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DRIVIN’ THE LANE

AMBER MELGOZA TAKES THE ROCK TO THE HOLE

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PLUS UCSB’S LEGENDARY DREAM TEAM OF 1990 AND PRESIDIO SPORTS TAKES ON MARCH MADNESS

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Search and Rescue personnel strategize to ﬁnd Ron Faoro and his daughter.

City Rushes to Draw New District Boundaries

DOGS IN THE FIGHT: Demographer Doug Johnson explains how city residents can submit their own maps for consideration.

BY N I C K W E L S H ourt-imposed deadlines for the historic — and all-but-finalized — settlement of the district elections lawsuit filed against the City of Santa Barbara are so accelerated that officials and voters alike find themselves sprinting to draw boundary lines for the six new precincts in time to meet the April 6 deadline. In this spirit, about 80 political and civic activists jammed into the Faulkner Gallery this Saturday to hear how they could weigh in on the shape, size, and dimension of the six districts. Key to the settlement, two of them must have a majority of Latino voters. That’s the one legal remedy recognized by all state courts to the “racially polarized” voting alleged in the California Voting Rights Act lawsuit lodged against Santa Barbara. City Hall will also sponsor three more events before deciding on the boundaries. Doug Johnson, the professional demographer hired to lead this complex undertaking, said the typical process for adopting new districts takes five to seven months. Santa Barbara has less than a month. To expedite the process, Johnson unveiled a website (santabarbaraca.redistricting.esri.com) where residents can draw district maps totally of their own creation, or they can tinker with the boundaries provided in his three draft maps. They can also access census data showing population density, age, housing status, and a host of other details. Given that the point of district elections is to increase political participation by the city’s Latino voters, some in attendance expressed disappointment the web page is not bilingual. Others questioned whether the latest census information is sufficiently up-to-date given the inundation of lower Westside neighborhoods with European students attending City College. For community members who find themselves “technologically obsolete” and in need 10

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of assistance, Johnson said his firm would provide support personnel. Johnson outlined key considerations in drawing up legally defensible boundary lines. For starters, each district must have the same number of residents — about 14,750. “Communities of interest” should be maintained, natural geographic borders acknowledged, and areas made as compact as possible. DIVINE INTERVENTION: In response to Attorney Barry To be safe, Johnson cautioned, Cappello’s lawsuit charging “racially polarized” voting, City interested participants should Hall agreed to adopt district elections and pay Cappello maintain existing neighbor$600,000. hood lines. That, he added, is easier said than done. “A neighborhood is what people who live there Supervisor Salud Carbajal is so successful he’s say it is,” he said.“And they often disagree.” yet to face a credible challenge, and Santa BarGiven the split in public opinion over district bara voters elected Pedro Nava to two terms in elections, there was surprisingly little said on the State Assembly followed by Das Williams, Saturday lamenting the historic shift — from ethnically a Pacific Islander. In cities where the at-large system that Santa Barbara has had district elections have been implemented, the since 1969 — in how the city elects its council- number of minority candidates elected has, in members. Aside from one question as to what fact, increased. If nothing else, the system offers constituted a “Latino” — pretty much anyone minority candidates — otherwise daunted by who identifies themselves as such on the U.S. the scope and cost of at-large elections — hope Census, it turns out — there was no grumbling. that victory is possible. Under the settlement, district elections will In the past 45 years, only four Latinos have been elected to the City Council. Another was be phased in over a two-year period beginappointed to fill a vacancy, but he subsequently ning this fall. Of the three districts up for grabs failed to win election. “One every 15 years!” this November, two will be the agreed-upon exclaimed Barry Cappello, the attorney who “majority-minority” precincts. The other one sued City Hall on behalf of five plaintiffs.“That’s will involve the Mesa because Councilmember supposed to be good enough?” Latinos currently Randy Rowse — whose term is expiring — is a make up 38 percent of the city’s population and Mesa resident and is expected to run. Under the 18 percent of its registered voters. new deal, all voters throughout the city would The picture is more murky when other elec- still elect the mayor at-large. tions are considered: Two of the five current Cappello made no apologies for the speed school boardmembers are Hispanic, County with which the boundaries cont’d page 14 independent.com

