Santa Barbara Independent 9/7/23

Willa was delivered at 32 weeks weighing 2 lbs., 10 oz. She spent five weeks in the Haselton Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where she had two blood transfusions and learned to breathe and feed on her own. Now Willa is three months old and weighs more than 8 pounds. She loves to snuggle with her parents and go for stroller walks outdoors. Willa’s parents are also grateful for Cottage Family Suites, which allowed them to stay close to the NICU.

Cottage Children’s Medical Center cares for more than 12,000 children a year in its Acute Pediatrics Unit, Haselton Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, Pediatric Trauma Center and 11 specialized outpatient clinics. Learn more at cottagechildrens.org

SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL BABIES

Baby Girls

Lompoc

Abby Darlene Wedderburn, 7/10/2023

Emily Harper Lindley, 7/18/2023

Reyna Armani Padilla, 7/23/2023

Leyla June Yanez, 7/28/2023

Santa Barbara

Stella Marie Zelasko, 6/10/2023

Alice Valeria Whittet, 7/19/2023

Lexi Solisa Corona, 7/29/2023

Ventura

Ava Olivia Hanson-Lopez, 7/9/2023

Baby Boys

Carpinteria

Arlo Ventura Castañeda, 7/23/2023

Goleta

Omar Maher Bader, 6/28/2023

Carlos Santiago Macedo Espinoza, 7/25/2023

Lompoc

Beau Alan Colindres, 7/13/2023

Santa Barbara

Finn Troup McDonald, 7/2/2023

Lani Cedar del Rosario, 7/7/2023

Aleksander Stoyanov Falloon, 7/12/2023

Bryan Bowie, 7/21/2023

Arlo Royce Remington, 7/21/2023

Augustus Ford Peresman, 7/26/2023

Slater Lucio Sorenson, 7/26/2023

Solvang

Lucas Zuchelli, 7/19/2023

Ventura

Chandler Frederick Barden, 7/6/2023

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Americana Royalty Nickel Creek with special guest Hawktail

Sun, Oct 8 / 7 PM / Granada Theatre

Tickets start at $35 / $19 UCSB students

A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price

“Nickel Creek made Americana the new Indie Rock.” NPR

“One of the most adventurous and eclectic groups in progressive acoustic music.” allmusic.com

Featuring Chris Thile and siblings Sean and Sara Watkins, revolutionary roots trio Nickel Creek returns to Santa Barbara with an ambitious album’s worth of dazzling new music. Their 2023 release Celebrants represents a triumphant return to form after a nine-year break from recording and touring together.

Superstar Trio’s U.S. Debut Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Lisa Batiashvili, violin

Gautier Capuçon, cello

Tue, Oct 10 / 7 PM / Granada Theatre

Tickets start at $40 / $19 UCSB students

Purchase by September 15 for your invitation to an opening night toast to the Great Performances series at Sullivan Goss

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“Sophistication and suavity, both clarity and freedom.” The New York Times on Jean-Yves Thibaudet

“Batiashvili’s fearless playing is so tonally rich and technically immaculate.” The Guardian (U.K.)

“Fierce concentration and taut virtuosity.”

Bachtrack on Gautier Capuçon

Three friends and award-winning classical stars come together for an evening of chamber music masterpieces by Haydn, Ravel and Mendelssohn that showcases their individual and collaborative gifts.

Haydn: Piano Trio No. 44

Ravel: Piano Trio

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2

A Santa Barbara tradition is back!

Everybody remembers Pizza Mizza, formerly located at La Cumbre Plaza. Well, we have re-opened bigger and better and we are now located at the back of La Arcada Plaza, behind the famous turtle pond. We have built a beautiful arcade to host birthday parties, family events or to simply have some fun! Same great food that you loved and remembered. New beautiful location!

Join us for delicious pizza, pasta, salads and sandwiches. Enjoy our craft beer and drink selections. Bring the whole family and enjoy our kid friendly environment and arcade.

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GRANDPA TO THE SECOND POWER

Our Senior Arts Writer Josef Woodard is a grandpa again! What was it like this time around?

Claire and her husband, John Pemberton, were given an arrival date of August 23, and Henry Abrahm Pemberton showed up only a bit fashionably late, at 5:03 a.m. on August 24. Everything went smoothly for all involved. Henry has a bit of a boxer’s nose from the delivery process and long, elegant fingers, maybe a boxer/ violinist in training. He weighed in at 8 lb., 3 oz.

This is our second grandchild, after our son Sam’s now 4-year-old James, but the first time into motherhood for Claire. From our grandparental vantage, it’s no less exciting than the first that common yet always miraculous moment when the baby decides to embark on life in the outside world.

Claire has a deep history in Santa Barbara, having grown up here and having done a bit of writing for the Independent including a review of Zach Galifianakis’s Baskets She got her English degree at Stanford, is a published poet, and worked a few jobs in the tech industry in San Francisco before spending a couple of happy years as a farmer in Pescadero.

Now, she is plunging headlong into life as a mother. For the moment, it’s all about Henry.

WARES! Extraordinary Ceramics and the Ordinary Home

See the exhibition through September 17

The Power to Be: A Lecture by Anthony Sonnenberg

Thursday, September 14 | 5 – 6 pm | Mary Craig Auditorium

WARES! exhibition artist Anthony Sonnenberg explores expressions of power through decoration within various cultures. Throughout history, decoration has performed a meaningful task of constructing and emanating power, be it the over-embellished palace or the tattooed form.

Free for SBMA Members/$5 Non-Members

Pop-Up Clay Play Workshop for Adults with Anthony Sonnenberg

Saturday, September 16 | 10 – 11:30 am | Family Resource Center

Join Anthony Sonnenberg for a casual conversation, hands-on demo, and unique opportunity to create with clay and explore the power of ornamentation. Dress for mess.

Free (pre-registration required). Ages 18 and over

Get tickets for both events at tickets.sbma.net.

FREE for Students & UCSB Faculty (valid student or UCSB ID required)

ON THE COVER: From left: Shannon Saleh, Emily Libera, and Gioia Marchese. Photo by Ingrid Bostrom. Design by Xavier Pereyra.

Claire Woodard and her husband, John Pemberton (top), both holding their son, Henry Pemberton.

international series AT THE GRANADA

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2023, 7:30PM

LOS ANGELES

PHILHARMONIC

Zubin Mehta, Conductor Emeritus

Seong-Jin Cho, piano

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2024, 7:30PM

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Vasily Petrenko, Music Director

Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2024, 7:30PM

ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Nathalie Stutzmann, Music Director Haochen Zhang, piano

TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2024, 7:30PM

ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS

Joshua Bell, Music Director & violin

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COURTS & CRIMES

ConceptionFire Started in Trash Can, ATF Says

by Jackson Friedman

The deadly inferno aboard the Conception dive boat started in a plastic trash can, the Los Angeles Times reported in a front-page story published on the four-year anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 34 off the coast of Santa Barbara.

The revelation comes from a confidential report prepared by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) investigators, who reconstructed the vessel’s middle deck to determine the fire’s point of origin. Their tests in a Maryland research lab in 2021, the Times’ Richard Winton reported, concluded that the blaze began in the trash can on the main deck and rapidly engulfed the boat’s main salon.

The fire occurred before dawn on September 2, 2019, while the Conception was anchored off Santa Cruz Island at the tail end of a three-day dive trip. Five crew members asleep in the boat’s top deck, including Captain Jerry Boylan, were awakened by shouts of “Fire! Fire!” and managed to escape. The passengers and another crew member trapped below deck by the flames, however, died from smoke inhalation, according to Santa Barbara County coroner’s reports.

Initial investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) focused on charging areas for lithium-ion batteries, but

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the “ATF said it found no evidence to support that the fire started where a tangled web of lithium batteries had been charging, although it noted that such batteries can ignite when they malfunction,” the Times reported. After extensive testing, the ATF report stated that while investigators could not determine the exact cause of ignition citing possibilities such as discarded smoking materials, openflame ignition of combustible materials, or an unknown event the fire’s point of origin was the 23-gallon Rubbermaid trash bin beneath the stairs on the main deck. The report also revealed that polyethylene trash cans like the one involved were prone to accidental fires, and safety alerts regarding such garbage cans were issued by the Coast Guard this June.

The leaked ATF report at the center of

NEWS BRIEFS

COMMUNITY

Jeff Olsson (pictured), cofounder of Industrial Eats and New West Catering, died 9/2. Considered the driving force for elevating Santa Barbara County wine country’s cuisine over the past two decades, he succumbed to a fast-moving colon cancer that was just diagnosed in December. Olsson and his wife, Janet Olsson, purchased New West Catering in 2000 and opened Industrial Eats in Buellton in 2013. Their focus on live-fire, straight-from-thesource cooking codified a style that’s now almost ubiquitous in Santa Barbara and beyond. More recently, he opened Eye on I in Lompoc.

the Times article remains confidential, even to Congressmember Salud Carbajal’s office. Communications Director Ian Mariani confirmed, “The ATF has made it clear that the report will remain private until such time as the civil and criminal court cases are final.”

Captain Boylan, who has been charged with seaman’s manslaughter for allegedly failing to have a roving night watch on duty while those aboard were asleep, continues to deny any wrongdoing. Last Thursday, Boylan’s attorneys cited the ATF’s inability to determine the fire’s cause in a motion to dismiss the case, which also alleged the prosecutors influenced witnesses by asserting Boylan’s guilt while questioning them. Boylan’s trial in federal court is scheduled for next month. n

Members of several Chumash groups will oversee a one-day cultural burn this month when conditions are favorable at UCSB, reigniting a culturally significant and ancient Indigenous landmanagement practice after a 230-year hiatus. In 2018, staff at UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration coordinated with area Chumash tribal members and planted native bulbs, wildflowers, and purple needle grass in the North Campus Open Space for the burn. Chumash elder Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto will ignite the 14-acre fire, which County Fire and the Cheadle Center will monitor.

PUBLIC SAFETY

A two-story single-family home with eight people inside caught fire in Lompoc 8/30, according to Lompoc Fire Battalion Chief Kevin Shay. At 10:23 p.m., Lompoc Fire, County Fire, and Vandenberg Space Force Base Fire departments received multiple calls reporting a structure fire in the 400 block of Hawthorne Street on Lompoc’s south side. According to Shay, the “crews were met with heavy fire conditions” and quickly extinguished the fire, limiting the fire damage to the home’s second floor. All inside managed to safely exit the house without injury. The cause and origin of the fire is under investigation.

by Ryan P. Cruz

It may have been the residual effects from the Super Blue Moon Thursday night, or it was just the three-day holiday weekend, but Santa Barbara County emergency and law enforcement agencies were busy over Labor Day weekend, responding to assaults, collisions, a dumpster fire, and a tragic fall off a cliff that left a college student dead in Isla Vista. Here’s a brief recap of what happened over the weekend.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

A man was stabbed early Saturday morning on the Eastside near Milpas and Ortega

streets, with Santa Barbara police responding to the scene to find the victim with a single stab wound to the chest. According to police reports, the victim and the suspect who fled the scene and was not apprehended were involved in “some type of verbal altercation” prior to the incident. The victim was transported to the hospital and was reported to be in stable condition; the investigation is ongoing, but police say it is an isolated incident and not gang-related.

Later that night, Santa Barbara County Fire responded to an apartment fire in the Ellwood neighborhood of Goleta. County Fire spokesperson Scott Safechuck said that

residents returned to their home on Mathilda Drive around 10:30 p.m. to find their smoke detector alerting and an active fire in their unit. The residents used a fire extinguisher to douse the fire, which was believed to be confined to a piece of furniture, although all three tenants were displaced due to the fire.

Less than a half-hour later, County Fire responded to another call a couple of miles away in Isla Vista, where a 19-year-old male had reportedly fallen from a cliff 40 feet to the beach below. The incident occurred near the 6700 block of Del Playa Drive shortly before 11 p.m., and although there were fellow students at the scene who

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Kebrina Alvarez, 31, was arrested 8/30 after allegedly stabbing a man and barricading herself in a nearby residence on Fairview Avenue. According to Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Raquel Zick, deputies responded to reports of a stabbing near the Encina Meadows Apartments in Goleta around 7:15 a.m. and found a man near a bus stop with “severe lacerations.” The victim was taken to the hospital and treated for “serious, but non-life-threatening” injuries. Alvarez was apprehended at the Encino Royale Apartments across the street following a standoff, taken to the hospital for medical clearance, and booked into County Jail for assault with a deadly weapon. n

COURTESY

NEW DETAILS EMERGE: The ATF’s confidential report cites Conception crew member Mickey Kohls telling investigators that shortly before the fire broke out, he had emptied four smaller trash bins into the larger plastic trash can that’s believed to be the deadly fire’s point of origin. What ignited the fire is still unknown.

pulled the victim from the water to attempt CPR, Safechuck reported that the teenager was pronounced dead on the scene. It was the eighth fatal cliff fall in Isla Vista over the past 20 years.

On Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Raquel Zick announced the Coroner’s Bureau had identified the victim as 19-year-old Benjamin Scott Schurmer of Ojai. County Supervisor Laura Capps, who represents Isla Vista, confirmed in a statement on the incident that he was a student at Santa Barbara City College.

“My heart breaks for the family and friends of the student whose life was tragically cut short along the cliffs of Isla Vista on Saturday night,” Capps wrote. “One death along these bluffs is one too many and we have had far too many. Enough is enough: Cliff safety must be the driving factor. I will continue to push for protective fencing and other safety measures as well as redoubling the educational efforts led by the Isla Vista Community Service District and others. These bluffs pose a real danger to people’s lives it is time for common-sense safety solutions.”

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

An inmate at Santa Barbara County’s Main Jail was reported dead after being found unresponsive in his cell and transported to the hospital early Sunday morning, according to a statement from Zick.

Zick said the decedent who was identified Tuesday as 37-year-old Goleta resident Luis Enrique Duron Rodriguez had been booked into the jail on Thursday, August 31, on felony charges of driving under the influence resulting in injury and hit-andrun with injuries, as well as misdemeanor reckless driving. He was placed in a “single observation cell due to medical concerns,” and checked at regular intervals, Zick said, until early Sunday when he was discovered unresponsive by deputies who attempted life-saving measures with WellPath medical staff. County Fire and American Medical Response were called to the jail, and the inmate was transported by paramedics to a nearby hospital, where he died a few hours later.

Shortly before noon on Sunday, the Santa Barbara City Fire Department doused a fire in an apartment complex on the Westside near Modoc Road. The fire was outside the complex and included a dumpster, a nearby tree, and furniture.

Later around 5 p.m., County Fire and California Highway Patrol (CHP) responded to a two-vehicle collision in Orcutt with four occupants sustaining moderate injuries. The injured occupants, three adult females and one minor female, were transported via two ambulances to Marian Regional Medical Center.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

On Labor Day around 4:30 p.m., a woman escaped a scary situation near Highway 1 in Orcutt after being involved in a solo collision that left her car disabled directly on the train tracks in the path of an oncoming Amtrak Pacific Surfliner. She was able to escape unscathed, though the train plowed into her black sedan and dragged it 600 feet along the tracks before coming to a halt. There were no injuries reported among the 95 passengers on board, and the accident is under investigation.

Then in the early evening around 6 p.m., emergency crews were called to the scene of a motorcycle accident that sparked a vegetation fire near Vandenberg Village. The motorcyclist sustained major injuries and was transported to the hospital while firefighters worked on the small blaze, which was stopped at under two acres less than an hour later.

According to Sheriff’s Office arrest logs, a total of 42 drivers were arrested for DUI from Friday to Monday with 12 arrested on Saturday and 14 on Sunday while a DUI checkpoint conducted by the Santa Maria Police Department on Friday night yielded three DUI arrests and 12 citations out of 174 cars screened. The Santa Barbara Police Department booked 26 people into the county jail and recorded four DUI arrests over the three-day weekend. n

HOUSE FIRE: County Fire responded to an apartment fire in the Ellwood neighborhood of Goleta on Saturday night.

CLOSE ESCAPE: On Labor Day in Orcutt, a woman escaped her stalled car on the train tracks before it was dragged 600 feet by an Amtrak train.

28-Unit Vera Cruz Village Opens

Last Thursday, the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara hosted a grand opening of the Vera Cruz Village, a 28-unit affordable housing project located on Cota Street geared toward placing tenants who were previously experiencing homelessness. On Friday, all the new tenants moved in.

During the ribbon-cutting ceremony, city Housing Authority Executive Director Rob Fredericks thanked the long list of government officials, housing advocates, and community organizations that made the affordable housing development possible.

It was truly a team effort from the beginning, he explained. The property was originally slated as a 15-unit market-rate housing project, which was fully approved before the deal fell through and the city Housing Authority bought the property in 2020.

The city itself pitched in more than $3.5 million, investing $2 million during the project’s inception and footing another $1.5 million when construction costs and shipping delays were piling up. In total, with construction costs and development fees,

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all low-income or disabled or have previously experienced homelessness. Tenants will pay 30 percent of their rent with the rest covered through housing vouchers and Section 8 support. New Beginnings Counseling Center will run support services for all the tenants.

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Retired Judges Dodds and Herman Die

In the past week, two retired Santa Barbara Superior Court judges James Herman and Bruce Dodds died. Combined, Herman and Dodds accounted for 38 years on the bench.

First elected in 1977, Dodds served until 1998 and was known for a no-nonsense demeanor that some charged bordered on the gratuitously rude. But that style coupled with the crystal ball he often wielded when dealing with recalcitrant attorneys helped Dodds settle cases that many at the time thought could not be settled. Off the bench, Dodds played a mean game of tennis and had a lively sense of humor.

In 1995, the Commission on Judicial Performance sought to have Dodds censured for impeding an investigation into fellow judge James Slater, who in 1993 deflated the tire of a handicapped van that had been parked in his courthouse parking space. Dodds reportedly walked by as Slater was letting the air out of the offending van’s tire without saying anything. Later Dodds declined efforts by an investigator with the Sheriff’s Office to interview him and instructed his staff to do likewise. Ultimately, Dodds would talk directly with Slater himself, at

which time Slater acknowledged his actions. Dodds appealed his censure to the California Supreme Court, which ruled in Dodds’s favor on the grounds that his conduct was merely prejudicial rather than willful.

Judge Herman was first appointed to the bench in 2005, after starting his legal career with a stint in the Public Defender’s Office and then a long career as a civil litigator. Herman presided over long, technically complex civil cases, but some criminal ones as well.

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Most notably, Herman fined Plains All American Pipeline Company $3.3 million for having caused the pipeline rupture that led to the Refugio Oil Spill Along the coast in 2015. In that hearing, a jury found the pipeline company guilty of criminal negligence, and the prosecuting attorney had sought a fine of $1.2 billion. Herman expressed doubt that the size of the fine would have much deterrent impact on the pipeline company, but noted it was the maximum amount he could levy. The indictment, he explained, alleged only one day of misconduct, not every day that the company could have and should have known the consequences of its misconduct.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE: Mayor Randy Rowse, Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara Director Rob Fredericks, and others cut the ribbon to the 28-unit Vera Cruz Village on August 31.

Windfall Costs

No one is listening to people who live in the canyon where the Strauss Wind Project is going up. We have a planning board who just wants to push the project through to have their legacy down as being associated when completed.

We the people have had our homes shake, rattle, and vibrate from 6 a.m. on some mornings to 7 at night from trucks carrying heavy loads.

We have cars racing up and down the road 6:307:30 a.m. and from 4-5 p.m. Try getting out of the driveway.

We have water trucks lined up to the fire hydrant as other trucks make their way through. What if there were a fire?

Who cares? Not our Board of Supervisors, nor the Planning Commission.

Santa Barbara saw this project as a windfall for them, and we the people pay the cost. They allowed for the EIR not to be completed, yet no one will take responsibility of the outcome. Green energy. Yes. Clean energy. No

—Mary Edwards, Lompoc

Ears Are Ringing

Short of relocating the entire airport (and restoring historic Goleta Slough to the ocean) the only hope for the long-suffering citizens in the impacted neighborhoods is some kind of mitigation regarding the ongoing noise.

1. Transform, extend, and upgrade the private aircraft runway 15/33, and require all nonscheduled airline aircraft to use it. This will dilute the number of aircraft using the main runway to scheduled airline aircraft only.

2. Require all scheduled airline aircraft to be equipped with the latest “hush kit” technology.

3. With the help of Rep. Carbajal, engage with the FAA to establish a curfew between midnight and 6 a.m., and to establish improved arrival and departure flight paths that don’t have aircraft flying over homes at 500-foot altitudes or less, as they do now.

4. Sure, do the studies, but get this done in a timely manner. Citizens want relief yesterday, not five years down the road.

The airport has plenty of resources to throw at noise mitigation and should be compelled to do so. As a lawyer friend of mine says, “We can do this the hard way, or we can do this the easy way.” The last place citizens need to go is a class action suit what a terrible waste of money and good will.

CHILD FIND PUBLIC NOTICE

The Santa Barbara County SELPA (SBCSELPA) and its member districts actively seek out all individuals with exceptional needs, ages birth through 21, including infants and children enrolled in parentally placed private schools. Special education programs are available to all eligible students with disabilities, ages birth to 21 in Santa Barbara County.

If you are concerned about your child’s development or have reason to believe your child needs special education due to a physical, mental, emotional, learning or speech problem, you may contact either the SELPA office or your local school district Special Education Department if you have questions about referring a child for special education services.

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Mailing Address: 5385 Hollister Ave., Box 107 Santa Barbara, CA 93111

Or phone (805) 683-1424

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It is great to be able to fly almost anywhere in the world now from Santa Barbara. Let’s appreciate that and keep our local fences mended by bringing airport noise and air pollution in line with expansion. We can do this.

