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Editor in Chief Marianne Partridge Publisher Brandi Rivera Executive Editor Nick Welsh Senior Editor Tyler Hayden Senior Writer Matt Kettmann Associate Editor Jackson Friedman Opinions Editor Jean Yamamura Arts, Culture, and Community Editor Leslie Dinaberg Calendar Editor Terry Ortega Calendar Assistant Lola Watts News Reporters Ryan P. Cruz, Callie Fausey Senior Arts Writer Josef Woodard Copy Chief Tessa Reeg Copy Editor Nathan Vived Sports Editor Victor Bryant Food Writer George Yatchisin Food & Drink Fellow Vanessa Vin Travel Writers Macduff Everton, Mary Heebner Production Manager Ava Talehakimi Art Director Xavier Pereyra Production Designer Jillian Critelli Graphic Designer Bianca Castro Web Content Managers Don Brubaker, Anika Duncan Columnists Dennis Allen, Gail Arnold, Sara Caputo, Christine S. Cowles, Roger Durling, Marsha Gray, Betsy J. Green, Melinda Palacio, Amy Ramos, Jerry Roberts, Starshine Roshell Contributors Rob Brezsny, Melinda Burns, Ben Ciccati, Cheryl Crabtree, John Dickson, Camille Garcia, Keith Hamm, Rebecca Horrigan, Eric HvolbØll, Shannon Kelley, Kevin McKiernan, Zoë Schiffer, Ethan Stewart, Tom Tomorrow, Kevin Tran, Maggie Yates, John Zant Director of Advertising Sarah Sinclair Marketing and Promotions Manager Emily Lee Advertising Representatives Camille Cimini Fruin, Suzanne Cloutier, Remzi Gokmen, Tonea Songer Digital Marketing Specialist Graham Brown Marketing and Promotions Administrator Richelle Boyd

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ARTS LIFE....................................... 34 ASTROLOGY.................................. 36 CLASSIFIEDS................................ 37 ON THE COVER: A statue of Juana Maria, whose life of living alone on San Nicolas Island was made famous by the novel Island of the Blue Dolphins, is one of many exhibits at the Chrisman California Islands Center in Carpinteria. Photo by Ingrid Bostrom. Design by Xavier Pereyra.

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Our publisher, Brandi Rivera, started working with the Independent in 2008. She held a few different roles with us as CFO and business manager, but in 2017, she became our first-ever female publisher. Out in the community or behind the scenes at the office, Brandi has known and loved Santa Barbara since her start here at UCSB. For Brandi, she feels like it is her duty to preserve the role of the Independent in the community for years to come. And for her, the staff is one big family to add to her own! In January 2018, she and her husband, Victor, welcomed their first son, Elijah, into the world, followed by twins Amaya and William in 2022.

And to start 2024 off with a bang, Brandi celebrated her 40th birthday with close family, great friends, and the community alike on New Year’s Eve at SOhO! Ringing in a prosperous New Year with them, especially those who traveled in to see her, made her birthday feel extra special this year.

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ig waves at Santa Barbara’s harbor mouth are unheard of, except when high tide and cyclone-driven swells coincide, as they did Thursday morning, December 28, capping off a

year of extreme weather that included major flooding, a snowstorm, and even a tornado touching down in Carpinteria.

Videographer Dave Everett captured surfers from across the water at Stearns Wharf:

“There were some pretty impressive impacts against the breakwater, and I caught what appeared to be a younger crowd of surfers challenging this normally calm break. Today was probably the most dramatic backsplashes I have ever seen at the breakwater — somewhere in the vicinity of 30-40 feet high!”

In addition to flooding the harbor parking lot, last week’s dangerous tide and high surf — with triple-overhead waves of 18 feet reported off Jalama — also led to several ocean emergencies, including four surfers in distress in Isla Vista and three passengers of an 18-foot boat that capsized off Hollister Ranch. While those seven escaped unscathed, one surfer was tragically found dead December 27 off the coast near Mesa Lane after another surfer found a board caught in the kelp bed offshore. The deceased surfer has since been identified as 68-year-old Santa Barbara resident Guy Brian Wright; the coroner has not yet released his cause of death.

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Judge Rules in Favor of American Medical Response in Its Ambulance Service Lawsuit Against County

by Nick Welsh n a punishing legal opinion — both in terms of length and detail — Judge Donna Geck ruled that American Medical Response (AMR) ambulances will continue to provide emergency medical response services throughout Santa Barbara County at least until July 16, expressing undisguised skepticism throughout her 33-page opinion at the procedural gyrations undertaken by the County Board of Supervisors to award the lucrative ambulance contract to the County Fire Department instead.

Absent Geck’s ruling to approve the temporary injunction, County Fire would have taken over the county’s ambulance service contract as of March 1. As part of her ruling, Geck ordered AMR — which has enjoyed a near-total countywide monopoly for more than 41 years — to keep on providing that service at least until July, at which point, a proper trial can be conducted and the underlying issues hashed out. (That process, it should be noted, could take as long as five years.)

Geck’s order qualifies as a judicially ordered “time-out” in a years-long campaign launched by fire chiefs throughout the

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county to take over the ambulance contract.

Because they — unlike AMR — are not a private corporation beholden to stockholders, they have argued, they can field more ambulances at any given time and deliver quicker response times for less money. What AMR transfers back to corporate headquarters by way of profits, they argued, can be plowed back into the community to underwrite such programs as “co-response units” in which public safety personnel team up with mentalhealth professionals to alleviate the stress and strain imposed on law enforcement.

Sadly, for County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig, the fire chiefs who support him, and the four county supervisors who supported them all, none of that was considered by the special panel empowered to review the competing bids submitted by AMR and County Fire. In fact, AMR scored 300 points higher than County Fire. County Fire appealed not once but twice and lost both times.

The supervisors responded by changing the bidding process to circumvent state laws that apply to exclusive ambulance contracts; they declared the contracts to be “nonexclusive” and enacted an ordinance that enabled them to award multiple contracts

based on the “community benefits” promised by the provider. Judge Geck found the verbiage surrounding those benefits to be so amorphous as to be meaningless and said so several times.

She also noted that at the end of the day, County Fire ended up with the sole contract. As an exclusive contract awardee, she argued, the state laws — passed in 1980 and 1984 — designed to protect local communities from the downside of market monopoly power should have been observed. That law requires all exclusive ambulance contracts to be reviewed by the local Emergency Services Administration; in this case, Geck concluded, it was not.

State Attorney General Rob Bonta had weighed into the case as well, expressing serious concern in a friend-of-the-court brief that key state safeguards had been bypassed.

This was the first time, his brief noted, that such an approach had been deployed. Should it succeed in Santa Barbara, his office made clear, it could establish a precedent. In that regard, Bonta is not wrong; statewide and nationally, there’s growing interest by local fire agencies to provide ambulance service.

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Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital welcomed its first baby of the New Year early Monday morning. Named Eric Yang, the baby boy was born to first-time parents Alyssa and Seng Yang of Lompoc at 3:48 a.m. on Monday, January 1, according to Cottage Health spokesperson Cristina Cortez. Baby Eric arrived weighing in at five pounds and 15 ounces and measuring 19 inches, and Cortez said he “is already captivating hearts with his arrival.”

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Santa Barbara County, a nonprofit that trains volunteers to serve as advocates for children who have experienced abuse or neglect, handed out personalized gifts — including 71 bicycles (with helmets) — to 518 children an annual event made possible through community donations. Each child was encouraged to ask for what they wanted for Christmas, and the organization made these wishes come true, thanks to the help of 18 businesses, nine community groups, three schools, and hundreds of individuals that donated time, money, or effort to the cause. “The way our community shows up for kids is amazing,” said CASA Executive Director Kim Colby Davis.

ENVIRONMENT Foothills Forever — whose grassroots fundraising campaign two years ago saved a hundred acres of the San Marcos foothills from development — just finished raising another $1 million for an endowment, the nonprofit announced 12/21. The endowment will be a source for grants to maintain the county-owned preserve, as well as a means to leverage other funding from other sources.

Peter Schuyler, who co-chaired the 18-month fundraising campaign, said, “We have been quietly raising money from a small group of very generous individuals and foundations this past year. This is a wonderful and generous community!”

With the holidays in full swing, communities across Santa Barbara County just received the gift of green, with grants to fund nearly $17 million in climate-resilient projects and agricultural land conservation, as well as $1 million in recycling infrastructure. Assemblymember Gregg Hart says the state investments will help the region achieve California’s goal of conserving 30 percent of state lands and coastal waters by 2030 and “foster sustainability on the Central Coast.” Read more at independent.com/gift-of-green.

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acing an onslaught of 94 sexual-abuse lawsuits — most involving older allegations filed within the past two years — the Franciscan Friars of California opted to cut their losses and declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

For all day-to-day charitable, educational, and religious functions, the religious order — of which the Old Mission of Santa Barbara is a part — will continue operations. But for any reckoning with the more recent sexual abuse victims, it changes everything. It will be up to a bankruptcy judge — in this case William Lafferty of Oakland — to determine which plaintiffs are entitled to what size of settlement.

“After consulting with our legal and financial counsel, we have concluded that litigation costs and potential liability would exceed our limited financial capacity,” declared David Gaa, provincial minister for the Franciscan Friars. “Bankruptcy is the only viable path to ensuring just, equitable, and compassionate compensation for all abuse survivors.”

That’s because, he said, bankruptcy is a much faster process than civil litigation and those whose cases are heard sooner won’t drain the coffers of those whose claims come later. In a press release issued on Gaa’s behalf, Gaa noted that the 94 cases were admitted only after the state legislature recently agreed to lift the statute of limitations on old complaints for two years. All

the claims arising from that are based on allegations that took place 27 years ago, with several claims dating back to the 1940s. Most of the friars named have died, and of the six still alive, all have been removed from public ministry and living under “strict third-party supervision.”

Tim Hale, an attorney who represents nine of the 94 clients filing sexual abuse complaints against the Franciscans, had a decidedly different take.

“It means my clients will almost certainly never tell their story under oath in a deposition or trial,” he stated. “And it means I will never get to ask Franciscans like the Provincial Minister to explain how it is that Fr. Joseph Prochnow, who abused one of my clients in the 1960s, has within the very last few years been observed in public ministry with access to children.”

In legal documents, Hale alleged Prochnow had been seen in proximity of such public ministry as recently as May 2019.

That particular client, Hale said, had been abused both by Prochnow in Oakland and later by the late Father Mario Cimmarrusti — the self-appointed medical watchdog and disciplinarian for seminary students at St. Anthony’s in Santa Barbara.

In its bankruptcy filing — dated December 31, 2023 — the Franciscan Friars estimated they had $10 million worth of assets and were looking at litigation costs in the ballpark of $50 million.

No response was available by press time from the Franciscans to Hale’s assertions regarding Prochnow. But the order’s press statement stressed how the Franciscans were the first to confront its history of sexual abuse, not just by settling with victims but by publishing a disclosure list of credibly accused friars and by providing compassionate assistance to abuse survivors.

—Nick Welsh

NEWS BRIEFS CONT’D FROM P. 5 ENVIRONMENT Anyone traveling down the SoCal coast can wave goodbye to the oil and gas platforms that have long loitered on the horizon. Everything must go, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) decided in December. All 23 of the coast’s obsolete offshore facilities — installed between the late 1960s and 1990 from Santa Barbara to Orange County — are at the end of their lifespans and subject to eventual decommissioning. The preferred method outlined

by BSEE is the complete removal and disposal of the remnant oil and gas infrastructure, from the platforms above the water’s surface to the supports and equipment below. Read more at independent.com/erasing.

PUBLIC SAFETY Scott Powers, 61, an inmate at the county Main Jail, reportedly jumped from a second-story housing unit at the jail on 12/31 and later died at Cottage Hospital. While the Sheriff’s Office believes that Powers died by suicide, investigators from three Sheriff’s agencies — criminal, coroners, administrative — are looking into the death.

Powers had been booked into the jail on 12/28 on two warrants related to property and narcotic crimes. The misdemeanor warrants carried a total of $40,000 bail. Powers’s cell was one of eight on the second floor, each of which could hold two people. He had not been placed in a safety cell and was alone when he fell, according to a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson.

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n 80-year-old man, Bonifacio Sixto Carachure, died 10 days after being struck by a white pickup truck while he was crossing the street by Cota and Garden streets.

The incident occurred sometime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. December 7, as Carachure was walking home from Smart & Final with some chicken he’d just purchased. His home was a block away. Relatives say he was walking in a designated crosswalk at the time he was struck. The driver pulled over upon feeling the impact; perhaps he didn’t see Carachure, said to be strong and vigorous, who was five feet tall.

Carachure was hospitalized with multiple broken bones, damage to internal organs, and internal bleeding. Nine days after being struck, he suffered a heart attack. By that time, he was also fighting an aggressive form of pneumonia in both lungs. He died the following day.

Carachure was born in Guerrero, Mexico, where he worked as a construction worker and gardener. He moved to Santa Barbara in the early 1980s and became a United States citizen in 1986. According to a GoFundMe page created on his family’s behalf, when Carachure first moved to Santa Barbara, he shared a two-bedroom apartment on the Westside with 20 people who slept in rows

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He is survived by his wife, Sinforosa; nine children; 29 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

As of deadline, it remains uncertain what legal consequences, if any, the driver of the —Nick Welsh pickup truck may face.

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Running against Hartmann, Jenelle Osborne (left) and Joan Hartmann a moderate Democrat ag protection; Osborne, on the losing end, with strong environmental credentials, is Lompoc Mayor Jenelle took exception to what she dismissed as the Osborne, a declined-to-state candidate, county’s “cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all” and Frank Troise, an investment banker approach — by which she means urban inand registered Republican of the old- fill — when it comes to new housing. school variety — for whom taxes, crime, If Hartmann wins 50 percent plus one and fiscal restraint matter more than issues in the March primary, there will be no of race and gender identity.

November runoff. If not, the two highest Not only is the 3rd District the biggest vote-getters will face each other in the gengeographically and most complicated in eral election this fall. terms of competing demands, but with its The 3rd District is one of three county boundary lines having just been redrawn, seats up for grabs in this year’s elections, this will be the first time the City of Lom- but the only one with more than two canpoc has been included. Although Hart- didates. In the 1st District, incumbent Das mann strongly endorsed Osborne in her Williams finds himself facing a challenge most recent mayoral run, Osborne and from Carpinteria councilmember and resHartmann have differed sharply on a hot- taurant owner Roy Lee; in North County’s button proposal to rezone a sizable chunk 4th District, incumbent Bob Nelson finds of ag land outside Lompoc urban limits for himself facing challenger Krishna Flores, new housing; Hartmann — on the victori- a Los Alamos resident and member of the ous side of this conflict — argued in favor of school board.

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Future of City Contracts on Ballot

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t’s an election year once again, and while the three Santa Barbara City Council seats up for grabs won’t be on the ballot until the November general election, a ballot measure in the March primary will allow voters to decide how the city awards its construction contracts.

The ballot measure, as explained by City Attorney Sarah Knecht in her impartial analysis, would effectively allow the City Council to change the way it awards contracts for public works projects. Currently, the city charter says that contracts are to be awarded to the “lowest responsible, responsive bidder” after a public notice has been published, with the only exceptions being for maintenance or emergency work contracts. If approved, the city charter would be amended to allow “competitive procurement of contracts,” as long as they aren’t otherwise prohibited by law.

The city published two arguments, one for and one against the measure. In the argument in support of the measure, Mayor Randy Rowse—who signed the document along with former mayor Helene Schneider, current councilmember Eric Friedman, and former city administrator Paul Casey—says

that the change would “modernize” the city’s contract process by allowing other options other than the lowest bidder, which would give the city more flexibility when awarding contracts.

In the argument against the measure, submitted by president of the Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association Lanny Ebenstein and former city councilmember Dale Francisco, Ebenstein writes that the measure is “cloaked in the language of giving the city more authority over contracting for public works construction projects,” though it could come at the cost of local contractors who may be outbid by higher-paying companies. “It would, over time, cost the city of Santa Barbara tens of millions of dollars in higher construction costs that could instead be spent on construction, maintenance, and improvement of local public roads and facilities, while taking jobs away from local Santa Barbarans,” Ebenstein writes.

To view the full arguments regarding the ballot measure, visit santabarbaraca.gov/ government/city-hall/elections. For a longer version of this story covering the City Council races, see independent.com/election-2024.

—Ryan P. Cruz

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COURTS & CRIME Teodulo Nava Clemente, 38, has been charged with several felonies for allegedly driving the wrong way on northbound Highway 101 in Santa Barbara while drunk on Christmas night and crashing his pickup into a minivan just past the Bath Street off-ramp, sending three people to the hospital.

Nava Clemente allegedly had a blood alcohol content of greater than 0.20 percent and was driving with a suspended license as the result of a prior DUI conviction, the DA’s Office stated. Nava Clemente’s felony charges include two counts of driving under the influence causing injury and one count of driving into oncoming traffic, as well as inflicting injury on more than one victim and causing great bodily injury within 10 years of two prior DUI convictions. An arraignment date has not yet been set.

Lompoc Police officers shot and killed a man following an alleged carjacking and robbery attempt at a Circle K on 12/29. Lompoc Police had initially responded to a report of an armed robbery at the convenience store at 1421 East Ocean Avenue at 11:30 p.m. on 12/28. Police were again dispatched to the same location at 1:18 a.m. after the same armed male returned to the convenience store and unsuccessfully attempted to carjack a victim in the parking lot and rob the store again. After the suspect exited the store, he was confronted by police officers, who shot him and then rendered medical aid before he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting.

Off-duty Santa Maria Police Officer Antonio Peña was justified in fatally shooting Jose Manuel Reyes Rios, 19, during a shootout at Melody Market in Orcutt on the night of 3/25/23, the DA’s Office

into the shooting. The report states that per Penal Code section 835a, “the actions taken by Officer Peña were reasonable based on the facts known and perceived by him at the time of the shooting”; he “reasonably believed that Rios posed an imminent threat of serious bodily injury or death to himself” and others nearby; and he “was forced to intervene to protect himself and the lives of others in the cross-fire.” Read more at independent.com/justified-shooting.

Former Santa Barbara real estate broker Adam Michael Pirozzi, 42, was convicted on two counts of embezzlement after an investigation by the District Attorney’s Real Estate Fraud Unit found that he allegedly stole “more than $650,000 of his clients’ funds,” DA John Savrnoch announced 12/21. Pirozzi, who owned Santa Barbara Property Management, pleaded no contest to two counts of embezzlement by a real estate broker. Pirozzi is scheduled to be sentenced 2/15, and he is expected to receive five years of probation and will be ordered to relinquish assets for the payment of restitution to the victims.

BUSINESS The post-pandemic hotel boom in Santa Barbara may be over. According to the latest statistics on hotels along the South Coast prepared by Smith Travel Research, hotel occupancy continued to fall in November, dropping to 64 percent, despite a small boost from Veterans Day and Thanksgiving travelers. The occupancy rate is 6 percent lower than in October, and 3 percent lower than the same month last year. At the same time, the average rate per room fell to $308 a night in November 2023, down from $339 per night in October, while revenue per available room dropped to $198 per room — an 11 percent drop-off from November 2022. n

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former Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren and TM Storke, former owner, publisher, and benevolent despot of the Santa Barbara News-Press. In the end, the brawlers and the pickleballers managed to work things out.

