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THE WEEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Pop, Rock & Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Of some lovely doggies who hang out in our shop at times: (clockwise from top left) Danger, Scout, Ollie, Kira, Potato, Zeus, Henry, and Riley. Thanks to our furry friends, we rarely suffer dog days because they frequently dogpile in to offer a little puppy love. That’s the way they became The Indy Bunch.

Arts & Entertainment Listings . . . . . . . . 56

LIVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Living Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Starshine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Shop Dogs

(and Two Cats and Some Fowl)

Pets Who Go to Work with Their Humans (Michelle Drown) ON THE COVER:

Chihuahua-corgi mix J.J. of J7 Surfboards. Photo by Paul Wellman. ABOVE: Border collie Brady with owner Hector Palomino.

Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Positively State Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

FILM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Movie Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

OPINIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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After seeing its student population diminish in the past several years, Open Alternative School (OAS) supporters received hope on Tuesday night after school boardmembers voted to alter its interdistrict attendance policy with specific language to support the small school of choice. Unlike the other elementary schools, Open Alternative School — which sits on the La Colina Junior High School campus on Foothill Road — previously could not accept students who lived in its nearby neighborhoods, because those kids resided in the Hope Elementary School District. In the past several years, OAS has seen its population size drop by dozens and its number of classrooms cut from 10 to five. Recently, the student body size has crept up to 169 students in seven classes; the school’s goal is to reach 230. Always a hot topic, the ability of out-of-district students to attend a Santa Barbara school was restricted about seven years ago after the district slipped into “basic aid.” This effectively meant state money per pupil would be diluted if the district accepted students from out of its boundaries. The amendment has been a long time coming, and after considerable back and forth, the board finalized Tuesday a policy that allows the district to accept 100 interdistrict transfers wishing to attend one of the district schools on a space-available basis, including space for 25 students at OAS. The policy change affects all schools in the district, but space is very tight at other elementary schools. If more than 100 students from out of the district apply to attend a Santa Barbara school, the district will hold a lottery. “I think it’s an exciting opportunity; it’s a vote of confidence,” said OAS principal Colleen Million, who started the position last summer. Priority will be given to students who are children of district or SBCC employees or to pupils who have siblings already in the district. Million also expressed concern about getting the numbers — Kelsey Brugger back up as open enrollment ends February 17.

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The Board of Supervisors this week approved a 3 percent pay raise — $9,000 — for County CEO Mona Miyasato, bumping her salary up to $239,000. Miyasato came aboard in December 2013 with a salary slightly less than that of her predecessor, Chandra Wallar. She moved from Marin County, where she served as chief assistant county administrator, and has a contract through 2017.

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The owners of The Habit Burger Grill announced on the Goleta-born chain has struck its first international franchise deal. The agreement with Food Quest Restaurant Management will take the eatery to six Middle Eastern countries over the next 10 years: United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. Food Quest will have exclusive rights to open up to 50 new restaurants across the region, with the first slated to open in the United Arab Emirates in the second half of 2015. Bizerk, the popular vintage clothing and costume store on lower State Street, will close at the end of January after its month-to-month lease was not renewed. Co-owners David Sampanis and Michelle Dalton said they were blindsided by the 30-day notice and likely won’t be able to afford another location. Sampanis said their rent was $4,200 a month, and he believes the building’s owner and property manager, LYNX Management Inc., has leased the space to an unknown merchant for at least twice that rate.

UCSB UCSB received a record 85,208 undergraduate applications for next fall, a 5 percent jump from last year. Of the roughly 70,000 freshman applicants, 37 percent have a high school GPA of a 4.0 or higher. About 13,000 of the 15,000 transfer applicants attend a community college in California. As of Tuesday, 808

students listed SBCC as their current school, though UCSB spokesperson George Foulsham said the office is still sorting through the data. Eight months after the Isla Vista murders, UCSB received a $570,000 grant from the Department of Education to bolster its mental-health support systems, hire additional psychologists, add more social workers, and bring on an additional staff member to coordinate the services. According to a statement from Rep. Lois Capps’s office, UCSB saw the demand for individual therapy services increase by 27 percent since the May tragedy, crisis follow-up has increased by 86 percent, and on-call intakes have increased by 183 percent.

HEALTH The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department announced 1/13 that a 25-day-old infant has died from pertussis, better known as whooping cough. It was the first pertussis death in Santa Barbara County and the second in the state for 2014, when officials saw the most cases of the respiratory disease in 70 years. Public Health spokesperson Susan KleinRothschild said she could not specify where in the county the death occurred, though she emphasized the importance of the pertussis vaccine. “It really brings to heart the issue of why vaccination is so important,” Klein-Rothschild said. “It protects the entire community.”

DEATHS Santa Barbara wine country pioneer Daniel J. Gainey died at the age of 89 on December 29, about 30 years after planting his first grapevines at what would become known as The Gainey Vineyard. In 1962, he purchased the Santa Ynez Valley ranch along today’s Highway 246 near the airport, where he raised hay, other crops, and horses before planting his vineyard. Gainey leaves behind 11 grandkids and seven children, including his son, Dan Jr., who joined the family business in 1985. ■

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ast fall, Jerry Brown encountered a rival from the 20th century, who sarcastically compared the governor’s bald pate to the hirsute look of his first term. “When I had hair,” Brown replied, “Methuselah was walking the streets.” His rare bit of self-deprecation spotlighted a fundamental feature of 21st-century California politics: Nearly all of its top officials have long been eligible for Medicare. From Brown (76) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (74) to U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (74) and Dianne Feinstein (81), a familiar cast of antediluvian Democrats has dominated politics for decades, suppressing the aspirations of the next generation. Things are about to change. Last week, Boxer confirmed she’ll retire when her fifth term ends in 2016; three days before, Brown was inaugurated for the final time as governor. These events set off a mad rumpus of behind-the-scenes plotting and public maneuvering among the lean and hungry set, whose ambitions at last are liberated. THE TOP TIER: The top players in the political drama are an intertwined trio of liberals, including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (47), Attorney General Kamala Harris (50), and ex-L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (61). Newsom jumped first, taking to Facebook last Monday to reject a Senate campaign, a signal he plans to run for governor in 2018. Twenty-three hours later, Harris declared her Senate candidacy on her website, becoming the early money front-runner a mere 23 months before election. Former San Francisco mayor Newsom shares a fundraising base with Harris, an ex-S.F. district attorney; both are protégés of legendary pol Willie Brown and also share a political consultant, Averell “Ace” Smith. This happy coincidence suggests they’ve now sat down and divided up the world, a scenario that Newsom hotly denied: It’s “nonsense that there is some kind of understanding,” he told the L.A. Times. A few days earlier, Villaraigosa solemnly proclaimed, “The urgency of the needs of the people of this great state have convinced me to seriously consider looking at running” for Senate. Loose translation: I’m running, unless I can’t raise the money. If he goes, Tony V would be the highestprofile Latino in the race, establishing an intriguing rivalry with Harris, a woman of African-American and South-Asian descent, over whom would be a more formidable advocate for California’s emerging population. THE SECOND TIER: Harris’s Senate decision is unlikely to defer Tom Steyer, a billionaire climate-change enthusiast and ex-hedge fund honcho, who dished out $75 million to Democratic candidates nationally last year, more than anyone else. Despite the string of self-funded political novices who have failed here, (hello, Senator Michael Huffington), Steyer is beloved by environmentalists, in part because of his role

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Drude explained, adding that the infrastructure required for the process isn’t cheap. “It’s tough times out there,” Drude said. Three Santa Barbara County producers could face tough times ahead. Oﬃcials for Santa Maria Energy, Paciﬁc Coast Energy Company, and ERG Operating Company all answered that their plans are moving forward, but how they weather another 11 months of a depreciating market remains a large question.

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It’s a similar sentiment next door to SME’s fields, which is where Pacific Coast Energy Company (PCEC) has 96 cyclic steam injection wells and 200-something traditional wells. They currently pump out 3,300 barrels daily. “It is a cycle. I anticipate at some time the cycle will swing back, but when that is I could not tell you,” said Jim Bray, PCEC’s public and government affairs manager. A Unique Case PCEC’s application for 96 more cyclicWith the cost to drill one new cyclic-steaming steaming wells — at the environmental-analwell ranging, Drude said, anywhere from $1 ysis stage at the county — should come before million-$15 million, most industry experts decision makers this summer, said Bray, and agree the best way to tackle a new project is to the “efficiency” of having preexisting infrado it in phases, to allow existing operations to structure is giving the company some peace of foot the bill for new work. Santa Maria Energy mind. PCEC, which led the regional fundrais(SME), Drude said, is “unique” in that it has ing charge against Measure P and employs 250 some infrastructure associated with its 26-well staff and contractors, recently staked a claim to pilot project, but it needs up to 17.2 million two new, bigger steam genbarrels undererators for its additional 110 ground. PCEC, wells. the only public The company’s timeline energy comto drill the new wells — the pany in the area, cost of which will be closer has had its stock to the low end of those milswing from a high lions mentioned — looks a of $14.25 per share couple of years out, said to a low of $4.96 Bob Poole, the company’s in the last year. public and government The 233 cyclicaffairs manager. The pilot steaming-well wells at its Orcutt field help, project proposed Poole said, adding that last year by ERG each yields up to 10 barrels is in the earliest per day; the company also of stages, Drude operates about 60 convensaid, adding that tional wells, which produce a three-mile oil about the same. pipeline — meant A yield of up to 3,300 to reduce truck barrels per day is projected traffic and, posfor SME’s 136-well project. sibly, provide a Its controversial approval transport system in November 2013 paved other operathe way for the company tors could buy to tap into an estimated into — will go to the county’s Plan15.6 million barrels in its diatomite reserve. ning Commission Financial information in the next couple for the oil companies is of months. hard to come by, but that Although he MOSTLY CHEAP: Gas stations across figure, along with the noted a decrease Santa Barbara have low prices, including approximately $99 million in employees one at Mission and Castillo streets, but rates in assets held by SME as of from 400 last in the Glen Annie area are still inexplicably 2013, was listed in a Secuyear to just above high. rities and Exchange Com80 now, John mission filing from Santa Maria Energy’s now- Deacon — ERG’s manager of environmental, abandoned plans to merge with an investment safety, and regulatory compliance — said the firm last year. Poole said the company, which company remains optimistic, anticipating the has a hefty investor in Kayne Anderson Capi- 233-well project will be decided by the end tal Advisors, is still seeking “additional capital of 2015 or early 2016. The company — which opportunities.”A previous estimate of the com- operates 300-plus cyclic-steaming wells and pany’s capital needs, $100 million-$125 million, approximately 200 conventional wells, producis “within the ballpark still,” Poole said. ing about 2,500 barrels of oil daily — already Another cost is $8 million for an eight-mile has two steam generators and another one perrecycled-water pipeline. For now, Poole said, mitted; four more are in the application. Santa Maria Energy, which employs about 80 The Houston, Texas–based company saw full-time staff and contractors, is “hunkered its financial future brighten last year, when a down” to finalize its permits. Any contingency Chinese jewelry company offered to buy it, and plans to adapt to the volatile oil market could let ERG retain management, for $665 million. involve delays, he said, adding that SME has That sale is still pending, Deacon said, adding “some bread and butter” but “not a whole loaf” that in his 30 years in the industry, he has seen yet. “From our perspective, we’re doing okay,” dips in the price of oil before.“It always comes Poole said.“Obviously, we’re hoping the market back,” he said. “Sometimes it takes a while.” ■ will stabilize itself.” PAU L WELLM AN PHOTOS

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A large group of demonstrators chanting “News-Press, you’re a mess!” and “Undocumented, unafraid!” descended on De la Guerra Plaza Thursday night to protest a frontpage headline that labeled immigrants without U.S. citizenship as “illegals.” The crowd gathered in a circle and listened to impassioned speeches about race relations and media bigotry before marching through downtown streets. Police spokesperson Sgt. Riley Harwood estimated 200 people attended the demonstration, which ended with a State Street sit-in that temporarily closed a block of road. No arrests were made. Sometime during the previous evening, vandals spray-painted and paint-bombed the News-Press offices, but police have so far been unable to identify any suspects. In published news pieces, the paper’s management condemned the $1,400 in damages and equated the incident to last Wednesday’s 12 Charlie Hebdo murders. Like the Parisian killers, they said, the Santa Barbara vandals are trying to stifle free speech. Protestors on Thursday night denounced the News-Press vandalism and said it was counterproductive in their efforts toward fair treatment in the press and their communities. The only movement from the News-Press building throughout the evening came from a photographer who briefly appeared on a second-floor balcony and a blinking video camera trained on the crowd below. Current and former Santa Barbara city councilmembers, along with a host of Latino civil-rights and social-justice leaders, attended the two-and-a-half-hour event, which featured performances from Aztec dance group Kalpulli Huitzilin Ihuan Xochitl. Ana Becerra with Just Communities called on the crowd not only to boycott the paper until it issues a retraction and apology but also to not do business with its advertisers. “If we go spend our money there, it’s shame on us,” Becerra said. Organizers declared a January 19 deadline for the retraction and promised more protests if one isn’t issued. Nayra Pacheco said she moved from Mexico to the United States when she was 6 years old and that her father, who didn’t attain citizenship, worked for the News-Press for years as a delivery employee. “They’ve hired so many undocumented people,” she said. Pacheco criticized the paper for — Tyler Hayden its hypocrisy and said the headline “pisses me off.”

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Opinions GULAG GOULASH: I’d like to wish Judge Michael Carrozzo all the luck in the world.

He’s going to need it. Carrozzo, still relatively new to the bench, recently announced he’s become transformed into the irresistible force in search of an immovable object. Initially, his object seemed to be a severely mentally ill Santa Maria resident named Juan Hernandez Acosta, who — depending on which police report you read — is either 5 5 or 5 9 and weighs about 210 pounds. Back in August, Acosta, 55, went into a Santa Maria convenience store, pulled a 28-ounce Gatorade out of the cooler, and emptied the contents onto the floor. Maybe it was the wrong color. Acosta then began chugging a 20-ounce Red Bull, cursing and punching the cooler between swigs. When Acosta refused to pay — the bill was $7.45 — or to leave, cops got called. First, Acosta was taken to jail, then the Goleta emergency room for psychiatric evaluation. There, he punched a security guard in the face. Several times. By the time Carrozzo began weighing in, Acosta had been transferred from the county’s jail to its Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF) and back again. It was immediately obvious Acosta was “Incompetent to Stand Trial” (IST), meaning he couldn’t follow what was happening or assist in his own defense. It wasn’t the first time. In 2001, Acosta got “strange and destructive” toward a next-door neighbor, placing a Phillips-head screwdriver against the man’s neck. His wife walked him home. No neck got punctured. The cops came. When Acosta

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got booked, he started peeling the rubberized paint off the walls in his jail cell. Additional charges were filed. Ultimately, he was deemed IST and sent to the Patton State Hospital to be “restored.” I’m not sure what good Patton did, but a year later, Acosta was back in trouble, declared IST again, and sent to Patton to be re-restored. It didn’t take Carrozzo long to realize the irresistible object was not Acosta. Instead, it was the gaping disconnect between the criminal justice and mental-health systems. Beginning in September, Carrozzo began issuing court orders that Acosta be sent to the PHF unit for restoration treatment. By my reckoning, Carrozzo had to sign eight such decrees before anyone took him seriously. Acosta’s attorney, Sheerin Karimian with the Public Defender’s Ofﬁce, jumped into the action, filing a contempt-ofcourt action against the county’s Department of Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services

for shining on the judge. Either get Acosta treatment, or drop charges, Karimian argued. Attorneys for the county replied there was nothing they could do; PHF was full. “We can’t magic up more beds,” County Counsel C. Aylin Bilir would tell Carrozzo. But not before she accused Karimian of abusing the court system “for the harassment, embarrassment, oppression, and unwarranted annoyance of government officials who lack the ability to effect compliance with the court’s order.” In other words, “We can’t comply, so don’t bug us.”

Bilir, of course, was correct. They can’t comply. There are only 16 beds in PHF; for a county Santa Barbara’s size, there should be at least 40. This may be ancient history, but — to steal a line from Billie Holiday — “so the Bible says, and it still is news.” At any given time, about half of PHF’s beds are occupied by ISTs. And in the past year, the number of ISTs dispatched to PHF has tripled. PHF only takes ISTs charged with misdemeanors. The felony cases are sent to Patton instead. Patton is so jammed that a typical IST defendant spends 87 days chilling in county jail between the time commitment papers are signed and a bed opens up. That, by the way, is totally unconstitutional, at least according to the 2nd District Court of Appeal. Jail is not treatment, they ruled, no matter how many pills inmates are forced to take. That ruling, issued in March 2010, is even more widely ignored than Santa Barbara’s ban on gas-powered leaf blowers. The appellate judges, by the way, declined to say exactly how long it could take a county to get an IST into treatment, but they strongly indicated anything beyond 35 days was too long. Carrozzo made it clear he wanted to smack the TV screen. On Halloween, he called into his chambers all the top brass of all the involved county departments to see what could be done to solve the problem. It was a 35-minute chat. The question isn’t who was there; it’s who wasn’t. The annual combined compensation for those assembled runs due north of $1.5 million. That, I think, is enough to buy the drinks Acosta “stole”

200,000 times over. Everyone was on their best behavior. According to the collective wisdom and experience gracing that room, nothing could be done. It wasn’t safe to release Acosta; it wasn’t right to keep him in jail. And there was no place then available where he could be treated. “I don’t have a solution,” said Leslie Lundt, director of PHF. “The system is the problem.” As bad as Acosta’s case was, Lundt said, she knew of others worse. And every judge, she intimated, seemed to think they were the only one filing commitment orders. Carrozzo replied tartly that he was the only judge then considering a contempt action against the county. “I’m the only one that’s going to do it,” he said. “I’m going to fix this problem one way or the other.” I bring this up because I mistakenly thought Acosta would be in front of Carrozzo January 9. It didn’t happen. It turns out Judge Carrozzo unilaterally dismissed charges against Acosta “in the interest of justice” on December 9. Somehow, PHF had managed to find a bed for Acosta sometime in November. Acosta was last seen in the process of being placed into a conservatorship. And most recently, the county formed a crack team of mental-health professionals trained in the forensic arts to focus on the problem of ISTs. To date, they’ve worked with a handful. Hey, it’s a start. A very belated trick or treat to you, Judge Carrozzo. But don’t stop whacking the TV screen. — Nick Welsh

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hen the Santa Barbara News-Press ran its frontpage photograph of “illegal aliens,” was every person in it asked their individual citizenship status? If my photo ran under the big headline “Illegal,” I would be more than livid. I’ve received the paper at my front door for almost 40 years. Today I am canceling my subscription. I served this community for over 20 years as a police officer; I served three tours in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. The right-wing agenda of the paper, with articles from rightwing “stink tanks” that do nothing but criticize, offers no new answers or agendas that help all in this country. They want to continue the failed policies of the last GOWP … Grand Old White Party administration that led this country to the brink of collapse. The vilification of any “group” of people is offensive. Hitler used newspapers to vilify a group of people in the 1930s, and we know most non-Jewish Germans bought into it. The racists in America’s Republican Party are doing the same thing now. — Ronald Rodriguez, S.B.