—Frank DiMarco, Goleta

Just Hangin’ Around

Inan article about the frustrations with increased electric bike activity, Santa Barbara City Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez asserted that “enforcement of such laws poses challenges too, since the onus of responsibility would fall on the police department, which, as Gutierrez pointed out, is understaffed and trying to focus on major crimes.” Understaffed? Trying to focus on major crimes?

If so, I’d really like to know why so many police officers are merely hanging out, often staring into their cell phones, for banal, routine incidences.

I watched a detained brown-skinned father, down at the wharf, whose 7-year-old son was accused of taking a candle from a local restaurant. Eight officers hanging out for more than an hour. I witnessed the minor aftermath of a woman, who passed out while driving, landing her vehicle on the curb. She was transported to the hospital. Meanwhile, six officers hung around, seemingly doing nothing, for the hour afterward.

It is not a matter of “if” but “when” a bad-actor bike rider strikes a pedestrian or tourist along State Street. Seems to me the police department has ample staff to thwart this problem.

—Dave Heisterkamp, S.B.

For the Record

¶ In last week’s story on Alpha Resource Center, we mistakenly had an “and” in place of a “not.” Dena Davis’s quote should have read: “To be connected right away to other families, and to hear ‘Congratulations’ right away, not ‘I’m sorry,’ is really, you know, that’s pretty powerful.”

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SELPA del Condado de Santa Barbara (SBCSELPA) y los distritos afiliados buscan a todos los niños con necesidades excepcionales entre 0 y 21 años de edad, incluyendo bebés y niños inscritos en escuelas privadas por sus padres. Los programas de Educación Especial están disponibles para todos los estudiantes con discapacidades entre 0 y 21 años de edad en el Condado de Santa Barbara.

Si usted está preocupado acerca del desarrollo de su hijo o tiene la mínima razón de pensar que su hijo necesita servicios de educación especial debido a problemas físicos, mentales, emocionales, de aprendizaje o de habla, comuníquese con la oficina de SELPA o con el Departamento de Educación Especial de su Distrito Escolar si tiene alguna pregunta acerca de referir a un niño para servicios de educación especial.

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Give Domestic Workers Labor Rights

Support Senate Bill 686 for Health and Safety Protections in California

Special Events

BY REVEREND DAVID MOORE

Today is Tuesday, August 29, as I write this, and I am outside the Capitol Building in Sacramento with Jacob Lesner-Buxton. Jacob has just received news that his mother is seriously ill in Oakland, so he is leaving to be with her. We had planned to fly back and write this together in preparation for Labor Day.

Today makes me think of Selma and other Civil Rights marches of the 1960s. We are singing “I Shall Not Be Moved,” except in Spanish, “No Nos Moveremos.” We are here to call on Governor Newsom to sign Senate Bill 686, providing health and safety protections for domestic care workers.

Jacob and I are members of Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network. We are raising our voices alongside some 40 other advocacy groups today. California would not treat firefighters, police, not even teachers, and certainly not a governor, like this. It is unconscionable for this disregard to go on. It’s worth noting that Newsom has previously vetoed two similar bills.

I was invited to be Hand in Hand’s spokesperson: “Governor Newsom, you lack the pedigree of poverty that domestic workers have. Someday you may need a domestic worker to care for yourself. That’s why we are here today to call upon you to hear our loud voices. We want you to sign SB 686 and honor the lives, the families, and the labor of domestic caregivers, who provide one of the most important needs in our society.”

Today’s action was different from many others. Among workers, we saw many immigrant women, especially Latina and Filipina. They provide services historically done by Black women. We acknowledged today that the legacy of slavery in our country cannot be shaken off while any workers are exploited. This march was special, too, because so many elders participated. Some folks had wheelchairs, scooters, or walkers. Some walked with difficulty. I was there for all these people, and for my own mother, who has been the recipient of domestic care.

We were not assaulted with billy clubs and police dogs, but these determined seniors braved a hot

Sacramento day to walk from the Capitol building to the governor’s office.

Says Santa Barbara City Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez, “I wholeheartedly support SB 686. This acknowledges the importance of extending essential labor protections to domestic workers and family daycare employees. By promoting fairness and safety, this bill aligns with our values of equity and worker well-being. I am grateful that our local community made a journey to represent us in our state capital.”

My mom smiles more than anyone I know. She sings more than anyone I know. And my mom also prays more than anyone I know. Her own mother died when she was just 5 years old. She met my dad at age 18, and shortly thereafter, she left Jim Crow on a train with him. Mom grew up without an indoor toilet or running water. I was born when they were 19. They would go on to have eight more children and were married for 65 years until Dad died. His death was related to his commitment to personally caring for Mom.

After Dad retired from the armed services, he was deemed to have too much money to qualify for LongTerm Services and Supports. This means Dad’s pension fund is the only thing we have to pay for all of Mom’s support needs, and it’s shrinking. We would love to have security for our own mother and for all people who are aging and/or disabled. The recent pandemic only added to the stress of my mom’s care. Government mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis prevented most of our family from visiting her out of an abundance of caution, even though she lived in her own home.

Our family owes a great debt of gratitude to our sister Beverly, who has recently taken our mother into her home.

My family will continue to focus on loving our mother. She deserves it. We will continue to push for expanding funding and access to Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS), and recognize that, oftentimes, those services are provided by domestic workers. We will continue to think about shrinking savings accounts. We will continue to ask you to care, too, because someday, such care and support may be needed for one of your parents, or maybe it will be needed by you.

Schedule subject to change. Please visit metrotheatres.com for theater updates. Thank you. Features and Showtimes for Sept 8-14, 2023

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The California Domestic Workers Coalition rallied in Sacramento on August 29.

We wish to thank and recognize the individuals and businesses sponsoring our Golden Gala & Gold Ribbon Campaign in honor of September's National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. All funds directly support our mission to provide transformational services to families in the tri-counties that have a child battling cancer.

We are so very grateful.

Joan Easton Lentz

1942-2023 Naturalist

BY GIB AND JENNY LENTZ

It is with sadness that we mark the death of Joan Easton Lentz: author, teacher, naturalist. Joan died at home on July 26, 2023, after a long illness.

Nobody ever rested on a vacation with Joan. There was always a bird to be found, a flower to be identified, a trail to be hiked. She had always wanted to see a warbler that is found at the top of a 13-mile loop trail in the mountains on the border between Texas and Mexico. Early one morning, we found ourselves in Big Bend National Park at the start of that trail. After a few hours of strenuous hiking, we heard the call of this bird, but that was not good enough for Joan. We continued on toward the crest, where Joan got two or three good views of this Colima warbler. Down the loop, we continued our long hike. Although it was late afternoon, this was not all the birding for the day. Joan had read about a broken windmill that was still drawing water on an abandoned homestead on the flat. On we drove to a bit of greenery in the dry Texas landscape, where she continued to search for birds. Finally, it was getting late and time to go. We wound up in a faded roadhouse in Terlingua, Texas, where we enjoyed a steak and a beer and listened to a surprisingly good country singer.

Joan’s twin passions, a love of nature and a love of writing, were deeply rooted in her family history. Her paternal great-grandfather, Warren Olney, was one of the founding members of the Sierra Club. Her father, Robert O. Easton, cofounded a group that evolved into Santa Barbara’s Environmental Defense Center and the Community Environmental Council. He also authored Black Tide, a history of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill. Joan’s father and grandfather were instrumental in establishing the San Rafael Wilderness and the Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary in Los Padres National Forest. Her maternal grandfather, Frederick Faust, writing as Max Brand, authored Dr. Kildare and Destry Rides Again; he was a prolific writer of Westerns.

A fifth-generation Californian and third-generation Santa Barbaran, Joan attended Jefferson School and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1960. After college at the University of Colorado, she was pursuing graduate studies at UC Berkeley, where she met and married her husband, Gib, a third-year law student.

Joan’s love of the natural world began at an early age. Equipped with her father’s World War II binoculars, she spent her childhood exploring the wild spaces of the Riviera and Mission Canyon. As a young girl, she rode her bicycle to the Santa Barbara Museum of History, spending hours among the exhibits in the original Bird Hall. Thus began her lifelong association with the museum, where she served as a docent, a board member, and research assistant.

As a teacher, Joan had a gift for making nature accessible. Her popular adult education classes introduced generations to the joys of birding. At ease with beginners and experts alike, Joan was always ready with a friendly smile, encouraging words, and a joyful enthusiasm that led to many close friendships. She constantly received messages and calls from those wanting to share their bird sightings, and she responded to all of them with warmth and interest. “Her impact on the birding community near and

far was deep and lasting, and many of us will forever remember her insights, and her great enthusiasm for nature, and the people who cherish it,” remembers her friend Rebecca Coulter.

Although she birded wherever she went, Joan’s primary interests were the birds and habitats of the Central Coast. She had identified and knew the distributions of well over 400 species that resided in or migrated through our county. Her wide knowledge was valuable in conducting surveys for the county of area bird populations and their locales.

For many years, Joan organized and led the Santa Barbara Christmas Bird Count (CBC), one of the largest and most successful Audubon bird counts in the nation. “She grew the Santa Barbara CBC into a truly major event, all the while maintaining high standards of accuracy,” remembers longtime birding friend Paul Lehman. With Joan at the helm, what began as a small affair for birding elites evolved into large, inclusive, and welcoming event for Santa Barbara’s growing birding community.

Joan never gave up birding or writing. During her last illness, she wrote and published two books: Story of a Santa Barbara Birder in 2021 and Birding Against All Odds in 2022. In 2013 she completed A Naturalist’s Guide to the Santa Barbara Region, a wellreceived, definitive resource of the rich and diverse local environment.

Her passion for teaching never waned; her wonderful caregivers, especially Wanda, became part of her birding adventures, taking her to local habitats and sharing in the joy of identifying the variety of birds that came to her backyard.

Joan is survived by her husband of 58 years, Gib; loving daughter, Jennifer; son-in-law, Kevin Gerson; beloved grandchildren, Alex and Annabel; sisters, Ellen and Jane Easton; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews. A son, Jonathan, predeceased her.

At her request, there will be no service. Friends may remember Joan through the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105).

Deanna Alisa Vazquez 1978 - 1998

ily- parties, friends, laughter, LOTS of country music and 50 years of memories that continue to grow with her son, his wife and future grandchildren.

That is a somewhat mind boggling 48 years at the same employer and a testament to her toughness to work full time till age 93.

Forever in our heartsMom and Dad

She is survived by her son, Ron Vasquez Jr. (Joanne), grandsons Sean Jackson (Brandi), Kevin Vasquez (Alex), sisters Irene Acuna, Fran Lewis (Lou), brother, Arlen Gustafson (Cherie), as well as many beloved nieces and nephews.

Marilyn McMahon died at her home in Santa Barbara on August 24, 2023. She was 93.

Glenda Lou Vasquez age 87, passed away peacefully after a lengthy illness on August 18, 2023.

She was born to Glen and Zetta Gustafson in Coburg Oregon on January 22, 1936 (the 6th of 8 children).

Her laughter was infectious, her questions probing and her family loyalty fierce. She was impetuous, often leaping before looking, giving her life an “I Love Lucy” quality. She also loved sweets especially See’s candy and chocolate chip ice cream (which she could consume an entire ½ gallon at a time!) Glenda was a baby whisperer; she had a gift for calming babies and endearing children to her. She moved to Santa Barbara in 1955 where she met her husband, Ronald Vasquez Sr. While raising their son, Ron Jr., she worked as a bookkeeper at Sansum Medical Clinic in Santa Barbara for 13 years, Santa Barbara Orthopedic Group, and retiring from UCSB in 1992. Ron and Glenda retired to Santa Maria and enjoyed entertaining there. They began boating and water skiing at Nacimiento Lake in 1956. The time spent at the lake was the heart of their fam-

She is predeceased by her husband of 51 years, Ronald Vasquez Sr., her newborn son Donald, her parents, sister, Darlene Anderson and brothers Irvin, Virgil and Marlo. Special thanks to caregivers Debbie Welch, Angela Barriga and the staff of Hillview Residence where she spent her final years in comfort and peace.

A donation in her memory may be made to the Santa Maria City Firefighters Benevolent Foundation-314 West Cook Street #8, Santa Maria, CA 93458.  smffbf.org

A private celebration of life will take place at a later date.

Marilyn was a force of nature. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in June 1930 to Martha and Bernard Kwiatkowski, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1948 with a degree in Secondary Education. She began her career in the local high schools teaching English and advising school newspapers and yearbooks. Her love of journalism began at an early age.

Coming to Santa Barbara in the mid 1950’s she met Tim McMahon, a local attorney, married and had Steve and Kate McMahon. Determined to forge her own identity and career she began teaching in the Santa Barbara School District as a substitute at the Junior and Senior High Schools.

She loved the routine of getting up in the morning and walking one of her several rescue Labradors over the years. She would decide to change their given names to one of her choosing and then wonder why the dog didn’t come when called, never once seeing the irony.

She would then head off to work in the heart of town for a full day and return home to her deck for a beloved gin and tonic overlooking the Mission.

She was a tireless volunteer. She was a twoterm president of the Junior League of Santa Barbara. She founded the Courthouse Docent Council and became a member of the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury. She was also the founder of the Lawyers Wives of Santa Barbara and its president for many years.

Marilyn was bold. If someone was delivering mail or a package one day in December, she had no problem asking for help to haul in a Christmas Tree or boxes of ornaments from the garage. No one ever turned her down and many did it year after year.

Charles A. Clapp, 78, of Santa Barbara peacefully left us on July 6, 2023, joining his beloved wife of 40 years Billie J. Clapp, 62, who sadly left us October 17, 2010. They will be interned together and a funeral service will be held in their honor on September 15 at 3pm at the Santa Barbara Cemetery in the Sunrise Urn Garden. Those who knew and loved them are welcome. They are survived by their daughter Karen M. Clapp and son Charles W. Clapp.

In 1975 she took a full-time job writing for the Santa Barbara News Press during its glory years under the New York Times ownership. She excelled at doing long features and interviews on a myriad of subjects. Her contact list is long and full of interesting names across the spectrum from entertainment, literature, and politics.

In 2006 the News Press was sold resulting in a long, slow, painful slide into its eventual bankruptcy in 2023. Marilyn remained to help form a union against some of the unfair labor practices that were imposed by the new owner. She continued to work at the News Press until June of 2023 with the closure of the paper.

She loved her house and wanted others to be able to enjoy it with her. She held a series of parties spaced throughout the year that included family, friends and always interesting people that might become good friends going forward. She relished having a diverse group over during Fiesta in August and then another elaborate get together on Christmas Eve. Indeed, she leaves untold numbers of holiday nutcrackers that she collected over the years that all had to be placed like soldiers with military precision each year.

These parties went off like clockwork for over fifty years. Babies born back in the earlier days grew up and then brought their kids as thirty-yearolds. Her living room began to get ever smaller as new generations began to cycle in. She was intensely loyal and continued these traditions all the way to her passing.

Her sense of humor and ability to launch one-line zingers was legendary and she spared no one. It was never personal, and it was extremely endearing to try and match her wit and her command of the English language. She read voraciously and there were few topics she was not conversant in. She is survived by her son Steve McMahon (Laurie) of Carpinteria, Ca and Kate McMahon, of Santa Barbara, Ca. Her Grandchildren; Thomas McMahon of Ventura, Ca, Megan Stone of Carpinteria, Ca, Chandler Davis of Santa Barbara, Ca, Piper Davis of Santa Barbara, Ca. Her Greatgrandchildren; Augustine Colburn and Tyler Stone. She is predeceased by siblings: Eleanor Zar of Birmingham Mi; Dr. Ervin C Kaye of San Marino Ca; Ruth Lane of Bremerton Wa; Gilbert Kwiatkowski of Milwaukee Wi.

Special thanks to Robert Davis who was instrumental in Marilyn staying in her house during the past five years of her life. As Marilyn was proud to call him, “my estate manager”.

Any donations can be sent to Planned Parenthood or Santa Barbara County Courthouse Docent Council.

A celebration of life is being planned. Please respond to MkMcMahon23@gmail.com if you are planning to attend and details will be provided for the time and date.

Glenda Lou Vasquez

1/22/1936 - 8/18/2023

Charles A. Clapp & Billie J. Clapp

Marilyn McMahon 1930 - 2023

Flora Ellen “Lyn”

McCabe

10/16/1944 - 5/13/2023

Stephne (Stevie) Van Voorhies Gaty Sheatsley

9/20/1933 - 4/5/2023

Schott; Torre Freeman (Kevin Davis), Freya Davis, Kate Schott-Montgomery; Ben Prairie, Clara Montgomery, Kevin Schott (Yvonne); Alora Schott (Zach Ward), Genevieve Ward, Brandon Schott, Nathan Schott (Jessica).

David PetriniAnthony

10/2/1975 - 8/23/2023

Former Santa Barbara, CA and Key West, Florida resident Flora Ellen “Lyn” McCabe, passed away on May 13, 2023 in Santa Monica California.

At her request, a private family service will be held in Riverside County where she will be with the love of her life James E McCabe, as well as a second service in Key West Florida.

Lyn was born in Connecticut to Leslie Ward and Maxine Hines on October 16,1944. She was raised in Key West Florida until she relocated to California. She spent her career working in the banking industry until her retirement. She was actively involved in many philanthropic organizations, notably the Assistance League of Santa Barbara and the South bay Auxiliary Children’s Hospital Thrift shop. She had a great passion for giving back to her community. Lyn also loved being out on the water, boating and diving. She was also an avid gardener and was a “master gardener.” She loved working in her garden.

Lyn Is survived by her daughter Stacey BrownUberstine, her husband Gary and her grandsons, Tyler and Grant Uberstine. Her daughter Stacey and her grandchildren were her world, and she loved spending as much time as she could with them. Condolences may be sent to her daughter, Stacey Uberstine @ 1500 Rosecrans Blvd., Suite 500, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266.

In Lieu of Flowers, donations may be made to:

Lupus L.A.

16000 Ventura Blvd Ste 520 Encino, Ca 91436

Stevie Sheatsley passed away peacefully at 89 on April 5, 2023, under the full pink moon.

Her spirit is carried on by four children, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and friends and relations from all walks of life.

She was born on September 20, 1933, in La Jolla, California. An only child, she was loved and cherished by her grandmother who raised her after her father went MIA in the Burma War.

Her life was a rich and complex tapestry of experiences. A free thinker and spirit with curiosity in her bones, Stevie had a deep love for understanding the intricacies of our world that are often overlooked. Not to mention a great eye for style paired with the rare ability to find forgotten treasures, which she collected with care and fascination.

Stevie lived many lives in one: from raising and training Quarter Horses and establishing a thriving water garden business to founding two alternative schools, and even pioneering the quintessential hippie experience in Santa Barbara, CA. She often said of herself that she “majored in Nice”, a sentiment that was felt by all who were held by her generous heart.

Stevie and her husband of 45 years, Billy, were an unlikely pair bound together by their calling to build both handcrafted homes and communities.

She delighted in her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren: Clint Perry, Shannon

A voracious reader and eccentric storyteller by nature, she gathered details and histories and tidbits with childlike wonder in the world around her, which lead to many adventures at home and abroad.

Stevie was all in for life, and had no interest in death or what comes after, even declining to discuss or acknowledge any final wishes. In her own words, “I don’t like unhappy endings so I avoid them as much as possible.”

This is not an end, but a continuation of her story as she is remembered and celebrated by all who knew her. Join us in keeping Stevie’s spirit alight: share your memories, use her many expressions (on financial independence: money is minted freedom; on disagreements: let’s not cross swords; on weakness: don’t have limp wrists; on drinking too much: they were in the cups; on ne’erdo-well men: beware the bounders), always order an extra side of aioli, never pass up a glass of chilled white wine when it’s offered, and above all, be nice and keep curious.

A Celebration of Life for Stevie and Billy will be held at the Castro House on Sunday, October 1st from 1:00-5:00 pm at 957 Maple Avenue, Carpinteria, California. We will have a Taco Cart and drinks to share. Our family looks forward to celebrating our wonderful memories with you all.

blessed with two sons, Luca Dominic and Felix Isaac. David was a loyal and devoted husband, and a caring, loving, and patient father. He was an active participant in his sons’ growth, and enthusiastically shared his varied interests with them. His greatest joy was making his family laugh with his extraordinarily dry humor.

Our beloved David passed away unexpectedly on August 23rd , 2023. David was born in San Francisco, California on October 2nd , 1975 to Maryella and John Petrini. He came into the world with his big bright eyes wide open, eager to learn anything and everything. His curiosity made him academically gifted, an accomplished scholar, and a voracious reader. These interests culminated in a degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC San Diego.

Although he lived in numerous locations throughout his life, most recently Austin, Texas, David considered Santa Barbara his home. He attended Bishop Garcia Diego High School, where he met his future wife, Jennifer Toman. Rarely are two people so well suited to one another. When he recounted the story of their courtship, it would put a sparkle in his eye and a smile on his face. They never lost their intense love for each other and their joy at being in one another’s company. David and Jennifer were married at Saint Raphael Catholic Church in Santa Barbara on August 7, 1999.

Ever the scholar, David continued his education, graduating with honors from Boston College Law School with a degree in Intellectual Property. He excelled in the field of patent litigation. Despite his successes, he was humble and soft spoken, with a gentle demeanor that made him highly regarded and universally loved. He was generous with his time, knowledge, legal expertise, and energy.

David and Jennifer were

David is survived by his parents, his wife and sons, his sisters Melissa Van Groningen (Anthony) and Laura Laurenzano (Michael), and a large extended family. He left this world too early and we will forever be grateful for the time we had with him, enjoying his unique personality, and most of all, his love.

