Santa Barbara Independent 7/13/23

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One Man Left to Stand Trial in Stearns Wharf Murder

In Memoriam: Bob Noël

Voices: State Street, Today and Tomorrow

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Amend: Rewriting the Constitution

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TAKE A CINEMATIC TRIP TO FRANCE WITH US! 11 NEW FRENCH FILMS July 14 - 20

DIARY OF A FLEETING AFFAIR

A single mother and a married man enter into an affair with the understanding that their relationship is purely sexual. Though they agree the relationship has no future, they find themselves increasingly drawn into each other’s company. César Award nominee for Best Actor.

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Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies. César Award nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay and Original Score.

MORE THAN EVER

Hélène and Mathieu have been happy together for many years. The bond between them is deep. Faced with an existential decision, Hélène travels alone to Norway to seek peace and meet a blogger she found on the internet. Stars Vicky Krieps and Gaspard Ulliel.

MOTHER AND SON

In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to Paris with her two young sons. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.

PACIFICTION

On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the high commissioner must investigate an ongoing rumor: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing. Nominated for nine César Award winning two; Best Actor and Cinematography.

REVOIR PARIS

Three months after surviving a terrorist attack in a bistro, Mia is still traumatized and unable to recall the events of that night. In an effort to move forward, she investigates her memories and retraces her steps. César Award winner for Best Actress.

SCARLET

The emancipation of a woman over twenty years, between 1919 and 1939, a time of great inventions and great dreams.

THE INNOCENT

Abel will do whatever it takes to protect his mother. But meeting his new stepfather may well offer him a new perspective. Nominated for eleven César Awards winning two; Best Original Screenplay and Supporting Actress.

THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH

It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara. Nominated for ten César Awards winning six including Best Film and Director.

THE PASSENGERS OF THE NIGHT

Left by her husband, Elisabeth finds herself alone, responsible for the care of her two children. She picks up a job on a night-time radio show, where she meets Talulah, a youngster she takes under her wing. Nominated for Best Score at the César Awards and stars Charlotte Gainsbourg.

THE YOUNG IMAM

A young man in his twenties becomes the inspiring imam of a humble Muslim community in France. We watch him as he struggles between his mother’s wishes for him and his true calling.

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While our Marketing and Promotions Manager Emily Lee is out on maternity leave, there were questions as to who would cover this section of the paper in her absence. Allow me to introduce myself: Richelle Boyd, Marketing and Promotions Administrator, and acting “Emily” while she is bonding with her adorable baby.

A Quick Life Tour: I hail from Cherry Valley, California a small town that no longer hosts the slew of cherry-picking businesses that gave it the name. I was an imaginative kid who liked playing outside and conjuring stories, and I was an average-preforming student. I went to the nearby Crafton Hills Community College (shout-out, Roadrunners) where I somehow secured three associate degrees before I transferred to UC Santa Barbara two years ago. I received my degrees in English and Journalism just this June!

The Independent Stop: Journalism had only started for me at UCSB, but once I was in it, I was obsessed. What better outlet to make stories for? I secured an internship here at the Independent and started writing for the paper something I still do given the chance. I loved the vibe of the Indy and wanted to stay; I was lucky that the feeling was mutual (and that I happen to have marketing and promotions experience to boot).

What’s Up Next: I’m working on Indy Hops (July 31, 5 p.m., at Validation Ale)— my first real event sans Emily which now feels like my baby, and I am badgering everyone I know to participate (yes, that now includes you!). As for writing, I just finished a piece on short-term rentals and housing in Santa Barbara; be on the lookout for it!

T.C. Boyle. Photo by Ingrid Bostrom.

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BEYOND CONVERSATION at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art presents Radiant Frequencies

A collaboration between Santa Barbara Museum of Art & Music Academy

Awol Erizku, an internationally renowned multimedia artist in SBMA’s collection, and Music Academy fellows will collaborate on an experimental performance for one night only.

BEYOND CONVERSATION is an initiative supported by Kandy Budgor; Luria/Budgor Family Foundation.

SUNDAY, JULY 23

5 PM: RECEPTION IN THE GALLERIES

6 PM: MUSIC & ART PERFORMANCE

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

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Tickets $65. Get tickets at tickets.sbma.net or call 805.884.6496.

Clockwise from top left: Awol Erizku, Photo: Michael Tyrone Delaney; Awol Erizku, No Hesi (detail), 2022. SBMA, Museum purchase with funds from Kandy Budgor, Luria/Budgor Family Foundation; Harin Kang, Music Academy fellow, 2023.

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CEC’s New Hub Makes a Big Buzz

by Callie Fausey

The grand opening of the Community Environmental Council’s (CEC) new Environmental Hub on State Street was standing-room only on Thursday night. Mayor Randy Rowse joked he hadn’t seen so many people in one place since Chubby Checker was in town. Attendees did have to do the Twist to navigate the space, which was overflowing with excited community members, CEC staff and boardmembers, and supporters. People flowed between the various conference rooms and offices laced throughout the two-story, open space in the city’s downtown arts district. Before long, attendees had wrapped up their tours and packed closely together in the Hub’s atrium for the inaugural ribbon-cutting. In the center of the room, next to the flourishing ficus tree, CEC CEO Sigrid Wright was joined by Mayor Rowse to cut the cer-

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emonial ribbon.

Wright thanked the CEC’s supporters and those who helped make the Hub a reality, saying that tackling climate change

needs to be an “all-in” effort. Activism requires space for solutions to sprout, and the newly opened Environmental Hub is undoubtedly equipped to provide. n

S.B. Man to Stand Trial in Stearns Wharf Murder

One Defendant Remains After Three Others Plead Guilty to Lesser Charges in Shooting Death of Bystander

by Jack Magargee

During a preliminary hearing in the Santa Barbara County Courthouse on Friday, July 7, Jiram Tenorio-Ramon, 22, of Santa Barbara, was ordered to face trial for murder and other charges in the December 9, 2022, killing of Robert “Rob” Dion Gutierrez.

Gutierrez was visiting Santa Barbara with his wife on the evening of December 9 when he was shot and killed near Stearns Wharf, where, according to police reports, a fight had broken out between two groups of young men. Gutierrez, described as an innocent bystander, was caught in the crossfire when the two groups of rival gangs opened fire.

While four Santa Barbara men were originally arrested and charged with murder with the District Attorney’s Office alleging the murder was committed to benefit a Westside street gang prosecutors filed an amended complaint on July 7, ordering Tenorio-Ramon alone to answer to all charges in the case, including murder, personal and intentional discharge of a handgun causing great bodily injury or death, and committing the alleged offense while on felony probation. He will also face special allegations of street terrorism and committing a crime to benefit a street gang.

Senior Deputy District Attorney Tate

McCallister told the Independent that the preliminary hearing solely focused on Tenorio-Ramon because “he is the only remaining defendant who hasn’t pleaded guilty.”

The three other men involved in the case 20-year-old Ricardo Tomas Jauregui-Moreno, 21-year-old Christopher Dave Miranda, and 21-year-old James Lee Rosborough entered guilty pleas for other charges none being murder. Initially, Miranda and Jauregui-Moreno were also charged with murder, but these charges were dropped when they pleaded guilty to lesser crimes of “assault, assault by means of force to produce great bodily harm or injury, and principle use of a firearm,” according to McCallister.

Rosborough who entered a guilty plea of “accessory after the fact” on June 1 awaits sentencing in December. Jauregui-Moreno will appear in court for sentencing on December 7, and Miranda will be sentenced on January 18, 2024.

Testimony from Detective Bryce Ford at the preliminary hearing on July 7 was essential for the District Attorney’s Office amended complaint and is the basis for the prosecution’s choice to seek murder charges against Tenorio-Ramon. Detective Ford was the lead investigator in the case and is considered an expert in criminal

gang organizations.

Ford testified that in an interview with Miranda, Miranda told him that the other three defendants were driving in a car on December 9, 2022, when they recognized a group of juvenile individuals as members of a rival street gang. Miranda described to Ford how Tenorio-Ramon reached out an open window, forming a “W” with his hands to demonstrate association with the Westside gang. Miranda continued, telling Ford that Tenorio-Ramon had obtained a nine-millimeter handgun, which he brought in the car that night.

Ford testified that Rosborough said in his interview that Tenorio-Ramon bragged to him, telling Rosborough he “got one” after the shootout occurred.

Detective Ford was able to testify because, according to Prosecutor McCallister, there are “relaxed rules regarding hearsay testimony” in preliminary hearings if the investigating officer spoke with officers and witnesses personally. Because Detective Ford was the investigating officer and an expert on gang activities, the prosecutor said, “We were able to do the entire preliminary hearing through his testimony alone.”

Tenorio-Ramon will appear on August 24 at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse for arraignment.

COMMUNITY

During his years as flood control manager for the County of Santa Barbara, Jim Stubchaer (second from right) built 13 debris basins on the South Coast and participated in the response to floods and debris flows between 1962 and 1989. To honor Stubchaer’s legacy unquestionable but mostly overlooked in everyday life his colleagues, friends, family, and county officials gathered at the foot of Mission Creek on 7/10 morning to unveil a plaque that described his achievements. First District Supervisor Das Williams and Public Works Director Scott McGolpin were in attendance to express their appreciation to Stubchaer and his lasting impact on the county. In their remarks, they said the permanent plaque will forever pay tribute to a man who worked selflessly for the betterment of the community.

Michael Benedict (above), the botanist who cofounded Sanford & Benedict Vineyard in 1971 and forever changed Santa Barbara County’s wine industry, died last week. He was 83 years old, and the cause was melanoma. Benedict and Richard Sanford planted their vineyard in the early 1970s, eventually proving that pinot noir could thrive in the valleys between Buellton and Lompoc. Their discovery drew global attention and energized the region. In 2001, the surrounding area became federally designated as the Sta. Rita Hills, now considered one of the best places for pinot noir on the planet. Benedict is survived by his daughter, Morgan Benedict.

EDUCATION

UCSB’s Material Research Laboratory has been chosen as one of the nine universities awarded a six-year, $18 million grant from the National Science Institute. This is the seventh consecutive grant for the facility and will go toward supporting innovative materials research in the fields

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MACDUFF EVERTON

From left, city councilmembers Oscar Gutierrez and Kristen Sneddon, Community Environmental Council CEO Sigrid Wright, CEC Boardmember Laura Francis, Mayor Randy Rowse, CEC Board President Barbara S. Lindemann, and Mary Lynn Harms-Romo of the Chamber of Commerce

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S.Y. Vice Principal Involved in Contro- versial Student Arrest Demoted

Avice principal of Santa Ynez Valley Union High School involved in the forced sedation and arrest of a student suspected of vaping has been demoted.

The Board of Education voted at its June 20 meeting to downgrade the position of Peter Haws, a full-time administrator and the school’s head disciplinarian for the last nine years, to part-time administrator and part-time teacher.

The exact nature of Haws’s new role is unclear, though sources within the district say he will no longer oversee student behavior and will instead be given ministerial responsibilities. As a teacher, he will reportedly work within the school’s independent study program.

Haws did not respond to requests for comment, nor did the school’s superintendent, Andrew Schwab. The Board of Education also declined to comment.

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of technology, environment, and medicine.

Recognized as one of the top five materials research facilities in the world, the Material Research Laboratory at UCSB brings together multiple disciplines, including physics, chemistry, life science, and engineering, to better understand the properties and performances of materials. This grant cycle will enable 20 UCSB scientists and engineers from eight different departments to collaborate on generating and testing ideas that will impact fields ranging from transportation to health care.

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Two campaign finance issues came up at the Board of Supervisors on 7/11. The first began with requiring the chiefs of staff for the supervisors to fill out Form 700, which discloses investment interests, business, and income, to avoid charges of undue influence in board votes. The board noted that all their staff could fall into that category, and they voted unanimously to require all staff in the supervisor offices to fill out the financial disclosure form. The supervisors had more difficulty with the second, new rules from

The January arrest of the 16-year-old Latino student prompted widespread community outcry and calls for Haws’s removal. A public petition accusing Haws of meting out harsher punishments to students of color throughout his career generated more than 4,000 signatures.

Haws had recommended that the student, who was found in possession of a marijuana vape pen and cartridges, be immediately expelled. The Board of Education, however, overruled his recommendation and instead transferred the student to an alternative school within the district.

The student’s pending criminal case will be dropped and his record cleared if he completes six months of probation and its accompanying terms, his family said. A third-party investigation into the incident is pending.

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the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) that bar them from accepting more than $250 in campaign funds from anyone with business before the board. Though all five supervisors supported greater campaign finance transparency, they questioned how to implement the new rules and voted unanimously to ask the FPPC to meet and supply answers to their many questions.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new, 10-year exclusive agreement with MarBorg Industries for solid waste collection in Zone 4 and Zone 5 covering Santa Ynez Valley and unincorporated areas of Santa Maria and Lompoc. The locally owned and operated trash hauler’s proposal won out over Waste Management which currently serves those zones with the promise of a 5 percent decrease in overall annual rate revenue (including a 4-13 percent reduction in residential rates). The new contract will be in effect 7/1/24-6/20/34. MarBorg already provides trash collection services to Zones 1, 2 and 3 and will now have an almost complete monopoly over the County (potentially excluding cities such as Guadalupe, which may retain its separate contract with WM).

Santa Ynez Valley High School and Vice Principal Peter Haws

Living in the ‘Kiss Your Ass Goodbye’ Zone

Diablo Canyon Safety Committee Hears Fears About Aging Nuclear Plant

by Jean Yamamura

For many people living downwind from the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, its two nuclear reactors represent an unavoidable risk to their life and safety. To evaluate those risks and the potential for danger, the Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee met June 28-29. The three-member committee heard from managers and engineers at the nuclear plant, as well as members of the public, some of whom described the stress of living near the plant. One woman from nearby Los Osos who hoped to have the plant closed told the committee that she and her neighbors all lived in the “You Can Kiss Your Ass Goodbye Zone.”

In 2018 the utility company announced it was planning to decommission the nuclear facility its reactor Unit 1 by 2024 and Unit 2 by 2025, when its licenses expired. Though PG&E is currently working to shut down the units, it is also petitioning to renew its license with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow it to run for another 20 years. Governor Gavin Newsom, in a dramatic effort to reduce greenhouse gases, convinced the Democrat-controlled Legislature to pass a bill loaning PG&E with $1.4 billion to extend operations until “the permanent cessation of Units 1 and 2 in 2030.” The length of time before shutdown is another uncertainty that concerns Diablo’s opponents.

Among the issues reviewed by the Safety Committee was the extent of the maintenance that was deferred after PG&E decided to shut down Diablo. PG&E representatives told the committee that all maintenance was back on track.

Since Diablo began operating in 1985, opponents have sounded the alarm about the many fault lines surrounding the plant. At this meeting, opponents continued to raise this issue, but PG&E maintained that there was no new information to change their conclusion that the plant was seismically safe.

During the meeting, most of the presentations and comments were expressed with passion, concern, or carefully chosen words. This last describes Bruce Severance, who, on the last day, at the last hour, told the committee that he had serious concerns that the reactor had become brittle almost to the point of breaking. Though a member of the Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel, he was speaking solely as a private citizen. Severance gave a detailed deconstruction of PG&E documents which he asserted demonstrated that material stress tests in 2003 suggested probable embrittlement by 2021. “We’re way past that date now,” Severance observed.

The Safety Committee’s three members have worked together for more than 15 years, and they listened to the PG&E managers and their persistent opponents with cordiality. Each is a respected professional in the field: Robert Budnitz worked with Lawrence Livermore, the federal Department of Energy, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); Per Peterson is a professor of nuclear science at UC Berkeley; and committee chair Peter Lam is an international expert in reactor safety and an administrative judge emeritus for the NRC.

Severance is an industrial designer

Diablo Canyon Power Plant

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and regulatory compliance engineer with an interest in climate change mitigation who lives in San Luis Obispo County. He’s not anti-nuclear, he said, but is a “hound for details.” His detective work included studying more than 4,000 pages of correspondence between the NRC and PG&E on safetyrelated issues.

To understand Severance’s contentions, it helps to know about “coupons.” These are samples of reactor materials placed in the vessel, where they will receive a certain bombardment of radioactivity as the reactor operates to produce electricity. This can “age” the coupons, and at intervals, the operator removes one to test the radiation damage. Several of the coupons contain weld material 27204, important because 27204 holds impurities that Westinghouse, which made the reactor, identified as flawed such as to cause premature failure. Having caught the flaw after Unit 1 was installed, Westinghouse corrected the weld material before delivering Unit 2.

Unit 1’s Coupon V appears to be the last one tested, as the entryway into the reactor is stuck, according to PG&E. After it was tested in 2003, the coupon data was invalidated by PG&E, which Severance found troubling. To breach scientific method by changing data in this way, the company interpreted an NRC regulation differently than it had before, which allowed them to be able to use a mathematical calculation to estimate the radiation damage to Cou-

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pon V, rather than the test data. The NRC questioned the change repeatedly, Severance said. By the time PG&E withdrew its application in 2018, the question was still unanswered.

What the new calculation did, however, was extend Unit 1’s lifetime or its “fracture toughness limit.” Changing the embrittlement timeframe from 2021 to 2044 was “a 68 percent shift in the expected life of the plant,” Severance later told the Independent. Given the likelihood of a problem, Severance suggested to the Safety Committee that the solution was to close Unit 1 and allow Unit 2 to run for 10 more years.

At the committee chair Peter Lam’s request for a response, PG&E’s Tom Jones said that embrittlement was a foundational and principal issue in the license renewal, but he had no information at his fingertips that day.

Committee member Bob Budnick, who had given background on PG&E’s presentations throughout the meeting, said he was open to learning what they would find out. “The probabilities, by the way, of this event are low,” he said, “but they’re not zero, that’s for sure.”

Lam agreed, calling the possibility an “Event V” scenario, recognizable to people like him who’d been in risk assessment the past 50 years: “A major accident sequence even though the probability is low, the consequences would be horrendous.” n

Three major companies have paid the United States $22 million to resolve claims linked to the 2016 Rey Fire. The fire burned more than 32,000 acres in northern Santa Barbara County including 19,000 acres of land in Los Padres National Forest after igniting on 10/18/16, near the White Rock picnic area. According to the Justice Department, the fire started when a tree fell onto power and communication lines owned, respectively, by Southern California Edison (SCE) and Frontier Communications. The multimillion-dollar settlement was announced on 7/7. SCE, UTS, and Frontier agreed to pay the settlement without admitting wrongdoing or fault.

Halen Bretz (above), 30, of Santa Barbara was arrested and charged with burglary (felony), dissuading a witness (felony), and brandishing a knife (misdemeanor) after allegedly burglarizing a residence in the 800 block of Sand Point Road of Summerland on 7/11. At around 9 a.m., Bretz reportedly entered the residence with a knife, told workers there not to call 9-1-1, and then fled the scene before deputies arrived. A community member spotted the suspect, identified from photos released earlier that day by the Sheriff’s Office, in the area of Via Real and Santa Monica in Carpinteria later that same day and called authorities, who arrived and detained him. Bretz is being held without bail in county jail on a probation detainer.

The city has filed two criminal misdemeanor cases against out-of-town food vendors for operating in S.B. without a permit and violating several city fire and safety codes. Initial charges were filed in May against a vendor business operated by Francisco Hernandez and Maria Genez, both believed to be from the L.A. area, followed by additional charges filed on 6/16, which specifically cited fire code violations. In a separate case also filed in May, vendor operator Apolinar Reyes-Rosas was charged with the same misdemeanor violations. The charges against the vendors allege they violated firesafety conditions by cooking with propane tanks and open flames. A bench warrant was later issued for Hernandez after he and Genez failed to appear in court for their scheduled arraignment on 6/28.

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Housing Element Nears Finish Line

Although the County of Santa Barbara is still technically without a certified Housing Element along with nearly 40 percent of other jurisdictions in the state still working on their own housing plans the county is one step closer to the finish line in drafting the plan to accommodate more than 24,000 housing units in the next eight years.

The county submitted the revised draft of its Housing Element to the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) this week, and according to county director of Planning and Development (P&D) Lisa Plowman, this latest version was primarily “cleanup and clarifications.” If accepted, the county will be able to adopt an official plan by the end of the year.

It has been a long and arduous process in many California counties, with the state doubling quotas. The county Board of Supervisors has pressured P&D to meet the region’s overwhelming demand for housing. But much of the hard work is completed, according to Plowman, and now it’s a matter of making sure the final plan meets the state’s increasingly strict guidelines.

County planning staff are optimistic because the state sent back only four pages of comments on their proposal, much less than the nearly 12 pages of recommendations and revisions the state sent to the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara.

There are no significant changes to programs or policies in the county’s latest draft, though Plowman said some vacant sites were removed from the list, mostly due to them being either in agricultural areas or in airport safety zones.

In several public hearings, community members and housing advocates debated over which sites would have to be offered up for the sake of housing. One is San Marcos Growers, part of the county’s proposed locations to be rezoned for housing. Despite public pressure to preserve agricultural lands, the owners of the 30-acre property recently applied to build 996 units of housing as part of the county’s housing plan.

The project is a collaboration with the county Housing Authority, and with 20 percent of the units set aside as affordable housing, the developers could move forward with the project under the builder’s remedy essentially getting a fast pass through the review process should the county fail to adopt its Housing Element soon enough.

Now, planning staff will wait for the state to complete its 60-day review of the revised draft. If HCD finds the plan in compliance, the county will move through with the public hearing process toward adoption by the Board of Supervisors in late 2023.

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Too Many Roosters Spoils the Sleep COUNTY

There’sthe old adage how people shouldn’t move to the country and then complain about roosters crowing in the morning, but the concentration of densely populated rooster hot spots on specific parcels of ag in North County has the county supervisors concerned these operations might be supplying the birds for cock-fighting. Whether that’s the case or not, the noise has given rise to many complaints from neighbors and, according to Supervisor Joan Hartmann, at least one resident who introduced the measure to get a new ordinance passed and then reportedly sold their home and moved.

Although the Sheriff’s Office is aware of certain spots having “unusually high rooster-to-hen ratios,” there’s no data to link this to cock-fighting, which brings with it potential links to gambling, drugs, and drinking. Supervisors Hartmann and

“It feels great to be where we are today,” Plowman said.

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Bob Nelson both represent agricultural districts where the issue has grown problematic. Hartmann and Nelson both termed the rooster hot spots where there are said to be dozens, if not hundreds, of roosters concentrated a neighborhood nuisance if nothing else. To the extent they are linked to cock-fighting, they said, it’s a matter of animal cruelty.

Hartmann presented a model ordinance passed by Los Angeles County that limits the number of roosters per parcel without a permit. That, Hartmann said, was just a starting point. The legwork required to arrive at an eventual legislative finish line would require the combined efforts of Animal Control, the Agricultural Commissioner’s Office, and the County Counsel’s Office. The supervisors passed the proposal to draft an ordinance unanimously. No one spoke in favor or against.

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Live Nude Dogs Descending a Staircase

THUS SPAKE SPADE: “We’ve got to have a fall guy,” insisted Sam Spade, the hard-boiled private dick played with cynical élan by Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon, the proto-crypto film noir classic. In so stating, Spade accidentally articulated the first commandment of modern American politics

When it comes to California’s genuinely desperate housing crisis, the “fall guys” we all are expected to fall for are the environmental activists who allegedly fly the flag of no growth, slow growth, or other variants of NIMBYism, and the local governments in their thrall. In today’s brave new urbanist fantasy of “build, baby, build,” such lofty notions of “living within our resource constraints” are not merely quaintly antiquated but are now considered racist, elitist smokescreens for those who’ve already got from those who never can.

It’s a catchy tune and one that San Francisco’s State Senator Scott Wiener not coincidentally the single largest recipient of developer dollars has been whistling quite effectively in his campaign to strip local governments of all their land-use controls limiting the pedal-tothe-metal development he insists will solve the housing crisis.