After the bloody body of Ian Nicholas, 40, was found on Quarantina Street early on 2/27, police investigation revealed he and Enson Lopez (pictured), 32, had been quarreling the day before, and police arrested Lopez on murder charges. Both men are homeless. The area between Casa Esperanza and the Rescue Mission is a known transient hangout. Lopez is being held in County Jail on $1 million bail. SB PD

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A popular Santa Barbara veterinarian died 3/1 after he fell approximately 1,000 feet from a tandem paraglider he and his teenage daughter were flying above Rattlesnake Canyon. Fellow paragliders believe 60-year-old Ron Faoro — who owned and ran St. Francis Pet Clinic — failed to properly strap his legs into the harness and fell approximately five minutes into the flight. His daughter, an inexperienced pilot, then crashed into a tree, but she was soon rescued with only minor injuries. This week’s accident marked the first paragliding death in Santa Barbara since 1978.

A Superior Court judge on 2/27 sentenced Raul Yescas to 30 years to life for raping two women. A jury found Yescas, 25, guilty last July. In 2010, he raped an 18-year-old woman in her car parked in a downtown lot. In 2011, he entered a restroom at Paseo Nuevo and raped a 19-year-old woman. He was arrested in 2012 after his DNA was matched to an earlier burglary conviction. Montecito jeweler David Tallman was sentenced to ﬁve years’ probation after he pleaded guilty to multiple counts stemming from an incident last summer when he threatened to blow up his house. The 67-year-old had broken 20 years of sobriety before he called police at about 3 a.m. on July 7, prompting 18-20 law enforcement ofﬁcials to respond and nearby residents to evacuate to a nearby church parking lot. Phi Sigma Kappa in Isla Vista was shut down last week after allegations of hazing and serious misconduct. It’s the second frat to be terminated

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Echoing a move they made in 2013, Chumash leadership took their Camp 4 annexation plans to Congress this week. The new bill, HR 1157, was introduced by Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa and mimics HR 3313, which he sponsored in 2013 after the Santa Barbara County supervisors rejected the tribe’s annexation request. The ﬁrst bill died, but after the feds approved the tribe’s plan to take over their 1,400-acre Camp 4 property and various entities appealed that decision, many speculated that another version would appear as a way to supersede any appeal. “We thank Congressman LaMalfa and the cosponsors for their leadership in helping bring attention to the importance of tribal sovereignty and self-determination, not only for our tribe, but for all Native Americans who are working toward restoring their ancestral lands,” said tribal chair Vincent Armenta. “We look forward to working with Congress to ensure the passage of this important legislation.” As was the case with HR 3313, HR 1157 contains a no-gaming clause, with Armenta reiterating that the tribe’s “primary purpose” is to build housing for tribal members, most of whom don’t live on the existing reservation. “On the one hand, I’m not surprised,” said Supervisor Doreen Farr, whose district includes the Santa Ynez Valley. “On the other hand, I’m a little surprised it was introduced again and by the same person.” She noted the “enormous amount of criticism” heaped on LaMalfa the last time he inserted himself into a matter outside of his district. “The last time he tried this, it didn’t go any place,” she said. “I don’t think that was accidental.” Farr credited Rep. Lois Capps for her opposition to the bill. Capps, in a statement, said she was “disappointed” with the new bill, calling it an issue “that should be worked out between the county and the tribe.” Several of the HR 3313 sponsors jumped on board for the latest version. All of the sponsors — a mix of Democrats and Republicans, mostly California representatives — have received campaign contributions from the tribe at some point in their careers. — Lyz Hoffman

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at UCSB this school year after Beta Theta Pi in December. Phi Sig’s national ofﬁce deemed the closure necessary after suspending the house of 110 members last month.

CITY The city was dealt a signiﬁcant legal setback this week by a Court of Appeal decision that the one percent surcharge it added to Southern California Edison’s franchise agreement was in reality “an illegal tax masquerading as a franchise fee.” Under the terms of Proposition 218, any such tax needed to be approved by the voters ﬁrst. The City Council imposed the fee on the electric company in 2005 — on top of the one percent it was already collecting — and has been receiving $600,000 to $700,000 a year in revenue.

for a new tax to address the city’s $400 million backlog of unfunded infrastructure improvements. The council approved a $36,000 contract with Godbe Research to contact 600 voters to ﬁnd out how concerned they are by the state of the city’s infrastructure and their willingness to tax themselves to pay for improvements, by how much, and for what projects.