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hen will America and the world wake up? Today, we are in the midst of a religious, political clash between civilizations: the West versus Radical Islam. The truth is Muslims see the world diﬀerent from the West. They believe Islam is superior and incompatible with Western beliefs of human rights, tolerance, individual autonomy, self-determination, and political freedom. Why do world leaders, the media, and even our own president whitewash Islamic terrorism? What did President Obama mean when he spoke in Egypt in 2012 and warned “the future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam”? What are his alliances? Appeasement, denial, and unarmed citizens won’t work against the increasing and growing jihadist threats. We witnessed this in the Sydney café siege and in the murders of 12 in Paris, executions of journalists in an eﬀort to curb free speech. It is time for America and the world to take this threat seriously. Our survival is at stake — Don and Diana Thorn, Carpinteria

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Michael D. O’Brien passed away peacefully on August , , at the age of . Mike was born in San Francisco to Dr. Ralph G. O’Brien and Christine K. O’Brien on October , . His parents moved to Long Beach, CA, in . His mother and stepfather, George Howell, moved the family to Santa Barbara in . Mike attended San Marcos High School and Santa Barbara City College. Mike and his first wife, Pia, started a leather crafting business and sold their wares at the beach show for many years until their divorce. In  Mike married Paula A. Lepene. Mike continued as a small business owner, operating O’Brien Water Services. Their daughter, Christine (Dini) O’Brien was born in . Together they raised Dini and Paula’s son, Dustin Stone. Many happy days were spent at Haskell’s beach teaching his children to surf. Mike had a lifelong passion for music. He played bass, guitar, keyboard, and trumpet, among other instruments. He was involved in many musical endeavors including producing and editing music for others. He spent many years playing in rock bands, most notably The Buker Brothers and World Flag. Mike had many other interests as well. He was fluent in Spanish and spoke some French, German and Italian. He loved the outdoors, computers, jewelry making, gardening, painting and

of course surfing. adversity time and time again. Mike was preceded in death by The disciplines of Tai Chi and both of his parents and his older Kung Fu were useful through sister Phyllis. He is survived by life’s vagaries. his daughter, Dini K. Dixon; his DeDe accomplished many sister, Linda Radon (Don) his dreams; silversmithing in Ireland, brother, David O’Brien; his halftravel to Europe, spiritual sites, brother, Brad O’Brien (Sheryl) of and music events. Nothing held Georgia, Paula O’Brien, Dustin her from a course once set—on Stone, his stepmother, June her own terms, in her way and O’Brien of Georgia; his nephews time. Sweet and sympathetic, she and nieces – JC McAmis (Tita), encouraged others as well. Wendy Hendrix (Fred), Fred Strength built on resolve, she McAmis (Sarah), Valea McAmis, sought to excel. A discerning Josh Radon (Sarah), Kate Radon inspection QC specialist, DeDe McCune (Jeremy), Melissa Hornwas notably employed by combeck, Alex, Spencer and Olivia panies such as Cordis, Johnson & O’Brien of Georgia; many great Johnson, Microsoft, and Boeing. nieces and nephews; many cousOn December , in respite ins and his beloved dog Yoko. care near her home in Seattle, she There was a memorial paddle passed quietly, too soon, from out at Haskell’s Beach on August cancer. Survived by her eight sis, . Many of Mike’s famters, four brothers, and extended ily and friends were in attenfamilies. dance. As he wished his ashes will be sprinkled in the ocean where Adeline Anna Spaventa he may finally find a peaceful // – // resting place. Spaventa, Adeline Anna. August ,  – January , . Born and Vernon Robbins raised in Brooklyn, New York, // – // “Addie” Spaventa spent most of her life as a homemaker in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. She worked for the John Hancock Insurance Company for  years after her husband, John, died in . Addie loved dancing and music. She watched “Dancing With the Stars,” her favorite program on television, religiously. She also loved New York City and Italian cooking. On January , , Addie came west to Santa Barbara to join her sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren. It was then she hung up her Go with God. dancing shoes. She is survived by Love always, her brother, Edward Somma; her Stephanie two sons, Louis Spaventa and Jon Spaventa; and six grandchildren: Delia Elizabeth Raabe Louisa Jackson Spaventa, John  –  Spaventa, Kathryn SpaventaVancil, Andrew Spaventa, Juli Spaventa, and Sara Spaventa.

Cary C. Savant, , passed away on January th, . Services pending. Jerry Megumi Kawano, , passed away on January th, . Services pending.

“If we walk together, little children We won’t ever have to worry Through this world of trouble We’ve got to love one another Let us take our fellow man by the hand Try to help him to understand We can all be together For ever and ever When we make it to the promised land” Jerry Garcia Band Lyrics by Charles Johnson

Anandaprana (Ursula Bond) -

Monte Tate Brown  – 

Death Notices Miguel P. Berumen, , passed away in Santa Barbara on January th, . Services pending.

deceased by his mother, Helene Brown. Monte has been a resident of Santa Barbara since  and worked as a private equity investor. Over the years, he served on several boards including the Santa Barbara County Bowl, The First Church of Christ Scientist Santa Barbara, and the William E. Weiss Foundation, where Monte served as president until his death. It was his great joy to assist his community and make a quiet difference. Monte will be remembered for his wonderful sense of humor, his quiet, gentle, spiritual nature, his devotion to his boys, and his love of music, especially the Grateful Dead. There will be a private memorial at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Monte T. Brown Fund at the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation,  North Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA .

Born at St. Francis Hospital, Santa Barbara, on October , , to Susan Conlon Raabe and George A. Raabe, who welcomed Delia as their eleventh child. She attended Monte Vista and La Colina JH, completing school in San Diego. Her good nature and optimism pulled her through

The world lost a shining star with Monte Tate Brown’s passing on Tuesday, January th, . Monte was born in New York City in . He was a wonderful father and friend, a person who expressed profound kindness and compassion to all he met. He will be greatly missed by his family: His wife, Merryl; his sons, Dryden and Winslow; his father, Philip Tate Brown; his brother, Dwyer, and his wife, Nancy Reynolds, and their children Anson and Graham, his sister, Daryl Brown Uber and her husband, Bruce. Monte was pre-

Her memorial will be January th at : am at the Vedanta Temple,  Ladera Lane. She passed away on December , , her face serene and tranquil. At her death, someone who saw her said, “It looks like she melted into something really beautiful.” Anandaprana is survived by her monastic sisters and brothers and lay devotees in Santa Barbara and Hollywood. She is also survived by her daughter Carolyn Bond (Sumitra). One of her favorite quotes,

from Shankara’s Crest Jewel of Discrimination, sums up beautifully her passing: “My mind fell like a hailstone into that vast expanse of Brahman’s ocean. Touching one drop of it, I melted away and became one with Brahman.” (See complete obit in last week’s Indy or at Independent.com)

John James McClellan // – //

Born in Medford, Massachusetts, John (Jack) was educated in Catholic schools including Fordham University and Babson Institute of Management. Met Madeleine Marie Richard of Leon, France, and married Chico, CA, in , while in the Army Air Corp during WWII. After the war, Jack and Madeleine settled in New Jersey. He raised six children and pursued various management positions in New York City. His business career brought the family to Santa Barbara in , and in  he purchased Banks’ Stationery Store and was owner and operator with his son, Jim, for twenty years. Jack was preceded in death by Madeleine, his wife of fifty-one years. Later Jack met longtime friend Dorothy Reynolds, and they were married in . A devoted family man and father, Jack is survived by his children, Janet Wilson (Ken) of Jerusalem, Israel, James McClellan (Susan)of Santa Barbara, Kathleen Dennis (Ed) of Center Tuftonboro, NH, Frances Miller (Steve) of Santa Barbara, Rita Meyers (John) of Ventura and Kevin McClellan of Uniontown, OH, with thirteen grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Montecito on January , , at : am. In lieu of flowers, friends may wish to contribute to Our Lady’s Youth Center, PO Box , El Paso, TX -

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they were reacquainted through various mutual groups foremost, she was a loving and nurturing wife, and, of course, the SBHS reunions. They were married mother, and grandmother. Mom was busier with in 1991 and enjoyed 23 years of marriage. They never all her activities and organizations than my sister stopped … SBHS Alumni Association, Cottage Hospital Foundation, wood refinishing, Antique Car Club, various or I could ever be with full-time jobs. Mom came to Santa Barbara on vacations with her historical societies, and Eastern Star were among some family for many summers, staying at the cottages at the of the activities and groups that they were involved with. Miramar Hotel. They Mom was diagnosed with, and beat, breast finally relocated here permanently when she cancer in 1999, and she was 14. She attended La lived a relatively healthy Cumbre Junior High life until her leukemia School, Santa Barbara diagnosis in 2013. No High School (Class of matter what the cir1956), and UCSB (Class cumstances, her quick of 1960), where she was wit never failed her, and a member of the Delta she had the ability to make anyone laugh and Zeta sorority. At a Rainbow Girl everyone feel welcome. After completing her function, Mom was introduced to her true round of chemo and love, Bob number one losing all of her hair, (Bob Alderman), by she announced that her her lifelong friend husband would be very pleased at the savings Linda Alderman not long after she arrived in they would have from Santa Barbara. Linda’s not going to her weekly brother got one look at hair appointments! She Mom and bugged his also cutely “thumbed sister for an introducher nose” at the nurses tion. The rest was histhe day she left Cottage tory, as they say, and Hospital for Serenity they were married after House. As committed she graduated from as she was to her family, UCSB. she was equally comThough her teachmitted to her pets, and ing career in home even in the midst of her chemo-induced nausea, economics at Santa nicely reminded her Barbara Junior High husband as he left the School was cut short by my arrival in 1963, hospital to “pet the cat.” and then by my sis- QUICK OF WIT: Lynn Burtness’s love and nurturing In no particular ter, Laurie, in 1966, her extended beyond her family to the many groups and order, she was past presiorganizations she took part in. love of sewing contindents of both the Santa ued her entire life. She Barbara Woman’s Club labored lovingly over countless Halloween costumes, and the Santa Barbara High School Alumni Association party dresses, and, most famously, the Fiesta flower girl and worthy matron and deputy grand matron of the skirts (10 years’ worth for each of us). Instead of making Order of the Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her father, Paul T. Hama new skirt each year, she would add a “layer” beautifully embellished with sequins, ribbons, and the like. We were mock; mother, Cora E. Hammock; first husband, Bob the envy of all the other girls. This tradition started all Alderman; grandson, Zachary Bunnell; and step-grandover again when my daughter Joslin became the youngest son Christopher Zahuta. She is survived by her husband, flower girl ever at the age of 5 and continued on for yet Bob Burtness; daughters Janet Alderman Zahuta (Bob) another 10 years. These skirts are among our most prized and Laurie Alderman Bunnell (Doug); granddaughters possessions. Joslin Alderman and Zoe Bunnell; step-grandson Matt Even though Mom was diagnosed with severe rheu- Zahuta; stepdaughter, Shenandoah Marr; sister-in-law matoid arthritis in 1971 and lost her husband to cancer in Linda Alderman; and brothers-in-law George and Bill 1978, she never let this debilitating disease or catastrophic Burtness. loss get in the way of her fierce commitment to her family. We cannot thank the Oncology Department at CotShe persevered through thick and thin with the support tage Hospital enough for the efforts and loving care given of family, friends, and a spirit and strength that were to Mom, with special thanks to Dr. Julie Taguchi and something to be reckoned with. She even came out of Nurse Practitioner Hangama Abassi, and RN Diane Johnretirement for a short period to teach a sewing class at son for their insight and special friendship. Marymount, where my sister and I attended school. My A celebration of her life will take place at El Montecito friends still comment on the wraparound skirts that we Presbyterian Church on Thursday, January 15, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Santa all made. True love Bob number two (Bob Burtness) came into Barbara High School Alumni Association or the Santa her life in the late ’80s. They had known each other since Barbara Woman’s Club endowment fund. She fought valiantly and never gave up. Her body La Cumbre Junior High and Santa Barbara High School, where they played in the orchestra and band together, but gave in, but she never did. ■

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Scouts Could Face Millions in Penalties MOLESTATIONS: Boy Scouts of America (BSA)

faces the prospect of paying millions of dollars in penalties, depending on the outcome of a molestation trial pending in Santa Barbara Superior Court. Parents of a boy molested by an adult Santa Barbara volunteer in 2007 claim that BSA was negligent by secretly keeping thousands of socalled “perversion files” from the public, thereby failing to warn the public and parents of the danger of molestation. As an example of the risks BSA faces in such trials, a Connecticut jury recently found BSA liable for $7 million in damages, reportedly the first such award in the northeast and the largest compensatory award in BSA history. The jury has yet to consider possible punitive damages, which could be far greater. The jury found that BSA acted recklessly and negligently in not protecting a boy from repeated molestation by a longtime troop leader, despite being aware of the risks due to the socalled secret “perversion files” from around the country over decades. In 2010 another jury ordered the Scout organization to pay $18.5 million to an Oregon boy who had been abused, the largest punitive award on record to a single abuse plaintiff. The parties settled for an undisclosed amount after BSA agreed not to appeal. Although BSA has long fought to keep the

files of decades of molestation cases private, courts have in recent years been ordering them opened, available to attorneys seeking to show that they prove the BSA negligent in not warning the public and not educating parents to the dangers. Last Friday, Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Donna Geck ruled that attorneys for a former Scout could use the so-called “perversion files” covering 16 years of abuse allegations. Files from other years were already available. BSA attorneys argued that they were irrelevant. In the 1920s, Scouts started collecting a file of molestation cases but kept them under lock and key and attempted to keep suspected molesters from the organization. Not only did this tactic hide the risks of molestation from parents and the public, who as a result were shown a world where Scouts were led by “morally straight” adults, but many abuse cases were covered up. The Los Angeles Times analyzed about 1,900 files from 1970-1991 and found that the Scouts often failed to report abuse cases to authorities and repeatedly covered up allegations to protect BSA’s reputation. In the Santa Barbara case now pending, the lawsuit filed by attorney Tim Hale contends that an area Scout executive tried to persuade the boy’s mother from reporting the molestation to authorities. She insisted on doing so, however.

The boy, then 13, said Al Steven Stein, a frequent volunteer and 29 years old at the time, molested him at a Scout Christmas tree sale. The boy was there with his mother, and after Stein asked her to perform a task elsewhere on the lot, Stein pulled down his pants and touched his penis, according to court ﬁles. There had been previous complaints about Stein’s behavior with children, none of which were apparently taken seriously, and he continued as a volunteer until then. Stein pleaded no contest to felony child endangerment and was placed on probation. When he violated probation, he was sentenced to two years in prison but released early. At last report, he was living as a registered sex oﬀender in Salinas. My brother Bruce, our friends, and I enjoyed Scouting back in Chicago, walking miles at

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MECHANIC’S BEST FRIEND Although Brady is a continent away from his breed’s British Isles origin, his instincts run deep. Passersby can see the border collie sitting sentry out front of Figueroa Brake & Alignment (133 W. Figueroa St.; 897-3331), keeping watch over his flock of mechanics. The 10-year-old dog belongs to Hector Palomino (center), who also owns the garage, and has been coming to work regularly since Palomino bought the business six years ago. In addition to mingling with the customers, Brady enjoys a lie-down in the office or, better yet, a walk with one of his human friends.

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Opened in 1986, Paradise Found (17 E. Anapamu St.; 564-3573; paradisefoundsantabarbara .com) strives “to be a positive and healing energy point,” according to its website. In that they have succeeded. Not only does the shop have books and music to calm the most restless spirits, but it also has Tucker (right) and Huxley, two standard poodles who can bring your heart rate down with just a look from their warm, brown eyes. Fortunately, they also like to be petted — especially 5-year-old Tucker, who is also an ARF! therapy dog. Both pooches are rescues, but life is good now with Teresa Taylor, who also owns Paradise Found.

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“He’s a huge Rams fan,” said Tom Ellington, owner of J.J., the Chihuahua-corgi mix who reps the St. Louis football team with his Rams-themed collar. Both Ellington and J.J. spend their weekdays at J Surfboards (24 E. Mason St.; 290-4129; j7surfdesigns.com) — one of them helping customers, the other entertaining them. The nearly decade-old pooch, whom Ellington adopted eight years ago from the Humane Society, has his own bed and his own stuffed teddy bear, which he likes to “cuddle.” “It’s more like Misery,” Ellington laughed. “It’s like, ‘You’re not going anywhere, Bear.’ ”

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/: Sarah Geronimo � Let’s be honest: I had to go to YouTube to see who Sarah Geronimo is. After  minutes, I learned she is the Taylor Swift of the Philippines, but she acts and is a judge on their version of The Voice. Although she’s a pop singer, Geronimo sings all genres of music from covers to originals. Don’t miss the next big thing in music. pm. Chumash Casino Resort,  E. Hwy. , Santa Ynez. $-$. Ages +. Call () - or visit chumashcasino.com.