The Rite of Christian Burial will be held at Saint Raphael Catholic Church, 5444 Hollister Ave. in Santa Barbara, CA on Monday, September 18th , 2023 at 10am. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in David’s name to worldliteracyfoundation. org or bookspring.org (centered in Austin, TX).

Rio F. Ulvaeus

7/6/1977 - 5/25/2023

In Loving Memory of Rio Ulvaeus

Dear Rio, We love you and will keep you alive in our cherished memories of good times spent together. Thank you for the time you spent with us. We will always hear your name in the crashing waves and crackling of a campfire, see the twinkle of your eye in the stars…Our love is endless and deep as an ocean, as will be our longing for you.

With all of the love in the universe, Your family

We will be skipping rocks in celebration of you, on your birthday at your lifelong special place. Love you.

HighDramaSchool

Historical Shift on Stage, with Three Women at the Helm

by Callie Fausey | Photos by Ingrid Bostrom

Prologue

Three high schools, all alike in dignity, in fair Santa Barbara, where we lay our scene, from ancient theatrics break to new teachers, where creative women direct creative teens.

For the first time in the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s history, going back a century, all three high schools Santa Barbara, San Marcos, and Dos Pueblos have an entire cast of female theater directors.

Quoting Shakespeare may be overdramatic, but it seemed fitting. High school, notoriously, is full of drama and clichés.

At the risk of sounding like a teenager’s inner monologue in a coming-of-age movie, graduating from junior high’s relative innocence and stumbling into the intersection of self-consciousness and self-realization in a rabble of uncertainty and angst would drive anyone to melodramatics.

But, otherwise, I loved my time at Santa Barbara High School.

At least, I loved the theater. I was never on stage save for one theater class and a failed audition but I did stage tech and enjoyed exploring the space (including sneaking into the rafters, where things like “sex” followed by a smiley face were crudely spray-painted on air vents).

It was a welcome escape from the trials and tribulations of teenagedom.

But I digress.

The lead roles in Santa Barbara Unified’s high school

drama program are played by Shannon Saleh at San Marcos, Emily Libera at Dos Pueblos, and Gioia Marchese at Santa Barbara.

They gave me a “behind-the-scenes” look at what it’s like to teach and inspire Santa Barbara’s teenagers to express creativity with confidence as well as what productions to expect this year.

“There are just three of us, and our job is super unique,” Saleh explained. “We need each other.”

ACT I: Lifelong Theater Kids

About five minutes into our interview, a couple of boys shuffled into Saleh’s office at San Marcos. She told them she couldn’t chat at the moment, but not without adding, “I’m so happy to see you!”

She left her door open, she explained, because she missed her students. Open-door policies are common in the realm of high school drama, where students treat the theater as a sanctuary.

“We barely have alone time throughout the day maybe unless we’re using the restroom,” laughed Libera.

In theater, there is no built-in feel of classroom hierarchy.

Although many teachers go above and beyond for their students, theater teachers see more opportunities for bonding.

“We don’t have to put them in rows and desks,” Saleh explained. “We don’t have the same kind of check-the-box standards that a lot of core subjects have to have; we get to be creative.”

“Theater is about risk, and taking personal risks to make something beautiful,” Libera added. “That’s also a thing that you don’t have to do in other classes. You don’t have to risk to do math.”

But it’s also incredibly rewarding, Marchese explained.

“I just love watching these humans right at the point where they’re going to launch out on their own,” she said.

However, with those rewards comes a chaotic schedule. Their teaching lives are, in more ways than one, dramatic. Saleh started auditions for her fall play on the second day of school. Libera and Marchese are on a similar timeline.

They work odd hours, late nights, on weekends, and sometimes early in the morning.

“Life balance I haven’t figured that piece out yet,” Libera said.

But she will have time: “People live and die in these programs.” At that, Saleh called her dramatic. But Saleh herself is a prime example.

All three directors were “tried-and-true” theater kids. Say what you will about theater kids, but they are undoubtedly dedicated to the craft.

TAKING CHARGE: Running the high school theater departments are (from left) Shannon Saleh at San Marcos, Emily Libera at Dos Pueblos, and Gioia Marchese at Santa Barbara.

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Although they all grew up on stage, Saleh is the veteran director. For our interview, she wore her confident credo “I Am Kenough” T-shirt (from the Barbie movie), after checking its coolness with her male students. “And they were like, ‘Absolutely,’ ” she said.

She’s starting her sixth year at San Marcos, but she got her start in town in 1997 with a position at La Colina Junior High. She’s acted in town for years, fostering a passion for performing arts that she never grew out of. In high school, she spent every summer teaching children’s theater.

Once you’re in, it’s hard to get out, Saleh said, adding, “You get a little bit addicted.” She highlighted that Libera is a “fricking amazing” singer and performer, and they both enjoy being able to use their talents to teach kids.

Libera, hailing from Santa Barbara, nurtured her theater passion in her hometown. Her lifelong devotion to performing led her through La Colina, where Saleh was actually her theater director.

“Neither of us has aged at all,” Libera joked. “We’re just looking young and gorgeous forever.”

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It’s just one example of full-circle investment in theater students who join usually stay involved until graduation, and, oftentimes, come back to work or volunteer as alums.

For Libera, her theater directors helped her find her voice and her confidence, and she now wants to pass that on to the next generation.

“I knew Emily when she was little, and now she’s like this so competent, capable, fabulous, kicking-butt woman,” Saleh chimed.

Going to San Marcos after junior high, Libera thrived under the guidance of David Holmes, who retired in 2014 after his farewell production of the camp classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Local operas and productions earmarked Libera’s on-stage upbringing, leading to a master’s from UCSB and an early directing career at La Cumbre Junior High. Both she and Saleh transitioned from teaching English to theater, “which plays perfectly into theater stuff, making written material come alive. It’s just a natural segue,” Libera explained.

With Clark Sayre’s retirement, Libera eagerly embraced the chance to helm Dos Pueblos’ esteemed theater program, realizing her directing aspirations.

Last year was her inaugural year at Dos Pueblos, which she hailed as an incredible journey. Her first

production at the school was The Plot, Like Gravy, Thickens, a mystery by Billy St. John.

“The kids are amazing and welcoming,” Libera said. “And they don’t give me any issues with the fact that I went to San Marcos.”

Like Libera, Marchese is also a product of Santa Barbara, now following in the footsteps of longtime director Otto Layman at Santa Barbara High.

Her journey began at Montecito School of Ballet. In 4th grade, she was taken under the wing of the thensoon-to-be Dos Pueblos High School (DPHS) theater director Sayre, who cast her in her first youth theater show and helped her discover her love for theater.

Later, she attended Santa Barbara High School (SBHS), but left to briefly chase an acting career in New York City, eventually shifting to focus on choreography and directing, producing independent films and directing plays in local theaters in New York and L.A. (she even has an IMDb page).

When she reached her mid-thirties, she was ready for a transition. Her decision to move home was serendipitous, catalyzed by a call from Sayre, a longtime friend and mentor.

“He called me out of the blue and asked if I might have time to work on a show he was doing at Dos Pueblos,” Marchese explained.

She was in between gigs at the time, so she decided, why not? She didn’t expect to find her calling, but she never left.

For 12 years, Marchese worked alongside Sayre and choreographed for him on shows such as Tarzan, Mary Poppins, and Newsies.

Sayre recommended Marchese get her teaching credential so she could fill his shoes after he retired. But right as his job opened up, Libera applied for an interdistrict transfer and got the spot.

At first, Marchese was disheartened. Then Justin Baldridge, who ran the SBHS program from 2020 to 2022 after Layman, left for a job in Los Angeles, and Marchese began her first year at SBHS with her own program. “I feel like everything worked out the way it was supposed to,” she said.

Santa Barbara High’s theater program is going through a kind of “renaissance,” Marchese noted, as she establishes a new presence and program for the school, in the wake of Layman’s 25-year tenure.

My own memory of Layman’s theater class is tied to one instance. At the tender age of 15, after going through

WALKING THE HALLS: Libera (left), Marchese, and Saleh were all dedicated theater kids who grew up on stage.

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To support the high school programs, visit their websites:

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Santa Barbara: www.sbhstheatre.com/donate

San Marcos: smhstheaterdept.com/event

a devastating breakup with my boyfriend of maybe two weeks, Layman paired us together to act out a scene as our final project. The script was to my then-horror and now-amusement about a couple breaking up.

Marchese is also rebuilding the program after the universal COVID-19 rough patch. And she’s not the only one: Libera and Saleh admitted that teaching during the pandemic was “soul-sucking.”

“But it was important to stay connected to kids,” Saleh said, adding that she even managed to pull together an outdoor production of Mamma Mia! But it was hard to teach such a social art form while social distancing.

Marchese is still finding her footing, but she is eagerly providing her students with the opportunity to flex their creative muscles and “excavate the depths of their humanity,” in the words of the school’s theater webpage.

Her productions last year were The Crucible and Rocky Horror

“The freshman class is, all of a sudden, twice as big as last year in terms of signups,” she said. “So I feel like it’s definitely coming back.”

Even though each of the trio all has their own preferred flavor of theater and modus operandi, they are the same “in the heart of it all,” Libera explained. “It just feels like we all love what we do.”

A noticeable shift in operations between the past and present eras was the loss of competitive edge. Saleh certainly felt that tension melt away with Marchese and Libera’s arrivals: They’re a tight-knit group who can relate to each other’s joys and struggles and reach out if they ever need support. “Which is very different from when I started,” Saleh said. “When it was me and the two boys.”

“There was a little bit of prickliness,” she added. “We’re not having it they’re doing an awesome job teaching. I want to take my kids to see their stuff.”

With women heading all three high school theater departments for the first time, Marchese said it’ll be interesting to see how they all grow, “but it’s pretty monumental and exciting for our community.”

ACT II: Supporting Roles

As it turns out, it’s incredibly expensive to put together a high school theater production. It costs roughly $35,000 per show, and they don’t even pay the actors. The directors are thrilled if they’re able to just break even on ticket sales, which, alongside advertising, only cover a fraction of the actual production costs.

They end up dedicating their own time to fundraising and budgeting, with a couple of small stipends from the district every year to hire other necessary tech, costume, and musical staff. But they’re expected to stretch thin to cover two main shows.

Raising money to cover production costs and supplement staff stipends is, as Marchese put it, a full-time job in and of itself.

“To be honest, the school district does not value arts except in their wording,” Saleh said.

The others echoed that sentiment. However, they emphasized that the current administrations at their individual sites have been nothing but supportive (although Santa Barbara High is in flux, following principal Elise Simmons’s resignation in August).

“My principal, Bill Woodard, is a big fan,” Libera said. “He’s understanding of the chaos that is running a theater department and is ready to give me what I need to make it work.”

Libera said she would like to see the school district’s vocal support translated onto paper in the form of funding for the whole program, everything from power drills to paychecks.

The turnover for support staff is high because the pay is not livable, she explained, and the work is strenuous, making it hard for their programs to grow. “We struggle to keep these really talented tech directors that students look up to,” Libera said.

“We are one person, and it’s a lot to do already, without a staff, and then even with the little staff we’re able to hire out of our own fundraising.”

Getting people to stick around crosses into the conversation around housing in Santa Barbara Marchese can’t even afford to live in the neighborhood where she teaches.

“You know, there’s always the expectation in the arts that it’s so fun, that’s kind of your reward,” she said. “If you don’t want to do the extra work, somebody else will always want that position.

“But I think all three of us really love what we do, and are really committed to what we do. But people are starting to recognize that they want to be compensated fairly for the hours that they’re putting in…. I think Shannon and Emily and I are all trained to work together to improve those things, where we can, little by little.”

It’s difficult to compare it to the district’s sports programs, where games sell out stadiums, buttressed by a national culture of builtin support for athletics. But while the district recently shelled out nearly $30 million to finish the (granted, long-overdue) renovations on Santa Barbara High School’s 93-year-old stadium, many of the school’s performing arts spaces remain in a sorry state.

Marchese said that former SBHS principal Simmons had indicated plans for a campaign to fix up the theater. But now that she’s gone, Marchese doesn’t know where those plans stand.

“We just don’t have space to house all the programs we have, and our theater is very old and pretty worn-down,” Marchese said.

Santa Barbara Unified Superintendent Hilda Maldonado explained that the district is working on a new strategic arts plan to support theater, dance, music, and visual arts. They had to put it on hold last year, but she hopes to bring it to the school board in the coming months.

“As far as the theater program, the teachers do an incredible job. We could never support them enough, but, that said, I think that there’s a lot more that we need to be doing for theater,” Maldonado said. “Improving our performing arts facilities, particularly. But I’m really proud of what our teachers do, and I have gone to some of the plays in past years. I’m hoping to go to more of them.”

What the district lacks in support, the students and their community work hard to make up for.

Students eagerly take on responsibilities such as designing and maintaining the theater’s web pages and social media accounts, building sets, and selling ads for the programs.

It takes some of the weight off the directors’ overburdened shoulders and provides students with opportunities to learn what it means to produce a show, which they can then pass down to the next cohort.

“We lean a lot on parent support,” Libera added.

When Saleh didn’t have a tech guy to help her teach her stagecraft class last year, she had a carpenter come in to coach students for the first two weeks. Libera chimed in to ask how she had hired him.

“He was just a dad who happened to be a finish carpenter,” Saleh replied.

“I have a dad like that,” Libera said.

She added, “We love to utilize the community gallery and involve parents, people who are passionate about education and the arts. Parents were really helpful this last year, and hopefully more this year.”

“Everybody cares so much about theater and kids that they pour in, and that helps us to maintain,” Saleh said.

Parent volunteers founded the Santa Barbara High School Theater Foundation in 2005 to support theater arts. They help with the high costs of purchasing production rights for shows, replacing equipment, and repairing the theater such as replacing the lower-level seats and upgrading the lighting system.

Other nonprofits, such as the Foundation for Santa Barbara High School and the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation, have also donated to the survival of the arts in Santa Barbara Unified. Parents help, but if the directors want to produce shows on a scale they desire for their students, that often requires hiring professionals and, of course, a lot of fundraising.

“God bless Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation,” Saleh expressed, speaking for all three of them. “They accept grant requests from us for both semesters, and that may only fund the piano player, but it’s still so helpful to have any assistance at all.”

As Marchese sees it, she’s slowly gathering support for her program. “And I think over time, as I get to know the families and the community, that will just grow,” she said.

ACT III: Showtime

Each department is on a tight schedule to keep its fall production on track, as each one takes nine to 10 weeks to put together.

“And that’s by the skin of your teeth,” Saleh explained. “I need all of the minutes to do it.”

That means everything from the set building to the staging to the acting. Saleh is putting on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at San Marcos this fall, which will be her first drama. She explained that it’s a beautifully written play about the brain of a boy with autism, and how people in the world respond to him and how he responds to his world.

“My boys last year were begging me to do a drama,” she said. “But this has comedy in it. It’s a really unique, special play that requires a particular kind of compassion. I’m very excited to start that.”

Libera’s focus for the beginning of the school year is Almost, Maine, a play about the mystical powers of the human heart and the

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aurora borealis, which goes up in November. After the fall play, they move into their “holiday package” including student-written, -acted, and -directed SNL-style skits that will run in December, coinciding with auditions for the much-anticipated spring musical.

Her spring musical will be announced soon, she said. In January, though, they’ll do another student-directed production in their advanced theater showcase.

“My student directors learn a lot in the showcase when it comes to putting together a production,” Libera said. “It’s really fun to watch.”

Marchese is going more gothic, with a fall production of Dracula falling right around Halloween. They’ll also have a studentdirected show in the New Year to bridge the two seasonal productions.

After Saleh’s fall production, she’ll have 10 directors from the community come and recruit a set of student actors to work with for six weeks, a program she calls “One-Acts.” She said the directors love working with high school students, whom they see as springs of unlimited potential or unmolded clay. “The students are so eager to learn and these directors are so eager to teach that it creates a magical combination.”

Last year, San Marcos began a senior musical production, which this year will be either Charlie Brown or Company; they’re still deciding.

Then, they all jump into spring musicals, the audition process for which will be in December to go up in May. “That’s like the big bang show of the year for all three high schools,” Saleh said. “And I don’t want to announce my musical yet. So, sorry, you

can’t have a title.”

At the end of the year, after all the chaos of auditions, memorizing monologues, and singing and dancing, they get to celebrate their hard work with theater awards and parties.

As Libera put it, “We get to relax for a little bit before we do it all over again.”

Take a Bow

When asked how she feels about an entirely women-led theater program, Superintendent Maldonado said she’s proud and “excited to support them.” As a 58-year-old woman, she shared that she was presented with a narrow scope of career options as a young girl.

“It’s interesting because education has historically always been female-dominated, but the leaders in education haven’t always been females,” she said.

“I think it’s important that we show young women all the possibilities in the world for their careers. When I was graduating from 6th grade, we were supposed to say our name and what we wanted to be when we grew up. I remember looking at my teachers and asking, ‘What should I say?’ And they said, ‘Just say you’ll be a secretary.’ Not that there’s anything wrong with secretaries, but underneath it felt very narrow, very confined to helping roles rather than leadership roles.”

But breaking the theater’s glass ceiling takes support from the community, and the directors could always use another set of hands to throw stones, so to speak.

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THURSDAY 9/7

9/7: Ensemble Theatre Company (ETC) Season Preview Party

Join ETC to celebrate their 45th anniversary season and find out what’s new for the ’23-’24 season with surprise artistic guests. Reception: 6pm; presentation: 7pm. Ensemble Theatre Company, 33 W. Victoria St. Free. Call (805) 965-5400. etcsb.org

9/7: Hearts Aligned Benefit: Rock Your Heart Out Enjoy and dance to a mix of sounds from the British Invasion to California cool from The Tearaways with funds going toward Hearts Aligned, helping families in S.B. County with critically ill children. 5pm. The Red Piano, 519 State St. $35. Email info@heartsaligned.org heartsaligned.org/rockyourheartout

FRIDAY 9/8

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

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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

BIG SCREEN SCREENING

9/8-9/13:

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

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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

SBIFF Film

Screening and Q&A: The Fugitive 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration Watch the seven-time Academy Award–nominated action/thriller The Fugitive (1993, rated PG-13), about a prison escapee (Harrison Ford) who is falsely convicted of killing his wife and is being chased down by an unrelenting U.S. Marshal (Tommy Lee Jones). The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Andrew Davis. Fri.: 7pm; Sat.: 4:30pm; Sun., Mon: 7:30pm; Tue.: 4:30pm; Wed.: 1:30pm. SBIFF’s Riviera Theatre, 2044 Alameda Padre Serra. Free-$20. tinyurl.com/TheFugitiveSBIFF

Shows on Tap Shows on Tap

9/7: Satellite S.B. Brett Hunter Band, 6pm. 1117 State St. Free. Call (805) 3643043. satellitesb.com

9/7-9/8, 9/10, 9/13: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Thu.: Sam Blasucci Band with Tim Hill and Val-Mar Records, 8:30pm. $15-$18. Ages 21+. Fri.: The Runaway Grooms, 9pm. $15-$18. Ages 21+. Sun.: Santa Barbara Jazz Society feat. Kim Collins, 1pm. $10-$25. Jackie Venson, 8pm. $15-$18. Wed.: Sid The Cat presents: Ella Hue, Wryn, and Mimi Gilbert, 7:30pm. $12$15. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com

9/9: Arrowsmith’s Wine Bar Brady Harris, 7pm. 1539 Mission Dr., Solvang. Free Call (805) 686-9126 or email anna@arrow smithwine.com. arrowsmithwine .com/events

9/9-9/10: Cold Spring Tavern Sat.: Cyrus Clarke, 1:30-4:30pm. Hoodlum Friends, 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan, 1:30-4:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call (805) 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com

9/9: S.B. Wine Collective Brandon Kinalele, 2:30pm. 131 Anacapa St., Ste. C. Free. Call (805) 456-2700. santa barbarawinecollective.com/events/

9/8, 9/10:

UCSB Arts & Lectures Presents Perla Batalla ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! will welcome Perla Batalla, world-class vocalist and Grammy nominee of Mestiza, Mexican, and Latin American songs. Fri.: Isla Vista School, 6875 El Colegio Rd., Goleta; Sun.: The Marjorie Luke Theatre, 721 E. Cota St. 7pm. Free. Call (805) 893-3535 or email info@artsandlectures.ucsb.edu. tinyurl.com/Viva-El-Arte

9/8: Lost Chord Guitars Presents Rachael Sage Songstress and multi-instrumentalist Rachael Sage will bring her soulful alt-folk-pop to Solvang in support of her latest fulllength album, The Other Side. 8pm. Lost Chord Guitars, 1576 Copenhagen Dr., Solvang. $10. Call (805) 331-4363. lostchordguitars.com

9/8-9/10: S.B. SMASH Pickleball Tournament Dynamite Pickleball will host three action-packed days filled with various events such as super scramble, team event tournament, or beginner clinics that will give every player the chance to enjoy the sport of pickleball while raising funds for nonprofit Child Hope International. Fri.: 8:30-3pm; Sat.: 11am-7pm; Sun.: 9am-5pm. Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real. $50. Email amanda@ childhope.org childhope.org/sb-pickleball/

9/8: Isla Vista Recreation & Park District Presents Movies in the Park: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Watch 2023’s last installment of the Indiana Jones franchise at Isla Vista’s tranquil amphitheater. Snacks and light refreshments will be provided while supplies last. 8pm. Anisq'Oyo' Park Amphitheater, 950 Embarcadero Del Mar. Free. Rated PG-13. Call (805) 968-2017. independent.com/events/movies-in-the-park-4

9/8: MindTravel ‘Silent’ Piano Experience Put on a pair of supplied headphones for a relaxing piano experience played live-to-headphones. 7pm. Leadbetter Beach, Shoreline Dr. Ages 12 and under: $15; GA: $45. Email info@mindtravel.com tinyurl.com/MindTravel-Leadbetter

9/8: The Pearl Chase Society Kellam de Forest Speaker Series: David Gebhard’s Santa Barbara Join architectural historian and author Lauren Weiss Bricker PhD., for a discussion on the contributions of one of S.B.’s leading architectural historians, David Gebhard, PhD., made to preserve and further the vitality of S.B. 6-7pm. Alhecama Theatre, 215a E. Canon Perdido St. Free-$5 suggested donation. Call (805) 961-3938. tinyurl.com/DavidGebhard

9/8: ’60s Sock-Hop! Don’t be a square! Put on your penny loafers and your saddle shoes to dance to the hits from 1962-1967 provided by DJ Steve. 7:30-9pm. Jefferson Hall, Unitarian Society of S.B., 1535 Santa Barbara St. $5. Call (805) 636-5203 or email deepdance1@hotmail.com. tinyurl.com/SockHop60s

SATURDAY 9/9

9/9: Victory Vegetable Gardening Classes for the True Beginner Learn the basics of vegetable gardening such as soil, composting, what and how to plant, and more from UC Master Gardeners of S.B. County in this four-session class (September 9, 16, 23, and 30). 1pm. Mesa Harmony Garden, 500 Dolores Dr. $20 voluntary fee. Call (805) 893-3485 or email anrmgsb@ ucanr.edu.