I’m not arguing the housing crisis is not desperate. When minimum-wage earners in Santa Barbara have to work more than 80 hours a week to afford an average one-bedroom apartment, Houston, we have a serious problem. Santa Barbara County rents are the fifth most

out of reach for low-income wage earners in the nation. But the solution is not to build more market-rate housing. It’s to build more affordable housing. Unless you believe in the Tooth Fairy, it’s not remotely the same thing.

A perfect example is Santa Barbara’s yearslong campaign to juice rental housing production by giving developers multimillion-dollar concessions on densities and parking. Lots of housing got produced; precious little has been affordable. Worse, this effort triggered a gold rush of speculative investing that’s sent land values through the roof, effectively pricing out developers of genuinely affordable housing.

Let me suggest a few truly deserving Fall Guys instead:

Number One: Ronald Reagan. Until Reagan a part-time resident of Santa Barbara County was president, the United States invested massively in the construction of housing that was genuinely affordable to low-income earners. After Reagan occupied the White House, affordable housing funding plummeted by 77 percent in five years. Do the math; you don’t get what you don’t pay for. We’re still paying the price.

Fall Guy Number Two: Prop. 13. Back in 1978, state voters approved Prop. 13, which radically limited the rate at which property values could be reassessed and taxed. Property taxes were going crazy, and old people were losing their homes. It was another fake solution to a real crisis. Reaping that multibillion-dollar windfall were owners of commercial real estate. (And no photogenically tragic “old people” were saved in

the making of this boondoggle.)

Suddenly cut off from the property tax revenues on which communities relied, local governments had to reassess development priorities. Car dealerships, hotels, and shopping malls which generate massive sales taxes and bed taxes got the green light. New housing which costs local governments way more in required services than the property taxes paid for got the yellow light. Or the red light

It was strictly a dollars-and-cents thing living within your budget and had nothing to do with environmental values of living within your resource constraints

Fall Guy Number Three: Governor Jerry Brown and the California legislature. In the midst of a budget crisis, in 2012, Brown decapitated redevelopment agencies statewide, which at the time collectively generated $1 billion a year for the construction of genuinely affordable new housing. For the City of Santa Barbara, that was roughly $5 million a year. In the past 10 years, we’ve lost $50 million. According to the Santa Barbara Housing Authority, it has been able to leverage redevelopment dollars by a factor of 10-1, masking a loss of nearly $500 million for affordable housing.

Fall Guy Number Four: Hotels, Motels, and the Hospitality Industry. Rob Fredericks at the city Housing Authority hired pollsters to explore the level of popular support for a 2-3 percent increase on bed taxes charged by city’s hotel and motel owners. A 2 percent hike would generate $4.6 million in revenues. Assuming the 10-1

multiplier effect is not fiction, that’s $460 million a year in affordable housing funds.

Fredericks met with industry representatives a few weeks ago who assured him they’d go to the mattresses should he try something so foolhardy Such an increase which would be the first since 1987 would chase away customers, they contended. Their logic makes sense, but I’m not so sure about their facts. When last year’s average room rate was $342, I’m not sure how many of their guests would balk at a $9 a night addition to their bill.

Fall Guy Number Five: Vacation Rentals. State Senator Monique Limón tried to create an affordable housing trust fund maybe $150 million by imposing a 15 percent tax on vacation rentals. That industry cried foul, suggesting perhaps hotels and motels would be a better target, and Limón pulled her bill from consideration until next year.

As for living within one’s resources being a racist, elitist smokescreen, it’s worth noting that State Farm, Allstate, and Farmers Insurance have all stopped issuing new homeowners insurance policies in California, citing high fire risks. And of course there’s no reason to worry about water; we had rain this year, didn’t we? It’s worth noting that residents of the gated estates of Rolling Hills in a county south of here have just been forced to evacuate because of landslides.

My favorite fall guy? Anyone stupid enough to buy in a place stupid enough to be called Rolling Hills and not expect the hills to roll them.

—Nick Welsh

Subcommittee Purgatory Downtownfor

State Street Faces Year Four of No Innovation or Aesthetic Standards

BY MAYOR RANDY ROWSE

City Council opted to play a rousing game of “kick the can” on June 27, thereby sentencing State Street to a minimum of three years of continued closure. The consultantaided future design process continues unabated, but the current configuration of the downtown has languished in stagnation due to the indecision of the council. This is not a design issue, but a management problem. The eventual design is not dependent on maintaining the current use of the downtown corridor. This will be our fourth summer of status quo without innovation, experimentation, or a return to aesthetic standards.

I was not in office at the time the street closure was authorized. It was the right thing to do, providing relief for the beleaguered restaurants who were fighting to stay alive. But I don’t think anyone imagined we’d be facing our fourth consecutive summer with no changes, no trial configurations, and no cogent policies to handle this interim situation. While I’ve so far remained at arm’s length, thinking that current conditions were finite and that a strategy was forthcoming, it’s apparent that it’s not the case.

Yet another subcommittee was proposed to, ostensibly, move plans forward. The current subcommittee’s only tangible product, however, was a rent structure for State Street parklets, which they then joined council in voting against. That rent structure, by the way, was calculated and intended to recover the costs of maintaining the “promenade.” That vote resulted in a $350,000 per year shortfall in our General Fund budget. It was suggested that somehow, inaction was the fault of the administration. Nothing could fall further from the truth. The seven of us on the dais are precisely where “the buck stops.” Policy decisions don’t happen in advisory subcommittees nor by individual suggestion to the City Administrator. They only happen per a majority of the council.

Polling data might be a means by which one takes the political temperature, but it is not how policy is determined. Information gathering is valuable, but skirting tough decisions by hiring more consultants or seeking out agreeable polling data is not the

leadership you deserve. The next formed subcommittee holds no promise of change.

Councilmember Eric Friedman proposed a stopgap measure to allow a more tightly defined “promenade,” while opening the rest of State Street to linear traffic. This would have the result of calming bicycle traffic by the way, did we have a “bike problem” before the street was closed? allowing for disabled persons to access the downtown business corridor and enticing those businesses that rely on traffic for their storefronts. At the very least, it would break the current pattern of an underutilized downtown, and it would allow property and storefront business owners the opportunity to recover. This, at least, would be a cogent interim proposal.

The eventual work of the State Street Advisory Committee and the consultant continues on pace. The completion of their task, however, doesn’t suggest a finite timeline for implementation, as we have found out with the numerous previous consultant efforts, architectural charrettes, and public forums. Change can be good, but only when it isn’t just for “change’s sake.” It must include diversity of needs, have a realistic financial plan, and, most of all, be devoid of politics, ideologies, or special interests. Our public commons require those characteristics if we are to be successful.

We need to move to improve our downtown beyond its current condition, and to act quickly, before the rate of exodus of businesses increases to the point of no return. Private properties and some types of businesses have arguably suffered loss of value by the continuation of the well-intended emergency mandate.

Being in business downtown for four decades doesn’t confer “genius” on anyone. I’m living proof of that. It does, however, give one perspective. Our policies must be inclusive, fair to a diversity of businesses, and encourage new enterprises. Our current status doesn’t provide that standard, and we must move decisively if we are to regain vibrancy and vitality in our downtown business corridor. The time is not three years from now, but now, right now.

ERIC MADRID FILE PHOTO

Carter was born October 11, 1946 to Austin and Virginia McLain in Pasadena, California. He moved to Santa Barbara is 1953 and attended Crane Country Day School, Laguna Blanca School, Santa Barbara High School and graduated from San Diego State College. He taught high school English for a few years before he went on to his true passion: woodwork and cabinet making which he learned during his teen years making surfboards. He also made great guitars.

Carter opened his cabinet shop in Santa Paula in the early 1990’s. Many homes in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties were graced with his fabulous cabinets and furniture. He was a master craftsman and loved his work.

We have lost a colorful character in Carter. He was kind, talented and irreverent. He loved music, playing the guitar, surfing and red meat. He was an great barbecue chef. He was a voracious reader and immensely entertaining. Carter was always fun!

He is predeceased by his parents and his brother Keith. He is survived by his children Carter Russell, Austin and Virginia, his sister Corinne Hedrick, four nephews and his former wife Jonell McLain.

A celebration of Carter’s life will be held on Saturday July 8 at 4:00. Please contact Jonell at 805216-7173 for directions.

Luisa Campos

1933 - 2023

on Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. The graveside service will follow the mass at Santa Barbara Cemetery, located at 901 Channel Drive, Santa Barbara. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in honor of Luisa to CALM at www.calm4kids.org.

Sharon Marlow

12/11/1943 - 7/4/2023

Terry Dee Vineyard 9/30/1940 - 6/25/2023

and the NFL, but above all, he relished in the simple pleasure of an ice-cold Coors Light. Terry was a man of unwavering beliefs, a heart of gold, and an immense love for his family.

Luisa Campos, 90 years of age, passed away on Friday, July 7, 2023, in the comfort of her home in Santa Barbara, California. Luisa was born in 1933 in Acámbero, Guanajuato, Mexico, to the late Herón Sánchez and Soledad Moreno.

As a young immigrant adult, Luisa traveled through Texas, including California specifically Brawley, El Centro and the Imperial Valley. Luisa finally settled in Santa Barbara California, where she met the love of her life, Eliseo Campos Sr.

Luisa married Eliseo Campos Sr., on February 26, 1960, and five children were born from their wedded bliss.

Luisa was a lifelong supporter of education and worked or volunteered periodically throughout various Santa Barbara County Schools spanning several decades.  Her love for children led her to most recent work as a Playground Supervisor at Cleveland School until the age of 87. She touched the lives of thousands of students across many generations.

Luisa enjoyed walking throughout Santa Barbara; going to yard sales; tending to the various birds she cared for through the years; feeding the blue jays on her porch; enjoying the abundant trees, flowers and plants in her garden and trips to Trader Joes.

“MOM”, as her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren affectionately called her, was the best grandmother, great grandmother and it was her greatest joy.

Luisa was preceded in death by her husband Eliseo Campos Sr. and her son Eliseo Campos Jr.

Luisa is survived by her four children, Angelina Campos, Juan Campos, Santiago Campos, and Jo (Campos) Randall; and many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

Services for Luisa Campos will be held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish located at 227 N. Nopal Street, Santa Barbara. The Rosary will be on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. and the Mass will be

Sharon Marlow was born on December 11th, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA. She passed away on July 4, 2023 in Santa Barbara, CA.

Sharon was known by her grandchildren as “Ducky” because she did not want to be called Grandma. Her heart was eternally young and her gift of living life to the fullest was contagious. Being around Sharon, you knew you were going to have a good time, and you could be sure you would be well taken care of.  She spent the majority of her life between the beautiful beaches of Santa Barbara, CA and majestic mountains of Sun Valley, ID.

She has left a giant void in this world and life won’t be the same without her.

Sharon leaves behind her children Suzanne, Michael, Leslie (Todd Maschmedt) and grandchildren Oliver (Sarah) & Ben Fries, Sam, Charlie,Teddy Maschmedt, and Luke, Emma, and Finn Marlow.

Sharon joins her late Husband Hobbs B. Marlow who she has waited for years to reunite with. Sharon’s family and friends are at ease knowing Hobbs and Sharon are together now, holding hands, walking on the beach, and looking into the sunset.

Funeral Service will be held on Friday July 14th at 1pm: Santa Barbara Cemetery, 901 Channel Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Celebrations to follow immediately after service.

In lieu of flowers a fund in Sharon’s name has been set up at St. Judes Childrens Medical Research Center. Memorial ID #23530151

The family would like to thank the Alexander Gardens & Hospice staff for their impeccable care in the final days of Sharon’s life.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, Terry Dee Vineyard. He left us on June 25th, 2023, in Santa Barbara, California. Born on September 30, 1940, in Merced, California, Terry was the son of Otis and Pauline Vineyard. Growing up in Red Top alongside his three brothers, Terry attended school in Madera, California, and graduated from Merced High School.

In February 1958, Terry enlisted in the United States Army and successfully completed basic training at Fort Ord in May of the same year. He furthered his training as a Specialist in Fort Gordon, Georgia, where he gained recognition for his proficiency as a rifle marksman and a handgun specialist. Terry’s military journey then led him to Stuttgart, Germany, where he met a beautiful German woman, Gisela. They were married on August 7, 1959, and soon welcomed their first son, Michael, in May of 1960.

Following his discharge in 1962, Terry moved his family back to the United States, settling in Riverside, California. It was there that they welcomed their second son, Andy, on December 2nd, 1963. Terry followed in his brothers’ footsteps and pursued a career in the automotive industry, starting as a manager at Goodyear Tire before transitioning into automotive sales in the Riverside area.

Eventually, Terry accepted a position at Santa Barbara Datsun as a used car manager. Relocating to Goleta with his family, Terry devoted many years to the company until an opportunity presented itself. He decided to venture into buying and selling automobiles independently, until Cutter Motors (now Santa Barbara Auto Group) opened in Santa Barbara and offered him the role of manager for their used car sales team. After facing health challenges, Terry retired in 2001 but remained close to his family, residing in Goleta.

Terry had a deep appreciation for the outdoors and cherished activities such as hunting, fishing, and barbecuing steaks. He also enjoyed watching NASCAR

Leaving behind a legacy of love and strength, Terry is survived by his loving wife, Gisela, and his sons, Michael (Cheryl), Andrew. He also leaves behind his cherished grandchildren, Amber Lynn Vineyard, Chase Vineyard, Lindsay Chastain (Ryan), Dylan (Katie) Vineyard, and Ryann Vineyard, as well as numerous great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.

Rest in peace, Dad. We will forever hold you in our hearts. With all our love, Mom, Mike, and Andy.

Graveside Services Thursday July 6th, Goleta Cemetery

Mel Stowell

8/1/1962 - 7/5/2023

It is with great sadness that on July 5, 2023, Melanie (Conlan) Stowell, passed away peacefully, but far too soon. Mel was born in San Francisco and then grew up in Santa Clara. She married Paul Stowell in 1983 and they subsequently lived in San Jose, Gilroy and finally in Goleta. Mel leaves behind her husband of almost forty years, three children, Joseph, Philip and Courtney and four young grandchildren from Philip and daughter-in-law Ashley; Brayden, Brooke, Brielle and Bethany. Mel so loved her family, and she will be truly missed. No formal services are planned at her request, however, please take a moment and say a prayer for Mel and her family and wish them peace and serenity during this difficult time.

Terrill Joseph Bruketta 12/26/1950 - 5/28/2023

aside by the Mathematics Department chair and told no one had ever aced his mathematical skills and theory assessment in the 20 years he used it. He suggested Terrill should change majors. Terrill agreed to double major, but the university did not accommodate double majors. Postgraduation, Terrill found work at Raytheon in Santa Barbara.

Moving to the desert and painting its landscapes fulfilled his dreams of living in beauty and painting the desert’s sublime grandeur.

Bob leaves behind Teresa, their dog Kiva, and countless loving friends he made along the way. A celebration of his life will be planned for the fall in Kanab.

a couple of years later. Lili’s greatest pride and joy was raising her seven children

Terrill entered Our Lord’s Kingdom on May 28 after suffering a sudden stroke three days earlier. His wife of 26 years will continue to carry on their family traditions in his absence. His life touched many people with kindness and warmth and sometimes with a Croatian attitude or pure engineering genius. . Terrill’s technical skills from automotive fix it to High Tech problem solving touched many during His life’s journey. His programming projects, years after his creation and retirement, are still running today at Raytheon and Seymour Duncan. It was at Raytheon that he met and knew Dorothy was the love of his life.

Born in Spokane, Washington, his family moved multiple times in his younger years. From Northwest, to MidWest off to the East Coast and finally California, he lived in seven different cities before his senior year in High School.. After graduating from Bishop Garcia Diego HS (Santa Barbara) in 1969 , he worked as the Ace Mechanic at the family Service Station in parallel with his job as Cashier for Alpha Beta. He joined the US Navy in 1972. Assigned to be a nuclear reactor operator. This billet was delayed and instead he served on the Kitty Hawk stationed out of Alameda, CA. After completing “ Navy Nuke School” in Idaho, he was assigned as an reactor operator on the Enterprise. His dossier of Ports of Call was extensive and his zeal for meeting and engaging different cultures was enormous. Never a sailor looking for a bar, Terrill sought better understanding of the people and places he went.

When on leave Stateside, he devoted much of His free time, helping family and friends with their projects from redwood fencing projects to being the family tourist guide of the San Francisco Bay Area.

After the Navy, Terrill attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He actually was pulled

His joys in life were found in his woodworking, art and computer programming projects. But his passion for the last 26 years was His love for Dorothy, and being with his grandchildren: Stepdaughter Stephanie and grandchildren Joseph, Jordan, Priscilla and Heaven.

Terrill was buried at Santa Barbara Cemetery on June 27 at 10:30am with family and friends attending. A Military Honor Guard presented Arms, played Taps and handed his wife a flag in honor of his service to our nation.

T Robert (Bob) Dycus

1/27/1947 - 6/29/2023

Lolita Sara Vignot-Van Beuren

11/10/1944 - 6/30/2023

Jean-Paul Manoux, Andre N. Manoux, Alfred Manoux, Christine Manoux, Philipe Manoux, Joseph Manoux, and Jacques Manoux – who loved her dearly. She created a charmed childhood for them, full of love and opportunity. She will be remembered for her incredible spirit and generosity, always with an open door, that extended to family, friends, including her children’s friends, and beyond.

Ilan spent his 27-year career at Bell Labs developing numerous telephone products. He was most proud of his leadership of the Merlin phones, which provided small businesses with multiple lines and access to many features previously only available to large businesses. He relished spotting “his” Merlin phones at a restaurant or on the set of a TV show. Ilan was an effective and respected leader, becoming a Lab Director at Bell Labs.

Bob’s journey through life began in Lima, Ohio, and ended in a small Utah town called Kanab. A long-time Santa Barbara resident, Bob and his life partner, Teresa, moved in 2014 to the redrock country of Utah to be amid the beauty of the Southwest. A talented and multifaceted artist, Bob loved to paint the distinctive landscape around him; deserts and mesas, rivers and clouds.

Following high school, Bob’s journey ran through Vietnam. His experiences as a combat soldier affected him through the rest of his life. He credited the Vet Center in Santa Barbara for enabling him to come to terms with the horrors he witnessed.

After the Army, Bob turned to art. He went to college and then to grad school, earning several degrees in art. But being an artist is a tough career choice, so he used his talents and skills in a variety of jobs. He met Teresa while working at the Museum of Natural History, where he was an exhibits curator. His greatest joys were the many outdoor adventures they had traveling the west.

Lolita “Lili” Van Beuren of Santa Barbara, CA passed away peacefully in her sleep on June 30, 2023. She was born in New Rochelle, New York to Dolores (Berea) Van Beuren, originally from La Coruna, Galicia, Spain, daughter of the Spanish Ambassador, and Alfred Vignot-Van Beuren from New Haven, Connecticut. She was the younger sister to Alfred “Alfie” Van Beuren (d. 1990) and Peter Van Beuren. She adored her family, including many very close aunts, uncles and cousins. She had a wonderful childhood in her house that bordered the woods, and fondly remembered tending roses with her father, which she continued to take pleasure in her entire life. Lili graduated from The Ursaline School in New Rochelle, and earned a BA in Economics from Marymount College of New York, a topic she thoroughly enjoyed and put to use working as a stock broker for many years.

Lili was an amazing storyteller, an attentive listener and famous for her memory, and she delighted in recounting family stories, those of her life and those passed down through generations. She loved words, and was smart and funny with an unassuming wit. She had a seemingly endless positivity, always smiling, and loved to laugh, assured that humor would get one through all things. She had a special way of immediately befriending anyone she encountered, whether at a shared table or simply stepping into a shop.

Lili discovered Santa Barbara on a trip with her parents in 1968 and made it her dream to call it home, which she did

Lili was unconditional love personified and will be forever missed by her children, their spouses, her seven grandchildren, and so many who knew her. Her happy places were tied to family: a noisy house filled with her children and a beach in Bermuda – where we imagine her enjoying the eternal sunshine she always deserved.

A service will take place on Friday, July 21, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, 21 East Sola Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, followed by a private burial.

Ilan M. Levi 7/17/1943 - 6/22/2023

When Ilan was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 1991, he had a remarkably positive attitude from the start: He wasn’t going to fret over things he couldn’t change but instead would try to live the fullest life possible. He loved playing tennis, biking, hiking and camping. He and Barbara traveled extensively to places of scenic beauty.

In 1994, Ilan took early retirement so that he and Barbara could move to Santa Barbara, where Ilan promptly became active in the Newcomers Club, the UCSB Community Affiliates and SCORE. He helped lead the Parkinson Association of Santa Barbara and started their early-stage Parkinson’s support group. Friends and family loved Ilan for his kind, warm and gentle disposition and admired him for his perseverance in the face of physical challenges.

Ilan was an avid photographer. He loved to capture the beautiful scenery wherever he went. And he took great pleasure in documenting special events for friends and family.

Ilan Levi lived life to the fullest despite his long-term struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. He passed away peacefully at home on June 22, 2023.

Born in Israel on July 17, 1943, as the son of German immigrants, Ilan grew up in farming community. In 1956, he emigrated with his parents and brother to New York City, where the ever-resilient Ilan adapted quickly to his new language and urban environment. He graduated in 1961 from The Cooper Union, where he pursued his lifelong love of engineering. Then it was off to graduate school in Aeronautical Engineering at Stanford University to earn a PhD in 1969. While at Stanford, he fell in love with California and especially Yosemite National Park, where he was to backpack throughout his life. He also fell in love with a fellow grad student, Barbara, with whom he shared the rest of his life.

Ilan was a devoted husband, father and grandfather, cherishing every moment with his loved ones. Family trips included rafting through the Grand Canyon, skiing in Colorado, house boating on Lake Powell, hiking in Sun Valley and revisiting his childhood haunts in Israel. Even after 26 years with PD, Ilan was ziplining and white-water rafting in Yellowstone National Park.

Ilan is survived by his wife Barbara of 57 years; his son and daughter-in-law, Daniel and Jennifer Levi; his daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and Jason Hughes; his four grandchildren Jack and Tyler Hughes and Adelle and Braun Levi; and his brother and sister-in-law, Ron and Carol Levi. The family is grateful to Ilan’s wonderful caregivers Dan, Javier and Luis.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Parkinson Association of Santa Barbara, the Yosemite Conservancy or Direct Relief.

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Frederick

B. Emerson, Jr. 1935

- 2023

Frederick B. Emerson, Jr., better known as Fred, was born in Wellsville, NY in 1935 and died in Solvang CA at 87 on June 30, 2023 from kidney cancer and heart failure. Like his father, he fondly remembered growing up in their small town. He was introduced to birding and natural history as a teenager by a friend’s mother, who taught high school science.

After graduation from Wellsville High School, he majored in Biology at Alfred University. He received a Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology from Cornell University in 1961 before a post-doctoral year in Marine Science at the University of Miami. His first career was Wildlife Biologist for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Forestry Division. He advised landowners in Tennessee plus six other Southeastern states where watersheds fed into the Tennessee River and also wrote the wildlife management plan for Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. During Summer 1967 he returned to TVA to write Tennessee Valley Wildlife-An Outlook for Year 2000 and In 2000 was pleased to find his predictions had been quite accurate. He spent 1965-66 as an Assistant Professor in Forestry at the University of Tennessee. .He received the Tennessee Wildlife Conservation Award from the Tennessee Conservation League in 1968.

His second career, Medicine, began at Vanderbilt University where he earned his M.D. in 1970 then moved to the University of Colorado for his internal medicine residency. He chose to work as an emergency care physician at Denver General Hospital and served on the UC faculty. In Santa Barbara, he practiced Emergency Medicine at Goleta Valley Hospital and provided urgent care/internal medicine at the UCSB Student Health Center.

His third career utilized his biology/ecology background with a focus on Santa Barbara County’s natural history. After docent training at both the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, he taught Birding/Natural History for the Museum for 25 years. Also,

he offered natural history field trips through Santa Barbara City College Adult Education. He added field trips and birding classes for the Wilding Museum, located in Solvang, after moving there in 2000. His wife, Nancy, and he received the Wildling’s Wilderness Spirit Award in 2008.