No one was thrilled, but no more fishnets got torn, no paddles extruded from any skulls.

In other words, there is hope.

And yes, we spent years of our lives we can never get back arguing about such things as parklets, a word that didn’t even exist until COVID struck and sent us scurrying outdoors. (Really, it took a deadly worldwide pandemic to wake us up to the obvious virtues of outdoor dining?) And no, we have not come close to achieving the necessary lightbulb moment about how to re-energize our downtown despite the $800,000 spent by City Hall on a Big Picture planning exercise undertaken by 17 certified Big Brains. (How many Big Brains does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None; they’re all so brilliant, lightbulbs are superfluous.)

But here’s the really good news: The Powers that Be have concluded that big shopping malls have reached their expiration date and need to be put out of everyone’s misery. Plans are afoot to scrap all of Paseo Nuevo —excepting the empty Nordstrom building — and put in its place about 500 units of housing.

Similar plans have been hatched to replace a massive chunk of La Cumbre Plaza — as economically dead as anything downtown, but without the homeless people to blame it on — with 650 housing units. Naturally, these plans remain very much in the inception stage. Whatever is eventually proposed, we know for absolute certainty, will be way too big and way too expensive. And no, there will not be nearly enough affordable units.

And yes, the city’s sacrosanct height limit will be tossed overboard.

It’s a start. Another big start has been the emergence of a sustained, effective, creative, and relentless movement — for and by the tenants—to protect renters from the scourge of mass renovictions perpetrated by hedgefund operators who “discovered” the virtues of rental housing as an investment opportunity with a rare vengeance during the pandemic. Under pressure from these activists, the County Supervisors and the Santa Bar-

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The year 2023 was a hellacious one. For the planet. For the species. And for me personally. During times such as these, my father espoused what he liked to call “retrograde amnesia.” You can’t be haunted, he’d point out, by things you can’t remember. But I preferred a more aggressive, proactive approach.

“If you’re not in denial,” I replied, “you’re not paying attention.”

If nothing else, I’ll get rich off the bumper sticker royalties.

Even so, a lot happened. Some of it actually registered, despite my best efforts. We ended the year the same way we started it: with torrential rains. Not enough for Noah or his Ark, but enough to rack up $150 million in mandatory road repair bills throughout the county. And enough for many of us to think we can forget we live in the land of perpetual drought. And it’s getting more perpetual all the time. FYI, 2023 was the hottest year in recorded history, exceeding the prior year’s record by yet another record amount. So yes, our reservoir at Lake Cachuma experienced a biblically orgasmic spill. But no, there’s no snow on the mountains. You can do the math.

If we really expect to build the 25,000 new housing units that the State of California decreed we must—ag fields be damned—we will need a lot more than magical thinking about hypothetical new water-efficient gadgets to get us there. Good thing California just passed its long-awaited toilet-to-tap guidelines. We can now begin to convert the billions of gallons of sewage water we otherwise flush into the sea into something safe enough to brush our teeth with.

But here’s the deal. We occupy a wonderful bubble. While the rest of the planet was busy preparing for Armageddon and World War III, Santa Barbara’s peace and tranquility was threatened by a looming showdown between the Brawlin’ Betties —certified badass rollerderby queens with the torn fishnets to prove it — and Santa Barbara’s nascent pickleball mafia, embodied by Dynamite Pickleball.

At issue was hegemony over Earl Warren Showgrounds, itself a subliminal, underutilized 34-acre monument to one of the great historical bromances in all Santa Barbara history—the truly touching bond between

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bara City Council have passed emergency protection ordinances to shield tenants from mass no-fault evictions. When those protections proved insufficient, new ones were added. The City of Goleta is now jumping onboard, as well. Special acknowledgments are due County Supervisor Laura Capps and City Councilmember Mike Jordan for how fast and furious they were off the blocks once mass renovictions were initiated in their respective districts.

Two not-so-small points: Pains need to be taken to distinguish the big hedge-fund investors from the smaller mom-and-pop landlords who, in their own quiet way, have helped subsidize the local housing market by not going after every last cent possible. Tactically and strategically, this is the smart thing to do. It’s also the fair thing to do. Secondly, emergency protection ordinances are only as effective as one’s ability to enforce them.

Right now, the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County is really the only game in town specializing in tenant protection. Its attorneys are overwhelmed. Waiting lists are long. Here’s my suggestion: Earlier this year, the Santa Barbara Foundation — the oldest, biggest, baddest philanthropy in Santa Barbara where all the one-percenters have traditionally shielded their estates from the clutches of inheritance taxes—announced it was jumping into the housing fray, both feet first. Specifically, the Foundation announced it was looking at helping on the legal front.

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to win a Nobel Prize by “discovering” that the best — and cheapest — way to prevent homelessness is by keeping people in their homes. Duh! Just remember, you heard it here first.

Lastly, Santa Barbara’s foundational fabric sustained multiple contusions and abrasions this past year. After 102 years, Sansum Clinic finally threw in the towel—after trying for the past 15 years—as one of the only large independent community health clinics not affiliated with a hospital in the state. Sansum agreed to be swallowed whole by Sutter Health, a major health-care megalith from the north that settled with the state Attorney General to the tune of $600 million for antitrust violations and price gouging. That was several years ago, and a new CEO has taken the helm. Hopefully, the new entity will have better luck hiring new doctors and nurses

and keeping the ones already here. Hopefully, patients will be able to be seen within the same calendar year as the day they call for an appointment.

Likewise, 2023 was the year Wendy P. McCaw pulled the plug on the Santa Barbara News-Press, killing outright what had long been festering along on life support.

We’ve beat that dead horse plenty already, but things ain’t the same.

Lastly, the Franciscan Friars of California — without whom there would have never been a Santa Barbara for us to argue over— declared bankruptcy to shield itself from the last pulse of lawsuits filed by the grown-up children who were sexually abused by the friars in years past. I remember arguing with the Franciscans’ Provincial Minister about 30 years ago about whether priests should be married. I was ridiculously naïve, he told me, to think that would change anything. “You think priests are the only ones doing this?” he demanded, his voice dripping with bemused incredulity. In the moment, I thought he was just covering his ass. No doubt he was. But pretty much every day since, we’ve all been given cause to reflect just how right he was.

On that cheerful note, Happy New Year.

And I’ll be selling my bumper stickers in the lobby. Remember, there are only 361 day of shopping days ’til next Christmas.

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hose brainchild was it to rip out all of the beautiful ice plants along the bike path on Cabrillo Boulevard? According to the sign, this is a project that will take 2–5 years to complete. And, why, and with taxpayer money?

Have the local citizens complained about the ice plant? Have tourists stopped coming to S.B. because we don’t have only “native” plant species bordering the sacred bike paths?

I’m getting tired of special interest groups driving these projects. There are more important ways for the city to spend taxpayer money. Our city is being ruined by special interests that don’t represent the great majority of city residents, and yet we pay for these so-called improvements.

Don’t even get me started on what’s happening to our streets in favor of bicycle access and safety.

Then there is the destruction of State Street, once the heart of S.B., now the place that the majority of local residents never go.

You think I’m exaggerating about this? Ask anyone you know if they “go down there anymore.” I guarantee what the answer will be.

City Council, please give local residents a voice in shaping the future of our beautiful city. Stop caving to these special interest groups that are ruining our —Ann S. Beth, S.B. town!

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s America still a free, independent republic? Do we still have free and fair elections? Case in point: The recent decision in Colorado concerning the election of former President Trump in the 2024 elections.

Recently, four Democrat-appointed judges on the Colorado Supreme Court unilaterally prohibited Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot. Doesn’t this take away a voter’s choice on the primary ballot to choose the next President of the United States?

How was this corrupt decision accomplished? By using the corrupt, anti-Trump January 6 committee’s decision that Trump engaged in insurrection.

Never mind that the January 6 committee was filled with anti-Trump people on both sides of the aisle.

Furthermore, didn’t the Senate fail to convict Trump of charges of engaging in an insurrection?

Sadly, this Colorado court is a kangaroo court hell bent on preventing the leading Republican candi-

date, Trump, from running for president.

In conclusion: The actions of the Colorado court are unconstitutional, dangerous, and are election interference. Also, it is much more than a political attack on former President Trump. It is an attack on the Republican Party and an attack on the very fabric of America. The seriousness of this issue is enormous. As such, it must be referred to the Supreme Court. Hopefully, the Supreme Court will right this —Diana Thorn, Carpinteria terrible wrong.

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he letter “Election Interference” attacks the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court denying Mr. Trump a place on the state primary ballot. The writer rhetorically asks: “Are we a democracy?” To that query, I point out that the GOP has claimed for decades that we are not. They often say we are in fact a “republic” and correctly point out that the Constitution is parsimonious about actual direct vote democracy. This is because the Founders of the nation believed that democracy, without rules, led to anarchy.

Consequently, they drafted a controlling document: the Constitution of the nation. This document lays out many constraints on “democracy” in the U.S. Among them are the specific requirements of age, place of birth, and the prohibition against holding office by those who engage in insurrection. These prohibitions are enforced by officers of the government and reviewed by the nation’s courts as cases come to them.

This is what happened in Colorado. This decision will be appealed and heard by federal courts.

Whatever the final decision, we as members of our constitutional republic have a duty to accept their ruling and move on without further rebellion and with courtesy so that the nation can continue the “democracy” experiment. It does us and our nation huge damage to attribute every loss of “your side” to political bias and evilness of the other side.

—Glen Mowrer, S.B.

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¶ A December 14 article about the S.B. Maritime Museum’s exhibit on the city’s waterfront caused some confusion regarding WWI and its impact on the funding of the waterfront. The quest for harbor funding preceded the war, which temporarily put a halt to those plans.

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Laszlo “Laz” Hodosy 1962–2023

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of my uncle Laszlo Hodosy are from the gardens of our family’s old house in the foothills of Carpinteria. It was the early 1990s, near Toro Canyon — a time when hose water and orchard fruit was a common meal, and my uncle Laszlo could reliably be found shirtless, in the company of banana trees, with a machete in one hand and a beer in the other.

I’d get his attention with an acorn, he’d toss me a cheery, “Hey, Princess!”, and we’d hang out and talk about native plants and animals until my mom, his sister, called us in for dinner.

Uncle Laszlo was fun! He gave us kids exotic gifts, like American cheese slices and Chumbawamba cassettes.

For a time, he drove a silver 1980s BMW 535i (with sheepskin seats), always cruising with the windows down, and eventually becoming the only person to ever break three tape decks rewinding “Psycho Killer” by the Talking Heads. In these luminous memories, Laszlo showed me the decadence of cheap thrills and familyshaped gardens.

Laszlo liked to steal plants. He called it “guerilla gardening” and insisted it was a gentleman’s sport. The method is simple: See a cool plant, take a small cutting, hide it in your pocket, replant before doing your laundry. He was proud of his green thumbs. Consequently, the leafier chapters of his life were propagated from grifted dendrobium, borrowed begonias, and previously unsung urns. He also kept koi fish, and he never walked away from a yard-sale strawberry pot.

He had a graveyard of chimeneas, which were not for sale. He and I used to barter with one another; our last trade was a Costco roasted chicken and a eucalyptus walking staff in exchange for three of his vintage silk neckties. He was a collector of old good things, but more so, he assembled his imagination and resourcefulness into a way of life.

A gifted conversationalist, Laszlo had a skill for eschewing observations or judgments that would kill the vibe. A penchant he no doubt cultivated throughout his professional career in sales.

Laszlo was an “Ad Guy” at the Santa Barbara Independent for nearly four decades. His days in the races required on-hand likability, which Laz had in spades.

He was unafraid to mix business and pleasure, and he made friends everywhere he went. Laszlo liked to drink greyhounds and margaritas at all his favorite haunts: Brophy Bros., Joe’s, Arnoldi’s, The Press Room, Paradise, Jimmy’s Oriental Garden, Don Q, and Roundin’ Third. For decades, his uniform was leather shoes, rolled-up dress sleeves, a bitchin’ necktie, and an almost-broken pair of Ray-Bans.

He went to hundreds of shows at the Santa Barbara Bowl, and flirted with all your pretty sisters.

His charisma and pleasure-driven ways reflected his deep appetite for this one precious life. He was an old-school psychonaut who believed dogs and cats are angels, and that God is a woman.

After retiring from the Indy in 2019, Laszlo continued his passion for yelling at the news, taking photos of nature, and playing his bongo drums. He liked to

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stay up late around the bonfire and could often be found watching the sunrise on his bench overlooking Devereux Beach.

When life got hard, Laszlo might have held you in his vast, clement gaze. Breaking it ever so mischievously with a bit of his indelicate humor.

He loved to pick up the phone and check on people, normally right around supper time; he’d pretend to be a solicitor, with full knowledge that caller ID had already unmasked him. He was a jokester and a nice guy to his core; he wasn’t the type to hold hostages or cuddle a grudge. In fact, Laszlo let life’s tides ebb and flow over him, wearing him down to an authentic patina.

My uncle chose to keep things breezy, all the while carrying some untimely losses in his heart. Laszlo’s wife, Darla Jean Hodosy, passed in 2016. They lived in Goleta, and instead of having children, they chose to rescue Cavalier King Charles spaniels. They once gifted me a large, red-velvet chocolate box filled with several hundred nested abalone shells, a breathtaking puzzle they collected from the Naples coastline. They were intrinsically romantic people, filling their home with lunar quarrels, loving animals, Vizma Hodosy paintings, and souvenirs from their bohemian lives.

Laszlo and his four siblings, Anita, Sandor, Ferenc, and Andris, are the children of Hungarian and Latvian immigrants Frank and Vizma Hodosy. Frank was a structural engineer, and Vizma was an artist. In 1976, as a family, they broke ground on our home in the Carpinteria foothills, land they fondly referred to as “the top of the world.”

Sadly, Frank passed away in 1981, and Vizma in 1985, leaving Laszlo and his siblings parentless, in an unfinished house. The youngest, Andris, was only 7 years old. At once benevolent and imperfect, they’ve spent their lives looking out for one another. Through it all, the Hodosys have shared countless celebrations together, tending the hearth and appreciating our vivid family-shaped gardens.

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Dorthy Mae Vendrame, 97, of Santa Barbara, passed away on December 12, 2023 surrounded by her family.

Dorthy was born to Clifford and Hazel Mathiasen on June 13, 1926 in Santa Barbara.

Dorthy was a life-long Santa Barbara resident, attending elementary school through high school locally.

Dorthy met the love of her life, Jimmie, upon his return from WWII. The two married at Mt. Carmel Church on April 13, 1947. She spent 20 years as a secretary at Santa Barbara Junior High after raising her own three boys. Once retired, Dorthy filled her days playing golf, attending her monthly Italian Wives luncheons, traveling, and dancing with Jimmie. She was always ready to put on her dancing shoes.

Walking along the breakwater became a daily ritual for Dorthy and Jimmie.

They made many friends and looked forward to seeing the boats coming in and out of the harbor. After Jimmie’s passing in 2012, harbor walks didn’t feel the same, so Dorthy found herself a new hobby — assembling jigsaw puzzles. Neighbors would stop by daily to say hello and “put in a few pieces” — hours later they’d have to drag themselves away from the puzzle table.

She was often referred to as the “Puzzle President” and loved socializing with friends as they stopped by.

Dorthy’s family will remember her as someone who loved being surrounded by others and was always keen to host.

She loved having everyone together for holidays and was a phenomenal “hotcake” and pie baker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmie. She leaves behind her three sons: Roger (Mary) Vendrame, Greg (Mary) Vendrame, and Doug (Cheryl) 14

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Vendrame. Dorthy also leaves behind four grandchildren: Stephanie (Julio) Santana, Brie (Nick) Zentil, Jordon (Kimi) Vendrame, and Jared Vendrame. She also leaves behind four great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Join us to celebrate Dorthy’s life at an open house at her home on Saturday, January 13, 2024 from 12:00 p.m – 4:00 p.m.

With the utmost gratitude, the Vendrame family would like to thank the following people who have gone above and beyond to support Dorthy over the years: Steve and Stephanie, Maggie and Jim, Julie and Rich, Ken, Loretta, Rose, Lisa, and the Tuesday Puzzle Club.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your favorite charity in Dorthy’s name.

For more info email vantadv@gmail.com

Richard H. Meyn

5/19/1929 - 12/19/2023

Richard “Dick” Meyn died in Santa Barbara on December 19, 2023 at the age of 94 – although he always rounded up his age at the midpoint, so he would say he was 95.

Dick was born in New York City on May 19, 1929, the son of German immigrants. He grew up in New York and showed artistic talents and interests from an early age.

Dick attended Parsons School of Design in New York City, despite his father’s concern that he would never be able to make any money in such a career. Following his graduation from Parsons, Dick did post-graduate work in France and Italy, after which he was drafted into the army during the Korean War. Dick lamented that the army assigned him to the military police rather than to a role where he could have contributed his design skills.

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a trip that was to set the trajectory for the rest of his life. While studying at the Sorbonne in Paris, he had befriended someone from Santa Barbara. Dick came to visit his friend and he immediately loved the beauty of Santa Barbara and the California lifestyle. That visit occurred in 1954 and he lived in Santa Barbara ever since.

Seeking work related to interior design, he took a position as a “duster” in the Henry Levy Furniture store.

As he spoke with and advised entering customers – who only saw Dick as an extremely knowledgeable employee and didn’t realize they were taking to the lowly duster – he was soon generating a significant amount of business for the store. Eventually, he and two colleagues established Byars, Alexander and Meyn, a highly successful interior design firm in Montecito, and Dick’s work was featured twice in Architectural Digest. In 1990 Dick joined Christopher Teasley Interior Design and continued to work for a devoted clientele.

Although he officially retired in 2010, up until his death Dick continued sharing his design talents with others.

Beyond his professional talents, Dick led an extremely active social life. He was charming and fun to be with, and he hosted and attended numerous dinner parties, galas, and events. As someone who enjoyed music, Dick became involved with the Music Academy of the West where for many years he served as a compeer for vocal students. He enjoyed attending their classes and performances as well as introducing them to Santa Barbara. He took great pride in his students’ subsequent musical career accomplishments and remained friends with many of them over the years.

Dick was a dog lover and had several very beautiful – and very spoiled – poodles. He loved travelling and seeing the wonders of the world and had visited most of the continents.

He especially treasured his many cruises with his friends.

Dick was preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Alvine Meyn, and his twin brother, Charles Meyn. He

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is succeeded by his nieces Sandy Borden (Max) of Pagosa Springs, CO and Denise Halley (Gordie) of Chateaugay, NY, his nephew Charles Meyn (Terrie) of Seneca Falls, NY and their families, his sisterin-law Connie Meyn of Seneca Falls, NY and his cousin Nancy Marlin (Fred Kolkhorst) of San Diego, CA, together with his many friends and colleagues, especially Christopher Teasley and Stephen Singleton.