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9/7-9/8, 9/13: Lost Chord Guitars Thu.: Karl McHugh, 8pm. $11. Fri.: Rachael Sage, 8pm. $11. Wed.: The Faux Paws, 8pm. $11. 1576 Copenhagen Dr., Solvang. Ages 21+. Call (805) 331-4363. lostchordguitars.com

9/8-9/9: Eos Lounge Fri.: Julia Govor, 9pm. Free Sat.: Papi’s House Pt. 2. 9pm. 500 Anacapa St. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 564-2410. eoslounge.com

9/8: S.B. Sailing Center Music on the Water Chris Fossek, 6:30pm. S.B. Sailing Center, 302 W. Cabrillo Blvd. $85. Call (805) 962-2826 or email anchor@sbsail.com tinyurl.com/MusicOnTheWater

9/8: Uptown Lounge Mark Alvarado, The Trio, 6-8pm. Matt from Blown Over, 9-11pm. 3126 State St. Call (805) 845-8800. uptownlounge805.com/events

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Thunder, 8:30pm. Sat.: The Heavy Cats, 10am. Jimi Nelson Band, 8:30pm. Sun.: Jimmy Rankin, noon. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free. Call (805) 686-4785. mavericksaloon.com/event-calendar

9/9: Pearl Social PTRK LMR, 8pm. 131 Anacapa St., Ste. B. Free. Call (805) 2840380. pearlsocialsb.com/happenings/

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9/9-9/10: Hook’d Bar and Grill Sat.: Out of the Blue, 5pm. Sun.: Nate Latta, 1pm. 116 Lakeview Dr., Cachuma Lake. Free. Call (805) 350-8351. hookdbarandgrill.com/ music-on-the-water

9/10: Au Bon Climat Tasting Room Live Music Sundays: Rob Moreno Duo, 3-5pm. 813 Anacapa St. Free. Call (805) 9637999. aubonclimat.com/events

9/11: The Red Piano Church on Monday: Morganfield Burnett, 7:30pm. 519 State St. Free. Call (805) 358-1439. theredpiano.com

9/12-9/13: S.B. Bowl Tue.: and Wed.: The Lumineers, James Bay, 6:45pm. 1122 N. Milpas $55.50-$115.50. Call (805) 962-7411. sbbowl.com

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9/9-9/10:

S.B. Sea Glass & Ocean Arts Festival This two-day curated marketplace with artisans on hand will feature jewelry, artwork, and workshops celebrating the magic of sea glass and the ocean. Bring your sea glass for a treasure contest. Sat.: 10am-5pm; Sun.: 10am-4pm. Elks Lodge #613, 150 N. Kellogg Ave. $7-$12. santabarbaraseaglassand oceanartsfestival.com

SUNDAY 9/10

9/10: Mental Health & Wellness Faire & Candlelight Vigil HopeNet of Carpinteria invite you to visit the mental health and wellness fair followed by a candlelight vigil in honor of those who have died by suicide, survivors, and those affected. There will be music, speakers, refreshments, and bilingual therapists. Candles will be supplied. Fair: 5:30-6:30pm; vigil: 6:30-8pm. Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Ave. Free. Call (805) 689-9640 or email hope netofcarp@gmail.com hopenetofcarp.org

MONDAY 9/11

9/11: Chaucer’s Book Signing: Jane Hulse

Local author Jane Hulse will sign copies of her new book, Prisoner of Wallabout Bay, about Sarah Barrett, a lowly apprentice at a newspaper who fights to expose the cruelty of the decaying prison ships that the British have set up in the waters off New York and in the process finds love. 6pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805) 682-6787. chaucersbooks.com/event

9/11: Science Pub: S.B. Is Special Whose Fault Is It?

UCSB Emeritus Professor Tanya Atwater, PhD., and geology expert Sabina Thomas, PhD., will discuss the plate tectonic evolution of western North America and implications of the San Andreas Fault. 6:30pm. Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant, 18 E. Ortega St. Free Email czeamer@sbnature2.org sbnature.org/visit/calendar

9/11: S.B. Public Library OG Readers New Tutor Training This three-session tutor training is for volunteers interested in supporting struggling students in grades 1-4 through the SBPL OG (Orton-Gillingham approach) Readers Tutoring Program. Volunteers should enjoy working with young people, exhibit patience, and be excited to share a passion for reading. Future sessions: September 14 and 18. 5:30-8pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Public Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Ages 16+. Call (805) 962-7653 or email info@ sbplibrary.libanswers.com. tinyurl.com/OG-TutorTraining

9/10:

Los Tigres del Norte Con más de 70 álbumes y 22 números uno, esta histórica banda formada en 1968 en Sinaloa, México, traerá su sonido norteño a S.B. en su gira Siempre Contigo. With more than 70 albums and 22 number ones, this historic band formed in 1968 in Sinaloa, Mexico, will bring their norteño sound to S.B. on their Siempre Contigo tour. 8pm. Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St. $49-$249. Call (805) 9639580. arlingtontheatresb.com

9/10: Postpartum Education for Parents (PEP)

Presents Touch a Truck Kids and familes can see trucks, emergency and public safety vehicles, construction equipment, and the people who use them as well as enjoy face painting, games, crafts, live music, food trucks, and a raffle with proceeds going toward PEP. 9:30am-2pm. SBCC West Campus, 721 Cliff Dr. Free Email public.relations@sbpep.org tinyurl.com/Touch-A-Truck

9/10: S.B. Country Dance Society Presents: Contra Dance Join for an evening of social contra dancing, a form of folk dancing made up of long lines of people who face each other. There will be a live band with Frannie Marr as the caller. No experience necessary. Lesson: 6:10pm; dance: 6:30pm. Carrillo Ballroom, 100 E. Carrillo St. Students: $5; GA: $12. Call (805) 897-2519 or email wnoack@mac.com tinyurl.com/Contra-Dance

TUESDAY 9/12

9/12: Lunch & Learn Webinar: Who Will Carry Out Your Wishes? Gain insight into how you can select the individuals or organizations that are best suited to be your executor, trustee, and agent for health care decision-making and financial transactions from a partner at Mullen & Henzell LLP, Brett Piersma. Register online. Noon-1pm. Free. Call (805) 682-4711 x179 or email amcfarling@sbnature2.org sbnature.org/visit/calendar

9/12-9/13: The Lumineers, James Bay The two-time Grammy nominated Lumineers will bring their folk/rock sound to S.B. in support of their fourth album, 2022’s Brightside. English singer/songwriter, James Bay, out with 2022’s album, The Leap, will open the show. 6:45pm. S.B. Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. $55.50$115.50. Call (805) 962-7411. sbbowl.com

WEDNESDAY 9/13

9/13: Association for Women in Communications (AWC) Headshots & Happy Hour Join the AWC for an evening of socializing, networking, and the opportunity to update your headshot by photographer Monie De Wit. 5:30pm. Workzones, 351 Paseo Nuevo. Free-$25 to non-members; headshots: $35. Email news@ awcsb.org awcsb.org/chapter_events

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Art Matters

Lecture with Kenneth Lapatin: Searching for Dioskourides, a Master GemCarver Kenneth Lapatin (PhD), Curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum, will talk about exquisite engraved cameos and intaglios (recessed images) cut by the gem-carver of the Roman emperor Augustus and also address distinguishing ancient originals from modern forgeries. 5:30pm.

“Intaglio with Bust of Demosthenes”

S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. Free-$15. Call (805) 963-4364 or email info@sbma.net. sbma.net/ events

9/7: NCEAS Presents: Art + Science Contemplate the intersection of art and science from UCSB’s National Center of Ecological Analysis and Synthesis’ (NCEAS) 2023 Artists in Residence, muralist Leila Youssefi and textile artist Bonnie Peterson. 5pm. NCEAS, 1021 Anacapa St., 3rd floor. Free. Call (805) 893-2500 or email nceas@nceas.ucsb.edu. tinyurl.com/ArtScienceNCEAS

9/7: 1st Thursday Reception: SBPL’s Teen Create & Curate Show Take in paintings in acrylic using layering techniques by teens who participated in the library’s program to make space for emerging artists by reducing barriers to access. 5-8pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Public Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free tinyurl.com/Create-Curate

9/7: S.B. Museum of Art Family 1st Thursday Bring the family for family-friendly artist-led activities, including creating your own construction-paper version of Woody De Othello’ s “Twice Over” (2023), then enjoy the galleries until 8pm. 5:30pm. S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. Free. Call (805) 963-4364 or email info@sbma.net. sbma.net/events/

Fridays Art @ SBTC Opening Reception: Imagine Featured artist Cheryl Ambrecht will show work in oil inspired by plein air landscapes, seascapes, and still-life. The exhibit will show through October 4. Fri.: 4:30-6pm; Sat.-Wed.: 10am-6pm. S.B. Tennis Club, 2375 Foothill Rd. Free. Call (805) 682-4722. santabarbaratennisclub.com/art

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Mental Health

Taking Care of the People Who Take Care of Us

Nationwi de, the alarm bell has been sounding for firefighters for a long time not just to come to the physical aid and rescue of civilians, but to come to the mental health aid and rescue of themselves. Founded on the idea that peer support is the best bridge to get firefighters to seek treatment when they need it, the Operational Area Fire Department Peer Teams in Santa Barbara County are successfully working to provide that aid, thanks in large part to the financial support of One805.

One805 Provides Mental Health Support for First Responders

by Leslie Dinaberg

Originally created to help the community heal in the aftermath of the Thomas Fire and subsequent mudslides, One805 is now a full-fledged nonprofit working to assist local first responders in a variety of ways, including a big commitment to ongoing support for mental health. Recent donations from Direct Relief and Yardi Systems specifically to support this program respectively to the tune of $150,000 and $100,000 are one nod to its effectiveness.

“When it works, it’s almost magical to watch,” said Tony Pighetti of the peer-led program that’s become his passion. A retired firefighter who grew up in town and served 30 years in the City of Santa Barbara Fire Department, Pighetti is currently the Regional Coordinator for the county’s Operational Area Fire Department Peer Teams, which encompass eight different agencies and jurisdictions. His role is primarily as a facilitator. “I will go out and do some of the legwork or engage in deployments, but typically I like to see that the active firefighters get the experience and be involved.” There are currently nine people coordinating the peer program and about 100 trained peer support team members, “out of 722 firefighters in the county,” a statistic he is justifiably proud of. The goal was to have 10 percent trained, which they’ve more than surpassed.

How the program actually works, Pighetti explained, has to do with the fact that “our traumatic stress isn’t quite like

the military traumatic stress; our stress is more cumulative.” In the course of five to seven years, a firefighter may go out on 100 calls, and there may be a few that “you’re still seeing in your head like it was yesterday. And eventually you get one too many, and then it just takes over. Someone will call and say, ‘I’ve never had nightmares before. And all of a sudden, now I’m having nightmares. Am I going crazy?’ So that would be someone reaching out to the team.”

The peer teams also keep a close watch on the call list, particularly if there’s a multiple-vehicle accident or anything involving the death of a child or any kind of a death that’s out of the ordinary things that might trigger trauma. Dispatch keeps an eye out too, he explained. Sometimes they’ll get a text with a heads-up so they can check in on the team that had a particularly difficult night preferably before they end their shifts.

Or an individual firefighter will be concerned about someone else. In any case, the person in potential trouble would have a peer assigned to check in with them. That person reaches out with a simple call: “‘Hey, someone called me, so they’re really worried; are you okay?’ And typically, the first call may be that I’m fine,” said Pighetti. “We don’t push it; we just say it’s someone who’s concerned. You say you’re okay, I take your word for it. If you ever need anything, please call me back. And if you don’t mind, I’m gonna call you in about a week or so just to check in just for our peace of mind.”

And they follow up, sometimes multiple times. “We don’t confront; we just encourage. And usually it takes a few weeks, but once it does, man, it works,” said Pighetti. “Once those doors open, then we’re off to the races, and the floodgates open the emotions. And at that point, our first concern is that we figure out what resources are needed. … There’s so many different things that we can help them or guide them to a professional, whether it’s a doctor, a psychologist, or some sort of health group.”

That professional help is fully funded by One805, and it’s completely anonymous, which Pighetti explained is particularly important to the effectiveness of the program and the firefighters’ willingness to use it.

“Even though we’re doing this on a grand scale, it’s still done one firefighter at a time. And every firefighter is treated

differently based on what their challenges are,” he said.

“We don’t offer any advice. We don’t diagnose; all we do is, we take in the information. And then we’ll listen. We make sure the individual is safe, and then we refer. Where One805 comes in is we needed a pool of clinicians that would be on call and that would take our calls 24/7.”

He continued, “There’s no way to sugarcoat it; let’s say someone says that they’ve been thinking about suicide. … How do you prepare a peer? Probably someone, they know the spouse, know the kids. How does that individual ask the question ‘Are you thinking of suicide?’ when you already know the answer is ‘yes?’ If you’re gonna reach out to somebody Do you think you have a drinking problem? Do you think you have a depression problem? Do you think you have a problem controlling your anger? Are you suicidal?’ The answer is ‘yes’; we already know that, or we wouldn’t be asking the question. So how do you gain the confidence to ask that question? And be ready for the ‘yes’. The way to do that is to have professional support, one phone call, one text, one email away. And that’s what One805 does. One805 provides that support.”

He added, “What we’re trying to do is remove all the excuses. If someone says, ‘I’m not calling a clinician; my supervisors are gonna find out.’ … Your supervisors are not going to find out because this is run through a nonprofit and your supervisor gets absolutely zero reports. ‘I don’t have the money to pay for it.’ Okay, we figured that out for you, too. We’re using community dollars to pay for this. So you don’t have to pay. ‘I saw a clinician list, but they didn’t know what I did for work. They don’t understand my shift schedule; they don’t understand the trauma that I see.’ So we can say we fixed that; we have a list of culturally competent clinicians that we embedded that understand exactly your schedule, they understand the rank service, they understand the call load, they understand the mandates, and they understand the home life and the home-work balance. Right there. We’ve eliminated the excuses.”

“It’s really amazing how effectively it works,” he said. “By the third session, they’re like, ‘I should have called three years ago.’ So that’s the beauty of One805. It gives the peer team the strength to do what they do. And then it gives the confidentiality of the program for someone to make that call, and not ever think that their supervisors are gonna find out.”

For more information, see one805.org

One805LIVE! is coming on September 22 with a benefit concert for our Santa Barbara County first responders, headlined by Maroon 5, who is donating 100 percent of the proceeds from their performance to the cause, with more performers to be announced soon. Not only that, the Grammy-winning band will join the party at Kevin Costner’s oceanside estate in Summerland. Tickets are available at one805.ticketspice .com/one805live2023

Maroon 5 is headlining the fundraiser for One805 on September 22.

Breaking the stigma about mental health is an important part of the work the One805 team and firefighters are doing together.

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Young Ice Skater Dances Her Way to National Competition in Chicago

Maeva Chapman to Compete in National Solo Dance Final

September 14-17

by Leslie Dinaberg

All Booked for Fun

When 15-year-old Maeva Chapman takes the ice to compete in the National Solo Dance Final in Chicago this month, she’ll be excelling at the highest echelon of competition in her sport. Not only that, but she’ll also be the first athlete from Goleta’s Ice in Paradise to reach this level.

“I’m really proud that all the endless hours of hard work I put into this is paying off,” said Maeva, who began skating at Ice in Paradise when the rink opened in Goleta eight years ago. She first learned how to skate at age 3, when her family lived in France, and then at age 6 she began going to the rink in Oxnard, before S.B. County had a rink of its own. Currently ranked second in Juvenile Combined Solo Dance and third in Bronze Solo Dance in the Pacific Division, Maeva whose father is a third-generation organic farmer and grandson of Fairview Gardens founders is both a freestyle skater and an ice dancer and will compete September 14-17 to try to bring some medals home to Santa Barbara.

She completed her freshman year at Dos Pueblos but is currently being homeschooled in order to focus on ice skating, a sport her mother, Nadia Chapman, also excels in. Maeva’s main ice dancing coach is Yaroslava Nechaeva, who is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and has a track record of working with Olympic and World Figure Skating

competitors such as Evan Bates. Maeva and “Yasa” worked together over the summer in both California and Michigan to prepare for this competition. Her program will include a free dance to the James Bond song “Tomorrow Never Dies,” sung by Sheryl Crow, and she’ll also perform a “Willow Waltz” and two versions of “Hickory Hoedown.”

“I wanted to congratulate Maeva for qualifying for the National Solo Dance Finals. It’s been very inspiring for me to be working with Maeva,” said Nechaeva. “I admire the drive that comes from Maeva. The fact that she sets a goal and follows her dreams by working hard and not getting distracted is such a great example of what could be accomplished if you set your mind on something.”

She added, “The family support is moving. Nadia, you are making it all possible for Maeva and by setting a very strong work ethic example. I am grateful for the opportunity to be a small part of this amazing success story. Thank you for the opportunity and good luck to the team at Nationals Solo Dance Finals.”

Maeva currently trains six days a week at Ice in Paradise and also takes lessons weekly in Simi Valley and Burbank. She’s got her supportive mother who has been a figure skating coach for more than 25 years and currently teaches other students six days a week in Goleta there to drive her back and forth. n

It’s hard to imagine a better pairing than a good book and a good cause. Book the date and make some room on your shelves, because it’s almost time for every bibliophile’s favorite time of the year in Santa Barbara. That’s right, Planned Parenthood’s ginormous, entertaining, and always fabulously fun annual book sale will be back September 14-24 at the giant exhibit hall at Earl Warren Showgrounds. Coming off of record sales proceeds and what the 2022 organizers called “the best sale ever,” this year, the 49th annual edition of the event, is sure to be a winner as well.

The official name is the Mary Jane McCord Planned Parenthood Annual Book Sale for what began back in 1974 as an entirely volunteer effort which it remains and is now named for the late Mary Jane McCord. A longtime substitute teacher at Laguna Blanca who passed away in 2012, McCord faithfully volunteered for more than 30 years and was considered to be the heart and soul of the sale.

Planned Parenthood’s Annual Used Book-a-Thon Is a Must for Lovers of the Written Word

by Leslie Dinaberg

Not only is this a great way to stock your shelves and defer books from landfill, but all of the funds raised go to Planned Parenthood California Central Coast and the six health centers in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties. The money helps Planned Parenthood fulfill their critical mission one more vital than ever of providing families in our community with a wide range of educational and healthcare services, including wellness exams, cancer screenings, and reproductive care.

Expect to find more than 100,000 items for sale, including more than 50 different categories of books from banned books to large print, mystery, romance, sci-fi, fantasy, westerns, true crime, erotica, biography, history, art, poetry, cookbooks, how-tos and so much more along with puzzles, games, music, and movies in various forms. The list truly is daunting. A sneak peek includes titles such as Metaphors Be with You; Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; Why My Cat Is More Impressive Than Your Baby; and Snack to Your Heart’s Content.

The best way to get first crack (no pun intended) on all these books is to attend the opening night festivities on Thursday, September 14, from 4-8 p.m. Admission is $30, and all other dates (September 15-24) are free.

For more information about the whole shebang, including sale hours, which vary depending on the day, visit booksale.ppcentralcoast.org .

Planned Parenthood’s annual book-sale fundraiser is back September 14-24 at Earl Warren Showgrounds.

Maeva Chapman will compete in the National Solo Dance Final in Chicago this month.

COURTESY

Pups on Parade at Miramar’s Best in Show

It may have been a bright, sunny day, but the stars were out as a parade of pooches proudly strutted their stuff for the assembled crowd at the Rosewood Miramar Beach for the second annual Miramar Best in Show on August 27. Outfitted in bandanas, Hawaiian shirts, and bow ties, the dogs charmed the crowd and the judges with wagging tails and infectious energy.

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Event Benefits Love

The event, held on the Miramar’s sprawling Great Lawn, benefited Love Leo Rescue, an L.A.-based nonprofit that provides rehabilitation services, from medical care to training, to dogs in need; and Santa Barbara Humane, which has worked to keep all animals happy and healthy since 1887. The resort’s Managing Director Rick Fidel hosted the event, and actress Camilla Belle served on the judges’ panel.