The UCSB Sedgwick Reserve was important to Fred beginning in the late 1990s. He served as a docent and hike leader while providing ecological and natural history training for docents. With fellow birder and friend, Fred Machetanz, he started a weekly Sedgwick Reserve bird census in 2008, now linked to ebird.

Fred’s other interests included tennis, eclectic musical genres with years of choral singing, linguistics, hiking and travel that included natural history. His most special travel experience was visiting the Village of Selborne, England, where Gilbert White, an 18th century pioneering British naturalist and writer, spent most of his life.

At heart Fred was a person who loved to learn and teach. He was known for using humor to help students remember important ideas and to put patients at ease. Family and friends enjoyed his humor, too, which was always kind. His humor was still evident as recently as a Father’s Day family weekend in June.

Fred is survived by his wife, with whom he shared a joyful and fulfilling 65-year marriage after meeting at Cornell University. They have three children, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild: Robert (Kerstin-deceased), Mark (Karen) and their four children (Nicole and Casey Russell and daughter, Lila, Danny and Alexandra Emerson, Haley Emerson and Michael Kostalnick, Kevin Emerson) and Molly Pyott (David) and her two children (Matthew and Michael Ingraham). His parents, Fred and Myrtle Emerson and his brother, Roderick, predeceased him.

The family very much appreciated the compassionate, skilled attention provided by the staff of Atterdag Village’s Care Center and Clinical Services, Complete Care at Home and Visiting Nurse Association Hospice.

A Celebration of Fred’s life will be held on Saturday, August 19, 2023, 10 a.m. at Bethania Lutheran Church, 601 Atterdag Road, Solvang. It will include brunch and sharing of memories. Memorial gifts may be sent to Bethania Preschool and After School Care, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, UCSB Sedgwick Reserve and the Wildling Museum.

S.B. Speaks Up

Thousands Express Their Hopes to Revitalize Downtown

BY DAVE DAVIS AND KEN SAXON

The State Street Advisory Committee spent much of the last year in meetings, forums, workshops, and countless individual conversations, hearing residents express their appreciation for where we live and a passion for making it the best it can be.

This moment is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us to reimagine the future of our downtown. We have the chance to build on all we’ve learned during the pandemic-related closure. Early in 2024, our committee must recommend a master plan proposal to the Santa Barbara City Council. As we move toward that deadline, we share some of the top things we heard from the public:

Cars: At least part of downtown State Street should remain closed to cars. The strongest finding of our survey of 6,000 Santa Barbarans was that 79 percent had a desire to maintain a car-free part of State Street in the future. Survey after survey has yielded the same results. Our committee will be considering how many blocks, and which blocks, should remain closed to private vehicles.

Housing: We have a long downtown corridor, and more commercial space retail and office than is needed for the foreseeable future. Our area’s biggest need is housing; currently, housing makes up less than 5 percent of the total square footage in our downtown master plan area: from Sola Street to the 101 freeway, and Chapala to Anacapa Streets. As more building space is converted to housing, our downtown has the chance to evolve into a desirable urban neighborhood with more people present at all times of day, creating a new source of vibrancy for the area.

Districts: There is a great variation along the closed State Street corridor. The beautiful Arts District is toward the northern end of our project area, and a thriving Entertainment District of sorts is near the southern end. In between, the City Center area is, for now, less active due to the loss of shoppers and office workers in and around Paseo Nuevo. Many have suggested we treat these areas differently and support them to evolve their own separate identities.

City Center: With a loss of department stores and office workers in recent years, downtown Santa Barbara has lost some of its sense of purpose. Many have spoken of their desire to see downtown regain its centrality in civic life through the development of focal points, such as stages, art installation areas, play and activity areas, and public/farmers markets, programmed in partnership with arts and civic organizations. There’s a good deal of interest in focusing new activities in the central part of our project area, or integrating eventual redevelopment plans for Paseo Nuevo and De la Guerra Plaza.

Safety & Sanitation: Many Santa Barbarans told us they love downtown State Street and feel a vital energy flowing through the current car-free promenade. Others said they don’t feel safe or drawn to the area due to issues of cleanliness, lighting, homelessness, accessibility, and a small minority of cyclists who ride exceedingly fast. For downtown to become a thriving city center for more residents, each of these safety issues must be tangibly addressed in our planning and operations.

Bicycles: This is the most divisive issue we encountered. We heard loud and clear that some people including many seniors and people with disabilities want an area of the State Street Promenade where bicycle riding is not allowed. We also heard from others including many younger people and families who want to experience State Street on a bicycle. The question is complicated by new kinds of electric bikes that go very fast. Our committee has been in discussions with the city about where and how bikes can be routed and integrated safely into our downtown of the future.

City Process Reform & Economic Development: The biggest investment in a more vital downtown center will need to come from private property owners and businesses. Many said that certain city rules and review processes get in the way of opportunities to convert buildings and spaces to new uses. To increase the vibrancy of downtown, the city must actively support a broad mix of private revitalization efforts. This should include streamlining and speeding up city review processes.

Beauty: Santa Barbara is known worldwide as a beautiful city. State Street is part of that with its Spanish-style architecture, mature street trees, paseo network, and views of the mountains. Many see this master plan process as an opportunity to build on that reputation, a chance to enhance downtown’s sense of place, history, and celebration. This should include changes to street and outdoor dining design, which were not fully thought through as part of the emergency closure. Now we have the chance to get it right.

Later this summer, the Advisory Committee will review amended designs for the future of State Street, and we will seek public feedback. Please stay engaged with us. Our hope is to recommend a plan in early 2024 based on a vision that most Santa Barbarans excites, one that takes advantage of this oncein-a-generation opportunity.

For more information please visit the “Create State” website at https://statestreet.santabarbaraca.gov.

Dave Davis is chair and Ken Saxon is vice-chair of the State Street Advisory Committee.

Robert C. Noël

1929-2023 Scholar and School Board Member

BY LEILA NOËL

Robert Chisholm Noël passed away Wednesday, April 5 at the age of 93. In his long life, Bob made many friends through his career in higher education, but most people in Santa Barbara might know him best as a stalwart on the Santa Barbara School Board for over a decade at the turn of this century.

Born in 1929 in Pasadena, California, he grew up during the Depression in a small household with his parents and older brother, Tom. In his youth and young adulthood, he bred and sold parakeets to make extra money. He also was a bicycle paperboy, pressed early vinyl records at a factory, and assisted in his father’s professional photography studio. Tom taught him how to build custom hot rods by swapping out the frequently interchangeable parts on early automobiles, and how to get into, and occasionally out of, trouble. As a kid he was curious and mischievous, and he held onto those traits his entire life.

Bob loved jazz and big bands, and, as a teen, he would spend his Sundays dancing in his leather-soled shoes, “to the left of the bandstand where all the best dancers were,” at the Hollywood Palladium. He was drafted in his early twenties into the Korean War, and he was stationed in Japan and Korea as a Morse code operator. He loved experiencing different cultures but was strongly against war. When he returned home, using GI Bill funds, he studied at several universities, and received his PhD in Political Behavior and International Relations from Northwestern University.

In 1963, Bob Noël became a professor at UC Santa Barbara in the Political Science Department, and he was instrumental in the campus’s early involvement in the ARPANET, a predecessor to the internet. His work involved Cold War–era war game simulations with other universities. He also established and was the director of the Polis Lab at UCSB, and mentored many undergraduate and graduate students, developing life-long friendships with some.

Bob spent the majority of his professorial career teaching courses on international relations, nuclear proliferation, and the Middle East. He traveled extensively for his research and once was sent to Palestine as an emissary of the United Nations. He also taught at Penn State and was a visiting professor at Stanford. His out-of-the-box teaching style was exemplified by a course on nuclear deterrence in which he organized a class field trip from Santa Barbara to board a ballistic missile submarine at the Naval Base in Bremerton, Washington. His sons got to sit at the controls of the (non-activated) missile launch control station, while his students learned in a very hands-on way.

Bob loved building things, and one of his biggest undertakings was when he purchased a river barge, the Noordster (“North Star”), in Belgium and worked with friends and builders to convert it into a houseboat. He was sartorially minded, liked virtually anything à la mode, and picked up new skills and styles wherever he went. He loved New York City, European and Native American cultures, cosmopolitan places, art, Scandinavian design, travel, and action movies. One of his deepest passions was cooking and food. Throughout his life he attended numerous cooking schools around the world and always desired to learn new techniques and recipes.

Following his retirement from UCSB in 1997, he

Helena “Leny” Van Wingerden

9/15/1932 - 6/27/2023

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

Helena Adriana Koot was born September 15, 1932 to Johannes and Helena Koot in Honselersdijk, The Netherlands. She was the 6th of 8 children.Her dad was a butcher and in her early teens she helped make the meat deliveries on her bicycle and collected monies due to the butcher shop. Her strong work ethic was evident throughout her life. She married William “Bill” Van Wingerden in January of 1957 and had 4 children. She often referred to the years of raising her children as being rewarding and special times.

Leny treasured spending time with her family and made the holidays especially Christmas and Easter, festive and fun She started a tradition of taking all the grandkids to the Apple Farm in San Luis Obispo by train where they enjoyed spending fun times together. She took all her children and grandchildren on individual trips to see the world as she loved to see new places and wanted her family to experience the adventures of traveling. She enjoyed and looked forward to attending church at St. Josephs and at the chapel on 7th Street.

leaned into his passion for local issues by running for Santa Barbara School Board in 1998. His three consecutive campaigns were all smashing successes, in large part due to his unorthodox advertising vehicle: a Type A yellow school bus, plastered with banners and his “Straight Talk About Schools” slogan.

In his 12 years on the Santa Barbara school board, Bob was ardent and dedicated himself to public service, pouring hours each day into research and policy reform. One of the issues he was most passionate about was equal access to high-quality education and resources for underserved students. He was a firebrand on the board and infamous for showing up to meetings with his own lengthy research reports showing disturbing gaps in achievement and massive home-made charts and graphs. The man loved data. He was described by local newspapers as “an outspoken champion of procedure and an unrelenting watchdog of bureaucratic transparency.” He stepped down from the School Board at age 81 in 2010.

Bob taught one final class at UCSB, aptly entitled Politics and Power in Local Education: A Political Scientist’s Perspective, before truly retiring from his 50+ year career in education.

In the ensuing years, Bob found his greatest joy simply in the company of family and friends. He was effusive in his profound love for and pride in his wife, children, and grandchildren, and he welcomed the kids’ respective partners wholeheartedly into the family. He is survived by his wife Leila, daughter Lisa, sons Christopher and Bret, daughters-in-law Whitney and Sammie, grandchildren Sophia and Callum, and pups Nala and Cava. We all will miss him most dearly. We also want to thank the incomparable home health aides, Luis and Edgar, who in recent years offered such exceptional support, comfort, and camaraderie to Bob and to our family.

In 1967 she emigrated to the United States with her family of six along with Bill’s 3 brothers and their families to pursue the American dream. The family had chosen Carpinteria for its ideal growing conditions as they were farmers. It was an amazing adventure which she loved although leaving behind all her side of the family was hard.

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

When her husband passed away in 1993, she was encouraged by Kees, her brotherin-law, to come back to the Santa Barbara Bridge Center as he had found her a new bridge partner. Playing bridge brought her years of enjoyment and some new dear friends. She also joined the Polo Club where you could

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

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

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

THE GODFATHER OF CLIMATE FICTION

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“Brilliantly imaginative in a terrifying way,” is how fellow author Annie Proulx describes T.C. Boyle. As famed New York Times literary critic Michiko Kakutani wrote of one of Santa Barbara’s most prolific and beloved writers, “When it comes to pitch-black humor, Grand Guignol slapstick, and linguistic acrobatics, T. Coraghessan Boyle is a master of his domain.”

Boyle sat down with Independent contributing writer David Starkey (Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2009–2011, novelist, and playwright) to discuss the writing life in S.B. and his new novel, Blue Skies, “an eco-thriller with teeth” that captures the absurdity and “inexpressible sadness at the heart of everything.”

SOUNDS OFF ON HIS LATEST WORK

Your new novel, Blue Skies, offers a bleak, but probably accurate, view of the near future. Drought, fires, and incredibly high temperatures in Southern California, hurricanes and flooding in Florida. And yet people carry on. Is that an optimistic note on your part that we persist or a comment on how blind we are to keep accommodating our own increasingly disastrous messes? Blue Skies is a companion to my 2000 book, A Friend of the Earth, which projects to 2026 and wonders what life would be like at this juncture that we’ve almost reached. And in it, there are the same kind of weather dislocations I’m talking about in Blue Skies. We have drought, we have floods, and we also have a pandemic. I saw all that coming. And now, I thought, we are living in it, and what is it like for a single family like us, regular people to have to deal with the new normal? Do we ignore it? Do we try to do our best to ameliorate things? And so I’ve given you a family. The mother and son live here in Santa

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Barbara and the daughter has recently moved to coastal Florida. So I can contrast the different conditions: They have too much water and we haven’t got enough.

But also there are some notes of optimism in it because I realized that we live in the moment, and we can be surprised by meteorological patterns and entomological patterns. In the course of writing the book, I was very depressed about the future of the monarchs, but in the last two winters, they have made something of a comeback. So, yeah, that makes me slightly optimistic.

And there’s more good news, David the ticks are thriving! I go out there on those mountains right outside the window here and feed them. Often. Somebody’s got to do it. Their children would starve if it wasn’t for me.

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I hope the ticks appreciate your sacrifices! You mentioned the centrality of the family. I was reading Matt Bell’s review in the New York Times where he calls the novel “more an accomplished family drama with a climatecrisis setting.” Would you agree with that, or is that kind of reducing it a bit? It’s a novel, and it’s set now and in the near future under the conditions under which we must live in these skewed times. I think those labels are ridiculous: “climate fiction,” “clifi,” whatever it is. I’m the godfather of all that. I wrote A Friend of the Earth in 2000. Why quibble about it? Family drama? Climate novel? We live in a climate; we’ve always lived in a climate. This is just a novel examining the new conditions.

and look over my oeuvre from the beginning? You know at the beginning what your concerns are for me, primarily environmental. And more to the point, what is our role as an animal species confined in an environment with all the other animal species? Is evolution a dead end in our case because our brains are too big? Did we need them to be this big to create this forum in which we’re talking right now and destroy everything in the world? And is there God? No, of course, there’s no God. It’s just an invention of mankind. So where is the purpose? What is the meaning? This is the thing that has obsessed all humans.

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I like that: the Godfather of Climate Fiction. But are there any other climate-change novels that you admire? Jenny Offill’s Weather is good, in a very muted, interesting way. Again, very day-to-day: How do we deal with it? But before Friend of the Earth, I’m not sure anyone had addressed this in a novel. Certainly, there are a lot of great, great nonfiction books about the things that obsess me: invasive species, climate change, the end of nature. You know, I was doing interviews for Friend of the Earth years ago, and I was just wondering why more people weren’t concerned because it seems to me that this is the single existential question facing our species. And maybe now people are getting the message and trying to examine it in their own way.

I was very depressed about the future of the monarchs, but in the last two winters, they have made something of a comeback. So, yeah, that makes me slightly optimistic.

— T.C. Boyle

You just mentioned animals. Ticks play a big part in Blue Skies, and we don’t want to give away any spoilers, but that snake scene man. I was thinking that climate change is forcing us to interact more closely with nonhuman creatures in a way that we didn’t in the past when we could distance ourselves from them. Good point. We’re thrust into it. The disruptions in the weather patterns are forcing us back into being animals of nature, and showing our vulnerability.

As you suggest, fiction clearly has a different role than nonfiction. Fiction for me is a way of addressing the human condition, but my condition especially, and my concerns. And if we were to go back

I was surprised, in our fraught political climate, that there was no real mention of Democrats or Republicans in Blue Skies. I feel like one of the big obstacles to addressing climate change is that people on the left are always having to fight against people on the right. Was that a decision you made because the backstory would be too complicated to work in, or because it really doesn’t matter that much once we get to a certain point? I’ll choose option B. Every story is different. Every book or story has its own valence I just follow it. The politics during COVID, and the Trump era, and the politics now of the far-right wing and the near fascist takeover of

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America we came so damned close this obsesses me. But it didn’t play into this particular novel. I say it’s a conscious choice, but it’s not really a conscious choice. This is the way this story was told.

Is there a year or a decade when you see all the terrors of Blue Skies coming true? I’m not a climate scientist; I don’t know. We are already fighting wars for the limited resources of the earth, and it will be exacerbated by the collapse of the climate. We’re getting close. n

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Reading Beneath the Surface

Best-Selling Author Elaine Castillo Shares Tips for Reading Deeply and Critically

by Hannah Weaver

While our favorite “smitten bookworm” Emily Lee is out on maternity leave, our staff has had a great time guest writing the biweekly All Booked newsletter, with Tessa Reeg sharing her favorite thriller recommendations, Ryan P. Cruz spotlighting contemporary Latin American authors, and yours truly showcasing books to read before you watch the movie or TV show. Stay tuned to read more All Booked guest columns by subscribing at independent.com/newsletters.

In addition to keeping up with Emily’s newsletter column, we’ve also been working hard to keep our list of books by local authors up to date. As you can imagine, we get many, many books sent to us by local authors, and it’s practically impossible for us to read and review them all. But, as Emily writes, “just because we are busy bees does not mean that they aren’t worth the attention. In an attempt to not completely drop the ball, we have compiled a list of books here that have a local spin. They are all either written by a local author, feature someone in our community, or have another tie to Santa Barbara.”

Take a look at the most recently updated list here (independent.com/2022/07/06/local-bookspotlight), and perhaps you’ll find a new favorite read and even discover that your friends and neighbors have some heretofore hidden literary talents.

In addition to All Booked, our regular literary content includes weekly book reviews at independent.com by David Starkey and Brian Tanguay, courtesy of their California Review of Books website, calirb.com. My biweekly ON Culture newsletter also includes an “ON the Page” section with literary happenings (subscribe at independent.com/ newsletters). In addition, Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Melinda Palacio is our newest columnist, and we are proud to present her Poetry

Connection online on a biweekly basis as well.

For the most recent Poetry Connection, Melinda writes about her collaboration with artist Colleen Kelly, whose Dichotomy of Laundry exhibition is on view at Silo 118 Gallery in the Funk Zone. Here is her poem, the first of several to come in the Dichotomy of Laundry series.

Woman

by Melinda Palacio

Her gear appeared soft without instructions.

On her bed, a belt to hold the pads of cloth in the nameless space she hadn’t thought about.

If it weren’t for the trail of blood, she could continue the game: Cowboys and Indians, her older brother’s favorite.

She would even play with dippy plastic baby

dolls that neighbor Esther forced on her. Why would she want to play at babies when she had a baby brother to care for?

The gear on her pink pillow confirmed What she suspected: at ten years old, She was done with little girl stuff. She was a woman.

Does it have to hurt so much?

Does there have to be so much blood? She tugged on the clothesline between Her apartment and the next building. If Vilma, Esther’s older sister was home, She would have all the answers. Vilma at 12 knew everything. S.O.S.

She wrote the letters on a blank piece of paper, Hung it on the clothesline, but Vilma was gone.

S.O.S.

Beyond simply ingesting words from a page, it’s time to think more deeply about why and how you read, which is the premise of Elaine Castillo’s new book, How to Read. In support of the idea that reading should be a mindful practice, rather than merely a mindless escape, last month, Santa Barbara Public Library hosted Castillo in a special summer reading kickoff event.

Here are her top tips for reading deeply.

Interrogate your motives.

Castillo points out that, many white readers tend to read works by authors of color to become more empathetic. “The way that kind of ‘read diverse books’ is sort of employed in our literary discourse is ultimately this kind of prescription medicine, or your protein shake ‘build your empathy muscles’ because you’ll read about Filipinos and then you’ll realize they’re human,” she said. Instead she advises readers to:

“Expand what it means to read diversely.”

Too often, readers treat diverse reading as something to check off the list. Rather than sitting down with your diversity read of the year, Castillo encourages us to think about how even the classics can be read through a critical lens.

“I think read[ing] diversely shouldn’t just mean … ‘I read a book by a Filipino author today. So, check, I read diversely,’ ” she said. “For me, I read Jane Austen diversely. I think it’s more interesting to read critically, to read irreverently, [and] to read combatively.”

What does it mean to read combatively?

Though often riddled with harmful views of gender, race, and sexuality, Castillo finds

reading older classics the perfect opportunity to learn through questioning. Instead of putting aside these elements as outdated, she encourages readers to challenge them. This practice can be applied to any book, old or new.

Remember that everything has an important political context.

Castillo grew up reading Austrian writers such as Peter Handke, who has since been criticized as a genocide-denier. It’s not uncommon for writers like him to spur cries of “separating the art from the artist,” but the same is not always extended to writers outside of the white male mold.

“It is a certain form of empathy to read a writer like that, and never hold that author or that book to task for its political context,” she said. “But then to politicize everything that a writer of color writes as ‘this is a political comment on what it means to be a Filipino woman in the ’90s or ’70s.’ ”

Allow critical reading and pleasure reading to coexist.

One audience member asked Castillo how to balance watching or reading something that may be entertaining but also have problematic elements. Her advice? Embrace your inner killjoy.

“I don’t mind being the killjoy at a party, necessarily, so there is like a perverse enjoyment that I get out of that. Which, I think, once you lean into that, it’s quite fun,” she said. “I accept that there are … parts of films or parts of books, just as there are parts of me, that are unruly and uncomfortable and not politically correct, whatever that means, and that are flawed. I don’t think there should be a divide really between engaging in something critically and engaging in something … for pleasure.” n

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The Discovery of ‘Zealandia’

New Book Follows Santa Barbara Scientist in Perilous Journey to Antarctica

by Tyler Hayden

With his new book, Bruce Luyendyk has created a whole new genre the geothriller.

Mighty Bad Land follows the longtime UC Santa Barbara researcher on his 1989 expedition to Antarctica, a gritty journey that resulted in the near-death of a companion and the discovery of a hidden eighth continent. Luyendyk coined the vast submarine plateau “Zealandia,” which broke away from Antarctica many millennia ago, the tips of its tallest mountains now comprising the country of New Zealand.

Among the book’s science and adventure are honest reflections by Luyendyk about his ambitions as an explorer and his insecurities as a leader. He doesn’t shy away from the personal challenges that crept into the team’s professional relationships living six weeks in an eight-foot-by-eight-foot tent will do that and he lays bare his own demons, starting with the death of his father and concluding with a visit to a therapist.

Mighty Bad Land marks the first of nine research trips Luyendyk made to Antarctica over the course of his career, the body of knowledge he contributed so important that a mountain was named after him. “You go to Hawai’i and turn left,” he said of its location. “Then at the bottom of the world, you’re there.” It’s about as tall as our Santa Ynez range, he also explained. “It’s not Mount Everest.”

In a wide-ranging interview, we spoke with Luyendyk about his new work, his old memories, and how a scientist becomes a writer. This is an edited version of our conversation.

The book is much more about the human experience of an Antarctic expedition your inner

thoughts and anxieties, the relationships between team members, etc. than it is about the research you were conducting. Tell me about that decision. Well, one of the things I learned is that, as a scientist, you write 150 publications and you think you know how to write. No. [Laughs.] I took a series of classes and workshops and entered a bunch of contests. It was drilled into me to be honest, to not hold back. And to not bullshit. People can tell.

There was one part of the book I was grappling with. It was the crevasse accident where my friend Dave [fellow geologist from UCSB] almost died. I wrote it cold, and when I started reading it to a memoir class, I broke down and couldn’t get all the way through. The teacher said that when you write well, you relive what you’ve done. Most of the class was women writing for their grandchildren, and here I am crying and dropping F-bombs.

Another thing about being a scientist is you’re used to making proposals and submitting articles and getting rejected. It’s part of the territory. So, I was getting rejected by publishers, and the most consistent message I heard was: “Too much science. Tone it down.” I left some things in, but most of the research is in the appendix. That’s how I finally got publishers to look at the book seriously.

