their young in her condominium’s carport, Holly took them, too, under her wing. On my recent visit, the carport was being pressure washed by contractors. Holly was outside talking to the workers in a friendly manner, making sure the chicks and nest weren’t disturbed.
From her bedroom window, Holly can watch the parents swoop in to feed the chicks and hear the family’s “conversations.”
“I love waking up to their sweet chittering sounds,” she said.
Barn swallows are beautiful, fast flying birds with blue backs, orange undersides and forked tails. These aerial hunters capture insects on the wing at high speed.
In an astonishing display of aerobatics, we watched the parent fly into the condo carport with a mouthful of bugs. The chicks opened their mouths in unison, and the parent stuck its beak halfway down the chosen one’s throat and then buzzed off at top speed. Special delivery in the blink of an eye!
Barn swallows are so good at hunting insects, they reduce the number of annoying bugs such as mosquitos, flies or even black widow spiders. But in recent years, the heavy use of pesticides including neonicotinoids has decimated insect populations, resulting in what scientists call “the insect apocalypse.” As a result, barn swallows have decreased in numbers by 40% since the 1970s.
Barn swallows nest throughout the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. They have disappeared from many places, so I was excited to learn about Holly’s barn swallow nest in Carpinteria.
Holly has watched “her family” raise two broods. The hard-working parents successfully fledged five chicks by the
Barn swallows can be identified by their blue
for life. Both parents raise their young.
end of July. Now they are on their second brood of two. During the Fourth of July fireworks, Holly worried about the explosions stressing the birds. She has a picture of the family with the chicks’ heads buried in their nest and the parents perched nearby, their heads tucked under their wings as if trying to plug their ears.
Some threats are poised to pounce from below. A cat sat beneath the nest, hoping a chick might fall. The parents dive bombed the cat trying to drive it away. Holly’s cat is a strictly indoor cat with access to the patio so he can watch the action from the deck – he is no danger to the birds.
Holly showed the nest to her neighbors, sharing her appreciation of the birds and recruiting them to support their protection.
Barn swallows have a long-time association with people – hence their name. They need a ledge to support their nests of mud, bits of grass and feathers. Construction takes two weeks, requiring an average of 1,300 trips to gather enough mud pellets, which they pack together to form a nest cup. Once the cup is completed, they line it with feathers.
Between the two broods of chicks, Holly watched the parents do home renovations, adding more mud to the top of the nest and fresh feathers for the second family.
On Aug. 25 at 6 p.m. Holly texted me: “I just parked at home and the chicks are out of the nest! Mom flew in and they followed her away…” Later that evening, the family all returned. Somehow, the chicks could already maneuver their way back into their small refuge.
Now in September, the little family departs together every day around 6 a.m. and returns each evening around 7 p.m.
The chicks sleep tucked into the nest, a parent perched protectively nearby. Holly checks on them nightly and sends me videos of them cozying up in the nest. “I wonder where they spend their day,” she
said. “I am so happy I still get to see them in the evenings.”
I suspect the swallows course over the nearby Carpinteria salt marsh in search of insects, trying to put on as much fat as possible. Birds store fat on their breast as fuel for migration. It’s like a full tank of gas.
Watch the wires for lines of fork-tailed barn swallows on migration. As soon as the weather cools, the barn swallows will fly south in search of warm weather and insects.
Barn swallows seen here typically migrate to Central America or even farther south. They can fly an astonishing 600 miles in a day on migration – so long as they don’t run out of food or deplete
their reserves. Swallow pairs will return to the same nest if they don’t die on migration. Old nests are highly prized because of the work it takes to build them. Holly is hoping “her” swallows will return next spring, and that more people will allow them to take up residence in our town. If you can tolerate a bit of bird poop beneath the nest, the payoff is natural pest control – and hours of swallow watching delight.
Nancy Baron is a naturalist and writer who lives in Carpinteria with her husband Ken Weiss and Henry the terrier. Please write her with questions, comments or swallow stories at nancyebaron@gmail.com.
KEN WEISS
The chicks open their yellow mouths wide offering an easy-to-see target.
LYNN SCARLETT
VICTORIA RITCHIE
backs, orange faces and breasts and long forked tails. They mate
KEN WEISS
Holly Lohuis keeps watch over the barn swallows nesting in her condominium carport.