Dogs of all different sizes, colors, and breeds showed off their outfits, natural charm, and a variety of tricks that ranged from basic obedience commands to giving hugs, playing catch, and posing for selfies.

When not admiring the performing pups, attendees enjoyed coffee and specialty cocktails while canine guests were offered organic treats; Paw-garitas, a refreshing mix of cantaloupe, coconut milk, and mint; and plenty of fresh, cold water. Vendors set up shop near the Great Lawn, with a portion of all sales benefiting Love Leo

and S.B. Humane. Attendees wanting to treat their dogs or themselves perused the beautiful Italian-leather leashes and collars from Pagerie; charmingly colorful beaded collars from Love Leo Rescue; PJ Salvage’s cozy assortment of soft pet blankets and adorable dog-patterned pajamas; Cashy’s Playpen’s adorable selection of stuffed toys and treats; and Staud Clothing’s stunning clothes, bags, and blankets that can be personalized with a custom embroidered or hand-painted image of your pet.

In this reporter’s opinion, every dog deserved lots of treats and love for their performances, but the big winners of the day were Blue the Australian Shepherd, winning the Best Trick category for tackling the agility obstacles with vigor; Prince Mojo III the Chihuahua for Most Spirit, who fluttered down the catwalk in a darling pair of pink angel wings; Blessings the West Highland White Terrier, who blessed the crowd with his adorable Pope costume and won Best Look; and Lucky the Labrador, who snagged the Spectators’ Choice award with his energy and contagious grin. Best in Show, the biggest prize of the day, went to Taco the Cairn terrier mix, who stole the judges’ hearts with his adorable, scruffy appearance and joyful energy as he charmingly performed his tricks.

As only the second annual Miramar Best in Show event, the future looks bright for years to come of beautiful views, tailwagging fun, and the chance to benefit animals in need.

For more information, see rosewoodhotels.com.

THE WINNER’S CIRCLE: (From left) Prince Mojo III, winner of Most Spirit; Blessings, winner of Best Look; Taco, winner of Best in Show; Lucky, winner of Spectators’ Choice; and Blue, winner of Best Trick

Mother Quail Is a Lucky Duck at Valle Verde

First responders are often seen at Valle Verde retirement community for medical emergencies, but on a recent Saturday afternoon, an officer with City Animal Control appeared with a crew from the City Fire Department for a different kind of rescue.

First Responders Had a ‘Different’ Kind of Rescue at Valle Verde

by Jean Yamamura

Valle Verde resident Julia Springer was headed out on an errand with her husband, Jerry, when he noticed a mother quail pacing frantically back and forth on a drain cover at the end of the parking area.

“Jerry and I had been watching her for days with her handsome scouting husband and brood of babies,” Springer said. “He got out of the car to look and came back to report that the entire brood had fallen into a three-foot-deep drain hole.”

They tried to move the grate, but it was very heavy and firmly fixed in place. “We knew we needed more help a lot more

help,” Springer said. All the while, the father quail stood nearby, “Shouting direc tions,” said Springer wryly: “ deet-deet.’ Typical man.”

After making calls to a variety of ani mal rescue services to no avail, Springer and her neighbor, Parm Williams, were finally able to reach the Santa Barbara Police Department’s emergency weekend number.

Animal Control Officer Debra Aguayo-Russell came to take a look and immediately called City Fire for help. A full crew from the Modoc station soon arrived one of them the grandson of a Valle Verde resident. Using a long crowbar to prize the grate up and out of its frame, the three firefighters moved it away, care ful to avoid letting the heavy steel cover tilt into the hole and squash the babies.

The mother quail hovered in the agave, sometimes right next to the firefighters as they levered the metal covering upward.

“She wasn’t about to let anything happen to those babies,” said Springer.

Down in the hole, about a dozen babies scurried in and out of the pipes leading from the drain as Officer Aguayo captured each one and handed them up, one by one, to the waiting firefighters.

“This was a different kind of lifesaving service, and the care and thoroughness they used to perform the rescue was amazing,” Springer said. “We are so grateful to them, and I’m sure mommy and daddy quail would express their thanks if they could.”

Springer added that Valle Verde was populated with a lot of wildlife and that she hoped the community would cover the grate with netting to avoid a repeat emergency. n

The team from City Fire Station 5 on Modoc Road as well as an animal control officer (far right) came to the rescue of a family of quail at Valle Verde.

The baby quail are safely rescued.

JULIA SPRINGER PHOTOS

FOOD & DRINK

STRANGE BEAST Deals a Winning Pair

Since becoming a resident of Santa Barbara’s Upper East Side in 2015, whenever people ask for recommendations in the Theater District, or for S.B. in general, The Good Lion and Sama Sama Kitchen are the first names to leave my lips.

travel, beverages, and hospitality, and ours combined, makes for a great partnership.”

And a delicious one at that. But let’s start with a beverage or two. For Good Lion Hospitality’s fifth bar (in addition to The Good Lion, they also have Test Pilot and Shaker Mill in Santa Barbara, and Bank of Italy in Ventura), Strange Beast’s cocktail menu, singing with Japanese flavors, is truly a testament to the group’s creativity, talent, and enthusiasm.

“We love the idea of a cocktail izakaya; an approachable concept where one can sit comfortably, enjoy great music (and karaoke!), nosh on Japanese tapas, and drink cocktails, sake, beer, and natural wines that pair with the cuisine,” Brandon said.

As we danced through the menu, pausing to praise their wildly delightful take on the omnipresent kale Caesar salad reinvigorated with miso and brown butter panko, the comforting katsu don rice bowl, I couldn’t help but revisit those candy-like Sama Sama wings also found here. It was as if I’d drifted away into an izakaya dream land.

Two rights certainly can’t make a wrong, and this is proven by Good Lion Hospitality’s latest concept in Downtown Ventura, a hybrid of both S.B. mainstays: Strange Beast.

When property in a gorgeous historic 1924-era building opened up, Good Lion husband and wife cofounders, Brandon and Misty Ristaino, jumped at the opportunity to open an izakaya-style bar and team up with their Michelin Bib Gourmand neighbors at Sama Sama to create a menu of Japanese tapas to pair with their drinks.

“After almost nine years of being neighbors to Sama Sama at The Good Lion, we have become great friends with their owners and team,” Brandon said. “We mentioned our cocktail izakaya concept to them over drinks, and they were stoked on the idea. Their passion for food,

We started the evening with the belle of the ball, and one of Brandon’s favorites, the Melon Ball Z. As with all of their concepts, Brandon collaborated with longtime Good Lion cocktail partner and friend Jon Jarrett on the menu. Jarrett is the mastermind behind this refreshing highball bursting with gin, honeydew, yuzu, sake, cinnamon, and tonic. It’s an ideal palate-perker. Other cocktail highlights include the dazzling Chartreuse Swizzle: a punch of green chartreuse, pineapple, Bajan light rum, lime tiki spices, and mint.

I was personally also wowed by the small but mighty wine list created by longtime Good Lion friend and collaborator Lenka Davis. The crisp and dry riesling paired perfectly with my ethereal first bites, including the dizzyingly good salmon and scallop hand rolls, and perhaps the most show-stopping bite of the night yellowtail crudo with yuzu kosho, soy, and crispy garlic. They source their seafood from the Santa Barbara Fish Market, and it shows in every refreshing and buttery morsel.

“We hope our guests are able to slow down, sip some tasty beverages, and eat what we think is brilliant food from some extremely talented chefs,” Brandon said. As soon as I had those first dishes, that’s exactly the desire I yearned for wanting time to stand still, to be able to melt into my seat and try everything this dark and moody mecca, dotted with Japanese folklore pop art, had to offer.

As we tucked into a beautiful miso panna cotta dotted with whipped cream and black sesame biscuit, our excellent server brought out the ideal waker-upper: cold Japanese sake. Misty’s passion for sake helped spearhead this concept, and we were impressed with their selection, including a delectable Kamoizumi Nigori Ginjo Nama, or “Summer Snow.” Their beer list is also short but strong, with Draughtsman’s delectable Nama Biru rice lager leading the charge.

With Wednesday Karaoke Night already launched and loaded with a late-night happy hour (actually seven nights a week), Suntory spirit cocktails, and izakaya bar food, the team’s momentum for magic is in full force.

“We’re working with our distributors to set up a few ticketed dinners. We’ll launch the program in September with a sake paired dinner, and I’m putting together a Japanese whiskey and cocktail paired event in the fall,” Brandon said.

Be sure to swing by for their Ramen Night every Sunday. The ramen theme changes weekly, and all are sure to impress, but especially the rich Duck Ramen.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Good Lion Hospitality and Sama Sama Kitchen have not only learned this lesson but have taken it a step further not by fixing their existing concepts but in expanding, collaborating, and sharing their brilliance in new and exciting ways.

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The kitschy cool interior of Strange Beast

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The cocktail izakaya concept, as evidenced by fun food and libations

The bar at Strange Beast is full of tiki treasures.

Barbareño x Ojai Valley Brewery Dinner

Upon opening nearly a decade ago, Barbareño’s founders Julian Martinez and Jesse Gaddy aimed to celebrate Central Coast cuisine, a style of direct sourcing and live fire cooking more than 200 years in the making that’s only now getting the broader attention it deserves. Their menu elevates regionally rooted dishes like Santa Maria tri-tip and Egg McMuffins while incorporating indigenous ingredients such as acorn, wild onion, and black cod.

So when the West Canon Perdido Street restaurant started serving native-plantflavored beers from Ojai Valley Brewery (OVB) earlier this year, maître d’ Nathaniel Tyson recognized a kindred spirit. “They’re very particular about who they work with, but we have a similar ethos,” said Tyson of the brewery’s very limited distribution. “When our paths crossed, it seemed like we just had to create something together.”

“For thousands of years, beer was a highly regional beverage which utilized surplus grain and local indigenous botanicals for flavor and bittering, which created a unique picture of its natural surroundings.” To replicate that today, OVB relies on resinous chaparral herbs such as sage in place of (or in addition to) hops as well as Ojai-grown fruits and spices.

“We do this with a specific attention to how they will pair with and enhance food,” explained Haffner, noting that all of OVB’s brewers are former chefs, himself included. “We are the only brewery in California doing this at this scale.”

Native Plants Showcased on September 23 Menu

by Matt Kettmann

Coincidentally, just last month, the restaurant purchased its first catering truck and grill trailer in order to expand service into weddings, festivals, and other events. That provided the opportunity to bring Barbareño south, and the September 23 four-course “Autumnal Equinox Beer Dinner” was born.

“We are big fans of their operation,” said OVB’s cofounder and CEO Jeremy Haffner. “They are culinary risk takers that marry seemingly foreign flavors into a palate that is at once surprising yet familiar, as well as having an exceptional attention to local ingredients.”

The night will be an edible expression of OVB’s mission. “We started eight years ago as a project specifically to reintroduce a traditional sense of place to beer that has been missing from the ethos of the American craftbeer industry since its inception,” said Haffner.

The evening’s menu includes halibut ceviche in a nopales/ prickly pear/fennel aguachile, paired with the prickly pear– and hibiscus-flavored East End Tart Ale; the Chaparral Sage Amber with acorn tamales with mushrooms in a nasturtium-pistachio mole verde topped with toasted chia seeds; the Sugarbush Sumac Pale Ale with oaksmoked rabbit in an elderberry glaze; and, for dessert, pinyon cake with pine-needle cream and candied pine nuts alongside the White Gruit, which uses yarrow and mugwort instead of hops. For those seeking the full experience, herb expert Lanny Kaufer is leading a walk at Cluff Vista Park beforehand, finishing at the brewery just in time for the 6:30 p.m. dinner. Seating is limited to 50 people.

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PATRICK MELROY: THE ART OF SANTA BARBARA’S MINOR MONUMENTS

MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST’S WORK SPINS FROM AXES TO ICE CREAM TO OBELISKS

On the corner of Micheltorena Street and Gillespie Street, a small concrete obelisk was discarded by a construction team. It stood around four feet tall, with a pointed top and some minor chipping along the side, an utterly insignificant piece of rock between the sidewalk and the curb. This small pole was destined to join a pile of other concrete rubble, forgotten by history and memory alike, yet when Santa Barbara artist Patrick Melroy stumbled across this scene, he saw something worth saving.

The pole, as Melroy would later discover, was a remnant from postal boxes used in the early 20th century, when boxes were hung from these concrete obelisks. When the U.S. Postal Service made the switch to the iconic free-standing blue bins, these postal poles were left without letters and without purpose yet the obelisk remained.

“I’m really fascinated by little monuments, monuments that just get turned into nothing,” said Melroy. “They get removed as the world encroaches on them.” He likened them to a Thomasson, a term coined by Japanese artist Genpei Akasegawa to describe useless relics of structures, buildings, and environments staircases to nowhere, windows to nothing, beautiful in their obsoleteness. For Melroy, the postal pole was a triumph, a vestige of a forgotten artist’s craftsmanship. “With the tools that they had over 100 years ago, they were making these really pristine, beautiful objects” worthy of a second chance at life. He recalls repeating, “I think I can fix it.” So, he took it home with him.

A multidisciplinary artist to the extreme, Melroy hails from the small town of Ridgefield, Washington, the son of a cabinet maker and a schoolteacher. After finding his talents were better suited for art school than trade school, he found himself at UCSB in 2009 for a degree in fine arts. “And I stuck,” he said. He saw opportunity and creative ripeness in the city, adding, “UCSB felt like there were enough holes in the tapestry of the place that could be kind of stitched.” Since then, he has lived and worked on the Central Coast, teaching art at UCSB and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

His aptly named MISC Workshop, a space as eclectic and joyous as its purveyor, lies somewhere between your dad’s garage toolshed and Willy Wonka’s factory. It boasts a broad assortment of materials, tools, and playthings: heavy boxes of pre-

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war steel axe heads, a miniature printing press made of Lego bricks, a wooden mold for his ongoing obelisk project, a lemonade stand, and a soft-serve ice cream machine. Though disparate, Melroy connects these objects with a loving, earnest admiration, creating a wholly creative space where he appears as in his element as a fish in water.

“When you’re a young artist, the dream is that you’ll have a place where you can just do paintings all day,” he said. “Now, as an old artist, I really just want a place that lures people into conversation.”

Along with his most recent discovery of concrete postal poles in Santa Barbara, Melroy hosts regular community workshops, exhibits public works throughout Santa Barbara, and runs the small independent media outlet Pullstring Press. With incredibly diverse works and interests, Melroy’s practice can be tricky to categorize; he opts for the term “social practice.” “When I’m trying to figure out which project is most compelling to me to work on, it so often has to do with, how does the human body interact with this object? How is the audience going to interact with this object? And what is it going to mean to the person who experiences it and moves on?”

For Melroy, it’s all about the gesture of creation, right down to the smallest act. One recent project of his allowed children to make their own ice cream cone with the rumbling soft-serve machine in his workshop. “They get to figure out how to navigate putting the ice cream on top of the cone. That is such a small little gesture, but it’s this kind of beautiful moment.” He paused, before asking, “Do you call that an ice cream practice?”

What is most exciting about talking to Melroy (and what makes him a gifted instructor) is his ability to recognize artistic possibilities all around him. When I met him, Melroy was in the process of planning the Kinetic Cake Expo, a showcase of non-motorized kinetic

sculptures (picture, as Melroy puts it, “a really cool, weird art bike”) that drivers must steer through an obstacle course while keeping a cake intact. The expo, planned for April 2024, celebrates the possibilities of pedal-powered transport yet also examines these vehicles as artistic and creative objects. “A bicycle transitions into a thing that doesn’t just propel somebody from one place to the next,” he said, “but activates imagination, creates a sense of something in somebody who’s observing it.” That magic something, according to Melroy, is where art is born.

After our conversation in MISC Studios, I asked Melroy if he had any extra room in his axe-making workshop. After battling with steel, wood, leather, and linseed oil, I brought home a massive and unwieldy splitting axe. And since then, I must confess that I have only grown increasingly devoted to Melroy’s artistic doctrine. Its fundamental tenet is exceedingly simple: “If somebody offers you something beautiful, reconcile with the beauty of that thing. Don’t fight it.”

When State Street Ballet founder Rodney Gustafson steps down from his day-to-day duties in January, he can be confident there will be solid leadership at the helm of the organization he founded in 1994. Megan Philipp will become Artistic Director on September 1, a position currently held by Executive Artistic Director Gustafson and Co-Artistic Director William Soleau. On January 1, 2024, Cecily MacDougall, the current Associate Executive Director, will be promoted to Executive Director, while Gustafson transitions to the position of Founding Director.

“As we approach our 30th year, I am focused on evolving our repertoire toward a new generation of artistic vision. I’m confident that Megan and Cecily are the team to lead that initiative,” said Gustafson in a statement announcing the transition and new appointments. “When I started this company in 1994, we were a small group of talented dancers, including my colleagues from American Ballet Theatre, and choreographers who established our elegant-but-edgy style. Today we are an established, vibrant company who have just completed the 2022-23 season, which included 54 performances in 17 cities throughout the world, with sold-out houses in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. It’s now time to expand our leadership team.”

Philipp has been with State Street Ballet since 2013. She is responsible for creating, launching, and directing the company’s Professional Track Program, and training a decade’s worth of prospective professional dancers. She has also been Rehearsal Director since 2018. Prior to joining State Street Ballet, she spent eight years in New York City as a performing artist, teacher, and choreographer, and held positions at American Ballet Theatre and Joffrey Ballet Chicago. Among the shows she has choreographed sections of are State Street Ballet’s productions of The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Jungle Book MacDougall, who joined State Street Ballet in 2009, danced with the company for 10 years and founded and directed Library Dances, part of State Street Ballet’s educational outreach program. In addition, she has danced professionally with New York Theatre Ballet, Allegro Theatre Company, and Richmond Ballet, and she has choreographed numerous pieces for State Street Ballet, as well as for the Music Academy production of The Bartered Bride, and El amor brujo and La Traviata in collaboration with Opera Santa Barbara.

Upcoming State Street Ballet performances include Giselle (Oct. 21-22), performed with the Santa Barbara Symphony; The Nutcracker (Dec. 16-17) with Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra and State Street Ballet Academy students; Cinderella (Mar, 23-24, 2024); and Other Voices (May 10-11, 2024).

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And as for that obelisk from Micheltorena and Gillespie streets, Melroy imagines placing obelisks all around the city someday, a fleet of “minor monuments” that mark spaces he feels connected to. “It’s for somebody to care about,” he said of the project. “It’s so weird that you could do that with this completely innocuous object. But we do it all the time.” For now, Melroy has repaired and restored the broken obelisk in its original location, standing tall in all its quiet glory. Despite the odd looks I got from cars passing by while standing in front of a concrete pole, I felt immensely glad that someone like Patrick Melroy is in the world defending art that lies right under our noses. —Josh

For more information on Patrick Melroy and MISC Workshop, see patrickmelroy.com or miscworkshop.com.

There will be a celebration honoring founder Rodney Gustafson, and Gail Towbes Center for Dance kicks off the season with an exclusive fundraising event hosted by boardmember Gary Dorfman on September 23. —Leslie Dinaberg

For more information, visit statestreetballet.com.

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Artist Patrick Melroy in his studio

Cecily MacDougall, Rodney Gustafson, and Megan Philipp

FINE-TUNED CHAMBER IS A CLASSIC FOR GOOD REASON

CAMERATA PACIFICA EMBARKS ON ITS 34RD SEASON

PASSION PROJECT TO PREMIERE

snapshot of this time. The intention is for another 34 steps, and beyond.

Ana Papakhian is joining the organization as Executive Director this season. How did that connection come together, and what do you both hope to achieve through her involvement?

THE WAR SHIRT: A DIALOGUE WITH THE ANCESTORS DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES AT MARJORIE LUKE THEATRE

In the beginning was the Bach Camerata, an intrepid new chamber music group founded by flutist and dogged, eloquent, classical-music entrepreneur Adrian Spence. The group performed at the Lobero and other venues but soon morphed into the more broadly defined and oceanic-aligned moniker Camerata Pacifica, whose 34th season is coming soon to a Southern California venue near you. For Santa Barbarans, that musical home is Hahn Hall at the Music Academy, launching locally with a meat-and-potatoes program of Beethoven, Mozart, and Elgar, on Friday, September 15. Camerata Pacifica evolved into one of the sturdier, and artistically flexible, classical organisms in Southern California, with world-class musicians on board and monthly concerts at the Music Academy as well as Ventura, Pasadena, and downtown Los Angeles (Zipper Hall). Despite the Bach alliance of the group’s salad days, Spence’s programming purview has always entailed a wide berth, from Baroque to romantic fare, to modernist and contemporary repertoire, and to ink-still-wet world premieres.

This season’s hallmarks include the world premiere of Clarice Assad’s accordion-featuring new work and the U.S. premiere of Martin Butler’s Remember This Fire Bach continues to be a presence in the group’s DNA, expanded this season with the commencement of a new period instrument sub-series Camerata Pacifica Baroque. On the organizational side, this marks the first season with Ana Papakhian long centrally associated with the Music Academy in a résumé extending back more than a quarter-century on board as executive director.

We recently caught up with Spence, then on his endof-summer travels, tooling around Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania via motorcycle. As a greeting, he offered, “Aitäh thanks. One of the four words of Estonian I’ve learned, the others being ‘hello,’ ‘please’ and ‘beer.’ Then I discovered it’s a completely different language in Latvia. And Lithuania.”

Once back in SoCal, it will be very much back to Bach and other Camerata business for Spence.