THURSDAY 1/15 /: Gregory Porter If you are in need of a true jazz experience, do not miss Gregory Porter, known for his songwriting and rich baritone voice and weaving folk, R&B, and soul elements to redeﬁne jazz. After this show, you will know why he won the  Grammy for Best Vocal Jazz Album, Liquid Spirit. pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $-$. Call - or visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu. Read more on p. . �

/: Heads and Tales Lecture: An Artist’s Mosaic of Fascinating Wildlife from the Mountains to the Sea � Come experience S.B.’s fascinating wildlife through the work of woodblock artist and mosaicist Patti Jacquemain as she will present this lecture of recognition, protection, and conservation on the plight of the disappearing wildlife in today’s world. From the Channel Island’s pygmy mammoth and the grizzly bear to the California condor, the S.B. region has a great variety of wildlife both past and present. pm. S.B. Maritime Museum,  Harbor Wy. Free-$. Call - or visit sbmm.org. /: Ikebana Workshop � Ikebana, the traditional art of Japanese ﬂower arrangement, dazzles shoppers in store windows of Tokyo and Kyoto and graces temples and shrines. This creative outlet will quiet your mind as you create an exquisite and tangible piece of art for your living or work space. Workshops are every Thursday in January. -pm. Jcollector,  Carpinteria Ave., Unit , Carpinteria. $. Call - or visit ikebanadreaming.com.

/: Fielding Educational Series: Law Enforcement, Justice, and Race in America � This discussion will focus on the combining of intersectionality (the study of intersections between forms of systems of oppression, dominations, or discrimination) and how social and political factors of law enforcement and justice are constructed. Faculty member Anthony Greene will share his perspective of recent national events, as well as his experience of ministry in the prison system as a volunteer. ::pm. Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort,  E. Cabrillo Blvd. Free. Call - or visit ﬁelding.edu to RSVP. /: A Musical Menagerie � The Goleta Valley Children’s Choir, a licensed after-school program for children in grades -, will begin new classes delivering the highest quality vocal instruction and music education that teaches students basic and advanced singing techniques. Proceeds generated from concerts go toward area organizations such as Transition House and the Organic Soup Kitchen. Classes are every Thursday through May . -pm. First Congregational Church,  State St. $/class. Call -. /: Curator’s Choice Lecture: Michael Fried � One of the most inﬂuential art historians and art and literary critics today, Michael Fried has published on various subjects, from Italian painter Caravaggio through contemporary art photography. Join his lecture, and learn about his perspective. :pm. S.B. Museum of Art,  State St. Free-$. Call - or visit sbma.net. /: Focus On: The Anthropocene – Watermark � This  documentary brings together diverse stories from around the world that explore our relationship with water and how it shapes humanity. There will be a

/-/: Roz Lord � Roz Lord started painting when she was  and continues to be inspired by the pure vivid colors surrounding her. Her paintings feature colorful landscapes and pieces in an expressionistic style done in acrylic to show the energetic dark and bright hues. Exhibit shows through January . Thu.: am-pm; Fri.-Sat.: am:pm; Sun.: -pm; Mon.-Wed.: am-pm. Faulkner Gallery West,  E. Anapamu St. Free. Call - or visit sbplibrary.org. post-screening Q&A with Casey Walsh, associate professor of anthropology. pm. Pollock Theater, UCSB. $-$. Call or visit carseywolf.ucsb.edu.

gerstyle instrumental music on both the six- and -string guitar. pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $. Call - or visit sohosb.com.

/, /-/: Homework Help for Elementary Students � It’s time to get back on the homework track — wasn’t that your resolution (for your children)? Families are encouraged to bring children grades K- for homework and reading assistance. Children can sign up for -minute sessions with staﬀ and trained volunteers. Thu., Mon.-Tue.: :-:pm; Wed.: :-:pm. S.B. Central Library,  E. Anapamu St. Free. Call - or visit sbplibrary.org.

/: The Art of the Shaman in Vietnam and Southern China Lecture and How to Make the Universe Right Opening Reception � Trian Nguyen, associate professor of art and visual cultures at Bates College, will lecture on the art of the Shaman in conjunction with the opening of this exhibit, which presents an unprecedented group of scrolls and ceremonial objects of the Yao people and Shaman in Vietnam and Southern China that represents an unbroken link to the Asian mountain cultures of , years ago. Exhibit shows through May . Lecture: :pm; opening reception: :-:pm. Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB. Free. Call - or visit www.museum .ucsb.edu.

FRIDAY 1/16 /: Peter Janson, Larry Pattis & Steve Davison � These American Guitar Masters will bring world-class acoustic guitar music with contemporary arrangements of new and traditional tunes from around the world. Peter Janson will bring his Celtic-inspired compositions reminiscent of American folk guitar while Larry Pattis blends emotive beauty with technique. Steve Davison will play his ﬁn-

/: David Lindley � This legendary stringed-instrument virtuoso will show his rock skills. Known for his work with Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, and other stars, David Lindley will perform for his S.B. fans. pm. Lobero Theatre,  E. Canon Perdido St. $.-$.; VIP: $. Call - or visit lobero .com.

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/-/: High School Girls Water Polo: Tournament of Champions � It’s a dress rehearsal for the CIF Division  play-oﬀs, but instead of taking two weeks, it will be completed in two days. Every top  team in this week’s CIF poll will compete, headed by No.  Laguna Beach, the defending TOC champ. The Breakers feature Stanford-bound attacker Makenzie Fischer, who is touted as the nation’s best player. No.  San Marcos is the top-ranked area team, led by junior Paige Hauschild and senior goalkeeper Jenna Phreaner. Dos Pueblos is ranked No. . The DP pool will host the play-oﬀs for st-th place on Saturday; th-th will be decided at Santa Barbara and consolation games at San Marcos High. Fri.: :-:pm. Sat.: am-:pm. Elings Aquatic Ctr., Dos Pueblos High School,  Alameda Ave., Goleta; S.B. High School,  E. Anapamu St.; San Marcos High School,  Hollister Ave. Free. Call -.

/: Ryanhood, Christina Apostolopoulos � Having shared stages with Jason Mraz, Train, and more, acoustic duo Ryanhood will share their airtight vocal harmonies, along with guitar riffs and soulfully rich lead vocals. Opening for Ryanhood will be singer and guitarist Christina Apostolopoulos (who graduated from the Berklee College of Music in ). :pm. Cambridge Drive Community Church,  Cambridge Dr., Goleta. $-$. Call - or visit cambridge drivechurch.org. /: ¡La Vasa! � Making your hair stand, toenails rot, and knees explode, punk band ¡La Vasa! is ready to give it hell as they play classics and their new album in its entirety. Bands PLOT and Crazy D & The Nutz will be doing their thing to open the show. pm. Whiskey Richards,  State St. Free. Visit tinyurl.com/whiskeyrichards lavasa. /: Fielding Educational Series: The Muse and the Therapist: Creative Arts in the Lives of Psychologists � This panel discussion will bring together four psychotherapists who are also painters, poets, and writers to discuss how their artistic efforts support and enliven both their therapeutic practice and personal lives. Explore the challenge and connection between art and emotional life. There will be a Q&A following the presentation. -pm. Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort,  E. Cabrillo Blvd. Free. Call - or visit fielding.edu.

SATURDAY 1/17 /-/: City Lights � UCSB Arts & Lectures and the S.B. Symphony will present a screening of City Lights with live orchestra accompaniment and guest conductor Dirk Brossé. Directed and scored by the iconic actor, this  ﬁlm stars Charlie Chaplin as the Tramp, who through various mishaps tries to get money to restore a girl’s sight. This ﬁlm’s score complements the accompanying on-screen action in a way that accelerates the story and increases the comedy. Sat.: pm; Sun.: pm. Granada Theatre,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit granadasb.org. /: The Daughters of the King of France Lecture � The S.B. County Genealogical Society welcomes featured speaker Marielle Bourgeois, a descendant of one of the women she will speak of. She

will present a lecture on King Louis XIV’s  daughters, who in  traveled from Europe to Quebec to meet husbands, start families, and strengthen the French Colony. :am. First Presbyterian Church,  E. Constance Ave. Free. Call - or visit sbgen.org. /: Foibles, Fables and Other Imaskinations � Mask and physical theater artist Doug Berky will present stories for children and families that will include “The Tiger’s Whisker,” a Korean folktale about healing that reﬂects the values of Confucius; “Simple Gifts,” a French story about a poor juggler unable to aﬀord a gift for the Madonna and Child; and “The Crocodile and the Monkey,” a cautionary tale from India. -pm. Ojai Art Ctr.,  S. Montgomery St., Ojai. $-$. Call - or visit ptgo.org.

/: Underwater Parks Day � Calling all water lovers! Discover the hidden magic of California’s Underwater Parks through handson activities, marine science investigations, and special programming surprises for ocean lovers of all ages. am-pm. Ty Warner Sea Ctr.,  Stearns Wharf. Free$. Call - x or visit sbnature.org.

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/: Finding the Gold Within As part of the “Coming Home” Annual Meeting at Pacifica Graduate Institute, there will be a screening and reception honoring filmmaker Karina Epperlein. This film follows six young African-American men from the after-school program Alchemy, Inc., a program founded by Pacifica alumnus G. Kwame Scruggs using myth, storytelling, and mentoring to help urban adolescents develop their purpose and dreams. Join the founder, filmmaker, and the men of the film. :pm. Pacifica Graduate Institute,  Ladera Ln. Free. Call - or visit pgiaa.org. /: Juilliard String Quartet This quartet founded in the Juilliard School in New York will perform its vibrant and pioneering tradition of music-making and teaching. Violinist Ronald Copes, former music faculty member at UCSB, is now part of the quartet. They will fill the theater with classical music by Haydn, Ran, and Beethoven. pm. Lobero Theatre,  E. Canon Perdido St. $-$. Call - or visit lobero.com. /-/: Emanuel Lutheran Church’s Centennial Year Celebrate Emanuel Lutheran Church’s th year with service and fellowship. There will be a celebration service on Saturday and Sunday that will be filled with worship and praise. Sat.: pm; Sun.: :am. Emanuel Lutheran Church,  Modoc Rd. Free. Call - or visit emanuellutheransb.org. /: Ghost Tiger EP Release Show, The Blues and Greys, Mångo Mångo Finally, a new approach to indie-rock that

combines old and new ﬂavors in a fusion of four-part harmony of soulful vocals that create an atmospheric sound. Ghost Tiger will be playing songs from their new EP Some Friends Feel Like Family. Opening the show will be The Blues and Greys, who infuse indie-rock with electronic elements to create a dark pop backdrop fronted by the unique and ethereal voice of Lindsey Waldon and Mångo Mångo, who The Santa Barbara Independent’s own Aly Comingore says is “a silky union of ’s synth pop and newschool disco that prides itself on being fun loving and danceable.” pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $. Ages +. Call - or visit sohosb.com. Read more on p. .

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15–21 /: S.B. County Surf Club Ride the Tide Membership Drive What do surﬁng, biking, and great people have in common? The S.B. County Surf Club’s -mile bike-path ride! Give back to the sport you love with this round-trip ride that will go from Rincon to Hobson State Beach. There will be a potluck after the ride with music by Soul Surfers. Bike trip: am-:am; potluck: noon. Rincon State Beach, Carpinteria. Free. Visit sbsurfclub.org.

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Bill Frisell: GUITAR IN THE SPACE AGE! with Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr and Kenny Wolleson Bill Frisell blasts into the past to explore the guitar classics from the early 1960s that first inspired him. From Pipeline, Rebel Rouser, Rumble, Turn, Turn, Turn, Surfer Girl, and Tired Of Waiting for You, this evening of truly iconic electric guitar music will be outta this world.

/: Oprah Prime Screening & Wine Reception The Oprah Winfrey Network will air the special television event Celebrating Selma & The Legends Who Paved The Way (that was filmed at the Bacara December -, ). This film honors some of the legendary men and women of civil rights and from the arts and entertainment fields who have made history for their work. Wine and cocktails will be served before the screening. Register online. Reception: -:pm; screening: :-pm. Bacara Resort & Spa,  Hollister Ave., Goleta. Free. Call () - or visit bacararesort.com.

MONDAY 1/19 /: Glen David Andrews With the chops of a soul legend and the passion of a tent revival, New Orleans’ own Glen David Andrews inspires audiences with the music of the Big Easy. Since his youth, he has become a notorious jazz musician, playing the trombone and horn with numerous bands. pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $. Call - or visit sohosb.com.

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TUESDAY 1/20 /: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain The ﬁrst and original Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will return for an evening of rollicking fun with this plucky, all-singing, all-strumming orchestra. The Ukes will play across impressive musical landscapes from Lady Gaga to “The Ride of the Valkyries.” Join this night of giants playing ukuleles. pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $-$. Call - or visit arts andlectures.sa.ucsb.edu.

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producing several revivals since its opening, this tale is surely one to make you cry, especially when Lancelot sings “If Ever I Would Leave You.” pm. Granada Theatre,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit granadasb.org. Read more on p. . /: Sean Watkins Trio, Lauren Shera Member of the progressive bluegrass brand Nickel Creek, Sean Watkins has become one of the early pioneers of a genre now known as Americana. He will be the frontman in this tour. Opening the show will be California native Lauren Shera, out with her latest release Gold and Rust with songs ranging from spare, meditative ballads to panoramic folk-rockers. pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $-$. Call -

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/: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration This day of celebration will start with a pre-march program consisting of a Ceremonial blessing by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, singing by the Inner Light Community Gospel Choir, the S.B. School of Performing Arts, Janet Reineck with the World Dancers, and area dignitaries. After the ceremony, there will be a march commemorating the many marches for justice, ending at the Arlington Theatre, where there will be speakers, dancers, and poetry and essay winners, with UCSB’s Dr. Ralph ArmbrusterSandoval serving as master of ceremonies. Pre-march ceremony: am; De la Guerra Plaza. March in Unity: am; begins at De la Guerra up State Street to the Arlington Theatre,  State St. Free. Call -.

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animals return, it has succeeded, right? Maybe not. The mere presence of organisms doesn’t mean they are thriving, reproducing, and going to maintain area populations over the long-term. A better indicator may, ironically, be nestled within that coastal animal community: the parasites. Including parasites in the food web assessments provides a more reliable gauge as to whether the marsh is really an adequate habitat for plants and animals. Carpinteria is famous among biologists around the world not for being the “World’s Safest Beach” but because of its parasites; UCSB’s parasite ecology researchers have spent the last three decades working in this living laboratory. My postdoc study at the lab is to understand how parasites on birds and other marsh animals are distributed along the coast of California. Carpinteria Salt Marsh Natural Reserve reveals birds aplenty. Willets wade along the shoreline, pulling small polychaete worms and tiny clams from their underwater burrows. Although the willet looks fine, it hosts a plethora of parasites, which it got when it ate prey infected with larval parasites or when it was fed on by fleas, mites, lice, or mosquitos. Also lingering in the marsh is a great egret, a brilliant white bird that stalks small fishes in the deeper channels. Like the willet, the egret is infected with parasites and does not show outward signs of disease. In fact, the birds are able to catch and eat more prey because of the marsh parasites. For example, the small, schooling killifish show altered behaviors when infected with parasites, making them more visible to predators. Their flashing and shimmying make them easier to see and reduces the time it takes the birds to find a meal, while simultaneously ensuring that the parasites in the fish make it to their next host — an ingenious technique. For more information on what’s happening in the Ecological Parasitology Lab at UCSB, visit parasitology.msi.ucsb.edu. — Kate Lyn Sheehan C AITLIN FITCH

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alking through UCSB’s Carpinteria Salt Marsh Natural Reserve, it’s easy to forget the surrounding homes, train tracks, and highway. In the previous century, the marsh was much larger, but development has chipped away at it. It’s a common story — nearly 90 percent of coastal marshland has been destroyed or degraded. Gone are the plants and animals they supported, the ability to filter runoff water, to buffer the coastline against storm surge, and to provide natural storage of carbon and other minerals and nutrients. These services make coastal marshes important habitat to protect, and, consequently, restoration efforts throughout California have been initiated to reinvigorate marshes. Although restoration intentions are noble, there is some question as to whether resurrected marshes function as they did before being disturbed. How can we measure success? One method biologists and ecologists use to test ecosystem functioning is the food web structure. If the plants and

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"Having a bird is a really deep commitment; people don’t realize that they’ve bit off more than they can chew. There really is an epidemic of unwanted birds these days,” said Jamie McLeod (above), director of the Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary in Summerland. McLeod used to breed and sell birds but soon realized that there was more of a need to rehome them. The nonprofit aims to rescue, rehabilitate, and provide education about bird ownership. In November 2014, the sanctuary was featured in the PBS documentary Parrot Confidential. One very special rescue bird, Doodle (right), a Moluccan cockatoo, was left outside the Santa Barbara Zoo with a note that read, “Please help me.” She had plucked out many of her feathers due to unbalanced hormones and had even chewed a hole through her chest. The Sanctuary took her in, and a volunteer, who was retired from the Ventura police force, sewed her some snazzy protective Kevlar digs. She is now well adjusted and happily living out her days. To learn more, visit sbbird.org.

or or hundreds of years, artists have sought to capture the spirit of horses — from Leonardo da Vinci’s “study of horses” sketches to Edgar Degas’s oil painting “Before the Race.” Today, equines remain a popular muse; Santa Barbarans can see the great beasts depicted in myriad disciplines, including photographs, paintings, sketches, and sculptures in the Wildling Museum’s exhibit Wild Spirit: Horses in Art. A collaboration between the museum and the wild horse sanctuary Return to Freedom, the show features works from historic and contemporary Santa Barbara artists, including watercolorist Douglas Parshall, cowboy artist Edward Borein, cubist Howard Warshaw, modernist Anders Aldrin, photographer Nancy Holly, and painter Suzan Hamilton-Todd. Also on view will be photographer Elissa Kline’s Ghost Herd “Spirit” by Nancy Holly installation, which offers an intimate look into the herd life of horses. After art viewing at the Wildling, go see the real thing with a visit to Lompoc’s Return to Freedom, which oﬀers tours of its sanctuary where rescued wild horses roam the vast acreage. To register for a tour, education clinic, or photo safari, see return tofreedom.org or call -. Wild Spirit: Horses in Art runs January -June . Special events are scheduled for the weekend of January -. For details, call the Wildling Museum (-B Mission Dr., Solvang) at - or visit wildlingmuseum.org. —Michelle Drown

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Periodic blood-glucose curves are the mainstay of diabetic monitoring. These may be performed in the veterinary hospital or at home. A tiny drop of blood is taken every two hours between the morning and evening insulin injections. A veterinarian interprets the blood-glucose levels to make recommendations about insulin doses. Most dogs and cats with diabetes live long and happy lives and tolerate treatment very well. — Andrea Wells, DVM

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have a dog named Danger, and once upon a time, he ate 31 marijuana-infused chocolate chip cookies. That’s right, my dog ate enough pot cookies to put a couple-dozen full-sized humans deep into a state of “Holy shit, I’m high!!” category and lived to bark about it. Before you damn me to “bad dog owner” status, let’s review the facts of that horrid day and some ever-important background about my beloved beast and his savant-level ability to eat things he shouldn’t. The deal went down early on a Friday morning nearly seven years ago. I had been up late the night before with a friend baking said cookies for an upcoming 30th birthday weekend hootenanny in Santa Cruz. I thought I would help cater the affair with some delicious desserts that included the Devil’s Lettuce on the ingredients list. We toiled away in the kitchen, preparing the cookies, and as the last batch was going into the oven, I retired for the evening, leaving the finishing moves and cleanup to my pal, who shall remain nameless. Around 7 a.m. the next morning, I awoke to a sound I knew all too well — the telltale countertop rustling of a 90-pound Aussie/German shepherd mix, foraging in places he shouldn’t. In the mental fog of early morning, an alarm went off in my brain: “Crap, the pot cookies!!” Naked and afraid, I ran to the kitchen yelling Danger’s name. Turning the corner from the hallway, the evidence of what had just transpired was all over the place; my baking buddy had left a stash of some 50 cannabis cookies on a platter to cool in a decidedly non-Dangerproof part of my kitchen.