HOLLY LOHUIS
On July 4, 2024, fireworks were exploding. Holly checked on the swallows and saw chicks hiding their heads and the parents tucked their heads under their wings.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
CITY OF CARPINTERIA
5775 CARPINTERIA AVENUE
CARPINTERIA, CALIFORNIA 93013 (805) 684-5405
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CARPINTERIA CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT a public hearing will be held before a regular meeting of the City Council on Monday, September 23, 2024 at 5:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA to consider the first reading of Ordinance No. 786, amending Carpinteria Municipal Code (“CMC”) Section 8.20 pertaining to public sleeping and camping. A second reading and adoption of the Ordinance will be scheduled for a future City Council meeting. The City of Carpinteria is considering amending CMC Section 8.20 pertaining to public sleeping and camping to reflect recent case law regarding the enforcement of local agency regulations that prohibit public sleeping and camping. Specifically, Ordinance No. 786 would amend CMC Section 8.20 such that the City is authorized to enforce the prohibition on camping against homeless persons to the extent permitted by applicable law, including, without limitation, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent opinion in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, issued on June 28, 2024. The City also proposes to find that approval of Ordinance No.786 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), and 15061(b) (3) of the CEQA Guidelines.
A copy of the full text of Ordinance No. 786 is available in the Office of the City Clerk, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA. The full text will also be posted as an attachment to the relevant agenda item on the City Council agenda for the September 23, 2024 meeting, which agenda will be posted here: https://carpinteriaca. gov/city-hall/agendas-meetings/ Ordinance No. 786 will become effective 30 days after its adoption at a second reading.
Brian C. Barrett, CMC, CPMC, City Clerk
Publish: September 12, 2024
Pursuant
that
persons are
on the Carpinteria Valley Water District Board of Directors. The position to be filled is a 4-year term ending December 4, 2026 (appr 2 years remaining on the term). The appointed candidate will take a seat at the December 11, 2024 Board Meeting
The seat will go to election next in November of 2026 for the next 4-year term.
Interested applicants may file an application at the District Offices by 5:00 p.m. October 18th, 2024. District Offices are located at 1301 Santa Ynez Avenue, Carpinteria, CA 93013 or, email bob@cvwd.net. Contact Bob McDonald at (805) 684-2816 x123
Applications are available upon request. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and living and registered to vote within the CVWD voting district 5 at the time of appointment. Publish: September 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
a Married Couple. This statement was filed with the County on 08/22/2024. The registrant began transacting business on Aug 22, 2024. Signed: GABRIELA MORALES. 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) FBN2024-0002021. Publish: August 29, Sept, 5, 12, 19, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as THE LYNDA FAIRLY CARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER at 855 LINDEN AVE, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s): CARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER at PO BOX 597, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. This business is conducted by a Corporation. This statement was filed with the County on 08/22/2024. The registrant began transacting business on Sept 29, 2018. Signed: TIMOTHY J COHEN, 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) FBN2024-0002022. Publish: August 29, Sept, 5, 12, 19, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/ are doing business as SUPER MALLOWS at 4399 CARPINTERIA AVE, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s): ERICA M DUDLEY at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE. This business is conducted by an Individual. This statement was filed with the County on 07/16/2024. The registrant began transacting business on Jul 10, 2024. Signed: ERICA DUDLEY, OWNER/OPERATOR. 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) FBN2024-0001692. Publish: August 22, 29, Sept, 5, 12, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as AESTHETICS CORE SERVICES at 5971 HICKORY STREET, APT 4, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s): JOENS LLC at 1072 CASITAS PASS ROAD NUM 429, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. This statement was filed with the County on 08/22/2024. The registrant began transacting business on Aug 20, 2024. Signed: NORA CRUZ, MANAGING MEMBER. 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) FBN2024-0002033. Publish: August 29, Sept, 5, 12, 19, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as KEN’S AVOCADOS at 6935 SHEPARD MESA ROAD, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s): BARON WEISS LLC at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. This statement was filed with the County on 08/27/2024. The registrant began transacting business on Aug 22, 2024. Signed: KENNETH R WEISS, MANAGER. In accordance with subdivision (a) 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) FBN2024-0002066. Publish: September, 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/ are doing business as MEVRA KAMACI at 102 PIERPONT AVE., SUMMERLAND, CA 93067. Full name of registrant(s): MEVRA KAMACI LLC at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. This statement was filed with the County on 08/05/2024. The registrant began transacting business on July 27, 2024. Signed: MEVRA KAMACI, PRESIDENT. 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) FBN2024-0001819. Publish: September, 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as 2ZIMPORTS at 5420 HALES LANE, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s): ILDA PULIDO at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE. This business is conducted by an Individual. This statement was filed with the County on 08/22/2024. The registrant began transacting business on Aug 22, 2024. Signed: ILDA PULIDO, OWNER. In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (see section 1441 Et Seq., Business and Professions code). I hereby certify this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL)
FBN2024-0002024. Publish: September, 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as MONTECITO BUSINESS MANAGEMENT at 151 BUTTERFLY LANE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108. Full name of registrant(s): COLETTE N CRAFTON at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE. This business is conducted by an Individual. This statement was filed with the County on 08/07/2024. The registrant began transacting business on Jan 01, 2023. Signed: COLETTE NOTTAGE CRAFTON. 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) FBN2024-0001842. Publish: Sept. 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as PALS LA JOLLA PLACE at 1477 LA JOLLA PLACE, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s): PER ANKH LIFE SKILLS, INC at 16700 BELLFLOWER BLVD, SUITE B, BELLFLOWER, CA 90706. This business is conducted by a Corporation. This statement was filed with the County on 08/28/2024. The registrant began transacting business on N/A. Signed: OTIENO OKATCH, PRESIDENT 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) FBN2024-0002074. Publish: Sept. 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 2024
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING*
DATE OF HEARING:
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
PLACE:
ENGINEERING BUILDING, ROOM 17
PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING ROOM, 123 E. ANAPAMU STREET SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101
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: https://www.countyofsb.org/1333/ CSBTV-Livestream; 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.