Do you have particular views or overviews of this coming season? It’s the 34th step of a long journey that began in 1990, dedicated to the art, reflective of our time. In 2023, this wonderful music has spread around the world, and the music and musicians of this Camerata season are a

Ana and I have known each other for nearly a decade. I’ve admired her that whole time, and when circumstances presented the opportunity to work together, I leapt at it. There are no specific goals at this moment, as she’s just started. The vision for Camerata Pacifica is clear, and Ana brings a whole new set of skills and her own perspective. I’m very excited to develop our next steps with Ana as an executive partner.

As an accordion fan and fan of new music generally, I’m excited to hear about the new piece by Clarice Assad. What can you tell me about that work? You’re the accordion fan? I came across the accordion as a “classical” instrument about a decade ago and sought to use it in my programming it just took this long. I met Julien [Labro, accordionist] about five years ago, first hearing him live in Dizzy’s Club in New York. And he can play Scarlatti that was epiphanic.

I’ve been aware of Clarice for a long time, and this project seemed perfect her facility across genres, her Brazilian/American background, fit right into Camerata Pacifica’s vision of “classical” music for the 21st century.

Arriving at a season’s program, especially one juggling diverse eras and styles, world premieres, and moving parts among musicians, must be a complex task. Was it achieved with your usual attention paid to checks and balances? Thanks for the nice words aitäh

There are always programs or musical mixes in my head eager to make it to the stage. I particularly enjoy the discovery of an emotional connection, sometimes manufactured, I’ll confess, between what, on the face of it, appear to be incompatible pieces. A fundamental for me is, although the language of music has changed over 300 years, the subject for expression, the emotions, have not that provides connections to be revealed.

There’s the inspiration from our wonderful musicians, which influences the direction of a program, and then there’s our audience the most critical element. So, checks and balances, yes. I can be as esoterically creative as I’d like, but if I can’t bring people along with me, that rather defeats the fundamental purpose of a performing arts group.

Having said that, I won’t pander to an audience which, over three-and-a-half decades, has stood us in good stead. It is a privilege for us, performers and listeners, to be associated with this music.

—Josef Woodard

See cameratapacifica.org for more information about the season. And for a more in-depth version of this interview, see independent.com.

What started as a one-man show The War Shirt, starring actor-dancer Michael Downey and directed by artist Rod Lathim has evolved a step further into a new documentary.

The War Shirt: A Dialogue with the Ancestors, a locally created and nurtured project that embraces and explores Native American and African American cultural traditions and history, will have its world premiere on September 19.

An accomplished neon sculpture artist, Santa Barbara–born Lathim founded Access Theatre in 1979. He met Downey in 1981, when Lathim hired him to choreograph Stage Struck, an original musical he was cocreating and directing at the time.

The play The War Shirt, which Downey performed last year and is currently streaming as a part of the Marjorie Luke Virtual Concert Series, is the story of Downey’s life journey centering on his relationship with his late father. Downey and his father experienced a profound and wonderful closure to their relationship on the last night of his father’s life. After he died, Downey realized that he needed to share his experience with others, hence the creation of The War Shirt

Downey’s father was an African American man who strongly embraced and identified with the Native American influences that are in his family. “Michael Downey and I were compelled to tell the story of how the play was developed, and how his ancestors played a role in the play and the development of this film,” said Lathim.

Downey said he felt like the production of the play, as well as the documentary, was being guided by invisible hands that cleared a pathway, as if he were being propelled forward by something much larger than he was. Even though Downey was told by Lathim that the film would likely take a different path from what they envisioned, it picks up from where the play ended and continues Downey’s personal journey into self-discovery.

In the play, there is a line that says, “I want to live in a world where present reality communes with history and generates an enlightened future.” As the film focuses on Native American and African American cultural tradition and history, Downey wants people to take away that tradition and history are living influences that affect our circumstances in the present.

“I think that the downfall of humanity is that we tend to act on our present situations without carefully acknowledging the past influences that have created those circumstances,” said Downey. “This kind of shortsightedness tends to reduce our awareness of who we really are and how we are connected to others.” —Colette

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The War Shirt: A Dialogue with the Ancestors is a free event at the Marjorie Luke Theatre on Tuesday, September 19, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are free but must be reserved online at luketheatre.org. An onstage discussion with the filmmakers will follow the screening.

The War Shirt, a 45-minute documentary, premieres September 19.

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THE FUGITIVE, STILL IN THE RUNNING AT 30

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ANDREW DAVIS RETURNS TO THE SPOTLIGHT WITH SCREENING/Q&A AT THE RIVIERA THEATRE

Ihad a major Chicago-on-the-brainand-palate-moment last week as I sat down to break pizza with acclaimed film director and proud Chicago native Andrew Davis in the dining room of the scenery-blessed Riviera home he and his family have lived in for close to 40 years. The pizza in question: an uncommonly delectable deep-dish model that Davis had flown in from one of Chicago’s finest pizzerias, Lou Malnati’s. A vast sausage disc covered the entire pizza real estate, and I was left with a serious pizza afterglow.

But I digress, somewhat.

The pressing subject on this afternoon was Davis’s acclaimed and unabashedly Chicagorooted 1993 film The Fugitive the best-known and probably finest project in Davis’s 15-title filmography. For the film’s 30th anniversary, Davis has overseen a new 4K UHV remastered version, screening at the Riviera Theatre, September 8-14. Following the screening on Friday, September 8, Davis will engage in a Q&A with Roger Durling, executive director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

The recent buzz over The Fugitive’s remastered return includes an extensive Rolling Stone piece, and Davis notes, “What’s really amazing is, there’s all these young critics who are giving us new reviews. They said they saw the films when they were kids with their parents.”

A radically reworked adaptation of the long-running 1960s TV series, Davis’s The Fugitive is a deft balancing of action cinema, socio-political commentary, and propulsive storytelling. It also happens to be one of the great films shot in and about Chicago. Although Davis frequently shoots in Chicago, Chicago-centrism truly rules here.

Essentially, The Fugitive was made possible by Harrison Ford, enough of a fan of Davis’s previous film Under Siege to approach the director with the project, studio support, and a script in hand. The problem was that Davis deemed the script “terrible.” He recalls, “Harrison had committed to doing the movie, but I didn’t. He said, ‘Oh, we’ll fix the script.’” The fix-it process included impromptu creative changes during filming, which adds an appealingly loose ensemble character to the film, alongside its taut thriller paces.

“Everybody contributed,” Davis remembers. “Harrison and Tommy [Lee Jones] and myself worked with the bones of what was on paper. And Jeb Stuart [who got co-screenwriter credit with original writer David Twohy] was back at the hotel with the producers trying to come up with stuff. And yet it’s taught as one of the classic, perfect screenplays,” he laughs.

So improvisation was allowed and/or encouraged?

Davis noted, “Tommy didn’t call it improvisation. We would work out what we had to do, write it down, and shoot it. I had a lot of freedom to do what I wanted to do. I had a great cast, a lot of freedom, and basically the support of a studio, ’cause they didn’t know what

was going on. They just let us keep shooting it.”

The film ended up being a thrilling, thoughtful catand-mouse tale in which Harrison’s Dr. Kimble on the run after being wrongfully accused of murdering his wife is chased doggedly by U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard (Jones, in a role that won him an Oscar and launched his career into Hollywood’s upper echelon). Davis suggests that “the basic spine was about this unjustly accused man, as in Les Misérables.”

One of the factors making The Fugitive real and relevant 30 years later is its strong anti-pharma story angle, which resonates with the post-Sackler/opioid crisis era. Mixing action cinema with political activism is a running theme in Davis’s oeuvre. As he recounts, for example, “Above the Law and Code of Silence were about Iran-Contra. The Package was about disarmament and cover-ups.”

Never one to sit idly by, Davis, at 76, has finished a novel, Disturb the Bones, to be published soon. “I think it would make a great movie,” he says a bit ruefully, “but it’s so hard to get a movie made these days.” His most recently completed film was 2019’s charming documentary Mentors: Tony & Santi

Meanwhile, smaller and more personal left-of-Hollywood projects in the Davis filmography are poised for rebirth. His classic chronicle-of-a-band, 1978’s Stony Island (another extremely Chicago-centric film) has its 45th anniversary re-release party in Chicago this November, followed by a release on streaming platforms.

Closer to his current home, Davis’s decidedly Santa Barbara–centric (and delightfully eccentric) 1995 film Steal Big, Steal Little was a personal project made possible by the blockbuster success of The Fugitive. As Davis describes the film, finishing off the last bite of pizza, “It is a movie that people didn’t understand. But it really holds up because it’s about greed and immigration and rich and poor. And [the late] Alan Arkin’s fantastic in the movie. I think it’s one of his best performances. And it looks gorgeous.”

He adds, “The three films I own Mentors, Stony Island, and Steal Big are the ones I want to try to get out to the world. You make movies and they become your kids.”

Director Andy Davis (left) with Harrison Ford on the set of The Fugitive

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Rob Breszny

ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Aries chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov says war is “more like a game of poker than chess. On a chess board, the pieces are face up, but poker is essentially a game of incomplete information, a game where you have to guess and act on those guesses.” I suspect that’s helpful information for you these days, Aries. You may not be ensconced in an out-an-out conflict, but the complex situation you’re managing has resemblances to a game of poker. For best results, practice maintaining a poker face. Try to reduce your tells to near zero. Here’s the definition of “tell” as I am using the term: reflexive or unconscious behavior that reveals information you would rather withhold.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): Raised in poverty, Taurus-born Eva Perón became a charismatic politician and actor who served as First Lady of Argentina for six years. The Argentine Congress ultimately gave her the title of “Spiritual Leader of the Nation.” How did she accomplish such a meteoric ascent? “Without fanaticism,” she testified, “one cannot accomplish anything.” But I don’t think her strategy has to be yours in the coming months, Taurus. It will make sense for you to be highly devoted, intensely focused, and strongly motivated even a bit obsessed in a healthy way. But you won’t need to be fanatical.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): Gemini author Ben H. Winters has useful counsel. “Every choice forecloses on other choices,” he says. “Each step forward leaves a thousand dead possible universes behind you.” I don’t think there are a thousand dead universes after each choice; the number’s more like two or three. But the point is, you must be fully committed to leaving the past behind. Making decisions requires resolve. Second-guessing your brave actions rarely yields constructive results. So, are you ready to have fun being firm and determined, Gemini? The cosmic rhythms will be on your side if you do.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): Journalist Alexandra Robbins was addressing young people when she gave the following advice, but you will benefit from it regardless of your age: “There is nothing wrong with you just because you haven’t yet met people who share your interests or outlook on life. Know that you will eventually meet people who will appreciate you for being you.” I offer this to you now, Cancerian, because the coming months will bring you into connection with an abundance of like-minded people who are working to create the same kind of world you are. Are you ready to enjoy the richest social life ever?

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): Author Kevin Kelly is a maverick visionary who has thought a lot about how to create the best possible future. He advocates that we give up hoping for the unrealistic concept of utopia. Instead, he suggests we empower our practical efforts with the term “protopia.” In this model, we “crawl toward betterment,” trying to improve the world by one percent each year. You would be wise to apply a variation on this approach to your personal life in the coming months, Leo. A mere one percent enhancement is too modest a goal, though. By your birthday in 2024, a 6 percent upgrade is realistic, and you could reach as high as 10 percent.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In honor of the Virgo birthday season, I invite you to be exceptionally distinctive and singular in the coming weeks, even idiosyncratic and downright incomparable. That’s not always a comfortable state for you Virgos to inhabit, but right now it’s healthy to experiment with. Here’s counsel from writer Christopher Morley: “Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.” Here’s a bonus quote from Virgo poet Edith Sitwell: “I am not eccentric! It’s just that I am more alive than most people.”

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do you sometimes wish your life was different from what it actually is? Do you criticize yourself for not being a perfect manifestation of your ideal self? Most of us indulge in these fruitless energy drains. One of the chief causes of unhappiness is the fantasy that we are not who we are supposed to be. In accordance with cosmic rhythms, I authorize you to be totally free of these feelings for the next four weeks. As an experiment, I invite you to treasure yourself exactly as you are right now. Congratulate yourself for all the heroic work you have done to be pretty damn good. Use your ingenuity to figure out how to give yourself big doses of sweet and festive love.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio novelist Kurt Vonnegut testified, “I want to stay as close on the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge, you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center. Big, undreamed-of things people on the edge see them first.” I’m not definitively telling you that you should live like Vonnegut, dear Scor pio. To do so, you would have to summon extra courage and alertness. But if you are inclined to explore such a state, the coming weeks will offer you a chance to live on the edge with as much safety, reward, and enjoyment as possible.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Where there is great love, there are always miracles,” wrote Sagittarian novelist Willa Cather (1873–1947). In accordance with upcoming astrological aspects, I encourage you to prepare the way for such miracles. If you don’t have as much love as you would like, be imagi native as you offer more of the best love you have to give. If there is good but not great love in your life, figure out how you can make it even better. If you are blessed with great love, see if you can transform it into being even more extraordinary. For you Sagittarians, it is the season of generating miracles through the intimate power of marvelous love.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author Alexander Woollcott (1887–1943) could be rude and vulgar. He sometimes greeted cohorts by saying, “Hello, Repulsive.” After he read the refined novelist Marcel Proust, he described the experience as “like lying in someone else’s dirty bath water.” But according to Woollcott’s many close and enduring friends, he was often warm, generous, and humble. I bring this to your attention in the hope that you will address any discrepancies between your public persona and your authentic soul. Now is a good time to get your outer and inner selves into greater harmony.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1963, Aquarian author Betty Friedan pub lished The Feminine Mystique, a groundbreaking book that became a bestseller crucial in launching the feminist movement. She brought to wide cultural awareness “the problem that has no name”: millions of women’s sense of invisibility, powerlessness, and depression. In a later book, Friedan reported on those early days of the awakening: “We couldn’t possibly know where it would lead, but we knew it had to be done.” I encourage you to identify an equivalent quest in your personal life, Aquarius: a project that feels necessary to your future, even if you don’t yet know what that future will turn out to be.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): “Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: All of them make me laugh.” Piscean poet WH Auden said that. After analyzing the astrological omens, I conclude that laughing with those you love is an experience you should especially seek right now. It will be the medicine for anything that’s bothering you. It will loosen obstructions that might be interfering with the arrival of your next valuable teachings. Use your imagination to dream up ways you can place yourself in situations where this magic will unfold.

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Oversees and administers the Citation and Adjudication Operation in Transportation & Parking Services (TPS). Responsible for over $1 million collected annually into the Fines and Forfeitures account. Oversees Citations and Adjudication unit in the performance of their daily duties. Ensures high level customer support and problem solving. Responsible for coordination and integration of databases for numerous vendors as well as on campus systems such as T2, Iris, ParkMobile, UCPath, BARC, Mercury, and Gold. Acts as liaison between Parking Services, other campus departments and the public. Responsible for overseeing all aspects of citation processing including citation appeals, Administrative Hearings, DMV interface, and preparation of letters for mailing as well as routine or complex correspondence. In compliance with the California Vehicle Code (CVC), uses independent judgment in the adjudication of citation appeals. Addresses customer problems and complaints. Interacts with a highly diverse campus population in dealing with complex issues of campus access and parking at UCSB, by exercising diplomacy and tact even in the face of adversity. Reqs: High School Diploma. 1‑3 years experience with parking operations; policies and procedures. Demonstrated communication skills to build alliances and partnerships. Working knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, codes and ordinances related to parking management. Proficient in operation of web‑based parking related systems and office software. Demonstrated ability to confront and clarify issues. Strong organizational and time management skills. 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 Salary or Hourly Range: $33.52/hr.‑ $36.88/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 #57213

Assist in the overall operation of the clinical laboratory of the Student Health Service by performing the duties of testing personnel (as specified by CLIA 88) in the specialties of hematology, urinalysis, clinical microscopy, diagnostic immunology, chemistry, microbiology, and virology/ molecular diagnostics. Other duties include specimen processing, phlebotomy, data entry and instrument preventative maintenance and troubleshooting. Must possess a high degree of accuracy and precision. Must be capable of working independently while maintaining compliance with existing laws, regulations and policies. Must have the ability to communicate effectively with clinicians, patients, health service staff and visitors. Is capable of fast, accurate laboratory work while doing multiple procedures. Training and experience must comply with Federal CLIA 88 requirements for personnel of high complexity testing. Is familiar with common laboratory analyzers, equipment and Laboratory Information Systems. Maintains the equipment and the entire work area in a clean, presentable fashion to preclude injury to self and others. Adheres to safety and infection control policies and procedures. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree. Graduation from college with Bachelor of Science degree in major of appropriate scientific field. Current California Clinical Laboratory Scientists license at all times during employment. 3 – 5 years of training and experience sufficient to comply with Federal CLI 88 requirements for personnel of high complexity testing. Familiar with all laboratory equipment, including Hematology, Microbiology, Urinalysis, Molecular and Chemistry analyzers and other standard laboratory equipment. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse. Must successfully complete and pass the background check and credentialing process before employment 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. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Student Health is closed between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Budgeted

Hourly Range: $39.32 ‑ $49.88/hr.

Full Salary Range: $39.32‑ $57.33/ 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 # 58194

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The Director works closely with the Executive Director on setting the strategic direction and managing all aspects of the Career Development and Alumni Relations Programs. Manages day‑to‑day operations, including executing career development services, overseeing enterprise systems, running alumni and employer relations, and conducting partner engagements. Works directly with students, alumni, employers, corporate partners, prospective students, Bren staff, Bren faculty, and UCSB personnel. Manages diverse job functions, including conducting one‑on‑one advising, designing and facilitating workshops and speaker sessions, managing Salesforce CRM software, overseeing career‑related DEI initiatives, supervising staff, and managing budgets. Reqs: The team seeks an individual with expertise in career development and advising, program management, workshop design and facilitation, enterprise systems management, and staff development and supervision. The ideal candidate will also have excellent interpersonal and communication abilities, strong writing skills, an eye for detail, a marketing and customer service mindset, and the ability to work effectively with students from diverse and multicultural backgrounds. To apply, submit an application, cover letter, CV/resume, and contact info. for 3 references online at: https://www.jobs.ucsb.edu/ Note: Satisfactory criminal history background check. The full salary range for this position is $74,300/yr to $104,400/yr. The budgeted salary range is $80,000/yr to $95,000/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 # 58544

ELECTRICIAN

RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS

Performs skilled electrician tasks for University‑owned Housing, Dining, & Auxiliary Enterprises (HDAE) facilities and its related buildings at on and off‑campus locations as outlined below, and may be assigned other duties (including those in other craft areas) to accomplish the operational needs of the department. In compliance with HDAE goals and objectives, affirms and implements the department Educational Equity Plan comprised of short and long term objectives that reflect a systematic approach to preparing both students and staff for a success in a multi‑cultural society. Reqs: 6 years of experience working at a journeyman

Demonstrated experience installing and troubleshooting various building automation and control systems. Ability to work in an ethnically diverse and culturally pluralistic team environment. Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills. Understanding of safety practices and Environmental Health and Safety policies and procedures.

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 Rate: $44.01/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 #57932

FINANCIAL COORDINATOR

RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS

Provides support for financial functions in Residential Operations. Responsible for Accounts Payable, resident damage billing and recharge. Reconciles the general ledger accounts. Utilizes a procurement/ Accounts Payable system. Performs a wide scope of transactions including, but not limited to: processing invoices, vendor blankets, Flexcard purchases, personal services agreements and contracts, and records maintenance

Knowledgeable of UC policies and procedures. Serves as a Liaison for the campus Procurement department and vendors to assure adherence to UCSB procurement procedures. Maintains moderately complex technical knowledge of goods, equipment, insurance, and services necessary to conduct business. Daily activities vary as there are no set assumptions for the operations business; we are a client/ customer service and business needs change on a day‑to‑day basis. Reqs:

Work experience demonstrating at least three years of customer service experience. Demonstrated budgetary and fiscal management skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Google suite.

Knowledgeable of the appropriate procedures to ensure accurate and efficient processing of paperwork.

Experience demonstrating the ability to analyze and research products, vendors, parts or equipment relating to facilities maintenance environment.

Ability to work independently to perform detailed and accurate work while meeting critical deadlines.

Ability to apply a high level of sound, independent judgment, tact, ingenuity, and resourcefulness in overseeing assigned areas, including working with managers and customers, and solving problems during the course of daily business. Ability to establish and maintain job priorities when there are changes in workload and competing deadlines. Ability to interact as a team member with sensitivity towards a multi‑cultural work environment.