My dog has a thing about food, a crazy compulsion that has led him to eat 38 pounds of kibble in one sitting; steal countless hamburgers and ice cream cones from the hands of children; one fresh-from-theoven loaf of Schat’s famous jalapeño cheese bread; and a ridiculous amount of other items (edible and non, no doubt) that I thankfully have no idea about. He has had

Garden Street and looking in my rearview mirror, only to see my typically sure-footed and athletic dog fall over and wet himself. I felt like a real asshole. An x-ray showed that the cookies were already digesting in his stomach, so inducing vomiting or pumping his tummy would not work; he simply had to ride out the high. I learned that day from the vets that dogs on weed is an increasingly common problem here in Santa Barbara. The receptionist said that their office dealt with the problem on a near-weekly basis. The doctor who helped us praised my honesty, explaining that most people are hesitant to admit that their dog (or cat) got into their stash, and thus a lengthy and always-expensive battery of tests ensues as the vets try to determine the problem for themselves. She also explained that though pot is worse than awful for dogs as it can cause everything from un-coordination and dehydration to irregular heart rates, depression, and seizures, it is also rarely if ever fatal. The reason for this, as I later learned via my own research, is that dogs have more receptors for THC (the psycho-active part of cannabis) than humans do, a fact that guarantees they feel the effects in ways we can only imagine. In the end, Danger was fine — more than fine really. The freak that he is actually seemed to enjoy the buzz, and in the years since, he has shown a visible affinity for marijuana. As for the aforementioned birthday party in Santa Cruz, we all made the scene but, for obvious reasons, kept things pretty mellow that weekend.

I called the 24-hour emergency vet hospital. ‘My dog just ate 30 goddamn pot cookies.’ his stomach pumped three times for such transgressions. So the scene I encountered in the kitchen that morning was not so much a surprise as it was a horror — nearly two-thirds of the illicit cookies were gone, Danger’s heartmelting brown eyes looking up at me with a mix of “I’m sorry” and “What did you expect?” I called the 24-hour emergency vet hospital. “My dog just ate 30 goddamn pot cookies.” I shouted at the woman on the other end. After a brief pause, she asked, “How strong were they?” I didn’t know the answer as I had yet to test the goods myself, but I knew we had put in a ferocious amount of herb. I told her as much, and she suggested I bring him in immediately. Within a few minutes, Danger was in the back of my truck, and we were headed to the hospital. I will never forget turning right oﬀ the Highway  exit ramp onto independent.com

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Bolden Brace and Jill Giannini went on scoring tears to lead their respective teams to victory and earn Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Athlete of the Week honors. Brace sparked the Santa Barbara High boys basketball to a pair of wins against quality opponents. He scored 31 points, including seven three-pointers and 10 straight points during the fourth quarter of a 60-58 victory over Oaks Christian. Three nights later, he poured in 25 points in a 69-59 win over Righetti.

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CSB’s Robertson Gymnasium has undergone a middle-age makeover. The interior of the facility, which dates back 56 years, is now bright and shiny with refinished flooring and walls, as well as new ceiling tiles and lights. Centered on the floor is a cappuccino-tinted rectangle. It is the home court of the Gaucho men’s volleyball team. The Gauchos have an outlook for the 2015 season that is as bright as the new look of Rob Gym. Ranked No.  in the national coaches’ preseason poll, they swept their first three opponents of the season last week and then capped the UCSBAsics Invitational by defeating Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne in four hotly contested sets, 25-20, 24-26, 30-28, 26-24. “Santa Barbara is the best team in the tournament,” said Arnie Ball, legendary coach of the school better known, mercifully so, as IPFW. Ball will retire at the end of this season, his 35th at the helm of the Mastodons. He has guided them into six NCAA Final Fours, including a runner-up finish in 2007. “He has been great for the game of volleyball,” said Rick McLaughlin, UCSB’s seventh-year coach.“Besides the success of his teams, his son Lloy Ball was a gold medalist.” The younger Ball was setter for the U.S. Olympic champions in 2008. Before last Saturday’s match, McLaughlin presented Arnie Ball with a retirement gift: a box of Titleist golf balls. However, Ball’s concern on this night were the strokes of the IPFW volleyball players. When one of them hit the ball into the net, he called time-out and gently suggested they try to aim a little higher. He sent them back onto the court, turned around, and kicked a Gatorade bottle toward the stands. UCSB had cruised in its first three matches against St. Francis (PA), Limestone (SC), and Princeton. The tournament paired those eastern schools against the Gauchos and fellow Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) teams UCLA, Long Beach State, and Cal State Northridge. IPFW, which defeated Northridge and took a set from No. – ranked UCLA, came back strong against the Gauchos after dropping the opening set. The Mastodons took the second set and had a chance to go up 2-1 at 26-25 in the third set. Their reserve players were chanting “olés.” But UCSB’s Ryan Hardy, Jacob Delson, and Weston Nielsen restored order by slamming down spikes, and an IPFW blocker was caught in the net for a 30-28 Gaucho win. “Wes-ton Niel-son … nooo-body home,” was the repeated call of UCSB announcer Cubby Jacobs, as the Gaucho senior recorded 11 of his match-high 18 kills in the third set. “Nielsen is our floor leader,” McLaughlin said.“He’s one of the best passers in the league.” And the Gauchos’ All-American setter, 6�8� Jonah Seif, turns those passes into balls that say, “Hit me.” The fourth set also was nip and tuck. IPFW went ahead 22-19 when Delson hit a ball badly out of bounds. He received

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t one point during my interview with Julian Gaddy explained, “food research/to see if we could be Martinez and Jesse Gaddy — the two twenty- with each other 24/7.” They’d save their money each somethings behind the new Barbareño res- day to splurge on lavish dinners at night in hotspots taurant in the old yet very remodeled D’Vine like San Sebastian, started to appreciate how “the little Café space at De la Vina and Canon Perdido streets — the towns in Spain and Italy all have very regional cuisine,” latter leaves abruptly, only to return with a heavy tome and, most importantly, got along fine. that he tosses onto the table. The book, which lands with They’re also happy to be two blocks off State Street, a dull thud, is beloved historian Walter A. Tompkins’s The where they hope to cater to locals and the industry Yankee Barbareños: The Americanization of Santa Barbara crowd.“We wanted a neighborhood restaurant,” said County, California 1796–1925. “So many Martinez, and there is a financial upside, too. “Not paying a State books we just read and read,” said head Street rent allows us to put that chef Martinez about their search for a concept and name. “The book’s pretty money into quality things like interesting, pretty dry,” adds Gaddy, the ingredients and staff,” explained TWENTYSOMETHINGS Gaddy. general manager, before Martinez conOPEN THE LATEST Martinez is in charge of the food, cludes,“But now we’re filled with plenty but he’s quick to praise Chef de Cuiof fun facts.” sine Owen Hanavan and Sous Chef Indeed, and those facts inform their fascinating and delicious new restauKris Brown. “Owen has classical rant.“When Julian had the concept and training, so he brings the technique,” explained it to me,” said Gaddy,“well, we said Martinez,“and Kris is the wildloved the farm-to-table and local and organic idea, but we card, so it all balances out.” That balance shows in the knew we wanted something far beyond that. We want to “Sunflower” appetizer, which was envisioned when they thought about opening the restaurant in Sumlimit ourselves to things specific to Santa Barbara.” Like naming the spot after a Chumash dialect, for merland. “The area began as a spiritualist community, instance, or serving 12-hour tri-tip with Santa Maria–style and their symbol was the sunflower,” said Martinez. pinquito beans, or growing avocados on the property, “The dish is roast sun choke (the root of a sunflower), which is right where Judge R.B. Ord nursed California’s sunflower-seed gremolata, sunchoke puree, sunflower first saplings of the fruit way back in 1871. There’s even sprouts, and petals.” Think of it as vegetarian tail-toa gourmet take on the Milpas Street McDonald’s most snout delicious. famous culinary creation, the Egg McMuffin, but theirs The dish alone is evidence that, although open just is decidedly upscale, made with a cured egg, Seascape two months, Barbareño is already firing on all cylincheese, and speck. And they also serve Refugio Ranch’s ders. That goes for the service in the front of the house, Barbareño red wine blend, of course. too. “We took a really long time to hire and train,” said The two met while attending Claremont Col- Gaddy. “The whole place is about stories and passion, leges — Martinez at Claremont McKenna, Gaddy at so we needed people who could express that. The same Pitzer — and worked together at the school’s Shakedown thing is true with the back-of-the-house staff — what Café, where Gaddy was almost fired by Martinez and we saw when traveling is often chefs from the kitchen their sous chef, Kris Brown. After post-college restaurant would serve the food, and who knows the food better work in San Francisco, Martinez returned to Santa Bar- than the people preparing it? So we do that, too.” bara, where he grew up. “And it just kind of happened,” he said. Barbareño is located at 205 West That oversimplification doesn’t include the six-week Canon Perdido Street. Call 963-9591 trip the pair took to the East Coast and Europe for, as or see barbareno.com.

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n a wine world soaked by chardonnay and cabernet, the many wine grape varietals that originate in France’s Rhône Valley offer an exciting array of sipping alternatives. These grapes, which include syrah, grenache, viognier, and roussanne, thrive in Santa Barbara County, so The Winehound’s Bob Wesley is showBY MATT KETTMANN casing more than six dozen such wines — including some from France and other regions — at a $35 SOhO Restaurant & Music Club tasting on Saturday, January 24, noon-3 p.m. Call 845-5247 for tickets. He answers a few questions about why Rhônes rock below.

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In a California world dominated by pinot and cab, why go Rhône? Pinot invariably stands alone, diffident and unmarriable. Cabernet, especially in California, tends to be more conducive to mixology, but overall, Rhônes offer diversity because there are so @#$% many different grapes. The main ones have spread around the globe, and include astonishing values at the low end (like $8 grenache from Spain) or tearinducing, cellar-worthy, complicated syrah from Côte-Rôtie in the Northern Rhône Valley. Add the incredible success that Santa Barbara County (and myriad other Golden State appellations) has achieved in varietal bottlings or cuvées, and the result is a vast array of complex, pleasing, and far-ranging styles. When you can blend, you can transcend. What’s the difference between Old World and New World styles? Typically, it’s the chunkiness and plumpness of the New World fruit versus the greater complexities you’ll encounter in European bottlings, though there are numerous crossovers, and strict stylistic tendencies can be blurred. Factor in South America, Australia, etcetera on the New World team, and you taste some real bulldozers, but we can do “finesse” sometimes, too! Do you see growth in Rhône interest through The Winehound? Always. We have specific customers who buy nothing but French Rhônes from us, which is why we carry so many. Spanish grenache, by volume, is among the top-selling wines at the shop. Don’t even get me started on Santa Barbara County syrahs: I think we sell more than most states in the Northeast. The rest of America will eventually be absorbed once they “get it.” What kind of scene should people expect at this tasting? Lively, informative, casual, abundant, uncrowded, and far-ranging. We’ll have knowledgeable folks stationed at every table discussing their savory arrays of vino, and there’s plenty of food to keep everyone nourished. There’s three hours to meander through the lengthy list of six dozen wines, too. If you sample one every two and a half minutes, you’ll be able to try every one.

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PARTY TIME: S.B.’s Ghost Tiger celebrates its new EP, Some Friends Feel Like Family, this Saturday, January 17, at SOhO.

t’s going to be a big year for area indie folk band Ghost Tiger. Alongside the release of their first-ever EP, Some Friends Feel Like Family, the Santa Barbara natives will journey up the West Coast for their first tour. The expedition kicks off with a hometown EP release show at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club on Saturday, January 17. In anticipation, I sat down with lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Alixandra Macmillan-Fiedel to talk about the production, inspiration, and birth of the band’s EP.

How long did it take to put this EP together? We’ve been working on these songs for quite some time. We recorded six of the seven songs with producer Jason Quever of Papercuts up in Stinson Beach at this studio called the Panoramic House. It’s this incredible studio right about the ocean. We posted up there for a week and didn’t leave. Then we got selected to be one of the Grow Music artists in Santa Ynez. Composer/producer Christopher Tyng, who did the music for Futurama, has an amazing studio there. He started this pay-it-forward style project and selected a bunch of bands from all over the country, brought them in for a long weekend completely for free, and recorded and produced one song with videos

and everything. We recorded our single “Science Camp” with him back in March, and since then, we’ve been working on tracking the rest of the EP. Where did you ﬁnd inspiration for your EP? This EP was really heavily inspired by my personal experiences. I had moved back from New York ﬁve years ago, and being back in nature and having that change in landscape really set

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the tone of the music. I feel like it is a very “West Coast” EP. I was listening to a bunch of different things at the time: Fleetwood Mac, Feist, Fleet Foxes. My songs are definitely a healthy combination of fact and fiction. For

the most part, though, they are sparked by an experience I had or a friend’s experience. Usually I start with just an acoustic guitar and write the melody, lyrics, and chords. Then I bring it to the band. Could you ever see yourself doing something other than this? I couldn’t not be in music. In high school, I wanted to be an actress. I went to Paris my junior year, to an acting school, and planned to come back and move to L.A., but I had a weird, crazy experience in Paris and started writing music again. I got tickets to a concert in this old theater called The Olympia. At the end of the concert, the band said, “We really like to hear new music, so if anyone wants to come up and play something, they can. But it has to be original.” I hadn’t written in a while, but at the last minute I was like, what the hell. I raised my hand, and he picked me. I went onstage, and he put his guitar around me and said, “All right, we have four minutes left. Just go for it.” So I played a song, and it was a surreal experience. Being on the stage just woke me back up into how much I wanted to do music. — Cassandra Miasnikov

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Under his Panda Bear moniker, Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox makes music that straddles the line between pop and abstraction. On “Crosswords,” the fourth track oﬀ his new album, Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper, Lennox marries a dribbling keyboard sequence with a frog-like sample to form a nuanced arrangement ﬁlled with panning sounds and trippy builds. But thanks to his assured, layered vocals and a dubby bass line, “Crosswords” also kind of sounds like ’90s alt-rockers . In fact, it’s that blend of the strange and the recognizable that encapsulates so much of Panda Bear’s appeal; there’s something both immediately familiar and instantly

surprising about the songs he creates. Take lead single “Mr. Noah,” a spacey, druggy creation that lopes along by way of its fuzzy percussive element; it’s at once instantly catchy and undeniably stoney. Elsewhere, “Boys Latin” combines a sludgey bass loop with Lennox’s aﬀectionately incomprehensible sing-song, resulting in something that sounds like both a twisted dance party and a child’s fever dream. Still, Reaper’s greatest achievement comes by way of “Tropic of Cancer,” where Lennox’s billowing vocals ﬂoat above a gently plucked harp and Beach Boys–channeling harmony. The song — a wistful commentary on Lennox’s father’s 2004 passing — is part haunt-

ing austerity, part doo-wop homage and so beautifully constructed it’s almost impossible to pull apart. A testament to its title, Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper is adventurous and precocious and inquisitive and eerie. Luckily, in Lennox’s head all these elements seem to coexist in stunning harmony. — Aly Comingore

Tim Rogan plays Lancelot in Camelot.