At Dick’s request, there will be no services. But he probably wouldn’t mind if people raised a glass of vodka, his favorite drink, in his honor.

Dorothy W. Angwin 4/25/1924 - 8/30/2023

The family of Dorothy W. Angwin is deeply sorry to announce her death on August 30, 2023, at the age of 99, in Everett, WA. Dorothy Ann Wheeler was born to Melvin and Dorothy D. Wheeler on April 25, 1924 in Sioux Falls, SD. From a very young age she excelled in music, playing the piano and organ. She gave her first solo recital on the piano at age 8, and continued her musical career until shortly before her death.

In 1941 she received a scholarship to Julliard School of Music, but was unable to attend due to the outbreak of World War II. Her father insisted that “New York City is no place for a girl of 17 in the middle of a war!” At the time, she wondered exactly what that meant, but had no real choice in the matter. So she stayed in Sioux Falls, attended Augustana College to study music and worked part-time at the local Army Air base, where she met her future husband, Lt. George H. Allen. They were married on May 8, 1944.

After George finished his Army enlistment and law school, they moved to Southern California, first to Pasadena, and in 1952 to Santa

Barbara. She was forced to put her musical career on hold for a number of years to raise her five children, and endure a bout of polio in 1955. Luckily, she suffered no long- term ill effects from either experience, but throughout those years, all of her free time was devoted to playing and practicing the piano. From Chopin, to Mozart, to Shubert – it was the one constant in our house.

Dorothy was the choir director at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara for many years during the 1950’s and 1960’s.

She then became music director and organist for All Saints

by The Sea Episcopal Church in Montecito. She was an accompanist for the late Martial Singher, and a vocal coach to his students. She also served as the operatic chorus director for a number of summers at the Music Academy of the West.

On April 20, 1974, she was married to Jeffrey P. Angwin, and in 1983, she and Jeffrey relocated to Seattle, WA. Dorothy then became passionate about passing on a lifetime of experience by teaching piano and organ, and was a member of the scholarship board for the Suzuki Association of Washington State. She gave her last lesson less than a week before she died, and will be greatly missed by her many current and former students.

Dorothy was a member of P.E.O. for most of her life.

Dorothy is survived by her husband of almost 50 years, Jeffrey, and four of her five children, Wendy, Bill (Ruth), Tony and Brooks, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her daughter Susan. A celebration of her life will take place at a later date.

We will certainly miss you Mom – you were an amazing woman, a wonderful mother and truly one of a kind.

obituaries Marlene Helen Stoll Riemer 1940 - 2023

On Wednesday, November 29, 2023, Marlene Helen Stoll Riemer, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully at the age of 83. Born to Herman and Elsie Stoll, Marlene was raised in Seattle, WA, with her sister Trudie and brothers Walt and Fred. Her family owned the Stoll’s Madison Park Bakery, where at age 13 she began working and greeting every customer with a smile.

After graduating from Roosevelt High School and studying at the University of Washington, Marlene spent a year living with relatives in Germany before returning home and becoming a stewardess for Pan American Airways. It was on a flight from New York to Johannesburg, South Africa, where she met the love of her life, George Donald Riemer. They were married in Seattle, WA, in 1966 and honeymooned in Vancouver, BC,,before starting their lives together in New Hyde Park, NY. She left her career with Pan Am to start a family and was blessed with three children – Elsa, Eric and Ernie. As the story goes, she purchased “E Riemer” name tags to sew into Elsa’s clothes. When Eric and Ernie were born three and six years later, in her typical frugal fashion, she started both of their names with an “E” so that she could continue to use the tags.

Marlene and George moved frequently due to George’s corporate job, taking their family to Commack, NY; Richmond, VA; Weston, CT; and Milwaukee, WI. After George retired in 1996, they bought their dream home, “Sunset Hill,” in Santa Barbara, where they enjoyed a fulfilling retirement. Marlene’s sunny disposition and outgoing personality allowed her to make friends quickly wherever they

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moved, and Santa Barbara was no exception. Marlene became actively involved with the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, Assistance League, and La Cumbre Country Club.

They also spent wonderful times with George’s sister and brother-in-law, Kathy and John Hartnett, who lived nearby in Santa Barbara.

A lifelong pianist, singer and musician, Marlene took up the saxophone after moving to Santa Barbara and played with the Prime Time band. Later, she learned the ukulele and became one of the original members of the Ukulele Lulus. Over the years, Marlene became dear friends with many of the Lulus, and she cherished the close relationships she had with friends from all her activities.

Marlene loved playing golf, taking walks on the beach, biking in Hope Ranch, singing in her church choir, and “putzing” around the yard at Sunset Hill. In her youth Marlene was a member of the ski patrol at Stevens Pass, WA, and she passed her love of skiing to her children by teaching them how to ski. The family enjoyed many ski trips to Vermont, Lake Tahoe, and Vail. As she always said, “Remember to keep your weight on the downhill ski.”

Marlene adored her seven grandchildren, and they in turn loved spending time with her – creating outlandish outfits from her costume bin, visiting “Grandma’s Beauty Salon,” and hula dancing while she played “Tiny Bubbles” on the ukulele during frequent family vacations in Kauai. She always had the grandkids laughing at the silly jokes she loved to tell. Marlene organized a Stoll family reunion in Seattle, WA, in 2015, which was attended by over 60 family members. As part of the reunion, she took her grandchildren on a tour of her favorite childhood places throughout Seattle. The tour ended at the family bakery with fresh maple bars for the grandkids.

Marlene is preceded in death by her husband George Donald Riemer and her sister Trudie Leiben. She is survived by her brothers Walt Stoll (Jacquie) and Fred Stoll (Nancy), daughter Elsa Riemer

Abookire (David), sons Eric Riemer (Kristina) and Ernie Riemer (Megan), and grandchildren Sophia Riemer, Skylar Abookire, Kelsey Riemer, Jayden Abookire, George Riemer, Elsie Riemer and Hannah Riemer.

The family wishes to express their gratitude to Cottage Hospital, VNA Hospice of Santa Barbara, Serenity House, the Golden West Chapter of the ALS Association, Trinity Lutheran Church, and the wonderful caregivers from The Key. And a heartfelt thanks to Marlene’s niece, Laura Leiben, for her unwavering dedication and positivity while caring for Marlene during the last two years. Donations in memory of Marlene may be sent to the Santa Barbara Foundation. The family will hold a celebration of life in the Spring.

Marlene made friends with everyone and had such a positive effect on the people she met — we call it “the Marlene effect.” One friend wrote, “I rejoice in the precious gift Marlene left each of us…love.”

She was such a bright light in our lives and will be greatly missed. In memory of Marlene, let’s all have a “schluck” and watch the sunset.

James Orrin Neal

5/21/1936 - 12/12/2023

James Orrin Neal, 87, of Santa Barbara, entered peacefully into God’s Kingdom on December 12th, 2023. He was born May 21, 1936, to Margaret and Clifford Neal in a farmhouse outside Paola, Kansas.

Jim is survived by Linda, his loving wife of 63 years; sister Loretta (Rick – a brother Marine) Spansail; son Kevin (Janine) Neal; daughters Brenda (Arthur) Bradley, Kelley (Steve Hebert) Neal, Sheila, Melissa (Layne) Kannegieter, and Stacie (Kevin) Ayers; grandchildren James, Rebecca, Christopher, Delaney, Taylor, Emily, Nicole, Kieren, Troy, Issie, and Nora; and greatgranddaughters Charlotte and

McKinley.

Jim attended Santa Barbara High School, where he was an accomplished marksman on the shooting team, winning a championship. Upon graduation, he entered the United States Marine Corps, where he proudly served his country four years. It was during one of his leaves that he met his future wife Linda, fell in love, married her upon his honorable discharge on June 11, 1960, and promptly started a family.

Jim was a man of action, not inclined to spend time indoors, and thus was involved with many activities of that ilk including auto racing, in which he served as a mechanic for his brother; and aviation – he owned several private planes throughout his lifetime. One of his great experiences was briefly piloting an original P-51 Mustang.

Struck with wanderlust, Jim moved his family to Dillon, Montana in 1969. There he was able to combine his love for hunting and fishing with his other passion – Golf.

With a family of six children to care for, Jim relocated to Palm Springs, where he became a Golf Course Superintendent and hosted several Bob Hope Classic events with the PGA Tour. Jim moved on to Rolling Hills Country Club on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in 1980, where he served as Certified Golf Course Superintendent until his retirement in 2001.

With his newly created free time, Jim honed his roping skills and entered multiple Senior Rodeo Roping events, eventually winning a coveted buckle for placing first. He was also able to re-engage with his passion for fishing and hunting, spending the last two decades either in the mountains or with a line on the water.

He was most proud to pass his knowledge on to not just his children, all accomplished hunters and fishers, but also to grandchildren who made multiple trips with him back to the mountains to be regaled by his tales of the woods and assist him in his quest to find who “owned the road.”

Memorial Services will be held Saturday, January 13, 2024 from 2pm-5pm at the Palm Park Beach House, 236 East Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara.

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His final resting place will be at the Bakersfield National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please support Sarah House Santa Barbara, www.sarahhousesb. com.

Patty Macomber

7/27/1929 - 12/12/2023

Patty was born July 27, 1929, in Penticton, British Columbia.

She relocated to Santa Barbara in 1964.

Patty married Archie Macomber in 1966 and they celebrated 57 wonderful years together. Patty’s advice for a long, happy marriage was to “always stay sweethearts”, and they did.

In her amazing 94 years, she was the mother of 5, Grandmother of 9, the GreatGrandmother of 18 and GreatGreat Grandmother of 5. She had many nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.

Patty’s sparkling eyes, beautiful smile and charming personality lit up every room she entered. She was strong, intelligent, dignified and most of all, loving and kind.

Patty is survived by her husband, Archie Macomber, son, Dave Macomber (Michelle), daughters, Patti Perry (Jeff), Jacquie Tiffany (Linda), Sheri Matthews (Brian), nephew, Terry Peterson (Becky), niece, Sandra Arrowsmith (John) and cousin Jeannie Robins (John).

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Sharron Sever (2015).

She will remain an inspiration to us all.

Forever in our hearts.

A Celebration of Life is being planned

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obituaries Thomas Joseph Bradley 7/1/1938 - 4/30/2023

Thomas Joseph Bradley died on April 30, 2023, at Sydney Creek Memory Care in San Luis Obispo, California, after living with dementia for a number of years. With his wife Evelyn, daughter Debora and sister-in-law Joyce by his side, Tom passed away with peace just a few minutes after we prayed, sang a hymn and listened to “When Irish Eyes are Smiling”.

Tom was born on July 1, 1938, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Joseph and Isabelle Bradley, the second of three sons. He and his family moved to Santa Barbara, California in 1953. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1956.

In February 1957, Tom met the love of his life Evelyn Pendleton; one shy teen gradually finding it easy to talk with another shy teen — Tom often calling Evelyn on the phone and just talking about this and that. They married on March 22, 1959, and celebrated their 64th anniversary shortly before his passing. They were blessed with three wonderful children: Debora Bradley, Timothy Bradley and James Bradley.

In addition to his wife and children, Tom leaves behind seven beloved grandchildren, Armando Ramos, Jr., Jenna Larsen, Marlo Bradley, Katie Winkler, Goose Bradley, Maité Bradley and Joaquin Bradley, and two adored greatgrandchildren, Eva and Desmond Larsen. He also leaves behind his brother Joseph Kevin Bradley, sister-in-law Joyce Singelman, brother- and sister-in-law Randy and Martha Pendleton, his daughterin-law Janna Silva and his grandson-in-law Justin Larsen, plus many cousins, nieces and nephews.

Tom enjoyed a long career in the printing field. When Evelyn started her own business in Santa Barbara, Graphic Traffic, in 1985, Tom soon 16

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became an integral partner, printing out challenging digital files to a Linotype Imagesetter. Family and friends greatly appreciated how generous and helpful Tom was in sharing his computer/tech expertise.

Tom and Evelyn loved to host friends and family at countless gatherings. He especially loved celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, preparing the corned beef and cabbage, carrots and potatoes himself and inviting whoever could come.

Tom enjoyed camping, golfing with friends, and RVing, he and Evelyn making two cross-country trips and visiting many national parks and most of the states. He always looked forward to monthly RV outings with the Santa Barbara Elks Caravaneers. He was a member of Plymouth Congregational Church in Paso Robles.

A Celebration of Life was held for Tom in Morro Bay last June.

Anita Louise Arellanes Leski 12/5/1945 - 12/15/2023

Anita Louise Arellanes Leski, a descendent of Sgt. Pablo Antonio Cota, one of the original soldiers at the Santa Barbara Presidio, passed away on December 15th at the age of 78. Anita was born on December 5, 1945 to Henry Sr. and Mary Louise Arellanes in Santa Barbara, CA. Anita attended Dolores School, Bishop Garcia Diego High School, San Marcos High School and Santa Barbara City College. Anita described her childhood as being surrounded with kindness, love, laughter, music, dancing, and family gatherings.

With the same strong work ethic as her parents, Anita was a valued employee with Chevron Standard Oil, Varo Engineering, Delco Engineering, the City of Santa Barbara’s City Clerk’s office, Santa Barbara Planning Commission, and Sandpiper Village in Carpinteria. Anita enjoyed her role as a

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member of Fess Parker’s concierge team at his renowned Red Lion Resort.

Anita was a proud and devoted mother to her daughter Denita and son Anden from her marriage to Dennis Leski. She raised her children in Carpinteria, close to family and friends. While her children were in school Anita was active in Mt. Carmel School’s Parent Guild and the Parent Support Group at Carpinteria High School. She had headed her department’s sales for the American Cancer Society’s Daffodil Days and worked on the American Heart Association Heart Walk.

As an eighth generation Santa Barbaran, protecting and showcasing historic Santa Barbara was important to Anita.

She was active in the Pearl Chase Society, a member of Reina del Mar Parlor No. 126, and Native Daughters of the Golden West. After a life-time of taking part in Santa Barbara’s Fiesta activities, in 1999 Anita portrayed the patron Saint Barbara for the 75th Old Spanish Days Fiesta Celebration. As Saint Barbara, she appeared in El Desfile Historico’s parade, at Fiesta Pequena and at Las Noches de Ronda, wearing the saint’s traditional white gown and scarlet robe, with a gold crown.

Anita was a great dancer whether at a party or when a favorite song came on the radio. Many happy memories were created during vacations to Hawaii, and visits to Anden in Arizona and Denita in Washington. Later in life, she delighted in her role as Nana to her granddaughters, who shared her love of dancing and time at the beach.

Anita is survived by her daughter Denita Leski (Jane) of Shoreline, Washington; her son Anden Leski (Jessica) of Scottsdale, Arizona; her grandchildren Anne, Kate, Mary, and June; her dear friend and sister-in-law Pat Arellanes and many close godchildren, nieces, cousins and friends.

Anita was preceded in death by her parents Henry Arellanes Sr., Mary Louise Cota Arellanes, and brother Henry Arellanes Jr. The family would like to thank the staff at Gran Vida Assisted Living in Carpinteria and Belmont Village in Scottsdale for assisting with Anita’s

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care.

On Thursday, January 11th, 2024, services and burial are scheduled for 11:00am at Calvary Cemetery, 199 N. Hope Ave. Santa Barbara, CA. A memorial gathering for Anita will be held at Harry’s Plaza Cafe in Santa Barbara as well, please RSVP at denita447@ gmail.com or 206-849-7665.

Lowell Dwight Anderson

12/25/1930 - 12/15/2023

Lowell Dwight Anderson (1930-2023) was born on Christmas Day in Kingsburg , CA to parents of Swedish descent, Eric Gideon and Ruth Elizabeth (Ahlberg) Anderson.

He was the youngest of seven, nicknamed Dwighty Boy and Moose by siblings Bernice, Verna, Marvin, Rena, Winston, and George. Their home was built on a deep faith in Christ and a shared love for music.

The family moved to Santa Barbara when Dwight was two years old for his father’s job as chief engineer at Cottage Hospital. Dwight fondly remembered watching the underground workings of the steam generators and discovering the tunnels leading to the laundry. His first real job as a Santa Barbara News Press paper carrier was exciting, not only for the headlines of the 1940’s, but for the freedom to ride his bike anywhere across town and especially out to the military airport to watch takeoffs and landings.

Dwight attended McKinley Elementary, La Cumbre Junior High, and Santa Barbara High School. As a proud Don, he excelled in sports, receiving an invite to try out for the Brooklyn Dodgers and $3000 if he signed the contract. He didn’t think his mother would approve. Instead, he chose to attend Westmont College where he met his wife of 62 years, Doris Anderson, as they dutifully sat in alphabetical order for chapel. She claimed he took her name when they married in 1954. Their years

at Westmont instilled lifelong friendships and a love for God and His Word that informed their daily faith.

Together they built a beautiful home in Mission Canyon where their children, Dustin, Dawn, and David were born and raised. Dwight taught elementary and junior high locally, then switched to academic and career counseling at SBCC, before returning to Westmont as Director of First Year students. In summers he would help build the family cabin in the Santa Cruz redwoods, and fit in a family road trip or two exploring the states. In 1974, the family took a 6-week trip to Europe where they were welcomed by dear relatives in Sweden, and the joy of worldwide travel was ignited.

Another facet of Dwight’s legacy was his gift for singing and love for directing various choral groups. He kept a song in his heart all of his life (Psalm 104:33-34) and quietly lived and served others, only for the glory of God…and did we mention his Swedish pancakes?

Dwight is survived by his beloved children, son Dustin (Karin), Dawn Fredrickson (Ken), and David (Helen Matzger); seven cherished grandchildren, Lena (Gerardo) Ibarra, Annie (Steven) Stroh, Karna Svensen Anderson, Karl Fredrickson, Signe (Brian) Dellavalle, Louisa Anderson, and Nelika Anderson; three sweet great grandchildren, Canyon Dellavalle, Yvan Ibarra, and Clementine Stroh, as well as sister-in-law Irene Roth, and many dear nieces and nephews.

The family would like to gratefully acknowledge the wonderful support which the Samarkand community and caregivers provided in Dwight’s later years. They too became his family.

A time of remembrance and celebration was held at Montecito Covenant Church on December 20th, 2023. Memorial donations to any of the following organizations close to Dwight’s heart would be greatly appreciated. Westmont or SBCC Nursing Programs, Paul Carlson Partnership, or Mission Springs Campership Fund.

obituaries Joseph “Joe” Jimenez 1/14/1941 - 12/25/2023

Joe Jimenez, 82, of Goleta, California, passed away on Christmas morning, surrounded by friends and family. After a nine month battle with cancer, he is now resting peacefully.

Joe was born in Goleta on Rowe Ranch on Kellogg Ave, the seventh child of eleven, of Ruperta and Florentino Jimenez. As a child, he attended Goleta Union School.

He began work at a young age, learning many different trades: stocking shelves at Esmeralda Market, local farming, auto mechanics, bartending, trucking for Frito-Lay and CocaCola, plumbing, and spent the last 32 years of his career as a maintenance technician for the Towbes Group, from which he never retired! Work was his favorite hobby. He was also passionate about spending quality time with friends, family, co-workers and neighbors.

