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The Mayor’s Massive Flex Schneider Sets Fundraising Record in Council Race

EASY BREEZY: No wonder Mayor Helene Schneider is feeling good. With no serious opposition on the horizon, she just raised a record amount of campaign cash.

BY N I C K W E L S H anta Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider set a new campaign fundraising record for city races, generating $91,000 in donations — $83,000 when excluding in-kind contributions — by August 1, when the first mandated finance reports are due. Four years ago this time, Schneider — then confronting three legitimate mayoral challengers — had raised $44,000. Making the abundance of Schneider’s campaign war chest all the more striking is that she’s running essentially unopposed in a race notably devoid of any obvious line-in-the-sand campaign issues. Three individuals have taken out papers indicating an interest in challenging Schneider, a popular left-tilting moderate, but none have ever run for elected office before, none have raised enough funds to trigger campaign reporting requirements, and only one — Wayne Scoles — has any public profile in Santa Barbara. Scoles — recognizable for his blistering tirades during the council’s public comment sessions — is best known for his arrest several years ago for verbally challenging and confronting Santa Barbara Police Chief Cam Sanchez while Sanchez was departing from a relative’s wedding. Sanchez had Scoles arrested, but Scoles fought the charge and secured a hung-jury verdict. Political insiders speculate that shoo-in Schneider’s show of force is more a statement for whatever office she runs for after she’s termed out as mayor. “What do you want me to say?” she asked. “You can’t take any race for granted.” Schneider added she was “pleased and humbled” by the generosity of the support given. In the body language of local politics, the first campaign filing offers a strategic opportunity for candidates to beat their chests and show potential donors — and foes — how formidable they really are. In this year’s first filing, some candidates clearly succeeded better than others in letting their money do the talking. Incumbent Councilmember Bendy White — a moderate 10

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Democrat who frequently strives to play the role of swing vote — raised $40,000, also a record amount by Santa Barbara standards. Where 35 of Schneider’s donations came in denominations of $1,000 or more, most of White’s came in denominations of hundreds, and to a greater extent than anyone else running, they came from both sides of the proverbial aisle. Certainly one of White’s biggest donors was Schneider, who gave $2,500. Incumbent Frank Hotchkiss, perhaps the council’s most outspokenly conservative member and until recently a member of the Republican Central Committee, raised a solid $35,000, suggesting that if Democrats wish to pick him off, he’s not going down without a fight. In this fall’s mayoral and council race, there are four seats up for grabs with three incumbents seeking reelection and 11 challengers trying to land a spot. Because of deep-seated divisions within the Democratic camp, no slate of candidates was ever agreed upon, and there are more challengers sporting the letter D than there are available spots. The most dramatic tension involves former councilmembers Gregg Hart and David Landecker, political kissing cousins who now find themselves at serious odds. Landecker, forever tarred by the price-tag-switching scandal that forced him to resign from office more than 20 years ago, had to come out fast and hard to dispel prevalent doubts he could be a viable candidate. He raised $32,000 and amassed more than a credible list of endorsements. Hart — who spent the past eight years working for the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments — pledged earlier this year that he’d raise more money and knock on more doors than anyone else. He, too, reported having raised $32,000; however, unlike Landecker, Hart loaned $10,000 to his own campaign, and his campaign consultant donated $5,600 worth of service as an in-kind donation. Both Hart and Landecker are formidable, smart, and

knowledgeable, but their rivalry reflects fissures within the party that are personal as much as ideological. Although first-time candidate Lesley Wiscomb takes pains not to get painted into any political corner, the chair of the Parks & Recreation Commission is clearly running with the political and financial support of council conservative Dale Francisco and the Jim Westby machine, a faction of area conservatives vehemently opposed to schemes to promote the development of smaller, cheaper housing by allowing greater residential densities. Wiscomb raised $17,000, $2,000 from Westby and his wife, Sharon, and another $1,000 from former mayor and current planning commissioner Sheila Lodge, a traditional and liberal Democrat who joined forces with Francisco and Westby to oppose the higher-density housing plans. Fellow Parks & Recreation Commissioner Megan Diaz Alley raised $12,000 so far in her effort to represent renters, Latinos, environmentalists, and young people starting families. Like Hart, Diaz Alley has been endorsed by the Democratic Central Committee but not by Schneider. Planning commissioner and longtime downtown business advocate Michael Jordan — who assiduously sought to avoid party labels or affiliation with any political camp — raised $10,700. Jason Nelson, another first-time candidate and relative newcomer to the political scene, raised $9,100. Nelson has served much of his adult life in the military and received a $1,250 check from emcee and auctioneer extraordinaire Larry Crandell, who himself was shot down during World War II. Council candidates Cruzito Cruz and Matthew Kramer — both of whom have run before — did not raise enough to trigger the reporting threshhold. Likewise mayoral cwandidates Ethan Shenkman and Brandon Fereday have not raised enough to require campaign finance ■ reports, nor have they ever run before.

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The Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Office has identified the scuba diver found dead 8/3 in the ocean off Padaro Beach as 49-year-old William Frank Grgurich of Portland, Oregon. Grgurich was spotted in the water at around 11:45 a.m. by beach walkers, who pulled his body to shore. Sheriff’s deputies and personnel with the Summerland Fire Department arrived soon after, but Grgurich was declared dead at the scene. “The circumstances surrounding his death are under investigation by the Coroner’s Office,” said Sheriff’s spokesperson Kelly Hoover, “but it appears at this point that he was diving alone.” A 46-year-old Lompoc man was arrested at around 2:30 a.m. on 8/6 on charges of carjacking, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, and armed robbery after he allegedly jumped into a woman’s car at Chumash Casino, held a knife to her throat, and ordered her to drive. The woman managed to yell for help during the struggle, causing Michael Burritt to panic and run. After a brief foot pursuit, Sheriff’s deputies with K-9 units arrested Burritt and booked him in County Jail, where he’s being held without bail. He also had outstanding warrants for his arrest in several counties. Burritt’s wife, Diane Burritt, who was in the casino at the time of the attack, was located and arrested on an outstanding warrant. The fourth panga boat discovered near Refugio State Beach in recent months was spotted 8/5 by a motorist on nearby Highway 101. Santa Barbara Sheriff’s deputies and detectives accompanied by personnel with Homeland Security Investigations, California State Parks, and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to find a 30-foot panga abandoned on Tajiguas Beach. No suspects were located and no narcotics were seized, but authorities found evidence of drug trafficking at the scene, said Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kelly Hoover. The panga was removed and transported to Long Beach, where it was booked as evidence. No additional details on the investigation have been released. A 30-year-old man who was caught sexually assaulting a female student from Korea at Tonic Nightclub last summer was sentenced to two years in state prison. Once he completes his prison term, Elpidio Garcia-Venegas will be deported back to Mexico. He was arrested on 8/17/12 after one of Tonic’s busboys spotted him violently trapping and groping the 22-year-old victim on the dance floor. Garcia-Venegas has remained behind bars since, and up until very recently, he maintained his innocence. It was only when the case was about to go to trial that he changed his plea to guilty. He faced a maximum of four years in prison. Garcia-Venegas was employed at Olio Pizzeria at the time of his arrest, but the restaurant’s owner, Elaine Morello, said he presented the proper documentation when he was hired. Violent and serious crime in Santa Barbara is down this summer over last year this time, Police Chief Cam Sanchez said in his monthly report to the City Council, while the number of cops on the beat is up and response time remains below the department’s target of six minutes. Last June, Sanchez reported there

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Citing a gap in relative bargaining positions worth $1.9 million a year, City Hall negotiators have declared an impasse with their counterparts in the Police Officers Association (POA) over contract talks. The stumbling block, according to city officials, is how much sworn officers should pay into their own retirements. Based on the city’s “bottom line” offer, city cops have to be paying 9 percent into their own retirement by the end of three years. For experienced officers, that represents a loss of take-home pay amounting to $9,600 a year. Traditionally, city cops have not had to pay anything into their retirement, but during the recession the POA agreed to make payments, albeit smaller. According to City Hall negotiators, the POA agreed to make such contributions if its members were compensated in the form of a pay hike. And that pay hike, they said, was on top of the 5 percent the union already demanded. Instead, city negotiators have offered what amounts to a very modest increase of 2.25 percent over the next three years, pointing out a starting cop makes $100,000 and a sergeant earns $180,000 in salary and benefits. Attorneys for the POA expressed disappointment with the city’s impasse declaration, noting that City Hall is doing quite well financially and that the union has suggested City Hall could reduce the amount it pays into its officers’ retirement funds without requiring the officers to make up the difference. Pensions have become a hot political issue, and the POA — once a dominant force in area politics — endorsed three losers in the last council election. Beyond that, councilmembers on both sides of the aisle have grown concerned that 50 cents out of every dollar paid to a sworn officer now goes to retirement and that within five years that amount is expected to jump to 62 cents. Now that impasse has been declared, the next step is for mediation. Should mediation fail, the POA can request a third-party fact-finding process. Only after that process is exhausted does the council have the option of imposing a contract upon the union, but then only for one year. Three years ago — in the depths of the recession — it appeared that a contract might well be imposed, and only then was an agreement — Nick Welsh hammered out.

were 244 Type I crimes — violent or serious; this June there were 201. Last July there were 35 aggravated assaults; this July there were 25. Despite the spike in high-profile stabbings, Sanchez reported that gang incidents likewise have dropped with only 21 and 22 gang-related incidents tabulated this June and July, respectively. Of gang violence during last week’s Fiesta, Sanchez said there was “little to none.” He noted that members of an out-of-town motorcycle gang got into a brawl with “some older previous gang members” but that police broke it up

before much damage could be inflicted, and no arrests were made. In the wake of her arrest for public intoxication, KEYT anchor Paula Lopez issued a statement through her employer: “I have been in professional medical treatment for the disease of alcoholism for a number of months. I have dealt with anxiety and depression for many years. Excessive self-medication is a fairly recent phenomenon for me. It has increased over time. cont’d page 12 I have had substantial

Stricter Sobriety Rules

Santa Barbara’s biggest homeless shelter, Casa Esperanza, hit another milestone this week in its new seismic shift toward imposing sobriety requirements on its residents. The new rules started April 1, when Casa announced that all residential participants in transitional programs had to stay off drugs and alcohol. This Thursday, Casa took it up another notch, requiring that any homeless people discharged from Cottage Hospital to any of the 10 beds Cottage reserves at Casa for recuperating patients must agree to remain clean and sober. By December 1 — when the shelter is operating at full capacity of 200 beds a night — anyone staying there will be expected to abide by such rules. This marks a major departure in policy and practice; for the past 14 years, Casa Esperanza has operated both as a one-stop shop offering a wide range of services designed to aid transition from the streets and as a de facto homeless warehouse that took all people regardless of their condition so long as their behavior was not too disruptive. Driving the change is a growing awareness that that these diverse functions cannot coexist fruitfully under one roof. The presence of people getting drunk and stoned makes it much harder for many people already on the edge to make their way off the streets. Also driving the policy change are the organizations that fund shelters throughout the country. They want programs that get more people off the streets faster; programs that don’t offer this don’t get funded. (Casa has had to borrow funds to provide the current level of services and that, said Casa director Mike Foley, is not economically sustainable. With the recession lifting, he said, there’s also been a shift away from homeless funding by many philanthropic donors.) Many in the nonprofit world worry what will become of the people turned away from the shelter during the dead of winter because of the new requirements. “The short and long answer is we don’t know,” said Foley. He estimated that only half the people served by the Casa have addiction issues, but if only one-quarter refuses to abide by the new rules, 20-40 people will be seeking shelter elsewhere. Taking up some of the slack will be the loose confederation of warming shelters operated out of churches throughout the county when it’s wet and cold. Foley added the new policy will not be enforced with a zero-tolerance rigidity. For those who slip, additional resources will be — Nick Welsh offered before they’re asked to leave.

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Funding Still in Question for a Pivotal School Year BUILT LIKE A BRICK SCHOOLHOUSE: Construction workers install permanent restrooms, funded by 2010 Bond Measure R, at Adelante Charter School.

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hanges in the Santa Barbara Unified School District are continuing at a fast and furious pace, Superintendent David Cash told media at a back-toschool address on Monday. Among the district’s accomplishments over the past year, he listed the approval of a three-year strategic plan, a streamlined process for community use of school sites, implementation of 50 percent of the recommendations in a report on special education, an overhauled web page, and a bilingual state of the schools address. Speaking of facilities, construction is underway at campuses across the district. Projects include new play areas at Open Alternative School and an upgraded gymnasium at Santa Barbara High School, where almost everything but the walls have been replaced. Workers were ready to paint lines for basketball and volleyball courts last Thursday. Painting was also about to get underway at new parking and rec areas at Santa Barbara Junior High School; the school was built on a swamp, and the areas needed reinforcement. Maybe most importantly, new restrooms are being installed at Peabody Charter School, Harding University Partnership School, and Adelante Charter School. The district is also hoping to sell another $55 million worth of bonds within the month to raise funds for further construction. While showing off the $800,000 site work at Adelante, facilities manager David Hetyonk said the new bond money was much needed. “As a facilities person,” he said, “we’re always short of money.” He knows that because this year, the district completed an audit of its facilities via the consulting firm Telacu. What nobody is quite sure of, however, is how much money the district will receive from the state. This year, Governor Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula will be implemented. In concept, no districts should receive less money than they did during the 2012-2013 year. However, Santa Barbara Unified benefited from a onetime influx of $8 million mostly from the dissolution of redevelopment agencies that the state has not erased but subtracted from its baseline number. Business boss Meg Jetté was in Sacramento last week lobbying for the district. Cash said they are currently planning for a status quo budget.

No matter the money, he is charging ahead with new initiatives. The Restorative Justice pilot program at Santa Barbara Junior High School will be expanded to the other three junior high schools and Santa Barbara High School. Cash announced that a one-to-one iPad pilot program will be instituted at four campuses this year, but administration has not yet settled on which four. On top of all that, teachers will continue to learn the Common Core State Standards, which will introduce the most significant changes to classroom instruction since 1998. The purpose of the new standards is to emphasize connections between and continuity within subject areas. They also focus on depth over breadth. California schools have two years to implement the new standards, during which Cash said his teachers will divide that task into four quarters: Learning the standards, assessing instructional materials, improving instruction, and adding technology to “learning environments.” Meanwhile, Cash and his lieutenants are continuing to focus on issues of equity throughout the district. There is still a pervasive achievement gap between “underprivileged Hispanic students” and “privileged white students,” said Cash, a significant portion of which can be blamed on “systemic barriers.” That includes disproportionate suspension rates. So far the district has tried to include more texts that reflect the demographics of its students, made an effort to reclassify more English learners as English proficient, and begun the discussion about how to increase the participation of English learners in Gifted and Talented courses. “We’ve nibbled around the edges,” said Cash, but some hard scrutiny is in order, he suggested. While doing all of this, teachers also face a major shakeup in their internal organization, a detail Cash did not include in his address. The new union contract does away with department chairs. In their stead, each department will have multiple Professional Learning Community (PLC) leaders, who will facilitate weekly sessions during which teachers of the same courses share data and set goals. The purpose of PLCs is to help teachers collaborate and make the level of their instruction more uniform. Leaders will ■ be paid a stipend. august 8, 2013

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periods of abstinence and sobriety. As can occur in the recovery process, I have also had failures and relapses.” Lopez admitted that information released to the media following her February disappearance — that she was suffering from dehydration and pneumonia — was true, “but it was not complete.” Law enforcement officials disclosed last week that deputies had responded to Lopez’s house four times in five months: on 2/27 when she was reported missing, on 4/22 for a welfare check, on 6/23 for another welfare check, and on 7/29 when she was arrested. The DA’s Office said Lopez is eligible for its Misdemeanor Diversion Program, which, if completed, would erase her public-intoxication charge.

CITY On 8/6, a homeless man named Steven Reynalds submitted comments to the Santa Barbara City Council and a wide swath of the regional media, claiming, among other charges, that the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission was due to kick 100 of its homeless residents out on the streets due to funding concerns. The claim is not true, according to the Rescue Mission’s spokesperson Rebecca Weber, but the organization did recently ask 13 people to start transitioning away from the emergency shelter, which is supposed to only be used 10 nights a month by each individual, although extensions are common. “Due to the recent increase in demand for our services and limited capacity, we’ve had to look at our guest list and ask those that have been staying here over 300 days in the last 12 months to start moving on,” said Weber, noting that they are being offered help to do so. “These extended stays were not a problem when we weren’t at capacity,” she said, but even with using the chapel for over-

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flow, the mission can’t keep up with an 11 percent increase from last year, especially in the summer months, when Casa Esperanza can’t hold as many homeless due to its permit. David Landecker rallied around 100 supporters at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club on 8/6 to officially kick off his campaign for City Council. Landecker, who has the endorsements of Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider, County Supervisor Doreen Farr, former Santa Barbara mayor Marty Blum, State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, and Assemblymember Das Williams, stressed the need for Santa Barbara to blend environmental activism with good business sense. “We have the history, the community, the environment worth saving and paying attention to. I start there. Not just as a ‘tree-hugger,’ but as a businessman. That is, to me, the key to this community.”

COUNTY Some Goleta residents are worried that a proposed drive-thru at the McDonald’s in the Camino Real Marketplace — which comes before for the city’s Planning Commission for the third time on 8/12 — will supersize traffic at the cost of customer convenience. Those opposed insist that congestion at Storke and Hollister is already unbearable and that a new drive-thru, which would be 204 feet long and remove some existing parking spaces, will only add to the problem. McDonald’s, meanwhile, is ready to make pedestrian improvements, adjust the traffic signal, and modify the landscaping if approved. The 8/12 hearing starts at 6 p.m. in Goleta City Hall. The controversial process of updating Santa Barbara County’s winery ordinance made a tiny peep on 8/1, when county planners —

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Federal Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez gave California Governor Jerry Brown just two weeks to fashion a legislative fix to an impasse over implementation of the pension reform bill that’s now threatening the delivery of $4.6 million in federal transit grants to Santa Barbara’s Metropolitan Transit District (MTD), and up to $1.6 billion in federal transit funds to 85 other transit districts throughout the state. Perez notified Brown that the Department of Labor remained “concerned” the reform bill “diminishes the substantive rights of transit employees under current collective bargaining agreements and narrows the future scope of collective bargaining over pensions.” Because of that concern, the Department of Labor has declined to green-light the release of the funds. At the same time, it has taken no action and issued no formal ruling. For the MTD, the loss caused by this limbo could constitute a 21 percent reduction in operating revenues, which, if not rectified, would lead to a 30 percent cutback in customer service and the layoff of up to 50 bus drivers. In the Perez letter to Brown — dated August 1 — Perez suggested that California could exempt transit workers from the newly enacted pension reform as was recently done in other states in the same boat, such as Wisconsin, New Jersey, Ohio, and Massachusetts. Lobbyists with the California Transit Association say Brown used every connection he had in Washington, D.C., to address the issue. Likewise, these lobbyists have suggested that the Brown administration would be loath to carve out exemptions to so major a law so freshly passed. In the meantime, MTD’s board discussed the possibility of suing the Department of Labor during this week’s meeting, though no action was taken. The lawsuit under consideration involves a $2.3 million payment of federal transit funds that was scheduled to have been released before the pension reform act went into effect. Members of Teamsters Local 186 and MTD management have both lobbied the Department of Labor for release of those funds — as has Congressmember Lois Capps — though without any apparent effect. In his letter to Brown, Perez warned that if Brown did not act by August 16, he would respond by issuing actual rulings, first for the Los Angeles County Municipal Transportation Authority and then for transit agencies of lesser size. While Perez did not state what those recommendations would be, in the context of the letter, it was clear they would not result in the release of — Nick Welsh transit funding.

The police followed through on a promise to ramp up enforcement of the Fiesta Cruiser Run bike ride this year, assigning 20 officers to the unsanctioned event and handing out 72 citations — 64 for traffic violations and 12 for municipal code violations. The sheriff also assigned six deputies to the annual bike ride, which leaves from Stearns Wharf and ends in Isla Vista. According to NO PUN INTENDED: Officer John Bacon writes Patricia preliminary numbers, said Marquez a ticket for allegedly running a red light on her spokesperson Kelly Hoover, bicycle at the State and Haley streets intersection during the August 4 Fiesta Cruiser Run. the Sheriff’s Office issued five citations. Police were stationed at every intersection on lower State Street, making sure that nobody ran red lights. Cyclists largely obeyed traffic signals, but there were plenty of scofflaws to pick off. In years past, the ride moved through intersections uninhibited, whereas the police presence this year thinned and elongated the mass. Participants could be heard complaining that at least bikes don’t leave poop in the street, but as a word-of-mouth event, the cruiser ride is not permitted. Police spokesperson Sergeant Riley Harwood suggested that the department would help organize the event if somebody ever filed for the proper permits and took responsibility for planning. “I also think there [are] a lot of people in the community who would probably want to support this event more openly than they do other Fiesta events, and would be inclined to do so if it was officially sanctioned,” he said. “But people aren’t going to put their names behind things that are going to potentially involve serious violations of the law.” During Fiesta overall, crime was down, although vehicle infractions were up 40 percent from last year. Felony arrests dropped from 48 to 34, misdemeanor arrests plummeted from 170 to 78, and DUIs fell from 22 to 14. Nobody was arrested for felony DUI the last two years. The Santa Barbara Police Department employed 135 officers — 75 of its own, 26 Sheriff’s deputies, and 34 who were contracted from other agencies. It budgeted $420,000 for Fiesta. Because the Cruiser Run is not an official Fiesta event, it — Brandon Fastman is not included in that budget.

who have been working on developing new language and ideas based on a series of often contentious meetings held earlier this year and last — released an expected schedule of the steps to come. First up is the release of draft concepts, expected to occur as soon as this month, followed by a couple of public workshops to receive feedback. Then comes a traffic study, more environmental reviews, and then hearings before the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors, which won’t be until the fall of 2014 at the earliest. Watching this process intently is Morgen McLaughlin, recently hired as head of the Santa Barbara County Vintners’ Association in April. “The industry is working on communicating what it is to be an economically sustainable winery,” said McLaughlin, who is “optimistic about the process.” A unique study by researchers at the University of Vermont that analyzed Twitter usage by geography confirms why Santa Barbarans are so willing to pay the high price it takes to live here: The city comes in near the top as the 38th happiest “urban” area in the United States, with the nearly 7,000 regional tweets analyzed in 2011 trending much more positive than negative, thanks to the preponderance of “beach,” “lol,” and “hahaha.” Coming in first out of the 373 cities included was Napa, with Beaumont, Texas, in dead last. Statewise, California clocks in at 13th, sandwiched between a happier Arizona and less-stoked Florida, with Hawai‘i declared happiest and Louisiana the least. The study’s results coincided with a number of other social surveys, with sadness stretching across poor parts of the South, where tweets contained lots of profanity.