What do you remember going through your head during the crevasse incident? My immediate reaction was the signature reaction: “I’m in charge of these people, and they could die here.” That really, really got to me. Dave’s reaction was mysterious, because he acted like nothing happened. A few years later, I got ahold of satellite photos of the glacier we had traveled up. It was peppered with holes that had opened up during warm weather. We had been all over that area. It was completely freaky.

How did your colleagues on the trip react to the book? Because, speaking of honesty, you didn’t sugarcoat some of the tensions among the group, especially between you and Cain, your guide. Well, Christine [graduate student and expedition organizer] really liked it. She said it’s the kind of book that should be on everyone’s reading list who’s thinking about going to Antarctica. Steve said he felt like he knew me better than when he was out there with me. Dave just said, “Hey, we’re alive.”

I eventually apologized to Cain for not trusting him and for bucking him. Because he had a job to do. Even though I hired him to work for me, there were circumstances where he had to be in charge. It was irritating at the time, but he was right. I’ve had other experiences in my career with the same power dynamic, like on marine expeditions. I’d be in charge of the science crew on the boat, but the captain was in charge of everything.

How did you feel when Cain told you at the end of the trip that you weren’t cut out for Antarctica and shouldn’t return? It floored me. It really made me consider not going back. But I think everybody has experiences like this: When you do something really hard, you feel good about yourself. And that’s one of the reasons I went back multiple times. I knew it was hard and I was going to be tested, but I knew I had it in me.

Why didn’t you invite Tucker [friend and mountaineer and overall adventure asset] on subsequent expeditions? He was a really smart and resourceful guy. And an experienced mountaineer. But the group didn’t want him back because of his relationship with Christine. I don’t know what happened between them exactly, but it was enough that it was not cool.

The six of you were out on the ice for more than a month, 800 miles from the nearest base, and far out of range of rescue. What was that like? The main impact it had on me was the experience of being alone. The loneliness. Even though we were six different people, we were so focused on our work that we were really one organism. There’s nobody else around, and they’re not going to come chopper in. So you’re alone together. That’s quite an unusual feeling. It’s really powerful. It gets into your head, and then it starts seeping down into your body.

Bruce Luyendyk

Mount Corey

Unloading the Hercules at Depot Camp, a four-hour plane ride from McMurdo Station

How might this book be helpful to future Antarctica researchers? The experience includes things like taking a dump, or setting up a tent. If you don’t set up your tent right, it can blow away and you’re in deep trouble. That actually happened during another expedition, when a tent blew away in the middle of the night and everyone had to cram into one and then go looking for it a few days later. When I spend all that time explaining how to set up a tent, it’s to stress there can be zero points of failure. So don’t fail.

It reminds me of when we’d go down in submersibles. We would dive during the day, be on the bottom for a few hours, and be back by dusk. When we were back on the ship, a crew of techs would swarm all over it, checking this, checking that. Double-checking. Triple-checking. Then somebody would check the checker. That went on all night until the next morning when we dove again.

I have to ask, since you have a lot of experience with deep-sea diving, what did you make of what happened with the Titanic submersible? I know nothing about the outfit, OceanGate, other than what I read in the press. But I can tell you this: When I was working in oceanography, the U.S. Navy knew everything that was going on everywhere all of the time. Everything. Everywhere. All of the time. And I’m sure it was true of the French, the Russians, the British, you name it. So when the Titan lost communications and there was all this speculation about whether it had sunk or imploded or gotten tangled, I was thinking, “What the hell? Why the mystery?” Who knows.

It was amazing how that incident captured everyone’s attention. God, aliens, and the Titanic

Do you think you’ll go back to Antarctica again, either by land or sea? It’s a beautiful, exciting place, but it’s for younger people. I’m a senior citizen. The last time I was there, in 2011, I was really struck by the bureaucracy. There’s rules for this, rules for that. Check with this person, and check with that person. I figured I’m kind of done with that. And I’m done with having to do really, really hard stuff.

What else has changed since your earlier trips? They built a dedicated science laboratory at McMurdo Station. That was neat. The other big thing was the air support changed from the Navy to the Air National Guard. The Navy aviators were just cool people. They had fun doing their jobs. Going down with the National Guard is like traveling with a bunch of cops.

What about the public’s relationship with Antarctica? How have you seen that evolve in the last few decades? Most tourists go to Antarctica through South America. Last year, post-pandemic, there were 70,000 visitors. That’s up from 35,000 people pre-pandemic. So the interest is huge. I think people respond to the mystery of the place. The allure. And the beauty. It’s sublime, and so untouched.

You’re now retired from UCSB. Do you miss teaching? Yes and no. Teaching for me was way harder than research. I put a lot into it. Every hour in the classroom was three to four hours of getting ready for it. But I do miss the students. Most of them are enthusiastic, smart, and they test you in good ways.

You were born in New York then grew up and went to college in San Diego. How did you wind up in Santa Barbara? My wife and I were living in Cape Cod, and we would get the local newspaper. We would stack it in the corner to recycle. I came home from work one day and started flipping through them. Halfway through the stack, I found this air mail letter from UC Santa Barbara. I asked my wife, “What’s this?” She said, “I don’t know. It looks like it’s for you.” So I open it up and it’s from the geology department. They wanted to know if I would apply for a job. Life’s crazy.

After pull-out from Depot Camp: (left to right) Bruce, Dave, Steve, Chris, Tucker, Cain

The 150 th Anniversary Celebrations Continue

THE JERRY DOUGLAS BAND

Led by 14-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Jerry Douglas, the band has been forging new paths into the musical horizon since 2017, with deep roots in bluegrass and folk that spread out into the Americana and jazz landscapes.

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Over the past four decades, Cray has created a sound that rises from American roots, blues, soul and R&B, with five GRAMMY® wins and 20 acclaimed studio and live albums that punctuate the Blues Hall of Famer’s career.

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The Lobero’s 150 th Anniversary Season continues with an unprecedented concert featuring Stand and Be Counted — David Crosby’s most recent band — playing the set list he crafted for the Lobero’s Birthday Ovation Celebration on February 22, 2023, which was canceled due to his untimely passing.

Stand and Be Counted is a who’s who list of rock talent featuring Steve Postell, James Raymond, Stevie Distanislao, Dean Parks, Chris Stills, Andrew Ford, and Lara Johnston.

Limited VIP post-show artist reception tickets available.

Steve Postell: guitar/vocals (David Crosby, Immediate Family, John Oates)

James Raymond: keyboard/vocals (CSN, CPR, Oleta Adams, Spice Girls)

Stevie Distanislao: drums/vocals (CSN, CPR, David Gilmour, KenNy logGins)

Sun. Aug. 20 / 6 pm stand and be counted

Dean Parks: guitar (Crosby/Nash, James Taylor, lyle lovetT)

Chris Stills: guitar/vocals (Stephen Stills, Ryan Adams)

Andrew Ford: basS (CPR, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan)

lara Johnston: vocals (Don Henley, Obie Brothers)

Ken Stacey: Vocals (michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Elton John)

A tribute to the music of CSNY performed

by David Crosby’s last band, with special guest

As always, find the complete listings online at independent.com/events. Submit virtual and in-person events at independent.com/eventsubmit

THURSDAY 7/13

7/13, 7/19: Metro Summer Kid’s Movies See the perfect summer movie. Thu.: The Croods (2022, PG), Camino Real Cinema, 7040 Marketplace Dr., Goleta; Wed.: Hotel Transylvania

3: Summer Vacation (2018, PG), Fiesta 5, 916 State St.; $2. metrotheatres.com

7/13: Chaucer’s Book Discussion: Lorissa Rinehart Historian of Britain and Ireland Dr. Joe Coohill (Professor Buzzkill) will have a discussion with author Lorissa Rinehart about her newly released book, First to the Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent. 6pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805) 682-6787. chaucersbooks.com/event

7/13: An Evening with Jimmy Webb Composer, singer, and songwriter Jimmy Webb will perform hits he collaborated on from his 50-year history in the music business., including songs from his Glen Campbell songbook such as “Wichita Lineman,”“Galveston,” and more. 8pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $55-$71. Call (805) 963-0761 or email boxoffice@lobero .com. lobero.org/events

7/13: Concerts in the Park: The Molly Ringwald Project Bring a picnic, blankets, and chairs (no alcohol, pets, or smoking), and listen to all of your favorite ’80s dance hits from the Molly Ringwald Project. 6pm. Great Meadow, Chase Palm Park, 323 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Free. Call (805) 564-5418. sbparksandrec.santabarbaraca.gov/activities

7/13: Literary Club Presents Lori Gottlieb Join for an intimate luncheon with New York Times best-seller and psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb, author of the memoir Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and columnist of the Dear Therapist, advice column. RSVP is required. Noon. Belmond El Encanto Hotel & Spa, 800 Alvarado Pl. $75. Call (805) 845-5800 or email reservations .ele@belmond.com tinyurl.com/Literary-Club

FRIDAY 7/14

FARMERS MARKET SCHEDULE

THURSDAY Carpinteria: 800 block of Linden Ave., 3-6:30pm

FRIDAY

Montecito: 1100 and 1200 blocks of Coast Village Rd., 8-11:15am

SATURDAY Downtown S.B.: Corner of Santa Barbara and Cota sts., 8am-1pm

SUNDAY Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, 10am-2pm

TUESDAY Old Town S.B.: 500-600 blocks of State St., 3-7pm

WEDNESDAY Solvang: Copenhagen Dr. and 1st St., 2:30-6:30pm

(805) 962-5354 sbfarmersmarket.org

FISHERMAN’S MARKET

SATURDAY

Rain or shine, meet local fishermen on the Harbor’s commercial pier, and buy fresh fish (filleted or whole), live crab, abalone, sea urchins, and more. 117 Harbor Wy., 6-11am. Call (805) 259-7476. cfsb.info/sat

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7/13: Satellite S.B. Brett Hunter Band, 6pm. 1117 State St. Free. Call (805) 3643043. satellitesb.com

7/13, 7/16: Eos Lounge Thu.: IV’iza Thursday, 9pm. Sun.: BAAD Sunday, midnight. 500 Anacapa St. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 564-2410. eoslounge.com

7/14: S.B. Sailing Center Music on the Water Konrad Kono, 302 W Cabrillo Blvd. $85. Call (805) 962-2826 or email anchor@sbsail.com tinyurl.com/MusicOnTheWater

7/14: Uptown Lounge Mark Alvarado, The Trio, 6pm. DJ A Bomb, 8:30pm. 3126 State St. Free Call (805) 845-8800. uptownlounge805.com/events

7/15-7/16: Cold Spring Tavern Sat.: Bryan Titus Trio, 1:30-4:30pm. Brian Kinsella Band, 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan, 1:30-4:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free Call (805) 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com

7/14:

2nd Fridays

Art @ SBTC: Exhibition Artists Reception: Veiled-Unveiled Celebrate this collaborative exhibition that delves into the symbolic significance of the veil, particularly as it relates to femininity, with works from featured artists Melissa Mimms, Marcia Rickard, Kathy Leader, Melissa Knapp, Joyce Wilson, Serena Lee, Jan Handtmann, Tricia Evenson, and Veronica Walmsley. The exhibition will show through August 29.

Fri.: 4:30-6pm; Sat.-Wed.: 10am6pm. S.B. Tennis Club, 2375 Foothill Rd. Free. Call (805) 682-4722. santabarbaratennisclub.com/art

7/14:

UCSB Arts & Lectures Presents Out of This World: Alien Gather to watch 1979’s Alien (rated R), directed by Ridley Scott, about a galactic creature of unspeakable horror that tries to take down a starship of astronauts that include the badass Ripley (Sigourney Weaver). Bring breathable blankets, low chairs, and a picnic! 8:30pm. Sunken Gardens, S.B. County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa St. Free Call (805) 893-3535. artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

7/14: Summer Nights: Free Teen Program S.B. Parks & Rec, S.B. Unified School District, and the United Boys and Girls Clubs of S.B. invite teens of all backgrounds to a night of a youth concert, an open mic night with Notes for Notes, an inflatable obstacle course, a photo booth, pool table tournaments, music, and more. Fridays through July 28. 5-8pm. Downtown Boys and Girls Club, 632 E. Canon Perdido St. Free tinyurl.com/TeenSummerNights

7/14-7/19: French Wave Film Festival

Take a cinematic trip to France and watch 11 new French films, including César Award–winning films The Night of the 12th, Revoir Paris, Pacifiction, and more. The festival goes through July 20. Visit the website for the full schedule. Various times. SBIFF’s Riviera Theatre, 2044 Alameda Padre Serra. Individual movies: $7-$12; passes: $90 and $250. Call (805) 963-0023 or email help@sbiff.org sbiffriviera.com/wave

7/13-7/16: The Theatre Group at SBCC Presents Guys and Dolls This Tony Award–winning rom-com musical, first on Broadway in 1950, follows the story of a high-rolling gambler and a strait-laced puritanical missionary and a showgirl dreaming of settling down with a crap game manager set in 1950s New York. Songs include “Luck Be a Lady,” “A Bushel and a Peck,” and more. The musical goes through July 29. Thu.-Sat.: 7:30; Sun.: 2pm. Garvin Theatre, SBCC West Campus, 721 Cliff Dr. $15-$18. Call (805) 965-5935 or email sbcctg @sbcc.edu. theatregroupsbcc.com

7/13-7/19: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Thu.: Buscabulla, Brijean, 8pm. $20-25. Ages 18+. Fri.: Alastair Greene, 9pm. $15-$20. Ages 21+. Sat.:. Stevie Nicks Illusion Tribute, 8:30pm. $18-$20. Ages 21+. Sun.: S.B. Jazz Society Presents the Summer Jazz Jam Party with the George Friedenthal Trio, 1pm. $20-$25. Mon.: Vonda Shepard, 7:30pm. $30-$35. Tue.: Beth Nielsen Chapman, 7:30pm. $25-$30. Wed.: Larry and Joe, 7:30pm. $20-$23. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com

7/14-7/16: Lost Chord Guitars Fri.: Alan Satchwell Jazz Quartet, 8pm. $10 suggested donation. Sat.: David Starr, 8pm. $16-21. Sun.: Stacy Antonel, Walk the Whale, Arwen, 8pm. $11. 1576 Copenhagen Dr., Solvang. Ages 21+. Call (805) 331-4363. lostchordguitars.com

7/14-7/15: M.Special Brewing Co.

(Goleta) Fri.: Flight 805, 6-8pm. Sat.: Birria Boys, 5pm; Hoodlum Friends, 6-8pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Ste. C, Goleta. Free Call (805) 968-6500. mspecialbrewco.com

7/14-7/15: M.Special Brewing Co.

(S.B.) Fri.: The Sticky Tables, 8-9pm. Sat.: The Shades, 8-10pm. 634 State St. Free Call (805) 968-6500. mspecialbrewco.com

7/15: Hook’d Bar and Grill Sat.: Stray Herd, 4-7 pm. 116 Lakeview Dr., Cachuma Lake. Free. Call (805) 350-8351. hookd barandgrill.com/music-on-the-water

7/15: S.B. Bowl Little Big Town, Patty Griffin, Caitlyn Smith. 7pm. $45.50-$155.50. 1122 N. Milpas St. Call (805) 962-7411. sbbowl.com

7/15: S.B. Wine Collective Brandon Kinalele, 1-4pm. 131 Anacapa St., Ste. C. Free. Call (805) 456-2700. santa barbarawinecollective.com/events

7/16-7/18: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Flannel 101, 9pm-midnight. Sat.: Sam Mitchell, 1-5pm. Pull the Trigger, 8:3011:30pm. Sun.: Adrien Galysh, noon-4pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free Call (805) 686-4785. mavericksaloon.com/ event-calendar

7/17: The Red Piano Church on Monday: Sugarmill Slim, 7:30pm. 519 State St. Free Call (805) 358-1439. theredpiano.com

7/19: Carr Winery Kinsella Brothers, 5:30-7:30pm. 414 N. Salsipuedes St. Free Ages 21+. Call (805) 965-7985 or email info@ carrwinery.com carrwinery.com/event

7/14: Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of S.B. (MLKSB) Celebrating Supporters and Rod Rolle This celebration will recognize community supporters of MLKSB and MLKSB’s official Photographer, Rod Rolle who has brilliantly captured the historical images of the supporters for the past 16 years. 5:30-7pm. Soul Bites, 423 State St. Free. Call (805) 2595782. mlksb.org

7/14, 7/16: Music Academy’s Summer Opera: Puccini’s La bohème Enjoy a La bohème unlike any you’ve ever seen as the year is 2011 in Brooklyn, New York, during a time of restless energy and a spirit of protest that led to Occupy Wall Street that will also feature an appearance by members of the SING! children’s choir. Fri.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. Free-$100. Call (805) 969-8787 or email tickets@music academy.org musicacademy.org/big-shows/la-boheme

EVENTS MAY HAVE BEEN CANCELED OR POSTPONED. Please contact the venue to confirm the event.

Vonda Shepard COURTESY

“Awakening Jewel” by artist Tricia Evenson

COURTESY

ALFONSO LOSA

in the West Coast Premiere of

Espacio Creativo

AUGUST 4, 2023 | 7:30 PM

PLUS A PRE-CONCERT RECEPTION AND AFTER PARTY!

7/14: Asian American Film Series: Liquor Store Dreams Watch the 2022 documentary Liquor Store Dreams about the cultural divide and tension between a father and daughter, and how their Korean culture and liquor store have had a complicated past within a Black community. There will be a Q&A with director So Yun Um and producer Eddie Kim after the screening. 6pm. Alhecama Theatre, 215A E. Canon Perdido St. Free-$5 suggested donation. Call (805) 965-0093. sbthp.org/aafs

7/14: S.B. Botanic Garden’s Summer Serenade Series: The Nature of Music Enjoy a program curated by local composer Cody Westheimer and a new work by his wife, composer Julia Newmann, that will be performed by a string quartet of players from the S.B. Symphony. Bring blankets, a picnic, and your leashed dog! 5:30-7pm. Pritzlaff Conservation Ctr., S.B. Botanic Garden, 1200 Mission Canyon Rd. $10-$25. Call (805) 682-4726 or email info@SBBotanicGarden.org sbbotanicgarden.org/calendar

7/14-7/15: California Wine Festival

FLAMENCO: ESPACIO CREATIVO is an award-winning dance and music production that premiered in 2021 at the Suma Flamenca Festival in Madrid and received the Critics’ Award at the XXVI Festival de Jerez in 2022.

S.B. On Friday, join for the Sunset Rare & Reserved Tasting with a champagne reception, gourmet appetizers, and live music. Saturday’s festival will offer hundreds of fine wines, regional craft brews, and a variety of food samples. Proceeds from the auction will benefit Foodbank of S.B. County. Fri.: 6:30-9pm. Sat.: 1-4pm; VIP: noon-4pm. $80-$120. Ages 21+. Chase Palm Park Carousel House, 223 E Cabrillo Blvd. californiawinefestival.com/santa-barbara

SATURDAY 7/15

7/15-7/16: An Evening

with Graham Nash Legendary artist Graham Nash, as a founding member of both the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash, and a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, will be joined by longtime musical partners Shane Fontayne (guitar and vocals) and Todd Caldwell (keyboards and vocals) for 60 years of songs and stories. Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 7pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. GA: $65-$75; VIP: $132-$332. Call (805) 963-0761 or email boxoffice@lobero.com. lobero.org

7/15: Nature Walk at Elings Park: Pollinator

Join the S.B. Botanic Garden to discover the biodiversity of the area that will be hosted by Sarah Cusser, PhD, Terrestrial Invertebrate Conservation Ecologist; and Kylie Etter, Conservation Technician. 9am-noon. Elings Park, 1298 Las Positas Rd. Free. Call (805) 682-4726 or email info@sbbotanicgarden.org sbbotanicgarden.org

7/15: Book and Audiobook Launch: With a Kiss We Die Join author LR Dorn for a discussion about their new crime novel, With a Kiss We Die, which is set largely at UCSB, where two theater students are the main suspects in a true-crime podcast series investigating a double murder. David Starkey will moderate with live readings from the audiobook by UCSB theater students. Books will be available for purchase. 1-3pm. Studio Theater (TD-E 1101), UCSB. Free. Email kellibuller@ucsb.edu tinyurl.com/WithA-Kiss

7/15: Imagine Freedom: Iyengar Yoga Intensive Join Victoria Fouladi, with 30+ years of experience, for the workshop Explorations: Svādhyāya and Tapas that will inspire your on going yoga journey. 2-5pm. Yoga Soup, 28 Parker Wy. $50. Call (805) 965-8811. tinyurl.com/Imagine-Freedom

SUNDAY 7/16

7/16: S.B. Jazz Society Presents the Summer Jazz Jam Party Calling all secret vocalists and musicians to bring your charts and instruments to perform with the legendary jazz house band, George Friedenthal (piano), Randy Tico (bass), and Kevin Winard (drums). 1-4pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. Free-$25. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com

MONDAY 7/17

7/17: Chaucer’s Discussion and Book Signing: Cameron Walker S.B. author DJ Palladino will be in discussion with fellow area author Cameron Walker about her new book, National Monuments of the U.S.A., a trip through America’s incredible history and visiting the national monuments with illustrations by Chris Turnham. 6pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805) 682-6787 or email events@chaucersbooks .com chaucersbooks.com/event

7/17-7/19: PPCCC Pink Week Public KickOff Planned Parenthood California Central Coast’s Young Advocates will host this week-long fundraiser known as Pink Week, where local businesses donate a portion of the proceeds from a pink item of their choosing to Planned Parenthood through July 23. Visit the website for participating businesses. Kick-off: 1-3pm. Topa Topa Brewing Co.,120 Santa Barbara St. Free. Email development@ppcentralcoast.org. tinyurl.com/Pink-Week

TUESDAY 7/18

7/18:

Chaucer’s Book Talk and Signing: Elizabeth Foscue

Local YA author Elizabeth Foscue will talk about her hilarious new novel, Boat Girl: A Misadventure about 15-year-old Caitlin, who moves to the British Virgin Islands with her parents to live on a derelict sailboat to which her best friend suggests she use the move as a chance to reinvent herself. 6pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805) 682-6787. chaucersbooks.com/event

WEDNESDAY 7/19

7/19: Larry & Joe at SOhO Multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters Larry Bellorín and Joe Troop, based in the Triangle of North Carolina, will bring their fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music on harp, banjo, cuatro, and fiddle. 7:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $20-$23. Call (805) 9627776. sohosb.com

FOODBANK PICNIC IN THE PARK (PIP) 2023

The Foodbank will offer free, nutritious meals, activities, and enrichment opportunities to all children ages 1-18 in our county, Monday-Friday, June 12-August 18 unless otherwise stated. Visit the website for more North County locations. Call (805) 967-5741. tinyurl.com/FoodbankSummerFood

FOODBANK PICNIC EN EL PARQUE 2022

El Foodbank ofrecerá comidas nutritivas gratuitas, actividades, y oportunidades de enriquecimiento para todos los niños de 1 a 18 años en nuestro condado, del 12 de junio al 18 de agosto, de lunes a viernes si no se indique lo contrario. Visite el sitio web por las ubicaciones más lugares del North County. Llame al (805) 9675741. tinyurl.com/FoodbankSummerFood

South County:

GOLETA VALLEY COMMUNITY CTR.

(JUNE 12-AUG.18)

Goleta: 5679 Hollister Ave. 11:15am12:15pm.

CASA DE LA RAZA (JUNE 12-AUG. 18)

Santa Barbara: 602 E. Montecito St. 12:30-1:30pm.

SANTA BARBARA PUBLIC LIBRARY

(Tue.-Fri., JUNE 12- AUG. 18)

Santa Barbara: 40 E. Anapamu St. 11:30am-12:30pm.

North County:

SANTA YNEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

(JUNE 12-AUG. 11)

Santa Ynez: 3325 Pine St., Santa Ynez. 11:30am–12:30pm.

THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FREE SUMMER MEALS

Breakfast, 8:30-9:30am and lunch, 12:30-1pm will be provided to all youth ages 18 and younger. Call (805) 729-7623 or email amonzon@unitedbg.org.

THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB COMIDAS DE VERANO GRATUITAS

Se ofrecerá desayuno, de 8:30 a 9:30, y comida, de 12:30 a 13:00, a todos los jóvenes de 18 años o menos. Llame al (805) 729-7623 o envíe un correo electrónico a amonzon@unitedbg.org.

DOWNTOWN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB

(JUNE 12-AUG. 16)

632 E. Canon Perdido St.

WESTSIDE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB

(JUNE 12-AUG. 16)

602 W. Anapamu St.

S.B. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FREE MEALS

Free breakfast and lunch will be provided to all S.B. Unified Students, including those on independent study beginning June 12. For any information about the delicious and nutritious meal service and locations, call (805) 963-4338 x6385, text “food” to 304-304, or download the CA Meals for Kids App. sbunified.org/support/foodservices

DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNFICADO DE S.B. COMIDAS GRATIS

A partir del 12 de junio se ofrecerá desayuno y almuerzo gratis a todos los estudiantes del Distrito Escolar Unificado de SB, incluyendo a los que están en estudio independiente. Para cualquier información sobre el delicioso y nutritivo servicio de comidas y lugares, llame al (805) 963-4338 x6385, texto “food” a 304-304, o descargar el CA Meals for Kids App. sbunified.org/support/foodservices

LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY USDA SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM

Children and teens in grades 0-12 can pick up a free, nutritious meal (firstcome, first-serve) on Tuesday-Friday, June 13-August 18, 11:30am-12:30pm and stay for hands-on science activities and games. S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Call (805) 962-7653 or email info@sbplibrary.libanswers.com. tinyurl.com/Lunch-Library

ALMUERZO EN LA BIBLIOTECA PROGRAMA DE SERVICIO DE ALIMENTOS DE VERANO DEL USDA

Los niños y adolescentes en grados 0 a 12 años pueden recoger un almuerzo nutritivo gratuito (por orden de llegada) de martes a viernes, del 13 de junio al 18 de agosto, de 11:30 a.m. a 12:30 p.m. y quedarse para participar en actividades y juegos científicos. Biblioteca Central de S.B., 40 E. Anapamu St. Llame al (805) 962-7653 o envíe un correo electrónico a info@sbplibrary.libanswers.com. tinyurl.com/Lunch-Library

LIVING

Education

San Marcos Band Director Named Grammy Music Educator Award Quarterfinalist

I am today without these experiences,” she said. “I love it and I miss it and I don’t think I’ll ever have an opportunity like that ever again.”

Since Munoz had been borrowing her instrument from the school, she was no longer able to continue playing music during her first year at UC Berkeley. It took a toll on her, but luckily, Kiyoi recently helped her find a more affordable saxophone so she can keep her passion for music alive. “I just love making a beautiful sound for other people to enjoy, and for yourself to enjoy,” she said. “To know you can do that is the best feeling ever.”

Munoz is currently spending her summer at a conservation program in Yosemite, for which Kiyoi wrote her a letter of recommendation.

Being a teacher always has its challenges, which COVID19 has only exacerbated. Teachers are leaving the profession in droves, students are behind academically and socially, and mental health concerns are still rising.

Now, more than ever, it is important to celebrate all teachers, especially those who are pushing their students toward success and the bounds of education. The Recording Academy and Grammy Museum has a Music Educator Award for just that, and Santa Barbara’s own Michael Kiyoi recently made the 2024 quarterfinals.

Kiyoi Is in Contention for Top Honors

Kiyoi, the instrumental music director at San Marcos High School, was chosen last month as one of 212 quarter finalists from more than 2,000 nominations. To advance to the next stage, nominees are asked to submit three videos of their teaching, reflections, and tips. It was quite an involved process, but luckily, Eric Isaacs of EMI Photography volunteered his talents.

Dan Garske, former SMHS instrumental music director, described Kiyoi as “a phenomenal musician and person” in one of the video submissions. The two know each other well because not only did Kiyoi succeed Garske, but he also was his student back when he attended San Marcos in the early 2000s. Kiyoi continues many of the cherished traditions from Garske’s era as band director, but has also made sure to keep the program evolving.

“The best educators … are the ones that continue to grow and continue to adapt other people’s ideas into their own,” Kiyoi said. “Education is about sharing things. It’s not about taking something for yourself and hiding it.”

Though he might be too humble to admit it, Kiyoi certainly falls into that category of “best educators.” When he first started out as a teacher after graduating from UCLA with a degree in music education, he taught at La Colina Junior High and San Marcos simultaneously, going back and forth between the two schools multiple times a day.

“Honestly, looking back on it, I do not know how I survived,” he said of the experience.

Eventually, Kiyoi moved over to head San Marcos’s program full-time, devoting hours of extra time to create a space that is safe, creative, and fun for students.

“All of these things you would think would be given, but they’re not always in music programs, or in any class,” he said. “We also work really hard in general just to be better at music [and] be better people.”

Incoming Board Band Booster President Joni Kelly can attest that students flourish under Kiyoi’s leadership. Her son Ethan is in Kiyoi’s jazz ensemble class and plays the drums in San Marcos’s award-winning marching band. She proudly watched him find his “posse” of friends in the band program, which she said is “a direct result of how Michael Kiyoi runs his classroom.” Having seen his impact firsthand, she decided to nominate him for the award.

“He is that teacher,” Kelly said. “[Kiyoi] just accepts them for who they are and who they want to be and focuses on making them into the most successful, best person they can be, whether or not they choose to pursue music.”

In his scarce free time, Kiyoi travels across the country playing professional ultimate Frisbee for the L.A. Aviators. He is a legend in the local Frisbee community, also playing for the SoCal Condors club team and frequently scrimmaging against UCSB’s Black Tide.

Kiyoi carries competitiveness with him from the field to band competitions, where he reminds his students that “it’s fun to be good at something.”

“He has high expectations of the kids, and he runs a tight ship,” Kelly said, but she was sure to mention that it’s “always with kindness and generosity of spirit.”

“Dedicated” is the word that comes to mind when 2022 San Marcos graduate Anna Munoz thinks of Kiyoi. During her four years, she excelled in the band program and even became a drum major.

“It was probably one of the most formative points of my life. I always felt like I had somewhere to go to, and a second home. I don’t think I would be the person

“Mr. Kiyoi is a person that you want to share both your wins and losses with; he’s one of the first people that come to mind when something good or bad happens, because you know he’s gonna be there for you in either case,” she said.

Munoz’s experience is hardly unique. Throughout the process of creating the Grammy submission videos, Kelly heard many incredible stories of Kiyoi supporting his students both in and out of school. One student, who was homeless during high school, was able to get a scholarship to Westmont College thanks to Kiyoi. That student has since become an elementary school teacher. Another student shared how Kiyoi risked his life during a lockdown to help her best friend get inside his classroom safely. Another student told how Kiyoi took him suit shopping after his father had passed away from cancer.

“For me, it’s not the teaching stuff that’s a challenge; it’s the hardships that students go through that is the real challenge,” Kiyoi said.

Though being in the Grammy Educator Award competition is time-consuming, Kiyoi says that if he makes it to the next round, he will “throw [his] reservations aside and really ramp it up because there is money on the line.”

The band program costs $100,000 to operate yearly, a fraction of which is provided by the school. With the band boosters, Kelly coordinates fundraisers throughout the year to raise the rest, but it requires constant work.

“The grand prize would provide us with 10 percent of the program needs in one shot,” she said.

It’s a waiting game until the semifinalists are announced in September. But Kiyoi certainly won’t be twiddling his thumbs. He’s got Frisbee games to play and band camp to teach, and hopefully, a little time saved for himself. n

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Michael Kiyoi (left) and Dan Garske, who was his teacher and predecessor at San Marcos

Michael Kiyoi with some of his students

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Hampton Water Hampton Water Splashes into Montecito

When rock star Jon Bon Jovi started drinking rosé more than two decades ago, the pink wine style was not exactly en vogue. But his “pink juice” passion never waned, so much so that his son, Jesse Bongiovi (the actual, non-stage spelling of their last name), suggested they create their own brand about six years ago.

They decided to call it Hampton Water, after the seaside Long Island community where Dad consumed most of the pink stuff, and enlisted the services of French winemaker Gerard Bertrand, whose mastery of rosé was just touted on the cover of Wine Spectator. Today, Hampton Water, which is made from grapes grown in the South of France, is

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one of the hottest wines in the marketplace.

Jesse is the one running around the world to keep those fires lit, and just finished weeks of meeting with European wine buyers, distributors, and restaurateurs in London, Hamburg, and the German island of Sylt, among other places. He’s headed to Santa Barbara on July 13, when he’ll be hosting a happy hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., at Montesano’s Market & Deli on Coast Village Road in Montecito.

He tells us more about Hampton Water below.

style was to teach us hard work and dedication and all those things that are required to be successful. There certainly was no “Don’t you know who I am?” and a lot more, “You go out and get it every day.” That’s stuck with me since my childhood. Rosé isn’t historically considered rock ‘n’ roll booze. Did your dad ever get shit from friends for drinking it? He got into rosé 25 years ago, so he was ahead of the curve. He will claim to this day that the East Hampton liquor store has Domaine Ott because 15, 20 years ago, he went to the Mediterranean and tried this amazing pink juice and had to bring it back to the States. He’s always been into the pink juice, and he passed that along to me. I don’t know if he’s ever gotten shit from his contemporaries, but truthfully, I don’t think a lot of them are throwing back shots of Jack Daniel’s anymore.

Fame certainly can help launch brands, but have you had to deal with any negative connotations that sometimes haunt celebrity products? For us, it’s not a celebrity brand — it’s a family business. We didn’t do a “Bed of Roses” rosé and slap my dad’s face on it and hope it would work. We wanted to be very thoughtful about the brand and not be pandering. We didn’t want it to be a vanity product. We wanted it to be a real rosé business.

We are currently the number-five-selling premium rosé in the United States. That doesn’t just happen randomly. We knew it was gonna be hard work. I mean, I haven’t been home in five weeks. That’s what a lot of other brands forget. They don’t pay attention that their juice isn’t very good or realize that you have to go to the meetings and shake the hands and do the interviews and go to the cool restaurants and talk about the brand. You’ve got to invest in the brand, or it will be here today and gone tomorrow.

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Why are you coming to Santa Barbara? The concept behind the brand has always been about sharing this idea of the Hampton lifestyle. We wanted to create a brand that was not necessarily about geographic location. So many wine brands do that, and for good reason. But if I have no connection to that geographical place, then what does that brand have to do with me?

Hampton Water is about moving beyond a single location and into a state of mind. So why are we going to Santa Barbara? For us, anywhere that you can see water is a great place to drink Hampton Water.

For being a rock star, your dad seems like he’s been a pretty good and normal father. I don’t have anything to base it on, as I only have one dad. But the thing that’s always been an important piece of their parenting

Jesse Bongiovi will be hosting happy hour on July 13 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.,

We’ve always believed in this concept, and I’ve been willing to do the work to make it a success. Now we have a big group working every single day to bring it to the next level.

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Hampton Water founders Jon (left) and Jesse Bongiovi

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Pre-Fiesta TamaleMaking Class

Chef Richard Lambert teaches the techniques he uses to make his award-winning tamales and salsas. This 90-minute class is set for Saturday, July 22, from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Free Methodist Church of Santa Barbara (1435 Cliff Dr.).

The class, Secrets of a Tamale Chef, is designed for home cooks who want to make tamales that are fun to eat. Lambert says, “Our cooking methods originated in Mexico City and are very traditional.” He adds, “One of the secrets I share during the class is the special technique we use to make our tamales extra plump and moist.”

Each attendee will be served a variety of tamale samples and be shown how each flavor can be created at home. A tropical fruit escamocha completes the experience. Additional class handout materials include Chef Lambert’s recipes, a listing of ingredient sources, and tamale reheating and storage guidelines. Attendees also receive the e-book version of Chef Lambert’s cookbook, Preheat to 350 Degrees, featuring recipes along with personal anecdotes gathered over his lifetime. Suggested donation for the class is $55 per person, and class attendance is limited to 35 participants. Enroll online at tinyurl.com/0721class.

FROZIDRO IN THE FUNK ZONE: Ready to Frozé all day? We Want the Funk, the newest restaurant and bar in the Funk Zone, and Ysidro, the Santa Barbara–based beverage company, are celebrating summer together and welcoming the public to an

afternoon patio party on Saturday, July 15, from 2-5 p.m., where they will debut their summer collab, “Frozidro,” along with new summer menu items now available at We Want the Funk.

Frozidro is a frozen beverage made using Ysidro’s spritz featuring premium sake and real, organic grapefruit and sea salt. We Want the Funk will also be showcasing their new summer menu items. Guests can enjoy tastings of Frozidro, Ysidro spritzes, and samples of new brunch items throughout the day, along with live music.

We Want the Funk is located at 210 Gray Avenue and is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Saturday from 10:30 a.m.–10 p.m., and Sunday from 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Visit wewantthefunksb .com or follow them on Instagram @wewantthefunksb for live music updates. Discover more about Ysidro at ysidro.com and follow on Instagram @ drink_ysidro.

BIBI JI MOVING: Reader Steve C. tells me that Bibi Ji is moving up the Promenade from 734 State Street to 1213 State Street, the former home of McDonald’s. Owner Alejandro Medina, along with James Beard Award–winning sommelier and founding partner Rajat Parr, offers a menu that highlights the abundance of local seafood served sea-to-table with traditional, authentic Indian curries, with fresh produce harvested from the region cooked in-house in roasted Indian spices. Visit bibijisb.com

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December 16 will be a “Big Night” in the A to Z kitchen as students make 3 stand-out courses featured in the film starring Stanley Tucci: focaccia, roasted asparagus, and the show-stopping, tri-colore risotto.

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TAMALE TIME: Chef Richard Lambert will be teaching the art of tamale-making just in time for Fiesta.

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WITH A KISS WE DIE BRINGS TWO

WRITERS, A DOUBLE MURDER, AND AN INVESTIGATIVE PODCAST TO UCSB

INDEPENDENT WRITER DAVID STARKEY HOSTS DISCUSSION OF NEW MYSTERY NOVEL SET AT UCSB

From authors Matt Dorff and Suzanne Dunn, who write under the name LR Dorn, comes a true-crime podcast experience with a local spin. Their newest book, With a Kiss We Die, is written in the form of a Serial-style podcast, narrated by investigative journalist Ryanna Raines. Throughout the chapters, Raines gets involved with suspects in the brutal murder of a wealthy, middle-aged couple. The suspects are the couple’s son and his girlfriend, both UCSB theater students. They claim their innocence so who’s the real murderer?

In creating the audiobook for this title, the authors wanted a multi-voice style of readthrough, rather than a single narrator, to mirror the experience of a podcast. And who better to hire as voice actors than the actual UCSB BFA acting students? The authors and their publisher, HarperCollins, partnered with academic advisor Sean O’Shea to seek the perfect voices for the project. The result of the multi-voice reading bears a striking verisimilitude to an actual podcast, making the audiobook an immersive listening experience that places the audience in the midst of the high-profile murder investigation.

“This is our grand experiment,” says Dorff, “to cast these theater students, college students who had no audiobook experience before this. ... Their training is theatrical, to project to an audience, and audiobook recording is a very intimate medium. It’s just

you and the microphone.”

The students sat down with director Robin Lai to discover the techniques for an audio-based performance.

“This was my first voice-acting gig,” says Joan Cheam, a BFA sophomore. “[In acting], it’s all about the eyes, your intention behind the eyes. With audiobook work, it’s the color and intention in your voice.”

William Huffaker, who graduated from UCSB in June, describes stage acting as big, performative, and dynamic, making voice acting a unique challenge. “When I first got in to record,” he says, “I was super expressive, and they kept telling me to tone it down, tone it down. I’ve never acted solely with my voice before, and it’s interesting trying to find that character despite having to pull it way back.”

Dorff and Dunn are thrilled to be able to create acting gigs for student performers: “We’re their first commercial gig,” says Dunn. “Some of them never thought that their college studies would walk them through a door like this. Some of them are thinking this could be a career, or at least part of it. That means everything to us, to bring the practicum to the university setting.”

To celebrate the release of the book, the authors will be at the UCSB Studio Theatre on Saturday, July 15, to host a book launch, live performances, and discussion about the process of writing and producing a multi-voice audiobook. Featuring moderator Independent writer David Starkey, this

GUYSANDDOLLS GETS TOES A-TAPPIN’

They came from the great white northern outpost of Toronto with a moody lo-fi sound and balmy charm the music world took a shining to, especially in hipper and more open-eared quarters. They were indie before indie was a thing. They were, and are, Cowboy Junkies, built around the Montreal-born Timmins siblings singer Margo, guitarist Michael, and drummer Peter, along with friend Alan Anton on bass and apparently built to last.

Now celebrating more than 35 years together and a 21-title discography with a fine new album released in June, Such Ferocious Beauty, the band has hit the road and stops in at the Lobero Theatre on Friday, July 21. We can imagine an ideal site-sound pairing of the organically inspired country/folk/ rock/shoegaze band and the Lobero’s intimate, historic room.

Legend precedes them, musically and sonically. The Junkies’ 1988 album The Trinity Session was recorded with a single, omnidirectional ambisonic microphone in Toronto’s Church of the Holy Trinity (its vintage setting captured on the album cover). The album’s evocative coolness beautifully wraps around Margo’s understated, in-no-hurry vocal ambience.

Recent years have seen themes of real life and musical life changes on records: 2020’s Ghosts largely deals with the passing of the Timminses’ mother, while last year’s Songs of the Recollection finds them serving up savory cover versions of some favorite tunes. Tellingly, this cover album says much about the influences that guided them into their own sound and aesthetic fellow Canadians Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot, Gram Parsons (a dreamy and woozy“Ooh Las Vegas”), David Bowie, Vic Chesnutt, Bob Dylan, and another

event dives deep into the world of the novel, offering a Q&A with the authors and director, and live readings from the performers to give audiences a taste of the material. Open to the community, this event is the ultimate book club meeting for this fun new adventure.

—Maggie Yates

With a Kiss We Die, by LR Dorn, published by HarperCollins, will be released on July 11. The book launch and audiobook event takes place on Saturday, July 15, at 1 p.m. at the UCSB Theatre on campus. Admission is free but reservations are recquested. See bit .ly/3O2P1Fi.

THE COWBOY WAY, OLDER AND WISER, AT THE LOBERO

moodster band, the Cure (“Seventeen Seconds”) to close.

Cover songs have been very good to this band, whose biggest “hit” was their churchbasement-y version of Lou Reed’s “Sweet Jane,”from The Trinity Session, the final track on which is a bluesy stroll over the classic Patsy Cline hit“Walking After Midnight.”

Like Ghosts, Such Ferocious Beauty is a song set with reflections on mortality and personal loss, coming on the heels of the Timminses’ father’s death, after years of dementia. The thematic focus is introduced on the opening “What I Lost” and on the familyand life-related single “Hard to Build, Easy to Break” (“Hard to build, easy to break / Cradle it in your arms / Ooh, for your children’s sake”). The closing “Blue Skies” is a stripped-down lament, mostly just voice and acoustic guitar, with an abrupt end, as if an emotional thought without the benefit of easy closure.

And yet the album is also life-affirming, an example of processing grief through the filter of songs. Sonically, the album is from another place than Trinity Session minimalism, with a few ferocious rock moments of drums and guitar feedback-flecked sounds amid the old furniture of folk and country. The Junkies are older, wiser, and still riding its sturdy, veteran horse of a band.

—Josef Woodard

Guys and Dolls, an enduring favorite of early Broadway, takes audiences to a brash and bawdy stylized version of the midcentury New York City underworld. The “guys” are charming gamblers, constantly on the brink of disaster, and their “dolls” stand by them despite constant exasperation with their vices. A bet is made that Sky Masterson can’t seduce devout missionary Sarah Brown, and the game’s afoot! Chock-full of classic musical numbers by titan of the form Frank Loesser, Guys and Dolls, produced this summer by the Theatre Group at SBCC, is sure to get toes a-tappin’.

“Guys and Dolls may be stylized to the point of parody, with its outrageous plot and zany characters, but its themes of love still resonate powerfully with our humanity,” says Nick Ehlen, who plays Masterson. “The show is full of vibrant, larger-than-life characters and bombastic musical numbers. … Society may no longer resemble the world of Guys and Dolls, but its message of love conquering all is timeless.”

Ensemble member Austin Escamilla says, “I think the appeal of classic American musicals lies in the largerthan-life portrayal of reality. However, striking a balance between the heightened stylization and emotional authenticity can be delicate. We are aiming to create an experience where audiences can revel in the grandiosity of the show while still connecting with the authentic human stories unfolding before them.”

Directed by Katie Laris, Guys and Dolls is a summer fling with the American musical that will delight the whole family. “The songs are timeless and have become crowd favorites,” says Felicia Hall, who plays showgirl Adelaide. “This musical has a wonderful balance of humor, love, drama, and excitement. … There are a lot of jokes and chaos and well-written comedic moments that audiences will love!” —MY

See Guys and Dolls on stage at the Garvin Theatre July 12-29. See theatregroupsbcc.com.

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Anikka Abbott and Nick Ehlen in the Theatre Group at SBCC’s production of Guys and Dolls, July 12-29, Garvin Theatre

Cowboy Junkies performs at the Lobero Theatre on Friday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. See lobero.org

Cowboy Junkies performs at the Lobero Theatre on July 21.

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Katherine Guzman wrote in: “The most unexpected thing I learned is that in teaching my kids coping skills, emotional intelligence, and so on, I’m also teaching myself. Parenting has offered me an opportunity to reparent myself, and it has been a wonderful form of therapy! ”

To submit your own response, email Senior Editor Tyler Hayden at tyler@independent.com by July 15. Please keep your answers to 150 words or less, and please include a photo.

ARIES

(March 21-April 19): Many astrologers enjoy meditating on the heavenly body Chiron. With an orbit between Saturn and Uranus, it is an anomalous object that has qualities of both a comet and a minor planet. Its name is derived from a character in ancient Greek myth: the wisest teacher and healer of all the centaurs. Chiron is now in the sign of Aries and will be there for a while. Let’s invoke its symbolic power to inspire two quests in the coming months: (1) Seek a teacher who excites your love of life. (2) Seek a healer who alleviates any hurts that interfere with your love of life.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20): It’s high time for some high culture! You are in a phase to get rich benefits from reading Shakespeare, listening to Beethoven, and enjoying paintings by Matisse and Picasso. You’d also benefit lavishly from communing with the work of virtuosos like Mozart, Michelangelo, and novelist Haruki Murakami. However, I think you would garner even greater emotional treasures from reading Virginia Woolf, listening to Janelle Monáe’s music, and enjoying Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings. For extra credit, get cozy with the books of Simone Weil, listen to Patti Smith’s music, and see Frida Kahlo’s art. If you read between the lines here, you understand I’m telling you that the most excellent thing to do for your mental and spiritual health is to commune with brilliant women artists, writers, and musicians.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): The French phrase j’adoube (translated as “I adjust”) is a chess term used when a player is about to adjust their pieces but does not yet intend to make a move. J’adoube might be an apt motto for you to invoke in the coming days. You are not ready to make major shifts in the way you play the games you’re involved in. But it’s an excellent time to meditate on that prospect. You will gain clarity and refine your perspective if you tinker with and rearrange the overall look and feel of things.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): The Simpsons animated show has been on TV for 34 seasons. Ten-year-old Bart Simpson is one of the stars. He is a mischievous rascal who’s ingenious in defying authority. Sometimes teachers catch him in his rebellious acts and punish him by making him write apologetic affirmations on the classroom blackboard. For example: “I will not strut around like I own the place. I will not obey the voices in my head. I will not express my feelings through chaos. I will not trade pants with others. I will not instigate revolution. I am not deliciously saucy. I cannot absolve sins. Hot dogs are not bookmarks.” In accordance with your unruly astrological omens, Cancerian, I authorize you to do things Bart said he wouldn’t do. You have a license to be deliciously saucy.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): Early in her career, Leo actor Lisa Kudrow endured disappointments. She auditioned for the TV show Saturday Night Live but wasn’t chosen. She was cast as a main character in the TV show Frasier but was replaced during the filming of the pilot episode. A few months later, though, she landed a key role in the new TV show Friends. In retrospect, she was glad she got fired from Frasier so she could be available for Friends Frasier was popular, but Friends was a super hit. Kudrow won numerous awards for her work on the show and rode her fame to a successful film career. Will there be a Frasier moment for you in the coming months, dear Leo? That’s what I suspect. So keep the faith.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The coming weeks will be a good time to seek helpful clues and guidance from your nightly dreams. Take steps to remember them — maybe keep a pen and notebook next to your bed. Here are a few possible dream scenes and their meanings. (1) A dream of planting a tree means you’re primed to begin a project that will grow for years. (2) A dream of riding in a spaceship suggests you yearn to make your future come more alive in your life.