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In response to howls of displeasure over too few options, Santa Barbara may create new off-leash dog areas within the city. Parks and Recreation released a report on 2/25 that names four top site contenders out of the 49 studied: Dwight Murphy Field, Ortega Park, MacKenzie Park, and Shefﬁeld Reservoir Open Space. The department’s studies of each area will look at parking, fencing, noise, poop, compatibility of use, and tree and turf management. After balking on similar commitments twice before, the City Council voted to hire a political polling ﬁrm to determine the extent of support

Santa Maria district-election activists are taking heart from the decisive win by Santa Barbara’s district-elections advocates. Central Coast United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) rallied last year for a measure on November’s ballot, but that effort terminated on a technical fault. CAUSE organizing director Hazel PutneyDavalos noted last week that Latinos make up 70 percent of Santa Maria’s population and 40 percent of registered voters. “The City of Santa Maria wouldn’t stand a chance under a votingrights lawsuit,” she said.

County supervisors celebrated last December’s opening of the Pescadero Lofts apartment complex in Isla Vista, which has housed 32 formerly homeless people. Impetus for the development came after a 2011 survey identiﬁed 114 homeless people in the community. The $9.7 million project — paid for with a combination of low-income housing tax credits and low-interest loans — offers part-time mental-health services and could in the future provide programs for drug abuse and job training. The recessionary drought seems over for commercial real estate as a 2014 year-end report from Radius Group counts a whopping 103 sales along the South Coast, totaling nearly half-abillion dollars. The 17-year analysis shows sales going up since 2011, when 71 properties sold, compared to 35 in 2010, a recessionary low. The past year “crushed” that streak, Radius stated, attributing it to “investor conﬁdence” and “banks doing loans at or near historically low interest rates.” cont’d page 12

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Sheriff, DA Rain on Propostion 47 Parade OVERWORKED AND UNDERWHELMED: District Attorney Joyce Dudley made her issues with Proposition 47 clear to the supervisors, saying it has taxed her ofﬁce and could increase recidivism.

BY LY Z H O F F M A N heriff Bill Brown reiterated one message on Tuesday:“Don’t get too excited.” Four months after California voters overwhelming backed Proposition  — the state law that has demoted many theft and drug crimes from felonies to misdemeanors — advocates of the initiative are cheering projections of reduced jail populations and diminished workloads for county probation departments. But in the interim, district attorneys and public defenders across the state — including in Santa Barbara County — are being stretched further than they were before. Under Prop. , crimes such as shoplifting, grand theft, and drug use are now offenses punishable not by prison time but by either up to a year in jail or a combination of treatment and/ or probation. The law is expected to reduce jail overcrowding brought about by realignment, which began in 2011 and shifted responsibility for some prison inmates from the state to individual counties. Supporters say inmates will now be able to leave congested jails sooner and fewer overall will enter. But skeptics of the law — including Brown and District Attorney Joyce Dudley — counter that without the “stick” of prison time, many criminals will reoffend, often choosing jail time over treatment options. In asking the supervisors to lower their expectations, Brown lamented what he said were the “unintended consequences” of describing his department’s post- figures. The numbers are too preliminary, he worried, to paint the full picture. Drug arrests have dropped and drug citations have jumped, while bookings at the County Jail have plunged 50 percent, bringing the average inmate population to levels not seen since before realignment, otherwise known as AB . That law went into effect in late 2011, when the Santa Barbara County Jail’s average population was 899. The next year, it jumped to 981. In 2013, it jumped to 1,002. Last year, it dropped to an average of 967. Further reductions came in November and December after Prop.  passed, reaching a low of 798 in January. But the figure jumped back to 854 in February, Brown said, independent.com

