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Capturing the perfect photo is no easy task, but the Independent’s goto photographer, Ingrid Bostrom, makes it look effortless. Bostrom has shot for the Indy for three years now, including many of our covers.

This week, get to know our talented photographer who helped shine the spotlight on all of our Local Heroes.

How long have you been doing Local Hero portraits? What’s your favorite part of the process? This is my third year taking the Local Hero portraits. The selected heroes are rarely people that seek the spotlight.

They often mention how surprised they are to be honored and credit other people who have helped them along the way. It’s a joy to illuminate their faces and spirits with my photos.

What’s been your favorite cover shot from this year that you’ve done? Three of my favorite cover story shoots this year were of tattoo artist JJ Ortiz, visual artist Janna Ireland, and street dance artists Lil Buck and Jon Boogz. They are all exceedingly creative and complex humans that also happen to be very photogenic.

What are some of your favorite places to go in Santa Barbara and in your hometown of Carpinteria? I love the exhibitions, events, and community at MCASB, where I also serve on the board. When I’m running around town, I frequently swing by Corazón Cocina and Taqueria Santa Barbara for my favorite Mexican food. I got hooked on F45 since an assignment for Indy there so fitting in my gym fix is part of my routine these days. In Carpinteria, I walk to the beach as much as possible, even for a quick glimpse and deep breath of salty air. Pacific Health Foods sees me on the daily. And my favorite thrift store, St. Joe’s Resale, would be concerned if I didn’t show up for a couple of weeks. Read more at Independent.com.

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NEWS of the WEEK

UC Police Seek Access to Instagrams

Search Warrants for Pro-Palestinian Protesters’ Accounts Spark Free-Speech Concerns

by Callie Fausey

The last year of student protests against the Israel–Hamas war has sprouted into legal drama for UC Santa Barbara.

UCSB students and faculty packed a county courtroom on Friday, silently protesting search warrants into two pro-Palestinian student Instagram accounts @saygenocide ucsb and @ucsbliberatedzone suspected of orchestrating the June occupation and vandalism of Girvetz Hall.

The UCSB Police Department issued these warrants on September 11 as part of their investigation into alleged kidnapping, vandalism, burglary, and conspiracy by occupiers.

Police seek to identify the account holders. However, the broad probe would also reveal other information, such as the IP addresses of those who simply liked, commented, or interacted with the pages.

A motion to block these warrants was filed on September 25, arguing that there was no probable cause to connect account holders to the occupation. On Friday morning, both sides presented their arguments.

In June, pro-Palestinian protesters barricaded themselves inside Girvetz Hall and used fake dead bodies, red paint, and rubble to recreate a war scene outside the building and in a ground-floor classroom. “SAY GENOCIDE” was written in bold on the classroom’s chalkboard, and banners around the building displayed messages demanding UCSB to “acknowledge genocide.” According to court records, the total cost of damage was $40,000

The UC and its governing board, represented by attorneys Jonathan Miller and Anthony Davis, allege that, in addition to burglarizing and damaging the building, occupiers frightened the custodial staff and escorted them out of the building, which they claim was kidnapping.

A janitor hiding in a closet or being ordered to leave a building is not kidnapping, countered defense attorney Addison Steele, representing someone who may be affected by the release of information.

“These kids are understandably terrified to be under investigation for unknown kidnapping charges,” he said.

Steele seemed bemused as he countered the charges, saying the search warrants are “not even in the parking lot of the ballpark” of probable cause. “How is Instagram connected to what happened in Girvetz Hall?” he posed. “There is no nexus between the photos and who damaged Girvetz Hall.… I’m not seeing a connection between someone clicking ‘Like’ and in that they committed a crime.”

He further charged that the warrant cast too broad a net in what he called a UCPD “fishing expedition,” putting likers and commenters “in danger of having police show up and question them, which is inappropriate.”

However, Miller noted that posts on the @saygenocideucsb Instagram account “take credit for the unlawful occupation of Girvetz Hall.”

Occupiers fled the building before police could arrive, so no arrests were made. But during the occupation, the @saygenocideucsb Instagram account narrated the incidents.

In a June 10 post, the same day the occupation started, they call themselves an “autonomous group of students, workers, and community members,” and say they “have taken Girvetz Hall.” In others, they ask followers to show their support and reiterate demands made to the administration.

Miller argued that the posts were made in real time to mobilize others toward the ongoing occupation, and that protesters’ actions caused “fear and anxiety among janitorial staff.”

Davis also charged that the occupation was a “concerted effort by a number of individuals,” adding that sifting through the haystack i.e. likers, commenters is necessary to “find the needle.”

UCPD, he assured, would discard “collateral” information about people who looked at the posts.

“The UCPD gets to be the arbiter of this information?” Steele disputed. “At most, the account takes responsibility for occupying the building a misdemeanor at most.”

Jacob Snow, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, who filed an amicus brief in opposition to the warrant, further argued that the warrant violated the students’ First Amendment right to freedom of speech. He said that there is not sufficient evidence that the posters committed the crimes nor conspired to.

“California has a rich history of student activism,” he noted. “School speech should have the utmost protection.”

The regents’ attorneys argued that the taking of Girvetz was not a peaceful protest and that the First Amendment is “not boundless.” Students, of course, disagree.

“These attempts at surveillance and criminalization are a direct threat to free speech, academic freedom, and digital privacy and represent an unsettling attempt by the UC Regents, UCPD, and UCSB administration to repress and intimidate students from further organizing on campus,” the UCSB Liberated Zone students said in a press release.

“These legal battles are used to suppress students’ movement on campuses in order to extinguish the pressure we have built. We must resist.”

Superior Court Judge Pauline Maxwell said she was “concerned” that the search warrants were too broad, and instructed counsels to meet and “narrow” their issues and resolve their disagreements about the scope of the warrant. She scheduled the next hearing, where she will issue her ruling, for 9 a.m. on December 20.

Legal cases have been filed across the UC system, on the sides of both protesters and the schools themselves. Schools like UCSB and UCLA, students noted, have spent millions to handle campus protests.

“UCPD has acquired legal counsel and appears poised to continue spending money to fuel this sweeping attack on our civil rights and liberties,” they added.

Protests are not yet over, either, and UCSB Academics for Justice in Palestine and Students for Justice in Palestine have been regularly convening and holding poetry readings and demonstrations in front of the school’s library.

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COMMUNITY

Several area organizations are working to ensure that no person goes hungry on Thanksgiving. On 11/27, the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission will host its annual Thanksgiving Feast, where community members and homeless guests will be provided with a complete Thanksgiving meal from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Rescue Mission (535 E. Yanonali St.). And on Thanksgiving Day, 11/28, Adam’s Angels and the County of Santa Barbara will be hosting a Friends and Families Thanksgiving Luncheon for the community from noon to 3 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building (112 W. Cabrillo Blvd.).

PUBLIC SAFETY

The first rain of the season brought with it rainslick roadways that county fire said contributed to multiple collisions over the wet weekend. After a Toyota Tundra overturned on Highway 101 just north of El Capitan State Beach early 11/23, another pickup truck flipped over on the 101 near Las Varas Canyon at around 11:30 a.m., knocking over a utility pole and closing the highway in both directions. The woman driving the pickup was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Drivers were redirected to Highway 154, where an eight-vehicle crash was reported at 3:22 p.m. near West Camino Cielo. The crash caused moderate injuries, according to officials. CHP reported the 154 reopened in both directions about an hour later, while the 101 did not fully reopen until the following morning.

One batch of raw milk from California has tested positive for bird flu, a virus that has sickened herds of dairy cows across the nation, as well as a number of dairy workers. The manufacturer, Raw Farm LLC of Fresno County, voluntarily recalled a “cream top, whole raw milk” with lot code 20241109, expiration date 11/27/24. While no illnesses have been reported, the California Department of Public Health advises purchasers to return the product to the store where it was purchased. Raw milk from Raw Farm is sold by a number of Santa Barbara grocery stores. Several store employees told the Independent that Raw Farm had contacted them about a recall on 11/25. The product has been taken off the shelves, they said. The recall does not affect pasteurized milk.

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UCSB students and faculty packed Judge Pauline Maxwell’s courtroom for Friday’s hearing over the scope of UCSB Police Department’s search warrants into pro-Palestinian student Instagram accounts.

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In the game of jurisdictional hot potato over Sable Offshore’s plans to restart the stagnant oil pipelines running along the Gaviota Coast, the California State Fire Marshal has lobbed the potato elsewhere in a November 7 letter to members of the State Legislature acquired this week by the Independent. Who’s up next to catch the potato, however, remains unclear.

In its response to a September letter from 13 state legislators calling for increased transparency and environmental review of Sable’s restart plans, the Fire Marshal’s Office claimed it “does not have the unilateral authority to allow for the restart or decommission of these pipelines.” Rather, their job is to evaluate the safety of the pipelines against established engineering guidelines if they were to restart.

Further, the Fire Marshal did not agree to conduct a new environmental impact report, as the state legislators previously called for. The last environmental impact report was completed in 1985, when pipelines were first constructed. Three decades later, they rup-

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Fire Marshal Lobs Sable Hot Potato Jail Fully Staffed During Inmate’s

The Santa Barbara County Jail was fully staffed with correctional officers and medical professionals on November 8 when Cecilia Michelle Covarrubias, 41, died in an apparent suicide by hanging herself in an observational isolation holding cell located within the Inmate Reception Area. While the circumstances of Covarrubias’s death remain the focus of an ongoing investigation, Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Raquel Zick stated, “The shift was fully staffed with Custody Deputies and Wellpath [the private contractor that provides medical treatment in the jail] was fully staffed during this incident.” Zick added that Wellpath had filled 12 of the 16 positions newly authorized by the Board of Supervisors this past summer to get the company’s jail staffing levels up to where they needed to.

Covarrubias’s death is the first and only jail death to date this year. Covarrubias was arrested earlier this month in Buellton for driving under the influence; she reportedly needed to be given Narcan to counter

tured in the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill due to unchecked corrosion and criminal negligence in maintaining the pipelines.

Groups opposing the restart over environmental concerns, including the Santa Barbara–based Environmental Defense Center (EDC), argue that the Fire Marshal does, in fact, hold jurisdiction based on a 2020 settlement agreement that came out of the Refugio spill. This Consent Decree outlines the exact requirements for an operator to restart the oil pipelines.

“[The operator] shall not operate [the pipelines] until authorized to do so by the Office of the State Fire Marshal,” the Consent Decree reads.

The Fire Marshal agreed in March to schedule a public meeting on the matter instead of the public hearing that legislators and the EDC demanded. A public hearing would allow for public comments and outside review to be considered in the Fire Marshal’s decisions on Sable’s plans, while a public meeting holds substantially less weight and remains unscheduled. To date, Sable has completed one of the six steps required by the Fire Marshal an approved risk analysis completed by the pipelines’ previous operator, ExxonMobil, in 2021. Sable remains bound by the California Coastal Commission’s oversight, whose cease-and-desist order halted work on the coastal portions of Sable’s pipelines until February 2025. —Margaux Lovely

the effects of a fentanyl overdose. She was also charged with evading a police officer with willful disregard for his safety after Covarrubias’s vehicle made contact with the arresting officer’s. She was booked in county jail on $75,000 bail.

Covarrubias’s prior arrests date back to 2004, when she was charged with two felonies and six misdemeanors in Lompoc for “DUI causing injury.” She was sentenced to 60 days in jail and five years on probation. In 2009, she was sentenced to 100 days for violating her terms of probation on two occasions. In 2008, she was fined $370 for urinating and defecating in public while being in possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, then still an illegal substance. Covarrubias’s death has raised concern how someone placed in a special observation cell could have died by suicide. Given longstanding concerns about staffing levels in the jail whether there were enough deputies and medical personnel on hand at the time that was one line of

inquiry.

Fire Marshal says it lacks “unilateral authority” over whether to restart Sable's oil pipelines.

Dangerous Heavy Metals in Fire Retardants?

Arecent study released by USC indicates the presence of significant heavy metals in wildfire retardants that are deemed dangerous to humans when subjected to chronic exposure. As wildland fires have grown in size, intensity, and frequency, the amount of these brightly colored retardants known as PhosChek dropped on U.S. Forest Service land has doubled in the past 10 years.

USC researchers with the school of environmental engineering sought to explore the spike in heavy metal residues found at the scene of forest fires in which Phos-Chek was deployed. The study stated that 850,000 pounds of these chemicals cadmium, chromium, and vanadium have been left behind in the Western U.S. from 2009-2021. These are known to cause liver damage and various forms of cancer among humans

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Lsubjected to long-term exposure.

Firefighters say Phos-Chek which slows the spread of wildfires by coating the fires’ natural fuels with a sticky chemical raincoat has proved indispensable in fighting large-scale wildfires and has done so for 60 years.

Environmentalists have long contended Phos-Chek and other variants inflict lasting ecological damage to the natural environment and to the animals inhabiting it.

The company that manufactures PhosChek responded that the specific retardant studied by USC researchers is not the kind used in actual forest fires. Authors of the study don’t claim their findings qualify as a “smoking gun” more of a smoldering one, instead but suggests a fruitful avenue for further research. —Nick Welsh

Workers Vote to Join a Union

ast week, videographers, editors, multimedia journalists, directors, and producers at KEYT News in Santa Barbara voted to join Local 600, the International Cinematographers Guild, a union that represents 13 other broadcast news stations nationwide.

Gene Silva, a videographer at KEYT, said the vote was 17 to 13 in favor of joining the union and that a major issue was employee pay. “I’ve been working there for three years,” Silva said. “I’ve won two Golden Mic [Awards], I have one Emmy nomination, and I make 50 cents above minimum wage.”

KEYT’s parent company, News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) is a familyowned private company headquartered in Missouri. It owns several TV stations on the West Coast, including in Santa Maria (KCOY), San Luis Obispo (KKFK), Monterey, Salinas, Santa Cruz, and Palm Springs in California.

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“What management told us was that it would cost the company too much money to do both our sick days and our regular two days of personal time (PTO),” he said.

As a private company, NPG’s financial records are not publicly available, and it did not respond to requests for comment as of this issue’s deadline.

KEYT currently has a job posting for a bilingual multimedia journalist/weekend sports anchor (a full-time role) that advertises an annual salary of $37,000 to $39,00 a year. An audio/graphics operator, who creates and manages visuals for live broadcasts, can expect about $16 an hour.

In a press release, Local 600 said that KEYT is the first station owned by NPG to unionize, doing so in spite of what it called an extensive anti-union campaign from employers. The union has filed a case with the National Labor Relations Board charging NPG California of coercive statements and interrogation of employees regarding joining the union.

—Christina McDermott

Silva said that the momentum to unionize came earlier this year, when NPG reduced employees’ holiday days in order to comply with California’s minimum number of required sick days (five).

An air tanker drops retardant on the 2015 Gibraltar Fire in Los Padres National Forest north of Montecito.

CITY

Housing Crisis Takes Spotlight for Council

Earlier this month, Santa Barbara City Council was scheduled to hear an update regarding the city’s Housing Crisis Task Force, an item that was intended to recap the results of more than a year’s worth of group meetings, community workshops, and interviews with experts from every corner of the housing industry.

But before the council could get into presentations and discussion about the committee’s findings, Councilmember Meagan Harmon suggested that since Councilmember Mike Jordan was absent and she was leaving early to attend a California Coastal Commission hearing the council should postpone the housing crisis report until all members were present.

Prior to the meeting, several community groups and residents had already gathered to speak on the item, and Harmon asked City Attorney Sarah Knecht if there was a way to allow for public comment on the matter while still delaying the staff presentation and council discussion to a later date.

While the council worked out a solution, Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez raised concerns over the information in the staff report, which he said didn’t include the committee’s findings and may require some changes before coming back to the full council. Councilmember Kristen Sneddon wanted to make sure that the discussion happened before the end of the year to allow outgoing Councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez to weigh in on the issue.

“It sounds like there are substantive concerns or changes, or desires to rework the presentation with staff,” Councilmember Harmon said. “Given the importance of

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COURTS & CRIME

A Cuyama father has been charged with two counts of murder for the deaths of his two young daughters, who died in car crash while he was allegedly driving under the influence and speeding on the Harris Grade near Lompoc on 11/20. Brian Hernandez Cervantes, 23, was arrested following a high-speed pursuit with California Highway Patrol on the narrow two-lane road that ended violently when he failed to navigate a turn and crashed into a tree with enough force to split the car in half. A CHP officer arriving on the scene found that the two girls, 7-month-old Luna Alani Hernandez and 3-year-old Stella Aliyah Hernandez, were killed in the crash. Hernandez Cervantes has been charged with two felony counts of willful murder

this item to the community I think it makes sense to do what we can beforehand to get the report in shape and bring it back so we can have a truly substantive discussion with the full council. To do otherwise would simply be to set us up for a lot of confusion, and this is just too important.”

Before adjourning to return to discussion on December 3, the council took public comment from more than a dozen community members. Some were tenants struggling to deal with unregulated rent hikes, and some were community advocates who said that working-class people were being priced out of town. Others represented business organizations and momand-pop landlords who worried that too many regulations would cause a host of unintended consequences for property owners, which could eventually end up costing tenants more in the long run.

Santa Barbara Tenants Union Cofounder Stanley Tzankov said that he was also concerned with “the way items were prioritized” in the staff report, which left out the “broadly popular” recommendations for rent stabilization and a rental registry.

Next Tuesday, December 3, the council will bring the item back with an updated staff report, and during that upcoming hearing each of the three members of the Housing Crisis Task Force will have an opportunity to present their detailed recommendations for council consideration.

—Ryan P. Cruz

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in conscious disregard for human life and is being held in county jail without bail. He pleaded not guilty to the charges on 11/25 and is next scheduled to appear in court on 1/22/25.

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More than 37,000 healthcare and service workers across the University of California system went on a two-day strike on 11/20 and 11/21, alleging that UC illegally bargained in bad faith when negotiating wages and benefits for their workers. AFSCME Local 3299, the labor union representing them, filed formal charges with the state’s Public Employment Relations Board as a result, but the university remains steadfast in their claims that they negotiated justly. ■

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‘PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS’: There was a point in time where my brother Joseph and I had 37 cavities between us. We were dumb kids. Our dentist was a kindly old gentleman who didn’t believe in Novocaine. Worse yet, he was recovering from a recent stroke. His hands shook.

Had we known about her at the time, we would have sought the divine intercessions of St. Apollonia, patron saint for those experiencing dental pain. Apollonia was one of the many Christians martyred in Egypt back in the year 249 ad. An angry mob of nondenominationally specific infidels loyal to the gods of Rome reportedly yanked every tooth out of Apollonia’s mouth

Then, when the mob threatened to toss Apollonia into the fire, she denied them the pleasure by doing it herself. In paintings, Apollonia is typically depicted beaming with a rare beatific tranquility while holding a very large pair of dental tongs. Never before nor since have suicide and dental pain been so sublimely fused

I mention this because Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, is now making loud noises about taking fluoride out of the United States’ water supplies.

Fluoride which protects tooth enamel from corrosion and decay ranks as one of the all-time great public health success stories or an evil conspiracy, if Big Brother

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and the Deep State is your brand of paranoia.

But because of fluoride in the water supply, millions upon millions of fragile young teeth were spared the agonies of the drill

I get it. Being one of 11 children, Kennedy clearly feels a strong need to say and do outlandish things. He didn’t get the attention he needed. We all know how he took the roadkill of a dead bear cub and planted it in Central Park to make it appear as if it had been killed in a collision there.

Or how during COVID, he said that Jews hiding from the Nazis had more freedom than Americans forced to wear masks and endure the agonies of vaccination. Even his wife Cheryl Hines of Curb Your Enthusiasm fame denounced his remarks as “reprehensible.”

Kennedy did feel compelled to apologize for dragging the Holocaust where it had no business being. Such contrition was not evident, however, when Kennedy accused the Chinese of genetically engineering COVID to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Black people. In his haste, he somehow forgot to mention the Amish, also reported to be beneficiaries in this particular conspiracy theory.

I get it. Kennedy comes from a big family. So do I.

But fluoride? Really? Even for Kennedy, that’s a bridge too whack

Back in the ’50s, similar right-wing whackos, who believed the then-president Dwight D. Eisenhower was a willing Com-

mie stooge of the Soviet Union, also believed fluoride was a communist threat designed to embrittle the bones of virile American males and compromise their precious bodily fluids. Today, Kennedy is citing a recent study linking extremely high concentrations of fluoride in water to a drop in IQ scores for young kids. If I got it right, the study looked at communities in 18 countries none in the U.S. where fluoride levels were twice what’s allowed in the United States. IQ levels for young kids in these populations were two-five points lower than in communities without high fluoride levels.

Fluoride, by the way, is a naturally occurring compound and already exists in many but not all local water supplies. That’s the case in Santa Barbara, for example, and none is added to our water supply

But roughly 75 percent of the U.S. population draws water from supplies with augmented fluoridation. Residents of Grand Rapids, Michigan, the first city to be fluoridated back in 1945 experienced during the first 11 years a 60 percent decline in dental decay among young kids

The places that have stopped fluoridizing their water due to opposition from libertarian-minded fear-mongers, such as Israel, have also been studied. That country had mandatory water fluoridation for years but repealed it in 2014 due to a similar outbreak of hysteria. The impacts were immediate. Between 2016 and 2019, the number of dental treatments in that country increased by

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION will hold a virtual public hearing starting at 9:00 am, Thursday, December 12, 2024

The Coastal Commission meeting will be a hybrid meeting occurring both in-person and virtually through video and teleconference. Please see the Coastal Commission’s Virtual Hearing Procedures posted on the Coastal Commission’s webpage at www.coastal.ca.gov/mtgcurr.html for details on the procedures of this hearing. If you would like to receive a paper copy of the Coastal Commission’s Virtual Hearing Procedures, please call 415-904-5202. The in-person hearing will be held at Newport Beach Civic Center, located at 100 Civic Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660.

The public hearing will act on the following item of local interest:

Item Th12a: County of Santa Barbara Local Coastal Program Amendment No. LCP-4-STB-24-0027-1-Part A (Housing Bill Implementation Ordinance). Public hearing and action on County of Santa Barbara’s request to amend the Implementation Plan/Coastal Zoning Ordinance (IP/CZO) portion of the certified Local Coastal Program to amend various sections of the IP/CZO regarding supportive housing, state density bonus law, design standards for multiple-unit and mixed-use housing, low barrier navigation centers, and permit procedures to conform to new state housing laws.

Check the Coastal Commission’s website for the staff report and more meeting information at www.coastal.ca.gov/mtgcurr.html

60 percent. The biggest impact was among 3-year-olds.

Similar studies have been done in Juneau, Alaska, after city voters opted to go off the fluoride grid, with similar results. A big before-and-after study was done highlighting the dental outcomes in the Canadian cities of Calgary, who opted to remove fluoride from their water, and Edmonton, whose residents chose to stick with it. Again: No fluoride. More dental problems.

On the subject of IQ a highly discredited and culturally biased pseudo-scientific measurement, by the way I’d suggest dental pain might be a significant impediment to classroom achievement

To state another truth so overwhelming that no studies need be conducted: Dental pain translates directly and immeasurably to economic pain. Dental insurance in the United States exists in name only. At best, it’s a fig leaf.

But I am clearly biased. By the time the water supplies where my brother and I grew up were fluoridated, our young teeth had already “erupted,” and the damage was done. Back when I was getting my fillings filled, I sought sympathy from my family. I got laughed at. My oldest sister, who was pregnant at the time, had undergone a root canal with no anesthesia at all. Pain was for sissies

Robert Kennedy? Head of the Department of Health and Human Services?

St. Apollonia, protect us. — Nick Welsh

Asbestos Concern for Vets

The U.S. military used asbestos products throughout the last century, resulting in many servicemembers’ exposure, especially veterans of the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The Navy applied the most asbestos, but personnel were at a high risk of exposure to toxic contaminants and health and environmental risks on military bases throughout the state.

Asbestos breaks into microscopic particles when disturbed, and the sharp-edged fibers are easy to inhale or ingest and cause irreversible damage to organs. Some veterans experience the effects of asbestos exposure when diagnosed with illnesses linked to it, like mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer. Many must accept that their disease will shorten their lives, as no existing treatment can reverse the damage done by asbestos.

Today’s medical procedures can only slow the progression, relieve symptoms, and prevent complications. Timely detection can considerably improve treatment results and prolong life expectancy. Veterans should do periodic checkups to monitor their health through chest x-rays or CT scans and pulmonary function (breathing) tests.

Compensation programs and legal avenues are available through asbestos trust funds and Veterans Affairs to help those harmed by asbestos exposure.

—Cristina Johnson,

Navy veteran advocate, Asbestos Ships Organization

25-8-366 … MORE

Yeah,

I could have done more research, but you know there’s only 24 hours in a day since they took one for Uncle Sam. I wish we could go back to having 25

But Trump is going to fix all that He’s going to fix the courts

So all you have to do is pay

Shoulda been that way anyway

I’m sure that he will reinstate

The universal notion that You can have 25, 30 hours in a day, Eight-day weeks, whatever you like, Once you are in a position

To make that your reality

It will be good to get back to normal

To get things the way they’re supposed to be So white people can continue to use everything up before anybody else can

Like we used to do in the ’50s

That’s exactly what he’s doing

That’s what you have to do

If you wanna make a shithole nation

And you know, that’s probably what we do best

All the other triumphs, achievements and accolades, It all pales in comparison to a progress so successful, Its chief utility lay in creating third world nations; Progress aimed, targeted and given over completely to failure,

A furiously insidious sort of wealth committed to its own destruction

I’d apologize, honestly —Leo Raabe, S.B.

Body Politic

One of the first things these fools will try to implement is removing fluoride from our drinking water. Studies in the U.S. showed that water fluoridation reduced childhood cavities by 50 to 60 percent. Major health organizations such as the World Health Organization support water fluoridation as safe and effective. The Centers for Disease Control lists water fluoridation as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century in the U.S. Why nutjobs like Kennedy want to stop it has not been scientifically presented by any recognized professional organization. Stopping fluoridation is just another way for stupid people to oppose the government.

Please be warned. —David Obst, S.B.

Estate Sale

What a gift it is to Stand out here in the early morning

Thinking of you, with the fine rain coming down Nourishing everything it touches.

The raindrops make their own music and cadence like your smile lighting up a dark room and your voice like the angel’s harp.

I love the smell of the earth and every thought of you. Now the silence, so beautiful. Time to take a breath and take account Like you’re at your own estate sale.

The things you believe are yours are like the rain. What you leave should be only the memory Of this moment imprinted on another life.

—Henry J. Ohrtman, S.B.

obituaries

Mark A. Ward

03/07/1948 - 11/15/2024

A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, January 25th 2025, 11 am, at the Santa Barbara Elks Club in Goleta.