In fact, he had a way of making each person feel like they were the most special person in the world. He was a social butterfly and never missed a special occasion. He was a father figure to many, and to know him was to love him. His golden heart and radiant smile will be dearly missed and always remembered.

He was preceded in death by his mother and father; his son, Joey “Jay” Jimenez; and his siblings, Gonzalo “Gunner”, Braulio “Lalo”, Cruz, Lupe “Chapo”, Carlos “Charlie”, Juanita “Esper”, Estella, Robert “Bob”, and Lawrence.

He is survived by his daughter, Storee Valenzuela; his grandchildren, Eric, Brian, and Breana Jimenez, and Tyler and Alex Valenzuela; his great grandchildren, Harlow Valenzuela, Craig Allen, and Helena Jimenez; his goddaughter, Lisa Rice; his brother, Florentino “Junior”; as well as many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family and friends.

Our family would like to extend our greatest gratitude to the Ridley Tree Cancer Center physicians and staff as well as

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VNA Health for your selfless care. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in his name to either of these incredible organizations.

We request all of Joe’s friends and loved ones to join us in celebrating his beautiful life on January 13th at 12pm at the Carriage Museum of Santa Barbara, 129 Castillo St., Santa Barbara.

A Ke Ola homeless shelter in Wailuku, Maui to which memorial donations may be sent.

She is survived by husband, Mark, and his son Nik; her brothers Robert and Tommy and their children, her sister Mary Frances Turner, and her stepmother, Carole Pierce. She will be sorely missed.

private graveside service. In lieu of flowers, please donate to First United Methodist Church of Santa Barbara or your favorite charity.

dearly missed.

Memorial Service will be held at Samarkand Retirement Community in the Mountain Room on Friday, January 12th at 2:00pm.

Kimberly Ann Avakian (Flick) 8/23/1957 - 12/25/2023

Barbara Ariel (Berscht) Ford 7/2/1929 - 12/17/2023

Ralph Kenneth Rydman 11/1/1928 - 12/23/2023

Virginia Sue Pierce Izbicki

12/28/1950 - 12/6/2023

Virginia Sue Pierce Izbicki passed away peacefully in Santa Barbara, California on December 6th 2023. She was 72 years old.

Virginia was born to Robert Lowell Pierce and Mary Frances Phillips Pierce and grew up in Dallas. She studied art at the University of Texas in Austin, at the Sorbonne in Paris and in Florence.

Virginia lived for 34 years in Maui, where she owned and operated Odyssey House, a successful import business.

She also worked as a real estate professional for many years. As a talented singer and musician she had performed professionally.

An accomplished fine artist, resident in Santa Barbara for the last six years, Virginia’s pastels and watercolors were exhibited at the Faulkner Gallery and Gallery 113. She was a member of the Santa Barbara Art Association and the Goleta Art Association. Her work was also exhibited at The Village Gallery in Lahaina and the Maui Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, as well as in Dallas, Austin and Puerto Vallarta.

Virginia was a generous and loving person who touched the lives of many with her smile and grace. She volunteered for many years at the Ka Hale

Barbara “Bobsi” Ariel (Berscht) Ford of Santa Barbara passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 17, 2023.

She was 94. She is preceded in death by her husband Warwick “Rick” Ford and her sister Elizabeth “Betty” (Berscht) Alcorn.

She is survived by her children & their spouses: Merrillee Ford, Don Ford & Anne Rizzoli, Leslie & Scott Grieve, Lee Ford & Sheryl Battit, and Holly & Brad Emerson as well as 7 grandchildren, their spouses, and 14 great grandchildren.

Bobsi married Rick Ford in 1948. Their love and teamwork provided the foundation for a long and happy marriage.

Together they raised 5 children, traveled, contributed to the community, and doted on their grandkids.

She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Santa Barbara, baptized there in 1930. For many years, she participated in classes and activities for seniors at the Carrillo Recreation Center.

Bobsi was always calm in a crisis, gutsy, and thoughtful.

She was generous with her time, her energy, and most of all, her love. Incredibly talented, she made things for the ones she loved—her hand quilting & embroidery are true works of art. She was welcoming and warm, always making sure everyone had someone to sit next to or chat with. She kept learning and doing her whole life. She was faithful and open-minded. She loved genealogy and knowing we are connected in a long line.

She was an extra or surrogate mom/grandma to so many, and her heart always had room for a new friend.

Her family will hold a

Ralph Kenneth Rydman went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 23, 2023.

Ralph was born on November 1, 1928 in Portland, Oregon.

He was the ninth child born to his parents, Albin and Minnie, and had 3 older brothers and 5 older sisters.

Joining the U.S. Navy at age seventeen, he spent most of his enlistment (1945-1947) in Tsingtao, China, where he repaired small crafts for the National Chinese Navy. Upon his discharge, he attended Vanport College, which later became Portland State University, and studied Electrical Engineering.

Ralph married Joan Sharon Rothlisberg on July 16, 1954 and moved to Santa Barbara in 1957. They welcomed their first child Michael that same year, followed by three daughters, Kirsten, Erica, and Carolyn.

Ralph worked for Otts Hardware Store as an electrician and later started his own business, Rydman Electric, in 1962 working until retirement at the age of 87. In 2016, Ralph sold his business so he could be home with Sharon who suffered from advanced Alzheimer’s Disease.

Ralph and Sharon were extremely active in their local church, Bible study groups, YoungLife, marriage enrichment groups, as well as local Santa Barbara Kiwanis.

Ralph and Sharon moved to Samarkand Retirement Community in 2011 and Sharon passed away in 2019. Ralph is survived by 4 children, 9 grandchildren, and 4 greatgrandchildren. He will be

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Kimberly Ann Avakian, who departed from this world on 12/25/23. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones.

Born on August 23, 1957 to Leslie and Mary Flick, Kimberly lived a life full of love, compassion, and commitment to her family and friends. After over 20 years serving the community at Joe’s Cafe in Santa Barbara, Kimberly was a kind word and a smiling face to so many in our beautiful city.

Kimberly is survived by her two grandchildren, daughter, brother, two sisters, and her many adored friends who will forever cherish the precious memories of her. If you would like information regarding services, please contact her daughter, Mikyla, for more information.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that donations be made to turtleconservancy. org to honor Kimberly’s love for all thing tortoises or to please consider a donation to her goFundMe page (https:// www.gofundme.com/f/kimberly-ann-avakian ) to help the family cope with medical expenses at this time. She will be deeply missed but will live on in the hearts and memories of those she touched.

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by Matt Kettmann | Photos by Ingrid Bostrom hen I arrived at UCSB as a

Foundation (SCIF) since Stanton founded it in 1985. freshman from the Bay Area “The California Islands: Saving their history, telling in 1995, I was shocked to see their stories. That’s what our mission is.” islands on the horizon. Like so many of my fellow Californians, I had no clue so many substantial landforms lingered off of our coastline, from the five near Santa Barbara that comprise the Channel Islands National Park to the rocky Farallons within view of San Francisco and nine islas that linger south of the border along the Baja Located on the busiest intersection of this quaint Peninsula. Even those aware of their existence rarely visit seaside town, SCIF purchased the former Bank of these remote lands, which explains why so many are surAmerica at the corner of Linden and Carpinteria prised to discover the rich tapestry of nature and culture avenues in 2019. “It was empty but not for sale,” said that have evolved offshore over the centuries.

In recent years, the islands’ flora and fauna waltzed Daily. “It turned out to be exactly the perfect fit.” more into the limelight, thanks to documentaries, books, Daily and her team—led by volunteer development articles, and social media focused on those wild wondirector Sam Tyler, who came to love the islands ders, many of which are found only there. But compared while producing the 2016 documentary series West to charismatic animals like the island fox and dramatic of the West—raised the $3 million required in an recovery heroes like the bald eagle, the islands’ human impressive three months. histories remain rather hidden. By any measure, these are That was thanks largely to the $1.5 million donafascinating tales of exploration, innovation, and grit, but tion by tech-moguls-turned-philanthropists Roger and Sarah Chrisman, which explains that first “C” such personal sagas are a bit more challenging to portray in the flashy, colorful imagery that modern audiences in CCIC. (The Chrismans say they didn’t want it demand. named after them, with Roger imploring, “It should That starts to change this winter, when the Chrisman be called the Marla Daily Center.”) Daily had stashed away another $500,000 over the years, and then eight California Islands Center (CCIC) opens its doors in Car- CENTER CELEBRATION: The Chrisman California Islands Center was unveiled to donors pinteria. Reflecting a half-century of collecting and curat- during a celebration on December 9, where many toured the brand-new institution for “fellows”—each sponsoring one of the eight Chanthe first time. Highlights of the outdoor patio include, from left below, sculptures of an ing by Marla Daily, who started working for Santa Cruz nel Islands, including the park’s five as well as Santa octopus and other island critters, to-scale metal benches in the shape of each island, Island’s former owner Carey Stanton back in 1973, the and a statue of Justinian Caire, who owned Santa Cruz Island in the late 1800s.

Catalina, San Clemente, and San Nicolas—kicked in CCIC will serve as both a public showcase and research $125,000 each to cover the remaining $1 million. And all of that fundraising was done between October and archive focused on the islands’ historical lore.

Much of the material was collected by Stanton himself, with islands and a wider time frame, extending from the Cabrillo December of 2019. a strong focus on Santa Cruz Island. Upon Stanton’s sudden expedition of 1542 and nautical tales of the colonial period With the help of archivist David William Reichert and her death in 1987, Daily expanded the treasure trove to the other through the ranching eras of the 19th and 20th centuries to right-hand man/hardworking husband, Kirk Connally, Daily the characters of today. spent the ensuing four years cataloging and moving her col“We are the only organization 100 percent devoted to lection, which was holed up in closets, rented storage units, the cultural history of the California islands,” said Daily, and anywhere she could safely stash it. They turned the former a firebrand of a historian who’s led the Santa Cruz Island bank, which still features a functioning vault, into a mix of

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museum and library, with more than a half-million letters, ledgers, diaries, photographs, paintings, and other historical documents to share. Taking this all forward will be the recently hired executive director Emily Duncan, a Santa Barbara native who’s been involved with the islands her entire life.

During a December 9 event to unveil the CCIC for supporters, Daily, Chrisman, Tyler, Duncan, and longtime SCIF boardmember and attorney Eric Hvolboll gave enthusiastic speeches about the efforts to erect this headquarters for island history. But attendees were most excited to hear from Joe Walsh, the rock star from the Eagles who’s been an island enthusiast since befriending Stanton in the early 1980s.

“This is a dream come true,” said Walsh, who detailed his close relationships to Stanton, Daily, and the islands. “We were homeless, and Roger gave us a home…. It warms my heart that we have a home. It’s so special out there. It is so special out there.”

Marla’s Mission A resident of Santa Barbara since the age of 9, Marla Daily first visited the Channel Islands onboard early models of Radon boats as a high schooler in the 1960s. Upon graduating UCSB in 1973, she took a summer job as a cook at the Santa Cruz Island Reserve’s field station, a hub for researchers then and now. The cook was the only one allowed to use the icebox at the main ranch, which was then owned by the island’s only permanent resident: the reclusive, Stanford-educated doctor-turned-cattle-rancher Carey Stanton.

“I’d been told just to drive slowly and mind my own business,” said Daily, recalling her first trip to that cooler. “I was following all my instructions when this diminutive man swung the door open in the building next door: ‘You there. What are you doing?’ He commanded me to come in and sit down.”

As she sat stiff-backed on an orange couch, they struck up an immediate friendship, with shared interests in rare books and California history. Stanton hired Daily as an assistant, a role she maintained

until he died suddenly of a heart attack at age of 64 on December 8, 1987. Before that, Daily helped Stanton preserve the massive ranch that covered about threequarters of Santa Cruz Island, which is four times the size of Manhattan.

“He was fiercely protective of the island,” said Daily, noting that Stanton did not want to sell it to oil companies, the Disney corporation, or even a government entity since political winds can shift. “He turned down many lucrative offers. When he realized that The Nature Conservancy (TNC) protected private property and kept it private, that very much interested him.” They inked a deal in 1978 for TNC to take over upon Stanton’s death.

Eight years later, Daily, Stanton, and his attorney David Watts created the Santa Cruz Island Foundation to protect Stanton’s collections, which include antique furnishings as well as an extensive collection of his college friend Richard Diebenkorn’s paintings, now valued in the multi-millions. But, explained Daily, “how we do that, the extent to which we do it, the mechanisms we use, were never stated. Carey died before anything could be organized.” She was left in charge of the mission and his possessions, much of which remain inside the old buildings on the island.

Over the years, while restoring structures like the Chapel of the Holy Cross (where Walsh sings every year during an annual mass), collaborating with the National Park Service, TNC, and other agencies on historical projects, hosting exhibits at places like Stanford, and publishing books and articles about the islands, Daily steadily amassed even more materials.

(Though the Chumash called the islands home the longest, she consciously left that indigenous research up to the S.B. Museum of Natural History.) As SCIF became the de facto depository for island history, the organization was humbly headquartered for 25 years in a small cottage at 1010 Anacapa Street in downtown Santa Barbara, where memorabilia both integral and obscure spilled out from every crowded corner.

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BUILT FOR LEARNING: The center, which features a large mural map depicting each of the 20 significant California islands, is half museum, half research facility, with plenty of lectures and public events being planned for the future.

More people steadily became involved with the SCIF: scuba divers and fishermen, scientists and sailors, all of them “island enthusiasts,” including a select cadre who are members of the All Eight Club, having touched all eight SoCal islands. That’s an elite honor, Daily confirmed, explaining, “More people have been to the international space station than have set foot on all eight islands.”

The ninth-ever member of that club was Dennis Power, who ran the S.B. Museum of Natural History from 1972 to 1994, turning it from a dusty research collection into the popular institution it is today. He left town to run museums in Oakland and Orange County, but he returned to Santa Barbara upon retiring in 2011 and quickly reengaged with SCIF. “All of us on the board at that time realized that what Marla had consistently built over the decades was really worth saving,” said Power.

“We needed to find a way to create a permanently established archive.”

They appreciated the model of the National Archives in Washington, D.C., which serves the needs of researchers while also showing off select materials to the public. “That led to the vision of building what you now see in Carpinteria,” said Power.

Not that Carp was the original location they investigated. A deal was nearly hatched to open the center inside the Ventura County Museum, while others thought such a museum-like institution would attract better crowds in Goleta or Santa Barbara. But Power is pleased that Carpinteria won out, especially since they acquired the prominent building for a considerable discount.

“We could not be in a better place than Carpinteria,” he said, noting that they’re excited to join the Carpinteria Arts Center and Carpinteria Valley Museum of History as the city’s cultural institutions. “If we’d been an appendix of the Ventura County Museum or just another museum in Santa Barbara, as desirable as it might have seemed, we would not have quite the impact that we will have on the immediate community. I’m really proud we ended up in Carpinteria.”

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PROUD EAGLE: Rock star Joe Walsh of The Eagles started visiting the islands decades ago, when he befriended former Santa Cruz Island owner Carey Stanton.

Money Matters Roger and Sarah Chrisman moved to Santa Barbara in 1999 after striking it rich as telecom engineers during the heyday of Silicon Valley startups. While Sarah, who’s originally from Pasadena, became a familiar face in performing arts circles—leading the renovation of The Granada Theatre while serving for the opera and symphony — Roger stuck closer to the sea, working with the S.B. Maritime Museum and Catalina Island Conservancy. They also launched a nonprofit called Central Coast Ocean Adventures that runs the Mystic Whaler tall ship in Oxnard.

“I spent summers working at the marina, pumping gas, moving boats around,” Roger said of his Spokane, Washington, childhood, which involved much time at Lake Coeur d’Alene in Idaho. “I don’t ever recall not owning a boat.”

When living near San Francisco, Chrisman would stop at Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands while heading down to race boats in San Diego, and became a frequent Catalina visitor. He came to appreciate the islands’ rare native species, their “wild and wooly” landscapes, and their legacy of conservation.

“There is just so much history, and those islands are such a treasure,” said Chrisman, crediting Stanton and others for having the forethought to save them from being turned into oil derricks or Disneyland. “They should have been destroyed, and they’re not.

It’s a piece of California that is still intact.”

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entirely by herself, Daily is starting to pass the reins to the next generation of leaders.

But she shows no signs of slowing down on her passions: collecting more materials and highlighting them through her Curiosity Correspondent email newsletter and on Islapedia, the encyclopedic website that now features more than 18,000 pages. Said Power, “She’s really turning to focus on the things she loves to do, and not worrying about the administrative stuff.”

A museum executive by career, Power is keenly aware of how much work there is to come, particularly in attracting people to the center and keeping it relevant. “Early in my career, I looked at marketing as just advertising, which was not very academic,” said Power, who was an ornithologist prior to becoming an administrator. “Now I realize how important it is to get the word out.

Marketing is big.”

Enter Emily “I’m the youngest person to set foot on all eight islands,” Emily Duncan reveals while leading me on a tour through the CCIC a couple of weeks ago, explaining that she volunteered on various projects while growing up with her father, longtime SCIF supporter Bob Duncan. “That’s what my dad and I did on weekends instead of sports,” said the graduate of Notre Dame Elementary and Bishop Diego High School, who remembers attending an All Eight Club barbecue while in second grade.

With her bachelor’s of science in recreation, parks, and tourism from Cal Poly, master’s in leadership studies at the University of San Diego, and work experience for

Now Hiring Physicians the chamber of commerce in Avalon on Catalina and at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, I can’t help but blurt out that this job seems made for Duncan. Only then does she share how much Daily has meant in her own life.

“Marla’s been my mentor since I was little,” said Duncan, who turned to her for big-decision advice as well as smaller quandaries, like how to act when alone at parties, to which Marla suggested talking to the oldest person in the room because they tend to have the most stories. “I have always valued her opinion and insight on everything.”

A mini-Marla-in-training, Duncan is getting to know all of the archives intimately, from the displays on each island—check the San Nic rocket, which Daily acquired after spending $20 on an ashtray and hat over eBay—to the Catalina Island pottery collection and Diebenkorn gallery. There’s a wall of screens beaming in live footage from 20 different cameras located around the Channel Islands; a Juana Maria section focused on the true, tragic story behind Scott O’Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins novel; and a muralized map to orient visitors to the broader concept of California Islands. There are actually 504 in all if you count the tiny ones, Duncan told me, but the center is focused on the 20 that are significant enough to contribute to the historical record.

Visitors will be entertained by recordings of island sounds that cycle through each corner of the center—think marine-mammal grunts, bird calls, plenty of waves crashing. There’s an active HAM radio station and one contemporary exhibit that rotates every six months, currently featuring an

artist who dyed sheep wool with invasive plant species. The center is also home to the most interesting bathroom I’ve ever seen, featuring large undersea images, more audio enhancements, and, best of all, a nautilus-shaped urinal.