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Wendy Grim, , left this world peacefully on July ,  after a long and brave battle with cancer. Her last days were spent at Serenity House, in Santa Barbara CA, lovingly surrounded by family and friends. A fourth generation Santa Barbara native, Wendy was born on April ,  at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. She graduated from Santa Barbara High School in , the ninth in her family to attend and graduate. She worked at the Santa Barbara Polo Fields, Jedlicka’s (her favorite job), Barclays Bank and for the last  years at UCSB. Wendy met the love of her life, her husband Rich, in March  and they married on October , . Wendy inherited a love of horses from her grandmother, Beth Clare, and spent countless days riding her horses in the mountains and on the beaches of Santa Barbara. “Horseback riding is my therapy” she would always say. Wendy rode in many Fiesta Parades with various groups, mostly Los Padres Trail Riders. As a guest, she also participated in quite a few semi-annual rides with the Sage Hens. She loved being outdoors and camping with her many friends, her family, her horses and any and all dogs. Wendy is survived by her husband Rich, daughter Clare (Goleta), parents Cindy and Jim Reed (Santa Ynez), her four older brothers and their spouses, Bryce and Susan Johnston, Brent and Ayako Johnston, Clay and Kathy Reed and Kirk Reed. Also survived by nephews and nieces Matthew and Jeffrey Johnston and Daniel, Josh, Emily, and Kalen Reed. Her father, Robert Johnston, passed in September of . In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care c/o Serenity House. Friends and family are invited to a Celebration of Life on Friday, August ,  at Stow Grove Park at pm

Austin’s family eventually settled in Scotland. His parents being classics scholars themselves made sure that Austin followed suit. Eventually, however, Austin’s natural aptitude for science took over. At the beginning of World War II, Austin enlisted in the Royal Navy, serving as a radar specialist, earning  chevrons during his course of duty. During the war, he met and married Eve Feldstein, who was also serving in the British military. Soon after the war, Austin brought his growing family to America, eventually settling in Santa Barbara. With a MS from Cornell University, Austin evolved from teacher, to seismologist, and eventually to self-taught electronics engineer. Locally he worked at Western Geophysics, Raytheon, Spacek Industries, and American Nucleonics Corporation. As a pioneer in millimeter and submillimeter wave technology he was proud to contribute to the first textbook written on the subject and to develop and patent new equipment. Austin was a man of varied interests, an intellectual who loved history and science and could, upon the slightest provocation, give long discourses on medieval history or millimeter wave technology… often at the dinner table! As a young man, he fenced, played cricket and bridge and later got into acting, participating in Santa Barbara’s community theater and Madam Kedrina’s annual ballet performances. He had a lifelong love of reading, chess, and walking. At  he was still walking two miles daily! A Hospice volunteer, Austin enjoyed giving and helping out, especially with family projects and chores. He was a natural caretaker and loving husband, father, brother, and grandfather. He leaves behind his wife Alice Andrassy Mardon; his daughters Amanda Mardon, Annette Collins, and Athena Foley; eight grandchildren Eva, Ursula, Anita, Marigold, Moses, Emily, Justin, and Shannon; and  great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife Eve, his second wife Olga Higgins, and his granddaughter Rebecca. The eldest of  children, Austin is survived by  siblings: Ernest Mardon, of Alberta, Canada; Dick Mardon and Roland Mardon, both of Ross-shire, Scotland; and Francis Mardon, of Auckland, New Zealand. Austin’s family wishes to thank Hospice for their diligent care. In honor of Austin’s charitable spirit, the family asks that in lieu of flowers you contribute to Oxfam.

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Austin Mardon, a long-time resident of Santa Barbara, died peacefully Sunday morning July  at the home of his youngest daughter, Athena Foley and her husband, Dan. Austin was born in Cambridge to a British father and American mother. Dividing the first years between Texas and England, 14

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Karen Lee, , passed away peacefully on April , , in Santa Barbara, California, where she lived for the past  years. Born and raised in New Jersey, she was the daughter of Kenneth H. Kuett and Elinore Norma Kuett (both deceased). She is survived by her Aunt June Marie Cameron (Kuett), Uncle Lachlan Cameron and cousins; Carol Lynn Glassman (Cameron); Carrie Keating; and second cousin Cameron Michael Kruger. She attended Scotch Plains Fanwood High where she made lifelong friends.“The Girls”

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reunions were something she looked forward to approximately every two years. Karen moved to Santa Barbara summer of . She worked in real estate development and became successful as an interior designer, owning her own business, Focal Point Interiors. She loved life, celebrating it often with friends. Karen was very fond of traveling. Perhaps her most adventurous trip was to Africa with John Lee, to whom she was married for  years in Santa Barbara. Her frequent visits to tropical locales told of her love of sun and sand. Karen made friends wherever she went. Most importantly, she was passionate about animals, especially cats. She was a docent for the Santa Barbara Zoo, where she volunteered many hours for many years including working on the annual fundraiser, the Zoofari Ball -- and she always had feline pets in her home. Karen also spent many hours volunteering with New Directions, a travel group for people with developmental disabilities; PAX, a non-profit with which she helped place foreign students in Santa Barbara; the Special Olympics; and Adaptive Riding. She will be missed by countless friends. The new Snow Leopard Plaza at the SB Zoo will be dedicated to Karen at Zoo on Sunday, August  at  a.m., followed by a celebration of her life. Please kindly RSVP to maggie. davis@cox.net

Thomas “Tommy” Yee Chung  – 

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In the Beginning: Members of the Chung family arrived in the United States from China in  settling in San Francisco. In  Tommy’s grandfather, Wah Hing Chung, was hired to be a chef at the Arlington Hotel and the family relocated to Santa Barbara. After working at the Arlington, his grandfather opened the Wah Hing Chung Laundry at  West Carrillo Street and later moved the business to  W. De la Guerra Street. The Chung’s were originally from Guangdong Province in southern China and Tommy’s father, Jimmy, joined the family in Santa Barbara at age  in . The laundry closed down in the early ’s about a decade after Wah Hing’s death. Jimmy Yee Chung had worked at his dad’s laundry, but somewhere along the line decided he wanted to open his own business. In late  he opened the The Friendly Cafe on West Cabrillo Blvd and upstairs was a

Chinese restaurant, the Nanking Gardens owned by Fun Yee. In  Jimmy closed the Friendly Cafe and opened Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens at  West Cabrillo. A few years later he moved two doors down to  W. Cabrillo. Tommy was the second son of James (Jimmy) and Nuey Yee Chung. He was born on September ,  in St Francis Hospital in Santa Barbara and was a first-generation American. As a child Tommy was often sick and his parents decided that moving away from the chilly ocean air might be good for Tommy. In  they moved into Santa Barbara’s Chinatown and relocated Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens to  East Canon Perdido. The Chung’s were the last Chinese family to reside in the heart of old Santa Barbara Chinatown. Tommy was quoted in previous articles: “When I was a boy, we lived in the house out back. I did all the scrub work, washed dishes and stocked shelves.” Later in the story he was asked what made the place so special,“I think this place has a family feeling that extends to the clientele.” Education/Being a cook: Tommy graduated from Santa Barbara High School in  and played on the varsity football team for two years. He was known for his quickness and speed on the offensive team, which he attributed to his mother Nuey and her servings of chicken feet, a Chinese delicacy that Tommy claimed to have made him run faster. He continued his studies at University of San Francisco (USF), majoring in Business. While at USF, he worked as a cook’s aide in the student cafeteria. In the spring of  Tommy still had credits to complete for graduation. But when he came home that summer he could see the long hours his mother toiled in the kitchen and his father worked at the bar, had been taking a toll on them. Tommy knew they needed his help so he declared he was done with college and was home to stay. He was going to put on the apron and help out at the restaurant. Jimmy insisted Tommy finish school and receive his degree. Tommy declared he was home to stay and help with the restaurant. After a number of heated family discussions, Tommy won. This decision marked his full time involvement with the restaurant. Tommy’s typical day started with food preparation around  AM, roasting barbecue pork and ribs and making a variety of sauces. Often this was followed by his running errands for the restaurant, something he enjoyed until the day he died – shopping and looking for a good deal whether it be food, kitchen supplies, or just about anything he fancied. He cooked next to his mother and learned the skills of a cook until about  PM when dinner service ended. Then he would go back to their home, (just in back of the restaurant) to shower and wash off the cooking grease. Changing into his neatly pressed shirt and slacks, Tommy went back to relieve Jimmy at the bar, so his dad could go back to their house, kick his shoes off, and get his much needed rest. The bar closed at  AM and after the last “guest” left, Tommy would close down the restaurant. Often close friends would stay on and continue to drink “after hours” and continue to chat and laugh. They just had to keep their voices down so the police were not attracted. Tommy returned to USF in the summer of  to try to finish his Business Degree. His father had convinced Tommy they could spare him for that short period of time. But with the cancellation of one of the courses he needed, Tommy returned home needing just two units to complete his studies and receive his Baccalaureate in Business.

After the unexpected passing of Jimmy in , Tommy assumed more responsibility at the restaurant in order to keep his promise to his father he would do his best to operate Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens and continue to make it a success. Tommy may not have finished his Baccalaureate, but if his mother Nuey was Chancellor of the University of Jimmy O, Tommy would be the Dean of the University. Together with his mother, Tommy accepted, housed, mentored, trained and provided opportunities for numerous young men and women who lived and worked at Jimmy’s during their growing and maturing years. They all went on to successful careers after matriculating from the University of Jimmy O. The Chef: Tommy took a trip to Hong Kong in the summer of . He was exposed to a multitude of Chinese foods he had never seen or tasted before. Instead of simply enjoying the food, he was curious about how these dishes were prepared, what ingredients were used and how the dishes were cooked. His incessant questions about ingredients and food preparation at every meal drove Leo, his traveling companion crazy. (Leo Lin was a freshman at USF and worked, as a dishwasher while Tommy was a cook’s aide in the USF cafeteria. They struck up a friendship that lasted a lifetime). Leo told Tommy “If you are so anxious to learn, why don’t you take a cooking class while you are in Hong Kong?” Tommy did and it started his passion for cooking. He started with mimicking dishes he tasted, went on to creating his own recipes, developing his own cooking style, and experimenting with different ingredients to complement his dishes. Tommy carried on with this passion even after he retired in , when he closed Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens. Local Hero Award: In , Tommy won an Independent “Local Hero Award” for his wise and wonderful stewardship of the venerable restaurant. It stated: For decades, Jimmy’s has maintained its role as one of the city’s major comfort scenes. On any given day, the bar crowd moves from blue collar watering hole to artist’s salon, as the venue morphs from happy hour specials to after-theatre rendezvous, Tommy Chung maintains the helm, giving great quiet support to his faithful staff and clientele. Thanks to Tommy’s sustained vision, it is more than a kitchen or bar… it’s the kind of place where everybody knows your name. Husband, Father, Grandfather, Uncle: Tommy met Julie through a close family friend, Kenneth Pai in the early ’s. They fell in love and were married on Dec. ,  at the Santa Barbara Courthouse in the Mural Room. Later, he adopted Julie’s son Andy. Julie had her own successful Chinese restaurant in Camarillo but closed it to be with Tommy. She would work alongside Tommy at Jimmy’s until the family closed the business on July , . After closing Jimmy’s, Tommy moved to Camarillo and fully embraced his retirement and family life. During this time, he was able to pursue his favorite hobby of thrift store shopping and bringing home “goods” of all sorts. Tommy then went on several vacations with his family such as trips to China, Europe, and an Alaskan cruise where he always ensured everyone had a full experience by doing the excursions and other special events. One of the fondest family vacation memories took place during the Alaskan cruise where they got to helicopter up to a glacier and were able to go sledding

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hen sequestration — the $1.2 trillion of Obama-proposed federal funding cuts that were supposed to scare Congress into playing nice — first hit, it wasn’t really a shock to the system. The sky did not fall, the earth did not open up, and breadlines did not immediately form around city blocks. The cuts came in waves, and many are still to come, but enough time has passed that they are starting to batter our economic shores. In Santa Barbara County, it doesn’t help that the two largest employers, Vandenberg Air Force Base and UC Santa Barbara, are public entities. The Santa Barbara Independent reached out to several agencies to gauge the effects of the sequestration. Following is a list of significant but by no means comprehensive impacts.

˘ The City of Santa Barbara must reduce the number of families receiving Section  vouchers by 107 by March. There is enough attrition that no families need to have their vouchers revoked, but the waiting list, already 5,000-strong, will continue to grow. Without any relief, the Housing Authority’s reserves will run out in two years. ˘ Vandenberg Air Force Base began to implement furloughs on July 8, and they are scheduled to last until September 21, affecting almost all of the base’s 1,137 civilian employees. According to Public Affairs Chief Robin Jackson, these include “secretaries, engineers, biologists, firefighters, planners, accountants, lawyers, managers, architects, geologists, electricians, and plumbers.” Among that number are 57 firefighters and the Hot Shot firefighting crew. The U.S. Forest Service has not cut firefighting capacity at all in the Los Padres National Forest, but that means it has had to shrink its recreational staff by attrition. ˘ Research funding at the University of California is down about 14 percent for the fiscal year, and that number holds for UCSB, according to Vice Chancellor for Research Michael Witherell. “Many research programs

are fully funded, but the success rate for proposals is down,” he said. “And the cuts seem to be distributed fairly uniformly across all federal agencies, from NSF [National Science Foundation] and NIH [National Institutes of Health] to DOD [Department of Defense].” Furthermore, he said, agencies are deferring some of their funding. ˘ The County Public Health Department is still waiting to see what the next federal budget holds, but it expects cuts to the Women, Infants, and Children portion of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly referred to as food stamps. The department is not sure yet about the local portion of a proposed reduction of $39.1 million for Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health programs in California. Due to a combination of legislative changes and sequestration, Public Health will take a 28 percent hit in funding for one HIV care program, a 5 percent cut for another, and a 9 percent cut for HIV prevention. ˘ The Community Action Commission (CAC) — which administers Head Start and Early Head Start preschools for foster children, the homeless, and families in poverty — has had to reduce the number of families served by 53 and lay oﬀ seven employees due to a $562,000 reduction. In Santa Barbara, it shut down its operation at Harding elementary school. The pain will be shared by the young and old, as the CAC must reduce its $554,000 Senior Nutrition — or “Meals on Wheels” — budget by $27,000. As of now, it does not seem as if Congress is near any sort of budget deal. In recent days, bills that would have reduced sequester cuts and increased them failed in the House and Senate, respectively. Representative Lois Capps, whose district includes the Port of Hueneme, which has become bogged down by cuts to Customs and Border Patrol, has written to the Speaker protesting the sequestration. She supports a plan that would reduce the deﬁcit more than sequestration does, but would include revenue increases along with spending cuts. ■ augusT 8, 2013

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ited debate, penchant for loud Rock ‘n Roll and his cooking. His grandchildren loved spending time with him, wearing his glasses, pouring over his bird books and eating from his fruit trees, blackberry vines, and garden. We only have to look at his trees, garden, and flowers to know that he is present. Charles was preceded in death by his parents (Virginia and Dr. Bert W. Bierer) and niece Wendy. He is survived by: wife of  years Norah; sons Maken, Leif and Inti; grandchildren Livia and Freya, all of Santa Barbara; His siblings Ron, Bob, Pat, Jody, Walt and Ginny and many nieces and nephews. Family and friends will gather to celebrate Charlie’s life on August  at noon, at Tierra de Fortuna Park in Isla Vista. Potluck encouraged. We will visit some of Charlie’s trees. Funeral Arrangements by Pueblo Del Rey.

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Charles “Charlie” E. Bierer,  of Goleta, died suddenly of a heart attack while watering his oak trees on the Jesusita Trail on ... Born in Delaware on .. and raised in South Carolina with six siblings by his father. He started on adventures early, hitchhiking to California at  where he attended LACC (and met his future wife), UCLA, and later UCSB earning a BA in Cultural Anthropology. Perhaps his most amazing adventure was hitching through Central and South America, crossing the Andes on foot, and canoeing down the Amazon, fed by locals along the way. Charlie’s connection to the natural world was evident at a young age and throughout his life, through not only bountiful vegetable gardens, religiously planted every year, and beautiful rare plant collections, but also his passion for planting native trees. Over the past  years living in the IV/ Goleta area, he single handedly planted thousands of native trees: Oaks, Sycamores, Ashes, Poplars, Walnuts and many more, often accompanied by his children. Sometimes planting whole groves, some with trees now standing  feet tall or more, scattered in open space throughout the area. Charles donated Oak trees to the Goleta Water Dept., Carpinteria Sanitation Dept. and the Ellwood Monarch Butterfly Reserve. These trees and his labor to nurture them, (in dry years carrying fivegallon buckets to water them) are his legacy for his children and the community. Charlie’s knowledge had no boundaries, he wrote numerous books on linguistics, philosophy and spirituality, spending years on exhaustive research. He recently self-published a book on Lunar and Solar Months and their meanings in Latin, Gaelic and English. He had many occupations, notably: Teachers Aide in Special Ed classes for the GUSD, Director of the IV Youth Project, and Gardener with IV Parks and Rec. Life with him was never boring. His family will miss him, his love of spir-

Mary Grace Armstrong passed away peacefully in her sleep on July , in Santa Barbara, California; she was . Mary Grace was born and raised in San Francisco, California, the daughter of police Captain William and loving mother Grace. In , she received the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Fellowship to Columbia University, taking her to New York City where she would receive her Master’s Degree. In , she became a member of the California State Bar, practicing law in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara until she retired in . She moved to Santa Barbara in , with her husband Tom Armstrong, to raise their two children, Bill and Maureen. She served as a board member/volunteer to many local non-profit organizations including: Legal Aid, The Shelter Services For Women, Meals On Wheels, Hospice, and Soroptimists of Goleta among others. She was also an esteemed member of the California Club and served as a Santa Barbara Police and Fire Commissioner for twelve years. In , she was diagnosed with lung cancer; after a successful surgery to remove her lung in , she was able to live her remaining years cancer free. When she recovered from surgery, she took up long distance traveling; she saw many places she loved around the world. Some of her favorites were India, Russia, Europe and a photo safari to Kenya.\ She loved time with friends, reading good books, having engaging conversations, giving her opinion, playing bridge, enjoying many local breakfast restaurants with her good friend Bernard, and weekly appointments with her long time hair dresser and confidant Cathy. An avid tap dancer in the later years, she was a member of the Rudenko School of Dance. She participated in the annual musicals with performers of all ages, and her dance group “The Silver Stars” were always met with grand applause and appreciation. She was a great mother and a great friend; Mary Grace will be deeply missed.

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Thomas Yee Chung

Johnny Jacqueline Eckebrecht // – //

1942-2013 Owner of Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens

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me if I miss Jimmy’s, my answer is always yes, and no. But when I truly think about it, the thing I miss most about Jimmy’s is the food. No one can forget the giant egg rolls, the barbecued pork, or the tea-smoked chicken. When Jimmy Chung opened his first restaurant in Santa Barbara in 1936, he served American Chinese food. Chop suey (which is an American dish), steaks, burgers, and such were some early favorites. There was other comfort food, typical Cantonese dishes such as won ton soup and noodle soups. It was a joy to observe patrons slurping a giant bowl of steaming noodles on a UNFORGETTABLE RESTAURATEUR: Tommy Chung’s restaurant was not just about the great food and generous cool wintry night. Growing up, Tommy didn’t pours; it was about family. care too deeply for the business as he was often stuck with the dirty work, wash- wife, Eng, Tommy presiding over the glorious ing dishes and doing menial cleaning projects. event as the joyous father and cutting a mean But he did enjoy sitting on the stoop of the bar, rug with Julie at the lavish reception in San looking up and watching wrestling on prob- Gabriel. ably one of the first TVs in Santa Barbara. He No, that’s not it. It was the birth of his grandbecame a star athlete at Santa Barbara High, son, Nicholas Thomas Yee Chung. The elation excelling in track and football. He attributed his of that event made Tommy the happiest he had quickness to his mother, Nuey, and her servings ever been seen. In a room crowded with othof chicken feet, a Chinese delicacy that Tommy ers, young Nicholas kept his gaze fixed upon Grandpa. claimed made him run faster. When his father passed away in 1970, My wife, Esther, and I worked for (with) Tommy, ever loyal to family, took over the Tommy for more than 20 years. There were operation. He revamped the menu to include other employees who were there longer or just spicy Szechwan dishes and other regional as long. We were a family and our customfavorites. Declaring much Chinese cuisine to ers were family. Every Thanksgiving, Tommy be the same, he developed creative sauces and would put together a wondrous feast for family, experimented with exotic spices and herbs. He friends, and waywards who hadn’t a place to go. found his culinary passion — but his true pas- He wouldn’t sit down to eat until he was certain that every dish was complete and that everyone sion lay in caring for others. I would arrive for a shift behind the bar, and was getting enough to eat. He made the best you could smell the aroma of ribs or barbe- prime rib and racks of lamb I’ve ever tasted.You cued pork blocks away. I’d take a knife, open think Lucky’s has a great steak? Then you never the oven, and cut off a rib. Tommy would enter had a T-bone seared in a 1,000-degree wok. the kitchen, look at me, and just smile as the If it weren’t for this man, Esther and I would juice ran down my chin. On one occasion, as never have met and stayed together for going I was loading a bucket of ice, I stepped on a on 30 years. It was our honor to be part of that glue trap, which immediately stuck firmly to family. the bottom of my shoe. While I clung to the When Jimmy’s closed in 2006, The Santa machine, Tommy came out and pulled might- Barbara Independent ran a cover story. Several ily, me with one foot in the air, truly reminiscent writers penned stories about their experiences of a Three Stooges episode. of Jimmy’s. My personal favorite was “GrandThe best thing that ever happened to Tommy pa’s Grasshopper,” by Matt Kettmann. In it, he was his marriage to Julie. It was a true blessing stated that Jimmy’s was not all about the food or when she entered his life. After closing her res- the generous pours. It was about family. I cantaurant in Camarillo, she began working in the not read that article without a sob or two — or three — because it’s true. The family extended kitchen under Tommy’s watchful eye. No — the best thing that ever happened to to longtime patrons and workers, and the father him was Julie’s son, Andy, whom Tommy offi- of that family was Tommy Chung, the most carcially adopted a short time after the marriage. ing, generous man you could ever hope to meet. Andy had no trouble calling Tommy “Dad” and A memorial celebration will be held at loved him as only a true son can. Conejo Mountain Funeral Home in Camarillo, Yet maybe the best thing that ever happened Saturday, August 10, at 11 a.m. Visitation begins to Tommy was Andy marrying his beautiful at 10 a.m.

Johnny Jacqueline Eckebrecht, formerly of Santa Barbara, passed away on April ,  at the age of  in Oceanside, CA. She was born in Oklahoma City on July ,  to parents James Bryant and Ruby Clouette. Johnny met her future husband, Frank Edward Eckebrecht in  and they were married in . While Frank served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII, Johnny did her part by enlisting in the U.S. Marines, stationed at Camp LeJeune, N.C. When Frank came home, they made their home in Chicago, IL and raised their family there. She was the former owner of Burlap and Velvet Décor Shoppe while in Chicago. In the early ’s, Frank and Johnny moved to Santa Barbara, where they lived on the Mesa. While in Santa Barbara, Johnny and Frank immersed themselves in the community. They attended the Old Mission Santa Barbara and made many good friends there. They were members of the Santa Barbara Dance Club and loved their times dressing up, listening to the “old-time” bands, and dancing with their friends. Johnny began working at St. Francis Hospital as a dedicated Guild volunteer and eventually became President of the Guild. She had a special relationship with the Franciscan Sisters who lived in the convent behind

the hospital, and formed special friendships with several priests who served there as well. As Guild President, Johnny also served on the St. Francis Foundation and was appointed as an Honorary Foundation Board Member for her many years of enthusiastic assistance with numerous fund-raising events, including the annual pro-celebrity golf tournaments. In , Johnny and Frank moved to Conroe, TX to live closer to their daughter and son-in-law. In , Johnny moved to Oceanside, CA when her daughter and son-in-law decided to live close to their daughter and family. Johnny was predeceased by Frank, her husband of  years, and is survived by her daughter Diane (James) Nelson, of Escondido and son Jim (Marie) of Littleton, CO, as well as grandchildren Roxanne (Andre) Farris, Emily and Noah Eckebrecht. A memorial mass will be held in Johnny’s honor on Friday, August , at  am at the Old Mission Santa Barbara.