Cecilia Michelle Covarrubias

05/22/1983 – 11/13/2024

In Loving Memory of Cecilia Michelle Covarrubias Born on May 22, 1983, to Kimberly Romero of Santa Ynez and Michael Covarrubias of Santa Barbara, Cecilia Michelle Covarrubias, affectionately known as “Sissy,” graced this world with her light and love. Raised on the Santa Ynez Chumash Indian Reservation, she was a proud community member of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. A graduate of the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School Class of 2001, Sissy was known for her warmth, kindness, and radiant spirit.Though petite in stature, Cecilia possessed a tremendous strength of heart, offering unwavering love and support to all who were privileged to know her. A true social butterfly, she had the unique gift of making everyone feel seen and valued, always being the first to greet you with a smile and an open heart. Cecilia departed this life on November 13, 2024, in Santa Barbara, California. Her legacy of love lives on in her three cherished children: Poyomi-Shey,

13, Anaxuwi, 9, and Felix III, 6. She is also survived by her devoted siblings— Mary, Sabrina, Charles, Haltini, Palahalan, and Pachomio—who will carry forward her memory with pride and affection.

Cecilia will be laid to rest surrounded by the love of her family, friends, and community on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Ballard. Flowers and condolences may be sent to 153 Kalawashaq, Santa Ynez, CA 93460.Sissy’s vibrant presence and boundless heart touched countless lives. She will be forever missed and lovingly remembered. Nokiyalaqwayit a kališ yila a kiyatïk. Kinoyi, Sis “In loving remembrance. Until we meet again”

Dr. James E. McKittrick, M.D.

1927 – 2024

Dr. James E McKittrick passed away peacefully after a short illness with his loving wife by his side the day before his 97th birthday.

Jim was born and spent his youth in Boston. He made frequent summer trips to the family cabin in Jaffrey, NH. During his childhood, he loved participating in all sports and enjoyed hunting and skeet shooting with his father. After graduating from Milton Academy, he received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University. Despite his commitment to academics, he found time to play varsity squash and tennis. He captained the squash team his senior year. While at Harvard, he met his first wife Meredith. Jim completed his residency in surgery in St. Louis, Mo. after serving in the armed forces

for two years as a doctor in Germany during the post-World War II occupation. He started his surgical practice with his father in Boston, who was also a surgeon. Shortly thereafter, Jim had the fortune of joining the surgery department at the Santa Barbara Medical Clinic. Jim spent the remainder of his long and illustrious career with the clinic as a general and vascular surgeon.

Jim was at the forefront of the evolution of vascular surgery as a specialty. He was a member of many surgical professional associations and served as the president of several of those organizations. He was known for his technical skills, his medical common sense, and his warm and compassionate approach with his patients. Jim and Meredith raised their 4 children in Santa Barbara. Despite his demanding schedule, Jim found time to pursue his passion for tennis. He was a founding member of Knowlwood Tennis Club, where he enjoyed playing tennis with his family and friends. He was known for his nasty lefty serve and his ferocious net game. After prevailing on a point at the net, he loved to proclaim, “not through the iron duke!”. He always found the time to support his kids in their school and sporting activities. He made sure to take time from his work to take frequent family trips during the summers. He loved to go back to see his family in New Hampshire, to take white water rafting trips, and haul the family camper he fondly nicknamed the “saggy baggy” around the western states. In 1982, Jim and Meredith were divorced. In 1999, Jim married Mehle Hulbert. Jim and Mehle spent his last 15 years surrounded by new and old friends at Valle Verde Retirement Center. He always took time to say a friendly hello to his neighbors and was the greeter for new residents for his zone for several years.

Jim stayed physically active with frequent walks at the beach with his daughter Mimi, and any other kids or grandkids who happened to be in town. He continued to play tennis until the week after his 94th birthday. He was disappointed that despite his announcement that the one set he played that day would be his last, his opponents didn’t let him win. Jim will be remembered for the many patients and family members he saved, his warmth and kindness, and most importantly, his devotion to his wife and family. He is survived by his wife Mehle and her two boys and families, his children Mimi (Dennis), Jim (Diane), Peter (Jennifer), and Ann (Lee). He was also lucky enough to enjoy his 5 grandchildren into their adult years and 3 great grandchildren. His first wife Meredith, his parents and brother Sterling predeceased him. At Jim’s request, there will be no public service. The family suggests you honor Jim by telling your favorite story about him while enjoying a bowl of your favorite ice cream, a sip of Gentleman Jack, or a glass of inexpensive but tolerable red wine.

Marilou Shiells 12/2/1924 – 11/04/2024

Marilou Shiells passed away on November 4th 2024 at the age of 99. She was born in Los Angeles December 2nd 1924 to Harold and Arabelle Conn. Marilou and her brother Robert were raised in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles and she went to Fairfax High. She studied art at the University of Washington in Seattle during and after World War 2. During the early 1950s she lived and worked at Soda Springs on Don-

ner Summit and was an avid skier. She moved to Sausalito in 1952 and lived there for many years. She was actively involved in the Sausalito Little Theatre and the Sausalito Women’s Club. She was half owner and proprietor of Battens and Boards, a yachting and skiing apparel and equipment shop from 1959 to 1966. She moved to Mill Valley with her husband to be Daniel Shiells in 1969 and they married in 1971. She and Dan travelled widely, living in Spain and Mexico while Dan worked on various nuclear projects for Bechtel Corp. They often travelled about in their RV and spent two years exploring the U.S. After a stint in Utah they moved to Santa Barbara in 1984. Marilou was always very interested in art and was an accomplished painter of watercolors. In her days with the Little Theatre in Sausalito she worked on sets and backdrops. She was a docent at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for several years. She continued to paint with watercolors until she was in her mid 90s, and even tried acrylics a few times. Marilou was an avid walker and much of her continued health and longevity could be attributed to getting plenty of exercise. She never drove but was an efficient and accurate navigator, having a profound sense of direction with a superior memory and was also quite fond of reading, keeping aware of current events and solving puzzles. Marilou experienced exceptional health until only a few months before she passed, and she lived 100% of her life. She is survived by her husband Dan’s children Dan, Ted and Susan and by her son Dave. A service will be held on Wednesday December 11th at 10:30 A.M. at the Vista Del Monte main lounge. Donations in lieu of flowers may be sent to Vista Del Monte’s Resident’s Assistance Fund.

obituaries

Helen Veronica Liss Smart 02/04/1927 – 10/18/2024

Helen was born on February 4, 1927, at home on the family Homestead in northern Alberta, Canada, during what was known as the Lantern Era. Electricity did not come to the Liss farm until the mid-1950s.

Born in a remote area northwest of Edmonton, in the house her father built, with a wood burning stove as the only heat and kerosene lamps for light. No plumbing, no telephone and unpaved roads.

With two older brothers, Stanley and Vlad, she was followed by brothers Edward and Ted, sister Valeria and brother John. Helen was the last survivor of this family.

Twent y-two years later Helen married her first husband. Eight years after the end of WWII, the farm had a phone but still no power or paved roads. Many of these times can be found in Helen’s first book, The Intrepid Fox. Including the charming story of how John “courted” Mary. Both had emigrated from Poland as children but had never met.

Helen was particularly eager to start school. She had to leave very early, even before dawn in the winter, and walk 31/2 miles on a path cut through the woods since there were no paved roads.

She was an eager and bright student. Her eighth-grade teacher said she was the brightest student she ever had, when we met her years later at a reunion in the tiny village of Sangudo She attended theUni-

versity of Alberta, as did four of her brothers and her sister. She became a teacher of grades one through eight, in a one room schoolhouse, with a potbellied stove in the middle. Electric lights, no plumbing, but there were two outhouses.

In 1955 a team of American petroleum geologists came thorough looking for oil. No oil, but one found Helen. Lytton F Ivanhoe and Helen were married in August 1956 and immediately left for Taft California where “Buster” was working. In her second book Lord Save Me from Taft, she tells of her new life and becoming stepmother to a son Roderick (8) and a daughter Cheryl (4). They soon moved to Bakersfield and Helen resumed teaching.

Early in the 1960s, Buster was now able to work outside of the country. Over a ten-year period they worked in Bogota, Columbia, Citi Bu Said, Tunisia, Tel Aviv Israel, Istanbul, Turke y, and Rome Italy. This period of her life led to her third book, Rocks in her Head or How I Became a Rolling Stone. Finally retiring, they returned to Bakersfield. Ever trying new avenues, Helen soon entered real estate and became a fully licensed independent agent. Over the next ten years she became very successful. In 1988 they retired and moved to Santa Barbara.

Finally, after forty-five years of a now failing marriage, Helen filed for divorce and went to Canada for six months while the settlement was reached.

Returning to Santa Barbara, Helen entered single life, but soon she met Hugh Smart one Sunday afternoon at the SB Art Museum. They each immediately knew this was special. They married on October 24,1998. They built a new home in Goleta, and in the years since then traveled extensively.

In 2013 they moved to

Valle Verde Retirement Community and enjoyed meeting many new friends. Helen’s health began to fail in 2023. She died peacefully at home October 18, 2024 with her beloved Hugh at her bedside.

Her stepson Roderick died in 1987. Her devoted step daughter lives nearby in Ojai and visits frequently.

When Hugh dies, their commingled ashes will be interred at Santa Barbara Cemetery. The engraving on their headstone reads: “Bound forever by a love found in the autumn of our lives”

Helen will forever be remembered for her joyous smile, and her unbounded selfless generosity.

Few of her new friends will know of her remarkable life and accomplishments, but all who knew her will always smile when they think of her.

Jim Brown 11/10/1930 - 10/15/2024

Jim Brown passed away peacefully on October 15, 2024, surrounded by his children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren. Jim grew up on the Holt Ranch in Los Alamos until he was 10, when he moved to Circle Bar B Guest Ranch in Goleta, CA with his mother Florence Brown. Jim attended Santa Barbara High School before attending Cal Poly SLO and majoring in Agricultural Management. He would spend his summers working at the ranch taking out horseback rides and harvesting avocados. After his time at Cal Poly, Jim was called to serve in the Nav y Con-

struction Battalion division, the “Seabees”, in the Philippines. While in the Philippines, he received a “very important Christmas card” from a previous ranch guest and stewardess for United Airlines, Betty Hogan, who eventually became his wife of 61 years. “Betty Boop”, as he referred to her, was the love of his life and the “best decision he ever made”. After the Navy, Jim worked for the Santa Barbara City School District while he and Betty raised their family at the ranch. On the weekends he operated the well known Circle Bar B Dinner Theater. When Jim retired, he returned to work at the ranch, where he continued barbequing Tri Tip for over 30 years. Jim is survived by his loving family, friends, and guests of the Circle Bar B. “It’s 5 o’clock somewhere…”

Thomas Mack

1942 - 2024

Thomas Mack (82) was born to Robert and Christine Mack in Pasadena, Calif. in 1942. He grew up in Alhambra and Ventura, Calif.

Tom was an exceptional student, always at the top of his class. He loved to learn, and instilled education as a core value for his family. He received a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He worked for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena for six years after graduating from Berkeley, where he met his wife Judith Cole Schrim, a UCLA graduate student at the time. They were married in her hometown of Lexington, Ky.

After briefly working for the Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C., while on loan from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

he received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He graduated in the top 5% of his class, earning the distinction of being appointed a Baker scholar.

Tom started his career in finance on Wall Street at Mitchell, Hutchins & Co., a securities research firm that was acquired by Paine Webber. After 18 years as a Managing Director and Research Analyst focused on the Mutual Fund industry, he left Paine Webber and started his own business providing advice to senior management teams and the boards of directors for leading mutual fund companies.

Faith was another focal point in his life. He dedicated much of his time and energy to the church. As an active member of Christ Church in Short Hills, N.J., he served as a member of the vestry, sidesman, and senior warden. When Tom and Judy returned to southern California, roughly twenty years ago, he became an active parishioner at All Saints-bythe-Sea Episcopal church in Montecito. He was a Lay Eucharistic Minister, member of the vestry, and served as senior warden during the large seismic retrofit construction project.

An avid fly-fisherman and lover of the outdoors, Tom enjoyed hiking, camping, whitewater rafting and biking, with his family and friends. From an early age he shared this passion with his children.

He is survived by his wife Judith, son Robert, daughter Cathleen and grandchildren Stella, Cyril and Tennessee. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Montecito, in memory of Tom Mack.

Eby Indy Staff | Photography by Ingrid Bostrom

Santa Barbara Independent Honors Heroes Living Among Us 2024

very Thanksgiving for the last 39 years, the staff of the Santa Barbara Independent seeks to honor some of the many heroes living among us. This year’s Local Heroes are the men and women whose very actions have helped keep decency, kindness, and generosity alive in Santa Barbara County. They are the men and women who, while going about their daily lives, replenish the spirit of community. Some have brought laughter and music into our lives, others have found ways to give voice to the vulnerable, and some have acted spontaneously to help complete strangers.

Every one of these Local Heroes, whether intending to or not, have, by their actions, made us realize that we are all part of one community. Most are not public figures, few have accomplished earth-shattering feats, but all have stepped up to do their very best.

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WDr. Alonso Benavides Profesor de Español

Longtime educator Alonso Benavides says that he frequently runs into his students, past and present, around town. After more than 35 years of teaching

Spanish in Santa Barbara, it’s no wonder.

“When I go to the market, there’s always a student that I find in there, because it’s been a long time that I’ve been doing this,” he said, smiling.

Originally from Arequipa, Peru, Dr. Benavides has an extensive history educating others in Spanish language and culture, from teaching Spanish at the university level to directing Latin American and Hispanic studies programs in Costa Rica and Spain.

In 1988, he founded Siglo XXI, a Spanish-language institute located right in downtown Santa Barbara, with the goal of offering an alternative learning style from standard school and university classes. At Siglo XXI, small groups of three to six people meet weekly to chat, practicing grammar in conversation. The institute also offers one-on-one lessons.

“The emphasis that we put is [on] the conversation and making yourself understood,” Benavides said.

He estimates that between 200 and 300 students learn at Siglo XXI each year, some of them longtime learners. His students range from professionals, such as lawyers and healthcare workers, who need Spanish in their everyday lives, to retirees looking to stay sharp.

For Benavides, learning a language is like opening a world, fostering a deep understanding of culture and perspective.

“It opens so many windows. It just gives you so many opportunities to enjoy a culture,” he said.

As for the future, Benavides says he plans to continue offering classes to the Santa Barbara community no end in sight.

Beth Rizo, Beth Hassenplug, Yukiko Irie Teaching Little Children

hy do you do what you do? That’s always a hard question you just do it,” said Beth Rizo, director at the Orfalea Early Learning Center at Santa Barbara City College, where the young children of students and employees go to learn. Their parents can have peace of mind during the working day knowing that their children are nearby and well taken care of. Rizo, who has been in the community for 17 years, is also an instructor at the college, training students to become the next generation of early childhood educators, keeping this essential field staffed with competent and qualified people.

At the First Presbyterian Church’s Early Childhood Center (ECC), Beth Hassenplug, a childcare veteran of 25 years, offers affordable, quality early care and education for children between 3 months and 6 years of age, regardless of factors like religion or race.

“A lot of people think that, oh, you’re just a babysitter; you change diapers,” Hassenplug said. “But I’m co-creating a child’s brain. We are literally wiring their brains as we care for them. They are learning all the time, and neurodevelopment during this time has lifelong implications.”

Yukiko Irie, the manager of childcare services at Cottage Hospital, can confirm that’s true. A child-life specialist, she was “always interested in taking care of children’s social-emotional health,” and wanted to work with children in healthcare settings to help them take care of themselves and be active participants in their own medical care.

“I was the oldest in my family, so I always took care of the younger ones growing up,” she said. “I became a teacher at Cottage 15 years ago, and I’ve been there ever since.”

Similar to Rizo, Irie takes care of Cottage employees’ children so they can work with that peace of mind, which was no doubt essential during the roughest outbreaks of COVID-19.

“Teachers are also our employees,” she said. “Doctors and medical staff trust fellow coworkers to take care of their kids; it’s a cohesive partnership.”

From left: Yukiko Irie, Beth Hassenplug, and Beth Rizo

Eddie and Alice Perez Hope and Help Providers

Husband and wife Eddie and Alice Perez have dedicated their lives to counseling, providing education, and helping transform the lives of men and women affected by the criminal justice system. Together, their nonprofit Impact Ministry has continually helped set people on a path for the better, and each year, their Christmas Drive provides a gift bag for every single person in Santa Barbara County jails.

“Pastor Eddie” first started the IMPACT (Individuals Making Peace and Change Together) program as a way to help fellow inmates when he was serving time at California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo in 2004. When he was paroled in 2011, he enrolled at Santa Barbara City College, where he met his wife, Alice, who worked in education. Together, they brought programs to middle school and high school students, helping them avoid the gang lifestyle, and worked to expanded their programs into the county jail.

Seven years ago, the couple started their annual Christmas Drive as a way to provide a sense of normalcy to those stuck in jail for the holidays. “The hardest thing about the holidays is you’re away from everybody,” Eddie said.

In that first year, they gave gift bags to every woman, paying out of pocket for snacks, goodies, and even buying gifts for the children whose mothers were behind bars. The next year, they met their goal of giving gift bags to men as well.

Since then, the Christmas Drive has become a community event, with dozens of volunteers from the Sheriff’s Office, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Freedom 4 Youth, and others donating money and time. Last year, the crew packed more than 850 bags for both the North County and Main Jail.

Today, Eddie serves as the jail’s lead chaplain, and Alice is the Programs and Services Manager.

“Alice and I just see people for who they are,” Eddie said. “They’re human beings, but they haven’t been able to see a lot of kindness in their lives.”

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TErron Vela and Eric Widmer Citizen First Responders

Both men heard the long screech and thunderous crash. It was just after 11 p.m. on April 20, 2023. They remember the time and date. Car accidents are common along their stretch of Cathedral Oaks Road, but this one was worse. Much worse. By the time Erron Vela and Eric Widmer threw on clothes and flew out their doors, the pickup truck was engulfed in flames 20 feet high. It looked like a movie set.

While other witnesses stood aghast, Vela and Widmer and a third neighbor named Alex Collins, who has since moved back to England rushed in. They struggled to free the truck’s three screaming occupants as the fire raged around them. They swallowed smoke and felt their eyebrows singe as they cut seatbelts and dragged two of the young men to safety. It felt like an eternity before help arrived.

One of the truck’s passengers died at the scene. The 18-year-old driver was charged with DUI and succumbed to his injuries two weeks later. The third, Patrick Marasciullo, suffered severe burns and fractures but survived. He continues to recover.

“Erron and Alex were incredibly brave and selfless in their actions that night,” said Marasciullo’s mother, Stephanie. “We can never thank them enough for what they did to keep Patrick alive.”

As heroes often do, Vela and Widmer reject the label. “Two people still died,” Vela said, shaken by the incident. “We weren’t trained for this.” Vela owns a window and door business and Widmer is an executive chef at a country club. Both men are fathers, which they said pushed them into the flames. “I would hope someone would do the same thing for my daughter,” Widmer said.

“It’s not something you want to do,” Vela said. “But you do it, you get over it, and you move on.”

George Thomson Goleta's Nature Czar

he eucalyptus groves in Ellwood Mesa, where monarch butterflies gather to spend the winter, still stand because of the lengthy battles fought by residents to protect the forest from development. It is George Thomson’s job as the manager of Goleta’s parks and open spaces to oversee Ellwood’s 90-acre forest and now to preserve it from the effects of hard weather.

Ellwood’s groves stretch from the beach to Sandpiper Golf Club and Hollister Avenue. “Early in the season, the butterflies are evenly dispersed among the six groves,” Thomson explained. With the arrival of winter, they cluster in the most sheltered areas.

A prolonged drought and beetle attacks have killed trees, while increased heat, wildfire, and storms have affected monarch butterfly populations. Sitting on a bench made of redwood planks from Stow Grove Park, Thomson pointed to eucalyptus saplings planted intensively by volunteers and contractors to replace the 2,000 lost to drought. The project required high-tech help: contour scans, wind analyses, and GPS points for each new tree.

“We want to place the trees so that the butterflies don’t have to leave their shelter to seek another one and lose the fat they need to survive,” Thomson said. In 20, 40, or 60 years, he added, these trees will give the butterflies maximum shelter from the cold, wind, and rain.

Engaging the community was all-important for the survival of the urban forest, Thomson said. When dozens of the century-old redwoods died during the drought, nearly 100 residents came to Stow Grove Park to plant new trees.

Thomson graduated from UC Santa Barbara in plant ecology, working for Wayne Ferren, a past Local Hero, to restore the university’s natural areas, and for Cris Sandoval at the snowy plover conservation site. “I would surf off Sands,” Thomson recalled, “and just look to shore. The butterfly grove always stood out as unique and magical.”

Eric Widmer (left) and Erron Vela

Gil Rosas Piano Legend

Santa Barbara native Gil Rosas was destined to be a pianist, a champion of music, and a Santa Barbara treasure. At 10 years old, listening to his cousins playing the piano, he realized he had an ear for music and practiced only one hour per week at his aunt’s house. While attending local schools, Rosas became an accompanist for his school’s chorus, ballet and flamenco studios, and for Fiestas at the El Paseo Restaurant, as well as playing the organ at the roller rink and churches.

Rosas learned classical music pieces and took classes at UCSB; played many lounges, earning the title “King of the Piano Bar”; and even became co-owner of the Olive Mill Bistro. With a repertoire of more than 2,000 songs, and without using sheet music, Rosas plays a broad range of genres, including classical, Broadway show tunes, and the Great American Songbook, earning him a large and loyal fan base that spans generations.

Rosas’s orchestral artistry, love of music, and big heart have been apparent as he has played countless benefits and fundraisers, weddings, bat mitzvahs, and more. He loves when people come up to him and say, “You played at our wedding,” proving how important he is to the fabric of so many lives. Rosas still plays at retirement homes, hosts occasional recitals in his living room, and remains an inspiration and a humble hero who has dedicated his life to bringing music, joy, and magic to the community.

Isabel Downs Quintessential Volunteer

Volunteers are the people who make Santa Barbara tick as beautifully as it does, and when you meet Isabel Downs, you understand why. Over the years, Downs has been a marine biologist, an illustrator of botanical and archaeological specimens, a French teacher, and the maker of exquisite art quilts, and she brings all her skills to her volunteer work.

Among the many organizations Downs gives her time to is the Coastal Quilters Guild, where she’s one of the many behind-the-scenes volunteers putting together and organizing the shows, most recently the Harvest of Colors at Earl Warren Showgrounds. She won Best of Show for her duo of tidepool quilts: the first vibrant with life, the second with the sea life made from white cloth, ghosts of tidepools past. “Climate change,” said Downs with a scientist’s certainty.

She was already a sustaining docent with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and a Planet Protector with Sasha Ablitt’s plastics-recycling project when Downs became the “world books” manager for Planned Parenthood’s book sale. She made it her mission to increase the quantity of Spanish-language books: “I walked from Carpinteria to Goleta, visiting taquerias, barber shops, garages, anywhere someone who read in Spanish might see our donation flyers,” Downs recalled. She returns to post invitations to the giant book sale every fall.

Downs recently added the Santa Barbara Craftivists to her schedule, the group who made hundreds of pussy hats in 2016. Their Chase the Chill campaign knits and crochets scarves and beanies that are left on a bench for anyone in need. But her latest free gig is more active. Downs met up with World Dance for Humanity at the Women’s March just before the election: “We danced up State Street and danced down State Street again!” Downs will be with them at the marches to come.

Joy Mok and Hkawn Chea The Queens of Doughnuts

For more than 20 years, Joy Mok has been serving some of the happiest doughnuts on the South Coast. Her doughnuts are the old-school, traditional kind: glazed, old fashioneds, fry cakes, crullers, bear claws, and jellyfilleds and all very fresh. But Mok might be best known for the generosity of her laughter. Everybody gets a little sugar and a gentle blast of light. That smile belies the grim origins of her family’s journey in the early 1980s. At age 9, she and her family marched three days and nights through the jungles of northern Cambodia into Thailand. There, they were lucky to gain entry to a refugee camp set up for Cambodians fleeing the genocidal violence unleashed the Khmer Rouge government. After three years there, the family landed in Southern California.

One of five kids, Mok grew up in Long Beach, where her uncles worked for Ted Ngoy, the legendary Cambodian Doughnut King. She still remembers eating her first doughnut: “It was delish.” Twenty-three years ago, Mok moved to Santa Barbara to take over her shop, now a Spudnuts in a San Roque strip mall on State Street. Every morning, she’s at work by 5 a.m. Her mother, Hkawn Chea, helps hold down the fort. “She’s my Batman,” Mok said with a gentle laugh. She knows her customers, and they know her.

“I love the human contact,” Mok says. “I get to know families. People I first met as little girls now show up with their kids.” Mok works hard, but “I’m lucky. I get to do what I love.” And after all these years, she still likes doughnuts. “Oh, I still eat them,” she laughs. “I’m not sick of them yet.”

Congratulations Terease Chin!

We are excited to celebrate the selection of Terease Chin as one of the Independent’s Local Heroes! Terease brings unity and awareness to the preservation of Asian American culture through her leadership in bringing educational and social activities within the Santa Barbara community. She is one of the founders of Asian American Association of Santa Barbara County and the Asian American Affinity Group through the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation.

We’re extremely proud of the work Terease has done in the community and congratulate her on receiving this well-deserved award!

Joy Mok (left) and Hkawn Chea

BMelissa Cronshaw Protector of the Bees

Lauren Trujillo Library Magician

Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation Director Lauren Trujillo grew up with a passion for public service. Back in her hometown of Crescent City, her father worked at the nearby Pelican Bay prison, and she remembers always being involved in campus clubs and community organizations. “It’s always been embedded in me,” she said.

When she moved to Santa Barbara to study history at UCSB, she used this passion toward community healing after two of her sorority sisters were killed in the 2014 Isla Vista shootings. She worked with friends to create the Isla Vista Memorial Project as a way to honor the victims with mementos from impromptu memorials. “We created an archive of these materials with the idea of reclaiming the story,” Trujillo said. “That got me into archives, libraries, and history.”

After earning her bachelor’s and internships at the Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library and Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, Trujillo split her time working at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum and commuting to UCLA to earn her master’s in Library and Information Science. As soon as she finished, Trujillo now recognized as a rising star, was appointed Foundation Director at the age of 25.

Her first task was to head a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign for the Library Plaza renovation a project that became even more challenging during the pandemic. Despite complications and delays, the plaza was finished and opened this year in a grand ceremony downtown.

In addition to the Library Foundation, Trujillo keeps busy as a boardmember for several organizations, including the Women’s Fund, United for Libraries, Women’s Literary Voices, the Northside Optimist Club, Association for Fundraising Professionals, Environmental Defense Center, and the Junior League of Santa Barbara.

She thanked the many mentors, professors, and colleagues who gave her opportunities over the years, and said she hopes to encourage more young people of color to be active in the community and in the boardrooms. “I want to help invoke change,” she said.

ees are not just in Melissa Cronshaw’s blood; they’re also in her name: Melissa means “honeybee” in Greek. Born and raised in Santa Barbara, the kindergarten-teacher-turned-beekeeper has followed in her dad’s footsteps longtime high school teacher and bee whisperer Paul “The Beeman” Cronshaw.

Cronshaw began her own bee adventure a decade ago volunteering at her dad’s nonprofit, the Santa Barbara Beekeepers Association, eventually becoming a full-time beekeeper and educator. She takes a more bee-centric approach to the traditionally honey-centric endeavor. While she’ll happily harvest excess honey, her main goal is to support native bee species, which tend to be more “prolific pollinators” than the more popular but technically invasive honeybee.