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h Camelot hen C l t premiered i d in i 1960, 6 traditional t diti l Broadway musicals were at the height of their cultural influence and the end of their golden age. The show appeared like a “shining moment” in the theater world and quickly turned into an all-purpose metaphor celebrating the then-recent election of President John F. Kennedy. Of course, the end of Broadway’s golden age only became truly apparent in retrospect, as smaller productions, edgier stories, and rock and pop music gradually replaced the massive pageantry and traditional craftsmanship of 1940s and ’50s musical theater. Nowadays, reviving Camelot may feel like an exercise in nostalgia, but that’s not the goal of this national touring production, which comes to the Granada Theatre by way of Theater League on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 20 and 21. “I wouldn’t have done it without knowing we had found a way to make it new,” says Adam Grabau, who will portray King Arthur in the production. Before rehearsals even began, the actor, who has ironically also played Lancelot in the national touring company of Spamalot, met extensively with director Michael McFadden and the other leading actors to revisit the story, sharpen the conflict, emphasize the principal themes, and “trim it back” from its original threeand-a-half-hour running time to a more manageable two and a half hours. The result is a show that Grabau describes as “more medieval than fairy-tale, and not fluffy,” going on to say that “this Camelot is a dark castle built for a modern audience.” Over the past several years, Santa Barbara audiences have become accustomed to a high level of professionalism from Theater League, which is also responsible for the Broadway in Santa Barbara series. With this new Camelot, longtime Broadway lovers will be able to commune with new fans as they surrender to the magic of one of theater’s all-time greatest shows. For tickets and information, call 899-2222 or visit granadasb.org. — Charles Donelan

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COLOR ME IMPRESSED by Charles Donelan PAPER TIGERS: Apart from any metaphysical issues they may raise about the work of art in an age of mechanical (and digital) reproduction, prints have served for centuries as an important means of distribution for new ideas and images. Picasso, to take just one of the more prominent examples, could not possibly have achieved his global eminence as the 20th century’s best-known modern artist without devoting significant energy and craft to making prints. The form presents a paradox, however; insofar as prints are multiple and mechanical, they appear to exist at a distance from the celebrated free hand of the artist, suggesting something automatic, even easy. But, as the various skills involved often demand a great deal of experience to master, making a great print may well require as much effort and more expertise than creatCONNECTEDNESS: David Graves’s “Magnification 1” (2013) is just ing a comparable drawing or one of a series of prints inspired by the charts anthropologists use to painting. describe kinfolk structures. Fortunately for us, there’s a dedicated group of Santa MONOMAN: Just down the block at -A Santa Barbara printmakers who have kept the fine Barbara Street, there’s another excellent show art and challenging craft of printmaking alive featuring a variety of media, but dominated by and thriving in our area for more than 20 years a large group of black-and-white monotypes. through frequent juried exhibitions and print- The space, which is just past Cabana Home on making workshops. Best Impressions, the group the way toward the train tracks, is known as show on view now through February 28 at the “studio one eleven” and serves primarily as a Arts Fund, is a distillation by S.B. Printmakers workspace for Barbara Leung Larson, who has boardmember Don Zimmerman of recent been generous enough to turn it over for the work by 10 of the best artists who belong to the rest of January to Gary Chafe, the man behind the organization. Although there’s been no attempt monotypes, as well as the small sculptures and to impose thematic unity on the exhibition, remarkable etchings that complete this midsize inclusion was far from arbitrary, as each of these retrospective. artists has taken a top or At 78, Chafe is one of the a second prize in one or city’s best-kept secrets — a more of the Printmakers’ truly distinguished artist recent juried exhibitions. with an idiosyncratic vision David Graves, Yessy Kim, Inés and no pretensions whatMonguio, Jerilynne Nibbe, soever. His technique with Patti Post, Karen Schroeder, these monotypes involves drawing on the inked plate Garrett Speirs, Don Zimmerman, Siu Zimmerman, and with whatever comes to Pamela Zwehl-Burke have hand — a scraper, a piece of all earned the recognition cardboard, or even an eraser. they are receiving here The results are splendidly many times over, and the “Dancers” by Gary Chafe virtuosic and full of intense show would make a fine visual energy. Chafe has been introduction to the wide range of styles and actively involved in the Santa Barbara art scene processes the group supports. since 1960 (!), and going through this show is Graves’s vivid linoleum block reductions fea- like traveling back through time and experiencture jazzy syncopation and precise color choices ing each of the subsequent decades as a pageant and are based on the charts that anthropologists of S.B.-specific beauty. There’s an etching in the make to describe kinship structures. Three large show called “Dancers” that conjures, somewhat lithographs of offshore oilrigs by Speirs strike a in the manner of Thomas Hart Benton, the magical balance between the negative spaces of Bohemian camaraderie of the original Mounthe ocean and sky and the marks made on the tain Drive community more effectively than horizon by these man-made structures. Around any other single image I have seen. The gallery every corner of the Arts Fund Gallery, there’s is open Thursday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m., and by another arresting image in this concentrated appointment. For info, call 451-0651.And to learn burst of printmaking energy. more about Chafe, visit garychafe.com. ■

One of Rolling Stone’s 50 Greatest Live Acts Right Now

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“Revved-up, bluegrass-steeped pop… heartfelt, plain-spoken hooks and harmonies straight from the North Carolina mountains they grew up around.” Rolling Stone TUE, FEB 10 / 8 PM / ARLINGTON THEATRE Tickets start at $45 / $20 UCSB students An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

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“Mr. Porter is a jazz singer of thrilling presence, a booming baritone with a gift for earthy refinement and soaring uplift.” The New York Times

RENAISSANCE MAN: Charlie Chaplin wrote, produced, directed, scored, and starred in 1931’s City Lights. This week, the Santa Barbara Symphony will perform his score alongside a screening of the film.

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hen Charlie Chaplin entered the studio in 1928 to begin production on City Lights, silent film was already on the way out, and the greatest star of the silent era knew it. Despite his sense that the heyday of silent comedy was over, Chaplin still had faith that if he made a feature film his way and on his terms, it could succeed. One reason for the Tramp’s confidence was his ability to do it all — he not only starred in films but also could write, produce, and direct. But Chaplin still had more in his creative arsenal, including the ability to score, which is exactly what he did for City Lights, which many still consider to be his greatest cinematic achievement. On Saturday and Sunday, January 17 and 18, distinguished conductor Dirk Brossé will lead the Santa Barbara Symphony in a concert featuring the full original score of City Lights played live to accompany a screening of the film. The event, which is co-sponsored by UCSB Arts & Lectures, takes place at the Granada and will put to use the theater’s brand-new, state-of-the-art rearprojection film system. We recently spoke with Jessica Guideri, the talented violinist who has just been named the Santa Barbara Symphony’s new concertmaster. Guideri, who has already performed with the orchestra as guest concertmaster on several occasions, illuminated some interesting aspects of the rest of this weekend’s program and gave her insight into the challenges presented by playing an orchestral film score as part of a live concert.

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Congratulations on the appointment to concertmaster. Tell me, how well do you know this conductor, Dirk Brossé? Have you worked with him before? Thank you. No, I haven’t, but I’m excited about it because I’ll be performing a piece that he wrote as part of the program.

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That’s interesting. He is a conductor and a composer? What’s the piece like? It’s called “Black, White, and In Between,” it’s written for violin and orchestra, and I’ve been practicing it for a few weeks now. It’s soaring, it has catchy themes, and it’s also got some snazzy bits. I like it. My ambition for the performance is to make it go the way that both of us want it to go.

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I understand that you, along with several other musicians in the Santa Barbara Symphony, are frequently called in to do studio work on film scores in Los Angeles. What’s that like? How will playing the score to City Lights live differ from what you do in the studio? That’s correct: I do a fair amount of studio work. In fact I was working on a film score today. The situation in the studio is quite different, because there we have a click track that we play to that keeps us synchronized with the images. With this live performance there won’t be a click track to refer to, so we will have to keep synchronized on our own. That sounds challenging. What do you do to prepare? I’ll watch the film to get ready, but otherwise we will rely on this wonderful conductor. Are you excited to be the new concertmaster for the Santa Barbara Symphony? Absolutely. I played with the orchestra in this season’s opening concert, and I love the group; they are so warm and welcoming. I’m looking forward to coming back.

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MAN IN THE MIDDLE: TOP: An intense Bill Egan is flanked by Ivy Vahanian (left) and Leslie Story (right). BELOW: Egan looks on as Katherine Bottoms, playing his character’s daughter, emotes.

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ith dozens of major credits as a screenwriter stretching over four decades, Jerry Di Pego could be coasting through this winter at home in Santa Ynez. But he’s not. Instead, Di Pego has three plays opening at nearly the same time, one of which,  & Paradise, is set here in Santa Barbara and opens on Friday, January 23, at Center Stage Theater. What could possibly have precipitated this left turn off the screenwriting highway and onto the stage? “I lost my shyness at age 73 and finally took an acting class,” said Di Pego when I spoke to him by phone last week. “Here I’ve been working with actors my entire adult life, but I’d never really joined them.” Since that class (with instructor and  director Peter Frisch), Di Pego has written four full-length plays.  & Paradise, which draws on a wide range of techniques and material, pits a central authority figure, the mysterious Examiner, against a semicircle of citizens, all of whom have at least one thing in common — they know something about an accident that just occurred near the intersection of Route  and Paradise Road. “Someone has died, and all of these people had some contact with the deceased,” Di Pego explained, adding that, “by overhearing this questioning, we eventually learn a little more about what actually by Charles Donelan happened.” But, as in Phenomenon, the 1996 John Travolta film that Di Pego wrote about a character who acquires supernatural powers, there’s a sense that something more may be going on than meets the eye. “The human scale speaks to me,” Di Pego asserted, “but I also really like big ‘What if?’ stories. I try to join the everyday pleasure that people feel when solving a puzzle to a deeper message. The ‘Paradise’ of the play’s title is Paradise Road, but it’s paradise, too.” Meanwhile Frisch — who has cast some top Santa Barbara talent in key roles, including Rich Hoag as the Examiner — is thrilled to be working on a piece that he sees as “part Twilight Zone, part Six Characters in Search of an Author, and part  Angry Men.” Di Pego praises his acting teacher as a creative collaborator, dubbing this production the result of a “true artistic partnership.” The partners agree on what’s at the core of this magical realist procedural drama, and that is, in Di Pego’s words,“the power of human contact.” Over the course of the evening, the semicircle onstage comes to represent all the different collisions that have occurred in the past and all the places where human lives intersect. By putting this work on at the city’s most intimate venue, Frisch and Di Pego will give theater fans a chance to enter into this magic circle and see if they can in fact reach paradise by cruising along Route  — and what it will cost if they make the trip.

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Gregory Porter

s anyone who has ever danced to Louis Arm- Your cover of “The In Crowd” came out great. What made you strong, sipped scotch to Tony Bennett, or canoo- choose that song? I did it primarily in homage to Ramsey dled to Billie Holiday will tell you, there are Lewis and to that place he was able to get to musically moments when only the sound of a real jazz where soul, gospel, and blues all converge. I feel like vocalist will do. The best singers make the near-impos- that’s where I am, too, so it’s a good style of song for me. sible sound effortless and inhabit a special zone that’s as It has that gospel tinge. The choice of “In Crowd” also has a personal meaning, because I close to the source of human emotion as art can get. He may not have the started singing it once I knew that I name recognition of a Michael Bublé would be recording for Blue Note. It (yet), but Gregory Porter, who will became my way of acknowledging bring his band to UCSB’s Campbell that I had gotten in with the Blue Hall on Thursday, January 15, is that Note in crowd, which is of course a special kind of unforgettable jazz great honor, to be part of that legacy. singer. His 2013 Blue Note Records release Liquid Spirit won the Grammy What was the experience of recording for Blue Note like for you? Recording for for Best Vocal Jazz Album in 2014, and he’s been gathering fans worldwide Blue Note was great. They had no for years now, with high-profile perinterest in trying to change me. I felt formances on BBC television and in like my approach to the music was such distinguished venues as Royal fully accepted there. Albert Hall. Porter’s background in gospel You are very popular in England and in by Charles Donelan means that he knows how to get a Europe more generally. How do you feel whole room into the spirit. With exquiabout it? I feel great about it. Playing site taste in jazz, pop, and soul, he’s in England has been an incredibly never at a loss for a sophisticated and positive experience for me, and my funky cover, but it’s his distinctive, heartfelt songwriting music is even more popular in Germany, where the that makes Porter a one-of-a-kind talent. He also doesn’t record went platinum. I got off to a good start by performget to the West Coast often, which makes this gig even ing on the Jools Holland show and then on the radio with more of a must for fans. We recently spoke with Porter by Jamie Cullum. It’s a sophisticated audience, and they love jazz. I am grateful for the amazing venues such as Royal phone to talk about his sound, his style, and his success. Albert Hall that I’ve gotten to play, too. You had a busy 2014. Was that a result of winning the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Liquid Spirit? I had a lot of book- One thing I noticed about your live clips is the way you get people ings even before I won the Grammy — that tour started to clap along. Is that something that comes out of the church? when the record came out in September 2013 — but the Yes, it is, very much so. I do that handclap on “Liquid award did step things up a bit. I’ve been performing pretty Spirit” all the time; it’s something I know from the pastors constantly for over a year and a half now. I saw working their song and praise services when I was growing up. With clapping along like that, you are asking Have you been writing? Can you write on the road? What’s that the audience to come on a spiritual journey with you, and process like for you? Fortunately I don’t feel like I have to sit wherever I go, people seem willing to get that message. It’s down somewhere quiet in order to write a song, so, yes, funny: I’m not going to say that the people [in Europe] I have been writing the whole time that I’ve been tour- keep better time than people in, say, Louisiana, but you’d ing. For me it happens organically, either on the plane or be surprised how into it an audience will get in some when I am walking around a city. Melody and lyrics tend town in Germany. to hit me together. Lyrically, I’m not the kind of writer who takes inspiration from random things like overheard Gregory Porter and his band perform at conversations. My inspiration comes from rolling some UCSB’s Campbell Hall on Thursday, January idea around in my head and in my heart for a while. It 15, at 8 p.m. For tickets and information, call 893-3535 or doesn’t happen all at once. visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu.

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Emerson String Quartet

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AFTER THE TRAINWRECK: Self-described “supergroup” The Kyle Gass Band plays Velvet Jones on Sunday, January 18, with openers King Cole.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN by Aly Comingore

AFTER THE RAIN: As with most things, the music NOW NOW NOW: Planning ahead is all fine and world tends to take a few weeks to wake up dandy, but say you’re looking for something to after the holiday season. Now that we’re  days do this week. Well, there’s no shortage of stuff into 2015, though, all hell seems to be breaking there either. On Sunday, January 18, rockers loose — and I mean that in a good way. If you’re can take their pick of two separate but equally anything like me, you’ve been waiting idly for excellent shows going down on State Street. At new tunes since early December. This week, we Velvet Jones, Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass returns to get an earful, thanks to excellent new albums town with his band in tow. He’ll be supported from Panda Bear and Santa Barbara’s own by one of my personal favorite S.B. musicians, Ghost Tiger. (See page 47 for more on both of Jacob Cole. The former Saint Anne’s Place frontthose releases.) And in the next few weeks, the man will be premiering his new project, King goods just keep on coming. For starters, Sleater- Cole, and if you’re a fan of beautifully arranged, Kinney’s great, long-awaited return to the fold, strongly delivered folk, soul, and Americana, No Cities to Love, drops on January 20. (For he’s an absolute must-see. all my fellow impatient riot grrrls, the album Up the street a few blocks, SOhO continues is also streaming online now. Go get it there.) its fundraising efforts with a show so big it’s Before the month lets out, we’ll also see new almost inconceivable. The bill is being shared releases from indie staples Belle and Sebastian by locs and legends Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald — yes , that and The Decemberists, Kenny + Michael + SOhO 4ever promising fresh faces Kenny Loggins and Viet Cong and Natalie that Michael McDonPrass, and L.A.’s überald — who will both prolific Ty Segall, who be onstage in SOhO’s puts out a new EP and fewer-than-400-pera new live disc this son-capacity room. month because, well, Not surprisingly, he can. tickets for this superOn the live music intimate blockbuster front, both New York are long sold-out, but City’s Governors Ball if you’re a fan of either and Indio’s Coachella artist, I’d start that Valley Music and Arts Google search now. Festival released — and On Tuesday, Janusold out — their 2015 ary 20, Nickel Creek lineups last week. But if cofounder Sean Watyou’re not the camping/ kins and his trio take drugging/dealing-withto the stage at SOhO 100,00-other-people in support of his new type, don’t worr y! album, All I Do Is Lie. There’s a crazy amount of music coming to He’ll be supported by fellow folk powerhouse Santa Barbara in the next two months, too, Lauren Shera. And speaking of powerhouses, including rock goddess Patti Smith (Jan. 27 at on Wednesday, January 21, Portland megathe Granada Theatre), EDM giant RL Grime collective the MarchFourth Marching Band returns (Feb. 5 at Velvet Jones), New Orleans pop duo to town for a show at SOhO. The ever-changing, Generationals (Feb. 7 at SOhO Restaurant & always-massive MarchFourth lineup features Music Club), folk heavyweights Avett Brothers more horn players, drummers, and dancers than (Feb. 10 at the Arlington Theatre), synth-pop I think can even fit on SOhO’s stage, and their act Milo Greene (Feb. 10 at SOhO), and dance potently weirdo mix of vaudeville, jazz, gypsy, music mega-get Giraffage (Feb. 27 at EOS). So, and rock is guaranteed to be a heady — and if you’ve yet to buy yourself a 2015 calendar, now LOUD — musical cocktail. In short, come ready is the time. to get your stomp on. ■

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Art, Design & Architecture Museum – Eric Beltz: The Cave of Treasures, through May 1. UCSB, 893-2951. Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum – Abstract Art Collective: AbstraX; Limited Palette Abstracts, through Apr. 29; multiple permanent installations. 21 W. Anapamu St., 962-5322. Rancho La Patera & Stow House – Multiple permanent exhibits hosted by the Goleta Valley Historical Society. 304 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta, 681-7216. S.B. Historical Museum – Under the Umbrella: Lutah Maria Riggs, through spring; The Story of Santa Barbara, permanent exhibition. Free admission. 136 E. De la Guerra St., 966-1601. S.B. Maritime Museum – Patti Jacquemain: From the Mountains to the Sea: Woodblock Prints and Mosaics, through Feb. 1. 113 Harbor Wy., 962-8404. S.B. Museum of Art – 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. 1130 State St., 963-4364. Ty Warner Sea Ctr. – Multiple permanent installations. 211 Stearns Wharf, 962-2526. Wildling Museum – Charley Harper: Beguiled by the Wild-ling, through Jan. 19. 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang, 688-1082.