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Opinions SPITTING MAD:Back in the bad old days whenMike Brownprowled the fourth ﬂoor of theSanta Barbara County Building Top Doghe

was known as a spitter. Those who endured his wrath — and Brown was by all accounts very much a wrathful, Old Testament kind of CEO — knew to wear raincoats and carry umbrellas at all times. Since Brown was given the heave-ho — albeit with the platinum parachute reserved only for those of the executrix class — he landed on his feet asFulminator-in-Chieffor theSan Luis Obispochapter oCOLABThere, he works hand-in-glove with his better-known Santa Barbara cohortAndy Caldwellattempting to straitjacket 21st-century problems with 17thcentury solutions. The good news is that no matter who’s signing Mike Brown’s paychecks, he’s still spitting up such a storm we need never worry about drought. On his COLAB website, Brown denounces theEnvironmental Defense Center(EDC) and assortedSouth Coasttreehuggers as “enviro-socialists,” comparing them to the “Mafia and other parasites.” He suggests that the EDC’s real agenda is nothing short of “poverty, cataclysmic economic disruption, starvation, civil unrest and other consequences of a collapsed civilization,” all because they had the temerity to file written objections to a proposed new oil-drilling operation up in Santa Maria By blowing up the economy, Brown argued, the EDC is hoping to create material conditions sufficiently terrible to persuade most voters to buy into the new “fees, taxes, and wealth transfers

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in the name of resolving the ‘emergency’ which they [EDC] have created.” This revelation, of course, gives me newfound respect for the EDC; I never knew they had their act so together. Brown’s comments — for which he should seek professional help — provide context to COLAB’s recent accusation that the county supervisors violated the state’s open-government laws by voting in favor of applying for a grant to study the impact of sea-level rise. It should be noted that none of the supervisors — not even the two North County conservatives — opposed this. It should also be noted that the grant in question would provide $900,000 for the study if the county kicked in a $10,000 matching donation. By most reckoning, a90-to-1 return on one’s investmentis considered something to brag about. But Brown’s bosom buddy Andy Caldwell claimed the vote was tainted. The South Coast’s three supervisors had attended an eco-minded group-grope community forum hosted by theCommunity Environmental Council at which the electeds pledged vaguely to take undeﬁned actions designed to “overcome energy, economic, and climate crises.” In today’s political climate, that should be as controversial as sayingpuppy dogs and grandmothersare a good thing. But COLAB spun it as a case of fifth-column eco-saboteurscalling the shots from behind the scenes and violating the due process of government decision making. Accordingly, they took their case to theDistrict Attorney and last week, the DA told

Caldwell and crew they were all wet. Better yet, the DA reminded Caldwell that support for the sea-level-rise study was totally consistent with broader policies adopted by the supervisors in 2009 — back, coincidentally, when Mike Brown was still at the helm — to reduce greenhousegas emissions and address the effects of climate change. Brown, I have been told, pushed hard for these policies at the time, if only because they were needed for the county to apply for federal economic-stimulus grants. In this context, it’s well worth noting the key role played by UCSB researchersn a massive global study that demonstrates that sea creatures are responding to temperature changes in the water caused by climate change 10 times as fast as creatures on land, even though the underwater temperature change is only onethird as great. It might be an overstatement to say climate change has transformed our ocean environment into avast Cuisinartset on perpetual frappe. But looking at 1,700 species over a 40-year span, the researchers found that on average, the species they studied moved 72 kilometers — 45 miles — a decade for the past four decades. That’s a massive shuffling of the deck. If you look at phytoplankton — the most fundamental, essential food unit for life on Eartheven if the Foodies have yet to discover a gluten-free artisanal variety) — it’s moved 400 kilometers a decade for four decades. That’s like waking up only to discover your refrigerator had moved 250 miles away. By contrast, bony fish — as

opposed to sharks and rays — have moved half that distance. It’s still a lot. The researchers predicted that cold-water species would move to remain in cold water and warm water species the same. They found their predictions were borne out 80-85 percent of the time. That’s a whole lot of change happening a lot faster than anyone has seen since the last major asteroid infestation 65 million years ago. The good news, at least according to another aquatic study just released, is that if you give fishProzac and other antidepressants, they’ll respond much better to stressful situations and not just sink to the bottom of the tank in a depressed funk. Researchers with theMax Planck Institute found a mutant species of zebra fish that lacks the hormone needed to regulate stress — as in “turn off the stress” switch — is prone to serious depression. By doping the water in which these fish swam with antidepressants, researchers found the test subjects responded much better to stress and displayed less of the lethargic“why bother” behaviorcharacteristic of depression. Frankly, I’m not sure how much this will help the zillions of creatures under the sea now scurrying to find water temperatures that fit their physiognomies, but it will be a major boon forEli Lillythe manufacturer of Prozac. Maybe we should ship a couple of crates up to San Luis Obispo. Clearly, Mike Brown needs some help getting his stressregulating hormones back in whack. As for his spitting, resign yourself to rain gear — Nick Welsh

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s a survivor of the Jesusita Fire, I read with interest Ray Ford’s article describing the confidential payout to homeowners whose houses were destroyed in that fire [“Jesusita Fire Settlement Reached,” 8/1/13, independent.com/weedwhackermakerstihlpaysup]. To paraphrase the oft-quoted National Rifle Association, “Weed whackers don’t start fires, people do.” As a civilized society, we attempt to allocate the costs of harm to those who caused it. In the case of shooting, penalties are usually imposed on the shooter. But what about gun-makers and dealers who make and sell weapons to the shooter? Ah, the gun lobby has no use for that kind of justice (take note, Stihl Inc.), and in 2005 Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, essentially reducing the legal liability of gun manufacturers, distributors, and dealers. Not surprisingly, the NRA called it “the most significant piece of pro-gun legislation in 20 years.” Consequently, thanks to the wisdom of Congressional gun-lobby lackeys, the makers of guns can turn a blind eye to the lethal consequences of what they sell, whereas the makers of weed whackers cannot. Are we schizoid, or — Ray Smith, S.B. what?

Beatific Riot

don’t know what Brandon Fastman smoked or ingested to achieve his delusional euphoric state while writing about the annual bicycle riot that takes place during Fiesta weekend, but I can state from personal experience that it is not in any way “beatiﬁc” or “a mass return to innocence” [“Santa Barbara Slows Its Roll,” 8/1/13, independent.com /fiestacruiserrun]. It is an out-of-control onslaught of hundreds (thousands?) of bikers racing through every intersection on State Street and careening among any vehicles, pedestrians, or innocent bicyclists who happen to be on that thoroughfare at that time. The likelihood of a bicyclist or pedestrian being seriously injured or killed is extremely high, and on that reality alone, this annual event must be curtailed. The participants can just go home and play video games that allow them to beatiﬁcally ambush and do damage to innocent people. — Sharon Hearon, S.B.

The Neighbors’ Garbage

just took our garbage to the bins, only to find them crammed full of our new neighbors’ throw-outs from moving. A large plastic box that had held 45 ounces of chocolate cake with extensive decoration caught my eye. The surviving label told me that the price had been $18.99 from the fresh bakery of a local market. The box, at 11 × 14 , was made of a heavy clear plastic on top, with a black plastic base. The box was thrown out with about a pound of cake uneaten. While I admire the generosity of spirit that moved someone to contribute this masterpiece of baking to our new neighbors, it does create problems. The plastic should have been rinsed and placed in the recycle bins, but the cake stuck to it made this a major effort. The remaining cake did belong in the garbage, where eventually it would have broken down. As I thought about this problem, it occurred to me that the responsibility for waste has been carried by the public while the proliferation of packaging by manufacturers and retailers has been unchallenged. Cake boxes, for example, could have coated paper bases with clear plastic tops. This would largely eliminate the need for rinsing as the leftover cake and its base would be degradable garbage and the top alone recyclable. At least in Santa Barbara, city and county, can we not establish rules to reduce excessive packaging? As we become more populated and more overwhelmed with packaging, we will eventually cover the whole county with heaps of single-use refuse. We need to find a better way.

For the Record

— Peter Cohen, S.B.

¶ We neglected to credit photographer David J. Diamant for the image, published in our July 11 issue, of Norm Reed’s “Wheel of Flies” [Art Review,“Through the Looking Glass,” independent.com/specimenatartsfundgallery]. ¶ Attorney Robert Bartosh’s name was misspelled in the news story“Crabber Pockets a Panga” [7/11/13, independent .com/maritimesalvagelaws]. ¶ The photo accompanying the article “Sketchbook Traveling” [Arts Life, 8/1/13, independent.com/artonwheels] should have been credited to The Sketchbook Project. augusT 8, 2013

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No Parking, No Bucking

TOWER OF POWER: Fiesta was full of odd surprises, like Loreto Plaza erecting huge “Do Not Park” signs and posting spotters to ID noncustomers who parked and then trotted across the street to the jam-packed Mercado. One spotter stood guard on a tall tower. A tow truck was on hand. “We towed 20 last year but far fewer this year,” Jim DeLoreto told me. “The tenants really appreciated it.” City Councilmember Frank Hotchkiss, apparently never advised not to wave his hat while on a strange horse, got a surprise when his mount tossed him on his ass in the grass before the Old Spanish Days parade. My biggest surprise came years ago when a herd of Texas longhorn cattle came plodding up State Street during the big parade. Mothers grabbed their children, fearing they’d be hooked and tossed into a heap of cascarones. “Have no fear,” a cowboy told me. “They’re gentle as lambs.” And they were. But that was the first and last time they were in the parade. It may be hard to believe, but not too many years ago, traffic on Highway  was stopped so the parade could cross. (Pre-underpass days.) Try to do that now, and there’d be a riot. Cars were rerouted through town. The CHP finally called a halt to the madness. In those days, the governor used to ride in the parade. That was also when there were stop lights on the freeway. Newcomers, you missed those precious minutes when you could apply

your makeup or eat a quick breakfast while waiting to join the great flow of the  as it rolled through town. It was also a time when Freeway Emma patrolled among hitchhikers gathered at the stoplights, Bible in hand, beseeching the young and the restless to mend their ways. Which, upon reflection, were in no way as sinful as what goes on in the nightclub party zone these days on lower State. Emma cut quite a figure, in her print dress, sensible shoes, maybe a hat. One time someone punched her. (Not everyone thumbing a ride wanted Emma at their elbow.) The hitchhiking kids loved the parade, though. All in all, it was also a more fun-loving, irreverent time. Merry pranksters in the Santa Barbara News-Press newsroom delighted in chronicling annual Fiesta adventures of the Farquahar family of Camloops, B.C. We’d write daily updates on their doings, complete with quotes like,“Marge, look at all the silver on those horses. How can the city afford it?” The Farquahars arrived in an RV, of course, gobbling meals at the mercados while expressing cries of joy at every event and each taco. I think little Mary Ann got lost every year, so Marge had to yank Hal out of the bar to find her. It was all made up, of course. Just a little spoof on Fiesta. After a few years, the editors caught on and banished all mention of the Farquahars. We weren’t supposed to be writing fiction.

Barney Brantingham can be reached at barney@independent.com or 965-5205 x230. He writes online columns and a print column for Thursdays.

It was a time when you could drink openly on the street, leading to quite a weeklong boozefest. Marriages galore were threatened. But one Fiesta, I think during the 1970s, a battle erupted between the margarita-challenged and police, and it was nasty, complete with bottle throwing. That ended the opendrinking era and for the better.

ADVANCE COPY: Ace reporter Bill Dedman’s book will hit the stores just before the trial begins to decide who gets the money.

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An advance copy of Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune just hit my desk (ballantinebooks.com). Ace reporter Bill Dedman’s book about the late multimillionaire is to be published September 10, one week before the beginning of a New York trial to decide who gets her $300 million fortune. And, incidentally, whether Santa Barbara will get an art museum at her hilltop mansion on East Cabrillo Boulevard and whether her maid gets $30 million.

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won The New Yorker’s weekly best-cartooncaption contest. It shows a guy with a paper bag over his head, with just cutouts for his eyes. The pretty woman next to him at the bar says, in Random’s winning words: “You have really kind eyeholes.” His prize: A signed print of the — Barney Brantingham cartoon.

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Cover Story ABSTRACT RODEO: Channing Peake’s “Team Ropers” (1957) shows the painter employing cubist techniques to a classic Western subject.

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Peake/Picasso Celebrates a Creative Friendship by Charles Donelan

hen Fiesta is over — when the costumes and Coronas have been put away, when the last beach cruiser has made it safely back to Isla Vista, and when all that remains is the confetti still sprinkled on the downtown sidewalks — we reach a natural point in the calendar at which to reﬂect on who we are as a culture in Santa Barbara and on how we got to be this way. Beyond the broad, popular appeal of Fiesta, Santa Barbara has an ongoing civic attachment to the culture of the great Mission-era ranchos that reﬂects the complexity, the cosmopolitanism, and even the paradoxical modernity of Santa Barbara’s Hispanic roots.

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In provocative gallery pairing, In this thi hiss season’s seasson on’’s mostt pr pro ovoccat atiive gall ller ery pai iriing Peake/ Peakke// Picasso at UCSB’s Art, Design & Architecture (AD&A) Museum puts the longstanding friendship between Santa Ynez rancher/artist Channing Peake and his slightly more famous buddy Pablo Picasso under the microscope. Loaded with outstanding paintings, drawings, and sculpture by both artists, Peake/Picasso — organized by AD&A’s chief curator, Elyse Gonzales, and on view through September 22 — also assembles hundreds of photos, documents, and artifacts detailing Peake’s simultaneous participation in ranch life,

the international art world, and the Hollywood celebrity scene of the 1950s and ’60s. By focusing on the friendship, Peake/Picasso oﬀers visitors to the AD&A the opportunity to reconstruct a whole history of Santa Barbara style out of their encounter. This thoroughly researched examination of the Peake-Picasso bromance reveals some unexpected answers to nagging questions about art, machismo, fame, and the elusive goal of authenticity, and it does so in a way that sheds an exceptionally useful light on an important aspect of Santa Barbara’s cultural identity, and one that is often misconstrued. At the back of the catchphrase “American Riviera,” there’s a cultural connection that transcends cont’d >>> the coincidences of climate and unites our august 8, 2013

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region with the South of France, Mediterranean Italy, and Spain. When the young Peake first laid eyes on Santa Barbara as a student at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts back in 1928, the city already presented a fascinating challenge to conventional distinctions between rural and urban, cosmopolitan and provincial. Because, in the words of historian Carey McWilliams, “the rich came first” to this part of the United States; not only did Santa Barbara have a wonderfully solid architectural basis — the kind that can only arise when people who are in a financial position to improve the land directly upon arrival are involved — but it also expressed a high degree of sophistication about the ways in which this improvement was to be done. Everywhere one looked, admixtures of learning and scholarship in relation to earlier architectural and landscape styles were being leavened with an unusual awareness of development at the highest levels of culture. In other words, it didn’t hurt that George Washington Smith, Julia Morgan, and Lockwood de Forest were working here, too. Key factors in this development of Santa Barbara style, and of Southern California culture more generally, were the extraordinary international treks

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undertaken by various influential artists and builders in search of the best that the world had to offer in architecture, music, literature, philosophy, and art. For example, Peake was in his twenties when he met George Steedman, the inventor and industrialist who built Montecito’s historical landmark home Casa del Herrero. As a promising student of Ed Borein’s, Peake had learned to draw people and animals with great facility, but it was not until he learned of Steedman’s knowledge of the Spanish Gothic, something Steedman had acquired through extensive travel and research in Spain, that Peake initiated his own lifelong habit of traveling in pursuit of aesthetic education and discovery. What followed for Peake the aspiring artist became an existence twice devoted — once to the people, animals, and land of the Santa Ynez Valley, where he eventually came to be the owner of a substantial working ranch, and then again to these research pilgrimages devoted to finding and learning from the best artists and scholars in the world. Although the story told in Peake/Picasso begins with one particularly consequential journey — the trip Peake took from Southern California to southern France in 1953 along with his art dealer, Frank Perls — Peake’s travels already had a long history before he

peake / picasso ever met Picasso. In the late 1920s, he’d been to Mexico City to observe and learn from the murals being painted there by Diego Rivera, and to the Oaxacan archaeological digs where the precious relics of the preColumbian world were excavated. In the early 1930s, a restless, questing Peake traveled throughout the Southwest, much of the time on horseback, sketching and painting the life and art of the Native American tribes of California, New Mexico, and Arizona. By the mid-’30s, his ambition as an artist led him to New York City, where he took a studio on the West Side and enrolled in the Art Students League. Peake’s New York sojourn brought two important new people into his life: the Italian immigrant artist Federico “Rico” Lebrun, who began as Peake’s teacher and wound up his longtime best friend, and his ﬁrst wife, the heiress and horsewoman Catherine “Katy” Schott, of New York City and of Santa Barbara. Following their marriage in 1938, the couple acquired Rancho Jabali on 1,600 acres in Santa Ynez Valley, where they would raise four children and thousands of animals, including Driftwood, among the greatest of the early quarter horse studs.

how The Cowboy met the Cubist Despite his h habit D it hi bitt off ttraveling bi li tto llearn about b t art, Peake’s meeting with Picasso would likely never have happened if not for some friends from Los Angeles: art dealer Frank Perls and collectors Sidney and Frances Brody. There are remarkable photos of Peake with both Perls and the Brodys included in the Peake/Picasso exhibit. Perls immigrated to the United States to avoid the war in Europe. After making a start in the art world of New York, he transferred his operations to Los Angeles. In the postwar years, Southern California collectors were buying all the European modernism they could get their hands on and showing it in the marvelous mid-century modern homes that were being built for them by such architects as Richard Neutra and A. Quincy Jones. Perls, whose family had been among Picasso’s earliest dealers in Europe, was in a strong position to bring more new work by Picasso, the world’s best-known artist, to the West Coast. However, even for an insider like Perls, works by Picasso were notoriously difficult to procure, as the artist liked to handle the sales himself and often had to be persuaded in person to let go of something. On the other hand, by 1951, Perls’s good friends Sidney and Frances Brody already owned a Picasso. In fact, they owned what would eventually become the most expensive Picasso in history, the 1932 painting known as “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust,” which they acquired in 1950 and which Peake saw many times hanging in their spectacular modern house in Holmby Hills. The Brodys paid $17,000 for “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” when they acquired it from New York dealer Paul Rosenberg in 1950, a fraction of what the picture fetched at auction when their estate was auctioned by Christie’s New York in May 2010 — a cool $106.5 million. This was the milieu in which Peake was active in the early 1950s. On the fateful journey of 1953, as the Brodys pushed on deep into the French Riviera in pursuit of their next acquisition (a highly unusual and totally priceless mosaic by Henri Matisse, who came to L.A. to supervise the installation), Perls and Peake headed to Picasso’s country house, Vallauris. The story of what happened next is well known by now. Perls schemed to win over Picasso with a gift — an original drawing by Rembrandt (!) no less. But it was Peake, not Perls, who charmed Picasso. The master took notice of Peake’s straightforward, hyper-masculine manner and kept staring at his white cowboy hat. Perls, not a little miffed at the way Picasso had virtually ignored the Rembrandt, urged Peake to take the initiative and offer his hat to Picasso to try on. Taking off his white Stetson and letting Picasso try it on became much more than just a great photo opportunity for Peake — it was the beginning of a relationship that would last for decades. It would bring Peake back to Picasso’s studio multiple times and would eventually lead Picasso’s mistress Françoise Gilot and their children to make the journey to Santa Ynez, where they stayed as the Peakes’ guests at Rancho Jabali. The only reason Picasso never visited is because, as a registered Communist, he was not welcome in the United States. For cont’d >>> his part, Picasso reciprocated the gesture YOURS, PABLO: This signed sketch by Picasso came out of a drawing session the two men held at Picasso’s villa in the South of France in 1959.

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Cover Story of Peake’s eventual gift of the cowboy hat, which he left behind with the artist, by giving Peake a small plaster cast of a bull. This simple trade, of a white cowboy hat for a black plaster bull, sealed the deal. Perls got his examples of Picasso’s art, and Peake earned an open invitation to visit Picasso whenever he was in Europe.

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Although l h h he h had h d experimented d with modern art techniques before under the inﬂuence of Lebrun, this fateful encounter with Picasso, and the gift of the little black bull, drove Peake to explore Picasso’s cubist approach and to share the artist’s grand sense of purpose in more earnest. Never one for leaving things behind, Peake set out in pursuit of cubism without abandoning his

were translated into French and Spanish. The Spanish vaqueros had conquered Latin America through superior horsemanship, and pride in his Spanish heritage colored Picasso’s view of animals of all kinds, including of course the bull, which became his personal symbol in the years leading up to World War II. While Picasso participated in the great modernist fascination with the bullfight, he was disdainful of what he saw as Ernest Hemingway’s exploitation of the Spanish culture, and he called him out on several occasions for playing the aficionado with too much enthusiasm and not enough authenticity. Authenticity was Peake’s strong suit. As the founding president of the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Association and a champion roper, Peake possessed a knowledge of bulls that was firsthand rather than acquired secondhand through spectating at bullfights. Peake was familiar with the ambitions of the great modernist artists to achieve something

BROKEN BULL: Peake continued to draw the animals on his ranch even as he became more interested in Picasso’s style of fragmentation and multiple perspectives.

primary subject matter, the life of a rancher, which he saw as forming a continuum with his activities as a painter. Like Picasso, Peake was drawn to the energy of life in all its forms. The two men shared what might be called a proprietary interest in vitality, whether it took the shape of a matador and a bull in the ring or of a man and woman in the bedroom. The next phase of Peake’s career as an artist would be its climax, and it would involve the synthesis of multiple strands of inﬂuence, ranging from the dayto-day life on the ranch to the existential drama of the bullring and beyond. Picasso had long harbored an interest in cowboys and the American West. Like many Europeans of his era, he devoured not only the Hollywood ﬁlms of William Wyler and Howard Hawks but also the Western adventure novels of Zane Grey and others as they 28

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monumental, as can be seen in his murals for the airport, the library, and El Paseo, among others. Like Picasso, Peake served a long apprenticeship in figure drawing before he began to explore the cubist approach to flatness and space. The two men passed many hours together in competitive sketching, comparing and even trading their drawings of horses, bullfighters, rodeos, and bulls. But Peake was an astute reader of paintings, and he knew that Picasso’s imagery did not stop with animals or with the direct, uninflected representation of nature. Beyond the analytic cubism of Picasso’s early innovations lay the extreme visions of his middle years, and these were the pictures Peake is most likely to have seen when he visited. Grotesque, elongated figures of women with gnashing teeth, their mouths twisted sideways, their limbs spread open in impossible

peake / picasso positions, populated many of Picasso’s works from 1928 on. These crazed-looking bathers and scary biomorphic monsters must have haunted Peake, who was driven by many of the same desires as Picasso to seek satisfaction beyond the boundaries of representational art and of marriage.