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WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM OPERATOR
1
Salary Range: $65,326 to $79,404 (annual)
The Carpinteria Sanitary District is seeking a motivated and resourceful individual to fill the position of Wastewater Collection System Operator 1. The Collection System Operator 1 position is an entry-level position, but candidates with some mechanical aptitude and/or experience operating equipment may be better positioned for success.
Responsibilities include operation and maintenance of various sewer cleaning and CCTV inspection equipment and performing associated collection system duties, which include infrastructure repair, utility location, sewer lateral maintenance and low pressure pump inspection and repair. Additional job duties include general housekeeping, vehicle and equipment maintenance and other assigned tasks. Availability for “oncall” duties for sewer blockage response, repairs and other activities is mandatory.
Possession of a valid California driver’s license and a high school diploma or GED is required. All applicants must have or be able to obtain a California Class B commercial driver’s license within six months of starting work for the District. In addition, if the applicant does not possess a Collection System Operators certificate through the California Water Environment Association upon commencing work, the candidate will be required to obtain certification within 6 months. The successful candidate must also pass a post-offer, pre-employment physical and background check.
The District offers a competitive compensation package that includes a CalPERS retirement program, medical, dental and vision insurance for employee and dependents, life insurance, sick/vacation leave, and paid holidays.
Qualified candidates should complete a District application and mail it to:
Carpinteria Sanitary District 5300 Sixth Street, Carpinteria, CA 93013 Or apply by: Fax: 805-684-7213 or Email: info@carpsan.com
Deadline for application submittal is Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Applications are available at the District office or by visiting www.carpsan.com. All application materials will be evaluated and the most highly qualified candidates will be invited to continue in the selection process.
have any questions, call Planning and Development at (805) 568-2000.
23APL-00039
21AMD-00000-00003
Pullen Appeal of the Laguna Blanca Amendment Hope Ranch
Addendum to 06NGD-00000-00014 Nicole Lieu, Supervising Planner (805) 884-8068 Chris Schmuckal, Planner (805) 568-3510
Webinar ID: 891 7915 1036
The Commission’s rules on hearings and public comment, unless otherwise directed by the Chair, remain applicable to each of the participation methods listed above. 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-Planning-Commission a week before the hearing or by appointment by calling (805) 568-2000. If you challenge the project(s) 23APL00039, 21AMD-00000-00003, 24ORD00010, 24ORD-00001, 24ORD-00003, 24GPA-00001, or 24GPA-00002 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.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need a disability-related modification or accommodation or are exempt from applicable Health Officer Orders, including auxiliary aids or services such as sound enhancement equipment or an American Sign Language interpreter, to participate in this hearing, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805-568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements. If you have any questions or if you are participating in the hearing telephonically or electronically and need a disability-related modification or accommodation or have any issues attempting to access the hearing telephonically or electronically, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805-568-2000.
* This is a partial listing of the items to be heard at the Planning Commission Hearing of September 25, 2024. If you
Hearing on the request of the Laguna Blanca School to consider the following:
• Case No. 23APL-00039, the Pullen Appeal of the Laguna Blanca School Amendment project, in compliance with Land Use and Development Code Section 35.102.
• Case No. 21AMD-OOOOO-00003, the Laguna Blanca School Amendment, to allow an increase in the maximum school enrollment from 330 students to 385 students, in compliance with the Land Use and Development Code Section 35.84.040.D.
• After considering the environmental review documents [Addendum dated September 17, 2024, together with previously adopted Negative Declaration 06NGD-OOOOO-00014] determine that as reflected in the CEQA findings, no subsequent Environmental Impact Report or Negative Declaration shall be prepared for this project.
The application involves Assessor Parcel No’s (APN’s) 063-092-012, 063-092-013, 063-092-014, and 063-141-029, located at 4125 Paloma Drive, in the Eastern Goleta Valley Community Plan area, Second Supervisorial District.