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(3) A dream of taking a long trip or standing on a mountaintop may signify you’re ready to come to new conclusions about your life story. (PS: Even if you don’t have these specific dreams, the interpretations I offered are still apt.)

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In reviewing the life work of neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, critic Patricia Holt said he marveled at how “average people not only adapt to injury and disease but also create something transcendent out of a condition others call disability.” Sacks specialized in collaborating with neurological patients who used their seeming debilitations “to uncover otherwise unknown resources and create lives of originality and innovation.” I bring this up, Libra, because I suspect that in the coming months, you will have extra power to turn your apparent weaknesses or liabilities into assets.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s a mistake to believe we must ration our love as if we only have so much to offer. The fact is, the more love we give, the more we have available to give. As we tap into our deepest source of generosity, we discover we have greater reserves of it than we imagined. What I’ve just said is always true, but it’s especially apropos for you right now. You are in a phase when you can dramatically expand your understanding of how many blessings you have to dole out.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Home computers didn’t become common until the 1980s. During the previous decade, small startup companies with adventurous experimenters did the grunt work that made the digital revolution possible. Many early adapters worked out of garages in the Silicon Valley area of Northern California. They preferred to devote their modest resources to the actual work rather than to fancy labs. I suspect the coming months will invite you to do something similar, Sagittarius: to be discerning about how you allocate your resources as you plan and implement your vigorous transformations.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’m tempted to call this upcoming chapter of your life story “The Partial Conquest of Loneliness.” Other good titles might be “Restoration of Degraded Treasure” or “Turning a Confusing Triumph into a Gratifying One” or “Replacing a Mediocre Kind of Strength with the Right Kind.” Can you guess that I foresee an exciting and productive time for you in the coming weeks? To best prepare, drop as many expectations and assumptions as you can so you will be fully available for the novel and sometimes surprising opportunities. Life will offer you fresh perspectives.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): By 1582, the inexact, old Julian calendar used by the Western world for 13 centuries was out of whack because it had no leap years. The spring equinox was occurring too early, on March 10. Pope Gregory commissioned scientists who devised a more accurate way to account for the passage of time. The problem was that the new calendar needed a modification that required the day after October 4 to be October 15. Eleven days went missing — permanently. People were resentful and resistant, though eventually all of Europe made the conversion. In that spirit, Aquarius, I ask you to consider an adjustment that requires a shift in habits. It may be inconvenient at first but will ultimately be good for you.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean novelist Peter De Vries wrote, “Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline.” In the coming weeks, you Pisces folks will be skilled at weaving these modes as you practice what you love to do. You’ll be a master of cultivating dynamic balance; a wizard of blending creativity and organization; a productive change-maker who fosters both structure and morale.

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR

GEOGRAPHY

Works closely with the Director of the Center for Spatial Studies, a center for research, teaching, and collaboration in geographic data science. The Center serves faculty and students in geography and across UC Santa Barbara. Serves as the primary contact for the Center and organizes events and outreach activities to pull in researchers both on and off campus. Researches extramural funding opportunities, assists with the development of proposals in coordination with the C&G Manager in Geography, and manages extramural research funding for Center PIs. Arranges and processes travel advances,

reimbursements and other payments as needed. Coordinates center newsletters and manages the Center’s website, graphics and layout of communication materials and presentations. Manages social media accounts. Organizes events to build community among center faculty and students, leading events to increase awareness of geospatial data science, and conducting outreach for data collection associated with community facing projects. Responsible for alumni tracking and frequently works with campus development staff on Center outreach efforts. Plans and coordinates with all Center visitors to ensure all visa, space, and computing needs are met in a timely manner. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training and/or experience.1‑3 years of experience with project management. 1‑3 years of experience in financial and cost accounting and financial analysis. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check The full salary range is $28.39 to $46.50/hr. The hourly range is $28.29 to $29.83/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 7/25/23. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 55784

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, HUMANITIES & FINE ARTS DEVELOPMENT

The Associate Director of Development, Humanities and Fine Arts will personally work with donor prospects to optimize philanthropy to benefit UC Santa Barbara and to support the priorities of the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts. The Associate Director, reports to the Sr. Director of Development, Humanities and Fine Arts. Primary emphasis is on the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual prospects (alumni, parents and friends) and when appropriate, foundations and corporations. Focus will be on organizing donor outreach to secure new and renewing annual gifts ($1,000+), with an added emphasis on building and maintaining an active pipeline of $1,000 ‑ $20,000 gifts. Tasks include prospecting, managing an annual giving program, developing donor appeals, developing online and social media giving strategies, as well as helping to identify, cultivate and solicit major gift prospects starting at $25,000. With regard to major gift prospects, the Associate Director, in coordination with and guidance from the Sr. Director and other members of the Humanities and Fine Arts development team, develops and executes individual prospect strategies to maximize philanthropic support. The Associate Director focuses about eighty percent (80%) of his/her time on direct fundraising and fundraising outreach activities. Twenty percent (20%) is focused on other activities,

including administrative duties, such as planning and coordinating; partnering with departments on their alumni outreach strategies; and strategic development events for donor cultivation and stewardship purposes. The Associate Director will build and maintain an active prospect pipeline moving from an unqualified lead to donor. With supervisor guidance, the Development Associate develops and executes individual prospect development strategies. This development officer is a resource for the entire Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, but may also have responsibility for particular initiatives and projects at the direction of the Assistant Dean of Development and Sr. Director. The Associate Director will organize and/or assist with cultivation and stewardship events in support of HFA programs and is responsible for the planning, marketing, implementation and follow‑up on the events s/he plans, executes and/or supports. The Associate Director travels as necessary to build the pipeline, raising annual and major gifts.

Reqs: Bachelors Degree. Persuasive verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to relate to and communicate with a wide array of constituents. Ability to assess and understand institutional needs and communicate the importance of the division and donor partnership in achieving the mission. 1‑3 yrs direct development experience or other relevant professional experience in higher education. 1‑3 yrs proven success in fundraising, sales, or related business field. Notes: This is an annually renewable contract position with no limit on total duration. Flexibility and willingness to travel frequently. Ability to work some weekends and evenings. Satisfactory conviction history background check. The budgeted annual salary range is $82,300‑85,000/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job #55232

CAREER CONNECTION PROGRAM DIRECTOR

ECONOMICS

Manages all aspects of the Career Connection Program in the Department of Economics. Contacts and engages alumni and southern California businesses for partnership with department and Economics students. Creates surveys and various data collection sheets in order to project greatest needs for our students. Creates long range plans and vision for the center, which includes fundraising efforts. Works closely with UCSB Development office, Alumni Association, as well as alumni and outside businesses for internships and fellowships, and to gather information for long‑range planning. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area or equivalent experience

and/or training. Master’s Degree in a related area. 1‑3 years of experience providing guidance to college students or university recruiting. Note: Satisfactory completion of a conviction history background check. The full salary range for the position is $57,800 to $105,600/yr. The budgeted salary range is $60,000 to $80,000/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment

without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 7/21/23. Apply online at www.jobs. ucsb.edu. Job # 55729

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EMPLOYMENT (CONT.)

CUSTOMER SERVICE COORDINATOR RESIDENTIAL

OPERATIONS

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Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Ability to work under pressure in a team atmosphere and independently involving deadlines, periodic heavy work cycles and high volume while maintaining extreme attention to detail. Proficiency in Word and Excel. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employer Pull‑Notice Program.

Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $26.09/hr. ‑ $31.35/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open unti filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job #54695

FINANCIAL AND ACADEMIC PERSONNEL ANALYST

PHELPS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

CENTER (PASC)

Responsible for financial matters and academic personnel processes for the departments and programs that the PASC serves. Manages payroll reconciliation and audit general ledgers. Projects and monitors expenditures across all funding sources. Advises faculty on policies regarding budgets. Serves as primary UCPath initiator for all staff and selected academic appointments including requesting position control numbers and initiating the funding entry. Ensures proper employee and supervisor set‑up in Kronos on‑line timekeeping system. Is responsible for the visa aspects for visiting scholars. From preliminary analysis, extensive communication with applicants and OISS, to submission of documents, ensuring accurate tracking of status and follow‑through. Coordinates annual summer research additional compensation. Provides administrative back‑up and possesses the ability to work under pressure of deadlines. Serves as back‑up for academic personnel actions for permanent faculty and continuing lecturers including faculty retention, merits and promotions, lecturer reviews, leave requests, and retirements. Maintains a broad knowledge and functional understanding of all academic

personnel policies and procedures. Provides consultation and advice to the department Chair and faculty regarding academic personnel policies. Collaborates on financial matters and academic recruitment cases, meeting Affirmative Action guidelines, and ensuring that overall general procedures are followed. Serves as back‑up to the Financial and Academic Personnel Manager. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area or equivalent work experience and/ or training. 1‑3 years bookkeeping/ financial work experience in an academic higher education institution or similar. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. The full salary range is $26.39 ‑ $44.78/hr. The budgeted hourly range is $26.39 ‑ $29.00/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job #55145

FINANCIAL AND ACADEMIC PERSONNEL MANAGER

PHELPS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

CENTER

Responsible for providing the full range of administrative management functions and services for the Departments of French and Italian, Germanic and Slavic Studies, Spanish and Portuguese, Programs in Comparative Literature and Latin American and Iberian Studies, as well as a number of centers and labs. PASC financial team manages a budget with annual expenditures of over $12 million. The management team consists of a director and two managers. Oversees all academic personnel transactions for ladder and temporary faculty recruitments, appointments, reviews, and leaves, using in‑depth knowledge of academic personnel policies to guide faculty and support staff. Financial responsibilities include overseeing all accounts within PASC, ensuring monthly review and reconciliation of ledgers, providing timely reporting, coordinating corrective actions, and ensuring compliance with University, Federal, and State accounting policies and procedures on all transactions. Establishes best‑practices for procurement, payroll, and accounts payable functions. Funds managed include a variety of state operating funds, gifts, endowments, fellowships, and grants. Supervises four support staff, and serves as back‑up to each of them as needed. Develops and implements operating policies and procedures as they relate to the overall departmental goals and objectives, interprets policy for the chairs of the departments supported by PASC, and serves as departmental liaison to other campus academic and administrative units. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and / or training. Understanding of accounting principles. Experience supervising employees responsible for financial reporting. Budgeted/ Hiring Pay rate/range is $62,300

‑ $75,000/yr. Full Title Code Pay Range is $62,300 ‑ $117,500/yr.

Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 44341

FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE VICE

CHANCELLOR

Provides financial and administrative support for the divisional office of Academic Affairs. Initiates financial transactions, such as reimbursements, purchase requisitions, direct payments, and transfers of expense. Processes payroll transactions. Provides administrative, financial, analytical, and organizational support. Reqs: 2+ years of administrative experience.

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent training and/or experience. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check The full salary range for the position is $29.39 ‑ $46.50/hr. The budgeted salary or hourly range is $28.39 ‑ $30.57/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 7/20/23. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 55619

FINANCIAL ASSISTANT

BLACK STUDIES

Under the general supervision of the Department Business Officer, the Financial Assistant provides financial support to the Department of Black Studies. Duties include assisting with and monitoring internal financial controls; processing invoices, purchase orders and all departmental travel and entertainment. Serves as the UCPath Initiator; prepares forms and processes all online transactions for payroll, expense transfers, late payments and overpayments for the staff. Reqs: High school diploma or GED. Experience using applications such as Word and Excel. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check This position is 50% FTE M‑F 8am ‑ 12pm. The full salary range is $26.87 to $38.52/hr. The budgeted hourly range is $26.87 to $28.14/hr.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job

# 55841

crews and casual employees hired to assist with exhibitions. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in Art, Design or Architecture or equivalent experience and/or training or High School Diploma Plus 2 years of art training, and 3 years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 1‑3 years relevant experience in Art Museum, gallery, or related field. Working knowledge of woodshop and technical installation skills. Ability to read and modify architectural plans. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Position is 75% M‑F 8am ‑2pm. Ability to work occasional weekends. The full salary range for this position is $31.04 to $46.91/hr. The budgeted hourly range is $31.04 to $32.42/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #53916

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Assists in exhibition design, and is responsible for exhibition preparation, set construction and installation of artwork, as well as the original design of some exhibitions. Responsible for supervising and maintaining museum workshop, art storage and art handling areas. Responsible for art preparation, shipping and handling activities. Monitors condition of museum facilities including security system, climate control, and lighting systems. Responsible for maintenance of art storage areas. Supervises and trains student work

Nationally ranked University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), is looking for a full‑time Sports Medicine fellowship‑trained primary care physician for Student Health Services. Work alongside primary care providers and campus athletic trainers to coordinate delivery of care to NCAA athletes including pre‑participation clearances, musculoskeletal and head injury evaluations and other acute needs. Work with athletic trainers to review and update existing policies and procedures and create new policies and procedures as indicated. Keep up to date on NCAA requirements for intercollegiate athletics. Deliver full range primary care to a college population including evaluation of acute needs such as acute illnesses and injuries, managing chronic conditions, reproductive/ sexual health, mental health, and screening and referral for substance use. Reqs: Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree. Current CA Medical license nad DEA license at all times during employment. Board Certification in Family Practice, Internal Medicine or Pediatrics, or Emergency Medicine throughout employment. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse and Dependent Adult Abuse. Must successfully complete and pass a background check and credentialing process before start date and date of hire. To comply with Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Health Officer Order, this position must provide evidence of annual influenza vaccination, or wear a surgical mask while working in patient care areas during the influenza season. May be required to answer phone calls and respond to campus emergencies outside of regular operating hours. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Student Health is closed between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Hiring/Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range*: $199,102.51/ yr. ‑ $244,258.00/yr. Full Salary Range: $199,102.51/ yr. ‑ $264,494.58/ yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled Apply online at https: //jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 54835

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ALICE

STEPHENSON, aka ALICE KLEBB

STEPHENSON, aka ALICE K. STEPHENSON, aka ALICE BRUNNER

CASE NO.: 23PR00308

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of ALICE

STEPHENSON, aka ALICE KLEBB

STEPHENSON, aka ALICE K. STEPHENSON, aka ALICE BRUNNER

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: PETER M. BRUNNER in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara

THE PETITION for probate requests that: PETER M. BRUNNER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The Independent Administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

09/28/2023 AT 9:00 A.M. IN

DEPT: 5 of the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, ANACAPA DIVISION, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The Independent Administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

08/17/2023 AT 9:00 A.M. IN DEPT: 5 of the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, ANACAPA DIVISION, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: BRADLEY C. HOLLISTER, 228 West Carrillo Street, Suite D Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 284‑0711.

Published July 13, 20, 27. 2023.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

GEORGE EDWARD LINDELOF III

NO: 23PR00322

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of GEORGE EDWARD LINDELOF III a.k.a.

GEORGE EDWARD LINDELOF a.k.a. GEORGE E. LINDELOF a.k.a.

GEORGE LINDELOF

A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: VICTORIA ANN LINDELOF in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara

assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: BRADLEY C. HOLLISTER, 228 West Carrillo Street, Suite D Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 284‑0711.

Published July 13, 20, 27. 2023.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: BASIC BOOKKEEPING at 5028 Calle Sonia Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Laura R Perry (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: LAURA PERRY, OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 15, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001524. E30. Published: June 22, 29. July 6, 13 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: EFB SERVICES LLC at 5266 Hollister Ave 112 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; EFB Services LLC (same address) This business is conducted by An Limited Liability Company. SIGNED BY: EILEEN BREWER, CEO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 14, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001519. E30. Published: June 22, 29. July 6, 13 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ANSELYN’S DAYDREAM RECORDS at 2536 Elk Grove Road Solvang, CA 93463; Michelle K Gysan 606 Alamo Pintado 3‑270 Solvang, CA 93463 This business is conducted by An Individual.

was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001452. E30. Published: June 29. July 6, 13, 20 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: SMITH & MURPHY EVENTS AND DESIGN HOUSE at 2828 Ben Lomond Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Krystle N Levin (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: KRYSTLE LEVIN, OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 27, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001608. E30. Published: July 6, 13, 20, 27 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: AMADA CELLARS at 1637 E Laurel Ave Lompoc, CA 93436; Amada Investments LLC 45 Meadowlark Rd Santa Ynez, CA 93460 This business is conducted by An Limited Liability Company. SIGNED BY: RAMON GUERRERO, MANAGING MEMBER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 27, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001606. E40. Published: July 6, 13, 20, 27 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ARCHISCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY at 5205 Calle Morelia Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Craig D Richter (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual.

SIGNED BY: CRAIG RICHTER, INDIVIDUAL Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 13, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

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IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Robert B. Locke 5290 Overpass Rd. Suite 204, Santa Barbara, CA 93111; (805) 683‑1459

Published July 6, 13, 20 2023.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

JILL R. DUNCAN NO: 23PR00321

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of JILL R. DUNCAN a.k.a. JILL DUNCAN

THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): VICTORIA ANN LINDELOF be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

SIGNED BY: MICHELLE GYSAN, OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 14, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001515. E30. Published: June 29. July 6, 13, 20 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: SURFS UP LIMOS, AT YOUR SERVICE ENTERPRISES, AT YOUR SERVICE TRANSPORTATION at 4025 State St, Space #10 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Jeff L Azevedo (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual.

SIGNED BY:JEFF AZEVEDO, OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 26, 2023.

FBN Number: 2023‑0001498. E47.

Published: July 6, 13, 20, 27 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST REALTY TEAM at 480 Oak Hill Drive Lompoc, CA 93436; Michaela Dalcerri (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: MICHAELA DALCERRI, BROKER/ OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 5, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

FBN Number: 2023‑0001427. E30.

Published: July 6, 13, 20, 27 2023.

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YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Jeffrey L. Boyle, Delwiche, Von Dollen & Boyle, Attorneys at Law 1114 State Street, Suite 256, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 962‑8131

Published June 29. July 6, 13 2023.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DARCY

DIANNE STEPKA CASE NO.:

23PR00327

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of DARCY DIANNE

STEPKA

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JOSEPH ALLEN STEPKA in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara

THE PETITION for probate requests that: JOSEPH ALLEN STEPKA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: ROGER PHILLIP DUNCAN in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara

THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): ROGER PHILLIP DUNCAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 08/3/2023 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 08/10/2023 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001353. E47. Published: June 29. July 6, 13, 20 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: THE BLOOMING IDEA at 975 Knollwood Dr. Montecito, CA 93108; Susan Bunkers (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: SUSAN BUNKERS, OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 21, 2023.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001557. E30. Published: June

29. July 6, 13, 20 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: BLUE

MAGNOLIA, BLUE MAGNOLIA

EVENTS, SANTA BARBARA MAKERS, SB FLOWER CULT, SANTA BARBARA FLOWER CULT, SB MAKERS at 282 Pebble Hill Place Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Kerstin O Horneman (same address)

This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: KERSTIN O HORNEMAN, OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 7, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ADVANCED CABLE SYSTEMS at 3024 De La Vina St, Ste C Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Loepkey Wentling Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by An Copartners. SIGNED BY:

DOUGLAS WOODRUFF, PRESIDENT Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 26, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001596. E30. Published: July 6, 13, 20, 27 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

SIGNED BY:

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA BONE AND JOINT CLINIC at 5333 Hollister Ave, Suite 160 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Mathew J. Harrison 5689 Berkeley Road Goleta, CA 93117; Steven W Pearson 1128 Nirvana Road Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by An General Partnership.

MATHEW HARRISON, GENERAL

PARTNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 29, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

FBN Number: 2023‑0001624. E40. Published: July 6, 13, 20, 27 2023.

FICTITIOUS

LEGALS (CONT.)

at 2420 De La Vina St #A Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Alecxander J Taylor (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual.

SIGNED BY: ALECXANDER TAYLOR, PRESIDENT Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 1, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph

E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

FBN Number: 2023‑0001393. E47.

Published: July 6, 13, 20, 27 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: URBAN AG

ECOLOGY CONSULTING SERVICES at 41 Hollister Ranch Rd. Gaviota, CA 93117; Philip T Boise (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: PHILIP BOISE, OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 12, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

FBN Number: 2023‑0001485. E30.

Published: July 6, 13, 20, 27 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TRUTEAM OF CALIFORNIA at 2393 A Street Santa Maria, CA 93455; Builder Services Group, Inc. FL 475 North Williamson Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 This business is conducted by An Corporation. SIGNED BY:GEORGE

SELLEW, CORPORATION Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 28, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001622. E30. Published: July 13, 20, 27. Aug 3 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VAQUERO

BBQ IN SANTA YNEZ at 3580 Manzana St. Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Juan A Lara (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual.

SIGNED BY:JUAN A LARA, OWNER

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 6, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001679. E47. Published: July 13, 20, 27. Aug 3 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TORTA THE HUTT at 1202 Diana Ln Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Ray A Rubio (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: RAY A RUBIO, OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 6, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001678. E47. Published: July 13, 20, 27. Aug 3 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA MOBILE TRAILER REPAIR at 326 Anacapa St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jose I Aguilera 128 E Gutierrez St Santa Barbara, CA 93101‑2314 This business is conducted by An Individual.

SIGNED BY: JOSE AGUILERA, OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 20, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001538. E47. Published: July 13, 20, 27. Aug 3 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: LASER FOCUSED WELLNESS CENTER at 5951 Encina Road #203 Goleta, CA 93117; Michael P Hergenroether, DC 5288 University Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: MICHAEL P HERGENROETHER, DC OWNER

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 26, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland,

County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001592. E30. Published: July 13, 20, 27. Aug 3 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COASTAL RADIOLOGIC CONSULTING at 5437 Shemara St Carpinteria, CA 93013; Charles M Hubeny (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual.

SIGNED BY: CHARLES HUBENY, PRESIDENT Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 5, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001668. E30. Published: July 13, 20, 27. Aug

3 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0001491

The following person(s) is doing business as: JEMS Consulting, 1423 Oak Knoll Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93455, County of Santa Barbara. Julie Minjares, 1423 Oak Knoll Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93455

This business is conducted by an individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable

/s/ Julie Minjares, Owner

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 06/12/2023. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3/23

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File No. 2023‑0001561

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:

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NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION/ACTION

Hybrid Public Meeting – Held in Person and via Zoom July 18, 2023 at 5:30 P.M.

Draft Affordable Housing Policies & Procedures Manual Council Discussion & Direction

ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at www. cityofgoleta.org/meetings-agendas

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goleta City Council will hold a meeting to discuss and provide direction to staff on a draft Affordable Housing Policies & Procedures (AHPP) Manual. The date, time, and location of the City Council public meeting are set forth below. The agenda for the meeting will also be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org).

MEETING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 5:30 P.M.

PLACE: Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom (with detailed instructions for participation included on the posted agenda).

PROJECT LOCATION: The AHPP Manual would apply citywide, including all areas of the City within the Coastal Zone.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The City Council will hear staff present the draft AHPP Manual, introduce common affordable housing terms, and summarize sections of the Manual including how Below Market Rate (BMR) housing is priced, and how the City will administer BMR housing units in the City created via the Inclusionary Zoning program, Density Bonus Law, City financial subsidy, or other mechanisms.

PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons are encouraged to provide public comments during the public meeting in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the City Council meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the meeting by e-mailing the City Clerk at CityClerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Written comments will be distributed to Council and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.

FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Lucy Graham, Senior Housing Analyst, at (805) 961-7546 or LGraham@ cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or MMartinez@cityofgoleta.org. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the meeting on the City’s website at www. cityofgoleta.org

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in the meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

Publish Date: Santa Barbara Independent, July 13, 2023

T.J.S. ENTERPRISES, INC., 14349 WHITE SAGE ROAD, MOORPARK, CA 93021

This business is conducted by a Corporation

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 06/01/2028.

T.J.S. ENTERPRISES, INC.

S/ THOMAS J. SCHLENDER, PRESIDENT

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 06/22/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3/23

CNS‑3716362# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PAWSITIVE ANIMAL CARE at 5142 Hollister Avenue #544 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Pawsitive Animal Care, Veterinary Services, Inc. (same address)

This business is conducted by An Corporation. SIGNED BY: ELIZABETH CHALLEN, PRESIDENT Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 29, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001625. E57. Published: July 13, 20, 27. Aug 3 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PIECE OF SKY at 100 Sumida Gardens Ln, Apt 204 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Hang Yin Candy Lo (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual.

SIGNED BY: HANG YIN CANDY LO

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 7, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0001696. E30. Published: July 13, 20, 27. Aug 3 2023.

LIEN SALE

LIEN SALE Auction Advertisement

Notice is hereby given that Pursuant to the California Self‑ Service Storage Facility Act, (B&P Code 21700 et. seq.), the undersigned will sell at public auction; personal property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools, and/or other misc. items

Auction to be held at 3pm July 20, 2023 at www.selfstorageauction.com.

The property is stored at: Betteravia Self Storage 1265 W. Betteravia Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93455 (805) 254‑0110

NAME OF TENANT Katherine Duran 7/6, 7/13/23 CNS‑3714806# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF MELISSA ANN PETITTO & BROCK CANNON TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 23CV02560 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s):

FROM: CHLOE SKYE CANNON

TO: CHLOE SKYE PETITTO

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must aooear at the hearing

NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION

PUBLIC HEARING

Hybrid Public Meeting – Held in Person and via Zoom

Monday, July 24, 2023, at 6:00 PM Goleta Gardens LLC (SyWest) Development Agreement Second Amendment 907 S Kellogg Avenue; APN 071-190-035 City of Goleta Case No. 23-0002-ORD

ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https:///cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goleta Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider recommending to the City Council adoption/approval of a second Amendment to a Development Agreement (DA) between Goleta Gardens LLC (SyWest) and the City of Goleta. The date and time of the Planning Commission meeting is:

HEARING DATE/TIME: Monday, July 24, 2023, at 6:00 PM

LOCATION: Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom (with detailed instructions for participation included on the posted agenda).

PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION: The subject property (APNs 071-190-035) is an 11.71 acre parcel located at the south terminus of Kellogg Avenue at 907 S. Kellogg Avenue, within the California Coastal Zone. The site was formerly operating as the Westwind Drive-In Theater and Public Market. The property is zoned Service Industrial (I-S) and the land use designation is Service Industrial (I-S). The applicant proposes a second amendment to a DA that grants a license to the City of Goleta to use a private access road to the San Jose Creek Channel in exchange for an extension of the deadline to use the City’s former zoning ordinance (Article 35 Coastal Zoning Ordinance) to December 31, 2024, for review of applicant’s pending development proposal (Case No 17-121-DP-DRB). The first amendment to the DA changed the original timing of the DA to either the adoption date of the City’s Local Coastal Program or December 31, 2023, whichever occurred first. The project was filed by Robert Atkinson of SyWest Development on behalf of Goleta Gardens, LLC. The Planning Commission will review and make a recommendation to the City Council on the second Amendment to the DA request. The City Council is the decision maker for the DA Amendment. The California Coastal Commission (CCC) has determined that the proposed second Amendment to the DA qualifies for a waiver and no additional CCC review will be required if the City adopts the Second Amendment.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FINDINGS: A Notice of Exemption (NOE) has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., CEQA), the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 California Code of Regulations, §§ 15000, et seq., CEQA Guidelines), and the City’s Environmental Review Guidelines. The City of Goleta is acting as the Lead Agency. The NOE is appropriate pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15061.b.3 because the act of approving a Development Agreement Amendment will not cause development of the project site itself but will change the extension timing to use the City’s former zoning ordinance to either the adoption date of the City’s Local Coastal Plan or December 31, 2024 whichever occurs first.

CORTESE LIST: The Project site is not listed on the EnviroStor online database of hazardous site records maintained by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control TSC in coordination with the California State Water Resources Control Board consistent with Government Code § 65962.5 (the “Cortese list”).

PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the Planning Commission meeting agenda. All letters/comments should be sent to kdominguez@cityofgoleta.org. Letters must be received on or before the date of the hearing or can be submitted at the hearing prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the Public Hearing.

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: Staff reports and related materials for the Planning Commission hearing will be posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting on the City’s web site at www.cityofgoleta.org.

FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Kathy Allen, Supervising Senior Planner at 805-961-7545 or Kallen@cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@cityofgoleta.org.

SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION: If you require interpretation services for the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (805) 961-7505 or via email to cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org at least 48 hours prior to the hearing. Please specify the language for which you require interpretation.

Note: If you challenge the City’s final action on this Project in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised in written or oral testimony and/or evidence provided to the City on or before the date of the public hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b) [2]).

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact Deborah Lopez, City Clerk, at (805) 961-7505. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

Publish: Santa Barbara Independent on July 13, 2023

LEGALS (CONT.)

to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed , the court may grant the petition withouta hearing. Notice of Hearing August 7, 2023 10:00 am Dept 5, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA

BARBARA 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. ANACAPA DIVISION A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for

four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated June 20, 2023. by Colleen K. Sterne. of the Superior Court. Published. June 29. July 6, 13, 20 2023.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF DEBRA DIANE

NATHWANI TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 23CV02570

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 – In Person and Virtual Meeting

The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following matter will be heard by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter, in Person at 511 Lakeside Pkwy # 141, Santa Maria, and by Remote Virtual Participation. Please find remote participation instructions on the Clerk of the Board’s webpage, https://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx

A public hearing to consider the adoption of a resolution that adjusts the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2024 library special tax rate in County Service Area (CSA) No. 3 (greater Goleta) by 7.40%, which reflects the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for 2021, and that confirms the written report that contains a description of each parcel of real property receiving the extended library facilities and services in CSA No. 3 and the amount of the special tax for each parcel for FY 2023-2024.

This written report detailing the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 special tax rate per parcel for CSA No. 3 has been filed with the Clerk of the Board, 105 E. Anapamu Street, Room 407, Santa Barbara. It will also be available for viewing online on the County Clerk’s website. This written report is also available for public viewing at the Goleta Library. Please see the posted agenda of the Board of Supervisors for July 18, 2023, available on or about Thursday, July 13, 2023, prior to the meeting for a more specific time for this item. However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged or the item may be continued.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Clerk of the Board to make reasonable arrangements.

If you challenge this project 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 Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Design Review Board

Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom Goleta City Hall – Council Chambers 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, CA 93117

Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at 3:00 P.M.

ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https://www.cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Design Review Board (DRB) of the City of Goleta will conduct a public hearing for the projects listed, with the date, time, and location of the DRB public hearing set forth above. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org).

Conceptual

The Steward signage and California Environmental Quality Act Notice of Exemption

5490 Hollister Ave (APN 071-330-014)

Case Nos. 22-0076-ZC/22-0036-DRB

Conceptual/Preliminary

Housing Accountability Act Mixed-Use development with 14 new residential units and commercial space utilizing State Density Bonus Senate Bill 330 and California Environmental Quality Act Notice of Exemption

6491 Calle Real (APN077-160-066)

Case Nos. 22-0005-DP/22-0001-CUP

Conceptual/Preliminary/Final Review

Los Altos Signage and California Environmental Quality Act Notice of Exemption

5892 Hollister Ave (APN 071-052-014)

Case Nos. 23-0018-DRB

Residential Addition and California Environmental Quality Act Notice of Exemption. The project proposes to exceed the Maximum Floor Area.

559 Windsor Ave (APN 077-321-004)

Case No. 22-0046-LUP/22-0024-DRB

PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the DRB meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by e-mailing the DRB Secretary, Mary Chang at mchang@cityofgoleta.org. Written comments will be distributed to DRB members and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.

FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Mary Chang, at (805) 961-7567 or mchang@cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@cityofgoleta.org. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.org

In accordance with Gov. Code Section 65103.5, only non-copyrighted plans or plans that the designer has given permission have been published on the City’s website. The full set of plans is available for review at the Planning Counter during counter hours or by contacting the staff member listed for the item 805-961-7543.

Note: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b)(2)).

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505 or cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

Publish: Santa Barbara Independent 7/13/23

name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s):

FROM: DEBRA DIANE NATHWANI

TO: DEBRA DIANE HUNT

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must aooear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed , the court may grant the petition withouta hearing. Notice of Hearing August 22, 2023 8:30 am Dept SM2, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 312‑C East Cook Street, Building E Santa Maria, CA 93454.

COOK DIVISION A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated June 20, 2023. by James F. Rigali. of the Superior Court. Published. June 29. July 6, 13, 20 2023.

AMENDED IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: STEWART ANDREW JOHNSON CASE NUMBER: 23CV02660

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court proposing a change of name(s)

FROM: STEWART ANDREW JOHNSON

TO: JAY STEWART JOHNSON

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING

AUGUST 25, 2023, 10:00 AM, DEPT , SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. DATED JUNE 28, 2023, DONNA D. GECK, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Published July 6, 13, 20, 27 2023.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: VICTORIA

JANE JENKINS CASE NUMBER: 23CV02585

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court proposing a change of name(s)

FROM: VICTORIA JANE JENKINS

TO: VICTORIA SARAH JANE

JENKINS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING AUGUST 21, 2023, 10:00 AM, DEPT 5, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa

Division. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

DATED JULY 6, 2023,COLLEEN K. STERNE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Published July 13, 20, 27. Aug 3 2023.

AMENDED IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME: SULEM

HUERTA

CASE NUMBER: 23CV00754

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court proposing a change of name(s)

FROM: ALICE VICTORIA MALDONADO

TO: ALICE VICTORIA HUERTA

FROM: LEXI LUNA MALDONADO

TO: LEXI LUNA HUERTA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING

AUGUST 9, 2023, 10:00 AM, DEPT 3, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

DATED JUNE 30, 2023,THOMAS

P. ANDERLE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Published July 13, 20, 27. Aug 3 2023.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BERNARD FRIEDMAN SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

In re the matter of:

Bernard Friedman Revocable Trust Created March 26, 1993, as restated By Bernard Friedman, Deceased. Case No. 23PR00250

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the creditors and contingent creditors of the above‑ named decedent, that all persons’having claims against the decedent are required to file them with the Santa Barbara County Superior Court, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, and whose mailing address is P.O. Box 21107, Santa Barbara, California 93121‑1107, and deliver pursuant to Section 1215 of the California Probate Code a copy to Thomas J. Dietsch, as successor trustee of the trust dated March 26, 1993 as restated, wherein the decedent was the settlor, whose mailing address is 924 Anacapa Street, Suite 1‑T, Santa Barbara, California 93101, within the later of four months after July 6, 2023 (the date of the first publication of notice to creditors) or, if notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, 60 days after the date this notice is mailed or personally delivered to you.

A claim form may be obtained from the court clerk. For your protection, you are encouraged to file your claim by certified mail, with return receipt requested.

Thomas J. Dietsch, Successor Trustee of the Bernard Friedman Revocable Trust dated March 26, 1993 as restated.

Published July 6, 13, 20 2023.

PUBLIC NOTICES

ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY Marcus W. Morales,

CFLS (SBN 278175), Mollyanne Wincek, Esq. (326042) Kirsten Klein Esq. (339705) Christopher Ogbuehi, Esq. (333851) MORALES LAW, P.C. 718 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 EMAIL ADDRESS MWM gmysantabarbaralawyer.com

ATTORNEY FOR (NAME): Claire Dillon FOR COURT USE ONLY SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101

MATTER OF: Claire Dillon v. Eric Grooms CITATION REGARDING PETITION TO DELCARE CHILD FREE FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL (Fam Code, 7880, 7881)

CASE NUMBER: 23FLO0510

TO Eric Grooms (parent of minor child) and to all persons claiming to be the parent of the minor child whose name is Charlotte Ada Dillon

You are hereby cited and required to appear at a hearing in this court on:

Date: 08/25/2023

Time: 1:30 pm Dept: SB 4

Address of court: same as noted above other (specify):

And to give any legal reason why, according to the verified petition filed with this court, the court should not free the child from your parental custody and control. The petition to declare the child free from the custody and control of a parent has been filed for the purpose of freeing the minor child for adoption.

You have the right to appear at the hearing and oppose the petition. You have the right to be represented by counsel. If you appear without counsel, and are unable to afford counsel, upon your request, the court shall appoint counsel to represent you unless you knowingly and intelligently waive that representation. The court may appoint counsel to represent the minor, whether or not the minor can afford counsel.

Private counsel appointed by the court shall be paid a reasonable sum for compensation and expenses, in an amount to be determined by the court and which amount shall be paid by the parties, other than the child, in proportions the court deems just. However, if a party is unable to afford counsel, the amount shall be paid out of the county’s general fund.

CITATION REGARDING PETITION TO DELCARE CHILD FREE FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL

Fam. Code, 7880, 7881

Matter of:

Claire Dillon v. Eric Grooms

Case Number: 23FL00510

The court may continue the proceeding for not to exceed 30 days as necessary to appoint counsel and to enable counsel to become acquainted with the case.

Date: 3/15/2023

Jessica Vega Darrel E. Parker, Clerk by: , Deputy Matter of:

Claire Dillon v. Eric Grooms (Citation must be served on the father or mother of the child, if the place of residence of the father or mother is known to the petitioner. If the place of residence of the father or mother is not known to the petitioner, then the citation shall be served on the grandparents and adult brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, and first cousins of the child, if there are any and if their residences and relationships to the child are known to the petitioner.)

1. At the time of service I was at least 18 years of age and not a party to this proceeding. I served copies of the Citation and Petition as follows:

2. a. Person cited (name):

b. Person (s) served: (1) person in item

2a (2) other (specify name and title or relationship to the person named in item 2a)

3. I served the person(s) named in item

2 a. By personally delivering the copies

(1) on (date): (2) at (time): b. other (specify other manner of service, and the authorizing code section and order of the court):

4. a. Person serving (name, address, and telephone number):

5. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Published June

v.

LEGALS (CONT.)

MARTINIAN & ASSOCIATES, INC.

2801 Cahuenga Blvd. West Los Angeles, CA 90068 Telephone (323)

850‑1900 Facsimile (323) 850‑1943

Email: tv@martinianlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff, David Noriega

Superior Court of California

County of Santa Barbara Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 6/29/2022

8:08 AM By: Leili Hejazi, Deputy

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

DAVID NORIEGA, an individual, Plaintiff,

FLORIANO’S MEXICAN FOOD, INC., a corporation; RICHARD SACCO

TRUSTEE OF THE SANTA BARA REALTY

TRUST; FM&A INVESTMENTS, LLC, a business entity unknown; and DOES 1 through 50, Inclusive.

Defendants.

CASE NO.: 22CV02458

COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES

1. PREMISES LIABILITY

2. NEGLIGENCE DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL

[UNLIMITED CIVIL CASE]

Plaintiff DAVID NORIEGA (hereinafter “Plaintiff’), an individual, alleges, upon information and belief, as follows:

a. Plaintiff THE PARTIES

Plaintiff is an individual and at all relevant times herein, was, and is a resident of the County of Santa Barbara, and State of California.,

b. Identified Defendants

Plaintiff is informed and believes, and thereon alleges, that at all relevant times,Defendant FLORIANO’S MEXICAN FOOD, INC., (hereinafter “FLORIANO”), is and at all relevant times was and still is, a business entity authorized to do and doing business in, and resident of the State of California. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and thereon alleges, that at all relevant times, Defendant FM&A INVESTMENTS, LLC., (hereinafter “FM&A”), is and at all relevant times was and still is, a business entity authorized to do and doing business in, and resident of the State of

California. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and thereon alleges, that at all relevant times Defendant RICHARD SACCO (“SACCO”) is and was an individual and the trustee of a trust— THE SANTA BABA. REALTY TRUST (“TRUST”)—that serves as the owner of the SUBJECT PREMISES. Plaintiff further believes that SACCO is and at all relevant times a reside of Santa Barbara County. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and thereon alleges, that at all relevant times Defendants FLORIANO FM&A, SACCO and DOES 1 through ,50, inclusive, and each of them, owed Plaintiff a duty of care which they breached, and which resulted in the harm to Plaintiff, as hereinafter alleged, and in ways that are presently unknown to Plaintiff. All Defendants herein and DOES 1 through 50 are hereinafter at times referred to collectively as “DEFENDANTS.”

Unidentified Defendants The true names and capacities, whether individual, corporate, associate or otherwise, of Defendants DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, are unknown to the Plaintiff who therefore sue such Defendants by such fictitious names. Said DOE Defendants may include, but do not necessarily include, individuals, businesses, corporations, partnerships, associations, joint ventures, trusts, L.P’s, LLCs, LLPs, Defendants that are governmental in nature, as well as product manufacturers, medical providers, professionals, subsidiaries, professionals, contractors, estates, administrators of estates, trusts and/ or all other types of entities and/or individuals, as discovery in this matter may reveal. Regardless, Plaintiffs allege that each of the Defendants designated herein as a DOE is legally responsible in some manner for the events and happenings herein referred to, and legally caused injury and damages proximately thereby to Plaintiffs as herein alleged. Plaintiffs will amend this complaint, according to the applicable laws of this Court, with the true names and capacities of the DOE Defendants when ascertained. At all times hereinafter mentioned,

Plaintiff will show according to proof, that various Defendants were the agents, servants, employees, associates, partners, in a conspiracy with, co‑conspirators of, and/or joint venturers of, each other, and were as such, acting within the scope and authority of said agency, employment, association, conspiracy, and/or venture, and with the permission and consent of their co‑Defendants and/or that all of said acts were subsequently performed with the knowledge, acquiescence, ratification and consent of the respective principals, and the benefits thereof were accepted by said principals. Defendants also conducted themselves through acts and/or omissions. on their part, so as to cause all others to believe the remaining Defendants to be their agents. Each and every Defendant, including DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, when acting as a principal, was negligent in the selection and hiring of each and every other Defendant. Each and every Defendant, including DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, when acting as an agent, employee servant, associate, partner, co‑conspirator, and/or joint venturer, was negligent in the selection and hiring of each and every other Defendant, including DOES 1 through 50, inclusive. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and thereon alleges, that all of the acts and conduct herein described of each and every corporate Defendant was duly authorized, ordered and/or directed by the respective Defendant’s corporate employees, and the officers and management‑level employees of said corporate employers. In addition thereto, said corporate Defendants participated in the aforementioned acts and conduct of their said employees, agents and representatives and each of them; and upon completion of the aforesaid acts and conduct of said corporate employees, agents and representatives, the Defendant corporations, respectively and collectively, ratified, accepted the benefits of, condoned, lauded, acquiesced, approved and consented to each and every one of the said

NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS FOR THE DEARBORN PLACE & ARMITOS AVENUE ADA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (PHASE II)

130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, City of Goleta, CA

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Goleta (“CITY”), invites sealed bids for the above stated project and will receive such bids via electronic transmission on the City of Goleta PlanetBids portal site until 3:00PM July 20, 2023 and will be publicly opened and posted promptly thereafter.

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to construct and deliver a finished Dearborn Place & Armitos Avenue ADA Improvement Project (Phase II). Work includes construction of asphalt paving, utility adjustments, traffic signal upgrades, communications infrastructure, and signing, striping and pavement delineation improvements. Please see the Project Plans titled Dearborn Place & Armitos Avenue ADA Improvement Project (Phase II), attached in Planetbids.

A Pre-Bid Meeting is not scheduled for this project.

A project manual, including all Contract Documents and the Proposal forms for bidding on this project, may be obtained on-line from the Planet Bids Website https://pbsystem.planetbids.com.

All communications relative to this project shall be conducted through Planet Bids.

Bidders must be registered on the City of Goleta’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit the bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Allow time for technical difficulties, uploading, and unexpected delays. Late or incomplete bids will not be accepted.

The bid must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of a money order, a certified cashier’s check, or bidder’s bond executed by an admitted surety, made payable to CITY. The bid security shall be an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total annual bid amount included with their proposals as required by California law.

Note: All bids must be accompanied by a scanned copy of the bid security uploaded to PlanetBids. The original security of the three (3) lowest bidders must be mailed or submitted to the office of the City Clerk at 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California 93117, in a sealed envelope and be received or postmarked within three (3) City business days after the bid due date and time for the bid to be considered. The sealed envelope should be plainly marked on the outside, “SEALED BID SECURITY FOR DEARBORN PLACE & ARMITOS AVENUE ADA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (PHASE II) .”

The Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) per California Labor Code Section 1771.4, including prevailing wage rates and apprenticeship employment standards. Affirmative action to ensure against discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion will also be required. The CITY hereby affirmatively ensures that all business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion in any consideration leading to the award of contract.

A contract may only be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder that holds a valid Class “A” Contractor’s license or specialty licensing in accordance with the provisions of the California Business and Professions Code.

All Bidders and Contractors, including subcontractors, shall have a current City business license before undertaking any work.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract Price. Each bond shall be in the forms set forth herein, shall be secured from a surety company that meets all State of California bonding requirements, as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, and that is a California admitted surety insurer.

Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the DIR. No Bid will be accepted, nor any contract entered into without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the DIR to perform public work. If awarded a contract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with the DIR for the duration of the Project. Failure to provide proof of the contractor’s current registration pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5 may result in rejection of the bid as non-responsive.

Required Listing of Proposed Subcontractors: Each proposal shall list the name, address and Contractor license number of each subcontractor to whom the Bidder proposes to subcontract portions of the Work in an amount in excess of one-half of one percent (0.5%) of its total bid, in accordance with the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act. The Bidder’s attention is invited to other provisions of said Act related to the imposition of penalties for a failure to observe its provisions by using unauthorized subcontractors or by making unauthorized substitutions.

Noncollusion Declaration: Bidders shall submit a properly completed and executed “Noncollusion Declaration” conforming to the City’s “Noncollusion Declaration.”

Addenda: Proposals shall include all costs and account for all addenda issued prior to opening of bids. The Bidder is responsible for verifying that all issued addenda have been received. An addendum acknowledgment form for each addendum shall be included as part of the Proposal submittal.

Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 22300, the successful bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by CITY to ensure performance under the Contract or, in the alternative, request the CITY to make payment of retention to an escrow agent.

Any protest to an intended award of this contract shall be made in writing addressed to the City Clerk prior to the award. Any protest may be considered and acted on by the City Council at the time noticed for award of the contract. To request a copy of the notice of agenda for award, please contact the City Clerk (805) 9617505 or register on the CITY’s website (www.cityofgoleta.org).