Attack of the Farm Machines Meeting and M ti Picasso Pi d seeing i his hi workk drove d Peake to reconsider the subjects of his paintings, and while he continued to paint and draw the cows, horses, and people around him, Peake made his commercial breakthrough as a modern artist with a series of cubist paintings depicting the machinery on his farm. These large and daring experimental canvases, filled with Picasso-like distortions of thrashers, tillers, and other farm implements, became Peake’s signature oeuvre. First shown at the Frank Perls Gallery in Beverly Hills, the farm-machine images created something of a sensation and were eventually shown alongside the machines themselves in a famous show at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art in 1957. These were the glory years for Peake. Like Picasso, who once fashioned a bull sculpture out of the discarded saddle and handlebars of a bicycle, Peake could appreciate the biomorphism of these machines, and he was steeped in the rhetoric of the image that allowed Picasso and the surrealists to combine widely disparate subjects, such as the savage masks in Picasso’s famous “Les Demoiselles D’Avignon.” Why did Peake choose farm machines as the subject matter for his cubist breakthrough? There are several explanations. Patty Look Lewis, a distinguished Santa Barbara painter who knew Peake and once represented his work in her gallery, sees him as “a natural when it came to taking what was in front of him without hesitation.” In this view, Peake would have made something out of the stuff in front of him on the ranch no matter what. But a second explanation perhaps does more justice to the artist’s depth of understanding, even if it can’t be proved without Peake himself being available to confirm or deny it. When Channing and Katy Peake bought Rancho Jabali in 1940, ranching was well on its way to becoming a residual formation in California’s economic history, not only as a symbol of the lost Spanish colonial past, but also as the victim of development. In most places in the state, this way of life was bound to give way to either suburban tract housing closer to the coast or industrial agriculture farther inland. These farm machines that Peake was painting would eventually render his beloved animal-powered version of ranch and farm life obsolete. In choosing these objects and the cubist method, Peake went against the conservative grain of the Western aesthetic.“Imagine the atmosphere at these brandings,” says Lewis, who was brought up on one of the ranches. “The cowboys were not interested in what was happening in the Paris art scene.” But Peake could handle himself and a horse, so he was fully functional in these other forms of competitive masculinity, as well. Like his

beloved Santa Barbara, Peake was never fully rural in any cultural sense. There was an irreducible cosmopolitanism to his ranch life that remains a remarkable feature of the area today. The Peakes became important horse breeders, but that didn’t stop them from traveling the world and collecting friends and art in all kinds of places.

¿ Quién Es Más Macho, Picasso o Peak ? From all the many highly detailed accounts of his life now available, Picasso would seem to have thrived on complex relationships steeped in a variety of competitive masculinities, starting with art but extending through to such pastimes as the bullfight and his sexual relations with women. Peake arrived at Picasso’s villa in the South of France with a willingness to match the master in drawing animals and enough ability to keep Picasso interested in their contests and exchanges. From there, he exhibited two other qualities that were guaranteed to capture Picasso’s imagination — his horsemanship and his association with Hollywood. Picasso was not Peake’s first celebrity pal by any means. Peake/Picasso has images of Peake at Rancho Jabali with Audrey Hepburn and with Gregory Peck, who was married there. The Walt Disney Company made a short film called Cow Dog at the ranch that is included in the exhibit. His life was highly publicized, and his persona well documented even while he was still very much alive. But Peake’s air of authority was perhaps most importantly drawn from his confidence as a traveler between these realms. One way to look at it would be to say that, for someone like Peake, making friends with Picasso was easy because he was used to being around other celebrities, but in terms of Peake’s own life and world view, this friendship clearly represented something that was on a different level. First through Diego Rivera and then Rico Lebrun, Peake strove to discover himself in relation to an acknowledged master and mentor. Particularly in the case of Lebrun, this quickly passed over into something more reciprocal and democratic, so that by the time Peake squared off with Picasso, he was ready to participate on an equal basis in the dialogue. It went beyond words. To some extent, the culture of a given place and time blinds its participants to any peculiarities of what they consider normal and tasteful. Dressing up in Spanish costumes and dancing to mariachi music would be odd in the suburbs of Connecticut and New Jersey, but here it signifies much the same spirit as does the ubiquitous Fourth of July parades that small towns hold all over America. After seeing Peake/Picasso and wrestling with that legacy, it’s a little easier to see that Fiesta, despite everything about it that’s fake and throwaway, represents Santa Barbara’s priorities. The Hispanic metaphor is our way of saying that first and foremost, we are the descendants of a Spain of the spirit, one that manifests in life and in art, and in the most ancient equally with the most modern of things.

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As always, find the complete listings online at independent.com/events. And if you have an event coming up, let us know about it by emailing listings@independent.com. /: TGIF There’s no better way to unwind from the week than to join the Environmental Defense Center for a happy hour ﬁlled with live music, food, and the opportunity to mingle with environmental activists. :-:pm. Environmental Defense Ctr.,  Garden St. $. Call -.

/: Craft Happy Hour Featuring Fallen Fruit and Bottle Tones Craft beer demonstrations from area folks and a workshop that enables visitors to make their own jam make for the ultimate do-it-yourself experience. -pm. S.B. Museum of Art,  State St. $-$. Ages +. Call -.

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/: Kite Making  Kids can explore the miracle of ﬂight in this workshop that is sure to set their creativity a-soarin’. am-noon. Peanuts Maternity and Kids Boutique,  E. Figueroa St. $. Ages +. Call -.

THURSDAY 8/8 /: Summer of Rock! Some of this week’s performers in Parks and Rec’s free concert series may not be much bigger than the instruments they’re playing, but their sound is sure to make a huge impression. Check out youth bands Highway , Skick, Bad Jack, and False Puppet as they rock out in Chase Palm. :pm. Chase Palm Park,  E. Cabrillo Blvd. Free. Call -. /: Free Summer Concert Series Feel the reverberating vibes that the Music Academy of the West brings as its fellows perform a number of classical sensations. Tickets are on a ﬁrst-come, ﬁrst-served basis. -pm. Mary Craig Auditorium, S.B. Museum of Art,  State St. Free. Call -. /: A Wicked War Learn more about the true impact of the U.S.Mexican War from Penn State Uni-

versity’s Professor Amy Greenberg as she speaks about her recent book. pm. El Presidio de S.B. State Historic Park,  E. Canon Perdido St. $-$. Ages +. Call -.

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Zachary James, Loomis and the Lust, and Broken Machine Get a new taste of rock ’n’ roll from eclectic performers Alexandra and Zachary as they take the stage with area bands. pm. Whiskey Richard’s,  State St. $. Ages +. Call -.

/: Warships and A House for Lions Called “one of the best unsigned bands in the country,” L.A.’s Warships are touring to support their debut EP. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to see these guys “before they were big.” pm. Velvet Jones,  State St. $. Ages +. Call -. FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MARGARET HERRICK LIBRARY

/: Music Academy of the West Cabaret Join iconic comedian/actress Carol Burnett for a night of wine, dining, and listening to captivating performances — all while supporting the next generation of classical musicians. pm. Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort,  E. Cabrillo Blvd. $-$,. Call -.

/: Free Kids Dental Day This trip with your children may be very “ﬁlling.” In honor of National Children’s Dental Health Month, bring your kids in for free teeth cleanings and an afternoon of entertainment. -pm. Santa Barbara: La Cumbre Dental Care,  N. La Cumbre Rd., #H; -. Solvang: Johnson’s Family Dental,  Alamo Pintado Rd.; -. Free. Ages  and under.

FRIDAY 8/9 /: Riding on Hurled Bones Join the Santa Ynez–raised author Tom McCord as he signs copies of his new poetry book that speaks volumes. -pm. The Book Loft,  Mission Dr., Solvang. Free. Call -.

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/: Jill Knight Hailing from Savannah, Georgia, Knight is a singer/songwriter with a voice that has stopped audiences and musicians alike dead in their tracks. :pm. Live Oak Unitarian,  N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free-$. Call -.

/: Notorious Espionage, government agents, and a love triangle. Interested yet? Alfred Hitchcock Nights continues with another free summer cinema under the stars. :pm. S.B. Courthouse Sunken Gardens, between Anacapa and Santa Barbara sts. Free. Call -.

/: Peter Bradley Adams This singer/songwriter has been penning interesting music and lyrics for more than a decade, earning him acclaim from critics and fans the world over. -:pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $. Call -.

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/: Creative Characters Sommer Sheﬃeld will guide kids of all ages in creating their own unique characters, using Art From Scrap’s zany collection of materials. am-noon. Art From Scrap,  E. Cota St. $. Call -. /: Rare Book Sale This one-day event is an opportunity to make some rare and distinguished additions to your personal library, all for the beneﬁt of the Central Library.

am-pm. S.B. Central Library,  E. Anapamu St. Free. Call -. /: Coastal Quilters Yard Sale This one-day-only sale of handmade items and quilting materials might be a great chance to pick up a new hobby or buy a gift for your aunt. am-pm. Goleta Valley Community Ctr.,  Hollister Ave., Goleta. Free. Call -.

SUNDAY 8/11 /: Allison Smith’s Stockpile Visitors of all ages are invited to take in this artistic workshop on the museum’s front steps, using unﬁnished wood and mixed-media materials. :-:pm. S.B. Museum of Art,  State St. Free. Call -. /: Chance the Rapper This up-and-coming Chicago emcee has been applauded by music critics and fans alike for his unique sound and deﬁance of hip-hop trends. pm. Velvet Jones,  State St. $-$ Call -. /: The Fox on the Fairway Ken Ludwig’s hilarious farce is presented by the Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre company through Sept. . Today you can complement an afternoon of chuckles with a hearty lunch and drinks. pm. Circle Bar B Theatre,  Refugio Rd., Goleta. $-$. Call -.

/: Astrovaganza! A celebration of astronomy at the Museum of Natural History, with a wide range of galactic activities, closing with an evening “star party.” am-:pm and -pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History,  Puesta del Sol Rd. Free-$. Call -.

/: Prime Time Band Santa Barbara’s favorite pops band will usher attendees into the good ol’ days in this concert, which will feature “friendly and familiar” tunes. pm. Rancho La Patera & Stow House,  N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta. Free. Call -.

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/: Running: Run or Dye K Thousands are expected to try out the latest fad in ﬁtness — getting doused with “ecofriendly and safe” powdered dye while running through a .mile course at UCSB. Everybody wins gold (one of the dyes) during the run, which is not timed. Part of the proceeds will beneﬁt the UCSB Alumni Scholarship Fund. am. Storke Field, UCSB. $ ($ community discount, enter code RODUCSB). Visit runordye.com. And if you can’t get enough of the K action, the fourth annual Westmonster K will raise funds for Westmont College scholarships on August . pm. $-$. Visit westmont.edu/westmonster.

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/: Cottage Hospital Grandparenting Class Classes aimed at helping with the unique challenges faced by more active grandparents. Topics covered include the latest baby-care methods, common grandparent challenges, grandparenting styles, and ways to make the most of this special time. -pm. Burtness Auditorium, Cottage Hospital, Pueblo and Bath sts. $-$. Call -. /: Google Docs for Artists Part  Area artist and Visual Arts & Design Academy art administrator Calico Brown returns, by popular demand, with her lecture on how artists can use Google Docs eﬀectively. -pm. Adobe Hill-Carrillo Rm., Union Bank,  E. Carrillo St. $. Call -. /: Sacred Sound: Healing Tones and Mantras This monthly circle of mindbody healing tones and chants will also explore the root languages of these sounds, such as Hawaiian and Sanskrit. -:pm. Arden House,  Arden Rd. Free. Call -.

/: Dominoes Night at Velvet Jones Old-school hip-hop and -ouncers will set the tone for this evening of high-stakes dominoes, with tournaments throughout the night and prizes of up to $. -pm. Velvet Jones,  State St. Free to attend; $ to enter. Call -. /: Donna Greene & The Roadhouse Daddies Bring a picnic and partake in some throwback rock ’n’ roll from this area ensemble. Wine and beverages are available. Rancho La Patera & Stow House,  N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta. :-:pm. Free. Call -.

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WEEK WEDNESDAY 8/14 /: Lorrie Thomas Ross This area web-marketing wizard shares her expertise in an educational talk, MarkEDing: Why

Educating Clients and Customers Is the Future of Marketing.

She will also sign copies of book, The McGraw-Hill -Hour Course: Online Marketing. :pm. Granada Books,  State St. Free. Call () -.

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/: The Blank Tapes, Mystic Braves, and Hindu Pirates The tapes are no longer blank as Matt Adams and friends (above), perform tracks from their new album, Vacation. :pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $. Call -.

/: The World in the Curl: An Unconventional History of Surfing Peter Westwick and Peter Neushul sign their newly released book, which explains how surﬁng evolved from a royal Hawaiian sport to a worldwide industry. pm. Chaucer’s Books,  State St. Free. Call -. /: Live Music with the Mustangs Listen to the musical infusion of rock, blues, and jazz as these musicians perform before the Nite Moves race. :-pm. Leadbetter Beach, Shoreline and Loma Alta drs. Free. Call -.

FARMERS MARKET SCHEDULE Thursday Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, -:pm Carpinteria:  block of Linden Ave., -:pm

Friday Montecito:  and  blocks of Coast Village Rd., -:am

Saturday Downtown S.B.: Corner of Santa Barbara and Cota sts., :am-pm Meet Your Makers Artisan Market: Plaza Vera Cruz,  E. Cota St., am-pm

/: The Birds Test the limits of your fearlessness in another one of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece ﬁlms, in which the characters are surrounded by pervasive and violent birds. :-:pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. Free. Call -.

SLIM DOWN FOR SUMMER!

Sunday Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, am-pm

Tuesday Old Town S.B.: - blocks of State St., -:pm

Wednesday Solvang: Copenhagen Dr. and st St., :-:pm

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BEFORE AND AFTER: “Wine and Fruit” by Cathy Quiel will be on display as part of the Blossoming exhibit showing at Divine Inspiration Gallery.

ART EXHIBITS MUSEUMS Art, Design & Architecture Museum – Peake/Picasso, Goya: Disasters of War, and Unbuilt UCSB, through Sept. . UCSB, -. Casa Dolores – Transportation ¡Dale!, through Sept. , and multiple permanent installations.  Bath St., -. Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum – Multiple permanent installations.  W. Anapamu St., -. Lompoc Museum – Multiple permanent installations.  S. H St., Lompoc, -. Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara – erry icket by Dasha Shishkin and Bloom Projects: Edgar Orlaineta, Katsina Horizon, through Sept. .  Paseo Nuevo, -. Ojai Valley Museum – Ojai Collects: Selections from Eight Ojai Private Collections, through Sept. .  W. Ojai Ave., Ojai, -. Rancho La Patera/Stow House – Multiple permanent exhibits hosted by the Goleta Valley Historical Society.  N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta, -. S.B. Historical Museum – De la Tierra — Art of the Adobe, through Oct. ; The Story of Santa Barbara, permanent exhibition. Free admission.  E. De la Guerra St., -. S.B. Maritime Museum – Photography by Jack London, through Nov. ; Lost Surf Art Posters of Santa Barbara by Rick Sharp, through April .  Harbor Wy., #, -. S.B. Museum of Art – Labour and Wait, through Sept. ; Un/Natural Color, through Sept. ; Degas to Chagall: Important Loans from The Armand Hammer Foundation and the Collection of Michael Armand Hammer and Martin Kersels’s Charm series, ongoing exhibitions.  State St., -. Ty Warner Sea Ctr. – Multiple permanent installations.  Stearns Wharf, -.

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Anna’s Bakery – Neon Donuts, through Aug. .  Marketplace Dr., Goleta, -. Architectural Foundation Gallery – Biomorphic Imagery by Obie G. Bowman, through Aug. .  E. Victoria St., -. Artamo Gallery – Summer Exhibition by gallery artists, through Sept. .  W. Anapamu St., -. The Arts Fund Gallery – Specimen, through Aug. . -C Santa Barbara St., -. Betteravia Gallery – The Anne and Walon Green Collection: The Paintings of Channing Peake, through Sept. . Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Ctr.,  E. Lakeside, Santa Maria, -. Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr. – Pathways, through Aug. .  Chapala St., -. Brooks Institute Gallery  – Jambo Jambo by Michael Haber and Sophie Haber, through Aug. .  E. Cota St., -.

Cabana Home – Penelope Gottlieb: Portraits in Air (A Series Revisited), through Sept. .  Santa Barbara St., -. Cancer Ctr. of S.B. – Art Heals, a permanent exhibit.  Pueblo St., -. Channing Peake Gallery – W. Dibblee Hoyt: Far Reaches, through Sept. . S.B. County Administration Bldg.,  E. Anapamu St., -. Cypress Gallery – EarthArt, through Aug. .  E. Cypress Ave., Lompoc, -. Divine Inspiration Gallery – Blossoming, through Sept. .  State St., -. DNA Imagery – Color Blinding by Kristen Reichert and Greg Classen, through Aug. .  E. Gutierrez St., -. Faulkner Gallery – Fiesta of Fibers presented by S.B. Fiber Arts Guild, through Aug. . Central Library,  E. Anapamu St., -. Gallery Los Olivos – Artistic Facets by Sheila Underwood and Patricia Watkins, through Aug. .  Grand Ave., Los Olivos, -. Hospice of S.B. – Permanent installations by painter Mary Heebner.  Alameda Padre Serra, Ste. , -. Hotel Indigo – Limuw: An Ode to the Sea, through Jan. , .  State St., -. Jane Deering Gallery – Unbuilt Santa Barbara presented by the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, through Sept. .  E. Canon Perdido St., -. Los Olivos Café – Revered & Remembered by Laurel Sherrie, through Sept. .  Grand Ave., Los Olivos, -. Marcia Burtt Studio – Approaching Abstraction, through Sept. .  Laguna St., -. Ojai Art Ctr. – Anything Goes, through Aug. .  S. Montgomery St., Ojai, -. PORCH – Abstracts Inspired by Nature by Laurie MacMillan, through Aug. .  Santa Claus Ln., Carpinteria, -. Santa Barbara Arts – Photography by Joyce Wilson, through August.  State St., Ste. , -. S.B. Frame Shop and Gallery – S.B. Studio Artists’ Preview Exhibition, Aug. , -pm.  State St., -. S.B. Tennis Club – Evocateurs, through Aug. ;  Summers, Aug.  - Sept. .  Foothill Rd., -. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club – Rock music photography by Rob Shanahan, through Aug. .  State St., -. Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery – Angela Perko solo exhibition and Ray Strong: A Legacy in Landscape, Collecting California, and The Summer Impressionists, through Sept. ; Amos Kennedy, through Sept. .  E. Anapamu St., -. Trowbridge Gallery – Adults Only, through Aug. .  E Ojai Ave., Ste. , Ojai, -. wall space gallery – caeli tellus unda, (Heaven, Earth, Sea), through Aug. .  E. Yanonali St., C-, -.

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AUG. 8–15 CLASSICAL S.B. Museum of Art –  State St., -. THU: Music Academy of the West Concert (pm)

POP, ROCK & JAZZ Adama –  Chapala St., -. TUE: Robert Brown (pm) Arden House –  Arden Rd., -. MON: Sacred Sound: Healing Tones and Mantras (pm) Brewhouse –  W. Montecito St., -. THU-SAT, WED: Live Music (pm) Chase Palm Park –  E. Cabrillo Blvd., -. THU /: Highway , Skick, Bad Jack, and False Puppet (:pm) THU /: Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps (:pm) Chumash Casino Resort –  E. Hwy. , Santa Ynez, -. THU /: Queen Nation (pm) Cold Spring Tavern –  Stagecoach Rd., -. FRI: Maesa (-pm) SAT: The Hoagland Conspiracy (-pm); Chicken Bone (-pm) SUN: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan (:-pm); Teresa Russell and Cocobilli (:-:pm) The Creekside –  Hollister Ave., -. WED: Country Night (pm) MON: Karaoke with Dyno (pm) Dargan’s –  E. Ortega St., -. THU: Dannsair (:pm) SAT: Traditional Irish Music (:pm) TUE: Karaoke (pm) Endless Summer Bar/Café –  Harbor Wy., -. FRI: Acoustic guitar and vocals (:pm) EOS Lounge –  Anacapa St., -. THU: Huge Thursday with Mackie and Bix King FRI: Live Music (-pm); DNA Presents SAT: DJ Calvin and Kohjay WED: Salsa Night Indochine –  State St., -. TUE: Indie Night (pm) WED: Karaoke (:pm) The James Joyce –  State St., -. THU: Alastair Greene Band (pm) FRI: Kinsella Brothers Band (pm) SAT: Ulysses (:-:pm) SUN, MON: Karaoke (pm) TUE: Ben Markham and Brian Cole WED: Open Mike Night Jill’s Place –  Santa Barbara St., -. FRI, SAT: Piano Bar with Al Reese (:pm) Leadbetter Beach – Shoreline and Loma Alta drs., -. WED: The Mustangs (:pm) Live Oak Unitarian –  N. Fairview Ave., -. SAT: Jill Knight (:pm) Marquee –  State St., -. WED: Open Mike Night (pm) Monty’s –  Hollister Ave., Goleta, -. THU: Karaoke Night (pm) O’Malleys and the Study Hall –  State St., -. THU: College Night with DJ Gavin Old Town Tavern –  Orange Ave., Goleta, -. WED, FRI, SAT: Karaoke Night (:pm) Palapa Restaurant –  State St., -. FRI: Live Mariachi Music (:pm) Rancho La Patera/Stow House –  N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta, -. SUN: Prime Time Band (pm) TUE: Donna Greene & The Roadhouse Daddies (:pm) Reds Tapas & Wine Bar –  Helena Ave., -. THU: Music Thursdays (pm) Roundin’ Third –  Calle Real, -. THU: Locals Night (pm) FRI: Bullfrog Blues Band (pm) TUE: Locals Night (pm)

S.B. Maritime Museum –  Harbor Wy., #, -. SAT: Ukulele music and singing (-:pm) Sandbar –  State St., -. TUE: ’s Night (pm) WED: Big Wednesday (pm) THU: College Night (pm) Seven Bar & Kitchen –  Helena Ave., -. THU /: Psychic Rites, Millions (pm) COURTESY

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FRI AUG 9 6:00PM “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S FANTASY” Gustafson Dance presents this

spectacular dance concert featuring students ages 7-15. Various choreographic works will be performed including ballet, tap, jazz & character. For additional information & tickets please visit www.gustafsondance.com or call 805-563-3262 x1. Don’t miss this wonderful evening of dance!

THU AUG 15 7:30PM “LÄÄUNHOM: FREEDOM OF THE MIND” Backyard Studio UP YOUR GAME: The Upbeat performs at SOhO this Saturday at : p.m. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club –  State St., -. THU: Kathleen Sieck, Andy White, John Ormond (pm); The Fire Department, The Pops (:pm) FRI: Missbehavin’ with Lee Koch (:pm) SAT: Peter Bradley Adams (pm); The Upbeat (:pm) SUN: Mission Jazz (:pm) MON: Jazz Jam with Jeﬀ Elliott (:pm) TUE: Lynette (S.B. Sings), Lev Allan Blitz, Jesse Rhodes (:pm) WED: The Blank Tapes with Mystic Braves and Hindu Pirates (:pm) THU: Anuhea (:pm) Statemynt –  State St., -. THU: DJ Akorn WED: Blues Night (pm) Tiburon Tavern –  State St., -. FRI: Karaoke Night (:pm) TonyRay’s –  De la Guerra Plaza, -. FRI: Karaoke (pm) SAT: Live Music (pm) SUN: Live Music (pm) Velvet Jones –  State St., -. SAT: Warships, with A House for Lions (pm) SUN: Chance the Rapper (pm) TUE: Dominoes Night (pm) Whiskey Richard’s –  State St., -. FRI: Alexandra Starlight, Zachary James, Loomis and the Lust, and Broken Machine (pm) MON: Open Mike Night (pm) WED: Punk on Vinyl (pm) Wildcat –  W. Ortega St., -. THU: DJs Hollywood and Patrick B SUN: Red Room with DJ Gavin Roy (pm) TUE: Local Band Night (pm) Zodo’s –  Calle Real, Goleta, -. THU: KJEE Thursday Night Strikes (:-:pm) MON: Service Industry Night (pm)

presents this amazing film by Andrew Schoneberger & Erik Lohr that looks at education & starting over in South Sudan. The screening will include a Q&A discussion with Nyuol Tong, founder of SELFSudan. Tickets available at the door. For additional information please visit www.freedomofthemindmovie.com. See you there!

SAT AUG 24 8:00PM SINGS LIKE HELL: THE WHEELER BROTHERS & THE DIRTY RIVER BOYS The third concert in the Sings Like Hell series features the

rock-roots Americana music of the Wheeler Brothers & the Western rock ‘n roll sounds of The Dirty River Boys. For additional information & tickets please visit www.singslikehell.org or call 512-751-1170. Come join us this hot Saturday night for more of the greatest music you’ve never heard!