“You’re completely immersed, all of your senses,” Duncan said, minutes after I was fondling the leather straps that Stanton used to sharpen his razors, which are surrounded by his old clothes, dressers, and those Diebenkorns. The plan is to enhance the exhibits with ample programming, including a lecture series and screenings that can be projected on the exterior walls that loom over the patio, where metal benches in the shape of the islands are set to scale. Outside is also a life-sized Juana Maria statue, a pygmy mammoth sculpture, a thriving garden of native island plants, and a memorial to the Conception disaster, among other things to see.

“This space is going to be a magnet for island history,” believes Duncan, who’s just getting used to having the job for which she seems destined. “It’s kind of a dream come true,” she said, echoing a common phrase around the CCIC. “I’m like a giddy kid in a candy shop.”

Daily, meanwhile, can now relax like the kid who’s already eaten the candy. Could her muse Carey Stanton have ever predicted this outcome? “I don’t think he would have ever envisioned having this kind of impact,” she said. “This is for everyone, of all ages.”

The Chrisman California Islands Center will open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this winter. Visit at 4994 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria; call (805) 220-6414; see ccislandscenter.org; and follow on Instagram @ccislandscenter.

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lue Apatite, renowned for its rich marbled blue hue, is not only a visually striking stone but is also believed to possess the power to foster motivation, manifestation, and positivity. Jules Kramer, owner of the Santa Barbara boutique Jules by the Sea, shared this message with me as we sat in chairs across from each other in her new uptown store.

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Fostering an inviting atmosphere in her stores is paramount to Kramer’s business. One way she does this is through crystals, which she arranges on trays for her guests, urging them to select the stone that resonates with them.

After their choice, she provides insights into the attributes of their selected crystal. “In my store, we have conversations—a

lot of deep, meaningful conversations,” she said. Crystal healing and crystal energy are not topics she forces onto her customers, she said. Instead, she enjoys spreading positivity by offering them a crystal and words of affirmation to go with it.

“Whether it’s placebo or not, I’m open to either, but whatever works,” she said. “I tell people that if you don’t believe, then at least you’re putting that intention out there.”

In May 2020, amid the early stages of the pandemic, Kramer launched her Funk Zone Jules by the Sea location.

Despite opening during this tough time, Kramer tried to focus on the positive aspects of her experience. “My silver lining was I got my own little beautiful cave in the Funk Zone, with my friends next door.”

Establishing her own store allowed her to engage with customers and foster meaningful conversations like never before. “Why I really do this is because I love being here,” she said. “I love meeting people and the human connection.”

However, she more recently recognized that confining her presence to the Funk Zone limited her accessibility.

“Customers asked me to have a spot that was easy to access, so it’s here,” she said, referring to her new uptown store. Kramer opened the new location on October 31.

This spot boasts not only a wide selection of handcrafted jewelry, but also a considerable amount of other items. These include her fun signs, ponchos, and candles. “I’m trying to be a concierge of gifts,” she said. There’s no singular theme to her store. Instead, Kramer incorporates what she believes are the core themes of the Santa Barbara lifestyle: “A little boho, a little Baja, and a little rancho,” she said with a smile.

In the early 2000s, Kramer worked for Red Envelope — a since-closed personalized gift company. “Red Envelope was about the story and the experience of gift-giving,” she said. “I would consider myself a little baby version of that.” She has mirrored the mission of Red Envelope by crafting a comprehensive gift-giving experience through incorporating various goods into her uptown space.

For Kramer, jewelry-making is not just a business; it’s a delightful pastime. During her husband’s late-night shifts as a firefighter, Kramer immerses herself in jewelry-making.

“Time evaporates when I’m making jewelry,” she said. Instead of meticulously planning her designs, Kramer lets her imagination take the reins. “I’m driven by color and shape.” She will usually make three of each piece, but sometimes more, depending on its popularity.

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important, but so is affordability. Kramer primarily creates gold-filled jewelry, which has a much thicker layer of gold over the metal underneath than the popular gold-plated jewelry. With gold-filled, you can keep your pieces on, even in the ocean and shower, and they won’t tarnish. Kramer doesn’t take her jewelry off, and she uses gold-fill in most of her pieces so customers can do the same. “We are all connected to our jewelry,” she said. She’s also expanding into more fine jewelry using solid gold. Her current price points for her uptown merchandise range from $4 to $350 — she aims to be an accessible store for everyone.

Accessibility entails customization. “One size doesn’t always fit all,” she said. Kramer, who was a fit model, understood this fact, and was inspired to make customization — the ability to change the size of the piece or type of metal — an option for her customers. This serves as another instance showcasing Kramer’s attentive response to her customers’ needs, fostering strong and close relationships with them.

Kramer is currently creating sweatshirts and T-shirts using the phrase “Live, Love, Laugh by the Sea,” which is also printed in iridescent pink and blue letters on the glass of her uptown storefront, a project she is very excited to share. To say Kramer simply enjoys her work would be an understatement. “There’s been three days in the last threeand-a-half years where I haven’t wanted to go to my store,” she said. She isn’t quite sure what the future holds for Jules by the Sea, but she enjoys the excitement of living in the moment. “I feel like I’m living the dream.”

You can visit the new Jules by the Sea location at 3541 State Street.

For more information, visit julesbytheseasb.com.

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hat do toothpaste tablets, build-your-own straws, and colorful little silicone pucks called food huggers have in common? Aside from being things you may have not known exist, they’re among the hundreds of eco-conscious items available at Sunkissed Pantry and Mission Refill, the South Coast’s only zero-waste businesses.

By ditching plastic for reusable materials, both shops hope you’ll see one person’s empty jar of pasta sauce as another person’s treasure.

Sunkissed Pantry specializes in refillables.

Ventura to Arroyo Grande. That was until Valerie Voorhees opened Mission Refill in November. She echoes Ozhelevskiy: “Making more sustainable decisions should be convenient for consumers, and I want this to be an entry into sustainable living. [Still], instead of asking why things are so expensive, ask why things are so cheap.”

Both acknowledge their collective hurdles—cost, convenience, education, and sourcing—and the need to stick together. Speaking of Ozhelevskiy and others, Voorhees is proud that “most refill stores are single-owner women.

We rely on each other, and I consider her a friend. She’s helped me out, I can help her out, and that’s great.” Ozhelevskiy agrees, adding, “To be able to work with someone who’s on the same page as me, who wants to build a bigger community, is important. I’m very thankful that we

by Sean Magruder have each other to lean on.”

Refill shops have taken off in California’s big cities in What does that mean? On top of housing the low-impact recent years, though Santa Barbara is no stranger to them. products above, Sunkissed Pantry and Mission Refill act as The Refillery was an early yet short-lived example on De la refill shops, where soaps, salts, sprays and more are stored Vina Street. Now, Voorhees and Ozhelevskiy are leveraging in bulk and sold by the ounce. Here’s how it works: Bring an their skill sets to connect consumers with less-consumptive empty jar or bottle (glass is best, but anything works) and habits. Voorhees, a former marketing executive, credits her place it on the scale to tare it. Then grab a tag and press it California upbringing and time at UCSB with an exposure to the screen on a connected device to scan the tare weight, to environmental sciences, while Ozhelevskiy, an SBCC grad and longattach the tag to your container, and you’re time pastry chef, all set. began her own line Don’t have a container? Both locations of facial care and offer freebies that have been cleaned and sanicleaning products tized, with the hope that you’ll pay it forward under the Sunkand donate one on your next visit. Containers issed Pantry name. can be purchased as well. Donations of clean, For both, this busireusable items are welcome, and monthly and ness is personal. annual memberships reward customers with “Growing up, my discounts and access to events. parents were busiExtreme as it may sound, both stores ness owners, and I preach practicality. “I’m just happy to give always wanted to people the option,” says Kiersten Ozhelevskiy, have my own busiowner of Sunkissed Pantry, speaking of oper- Mission Refill stocks a variety of products, including PAPR ness,” Ozhelevskiy ating in a sea of traditional grocery stores. “I Deodorant. muses. “My mom think people have this concept that it’s a really hard or expensive thing to do, but in the long run, this passed away from breast cancer, and during that time, my lifestyle saves a lot of money. The aim is trying to get good sister and I were learning about harmful chemicals in the beauty industry. We were really shocked by that and started ingredients at a decent price.”

Ozhelevskiy opened her doors in August 2022, and for making our own products. Educating the youth is another more than a year, she boasted the only refill store from driver—what can I do for my children?”

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Poking around both stores, I was struck by how chic waste-free shopping can be. Trailing plants and bespoke home goods fill the spaces between Sunkissed Pantry’s wall of loose-leaf teas and a clothing nook, kissed with natural light, while at Mission Refill, a crisp, Corporate Memphis– styled scene with smart colors and glass cauldrons of soaps with corkboard lids awaits. There’s a handful of recognizable local products at both, from Sideyard Shrubs fruit vinegars to Golden Arrow Goods soy candles and soaps.

Voorhees and Ozhelevskiy pointed out the few unavoidable places that plastic sneaks into their shops, namely in pump tops, sunscreen bottles, and covers for local art prints.

(I asked Ozhelevskiy if local artists are working with reusable materials, and while we need to look deeper into that one, she spoke highly of a workshop where she made her own paper. What a world.) Neither refuse plastic containers—“no judgment, just less packaging,” as Voorhees puts it.

“There’s a famous quote: ‘We don’t need one person doing a million things. We need a million people doing one thing.’ ” Of course, if there’s one thing for most customers, it’s price. One 32-ounce bottle of Dr. Bronner’s Castile soap from the company’s website costs $16.99. For comparison, the same amount at a refill shop goes for about $21, though a membership at either business can shave that price down to under $20. Maybe not a big difference when it’s all said and done, especially after considering the local element and less plastic consumed. And if we’re really talking economics, the dilution of mass-produced detergents and soaps means we’re running out to buy them much more than we should. In this world of watered-down wares, tapping into Sunkissed Pantry and Mission Refill’s jugs of concentrate is a smart choice.

Naturally, all this is difficult to distill into an elevator pitch, but Voorhees did just that as a passerby meandered into the shop before opening hours. “So, what are you?” the woman asked. “We’re a refillery,” Voorhees said. “We have all of the household items you would usually find at other stores, except they come in sustainable packaging, and we also sell these items in bulk by the ounce.” The woman thought I was interviewing Voorhees for a job, not a newspaper. “You should hire her,” she told me. Ma’am, I’ll put in a good word.

Visit Sunkissed Pantry (31 E. Canon Perdido St., sunkissedpantry.com) and Mission Refill (5733 Calle Real, Goleta; missionrefill.com).

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to enjoy cocktails — shrimp and otherwise—as the sun sets over Goleta Beach something this spring?

That dream, albeit quite deferred over the past two years, is finally sparkling again for the team behind The Ellwood, which will replace the beloved Beachside Bar-Café, which closed almost three years ago in January 2021. Alas, the restaurant’s co-owner and lead visionary Omar Khashen isn’t quite ready to give another estimated date for the opening.

“I haven’t been right once,” said Khashen, who initially predicted a spring 2022 opening upon winning the contract to operate the property from the Santa Barbara County Parks, then pushed to late summer of 2022 before deciding to just keep quiet.

“I do know one good answer,” he smiled. “We will be open before the 101 is finished.”

Progress Being Made for Goleta Beach Restaurant Story and photos by Matt Kettmann Jokes aside, the current state of construction looks promising for a spring champagne toast—and they’ve got a June wedding booked, so there’s at least one hard deadline. The most recent unexpected delay was just resolved this week, when work on a major electrical line was finally completed. They were surprised to discover the original one—thought to date back maybe a century and responsible for powering the Goleta Pier—while finishing the outer walls of the property, where the ancient, forgotten line ran right along the beach, snaking beneath a palm tree.

That had to be modernized, which involved the removal of the old snack shack and clearing of the former storage yard, which will become the concert venue and more casual outdoor eatery. That electrical work finished on December 11, and the adjacent public restroom, precariously hanging off the beach bluff, will be removed any day now. (New public restrooms will be located on the opposite side of the former yard, facing the parking lot.)

The original delay was more financial, when

the massive amount of unexpected structural improvements required to turn the old building into a safe, 21st-century structure required much more funding than anticipated. That was followed by a sewer line replacement for the county-owned beach-park, which slowed the construction further.

Then Khashen was hit by a lawsuit from his former employer, though that was recently dismissed and never caused any actual delays to the project.

The most damaging delay was caused by this past winter’s storms, which hammered the property and forced Khashen to focus on reconstructing the restaurant in a way that will last. “We had to figure out how to make sure that doesn’t happen again,” said Khashen, who raised some sunken floors, installed extensive perimeter walls, and made other storm-surge-minded improvements. “I think we’re in pretty good shape for withstanding future storms.

This place is a fortress now.”

The restaurant’s layout looks very familiar, even though it’s been essentially rebuilt from the ground up. The biggest addition is a new bar for the patio that faces the historic fireplace. A more substantial change will be next door, where the space can house 1,000 concertgoers but will mostly sell casual food to beachgoers.

“This whole side will have a more approachable menu,” said Khashen, who wants it to highlight wood-fired foods, especially Santa Maria–style tritip. “It’s what the region is known for, but you don’t see it that much, except for Cold Spring Tavern.”

This side will open three to four months after the main restaurant.

For a chef, Khashen recently hired Craig Riker, a punk/metal rocker-turned-chef who’s worked at Oliver’s, Finch & Fork, and The Alisal. The current plan is for a lunch menu that should be familiar to Beachside fans, a small menu happy hour to entertain the afternoon crowd, and then a more upscale experience at dinner.

“We’ve spent about two years on this thing, but about 10 to 11 months of that were delays and doing nothing,” said Khashen. He’s sounding slightly apologetic these days, but ever the more optimistic of what’s to come.

A longer version of this story was published in Full Belly Files, Matt Kettmann’s free weekly food and drink newsletter. See independent.com/fbf.

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here’s a new menagerie at the Santa

Barbara Zoo. It’s bright, cute, and sure to capture your attention, whether on a daytime stroll of the Zoo’s 30 acres, or a visit to ZooLights after dark. But this is one attraction that fits in your palm and might be the only thing here that’s off-limits to kids.

As one of the newest, and cutest, additions to the Zoo, the red panda was a natural choice for an amber lager not unlike Fig Mountain’s Danish Red. The beer has a nice creamy texture, its notes of clove and caramel pairing well with the winter season. An IPA, the Hoppy Froggy, is inspired by the California red-legged frog.

Besides the tasty pun, though, this creature is crucial to the Zoo’s conservation efforts.

“Being so vulnerable, it’s one of our main conservation species, so we want to bring attention to that,” Nuss says. I like bitter beverages and often still find IPAs a touch too much, but the Hoppy Froggy has just enough hoppiness to entice almost any drinker. Rounding out the trio, the Long Neck Mexican Lager — acknowledging the iconic, regal giraffe and palm tree on the Zoo’s logo — is crisp and effortlessly refreshing, the can to grab on a warm day.

These custom-made beers are found only at the Santa Barbara Zoo, though Nuss says they’ll be around for a while.

That’s good news — with a variety of flavors and styles, there’s one to enjoy any time of year, rain or shine, peaceful afternoon or toddler meltdown.

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by Sean Magruder The Santa Barbara Zoo has teamed up with Figueroa Mountain for three beers that celebrate some of the Zoo’s most beloved animals. The Red Panda Lager, Hoppy Froggy IPA, and Long Neck Mexican Lager give a nod to favorites old and new. They’re also delicious.

Following a collaboration with Ventura Coast Brewing Company, the Zoo was excited to embark on a fresh Zoo Brew project, says Director of Marketing Kevin Nuss. “We enjoyed working with Ventura Coast, but we wanted to start something new. Fig Mountain really cares about natural life and conservation in this region, so it was a good fit.”

So too was fitting the animals with eye-catching cans and beers that match their colors.

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Visit the Santa Barbara Zoo at 500 Niños Drive, Mon.-Sun., 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Hours may vary for ZooLights through January 14. See sbzoo.org.

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sandwich lovers. Readers Brendan and Paris let me know that Metropulos Fine Foods Merchant at 216 East Yanonali Street in the Funk Zone has closed after 20 years in business.

The owners are retiring. Here is a message from Metropulos: “Dear incredible wonderful customers … we’re writing to let you know that we have made the decision to retire from the food business, and to close Metropulos.…We have been trying to sell the business and/or the building for some time now, but to date have had no offers.

“For the past year or so, our homeowners association (we are located in a commercial condominium) has been demanding that we allow them to tent our building for termites. We have been trying to postpone the tenting until we have sold our building, as it means we’ll have to empty the building of all foods, packaging, dry goods, etc., and start over. Unfortunately, the HOA has imposed a deadline, forcing us to consider all options. After 20 years and into our sixties, starting over isn’t an option for us, so we’ve made the decision to close while we decide what’s next for the space.

“You have been an integral part of our growth and success and have enriched our lives in ways you cannot know. It’s been an honor and a pleasure to be a part of the Santa Barbara food community, to have earned your trust and respect, and won your love. The outpouring of kind words has been overwhelming; we are proud to have created this successful business, from scratch, in the time before Funk Zone was a thing, before Yelp, and before S.B. had a local Whole Foods, multiple Trader Joe’s, and Bristol Farms. We brought our vision to fruition and did what many said was impossible.”

YONA REDZ EXPANDING: The owner of the popular Yona Redz Mexican restaurant at 532 State Street is opening a new eatery next to The Granada

Theatre. The dining destination will offer Mexican seafood.

SANTA BARBARA SUNSHINE CAFÉ MOVES TO GOLETA:

Reader FR let me know that Santa Barbara Sunshine Café has opened at 5711 Calle Real in Goleta, the former home of Chicken in a Barrel BBQ (2018-2020), Petrini’s (2011-2016), and Luigi’s Pizza & Pasta. The flagship location on upper State Street closed permanently just before Christmas.

ROCKFIRE GRILL CLOSES: Reader Brendan says that

Rockfire Grill in Isla Vista appears to have closed.

There is a “For Lease” sign on the property, and it’s marked as closed on Yelp. There is also some discussion on Reddit. Given that Rockfire opened in December 2018, this new development suggests their five-year lease was up for renewal and that the business took a pass.

OAKBERRY OPENS IN ISLA VISTA: Reader Brendan also

says that, right across the street from the nowformer home of Rockfire Grill, a new Oakberry location has opened next to the Six Pak Shop. Oakberry Açaí Bowls opened in Paseo Nuevo in 2020, and this would be a second South Coast franchise location. Oakberry has more than 600 stores in more than 35 countries.

COSTCO FOOD COURT CHANGES: Costco is set to replace

its $1.49 churros from its food court menu with other sugary treats. The company is discontinuing the cinnamon-covered, fried dessert, and it will be replaced with cookies. Rumors of the change first swirled around on the national Costco Reddit page earlier this month after a Reddit user said that their brother, who works at our Costco in Goleta, informed them of the news. Costco has found a company to make the cookies, and agreements are finalized. They will be showing up in early 2024, along with chocolate ice cream, which will appear before summer.

John Dickson’s reporting can be found every day online at SantaBarbara.com. Send tips to info@SantaBarbara.com.