LEGALS (CONT.)

acts and conduct of the aforesaid corporate employees, agents and representatives. At all times hereinafter mentioned, Defendants retained the ability to exercise, and in fact exercised, substantial control, whether contractual, actual, implied or otherwise, over the means and manner in which the remaining Defendants conducted their business. At all times hereinafter, mentioned, Defendants also retained the power to terminate any franchise, business relationship, and/or dealership held by another Defendant at will. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and thereon alleges, that each Defendant, and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, and each of them, were and are the alter egos, successors, and/ or successor of interest of each of the other Defendants. At all times there existed such a unity of interest and ownership such that any separateness ceased to exist and at all times the one was a mere shell or instrumentality through which the other carried out their business. Each Defendant exercised such complete control over the other and so dominated it to achieve individual goals and so ignored business formalities that any separateness was merely a fiction, and did not in fact exist and should be deemed not to exist. At all,times in this complaint if acts are alleged as against one Defendant, it is alleged that that Defendant acted for itself as well as on behalf of its alter ego(s). As to “alter egb liability” Defendants, it is alleged, upon information and belief, that as to those Defendants, that at all times there existed such a unity of interest and ownership among those Defendants such that any separateness ceased to exist that one was a mere shell or instrumentality through which the other carried out their business and that each Defendant exercised such complete control over the other and so dominated it to achieve individual goals and so ignored business formalities that any separateness

was merely a fiction;and did not in fact exist, and should be deemed not to exist, and as such, if acts are alleged as against one Defendant in this complaint, it is alleged that that Defendant acted for itself as well as on behalf of its alter egos. Among other things, those Defendants did one or more of the following acts supporting its alter ego liability:

(1) commingled corporate funds;

(2) failed to observe corporate formalities including maintaining minutes and failure to contribute sufficient capital;

(3) commingled funds or other assets;

(4) used corporate funds for something other than corporate uses;

(5) failed to maintain adequate corporate records;

(6) deliberately confused the records of the separate entities;

(7) had the same directors and Officers of the two or more corporations; (8) used the same office or business location;

(9) utilized the same employees and/ or attorney; (10) failed to adequately capitalize the corporation; (11) used the corporation as a mere shell, instrumentality or conduit for a single venture;

(12) failed to maintain an arm’s length relationship among related entities; and/or (13) used a corporate entity to procure labor, services or merchandise for another entity. Moreover, injustice would result but for the finding of alter ego liability as to these Defendants, and as such this Court should pierce the corporate veil. Further, since alter ego applies here, a corporation’s shareholders are treated as “partners” and are held jointly and severally liable for its debts and Plaintiffs note that ownership of even one share is sufficient to impose alter ego liability, and it is thus alleged, upon information and belief, that various Defendants as alter egos, are also active shareholders in the remaining Defendants, influenced and governed the remaining corporate Defendants and as such can, and should, be held liable as an alter ego of each and every remaining Defendant. As to those Defendants

liable under theories of “successor liability and/or successor in interest liability,” it is alleged that, as to those Defendants, one or more of the following factors exists: (1) there is a mere continuation on the part of Defendants; (2) a common identity of directors, officer and shareholders from iiredecessor corporations to successor corporations; (3) that assets were purchased; (4) that the Defendants are successors and successors in interest, of both assets and liabilities of the others; and (5) that among other things, one or more of the following facts exist and/or are in play, particularly given various documented mergers on record with the State of California Office of the Secretary of State: (a) a continuation of the enterprise, i.e., that key people of the predecessor are involved in the new entity, the same name, location, facilities or product is used, the assets were bought by the new entity and the operations are the same; (b) the seller dissolved or ceased doing business after the sale; (c) the purchaser assumed the liabilities and obligations ordinarily necessary to continue doing business; and/or (d) the new entity holds itself out as an effective continuation of the seller.

JURISDICTION & VENUE This Court has jurisdiction over this entire action as this is a civil action wherein the matter in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, exceeds the jurisdictional minimum of the Court. Also, the acts and omissions complained of in this action took place in the City of Lompoc, County of Santa Barbara, in the State of California Venue in this Court is proper because this is a personal injury action in which the acts and/ or omissions complained took place, in whole or in part, within the venue of this Court, and/or because the Defendants reside, are domiciled, exist, and/or do business and conduct business within the venue of this Court.

GENERAL ALLEGATIONS 14. The incident that is the subject of this

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL (Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom) July 18, 2023 at 5:30 PM.

ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https:// cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goleta City Council will conduct a hybrid public hearing for the levy and collection of assessments within the Goleta Street Lights Assessment District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024. A draft Engineer’s Report consisting of, among other things, the assessed parcels, will be filed in the Office of the City Clerk for public review. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta. org).

HEARING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at 5:30 PM.

LOCATION: Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom (with detailed instructions for participation included on the posted agenda)

PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the City Council meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by e-mailing the City Clerk at CityClerkgroup@ cityofgoleta.org. Written comments will be distributed to Council and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page

FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Luke Rioux/Finance Director, at (805) 562-5508 or lrioux@cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@ cityofgoleta.org. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.org

Note: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b)(2)).

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the City Clerk at (805) 9617505 or email cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing is required to enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

Deborah Lopez City Clerk

Publish: July 6, 2023 and July 13, 2023

action occurred on November 20, 2020. Plaintiff sustained injuries as a result of a trip‑and‑fall. On the day of the incident, Plaintiff was finished having lunch at FLORIANO’S located at 1140 N H St, Lompoc, CA 93436 (hereinafter “SUBJECT PREMISES”). After having lunch, Plaintiff was making his way to his vehicle located in the parking lot of the SUBJECT PREMISES. While walking to his vehicle, Plaintiff tripped and fell on a foreign metal object protruding from the floor. At all relevant times, DEFENDANTS owned, possessed, leased, operated, managed, designed, manufactured, maintained, repaired, constructed, and/or controlled the aforementioned real property including but not limited to the SUBJECT PREMISES. At all relevant times Plaintiff was a customer on or within the SUBJECT PREMISES. At the date and time of this incident, the SUBJECT PREMESIS was devoid of any hazard signs, warnings, or measures to warn individuals of the unreasonable dangerous existing on or near the SUBJECT PREMISES

At all relevant times, as Plaintiff was lawfully on the SUBJECT PREMISES Based on information and belief it is alleged that the DEFENDANTS had knowledge and/or had created the dangerous condition. Additionally, it is believed and thereon alleged, DEFENDANT’S failed to maintain the SUBJECT PREMISES and/or warn of the dangerous condition existing. Upon information and belief, such failure on behalf of the DEFENDANTS created one or more dangerous conditions on the SUBJECT PREMISES At all relevant times, one or more dangerous conditions caused created by the negligence of the proprietors, employees, and/or agents of DEFENDANTS contributed to, and/or were a substantial factor in causing, the injuries of the Plaintiff DEFENDANTS knew or should have known that its failure to inspect, manage, warn, control, and or clean the SUBJECT PREMISES created an unreasonable risk of harm, which includes the type and manner of harm suffered by the Plaintiff

FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION

PREMISES LIABILITY (Against All Defendants and DOES 1 through 50) Plaintiff repeats, reiterates, re‑alleges, and incorporates each and every fact and/or allegation set forth in the prior paragraphs of this complaint in its entirety, as though fully set forth herein. On or about November 20, 2020, DEFENDANTS owned, maintained, leased, contracted, constructed, possessed, repaired, inspected, controlled, managed, and operated the SUBJECT PREMISES. Plaintiff was lawfully present at the SUBJECT PREMISES. DEFENDANTS as reasonable owners, operators, builders, supervisors, contractors, lessors, occupiers, maintainers, managers, repairers, inspectors, cleaners, custodians, and/ or controllers of the SUBJECT PREMISES, should have foreseen. Plaintiff would be exposed to a risk of harm. As such, DEFENDANTS owed the Plaintiff a duty of care. DEFENDANTS as the owners, operators, builders, supervisors, contractors, lessors,’ occupiers, maintainers, managers, repairers, inspectors, cleaners, custodians, and/or controllers of the SUBJECT PROPERTY were negligent in that, among other things, failed to exercise due care in their control, ownership, operation, construction, supervision, lease, operation, and maintenance of the SUBJECT PREMISES to ensure that patrons, including the Plaintiff, were not subject to an unreasonable and/or increased risk of harm. Without limiting the foregoing, DEFENDANTS, were negligent in use and maintenance of the SUBJECT PREMISES, by among other things, failing to ensure: a) The area surrounding the object protruding from the floor had a warning “caution” sign; b) The area surrounding the object protruding from the floor was tapped off; c) The metal object was not protruding from the floor; d) Cones were placed around or on top of the object to prevent someone from tripping over

it; Based on information and belief it is alleged that the DEFENDANTS had knowledge and/or had created the dangerous condition. As a direct, and proximate result of the conduct, negligence and/or omissions of DEFENDANTS, Plaintiff sustained injuries, including but not limited to traumatic brain injury, shoulder, spinal, and neck A injuries, as well and was hurt in his health, strength and activity, sustaining injuries to her nervous system and physical person, all of which injuries have caused and continue to cause plaintiff great physical, mental, and emotional pain and suffering. As a direct and proximate result of the conduct, negligence and/or omissions of DEFENDANTS, Plaintiff was compelled to, and did employ the services of medical, hospital, surgical and/or nursing professionals, and the like to care for’ and treat her injuries and condition, and she incurred medical, hospital, surgical, nursing, professional and other related incidental expenses. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and thereupon alleges, that by the reason of her physical and emotional injuries, Plaintiff will necessarily incur additional like expenses in the future.

SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION

NEGLIGENCE (Against All Defendants and DOES 1 through 50) Plaintiff repeats, reiterates and incorporates each and every fact and/or allegation set forth in all prior paragraphs of this complaint in its entirety, as if fully set forth herein. On the date of the subject incident, for a period of time prior thereto, and at all relevant times, DEFENDANTS were owners, occupiers, builders, operators, designers, repairers, possessors, lessors, operators, managers, custodians, supervisors, inspectors, servicers, controllers, engineers, contractors, renters, repairers and/or of the SUBJECT PREMISES. On the date of the subject incident and at all relevant times DEFENDANTS, owed a duty to Plaintiff to exercise reasonable and ordinary care in the ownership, leasing, possession, use, inspection, control, maintenance, design, operation, and/or management of the SUBJECT `PREMISES, so as to avoid subjecting Plaintiff and others to an unreasonable risk of harm. At all relevant times herein, and for a period of time prior thereto DEFENDANTS, so negligently, carelessly, recklessly, unskillfully, unlawfully, and wrongfully owned, operated, built, contracted, leased, rented, occupied, maintained, controlled, inspected, designed, managed, repaired, supervised, had possession and/or custody of, maintained, and/or had control over the abovementioned SUBJECT PREMISES, as to cause, permit, allow to be in a dangerous, hazardous, unlawful, unsafe Condition.

DEFENDANTS as the owners, operators, builders, supervisors, contractors, lessors, occupiers, maintainers, managers, repairers, inspectors, cleaners, custodians, and/or controllers of the SUBJECT PROPERTY were negligent in that, among other things, failed to exercise due care in their control, ownership, operation, construction, supervision, lease, operation, and maintenance of the SUBJECT PREMISES to ensure that p:atrons, including the Plaintiff, were not subject to an unreasonable and/or increased risk of harm. Without limiting the foregoing, DEFENDANTS, were negligent in use and maintenance of the SUBJECT PREMISES, by among other things, failing to ensure: e)

The area surrounding the object protruding from the floor had a warning “caution” sign; 0 The area surrounding the object protruding from the floor was tapped off; g) The metal object was not protruding from the floor; h) Cones were placed around or on top of the object to prevent someone from tripping over it;

COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES

DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL

Based on information and belief it is alleged that the DEFENDANTS had knowledge and/or had created the dangerous condition. As a direct and proximate result of the conduct, negligence and/or omissions of

DEFENDANTS, Plaintiff sustained injuries, including but not limited to traumatic brain injury, shoulder, spinal, and neck injuries, as well and was hurt in his health, strength and activity, sustaining injuries to her nervous system and physical person, all of which injuries have caused and continue to cause plaintiff great physical, mental, and emotional pain and suffering. As a direct and proximate result of the conduct, negligence and/ or omissions of DEFENDANTS, Plaintiff was compelled to, and did employ the services of medical, hospital, surgical and/or nursing professionals, and the like to care for and treat her injuries and condition, and she incurred medical, hospital, surgical, nursing, professional and other related incidental expenses. Plaintiff is inforined and believes, and thereupon alleges, that by the reason of her physical and emotional injuries, Plaintiff will necessarily incur additional like expenses in the future. PRAYER FOR RELIEF

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff prays for judgment against Defendants FLORIANO’S MEXICAN FOOD, INC., a corporation; RICHARD SACCO TRUSTEE OF THE SANTA BARA REALTY TRUST; FM&A INVESTMENTS, LLC, a business entity unknown; and DOES 1 20 through 50, Inclusive, and each of them, for: For general damages, including but not limited to pain, suffering, disability and mental and emotional distress, past, present, and future, according to proof at the time of trial; For special damages for medical and other associated costs, loss of earnings, loss of earnings potential or capacity, loss of use, property damage, incidental and related expenses incurred to date and to be incurred in the future, all according to proof at the time of trial; authorized by law;

27. For prejudgment and post‑ judgment interest according to law and proof, to the extent authorized by law; DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL

Plaintiff hereby formally demands a trial by jury as allowed by California law. Dated: June 28, 2022. Martinian & Associates, Inc., Signed by; Tom Vertanous, Attorneys for Plaintiff

Published June 22, 29. July 6, 13 2023.

ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY Name, John A. Berryhill (State Bar # 042707) Miller & Berryhill LLP 1505 East Valley Road, Ste, B Santa Barbara, CA 93108 TELEPHONE NO: (805) 969‑4451 Fax NO. (Voice): (805) 969‑6491 EMAIL ADDRESS (Optional) Charlotte Hansen and Kevin Hansen, Administrators Filed Darrel E. Parker, Executive Office 7/7/2023 By: April Garcia , Deputy SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ADDRESS: 1100 Anacapa Street MAILING ADDRESS: CITY AND ZIP CODE: Santa Barbara 93101 BRANCH NAME Anacapa

al ESTATE (Name): INGRID ANNA

SCHERBARTH REPORT OF SALE AND PETITION FOR ORDER CONFIRMING SALE OF REAL PROPERTY CASE

NUMBER: 22PR00494 HEARING

DATE AND TIME 8/17/2023 9:00 am

Dept.: Five

1. Petitioner (name of each): Kevin Hansen and Charlotte Hansen Is the personal representative of the estate of the decedent, conservatee, or minor and requests a court order for (check all that apply): c. approval of commission of (specify): 5 % of the amount of $2,050,000.00

d. additional bond is fixed at: $2,050,000.00

2. Description of property sold Interest sold: 100% b. Improved d. Street address and location (specify): 1511 Santa Rosa Ave Santa Barbara, C.A. 93109

e. Legal description is affixed as Attachment 2e.

3. Appraisal a. Date of death of decedent or appointment of conservator or guardian (specify): February 4, 2022. b. Appraised value at above date: $ 1,900,000.00 c. Reappraised value within one year before the hearing: $2,050,000.00

(if more than one year has elapsed from the date in item 3a to the date of the hearing, reappraisal is

required.) d. Appraisal or reappraisal by probate referee has been filed

4. Manner and terms of sale a, Name of purchaser and manner of vesting title (specify): Sachin Gupta and Panchali Khanna c. Sale was private (date): 8/17/2023

Amount bid: $2,050,000.00 Deposit: $205,000.00 Payment Cash

CASE NUMBER: 22PR00494

5. Commission a. A written, exclusive contract for commission was entered into with (name): Natalie Grubb, Grubb Campbell Group, Village Properties Purchaser was procured by (name): David Marchetti, Sotheby’s International Realty a licensed real estate broker who is not buying for his or her account. Commission is to be divided as follows: 2.5% Village Properties

2.5% Village Properties none.

6. Bond a. Amount before sale: $892,588.00 b. Additional amount needed: $2,050,000.00 none.

7. Notice of sale a, Published

8. Notice of hearing

a. Special devisee: (1) None, b. Special notice: be 9. Reason for sale (need net complete if item a.

E Necessary to pay devise (4) El expenses of administration & The sale is to the advantage of the estate and in the best interest of the interested persons.

c. Personal representative, conservator of the estate, or guardian of the estate: (1) Petitioner (consent or notice not required).

10. Formula for overbids a. original bid: $ 2,050,000.00 b. 10% of first $10,000 of original bid: $ 1,000.00

c. 5% of (original bid minus $10,000): $102,000.00 d. Minimum overbid (a + b c): $ 2,153,00.00

11. Overbid. Required amount of first overbid (see item 10):

$2,153,000.00

12. Petitioner’s efforts to Obtain the highest and best price reasonably attainable for the property were as follows (specify activities taken to expose the property to the market, e.g., multiple listings, advertising, open houses, eta): Property was listed in Santa Barbara Multiple Listing Service, open houses were held, and signs were placed on property, Property is still being actively marketed.

Published July 13, 20, 27 2023.

ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT

ATTORNEY Name, John A. Berryhill (State Bar # 042707) Miller & Berryhill LLP 1505 East Valley Road, Ste, B Santa Barbara, CA 93108

TELEPHONE NO: (805) 969‑4451

Fax NO. (Voice): (805) 969‑6491

EMAIL ADDRESS (Optional)

Charlotte Hansen and Kevin Hansen, Administrators. Filed Darrel E. Parker, Executive Office 7/7/2023 By: April Garcia , Deputy SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ADDRESS: 1100 Anacapa Street MAILING ADDRESS: CITY AND ZIP CODE: Santa Barbara 93101

Anacapa (Name): INGRID ANNA SCHERBARTH REPORT OF SALE AND PETITION FOR ORDER CONFIRMING SALE OF REAL PROPERTY CASE NUMBER: 22PR00494 HEARING DATE AND TIME 8/17/2023 9:00

am Dept.: Five

1. Petitioner (name of each): Kevin Hansen and Charlotte Hansen Is the personal representative guardian of the estate of the decedent, conservatee, or minor and requests a court order for (check all that apply): c. approval of commission of (specify): 5 % of the amount of $1,900,000.00 d. additional bond is fixed at: $1,900,000.00

2.Description of property sold Interest sold: 100% b. Improved d. Street address and location (specify): 238 San Rafael Ave. Santa Barbara, C.A. 93109

3. Appraisal a. Date of death of decedent or appointment of conservator or guardian (specify): February 4, 2022. b. Appraised value at above date: $ 1,950,000.00 c. Reappraised value within one year before the hearing: $1,900,000.00 has been filed

4.Manner and terms of sale a, Scott M. Porter and Pamela E. Porter, Trustees of the Porter Family Trust dated February 5, 2018, c. Sale was private (date): 8/17/2023.

Amount bid: $ 1,900,000.00

LEGALS (CONT.)

Deposit: $ 190,000.00 Payment

Cash CASE NUMBER: 22PR00494

5. Commission a. A written, exclusive contract for commission was entered into with (name):

Village Properties, by Natalie Grubb, Purchaser was procured by:Village Properties, by Brian Campbell a licensed real estate broker who is not buying for his or her account. Commission is to be divided as follows: 2.5% Village Properties

2.5% Village Properties none.

6. Bond a. Amount before sale: $ 892,588.00 b. Additional amount needed: $1,900,000.00 .

7. Notice of sale a, Published

8. Notice of hearing a. Special devisee: (1) None, b. Special notice: be

9. Reason for sale (need net complete if item a. E Necessary to pay devise (4) El expenses of administration & The sale is to the advantage of the estate and in the best interest of the interested persons.

c. Personal representative, conservator of the estate, or guardian of the estate: (1) Petitioner (consent or notice not required).

10. Formula for overbids a. original bid: $ 1,900,000.00 b. 10% of first $10,000 of original bid: $ 1,000.00 c. 5% of (original bid minus $10,000): $94,500.00 d. Minimum overbid (a + b c): $ 1,995,500.00

11. Overbid. Required amount of first overbid (see item 10): $1,995,500.00

12. Petitioner’s efforts to Obtain the highest and best price reasonably attainable for the property were as follows (specify activities taken to expose the property to the market, e.g., multiple listings, advertising, open houses, eta): Property was listed in Santa Barbara Multiple Listing Service, open houses were held, and signs were placed on property, Property is still being actively marketed.

Publhised July 13, 20, 27 2023.

SUMMONS

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): MONTECITO MANAGEMENT CORPORATION formerly known as Doe 2. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): DAVID NORIEGA, an individual, NOTICE!

You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after

this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales papa presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin

mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (wwwlawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotasy los costos esentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el graveman de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NO: (Numero del Caso 22CV02458

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA ANACAPA DIVISION

1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: Tom Vertanous, 2801 Cahuenga Boulevard West, Los Angeles, CA 90068 (323) 850‑1900

DATE 06/16/2023. Deputy Clerk; Teri Chavez (El nombre, la dirección y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es):

Published. June 22, 29. July 6, 13 2023.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): FLORIANO’S MEXICAN FOOD, INC., a corporation; RICHARD SACCO TRUSTEE OF THE SANTA BARA REALTY TRUST; FM&A INVESTMENTS, LLC, a business entity unknown; and DOES 1 through 50, Inclusive.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): DAVID NORIEGA, an individual, NOTICE!

You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

In the Board of Supervisors’ Hearing Room

511 Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, CA

The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m.

copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales papa presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un

abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (wwwlawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotasy los costos esentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el graveman de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NO: (Numero del Caso 22CV02458

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA ANACAPA DIVISION

1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: Tom Vertanous, 2801 Cahuenga Boulevard West, Los Angeles, CA 90068 (323) 850‑1900

DATE 06/16/2023. Deputy Clerk; Leili Hejazi (El nombre, la dirección y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Published. June 22, 29. July 6, 13 2023.

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR SPLASH PAD MAINTENANCE AT JONNY D. WALLIS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK

The City of Goleta Public Works Department invites you to submit a proposal to become eligible for the Splash Pad Maintenance at Jonny D. Wallis Neighborhood Park.

Proposals shall meet the requirements and descriptions outlined in the RFP available through the City of Goleta’s PlanetBids Vendor Portal. Proposals must be received no later than 3:00 p.m, July 27, 2023, through the City of Goleta’s PlanetBids Vendor Portal.

Firms interested in submitting a Proposal should go to www.cityofgoleta. org/city-hall/public-works/city-bid-opportunities and click on “Request for Proposals for Splash Pad Maintenance at Jonny D. Wallis Neighborhood Park.”

Please submit any questions regarding this Request for Proposals through the City of Goleta’s PlanetBids Vendor Portal Online Q&A no later than 3:00 p.m. on July 20, 2023.

Published: Santa Barbara Independent July 6, 2023 & July 13, 2023

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL

Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom July 18, 2023 at 5:30 PM

ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https:// cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goleta City Council will conduct a hybrid public hearing for the levy and collection of taxes for the Goleta Library Special Tax for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024. An Administration Report consisting of, among other things, the assessed parcels, will be filed in the Office of the City Clerk for public review. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org).

HEARING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at 5:30 PM.

PLACE: Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom (with detailed instructions for participation included on the posted agenda)

PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the City Council meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by e-mailing the City Clerk at CityClerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Written comments will be distributed to Council and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday July 18, 2023, the Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to consider adoption of an ordinance to amend Ordinance 5181 “Licensing of Cannabis” to add fees for the cannabis licensing program to recover cost for the use of the California Cannabis Authority’s data analytics platform. This platform aids County regulation of cannabis by analyzing the substantial transaction activity of commercial cannabis licensees derived from the State’s ‘track and trace’ database. For additional information, please contact Brittany Odermann, Deputy CEO at: Email: bodermann@countyofsb.org | Tel: 805-5683400.

For current methods of public participation for the meeting of July 18 2023 please see page two (2) of the posted Agenda. The posted agenda will be available on Thursday prior to the above referenced meeting for a more specific time for this item. However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged or the item may be continued.

Please see the posted agenda and staff reports available on the Thursday prior to the meeting at http://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date or contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 for alternative options.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by 4:00 PM on Friday before the Board meeting. For information about these services please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240.

If you challenge this project 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 Board of Supervisors prior to the public hearing. G.C. Section 65009, 6066, and 6062a.

Witness my hand and seal this 27th day of June 2023.

Mona Miyasato CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Sheila de la Guerra, Deputy Clerk

FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Luke Rioux/Finance Director, at (805) 562-5508 or lrioux@cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@cityofgoleta.org. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www. cityofgoleta.org

SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION. If you require interpretation services for the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (805) 961-7505 or via email to cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org at least 48 hours prior to the hearing. Please specify the language for which you require interpretation. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting helps to ensure that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the hearing.

Note: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b)(2)).

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the City Clerk at (805) 9617505 or email cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing is required to enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

Deborah Lopez City Clerk

Publish: July 6, 2023 and July 13, 2023