DID YOU KNOW? The Luke has several volunteer usher opportunities for our exciting line-up of upcoming events. For additional details or to be added to our usher e-mail list please contact our House Manager Liz at lizzeffiro@luketheartre.org or call 805-884-4087 x3.

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Authors Peter Neushul and Peter Westwick faced down a fierce lineup of challenges as they sought to bring a more sophisticated and historically informed point of view to surfing — a subject bj t that’s th t’ traditionally been long on hero worship and name dropping and conspicuously short on analysis and context — in their book The World in the Curl: An Unconventional History of Surfing. Several years and many great waves later, their brilliant and uncompromising vision of what surfing is — more than a sport, but not an isolated cultural phenomenon either — hits the stores. Both men are experienced surfers with PhDs in the history of science. Join them Wednesday, August 14, at 7 p.m. at Chaucer’s Books (3321 State St.) to celebrate the publication of their essential new book. Info: 682-6787; chaucersbooks.com. — Charles Donelan

hough it’s commonly thought that Santa Barbara architecture’s stereotypical red-tiled-roof stylings hark back to the days of the Spanish missionaries around the turn of the 19th century — an era that certainly serves as symbolic inspiration or, at least, convenient excuse — the real movement to shift away from Yankee normalization occurred much later. And many of the early sparks that lit the dominant design ﬁre are on permanent display at Casa del Herrero, a private-estateturned-national-landmark-and-museum that will be celebrated and supported this weekend with a swanky party called Architects of Change. The trend goes back to 1915 at the PanAmerican expo in San Diego, where the Spanish Colonial Revival design became a hot commodity. It was further popularized by the work of artist-turned-architect George Washington Smith, whose Santa Barbara–area homes — which he based largely on Andalusian farmhouses he had seen during a visit to Spain years earlier — grabbed national attention. Falling for the style was George Fox Steedman, an ammunition magnate from St. Louis who, after visiting his diabetic brother being treated by renowned S.B. doctor William Sansum, purchased an 11-acre property in Montecito, and, in 1922, hired Smith to design a home. Though he’d been forced into early retirement and told to take it easy due to a heart condition, Steedman was probably Smith’s most persistent and involved client; the two engaged in sometimes heated correspondence about how to best adapt Andalusian design to a more temperate California climate. What resulted was a style that better incorporated sunlight and airﬂow and open spaces, compared to the often cloistered and tight construction needs of Andalusia, an alternately hotter and colder climate

than Montecito. Steedman also employed landscape architects Ralph Stevens and Lockwood de Forest to design the grounds, traveled to Spain himself in 1923 to hunt down an eye-popping collection of antiquities and other interior design elements with antique experts Arthur and Mildred Byne (who did the same for Hearst Castle), and, in the 1930s, built an expansive workshop that gives the property its name (“herrero” means “blacksmith”). A bit of curious timing also plays in this tale: As Steedman moved into his finally completed estate on the morning of June 29, 1925, a massive earthquake destroyed most of Santa Barbara. When it came time to rebuild the city, Casa del Herrero and other George Washington Smith designs — about 80 buildings throughout the region, from private homes to very public buildings like the Lobero Theatre and El Paseo — took center stage. But Smith never really saw his vision go viral, dying suddenly in 1930 at the age of 54. His legacy persisted, though, largely in the work of protégé Lutah Maria Riggs, Santa Barbara’s first female architect who also worked on Casa del Herrero, the Lobero, El Paseo, and a private estate known as Los Sueños, which is playing host to this Saturday’s benefit party for Casa del Herrero. Without any of these characters, Santa Barbara would be seen in a very different, and far less Andalusian, light.

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The Architects of Change bash is Saturday, August 10, 5-8 p.m., at Los Sueños. Cocktails, appetizers, and live music. Tickets are $150. To purchase, call 565-5653 or email info@casadelherrero.com.

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lint Ewing started riding off-road motorcycles while in the 3rd grade at Cold Spring School, so by the time he bought his first street bike in college, he was left wondering, “What’s all the hype? This is really boring.” So he did what anyone with his background might do. “I started riding it like a dirt bike,” said Ewing, and his life has never been the same since. A decade later, the 32-year-old Montecito native is one of the world’s top street bike freestylers, those two-wheeled acrobats who bust wheelies on back and front tires, surf their saddles, stop on literal dimes, spin in ungodly ways, and otherwise dance with motorcycles using a mix of creativity, precision, and complicated technical mastery of their machines. Paid by sponsors and event promoters, Ewing takes his performance all around the globe to about 20 automotive and extreme-sports gatherings every year, so far hitting more than 30 American states, as well as Canada, Mexico, and Guam. “I didn’t ever think that I’d be doing this as a job,” said Ewing, in between practice sessions at a parking lot in Goleta. “All my friends go, ‘What a crazy career!’” Crazier still — and not even entirely related to his normal bag of tricks — is Ewing’s feat to reclaim a Guinness Book– recognized world record that he first set in 2008 by riding his motorcycle through a 200-foot-long tunnel of fire in front of NBC’s television cameras. On Wednesday, August 7, at the 73rd annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, Ewing was set to blast through a tunnel more than 350 feet long, the heat soaring upward of 1,600 degrees. “The tunnel creates its own environment — it’s essentially just a furnace,” said Ewing, who must keep his speed slower than 25 mph and expected the ride to take about seven seconds. (The result of his attempt wasn’t known as of press time, but check with independent.com or watch the

CMT channel on television, which will be airing the stunt later this month.) “It’s like a bronco ride,” said Ewing, who added that his skin will feel the burn even after he takes his suit off and gets covered in wet blankets. “I don’t know how I got roped into doing this again.” To prepare, Ewing has cut down the number of events he’s doing in 2013 and trains every day, either running for exercise or practicing on his bike more than two hours every other weekday and as much as five hours a day on the weekends. Though it’s certainly more exciting than the desk job he once held at Network Hardware Resale in Goleta, Ewing’s routine is still regimented and strict, as he doesn’t have much time for partying, friends, or dating. Keeping his sponsors happy is another constant challenge. “I feel like I have six or seven girlfriends a year,” he said of the companies that support him. “They’re all your bosses.” Those outside of the motorcycling world may be confused as to how Ewing’s performances might pay the bills, but he expects more of the mainstream to start recognizing street bike freestyling in the years to come. “It’s just like when skateboarding started,” he explained. “Motorcycle culture is big. You don’t really know it until you start going to these events.” More than 650,000 bikers were expected at Sturgis, for instance, a town that only has 3,500 permanent residents. Though it can also be a grind, Ewing likes the traveling part of his job most, especially on those nights when he doesn’t have a performance the next day and can finally go out to have some fun. “You get to dive into the culture of that town,” said Ewing, who had a particularly raucous time in Guam. “I just enjoy my life.” And we can probably expect some more stunts in the future, too, as the humble daredevil promised, “I think it’s important to keep shooting high.” See clintewing.com.

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UCSB Track Star Becomes U.S. Bobsled Brakeman ush came to shove very early in Maureen Ajoku’s life. In 2007, the year she graduated from

high school in San Jose and began her college education at UCSB, she lost both her parents — her father, Julius Chiedozie Ajoku, died suddenly of kidney failure in May; her mother, Nnenna Chinere Ajoku, succumbed to a lengthy bout with cancer in December. “She was super strong,” Ajoku said of her mother, a registered nurse.“She’d take herself to chemo and pick up my sister and myself at school. My dad was an engineer. He was very ambitious.” Julius and Nnenna, natives of Nigeria, met each other in America, where they had come to pursue higher education. All three of their U.S.-born daughters have gone to college.“They wanted to provide a platform for us to grow and have a good life,” Maureen said. Like her parents, Maureen has an African middle name. Hers is Ijeoma, which means “good journey.” She has had to forge her path as a solo traveler, and in the past year, she has gone farther than she ever expected, all the way to the citadels of winter sports in Europe. Ajoku has transformed herself from a college track-and-field athlete to a prospective member of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team. She came to UCSB as a jumper and took up sprinting, hurdling, and throwing to compete in the heptathlon. The individuality of the sport taught her to fend for herself without the physical support of her parents.“I’m really an independent person,” Ajoku said.“I’m goal-focused. I really related to track. That’s who I am, an independent athlete.” While majoring in sociology, she made her mark in Gaucho athletics with a record-tying long jump of 19 4¾ . In the weight room, she demonstrated raw strength that prompted Josh Priester, then the associate director of UCSB track and field, to suggest she look into bobsledding.“I didn’t understand; like, what’s bobsled?” she said.“I took it as a joke. It was really random. But he kept pressing it and pressing it. He introduced me to a male bobsledder on the national team.” Her conversion proceeded last summer at the dizzying speed of a bobsled run — a combine in Utah, where she passed tests of quickness and power with flying colors; a training camp in Lake Placid, N.Y.; a competition of simulated takeoffs in Calgary, Alberta; and national team trials at Lake Placid last October. At the end of it all, Ajoku was selected as the No.  U.S. brakeman and bound for World Cup events in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Russia. In the two-person women’s bobsled, the brakeman provides the propulsion at the start and jumps in behind the pilot, or driver, who steers the sled as it hurtles down a slick, twisting chute of ice. “I have to be super still and hold tight,” Ajoku said.“Any movement on my part can send the sled in the

wrong direction. The feeling is like going down a mountain team trials in October. I’ll be working hard on my technique.” in a garbage can. I’m praying to God to bring us down safely. Three combinations of brakeman and pilot will be chosen I’m so sucked into myself: Be at one with God, be calm, and in January to represent the U.S. at Sochi. Whatever the outbreathe. Once we cross the finish line, the pilot will tap on my come, Ajoku intends to keep developing her talent.“I’m the helmet and yell,‘Brake.’ When I finished my first run, I had the youngest one out there,” said the 23-year-old.“I’m grateful I biggest smile on my face. I was happy that I came out alive.” have such an opportunity. I might do another year as a brakeA big step in Ajoku’s bobsled education was her first crash. man or become a pilot. It’s a big responsibility. I think I can do “It was crazy,” she said.“We hit a curve, we flipped over, I let it. I want to be at the top.”… And the fastest one to the bottom. go of the sled, we kicked out, and I was just sliding down the MAKING TRACKS: Lindsay Schwartz of the Westtrack by myself. I was going full speed, and I was thinking, ‘When am I going to stop?’ It felt like forever. I had to have slid mont-based Women’s Athletic Performance Foundation about 100 meters.” She learned the value of her helmet and the (WAPF), founded by Josh Priester, capped a fine year in the heptathlon by taking third place in the Thorpe Cup, a multiKevlar burn vest strapped around her torso. event competition between the Ajoku’s experience in the U.S. and Germany, at Chula World Cup consisted of pracVista. … Jennifer Carey, who tice runs at every site, including set four sprint records at UCSB, the state-of-the-art facility at is competing in the IAAF Sochi, Russia, host city of the World Championships in Mos2014 Winter Olympics. With all cow this weekend. Carey is the that behind her, she returned Irish national champion in the to Santa Barbara in the spring women’s 400 meters. to work out on the track at Westmont College and do STILL GOT GAME: “I strength training at Prevail notice I’ve lost a step or two,” Conditioning on Haley Street. Peter Blumert, the director Bill Bertka said last week. It’s of performance at Prevail, is a to be expected. Santa Barbara’s former bobsledder himself and basketball Buddha celebrates trained his future wife, Erin his 86th birthday on August 8. Pac, when she won a bronze He was the oldest player to win medal as a U.S. driver at the a silver medal in the three-on2010 Vancouver Olympics. three basketball tournament at Ajoku began her second the Summer National Senior year with U.S. bobsledders a Games in Cleveland. Bertka month ago at Lake Placid. They joined forces with Nemo Nearman, his teammate on convened in Calgary last week the Santa Maria Golden for the U.S. National Push FOREVER YOUNG: At 86, Bill Bertka (above) is still a Dukes in AAU basketball 60 Championships. There was basketball player to be reckoned with. Recently he became years ago, on West Virginia’s a fierce competition among the oldest hoopster to win a silver medal in the three-onentry in the 80-and-over divi15 female brakemen, each of three tournament at the Summer National Senior Games sion. Bertka said he concenthem scored for how fast they in Cleveland. trated on defense, which he could push the sled. They were described as “grab and hold.” separated by tenths of a secHis team, nicknamed Almost Heaven, made it to the final ond. Ajoku placed ninth. Two former U.S. Olympians in track against a Wisconsin squad. Bertka was nursing several bumps and field, hurdler Lolo Jones and sprinter Lauryn Williams, and bruises when he returned to work as a consultant to L.A. finished in the top five. Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak. “It was pretty rough for me,” Ajoku said Monday after returning to Lake Placid.“I could have been more aggressive. For more sports, including a weekly highlight schedule, I left a lot of room for improvement. I still have the national COURTESY

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COOL RUNNINGS: “The feeling is like going down a mountain in a garbage can,” said Maureen Ajoku (above), a UCSB track-andfield athlete who is currently vying for a spot on the U.S. Olympic women’s bobsled team. As a brakeman, Ajoku must possess keen strength and steadiness; she trains at Prevail Conditioning Performance Center.

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lour. Water. Salt. Since Neolithic times, no three ingredients have changed the landscape of culture more. Baking bread was integral to the rise of civilized states, enabling humans to leave nomadic lifestyles for socialized, agricultural societies. Then, with the Industrial Revolution, came industrial bread making, utilizing inferior grains, commercial yeast, and chemical additives to create quick bread — that soft, gooey bread we all loved as kids. But now, a new batch of bakers is calling us back to the yeasty, fermented world of artisan bread. (As Julia Child said,“How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?”) And the craft has taken oﬀ in S.B. Here’s your guide to our new, local bread makers, all doing it the old-fashioned way.

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The company was started by Westmont alums Andrew Elia and Jeff Appareti and Carpinteria native Geoff Jensen, also a Westmont grad. Inspired by the creations of Tartine Bakery and time spent baking in San Francisco, the self-proclaimed baking geeks wanted to embrace a new bread-making philosophy — one full of complexity and soul.“We hope to usher in a new wave of consciousness, both in flavor and in quality,” said Elia. The trio is currently baking at Westside Neighborhood Center, with hopes to open a storefront in the near future to deliver a full sensory eating experience that will make their bread the focus rather than an afterthought.“It’s about coming together and breaking bread; it’s a community, a fellowship around the table,” said Jensen. Varietals: French Country Sourdough, Multi-Seed, Cranberry Walnut, and a special weekly surprise. Future endeavors include using local beer in breads. Most Popular: Cranberry Walnut. Where to Purchase: Order online at genuinebreadco.com for pickup Tuesday and Saturday at French Press, both locations, (8 am - 7 pm), C’est Cheese (Tue.: 10 am - 6 pm; Sat.: 8 am - 6 pm), Goodland Kitchen (8 am - 2:30 pm), and Tuesdays at Carpinteria’s Lucky Llama (8 am - 4:30 pm). Favorite Recipe: French Country Sourdough, pan-fried in butter with cinnamon and sugar.“Simple, perfect, and awesome,” said Elia.

CRAZY GOOD BREAD Bliss, Disguised as Bread

A former accountant, Rossell Studer hopes to create a “breaducation” for Santa Barbarians. Inspired by ﬂavor, Studer has embarked on a passion-fueled taste quest, a journey into bread making that involves combining some very unique ingredients. “I’m interested not only in using high-quality products but

also having fun and playing with ﬂavor,” said Studer.“Food became this bliss for me, this incredible passion. Crazy Good Bread is selling that bliss to consumers … bliss disguised as bread.” Using bread as a canvas, the seasons inspire her ﬂavors, from the popular Pumpkin Spice Pecan in fall to the Lemon Country loaf in the summer. And her website includes great recipes and accompaniments for bread that is, well, crazy good. Varietals: Lavender Country Loaf, Lemon Country Loaf, Walnut Country Loaf, Original Country Loaf, Fig Masala, Curry Almond Raisin, Chocolate Black Pepper, Lavender Walnut, Orange Chocolate, Pumpkin Spice Pecan, Rosemary Olive. Most Popular: Fig Masala Where to Purchase: Santa Barbara Public Market, opening in September; and CGB will open a storefront this month at  Carpinteria Avenue, #, Carpinteria. Bread can also be purchased online, via mail order, or at this year’s Fermentation Festival, happening August 24 at Fairview Gardens. See crazygoodbread.com for details. Favorite Recipe: Brie with Pumpkin Spice Pecan loaf. “Tastes just like pumpkin pie!” proclaimed Studer.

Since high school home economics, Stephen Meyer has enjoyed baking. His current day job as a high-end security system manager introduced him to the Goodland Kitchen, where a routine job consultation turned into a culinary trip into the world of wood-fired sourdough bread. Today, Meyer bakes outside of Goodland Kitchen and from home. In addition to being the main bread supplier for Goodland’s Sunday Supper dinner series, Meyer loves answering requests and has worked countless area events including the Lucidity Festival, the Mud Run challenge, and the Edible Institute Gala. Hoping to work with grains from Tom Shepherd Farms in Carpinteria, Meyer has become a familiar face in the area food community, enjoying collaborations with various restaurants and artisans. “Making bread is challenging, but I like seeing something play out from start to finish,” said Meyer.“It’s awesome to see the whole process and work with this great pillowy substance.” Varietals: Sourdough, Spicy Garlic Bread, Walnut/Kalamata Olive, Rosemary, Banana Bread, Zucchini Bread, Biscuits, Sourdough English muffins (available upon request). Most Popular: Spicy Garlic Bread, made with the pigtail of the garlic, making it spicier and more earthy. Where to Purchase: Contact Stephen at steve@accutech.com or 680-7669 to place an order. Favorite Recipe: Grilled sourdough on the BBQ, with Meyer’s homemade BBQ sauce (available upon request).

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A former entertainment-industry executive, Bob Oswaks centers his bread career on the wood-burning oven — from the one he built his wife for their anniversary to the one that launched him at Full of Life Flatbread. With a chance opportunity to bake for Prince William at that much-celebrated charity polo match and at countless other events, Oswaks has turned a therapeutic hobby into a successful midlife career change. “It was always our dream to have the wine-country lifestyle, matching a business with the authenticity that goes on in the Los Alamos community,” said Oswaks. “Bread making is incredibly rewarding … a very Zen kind of experience. It’s intoxicating.” Bob’s Well Bread storefront is set to open in Los Alamos later this year. The new half-acre café will feature everything from bread pudding to a full, locally sourced menu. Using only products it grows, the company hopes to become a self-sustaining bread venture. Varietals: Country Levain, Olive Walnut, Olive Bread, Walnut Bread, Garlic-Rosemary, Chocolate-Cherry, Cinnamon-Raisin, Bagels, Pretzels, Croutons, English Muﬃns. Most Popular: Country Levain Where to Purchase: Global Gardens in Los Alamos, and online at bobswellbread.com. His bread is also on the menus at Full of Life Flatbread, Café Quakenbush, and Mattei’s Tavern. Favorite Recipe: Olive bread with Humboldt Fog goat cheese.

Former musician and current winemaker (Dragonette Cellars) James Sparks grew up in his mom’s bakeshop in Idaho, creating treats for friends and family. Cultivating a unique synergy between bread and wine, the winemaker plans to use pinot and chardonnay grapes in his next sourdough starter. Envisioning a bicoastal baking venture with his brother in New York, Sparks is currently working on a signature loaf using herbs grown on his own deck that can be made across the coasts. And, baking bagels in an electric oven, Sparks is on to something totally new for bagel lovers. “It’s all about watching and observing — how much do I play with it, how much do I let it go? It’s very similar to winemaking … I want to capture the essence of what the bread wants to do, keeping it somewhat simple but complex on the ﬂavor,” said Sparks.“And I want my bread to be crunchy on the outside. I don’t want it to be soft on the inside, soft on the outside … that’s Wonder Bread!” Varietals: Artisan Craft Loaf, Kalamata Olive (seasoned with rosemary, thyme, oregano, and lemon), chocolate-chip scones, and those bagels. Most Popular: New York–inspired bagels — utilizing sourdough starter and local honey for a hint of sweetness. Where to Purchase: Pickup or delivery available. Email orders@anotherbreadcompany.com or call (877) 327-2656. Favorite Recipe: Rich, creamy St. André cheese on Artisan Craft Loaf, with Dragonette chardonnay or sauvignon blanc.

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STAR LANE SPLENDOR: Near the end of the Happy Canyon appellation is Star Lane Vineyard, where cabernet sauvignon and other Bordeaux varietals extend from the valley floor to steep hillsides. These images are from an earlymorning harvest in 2007.

A Taste Through the Appellation’s Mostly Bordeaux-Based Wines

by Matt Kettmann

t’s been almost three years since the federal government granted Happy Canyon status as its own wine grape–growing appellation, and the handful of estate wineries that make up the nearly 24,000-acre, noticeably warmer slice of the eastern Santa Ynez Valley continue working hard to show that red Bordeaux varietals like cabernet sauvignon can indeed shine in Santa Barbara County. Because Napa has long been the California kingdom of such wines — with renewed energy in Paso Robles also aimed at those grapes — Happy Canyon still faces considerable challenges to stand out in a crowded international marketplace, and the bucolic area’s lack of tasting rooms (due mostly to the opposition of neighbors) only makes that marketing push harder. That’s because establishing a global presence in the wine business isn’t just about what tastes good. If that were the case, Happy Canyon wouldn’t have any trouble. I learned as much last month after tasting a number of recent releases, from the red Bordeaux and a syrah to a sémillon-based white blend and the always outstanding series of sauvignon blancs. The wines show well-considered character while revealing that there are many strategies for expressing Happy Canyon, from showing oﬀ

power and tannins as is done in Napa to embracing the traditionally lamented vegetal elements of red wine. Though it’s expected to engage in the former pursuit, the latter may wind up being a truer expression of this unique corner of the Central Coast and could be one key to finding fame beyond the county’s borders. What the future will taste like is very much a moving target, for like any newly laid foundation, there’s still a lot of settling going on in Happy Canyon when it comes to winemakers and their styles. The most staff stability, and probably the best expression of the region’s naturally herbal undertones, comes from Happy Canyon Vineyards (happycanyonvineyard.com), where Doug Margerum has made wine for the Barrack family since the project began a decade ago. Their workhorse blended bottlings, the merlot-forward Piocho and ultra-affordable, cabernet franc–based Chukker, have been crowd-pleasers since they were released, and those prepared to spend some more will reap rewards from Barrack Family Estate wines known as Brand (a super smooth, berry-powered merlot) and -Goal (90 percent cab), which, at least for my taste buds, proudly allows roasted green pepper elements to lead. There’s also a Barrack Blanc, which, in the 2011 vintage, uses 67 percent sémillon and 33 percent sauvignon blanc to deliver a slightly honeyed, clean, and crisp white Bordeaux experience. Toward the end of the road lies Star Lane Vineyard (starlane vineyard.com), arguably the most dramatically beautiful wine property in California, with vines creeping up steep hillsides, a palatial winemaking facility atop a massive manmade cave, and the peaks of Figueroa Mountain as a backdrop. After a few years of winemaking by Andy Alba, the winery recently named Tyler Thomas, formerly of Sonoma’s Donelan Family Wines, head winemaker. What that means for the future is still unfolding, but it’s likely that the Astral blend — whose components can vary widely each vintage — will continue to be the Star Lane flagship, as its chalky, cherry character makes for an elegant Bordeaux blend in the classic California style. The Block  cabernet puts tannins

out front with a bit of cedar and blackberry, while the property’s sauvignon blanc can be quite pungent, offering a rare combo of both tropical and freshly cut grass notes. While striving for red attention is a newer challenge, Happy Canyon has long been lauded for its sauvignon blancs, thanks in large part to Vogelzang Vineyard (vogelzangvineyard .com), whose white was served for President Obama and other international dignitaries at the NATO G summit last summer. Vogelzang’s 2010 reserve delivers rich honey aromas followed by flavors of guava and citrus, but its strongest character — and what I’ve found with many Happy Canyon sauv blancs — is the tremendous viscosity of the wine. These are not the light and zesty whites; they are weighty, letting you know that there’s a serious wine in your hands. The same can be said for wines made by Grassini Family Vineyards (grassinifamilyvineyards.com), which has jumped through a couple of winemakers in recent years, currently settling on pinot noir star Justin Willett of Tyler Winery, though his vintages aren’t out yet. Another stunning property that’s offlimits to the general public, Grassini produces sauv blancs that possess minerality, and its reds waver nicely between the classic Napa ideals and the uniqueness offered by Happy Canyon. More importantly, Grassini is flying the region’s flag higher than anyone, thanks to a tasting room in downtown Santa Barbara and the commendable outreach efforts of Katie Grassini. The wildcard in the bunch is Crown Point Vineyards (crownpointvineyards.com), whose founder Roger Bower took over the former Cimarone/Three Creek Vineyard property last year and hired Harlan Estates cellar master Adam Henkel away from Napa this year with designs to eventually make ultra-premium bottlings — think $300 or so a bottle. For a more affordable face, Bower also purchased Westerly Wines (westerlywines.com), which will continue to release wines from both Happy Canyon and the Sta. Rita Hills. I tried the 2010 Côte Blonde, which offered a gamier side of syrah, with plenty of smoke and bacon fat. Both projects will evolve much in the years to come, but the investments alone are reason to believe that there will be much more happiness coming from this canyon very soon.