GALLERIES Allan Hancock College Library – Children’s book illustrations, ongoing. 800 S. College Dr., Santa Maria, 922-6966. Architectural Foundation Gallery – Jeffrey Sipress: BLACK & WHITE and a Little Red, Jan. 16-Feb. 27. 229 E. Victoria St., 965-6307. Artamo Gallery – Michael Kessler: Water & Stone, through Jan. 18. 11 W. Anapamu St., 568-1400. Bella Rosa Galleries – Edward Borein: Sketches from the West; Marc Chagall; and Art Deco Jewelry Collection, through Feb. 28. 1103 State St., 966-1707. Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr. – Voices, ongoing. 524 Chapala St., 957-1115. Cancer Ctr. of S.B. – Art Heals, a permanent exhibit. 540 Pueblo St., 898-2204. Carpinteria Arts Ctr. – Illumination, through Mar. 2. 855 Linden Ave., Carpinteria, 684-7789. Casa Dolores – Saintly and Spirited: Art Made of Tin, through Jan. 24. 1023 Bath St., 963-1032. Channing Peake Gallery – Near and Far: Plein Air in County Parks, through Feb. 12. S.B. County Administration Bldg., 105 E. Anapamu St., 568-3994.

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elma opens, appropriately enough, with Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) KING’S PROCESSION: Selma stars David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. rehearsing a speech. A few lines in, he alongside Carmen Ejogo as his wife, Coretta Scott King. stops, cryptically repeating, “It’s not right.” After a brief exchange with his wife (Carmen Ejogo), we realize he’s referring not to the such as student activist John Lewis (Stephan James), who oration at hand but to the ascot he’s been fussing with all delivers a subtle but stirring account of a Freedom Ride along: He’s concerned folks back home will take it as a sign turned violent late in the film. It’s the depiction of Jimmie he’s riding high on the hog, a fear his wife allays as she ties Lee Jackson’s murder, though, that will likely hit home the the scarf around his neck. This intimate scene prefaces the hardest, with its echoes of the recent headline-grabbing more historically significant one in which the legendary slayings of unarmed black men at the hands of police. civil-rights leader receives the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize; (Ferguson gets conspicuously name-dropped in the endhowever, the dressing-room exchange tips us off that, at credit song “Glory.”) least here, the key to cracking King more likely lies behind Sure, on paper there are plenty of reasons why this film shouldn’t work: King’s speeches had to be rewritten due to closed doors than podiums. Like other recent biopic successes, such as Lincoln a copyright kerfuffle; the American icon is portrayed by a and The King’s Speech, Selma wisely avoids a cradle-to- Brit; and billionaire Oprah Winfrey plays a working-class grave rehashing of its subject’s life story. (King’s “I Have activist. Onscreen, though, these scruples are left by the a Dream” speech is mentioned only in passing, and his wayside. The speeches, which are beautifully shot, still assassination is consigned to a postscript.) Instead, the soar; Oyelowo gives a humanizing breakout performance; focus remains on his role in the marches from Selma to and Winfrey manages to find a quiet dignity in her role as Montgomery, Alabama, which precipitated the passage of Annie Lee Cooper. As a result, Selma is a highly watchthe monumental Voting Rights Act of 1965. This portrait able slice of history with enough heart and modern-day makes clear that part of King’s genius was in the people resonance to sustain the whole procession as it marches he surrounded himself with, including reluctant allies past tragedy toward its bittersweet conclusion. ■

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Taken 3. Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, and Forest Whittaker star in a film written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen and directed by Olivier Megaton. Reviewed by D.J. Palladino

ver since the second Taken was released, folks have been complaining bitterly about the declining violence against nonwhite transgressors and innocent bystanders. Agreed. What is BACK IN ACTION: Liam Neeson reprises his role as ex-covert operative the damn deal? What’s disgraceful about Bryan Mills for Taken 3. this film is the complete lack of Asian and Middle Eastern characters usually there for Bryan (Liam Neeson) to beat up, shoot, or neck ex-wife, and even the guy sleeping with his ex-wife — and crack. Any old tough-guy movies — from Die Hard to The all before he busts anybody’s ass. Expendables — can maim and annihilate packs of tattooed Don’t get me started on overseas stuff, either. This Russkies. Yet who does this film choose as its easy-pickins film doesn’t leave the U.S.A. once. Okay, I admit, it does bullet cushions? You guessed it. Somehow this whole fran- take place in Los Angeles, where a lotta opportunity for chise seems to be trending toward more politically correct multicultural smackdowns exists. Still, instead of rescuviolence, and we just won’t take it. ing Bryan’s floozy daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) from And that’s not even the worst part. Where is it written, so-called foreign entanglements, this film takes a personal I ask you, that freelance former CIA death-dealing dudes side with Bryan’s wife. But I don’t want to ruin a bad story get some advanced relationship-counseling credentials with too many details. alongside their Navy SEALs combat certificates? The first In the end, Taken 3 is a blurry action flick buried 15 minutes of this lug-headed sequel is taken up with our beneath an annoyingly careful morality tale, and the result hero — who used to kill dozens before breakfast — passing is a movie that, sadly, people who take secret pleasure in out adages of live-and-let-live wisdom to his daughter, his bigoted entertainment won’t even enjoy. ■

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A man (Chris Hemsworth) is released from prison in order to help authorities catch a cyber criminal. Camino Real/Fiesta  The Boy Next Door (91 mins.; R: violence, sexual content/nudity, language)

Following her divorce, a woman (Jennifer Lopez) begins a torrid aﬀair with her younger new neighbor (Ryan Guzman). Fiesta  (Opens Thu., Jan. )

Mortdecai (106 mins.; R: some language, sexual material) An art dealer goes in search of a painting that’s allegedly linked to a lost bank account ﬁlled with unclaimed Nazi gold. Paseo Nuevo (Opens Thu., Jan. )

Paddington (95 mins.; PG: mild action, rude humor)

Author Michael Bond’s beloved talking bear heads to the big screen in this animated story about Paddington and a family he befriends at a London train station. Fairview/Fiesta 

Spare Parts (83 mins.; PG-13: some language, violence) Four Hispanic high school students decide to start a robotics club on a string budget and end up competing against the reigning champs at MIT. Metro  Strange Magic (98 mins.; PG: some action, scary images)

Goblins, fairies, and imps come together for the ﬁrst time amid a slew of interspecies culture clashes. Fairview/Fiesta  (Opens Thu., Jan. )

The Wedding Ringer (101 mins.; R: crude and sexual content, language throughout, some drug use, brief graphic nudity)

A shy groom-to-be hires a stand-in best man to impress his future in-laws. Camino Real/Metro 

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Zero Motivation (97 mins.; NR) A group of female Israeli soldiers at a remote army base try to pass the time as they wait to return to civilian life. Wed., Jan. ,  and :pm, Plaza de Oro

NOW SHOWING ✯ Big Eyes (105 mins.; PG-13: thematic elements, brief strong language) Tim Burton directs the story of painter Margaret Keane (Amy Adams), whose work found major success in the 1950s — under her husband’s name. This is a surprisingly sweet tale from the authentic world of Burton, who hasn’t made a movie this good in a long time. (DJP) Plaza de Oro

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A washed-up actor (Michael Keaton) must put his ego aside when he signs on to a Broadway play that could relaunch his career. Birdman is a lot bigger than its injokes and a lot smaller than its faux philosophies suggest. But the reason to love this ﬁlm lies almost completely in its performances. (DJP) Plaza de Oro

✯ Foxcatcher

In 1970s Los Angeles, a detective investigates the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. This ecstatically good version of Inherent Vice not only captures author Thomas Pynchon’s dominant moods and most of his ideas, but it also works as a piece of unexpectedly ﬁne and unconventional ﬁlmmaking. (DJP) Paseo Nuevo

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A witch (Meryl Streep) recruits a childless baker and his wife to reverse the curse that was placed on his family tree. Despite some Disneyﬁcation, Into the Woods is a solid adaptation of the Sondheim musical, with messages for kids and adults alike. (JF) Camino Real/Metro 

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(123 mins.; PG-13: some thematic elements, suggestive material)

James Marsh directs and Eddie Redmayne stars in this story about the early life and trials of physicist Stephen Hawking. While Marsh’s sure-handed direction and Redmayne’s knockout performance anchor the ﬁlm, it’s Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking that really sets Theory apart. (JF) Riviera Unbroken (137 mins.; PG-13: war violence

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including intense sequences of brutality, brief language)

Bilbo and his crew are forced into a war to keep a darkness from obliterating all of Middle Earth. The padding out of what was once a nice little adventure book isn’t boring, but it frequently seems pointless. (DJP) Fiesta  (D)

Angelina Jolie directs this true-life story about Olympian Louis Zamperini, who was captured by the Japanese during World War II after surviving a near-fatal plane crash. As impressive as Unbroken is, it doesn’t feel original or essential. (KS) Fairview/Metro 

Fury (135 mins.; R: strong sequences of war violence, some grisly images, language throughout)

✯ The Imitation Game (114 mins.; PG-13: some sexual references, mature thematic material, historical smoking)

A battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant leads a small crew on a mission behind enemy lines at the close of World War II. Fury is not a great film, but it has a great nucleus. What’s missing is any resolution to either embrace the horror or make a final stand for war as an unjustifiable evil. (DJP) Fri., Jan.  and Mon.,

Benedict Cumberbatch plays English mathematician Alan Turning, who helped crack the Enigma code during World War II. In the end, The Imitation Game is a good (not great) Hollywood ﬁlm about the growing pains of a genius. (DJP)

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After the death of her mother and the end of her marriage, a woman embarks on a solo 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. Based on the memoir by Cheryl Strayed, Wild is a near-perfect film about the inherent imperfections of life. And much like the book, its empowering magic will stick with you long after its final scene. (AC) Plaza de Oro

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CANCER

(Mar. 21 - Apr. 19): You will never make anything that lasts forever. Nor will I or anyone else. I suppose itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible that human beings will still be listening to Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music or watching The Simpsons TV show 10,000 years from today, but even that stuďŹ&#x20AC; will probably be gone in ďŹ ve billion years, when the sun expands into a red giant star. Having acknowledged that hard truth, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy to announce that in the next ďŹ ve weeks you could begin work in earnest on a creation that will endure for a very long time. What will it be? Choose wisely!

(June 21 - July 22): Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was an American statesman who served in both houses of Congress. He dearly wanted to be president of the United States, but his political party never nominated him to run for that oďŹ&#x192;ce. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the twist in his fate: Two diďŹ&#x20AC;erent candidates who were ultimately elected president asked him to be their vice president, but he declined, dismissing the job as unimportant. Both those presidents, Harrison and Taylor, died after a short time on the job. Had Webster agreed to be their vice president, he would have taken their place and fulďŹ lled his dream. In the coming weeks, Cancerian, I advise you not to make a mistake comparable to Websterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20): What does your soul need on a regular basis? The love and attention of some special person? The intoxication provided by a certain drink or drug? Stimulating social interaction with people you like? Music that drives you out of your mind in all the best ways? The English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins said that the rapture his soul needed more than anything else was inspiration â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the â&#x20AC;&#x153;sweet ďŹ re,â&#x20AC;? he called it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the strong spur, live and lancing like the blowpipe ďŹ&#x201A;ame.â&#x20AC;? So the experience his soul craved didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come from an outside stimulus. It was a feeling that rose up inside him. What about you, Taurus? According to my analysis of the astrological omens, your soul needs much more than usual of its special nourishment.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): In 1987, California condors were almost extinct. Less than 30 of the birds remained. Then the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched an eďŹ&#x20AC;ort to capture them all and take emergency measures to save the species. Almost 28 years later, there are more than 400 condors, half of them living in the wild. If you act now, Gemini, you could launch a comparable recovery program for a diďŹ&#x20AC;erent resource that is becoming scarce in your world. Act with urgency, but also be prepared to practice patience. Homework: What part of the past are you still enslaved to? What can you do to free yourself? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.

LEO July 23 - Aug. 22): In one of his poems, Rumi writes about being alone with a wise elder. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Please,â&#x20AC;? he says to the sage, â&#x20AC;&#x153;do not hold back from telling me any secrets about this universe.â&#x20AC;? In the coming weeks, Leo, I suggest you make a similar request of many people and not just those you regard as wise. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a phase when pretty much everyone is a potential teacher who has a valuable clue to oďŹ&#x20AC;er you. Treat the whole world as your classroom.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): Have you been tapping into your proper share of smart love, interesting beauty, and creative mojo? Are you enjoying the succulent rewards you deserve for all the good deeds and hard work youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done in the past eight months? If not, I am very upset. In fact, I would be livid and mournful if I found out that you have not been soaking up a steady ďŹ&#x201A;ow of useful bliss, sweet revelations, and fun surprises. Therefore, to ensure my happiness and well-being, I COMMAND you to experience these goodies in abundance.

LIBRA

Sputnik, he and his American team began shooting rockets aloft. Members of the press were not impressed with his unusual ideas, however. They thought he was a misinformed crank. In 1920, the New York Times sneered that he was deďŹ cient in â&#x20AC;&#x153;the knowledge ladled out daily in our high schools.â&#x20AC;? Forty-nine years later, after his work had led to spectacular results, the Times issued an apology. I foresee a more satisfying progression toward vindication for you, Libra. Sometime soon, your unsung work or unheralded eďŹ&#x20AC;orts will be recognized.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): In the plot of the TV science-ďŹ ction show Ascension, the U.S. government has conducted an elaborate covert experiment for 50 years. An outside investigator named Samantha Krueger discovers the diabolical contours of the project and decides to reveal the truth to the public. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going full Snowden,â&#x20AC;? she tells a seemingly sympathetic conspiracy theorist. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s invoking the name of Edward Snowden, the renegade computer administrator who in the real world leaked classiďŹ ed information that the U.S. government wanted to keep hidden. It might be time for you to go at least mini-Snowden yourself, Scorpio â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not by spilling state secrets, but rather by unmasking any surreptitious or deceptive behavior thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening in your sphere. Bring everything out into the open â&#x20AC;&#x201D; gently if possible. But do whatever it takes.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): In 1939, author Ernest Vincent Wright ďŹ nished Gadsby, a 50,000-word novel. It was unlike any book ever published because the letter â&#x20AC;&#x153;eâ&#x20AC;? didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appear once in the text. Can you imagine the constraint he had to muster to accomplish such an odd feat? In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to summon an equally impressive expression of discipline and self-control, Sagittarius. But devote your eďŹ&#x20AC;orts to accomplishing a more useful and interesting task, please. For example, you could excise one of your bad habits or avoid activities that waste your time or forbid yourself to indulge in fearful thoughts.

(Dec. 22 - Jan. 19): Most plants move upward as they grow. Their seeds fall to the ground, are blown oďŹ&#x20AC; by the wind, or are carried away by pollinators. But the peanut plant has a diďŹ&#x20AC;erent approach to reproduction. It burrows its seeds down into the soil. They ripen underground, where they are protected and more likely to get the moisture they need to germinate. The peanut plantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approach to fertility might be a good metaphor for you Capricorns to adopt for your own use. It makes sense for you to safeguard the new possibilities youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re incubating. Keep them private, maybe even secret. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expose them to scrutiny or criticism.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): In his poem â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Garden,â&#x20AC;? Jack Gilbert says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are like Marco Polo who came back / with jewels hidden in the seams of his ragged clothes.â&#x20AC;? Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that true about you right now, Aquarius? If I were going to tell your recent history as a fairy tale, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d highlight the contrast between your outer disorder and your inner riches. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d also borrow another fragment from Gilbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poem and use it to describe your current emotional state: â&#x20AC;&#x153;a sweet sadness, a tough happiness.â&#x20AC;? So what comes next for you? I suggest you treat yourself to a time out. Take a break to integrate the intensity youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve weathered. And retrieve the jewels you hid in the seams of your ragged clothes.

PISCES (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20): â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the colors I am inside have not been invented yet,â&#x20AC;? wrote Shel Silverstein, in his childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book Where the Sidewalk Ends. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s especially important for you to focus on that truth in the coming weeks. I say this for two reasons. First, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s imperative that you identify and celebrate a certain unique aspect of yourself that no one else has ever fully acknowledged. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start making it more conscious, it may start to wither away. Second, you need to learn how to express that unique aspect with such clarity and steadiness that no one can miss it or ignore it.

(Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): Libran engineer Robert Goddard was the original rocket scientist. His revolutionary theories and pioneering technologies laid the foundations for space ďŹ&#x201A;ight. Decades before the Soviet Union launched Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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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 welcome. Avail. for private parties. Pool & Darts.

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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 $9.95 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!

Ethiopian AUTHENTIC ETHIOPIAN CUISINE Featured at Petit Valentien Restaurant 1114 State St. #14, 805‑966‑0222. Open Sat‑Sun Lunch ONLY 11am‑2: 30pm. Serkaddis Alemu offers in ever changing menu with choices of vegitarian, vegan, and meat options. Catering Avaliable for parties of up to 40 people.