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 Salary or Hourly Range: $27.29 ‑ $33.49/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 # 57647

LEAD LABORER CAMPUS DINING

Serves as working lead for a team of Sr. Custodians, student employees and seasonal workers, working various assignments. Responsible for work assignment and quality, safety, employee training, building security, oversight of special projects and maintenance tasks, emergency response and customer service. Also responsible for equipment maintenance for building. In compliance with division goals and objectives, affirms and implements the department Educational Equity Plan comprised of short and long term objectives that reflect a systematic approach to preparing both students and staff for a success in a multicultural society. Works in an environment which is ethnically diverse and culturally pluralistic. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience. 3 years of custodial or maintenance work experience in an institution and/or commercial setting. Notes: Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work standing for up to 8 hours per day. Work hours/days may vary. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $21.97/hr ‑ $25.76/ hr. Posting Salary Range: $21.97/hr ‑

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Across

1. Probiotic food, perhaps

13. They’ve been in Congress for quite a white

15. Job with a trashy reputation?

17. “As Is” singer DiFranco

18. Raphael’s bandanna color

19. Less flustered

20. Lend support

22. Old radio tuner

24. Bone doctor’s prefix

25. Mental concoctions

27. “If I Ever Fall in Love” R&B group

29. Knotty, in a way

30. ___ franca

32. TV actress Swenson

34. Aims

36. Sum

41. Manual component

43. Twisty dish

44. Cod-like fish

48. Graph lines

50. Date night option

51. It follows everything B.C.

53. Meet head-on

55. Kumquat scraping

56. Mosaic piece

58. ___Clean (infomercial brand)

60. Seeking, in personals

61. Some reading before dinner?

64. They’ll teach you about twang and regional vowels

65. Like some erratic behavior

Down

1. Tried to listen closer, maybe

2. How phones may be set at work

3. Repartee requisite

4. “Everything Is Illuminated” author

5. ___ Forces Day

6. Hebrew letters before qophs

7. Kobe currency

8. Diagonally

9. Phineas ___ (sustainer of a scientifically notable injury)

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14. Billy Idol expression

16. Walked (all over)

21. Item to collect in “Myst”

23. Tuna used in poke

26. Shaq’s team, in 2008

28. Literary assistant

31. ___ Cat (pet food brand)

33. Deuterium unit

35. The play-within-a-play in “Noises Off,” e.g.

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Wall bracket

Coped (with)

Talk up

Sorry sort

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$26.81/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 #58124

POLICE OFFICER POLICE DEPARTMENT

The University of California Police

Officers deliver police services to the University and local community.

Officers patrol on foot, bicycle and in vehicles; respond to crimes; investigate complaints; arrest offenders; appear in court; respond to medical, fires and other emergencies; control traffic; provide law enforcement and security at major events or assemblies; engage in crime prevention; participate in community liaison meetings; safeguard the custody and disposal of found property and evidence. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent certification. Completed the Law Enforcement Academy. Knowledge of State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations as applicable to the police. Competent in defensive tactics and arrest and control techniques.

Shows sound judgment and the ability to process information quickly and thoroughly, while making effective and ethical decisions that are trustworthy and in keeping with the highest standards of conduct.

Skilled in the operation of a motor vehicle under emergency and other police‑related driving conditions.

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Experience communicating in various forums: one‑on‑one, in groups, in stressful situations, in writing, as well as the ability to communicate using a police radio while keeping transmissions brief and clear. Notes: Please see job posting at https://jobs. ucsb.edu for detailed information on the special conditions of employment.

Full Salary Range: $44.19/hr. ‑ $55.57/ 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. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 57510

and expenditures to meet Business Services goals. Reqs: Ability to supervise and evaluate personnel with 1‑3 years of supervisory experience. Ability to work independently, anticipate job requirements, prioritize and coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously. Exercises a high degree of initiative, problem solving ability, diplomacy and professional judgment. Notes: Campus Security Authority. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/ Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: $27.09/hr. ‑ $29.23/hr. Full Salary Range: $24.95/hr. $42.10/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 #58129

SENIOR PLANNER

CAMPUS PLANNING & DESIGN

The University is seeking a Senior Planner with strong writing and analytical skills to analyze project impacts and prepare, or supervise the preparation of, appropriate CEQA and Coastal Act documentation supporting campus development projects. The Senior Planner, in collaboration with, and in support of others, implements the Regents’ certified campus Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) to approve, permit, and gain entitlements for all campus capital development projects. Qualified candidates must possess knowledge of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the California Coastal Act, and must have experience with other regulatory agencies such as the Army Corps of Engineers, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Regional Water Quality Control Board. Reqs: Graduation from college with major work in environmental studies or sciences and/or city and environmental planning, and 4‑6 years of professional experience in planning. A Master’s degree in city or environmental planning at a recognized planning school is highly desired. Strong, analytical, written, verbal, organization, and interpersonal communication skills and working experience with MS Office are required. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record, and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program; Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: $90,000 ‑ $112,700/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 # 57462

PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR

ASSOCIATED STUDENTS

Manages the daily operations of the Associated Student Publications Service. The Coordinator is responsible for organization, purchasing, expenditure control, space utilization and equipment security, and daily operations. In consultation with the Assistant Director for Business Services is responsible for developing innovative solutions to a wide range of business problems. Oversees Notetaking inventories. Develops reports on sales of Readers and Notes Sales. Analyzes profits and loss from these enterprises and recommends course of action to ensure proper use of student fees and appropriate controls over revenues

area and / or equivalent experience / training. 4‑6 years Equivalent experience/training with an emphasis in computer science, data processing, computer information systems, or in a related field. 4‑6 years In‑depth knowledge of database management systems (Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL a plus) and their underlying principles. 7‑9 years Experience using SQL Server technologies, or comparable database management systems. 4‑6 years Experience designing, developing, documenting, and testing (including unit testing and test plan creation) information systems. 4‑6 years Experience analyzing business processes and information systems to ensure systems meet the business needs, and identifying opportunities for system improvement to better align with the business needs. Demonstrated ability to design highly complex data systems and integrations. Knowledge of relevant application development technologies and tools, including Power BI, SQL Server, SQL Report Services, SQL Integration Services, REST API, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Git. Thorough knowledge of data management systems, practices and standards. Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to technical and non‑technical personnel at various levels in the organization. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check.

Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $100,000/yr. ‑ $120,000/yr. Full Salary Range: $82,300/yr. ‑ $151,700/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 9/18/23. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #58526

TECHNICAL SERVICES ENGINEER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

We are looking for a self‑motivated technical services engineer to join our Communication Services onsite team!

familiar or experience with Telephony operation, Maintenance and System administration. Notes: Satisfactory completion of a conviction history background check. Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull‑Notice Program. The full salary range is $32.18 ‑ $57.28/hr. The budgeted hourly range is $35.95 ‑ $44.73/ 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 www.jobs.ucsb.edu.

Job # 57696

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Responsible for the performance, integrity, and security of our organizational databases. Plays a critical role in ensuring the availability and reliability of our data systems, implementing efficient database structures, and optimizing data retrieval and storage processes. Must be detail‑oriented, possesses excellent problem‑solving skills, and have a strong background in database management and administration.

Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related

Provide the installation, configuration, administration, and technical support for the Communications Services’ moderately complex Information Technology environment which includes, Voice over IP, central telephone system, application servers, electronic mail server, database servers, directory servers, workstations, peripherals, RF spectrum monitoring which includes, Licensed spectrum, Public Safety, ERRCS and Cellular site management. Monitors the campus’ primary communications facility’s infrastructure, power, HVAC, generator, and safety environment; coordinates repair activities with vendors, performs record‑keeping activities in computerized operational support systems. Performs new equipment evaluations, advises on modifications on such devices and the feasibility of electronic solutions to network technicians, engineers and other professionals utilizing campus and Industry standards, manufacturer reference materials and trade publications. Configures, installs, tests and maintains complex voice and data communications equipment, circuits and services in a blended communications network environment. Trouble‑shoots such systems and subsystems by exercising originality based on analyzing technical data from an understanding of complex voice and data communications systems and the interactions of associated sub systems or by adapting existing practices and techniques. Participates in installation, testing and troubleshooting of transmission facilities, by collecting and interpreting raw data. Reqs:

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LEGALS

ADMINISTER OF ESTATE

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GISELE STRASSNER Case No.: 23PR00183

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: COURTNEY DESOTO in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara

The Petition for Probate requests that: COURTNEY DESOTO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available foe 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:

10/05/2023 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 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 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. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 08/28/2023

By: Rosa Reyes, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Cristi Michelon Vasquez, 132 East Figueroa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 882‑2226.

Published Aug 31. Sep 7, 14 2023.

BULK SALE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Division 6 of the Commercial Code) Escrow No. 043377‑ST

(1) Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named Seller(s) that a bulk sale is about to be made on personal property hereinafter described.

(2) The name and business

addresses of the seller are: Prabh Sahaye LLC, 27 W. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

(3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: 27 W. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

(4) The names and business address of the Buyer(s) are: Alankaar Inc, 111 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Oxnard, CA 93030

(5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold are all stock in trade, furniture, fixtures and equipment, intnagible assets and goodwill of that certain business located at: 27 W. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

(6) The business name used by the seller(s) at that location is: The UPS Store #0023

(7) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is September 26, 2023 at the office of All Brokers Escrow Inc., 2924 W. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA 91505, Escrow No. 043377‑ST, Escrow Officer: Stephanie Toth.

(8) Claims may be filed with Same as "7" above.

(9) The last date for filing claims is September 25, 2023.

(10) This Bulk Sale is subject to Section 6106.2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

(11) As listed by the Seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: NONE

Dated: August 26, 2023

Transferees:

Alankaar Inc, a California Corporation

S/ By: Jagjit Dhaliwal, Cheif Executive Officer 9/7/23 CNS‑3735135#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VIMINAL MEDIA at 6745 Trigo Rd, Unit A Goleta, CA 93117; Stephen A Rasmus (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual.

SIGNED BY: STEPHEN RASMUS Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 9, 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: 2023‑0001960. E30.

Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EVOLUTION 805 PAINTING at 3458 Richland Dr. Apt 10 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Felix Nava Manzanarez (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: FELIX NAVA MANZANAREZ/OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 9, 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: 2023‑0001959. E30. Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA MOTORCYCLE CLUB at 7304 Elm Hurst Place Goleta, CA 93117; Donald Scott Peterson (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: DONALD SCOTT PETERSON/ OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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: 2023‑0001999. E30. Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: RED HAWK HOMES, RED HAWK DESIGN at 1685 Fernald Point Lane

LEGALS (CONT.)

Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Red Hawk Capital, LLC (same address)

This business is conducted by An Limited Liability Company. SIGNED

BY: ARTHUR KALAYJIAN/ MANAGER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 10, 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:

2023‑0001977. E30.

Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

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

YOUR GRAY MATTER at 1308 East Olive Ave Lompoc, CA 93436; Kailey N Stevens (same address)

This business is conducted by An

Individual. SIGNED BY: KAILEY STEVENS Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 10, 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: 2023‑0001967. E30.

Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

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

CHUCHO ART at 215 Deming Way Buellton, CA 93427; Jorge H Hernandez (same address)

This business is conducted by An

Individual. SIGNED BY: JORGE

HERNANDEZ/OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 9, 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: 2023‑0001962. E30.

Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep

7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ESTHETICALLY YOURS SKIN AND BEAUTY at 121 S Hope Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Valarie

M Mendoza 4224 Pozzo Circle

Apt D Santa Barbara, CA 93111

This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: VALARIE

MENDOZA/ESTHETICIAN Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 4, 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: 2023‑0001922. E30.

Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep

7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0001900

The following person(s) is doing business as:

Sit N Sleep Baby, 913 W Fir Ave., Lompoc, CA 93436, County of Santa Barbara.

Left Coast Inspections LLC, 913 West Fir Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436; CA

This business is conducted by a limited liability company.

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

/s/ Darrell W. Clegg, Managing Member

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/02/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, 9/7/23

CNS‑3729538# SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person

(s) is/are doing business as: THE WINE OF THE MONTH CLUB at 5330 Debbie Road, Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Gold Medal Wine Club (same address)

Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep

7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person

(s) is/are doing business as: BEER

DROP at 5330 Debbie Road, Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Funk Zone Wines LLC (same address)

This business is conducted by An Limited Liability Company. SIGNED BY: WENDY FEARN/CFO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 31, 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: 2023‑0001880. E30.

Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0001887

The following person(s) is doing business as:

Blue Heron Carpinteria, 4455 Carpinteria Ave., Apt G, Carpinteria, CA 93013, County of Santa Barbara.

Karen Kester, 4455 Carpinteria Ave., Apt G, Carpinteria, CA 93013

This business is conducted by an individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A

/s/ Karen Kester, Owner

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/01/2023. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, 9/7/23

CNS‑3728858#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: HAPPY HOUSE CLEANERS at 1319 Bath St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ingrid M Rosales (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual.

SIGNED BY: INGRID MELISSA

on Aug 3, 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: 2023‑0001912. E30. Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person

(s) is/are doing business as: PLANTY RECORDS at 322 W. Sola St B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Spencer J Moore (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual.

SIGNED BY: SPENCER MOORE/ OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 8, 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: 2023‑0001946. E30. Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023‑0001862

The following person(s) is doing business as: Central Coast Shine, 1243 Hollysprings Ln., Santa Maria, CA 93455, County of Santa Barbara. Lucas Heybl, 1243 Hollysprings Ln., 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 N/A

/s/ Lucas Heybl, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 07/28/2023. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, 9/7/23 CNS‑3728107# SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

CONSULTING at 6291 Marlborough Dr Goleta, CA 93117; Outcomes:

Research & Consulting (same address) This business is conducted by An Limited Liability Company.

SIGNED BY: ANDREW HUSON/ FOUNDER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 2, 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: 2023‑0001898. E30. Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

The following person(s) is doing business as: TOWN & COUNTRY TRAILER SALES, 1650 E CLARK AVE, SANTA MARIA, CA 93455, County of SANTA BARBARA CHELSEA V SALSEDO, 4120 DOUGLAS BLVD #306‑377, GRANITE BAY, CA 95746

This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL

This business is conducted by An Limited Liability Company. SIGNED BY: WENDY FEARN/CFO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 31, 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: 2023‑0001879. E30.

ROSALES Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 19, 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: 2023‑0001802. E62.

Published:

Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: SYV WIFI NETWORKS at 3581 Baseline Ave. Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Daniel J Luna (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual.

SIGNED BY: DANIEL LUNA/ OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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: 2023‑0001933. E30. Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

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

COASTAL CONCIERGE at 2817 Verde Vista Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Battmen Inc. 27 W.

Anapamu #122 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by An Corporation. SIGNED BY: ROBERT BEN SCOTT/VICE

PRESIDENT Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 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). FBN Number: 2023‑0001743. E30. Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

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

PAVILIONS PHARMACY #2101 at 1046 Coast Village Rd. Suite B Montecito, CA 93108; The Vons Companies, Inc. 11555 Dublin Canyon Rd. Pleasanton, CA 94588 This business is conducted by An Corporation. SIGNED BY: BRADLEY BECKSTROM/

SECRETARY Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County

STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OUTCOMES: RESEARCH &

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023‑0001905

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/30/2018 /s/ CHELSEA V SALSEDO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara

NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING Hybrid Public Meeting – Held in Person and via Zoom September 19, 2023 at 5:30 P.M.

Amendment to the Camino Real Specific and Development Plans and Proposed Storke Medical Center Development Plan with Notice of Exemption (Case Nos. 21-0005-DP/21-0002-SP/22-0002-ORD/23-0001-DPAM)

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 conduct a public hearing to review the project described in this notice along with the request to adopt a Notice of Exemption pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations § 15090. The date, time, and location of the Planning Commission public hearing are set forth below. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City’s website (www. cityofgoleta.org) at least 72 hours prior to the hearing date.

The City Council will be the decision-maker for the entirety of the project including the legislative and land use entitlement components along with the design review elements (i.e., building orientation, design, landscaping, lighting, parking design etc.). The Planning Commission and Design Review Board have recommended approval on the project.

HEARING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, September 19, 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).

JOIN MEETING ELECTRONICALLY AT:

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k8SzvxEURNuxAzDi8WKapA

Webinar ID: 860 2247 4159

Passcode: 307113

PROJECT LOCATION AND APPLICANT: The project is located at 6975 Santa Felicia Drive (APN: 073-440-026) in the Inland Area of the City of Goleta. The land use designations (General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan and zoning) applicable to the site are Community Commercial. The project site is on a portion of the 4.32-acre parcel that is partially developed with a 175-space parking lot and bioswale. The project was filed by agent Kimberly Schizas, Project Manager, Wynmark Company on behalf of Camino Real IV, LLC, and The Price Living Trust, property owners.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The components of the project include:

(i) A Development Plan to construct two 18,600 square foot two-story Medical Office buildings with accessory childcare use (2,113 sq. ft. indoor space and 1,200 sq. ft. outdoor space within the western building) with a requested approximately 2’ height adjustment. In addition, parking (automobile, bicycle, and EV spaces), landscaping, and lighting are included as part of the Project;

(ii) A Specific Plan Amendment to remove the subject parcel (073-440-026) from the Camino Real Specific Plan Map and to delete the requirement for a MTD transit center and roller hockey rink at this location. Figures 5 Specific Plan Land-Use Plan; Figure 6 Specific Plan Northern Portion; Figure 7 Specific Plan Southern Portion; Figure 8 Specific Plan Composite Map; Figure 17 Circulation Plan; Figure 22 Noise Contours; Figure 23 Proposed Comprehensive Plan/Zoning Map; Figure 25 Phase 1 Uses of the Specific Plan would be amended to remove these originally planned improvements;

(iii) An Ordinance Amendment to remove the Specific Plan Overlay on this parcel; and

(iv) A Development Plan Amendment to the original Camino Real Development Plan (95-DP-026) to remove this parcel from the boundaries of the approved Development Plan.

Environmental Review: Pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code, §§ 21000 et seq.), the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations, §§ 15000, et seq.), and the City’s Environmental Review Guidelines, the project has been found to be exempt from CEQA and a Notice of Exemption is proposed. The City Council of the City of Goleta is acting as the Lead Agency for this project.

The project has been found to be exempt from CEQA in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15332, infill development based on this analysis, the entirety of the Specific Plan Amendment to the Camino Real Project and the Wynmark/Storke Medical Center Two New Buildings and Associated Improvements Project meets all criteria for the Class 32 Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15332 of the State CEQA Guidelines. Furthermore, exceptions to the applicability of a Categorical Exemption, as specified in Section15300.2(a) through (f) of the CEQA Guidelines, do not apply to the project. Therefore, the project is exempt from CEQA.

CORTESE LIST: Further, the site is not listed on any hazardous waste facilities or disposal sites as enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code (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 City Council meeting agenda. All letters/comments should be sent to cityclerkgroup@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.

FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Christina McGuire, Associate Planner, at (805) 961-7566 or cmcguire@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 at or before 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 the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

Publish Date: Santa Barbara Independent, September 7, 2023

LEGALS (CONT.)

County on 08/03/2023

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk

8/17, 8/24, 8/31, 9/7/23

CNS‑3727712# SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SQUASH‑IT at 3649 Eileen Way Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Christopher L Bender (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED

BY: CHRISTOPHER BENDER/

PRESIDENT Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 10, 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: 2023‑0001972.

E57. Published: Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: MIA’S COLIBRI at 3838 Sunset Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Julia Juarez (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: JULIA

JUAREZ ORTEGA/OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 16, 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: 2023‑0002020. E47. Published: Aug 24, 31. Sep 7, 14 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0001889

The following person(s) is doing business as: Marlin Jockey, 139 W Cota St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, County of Santa Barbara.

Offshore Consulting LLC, 139 W Cota St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

This business is conducted by a limited liability company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 06, 2023

/s/ Mallery Mellinger, Managing Member

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/01/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk

8/24, 8/31, 9/7, 9/14/23

CNS‑3728846# SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0001901

The following person(s) is doing business as:

Adira Ergonomics Safety and Workplace Rehab, 27 W Anapamu St #175, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, County of Santa Barbara.

Adira Occupational Therapy Corp., 27 W Anapamu St. #175, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

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

/s/ Monica Quintanilla Goldstein, President

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/02/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 8/24, 8/31, 9/7, 9/14/23

CNS‑3729230# SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA BARRISTERS at 820 State Street, 4th Floor Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The Barristers Club of Santa Barbara (same address) This business is conducted by An Corporation.

SIGNED BY: OLIVIA P. YOUNG/

SECRETARY Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 10, 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: 2023‑0001978.

E30. Published: Aug 24, 31. Sep 7,

14 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

business as:

Partnership. SIGNED BY: DANIEL E BRAUN/MANAGING GENERAL

STATEMENT

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

SIGHT PROVISIONS at 7083 Del Norte Dr. Goleta, CA 93117; Nathan D Vanetten (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: NATHAN

D VANETTEN/OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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: 2023‑0001928. E49. Published: Aug 24, 31. Sep 7, 14 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

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

IN PARADISE at 2001 Alameda Padre Serra, Unit A Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Julie L. Deangelis (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: JULIE

DEANGELIS/OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 8, 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: 2023‑0001939. E49. Published: Aug 24, 31. Sep 7, 14 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: JAYA at 596 Vereda Parque Goleta, CA 93117; John J Birchim (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY:

JOHN BIRCHIM/OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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: 2023‑0002044. E40. Published: Aug 24, 31. Sep 7, 14 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0001927

The following person(s) is doing

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code, Section 2328 of the CC, Section 335 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code. The undersigned will sell at public sale competitive bidding on the 20th day of September 2023, at 10 AM, on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at GOLETA VALLEY MINI STORAGE, ALSO KNOWN AS GOLETA VALLEY SELF STORAGE a 5380 & 5342 Overpass Road, Goleta, 93111 in the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, the following:

Adizes Research Fund, 1212 Mark Ave., Carpinteria, California 93013, County of Santa Barbara.

ICHAK ADIZES, LLC, 1212 Mark Ave., Carpinteria, California 93013; California

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A

/s/ Ichak Adizes, Member

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/07/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk

8/24, 8/31, 9/7, 9/14/23

CNS‑3726468# SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN2023‑0001925

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

SAIA LTL FREIGHT, 850 Stowell Road, Suite B, Santa Maria, CA 93454 County of SANTA BARBARA

Mailing Address: 11465 Johns Creek Pkwy., STE. 400, Johns Creek, GA 30097

Saia Motor Freight Line, LLC, 11465 Johns Creek Pkwy., STE. 400, Johns Creek, GA 30097

This business is conducted by a limited liability company

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

Saia Motor Freight Line, LLC

S/ Kelly Benton, Vice President, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/07/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk

8/17, 8/24, 8/31, 9/7/23

CNS‑3716706# SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0001955

The following person(s) is doing business as:

Central Coast Goods, 1208 Marigold Way, Lompoc CA 93436, County of Santa Barbara.