The best thing folks can do to save the bees, she said, is plant more pollinatorfriendly flowers (wildflowers and purple flowers are best) and avoid using pesticides, which are linked to bee colony collapse.

Cronshaw manages around 40 apiaries and mentors budding beekeepers, working with folks from Hollister Ranch to Malibu. She’s done swarm captures and removals, but what she most enjoys is educating the bee-curious, through her in-person and online beekeeping classes, workshops, and presentations. When she visits schools, Cronshaw brings in observational beehives not unlike the one in Mr. Torres’s Santa Barbara High classroom that inspired her dad to buy his first hive out of a Sears catalog more than 50 years ago. She’ll even get kids suited up and in front of hives for what she likes to call “Bee TV.” “Even the most hyper kids,” she said, “will just sit and stare.”

These close encounters of the bee kind can transform fear into curiosity, she said, and then into environmental consciousness and perhaps even inspire a new generation of beekeepers to begin their own bee adventures.

Michael Montenegro Cultural Chicano Cyclist

Part activist, artist, historian, and community organizer, Michael Montenegro has tapped into Santa Barbara’s deep cultural roots with Chicano Culture S.B., a social media page dedicated to preserving and celebrating Latino and Indigenous heritage. For the past 10 years, Montenegro has used his platform to tell the stories of Santa Barbara’s diverse culture by sharing old film and photos, organizing community support for social justice causes, and promoting current events to his thousands of followers.

Montenegro was inspired after taking a Chicano studies class with Manuel Unzueta, a prominent muralist and educator whose activism and art had a profound impact on Santa Barbara during the ’70s and ’80s. The class changed the way Montenegro looked at his own cultural identity and made him think about what it meant to be a first-generation Chicano living in Santa Barbara.

Montenegro was already passionate about activism, and as an avid cyclist, he had worked with Bici Centro (now MOVE S.B.) to advocate for safer neighborhoods for pedestrians and cyclists. So, when he went on a bike tour of historic murals in the East L.A. neighborhood Boyle Heights, he was struck by the idea. “I got inspired to do that in my own community,” he said. “We have our own amazing murals, and I love cycling.”

His S.B. Mural Bike Ride has become an annual tradition, and this year, he collaborated with S.B. Neighborhood Walks to host a series of events where speakers were invited to explore complex issues such as Old Spanish Days from three different perspectives.

Montenegro says he hopes to continue to show how much Latino, Indigenous, and other working-class people have contributed to making Santa Barbara the diverse and beautiful place it is.

“Sometimes, people are left out of conversation,” he said. “Our culture has so much value, and it’s sometimes not properly promoted for what it is.”

Moss Jacobs Music Man

Eve n for those who don’t know the name or legacy, Moss Jacobs has had a long and sweeping impact on the musical culture in Santa Barbara. He is the music man behind the curtain, as the Goldenvoice–empowered booker of concerts at the Santa Barbara Bowl, about to celebrate his 30th anniversary in that role.

But Jacobs’s links to the Santa Barbara music scene go way back, before his highprofile Bowl gig, to the 1980s when he was booking shows at La Casa de la Raza. He’s still bringing music there, most recently a show featuring Marlon Funaki.

He first moved to Santa Barbara from Florida to attend UCSB, eventually finding his way into music promotion, first as manager for the band Giant Eden, then forming the Moss Jacobs Presents company, which then gained attention in the broader music world. He worked with Avalon, Nederlander, and now Golden Voice.

But Jacobs, after a time in Los Angeles, moved back to Santa Barbara 22 years ago. He lives here with his wife and three children and is very much plugged into the whole community, not the least of which is being the man who books all the Bowl shows.

Jacobs deflects his personal role at the Bowl, pointing to the staff and Bowl team as “the best people in the world to work with me. A large part of the success is the team’s love of the facility. And it shows. The bands feel it; the public feels it. It’s always there.”

Jacobs is in the hectic thick of planning the 2025 Bowl season, always an exciting element in Santa Barbara’s cultural consciousness including his own. “If I’m a resident,” he said, “part of my lifestyle that I enjoy about being here is having that facility. And it’s part of what I do and what I like to do, or part of my activities as a human here. How I’m existing on this planet includes fun and stimulating activities, and the Bowl is part of the summertime world that we have.”

Perie Longo Poet of Peace and Love

Grief comes in waves and in different shapes, and Perie Longo has found poetry to have a uniquely profound impact on that human experience. It’s all about finding lines where the poem “speaks something to you about where your mind has been, where your heart is going,” Longo said.

As a means of therapy, she had held poetry workshops before COVID at Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara. There, attendees shared what means the most to them. Longo has facilitated such groups for Hospice of Santa Barbara for years and will again be part of their December Light Up a Life ceremony, sharing one of her poems in remembrance of those who are missed.

Longo served as Santa Barbara’s Poet Laureate from 2007 to 2008, and in her words, “Poetry is magic.” While she uses it to help people process complicated emotions, she also teaches people how to create their own poetry. For 25 years, she went into Santa Barbara classrooms through the California Poets in the Schools program, teaching kids poetry as an art form. And since 1984, Longo has done a poetry workshop for the Santa Barbara Writers Conference.

Longo is also the poetry chair for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation centered in Santa Barbara, encouraging people internationally, from children to adults, to submit poems on peace.

“The thing that always made me happy was poetry,” Longo said, and she continues to dedicate her time and effort to bringing more of it into the world.

Rakesh Bahadur Master of Kites

Rakesh Bahadur may have created the Santa Barbara Kite Festival back in 1985, but he credits generations of attendees for growing it into one of our town’s most beloved events. “I didn’t make it,” he said. “The people made it. The festival is people’s love.”

Born in Rampur, India known as the “City of Kites” Bahadur learned to fly soon after he learned to walk. At 24, he moved to San Francisco, where he and his brother opened a kite shop in Ghirardelli Square. It was a soaring success, and they’d open many more: Atlanta, Colorado, Hawai‘i, and in Piccadilly Square in Santa Barbara, where Bahadur finally settled and started a family. “I love this city,” he said. “It’s home. There’s nothing I don’t like about Santa Barbara.”

Now retired with four grandkids, Bahadur cuts a familiar figure around town in a traditional Indian kurta, or pajamas, as he calls it. But every spring he has another day in the sun as the main attraction of the Kite Festival. As its resident flight master, he leads the tail chase, where groups of kids run and grab for one of his colorful kites, which he steers with such precision he could knock the hat off your head from 100 yards away.

The beauty of the festival is that it’s free and everyone is welcome, Bahadur said. People share kites and enjoy the time outside with each other. “It’s not a money-making effort,” he said. “It’s a party.” The next one takes place April 13 on the west campus lawn of Santa Barbara City College.

Now 76 years old, Bahadur wonders how many more festivals he has in him. But he’s not worried about its future. Last year, a boy Bahadur had met during his San Francisco days showed up with his own young sons. It goes to show the timelessness of kites and the joy they bring, he said. The festival, he declared, will continue for another 100 years. “It just happens,” he said. “Like the wind blows.”

Robert Graham Wizard of Squash

Robert Graham admits it’s not the greatest name: Santa Barbara School of Squash. “People think we’re a for-profit sports program for rich kids, when it couldn’t be more the opposite,” the longtime director said. In fact, the nonprofit serves a small cohort of low-income students all of whom qualify for the federal lunch program with an after-school program of mentoring, tutoring, community service, and squash.

But instead of spending time rebranding, Graham forges ahead, connecting one-onone with young people, bringing up their grades, helping them navigate teen life, and coaching them in a niche sport that will separate them from the pack when they apply to college.

Graham, a former squash pro who traded a job in finance for a career in service, is a hands-on director, picking up students from school, hearing about their home lives, attending every weekday session, and arranging trips to Yosemite and squash tournaments.

The program has around 30 students from a dozen Santa Barbara schools enrolled at any given time, all operating out of a converted racquetball court at the YMCA. It has secured more than $6.2 million in private grants, college scholarships, and financial aid. One hundred percent of the students who have completed the program have graduated high school and enrolled in post-secondary education.

“At times, it can feel like I have 30 kids of my own instead of the one,” Graham laughed. His 15-year-old son is a nationally ranked squash player who learned the sport from his dad, who learned from his own father. “But I love it,” he said.

There are 175 college teams across the country, many on the East Coast, many looking for West Coast residents, and kids of color who may be the first in their families to attend college, Graham said.

Just recently, one of his students graduated from an Ivy League school and is now teaching history back in Santa Barbara. “It was one of those full-circle moments,” Graham said. “It’s just awesome.”

SRuss Lazarenko Ukrainian Flag Bearer

If you’ve driven down Upper State Street at any point in the last two years, odds are you’ve seen Russ Lazarenko waving Ukrainian and American flags on the corner of San Roque Road.

He’s there every single day, for one to two hours, with a perma-smile on his face.

“My grandparents are from Ukraine,” he explained, in a voice that could only belong to the sweetest of old men. “Women and children are being blown up and killed the rich ones took off and left the poor ones behind…. I’m protesting that.”

Lazarenko has been waving his flags ever since the war started. But he’s not antiRussia, he explained. “I’m anti-war. I’m anti–what’s happening to innocent people over there,” he said.

People have offered him money, but he never accepts it. “I’m not there to make money,” he emphasized. “I have my own reasons for being there.”

Although a few people from the community have threatened him or desecrated his flags, he said, 98 percent of people are supportive.

“Even the police all wave at me, the fire department waves at me, and when a funeral hearse passes by, I lower my flag [to] half-mast and take off my hat, so now they wave at me, too!”

When people do try to argue, he thanks them for their comments. He doesn’t argue back he’s not there to do that. But he is happy to engage in conversation.

A resident of the Friendship Manor retirement home, Lazarenko only abandons his post if he is sick, or the weather is dismal, or he needs to help out one of his fellow retirees by driving someone to the doctor or the bank. “It doesn’t hurt to help,” he said.

But like all great heroes, Lazarenko would not call himself a hero.

“I’m not risking my life,” he said. “I’m no hero; the heroes are the guys wearing the uniforms.”

Sylvia Barnard Getting It Done

ylvia Barnard fell into the business of sheltering homeless people almost by accident. It was 27 years ago, and Barnard, then 25, had been forced to learn early in life what resources were available to help single mothers in Santa Barbara County. She wrote an instructional booklet detailing what she found out.

From there, she became a grant writer for a small homeless shelter in Santa Maria, the Good Samaritan, then struggling just to stay afloat. Acrimony among the staff was high; tempers flared. Barnard attended Bishop Diego, S.B. City College, and UCSB. She covered Isla Vista governmental meetings for the campus paper with her daughter in tow. She turned out to be a rigorous reporter. Barnard proved even more gifted as a grant writer. As an administrator, she discovered entrepreneurial gifts and political chops that would leave most elected officials gasping.

Good Samaritan is the biggest, most diversified, integrated nonprofit in Santa Barbara County, focused exclusively on the needs of unhoused people. When Barnard started out, Good Samaritan had 20 employees, serving 300 clients a year out of a 28-bed shelter. By the time COVID hit, Good Sam had morphed into a $10 million-ayear operation with 100 employees serving 3,000 unique clients out of multiple shelters and detox centers. Today, Good Sam boasts 400 workers who serve 5,000 people a year. It used to be that 10 percent of Good Sam’s clients were chronically homeless; now it’s 45 percent. People coming in from encampments tend to be more addicted and more mentally ill, less amendable to the rules Good Sam insists upon. But Barnard is excited that Good Sam just got approval for an eight-bed detox facility in Lompoc, and she’s still working on a plan to launch a Good Sam food truck, selling food prepared by clients in Good Sam kitchens using produce grown on a Good Sam farm. The question is no longer what Good Sam does. It’s what it doesn’t do.

Tavis Boise

Powering the Paddles

Today, Tavis Boise provides strength to families facing terminal illness, but when he was 12 years old, he needed, and found, that same support from the Friendship Paddle. That year, 2006, his mother, Ellen McLaughlin, was the fourth annual honoree of the nonprofit. As she battled cancer, the Paddle raised emotional and financial support for the family, all culminating in an arduous paddle through the Santa Barbara Channel.

She passed away a month later, but Boise never left the Friendship Paddle. While still a teen, he helped launch the kid-focused Keiki Paddle in 2008 and then joined the Friendship Paddle board in 2015, where today he serves as president. “I grew up raised by all the Paddle people,” said Boise. “Having all these vulnerable adults who are willing to cry in front of you and talk about how they feel about death is powerful.”

Boise’s parents founded Island Seed & Feed in Old Town Goleta, where dog-food bags served as his playpen, and he was raised on Hollister Ranch, where the outdoors and ocean became his playground. He was the lead lifeguard for Santa Barbara County from 2012 to 2019, managing beach safety from Jalama to Goleta to Hendry’s and substantially building up the junior lifeguard program. “We grew the program from the lucky 13 to 180 a session, which was close to 400 kids each summer,” said Boise, who also ran for City Council on a climate change platform in 2019.

A formidable fundraiser of both money and goodwill, the recent Friendship Paddle raised $240,000 for honoree Courtney Brewer’s family as 160 paddlers and 30 boats made the human-powered voyage. Under Boise’s direction, that impact will only expand.

“The Friendship Paddle helps people who are going through such traumatic experiences see the bigger picture and be surrounded by people who care about them,” said Boise. “For the rest of us, it gives us an annual dose of catharsis where we are able to grieve our own losses in our own ways. That’s a really powerful thing.”

Terease Chin

FTelling the Asian American Story

itting into a community takes time, and Terease Chin found her stride in Santa Barbara when she joined the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation. She formed the Asian American Affinity Group and made their first task working on Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens in the Presidio neighborhood when the Trust acquired it. She began to educate the community on Asian culture and its deep ties to California history, particularly here in Santa Barbara, where a large Chinese and Japanese community lived in and around Canon Perdido. “We needed to do something that connects, so people see and believe that we are a very diversified community,” Chin said.

Though much of the buildings from that time are now gone, replaced by the reconstruction of the El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park, Chin’s goal is to bring the memory of that history back to the neighborhood. She started a film series, screening movies made by and starring Asian Americans. This also sparked a Neighborhood Festival to showcase traditional and contemporary art and culture, including the Indonesian gamelan, Chinese lion dancers, and the Japanese taiko as well as UCSB’s breakdancing and K-pop clubs. These events bring in vendors from the community and activities for kids.

In her spare time, Chin teaches a free English as a second language (ESL) class at Santa Barbara City College at night. She also serves as the president of the Asian American Association of Santa Barbara County, a social group that plans a Chinese New Year potluck and other cultural events and get-togethers. Her goal has always been to “have resources and connections” for the Asian American community in Santa Barbara.

AHA! Attitude. Harmony. Achievement. AHA!’s mission is to inspire communities to feel safe, seen, and emotionally connected. We equip teenagers with social-emotional intelligence to dismantle apathy, prevent despair, and interrupt hate-based behavior. By cultivating empathetic leadership, AHA! transforms communities into welcoming, nourishing, expressive, and inclusive spaces where youth and adults work together for the highest good. ahasb.org

Channel Islands Restoration

Channel Islands Restoration protects rare and endangered plants and animals by restoring habitat in sensitive and unique natural areas on the California Channel Islands and adjacent mainland. We educate a variety of groups about the value of native habitat and how to protect it. We recruit volunteers and identify and develop public and private funding sources for habitat restoration programs. We create collaborative relationships within the environmental community. cirweb.org

Direct Relief

Direct Relief is a humanitarian aid organization, active in all 50 states and more than 80 countries, with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies – without regard to politics, religion, or ability to pay. directrelief.org

Heal the Ocean

Heal the Ocean focuses on wastewater infrastructure – sewers and septic systems – as well as ocean dumping practices that have contributed to ocean pollution. We are focused on Santa Barbara County, but our methods now serve as a model for other coastal communities across the country. healtheocean.org

ARISE Conferences

ARISE Women’s Conferences supports women from domestic violence shelters and drug rehabilitation homes, helping them arise from their past to a new life. ariseconferences.com

Community Environmental Council

CEC builds on-the-ground momentum to reverse the threat of the climate crisis. We transform the systems that fuel it. We safeguard the community from its impacts. We lead, we partner, we act. And every day, we move people to create a more resilient Central Coast. cecsb.org/donate

Doctors Without Walls - Santa Barbara Street Medicine

DWW-SBSM is dedicated to providing free, volunteer medical care for the most vulnerable of Santa Barbara County, when and where they are in need, including in times of disaster, and to provide education and training for DWW-SBSM volunteers and others, in order to promote the excellent practice of humanitarian medicine in our hometown and elsewhere. sbdww.org/donate

Immigrant Hope Santa Barbara

Our mission at Immigrant Hope is building relationships with our immigrant neighbors through immigration and education opportunities trusting the Lord to open doors to share the hope of the gospel. immigranthopesb.org

C.A.R.E.4Paws

C.A.R.E.4Paws works to reduce pet overpopulation and improve pet family welfare. care4paws.org

Council

on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA)

The Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA) is committed to building healthier lives, stronger families, and a safer, more vibrant community. Since 1949, the Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (CADA) has delivered programs and services focused on the education, prevention, and treatment of substance abuse and co-occurring mental health conditions affecting youth, adults, and families throughout Santa Barbara County. cadasb.org

Gateway Educational Services

Creating equity through education and access for all students who lack the resources and support to succeed. gatewayeducationalservices.org

Juneteenth Santa Barbara Year-round, in addition to the annual celebration, Juneteenth Santa Barbara utilizes its platform to uplift all Black/African American-led/serving organizations. It also plays a crucial role in coordinating Black History Month events and monthly Santa Barbara County Black Leaders Meetings. We engage with meaningful partnerships and relationships. juneteenthsb.org

& Wildlife Institute (CIMWI)

Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute (CIMWI) is dedicated to positively impacting conservation through marine mammal rescue, rehabilitation, research, and education to promote ocean and human health. CIMWI’s core work is the rescue and rehabilitation of sick, injured, malnourished, orphaned, entangled, and oiled marine mammals. CIMWI.org

Couture Pattern Museum

As the only fashion museum on the Central Coast, we preserve and catalog rare patterns from the golden age of couture and Hollywood, safeguarding lost fashion histories. We hold the last surviving copies of many iconic designs. Support our Audrey Hepburn exhibit, featuring never-before-seen photos from the Hamilton Millard estate. couturepatternmuseum.com

Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County

Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity builds homes, communities, and hope. sbhabitat.org

League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara

As a nonpartisan, grassroots organization, the League has worked for 104 years to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy. We empower voters and defend democracy through advocacy, education, and litigation, at the local, state, and national levels. lwvsantabarbara.org

This Giving Tuesday, the Santa Barbara Independent encourages our readers to make a donation to one of Santa Barbara’s many nonprofits doing great work in the community. Here are just a few of those organizations.

Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County

The mission of the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County is to provide high-quality civil legal services to low-income and other vulnerable residents in order to ensure equal access to justice. We change lives through direct representation, legal advice and information, and community education. Since 1959, Legal Aid has provided free legal services to those most in need in Santa Barbara County . lafsbc.org

New Beginnings

Our mission is to provide quality, affordable counseling, shelter, case management, and education that strengthen our community and provide our clients with the ability to lead healthy and productive lives. sbnbcc.org

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper’s mission is to protect and restore the Santa Barbara Channel and its watersheds through science-based advocacy, education, field work, and enforcement. sbck.org

Santa Barbara New House

New House dedicates itself to providing a clean, sober and healthy environment that allows men with alcohol and other drug problems to begin their journey of recovery and to reclaim their dignity, self-esteem, and sense of purpose. sbnewhouse.org

Lights Up! Theatre Company

Lights Up! Theatre Company’s mission is to provide professional training and performance experience in a nurturing environment. We meet actors where they are in their growth and discovery about themselves, while challenging them with professional acting, singing and dance training. We offer a multitude of classes to enrich actors’ experience with different performance disciplines, while producing two fully staged musicals and a straight play per season. lightsupsb.com

Partners in Housing Solutions

Partners in Housing Solutions helps people who are experiencing homelessness in Santa Barbara County to secure and retain permanent housing through our network of rental property owners. partnersinhousingsolutions.org

Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN)

SBCAN is a countywide grassroots organization that works to promote social and economic justice, to preserve our environmental and agricultural resources, and to create sustainable communities. SBCAN advocates a holistic approach to community planning that integrates housing, open space, and transportation to meet the needs of all members of our community and future generations. sbcan.nationbuilder.com

ShelterBox USA

To provide families with life-saving shelter and essential tools and supplies that will enable them to rebuild their homes and transform their lives after disaster and to build awareness of global displacement. shelterboxusa.org

Los Padres ForestWatch Los Padres ForestWatch protects wildlife, wilderness, water, and sustainable access throughout the Los Padres National Forest and the Carrizo Plain National Monument. We achieve this through education, advocacy, and when necessary, legal action for the benefit of our communities, climate, and future generations. lpfw.org

PFLAG Santa Barbara

MICKEY FLACKS JOURNALISM FUND

Mickey Flacks Journalism Fund

To promote social justice and protect the environment, SBCAN — in partnership with the Santa Barbara Independent — supports research and reporting on environmental and social justice issues. Your tax-deductible donations to the SBCAN Mickey Flacks Journalism Fund will help ensure that these issues will continue to be researched and reported on in the Santa Barbara region. sbcan.nationbuilder.com/journalism_fund

PFLAG Santa Barbara: An all volunteer local chapter. We work to create a caring, just, and affirming world for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them. We support families, educate allies and advocate for equality through monthly peer-to-peer support, education gatherings, and presentations to schools, faith communities and businesses. pflagsantabarbara.org

Santa Barbara County Trails Council

Planned Parenthood California Central Coast

SBCTC is a grassroots membership organization that has worked vigorously on behalf of people of Santa Barbara County to enhance the county’s trail network for over 50 years. We are inclusive in our support for volunteering, collaborating and advocating for trail access on behalf of all who use trails for outdoor recreation. To achieve our goals we provide trail-related planning, design, mapping, construction and maintenance for city, county, state and federal agencies. sbtrails.org

State Street Ballet

Santa Barbara’s State Street Ballet strives to create exceptional art through imaginative programming, quality dance training, and community engagement, ensuring a vibrant future for our organization and the arts community. statestreetballet.com

To improve our communities’ sexual and reproductive health outcomes through health care, education, and advocacy. ppcentralcoast.org

Our Food System Screening and Directors Fri, May 20th, 7PM at SBCC Garvin May 16th to 22nd Sat, May 21st, 3PM at SBCC Garvin May 16th to 22nd Sun, May 22nd, 1PM at El Presidio Santa Bárbara State Historic Park Participating restaurants will be presenting exciting pre-fixe menus priced at all week long. A culinary celebration featuring pop-ups, panels, cooking workshops, wine tastings, more! Join Oscar-nominated directors Betsy Julie Cohen for a screening and conversation about the feature-length Julia documentary. *Tickets are $20 Learn from local and national leaders tackling the planet’s pressing challenges develop a more sustainable food system Barbara and around the world *Tickets are $25 and includes light bites Interactive wine tastings, pop-ups, with leading Santa Barbara County *Tickets are $50 and includes light bites

of Santa Barbara Wines

SB Culinary Experience

Visit sbce.events for details

The Santa Barbara Culinary Experience, in partnership with The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, organizes annual food and drink events showcasing the local culinary and hospitality industry throughout Santa Barbara County. A portion of the proceeds supports nonprofits making a difference in the area’s food system. sbce.events

Unite to Light

Unite to Light envisions a world where every person has access to clean, affordable light and energy. We provide low cost solar lighting and energy to people living without electricity to improve global health, education, prosperity, and fight climate change. unitetolight.org

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Mindful Heart Programs

We lead and teach mindfulness, deep resilience, awake-awareness, and compassion meditation practices online and in person for the benefit of individuals, our community, future generations, and planet Earth. mindfulheartprograms.org

SB ACT

The Santa Barbara Alliance for Community Transformation (SB ACT) exists to equip the community to lovingly engage the marginalized while actively working for the betterment of their physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental needs. sbact.org

Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

Creating excellent exhibits and educational experiences that celebrate the Santa Barbara Channel and illuminate our rich connections with the sea. sbmm.org

Unity Shoppe

Unity Shoppe is committed to providing resources, such as groceries, clothing, and other essentials, to Santa Barbara County residents impacted by temporary conditions of poverty, life transitions, natural disasters, or health crises. We aim to reinforce human dignity and encourage self-sufficiency and independence. unityshoppe.org

Music Academy of the West

To provide classically trained musicians and diverse audiences with transformative educational and performance experiences. We support musicians to expand their talents, inspire each other, and pursue artistic innovation. musicacademy.org

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, the first in the nation to focus on native plants, spans 78 acres with trails, a nursery, and research facilities. For nearly a century, it has worked to conserve native plants and habitats for health and well-being of people and the planet. sbbotanicgarden.org

Barbara Museum of Art

The mission of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art is to integrate art into the lives of people. sbma.net

VNA Health

Founded in 1908, VNA Health is California’s third oldest Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) and continues to be a leading nonprofit provider of comprehensive in-home healthcare. VNA Health’s mission is to care for our communities with compassion and integrity, towards our vision that every person lives with health and dignity. vna.health

Wednesday, December 11 5:30-8pm Villa Wine Bar

Join us for a holiday mingle, bites and sip. Guests welcome!

Celebrate the Season with the Association for Women in Communications Santa Barbara

Get your ticket before 12/1 for the best deal : $45 members, $55 guests RSVP at awcsb.org

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INDEPENDENT CALENDAR

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

WEDNESDAY 11/27

11/27: The American Theatre Guild Presents Clue Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a whodunit that will have you dying of laughter through the final twist, in this pun-filled play based on the 1985 movie. 7:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $55-$100. Call (805) 899-2222. ticketing.granadasb.org/events

THURSDAY 11/28

11/28: Distance Reiki & Sound Healing Celebrate this day of thanks guided into a deep state of relaxation through the soothing vibrations of gongs, crystal bowls, chimes, and rain sticks, while receiving the gentle, healing energy of reiki from a distance. 10:30am-noon. S.B. Yoga Center, 32 E. Micheltorena St. $25. Call (805) 965-6045. sbyc.com/workshops

FRIDAY 11/29

11/29-12/1: The California Star Ball Dancesport Championships This oldest running dancesport competition in North America will feature professional dancers competing in all four ballroom styles: International Latin, International Standard, American Rhythm, and American Smooth. Visit the website for the full schedule. Various times. Hilton S.B. Beachfront Resort, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd. $25-$45/session. Call (808) 672-2501 or email info@californiastarball .com californiastarball.com

11/29: Area 51 Dance to the sounds of rock, Motown, funk, and top 40 hits from cover band Area 51. 8:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $15-$18. Ages 21+. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com

SATURDAY 11/30

11/30:

The Horse Project Santa Barbara Arena Bowl Teams of four will compete in a variety of challenges, including obstacle courses, races, and skill games. Meet the horses, watch demonstrations, warm up, and practice your skills in football, soccer, and tennis ball games. Bring your friends and family or join a team. Proceeds will go towards the Horse Project. 10am-noon. Location given upon confirmation. $25. Email thehorseprojectsb@ gmail.com tinyurl.com/TheHorseProjectSB

FARMERS MARKET SCHEDULE

THURSDAY

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

FRIDAY

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

SATURDAY

Downtown S.B.: Corner of State and Carillo sts., 8am-1pm

SUNDAY

Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, 10am-2pm

TUESDAY

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

WEDNESDAY

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

(805) 962-5354 sbfarmersmarket.org

FISHERMAN’S MARKET

SATURDAY

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

11/30: Teen Relax and Craft Teens are invited to learn how to crochet, relax and color, craft a friendship bracelet, or make a keychain. 3-4:30pm. S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Email info@sbplibrary.libanswers.com tinyurl.com/TeensCraftNov30

11/30: The Bay Area Bee Gees Present: You Should Be Dancing These talented musicians, dedicated to faithfully recreating the Bee Gees’ iconic sound, will perform songs from early in their career to the golden era of disco. 7:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $42-$72. Call (805) 899-2222. ticketing .granadasb.org/events

SUNDAY 12/1

11/29-12/3: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Fri.: Funk It Up with Area 51, 8:30pm. $15-$18. Ages 21+. Sat.: Numbskull Presents: The Cure vs. The Smiths vs. DEPECHE MODE DJ Night, 9:30pm. $14.94. Ages 21+. Sun.: Glen Phillips, Chris Beland, 8pm. $30. Mon.: SBCC Monday Madness Jazz Orchestra, 7pm. $15. Tue.: Antonio Artese West Coast Trio, 7pm. $18-$20. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com

11/29-11/30: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Molly Ringwald Project, 9pm. Sat.: Ranch Hands Country Jam Band, 8:30pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 686-4785.maverick saloon.com/event-calendar

11/29-11/30: M.Special Brewing Co.