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There is an industry-only open house in Happy Canyon on August 9, but some of these and other wines will be available during two upcoming public events: Les Marchand’s wine futures event, on Saturday, August 10, in the Funk Zone (see les marchandswine.com) and the Margerum Wine Company open house in Buellton that same day (see margerumwinecompany.com).

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SITTING PRETTY: Upstage Left’s Cabaret features (front row, from left) Sable Layman, Rio Salazar, Soﬁa Ross; (middle row, from left) Allison Lewis Towbes, Luana Psaros, Lizzie Saunders, Courtney Morse, Cameron Wells, Jason Gonzalez Larsen, Hailey Turner, Libby Sestak, Jessica Barry, Malcolm McCarthy, Will Geare; (back row, from left) McKenna Mender, Carly Cummings, Grant Bower.

the cast, but once she got there, she “realized how silly [it] was to worry. Everyone has been welcoming and fun; we’ve really created a safe space for each other to work.” It was a good thing that the cast all got acquainted with each other so well and so quickly because they had quite a process ahead of them. Led by director Otto Layman, who is now in his 18th year as the Performing Arts Department chair at Santa Barbara High, the actors in Cabaret have delved deep into the show’s backstory.“On the ﬁrst day of rehearsal, Otto basically gave us a whole lecture of what was going on in 1920s Berlin and all of Europe,” recalled Cusimano. Layman has been much more than just a director to these highly motivated kids. “Working through intense eight-hour rehearsals with a cast over a short period — much like the real world of the theater — has been fulﬁlling and artistically gratifying, especially since we can work on adult material with mature, intelligent actors,” he said. Looking back, one can see that Cabaret represents a departure from Upstage Left’s previ-

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ous shows.“Cabaret is relevant and timely. Its darkness is tempered by an almost macabre humor, and the show-stopping songs require actors of maturity and passion,” explained Layman. And actors of maturity and passion are exactly what Layman has gotten with this cast. They’ve taken on the gritty grandeur of Cabaret without apprehension, and the result is sure to be a show to remember for these students, whether it’s their last show before leaving for college or the ﬁrst show of their much-anticipated senior year. Catch Cabaret at Santa Barbara High School’s Auditorium ( E. Anapamu St.) Thursday-Sunday, August 8-10 at 7 p.m. Call (888) 979-3667 or visit sbhstheatre.com for — Margaret Lazarovits tickets and info.

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FRESH PAINT: The corner of De la Vina and Cottage Grove is soon to be revamped.

For artists, there are few things better than seeing your work on display. Imagine, then, having a whole street corner to ﬁll. On Saturday, August 17, community members will gather at  De la Vina Street to share ideas and turn in submissions for the De la Vina/ Cottage Grove Neighborhood Mural Project. The mural selection process, put on by the AMASS (Artists Making a Street Scene) Gallery, will take place on Saturday, August 24, with painting of the winning design scheduled to start on Friday, October 11.

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sk any of the young actors performing with Santa Barbara theater group Upstage Left about their schedule this summer, and they’re likely to reply with: “Rehearsal. Always.” And they’re not exaggerating. This year, Upstage Left has given Santa Barbara multiple productions, beginning with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) in Elings Park, then Hello! My Baby at Santa Barbara High. This weekend they’ll wrap up the season with Cabaret at Santa Barbara High School (SBHS). The shows have featured students from four area high schools — SBHS, Dos Pueblos, San Marcos, and Laguna Blanca. With some rehearsals lasting as long as 13 hours, one can only imagine how these young actors handled the intensity. “Half of us are in pajamas on the ﬂoor while the other half are in high-heeled dance shoes kicking higher than our heads,” said Mary Cusimano.“We are all spread out over Santa Barbara, but we all come to the same place to do what we all love. There’s a certain kind of magic in that.” As the only student representing Laguna Blanca and one of the four actors who has performed in all three shows, Allison Lewis Towbes admits that she was nervous joining

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Artists interested in submitting designs must prepare a ﬁve-minute presentation, as well as an 8 × 10 (or larger) example of their plan. The winning work will include reference to one of three themes: neighborhood pride and environmental awareness; marine, surf, and sea life; or Southern California living. For more information about the Neighborhood Mural Project, as well as contestant rules, email Laura Inks at laura inks@cox.net or visit creativecollaboration — Aly Comingore network.net.

Four years after Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes released their debut album, Up From Below — and its ubiquitous hit “Home” — everyone’s favorite renegade gypsy ensemble returns with a new, self-titled album. This third LP retains several memorable qualities of the two previous albums, like gospel overtones, communal chants, and genuine elation. “Better Days,” the album’s notable single, starts with muﬄed dance-hall stomping that escalates into intense clattering snare. “Two” is a great, simple duet between frontman Alex Ebert and vocalist Jade Castrinos, featuring elegantly layered guitars, shakers, and whoop-whoop vocal patterns. The band continues its streak of heartfelt tracks like “Let’s Get High,” a clamorous celebration song, and “Country Calling,” a wanderlust hymn about breathing the L.A. smog, and the wailing lament “Remember to Remember,” which includes another of Castrinos’s brief appearances. — EM

SNAPSHOTS: Santa Barbara students visit Vietn am in Power of a Picture.

WORTH 1,000 WORDS POWER OF A PICTURE TAKES HOME FIVE EMMYS Rarely does one photograph encapsulate visceral emotion, fuel protests, and drive home the indiscriminate horror of war. One of the most notorious photographs ever taken is the focal point of the documentary Witness: The Power of a Picture, which took home five Emmys last Saturday night and which prominently features Santa Barbara teacher Alethea Paradis. The film explores the context and cultural implications of the infamous picture of Kim Phuc, better known as “Napalm Girl.” The photo, taken by AP combat photojournalist Nick Ut, shows several Vietnamese children, including a naked Kim, her skin charred by napalm, fleeing an attack down Route  in the Trang Bang district of Vietnam in 1972. The documentary, which also won the 2013 Edward R. Murrow Award, includes footage of Paradis, who took area high school students to Vietnam to learn more about the war. Paradis, who founded the educational tour company Friendship Tours World Travel, realized that the best way for students to learn about the consequences of war is not through history books but by immersion in foreign cultures. “Kids are naturally compassionate, but you have to give them a reason to engage,” Paradis says in the film. “When they see that photograph, they recognize themselves because [Kim] is a universal image of children.” In the film, Paradis and her students visit Vietnam to speak with Kim’s surviving family and war journalists, including Ut, who reflect on the war and offer insights. “I have seen this image countless of times before we came on this trip, but the first time I saw it today, I stared at it for 10 minutes because it was like a whole new picture,” says high school student Mica Zimmerman. “After hearing Kim’s story, I had a whole new perspective of it.” — Emerson Malone

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Rock Me, Amadeus The Magic Flute, presented by the Music Academy of the West. At the Granada Theatre, Friday, August 2. Reviewed by Charles Donelan

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ome masterpieces rely on formal unity and narrative logic, but Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute is not one of them; it defies conventional standards of coherence and intelligibility in favor of wit, fantasy, and a superabundance of imagination. As performed by the fellows of the Music Academy of the West last Friday at the Granada Theatre, the Flute cast its spell and demonstrated that for sheer musical invention, Mozart has never been surpassed. David Paul’s production QUEEN OF THE NIGHT: Claire put superlative music and dialogue de Sévigné strikes a pose as she into motion within a surreal set, encourages the hero to rescue complete with powerful lighting her daughter. effects, a giant puppet serpent, and three singing boys entering in the basket of a flying balloon. Warren Jones conducted a natural-sounding yet rhythmically precise orchestra through the rapid changes and unusual arrangements of this ever-changing musical tapestry. The evening got off to two splendid starts, if you count the magnificent overture. The opera proper got a tremendous boost from the three ladies attendant on the Queen of the Night — Alexandra Razskazoff, Diana Yodzis, and Sara Couden. Their comic squabble over who will guard the unconscious Tamino (Andrew Haji) made it clear that laughter would accompany the opera’s ravishing vocal pyrotechnics. The Magic Flute runs on parallel tracks of high and low, with the hero, Tamino, his beloved Pamina (Julie Adams), and the all-powerful Sarastro (Matthew Anchel) mirrored by their comic counterparts, Papageno (John Brancy), the Queen of the Night (Claire de Sévigné), and Monostatos (John Kapusta). The Queen of the Night is not strictly a comic role, but rather a genrebending, mind-boggling piece of Mozartian musical mischief, and Sévigné made splendid sense out of her notoriously difficult arias. The choral work was fine throughout, with the three boys in the balloon achieving particularly notable effects with their dreamy close harmonies. There’s nothing else quite like The Magic Flute, and this bright and fun-filled production brought Mozart’s masterpiece fully to life.

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ord has gotten out about these annual concerts led by Nicholas McGegan, the music director of San Francisco’s Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and one of the world’s most sought-after conductors of early music. They are held at the First Presbyterian Church on Constance and State to accommodate the opera’s Fiesta weekend run at the Granada, and the pews were completely full for this edition, which featured music by JeanPhilippe Rameau, Antonio Vivaldi, and Franz Joseph Haydn. McGegan does many things well, but he has a particular strength when it comes to combing the archive for interesting music and creating coherent sequences of excerpts from long and mostly long-forgotten 18th-century operas. Saturday’s concert began with one of these McGegan specials, a 30-minute suite of dances culled from the four-hour Rameau opera Platée. Once again the maestro struck gold, unearthing 10 fascinating and soulful sections filled with surprises. The story of Platée concerns the wedding of an ugly frog princess, and amid the tumult of tambourines and assorted percussion — including a thunder sheet — there emerged what McGegan characterized as “a Macarena for frogs.” Next up were two gorgeous concerti by Vivaldi, with outstanding solos by concertmaster Yi Zhao and her echo violin, Seo Hee Min, on the Concerto in A Major for Violin and Echo, RV , and Chelsea Starbuck Smith on the Concerto in G Minor for Violin,  Oboes, and  Bassoons, RV . Awestruck by all this early beauty, the audience hung on through a long first half and returned eager for the splendid finale, the Symphony No.  in G Major, “Military” of Franz Joseph Haydn.

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by Charles Donelan

THE WRITE STUFF: Sam Hunter (left) and Luis Alfaro (right) are just two of the many acclaimed speakers scheduled to appear at this week’s Ojai Playwrights Festival.

he lineup for this year’s Ojai Playwrights Festival reads like an insider’s wish list of the creative leaders in this demanding, highly competitive world. For example, MacArthur Award recipient Luis Alfaro’s Mojada is playing right now at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago to rapturous reviews. On Sunday, August 11, with Mojada still running, Alfaro will perform St. Jude, his one-man show about the health-care system for a lucky few in the intimate Zalk Theater at Besant Hill School. Other participants this year include Lucy Alibar, who wrote the most acclaimed indie film of 2012, Beasts of the Southern Wild. Shot on 16mm film with a shoestring budget, Beasts went on to score four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and a Best Adapted Screenplay nom for Alibar. Sam Hunter is one of the country’s hottest young playwrights, with two hit shows in the last two years, including the recent success The Whale, his drama about a 600-pound man that premiered at Playwrights Horizons in New York. He’s only 31, and he’s already on track to be successful in a field that is incredibly unpredictable and brutal on the ego. Part of the reason that Hunter has managed to get into the big leagues so quickly has to do with the system of playwrights’ conferences he attends. A month ago Hunter was in New London, Connecticut, for the Eugene O’Neill, one of the oldest and most established of these summer camps for theater professionals. This month, he’s in Ojai, where the Ojai Playwrights Conference is underway through August 11. I spoke with Hunter recently by phone. He had just finished a reading with the other participants during the first, writers-only week of the program.

Have you been a participant in the Ojai Conference before? Yes, ﬁve years ago I came here in the summer between my ﬁrst and second years as a playwright in residence at Juilliard. I love it.

Did the play that you were working on back then ever get produced? There were some small

productions, but that show, which was called I Am Montana, was more my graduate-school calling-card play. It demonstrated my ambitions as a dramatist, which is what I needed back then in order to move to the next level.

What does it take to make it as a playwright today? Everybody necessarily does it his or her own way, but within that obvious generalization, I ﬁnd it useful

to think of the work as following one of two paths. This is going to sound pretentious, but bear with me. The first path is the Beethoven route, which involves an incredible amount of inner strength and believing in the value of your one big idea.You isolate, you work like crazy, and your work reflects that sense of pain and sacrifice. For me, that’s how I used to feel. The second path is the Bach plan. Bach was mostly happy; he had a family life, and he was a civil servant. He approached writing music as a duty, not from the point of view of content — he was very free with that — but from the point of view of productivity. He had lots of deadlines, he worked hard, and he got a tremendous amount done, all without ever really doubting either the validity of what he was composing or his own ability to get it done.

Do these playwrights’ conferences help? Or are they just an excuse to see your friends and travel? I find them to be essential. The feedback I get from other writers is the most important information I have about my progress, especially in the earlier stages of a play. It’s so important to get a take on what works and what doesn’t from someone who’s been there and who knows how hard it is. These encounters with my peers are what make it possible for me to take a show into rehearsal with some confidence. That’s why I love this particular conference in Ojai so much — the whole first week it’s just us, the writers, and we really get into it.

The show you are working on this year is called Rest . What can you say about it? Well, it’s a com-

mission from South Coast Rep, and that is just so lucky because I know it will get a great ﬁrst production there. It’s set at a rest home in Wyoming that’s on the brink of closing, and it takes place during a massive blizzard. One of the residents at the rest home runs away, and the people remaining, a group that includes his wife, have to decide what to do about this missing guy. He’s there, and then he’s gone. It’s about confronting death and the future, and, as they face the fact that this guy may not be coming back, each character has to decide what that loss will mean for the ensemble.

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Nite Jewel’s Ramona Gonzalez Talks L.A. Scenes, S.B. Roots

What are some of Nite Jewel’s musical influences? You know, I have a pretty wide taste in music and

a pretty big collection of music, but I also don’t believe in purity of expression — there’s just so much that we’re taking in everyday. It’s not easy for me to always identify the inﬂuences, because I don’t set out to write a song that sounds like any other song, but I think that’s why it helps to have Cole around. Sometimes he’s better at identifying my inﬂuences than I am. For instance, I was really moved by that Ciara song “Body Party,” and I listened to it like 20 times a day. That doesn’t mean I set out to write a song like it, but when you listen to something that many times, it starts to just penetrate your subconscious.

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biggest influences on me growing up was my great aunt, who actually lives in Santa Barbara. Her name is Florence Katz, and she’s a classical pianist. She really tried to get me to play piano seriously, so I was influenced by certain romantic classical composers, just in terms of chords and stuff. On the other hand, my mother listened to a lot of world music; she was really into the hippie-folk, world-folk stuff. My dad liked more mainstream music. He was into Gloria Estefan and Whitney Houston, the divas. And the Bay Area where I grew up is extremely musical — there’s just a lot happening because of the amount of racial diversity up there.

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How’s the next Nite Jewel album coming along? It’s just coming together now. I’m performing solo these days, so I have this whole set that I’m rehearsing, which is just all of my songs restructured with Ableton and synthesizers. Stripping down the songs and rearranging them, you start to see the through lines. It’s a little mysterious; it feels like nighttime, which is totally cliché, but it’s sexy music, too. Support our beneficiary

How does Cole fit into the Nite Jewel music? A lot

of it is me writing and demo-ing out a song or an idea, but it isn’t really produced in the way that I want it to sound. I want to get my songs to a certain place, and [Cole and I] have such psychic communication that I don’t even really need to tell him very much. He just already kind of implicitly knows where I’m trying to take something. Some of the songs on my ﬁrst record that were a little “slight” in my opinion, that doesn’t really happen anymore because I bring everything to him.

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by Aly Comingore ince making her debut as Nite Jewel in 2009, Los Angeles’s Ramona Gonzalez has gone from lo-fi success story to fully realized musical vision. On last year’s One Second of Love, Nite Jewel’s second LP and first for Indiana-based label Secretly Canadian, Gonzalez ditched the bedroom recording setup and came away with a record that pays homage to early ’90s R&B grooves, funk-imbued rhythms, and heaps of punchedup synths. The growth, she asserts, was a longtime goal for Nite Jewel, nudged along by her husband, music collaborator, and notable L.A. producer, Cole M. Greif-Neill (Beck, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti). “Once I met Cole, I was able to channel [my jazz and classical training] into a more contemporary music environment,” said Gonzalez in a recent phone interview.“He’s been making beats and working with software since he was really young, and I didn’t really learn how to use computers to make music until later. … He just implicitly knows where I’m trying to take something.” On Thursday, August 15, Nite Jewel headlines the second installment of the Ojai Rancho Inn’s Summer Concert Series. Below, we chat with Gonzalez about the L.A. music scene, her S.B. roots, and the forthcoming third Nite Jewel record.

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A SUDAN EDUCATION PHOTOS BY ANDREW SCHONEBERGER

Andrew Schoneberger and Erik Lohr’s Film LääuNhom: Freedom of the Mind by D.J. Palladino

ndrew Schoneberger’s half-hour-long film about the plight of a divided African country opens with brief portraits of two related Sudanese men whose destinies could hardly be more different. The beautifully shot film, which will be shown for one night only, Thursday, August 15, at the Marjorie Luke Theatre, features scenes from Ayeit village: Thatched houses, open fires, and strutting animals are shown over chanted strains of “Amazing Grace.” Then there’s the voiceover: Matiok Tong Matiok, who recalls his life from the time of the first Sudanese rebellion — called “The First Mutiny”— in 1955, his 17 years in “the bush,” and the annihilation of livestock and people that internecine war visited upon his home. Schoneberger then cuts to the woodsy surroundings and paneled rooms of Duke University, where Nyuol Tong, Matiok’s great-nephew, attends college. With the glib articulation of a seasoned academic, the twenty-something student bears his own witness to his country’s ills but with the particular anguish of a family (his) sent into exile. Both seem profoundly dignified: The older man lives where foodstuffs are prepared with pounding sticks while the younger is seen buying snacks in an air-conditioned campus convenience store. Their sense of connection and grief may be equally passionate, but what’s clearly demonstrated here is the palpable advantages of education. THE ELDER: Matiok Tong Matiok is just one of That’s how screen poetry works: the compression that the many Sudanese men featured in the new only cinema could convey, with its powerful marshaling film LääuNhom: Freedom of the Mind . of sights, sounds, and narrative.“It’s an incredibly complicated place,” Schoneberger said, describing at length the country in conflict (it’s now split into North and South Schoneberger and Lohr deserve some credit for helpSudan) and at war for decades over complex religious dif- ing Ayeit children, too. Besides the travails of making a ferences, resource issues, and the simple differences that film in a country so fresh to independence, there was exist between people who’ve lived in settlements since also the successful crowd funding and now the screenprehistory. The film captures a strong sense of the country’s ing, which they hope will bring attention to a country majesty and heartbreak. that’s mainly known for Schoneberger, who George Clooney’s interest filmed in Africa with his in Darfur. The film itself friend and coproducer is an achievement. NeiErik Lohr, wisely focuses ther of the men is formally the short documentary trained in movie producon Tong, whom he calls tion, though Schoneberger the “main character” studied studio art at UCSB. of the film and whose (“My real major was water life story is almost as polo,” he said.) Beginning complicated as Sudawith an inherited interest nese realpolitik. To boil in photography and a love down the complicated of surf films, he “always MOVIE MAGIC: Producer Erik Lohr (left) smiles with thought it would be awenarrative, Tong was dishis subject, Matiok’s great-nephew Nyuol Tong. covered in a displaced some to make movies, but person’s camp and sponI didn’t know how.” He sored by an American couple to attend Dunn School out- taught himself filmmaking because his camera happened side Santa Ynez, where, eventually, he met Schoneberger, to have it as an option. “There’s a real democratization of who worked on the school’s website. After a long conversa- the means of production nowadays.” But the bottom line tion with the seemingly unflappable (and apparently rivet- here remains the compressed lesson about education. ing) Tong, Schoneberger expressed some interest in the “I rented out the Marjorie Luke to show the film,” said young Sudanese man’s efforts to bring hope and education Schoneberger, “and now I’m just hoping people will want back to his homeland via a foundation called SELFSudan, to come out and learn something about Sudan.” which he began while still attending secondary school.“He told me, ‘Oh, you should come next summer. You should LääuNhom: Freedom of the do that; it’d be great.’” Next thing they knew, Schoneberger Mind screens at the Marjorie and Lohr had raised $11,000 through a Kickstarter camLuke Theatre (721 E. Cota St.) paign and arrived in the country moments after the south on Thursday, August 15, at 7:30 p.m. Nyuol and north split was made official, which made their camTong will speak and answer audience era even more suspect. questions after the film. Call 884-4087 “We burned [the money] up fast with the travel and or visit freedomofthemindmovie.com for filming,” said Schoneberger, who’s spent the last year edittickets and info. ing footage while Lohr worked on sound design.

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Whales and Lamentations Blackfish. A documentary film written by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and Eli B. Despres and directed by Cowperthwaite. Reviewed by D.J. Palladino

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lackfish,” in case you were wondering, was what “first people” called orcas. Back then, folks believed these creatures were “not to be meddled with,” according to the narrator of this hard-to-forget documentary. Orcas, of course, are what we now call killer whales, KILLER WHALE: Blackfish examines the questionable a sea mammal whose reputation has travpractice of keeping orcas captive and the deadly attacks eled 360 degrees in my lifetime. Considered on humans that have resulted. deadlier than a shark — who remembers the wonderfully bad 1977 film Orca starring Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling? — orcas became was not so much abusive as repressive. The film explains holy in the culture thanks to the wonderfully bad 1993 that these whales were forced into impossibly constricted movie Free Willy. Much of the rehabilitation of the killer lives, and that their rebellion against their puny captors is whale, however, dates back to SeaWorld’s Shamu exhibits. not surprising. When the documentary drags out official And it is precisely this show that Blackfish wants to expose. records of attacks, you may be shocked at how hard SeaThe focus is mainly the terrible death of Dawn Bran- World worked to keep things secret. Like most great documentaries, this is strong advocacy cheau, a popular trainer who was brutally attacked — and partially eaten — by Tilikum, an orca who, it turns out, is reporting with often gruesome footage; there are some still part of the Florida SeaWorld show. The documentary actual attack scenes that would make the creators of Faces assiduously takes us through the process of SeaWorld’s of Death blush. What it isn’t, however, is profoundly selfacquisition of baby orcas in northern Washington and, questioning like, say, Grizzly Man. later, when the cruel practice was forbidden in the United A more profound filmmaker might have taken BlackStates, in Greenland. Former trainers, trappers, and even fish’s story to a more frightening depth. Instead, we’re left some executives of the SeaWorld organization offer testi- wondering at a big, friendly creature that suddenly commony on life ringside of the giant tanks, where treatment mits horribly violent acts when frustrated. Now which ■ of the giant, intelligent, and seemingly friendly mammals other smart animals are like that?