Christian E. Sauter, 1208 Marigold Way, Lompoc CA 93436 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/ Christian E. Sauter, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/09/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk

8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21/23

CNS‑3731188#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0002002

The following person(s) is doing business as:

Welcome Every Baby, 2424

Borton Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93109, County of Santa Barbara.

Traile Easland, 2424 Borton Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93109

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/ Traile Easland, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/15/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21/23

CNS‑3732469# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST GOODS at 1208 Marigold Way Lompoc, CA 93436; Christian E. Sauter (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED

BY: CHRISTIAN E. SAUTER/OWNER

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 09, 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: 2023‑0001955. E47. Published: Aug 31. Sep 7, 14, 21 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0002007

The following person(s) is doing business as: Elizabeth Sanchez therapy, 201 S. Miller St., Suite 103, Santa Maria, CA 93454, County of Santa Barbara. Elizabeth Sanchez, 201 S. Miller St., Suite 103, Santa Maria, CA 93454

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/ Elizabeth Sanchez, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/15/2023. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21/23

CNS‑3732473# SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ANGELES VISTA VENTURE, A CALIFORNIA GENERAL PARTNERSHIP at 5901 Encina Road, Suite C‑5 Goleta, CA 93117; Daniel E Braun (same address) Gary P Braun (same address) Monica Eiler 318 Avila Way Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Mahvash Afrahim 9012 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Parviz Afrahim (same address) Casey Shannon 296 Pine Tree Way Riverside, CA 92506; Courtney Shannon 2021 Oak Ridge Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Jesse Shannon 340 Peachtree Road #2775 Atlanta, GA 30326; Judson Shannon 137 N Larchmont Blvd #674 Los Angeles, CA 90008; Travis Shannon 1860 Tatnall Square #308 Vero Beach, FL 32966 This business is conducted by An General

Ordinance 5188

PARTNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 24, 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: 2023‑0001829.

E40. Published: Aug 31. Sep 7, 14, 21 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RAVENSCROFT PM at 1709 Chapala St Apt 14 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kevin J Cyr (same address)

This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: KEVIN J CYR/OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 8, 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: 2023‑0001941. E47. Published: Aug 31. Sep 7, 14, 21 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: 911

AT EASE INTERNATIONAL, 911

PROJECT HARMONY at 17 Romaine Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93105; 911 At Ease International (same address)

This business is conducted by An Corporation. SIGNED BY: MICHAEL R MCGREW/CEO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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: 2023‑0001819. E62. Published: Aug 31. Sep 7, 14, 21 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0002003

The following person(s) is doing business as:

Taqueria Rodriguez, 1106 W. Cook St., Santa Maria, CA 93458, County of Santa Barbara.

Jesus R. Gallardo, 1106 W. Cook St., Santa Maria, CA 93458

This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/02/2023

/s/ Jesus R. Gallardo, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/15/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk

8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21/23

CNS‑3732464#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0002009

The following person(s) is doing business as: William Hines & Family, 1501 E Chestnut Ave, Lompoc, CA 93436, County of Santa Barabra. Brouillard Vineyards & Winery, LLC, 3636 N Causeway Blvd., Ste 300, Metairie, LA 70002; CA

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 5181 Establishing the Cannabis Business Licensing Fee

JAMIE

NICHOLAS

Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase in cash only. All purchased items sold as is where is and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

Dated this 7th day of September 2023

Auctioneer: Barry Sweet 805-680-0588

Bond Number: 70489167

Goleta Valley Mini Storage Phone: (805) 964-3104

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

/s/ William M. Hines, Manager

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/15/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk

8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21/23

CNS‑3732027#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0002006

The following person(s) is doing business as:

Truly Organized, 133 E. De la Guerra St. #4, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, County of Santa Barbara. Bridget Gardner, 133 E. De la Guerra St. #4, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 06/26/2023

/s/ Bridget Gardner, Owner

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/15/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk

8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21/23

CNS‑3732466#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

Passed, approved and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, on this 29th day of August 2023, by the following vote:

Ayes: Supervisors Williams, Capps, Hartmann and Nelson Noes: Supervisor Lavagnino

Absent: None

Abstain: None

MONA MIYASATO CLERK OF THE BOARD

By: Sheila de la Guerra – Deputy Clerk

NOTE: A complete copy of Ordinances No.5188 is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and is available for public inspection and copying in that office in accordance with the California Public Records Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1.

STATEMENT

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

FOOTHILL REAL ESTATE, FOOTHILL

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT at 1011 W. Sola Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Foothill Real Estate 27462 Table Meadow Rd. Auburn, CA 95602

This business is conducted by An Corporation. SIGNED BY: STEVE

FRENCH/PRESIDENT/OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 17, 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: 2023‑0002031. E30. Published: Aug 31. Sep 7, 14, 21 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0002036

The following person(s) is doing business as:

The Set, 1501 E. Chestnut Ave., Lompoc, CA, 93436, County of Santa Barbara.

Brouillard Vineyards & Winery, LLC, 3636 N Causeway Blvd., STE 300, Metairie, LA 70002; CA

This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable /s/ William M. Hines, Manager This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/18/2023. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28/23 CNS‑3732852#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: BIRD IN HAND PRESS at 409 W. Sola Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Bird In Hand Press LLC (same address) This business is conducted by An Limited Liability Company. SIGNED BY: TZU

TING TSENG/MANAGING MEMBER

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 24, 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: 2023‑0002085. E30. Published: Sep 7, 14, 21, 28 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT File No. FBN2023‑0002041

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MROSUPPLY.COM, 2915 E. Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023 County of LOS ANGELES Los Angeles Rubber Company, 2915 E. Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023

This business is conducted by a

LEGALS (CONT.)

Corporation

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 3/9/23.

Los Angeles Rubber Company

S/ David Durst, Chief Executive Officer

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/18/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28/23

CNS‑3734033# SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0002069

The following person(s) is doing business as:

Pete’s, 1550 Santa Monica Rd. Carpinteria, CA 93013, County of Santa Barbara.

Hollandia Produce Group, Inc., 400

W. Main St. Hamilton, MT 59840; State of Incorporation/Organization:Delawar

e This business is conducted by a Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a

/s/ Margaret McCandless, Secretary

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/24/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk

9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28/23

CNS‑3734092# SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0002070

The following person(s) is doing business as:

Pete’s Living Greens, 1550 Santa Monica Rd , Carpinteria, CA 93013, County of Santa Barbara. Hollandia Produce Group, Inc., 400

W. Main St. Hamilton, MT 59840; State of Incorporation/Organization:

Delaware

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a

/s/ Margaret McVandless, Secretary

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/24/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28/23

CNS‑3734093#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2023‑0002071

The following person(s) is doing business as: Indoor Farms 1550 Santa Monica Rd., Carpinteria, Ca 93013, County of Santa Barbara. Hollandia Produce Group, Inc., 400

W. Main St., Hamilton MT, 59840, Delaware

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A

/s/ Margaret McCandless, Sercretary

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 08/24/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28/23

CNS‑3734087#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

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

five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2023‑0002097. E28. Published: Sep 7, 14, 21, 28 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: HAWAII

STAR BALL at 115 Via Lee Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Dance Junkie Productions Inc (same address)

This business is conducted by An Corporation. SIGNED BY: JOHN

FISHPAW/SECRETARY Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 24, 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: 2023‑0002080. E30. Published: Sep 7, 14, 21, 28 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA REAL ESTATE &

MORTGAGE at 1727 State Street

#1 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Geoffrey Quaglino (same address)

This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED BY: GEOFFREY

QUAGLINO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 30, 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: 2023‑0002123.

E58. Published: Sep 7, 14, 21, 28 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: CODY MARIE AESTHETICS at 27 E. Victoria Street, Suite H Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Cody Marie Aesthetics Management LLC 2108 N St Ste N Sacramento, CA 95816

This business is conducted by An Limited Liability Company. SIGNED BY: CODY PINCOCK/OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 24, 2023.

Registrar of Voters

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: 2023‑0002073. E47. Published: Sep 7, 14, 21, 28 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: VITCOR GARCIA PROJECTS at 309 S. Canada St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Victor P Garcia (same address) Jessica P Garcia (same address) This business is conducted by An Married Couple. SIGNED BY: JESSICA PEARL GARCIA Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 31, 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: 2023‑0002130. E58.

Published: Sep 7, 14, 21, 28 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: BLUE EAGLE SALES at 512 Calle Mastil

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

Election to be held March 5, 2024

Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Brian F Dutter (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual.

SIGNED BY: BRIAN DUTTER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 30, 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: 2023‑0002127. E58. Published: Sep 7, 14, 21, 28 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

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

AUTO REPAIR, STAR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR at 254 E Highway 246 Buellton, CA 93427; Buellton Garage Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by An Corporation.

SIGNED BY: JENNIFER HURNBLAD/ CFO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 31, 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: 2023‑0001883. E30. Published: Sep 7, 14, 21, 28 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person

(s) is/are doing business as: FRIEND OF THE TEAM at 121 Juana Maria Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Douglas W Madey (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual. SIGNED

BY: DOUGLAS MADEY/FOUNDER

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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: 2023‑0001815. E40. Published: Aug 24, 31. Sep 7, 14 2023.

INVITATION FOR BIDS

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

CALLING FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that bids will be received by RSH Construction, Inc. via email (merinda@rshconstructioninc. com or kenton@rshconstructioninc.

com) or via fax (805‑466‑6294) no later than: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 10: 00 am for the Goleta Valley Junior High School New Classrooms & Site Improvements Project (âProjectâ). A non‑mandatory job walk will be conducted on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 beginning at 3:15 pm. Meet in front of the school at, 6100 Stow Canyon Rd, Goleta, CA 93117. Plans and Specs may be requested via email from merinda@ rshconstructioninc.com

The project description is as follows: New Classrooms & Site Improvements As a condition of bidding on this project, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Contract Code section 20111.5 and 20111.6 all Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing subcontractors must be prequalified with Santa Barbara Unified School District. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 and 1773.2 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the District

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk, Recorder, Assessor and Registrar of Voters of the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, of the filing periods of the offices for which candidates are to be voted on at the Presidential Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2024:

United States President

Please visit the Secretary of State’s Office website at sos.ca.gov or contact the State’s Elections Division at (916) 657-2166 for more information on filing periods and qualifications.

Voter Nominated and Non-Partisan Offices (Includes Judge of the Superior Court)

Petitions in Lieu of Filing Fee Filing Period (Sept. 14 – Nov. 8, 2023): Period in which candidates may obtain, circulate and file their petitions in lieu of a filing fee.

Judge of the Superior Court ONLY - Declaration of Intention Filing Period (Oct. 30 – Nov. 8, 2023): Candidates for Judge of the Superior Court office must file a written and signed Declaration of Intention. The filing fee for candidates filing a Declaration of Intention must be paid at the time the Declaration of Intention is filed.

Judge of the Superior Court ONLY - Declaration of Intention Extension Filing Period (Nov. 9 – Nov. 13, 2023):

If an eligible incumbent does not file a Declaration of Intention by the deadline, the deadline for filing the Declaration of Intention for that office is extended for non-incumbent candidates only.

Declaration of Candidacy & Nomination Papers Filing Period (Nov. 13 – Dec. 8, 2023): Candidates, including judicial candidates, must also file a Declaration of Candidacy and Nomination Papers to qualify for office.

Political Party County Central Committee & County Council Offices

Declaration of Candidacy & Nomination Papers Filing Period (Sep. 29 – Dec. 8, 2023): Candidates must file a Declaration of Candidacy and Nomination Papers to qualify for office. In the event that an incumbent does not file a Declaration of Candidacy for one of these offices, there is no extension period.

Qualifications for Office

Please refer to the Candidate Filing Guides posted on our website at sbcvote.com or contact the County Elections Office at 1 (800) SBC-VOTE or (805) 568-2200 for more information on the qualifications required for voternominated, non-partisan, county central committee and county council offices.

Appointments for Candidate Filing

Santa Barbara Elections Main Office: Appointments are required for candidate filing. Appointments are available

8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. To schedule an appointment online, visit sbcvote.com or call (805) 696-8957.

Santa Maria Elections Branch Office: Appointments are required for candidate filing. Appointments are available

8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. To schedule an appointment online, visit sbcvote.com or call (805) 346-8374.

Lompoc Elections Branch Office: Candidate Filing is not available at this location.

Signed and dated this 1st day of September, 2023.

SIGNED BY:

OULE OF SANTA BARBARA at 2840 De La Vina St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; CMR Foods Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by An Corporation.

EDWARD MICHAEL CALLAGY JR/

PRESIDENT Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 28, 2023. This statement expires

/S/ Joseph E. Holland County Clerk, Recorder, Assessor, and Registrar of Voters

Si desea información en español por favor comuníquese con la Oficina Electoral al (805) 568-2200.

LEGALS (CONT.)

has obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations, the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of workman needed to execute the contract. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workmen employed by them in the execution of the contract, and to comply with the prevailing wage requirements set forth in the Labor Code.

Pursuant to the provisions in Section 1771.1 of the Labor Code of the State of California, a contractor shall not be qualified to bid or engage in the performance of any contract for this project unless; (1) currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5; or (2) expressly is authorized to submit a bid by Section 1771.1 and provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

Pursuant to provisions to Education Code 17407.5 and Public Contract Code 2600‑2602, this project is subject to Skilled and Trained Workforce compliance. This project is subject to the compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

LIEN SALE

EXTRA SPACE STORAGE will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below

belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 6640 Discovery Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. September 28, 2023 at 3:00pm.

Kevin Battle

Rugby Gear

Gregory Halmi

Bike, clothing, boxes, cassettes, cd case, books

Sandra Shields

4 brdroom house, furniture, clothes boxes.

Samantha Carey boxes, personal

The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

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

MARIE LINDE‑GOODFELLOW

CASE NUMBER: 23CV03250

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: SARAH MARIE

LINDE‑GOODFELLOW

TO: SUKARI MARIE

LINDE‑GOODFELLOW 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 SEPTEMBER 18, 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 AUGUST 2, 2023, COLLEEN K. STERNE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Published Aug 17, 24, 31. Sep 7 2023.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: JOSEPH ALEXANDER CASE NUMBER: 23CV03048

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: JOSEPH ALEXANDER

TO: JESUS CHRIST

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 OCTOBER 3, 2023, 8:30 AM, SM TWO, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 312 East Cook Street Building E Santa Maria, CA 93456‑5369, Santa Maria 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 JULY 28, 2023, JAMES F. RIGALI, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Published Aug 24, 31. Sep 7, 14 2023.

AMENDED IN THE MATTER OF THE TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: DAMIAN TAPIA CASE NUMBER: 23CV02430 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: DAMIAN TAPIA

TO: DAMIAN MEZA 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 SEPTEMBER 27, 2023, 10:00 AM, DEPT 3, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1110 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 AUGUST 18, 2023, THOMAS P. ANDERLE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Published Aug 31. Sep 7, 14, 21 2023.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: ALFREDO PLASCENCIA ABUNDIZ

CASE NUMBER: 23CV02459

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: ALFREDO PLASCENCIA ABUNDIZ TO: ALFREDO PLASENCIA ABUNDIZ 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 SEPTEMBER 25, 2023, 10:00 AM, DEPT 5, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1110 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 AUGUST 15, 2023, COLLEEN K. STERNE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Published Aug 31. Sep 7, 14, 21 2023.

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

CASE NUMBER: 23CV03512

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: JOCELYN MONTANARO MCIVERS aka JOCELYN ELIZABETH MCIVERS

TO: JOCELYN ELIZABETH MONTANARO 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.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1110

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 AUGUST 29, 2023, DONNA D. GECK, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Published Sep 7, 14, 21, 28 2023.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Division 6 of the Commercial Code) Escrow No. 043377‑ST

(1) Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named Seller(s) that a bulk sale is about to be made on personal property hereinafter described.

(2) The name and business addresses of the seller are: Prabh Sahaye LLC, 27 W. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

(3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: 27 W. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

(4) The names and business address of the Buyer(s) are: Alankaar Inc, 111 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Oxnard, CA 93030

(5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold are all stock in trade, furniture, fixtures and equipment, intnagible assets and goodwill of that certain business located at: 27 W. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

(6) The business name used by the seller(s) at that location is: The UPS Store #0023

(7) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is September 26, 2023 at the office of All Brokers Escrow Inc., 2924 W. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA 91505, Escrow No. 043377‑ST, Escrow Officer: Stephanie Toth.

(8) Claims may be filed with Same as “7” above.

(9) The last date for filing claims is September 25, 2023.

(10) This Bulk Sale is subject to Section 6106.2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

(11) As listed by the Seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: NONE

Dated: August 26, 2023

Transferees:

Alankaar Inc, a California Corporation

S/ By: Jagjit Dhaliwal, Cheif Executive Officer 9/7/23

CNS‑3735135# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on September 21, 2023, the personal property in the below‑listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 09:30 AM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www.storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified.

PUBLIC STORAGE # 25714, 7246 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117, (805) 324‑6770

Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com.

2408 ‑ Stephens‑watters, Ross; 2409 ‑ Gutierrez Herrera, Jose Rufino; 4005 ‑ Conn, Shannon; 4225 ‑ Romero, Sahiyi; A406 ‑ mora, Karina

PUBLIC STORAGE # 75078, 7246 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117, (805) 961‑8198

Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com.

045 ‑ Fick, Paul; 069 ‑ Valladares, Juan; 160 ‑ Simioni, Shelley; 496 ‑ Sosa Nava, Felipe; 504 ‑ Liang, Tianming; 527 ‑ Morales Obispo, Elizabeth

PUBLIC STORAGE # 75079, 5425 Overpass Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93111, (805) 284‑9002

Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com.

248 ‑ Sousa, Steve; 319 ‑ Burian, Susan; 321 ‑ Arroyo, Magda; 323 ‑ Morales, Ricardo; 522 ‑ Sanchez, Kathleen

Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card‑no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax‑ exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. Dated this 31 st of August 2023 and 7 th of September 2023. By PS Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244‑8080 8/31, 9/7/23

CNS‑3732361#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

LEGAL NOTICE – The business records of the following customers of ACCESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (or any affiliates of ACCESS) located at 5950 Condor Drive, Moorpark, CA 93021 have been abandoned: DR.DAVID

MICHELSON,M.D.. All records will be shredded 16 days after publication of this notice. Anyone claiming to have an interest in the records should contact Access Information Protected in writing at the following address: 500 Unicorn Park Drive, Suite 503, Woburn, MA 01801, Attn: Legal Department, Tel. No. (888) 869‑2767 (Client Support); email: Collections@ accesscorp.com.

LEGAL NOTICE – The business records of the following customers of ACCESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (or any affiliates of ACCESS) located at 5950 Condor Drive, Moorpark, CA 93021 have been abandoned: Anacapa Dental Care. All records will be shredded 9 days after publication of this notice. Anyone claiming to have an interest in the records should contact Access Information Protected in writing at the following address: 500 Unicorn Park Drive, Suite 503, Woburn, MA 01801, Attn: Legal Department, Tel. No. (888) 869‑2767 (Client Support); email: Collections@accesscorp.com.

SUMMONS

SUMMONS (CITACIÓN JUDICIAL)

Case Number (Numero del Caso): 22CV03628 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): JAMES M. DELORETO, in individual and representative capacity as Trustee of Testamentary Trust YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): CHRIS LANGER

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

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LEGALS (CONT.)

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 want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal group. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (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. iAVISO!

Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para 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 el 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 más 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 más 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 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 más advertencia. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es):

SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT

1100 ANACAPA STREET

SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101;

Anacapa Division

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Mark Potter, Esq., Center for Disability Access, 100 Pine Street, Ste. 1250, San Francisco, CA 94111 (858)

375‑7385

Date: (Fecha) September 22, 2022.

Darrel E. Parker Clerk (Secretario) Leili Hejazi Deputy (Adjunto)

Published Sep 7, 14, 21, 28 2023.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)

CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso):

22CV02400

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO

AL DEMANDADO): CARLOS

GARCIA YOU ARE BEING SUED BY

PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ

DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): WELLS FARGO

BANK, N.A.

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 want to 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 versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para 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 más 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 más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé 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 más 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, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.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 cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑

1107

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es):

HARLAN M. REESE, ESQ. (CA

BAR NO.: 118226), REESE LAW GROUP, 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842‑

5850 (File No. 567544)

DATE (Fecha): 6/27/2022

Clerk (Secretario), by /s/ JOHNNY AVILES, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28/23

CNS‑3734700# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

TRUSTEE NOTICE

APN: 041‑411‑013 TS No: CA08000294‑21‑3 TO No: 230177956‑CA‑VOI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).) YOU

ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED

June 4, 2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On October 4, 2023 at 01:00 PM, at the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on June 6, 2008 as Instrument No. 2008‑0033707, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Santa Barbara County, California, executed by MICHAEL E SILVA AND DONNA L SILVA, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor(s), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY

DESCRIBED IN SAID

DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2447 CALLE LINARES, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93109‑1131 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $907,408.16 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the

Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders

If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property

by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call In Source Logic at 702‑659‑7766 for information regarding the Trustee's Sale or visit the Internet Website address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08000294‑21‑3. Information

about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice to Tenant NOTICE TO TENANT FOR FORECLOSURES AFTER JANUARY

1, 2021

You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase.

First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 702‑659‑7766, or visit this internet website www.insourcelogic. com, using the file number assigned to this case CA08000294‑21‑3 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee.

Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: August 21, 2023