(Goleta) Fri.: Matthew Clark Trio, 6pm. Sat.: Alex Van Valen, 6pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Ste. C, Goleta. Free. Call (805) 9686500. mspecialbrewco.com

11/29-11/30: M.Special Brewing Co.

(S.B.) Fri.: Maritime Law, 8pm. Sat.: Ben Betts, 8pm. 634 State St. Free Call (805) 968-6500. mspecialbrewco.com

11/30: The Cruisery Live Music Saturdays, 9pm. Free. 501 State St. Call (805) 729-3553. thecruisery.com/the-cruisery

11/30-12/1: Hook’d Bar and Grill Sat.: Adrian and the THC, 2pm. Sun.: Traveling Hurtados, 1pm. 116 Lakeview Dr., Cachuma Lake. Free. Call (805) 350-8351. hookdbarandgrill.com/music-onthe-water

12/2: The Red Piano Milo Sledge Trio featuring Freda Ramey, 7:30pm. 519 State St. Free. Call (805) 358-1439. theredpiano.com

12/3: Longoria Wines Live music, 6pm. Free. 732 State St. Call (805) 679-5158. tinyurl.com/LongoriaLiveMusicDec3

12/1: Stow House First Sunday Concert with The Chaps Bring a blanket, pack a picnic, and enjoy live music by The Chaps, who will play crowd-pleasing swing, bluegrass, folk, and rock ’n’ roll originals plus your favorites from the 1930s to today. 2-4pm. Rancho La Patera’s Stow House, 304 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta. Free. Call (805) 681-7216. tinyurl.com/StowHouse-Chaps

12/1: I Married a Golem! A Faux-Yiddish Radio Play This unusual Old World–styled radio drama mixes Beauty and the Beast with Yiddish theater plots about the danger of “mixed marriages,” featuring the klezmer music of Kalinka, and a free cup of borscht for all attendees. 4pm. The Piano Kitchen, 430 Rose Ave. $15. tinyurl.com/IMarriedGolem

12/1: MORE Theater/S.B. Open House Fundraiser Party Join for drinks on the rooftop, then move to the second floor for samosas and sweets and hear about the 2025 lineup, then move to the downstairs presentation theater for a music performance. 4:309:30pm. Balboa Building, 735 State St. Free. Call (805) 951-8648 or email mkruszewska@ moretheatersb.com tinyurl.com/MORETheaterSBFundraiser

MONDAY 12/2

12/2: The 16th Annual 100 Grand Exhibition This exhibition will feature more than 100 quality works of art for $1,000. Choose from paintings, drawings, photographs, assemblage, and sculpture by emerging and established artists that are priced to sell and sized to fit into smaller spaces. Sales go live on the website at the same time. The exhibition shows through December 29. 9am-5:30pm. Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery, 11 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call (805) 730-1460. sullivangoss.com/exhibitions

Antonio Artese West Coast Trio

TUESDAY 12/3

12/3: UCSB Arts & Lectures Presents: Father Gregory Boyle Father Gregory Boyle will discuss his book Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times, about learning that love is the light inside everything through colorful and profound stories full of wisdom, humor, and inspiration. 7:30pm.

12/3: Literary Lunch: Dawn Tripp Join Dawn Tripp for lunch as she discusses her 2024 release, Jackie, A Novel, an intimate story about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, love and power, family and tragedy, and loss and reinvention. Noon. Belmond El Encanto Hotel, 800 Alvarado Pl. $95. Call (805) 845-5800. tinyurl.com/ElEncantoLiteraryLunch

WEDNESDAY 12/4

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12/4:

Jonathan Moerschel, the ensemble will showcase a concert of contemporary compositions, including those of UCSB composition students. 7:30pm. Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB. Students, children ages 12 and under: free; GA: $7-$10. Email admin@campuscalendar.ucsb.edu tinyurl.com/UCSB-Ensemble

Thanksgiving Things to Do

11/28: Thanksgiving Day at the Zoo Spend some holiday time with your animal friends at the Zoo! Reservations are required. 9:30am-3:30pm. S.B. Zoo, 500 Niños Dr. Free-$25. Call (805) 962-5339. sbzoo .org/events-calendar

11/28: El Encanto Thanksgiving Lunch and Dinner Buffets Choose from a prix-fixe menu with wine, cocktails, and champagne with a kids’ menu available for children under age 6, or a buffet. Prix-fixe: 5:30-9:30pm. $175; Lunch buffet: noon-4; dinner buffet: 5:30-8pm. Children ages 6-12: $65; adults: $175. Belmond El Encanto Hotel & Spa, 800 Alvarado Pl. Call (805) 845-5800. tinyurl.com/BelmondThanksgivingMeal

11/28: Finch & Fork Thanksgiving Harvest Buffet This harvest buffet will feature local produce, a raw bar, carving stations, classic sides, soups, salads, and desserts. Noon-7pm. Finch & Fork, Kimpton Canary Hotel, 31 W. Carrillo St. Children: $55; adults: $120. Call (805) 879-9100. tinyurl.com/HarvestBuffetFinchAndFork

11/28: Brass Bear Uptown Thanksgiving Buffet This buffet will have a carving station with turkey and prime rib, all the sides, and dessert. Noon-6pm. Brass Bear Uptown, 3302 McCaw Ave. Children 12 and under: $30; adults: $70. Call (805) 869-4014. tinyurl.com/BrassBearThanksgiving

11/28: The Harbor Restaurant Thanksgiving Dinner Choose your appetizer, main course, and dessert as you dine on S.B.’s famous wharf. Noon-8pm. The Harbor Restaurant, 210 Stearns Wharf. Children age 12 and under: $55; adults: $95. Call (805) 963-3311 or email events@harborsb.com harborsb.com/thanksgiving-dinner

11/28: San Ysidro Ranch Four-Course Thanksgiving Meal Guests can choose from five robust entrée options, a starter, a soup, and dessert created by Executive Chef Matt Johnson as they enjoy a charming, rustic atmosphere. Noon-7pm. Stonehouse Restaurant, San Ysidro Ranch, 900 San Ysidro Ln., Montecito. $255 (wine pairing: $150). Call (805) 565-1720 or email dining@sanysidroranch.com tinyurl.com/SanYsidro-Thanksgiving

11/28: The Cruisery Thanksgiving Dinner Make plans to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal at the Cruisery as Chef JP is serving just 100 turkey dinners starting at $28. 1-10pm. The Cruisery, 501 State St. $28+. Call (805) 7293553 or email events@thecruisery.com tinyurl.com/Cruisery-Thanksgiving

11/28: S.B. Veterans Memorial Building Thanksgiving Luncheon Join with friends and family to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with all the sides. Noon-3pm. S.B. Veterans Memorial Bldg., 1121 W. Cabrillo Blvd. Free facebook.com/vetsmemorialbuilding

11/28: S.B. Rescue Mission Thanksgiving Feast Shelter guests and community members are invited to a traditional Thanksgiving meal. 2-4pm. S.B. Rescue Mission, 535 E. Yanonali St. Free sbrm.org/thanksgiving-feast-2

Thanksgiving Things to Do Holiday Head Start

12/1: Paseo Nuevo Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony Join our Mayor Randy Rowse, DJ Darla Bea, Santa Claus, and the Grinch for a festive night under the stars. Stay for the Peppermint Parlor AfterParty and snow and take photos with Santa! Tree lighting: 5:30pm; party and photos: 6-8pm. Peppermint Parlor, Paseo Nuevo (in North Court across from Sephora), 651 Paseo Nuevo. Free paseonuevosb.com/holidays

11/29-12/4:

Solvang Julefest Light & Music Show Every evening, Solvang Park will come alive with a 10-minute light and music display on the hour. Showtimes: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9pm. Solvang Park, 1630 Mission Dr., Solvang. Free. Call (805) 465-7298. tinyurl.com/Solvang-Julefest

11/27-12/4: Big Wave Dave’s Christmas Tree Lot Pick out the perfect holiday noble, Douglas, grand, silvertip, Fraser, or Nordmann fir. Open through December 24. 10am-9pm. La Cumbre Plaza, Macy’s parking lot, 3865 State St. Free. Call (805) 218-0282. tinyurl.com/BigWaveDave-Trees

11/27-12/4: Lane Farms Christmas Patch See the farm animals and tractors and check out the corn maze while choosing from fresh noble, Nordmann, or Douglas fir trees. Open through December 23. 10am-8pm. Lane Farms, 308 S. Walnut Ln. Free. Call (805) 964-3773. lanefarmssb.com/christmas-patch

11/27-12/4: Anthony’s Christmas Trees Pick out the perfect centerpiece, swag, and boughs. Open through December 24. Wed.-Thu., Mon.-Tue.: 9am-8pm; Fri.-Sat.: 9am-9pm; Sun.: 10am-7pm. Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real. Free. Call (805) 966-6668. anthonyschristmastrees.com

12/1: Santa Paws Toy/Supply Drive & Holiday Photo Event Drop off your donation and receive a free and festive holiday photo for your pup (first come, first served). Visit the website to check out the wishlist. Noon-3pm. S.B. Humane, 5399 Overpass Rd. Free. Call (805) 964-4777. sbhumane.org/events

FRIDAY 11/29

11/29-11/30: A Cowboy Christmas 2024 Visit for games, crafts, activities, a hot cocoa bar, petting zoo, a visit from Santa, and more. Snacks, drinks, and beer and wine will be available for purchase. Fridays and Saturdays through December 21. 3:307:30pm. S.Y.V. Horseback Rides, River View Park, 151 Sycamore Dr., Buellton. GA: $19.95, Family Pass: $64.95. Email bob@syvhorsebackrides.com syvcowboychristmas.com

11/27-12/4: Miracle at the Funk Zone Make your reservation to experience over-the-top holiday decor, displays, and festive cocktails such as a “Christmapolitan” with a portion of the reservation fee to go toward CALM. Open through December 31. Family-friendly hours are 2-5pm, 5pm-12am. Pearl Social, 131 Anacapa St., Ste. B. $10. Ages 21+. Call (805) 284-0380. pearlsocialsb.com

11/27-12/4: Yes Store Shop at this S.B. tradition since 1968, now open year-round, for handmade, one-of-a-kind gifts such as custom jewelry, clothing, arts, and more. Wed.-Sat., Mon.Tue.: 10am-6pm; Sun.: 10am-5pm. 1015 State St. Free. Call (805) 966-9777. theyesstore.com

11/27, 11/29-12/4: Old Mission S.B. Serra Shop Shop for books, home decor, jewelry, religious gifts, and more. 9:30am5pm. Old Mission S.B., 2201 Laguna St. Call (805) 682-4149. Free santabarbaramission.org/gift-shop

11/29-12/2: California Nature Art Museum Store Shop for unique items such as books, locally made crafts, and jewelry that show our love for art and nature! Mon., Thu.-Fri.: 11am4pm; Sat.-Sun.: 10am-5pm. Free. Call (805) 688-1082. store.calnatureartmuseum.org

11/29-12/1, 12/3-12/4: S.B. Museum of Art, Museum Store: Holiday 2024 Shop curated gift items such as jewelry, stationery, ornaments, and home decor. Fri.-Sat., Tue.-Wed.: 11am-5pm; Sun.: 10am-5pm. 1130 State St. Call (805) 884-6454. sbmastore.net

11/29: Solvang Julefest Nisser Adventure Join in on the city-wide hunt for the mischievous Solvang Nisser (Danish for “gnome”)! This group of Nisser are hidden throughout Downtown Solvang. Stop by the Solvang Visitor Ctr. (1637 Copenhagen Dr.), for a list of clues to where the Nisser are hiding. Downtown Solvang. Free. Call (805) 465-7298. tinyurl.com/Solvang-Julefest

11/29-12/4: MOXI Seaside Sock Skating Kick off your shoes and bring your cotton, wool, or synthetic socks, or fluffy slippers to enjoy frictionless fun by sliding across a specialty tile floor reminiscent of ice but without the chill. Hot chocolate and adult beverages will be available for purchase. Skate through January 20, 2025. 10am-5pm. MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, 125 State St. Free-$20. Call (805) 770-5000. moxi.org/calendar/seaside-sock-skating

11/29-12/4: Photos with Santa at La Cumbre Plaza

Make a reservation to take your photo with Santa in a winter wonderland! Photo packages are available for purchase. Visit the website for available hours and to make reservations through December 24. La Cumbre Plaza (next to Starbucks), 121 S. Hope Ave. Free shoplacumbre.com/SantaPhotos

11/27, 11/29-12/4: ZooLights Walk through an immersive magical world of lights, featuring handcrafted, silk-covered lanterns lit with more than 50,000 LED bulbs that showcase animal and nature scenes from around the world. Reservations are required. ZooLights will show through January 12, 2025. 4:308:30pm. S.B. Zoo, 500 Niños Dr. Free-$35. Call (805) 962-5339. sbzoo.org/zoolights

12/2: Pet Photos with Santa at La Cumbre Plaza

Make a reservation to have your pet take a photo with Santa in a winter wonderland! Photo packages are available for purchase. 4-6:45pm. La Cumbre Plaza (next to Starbucks), 121 S. Hope Ave. Free tinyurl.com/Santa-PetPhotos

SATURDAY 11/30

11/30: Flea Market & Christmas Tree Lot Shop for holiday gifts then pick out the perfect tree. Flea market: 9am-3pm; tree lot: 9am-7pm. Trinity Lutheran Church, 909 N. La Cumbre Rd. Free. Call (805) 687-1577 or email office@telcsb.org tinyurl.com/TLC-Shop-Tree

11/30-12/1: Candy Cane Train Take a ride on this holiday express all decked out with holiday lights and decorations. Saturdays and Sundays through December. Noon-4pm. Goleta Depot, 300 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta. Free. Call (805) 964-3540. goletadepot.org/events

11/30: Paseo Nuevo Holiday Cheer: Live Music Enjoy live holiday music from area performers. 4-6pm. Center Court, Paseo Nuevo, 651 Paseo Nuevo. Free paseonuevosb.com/holidays

11/30: Mosaic Makers Market Celebrate Small Business Saturday by supporting a diverse lineup of artisans offering handcrafted jewelry, art, clothing, home goods, candles, pet products, local honey, and more, with food and live music from The Fine Colombians Trio. 11am-4pm. Mosaic Locale Courtyard, 1131 State St. Free Email hello@curatedcollectivesb.com curatedcollectivesb.com/events-1

11/30-12/1: Rancho La Patera & Stow House Museum Store Select local gifts such as original lemon labels, ironwork, cards, toys, Goleta memorabilia, and other treasures. 1-4pm. Rancho La Patera & Stow House, 304 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta. Call (805) 681-7216. goletahistory.org/visit

11/30: Paseo Nuevo Mistletoe Mall Shop for unique and locally crafted items that highlight small S.B. businesses and sponsored by the Streets of Vintage Flea Market and the Makers Hive Market. Noon-6pm. Paseo Nuevo (in front of Paseo Nuevo Cinemas), 651 Paseo Nuevo. Free paseonuevosb.com/holidays

SUNDAY 12/1

12/1: California Nature Art Museum Holiday Marketplace Enjoy cider and holiday treats while shopping unique gifts created by area artisans that celebrate nature, wildlife, and the outdoors. Join a papercraft activity, 10am-noon. 10am-4pm. California Nature Art Museum, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang. Free Email lilyana@calnatureartmuseum.org tinyurl.com/HolidayMarketplaceDec1

12/1: Winter Pajama Beats & Brunch Wear your favorite holiday PJs and be entered into a drawing to win a one-night stay at the Kimpton Canary, take photos at the immersive Winter Chalet kiosk, and enjoy endless mimosas with farm-to-table brunch bites (for purchase) as you listen to the festive sounds of DJ Darla Bea. 11am-2pm. Finch & Fork, 31 W. Carrillo St. Free. Call (805) 879-9100. finchandforkrestaurant.com/events

12/1: Selfies with Santa at Paseo Nuevo Take a photo with Santa indoors at the Peppermint Parlor. Packages available for purchase. Noon-4pm. Paseo Nuevo (in North Court across from Sephora), 651 Paseo Nuevo. Free paseonuevosb.com/holidays

THE HALLELUJAH PROJECT 10

DECEMBER 14 & 15

7 PM / SUNDAY 3 PM

Join us for a heartwarming holiday concert for all ages with a rich program of songs from multiple holiday traditions––from classical to popular. Featuring The Choral Society & Orchestra conducted by JoAnne Wasserman with Meredith Baxter, Music Academy of the West SING! Children’s Chorus, and Santa Claus!

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MONDAY 12/2

12/2-12/4: Rockstar Tour of Lights Climb aboard the trolley for a 90-minute tour of all the amazing Christmas lights and decorations in S.B. Tours are available for private charters only. 5:30, 7:30, and 9:15pm. 20-32 passenger tours: $700-$800/trolley. Call (805) 4519999 or email info@rockstartrolley.com tinyurl.com/RockstarTrolley

12/2-12/4: Winter Solstice: A Dusk Bar Holiday Pop-Up Sip warming winter cocktails (for purchase) and cozy up with your crew by candlelight. 3-11pm. Dusk Bar, 524 State St. Free tinyurl.com/DuskBar-PopUp

TUESDAY 12/3

12/3: S.B. Home Movies: Zemeckis Family Film Series: Polar Express Watch a screening of Robert Zemeckis’s 2004 film Polar Express (G), which tells the story of a doubting young boy who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole. There will also be a conversation with producer Steve Starkey. 6pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $5. Call (805) 899-2222. ticketing.granadasb.org/events

WEDNESDAY 12/4

12/4: SBAA December Holiday Show The S.B. Art Association will hold their annual holiday art show through January 13, 2025. 10am-7pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call (805) 963-1026. sbartassoc.org/calendar

12/4: Mindful Holiday Market As the season changes, explore a carefully curated selection of conscious wellness and lifestyle wares made by local artisans, Chef’s Garden delights, and seasonal beverages. 1-5pm. Belmond El Encanto Hotel & Spa, 800 Alvarado Pl. Free Call (805) 845-5800. tinyurl.com/Mindful-Market

12/4: Solvang Julefest Maker’s Market Shop from an outdoor row of crafters and local artisans offering one-of-a-kind gifts, seasonal treats, and more. 3pm. Solvang Park, 1630 Mission Dr., Solvang. Free tinyurl.com/Solvang-Julefest

12/4: Furoshiki Workshop: Reusable Gift Wrapping Learn the traditional Japanese practice of wrapping gifts and items in cloth as you are guided in sewing, finishing raw and edges. 5:30pm. Art From Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. $25. Call (805) 884-0459. exploreecology.org/calendar/list 12/4: A Crimson Holiday S.B.’s uptown artisan gift gallery will offer items from more than 40 artists and designers with a Season of Giving event with 40 free raffle gifts on Wednesday, 5-8pm. La Cumbre Plaza (across from Chico’s), 121 S. Hope Ave. Free. Call (805) 570-1987. acrimsonholiday.com

A DECADE OF ARTS AND RECOVERY FOR THE INSPIRATIONAL GRACE FISHER

GEAR UP FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL WINTER MUSIC SHOWCASE FROM THE GRACE FISHER FOUNDATION

Grief can be a funny thing. When I heard Claire Bidwell Smith talk at Godmothers last month, the author and grief therapist talked about all the ways grief can show up. You can grieve the death of someone, but also the loss of a friendship or “what could have been.” But if everything happens for a reason, that grief is there to teach you something. “Try not to rush it,” Bidwell Smith recently posted on her Instagram page.

Grace Fisher has had to sit with a kind of grief for 10 years. Ten years since she was diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis. Ten years since she watched her high school friends venture off toward college, toward adulthood, toward life outside their hometown. “My accomplishments and everything I do is a way to distract myself from the loss,” she told me recently.

But her grief has only propelled her forward. It’s allowed her to do so much with what she’s been given and after 10 years of living with an illness that left her paralyzed from the neck down, she is anything but grieving.

This past July, Fisher returned to Craig Rehabilitation Hospital in Denver, Colorado. It brought back a lot of memories momentarily shifting her rosecolored view surrounding her therapy, recovery, and diagnosis. Visiting her former therapists alongside new patients reminded her that she was, at one point, where they were, too. “It was super devastating at first,” she says of her life just after the diagnosis. “It’s hard to imagine a life after facing such severe disability. And it was hard for me to imagine that life could be as gratifying as how I pictured it before.”

For anyone familiar with Fisher’s story, we all know that rather than sitting in what she calls “the sadness,” she made a choice to create.

The result was the Grace Fisher Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities through the arts. The organization has now grown to include the Inclusive Arts Clubhouse, which serves as the “epicenter” for the foundation’s free music, art, dance, and artistic programming, as well as the Annual Winter Music Showcase, now in its seventh year.

For Grace, it all comes back to those first moments when she was sent to Craig. It was there, alongside experienced therapists and newly diagnosed patients like herself, that she was introduced to music therapy and adaptive art. Art is what kept her going. “When I was at Craig, the arts were so important to my recovery. And my state of mind,” she says. And why, when she worked with Make a Wish that first year, she created a program that would outlive her own wishes and dreams. “Creating the foundation was a way to have my mission last longer than me,” she says.

In true form, Fisher isn’t slowing down.

On Saturday, December 7, the Grace Fisher Foundation will present the seventh annual Winter Music Showcase. Like in years past, Fisher will premiere original music and art. A short film will debut with composition by Fisher that will be played live on stage by

Santa Barbara Chamber Players. Circle of Grace was created entirely pro bono by more than 100 filmmakers, artists, friends, and corporations. The concept was presented to Fisher in February by director John Behring and filmed locally in April.

Musician, advocate, and fan favorite Jackson Gillies will also perform a few songs, and Will Breman and a handful of kids from the Music Academy of the West’s SING! Program will also perform. Program participants from the Inclusive Arts Clubhouse, including a group from “Sign, Sing, Dance,” will also join the professionals on stage.

“This is our premiere event of the year,” Fisher says, noting that all the funds raised from the event will go toward the Inclusive Arts Clubhouse, which opened just over a year and a half ago. Continued support for the foundation, which will break from its fiscal sponsor and become its own 501(c)3 in 2025, will continue to promote the arts among individuals with disabilities.

—Meaghan Clark Tiernan

The Grace Fisher Foundation Winter Music Showcase is Saturday, December 7, 6 p.m. at The Granada Theatre (1214 State St.). To purchase tickets, see ticketing .granadasb.org/overview/20218. To learn more about

It’s true that one day at Sun Records, happenstance placed Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis in the same recording studio. The recording exists, but poor sound quality and the disorganized nature of an impromptu jam session does not yield the sumptuous storytelling that fans crave. Enter Million Dollar Quartet, the play that scripts potential details of that recording session, placing four icons of early rock and roll (and their unique musical sounds) in the spotlight. You can see Ensemble Theatre Company’s production of Million Dollar Quartet (by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux) at the New Vic December 5-22.

In this imagined narrative, record producer Sam Phillips is the front man, and dialogue between the four musicians reveals tension in the form of personal resentments, career insecurities, and record label politics. “Some audiences will come for nostalgia,” says director Brian McDonald, “but young audiences will come to appreciate the influence these musicians have had on what rock and roll is today.” During this era, producers like Phillips were trying to reinvent Black music for the white market.

“In the south,” David Lamoureux, the production’s musical director, explains, “religion, gospel, and spirituals were constant, universal influences. But many people playing proto rock and roll were not trained musicians. People were taking limited skills and trying to re-create a sound that they didn’t inherently know how to play.”

With Elvis, says McDonald, Phillips found the perfect way to bridge that gap: a white boy who had an authentic connection to the Black sound.

After the dramatization of the Sun Records session, Million Dollar Quartet rewards the audience with the fantasy concert they’ve been craving — all four actor/ musicians, deep in character, perform as they might have if Presley, Cash, Perkins, and Lewis had collaborated. Dust off your blue suede shoes and catch Million Dollar Quartet at the New Vic Theatre. —Maggie Yates

Ensemble Theatre Company presents Million Dollar Quartet at the New Vic (33

Blake Burgess, Ian Fairlee, Nick Voss, and Will Riddle star in Million Dollar Quartet.

Performers at last year’s Grace Fisher Foundation Winter Music Showcase

Dancers at a previous Grace Fisher Foundation Winter Music Showcase

COURTESY PHOTOS

WANT A WAY FORWARD? FATHER GREGORY BOYLE SAYS TRY CHERISHED BELONGING

AUTHOR, PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM WINNER, AND HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES FOUNDER WILL SPEAK AT UC SANTA BARBARA ABOUT THE HEALING POWER OF LOVE IN DIVIDED TIMES

I’m typing this interview with Father Gregory Boyle, SJ founder of the L.A.-based gang rehabilitation and reentry organization Homeboy Industries and author of Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times not just because he’s coming to UCSB’s Campbell Hall to speak on December 3, but because he’s a big reason I’ve been a typist for more than 40 years.

Fr. Greg was my teacher at Loyola High School in Los Angeles from 1978 to 1981, where he taught composition and theology and also guided me into editing a school magazine. Thanks in part to this much-appreciated influence, I’ve (mostly) enjoyed a long and (mostly) successful career as a writer, editor, and publisher. Fr. Greg has remained a good friend of my entire family in the decades since. How nice to be able to thank him in person while I tell you about him and his new book!

Boyle started Homeboy Industries in 1988 while he was a Los Angeles parish priest in one of the most gang-intensive neighborhoods in the country. While trying to preach, heal, and help, he discovered the maxim that “nothing stops a bullet like a job.” So, he created jobs for gang members. He founded what has become Homeboy Industries, and now includes a bakery (perfect for holiday gifts, hint, hint), a café, a solar-panel installation business, electronics recycling, silkscreening, dog-grooming, and more.