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THROWBACK
History that sticks with you
BY STEPHEN BATES
Tar may annoy most Carpinteria beachgoers, but for some visitors, it’s an attraction not to be missed. A cover story in Rock & Gem in 2023 promoted “Sticky Asphalt at Carpinteria State Beach.” Earlier, Monterey Shale Magazine described the tar accumulations as “a hidden historical treasure,” and Geology Today said, “For enthusiasts of sun, surf and unusual geology, this is the place.”
The most comprehensive recent work is a guide to a walking tour of the Carpinteria oil seeps, written by geologist Gregg Wilkerson in 2023 and posted online. It draws partly from a 1987 paper by Edwin B. Edwards in “Petroleum Geology of Coastal Southern California.”
Wilkerson, who has a bachelor’s from UC Santa Barbara and a doctorate from the University of Texas, El Paso, retired from the Bureau of Land Management four years ago. He lives in Bakersfield but writes about geology all over the Western United States, with a particular focus on the intersection of geology and cultural history. His motto: “Every rock has a story to tell.”
The t ar in Carpinteria tells many stories: the transformation of organic matter into hydrocarbons under heat and pressure millions of years ago, plants and animals getting fossilized in tar pits, the Chumash using tar to seal their tomol canoes, workers mining tar and refining it for asphalt and other products, and wildcatters hoping for major oil strikes near trickling tar.
According to Wilkerson, every seep contains a mixture of gasses, oil and
taken in about 1960, tar surrounds old
water. Methane in a seep bubble can be ignited, producing a brief flare. You might also notice the rotten-egg smell of hydrogen sulfide near some seeps. As for the liquid that trickles out, the water and lighter hydrocarbons gradually evaporate or degrade, and the substance thickens and hardens into tar. Eventually, it can become as solid as coal.
Over the eons, the Carpinteria seeps
Incidentally, older people who recall childhood beaches looking different aren’t misremembering. Flood-control dams have grown more numerous, and they block sediment that would otherwise flow down to the sea. As a result, many beaches today are narrower, rockier and darker than they used to be.
formed two big tar pits. Both were mined for asphalt around 1900. The Las Conchas Mine was located around the San Miguel and Santa Rosa campgrounds in the state park, east of Carpinteria Creek. You can still see tar-encrusted ruins of the mine near the tideline, including crumbling brickwork and part of a wooden barrier. The second tar pit and the Alcatraz Mine were situated around the Chevron parking lot on the bluffs in Tar Pits Park.
Natural asphalt still covers patches of ground to the west of the parking lot. The seeps attracted wildcatters as well as miners. “They figured if you see oil up here, there must be more down below,” says Wilkerson. In 1930 and 1931 alone, 16 wells were drilled along the beach from Carpinteria to Rincon Point. Depending on time and tide, remnants of some of the TAR continued on page 23
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
Workers mined asphalt east of the mouth of Carpinteria Creek in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In this photo,
brickwork from the mining operation.
STEPHEN BATES
In 1930 and 1931, 16 oil wells were drilled on the beach from Carpinteria to Rincon Point. This casing protruding from the sand near the beach staircase is thought to be one of them.
CITY OF CARPINTERIA
In this June 6 photo, Jonathan M. Hoffman, the Dibblee Curator of Earth Science at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, left, discusses fossils found in the Carpinteria Tar Pits with City of Carpinteria management intern Brian Kwong and program manager Aida Thau. The city plans to erect a sign in Tar Pits Park commemorating the fossil discoveries.
STEPHEN BATES
The tar has now grown to the point that it engulfs the brick structure, as geologist Gregg Wilkerson points out in this photo, which was taken in July.
TAR
continued from page 22
wells are still visible. The rusted casing near the beach staircase, for instance, is probably from a 1,024-foot dry hole drilled in 1931.
It’s hard to be sure about that, though, because early regulations were lax. Drillers would get a permit for a particular site, according to Wilkerson, but if their equipment wagon broke down 50 feet away, they might drill there instead and never notify the state. Some wells were also drilled in close proximity to one another. “It’s an ongoing challenge for anybody researching these things,” he says.
(Incidentally, older people who recall childhood beaches looking different aren’t misremembering. Flood-control dams have grown more numerous, says Wilkerson, and they block sediment that would otherwise flow down to the sea. As a result, many beaches today are narrower, rockier and darker than they used to be.)
Globally, active oil seeps exist in just a few dozen locations. Tar pits – where natural seepage once formed a lake – are even rarer. There are only a handful of substantial pits in North America, includ-
ing the McKittrick Tar Pits in Kern County, the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, and the Carpinteria Tar Pits.
To highlight this rare feature, the city of Carpinteria plans to install an educational sign in Tar Pits Park. City staff members are consulting on the wording with experts at the La Brea Tar Pits and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
The project has been spearheaded by the Carpinteria Open Space Management Board, a citizen volunteer group. Chevron USA is contributing $15,000 to support it.