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f you are one of those people who has to “see it to believe it” that a restaurant will open outside of the security zone at the Santa Barbara Airport, this is your day. La Mission Café opened at the John T. Rickard Airline Terminal on January 8 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Mayor Helene Schneider was present to do the honors. “We have received requests to have a downstairs café, before security, where warm food, wine, and beer could be served. Tasneem Vakharia, owner of First Class Concessions, responded to those requests with the new reimagined space,” said airport director Hazel Johns. “It is a wonderful addition, and I think it will open up new possibilities for the public to come and enjoy time with family and friends at the airport.” In addition to its own food and wine oﬀerings, La Mission Café oﬀers the complete menu from Costa Terraza restaurant located upstairs in the security zone. BIG YOGA HOUSE: Reader Cris tells me that the Big

Yellow House restaurant at  Pierpont Avenue in Summerland, which closed in 2006, is now home to a yoga studio. SWEET ALLEY REOPENS: I was cruising my electric

Razor scooter through Isla Vista recently, looking for any changes in the dining scene, and noticed that froyo hangout Sweet Alley at  Embarcadero del Mar in Isla Vista has reopened after closing last October.

RIPE NOT: I was in Albertsons market recently and

noticed that all the avocados had stickers on them that read “Ripe Now!” yet not a single avocado (in a batch of hundreds) was ripe. In fact every one of them was several days from being ripe. I asked customer service about this and was told that avocado titan Calavo uses “Ripe Now!p” as a registered trademark and that it is not an indicator about the state of the avocado. GOOD FOOD AWARD: Paciﬁc Pickle Works, a Santa

Barbara–based gourmet food company, is the recipient of the 2015 Good Food Award for their Jalabeaños, a unique blend of jalapeño-spiced pickled green beans. The award was presented to Paciﬁc Pickle Works founder Bradley Bennett by world-renowned chef and food activist Alice Waters on

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January 8, at the Good Food Award ceremony held at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. “We are extremely proud to receive this prestigious award,” said Bennett.“To have our product recognized among a ﬁeld of such high-quality food-makers from across the country is a real honor.” To qualify for a Good Food Award, a product must be responsibly produced from locally sourced ingredients, without the use of pesticides and with respect to seasonality. More than 150 products in 11 categories were selected from nearly 1,500 entries for the award this year. The winners were selected in a blind taste test by a panel of industry experts. FOOD & WINE WEEKEND: The second annual

Santa Barbara Food & Wine Weekend is being held April 16-19 at the Bacara Resort & Spa with the theme “Savoring the Past, Cultivating the Future.” Join the celebration of Santa Barbara County chefs, artisans, winemakers, and farmers. Now in its second year, the Santa Barbara Food & Wine Weekend showcases the distinct tastes, sights, and sounds of the region while also bringing culinary talent from across the country to Santa Barbara. Highlights include the following: • Educational lunch with Los Angeles’ power couple and celebrity chefs Suzanne Goin and David Lentz • Neighborhood Tasting & Market that explores Santa Barbara’s top up-and-coming food regions, including Los Alamos, the Arts District, and the Funk Zone • Cooking classes with famed chefs and cookbook authors, including Dorie Greenspan, Jim Dodge, Anne Willan, and Virginia Willis • Santa Barbara County Vintners’ Association wine reception and video tribute to Julia Child presented by her former producer and director Geoffrey Drummond • Screening of A Year in Champagne in the resort’s 211seat movie theater, paired with a glass of champagne and local chocolate tasting The weekend is inspired by Chef Julia Child’s lifelong passion for learning, love of eating well, and mission to further gastronomy. It’s designed to marry entertainment and inspiration, celebration with learning. Event proceeds will beneﬁt the Julia Child Foundation, which is based in Santa Barbara. Tickets cost $25-$125 and are available at bacaraculinaryweekend.com.

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Legals Administer of Estate NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BRUCE R. BERNSON NO: 1469956 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of BRUCE R. BERNSON A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: KARYN SHAUDIS in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 01/222015 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: Five SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: JOSEPH D. ALLEN 131 E. Snapamu Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 892‑2480 Published Dec 31 2014. Jan 8, 15 2015.

Fictitious Business Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Veronique Taylor Textiles & Home at 15 North Salinas Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Veronique Taylor (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Veronique Taylor This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 2, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003365. Published: Dec 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15, 22 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SB Tactical at 673 San Felipe Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; SB Tactical (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Todd Manes This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 2, 2014. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑00033639. Published: Dec 24, 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Yoichi’s at 230 E Victoria St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Yoichis LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability

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Company Signed: Yoichi Kawabata, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 18, 2014. 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2014‑0003507. Published: Dec 24, 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15 2015.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Loretta Razo This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 23, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003548. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sipping Syndicate at 1242 San Miguel Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Albert Martinez 2116 Kern St San Bernardino, CA 92407 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Albert Martinez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 19, 2014. 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 Christina Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003525. Published: Dec 24, 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PPM Industries at 3025 Hermosa Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ian David Parker (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ian D. Parker This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 02, 2015. 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0000004. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Gardens And Villa at 1615 Villa Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 12/3/2010 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2010‑0003609. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Levi Hayden 1015 Villa Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 17 2014, I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. for Published. Dec 24, 31 2014. Jan 8, 15 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Stay Modern at 1506 Shoreline Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Stay Modern LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Stacy Smith, Vice President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 16, 2014. 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 Melissa Mercer FBN Number: 2014‑0003509. Published: Dec 24, 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sofi Hot Dogs at 1012 Cacique Street #4 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Elena Ibarra Guillen (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Elena Guillen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 18, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003513. Published: Dec 24, 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Country Squire MPH at 4680 Vieja Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Danny Patrick Foley (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Danny P. Foley This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 17, 2014. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0003499. Published: Dec 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15, 22 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Video Journal of Orthopaedics at 255 Las Alturas Road Santa Barabra, CA 93103; MED 21, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Judith Effron, Managing Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 16, 2014. 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 tara Jaysinge. FBN Number: 2014‑0003485. Published: Dec 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15, 22 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Intriplex Technologies, Inc. at 751 South Kellogg Avenue Goleta, CA 93117; Intri‑Plex Technologies, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Lawney Fallon This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 23, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003551. Published: Dec 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15, 22 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rancho De Lado Organics at 2480 Grand Ave Los Olivos, CA 93441; Fred Razo (samea address) Loretta Razo (same address)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Surf Snacks, Surf Snax, The Surf Box Company at 7563 Newport Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Kyle Ashby (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Kyle Asby This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000023. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Advanced Estate Planning at 922 State St, Ste A7 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jamie A Plemons 2684 Montrose Pl Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jamie A. Plemons This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 29, 2014. 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 Tara Jayayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003563. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22,29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Golden Spiral Audio at 2810 Ontiveros Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Ky Takikawa (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ky Takikawa This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 15, 2014. 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0003482. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22,29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Down Syndrome Association of Santa Barbara County at 1111 Chapala Street Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Foudation (same address)This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Dee Jennings, CFO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 19, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003531. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Morello Wines at 5330 Debbie Road #200 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Debbie Road, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: David L. Chesterfield This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 18, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003516. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ECO.SB Design, ESB Design & Drafting & Constructions, ESB Design, ESB Design & Drafting at 1418 Alta Vista Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Eduardo Santiago Bell (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 23, 2014. 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003555. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Norwich Press at 950 Arcady Road Montecito, CA 93108; Linda Ochiltree (same address) Stuart Ochiltree (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Stuart Ochiltree This statement was

filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 30, 2014. 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003587. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Gypsy’s Spirit Path at 1263 Calle Cerrito Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Karen Luckett (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Karen Luckett This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 09, 2014. 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 Adele Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0003420. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Swoon California at 271 San Rafael Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jennifer Arreguin 1131 Luneta Plaza Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Natasha Burton 271 San Rafael Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Jennifer Arreguin This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 17, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003502. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: National Behavioral Care at 15315 Magnolia Blvd #428 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403; Brenda Monterde B.C.B.A. And Associates Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Avishai Zacharia This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 16, 2014. 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003488. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Wine SPA at 827 State Street Suite 30 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Scott Crawford 1712 Calle Poniente Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Lauryn Haber (same address) This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 31, 2014. 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003595. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Proximity Management, Proximity Management System, Proximity Management Systems at 1021 Tremonto Road Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Avrick Consulting, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 19, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003529. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ellwood Canyon Farms at 295 Ellwood Canyon Rd Goleta, CA 93117; Jeffrey Kramer 6210 Sunset Ridge Rd Goleta, CA 93117; Jack Edmund Motter 295 Ellwood Rd Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Jack E. Motter This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 30, 2014. 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003575. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: On The Glo, On The Glo SB at 1030 Ocean Vista Lane #B Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Malia McGinley (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 11, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003447. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Forno Classico at 148 Aero Camino Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Giuseppe Fabrizio Crisa 130 Middle Road Santa Barbara, CA

93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Giuseppe Fabrizio Crisa This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 31, 2014. 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003598. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Inspired Eye Images at 1669 Maple Avenue Apt 13 Solvang, CA 93463; Laura Garcia (same Address) Christopher Silva (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Christopher Silva This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 10, 2014. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0003435. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SelfTalk, SelfTalk Productions, SelfTalk Enterprises, SelfTalk TV, SelfTalk Media at 370 Puente Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Shari Ross Altarac (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Shari Ross Altarac This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 5, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000024. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nostrum at 2536 Borton Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Lucas Ryden (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Lucas Ryden This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000020. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Jumpstart Interior Design at 332 La Marina Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Leann Anderson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Leann Anderson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000018. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Quick And Clean Hand Car Wash at 2544 S. Broadway Santa Maria, CA 93455; JHP Enterprises, LLC 6638 Halite Place Carlsbad, CA 92009 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Jason Prather This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 22, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003538. Published: Dec 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15, 22 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Berton Painting Service at 729 N Voluntario Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Richard Berton (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Richard Berton This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 1, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003348. Published: Dec 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15, 22 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Equity Apartments Group at 3881 Rambla Orienta Malibu, CA 90265; Cahill Realty, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Partnership Signed: Timothy Cahill, Manager This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 23, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003552. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Echo Location Arts at 2824 Clinton Terrace Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Steven Hajic (same Individual Signed: Steven Hajic This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 23, 2014. 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: 2014‑0003549. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: India Forever USA at 518 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Raman Agarwal (same address) Krishan Gupta 418 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Krishan Gupta This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12, 2015. 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0000119. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015.

of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0000052. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mesa Produce at 2036 Cliff Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jennifer Marie Walsh 131 Mohawk Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jennifer Walsh This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 02, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000010. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TLC Nail Lounge at 24 E. Cota Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Cam Thanh Le 110 Vega Dr Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Cam Thanh Le This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 06, 2015. 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0000055. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Macon Environmental Planning at 1336 Kenwood Road Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Gelre Naderi (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Gelare Naderi This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 18 2014. 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: 2014‑0003511. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Two Nuts For Granola at 2916 Paseo Del Refugio Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Debra Ellingson Teton (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Debra E. Teton This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2015. 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0000071. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Creative Valuance at 587 El Sueno Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110; John Howard Andrews (same address) Michael Terrance Waters 33560 Mulholland Highway Malibu, CA 90265 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Michael Terrance Waters This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12 2015. 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 Adela Bustos FBN Number: 2015‑0000103. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015.

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Having a positive impact on others, and feeling fulfillment in return, is a cornerstone of the Cottage Health System culture. As a community-based, not-for-profit provider of leading-edge healthcare for the Greater Santa Barbara region, Cottage emphasizes the difference each team member can make. It’s a difference you’ll want to experience throughout your entire career. Join us in one of the openings below.

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Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital • Physical Therapist • RN – Med/Surg – Per Diem • RN – ICU – Per Diem

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Administrative Assistant Benefactor Liaison Compensation Analyst Cook – Temp Environmental Services Rep Lead Cook Lead Floor Care Tech Manager, ISD Customer Service PBX Operator Security Officers Sr. Analyst – CeHC Systems Support Analyst – Clinical Informatics • Systems Support Analyst – IT

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Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories • • • • • •

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• Please apply to: www.pdllabs.com

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• RENTAL & RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR SELECT FULL-TIME POSITIONS • CERTIFICATION REIMBURSEMENT

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We offer an excellent compensation package that includes above-market salaries, premium medical benefits, Wellness program, pension plans, tax savings accounts, rental and mortgage assistance, and relocation packages. What’s holding you back? For more information on how you can advance your future with these opportunities, or to submit a resume, please contact: Cottage Health System, Human Resources, P.O. Box 689, Pueblo at Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0689. Please apply online at www.cottagehealthsystem.org.

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Accounting/ Bookkeeping

BILLING ANALYST

BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES In conjunction with the Extramural Funds Accounting (EMF) Manager, is responsible for: the preparation for and implementation of the PeopleSoft financial system, including, but not limited to, the billing and accounts receivable modules within EMF. Preparation of journals to properly record accounts receivable and gifts as well as management of the transition from the current system of journals for accounts receivable and gifts to PeopleSoft. Reviews cost transfer documentation to assure proper control requirements are met. Updates and maintains the EMF website and associated documents and links. Extensive invoicing on a monthly basis to federal and non‑federal agencies for research cost reimbursement. Reqs: B.A. degree in Accounting or equivalent combination of years of experience and a minimum of 2 years of relevant accounting and/or financial analyst experience. Demonstrated proficiency in Excel. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Occasional overtime and limited vacation during fiscal year end. $21.43 ‑ $25.71/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Open until filled. Apply online at https://Jobs.ucsb. edu Job #20140591

Admin/Clerical

CAREER DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS COORDINATOR

BREN SCHOOL of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT Provides administrative support to the Director and the Associate Director of the Bren School Career Development unit in the areas of career development, alumni relations, and professional development. Reqs: Excellent writing and editing skills along with strong administrative skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Demonstrated ability to perform administrative tasks with high degree of accuracy while meeting deadlines. Highly organized and detail oriented. Strong communication skills with an interest in assisting staff and working with students, alumni, and employers. Superb customer service skills. Track record of being punctual and dependable and maintaining confidentiality at all times. Ability to handle heavy workloads, establish priorities, manage time, wofrk through interruptions, and adapt to change. Note: Fingerprinting required. $20.19 ‑ $21.15/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For primary consideration apply by 1/20/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://Jobs.ucsb. edu Job #20150006

DONOR RELATIONS COORDINATOR

DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Possesses a diversified set of responsibilities ranging from data management to externally interfacing with donors. Handles weekly gift reports and coding; responding to the needs and concerns of donors; investigating and solving inquiries from internal staff and stakeholders; coordinating event logistics; managing DRS budget and expenses; and assisting DRS development officers with their travel logistics. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent. Strong organizational skills and unfailing attention to detail and accuracy. Exceptional verbal and interpersonal skills that foster positive relationships with diverse populations. Excellent computer skills including proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet and e‑mail and demonstrated ability to quickly learn various software programs. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Occasional evenings and weekends at various Development Office, Institutional Advancement or campus‑wide events. $20.19 ‑ $21.62/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Apply by 1/26/15 Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150019

FINANCIAL ASSISTANT

DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Provides extensive financial assistance to the Financial & Business Team EXTRA‑MURAL FUNDS CLAIMS ASSISTANT supporting the departments of ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACCOUNTANT Serves as the Claims Assistant for Development and Office of Public BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES Risk Management and Workers’ Affairs & Communications (OPAC). Prepares financial reports, ensures Primary responsibilities focus on compliance to fiduciary and agency Compensation Programs. Receives, budget monitoring and reporting collects and enters claim information protocols for National Science into relevant databases and and, office operations for central Foundation, Department of Energy, and prepares simple reports. Serves as development (including the events unit). U.S. Department of Interior. Prepares Independently maintains database of all a complex quarterly report for the employee liaison to the University’s departmental expenditures, completes National Science Foundation requiring self‑insurance programs and provides monthly reconciliation to General a high‑level analysis and problem administrative assistance. Supports Ledger and monthly expense reports various components of the programs resolution. Reqs: B.A. degree in and summaries. Reqs: Ability to work including general and auto liability, auto Accounting or equivalent combination independently and to maintain strict physical damage, property, employment of education and experience. Minimum liability, business travel and workers’ confidentiality in all aspects of work. of 2 years of relevant accounting Ability to prioritize duties and achieve and/or financial analyst experience. compensation. Reqs: Demonstrated planned goals for a complex program. interpersonal and Demonstrated proficiency in Excel. Must organizational, Ability to work under tight and shifting have strong analytical skills. Excellent communication skills. Ability to handle deadlines. Budgeting/accounting skills. verbal and written communication a high volume of transactions and work Notes: This is an Internal to External with accuracy and efficiency. Ability skills and positive customer service recruitment giving current, career to prioritize competing demands and attitude. Ability to perform multiple UCSB staff primary consideration. handle frequent interruptions. Accurate tasks simultaneously, with frequent External candidates may be considered interruptions. Note: Fingerprinting data entry and proofreading skills. if an Internal candidate is not selected. Note: Fingerprinting required. $17.48 ‑ required. $4,510 ‑ $6,314/mo. Fingerprinting required. Occasional The University of California is an $19.02/hr. The University of California is evenings and weekends at various Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Development Office, Institutional Employer. All qualified applicants will Employer. All qualified applicants will Advancement or campus‑wide events. receive consideration for employment receive consideration for employment $20.19 ‑ $21.62/hr. The University of without regard to race, color, religion, without regard to race, color, religion, California is an Equal Opportunity/ sex, national origin, or any other sex, national origin, or any other Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified characteristic protected by law including characteristic protected by law including applicants will receive consideration for protected veterans and individuals with protected veterans and individuals with employment without regard to race, disabilities. For primary consideration disabilities. For primary consideration color, religion, sex, national origin, or apply by 1/22/15, thereafter open until apply by 1/26/15, thereafter open until any other characteristic protected by filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. filled. Apply online at https://Jobs.ucsb. law including protected veterans and edu Job #20150025 edu Job #20150010 individuals with disabilities. Apply by 1/26/15 Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20150020

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DATABASE APPLICATIONS ARCHITECT & ADMINISTRATOR

KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS Responsible for advancing the development and scope of our in‑house intranet applications, forward‑facing online event registration, and audio/ video online talks systems. These systems are used to manage event/program data, A/V recordings, and internal personnel data. These systems are all internally developed using open‑source software and are expected to remain so. KITP computing is mac‑based, so familiarity with OS X and its programming environment is required. Primary duties will involve database and application design, implementation of new data requirements as staff/application requirements change, maintenance and optimization of current systems, including reporting tools, and assisting staff with data issues. Secondary duties will involve persistence coding (ORM, validation, and maintaining data integrity) and developing software locally and in the cloud for recording and webcasting of KITP seminars and conferences and assist in recording and webcasting. Reqs: BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related field, and/or a minimum of 2 years of relevant programming experience demonstrating proficiency in Ruby/Ruby on Rails, MySQL or PostgreSQL, Perl or Python, OS X, shell scripting, and version control with Git and/or Subversion. Ability to work collaboratively and creatively with staff and faculty to ensure that KITP’s database applications meet the institute’s programmatic and operational needs. Desirable: Familiarity with Filemaker, JavaScript, node.js, JSON/XML formats, restful api design, Amazon Web Services. Notes: Fingerprinting required. $4,958 ‑ $6,666/mo. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For primary consideration apply by 1/21/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150005

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Engineering Senior Hardware Systems Integration Engineer sought by Sonos, Inc. in Santa Barbara, CA: Define system integration strategies & plans incl integration of multiple sub‑assemblies & diagnostics & system s/ware. Dvlp comprehensive product level dsgn verification test plans. Reqs BS EE, ME, or rel & 10 yrs exp. Occ travel may be req to Sonos’ Cambridge, MA office. Send resumes to: Govind Menon/Sonos, Inc. 25 First St, Ste 300, Cambridge MA 02141. REF. JOB CODE JG‑01. Senior Microsystems Test Engineer (Goleta, CA): Perform MEMS R&D using knowl of products that req physical stimulus, products in production, MATLAB, Visual Basics & Labview. Conduct prototype dvlpmt or microfabrication. Validate fabrication processes using SPC, virtual process simulations, data mining, or life testing. Identify or dvlp test eqpmt for characterization. Dvlp or validate test protocols, acceptance thresholds, or inspection tools for QC or performance measurement. Investigate cost, performance, or process capability. Devise production methods, such as lithographic electroform modeling or micromachining. Conduct harsh environmental testing, accelerated aging, device characterization, or field trials. Dvlp performance specs, training manuals, & operating instructions. Dvlp process control lists, data collection, & reporting. Dvlp intellectual property & patent disclosure documents. Ph.D. in Materials or Electrical Engg or rltd reqd. Resumes: Calient Technologies, Inc., Attn: Georgina Sosa, 25 Castilian Dr., Goleta, CA 93117.