Homeboy’s center in downtown Los Angeles greets people each year with a sometimes hard-to-believe amount of love, acceptance, tenderness, and community, and has helped thousands of gang members heal and move forward. In May, Fr. Greg received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden.

I was going to start with, “What the heck do we do now?” but I’ll get to that. Looking back, when did you first understand that “We belong to each other” was really the root of what Homeboy was and could be? It comes from something Mother Teresa said that I used to quote incorrectly or at least not completely. The fuller quote is “if [we have] no peace … it is because we’ve forgotten that we belong to each other.” So, there’s that sense that belonging can address all the vexing complex social dilemmas that we have. My friend, Padraig Ó Tuama, who was in the Troubles [in Northern Ireland], says that the Troubles were really “belonging gone wrong.” That’s what gang allegiance and membership is. It’s just belonging gone wrong. Because everybody who doesn’t know gangs will say, “Oh, they just want to belong.” Well, yeah. But hopeful kids join the Boy Scouts. The kids who can’t imagine a future for themselves adhere to a gang. And so, it’s really belonging gone wrong because no hopeful kid in the history of the world has ever joined a gang. It’s about hope and a lethal absence of hope. How do you infuse hope to kids for whom hope is foreign? The goal is not a behaving community, but a community of cherished belonging.

I’ve read all your books, and they all have lots of stories. But this book seems to have a little bit more emphasis on a sort of philosophy or a sense of, “Let me try and suggest some ways you can start thinking about things.” Not that the other books didn’t have that, but this one sort of seemed to start from that at the start.

Is that how it came about? This book, unlike the other three, was born of the moment in which we’re in. And so how do we name things? And what do we think we’re doing? And what do you think that is? And where does that come from? Since I finished writing it, I’ve kind of had a lot more thoughts, especially after November 5, which happened to be the publication date!

A key part of the book’s contention is that all people are innately good. No exceptions. And the follow-up to that is that beliefs such as racism, misogyny, hatred of the other, or the choices people make, are always a result of not being healthy or whole or well. For me, that made a lot of sense, but where do we go from there? What can I do going forward to see that those unhealthy, unwell, unwhole people become healthy and well? Well, at Homeboy, people are cherished into seeing their own goodness. And you can really cherish people into health where they’re flourishing. Yeah. My new friend the Surgeon General [Vivek Murthy] said mental health is the defining health issue of our time. And so, when I look back at that statement and then I look at what we’ve been living through, certainly since the pandemic, which exacerbated everything. Look at the things that have just completely gone crazy. Hate crimes up 300 percent. Homelessness, fentanyl overdoses, and suicides. You can talk about smash-and-grab crime in Los Angeles. [So] I would say, if somebody wants to be governed by an authoritarian, that’s not a really baseline healthy thing. That’s not a judgment call. That’s a health assessment. That’s like me telling you, “Hey, I’m worried about that cough. It just sounds bad.” You know? So, it’s really a concern for you. I don’t think it’s elitist. I don’t think it’s condescending. I think none of us are well until all of us are well.

Right. I guess my point is that if I wanted to reach out to a person I knew held Donald Trump and his ideals in high esteem, I have no basis of connection there. I can say, “I love you and I cherish you and I think you’re an innately good person,” but also that “you’re not healthy, you’re not whole.” They’re not going to agree with me. I don’t think you need to say it exactly. I mean, for example, we had homies who voted for Trump. And, they would say things like, “I don’t want my 5th-grade son to go to school and come home a girl.” You can, you know, grab

him by the lapel and say, “Are you out of your mind?” But I mention in the book that nobody healthy spreads disinformation, but nobody healthy buys it. It’s a little bit like a cult. You don’t hate them. You have to work to convince them … what do they call it? Deprogramming. But nobody healthy joins the cult. And this is a cult. So, then they start going, “But the price of eggs.” And I go, “Okay, no.” It’s not like somebody voted for Mitt Romney as opposed to Barack Obama. For the first time in my 52 years of voting, in 14 presidential elections, it’s the very first time that the choice was someone who’s a healthy adult in the room and someone who isn’t. I’ve never had that choice. Because in the past, you always had two relatively healthy adults in the room. Really, there was none of that because this was such a disruption, because it’s never happened before. And now, quite frankly, when you have RFK [Jr.], who is going to be the head of [the Department of Health and Human Services], you just go, this is a real mental health issue writ large. And will be quite damaging. But I think we resist without demonizing. We hold out the principles that I believe in, which is everybody’s unshakably good, including the one people overwhelmingly voted for. [He’s] unfit to be president, but worthy of our compassion. You don’t need to be a psychiatrist to know that he is ill, but you have to be well to know that he isn’t well. I mean, the women in the parish at Dolores Mission [in L.A., Fr. Greg’s original posting] are monolingual and not formally educated. But because they’re healthy adults in the room, they recognize, no, that nobody healthy says this.

That’s a big ask. It is, but I don’t know any other solution. Tickets are sold out for Fr. Greg’s talk at 7:30 p.m. December 3, but because of high demand, there will be a simulcast in Buchanan Hall 1920 on the UCSB campus. Simulcast tickets are $5, and after the talk, ticket holders can purchase copies of the book and get it signed by Fr. Greg. For information and tickets, see bit.ly/40WADFh or call Arts & Lectures at (805) 893-3535. —Jim Buckley

A longer and more in-depth version of this interview is available at bit.ly/40WADFh.

Father Gregory Boyle and his new book Cherished Belonging

A LOVE OF GEOLOGY FOUND AT SBCC Teacher Laura Branch Brings That Passion Into Her Classrooms Today

BY TIANA MOLONY

When high school teacher Laura Branch graduated from San Marcos High School in 1989, she didn’t know what was next. A definitive path from high school to college wasn’t in the cards for her. For starters, she “didn’t know how to study,” let alone for the formidable SATs. She also didn’t possess the grades to attend a four-year university, nor did she know how to apply to one. Fundamentally, she lacked the guidance, since no one in her family had attended college. “And so I was like, ‘Well, I just graduated, so what else am I supposed to do?’” she recalls thinking.

Fortunately, her decision to attend Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) undoubtedly proved to be where she was meant to land. At SBCC, she fell in love with geology — one of the science subjects she teaches at Ernest Righetti High School (ERHS), where she has taught for the past 25 years. Recently, she was named the 2025 Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year. “Getting awards like this tells me that I’m doing a good job with my students,” she reflects.

When sitting in her SBCC astronomy lab, studying the stars and their alignments, she first realized that science was what she was meant to study. In 1991, she participated in SBCC’s geology program and went on the Geologic Field study trips offered by SBCC. Some of these trips included excursions to the American West’s most primitive landscapes, including Death Valley, the San Andreas Fault, and the Sierra Nevada. Sitting on the San Andreas Fault and learning about its history and intricacies, she felt a sense of purpose. “This is it,” she decided.

And so it was. After three and a half years at SBCC, Branch transferred to San Diego State University, where she continued her geology education and, in 1996, received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology. After graduating, she again wondered what her next step would be. At the time, a teachers’ strike was happening in San Diego, and one of her professors took the opportunity to spotlight the honorable career. “It’s either that or move to Texas and go into petroleum geology,” Branch pondered.

She found herself back in Santa Barbara, receiving her master’s degree in education from UCSB. Shortly thereafter, she was offered a teaching job at Ernest Righetti High School. She’s been there ever since.

She was in her classroom after a long school day when we spoke on the phone. She didn’t sound exhausted, as one might expect. Instead, she sounded pretty upbeat. Twenty-five years is a long time spent in one place, and I was not the first person to ask her what kept her there. “Why wouldn’t I?” she offered. At Righetti, she has fostered a learning environment that feels more like a close-knit community than a high school classroom. She wants her students to look forward to learning in her class rather than dread it.

similar path to hers. “So they connect with me,” she said. “They feel more comfortable. And then, boom, we get right back into whatever we’re learning about, and they don’t realize they’re learning it.”

She does this by earning her students’ respect, which means diligently paying attention to their responses. Branch noted that the average kid can only hold their concentration for about “half their age in minutes,” she says. “So if you think about the fact that these kids are only 16, they’ve really only got eight minutes.”

If Branch notices their attention veering, she has to reel them back. She changes the lesson by putting on a cartoon or telling them a story. Sometimes, she tells stories about her geology excursions while at SBCC, encouraging the students to consider attending the college if they hope to follow a

At SBCC, Branch learned basic study practices that helped her succeed in her classes. She found study groups with other students who showed her how to outline and organize her material. “And then, as I learned more and more how to be an effective student, then my GPA started going up,” she recalled. Now, she creates study guides for her students based on the methods she used at SBCC.

Branch credits her time at SBCC for shaping her teaching philosophy and helping her provide her students with the same top-notch education she received. She teaches three classes at ERHS: Concurrent Physical Geology through Alan Hancock College, AP Environmental Science, and two sections of regular Chemistry of the Earth Systems. She enjoys teaching all these courses, but geology holds a special place in her heart. “Not only do I see the big picture, but now, for me, most of my knowledge that I bring into my geology class is from Santa Barbara City College geology,” she says. “Because it was just so well planned out.”

Laura Branch, the 2025 Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year, is as excited in the classroom today as when she began teaching 25 years ago.

Students in one of Branch’s science classes at Ernest Righetti High School in Santa Maria examine fossils in the classroom.

LIVING

The State of Sport The State of Sport

When she ponders the topsy-turvy state of college sports, Kelly Barsky confesses, “My head spins some days.” But UCSB’s athletic director keeps her feet on the ground as she forges a path for the Gauchos to keep up with the competition while adhering to traditional values.

There is no disputing that intercollegiate athletics at the Division 1 level is a money-driven business. Would four West Coast schools, including UCLA and USC, cast their lot with the Midwest/East-centered Big 10 Conference if it were not for the TV dollars they could scoop up?

The landscape is further shaken up by changes that will put college athletes more deeply into the money-making side of things. A legal settlement with the NCAA to be finalized next April is expected to result in a school spending as much as $22 million a year (if it has a football team) to pay its players, repaying lost income going back to 2016, and implementing revenue-sharing in the future.

For the past several years, players have been indirectly receiving extra compensation through NIL (name, image, and likeness) programs. Along with the loosening of restrictions against transfers, NIL money can be used as enticements for players to switch schools.

Barsky, in her third year (including an interim year) as UCSB’s first female athletic director, says she’s optimistic that the Gauchos can adjust to future challenges because of what’s already been established.

“I’ve heard lots of concerns about amateurism, concerns where college athletics is going,” she said in a recent interview. “We have to evolve, change, and grow with the times. [But] we still have an opportunity with student athletes to be tethered to academics.”

In the Ever-Evolving World of D1 Athletics, UCSB Athletic Director Kelly Barsky Keeps Her Feet on the Ground and Her Eyes on the Future

It is revealing that Barsky continues to use the term “student athlete,” often dismissed as an oxymoron by cynical observers.

In addition to academic support, she said, UCSB athletes receive “high-caliber coaching, sports medicine support, life skills support, even financial management support. … Just because there’s NIL and an opportunity to share revenue does not take away from those skills that are learned from being in a college campus.”

Barsky continued, “Sport is about connection. I get energized talking about this. In addition to supporting and developing athletes, sport at its core is a platform for connection. It brings people together. It brings communities together. It brings exciting nostalgic memories and moments.”

John Arnhold, a 1975 UCSB graduate, has established a high-voltage connection. He and his wife, Jody, with their Arnhold Foundation, have funded the $5.25 million Arnhold Tennis Center on the campus and created the Arnhold Directorship of Athletics Barsky is the first to hold that position with a $5 million endowment.

Gaucho men’s basketball coach Joe Pasternack has fostered local connections to create NIL opportunities for his players. “We always have to figure out how to be successful and adjust to the rules,” he said. “Fortunately, we have an amazing community to help us in fundraising.” In turn, the Gauchos go out to participate in service at schools, youth

sports, and other community organizations.

In a world where colleges in the “Power Four” conferences find ways to bestow prominent athletes with NIL income in six or even seven figures, UCSB has to offer all the things Barsky enumerates to keep players wearing Gaucho blue.

“Ajay [Mitchell] could have transferred, but he stayed three years,” Pasternack said. Mitchell is playing significant minutes in his rookie year with the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder. “Cole Anderson [a four-year veteran on this year’s team] is not here because of NIL,” Pasternack said. “The number-one goal is to get a degree.”

Barsky said, “We’re still recruiting high-caliber, talented student athletes that come here to work directly with coaches in developing growth.” Besides Mitchell, she cited L.A. Lakers guard Gabe Vincent, a four-year Gaucho, and current UCSB athletes Tyler Bremner, one of the top righthanded pitchers in the country, and Amelia Honer, among the nation’s best collegiate women’s tennis players.

Football is a big money-maker, despite its costs, for the “Power Four” colleges. It’s why the University of Texas athletic department, whose director Chris Del Conte was a Gaucho track and field athlete in 1990, recently raised $1 billion for the university. There is a large gap in resources between the “haves” and the “have-lesses” like UCSB and its fellow institutions in the Big West Conference. But those schools may be doing more to develop Olympic sports like volleyball and water polo. They also compete well in soccer. UCSB has twice hosted the College Cup championships.

“We are positioned being a non-football school to

support our programs and be competitive,” Barsky said. “We have to be strategic, thoughtful, and intentional. Baseball is a great example. The ability to play 56 games in four months, and have a significant regional footprint, is a strength for us. The ability to recruit on the West Coast so that they can play here and families can see them. Those things are benefits.”

UCSB hosted an NCAA baseball regional last spring. “How fun was that?” Barsky said. “Sold-out crowds, first time on our campus. Santa Barbara showed up.”

Along those lines, Barsky said, “We’re having lots of conversations about making sure the resources are there to lean into our strengths, to make sure we’re successful and excellent the way we’ve been for years and years. We’re talking at all levels, coaches, campus leadership, and community.”

Basketball is what brought Barsky to UCSB in 2008. For three years, she was an assistant coach to Lindsay Gottlieb, who now happens to be head coach of a powerhouse women’s program at USC.

“I’m proud of what she’s done,” Barsky said. “I don’t look at it like the rich get richer. What remains for us is access to the [NCAA] championships. The Big West will still have our automatic qualifications in basketball. Our teams will have to continue to work hard to get the right opponents and try to work on having the right seeding in the tournament.”

Pasternack has led the Gaucho men into the NCAA tournament twice in seven years. The Gaucho women’s last appearance was in 2012. Barsky has hired a new coach, Renee Jimenez, whose connection to Santa Barbara goes back to attending camps run by former coach Mark French, who took the Gauchos as far as the Sweet 16 in 2004.

Barsky has a national role as chair of the NCAA Women’s Division 1 Basketball Oversight Committee, which gives her another reason to be excited about the future, given the sport’s explosion in popularity last season. n

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UCSB Athletic Director Kelly Barsky

ALWAYS AMAZING . NEVER ROUT IN E .

December

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January

Justin Fantl’s Santa Rosae Celebrates the Channel Islands

Outdoors

After five years of exploring and capturing images of the Channel Islands, photographer Justin Fantl believes that there are basically two kinds of folks around these parts.

Longtime Commercial Photographer

Turns Lens Toward Amazing Archipelago

by Matt Kettmann

“Either people know them and treasure them, or they just vaguely know that they’re out there,” explained the 44-year-old to me over hot drinks in the Dart Coffee garden a couple of months ago. “A lot of people who have lived here for generations have never been there, which is kind of mind-blowing to me. How could you not at least go? Aren’t you curious?”

Fantl’s new photography tome Santa Rosae should spark more intrigue for the uninitiated while simultaneously entertaining those of us who treasure the archipelago through familiar sights seen in brand-new ways. Aside from a short preface by Fantl and introduction by Jordan S. Downs, the 215-page book is full of photos sans words, blending scenes of smooth natural purity with shots that reveal the sharp influence of man on the landscape. There are also aerials that he shot while flying his own plane, and a number of Easter eggs to find for islanders in the know about special locations.

“My hope is that people who don’t know anything about the islands can learn something and want to go out there,” said Fantl, though he doesn’t ever want the hordes to overwhelm this sensitive place. “People that have spent time out there fiercely guard them,” he said. “I’ve found a whole mix of ideas of what should or shouldn’t be done, or how they should or shouldn’t be managed. “

The New Hampshire native started his adult life after graduating Union College in upstate New York by becoming

Hole ski bum, during which time he met his nowwife, Katrina Sprague, who grew up in a prominent Santa Barbara family. He worked for the local paper, and scanned slides of adventures from Antarctica to Everest for an established photographer. That made him think about becoming a pro photographer rather than going to law school, which led to the Academy of Art in San Francisco and his first commercial gigs.

That work was steady for a long time, including campaigns for Old Spice, Apple, Crown Royal, and, once, even making a massive poster of a Chiquita banana for New York City. But then too many cooks got in the kitchen. “It just wound up being like, ‘Well, we’re gonna shoot it on white, just to be safe,’” said Fantl. “That kinda bummed me out, but I had a lot of great clients and great projects along the way.”

He always wanted to do a book, and living in Los Angeles for many years brought him closer to his in-laws in Santa Barbara, which he visited frequently before moving here permanently three years ago. Once he started exploring the Channel Islands, “it clicked one day,” as Fantl realized there weren’t many fine art–aimed books on the archipelago.

He’s since made about two dozen trips since his first visit to Anacapa Island in 2019, mostly going solo, but sometimes backpacking across Santa Rosa Island with friends or doing marine cleanups with various nonprofits. Fantl was plotting his book the whole time.

“The first time I went out, that feeling of being completely removed really kind of hit me,” he recalled. “You felt a world away. It felt adventurous. I like that feeling of adventure and solace.”

In between trips and making the book, Fantl launched a new adventure as well, starting to work as a landscape designer. He was initially inspired by doing his own yard near Riviera Ridge School, where his wife works in development. “I took it on myself to redesign it and figure that whole thing out,” said Fantl, whose company is called LSD Studio. “A lot of the work is communicating that visualization to the clients, and then estimating. I’ve been working with budgets for 15 years.”

Though Santa Rosae is dominated by images captured

out at the islands, it actually begins with photographs that Fantl took of taxidermied specimens at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, which he had completed earlier as part of his graduate thesis. “The museum archive photographs speak to the importance of all the endemic species out there,” he said. “There is one picture of an island fox in the book, but that’s not what it’s all about. There’s so many ways this book could have gone,” explained Fantl, noting Chumash, ranching, military, and other histories. “It’s really hard to include it all.”

Rather than a specific focus, Santa Rosae’s throughline is its creator’s aesthetic, in which close-ups and distant landscapes carry a similar sense of enchanted, arresting soul. “It’s a study of place,” said Fantl, who looks forward to taking his own young children out there someday soon.

Where would he go? “My favorite Island is Santa Rosa, for the diversity of the terrain,” said Fantl, who is particularly fond of Skunk Point. “I’ve had some magical, otherworldly experiences out there.” n

Justin Fantl is holding a book launch party for Santa Rosae at Warlock (Victoria Court; 1221 State St. #4A), on December 5, 4-8 p.m. See santarosaebook.com.

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Justin Fantl with his wife, Katrina Sprague, and son, Ford

Channel Islands photography

FOOD& DRINK

Do the Lama Sama on Upper State Street

There’s a wealth of ways to lay out this story about how Lama Dog met Sama Sama on Upper State Street and made a supergroup of brews and bites amid sportsbeaming TVs, open air breezing through lifted garage doors, and smells of chile spice and savory fish sauce emanating from the casual Asian-Cali cuisine.

I could, as usual, just refer to the notes of my recent conversations with Lama Dog owner Pete Burnham and Sama Sama co-owner/chef Tyler Peek, some of which you’ll see down the page.

Or I could rely on my own personal experiences at each of their existing establishments: numerous pints at Lama Dog in the Funk Zone with friends from near and far as World Cup matches and American football games played on or repeat meals at Sama Sama next to the Granada, where I’ve hosted Indy events, celebrated a milestone birthday with about 30 friends in the backyard, and taken my son for chicken wings when he graduated from some grade during the foggy COVID days, qualifying as our first restaurant visit together since that mess began.

Sama Sama Kitchen opened on State Street first, back in 2013, part of the Shelter Social Club family, which emerged out of Santa Barbara’s Presidio Motel and Agave Inn before opening hotels in Ojai, Los Alamos, and Solvang. Co-owner/chef Ryan Simorangkir born in SoCal, raised through high school in Indonesia, and cousin of Social Shelter cofounder Kenny Osehan met co-owner/chef Tyler Peek (born in Tampa; raised in Nashville) during culinary school, and then they cooked together in both Puerto Rico and Bali.

Kitchen Form San Roque Supergroup

But it’s probably best to just put it this way: When I set foot in the establishment everyone knows as “Lama Sama” a few days after it opened in October, I planned to stay for about an hour, the usual amount of time an interview like this takes. Instead, I was there for almost five hours not getting drunk, mind you, but talking food, drink, and life with Burnham, Peek, and an assorted cast of characters while casually eating okonomiyaki tots, Koreanfried cauliflower, “Naughty Nuri” spare ribs, and a ferociously addictive miso kale Caesar salad.

Lama Sama proved to be such a comfortable place and one where people really and already did know each other’s names that I preferred it to my couch and kitchen at home, a statement I rarely make. Especially on a Monday. If you require more validation than that, let’s start with the basics.

For obvious reasons, they opted for Indonesian-influenced cuisine at Sama Sama, bringing something new to Santa Barbara diners a dozen years ago. They’ve since partnered as the cuisine creators behind beverage-minded businesses, such as Topa Topa Brewing in Ojai, Strange Beast in Ventura, Lion’s Tale in Montecito (which just opened), and Babi’s Beer Emporium in Los Alamos (though their Dim Sama just closed there).

“Some of our cooks have been with us for like six, seven years, and it’s been really cool to promote people and give them opportunities within the company,” said Peek of one reason behind Sama Sama’s growth. “If you have one restaurant, it’s hard to keep people around. So we’ve had the opportunity to move people around to Ojai and Ventura and now here.” Lama Dog, meanwhile, opened as the centerpiece of the Funk Zone’s ambitious, shared-space Waterline development in 2016. A former Carr Winery cellar rat who fell for beer while harvesting grapes, Pete Burnham drove across the state, accumulating bespoke brewery sources for his 20 taps, overseen by his dog, Lama, a Tibetan mastiff that lived until 2020. Those welcoming vibes and ample brews were paired with cuisine from The Nook, originally run by star chef Norbert Schulz.

While the masses did show up for Burnham’s beers, he realized the importance of eating to the drinking formula. “Food is everything,” he said. “I wouldn’t be nearly as busy without it.”

He’s been wanting to expand. “I’ve been looking up here since Lama Dog opened,” said Burnham, who believes there’s enough beer-loving residents in San Roque to support the 30 taps he installed at Lama Sama. The spots he initially found were too small, or broken up into pieces, or had low ceilings and other complications.

“I couldn’t get a very good vision of them,” he explained. “I’m fairly risk-averse, and I just don’t want to open for the sake of opening. So I just waited and waited and waited.”

When this old, 5,000-square-foot bar, which was formerly La Rumba Bar & Grill and Josie’s Fourwinds, hit the market with a redesigned look the landlords added the critical garage doors, bringing light and air into what was once a dark, dingy space Burnham knew it was the place. He signed the lease in November 2022, and spent most of the next two years playing the permit game and completing construction.

How Lama Dog hooked up with Sama Sama isn’t entirely clear, though it was probably a combination of the Little Sama–Topa Topa collab in Ojai Topa Topa is Lama Dog’s Waterline neighbor and the fact that Burnham’s parents live in the Granada building, right above the original Sama Sama. “My mom and dad kinda know Ryan and Tyler,” said Burnham. “I think my mom may have said, ‘Why not try them?’ ”

Mom’s hunch was right. Sama Sama’s span-all-Asia cuisine Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, and China are obvious influences, though Cambodia, Laos, and Burma might be involved too brings so many combinations of sweet, salty, savory, and funky to the table that 30 beers on tap seems barely adequate. Don’t fret more than 400 cans/ bottles can be found in the fridge, too, many of the labels impossible to find elsewhere.

“Our wings are our most popular dish, so we put them everywhere just to attract people,” said Peek, who also plans to run catering gigs out of the San Roque kitchen. “But we’ll have a specials board here soon, and we’ll start adding and taking away dishes.” A recent drooler was the PLT, where braised pork belly, lettuce, and tomato meet pickled carrot and Thai basil aioli on a brioche bun.

Television placement rarely gets mentioned in restaurant articles, but the 13 big screens here are arranged in a way that they can be seen from every seat, yet aren’t in your face at all. Toss in some arcade games in the back and a big patio for dogs, and you might be able to see why I lingered so long. Frankly, I haven’t had enough of a gap in my schedule to go back, but that’s coming soon. Maybe I’ll see you there.

Lama Dog Uptown Tap Room + Bottle Shop and Sama San Roque (a k a “Lama Sama”) is located at 3435 State St.; lamadog.com; samasama kitchen.com; @lamadogtaproom; @samasanroque

Lama Dog Tap Room and Sama Sama

BY MATT KETTMANN PHOTOS BY INGRID BOSTROM

Sama Sama co-owner/chef Tyler Peek (left) and Lama Dog owner Pete Burnham

An assortment of Lama Sama delights

Happy Cat Eats Is a Welcome Addition to the Waterfront

Casual, affordable, beachside eats are much harder to come by in Santa Barbara than they should be, but the purr-fectly situated new Happy Cat Eats located at 23 East Cabrillo Boulevard across the street from Skater’s Point and Stearns Wharf is finally open and aiming to please, with an extensive menu of craveable grub.

Owner Tina Takaya, who also owns the upscale Asian restaurant Oku next door and co-owns the downtown stalwart Opal Restaurant & Bar with her business partner Richard Yates, has been envisioning Happy Cat Eats for years. In fact, she started paying on the lease a couple of years ago, but some renovations were needed, among other things, so the official opening didn’t happen until the first week of November.

and has really good potatoes,” said Takaya, who also offers a long list of add-ons like crispy jalapeño chips, caramelized bacon jam, house-made chili, Asian slaw, and gourmet truffle oil, among others.

Tina Takaya’s New Casual Spot Brings an Asian Flair to Beachy Grub

“It’s been kind of crazy, but I didn’t really have a choice, because I built the bathrooms in between [Oku and Happy Cat] to connect so I could use my liquor license,” she said. Drinks are now served on the oceanview patio, she noted, as we chatted outside overlooking the cornhole pit on a sunny afternoon last week. “It’s kind of morphed into what it is now, and I’m happy with it,” said Takaya, who grew up in Santa Barbara and began her restaurant management career at The Palace.

The menu, which she developed with her longtime Executive Chef Felipe Barajas, is what she described as “beachy street eats with some kind of unusual things.” And it really is just that.

Breakfast, which is what inspired her original vision for the prime spot (which was home to Surf and Turf in our childhoods, then Cinnabon, then Wheel Fun Rentals), features breakfast burritos and breakfast bowls with a special Takaya touch: mac and cheese is added to the classic grilled potatoes, eggs, and meat of your choice. “It just adds the right bit of creamy to the combination,

“We make homemade granola. Everything we do here is homemade,” said Takaya. That also includes a fabulous (not overly sweet) cinnamon roll and fresh house-made scones and muffins of the day, which are just $4 a price to rival Starbucks’ —but freshly made with an ocean view.