Wilkerson says that “the seeps are constantly changing.” At the Las Conchas Mine site on the beach by the state park, oil continues to trickle up from below and thicken into tar, while the surf steadily eats away at the tar from above. “It’s a dynamic situation,” Wilkerson says. History is still being written in tar.
Gregg Wilkerson’s guide to Carpinteria beach geology, “Walking Tour: Carpinteria Oil Seeps,” is available at archive.org/details/ wilkerson-walking-tour. You can learn more about him and his work at greggwilkerson. com. Stephen Bates is coauthor (with Vince Burns) of a pictorial history of Rincon Point, which is available at the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History and elsewhere.
ON THE ROAD
CVN stops for cheesecake in Spain
From left, Carpinteria residents Melinda Bendel and Robin Brandin brought their copy of CVN along on their trip from Bilbao, Spain, to Bordeaux, France, where they spent eight days on a river cruise. The pair stopped to snap a photo in front of a restaurant in San Sebastian, Spain, where Brandin said they stopped “for a slice of their famous cheesecake and a glass of wine. Mucho bueno!”
CVN attends
a
presentation in San Diego
Danielle Rose, left, and Maso Motlow with the Carpinteria Valley Water District (CVWD) took a photo with their copy of CVN at the ESRI User Conference in San Diego in July. Rose and Motlow gave a presentation on remote sensing and mapping techniques used in the creation of CVWD’s allocation program, Rose told CVN.
GOING ON THE ROAD?
IT’S ALL SURFING
CHRISTIAN BEAMISH
Not to be a complainer (no one likes ‘em) but I can’t think just now of any particularly special surfing moments from this quickly fading summer. A couple of South Swells was all we got, and none that really seemed to do much (although I heard there was a day at Backside Rincon, very well attended). And I’m a guy who can find a lot of joy in pretty average waves – all it takes is a quality of light, or maybe some unique ocean display, and I’m astounded all over again.
Yet just writing those lines above, I am reminded of a couple of sublime moments after all: one with Miles, stopping off at Summer Beach near Emma Wood on our way back to Ventura from the shop in Carpinteria; and another at the long beach of Rincon with a buddy visiting from Aotearoa New Zealand. With Miles, the ocean held a cool-green color like polished jadestone, and although the surf was just waist-high, the waves were beautifully formed, peeling off with long rides down the beach and the sky all pink and orange into the sunset.
With my buddy Kevin from my early days in Newport, who has been living in New Zealand for 25 years, and who comes back with his Kiwi wife to visit his parents in Ojai in the summer, we lucked into an afternoon with wind swell sweeping down the broad beach at Backside Rincon. Again, it was green water – not jadestone as before, but a brighter hue this time – with sunlight glowing through the waves. And on one ride (the swell bending to the sandbar just right – the only wave to do it that afternoon) a hollow section held open for a momentary cover up and tube vision.
I am very much in a routine at this stage of life: kids to school in the morning on the weeks they’re with me, the drive up to shape in Carpinteria, and home again to Ventura for dinner, homework, and bed. But there is something to this plodding schedule, something in the unwavering day-in, day-outness of the work I’m doing that I recognize is necessary to my progress – in all senses.
My progress as a surfboard shaper depends on my showing up to the work each day and going through the steps, and it is remarkable how repetition brings nuance and better execution to the whole process. Another realization I had just yesterday is that every part of my day contributes to my goal of shaping high-quality surfboards. Where I have previously lamented the 25 minutes on the highway driving, or traffic delays, or the time it takes to get blanks, or speak with customers, or coordinate color,
A funny summer
The Mid-Length for Black Belts, soon to be offered in wood kit construction by Grain Surfboards – fountain and garden by Sweet Smiling Landscapes not included.
glassing, billing, packing and shipping the boards, I now see that these steps are not so much “in the way” of shaping, they are, in fact, “the way.”
Surfboard business is taking me to the East Coast again next week. My buddies in Maine are having an event at their shop Maine Surfer’s Union in Portland, and my other buddies at Grain Surfboards in York are having their annual community surf bash, and I have the honor of invites to both. The crew at Grain make woodkit surfboards that people build at home, and they are bringing out a Surfboards California model (the “Mid-Length for Black Belts”). Making the model with Grain has been an interesting opportunity; it required a computer scan of the shape, which I did not know how to do. My friend Ryan Lovelace at the 500 Maple Ave. shop in Carpinteria (we have a coffee cart opening next week!) has all the equipment to scan boards, and he graciously helped me make the computer file.