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Enjoy the Central Coast lifestyle and work minutes from the beach! Yardi Systems is hiring for Associate Technical Account Managers to join their growing client services team. If you have a background in Economics, Business or IT and you are interested in applying your experience or educational background to a different type of career this may be the opportunity you have been seeking! As an Associate Technical Account Manager, you will serve as the point person for clients through the entire software implementation life cycle. In a virtual environment, this position supports system implementation, trains clients on Yardi’s Voyager enterprise software solution, troubleshoots technical issues, communicates milestones, works in SQL, and serves as a liaison with Yardi internal resource teams that include training, conversion, sales and development.

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Experience in ERP systems Experience independently managing and resolving a variety of client issues

SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER/ DEVELOPER Yardi Systems is currently hiring for a Software Developer to join their growing product development team! If you are a career‑minded individual with solid programming skills and a methodical approach to your work this may be the position you have been seeking. As a Software Developer you will be responsible for designing, developing and debugging new and existing software products using Microsoft .Net tools and database platforms. You will create and modify Web pages, business logic code, database objects and reports to provide enterprise business applications to thousands of end‑users worldwide. You will document solutions and designs, test code modifications and work closely with other Programmers, Quality Assurance Specialists and client facing personnel to deliver best‑in‑class Web based systems to Yardi clients. Successful candidates will possess the following experience and background: BS in Computer Science is required for consideration Thorough technical knowledge of coding in VB.net, VB, Oracle and MS‑SQL program. Experience with developing browser independent Web applications Excellent communication skills in both written and verbal formats The ability to learn quickly, be a self ‑starter and excel in team environments

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YARDI SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANT

The Consultant manages and executes successful Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) deployments and fosters strong client relationships. Provides a high level of consultative, implementation, training, and professional services to a portfolio of assigned Yardi clients to manage and utilize the business operations and financial accounting functions in Yardi’s Voyager software. Recognizes and refers opportunities to sell products/services to existing Clients. A mostly traveling position, the Consultant delivers timely and quality services that meet or exceed expectations. E D U C AT I O N / Q U A L I F I C AT I O N S / EXPERIENCE Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Math, or Computer/Engineering Sciences or equivalent experience in the property management industry Five plus (5+) years of experience in software or business process consulting

This position requires up to 80% Travel REQUIRED SKILLS/ABILITIES Proven ability to manage projects with multiple touch points Proven excellent written and verbal communication skills

This is 10 month position with 8 weeks of furlough. Furlough is taken during quarter breaks or summer months. Student Health is closed between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Multiple positions available. Salary is competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For primary consideration apply by 1/22/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. edu Job #20150013

Proven client‑centered commitment and focus Proven strong ability to meet critical deadlines and prioritize multiple tasks Collegial, team‑oriented disposition DESIRED SKILLS/ABILITIES Yardi domain experience Ability to think and act strategically and recommend the implementation of new ideas or strategies Industry expertise in property management and accounting principles

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PORTOLA DINING COMMONS Performs culinary duties such as mixing dough and batters, shaping yeast breads and rolls, making pizzas, decorating desserts and preparing icings and fillings serving up to 1,500 meals per shift. Req: HS diploma or GED and several years of progressively responsible cooking experience in a high volume cooking environment with one year in a supervisory capacity. Ability to read and write in English for the purpose of preparing food from recipe guidelines and producing reports. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and work standing for 8 hours per day. Variable work hours and days. $15.56 ‑ $17.88/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Apply by 1/25/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https:// Jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150014

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ADVICE NURSE

STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE Works in a University ambulatory student health care setting under UCSB Student Health Standardized Procedures and Protocols and in collaboration with UCSB Student Health physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Acts as an advice nurse, triages students in order to make appropriate appointments and referrals, provides advice for minor illnesses and injuries and patient education. Works in immunization and travel clinics. Reqs: Must be currently licensed by the State Board of Registered Nursing, have 3 years of experience and a Bachelor’s degree. Notes: Any HIPAA/FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Fingerprinting required. All clinicians must complete the credentialing process before their start date. Mandated reporter for requirements of child abuse.

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ARTS AND LECTURES SENATE ANALYST Manages the automation of the Arts ACADEMIC SENATE and Lectures business processes for Serves as support of the Council on the Marketing, Ticket Office, and Research and Instructional Resources Development functions through (and its three standing committees on the effective integration and use of Library, Information, and Instructional the Tessitura Management System. Resources; Research Policy and Leverages Web‑based Internet Procedures; Faculty Grants) and the self‑services processes and integration Committee on Diversity and Equity. for Marketing, Ticket Office, and Directs and manages the Faculty Development functions. Responsible for Research Grants program. Provides Web and electronic media to make the direction, analysis and oversight for A & L program competitive with other committee members; provides input performing arts programs and for the and interpretation of policies; serves as cost effective and efficient operations institutional memory. Co‑administers of the Arts and Lectures Marketing the Senate research budget with & Communications and Ticket Office. the Senate Budget Analyst. Assists Reqs: Strong analytical and problem other Senate Committees as assigned. solving skills. Highly organized, capable Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent of multi‑tasking and detail oriented. combination of years of experience. Ability to work with business resources Ability to analyze complex information at all levels of the organization. and to communicate this information Experience managing projects clearly and concisely in written and communicating to end‑users. form. Excellent writing, editing, and Experience facilitating collaboration proofreading skills. Ability to apply on business planning issues. Notes: independent judgment, initiative, Fingerprinting required. Occasional problem solving, and analytical skills nights and weekends required. $23.56 ‑ to address complex issues. Must be $25.86/hr. The University of California is organized, able to prioritize workload, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action work independently, and meet deadlines. Employer. All qualified applicants will Note: Fingerprinting required. $54,124 receive consideration for employment ‑ $67,655/yr. The University of California without regard to race, color, religion, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative sex, national origin, or any other Action Employer. All qualified characteristic protected by law including applicants will receive consideration for protected veterans and individuals with employment without regard to race, disabilities. For primary consideration color, religion, sex, national origin, or apply by 1/26/15, thereafter open until any other characteristic protected by filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. law including protected veterans and edu Job #20150021 individuals with disabilities. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. edu Job #20140580

STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE Floats between front and back office duties depending on patient flow. Provides chair side dental assistance for Senior Dentist in the UCSB Dental Care Center. Sets up patient for dental procedures. Admits and releases patients. Maintains sterile dental instruments and equipment. Takes dental x‑rays. Replenishes supplies. Reqs: Must have a current certificate for infection control, California Dental Practice Act, X‑ray license, and CPR certificate. Must have current dental assisting certificate and one year dental office experience. Notes: This is an 11 month position which means that 4 weeks of furlough must be taken during quarter breaks and summer months. Student Health is closed between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. All employees of Student Health must pass a fingerprinting background check. In addition all clinicians must complete the credentialing process before their start date. Licenses and certificates must be current at all times during employment in order to practice and function in their dental role. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Mandated reporter for requirements of child abuse. Must have flexibility to stay late if there is an emergency. $23.13/ hr. The University of California is an CONTRACTS ANALYST Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action SUPERVISOR Employer. All qualified applicants will FACILITIES MANAGEMENT receive consideration for employment Manages the Contracts Team which without regard to race, color, religion, consists of 4 full‑time employees. sex, national origin, or any other Performs Contract Administration for characteristic protected by law including Campus Design & Facilities including protected veterans and individuals with Design & Construction Services, and disabilities. For primary consideration Physical Facilities. Procures contracts apply by 1/22/15, thereafter open until for major and minor capital projects. filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. Duties include: contractor and edu Job# 20150012 consultant prequalification; project closeout procedures; contract change Professional orders and amendments; insurance; indemnification; etc. Maintains legally required documents; conducts mandatory job walks; receives, opens, and processes bids; advises Contracts Director on bid irregularities; ensures compliance with all current UCOP, UCSB, BUSINESS and State requirements. Manages the preparation and coordination CONTINUITY of construction contract documents and change orders. Manages the SPECIALIST preparation and coordination of ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY professional services agreements and Serves as the Business Continuity Specialist and as a member of the collaborates with project managers on Emergency Operations Team. Develops, their day‑to‑day delivery of projects. Manages the preparation of Capital maintains and implements business Improvement Budgets and Minor continuity and disaster recovery Capital Improvement documents. strategies and solutions, including Prepares research and analysis on a risk assessments, business impact analyses and documentation of variety of projects. Works with FM business continuity and disaster Fiscal Group to resolve and interpret project budgets and work orders. recovery procedures. Reqs: Bachelor’s Reqs: Demonstrated ability to provide degree plus 3 years of experience in a relevant field or equivalent combination construction bidding and contract of education and experience, such administration support services. Ability as business continuity planning, to simultaneously administer, oversee emergency management, project/ and successfully complete multiple program management, communications, project tasks in a fast paced working and public administration. Must be environment. Strong communication organized, able to prioritize workload, skills and ability to conduct research and work independently, and meet deadlines. analysis on a variety of issues including problems, maintenance Notes: Fingerprinting required. technical problems, costs, and building code Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a requirements. Computer proficiency clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. in Microsoft, Excel, Microsoft Project Some night, weekend response for (or other scheduling program). Notes: emergencies required. $4,510 ‑ $5,637/ Fingerprinting required. Maintain a valid mo. The University of California is an CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. $19.48 ‑ $27.24/ Employer. All qualified applicants will hr. The University of California is an receive consideration for employment

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Name Change IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JOAN B AMON ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 1469668 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: JOAN B AMON TO: JOANIE FRITZ 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.

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NOTICE OF HEARING Jan 21, 2015 9:30am, Dept 6, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, 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 Dec 6 2014 by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Dec 24, 31 2014. Jan 8, 15 2015.

Public Notices SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ANACAPA STREET DIVISION Case No. 1469190 (PROPOSED) ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF CONTINUED HEARING ON MOTION TO DECLARE JULIAN NAFAL AS VEXAATIOUS LITIGANT JULIAN NAFAL, PETITIONER, vs. GORDON FORBES, III, RESPONDENT Date: February 3, 2015 Time: 9:30 a.m. Place: Dept. SB‑5 Assigned to: Hon. Colleen B. Stern, Judge The Court having vacated the dismissal for failure to obtain consent with a request for affirmative relief pending on December 1, 2014, finds good cause to Order a continuance of the previously noticed Hearing on December 1, 2014 to February 3, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in this Department, and that publication, as required by law, be given in the Santa Barbara Independent as the publication most likely to provide Notice for 4 times over 4 weeks prior to the new hearing date. Good cause appearing, therefore it is so ORDERED. John Kenneth Dorwin, SBN 111082 Attorney and Counselor at Law 90 W. HWY 246, Suite 4 P.O. Box 2011 Buellton, CA 93427; Telephone (805) 688‑8377 Attorney for Gordon Forbes, III By Colleen Sterene; Judge of the Superior Court; DATE: 12‑9‑14. Published Dec 18, 2014. Jan 8, 15, 22 2015.

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routes, both inside and outside. Must have minimum two years of experience stripping and waxing floors and carpet cleaning. Must be familiar with all custodial power equipment including truck mount carpet machine and high pressure washers. Notes: Typical work schedule is Tuesday ‑ Saturday; 10:00 pm ‑ 6:30 am. Days and hours may vary to meet the operational needs of the department. Overtime hours will be assigned on an as‑needed basis. Fingerprinting required. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. $17.20 ‑ $20.14/hr. plus shift differential $.67/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20140589

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1119 ALSTON ROAD

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$1,575,000 GTprop.com/211Boeseke

492 COOL BROOK ROAD

$2,175,000 www.GTprop.com/100EHaley

1320 PLAZA PACIFICA

615 SUNRISE VISTA WAY

JOHN J. THYNE III

710 W PEDREGOSA ST.

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downtown SB property feat. 4 spacious, furnished residential units w/ excellent rents above 2 commercial spaces (+/-2,300 sq.ft/floor). Updated units & awesome commercial visibility!

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MONTECITO Renovated 2BD/2.5BA

SANTA BARBARA 3600 sq. ft. 4BD/3.5BA

ground floor, single level Bonnymede flat w/ ocean views – luxury at its very best!

on the Mesa. Panoramic ocean & island views completely remodeled in 2008.

$3,149,000 GTprop.com/1320PlazaPacifica

$2,199,000 GTprop.com/615SunriseVista

474 HARVARD LANE

6244 MARLBOROUGH DR.

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NG GOLETA 2 story 5BD/3BA home in quiet

SANTA BARBARA 4-plex w/updated

SANTA BARBARA 3BD/3BA, w/ bo-

$1,224,500 GTprop.com/53VistaDelMar

owner’s 2BD/1BA & 3 1BD/1BA units all w/ private yards. Tons of potential!

nus room. Large yard w/ hot tub, gas BBQ. Cul-de-sac & in the Kellogg school district.

$1,199,000 GTprop.com/710WPedregosa

$974,000 GTprop.com/474Harvard

$889,000 GTprop.com/6244Marlborough

925 WELDON ROAD

234 MAGNA VISTA STREET

501 BRINKERHOFF AVENUE

3229 SAN JUAN ROAD

own 1.3 acres near Hendry’s Beach w/ Panoramic mtn views. A lot of potential.

neighborhood close to parks & shopping w/ 3,015 sq. ft. & dual living possibility!

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GOLETA 3BD/2.5BA home on cul-de-

SANTA BARBARA Contemporary, 3BD/2.5BA home, 2 car garage. 1700+ sq ft living space, wood flrs, & more!

SANTA BARBARA Family home w/ great flr plan, large granite kitchen, large yard, near schools, shopping & more.

SANTA BARBARA C2 zoned mixed

sac w/in Storke Ranch Subdivision. 1733 sq. ft., pool, tennis courts, & more.

use property on a corner lot. Excellent investment for an owner & business.

HOLLISTER 3BD/2.5BA on 1 acre of private land. Wood flrs, tiled kitchen & baths, large bonus room & more!

$819,000 GTprop.com/492CoolBrook

$789,000 GTprop.com/925Weldon

$749,000 GTprop.com/234MagnaVista

$699,000 GTprop.com/501Brinkerhoff

$639,500 GTprop.com/3229SanJuan

915 E. COTA STREET

133 POR LA MAR CIRCLE

231 COTTAGE GROVE AVE.

6985 CAT CANYON ROAD

1222 CARPINTERIA ST. #C

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SANTA BARBARA 2006 construction 2BD/2BA, bamboo floors, dual pane, deck, garage. Convenient location.

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SANTA BARBARA 3BD/2BA Com-

SANTA MARIA 76 acre parcel with

floor unit w/ mountain views. Close to tennis courts & picnic area.

mercial/Residential. Front yard, side patio, detached garage. Priced to sell.

potential for home sites, horses and farming. Easy access to and from Cat Canyon

SANTA BARBARA 2BD/1BA Private & secluded townhome near East Beach. Close to conveniences.

$549,000 GTprop.com/915ECota

$549,000 GTprop.com/133PorLaMar

$499,000 GTprop.com/231CottageGrove

$495,000 GTprop.com/6985CatCanyon

$450,000 GTprop.com/1222CarpinteriaC

483 LINFIELD PLACE D

7465 HOLLISTER AVE. #313

There has never been a better time to buy in Santa Barbara than NOW! GOLETA Only unit w/ 1 car garage. Updated end unit w/ balcony. Great for investor or owner occupant. Low HOA dues.

GOLETA 3BD/2BA + office w/ beautiful kitchen, spacious dining & living room. Park amenities incl. play area & pool.

$369,000 GTprop.com/483LinfieldD

$329,000 GTprop.com/7465Hollister#313

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