Speaking of coffee, the staff did extensive training to learn to prepare the locally roasted Handlebar Coffee correctly, and they have a whole menu of expresso drinks made with organic milk. They also offer a “local’s cup of regular drip coffee” for $1, a priority for Takaya, about which she said, “Aaron, who owns Handlebar, said, ‘That’s fine.’ I thought that would be a nice gesture for the locals.”

Lunch and dinner highlights include the truffle, mushroom, and smoked gouda Wagyu burger a delicious hit of umami that I tried and will be back for the shrimp po’boy, which uses rock shrimp tempura and sriracha aioli to give it a unique Asian flair; and the sushi sando, a Takaya inspiration that has crispy rice as the “bread” with fresh ahi tuna, kani kama, wakame, and Asian slaw. There are also Saigon wings (the one item also served next door at Oku), a California burrito, loaded carnitas fries, an assortment of salads, burgers, tacos, hot dogs (including a panko-crusted Asian dog with sesame slaw), and tempura fish and chips.

The dessert menu includes tiramisu, a killer flourless chocolate cake and chocolate mousse (gluten-free, by the way), and Dole Whip soft-serve, which Takaya is quite excited about. “Oh my gosh, it’s so refreshing, and the texture is so good, and there’s no gluten or dairy in it, so

it’s perfect for the vegans,” she said. “It’s super good. And everybody who tries it loves it, so it’s gonna be great in the hot weather.”

At $17, the aforementioned truffle Wagyu burger is the most expensive item on the menu, which seems like a deal, especially on the beach. “The prices do seem low, yeah,” said Takaya. “But I figured, I’ve been paying rent for two years and making nothing, so if I break even for the first two months. I’m okay. I want to make it affordable for locals.”

She continues, “But I also want them, more than anything, to really enjoy it.”

Happy Cat Eats is located at 23 East Cabrillo Boulevard and open daily from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. See happycateats.com.

LESLIE DINABERG PHOTOS BY INGRID BOSTROM

Some of the beachy grub from Happy Cat Eats, including (from left) the S.B. Asian dog; fries; truffle, mushroom, smoked gouda Wagyu burger; and crispy gochujang chicken bao tacos

Happy Cat Eats owner Tina Takaya

Breakfast menu delights include lattes with Handlebar Coffee.

The house-made cinnamon roll

County of Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Extension of the Senior Mobile Home Park Conversion Interim Urgency Ordinance

December 10, 2024

Board of Supervisors Hearing Room County Administration Building, Fourth Floor 105 East Anapamu Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Hearing begins at 9:00 A.M.

On December 10, 2024, the Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing in order to consider adopting an extension to the interim urgency ordinance to implement a moratorium on the conversion of senior mobile home parks to all‐age mobile home parks. The extension to the interim urgency ordinance would apply county‐wide and would be effective for 10 months and 15 days from its adoption. The extension to the interim ordinance amendment is not subject to the requirements of CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15061(b)(3) as it has no potential for causing a significant impact on the environment.

The Board of Supervisors hearing begins at 9:00 A.M in the Board Chamber on the 4th floor of 105 E. Anapamu St. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Clerk of the Board. Please see the posted agenda and staff report available on the Thursday prior to the meeting at https://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx# under the hearing date. For further information about the project, please contact Jeff Wilson, Assistant Director, at jewilson@countyofsb.org

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

For all current and alternative methods of public participation and comment for the meeting of December 10, 2024, please refer to page two of the posted Agenda.

The following alternative methods of participation are available to the public:

1. You may observe the live stream of the Board of Supervisors meetings in the following ways:

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 Online at: http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/csbtv/livestream.sbc>; or

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2. If you wish to comment on this item, the following methods are available:

 Distribution to the Board of Supervisors ‐ Submit email comments by email prior to 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the Board meeting. Please submit your comment to the Clerk of the Board at: sbcob@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be distributed to the Board and posted online. Whether the comment is formally part of the record depends on the agenda item it is submitted for and its length and time of submittal as set out in Board Resolution 91‐333 (Land Use).

If you challenge the project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in correspondence to the Clerk of the Board prior to the public hearing. G.C. Section 65009, 6066, and 6062a.

Attendance and participation by the public is invited and encouraged. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by 4:00 p.m. on Friday before the Board meeting at (805) 568‐2240.

Validation Annex

Validation Ale has opened a second location at 2840 De la Vina Street, the former home of New Si Chuan Garden, to serve San Roque, Samarkand, and other bordering neighborhoods. Dubbed Validation Annex, the new digs are equally as comfortable and open-air as the headquarters in the Funk Zone with a slight lean toward more family-friendly seating.

If you’ve visited Validation Ale, this new location will feel very familiar with high-quality materials, Space Age–style restrooms, a living plant wall, fresh craft beer, and gastro-pub-style food, but there are two big twists: First, the addition of New York–style “’Za,” including large 16-inch and X-large 22-inch pies with options for “by the slice” coming soon, and a Golf Lounge featuring two luxurious golf simulators and lounge areas.

The owners, who have lived blocks from the new location for more than a decade, describe their motivation as “a desire to further integrate into the fabric of Santa Barbara’s community and give locals a hip destination much more convenient than the Funk Zone.” Brian and Briana Deignan are commit ted to delivering the same great service and high-quality products that have built such a loyal following in both locations, citing their amazing team as the secret sauce.

are closed again indefinitely. Louie’s California Bistro is a separate business from the Upham Hotel.

BREAKWATER RESTAURANT UPDATE: This just in from reader Dano: “I’ve been going to the Breakwater Café for close to 40 years, so I wanted to check out what the new owners have done. Three of us went last Saturday, and wow, were we surprised. They are using farm fresh eggs, and we all could taste the difference. The sides of potatoes have also been greatly improved. I posted some photos on my IG and FB pages, and I stated, ‘The eggs Benedict/CA was most likely the best I’ve ever had in S.B.’ ”

FOOD & DRINK

WEXLER’S DELI CLOSES: Last July 2023, I broke the news that Wexler’s Deli was coming to the Santa Barbara Public Market. The eatery opened April 8, 2024. Reader IMissRexofSB tells me that Wexler’s Deli has closed after six months in business. Yelp also reports that they are closed. Have no fear, though. Last August, Etty’s Jewish Deli & Bakery opened inside the nearby Jewish Federation building at 524 Chapala Street.

LOUIE’S IS CLOSED AGAIN: Last week I passed a tip from reader Theresa that Louie’s California Bistro in the Upham Hotel is open again after a few months’ closure. I was told that the chef and staff are the same and the food is as good as ever. Sadly, I must report that the opening was just for a week, and now they

MACALLAN OMAKASE EXPERIENCE AT AMA SUSHI: For one exclusive night, on Sunday, December 8, AMA Sushi presents The Macallan Omakase Experience at the Rosewood Miramar. The intimate 13-seat omakase bar will host an evening that includes a sixcourse menu, each dish thoughtfully paired with a selection from The Macallan’s finest expressions. Guests are invited to discover quality Japanese cuisine and premium whisky in the fanciful setting of AMA Sushi. Opened in 2022, AMA Sushi is a celebration of Japan’s Edomae and showcases fresh ingredients complemented by an extensive selection of wine, sake, and cocktails. With just 13 tickets available, the experience includes a six-course menu, thoughtfully crafted to showcase the artistry of omakase and The Macallan’s unparalleled whisky selections. Reservations can be made at tinyurl.com/amasushi. Cost is $400 per person.

THANKSGIVING: The Cruisery at 501 State Street will be open this Thanksgiving at 1 p.m. and includes a turkey dinner: tender turkey breast, creamy mashed potatoes, rich gravy, and maple-roasted Brussels sprouts with butternut squash for $28. They are serving just 100 dinners starting at 1 p.m. Chad from Chad’s restaurant in the old Sambo’s location will be open on Thanksgiving Day from 7 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. serving their regular menu plus a unique turkey breakfast option.

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by

Rob Breszny

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 27

ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Renowned composer Mozart had a sister nicknamed Nannerl. During their childhoods, she was as much a musical prodigy as he. They toured Europe doing performances together, playing harpsichord and piano. Some critics regarded her as the superior talent. But her parents ultimately decided it was unseemly for her, as a female, to continue her development as a genius. She was forcibly retired so she could learn housekeeping and prepare for marriage. Is there a part of your destiny, Aries, that resembles Nannerl’s? Has some of your brilliance been suppressed or denied? The coming months will be an excellent time to recover and revive it.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): Do you know if you have any doppelgängers, Taurus? I bet you will meet one in the coming weeks. How about soul friends, alter egos, or evil twins? If there’s no one like that in your life right now, they may arrive soon. And if you already know such people, I suspect your relationships will grow richer. Mirror magic and shadow visions are in the works! I’m guessing you will experience the best, most healing kind of double trouble. Substitutes and stand-ins will have useful offers and tempting alternatives. Parallel realities may come leaking through into your reality. Opportunities for symbiosis and synergy will be at an all-time high. Sounds like wild fun!

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): Humans have been eating a wide range of oranges since ancient times. Among the most popular type in modern times is the navel orange. It’s large, seedless, sweet, juicy, and easy to peel. But it didn’t exist until the 1820s, when a genetic mutation on a single tree in Brazil spawned this new variety. Eventually, the navel became a revolutionary addition to the orange family. I foresee a metaphorically comparable development in your life during the coming months, Gemini. An odd tweak or interesting glitch could lead to a highly favorable expansion of possibilities. Be alert for it.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): Cancerian, you are a finalist for our “Most Resourceful and Successful Survivor of the Year” trophy. And if you take a brief trip to hell in the next two weeks, you could assure your victory. But wait! Let me be more exact: “Hell” is an incorrect terminology; I just used it for shock effect. The fact is that “hell” is a religious invention that mischaracterizes the true nature of the realm of mystery, shadows, and fertile darkness. In reality, the nether regions can be quite entertaining and enriching if you cultivate righteous attitudes. And what are those attitudes? A frisky curiosity to learn truths you have been ignorant about; a brave resolve to unearth repressed feelings and hidden yearnings; and a drive to rouse spiritual epiphanies that aren’t available when you’re in the trance of everyday consciousness.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): In my astrological opinion, you need and deserve big doses of fun, play, pleasure, and love. Amusement and enchantment, too. As well as excitement, hilarity, and delight. I trust you will schedule a series of encounters and adventures that provide you with a surplus of these necessary resources. Can you afford a new toy or two? Or a romantic getaway to a sanctuary of adoration? Or a smart gamble that will attract into your vicinity a stream of rosy luck? I suggest that you be audacious in seeking the sweet, rich feelings you require.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): December will be Home Enhancement Month for you Virgos. Get started immediately! I’ll offer tips for how to proceed and ask you to dream up your own ideas. (1) Phase out decor or accessories that no longer embody the style of who you have become. (2) Add new decor and accessories that will inspire outbreaks of domestic bliss. (3) Encourage everyone in your household to contribute creative ideas to generate mutual enhancement. (4) Do a blessing ritual that will raise the spiritual vibes. (5) Invite your favorite people over and ask them to shower your abode with blessings.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran songwriter and producer Kevin MacLeod has composed more than 2,000 pieces of music and given all of them away for free. That’s why his work is so widespread. It has been featured in thousands of films and millions of YouTube videos. His composition “Monkeys Spinning Monkeys” has been played on TikTok more than 31 billion times. (PS: He has plenty of money, in part because so many appreciative people give him free-will donations through his Patreon page.) I propose we make him your inspirational role model in the coming weeks and months, Libra. How could you parlay your generosity and gifts into huge benefits for yourself?

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to my grandmother, I have such a mellifluous voice I should have pursued a career as a newscaster or deejay on the radio. In 8th grade, my science teacher admired my work and urged me to become a professional biologist. When I attended Duke University, my religious studies professor advised me to follow his path. Over the years, many others have offered their opinions about who I should be. As much as I appreciated their suggestions, I have always trusted one authority: my muses. In the coming weeks and months, Scorpio, you may, too, receive abundant advice about your best possible path. You may be pressured to live up to others’ expectations. But I encourage you to do as I have done. Trust your inner advisors.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I invite you to get a head start on formulating your New Year’s resolutions. January 1 is a good time to instigate robust new approaches to living your life, but the coming weeks will be an even better time for you Sagittarians. To get yourself in the mood, imagine you have arrived at Day Zero, Year One. Simulate the feeling of being empty and open and fertile. Imagine that nothing binds you or inhibits you. Assume that the whole world is eager to know what you want. Act as if you have nothing to prove to anyone and everything to gain by being audacious and adventurous.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There was a long period when many popular songs didn’t come to a distinct end. Instead, they faded out. The volume would gradually diminish as a catchy riff repeated over and over again. As you approach a natural climax to one of your cycles, Capricorn, I recommend that you borrow the fade-out as a metaphorical strategy. In my astrological opinion, it’s best not to finish abruptly. See if you can create a slow, artful ebb or a gradual, graceful dissolution.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When he was young, Aquarian musician and sound engineer Norio Ohga wrote a critical letter to the electronics company now known as Sony. He complained in detail about the failings of their products. Instead of being defensive, executives at the company heeded Ohga’s suggestions for improvement. They even hired him as an employee and ultimately made him president of the company at age 40. He went on to have a stellar career as an innovator. In the spirit of the Sony executives, I recommend that you seek feedback and advice from potential helpers who are the caliber of Norio Ohga. The information you gather in the coming weeks could prove to be highly beneficial.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): What would your paradise look and feel like? If you could remake the world to suit your precise needs for maximum freedom, well-being, and inspiration, what changes would you instigate? Now is an excellent time to ponder these possibilities, Pisces. You have more ability than usual to shape and influence the environments where you hang out. And a good way to rouse this power is to imagine your ideal conditions. Be bold and vivid. Amuse yourself with extravagant and ebullient fantasies as you envision your perfect world.

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Administrative experience. High level of competency in written and verbal communication. Knowledge of and demonstrated ability to use standard computer systems including email, Microsoft Word, and Excel. Ability to take initiative and exercise strong problem solving skills.1‑3 years Experience in a customer service role. Ability to handle challenging customer experiences with patience, tact, and professionalism. 1‑3 years Computer proficiency is required. word processing, spreadsheet, and computerized accounting system experience are essential to this position. Intermediate excel knowledge and experience (vlookups, pivot tables) as well as experience working with data sets and data extraction. Requires interpersonal and work leadership skills to provide guidance to other non‑exempt personnel. Note: Satisfactory criminal history background check. Pay Rate/Range: The budgeted salary range is $28.44 to $29.78/hour. The full salary range is $28.44 to $40.76/ hour. 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. For more information: University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy; University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy. Open until filled Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 74292.

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RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY LIVING

employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #74432

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Processes invoices for payments within the

Procure‑to‑Pay System and

Systems. Reviews, analyzes, verifies, matches and processes consolidated vendor invoices. Processes payments, and manages liens, for extramural award sub‑agreements, construction contracts and architects agreements. Audits invoices, analyzes Sales and Use Tax requirements, and liaises with departments, central offices, and vendors to make necessary corrections. Reviews supplier statements and resolves related issues. Reqs: Associate’s Degree or equivalent experience. Reqs: Associate’s Degree or equivalent experience. 1‑3 years

Provides analytical and administrative support in the areas of office management and resident services, quarterly and annual Move in/Move out of Apartments (approx. 5,000+ residents) and cross department collaboration. Oversees 3 complex offices providing services to student residents living in 8 unique apartment complexes. Additionally, provides services to staff, faculty, and University guests occupying the West Campus Cottages, Sierra Madre Staff and Faculty Apartments, and units affiliated with the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Supervises 3 career Administrative Services Coordinators managing the offices. Coordinator for RCL’s annual Move‑In/Move‑out for the 8 apartment complexes. Works in collaboration with RCL Lead staff, University & Community Housing Services, Operations, Parking Services, Conference Services, Dining, Mail Services, Ucen, etc. on services provided to residents. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. 1‑3 years college/ university administration, or equivalent. Interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication, active listening, critical thinking, persuasiveness, advising, and counseling to effectively motivate others. Skills to evaluate issues and identify resolutions. Strong service orientation with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities. Notes: UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Satisfactory criminal history background check. Pay Rate/ Range: $80,000 to $96,500/year. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for

The Carsey‑Wolf Center Assistant Director includes four major job functions: publicity, public event curation and coordination, program administration, and theater operations. Responsibilities include: Development of publicity materials for public‑facing academic events, including website content, social media, email marketing, print advertising, and writing press releases. Serving as a member of the Center’s programming team to create and present events at the Pollock Theater. Assisting the Director and Associate Director in administrative tasks supporting the Center’s academic programs, including its undergraduate and graduate programs, its research awards, and its publishing initiatives. Assisting the Pollock Theater Manager in coordination of daily theater operations, including public events in the evenings and on occasional weekends. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in media‑related area and / or equivalent experience / training. 1‑3 years of event coordination and/or conference organization experience. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check The budgeted salary range is $69,500 to $96,000/year. The full salary range is $69,500 to $123,500/ 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. For more information: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20 and https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 74486

Performs culinary duties such as mixing doughs and batters, shaping yeast breads and rolls, making pizzas, decorating desserts and preparing icings and fillings, serving up to 1,500 meals per shift. Insures that assigned responsibilities are accomplished and that high standards of food quality, service, sanitation and safety are met at all times. Assists with student training, food production and sanitation. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience. 1‑3 years: Knowledge of and experience with basic cooking/baking techniques. Knowledge of safety and sanitation regulations regarding proper food handling. Ability to read and write

English for the purpose of preparing food from recipe guidelines and producing reports. Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations including addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication needed for recipe development and other required functions. Or Equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work standing for up to 8 hours per day. Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $20.05/ hr‑ $22.58/hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/ Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #74414

CAMPUS CONCESSIONS AND CATERING SUPERVISOR

CAMPUS DINING

Responsible for event preparation and set up, production and supervision of student staff in the Concessions department. Duties also include product ordering, stocking, invoice/billing; supervision and event planning with the Campus Catering department during the academic year and specifically during the summer conference season. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education/experience in restaurant, retail or institutional food service operations. ‑ Required/or equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum 1‑3 years supervisory experience. Excellent communication and customer service skills including ability to actively listen and effectively convey information, policy and procedures both orally and in writing. 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. Or equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work standing for up to 8 hours per day. Work hours/days may vary. Hiring/ Budgeted Hourly Range: $23.66/hr. ‑ $24.90/hr. Posting Hourly Range: $23.66/ hr. ‑ $25.77/hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/ Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #74573

CONFERENCE

DINING ASSOCIATE

CAMPUS DINING

Plans, organizes and manages dining and catering content for assigned, moderately complex summer conference programs on campus and at University‑owned apartments. The Conference Dining Associate interacts with a diverse clientele, including University professors and commercial program directors, to assess and determine how a program’s dining and catering needs can be met by our services and facilities, or other on and off‑campus resources. Serves as a planning consultant to event organizers to ensure that all dining and catering details have been considered, working with the client’s needs and budget parameters, developing a comprehensive services package that includes vendor contracts. Determines scope of project, timelines and unit requirements to fulfill service agreements. Reqs: Two to three years of experience and strong knowledge in event planning and management in the hospitality sector. Exceptional customer service skills with ability to cultivate professional business partnerships. Proficiency with Microsoft applications and general database management. Ability to learn specialized software systems quickly. Working knowledge of Google Workspace. Or equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check UCSB is a Tobacco‑Free environment. Work hours/days may vary during the summer season. Overtime may be required from May‑August to meet the operational needs of the department.

Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $28.07/ hr. ‑ $33.07/hr. UC Santa Barbara is an

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/ Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #74522

COOK

CAMPUS DINING

Performs culinary duties such as preparing soups and casseroles, grilling, roasting or barbecuing foods, working a sauté station, and preparing and assembling made‑to‑order entrees serving up to 1,500 meals per shift. Ensures that assigned responsibilities are accomplished and that high standards of food quality, service, sanitation and safety are met at all times. Assists with student training, food production and sanitation. Reqs: High school diploma and / or equivalent combination of education and experience. 1‑3 years culinary experience in a high‑volume culinary environment. 1‑3 years knowledge of and experience with culinary techniques, including but not inclusive of sautéing, grilling, frying, steaming, preparing sauces and stocks. Or equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work standing for up to 8 hours per day. Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $20.12/ hr.‑ $22.21/hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action

Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/ Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #74543

LEAD ACADEMIC SPECIALIST, GLOBAL PROGRAMS

University of California Education Abroad Program

Technical leader with a high degree of knowledge in the overall field and recognized expertise in specific areas; problem‑solving frequently requires analysis of unique issues / problems without precedent and / or structure. May manage programs that include formulating strategies and administering policies, processes, and resources; functions with a high degree of autonomy. Reporting to the Academics Managing Supervisor, applies advanced academic advising concepts and experience, addresses the most difficult problems in academic advising, and develops solutions to these problems. Recognized as having advanced, specialized expertise Is expected to identify systemic problems and issues, and propose solutions for the program on changes to policies and procedures. Provides advice and

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BAKER

CAMPUS DINING

EMPLOYMENT (CONT.)

counsel on academic advising issues to other, experienced academic specialists and study abroad advisors. Communications with students primarily take place remotely rather than in person. Performs complex research, review, and analysis of host institution academic opportunities appropriate to UC undergraduate and/ or graduate students and of UC, UCEAP, and host institution academic policies and procedures; and disseminates advising and recruitment information to indicated UC campus offices and academic departments. Manages the process by which credit earned abroad is applied to a student’s UC record; advises Study Centers, Campus Study Abroad Offices, registrar offices, and students about UC and UCEAP policies pertaining to students’ academic work and records in programs worldwide; and works to ensure that automation of these processes is as advanced and efficient as possible. Responsible for all academic information pertaining to a specified portfolio group within the more than 5,500 student UCEAP participants each year, in over 40 countries worldwide. Works closely with the Associate Dean, Associate Program Director, and Academic Manager in implementing and archiving academic policies and procedures. Promotes UCEAP programs at occasional student fairs and campus events. Assembles and maintains program information, manages student registration information, and generates reports in a complex in‑house database.

Collaborates with IT and Marketing units on academic web and database issues and requests. Serves as a liaison, providing coordination and leadership on behalf of all Academic Specialists across the global programs team, for special projects and committee/ work group representation. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.

Notes: The UCEAP Systemwide Office is located in Goleta, CA (near the UCSB campus). Type of work arrangement eligibility: Hybrid. On‑site presence will be required for leadership and staff meetings, delegation visits, training sessions, and for periodic meetings with direct report staff member(s), etc. The University is unable to pay or reimburse expenses prohibited by University policy, including travel expenses associated with commuting to the designated office. Satisfactory conviction history background check The budgeted salary range is $69,500 to $83,000/yr. The full salary range is $69,500 to $123,500/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. https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20; https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 74410

LEAD LABORER

RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS

Serves as working lead for team of Sr. Custodians, Sr. Building Maintenance Worker, student employees and seasonal workers, working various assignments. Responsible for work assignment and quality, safety, employee training, building security, oversight of special projects and maintenance tasks, emergency response and customer service. Orders and distributes supplies. Also responsible for employee time cards and equipment maintenance for building. In compliance with HDAE goals and objectives, affirms and implements the department Educational Equity Plan comprised of short and long term objectives that reflect a systematic approach to preparing both students and staff for a success in a multi‑cultural society. Works in an environment which is ethnically diverse and culturally pluralistic. Works in a team environment. Reqs: Minimum 3 years of custodial or maintenance work experience in an institution and/

or commercial setting. Example: College Residence Hall, hotel, resort, or school. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others as a team. Experience in a customer service environment. Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse work force. Ability to communicate and work effectively with staff and others such as, employees from other departments, students, parents, project managers, conference organizers, etc. Some computer experience, including Microsoft Office programs. Organizational experience. Ability to motivate staff and maintain positive morale. Notes: Hours and schedule may vary to meet the operational needs of the department. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employer Pull‑Notice Program. Satisfactory criminal history background check. Pay Rate/Range: 27.33 ‑ $32.66/hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #74214

PARKING EVENTS

COORDINATOR

PARKING SERVICES

Organizes staffing and parking plans for a wide ranging variety of campus events to include evenings and weekends. Responsible for scheduling and assigning student staff assignments for campus events. Utilizes the event work order system to create quotes and invoices for campus departments ensuring the appropriate assignment of staff and parking resources. Explains campus parking regulations to staff, students, faculty, and visitors. Schedules students for the Visitor Information Kiosk. Sells Reserved Parking spaces via T2 Flex to departments requesting parking for dignitaries and special guests. Assists and informs guests on location and availability of parking in relation to event locations and venues. Reqs: High school diploma or equivalent experience. 1‑3 years Customer service experience. Demonstrated exceptional customer service by providing and delivering professional, helpful, high quality service and assistance. Ability to grasp new concepts. Ability to maintain professionalism and composure under high customer demand and challenging customer interactions. Excellent written and verbal communication. Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate with students, staff, faculty and the general public. Ability to work as part of a team, maintain a positive attitude and work together to achieve a common goal of providing world class customer service. Notes: This is a 100% time position working Tuesday ‑ Saturday. May be required to work overtime and/or alter work schedule to meet the needs of the department for high profile events on campus. Ability to work outside year round in inclement weather, using established foul weather gear provided by the department. Ability to walk over hilly terrain, around parked cars in both covered and uncovered parking facilities. Ability to assist during emergency or on call situations setting up barricades, installing street and traffic control signs, and/ or other physical activities which may be required on the work site. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employer Pull‑Notice Program Satisfactory criminal history background check. Budgeted Pay Rate/Range: $28.44/hr. ‑ $31.89/ 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. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://policy. ucop. edu/doc/4010393/PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/ Anti‑Discrimination. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #74156

REMOTE PARTICIPATION ADMINISTRATOR & ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ENGAGEMENT

DISABLED STUDENTS PROGRAM

Independently manages the remote participation accommodation (faculty, RPA students, supervising AA student‑staff, exams); is responsible for Remote Participation Accommodation (RPA) outreach to faculty, supervising and coordinating the access ambassador program, assisting with remote exam coordination, and liaising with faculty to explore remote participation options based on the structure of their courses. This position also supports other regulatory entities that offer similar support to students under Title IX‑DHP, CARE, Anti‑Discrimination Policy, BIAS, or special populations identified by VCSA, UGED, & UCOP. This position provides remote participation support for all courses, sections, and university‑related functions that would grant equal access to a student approved for this accommodation. The Remote Participation Administrator & Academic Affairs Engagement works closely with students, faculty, and campus departments to ensure remote functionality prior to the start of classes and then assists students and faculty with troubleshooting as necessary. This position works closely with the Support Services Coordinator and DSP Director, ensuring timely communication campaigns. The RPA Administrator is responsible for monitoring remote participation on a daily basis, inclusive of accommodated students and access ambassadors. Remote Participation Administrator operations include: serving as the key point of contact for the accommodation, including outreach to faculty and students; maintaining a viable workforce of access ambassadors to support the needs of faculty and students; following procedural guidelines for escalating concerns to the appropriate person for resolution including SSC, DSP Director, DSP Specialists, etc; services as the single point of contact on all faculty matters to better support faculty and students. This position requires extensive knowledge of ADA. Ability to make critical decisions logically and quickly, as well as maintain a high level of confidentiality. This position is also responsible for meticulous record‑keeping of services provided, including attendance of students and student‑staff to support and assist the departments & broader campus through audits, grievances, and compliance‑adjacent investigations. This position serves to mitigate risk to the campus at large as a primary and secondary strategic collaborator, including by providing information and supporting documentation as deemed necessary to assist Campus Counsel, Office of Student Conduct, SOC, SBIT operations, etc. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training; 4‑6 yrs Experience working in a Disability Office in a higher education setting, administering complex accommodations such as interpreting or CART, remote participation, etc.; 4‑6 yrs Experience working with database management systems, tracking inventory, asset management; 4‑6 yrs Experience working with students with disabilities, triaging student concerns, and able to problem solve.