The guys at Golden State Glassing in Costa Mesa have the CNC machine to cut the boards, and the result is this perfectly replicated shape, delivered to my shaping bay. I remain a “hand shaper,” but numerous friends in the surf industry have suggested I get a board or two scanned – not so much to switch over to computer-shaped boards, but to glean a different perspective on the boards I make. Honestly, I am not sure how much I’ve gleaned from the computer shape, but it is very interesting to start a surfboard at about the half-way mark of the process. If I were to switch over entirely to the CNC process, my surfboard offerings might be more “perfect” overall, but they would lose an inherent quality of care
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Shaping surfboards is an artform, but it’s more of an artisan craft like pottery. Making them by hand keeps me at a rightsized scale in a world that seems ever more bent on maximizing everything, everywhere.
aspects of my business), which feels like an appropriate scale of production. Shaping surfboards is an artform, but it’s more of an artisan craft like pottery. Making them by hand keeps me at a rightsized scale in a world that seems ever more bent on maximizing everything, everywhere.
and attention. Shaping each board by hand, start-to-finish, entails a necessary limitation. There is a quality of balance and proportion to hand shaping, and I am good for about one board per workday (mixed in with handling the other
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 two children in Ventura.
BEAMISH
COURTESY PHOTO
Michael Winneguth snapped this photo of a cloudy morning
Carpinteria, capturing the sky from his porch on Sept. 6.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Carpinteria drops heartbreaker in five sets
Warriors volleyball keeps it close in home match against Malibu
BY RYAN P. CRUZ
PHOTOS BY ROSANA SWING
Carpinteria girls volleyball has yet to win a game this season, but it certainly hasn’t been due to lack of effort. The Warriors have lost twice in five-set matches at home, fighting hard until the last point but falling in both, with their latest loss coming against the Malibu Sharks on Sept. 5.
The Warriors started out hot in the first set, grabbing the momentum early with a 25-20 win to take a 1-0 lead. But the visiting Sharks came right back, shifting the momentum back in Malibu’s direction and taking the second set by a score of 25-21.
With the teams tied at one set apiece, the Warriors went on a run and took the lead with a 25-21 win in the third set. It looked as though Carpinteria might break through to earn its first win of the year.
But in the fourth set, Malibu responded once again, thwarting a Carpinteria victory and evening up the match with a 25-16 win.
With the match now tied at two sets on each side, the teams settled in for a game-deciding final set. Despite a late rally from the Warriors, the visiting Malibu Sharks claimed the game by a final score of 15-11.
Carpinteria setter Caden Lemere had a great game, helping the Warriors on offense by distributing the ball throughout the match, while libero Mackenna Tobin’s passing kept the Warriors on the attack in the five-set heartbreaker.
“We’re right there!” said Carpinteria coach Favian Muralles. “The girls are running our system and showing grit and determination. We just need a little luck to grab a win and build our confidence. It will come!”
The Warriors are still looking for their first win of the 2024 campaign, and with an 0-3 Citrus Coast League record, Carpinteria will have two shots to get a league victory this week with matches against Channel Islands and Hueneme.
Averi Alexander drops it over the net against Santa Paula.
Camila Martinez kept the Warriors in a close five-set match at home.
ABOVE: Mackenna Tobin, left, and Cora Nimmons, right, made it tough for the Cardinals.
RIGHT: Carpinteria’s Caden Lemere sets the ball up for a teammate.
Warriors girls golf takes win over Hueneme
Carpinteria girls golf claimed its first win of the year in a league qualifier against Hueneme at Saticoy Regional Golf Course, with the Warriors shooting a combined 282 and the Vikings shooting a team score of 299.
Warriors third-year golfer Jamaica Cook was the low medalist of the event, shooting a low score of 42, followed in second by Carpinteria junior Kiana Kiah with a 52. Sophomores Sophia Garay and Athziry Rojas both shot a 60, while senior Bella Casbarro rounded out the Warriors with a score of 68.
This week, the Warriors and Vikings will face off once again, this time at Hueneme’s home course Seabee Golf Course on Thursday, Sept. 12.
SHORT STOPS
BY RYAN P. CRUZ
Warriors tennis opens league play with 18-0 win
After suffering their first loss of the season against Simi Valley on Sept. 4, then having a scheduled match against Thacher canceled the next day due to the sweltering heat wave, the Warriors got back into winning form with a perfect 18-0 sweep in their first league match of the year at home against Santa Paula on Sept. 10.
Santa Paula’s girls tennis team had not played an official match before facing Carpinteria due to extreme heat in their region, and with the Warriors winning three out of their first four matches of the year, the Cardinals were at a disadvantage.
Carpinteria coach Charles Bryant used the match as an opportunity to put some players in different positions or with different partners in doubles, and each new duo found a way to gel in the victory.
Partners Karolina Casas and Mina Handall had a brief slow start but then quickly found their way together, while Sasha Porinsh and Emily Banks paired up for the first time this season and quickly found great chemistry.
“Although both players missed their regular partners, they really worked well together,” coach Bryant said of Porinsh and Banks.