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A HEAVYWEIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO COMEDY, BRAD WILLIAMS RETURNS TO THE LOBERO

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ne of the funniest comedy shows I’ve ever seen was the taping of Brad Williams’s Fun Size at the Lobero Theatre in 2014. Turns out, I wasn’t the only one laughing.

Fun Size was his first comedy special, went on to become the highest-rated special on Showtime, and was a key factor in making Williams—who was born with achondroplasia, a type of dwarfism, which plays a large part in his standup—into one of the most in-demand comedians working today.

After a busy decade that included many more comedy specials—his latest, Brad Williams: Starfish, premiered in December on the streaming channel VEEPS—TV shows, feature films, and a gig as the first stand-up comedian to headline a Cirque du Soleil show (their newest, Mad Apple, in Las Vegas), he’s back at the Lobero on Saturday, January 6, where he’ll perform two shows.

I interviewed Williams last week, as he was preparing his latest tour, titled TOUR ’24. (I promise the show will be much more creative than that title.)

Have you always wanted to be a performer? When I was a kid, I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I wanted to perform. I wanted to be in front of people. … Kids get addicted to sugar.

I got addicted to attention. … I was at a stand-up comedy show and the comedian on stage started doing midget jokes. The audience around me was not laughing. They were very uncomfortable, and the comedian noticed that and said, “Why aren’t you guys laughing? Is one of them here?” And I just raised my creepy little hand in the air and was like, “Yeah, I’m here.”

And the comedian called me up on stage and he started asking me questions, and I answered the questions. Honestly, I wasn’t trying to be funny. But my answers got laughs. That was it—once I got those laughs onstage from, from a roomful of strangers from an original thought that I had, I was like, “This is what I want, this is the thing I want to do.” So yeah, 20 years later, here we are.

That’s wild. How old were you at that point? I was 19. I was working at—and this is one of the things that got laughs: The guy asked, “So what do you do for a living?” and I go, “I work at Disneyland.”

I grew up in Orange County. It’s like a requirement that every kid works at Disneyland. When I said, “I work at Disneyland,” the audience laughed, and then I looked at the audience, and I said, “Shut up. I’m not one of the seven.”

And that got a good laugh. And I was like, “Oh, man, that felt great.”

I was working in Disneyland, and I was going to school at USC, then started doing comedy for about a year, doing open mic nights. Then I got a great opportunity where I could go on the road. So, I went to my parents and told them, “I know, I have a year left at USC that you guys are paying for and sacrificing so much for, but I’m gonna drop out to be a clown.”

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Comedian Brad Williams performs two shows at the Lobero on January 6, with special guest JB Ball.

How did that go over? Not well, as you might suspect.…My parents were incredibly supportive. But if any kid says, “Hey, I got a year of college to go but I’m gonna drop out because I already found what I want to do,” any good parent will be like, “No, don’t do that; finish college.” And that’s what they said. But I was pretty adamant.

The last time you performed in Santa Barbara, you were filming a show. Other than logistics, is it different when you’re filming? Oh, yeah, way different. I prefer not shooting because shooting a special, you’re just hyper aware of everything you’re doing on stage in terms of “Am I fidgeting with my hands too much? Is my hair out of control?”

I remember shooting that special Fun Size and my eye got some makeup in it during the show. My eyes started watering and I’m like, “Ah fuck, I’m recording this.” Whereas now that I’m coming back, I’m not shooting a special. I’m not worried at all. If my eye starts watering, okay, I’ll rub it. I don’t worry about continuity. I put a water bottle down and take a drink. I can move it … Obviously, I still want it to look good, but just those other factors that go into making a special, now I don’t have to worry about, so I can just give it my damn all. Make sure people in the audience are having a great time. And that’s my number-one priority.

You’re doing two back-to-back shows (7 p.m. and 10:15 p.m.). Will they be the same? I have signposts that I’ll definitely hit for both shows, but the beautiful part about stand-up comedy and the beautiful part when you’re not filming a special is that it can go any sort of way.

What about with something like the Mad Apple Cirque show in Vegas? When I’m doing the live show, and Mad Apple, it’s not just my show. I’m going on after two guys that juggle each other with their feet. That’s a whole other thing. Because I have to understand that this audience at a Cirque show probably isn’t as familiar with my work as my audience. So,

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I have to kind of introduce myself. Whereas my audience, I can just kind of come out and go, and they know what I’m doing, and they know what I’m going to do. But in terms of the unexpected always happening, this has actually happened a couple of times, during Mad Apple in Vegas, we had technical difficulties: A lightboard malfunctioned and just stopped working. And in order to get it started up again, it takes about seven minutes to recharge and restart and redo the whole thing.

There was just nothing going on on stage. And I ran out and I told the audio guy, “Give me a microphone.” … I did about 10 minutes. And the audience had already seen me. So now I’m coming back. And it was so great, because it was so unexpected. The audience knew they were getting kind of a bonus show. It was such a cool, fun moment. I remember I got backstage after I did that, and there was a Russian hand balancer who looks like he’s chiseled out of granite. He’s just an Adonis of a man. And he sees me walk backstage, and he just has this look on his face, like he just saw a ghost. And I’m like, “What’s going on?” And he goes, “I have no idea how you do what you do.” I’m like “You go on top of the Empire State Building and balance on one hand … [and] you don’t know how I do what I do? I just talk. Like, if I mess up, a joke doesn’t go right. Oh, darn, I have another one. If you mess up, you’re dead.”

It just kind of shows you how people view stand-up comedy. … Jerry Seinfeld has a great joke about it, where he says more people fear public speaking more than death. So, at a funeral, they’d rather be in the coffin than giving the eulogy.

It’s so strange, because for me, that’s where I’m the most comfortable; I am the most comfortable on stage with a microphone in my hand. And in front of hundreds, sometimes thousands of strangers, just talking. That’s where I’m the ab—Leslie Dinaberg solute most comfortable.

Brad Williams performs at the Lobero on Saturday, January 6, at 7 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. For more information, see lobero.org/events/brad-williams.

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on’t ask Santa Barbara’s Trout Club for any fishing tips. They’ve now moved onto land.

Four years to the day after their dropping their debut EP, the garage-rock quartet, named after the small mountainside neighborhood off Highway 154, released their first full-length album, Land Practice, on December 23.

“That was kind of a cute little accident, not at all planned,” laughed lead singer, rhythm guitarist, banjoist, and occasional violinist Quique HernandezBlack. Neither was most of what the band of lifelong friends—including Kai Zheng on lead guitar and keyboards, and twins Malcolm and Cedric Bobro on bass and drums, respectively—has weathered since that EP, Welcome to the Trout Club, came out in the final days of 2019.

At the time, the group was playing as much as they could, from house parties to squeezing themselves onto the bills of bands they’d befriended. Of course, not three months later, all that changed. The pandemic dealt a blow to the young, budding band. “It was a big jump from practicing together and jamming all the time, working on songs together and playing live a lot to suddenly all being kind of home alone,” said HernandezBlack. At the height of their momentum, Trout Club found themselves reimagining the way they’d been playing together for years. They were forced to evolve.

“The pandemic was kind of a cool opportunity to get a little deeper with our songwriting, because instead of just bringing in something and jamming on it for a couple hours, now we’re talking about it separately,” said Hernandez-Black of their lockdown-era collaborations.

“When we got that break, it felt like an opportunity to work on really honing our songwriting style and to practice our instruments.”

He recalls the origins of “Space,” written shortly after the pandemic began and one of the 10 tracks on Land Practice. The band devised a system they called “skeletons,” where one member would make a frame of a song with its most basic elements—the tempo, the chords, maybe some lyrics—and send it to the rest of the band.

The other three guys had their own copy for listening, practicing and ultimately, recording.

With “Space” pieced together remotely, Trout Club knew they were onto something. Hernandez-Black was blown away by the process. “I mean, it was a whole

different way of doing things. This was a crazy amount of freedom.” Freedom had its own challenges—with unlimited time, perfectionism runs wild—but Hernandez-Black and co. were game to put in the hours.

It shows. Listen to Welcome to the Trout Club for fun, though maybe not so fully formed songs, then check in with “Space,” “Stage Door,” and “Candy (In My Mouth),” their two latest singles, for catchier, more fleshed-out tunes with intent. “Stage Door” recalls the raw energy of Trout Club with more filling, while “Candy” glides through a keyboard and bongo-flecked bossa nova with some twists and turns. All three highlight the range of Hernandez-Black’s vocals and Zheng’s guitar work, not to mention the band’s ear for arrangement and a bump in production value.

The fresh sound visibly excites Hernandez-Black.

After all, besides the handful of new tunes, songs like “Fog” and “Mr. Mystery,” Trout Club’s first original, were reworked from the ground up to show the band’s evolution in a sort of sonic March of Progress. “I mean, we put so much time into recording our own parts,” Hernandez-Black acknowledged. “I put violin on a couple songs. I kind of taught myself to play [just] for this. The end result is these songs we’ve played for so long elevated to a whole new level.”

Come 2021, vaccinations and the return of band practice, Trout Club not only persisted but drew on their remote-work habits when Zheng and the Bobro bros moved to the Bay Area. Performing at Zheng’s wedding, which Hernandez-Black also officiated, was a recent highlight, and no matter the physical distance, it seems the boys are as close as ever. Hernandez-Black sees nowhere for them to go but up. “We really grew from [the pandemic]. And that’s kind of the mood of this album, is this period of growth and change. I love [the name Land Practice], because it reminds me of our roots, getting together and doing band practice. We’ve kind of been brewing under the ocean for some time, and now we have something to show for it. And I’m so grateful for everyone that listens to the music—the fact is, it’s just me hanging out with my friends and doing what we love to do together.”

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ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): The plan I will propose in this horoscope is for temporary use. I’m not recommending you stick to it for all of 2024, but just for the next 15 to 18 days. If you do, I believe it will set you up for beautiful success in the coming months. Here’s my idea: Embark on a free-form extravaganza of playing and having fun. Just for now, set aside your ambition. Don’t worry about improving yourself and producing results. Simply enjoy a phase of suspending inhibitions, creatively messing around, having nothing to prove, and being motivated by the quest for joy.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): Climate change is impacting rainbows. Rising temperatures and drier conditions mean that some parts of the world will get fewer rainbows, and other areas will get more. Canada and Siberia will benefit, while the Mediterranean will be less well-endowed with sky-borne arcs of color that come from sunlit rain. But I predict that no matter where you live, the rainbow will be a potent and regular symbol for you Bulls in 2024—more than ever before. That means you will have increased reasons to entertain hope and more power to find beauty. On occasion, there may even be very good luck at the metaphorical rainbow’s end. If you’re an LGBTQIA2S+ Taurus, be on high alert for breakthroughs in your ability to get the appreciation you deserve.

GEMINI

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(May 21-June 20): As one of your inspirational stories for 2024, I offer this tale from singer-songwriter Tom Waits: “Once upon a time, there was a crooked tree and a straight tree.

They grew next to each other. Every day, the straight tree would look at the crooked tree and say, ‘You’re crooked.

You’ve always been crooked, and you’ll continue to be crooked. But look at me! I’m tall, and I’m straight.’ Then one day, lumberjacks came to the forest and looked around. The manager in charge said, ‘Cut all the straight trees.’ And that crooked tree is still there to this day, growing strong and growing strange.” (PS: Here’s more from Gemini writer Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Be true to your own act, and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant.”)

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): Japanese artist Hokusai (1760–1849) developed a fascination for his country’s iconic Mount Fuji. In his seventies, he produced a series of woodblock prints titled Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. Later, he added three books of prints collectively called One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji. Some art historians say his obsession stemmed from the legend that the mountain was home to the secret of immortality. The coming year will be a fine time for you Cancerians to celebrate and concentrate on your own Mount Fuji–like passion. Sometime soon, identify what it is, and start making plans to commune with it intensely.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): If you will ever in your life go viral—that is, create or do something that suddenly becomes widely known and influential—I bet it will be in 2024. Even if you don’t produce TikTok videos seen by 10 million people, you are at least likely to become more visible in your local community or field of endeavor. Of course, I would prefer that your fame and clout spread because of the good deeds you do, not the weird deeds. So I urge you to cultivate high integrity and a wildly generous spirit in the coming months. Be a role model who inspires and uplifts.

VIRGO

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(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I expect 2024 to be a free-spirited, wideranging, big-vision type of year for you, dear Virgo. I predict you will feel an abundance of urges to travel, roam, and explore. You will be more excited than anxious about the prospect of leaving your comfort zone, and you will have a special fondness for getting your mind expanded by interesting encounters. That doesn’t mean you will avoid all awkwardness and confusion. Some of that stuff will happen, though it will usually evolve into educational adventures. And the extra good news is that

wandering out in nature will provide even more inspiration and healing than usual. Treasure this quote from conservationist Rachel Carson: “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure: the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring.”

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I am pleased to inform you that a visit to hell will not be on your itinerary in 2024. You may be invited to take a few excursions into the realm that depth psychologists call the underworld, but that’s a good thing.

There you will be able to hunt for treasures that have been hidden and uncover secrets that will illuminate your epic, months-long quest for wholeness. It may sometimes be dark and shadowy down there below, but almost always dark and shadowy in ways that will lead you to healing.

(I will reiterate what I implied above: The underworld is NOT hell.)

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I hope that working hard on togetherness will be a fun project for you in the coming months. To do it well, you must outgrow some habitual ways of doing friendship and intimacy. You will have to be imaginative and ingenious. Are you willing to believe that you do not yet know all there is to know about being a fantastic ally and partner? Are you ready to approach the arts of collaboration and cooperation as if enhancing your skills is the most important thing you can do? For the sake of your best selfish goals, be a brilliant teammate in 2024.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Each of us is a complex, kaleidoscopic work of art, whether or not we consciously approach our destiny in that spirit. Every day, we use our creative imagination to craft new elements of the masterpiece known as the story of our life. Leos come by this fun project naturally, but you Sagittarians also have great potential to embrace it with glee and panache. I trust you will be especially keen on enjoying this sacred work in 2024.

And right now, today and in the coming weeks, will be an excellent time to ramp up the scintillating drama.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I am against sex education in schools because sex is more fun when it’s dirty and sinful.” So said Capricorn author Florence King. I reject and rebel against that perverse declaration—and encourage you to disavow it, too, in 2024. In my astrological opinion, the coming months will be a favorable time to learn everything about sex and eros that you don’t already know.

I hope you will dive deep as you gather a rich array of teachings about how to enjoy the art of making love more than ever before. (Consider consulting tantric manuals like Margo Anand’s The Art of Sexual Magic: Cultivating Sexual Energy to Transform Your Life.)

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Singer-songwriter Tori Amos says she’s sure she was burned for being a witch in a previous lifetime.

I suspect most of us had past incarnations in which we were punished simply for being our beautiful selves. I bring this up, Aquarius, because I think 2024 will be a favorable time to get some healing from any ancient hurt like that. You will have a series of experiences that could help you recover from the illusion that being faithful to your truth is somehow wrong. Life will conspire with you to help you reclaim more of the full audacity to be your gorgeous, genuine self.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): I believe 2024 will be one of the best years ever for your education. Your willingness and eagerness to learn will be at a peak. Your knack for attracting inspirational teachers will be excellent. It’s likely you will be exceptionally curious and open to good influences.

My advice is to be alert for lessons not just from obvious sources of wisdom and revelation, but also from unexpected founts. Don’t be too sure you know where revelations and illumination might come from.

Homework: Make three predictions about your life in 2024. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

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OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR A member of the Chancellor’s front office team, the Administrative Assistant provides daily administrative support for smooth office workflow as well as project‑oriented support to senior office staff. Answers phone calls and welcomes visitors, responding to a wide range of questions and concerns from campus constituents and members of the public. Processes incoming and outgoing mail, following record management and retention policies.

Drafts correspondence, maintains information resources, organizes office files, maintains a welcoming front office, schedules conference room usage, and provides meeting setup and support. Tracks action items and provides follow‑up to ensure deadlines are met. Serves as backup to other office staff, assists with special projects, and contributes to a collaborative teamwork environment.

This position has frequent and initial contact with faculty, administrators, staff, students, external constituents, alumni, media, and the Offices of the UC President and Secretary of the Regents. Strong written and oral communication skills, customer service skills, and a high level of accuracy and confidentiality are essential to this position. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of training and/or experience. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check.

The full salary range is $24.95 to $42.10/hr. The budgeted hourly range is $26.00 to $30.00/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 1/12/24. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 62807

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, RESIDENTIAL DINING SERVICES

CAMPUS DINING Under the general direction of the Director of Residential Dining Services, the Associate Director has functional responsibility for 4 dining commons operations and management of dining commons systems. Member of the Senior Management Team in Residential Dining, sharing responsibility for annual operating and capital budgets and production and service of 2.5 million meals in all Residential food service facilities and operations. Scope includes four primary Residence Dining Halls, kitchens and bakeries and Conference Catering, serving a community of over 8000 student, faculty and family residents. Provides leadership, supervision and direction for policy management, budget development, culinary innovation, resource coordination, personnel administration, customer service and facilities management for the Dining Commons General Managers.

Scope of Dining Administrative functions includes: Dining Operations Management Quality Control and Training for Residential Dining Facilities Procurement and Production Systems Dining Services’ Sustainability Program Management.

Reqs: Bachelor’s/culinary degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. 7‑9 years leadership/ progressive management experience, preferably in the food service industry or university auxiliary service unit.

Knowledge in food service operations and sanitation regulations, ideally in high volume year‑round university, multi‑unit dining or events services operations. Excellent effective interpersonal and work leadership

and management skills with strong track record hiring, developing and mentoring staff. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including active listening, dynamic flexibility, and critical thinking skills. Advanced decision making and reasoning skills, and advanced ability to develop original ideas to solve problems, conduct operations and quality control analysis , ability to multi‑task and ensure effective time management. Intermediate computer applications skills; must be proficient with desktop and mobile productivity tools. 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. Work days may include occasional evenings and weekends. Hiring/Budgeted Range: $91,300 ‑ $120,000/year. Posting Salary Range: $91,300 ‑ $125,000/ year. 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 1/16/2024. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #63128

BUSINESS OFFICER

TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT Provides management support to the Chair of the Technology Management Department in the College of Engineering. Responsible for long‑range planning, coordination, organizing, staffing, and supervising all staff including the following areas: Financial, contract & grant administration, academic and staff personnel administration, academic teaching programs, student affairs, communications, space, and services

that support the teaching, research, and community service functions of this rapidly growing academic unit as well as extra‑curricular programming.

Independently exercises discretionary powers to solve managerial and/ or programmatic issues. Develops internal systems and procedures for the operations of a multi‑functional, dynamic, and growing department.

This position has a high degree of contact with internal and external constituencies and requires a high level of tact and diplomacy. To successfully meet the responsibilities of this position, the Business Officer must apply sophisticated organizational skills, apply best business practices, strong working knowledge of UC policies and procedures, flexibility, problem‑solving and conflict resolution skills, and excellent writing and communication skills. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/or training. 4‑6 years of experience in management preferably in higher education. 4‑6 years of budget / financial management experience.

Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check The full salary range is $82,300 to $151,700/yr. The budgeted salary range is $82,300 to $115,000/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 1/17/24. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 63002

CAMPUS OFFICE OF SOFTWARE LICENSING MANAGER (Remote)

LETTERS AND SCIENCE ‑ INFORMATION TECH Works collaboratively as a core piece in complex analytical, technical,

and administrative tasks in support of the software licensing functions across the campus. Establishes, administrates, coordinates, manages, and supports all campus‑wide COSL software agreements, including licensing, procurement, and service functions by exercising judgment and determining appropriate actions within defined guidelines. Initiates outreach mechanisms to proactively disseminate COSL software products and services based on advanced knowledge of campus IT architecture.

Creates and disseminates department transactional reports and reconciles funds according to university policies and best practices. Identifies billing discrepancies and resolves a variety of business process issues.

Where required, accomplishes the configuration management necessary to track license status and asset distribution. Maintains sound database engineering approaches and tools to design, update, document and manage vendor,

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Represents College of Letters & Science Information Technology (by serving on UC/campus‑wide cross functional committees, workgroups, and task forces developing campus policies and procedures related to the procurement of software to ensure UC compliance standards.

Demonstrates knowledge of software and campus information technology products, services, and vendor relations. Formulates, interprets, and adapts new policies and procedures related to UC‑wide/campus software requirements to meet end‑user needs. Executes software integration according to UC business requirements and collaborative acceptance testing. Implements changes in response to new software applications, procedures, and/or changes to federal/funding agency/ university regulations and policies.

Maintains effective communication and individual working relationships with campus IT and administrative staff, other institutions, and software vendors. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience / training. Experience in the IT procurement of software purchasing. Experience in managing software inventories and databases.

Note: Satisfactory conviction historySatisfactory conviction history background check The full salary range is $74,872.30 to $126,159.58/yr. The budgeted salary range is $74,872.30 to $80,393.53/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 1/16/24. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 61044

CATERING SUPERVISOR

CAMPUS DINING Campus Catering unit provides catering services for on‑campus special events, summer conference catering, executive and housing department catering. The Campus Catering Supervisor is responsible for event preparation and supervision.

Acts as onsite manager at events throughout the year. Core job responsibilities are Event Set‑Up, Student Staff Management and Event Management. Responsible for adhering to budgeted labor costs while also ensuring the highest degree of excellence in service and meeting the client’s needs. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree ‑ Required/or Equivalent combination of education and experience. 1‑3 years demonstrated ability to organize and manage a variety of events while maintaining a high standard of excellence, including ability and willingness to prioritize and make necessary adjustments for last minute events. Proven ability to train, schedule and supervise student staff.

Required/or Equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Valid driver’s license and clean driving record. ServSafe Certification or equivalent certification. Required within 90 days. Must be able to drive a van and/or box truck. Able to work flexible hours including nights and weekends. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/ Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: $48,800.00/yr. ‑ $49,878.00/yr. Salary Range: $47,800.00/yr. ‑ $54,866.00/ 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.

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COUNSELOR/ COORDINATOR

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM Utilizes advanced skills gained at the Master’s degree level in counseling fields (student affairs and/or higher education); exhibits culturally inclusive active listening skills (e.g., appropriately establishing interpersonal contact, perception checking) and provides counseling services for personal, social and academic issues, including but not limited to cultural identity, educational, relationship, family, sexuality and sexual identity issues.

Focuses on working with Chican@/ Latin@ EOP student population.

Designs, implements and evaluates cultural, academic and programmatic services for the Chican@/Latin@ Cultural Resource Center (CLCRC) and El Centro Arnulfo Casillas/ Building 406. Develops program designs and tools to assess quality of programs and events offered.

Assists in campus efforts to recruit and retain underrepresented students.

Reqs: Master’s Degree in counseling or related area or years of equivalent experience/training. Experience in providing in‑depth, wide‑ranging and complex academic advising and holistic services to undergraduates.

Experience with social media management on multiple platforms, updating department website, and Emma application. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check; may work occasional evenings and weekends; may be called upon to reside in residence hall during summer program; on call during summer programs and campus emergencies.

The full salary rangeis $61,700 ‑ $108,100/yr. The budgeted salary range is $62,640 ‑ $65,460/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 # 62307

DATA INTEGRITY AND PROJECT MANAGER

BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES Supports the procurement, payment, and fulfillment business needs for the campus and is responsible for the Supplier Management business unit within Business and Financial Services. Incumbents must independently perform a full range of enterprise system integration and content management duties with primary emphasis on supervisory duties over professional staff.

Participates in planning, direction and implementation of programs, initiatives, systems, that are critical to UCSB and UC systemwide. Serves as the lead for the implementation and approvals conducted in the vendor management system in Oracle. Makes recommendations and offers guidance to campus business officers regarding appropriate methods of submission in eProcurement. Manages development and support of helpdesk, website, and related procurement system content and training. Implements internal controls to ensure the eProcurement system and Vendor Enablement programs are in compliance with policies and procedures. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to technical and non‑technical personnel at various levels in the organization.

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Interpersonal and communications skills to work with both technical and non‑technical personnel at various levels in the organization. Experience applying a wide variety of internal and external policies and regulations to address a range of issues such as regulatory compliance; income and recharges; cash and cash equivalent handling; risk management; and the organized implementation of a diverse range of financial services for the school and departments.

Experience in finance, operations management, project management, strategic planning and building strong relationships. Supervisory experience in a business finance role. Leadership skills to provide guidance, coaching and mentoring to professional and support staff. Reqs: Satisfactory conviction history background check.

Hiring/Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: 67,200‑$80,300/yr. Full Salary Range: $67,200‑$119,600/yr.

Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience; the budget for the position; and the application of fair, equitable, and consistent pay practices at the University. 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 1/17/24.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 63012

DIRECTOR‑ RESIDENTIAL STUDENT LIFE

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY LIVING Manages the highly specialized Student Residential Life team, and provides leadership and support for the Student Residential Program through the coordinated achievements of the subordinate staff.

Manages the $3 million budget and 33 FTE of the Student Residential Life Team Team. The Director shares in the leadership and strategic vision for a comprehensive and robust resident student development program that nearly all UCSB students are involved in at some point during their academic career. The Director has functional responsibility for the administration and management of the Resident Student Development for all residential neighborhoods, consisting of: Santa Catalina Hall, Westgate, Santa Ynez, Westwinds, San Clemente, El Dorado, Storke, Family Student Housing Sierra Madre, San Joaquin Apartments and the CI‑5 residence halls, Manzanita Village and San Rafael. Within the established University policies and procedures, the Director has full and independent management responsibilities for planning, organizing, and directing: the selection of all student and in‑residence contract staff (~180 annually), 24/7/365 resident crisis/emergency response and development of a comprehensive community development program and collaboration with campus agencies. The Director is responsible for serves as a member of the Senior Management Team for Residential & Community Living. The Director shares responsibility for overall management of the area consisting of 11,000+ students, faculty, and family residents on campus, a $10 million budget and 260 FTE. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training 4‑6 years Supervision and management experience. 4‑6 years Experience working in a higher education setting. Extensive knowledge and experience with mental health and threat management Required Budgetary experience. Demonstrated experiences and abilities in problem identification, reasoning, the development of original ideas to solve problems, persuasion, leadership, and

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Demonstrated commitment to equity, social justice, and inclusion in an educational context Requires excellent written and oral communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail, a broad knowledge of current issues in higher education, and an extensive knowledge of University policies, procedures, and federal mandates including in the areas of human resources and risk management. Advanced knowledge of federal, state and UC policies related to sexual violence and Title IX issues, and implementation of campus judicial affairs, including in‑depth knowledge of the division of student affairs as well as sensitivity to the political climate and campus and community cultural sub‑groups and an ability to develop successful collaborations across organizational boundaries. The incumbent must have the ability to multitask, use discretion, and maintain confidentiality, as he/she will be exposed to many highly sensitive student situations.

This position entails a high degree of independence that requires judgment, discretion, and personal initiative, as well as problem‑solving and consensus‑building abilities.

Strong skills in monitoring / assessing people, processes or services, to make improvements. Skilled at collaborating with a variety of constituents including students, faculty, and staff to work towards shared goals supporting the mission, vision, goals and objectives of the campus. Demonstrated knowledge of best practices, with an eye toward next practices, in higher education, specifically residential life and housing. Demonstrated understanding of student development theories and practices.

Demonstrated understanding of mentorship and development techniques, and professional competencies. Knowledge of social justice competencies and practices, and demonstrated record of infusing diversity, equity, and inclusion into daily work. Able to provide leadership in the development of long‑term planning strategies. Demonstrated ability in the recruitment, training, and performance management of personnel. Able to successfully lead, direct, mentor, evaluate and motivate staff utilizing clear and effective interpersonal skills, providing mentorship and demonstrating solid leadership and problem‑solving skills. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse.

Mandated reporting requirement of Dependent Adult Abuse. UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. 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 Range: $117,000 ‑ $137,000/yr. Full Salary Range: $83,200 ‑ $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 1/16/2024. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #63080

DIRECTOR‑ STUDENT CONDUCT & BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY LIVING Manages the highly specialized Student Conduct & Behavioral Intervention team, and provides leadership and support in these areas through the coordinated achievements of the subordinate staff.

Manages the $1 million budget and 7.25 FTE of the Conduct & Behavioral

Intervention Team. The Director is responsible for the residential policies, conduct management/administration, and year round (24/7/365) response coordination for the ~11,000 residents/students living in University owned housing facilities, including the diverse populations and needs of Residence Halls, Undergraduate Apartments, Graduate Apartments, and Family Student Housing Communities. In addition, the incumbent holds the title of Assistant Dean of Students, Judicial Affairs, to adjudicate university‑wide cases referred for disciplinary action and is the lead for all student sexual assault cases related to housing. Negotiates waivers in lieu of University hearings for students with multiple charges, legal charges and suspensions. The Director also oversees training for Housing staff, and serves as the divisional liaison regarding conduct matters related to staff/students in all units of housing. The Director also oversees the Mental Health and Social Work Services arm of the department providing direct support and care for the highest level student mental health concerns in the Housing communities.

Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. 4‑6 years Supervisory or Management experience. 4‑6 years Experience working in a higher education setting. 7‑9 years Experience in student conduct or related fields with progressively more responsibility. Advanced knowledge of advising and counseling techniques.

Knowledge of Student Development theory, student conduct best practices, restorative justice practices, legal issues in higher education, etc.

Strong skills in monitoring / assessing people, processes or services, to make improvements. Strong skills in project management, social perceptiveness to be aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do. Ability in problem identification, reasoning, ability to develop original ideas to solve problems, persuasion, leadership, and intercultural competence. Thorough knowledge of University and departmental principles and procedures involved in risk assessment and evaluating risks as to likelihood and consequences.

Thorough knowledge of Student Affairs / Student Life specialization.

Excellent Oral and written communication skills, political acumen, relationship building, and student mental health and wellness issues. Ability to manage a high‑stress environment, shifting priorities, and constant interruptions In‑depth knowledge of Title IX, the Violence Against Women Act, the Campus SAVE Act, the Cleary Act, FERPA, and CANRA, and the relationship of these laws to the University and UCSB Students. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse.

Mandated reporting requirement of Dependent Adult Abuse. UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. 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 Range: $117,000 ‑ $137,000/yr. Full Salary Range: $83,200 ‑ $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 01/15/2024. Apply online at https: //jobs.ucsb.edu Job #63035

payroll activity to the campus ledgers; and producing monthly financial statements including expense summaries, balance reports, outstanding liens reports, projections summaries, and customized graphical or statistical reports on request.

Provides analytical support for a wide range of topics under the pressure of frequent deadlines. Analyzes and processes monthly Machine Shop recharge billing. Processes, tracks, and reconciles incoming gifts, monitors and reconciles accounts in overdraft, and holds a FlexCard for purchasing. Exhibits a high level of problem‑solving skills and knowledge to execute and recommend courses of action. Assists the Dean with other special projects as assigned. Maintains substantial knowledge of University policies and procedures related to accounting and travel/entertainment, purchasing, and contracts & grants accounting. Reqs: 4‑6 years of accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, and statistical analysis. Bachelor’s Degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check The full salary range is $28.83 ‑ $47.23/hr. The budgeted hourly range is $28.83 ‑ $36.00/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Application review begins 1/16/24.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 63070

HELP DESK SUPPORT LEAD

KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS Provides user support for all services provided by the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics technology team. Activities span many IT areas including installing software, troubleshooting macOS, and Linux software and hardware problems, troubleshooting network connectivity, imaging desktops, server support, supporting audio/video equipment, managing inventories of equipment.

Serves as a primary point of contact regarding computing services for the approximately 1000 visiting scientists per year, as well as local faculty and staff. Manages student help desk schedules. Provides excellent customer service, and offers well rounded IT skills and solid organization skills.

Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. Experience administering macOS, Linux, and Windows operating systems. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check Position is funded by federal contract/ sub‑contract and requires E‑Verify check. The full salary range is $28.64 to $49.41/hr. The budgeted salary range is $28.64 to $33.02/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 1/17/2024. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 63150.

LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL ANALYST LIAISON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Responsible for the financial analysis and management of the day to day fiscal operations of the Dean’s Office and coordinating his complex travel arrangements. Responsibilities include reviewing/analyzing financial activity for allowability, appropriateness, and consistency; reconciling financial/

ASSOCIATED STUDENTS Serves as an expert informational resource for students on the A. S. Legal Code. The Legal Code is comprised of the A.S. Constitution, the A.S. By‑laws, and Standing Policies. Updates Associated Student Legal Code based on legislation

passed at weekly meetings maintains the historical records of changes and provides research and information on past policies and procedures. Serves as advisor for Internal Affairs Committee, External Affairs Committee, and the Committee on Committees. Reqs: 1‑3 years Experience in an institution of higher education working with college students in an academic advising or counseling capacity, or other field that is directly related to the functions of the position or equivalency as determined by the hiring authority.

1‑3 years Experience in working with diverse communities and across multiple identities and respect and consideration for all identities, perspectives, and differences.

Bachelor’s Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.

Thorough knowledge of advising and counseling techniques. Skills in judgment and decision‑making, problem solving, identifying measures of system performance and the actions to improve performance.

Abilities in project management, problem identification and reasoning skills. Background in political science, public policy, or law preferred.

Understanding of long term ramifications of policy. Knowledge of student development theories and practice; counseling and crisis intervention, conflict mediation, and assessment measurement and design.

Notes: Campus Security Authority.

Some evenings and weekends are required. Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring or Budgeted Salary Range: $62,370/yr. ‑ $68,607/yr. Full salary range: $56,700/ yr. ‑ $97,500/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 # 58910

MANAGER OF END USER COMPUTER ENGINEERING

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES In this role you will serve as a visionary and operational leader for desktop engineering services for UCSB’s Information Technology Services division. You will spearhead the conceptualization, planning, and delivery of secure, automated, virtualized, and progressively cloud‑oriented solutions for End User Computing services. This role demands a profound grasp of knowledge and the proficiency to orchestrate the strategic blueprinting and pragmatic execution of diverse End User Computing technologies. These technologies underpin campus‑wide technical services. Integral to this position is the leadership responsibility of a team of skilled engineers. This team is entrusted with the creation, refinement, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of our comprehensive end‑user computing solutions. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training. 7‑9 years of experience ‑ Master proficiency in conceptualizing, planning, and designing complete and integrated End User Computing solutions to achieve organizational goals and initiatives. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check Driver’s License (U08): Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull‑Notice Program. The full salary range is $112,100 to $216,500/yr. The budgeted salary range is $127,760 to $164,300/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

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A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 2/8/2024 AT 9:00 A.M. IN DEPT: 5 of the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, ANACAPA DIVISION, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

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YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 11/22/2023 By: Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: John H. Haan, Jr.,427 E. Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 963‑9721.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SARAH MARIE MAXWELL Case No.: 23PR00559 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: SARAH MARIE MAXWELL A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: PAMELA HIROMERIDES in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for Probate requests that: PAMELA HIROMERIDES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the

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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: 2/29/2024 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB5 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: 12/15/2023 By: Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Cristi Michelon Vasquez, 132 East Figueroa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 882‑2226.

Published Dec 21, 28 2023. Jan 4 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WILLIAM ROBERT HEIDEN CASE NO.: 23PR00584 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of WILLIAM ROBERT HEIDEN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JOHN HEIDEN in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: JOHN HEIDEN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent Administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/07/2024 AT 8:30 A.M. IN SM1 of the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 312 East Cook Street, Building E 312‑C East Cook Street Santa Maria, CA 93454. COOK 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. Attorney for Petitioner: Howard M. Simon 25 East Anapamu Street, Second Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 963‑9500 Published Jan 4, 11, 18 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: TAMAR P. HANDELMAN CASE NO.: 23PR00553 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of TAMAR P. HANDELMAN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: STEVEN L. HANDELMAN in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: STEVEN L. HANDELMAN 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 for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent Administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/08/2024 AT 9:00 A.M. IN DEPT: 5 of the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, ANACAPA DIVISION, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal

authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Robert B. Locke 5290 Overpass Rd. Suite 204, Santa Barbara, CA 93111; (805) 683‑1459 Published Jan 4, 11, 18 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MORGAN CROWE NO: 23PR00465 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of MORGAN CROWE a.k.a. MORGAN JOHN CROWE A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: JAMES CROWE in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): JAMES CROWE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 01/25/2024 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

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

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

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

Published Jan 4, 11, 18 2024.

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NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

BY MATTHEW L. TAYLOR, PARTITION REFEREE Please take notice that the following real property will be sold by private sale by Matthew L. Taylor, Partition Referee, pursuant to an order of the Santa Barbara County Superior Court: Street Address: 1708 Castillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Assessor's Parcel Number: 027‑ 082‑023; Legal Description: “THAT PORTION OF BLOCK 36 IN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP THEREOF, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF CASTILLO STREET, DISTANT THEREON 100 FEET NORTHWESTERLY FROM THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF SAID BLOCK; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID STREET LINE 40 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES NORTHEASTERLY 52 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES SOUTHEASTERLY 40 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES SOUTHWESTERLY 52 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.” (Hereinafter, the “Subject Property”.) Please take notice that the Subject Property is being sold by private sale by Matthew L. Taylor, as Partition Referee appointed in the matter of Peter Leroy Miller v. Samuel Gabriel Long III, et al., Santa Barbara County Superior Court case number 23CV01649. The sale is being made pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 873.640, et seq. The Subject Property is sold in an “As Is” condition with no warranties or representations. Offers must be submitted in writing on a California Association of Realtors form contract. All sales are subject to court confirmation. Offers must be submitted to Matthew L. Taylor, Partition Referee, P.O. Box 4198, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91729, and must be received on or before February 9, 2024. This date may be extended by the Partition Referee. Further information can be obtained at www.matthewtaylorattorney.com or by calling Matthew Taylor at 909‑ 989‑7774.

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FBN 2022‑0002803. The persons or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Israel S. Rodenas 420 N Voluntario St #7C Santa Barbara, CA 93103 The business was conducted by an Individual.