Notes: Satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $31.00 ‑ $34.00/hr. Full Salary Range: $25.77 ‑ $43.58/hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy.ucop. edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #74509

SMALL ENGINE MECHANIC

RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS

Responsible for maintenance and repair of all motorized small engine equipment in HDAE. Maintains a preventative maintenance program. Documents and maintains repair records, and training records, as required by HDAE, EH&S & OSHA. Will comply with the department safety and illness program as implemented by supervisor and /or co‑workers. Interacts as a team member with sensitivity towards a multi‑cultural work environment. Professional Expectation/ Attitude Standard/Customer Service: Promotes customer service programs in the Grounds unit to residents/clients. Assists with the development and maintenance of a work environment that is conducive to meeting the mission of the organization. Participates in staff training and development workshops and retreats as determined by the supervisor. Reqs: Minimum of 2 years of experience working on small engines, ride‑on mowers, electric carts, and tractors in an institution and/or commercial setting. Minimum of 2 years of experience working on small gasoline and battery‑powered engines, ride‑on mowers, electric carts, and tractors in an institution and/or commercial setting. Ex. College Residence Hall, Hotel, resort, school. Basic computer experience Ability to install outdoor equipment Ex. BBQ grills, trash receptacles, bike racks, benches. Experience in a customer service environment. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Ability to communicate and work effectively with diverse clientele such as employees from other departments, students, parents, etc. Maintain a safe and organized work area. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license and a clean DMV record. May be required to work shifts other than Monday ‑ Friday 7:00 am ‑ 3:30 pm, to meet the operational needs of the department. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $26.86 ‑ $30.06/hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy.ucop. edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #70879

SR. BUILDING

RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS

Under the general supervision of the Residence Hall Manager, performs senior building maintenance tasks on a regular and continuing basis

and performs custodial work for University owned Residence Halls, Apartments and Dining Commons. May perform other duties as assigned to meet the operational needs of the department. May work shifts other than Monday through Friday in order for the department to cover seven‑day service. Reqs: One year experience as a Building Maintenance Worker, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 1‑3 years of a combination of related education, experience, and training. Training in the basics of plumbing repairs, patch and painting, simple beginning carpentry repairs, and simple (non‑licensed) electrical repairs. Experience making apprentice level repairs in plumbing, patch and paint, carpentry, and electrical. Basic knowledge of the safe use of maintenance equipment such as drills, saws, cordless screwdrivers, and some drain snakes. Experience as an exceptional customer service representative with the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with diverse student and family clientele. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others as a team. Notes: May work shifts other than Monday through Friday in order to meet the operational needs of the department. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employer Pull‑Notice Program Satisfactory criminal history background check. Pay rate/range: $24.11 to $29.39 hourly. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy.ucop. edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #74233

STUDENT AFFAIRS COORDINATOR

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Provides academic and instructional support for all undergraduate, graduate and doctoral emphasis program services within the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Provides administrative support, including, but not limited to: planning department events, graduate recruitment, and other outreach activities; quarterly course coordination, course evaluation coordinating and processing, process BARC course fees; manages department articulation process, and ordering program and instructor supplies. Assists the undergraduate and graduate advisers with advising enrolled and prospective students on all aspects of their academic experience. Solely responsible for the administration of the departmental Disabled Students Program, which requires substantive knowledge of University, College, and departmental policies and procedures and the ability to interpret from various academic and administrative offices. Assists with preparation of digital and print materials, uses social media platforms to connect with students, alumni and community members to promote the department and its programs, and department website maintenance. Works collaboratively and in coordination with the Undergraduate and Graduate Advisers, Student Affairs Manager, Department Chair and Business Officer in a team environment to complete administrative tasks related to graduate and undergraduate matters in the department. Reqs: Familiarity with Academic Advising or Peer Mentoring. Bachelor’s Degree in related area or equivalent experience and/or training. Notes: Some evening and or weekend hours will be required for special annual events. Satisfactory conviction history background check. The budgeted salary range is $25.77 to $31.00/hr. The full

salary range for this position is $25.77 to $43.58/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. https://policy. ucop. edu/doc/4010393/PPSM‑20, https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/ Anti‑Discrimination. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 74390.

STUDENT EXCHANGES SPECIALIST

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM

The University of California hosts Reciprocity students from over 100 institutions in approximately 30 countries. Students are nominated by partner universities, under the provisions of specific contractual agreements, to attend one of the 10 University of California campuses for up to one academic year. Students remain enrolled at their home university while also enrolled as no‑fee‑exchange, non‑degree at the host UC campus. The Student Exchanges Specialist coordinates access to academic resources for Reciprocity students from partner universities to ensure necessary progress toward their home institution degrees. Directs applications throughout the UC system, honoring the mandate of UCEAP for proportional campus distribution and respecting the integrity of a student’s academic program as defined by the curriculum of the partner university. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.

Three or more years of experience in international education programs.

Notes: The UCEAP Systemwide Office is located in Goleta, CA (near the UCSB campus). Type of work arrangement eligibility: Hybrid. On‑site presence will be required for leadership and staff meetings, delegation visits, training sessions, etc. The University is unable to pay or reimburse expenses prohibited by University policy, including travel expenses associated with commuting to the designated office. Satisfactory conviction history background check The budgeted salary range is $58,600 to $69,500/yr. The full salary range is $58,600 to $100,800/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. For more information: https://policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM‑20 and https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/ Anti‑Discrimination. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 74443

STUDY CENTER FINANCE MANAGER

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM

Provides direct supervision, along with technical, and supervisory guidance to professionals and skilled technical employees, with responsibility for quantity and quality of work. Serves as an advisor to the Budget and Finance unit and UCEAP. Analyzes and resolves problems, interprets policies, and demonstrates solid subject matter knowledge as an internal consultant. Responsible for developing and executing objectives and goals, as well as defining the process by which to meet goals. Monitors progress of work to achieve short and long‑range objectives.

Participates in the development and monitoring of policies and procedures for financial data management. Ensures the accuracy, control, and reporting of financial data. Ensures adherence to cash and payment handling policies and procedures. Meets all government reporting and auditing requirements for related financial activities. Ensures that the appropriate internal controls are addressed, maintained, and strengthened to protect University resources. Provides direction to staff according to established policies and management guidance, Recommends changes to policies and practices. Identifies risks and responds accordingly. Provides priority setting and workflow analysis. Supervises staff to ensure accountability and stewardship of department resources in compliance with UCEAP’s goals and objectives. Responsible for the overall management of the Study Center Finances section of UCEAP’s Budget and Finance Unit. Supervises and delegates work to the Financial Analyst and Finance Accountants and assumes all responsibility to lead the financial activities of 24 Study Centers worldwide, in 20 countries, compromising approximately 59% of UCEAP’s overall annual budget, in coordination with other supervisors and staff in the organization. Leads and directs section operations including accounting responsibilities, accounts payable duties, general ledger, customer service, Study Center funding activities, Study Center expense report processing, and communications with a variety of section customers. Applies thorough knowledge and understanding of internal control practices and their impact on protecting University resources. Works within a complex accounting environment involving global monetary exchange rates, multiple fund types and cost centers, diverse accounting systems, and considerable financial analysis and reporting. Applies advanced knowledge of financial transactions and financial systems, as well as related policy, accounting, and regulatory compliance requirements, both domestically and abroad. Annually develops and analyzes accounting data and assists with the preparation of 24 Study Center budgets and 358 program budgets for over 5,300 students across the 9 undergraduate UC campuses. Accurately and precisely prepares budgets to meet strategic objectives, designed for successful financial aid packaging; assists the Financial Aid offices across the system to prevent the need for repackaging. Serves as a member of the management team within the Budget and Finance Unit and acts in the absence of the Director in Study Center finance matters as needed. Plans, develops, writes, and coordinates operational schedules and reference manuals. Responsible for policy development and operational effectiveness relating to Study Center finances, including demonstrated ability to screen applications, interview candidates, and either make selection decisions or recommend individuals for hire domestically and abroad. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. Notes: The UCEAP Systemwide Office is located in Goleta, CA (near the UCSB campus). Type of work arrangement eligibility: Hybrid. On‑site presence will be required for leadership and staff meetings, delegation visits, training sessions, etc. The University is unable to pay or reimburse expenses prohibited by University policy, including travel expenses associated with commuting to the designated office. Satisfactory conviction history background check The budgeted salary range is $85,400 to $93,000/yr. The full salary range is $85,400 to $156,800/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. For more information: https://policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM‑20, https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/ Anti‑Discrimination. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 74446

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24. Reggae singer ___ Kamoze

26. It’s in the loop

27. Bitten by the acting bug, maybe

33. Where funambulists walk

34. Court

35. Grammy winner Black

38. “Mr. Blue Sky” band

39. Gave an edge to

41. Diaphragmatic spasm noise

42. Trample

44. Heat sensor on the range?

50. Party spoiler

51. Take to court

52. “Son ___ Critch” (Canadian sitcom)

53. Like ungulates such as pigs, hippos, and giraffes (but who’s counting?)

57. Concoct

59. German definite article

60. “Let me blow off some steam,” or the reason for five other Across theme answers?

62. Verb ender

63. “Hot in Herre” rapper

64. Tough-to-find character

65. Printers’ dash lengths

66. “Evening Shade” narrator Davis

67. Tajikistan, previously, for shor

Down

1. Convinced to shell out more

2. It comes before “lands” or “world”

3. Coy comeback

4. “Spring ahead” clock abbr.

5. “___ of little faith”

6. Topple

7. Giveaway gift

8. Person who waits

9. Urban center

10. Tons

11. Say it isn’t

13. 1961 Nobelist Andric or comedian Graham

14. Forgiving

18. Italian grandma

22. Middle-earth inhabitant

25. Words after “as” that, on their own, look grammati

cally incorrect

28. Baron ___ Rightoften (playable character in the 1984 Trivial Pursuit arcade game)

29. NHL player in Edmonton

30. Many charity golf tournaments

31. Sturgeon eggs

32. “The ___ Squad”

35. Comedian Margaret

36. 54, in Roman numerals

37. Glacier breakaways

Keyboarder’s base (index fingers on F and J!) 40. “___ Punch Man”

Last word of an HBO megahit

Have reservations

Smoking alternative, ages ago

Pizzeria owner Jim who founded a frozen-pizza manufacturing company

Linen closet items

Money in an online wallet, e.g. 49. “Jurassic Park” predator

Falco who appears in the “Avatar” sequels

Type of diagrams appreciated by Kamala Harris

Longoria on the current season of “Only Murders in the Building”

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF: MARY H. GARTON No.: 24PR00631

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: MARY H. GARTON, MARY HELEN GARTON

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JOY E. MARGOLIS in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

THE PETITION requests that (name): JOY E. MARGOLIS 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

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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 11/05/2024 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Andrew Miller; 1505 E. Valley Road, #B, Santa Barbara, CA 93108; 805‑969‑4451 Published: Nov 14, 21, 27 2024.

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THE PETITION requests that (name): DANTE SIGISMONDI 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.

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.

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 11/08/2024 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Alexander Saunders; 15 W. Carrillo St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑699‑5086

Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF: ALVINN L. WALLACE No.: 24PR00643

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: ALVINN L. WALLACE

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: MARSHA WALLACE‑SATTERLEE in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

THE PETITION requests that (name): MARSHA WALLACE‑SATTERLEE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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 11/12/2024 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Penner & Purves, PC: Stephen E. Penner; 1215 De La Vina Street, Suite K Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑965‑0085

Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF: KAZUYA MAYEDA No.: 24PR00645

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: H. JUDY MAYEDA in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

THE PETITION requests that (name): H. JUDY MAYEDA 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: 1/30/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street P.O. Box 2107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107. Anacapa Division.

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: 2‑6‑2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

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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 11/18/2024 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Dana F. Longo; 820 State Street, 4th Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑966‑7000 Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF: GUIDO SIGISMONDI No.: 24PR00636

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

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

THE PETITION requests that (name): VICTOR SIGISMONDI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 1/23/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street P.O. Box 2107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107. Anacapa Division.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the

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.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 1/23/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

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

Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF: KAREN E. FRYKLUND No.: 24PR00646

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: KAREN E. FRYKLUND A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: PETITIONER RICHARD K, FRYKLUND in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

THE PETITION requests that (name): RICHARD K. FRYKLUND 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

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 11/14/2024 by Nicolette Barnard, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Charles J. Brash: Law Office of Charles J. Brash; 24405 Chestnut Street, Suite 207, Newhall, CA 91321; 661‑254‑5100

Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5 2024. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN GARNER RETTIE No.: 24PR00529 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: JOHN GARNER RETTIE

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: NICHOLAS B. RETTIE in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. THE PETITION requests that (name): NICHOLAS B. RETTIE 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.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 01/23/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO Box 21107 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

LEGALS (CONT.)

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 11/7/2024 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Dana F. Longo; 820 State Street, 4th Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑966‑7000

Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5 2024. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BRENT H. MANCHESTER

No.: 24PR00651

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: BRENT H. MANCHESTER; BRENT HARRISON MANCHESTER

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

THE PETITION requests that (name): CARLA M. MANCHESTER 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.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/06/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

& Henzell L.L.P., 112 E. Victoria Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑966‑1501

Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CYNTHIA ANN RUANO

No.: 24PR00584

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

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

THE PETITION requests that (name): ERIC LARSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 12/19/2024 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93101. SOUTH COUNTY‑PROBATE.

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 10/10/2024 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Morgan M. Halford, Esq., Robert J. Carlson, Esq; Carlson & Cohen, LLP., 16133 Ventura Boulevard, Penthouse, Encino, CA 91436; 818‑317‑8736.

Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

NOTICE PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE: HERBERT WALTER MUIR No.: 24PR00635

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

A (ANCILLARY) PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: MICHELE MUIR AND JASON PETERSON in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

THE PETITION requests that (name): MICHELE MUIR AND JASON PETERSON 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.

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: 01/16/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

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 11/7/2024 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Gregory R. Lowe; 3463 State Street #507, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; 805‑687‑3434

Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: CHEGG SKILLS: 31 Penn Plaza, 12th Floor, 132 West 31st St New York, NY 10001; Thinkful, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Mar 4, 2024. Filed by WOODIE DIXON, JR, PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 21, 2024 . 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: 2024‑0002457. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EVOKE NATURE: 351 Paseo Nuevo, 2nd Floor #1031 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Beate Kirmse (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 20, 2024. Filed by BEATE KIRMSE/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 25, 2024 . 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 E67. FBN Number: 2024‑0002520. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

FILE NO. FBN 2024‑0002397

The following person(s) is doing business as:

4KELP, 330 MOHAWK RD SANTA BARBARA, CA 93109, County of SANTA BARBARA. KELP SKINCARE LLC, 330 MOHAWK RD. SANTA BARBARA, CA 93109

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 AUG 01, 2024 /s/ JUSTIN MACNAUGHTON, MANAGING MEMBER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 10/11/2024. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/27/24

CNS‑3866813#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

FILE NO. FBN2024‑0002339

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

DHE TRANSPORTATION 1344 White Court, Santa Maria, CA 93458 County of SANTA BARBARA

AAA Cooper Transportation, 1751 Kinsey Road, Dothan, AL 36303

This business is conducted by a Corporation

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/30/2024. AAA Cooper Transportation

S/ Michelle Lewis, CFO

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 10/07/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/27/24

CNS‑3864844#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

FILE NO. FBN 2024‑0002359

The following person(s) is doing business as:

MR. JENSEN, 85 W HIGHWAY 246 1018 BUELLTON, CA 93427, County of SANTA BARBARA. ERIK JENSEN, 85 W HIGHWAY 246 1018 BUELLTON, CA 93427

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/ ERIK JENSEN

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 10/08/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/27/24

CNS‑3864571#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. FBN 2024‑0002440

The following person(s) is doing business as:

CLINICIAN’S CHOICE 1017 W CENTRAL AVENUE LOMPOC, CA 93436, County of SANTA BARBARA.

DEN‑MAT HOLDINGS, LLC, 1017 W CENTRAL AVENUE LOMPOC, CA 93436, DE

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/ MARC GORDON, PRESIDENT

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 10/17/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/27/24

CNS‑3863923#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

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

MARKETING: 555 E. Arrellaga Street, #2 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Jennifer Pfau (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 21, 2024. Filed by JENNIFER PFAU with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 30, 2024 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002549. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

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

BUILDERS: 590 E Gutierrez Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Reed Interiors Construction Inc (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Dec 7, 2020. Filed by ROMAIN DOUSSINEAU/ PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 9, 2024 . 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 E62. FBN Number: 2024‑0002379. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EIDER STUDIO: 1485 East Valley Road, Studio 8 Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Carabetta & Sanders LLC PO Box 5427 Santa Barbara, CA 93150 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 17, 2018. Filed by GEORGE L. SANDERS/MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 4, 2024 . 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: 2024‑0002595. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SB FIX IT: 257 San Nicholas Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Malcom T Cross PO Box 23523 Santa Barbara, CA 93121 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 22, 2024. Filed by MALCOM CROSS/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 22, 2024 . 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: 2024‑0002474. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP and Its Controlled Affiliates Doing Business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes constructing a 50‑foot cell on wheels (COW)/cell on light truck (COLT) with an overall height of 53 feet at the approx. vicinity of 300 Foothill Rd., New Cuyama, Santa Barbara County, CA 93252, Lat: 34‑53‑39.1416, Long: ‑119‑31‑ 13.2024. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp., Kelsie Cavanaugh, k.cavanaugh@trileaf.com, 2121 W. Chandler Blvd., Ste. 108, Chandler, AZ 85224, (480) 850‑0575. 11/27/24

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HAIR & HARMONY STUDIO: 130 S Hope Ave F127, Suite 110 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Maria V Chavez 2046 Modoc Road Apt 6 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Nov 4, 2024. Filed by MARIA VICTORIA CHAVEZ with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 4, 2024 . 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: 2024‑0002590. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST LIFESTYLE NEUROLOGY MEDICAL GROUP, INC: 1509 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Empowering Health, Inc 315 Meigs St Suite A‑194 Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by ERIN M. PRESANT/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara

County on Nov 1, 2024 . 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: 2024‑0002580.

Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: C. M. V HOUSE CLEANING: 5338 El Carro Lane Carpinteria, CA 93013; C M V House Cleaning Inc (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 12, 2017. Filed by CONSUELO VILLEGAS/ PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 25, 2024 . 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: 2024‑0002513. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TRIANGLE S FARMS/TRIANGLE S RANCH: 397 Winchester Canyon Rd Goleta, CA 93117; Robert T Aparicio 406 Alan Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Deborah A Oxford (same address) This business is conducted by A Married Couple Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 11, 2009. Filed by ROBERT APARICIO/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 25, 2024 . 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 E62. FBN Number: 2024‑0002514. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: XXIICUTS BOTANICALS: 3015 West Highway 154 Santa Barbara, CA 93441; Hannah M Morand PO Box 698 Los Olivos, CA 93441 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A Filed by HANNAH MORAND/ INDIVIDUAL/OWNER &CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 31, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002566. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TOUSSAINT CELLARS: 3879 Nathan Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Paul D Toussant (same address) Gina A Toussaint (same address) This business is conducted by A Married Couple Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 28, 2017. Filed by PAUL TOUSSAINT/PARTNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 7, 2024 . 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 E62. FBN Number: 2024‑0002340. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KRISTINA RADNOTI COUNSELING: 2558 Borton Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Kristina M Radnoti (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 8, 2024. Filed by KRISTINA RADNOTI with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 17, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002437. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AMARA ENTERPRISES: 4412 Harmony Lane Santa Maria, CA 93455; Ajith P Amarasekara (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business

name or names listed above on Oct 10, 2013. Filed by AJITH AMARASEKARA/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 25, 2024 . 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 E63. FBN Number: 2024‑0002512. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: YOLI’S DESIGNS: 890 N Refugio Rd, #5114 Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Yolanda M Moreno (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A Filed by YOLANDA MORENO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 16, 2024 . 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 E67. FBN Number: 2024‑0002435. Published: Nov 7, 14, 21, 27 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WHEELS IN MOTION SANTA BARBARA: 6466 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Wheels In Motion Inc. 9710 De Soto Ave. Chatsworth, CA 91311 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by ALEZAR RASSIBI/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 5, 2024 . 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: 2024‑0002605. Published: Nov 14, 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OPTIMAL LIFE 360: 1709 San Pascual Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Axel S Marchesan (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 16, 2024. Filed by AXEL MARCHESAN/SOLE PROPRIETOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 23, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002487. Published: Nov 14, 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WILD LOTUS SKINCARE: 4656 Gerona Way Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Sierra K Piazza (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 28, 2024. Filed by SIERRA PIAZZA/BUSINESS OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 5, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002607. Published: Nov 14, 21, 27. Dec 5 2024. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BGDC: 6175 Malva Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Billy Goodnick PO Box 20334 Santa Barbara,CA 93120 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 1, 1990. Filed by BILLY GOODNICK/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 30, 2024 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002561. Published: Nov 14, 21, 27. Dec 5 2024. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MTM JANITORIAL SERVICES: 432 Nogal Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Martin Torres (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names

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listed above on Nov 4, 2010. Filed

by MARTIN TORRES/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 5, 2024 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 E62. FBN Number: 2024‑0002596. Published: Nov 14, 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s)

is/are doing business as: AZURE

PAINTING: 934 Devereux Dr Ojai, CA 93023; Joseph B Vogel (same address)

This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 4, 2024. Filed by JOSEPH

VOGEL/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 4, 2024 . 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 E66. FBN Number: 2024‑0002331. Published: Nov 14, 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 POOP

PATROL: 5277 Calle Barquero Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Marc E Holden (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 28, 2024. Filed by MARC HOLDEN/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 29, 2024 . 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: 2024‑0002538. Published: Nov 14, 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HONOR NUTRITION: 4028 Invierno Drive, B Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Kathryn M Parker (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by KATHRYN M. PARKER/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 22, 2024 . 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 E63. FBN Number: 2024‑0002460. Published: Nov 14, 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PW STORAGE USA: 224 S Milpas St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 1, 2020. Filed by ERICK CROCKER/MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 5, 2024 . 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 E62. FBN Number: 2024‑0002597. Published: Nov 14, 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: TILL DEATH DO US PARTY: 1120 Cuesta Street Santa Barbara, CA 93460; Ashley Gheno PO Box 850 Los Olivos, CA 93441 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 1, 2024. Filed by ASHLEY GHENO/ INDIVIDUAL with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 7, 2024 . 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: 2024‑0002341. Published: Nov 14, 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GLASS LAKE CONSULTING LLC: 6598 Sand Castle Pl Goleta, CA 93117; Glass Lake Consulting (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 24, 2024. Filed by RICHARD BABLLEW/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 6, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002626. Published: Nov 14, 21, 27. Dec 5 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CORNER TAP: 1905 Cliff Drive, Suite F Santa Barbara CA 93109; Messa Brew, LLC 201 Santa Cruz Boulevard Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 1, 2020. Filed by: CHRIS CHIARAPPA/MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 22, 2024. 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 E66. FBN Number: 2024‑0002750. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BROWNIES MARKET & DELI, LA BAMBA MARKET & DELI, SOLVANG LAUNDROMAT, MESA PIZZA COMPANY, MESA PIZZA, SIKH CORPS, MEN AGAINST RAPE, INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SANTA BARBARA, SIKH ASSICIATION OF SANTA BARBARA, WORLDDIARES, GOOD EARTH CREATIONS, BELMONT COMMUNITY CENTER, BRIDE & GROOM FAIR, BAGGIT VEDIC HAVAN, MESA PIZZA IV, MY PIGGY BANK, RONLESSIN, SANTA BARBARA INDIAN FESTIVAL, SURAVI INC, VISHAY SINGH, WORLD SUICIDE ORGANIZATION, I.V.

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COMEDY CLUB, BE MY BHAI: 435 De La Vina St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Suravi Incorporated (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 30, 1997. Filed by VIRANDRA SINGH/ PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 18, 2024 . 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 E24. FBN Number: 2024‑0002706. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GOODLAND TECHNOLOGIES: 7 Willowglen Place Santa Barbara, CA 93105; W Three Industries LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 29, 2019. Filed by KEVIN WELSH/MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 23, 2024 . 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 E67. FBN Number: 2024‑0002490. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLACK OAK HOMES & MORTGAGES: 2102

High Meadow Dr. Solvang, CA 93463; Cristopher R Lapp (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Nov 1, 2024. Filed by CRISTOPHER R LAPP/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 18, 2024

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 E67. FBN Number: 2024‑0002701. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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

SUPERIOR MOVING: 17 Broadmoor Plaza, 2 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Superior Packing & Moving LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by PETER

TAGLES/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 7, 2024 . 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 E63. FBN Number: 2024‑0002347. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SOULMIND PSYCHOTHERAPY: 133 E. De La Guerra St, 351, Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Gonzalo Gonzalez (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by GONZALO GONZALEZ/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 30, 2024

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 E62. FBN Number: 2024‑0002557. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, THE AIR SHOW NETWORK: 351 Hitchcock Way, Ste B‑200 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Umbrella Entertainment Group (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jul 5, 1988. Filed by GREG “JUDGE” SMALES/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 6, 2024 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 E67. FBN Number: 2024‑0002617. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: IVORY FARM: 586 North Refugio Road, Santa Ynez CA 93460; C5 North, LLC PO Box 2248 Orcutt, CA 93457 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Nov 1, 2024. Filed by DAVID UHLER/VP FINANCE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 12, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002642. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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

STEPHANIE PHOTOGRAPHY: 66 Ocean View Ave, Apt #67 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Janelle Stephanie Koch (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 26, 2024. Filed by JANELLE

STEPANIE KOCH/OWNER/INDIVIDUAL with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 4, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002594.

Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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

CITY SANDWICH SHOP: 1826 Cliff Drive, Suite A Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Mesa Ice Cream LLC (same address)

This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 15, 2024. Filed by PAIGE E SIMANDLE/MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 12, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002641. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE RUNI STUDIO, RUMI BUSINESS CONSULTING STUDIO: 7015 Marketplace Drive, #1063 Goleta, CA 93117; RumIII Business Consulting Studio (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by SUSMITA SENGUPTA/ OWNER, MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 14, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002667. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JP TILE: 911 E De La Guerra Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Jorge A Perez (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 23, 2024. Filed by JORGE PEREZ/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 1, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002583. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MIRAMAR HEALTH AND REHABILITATION: 160 South Patterson Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Seagull Lane Healthcare, Inc. 29222 Rancho Viejo Road Suite 127 San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Nov 4, 2024. Filed by SOON BURNAM/SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County

on Nov 12, 2024 . 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 E67. FBN Number: 2024‑0002647. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LIVE WELL MASSAGE: 5118 Hollister Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Kuo Hsiang Huang 20410 Sartell Dr Walnut, CA 91789 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on November 13, 2024. Filed by KUO HSIANG HUANG/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 14, 2024 . 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: 2024‑0002666. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ICE IN PARADISE FIGURE SKATING CLUB, ICE IN PARADISE FSC, I.P.F.S.C: 6985 Santa Felicia Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Frank E. Anderson (same address) Cary Gren (same address) This business is conducted by A Unincorporated Assoc. Other Than a Partnership Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on October 15, 2015. Filed by FRANK ANDERSON/ PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 30, 2024 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 E66. FBN Number: 2024‑0002551. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RIVIERA BOOKKEEPING: 663 San Ramon Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Meghan B Medina (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on October 21, 2024. Filed by MEGHAN MEDINA/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 31, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002569. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SB MESA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, OMNI SB MESA, SB MESA: 315 Meigs Road, #A‑193 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Our Mesa Neighborhood Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on October 24, 2024. Filed by PAUL L. STERNE/VICE PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 31, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002576. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: MYOPIA DESIGN LLC: 641 Calle Rinconada Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Myopia Design LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on October 23, 2024. Filed by KIMBERLY HAHN/MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 31, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002571. Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

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FILE NO. FBN2024‑0002558

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ALPHA AND OMEGA REFRIGERATION, 4366

GUERRERO DR, GUADALUPE, CA 93434 County of SANTA BARBARA Jacob A Dean, 4366 GUERRERO DR, GUADALUPE, CA 93434

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/ Jacob Allen Dean, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 10/30/2024. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 11/21, 11/27, 12/5, 12/12/24

CNS‑3870519# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

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

SOLUTIONS RETAIL SERVICES: 909 Fannin St. Suite 3500 Houston, TX 77010; MP2 Energy NE LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by LYNN S. BORGMEIER/SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 4, 2024 . 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: 2024‑0002589.

Published: Nov 21, 27. Dec 5, 12 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA WEDDING ARCHES: 5022 Birchwood Road Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Kari L Oslie 351 Paseo Nuevo PMB 125 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by KARI OSLIE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 20, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002717. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SITE SPECIFIC: 466 Bell St Los Alamos, CA 93440; Site Specific Collective, LLC PO Box 213 Los Alamos, CA 93440 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Comapany Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on November 15, 2024. Filed by BEN MCDONALD/MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 18, 2024 . 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 E35. FBN Number: 2024‑0002702. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

FILE NO. FBN 2024‑0002445

The following person(s) is doing business as: ZPD, 4884 VIA LOS SANTOS SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111, County of SANTA BARBARA.

ZOE POUGET‑DRUM, 4884 VIA LOS SANTOS SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111

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/ ZOE POUGET‑DRUM, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 10/18/2024. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 11/27, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19/24 CNS‑3870922# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: APERTURE WORKSHOP: 375 Price Ranch Road Los Alamos, CA 93440; Ben A McDonald, LLC PO Box 213 Los Alamos, CA 93440

This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to

transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on November 15, 2024. Filed by BEN MCDONALD with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 18, 2024 . 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 E35. FBN Number: 2024‑0002703. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: NICK GOSNELL TREE SERVICE: 2416 De La Vina St, Apt 5 Santa Barbara CA 93105; Nicholas A Gosnell (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 19, 2012. Filed by: NICHOLAS A GOSNELL/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 22, 2024. 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: 2024‑0002762. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: WILDLIFE ARTS: 1200 Harris Dr Lompoc CA 93436; Joseph A Martin (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Nov 19, 2024. Filed by: JOSEPH A MARTIN/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 22, 2024. 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: 2024‑0002755. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FBN2024‑0002694

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TAKASHI RAMEN, 7060 Hollister AVE, STE 102, Goleta, CA 93117 County of SANTA BARBARA Vikiki Hawaii Bowl LLC, 101 Calle Alamo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 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. Vikiki Hawaii Bowl LLC S/ Natacha Chaiseree, Manager This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 11/15/2024. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 11/27, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19/24 CNS‑3872292# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: NEXXTAIR: 650 Ward Dr., Suite #100 Goleta, CA 93111; Abatex, LLC PO Box 1590 Goleta, CA 93116 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by ANDI LESEC/MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 18, 2024 . 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 E67. FBN Number: 2024‑0002704. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2024. FICTITIOUS

LEGALS (CONT.)

is/are doing business as: ELLIOTT & POHLS CONSTRUCTION: 1797 Mission Drive Solvang, CA 93463; Erling Pohls Contractor Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Dec 4, 2014. Filed by MICHAEL ELLIOTT/ CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 19, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002707. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SIMPLOT GROWER SOLUTIONS: 312 Guadalupe Street Guadalupe, CA 93463; Erling Pohls Contractor Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Nov 1, 2019. Filed by JAMES B. ALDERMAN/SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 12, 2024 . 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 E71. FBN Number: 2024‑0002645. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2024.

LIEN SALE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on November 29, 2024, the personal property in the below‑listed units. The public sale of these items will begin at 08:00 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 # 75079, 5425 Overpass Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93111, (805) 284‑9002 Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com.

158 ‑ Burian, Susan; 319 ‑ Burian, Susan; 321 ‑ Arroyo, Magda; 322 ‑ Recchia, Antonio; 324 ‑ Berg, Eloise PUBLIC STORAGE # 75078, 7246 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117, (805) 961‑8198 Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 015 ‑ Kozlowski, Alan; 094 ‑ Angeles, Gabriel; 307 ‑ Quevedo, Gloria; 348 ‑ York, David; 357 ‑ Kozlowski, Alan; 439 ‑ Pacatte, Maxwell; 505 ‑ Souza, Jacqueline

PUBLIC STORAGE # 25714, 7246 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117, (805) 324‑6770 Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 2222 ‑ Gregory, Chris; 2317 ‑ Jurey, Sherri; 2407 ‑ Thomas, Christopher; 3316 ‑ Castillo, Leonor; 4012 ‑ hani, Ali bani; 4104 ‑ Vargas, Joe; 6401 ‑ Toussaint, Tret; 6422 ‑ Azlein, Noah 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. By PS Retail Sales, LLC, 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244‑8080. 11/21/24

CNS‑3871680#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

To satisfy the owner’s storage lien,

PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on December 6, 2024, the personal property in the below‑listed units. The public sale of these items will begin at 08:00 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

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS INVITING SEALED BIDS FOR THE MATILDA PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

City Project Number: 9113

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Goleta (“CITY”), invites sealed bids for the above stated project and will receive such bids via electronic transmission on the City of Goleta Planet Bids portal site until December 30, 2024, at 3:00 P.M. PST. Late proposals will be rejected. No exceptions.

Copies of the Contract Documents and the Proposal Forms for bidding the project, may be obtained from the PlanetBids Website: https://pbsystem.planetbids.com. Proposals which do not acknowledge addendums to the project documents will be rejected.

All communications relative to this project shall be conducted through PlanetBids. Questions about alleged patent ambiguity of the plans, specifications, or estimate must be asked before bid opening. After bid opening, the CITY does not consider these questions as bid protests.

A pre-bid meeting will be held at 321 Matilda Drive Goleta, CA 93117, Monday December 16, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. PST.

It is required that the Bidders have fully inspected the Project site in all particulars and become thoroughly familiar with the terms and conditions of the Bid Plans and Special Provisions and local conditions affecting the performance and costs of the Work prior to bidding and it is recommended that this be done prior to attending this meeting.

Pursuant to California Labor Code Section 1773, the City has ascertained the General Prevailing Rate of Wages in the County in which the work is to be done to be as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California. Contractor is hereby made aware that information regarding prevailing wage rates may be obtained from the State Department of Industrial Relations and/or the following website address: https://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/2024-1/PWD/Southern.html. The Contractor is required to post a copy of the applicable wage rates at the job site. Attention is directed to Section 7 LEGAL RELATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PUBLIC of the State Standard Specifications.

The California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) implemented amendments to the In-Use Off-Road Diesel-Fueled Fleets Regulations (“Regulation”) which are effective on January 1, 2024 and apply broadly to all self-propelled off road diesel vehicles 25 horsepower or greater and other forms of equipment used in California. A copy of the Regulation is available at https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/barcu/regact/2022/off-roaddiesel/appa-1.pdf. Bidders are required to comply with all CARB and Regulation requirements, including, without limitation, all applicable sections of the Regulation, as codified in Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations section 2449 et seq. throughout the term of the Project. Bidders must provide, with their Bid, copies of Bidder’s and all listed subcontractors the most recent, valid Certificate of Reported Compliance (“CRC”) issued by CARB. Failure to provide valid CRCs as required herein may render the Bid non-responsive.

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

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

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

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

This is a federally assisted project and Davis-Bacon (DBRA) requirements will be strictly enforced. Federal Labor Standards provisions HUD-4010 will be incorporated into the successful bidder’s contract and is attached hereto to this bid packet. Contractors, including all subcontractors and apprentices, must be eligible to participate. Federal Wage Determination No. CA20240014-Mod#13 and State of California Prevailing Wage Index 2024-2 are incorporated herein. All labor is required to be paid at a rate not less than the greater of the current Federal Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage or the State of California Prevailing Wage Determination made by the California Director of Industrial Relations. Review HUD Form 4010, Federal Labor Standards Provisions

This project is also subject to Section 3-Economic Opportunities to Low and Very-Low Income Persons and Business Concerns. Bidders seeking Section 3 preference must submit a Business Certification Form and required documentation. For more information regarding Section 3, visit www.hud.gov/sites/documents/11SECFAQS.PDF

This project is also subject to the requirements of Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act, 41 USC 8301 note, and all applicable rules and notices, as may be amended, if applicable to the Grantee’s infrastructure project. BABA requires that products purchased in connection with infrastructure projects (construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair) funded by Federal financial assistance programs must be produced in the United States. This includes iron and steel, manufactured products, and construction materials. This applies to projects with a total cost of $250,000 or more.

In addition to providing us with all the federally mandated documentation regarding labor, you will be required to provide detailed invoices, receipts, and any other documentation that will prove the expenses are eligible and part of the project.

In accordance with the California Public Contract Code 20103.5 when federal funds are involved in local agency contracts, no bid shall be invalidated by the failure of the bidder to be licensed in California at the time of bid opening. However, at the time of award, the selected contractor shall be properly licensed in accordance with the laws of the State and the City of Goleta. Contractor shall possess a valid Class A - General Engineering Contractor license prior to award of Contract. Said license shall be maintained during the contract period. It is the Bidder’s and Contractor’s responsibility to obtain the correct Contractor’s licenses. Bidders shall be skilled and regularly engage in the general class or type of work called for under this contract.

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

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

The Contractor Company, including the Responsible Managing Officer (RMO) for the Contractor Company, shall demonstrate a minimum of five (5) years’ experience successfully performing projects of substantially similar type, magnitude, and character of the work bid. The CITY reserves the right to reject all bids, reject any bid that is not responsive to the invitation, or to waive any minor irregularity and to take all bids under advisement for a period of up to ninety (90) working days. Failure to provide proof of the Contractor’s current registration pursuant to Section 1725.5 of the Labor Code may result in rejection of the bid as non-responsive. Failure to comply with enforcement provisions pursuant to Section 1771.4 of the Labor Code may result in a determination that the Bidder is not responsible.

Bids shall remain open and valid for a period of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the Bid Deadline.

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

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides a toll-free “hotline” service to report bid rigging activities. Bid rigging activities can be reported Mondays through Fridays, between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Telephone No. 1-800-424-9071. Anyone with knowledge of possible bid rigging, bidder collusion, or other fraudulent activities should use the “hotline” to report these activities. The “hotline” is part of the DOT’s continuing effort to identify and investigate highway construction contract fraud and abuse and is operated under the direction of the DOT Inspector General. All information will be treated confidentially, and caller anonymity will be respected.

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

Deborah S. Lopez,

LEGALS (CONT.)

HOLLISTER AVE, GOLETA, CA 93117, (805) 324‑6770

Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. A379 ‑ Adams, Laurel 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. By PS Retail Sales, LLC, 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244‑8080. 11/27/24

CNS‑3874378#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

TRUSTEE NOTICE

T.S. No.: 2024‑10316‑LOG APN: 011‑030‑039 Property Address: 920 Hot Springs Rd, , Santa Barbara, CA 93108

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS AND FIXTURE FINANCING STATEMENT DATED 8/5/2022. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.

of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Fixture Financing Statement described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Fixture Financing Statement, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: GERALD KATZOFF AND LYDIA S. KATZOFF, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP

Duly Appointed TRUSTEE: NESTOR SOLUTIONS, LLC Deed of Trust Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Fixture Financing Statement Recorded 8/18/2022 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 2022‑0036522 AND MODIFIED BY LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT RECORDED ON 4/26/24 AS INSTRUMENT 2024‑0012437. of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Barbara County, California

Date of Sale: 12/4/2024 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: AT THE NORTH DOOR OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE 1100 ANACAPA STREET SANTA BARBARA, CA

Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $2,359,592.72 Street Address or other common designation of real property:

920 HOT SPRINGS RD, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108

A.P.N.: 011‑030‑039 – SEE EXHIBIT A

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 866‑266‑7512

or (888) 902‑3989 or visit these internet websites www.elitepostandpub.com or www.nestortrustee.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2024‑10316‑LOG. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE TO TENANTS: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 866‑266‑7512 or (888) 902‑3989 or visit these internet websites www.elitepostandpub.com or www.nestortrustee.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2024‑10316‑LOG to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

Date: 10/28/2024

NESTOR SOLUTIONS, LLC 214 5TH STREET, SUITE 205 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA 92648 SALE LINE: (888) 902‑3989

NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL

PUBLIC HEARING

Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom December 3, 2024, at 5:30 P.M.

Financing Authorization for Public Capital Improvements

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 6586.5 of the California Government Code, the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of Goleta (the “City”) will hold a public hearing on December 3, 2024, at 5:30 p.m., at the regular meeting place of the City Council of the City located in the Council Chambers at 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California 93117, in respect of (1) the proposed financing of the design, acquisition, installation, and construction of certain public capital improvements located in various sites in the City of Goleta, including the Ekwill Street and Fowler Road extension (including the Hollister Avenue Old Town interim striping project), Cathedral Oaks crib wall repair, San Jose Creek bike path, Hollister Avenue Bridge replacement, and Goleta Train Depot and South La Patera improvements and related street resurfacing and public walkway improvements, located within the City, with proceeds to be derived from the issuance and sale by the Goleta Facilities Financing Authority (the “Authority”) of (a) Local Measure A Transportation Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, representing an interest in installment payments to made by the City pursuant to an Installment Sale Agreement between the City and the Authority, and (b) Lease Revenue Bonds payable from base rental payments to made by the City pursuant to a Lease Agreement between the City and the Authority, and (2) to determine the significant public benefits to the City from the proposed financings, including demonstrable savings to the City from the issuance and sale of such bonds, such as savings in effective interest rate costs and the more efficient delivery of City services to residential and commercial development (in accordance with Section 6586 of the California Government Code). The date, time, and location of the City Council public hearing are set forth below. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org).

HEARING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 5:30 P.M.

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

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

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

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

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

Publish Date: Santa Barbara Independent, November 27, 2024

GIOVANNA NICHELSON, SR. TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER EXHIBIT A

PARCEL ONE: THAT PORTION OF THE OUTSIDE PUEBLO LANDS, IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE “MAP OF THE SANTA BARBARA PUEBLO LANDS”, FILED IN BOOK 5, PAGE 75 OF MAPS AND SURVEYS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

THENCE CONTINUING ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCELS “ONE” AND ‘TWO”, SOUTH 88°27’ WEST, 428.66 FEET TO THE WESTERLY END OF THE NINTH COURSE OF SAID PARCEL “ONE” AND THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID POINT BEING ALSO A POINT IN THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID “MAP OF THE SANTA BARBARA PUEBLO LANDS” AND ALONG THE TENTH, ELEVENTH, TWELFTH, THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH COURSES OF SAID PARCEL ONE AS FOLLOWS: SOUTH, 155.25 FEET; WEST, 182.13 FEET; NORTH 3°56’ EAST, 145.05 FEET; SOUTH 81°00’; EAST, 20.08 FEET; NORTH 14°09’ EAST, 10.06 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID “MAP OF SANTA BARBARA PUEBLO LANDS”; THENCE EASTERLY AND ALONG THE BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID “MAP OF THE SANTA BARBARA PUEBLO LANDS”, A DISTANCE OF 149.96 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.

PARCEL TWO: THAT PORTION OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 4 NORTH, RANGE 26 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO BASE AND MERIDIAN, IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT A 2‑INCH BRASS CAP MONUMENT SET AT THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF THE LAND DESCRIBED AS PARCEL “ONE” IN THAT CERTAIN JUDGMENT RENDERED IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, CASE NO. 38173, IN THE PROCEEDINGS ENTITLED EDITH CLAIRE BALCH VS. HELEN MARGARET EKMAN, A CERTIFIED COPY OF SAID JUDGMENT BEING RECORDED JANUARY 10, 1949 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 291 IN BOOK 832, PAGE 279 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL “ONE” AND THE LAND DESCRIBED AS PARCEL “TWO” IN SAID JUDGMENT SOUTH 88°27' WEST ALONG THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF THE MAP ENTITLED “MAP OF THE SANTA BARBARA PUEBLO LANDS” FILED IN BOOK 5, PAGE 75 OF MAPS AND SURVEYS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, A DISTANCE OF 443 FEET TO A 1/2 INCH SURVEY PIPE AND THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 88°27’ EAST ALONG THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID “MAP OF THE SANTA BARBARA

PUEBLO LANDS” A DISTANCE OF 190.00 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID NORTHERLY LINE. NORTH 0°05’24” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 204.12 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88°27’ WEST, A DISTANCE OF 190.00 FEET TO A POINT IN THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF THE LAND DESCRIBED AS PARCEL “ONE” IN THE DEED TO GLEN E. BOYLES AND ELISABETH BLISS BOYLES, ALSO KNOWN AS ELISABETH B. BOYLES, HIS WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS, RECORDED DECEMBER 24, 1954 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 22594 IN BOOK 1288, PAGE 203 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS; THENCE SOUTH 0°05’24” WEST ALONG SAID LAST MENTIONED WESTERLY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 79.12 FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF THE LAND DESCRIBED AS PARCEL “TWO” IN SAID LAND CONVEYED TO GLEN E. BOYLES, ET UX.; THENCE SOUTH 86°29’ WEST ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF PARCEL “TWO” OF SAID LAND CONVEYED TO GLEN E. BOYLES, ET UX., A DISTANCE OF 552.30 FEET TO THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER THEREOF; THENCE SOUTH 14°09’ WEST ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF PARCEL “TWO” OF SAID LAND CONVEYED TO GLEN E. BOYLES, ET UX., A DISTANCE OF 110.04 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID “MAP OF THE SANTA BARBARA PUEBLO LANDS”; THENCE NORTH 88°27’ EAST ALONG THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID “MAP OF THE SANTA BARBARA PUEBLO LANDS”, A DISTANCE OF 578.62 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.

EXCEPTING THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS OR OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES LYING ON OR UNDER THE SURFACE OF PARCEL “TWO” ABOVE DESCRIBED, TOGETHER WITH RIGHT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EXPLORING FOR, DRILLING, EXTRACTING OR STORING SAME.

PARCEL THREE: AN EASEMENT AS CREATED IN A DOCUMENT RECORDED ON MAY 10, 1989, AS INSTRUMENT NO. 89‑030584 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, FOR MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING THE EXISTING RESERVOIR WALL LINE WITHIN THE EASEMENT AREA AND INSTALLING, MAINTAINING, REPLACING AND TRIMMING BUSHES, VINES AND OTHER PLANTINGS WITHIN THE EASEMENT AREA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

THAT PORTION OF THE OUTSIDE PUEBLO LANDS OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE “MAP OF THE SANTA BARBARA PUEBLO LANDS” FILED IN BOOK 5, PAGE 75 OF MAPS AND SURVEYS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE LAND DESCRIBED AS PARCEL “ONE” WHICH WAS CONVEYED TO GARY L. PETERS AND EVA SHARLENE PETERS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY BY DEED RECORDED JANUARY 28, 1981 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 81‑3830 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE SOUTH, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LAND CONVEYED TO PETERS, A DISTANCE OF 15.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH, CONTINUING ALONG SAID EAST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 58.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE EAST AT RIGHT ANGLES, A DISTANCE OF 12.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY IN A DIRECT LINE TO A POINT WHICH BEARS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 8.00 FEET FROM THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;

THENCE WEST, A DISTANCE OF 8.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.

EPP 41565 11/7, 11/14, 11/21/2024

T.S. No.: 24‑11732 Loan No.: **2307 APN: 041‑322‑002

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/2/2019. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR

PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.

A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: EDUARDO MENDEZ, A SINGLE MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: PRESTIGE DEFAULT SERVICES, LLC Recorded 3/6/2019 as Instrument No. 2019‑0008640 in book ‑‑, page ‑‑ of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SANTA BARBARA County, California, Date of Sale: 12/11/2024 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1100 ANACAPA STREET, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101

Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $754,370.35 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 249 COOPER ROAD SANTA BARBARA, CA 93109

A.P.N.: 041‑322‑002

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The

LEGALS (CONT.)

been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (949) 776‑4697 or visit this Internet Website https//prestigepostandpub. com, using the file number assigned to this case 24‑11732. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (949) 776‑4697, or visit this internet website https://prestigepostandpub. com, using the file number assigned to this case 24‑11732 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

Date: 10/31/2024

PRESTIGE DEFAULT SERVICES, LLC

1920 OLD TUSTIN AVE.

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92705

QUESTIONS: 949‑427‑2010

SALE LINE: (949) 776‑4697

PATRICIA SANCHEZ, TRUSTEE SALE

OFFICER PPP#24‑004482

APN: 035‑050‑034 FKA 035‑050‑34‑00

TS No: CA08000626‑24‑1 TO No:

240288021‑CA‑VOI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/ or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d) (2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED December 1, 2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On December 18, 2024 at 01:00 PM, at the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on December 21, 2004 as Instrument No. 2004‑0134294, and that said Deed of Trust was modified by Modification Agreement and recorded July 21, 2022 as Instrument Number 2022‑0033241, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Santa Barbara County, California, executed by JOE HARVEY AND VICTORIA HARVEY, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustor(s), in favor of CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is” The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 819 MIRAMONTE

DRIVE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93109

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $227,942.30 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may visit the Internet Website address www.insourcelogic.com or call In Source Logic at 702‑659‑7766 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08000626‑24‑1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice to Tenant NOTICE TO TENANT FOR FORECLOSURES AFTER JANUARY 1, 2021 You may have a right to purchase

#.: 071‑072‑017

this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 702‑659‑7766, or visit this internet website www. insourcelogic.com, using the file number assigned to this case CA08000626‑24‑1 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: November 4, 2024 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA08000626‑24‑1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949‑252‑8300 TDD: 711 949.252.8300

By: Loan Quema, Authorized

Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www. insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702‑659‑7766 Order Number 107552, PUB DATES: 11/21/2024, 11/27/2024, 12/05/2024, SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

T.S. No. 24‑68029 APN: 071‑072‑017 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEYOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/2/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.

Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $306,251.51 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 84 CARDINAL AVENUE GOLETA, CALIFORNIA 93117

Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust. A.P.N

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866) 266‑7512 or visit this internet website.www.elitepostandpub.com, using the file number assigned to this case 24‑68029. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (866) 266‑7512, or visit this internet website www elitepostandpub.com, using the file number assigned to this case 24‑68029 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer ” or“ eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Dated: 11/20/2024

ZBS LAW, LLP , AS TRUSTEE 30 CORPORATE PARK, SUITE 450 IRVINE, CA 92606FOR NON‑AUTOMATED

SALE INFORMATION, CALL: (714) 848‑7920FOR SALE INFORMATION: (866) 266‑7512

WWW. ELITEPOSTANDPUB.COM

RYAN BRADFORD, TRUSTEE SALE

OFFICER This office is enforcing a security interest of your creditor. To the extent that your obligation has been discharged by a bankruptcy

court or is subject to an automatic stay of bankruptcy, this notice is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a demand for payment

or any attempt to collect such obligation. EPP 41794 PUB DATES 11/27, 12/05, 12/12/2024

ORDINANCE NO. 24-XX

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, Adopting various Amendments to title 17 (ZONING) of the goleta MUNICIPAL code to Implement the Housing Element 2023-2031 AND FINDING THE AMENDMENTS TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (Case No. 24-0003-ORD)

On December 3, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. at the Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, California, the City Council of the City of Goleta will consider the second reading and possible adoption of a proposed ordinance that would amend Title 17 (Zoning) of the Goleta Municipal Code related to Housing Element 2023-2031 implementation.

If adopted, the Ordinance will be effective 31 days from the date of adoption.

Any interested person may obtain a copy of the proposed ordinance at the City Clerk’s Office, cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org or by calling City Hall at (805) 961-7505.

Deborah Lopez City Clerk

Publish: Santa Barbara Independent, November 27, 2024

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

STATE OF CALIFORINIA

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 In Santa Barbara County Administration Building, 4th Floor Board Hearing Room 105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA

The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that On Tuesday, December 10, 2024 the Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to consider Case No. 24APL-00017, an appeal of the HLAC’s October 14, 2024, nomination of the Chaffee Residence and Attached Garage with Sandstone Landscape Features, addressed as 2929 East Valley Road, as a historic landmark. The appeal was filed by the property owner.

On December 10, 2024, the Board may take the following actions:

a) Uphold the appeal, and reject the designation by the Historic Landmarks Advisory Commission of the Chaffee Residence, located at 2929 East Valley Road, Montecito, California, Assessor’s Parcel No. 040-170-025, as a County Historic Landmark; and

b) Determine that the project is exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15270.

Alternatively, in order to deny the appeal and designate the property as a historic landmark, take the following actions:

a) Deny the appeal, and approve the designation by the Historic Landmarks Advisory Commission of the Chaffee Residence located at 2929 East Valley Road, Montecito, California, Assessor’s Parcel No. 040-170-025, as a County Historic Landmark; and

b) Determine that the project is exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15308.

For additional information, please contact Veronica King, Planner, at: Email: kingv@countyofsb.org | Tel: 805-568-2513.

For current methods of public participation for the meeting of December 10, 2024, please see page two (2) of the posted Agenda. The posted agenda will be available on Thursday prior to the above referenced meeting for a more specific time for this item. However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged or the item may be continued.

Staff reports and the posted agenda is available on the Thursday prior to the meeting at http://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date or contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 for alternative options.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by 4:00 PM on Friday before the Board meeting. For information about these services please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240.

If you challenge this project (Case No. 24APL-00017) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Supervisors prior to the public hearing. G.C. Section 65009, 6066, and 6062a.

Mona Miyasato CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

By: Sheila de la Guerra, Deputy Clerk