Keyla Manriquez and Charlotte Cooney were dominant as usual, taking two set wins together before Manriquez teamed up with Kim Ocampo to take one more set.
In singles, Izzy Scott and Aubrey Alcaraz each went undefeated at 3-0, while Sofia Gonzales finished at 2-0 in singles and Valeria Zamora went 1-0.
“Overall, it was a great way to start league play,” Bryant said. “The girls were excited and played freely today along with putting extra conditions on their games. They seemed to enjoy those mini challenges.”
Carpinteria is now 4-1 overall and 1-0 in the Citrus Coast League, and the Warriors will be back in action on Friday, Sept. 13 against Thousand Oaks.
Carpinteria water polo goes 3-1 at Malibu tourney
Warriors boys water polo suffered two back-to-back losses – both close matches with the Royal Highlanders – before going on a run of three straight wins at the Malibu Tournament last weekend.
Carpinteria fell to Royal by two goals, 20-18, on Sept. 3 in what was a back-andforth affair with eight ties and five lead changes.
Both teams met again in the first game of the Malibu Tournament, with the Warriors taking an early lead and leading 15-10 in the third quarter. But Royal came back, tying the game at 17-17 before sealing the win with a late goal, 18-17.
The Warriors took motivation from the tough losses and went on to post three dominant wins in a row to close out the tournament at 3-1 overall. Carpinteria took wins over Villanova (22-2), Newbury Park (21-7), and Palisades (19-9).
“We had another great weekend of water polo,” said Carpinteria coach Karl Fredrickson. “Our positioning and communication were much improved on the defensive end of the pool and that led to some exciting moments of growth for our guys. We’re starting to find momentum and motivation in the right areas and I’m excited to keep building on those pieces.”
Carpinteria’s Jake Ehlers led all scorers in the tournament with 27 goals in four games, featuring a nine-goal performance against Newbury Park, eight goals against Royal and seven scored against Palisades. Sky Korling had a great overall weekend, notching 10 goals, seven steals, six assists and three ejections earned over the four games.
The Warriors will be back in the pool this week against Santa Ynez and Buena.
Thursday, Sept. 12
Carpinteria Girls Golf at Hueneme (Seabee Golf Course), 3 p.m.
Carpinteria Cross Country at CCL Meet (Arroyo Verde Park), 3:30 p.m.
*Carpinteria Boys Water Polo vs Buena, 3:45 p.m.
Carpinteria Girls Volleyball at Hueneme, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 13
*Carpinteria Girls Tennis vs Thousand Oaks, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 14
Carpinteria Football at San Gabriel, 7 p.m.
*Denotes Home Game
CRAIG COOK
Warrior girls golfers, from left: Sophia Garay, Jamaica Cook, Bella Casbarro, Kiana Kiah and Athziry Rojas.
Carpinteria’s home opener was canceled due to a severe lack of officials.
Football game canceled due to lack of refs
BY RYAN P. CRUZ
Carpinteria’s first home football game of the year – usually one of the most anticipated games in Warriors athletics – was abruptly canceled just a few days before the scheduled Sept. 6 kickoff due to a lack of referees in the region.
“Due to an extreme shortage of officials and a last-minute notification from the officials’ unit, Friday’s football game has been canceled,” Carpinteria Athletic Director Pat Cooney said in an announcement on Wednesday morning.
It was the first time in recent memory that a varsity Carpinteria High School (CHS) competition was canceled on such short notice due to a lack of officials – a problem that has been growing in recent years as the Channel Coast Football Officials Association has suffered from a string of early retirements, injuries, and the inability to recruit new officials in the area.
“The only other games in my time at CHS that were canceled on short notice were due to natural disasters,” Cooney said. These included a game canceled due to lightning (which doesn’t mix well with Carpinteria Valley Memorial Stadium’s metal bleachers), and another which was moved from Friday to Monday due to a fire affecting local air quality.
“The shortage is real,” Cooney said. “We need more people to officiate all sports.”
This year, the Warriors have already been forced to adjust games from the traditional Friday nights to other days. The team’s season opener at Hollywood was played on a Thursday night, and Carpinteria’s next scheduled game against San
“In the end, the students pay the price for the dilemma.”
– Athletic Director Pat Cooney
Gabriel is slated for a Saturday.
“What is different about this one is that we were notified on Tuesday of the week of the game,” he added. This late-minute surprise made it “impossible,” Cooney said, for both teams to readjust the moving pieces to reschedule the game. After exhausting every other option, the decision was made to remove the game altogether from the schedule.
“In the end, the students pay the price for the dilemma,” Cooney said. “Football players, cheerleaders, youth organizations, CHS Boosters, the CHS band, all the game personnel and the student body and their families were all looking forward to the opening game. It’s unfortunate and we’ll adjust.”