Good Cop, Bad Guy 2 Guns. Denzel Washing-

ton, Mark Wahlberg, and Edward James Olmos star in a film written by Blake Masters, based on the graphic novels by Steven Grant, and directed by Baltasar Kormákur.

Reviewed by Josef Woodard

iven the narrative changeups, DOUBLE TROUBLE: Denzel Washington (left) and Mark endless games of double and Wahlberg star as two undercover operatives who botch a drugtriple crossings, and other cartel infiltration in 2 Guns. attention-grabbing antics for the attention-deficit, it is not surprising to learn that the almost bodacious buddy “cop” movie ing dialogue mixed in with the ample chase ’n’ gunplay  Guns takes as its source a graphic novel series. A certain moments. detectable comic-bookishness buzzes beneath the nerAn important tactic in the film’s plot (and tangled vous surface, making for a midsummer’s romp at least half subplots) is the art of keeping us guessing about who’s true to its fun-loving and genre-tweaking intentions. But who, who works for whom, and who is corrupt in the web ultimately, as things unravel and reel off into the land of of deceit involving those presumably trusted institutions too-muchness, we realize why the film has hit the multi- CIA, DEA, and Navy. There are choice acting turns amid plexes in the no-man’s-land of August. the hokum, with Edward James Olmos as a coolly sinister Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, maker of the drug kingpin with a bullish side, Bill Paxton as a bad apple lauded 2000 film  Reykjavik, brings to the job a prop- CIA shakedown specialist, and the beautiful Paula Patton erly gleeful and excessive variation on the age-old theme as a femme fatale who, like most characters except for our of the comic-action buddy-cop genre. He has good noble heroes, walks a wide line between good and evil. material to work with in the form of game and watchable While there are entertainment values along the way, Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg as the “2 guns” in especially by our lowered late-summer standards, in the question, who traverse the dark worlds of Mexican drug end,  Guns (which could more accurately be called  runners on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border, a bank Guns) is a well-intended blur of a comic-action number, ■ robbery gone much better than expected, and wisecrack- at once over the top and under the bottom. august 8, 2013

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A RUSTED DEVELOPMENT: A killer-whale-trainer-turnedamputee (Marion Cotillard) finds love in Rust and Bone.

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Edited by Aly Comingore

The following films are playing in Santa Barbara FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, THROUGH THURSDAY, AUGUST 15. Descriptions followed by initials — DJP (D.J. Palladino), JW (Josef Woodard) — have been taken from our critics’ reviews, which can be read in full at independent.com. The symbol ✯ indicates the film is recommended.

FIRST LOOKS

Elysium (109 mins.; R: strong bloody vio-

2 Guns (109 mins.; R: violence throughout,

In the future, the wealthy live on a manmade space station while the rest of the population resides on barren Earth, until one man stands up to unite and bring equality to both worlds. Arlington/

language, brief nudity)

Reviewed on page 55.

Camino Real/ Paseo Nuevo

Blackfish (83 mins.; PG-13: mature thematic elements including disturbing and violent images) Reviewed on page 55. Plaza de Oro

The Smurfs 2 (105 mins.; PG: some rude humor, action)

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Oh, Gargamel, this time you have definitely gone too far, which, it turns out, is the only interesting aspect of this film. Left behind on Earth, the evil Smurfland villain has made himself a big star (even in Paris), making a magic show with what remains of his stolen Smurf Essence. Now running out, Gargamel concocts an evil plan to bring about both the enslavement of Smurfette and a kind of little-bluecreature apocalypse. He wants everything. In one scene, Gargamel painfully extracts blue aura material from our heroes, and Papa Smurf yells, “You have enough.” To which the fiendish wizard replies, “I want more than enough.” By contrast, the Smurfs themselves preach self-satisfaction, which may be moral philosophy but is really pretty dull up on the screen. They also believe, as does every recent children’s film, that “it doesn’t matter where you come from; it’s your choices you make that make you who you are”— a credo inoffensive to all except DNA researchers. It’s hard to believe that a film that features the considerable talents of Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, and Ralph Gleason might be boring, but this one manages it mainly by featuring the Smurf’s “La La Song” as remedy to all evils. If ever a movie made me want to enroll in supervillain school, this was it. Your little kids will probably like it, though, especially the scene where a Notre Dame gargoyle bites Gargamel’s butt, which only smurfs him right. (DJP) Fairview (3-D and 2-D)/ Fiesta 5 (3-D and 2-D)

lence, language throughout)

Camino Real/Fiesta 5

Kick-Ass 2 (103 mins.; R: strong violence, pervasive language, crude and sexual content, brief nudity)

High school hero Kick-Ass joins forces with a group of normal citizens to take down the evil Red Mist. Camino Real/ Fiesta 5 (Starts Thu., Aug. 15)

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (106 mins.; PG: fantasy action violence, some scary images, mild language)

The son of Poseidon gathers his friends and sets oﬀ on a journey to ﬁnd the Golden Fleece and restore peace to his threatened home. Fiesta 5 (3-D and 2-D)/ Fairview (3-D and 2-D)

Planes (92 mins.; PG: some mild action, rude humor)

A small crop-dusting plane with a big fear of heights dreams of competing in a prestigious aerial race. Fairview (2-D)/ Fiesta 5 (2-D)

We’re the Millers (110 mins.; R: crude sexual content, pervasive language, drug material, brief graphic nudity)

A career pot dealer (Ed Helms) fabricates a fake family to help him move a large marijuana shipment from Mexico to the U.S. Camino Real/Metro 4

SCREENINGS The Birds (119 mins.; NR) A wealthy San Francisco socialite moves to a small town in Northern California, where birds start viciously attacking people. Screens as part of UCSB Arts & Lectures’ Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Eight Classic Films of Obsession, Mystery and Suspense ﬁlm series. Wed., Aug. 14, 7:30pm, UCSB’s Campbell Hall

PREMIERES

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

Blue Jasmine (98 mins.; PG-13: mature

Zachary Gordon reprises the role of Greg in this adventure comedy about a young kid with no summer plans. For this ﬁlmic franchise, the third time may not ultimately be the charm, but it does oﬀer up a cool two-ish-hour getaway in the movieplex. (JW) Tue., Aug. 13, 10am, Paseo Nuevo

thematic material, language, sexual content)

A woman in crisis (Cate Blanchett) heads to San Francisco, where she reconnects with her estranged sister. Woody Allen writes and directs. Paseo Nuevo/Riviera

(94 mins.; PG: some rude humor)

COP A LAUGH: Melissa McCarthy (left) and Sandra Bullock buddy up for The Heat. LääuNhom: Freedom of the Mind (33 mins.; NR) A South Sudanese student at Duke University starts a nonproﬁt to help bring education to his homeland. This documentary follows his journey home to Sudan to help construct a school in his village. See page 54 for more. Thu., Aug 15, 7:30pm, Marjorie Luke Theatre, 721 Cota St.

Nazarín (94 mins.; NR) A priest trying to live an honest life is shunned by a community, save for the kindness of the local prostitute. Screens as part of the Luis Buñuel Film Series. Thu., Aug 15, 7:30pm, Casa Dolores, 1023 Bath St.

Notorious (101 mins.; NR) A woman (Ingrid Bergman) is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. Screens as part of UCSB Arts & Lectures’ Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Eight Classic Films of Obsession, Mystery and Suspense ﬁlm series. Fri., Aug. 9, 8:30pm, Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunken Gardens, 1100 Anacapa St.

✯ Rust and Bone (120 mins.; R: strong sexual content, brief graphic nudity, some violence, language)

A single father (Matthias Schoenaerts) moves in with his sister. While there, he meets and falls for a killer-whale trainer (Marion Cotillard) who suﬀers a horrible accident. Writer/director Jacques Audiard’s alternately rough-edged and rapturously beautiful love story rides high on its poetic principles. (JW) Sun., Aug. 11, 4:30pm, Ojai Playhouse, 145 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai

NOW SHOWING ✯ 20 Feet from Stardom (90 mins.; PG-13: some strong language, sexual material)

Morgan Neville directs this documentary about the life and struggles of pop-music backup singers. Touches of genius dot this delight-packed documentary concerning the fate of those nearly invisible, often indispensable voices behind the stars. (DJP) Plaza de Oro

✯ The Conjuring (112 mins.; R: sequences of disturbing violence and terror)

Two paranormal investigators try to help a rural family that’s being terrorized by a dark presence. The Conjuring is exquisitely stylish (in a great retro fashion) and scary

in the best sense; it’s truly the most excitingly crafted movie of this summer. (DJP) Camino Real/Metro 4

✯ Despicable Me 2 (98 mins.; PG: rude humor, mild action)

Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) is recruited to help deal with a powerful new super criminal. Despicable Me  isn’t super-memorable and the 3-d eﬀects only dazzle in spurts, but it’s also clearly the most excellent of the cartoon epics that opened this benighted season. (DJP) Fiesta 5 (2-D)

✯ The Heat (117 mins.; R: pervasive language, strong crude content, some violence) An uptight FBI agent (Sandra Bullock) is paired with an impatient Boston cop (Melissa McCarthy) in order to take down a drug lord. The crackling — and occasionally warm and fuzzy — screen presence of the principals makes for several scenes worth bookmarking. (JW) Fiesta 5 Red 2 (116 mins.; PG-13: pervasive action and violence, frenetic gunplay, some language, drug material)

A retired black-ops CIA agent (Bruce Willis) reunites with his team to try and track down a missing nuclear device. There are some great explosions and a few fun plot reversals, but the real highlight here is watching the surprisingly mercurial comic talent of John Malkovich. (DJP) Camino Real

✯ The Way Way Back (103 mins.; PG-13: thematic elements, language, some sexual content, brief drug material)

Fourteen-year-old Duncan befriends the manager of a local water park during a particularly troublesome summer break. This refreshingly smart and subtle number is blissfully oﬀ to the left of the summerﬁlm formula, with its blend of comingof-age angles, family dysfunction, and emotional/existential riptides. (JW) Paseo Nuevo

✯ The Wolverine (126 mins.; PG-13: sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, some sexuality, language)

Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, where he is forced to confront his demons. Director James (Walk the Line) Mangold has never shown chops like these before, and the ﬁlm oﬀers constant visual surprises, even if the story is plagued by its own hypocrisies. (DJP) Camino Real (2-D)/ Metro 4 (2-D)

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TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20): “I am not washed and beautiful, in control of a shining world in which everything ﬁts,” writes Taurus author Annie Dillard, “but instead am wandering awed about on a splintered wreck I’ve come to care for, whose gnawed trees breathe a delicate air.” I recommend you try on her perspective for size. For now, just forget about scrambling after perfection. At least temporarily, surrender any longing you might have for smooth propriety. Be willing to live without neat containment and polite decorum. Instead, be easy and breezy. Feel a generous acceptance for the messy beauty you’re embedded in. Love your life exactly as it is, with all of its paradoxes and mysteries.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Studies show that when you’re driving a car, your safest speed is ﬁve miles per hour higher than the average rate of traﬃc. Faster than that, though, and the danger level rises. Traveling more slowly than everyone else on the road also increases your risk of having an accident. Applying these ideas metaphorically, I’d like to suggest you take a similar approach as you weave your way through life’s challenges in the coming week. Don’t dawdle and plod. Move a little swifter than everyone else, but don’t race along at a breakneck pace. Homework: Make a guess about where you’ll be and what you’ll be doing 10 years from today. Testify at Freewillastrology.com.

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CANCER (June 21 - July 22): The key theme this week is relaxed intensification. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to heighten and strengthen your devotion to things that are important to you — but in ways that make you feel more serene and self-possessed. To accomplish this, you will have to ignore the conventional wisdom, which falsely asserts that going deeper and giving more of yourself require you to increase your stress levels. You do indeed have a great potential for going deeper and giving more of yourself, but only if you also become more at peace with yourself and more at home in the world.

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22): Last year a young Nebraskan entrepreneur changed his name from Tyler Gold to Tyrannosaurus Rex Gold. He said it was a way of giving him greater name recognition as he worked to build his career. Do you have any interest in making a bold move like that, Leo? The coming weeks would be a good time for you to think about adding a new twist to your nickname or title or self-image. But I recommend something less sensationalistic and more in line with the qualities you’d actually like to cultivate in the future. I’m thinking of something like Laughing Tiger or Lucky Lion or Wily Wildcat.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): African-American jazz singer Billie Holiday was the great-granddaughter of a slave. By the time she was born in 1915, black people in the American South were no longer “owned” by white “masters,” but their predicament was still extreme. Racism was acute and debilitating. Here’s what Billie wrote in her autobiography: “You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.” Nothing you experience is remotely as oppressive as what Billie experienced, Virgo. But I’m wondering if you might suﬀer from a milder version of it. Is any part of you oppressed and inhibited even though your outward circumstances

are technically unconstrained? If so, now’s the time to push for more freedom.

and escape an irrelevant limitation or two. It’s time to get as big and brave and brazen as you dare.

LIBRA

CAPRICORN

(Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): What resounding triumphs and subtle transformations have you accomplished since your last birthday? How have you grown and changed? Are there any ways you have dwindled or drooped? The next few weeks will be an excellent time to take inventory of these things. Your own evaluations will be most important, of course. You’ve got to be the ultimate judge of your own character. But you should also solicit the feedback of people you trust. They may be able to help you see clues you’ve missed. If, after weighing all the evidence, you decide you’re pleased with how your life has unfolded these past 10 to 11 months, I suggest you celebrate your success. Throw yourself a party or buy yourself a reward or climb to the top of a mountain and unleash a victory cry.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): Monmouth Park in New Jersey hosts regular horse races from May through November. During one such event in 2010, a horse named Thewifenoseeverything ﬁnished ﬁrst, just ahead of another nag named Thewifedoesntknow. I suspect that there’ll be a comparable outcome in your life sometime soon. Revelation will trump secrecy. Whoever is hiding information will lose out to anyone who sees and expresses the truth. I advise you to bet on the option that’s forthcoming and communicative, not the one that’s furtive and withholding.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): You have both a poetic and a cosmic license to stretch yourself further. It’s best not to go too far, of course. You should stop yourself before you obliterate all boundaries and break all taboos and smash all precedents. But you’ve certainly got the blessings of fate if you seek to disregard some boundaries and shatter some taboos and outgrow some precedents. While you’re at it, you might also want to shed a few pinched expectations

(Dec. 22 - Jan. 19): When I was 19, a thug shot me in the butt with a shotgun at close range. To this day, my body contains the 43 pellets he pumped into me. They have caused some minor health problems, and I’m always queasy when I see a gun. But I don’t experience any routine suffering from the wound. Its original impact no longer plagues me. What’s your own personal equivalent of my trauma, Capricorn? A sickness that racked you when you were young? A difficult breakup with your first love? The death of someone you cared about? Whatever it was, I suspect you now have the power to reach a new level of freedom from that old pain.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): Want to take full advantage of the sexy vibes that are swirling around in your vicinity? One thing you could do is whisper the following provocations in the ear of anyone who would respond well to a dose of boisterous magic: () “Corrupt me with your raw purity, baby; beguile me with your raucous honesty.” () “I ﬁnally ﬁgured out that one of the keys to eternal happiness is to be easily amused. Want me to show you how that works?” () “I dare you to quench my thirst for spiritual sensuality.” () “Let’s trade clothes and pretend we’re each other’s higher selves.”

PISCES (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20): Some people put their faith in religion or science or political ideologies. English novelist J.G. Ballard placed his faith elsewhere: in the imagination. “I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world,” he wrote, “to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the conﬁdences of madmen.” As you make your adjustments and reconﬁgure your plans, Pisces, I suggest you put your faith where Ballard did. Your imagination is far more potent and dynamic than you realize — especially right now.

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PETIT VALENTIEN, 1114 STATE ST. #14, 805‑966‑0222. Open M‑F 11:30‑ 3pm (lunch). M‑Sat 5pm‑Close (din‑ ner). Sun $24 four course prefix dinner. In La Arcada Plaza, Chef Robert Dixon presents classic French comfort food at affordable cost in this cozy gem of a restaurant. Petit Valentien offers a wide array of meat and seafood entrees along with extensive small plates and a wine list specializing in amazing quality at arguably the best price in town. A warm romantic atmo‑ sphere makes the perfect date spot. Comfortable locale for dinner parties, or even just a relaxing glass of wine. Reservations are recommended.

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RENAUD’S PATISSERIE & Bistro, 3315 State St. in Loreto Plaza, 569‑2400 & 1324 State St. Ste N 892‑2800 $$ M ‑ Sat 7‑ 5, Sun 7‑3 & M‑Sun 7‑ 3 Wide selection of wholesome French pastries. Breakfast & lunch menu is composed of egg dishes, sandwiches & salads representing Renaud’s favor‑ ites. Our Brewed coffees & teas are proudly 100% Organic.

Indian FLAVOR OF INDIA 3026 State 682‑ 6561 $$ www.flavorofindiasb.com VOTED BEST 17yrs. Finest, most authentic Indian cuisine is affordable too! All You Can Eat Lunch Buffet $8.95 M‑S dinner combos $9.95+ Specials: Tandoori‑ Mixed or Fish, Chicken Tikka Masala, Shrimp Bhuna. Also: meat, curries & vegetarian.Wine & Beer. Take out. 20yrs of Excellence! INDIA CLUB ‑ New Goleta Restaurant, 5 Star Chef from India Krishna, lunch buffet 7 days a week, w/ special Dosa menu on Sat. & Sun. Beer & Wine. Open 7 days a week. 5701 Calle Real. 805‑967‑7171

Conveniently Located • Free Parking Outdoor Patio • Friendly Service Generous Portions • Since 1949 Locally owned & operated 201 Fine WestIce Mission St. • 569-2323 Cream and Yogurts 201 West Mission St. • 569-2323

INDIA HOUSE, 418 State St. Next to 99 Cent Store 805.962.5070. 7 days 11:30a‑ 3:30p ALL YOU CAN EAT Lunch Buffet $8.95. Dinner 5p‑9p. Tandori & North Indian Muglai special‑ ties. World Class Indian Chefs at your service! Traditional floor seating. Sitar & Tabla Live Music Fri. & Sat. Eves. Indian & Draft Beers, Local Wines. www.indiahouseusa.com NAAN STOP ‑ Popular, Casual Dinining, Indian Restaurant w/ Boba drinks, chicken tikka masala, saag tofu, naan bread, and all other favorites! 966 Embarcadero del Mar 685‑4715. SPICE AVENUE, Authentic Indian Cuisine. Zagat Rated since 2006. 1027 State Street. 965‑6004. www. spiceavenuesb.com OPEN 7 DAYS “By Far the Best Place in Santa Barbara to Explore Indian Flavors... “Food and Home Magazine, SB. A fam‑ ily owned restaurant from London with 5 Star chef from India, Dinesh ‑ Our lavish all you can eat lunch buffet is 7 days a week! Heated Patio, beer, and wine.

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DARGAN’S IRISH Pub & Restaurant, 18 E. Ortega St. (next to lot 10) SB, 568‑0702. $$. Open 7 days 11:30a‑ Close (Food ‘til 10p, 11p on Sat/ Sun). AE MC V Disc. Authentic Irish food & atmosphere in downtown SB. Specialties from Ireland include Seafood & Meat dishes. Informal, relaxed pub‑style atmosphere. Live music Thursday nights. Children wel‑ come. Avail. for private parties. Pool & Darts.

CIELITO RESTAURANT 1114 State St. 805‑965‑4770. Open Tue‑Sun, Lunch 11:30‑2:30, Happy Hour 4‑6, Dinner starts at 5. Mexican and Latin American inspired cuisine showcasing the best local ingredi‑ ents from land and sea. Start with a fresh and flavorful selection from the Raw Bar and explore the bold and sophisticated flavors of Chef Ramon Velazquez’s ceviches, antojitos (small cravings) and entrées.Patio seating, a spectacular dining room, lunch, happy hour and dinner.

HOLDREN’S 512 State St. 965‑3363 Lunch & Dinner Daily. Featuring $20 Prime Rib Wednesdays‑ USDA 12 oz Prime MidWestern corn‑fed beef char‑ broiled over mesquite; or try from our selections of the freshest seafood. We offer extensive wine & martini lists & look forward to making your dining experience superb! Reservations avail.

Italian ALDO’S ITALIAN Restaurant 1031 State St. 963‑6687. $$ Open 7 days. Lunch & Dinner. V MC AE DC DV. Local SB favorite for over 25 years offers fast, friendly service in the heart of downtown. Dine outdoors in our heated courtyard. Enjoy new home‑ style cuisine like Chicken Parmigiana or Fresh Fish specials in a comfort‑ able, romantic atmosphere. Vegan & Gluten‑ Free Pasta and Salad Options available. Wine & Beer. Full menu at: www.sbaldos.com

Japanese KYOTO, 3232 State St, 687‑1252.$$. Open 7days M‑F 11:30a‑2p; Sat Noon‑ 2:30p Lunch; Sun‑Thur 5‑10p Dinner, Fri‑Sat 5p‑10:30p.Complete Sushi Bar. Steak & Seafood Specials! Sashimi, Teriyaki, original Japanese appetiz‑ ers & Combination Boat Dinner. SB’s only TATAMI Rooms reservations sug‑ gested. Beer, Wine & Sake.Take Out. Birthday customers get FREE tempura ice cream & photo on our website! KyotoSB.com

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Vallin Rosé 2012 Fresh out of the gates is this new Rhône‑focused focused project from Brian McClintic and Eric Railsback (proprietors of Les Marchands Wine Bar & Merchants in the Funk Zone) along with their friends Justin Willett of Tyler Winery and master somm Dustin Wilson. This inaugural rosé, all grenache from Camp Four Vineyard, is a pale, nearly golden pink, racy and lively on the tongue with acidity and light fruit, very much in the Provençal style. Try its refreshing, thirst‑quenching character for yourself this Saturday, August 10, at Les Marchards Wine Futures Tasting. See lesmarchandswine.com and vallinwine.com.