SIGNED BY ISRAEL RODENAS/ OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 12/12/23, FBN 2023‑0002824, E40.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). Published: Dec 14, 21, 28 2023. Jan 4 2024.

SANTA BARBARA. LINDA A. BERNAL, 853 CALLE CORTITA 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 10/01/2023 /s/ LINDA A. BERNAL, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 12/04/2023.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023‑0002659 The following person(s) is doing business as: DM ENERGY GROUP, 632 S SAN MARCOS RD, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111, County of SANTA BARBARA. DM‑PARTNERS LLC, 632 S SAN MARCOS RD, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111; 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 09/25/2023 /s/ DAVIS DARNALL, MANAGING MEMBER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 11/15/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/23, 1/4/24 CNS‑3761332# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PEACEKEEPER SECURITY SERVICES at 1798 Viborg Road Solvang, CA 93463; Eddie Hsueh (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: EDDIE HSUEH/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 08, 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002792. Published: Dec 14, 21, 28 2023. Jan 4 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023‑0002645 The following person(s) is doing business as: 805 CLEAN LUXURY DETAILING, 1155 PALOMINO RD, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105, County of SANTA BARBARA. PANO L.L.C., 1155 PALOMINO RD, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105; 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 NOT APPLICABLE /s/ DANIEL PANOSSIAN, MANAGING MEMBER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 11/14/2023.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023‑0002770 The following person(s) is doing business as: CONSCIOUS CONSULTING, 853 CALLE CORTITA SANTA BARBARA, CA 93109, County of

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023‑0002647 The following person(s) is doing business as: Glow Belle Beauty Tans, 2245 S Alder Ln. Santa Maria, CA 93455, County of SANTA BARBARA. Lucy Genge, 2245 S Alder 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 09/16/2023 /s/ Lucy Genge, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 11/14/2023.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023‑0002658 The following person(s) is doing business as: Swarm Catchers, 2310 Nightshade Ln., Santa Maria, CA 93455, County of SANTA BARBARA. Robert A. Dias III, 2310 Nightshade 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 Not Applicable /s/ Robert A. Dias III, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 11/15/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/23, 1/4/24 CNS‑3761292# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: GLEN ANNIE ORGANICS, GLEN ANNIE CANYON RANCH at 747 Glen Annie Road Goleta, CA 93117; Seaward International Company 1741 Village Center Circle Las Vegas, NV 89134 This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: CYNTHIA L. CUTLER/SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 01, 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002756.

Published: Dec 14, 21, 28 2023.

Jan 4 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUMMERLAND INN at 2161 Ortega Hill Rd Summerland, CA 93067; Hwei M. Lu Ko (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: HWEI MEI LU KO/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 04, 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002766.

Published: Dec 14, 21, 28 2023.

Jan 4 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: THE NUGGET OF SUMMERLAND at 2318 Lillie Avenue Summerland, CA 93067; N OF S LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Filed by: ROBERT MONTGOMERY/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 06, 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) by E49. FBN Number: 2023‑0002786.

Published: Dec 14, 21, 28 2023.

Jan 4 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL at 721 Morris Road, Suite 260 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Kaplan International North America, LLC 12735 Morris Road Suite 260 Alpharetta, GA 30004 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Filed by: ASHLEY POMONIS/SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002739.

Published: Dec 14, 21, 28 2023.

Jan 4 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VOGELZANG VINEYARD at 224 E HWY 246, Suite A Buellton, CA; SV GP, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited

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LEGALS (CONT.) Partnership Filed by: MICHAEL TESTA/MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 08, 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002605. Published: Dec 14, 21, 28 2023. Jan 4 2024.

by a Corporation Filed by: MICHAEL J. GUNSON/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 18, 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002870. Published: Dec 21, 28 2023. Jan 4, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: LA LUZ DE MICHOACAN at 1936 Elise Way Apt J Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Miguel A Toscano (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: MIGUEL TOSCANO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 08, 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) by E57. FBN Number: 2023‑0002792. Published: Dec 14, 21, 28 2023. Jan 4 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NEIGHBORHOOD ACUPUNCTURE at 601 E Arrellaga Street, Suite 202 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Gold Coast Neighborhood Health (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: TONATIUH SOLIS MARQUEZ/ PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 11, 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002819. Published: Dec 21, 28 2023. Jan 4, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SERVPRO OF OJAI AND MONTECITO at 16601 Ventura Blvd., 4th Floor Encino, CA 91436; Martin Sanchez (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Filed by: ALAN F. REED/MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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: 2023‑0002615.

Published: Dec 21, 28 2023. Jan 4, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: M&M WINDOW CLEANING SERVICES at 1248 Eastbrook Drive Lompoc, CA 93436; Martin Sanchez (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: MARTIN SANCHEZ with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002671. Published: Dec 21, 28 2023. Jan 4, 11 2024.

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

BY CONTENTS PROS at 5142 Hollister Ave #131 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Cahasa, Inc. 828 Via Alondra Camarillo, CA 93012 This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: CAMERON NEHME/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 11, 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002823.

Published: Dec 21, 28 2023. Jan 4, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA FACIAL RECONSTRCTION, ARNETT GUNSON FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION, THE CENTER FOR CORRECTIVE JAW SURGERY at 334 S Patterson Avenue, Suite 205 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Michael J Gunson DDS MD Profssional Medical Corporation 260 Cinderella Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: GAP BOOKKEEPING, PAYROLL & TAXES at 83 Aldebaran Ave Lompoc, Ca 93436; Gloria P Mantooth (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: GLORIA MANTOOTH/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 05, 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002780. Published: Dec 21, 28 2023. Jan 4, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2023‑0002788 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MANETAIN BARBERSHOP, 7398 Calle Real Suite D, Goleta, CA 93117 County of SANTA BARBARA Mailing Address: 7398 Calle Real Suite D, Goleta, CA 93117 CHIFLEE INC., 1025 OLIVE ST APT 31, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Corporation The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. CHIFLEE INC. S/ Jesse Rangel, President, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 12/06/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 12/21, 12/28/23, 1/4, 1/11/24 CNS‑3758036# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023‑0002838 The following person(s) is doing business as: Handy Solutions SB, 5733 Hollister Ave., Ste. 6, Goleta, CA 93117, County of Santa Barbara.

Anoushing LLC, 5733 Hollister Ave Ste 6, Goleta, CA 93117; 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/ Ani Maldjian, Managing Member This statement was filed with the

County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 12/13/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 12/28/23, 1/4, 1/11, 1/18/24 CNS‑3767327# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023‑0002839 The following person(s) is doing business as: SANTA MARIA BURNING OAK BBQ, 1421 E ROSE AVE SANTA MARIA, CA 93454, County of SANTA BARBARA. JESUS S MAGANA, 1421 E ROSE AVE 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/ JESUS S MAGANA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 12/13/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 12/28/23, 1/4, 1/11, 1/18/24 CNS‑3767348# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WESTSIDE AUTO REPAIR at 723 Reddick Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Antonio Y. Almanza 5104 Cathedral Oaks Road #A Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: ANTONIO ALMANZA/SOLE PROPRIETOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 05, 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002783.

Published: Dec 28 2023. Jan 4, 11, 18 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: DNA at 5048 Cathedral Oaks Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Gregory R. Hons (same address) This business is conducted by aIndividual Filed by: GREGORY R. HONS/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 18, 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002869.

Published: Dec 28 2023. Jan 4, 11, 18 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VIZUALEYES at 3040 State Street, Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93105; SB3D Technologies, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: LATIFA MCQUIGGAN/CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 18, 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002866. Published: Jan 4, 11, 18, 25 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2023‑0002849 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Jupiter’s out of this world General

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023‑0002841 The following person(s) is doing business as: NC STRATEGIES, 1475 THERESA ST. CARPINTERIA, CA 93013, County of SANTA BARBARA. NAHTAHNA CABANES, 1475 THERESA ST. CAPINTERIA, 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 Not Applicable /s/ Nahtahna Cabanes, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 12/13/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25/24 CNS‑3767351# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: RIVIERA THERAPY at 1515 State Street, Suite 7 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kennedy Marriage Therapy, INC (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: JENNIFER KENNEDY/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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) by E40. FBN Number: 2023‑0002894.

Published: Jan 4, 11, 18, 25 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CONSTRUTABLE at 2451 Borton Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Patera, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: EMMA NAZIM/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 20, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002887. Published: Jan 4, 11, 18, 25 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: BEEF JERKY EXPERIENCE at 485 Alisal Road #198 Solvang, CA 93463; Crisp High Five Inc. 2108 N Street Ste N Sacremento, CA 95816 This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: BETTY AU JO/ PRESIDENT OF CRISP HIGH FIVE INC. with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 01, 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) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002758.

Published: Jan 4, 11, 18, 25 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: ODESSO HEALTH at 758 Via Miguel Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Odesso Health AI Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: MICHIEL DE BRUIN/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 27, 2023.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E49. FBN Number: 2023‑0002917.

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maintenance Services, 224 N A St, Lompoc, CA 93436 County of SANTA BARBARA Michael N Martinez, 224 N A St, Lompoc, CA 93436 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. S/ Michael N Martinez, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 12/13/2023.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023‑0002853 The following person(s) is doing business as: WinnResidential‑Solvang, 1745 Laurel Ave Solvang, CA 93463, County of SANTA BARBARA. LLAM Realty Management, Inc., One Washington Mall, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02108; California This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/1/18 /s/ Michael T. Putziger ‑ Secretary and Treasurer of Registrant This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 12/14/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25/24 CNS‑3765351# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2023‑0002896 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Hughes Marino, 1450 Front Street, San Diego, CA 92101 County of SAN DIEGO Hughes Project Management LLC, 1450 Front Street, San Diego, CA 92101 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. Hughes Project Management LLC S/ Jennifer Shay Hughes, Manager This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 12/21/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25/24 CNS‑3768983# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: KIDNEY VITA, CKD WATCH at 351 Paseo Nuevo, Floor 2 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Scikare (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: PRAJAKTA KULKARNI/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 27, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2023‑0002717. Published: Jan 4, 11, 18, 25 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2023‑0002835 The following person(s) is doing business as: Bell and Howell Capital Finance, 70 South Kellogg Ave Goleta, CA 93117, County of Santa Barbara.

First American Equipment Finance, 211 High Point Drive Victor, NY 14564, Illinois 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/ Thomas Flint, Senior Vice President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 12/13/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25/24 CNS‑3766981# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2023‑0002802 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Naked Monkey Press, 4450 Via Esperanza, Santa Barbara, CA 93110 County of SANTA BARBARA Conscious Creatives Collective, Inc., 9735 WILSHIRE BLD, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 This business is conducted by a Corporation The registrant(s) commenced to

transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Conscious Creatives Collective, Inc. S/ Karen Deborah Farris, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 12/08/2023.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 12/28/23, 1/4, 1/11, 1/18/24 CNS‑3767276# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: VERDE SB INC at 4661 9th St Carpinteria, CA 93013; Verde SB Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: DAVID CAMPOS/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 15, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E40. FBN Number: 2023‑0002860. Published: Dec 21, 28 2023. Jan 4, 11 2024.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: RICHARD GUZMAN CASE NUMBER: 23CV05026 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: RICHARD GUZMAN TO: RICHARD JOSEPH MARRON 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 JANUARY 17, 2024, 10:00 AM, DEPT 3, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. DATED DECEMBER 1, 2023, JUDGE THOMAS P. ANDERLE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Published Dec 14, 21, 28 2023. Jan 4 2024 AMENDED IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: JACQUELINE MARIE PETERSON CASE NUMBER: 23CV04126 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: JACQUELINE MARIE PETERSON TO: JACQUELINE MARIE TRAVIS 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 FEBRUARY 26, 2024, 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 DECEMBER 21, 2023,COLLEEN K. STERNE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Published Jan 4, 11, 18, 25 2024.

PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE TO ESTABLISH A BRANCH OFFICE is given that MidFirst Bank, 501 NW Grand Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118, publishes notice under 12 CFR 5.8 of its intent to establish a branch office at 1100 Santa Barbara St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 for the purpose of traditional deposit and lending activities.

Within 30 days of the date of this publication, any person wishing to comment on this application may file comments in writing with the Director for District Licensing, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 500 North Akard Street, Suite 1600, Dallas, Texas 75201 or to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency website at SO.Licensing@ occ.treas.gov and to Charles Lee, MidFirst Bank, 501 NW Grand Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73118.

GOLETA WATER DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING INCREASING DIRECTOR COMPENSATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at 5:30 pm on January 9, 2024 the Board of Directors of the Goleta Water District (GWD) will conduct a public hearing pursuant to Government Code Section 6066 and Water Code section 20203 to consider adoption of an Ordinance increasing Director compensation.

The meeting will be held at 4699 Hollister Ave., Goleta, CA 93110.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on January 18, 2024, 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.

2220 ‑ Hernandez, Danny; 6119 ‑ Stiles, Leland; A108 ‑ Cruz, Rey; A130 ‑ King, Ladonte; A359 ‑ Fleming, Devern; A431 ‑ Connolly, Michael; A466 ‑ Fourmy, Patrick PUBLIC STORAGE # 75078, 7246 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117, (805) 961‑8198 Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com.

015 ‑ Kozlowski, Alan; 069 ‑ Valladares, Juan; 357 ‑ Kozlowski, Alan; 364 ‑ Aguilar, Jesus PUBLIC STORAGE # 75079, 5425 Overpass Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93111, (805) 284‑9002 Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com.

232 ‑ Badone Assili, Genevieve; 233 ‑ Meyers, Cedric; 246 ‑ Mendoza, Ramon; 354 ‑ gutierrez, casey 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 28 th of December 2023 and 4 th of January 2024. By PS Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western Avenue,

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12/28/23, 1/4/24 CNS‑3765437# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT EXTRA SPACE STORAGE, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, 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. January 25, 2024 at 3:30 PM Guy Berfield Boxes, furniture, etc.

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Andrew Corder furniture, clothes Dominick Knight household items 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.

PROPERTY NOTICE of Seizure and Notice of Intended Forfeiture Property was seized pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11470 in the following cases and the District Attorney of Ventura County has instituted proceeding to forfeit this property pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11488.4. The case number and property description for each case is set forth below.

You are instructed that, if you desire to contest the forfeiture of the property, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11488.5, you must file a verified Claim Opposing Forfeiture MC‑200 stating your interest in the property.

You must file this claim with the Court Clerk in the Superior Court of Ventura, at 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, 93009 California, within thirty (30) days from the date of first publication of the notice, or if you received personal or mailed notice, thirty (30) days from the date on which your received personal or mailed notice, whichever is earlier. Identify the claim with the applicable case number as stated below. You must serve an endorsed copy of your claim on The Office of the District Attorney, County of Ventura, 5720 Ralston Street, Suite 300, Ventura, California 93003 to the attention of Asset Forfeiture Unit within thirty‑ (30) days of filing your claim in Superior Court.

The failure to timely file a verified claim stating an interest in the property in the Superior Court and timely serving an endorsed copy thereof on the District Attorney will result in the property being declared forfeited to the State of California and distributed pursuant to the provision of Health and Safety Code section 11489 without further notice or hearing.

FS#23‑060 August 25, 2023,Ventura County Sheriff's Office officers seized $104.00 U.S. currency and a 2007 Honda Accord (8TVX474/CA) at a traffic stop at 1115 Casitas Pass Road, Carpinteria, CA in connection with a controlled substance violation of section 11378 of the Health and Safety Code. The seized property has an estimated or appraised value of $4,604.00 12/28/23, 1/4, 1/11/24 CNS‑3768663# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACIÓN JUDICIAL) Case Number (Numero del Caso): 23CV04681 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): SIERRA DEL TIGRE FARMS, a CALIFORNIA CORPORATION,

NOE CONTRERAS‑SANDOVAL aka NOE CONTRERAS, and Does 1 to 50 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): BUTTONWILLOW WAREHOUSE COMPANY, INC 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 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): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 312 East Cook Street, Building E Santa Maria, CA 93454; COOK 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): GUBLER & ABBOTT 1110 N. Chinowth Street, Visalia, CA 93291 (559) 625‑9600 Date: (Fecha) October 20, 2023.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer (Secretario) Michael Rosales, Deputy (Adjunto) Published Dec 14, 21, 28 2023.

Jan 4 2024.

SUMMONS (CITACIÓN JUDICIAL) Case Number (Numero del Caso):

22CV‑02755 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): LOPES FARMS & GRADING, INC., a California corporation; and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): N & S TRACTOR, INC., dba N&S TRACTOR, a California corporationYou 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 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): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF MERCED 627 West 21st Street, Merced, CA 95340; MERCED 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): Matthew W. Quall, QUALL CARDOT LLP, 205 East River Park Circle, Suite 110, Fresno, CA 93720 (559) 418‑0333 Date: (Fecha) August 23, 2022.

Amanda Toste, Executive Officer (Secretario) Kathy Cox, Deputy (Adjunto) Published Dec 21, 28 2023. Jan 4, 11 2024.

SUMMONS‑EVICTION (CITATION JUDICIAL‑DESAOJO) UNLAWFUL DETAINER/ FORCIBLE DETAINER/ FORCIBLE ENTRY (RETENCION ILICITA DE UN INMUEBLE/RETENCION FORZOSA) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO) RETAIL & WHOLESALE, INC, dba AROMAS DE JABON, DOES 1 TO 10. YOU ARE BEIING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): LESLIE ALEXANDER, ELEANORE ALEXANDER and PETER ALEXANDER NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 5 days. You have 5 DAYS. You have 5 DAYS, not counting Saturdays and Sundays and other judicial holidays, 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.courtsca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. 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 website (www.lawhelpca.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

AVISO! Usted ha sido demandado, Si no responde dentro de 5 dias, el tribunal puede emitir un fallo en su contra sin una audiencia. Una vez que le entrequen esta citacion y papeles legales, solo tiene 5 DIAS, sin confar sabado y domingo y otros dias feriados del tribunal, para prentar una respuesta por escrito en este tribunal y que se entreque una copla al demandante, Una carta o una Hamada telefonica no lo protege, Su respuesta por

escrito liene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que proceson su caso en la corta. Es posible que heya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov.), en ia bibiloteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no presenta su respuesfa a tiempo, puede puede perder el caso por falla de comparecenciaa y se le podre quitar su suelido, dinero y blenes sin mas advertancia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente, Si no conoce a un abogado°, puede llamar a un servicio do remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que oumpia con los requisltos para obtener servicios legales gretultos de un programa de servicics legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrer estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el slitlo web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniedose en contacto con la corte o el coleglo de abogados local FEE, WAIVER: if you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for fee waiver

form. 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 courts lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

1. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direcolon de Ia corte es); Santa Barbara County Superior court 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101, The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiffs attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: pi numbs, is dirsoolon yet narnere do tel5fono del ebogado del demandonia, ode! domandante quo no Bane obagado, es Chartes M. Oxton Charles M, Oxton, SBN 054267 1220 State Street, 2nd Floor (805) 963‑2011 Santa_Barbara, C.A. 93101 CASE NUMBER: 23CV04581 Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 10/17/2023 By: Sarah Sisto, Deputy Published Dec 21, 28. Jan 4, 11 2024.

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