The Warriors were heading into Friday’s matchup riding the momentum of a big 28-12 in their season opener on the road at Hollywood, and Carpinteria was looking to earn its second win of the year in front of the home crowd against Cabrillo. Now, after the unexpected bye week, the Warriors will be back in action again on the road Friday at San Gabriel on Sept. 14.
On Sept. 20, the Warriors will return home for the first home game of the year in front of friends and family against Viewpoint.
CLUB SCENE
COMPILED BY JUN STARKEY | COURTESY PHOTO
Morning Rotary meets with SB Hives owner
The Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning Rotary spent its weekly meeting on Sept. 4 at Santa Barbara Hives, 516 Palm Ave., where members enjoyed coffee, croissants and honey.
Santa Barbara Hives owner Barnaby Draper spoke to club members, describing his career as a beekeeper, baker and photographer. Draper also spoke about how he chose Carpinteria as the home for his business.
“We love the many exciting businesses in Carpinteria,” club President Mary Layman said in a press release. “It’s important to spread the word about them, both to our members and to the wider community.”
Volunteers needed for renovation at Boys and Girls Club
Local Carpinteria clubs are honoring Celebrate Community Week – which takes place from Sept. 8 to Sept. 14 – by assisting the Carpinteria Boys and Girls Club in transforming its computer room into an innovation room on Saturday, Sept. 14.
The Carpinteria Unit of the United Boys and Girls Club recently received a $25,000 Cox Innovation grant, which will be used to provide a creative and technology-based space for students.
The club’s Executive Director Diana Ornelas said the grant will fund a complete renovation of the new innovation room. The room will be broken into four sections, with an iPad and media station, an esports station with an Xbox and gaming chairs, a 3-D drawing and printing station, and a station for microscopes and STEM activities.
Suzie Schneider, the community services chair for the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning, told CVN that members of the Lions Club of Carpinteria and the three chapters of the Rotary Club of Carpinteria will be assisting in the renovation on Saturday. But beyond those groups, Schneider said the project needs additional assistance from the community.
“We just need more hands,” she told CVN.
The renovation will include cleaning, moving old furniture, painting, building new furniture, and constructing and setting up equipment. Schneider said any help is appreciated, especially those who are skilled in specific trades.
The new innovation room should be completed by the beginning of October, Ornelas said, with a ribbon cutting tentatively scheduled for Oct. 3.
The renovation of the former computer room at the Carpinteria Boys and Girls Club, 4849 Foothill Road, will take place on Saturday, Sept. 14, with one shift from 10 a.m. to noon, and another shift from 1 to 3 p.m.
ROSANA SWING FILE PHOTO
Barnaby Draper, owner of Santa Barbara Hives on Palm Avenue, recently spoke with members of the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning.
CARPINTERIA GARDENING
WADE NOMURA
Carpinteria is one of the few places that allows us to enjoy the outdoors year-round. Enjoying gardens and the outdoors is a great way to reduce your stress, so including sitting areas is something that should factor into your landscape plans.
I usually include two types of sitting areas: one for entertainment and one that will encourage you to just sit and relax. These quiet seating areas can be used to create an interest point in the garden, or alternatively, be used as a place to sit and enjoy your garden while reading a book, eating a casual meal or listening to music. Enjoy our weather, knowing others are either burning up in triple digit heat or freezing in snowy weather.
Garden sitting areas
When
sitting area in your garden, you will be encouraged to relax in our great Carpinteria weather, and possibly change to a more relaxed Carpinteria living style.
Wade Nomura is an award-winning landscape designer and President of Nomura/ Yamasaki Landscapes Inc, where he brings to life unique gardens specifically designed for the individual client. Wade started in the industry 46 years ago after graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in Ornamental Horticulture with honors.
The setting should also have a calming feel and a view that does not have strong or overwhelming features.
Let’s discuss a few ideas.
Placing a wooden bench under a tree with other shrubs growing around it creates a tranquil space that is ideal to relax, whereas a plastic bench would look out of place.
For an English garden style, a small table with two chairs in white, wrought iron, with rose, hydrangeas and other flowering plants, is a perfect match.
The type of seating and the material used to create the seating should also be considered. Seating made from natural products typically blend in for a more relaxing, natural-type garden design, whereas wrought iron is often prevalent in English gardens and sleek modern furniture tends to blend better in minimalist or more modern designed gardens.
Stone, cane or wooden simple design chairs or benches belong in a Japanese garden, providing a harmonious flow with the natural designs.
Ideally, the furniture in a private courtyard off a bedroom should be a harmonious transition from the bedroom design, providing an extension of the rest area.
Consider soft pathways or down lighting of the area to create interest for those nice summer evenings.
We all know how pleasant our weather is year round here in Carpinteria, but we sometimes get caught up spending too much time indoors when we could be outside enjoying where we live. With a
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crafting a garden sitting area, the type of seating and the materials used should be considered.