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SOJOURNER CAFÉ, 134 E. Canon Perdido 965‑7922. Open 11‑11 Th‑Sat; 11a‑10:30p Sun‑Wed. SB’s natural foods landmark since 1978 Daily soups & chef’s specials, hearty stews, fresh local fish, organic chicken dishes,salads & sandwiches & award winning dessert . Espresso bar, beer, wine, smoothies, shakes & fresh juices sojournercafe.com

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SPENCER’S LIMOUSINE & Tours, 884‑ 9700 Thank You SB, Voted BEST 16yrs! Specializing in wine tours of all Central Cal Wineries. Gourmet picnic lunch or fine restaurants avail TCP16297 805‑884‑9700 www.spencerslimo.com

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NATURAL CAFE, 508 State St., 5 blocks from beach. 962‑9494 Goleta‑ 5892 Hollister 692‑2363. 361 Hitchcock Way 563‑1163 $. Open for lunch & din‑ ner 7 days. A local favorite for dinner. Voted “Best Lunch in Santa Barbara” “Best Health Food Restaurant” “Best Veggie Burger” “Best Sidewalk Cafe Patio” “Best Fish Taco” all in the Independent Reader’s Poll. Daily Specials, Char‑Broiled Chicken, Fresh Fish, Homemade Soups, Hearty Salads, Healthy Sandwiches, Juice Bar, Microbrews, Local Wines, and the Best Patio on State St. 9 loca‑ tions serving the Central Coast. www.thenaturalcafe.com

Thai BANGKOK PALACE 2829 De la Vina St. 687‑1828 $$ Open M‑F 11a‑9p Sat 5‑9p Fine Thai Cuisine in an intimate authentic setting. $15min.+ $3 fee for deliveries. Beer/Wine/Sake.AX/Disc/ VC/ MC.WI‑FI www.BangkokPalace.co YOUR PLACE Restaurant, 22 N. Milpas St., 966‑5151, 965‑9397. $$. Open Mon 4‑9:45pm Tues‑Thurs & Sun 11:30a‑9:45p, Fri/Sat 11:30a‑10:30p. V MC AE. Your Place ‑ The One & Only. Voted “BEST THAI FOOD” for 26 years by Independent and The Weekly read‑ ers, making us a Living Legend! Lunch & dinner specials daily. Fresh sea‑ food & tasty vegetarian dishes. Santa Barbara Restaurant Guide selected us as the Best Thai Restaurant for excep‑ tional dining reflected by food quality, service & ambiance.

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“Our desserts are as gigantic as our pastas!” 1026 State Street 805-564-1985 www.palazzio.com

PALAPA 4123 State St. 683‑3074 $$ BREAKFAST 7am daily. Big Breakfast burritos, machaca, chorizo & eggs, chiliquiles, Organic mexican coffee & Fresh squeezed OJ, pancakes, omelets & lunch specials. Fresh seafood din‑ ners.

RODNEY’S STEAKHOUSE, 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort 805‑884‑8581 Open for dinner 5:30pm‑10pm. Reservations recommended. A classic steakhouse at the beach with bold & beautiful décor. Featuring USDA prime‑grade steaks, fresh seafood, baked lobster & nightly chef specials. Incredible desserts. Full cocktail bar special‑ izes in 15 distinctive martinis.Wine cellar with Santa Barbara County & California best vintages by‑ the‑glass www.rodneyssteakhouse.com

over 23 years same location. We are Santa Barbara’s premier wine retailer, offering a wide variety of local and imported wines. Our diverse assort‑ ment of wine comes from the world’s finest vineyards with prices starting around $9. View our full inventory @ www.renegadewines.com. We store your wine. 3000sq feet of temp. con‑ trolled wine lockers; 8 case lockers‑300 case rooms. Off‑street parking. 2 blocks from State St. (2nd driveway @ 126 E. Haley) Monthly tastings & private tast‑ ings available. We ship wine. Keep in touch: Facebook, Google+, Twitter

BABCOCK WINERY & VINEYARDS. 5175 HWY 246 Sta. Rita Hills. 805‑736‑ 1455 Open 10:30‑5 p.m. daily. For 30 years Bryan Babcock has been honing his craft. Venture into beautiful wine country and savor his extraordi‑ extraordi nary collection of highly expressive sin‑ sin gle‑vineyard Pinot Noirs rarely offered outside of the winery. Sample highly acclaimed Chardonnays, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris. Cabernet and Syrah sourced from warmer SB Co. locales are voluptuous. Taste wine and shop for eclectic gifts in a newly ren‑ ovated, vintage inspired atmosphere. www.babcockwinery.com SANTA BARBARA Winery, 202 Anacapa St. 963‑3633. Open 7 days, 10a‑5p, small charge for extensive tast‑ ing list. 2 blocks from both State St & the beach. This venerable winery is the county’s oldest‑ est.1962, and offers many internationally acclaimed wines from their Lafond Vineyard in the Santa Rita Hills. Try some of Winemaker Bruce McGuire’s small production bot‑ tling.www.sbwinery.com WHITCRAFT WINERY, 36 S. Calle Cesar Chavez 730‑1680. Family owned & operated. Specialist in Pinot Noir .Est. 1985. In Sideways! 1 block from beach. Tastings Fri/Sat/Sun 12‑4 & by appt. www.whitcraftwinery.com

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MEDITERRA CAFÉ CLOSES: This just in from reader

SO: “Mediterra Café & Market [ Hollister Ave., Goleta] closed on the 31st due to their lease running up. Hope they ﬁnd a new spot soon! Their lunch specials were always really good!”

SZECHUAN COMING TO GOLETA? Reader Cris spotted this oﬃcial tweet from Szechuan Restaurant,  Cliﬀ Drive: “How do our customers feel about the possibility of a Szechuan Restaurant II out in Goleta?” CA’ DARIO PIZZERIA UPDATE: Readers tell me that Ca’ Dario Pizzeria at  East Victoria Street is expanding into the vacated American Cleaners next door. ALL INDIA CAFÉ UPDATE: I stopped by All India Café at  State Street and was told that their transition to “Himalayan Kitchen,” originally scheduled for mid-June, has been delayed because they are still waiting for health permits. When the MORE FOOD necessary permits are in place, All SEE P. 45

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he Lark, named for the sleek overnight Pullman train of the Southern Pacific Railroad that serviced Santa Barbara from 1910-1968, is a 130-seat, full-service restaurant located at  Anacapa Street in the former Santa Barbara Fish Market building and, until May 2010, the home of Bay Café. Owner Sherry Villanueva describes her new restaurant this way: “Menu items for The Lark will be locally sourced and responsibly grown, using seasonal ingredients based on the abundant bounty available on the Central Coast. The Lark’s full bar will feature classic as well as OPEN FOR BIZ: The Lark has opened at 131 Anacapa Street, the former craft cocktails using the finest in artihome of Bay Café. san spirits, mixers and seasonal fruits India Café will close. After two weeks of remodeling, and vegetables. The interior and exterior design of the the eatery will reopen under new ownership, offerspace has an urban style that integrates vintage and ing Indian, Nepali, and Tibetan cuisine. Sources tell re-purposed materials for a sophisticated yet casual me that one of the featured dishes will be yak-meat sensibility.” dumplings. The Lark offers dinner service every day beginning at 5 p.m. Lunch service will be added in the coming CHILE VERDE PIZZA: This just in from reader weeks. Call 284-0370 for reservations. Foodie Dan: “John, Rusty’s Pizza has a Chili Verde McCONNELL’S SET TO OPEN: Owner Michael pizza for the month of August; tomatillo sauce, pork Palmer tells me that McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams and cheese. I will be trying this one!” will debut its inaugural, flagship ice cream parlor WINE CASK PARTNERS WITH UNITED WAY: this week at  State Street, formerly Java Jones and For the entire month of August, you can enjoy lunch Espresso Roma Café, after a nearly 40-year absence in Wine Cask’s historic courtyard while supporting from company-owned retail scooping. The new parlor local nonprofit United Way. Wine Cask ( Anacapa will be located less than a mile from both McConnell’s St.) has partnered with United Way of Santa Barbara headquarters (which opened in  at the corner of County for their Charity Lunch Promotion, and will State and Mission sts.) and The Old Dairy, where, to donate 10 percent of all checks when guests mention this day, McConnell’s continues to produce its awardthis charity. winning ice creams.

OFF TOPIC: I am not a big fan of drama. A year ago, I married a wonderful lady who doesn’t care much for drama either. Consequently, it surprised us both when we arrived at the annual Fiesta event Celebración de los Dignatarios at the Santa Barbara Zoo last week, and within moments found ourselves with a sombrero-ful of drama. The reason: I noticed that my wedding ring was missing. I was quite anguished about it and needless to say our evening festivities ended before they’d even started. My father has worn the same wedding ring for 55 years, yet I managed to lose mine after only 12 months. Naturally my first reaction was to wonder how the gold band parted ways with my fourth proximal digit. I remembered working on our vegetable garden earlier that day. Perhaps it came off in the gardening glove? To make a long story short, it turns out that I lost it a full six days earlier while visiting relatives — and swimming — at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort, and hadn’t noticed. A million thank-yous to the honest person who found my ring and turned it in to lost-and-found, and to the DoubleTree staff for safeguarding it for me.

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

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Goleta Valley Medical Pharmacy at 334 South Patterson Avenue, Suite 110 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Joseph Deherrera Allen 6502 Camino Venturosa Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by Individual Signed: Joseph Allen Deherrera This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 18, 2013. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2013‑0002275. Published: July 25. Aug 01, 08, 15 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Yoga To You at 4082 Via Zorro #A Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Julie Anne Clyde (same address) This business is conducted by Individual Signed: Julie Clyde This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 16, 2013. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002235. Published: July 25. Aug 01, 08, 15 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: The Nailspa at 4419 Hollister Ave #A Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Thang Dan Luu (same address) This business is conducted by A Married Couple Signed: Thang Luu This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 02, 2013. 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 Jessica Armstrong. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002129. Published: July 25. Aug 01, 08, 15 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cooper Communications at 940 Tremonto Road Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Renee M. Cooper (same address) This business is conducted by Individual Signed: Renee Cooper This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 22, 2013. 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 Hector Gonzalez. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002307. Published: July 25. Aug 01, 08, 15 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dream Investments at 3911 Via Laguna Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Jessica Delgado 9640 Oracle Oak Place Salinas, CA 93907; Linda Ford 7620 Dowdy Street Gilroy, CA 95020; Christine Kerr 9640 Oracle Oak Place Salinas, CA 93907; Rosanne Masi Marquis 3911 Via Laguna 3911 Via Laguna Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Karen Ann Masi 21 Park Ave Petaluma, CA 94952; Marianne Masi 508 1/2 Baker Street Petaluma, CA 94952; Sara Schroeder 3911 Via Laguna Santa Barbara CA 93110 This business is conducted by General Partnership Signed: Rosanne Masi Marquis This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 16, 2013. 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 Jan Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002243. Published: July 25. Aug 01, 08, 15 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Plum Loco Publishing at 316 W Anapamu Street #11 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Eric Bernard Ederer (same address) This business is conducted by Individual Signed: Eric Ederer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 18, 2013. 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 Danielle Gomez. FBN Number: 2013‑0002272. Published: July 25. Aug 01, 08, 15 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Willowcreek Landscape Advice at 5510 Armitos Avenue #13 Goleta, CA 93117; John Scheidemen (same address) This business is conducted by Individual Signed: John Scheidemen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 19, 2013. 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 Danielle Gomez. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002288. Published: July 25. Aug 01, 08, 15 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sabora Cellars at 650 Juanita Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Robert E Hurlbett (same address) Sara Weber (same address) This business is conducted by A Married Couple Signed: Robert E. Hurlbett This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 18, 2013. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2013‑0002271. Published: July 25. Aug 01, 08, 15 2013.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara Parking Service at 5058 San Julio Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Faith Bulger (same address) Maximo Gonzalez (same address) Mark Singson (same address) This business is conducted by Copartners Signed: Mark Singson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 22, 2013. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2013‑0002308. Published: Aug 01, 08, 15, 22 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Holton Group at 510 Castillo St. #320 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Parris Construction, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by Corporation Signed: W.S. Parris This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 25, 2013. 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2013‑0002367. Published: Aug 01, 08, 15, 22 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara Bride, Santa Barbara Events, Santa Barbara Wedding Guide, Santa Barbara Wedding Style, Santabarbarawedding.com at 2528 Orella Street, Unit A Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Liane Rose Duffy (same address) This business is conducted by Individual Signed: Liane R. Duffy This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 17, 2013. 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 Hector Gonzalez. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002258. Published: Aug 01, 08, 15, 22 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: AT Speed Press at 410 Palm Avenue Unit A4 Carpinteria, CA 93013; Jesse L Alexander 226 East Junipero Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by Individual Signed: Jesse L Alexander This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 19, 2013. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2013‑0002285. Published: Aug 01, 08, 15, 22 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: KOA Swimwear at 1444 Jesusita Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Kristen Elias (same address) Nicole Elias (same address) This business is conducted by General Partnership Signed: Nicole Elias This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 23, 2013. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002320. Published: Aug 01, 08, 15, 22 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Avelina Wine Company at 131 Anacapa Street Suite C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Avelina Wine Company 120 Presidential Way Suite 300 Woburn, MA 01801 This business is conducted by Limited Liability Company Signed: Christian Garvin This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 24, 2013. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2013‑0002341. Published: Aug 01, 08, 15, 22 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Jose F Almanza Landscaping & Maintenance at 30 Winchester Cyn Road #8 Goleta, CA 93117; Jose F Almanza (same address) This business is conducted by Individual Signed: Jose F Almanza This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 18, 2013. 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 Danielle Gomez. FBN Number: 2013‑0002270. Published: Aug 01, 08, 15, 22 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Buena Design Services, Buena Fabrication, Buena Tile & Stone, Buena Tile + Stone, Buena, Buena Tile And Stone at 518 E Haley Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Anacapa Distribution 1717 Palma Drive Ventura, CA 93003 This business is conducted by Corporation Signed: Cheryl George This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 01, 2013. 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 Hector Gonzales. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002119. Published: Aug 01, 08, 15, 22 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Nina De Creeft Ward (Artist) Nina Ward (Artist) at 3075 Calle Mariposa Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Rosa Mariana De Creeft (same address) This business is conducted by Individual Signed: Rosa Mariana De Creeft This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 29, 2013. 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 Jessica Armstrong. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002384. Published: Aug 01, 08, 15, 22 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: San Andreas Hardware at 635 Micheltorena Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Katherine Bazarganan 1514 Veronica Place Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Sean T. Guzman (same address) This business is conducted by Individual Signed: Katherine Bazarganan This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 17, 2013. 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 Danille Gomez. FBN Number: 2013‑0002248. Published: July 25. Aug 01, 08, 15 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Art Walk For Kids/Adults at 835 Puente Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Kerrie Kilpatrick‑ Weinberg (same address) This business is conducted by Individual Signed: Kerrie Kilpatrick‑Weinberg This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 24, 2013. 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 Hector Gonzalez. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002343. Published: Aug 01, 08, 15, 22 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cal Coast Doors, Goleta Valley Communication Center, Cal Coast Lock & Safe, Goleta Valley Lock & Safe Co., Cal Coast Locksmiths, Goleta Valley Locksmiths at 272 South Orange Ave. Suite #1 Goleta, CA 93117‑3622 This business is conducted by Individual Signed: Michael S. Young This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 29, 2013. 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2013‑0002383. Published: Aug 01, 08, 15, 22 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Animal Eye Care, Animal Eye Clinic, Eye Clinics For Animals, Eye Vet For Animals, Eye Vets For Pets, www.eyevets. com, Animal Eye Care Clinic, Eye Care For Animals, Eye Vet Clinic, Eye Vet For Pets, The Animal Eye Clinic, Animal Eye Care Clinics, Eye Clinic For Animals, Eye Vet Clinics, Eye Vets For Animals, www.eyevet. com at 1221 Avenida Acaso Suite B Camarillo, CA 93012 This business is conducted by Corporation Signed: Thomas P. Grant This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 10, 2013. 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 Hector Gonzalez. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002186. Published: Aug 01, 08, 15, 22 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Stonegate Construction at 5730 Hollister Ave. Ste D Goleta, CA 93117; Roger N Brown 2440 Calle Almonte Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Robert J. (Judd) McClimon 7400 Cathedral Oaks Road Goleta, CA 93117; Rae & Mori Construction Inc 5730 Hollister Ave. Ste D Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by Corporation Signed: Kristi Smart This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 19, 2013. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2013‑0002293. Published: Aug 08, 15, 22, 29 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Alone in the Family, Catalyst, Catalyst Studio, Family Portrait, Feelings, Handle with Care at 120 West Mission Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Chien‑ei Yu at 1724 Sunset Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Chien‑ei Yu. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 26, 2013. 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 Hector Gonzalez. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002373. Published: Aug 08, 15, 22, 29, 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Down To Earth Gardening Solutions at 141‑G East Highway 246 Buellton, CA 93427; Down To Earth Gardening Solutions Inc. PO Box 397 Buellton, CA 93427 This business is conducted by Corporation Signed: Adrienne E. Veillette, CFO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 30, 2013. 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2013‑0002397. Published: Aug 08, 15, 22, 29 2013.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: George The Rooterman Plumbing at 808 North Ontare Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Gail Suzanne Porter (same address) Robert Kenneth Porter (same address) This business is conducted by A Married Couple Signed: Robert K. Porter This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 1, 2013. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2013‑0002426. Published: Aug 08, 15, 22, 29 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following STATEMENT person(s) is/are doing business as: Transcontinental Properties at 420 East Carrillo Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Transcontinental Corporation (same address) This business is conducted by Corporation Signed: David J. Voorhies This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 24, 2013. 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 Hector Gonzalez. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002334. Published: Aug 08, 15, 22, 29 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mesa Appliance Inc. at 315 Meigs Road, Suite 399 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Mesa Appliance (same address) This business is conducted by Corporation Signed: Sergiy Mayoror This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 30, 2013. 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 Hector Gonzalez. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002406. Published: Aug 08, 15, 22, 29 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following STATEMENT person(s) is/are doing business as: Enterpreneurs Workshop International, EWI, Inventors Workshop International,, Workshop International IWI, V‑SEC, Virtual Space Enterprise Center at 812 E. Lemon Street Lompoc, CA 93436; Environmental Education Group, Inc. PO Box 285 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 This business is conducted by Corporation Signed: Lielle Arad‑ Treasurer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 26, 2013. 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 Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002386. Published: Aug 08, 15, 22, 29 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following STATEMENT person(s) is/are doing business as: Conservation of The American Pyramid at 639 Avenida Pequena Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Anita M. Campion (same address) This business is conducted by Individual Signed: Anita M. Campion This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 31, 2013. 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 Hector Gonzalez. FBN Number: 2013‑0002412. Published: Aug 08, 15, 22, 29 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Advanced Engineering & Machining, LLC at 5790 Thornwood Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Advanced Engineering & Machining, LLC 3139 North Republic Boulevard Toledo, OH 43615 This business is conducted by Limited Liability Company Signed: James Geis This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 30, 2013. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2013‑ 0002398. Published: Aug 08, 15, 22, 29 2013.

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NAme chANGe IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF HERLINDA PALMA ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 1417591 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: HERLINDA PALMA TO: LINDA PALMA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Aug 21, 2013 9:‑ 30am, Dept 6, 1100 Anacapa St, Santa Barbara CA 93101. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated July 03, 2013. by Terri Chavez; Deputy Clerk for James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. July 25. Aug 1, 8, 15 2013.

puBlic Notices ON JULY 29, 2013, an application for license renewal was filed by Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls, Inc. with the Federal Communications Commission for FM Translator Station K275BO at Las Cruces, CA. The K275BO transmitting site is located at geographical coordinates n lat 34‑31‑ 32; w long 119‑57‑32. K275BO operates on Channel 275 with an effective radiated power of 10 watts. Published August 8, 2013. ON JULY 29, 2013, an application for license renewal was filed by Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls, Inc. with the Federal Communications Commission for FM Translator Station K218CP at Santa Barbara, CA. The K218CP transmitting site is located at geographical coordinates n lat 34‑27‑ 57; w long 119‑40‑38. K218CP operates on Channel 218 with an effective radiated power of 10 watts. Published August 8, 2013. NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY is hereby given that pursuant to California Civil Code 1988 Synergy Partnerships Limited, will sell at PUBLIC SALE abandoned personal properties left at 3858 Via Mitad, Lompoc, CA. Sale will be held at: 150 Vulcan Dr, Lompoc, CA on 8/22/13 at 10 am. Items auctioned may be but not limited to households, personals, furniture, tools & the unknown. Cash & immediate carry only. Pub Dates 8/8 & 8/15 2013

summoNs SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): CHRIS VALDEZ, an Individual YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): BENJAMIN TATMAN, an Individual NOTICE! You have been sued.The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff a letter or phone call will

not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.There may be a court form that you can use your for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales papa presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas information en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, ( w w w. c o u r t i n f o . c a . g o v / s e l f h e l p / espanol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. CASE NO:1416088 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es) Santa Barbara Superior Court 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: Alan Fenton 311 W. Montecito Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Law Offices of Alan Fenton (805) 568‑1800 (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): DATE: Mar 13, 2013. Gary M. Blair, Executive Officer, By Renee Bradley, Deputy Clerk (Delegado) Published July 25. Aug 1, 8, 15 2013. SECOND AMENDED SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): 1403120 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): KRISTIN NUNEZ, an individual, TOWN & COUNTRY EVENT

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RENTALS, INC., a California Corporation, and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): CLASSIC PARTY RENTALS, INC., a California Corporation NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte. ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por

imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Santa Barbara Superior Court, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93121 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Donald J. Kula (SBN 144942), Perkins Coie LLP, 1888 Century Park East, Suite 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90067‑1721, (310) 788‑ 9900 DATE (Fecha): July 19, 2013 DARREL E. PARKER, Executive Officer, Clerk (Secretario), by NARZRALLI BAKSH, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) AMENDMENT TO COMPLAINT INCORRECT NAME Plaintif(s) having designated a defendant in the complaint by the incorrect name of Kristen Nunez and having discovered the true name of said defendant to be Kristin Nunez hereby amends the complaint by inserting such true name in place and stead of such incorrect name wherever it appears in said complaint. Date: July 17, 2013 /s/ illegible Attorney for Plaintiff(s) ORDER Proper cause appearing, it is ordered that plaintiff(s) be allowed to file the above amendment to complaint. Dated: July 19, 2013 /S/ THOMAS P. ANDERLE Judge of the Superior Court 8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22/13 CNS‑2514922# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

trustee Notice NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 12‑0051594 Title Order No. 12‑ 0091237 APN No. 003‑161‑17 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/03/2005. 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. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by DUNCAN WESTLEY, AN UNMARRIED MAN AS TO AN UNDIVIDED 90% INTEREST, AND AUTUMN G ELLING, A SINGLE WOMAN AS TO AN UNDIVIDED 10% INTEREST, AS TENANTS IN COMMON, dated 10/03/2005 and recorded 10/12/2005, as Instrument No. 2005‑ 0098987, in Book N/A, Page N/A, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Santa Barbara County, State of California, will sell on 09/04/2013 at 9:00AM, Carrillo Recreation Center, 100 E. Carrillo St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Carrillo Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1275 VALLECITO RD, CARPINTERIA, CA, 930131435. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable

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estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $828,289.64. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks 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 Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. 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 a 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 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 1‑ 800‑281‑8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco. com, using the file number assigned to this case 12‑0051594. 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. DATED: 09/13/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6‑914‑ 01‑94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281‑ 8219 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI # 1006.166753 7/25, 8/01, 8/08/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE File No. 7042.29634 Title Order No. 8188700 APN 031‑185‑05 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/13/86. 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 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 §5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. Trustor(s): JOSE ANTONIO URIBE AND MARIBEL URIBE, HUSBAND AND WIFE Recorded: 10/28/86, as Instrument No. 1986‑070245, of Official Records of SANTA BARBARA County, California. Date of Sale: 08/28/13 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: At the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA The purported property address is: 1014 ALPHONSE ST, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103 Assessors Parcel No. 031‑185‑ 05 The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $27,371.03. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid, plus interest. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the

beneficiary, the Trustor or the trustee. 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 877‑ 484‑9942 or 800‑ 280‑2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.USA‑ Foreclosure.com or www.Auction.com using the file number assigned to this case 7042.29634. 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. Date: July 30, 2013 NORTHWEST TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC., as Trustee Victoria Gutierrez, Authorized Signatory 1241 E. Dyer Road, Suite 250, Santa Ana, CA 92705 866‑387‑ 6987 Sale Info website: www.USA‑ Foreclosure.com or www.Auction.com Automated Sales Line: 877‑484‑9942 or 800‑280‑2832 Reinstatement and Pay‑Off Requests: 866‑387‑NWTS THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FILE # 7042.29634 08/08/2013, 08/15/2013, 08/22/2013

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