explaining the figures will continue to fluctuate. When some supervisors brought up cost savings at the jail, Brown again cautioned the board not to be “too optimistic.” Brown’s department currently faces a $2.2 million overtime-related budget deficit and will need $18 million a year to operate the North County Jail, slated to open in 2018. A key component of Prop.  is a fund — not up and running until 2016 — that will use the money saved under the law to dole out $150 million-$200 million worth of grants to counties for treatment programs and other preventative measures. For American Civil Liberties Union attorney Jessica Farris, the effects of Prop.  — along with other state laws expected to lower jail populations — call into question the supposedly pressing need for a second Santa Barbara jail. At a forum the organization is holding here later this month, Farris and others will advise waiting on the new lockdown until all the recent legal changes congeal. Sheriff ’s Office spokesperson Kelly Hoover said that $120 million in state funding the department received for the 572-bed North County Jail — which will include a recidivism-reducing wing —“remains secure.” Dudley said to the board that there is “no sense” of how many cases will be litigated again, but her staff is dedicating considerable time to research. Since Election Day, she said, 300 cases have been resentenced in Santa Barbara County, and 200 more petitions are under review. Public Defender Ray Montes de Oca said his office has reopened 927 files. New probation chief Guadalupe Rabago noted that the Santa Maria Juvenile Hall — which has a 120-bed capacity but usually hovers around 60 detainees — has seen an increase in misdemeanor bookings (from 34 to 39 percent), a decrease in felony bookings (from 18 to 13 percent), and has released one inmate under Prop. . Two Los Prietos Boys Camp inmates have been released, and the camp will soon reduce its capacity from 62 to 40, Rabago said. On the side of his office that oversees adult offenders, there has been a decrease from 332 new cases per month to 275, and through January, 47 cases have been reduced under the new ■ law. march 5, 2015

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The Santa Ynez Valley News reports that Danish Ambassador to the United States, Peter TaksøeJensen (pictured right), cut the ribbon Tuesday at The Copenhagen House, unveiling a contemporary Danish jewelry exhibit and a throwback to the culture’s Viking roots. “This is a new icon in Solvang,” said Taksøe-Jensen, who was in town for the Cultural Frontrunners conference. “Here, you can go in and see a place where Danish companies and, really, Danish handcrafts can also be displayed, and that was a little bit missing in my view in Solvang.”

ENVIRONMENT To ensure that oil and water continue not to mix, state lawmakers have been writing rules like SB 4 — passed in 2013 to require groundwater monitoring and other oversite near fracked and acidized wells — and now Assemblymember Das Williams’s AB 356. Williams’s bill, yet to go to committee, seeks to protect aquifers by broadening the monitoring requirement to include oil production tanks and facilities, and also disposal and injection wells. The environmental analysis of ERG Operating Company’s plan for 233 new cyclic-steaming wells on its Cat Canyon Oil Field property will be handled by Aspen Environmental Group, a consulting ﬁrm with ofﬁces across the state and in Arizona. ERG — which already runs more than 300 steaming wells and 200 conventional wells in Santa Barbara County — will foot the $241,714 bill for the study. The company’s project would also reactivate four steam generators and construct a three-mile oil pipeline.

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Nearly 40 volunteers traveled to Santa Cruz Island last week to remove more than 1,300 pounds of trash from a two-mile stretch of the Yellowbanks region. Derelict ﬁshing gear composed the majority of garbage, with an estimated one ton’s worth left behind for lack of space on the return trip; plastic made for the second-most-common kind of refuse. The event was organized by Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, Santa Barbara Adventure Company, and Island Packers. Other participants included the Environmental Defense Center and NOAA. The results are in for a trial incentive program to slow cargo ships in the Santa Barbara Channel, and they show the effort is already saving blue skies and blue whales, a coalition of government and nonproﬁt groups announced this week. From July through November 2014, seven shipping companies slowed their ships to 12 knots (down from 14-18 knots) for 27 trips through the channel and for an incentive payment of $2,500 per trip. That resulted in a reduction of 16 tons of nitrogen oxide emissions and 500 metric tons of greenhouse-gas emissions. Also, there were no known whale strikes. The groups now hope to create a permanent, full-scale incentive program in the Channel and up the coast.

MEDIA John “Primetime” Palminteri, the hardestworking man not in show business, was presented with Downtown Santa Barbara’s 2014 Citizen of the Year Award on 2/26. The longtime senior reporter for KEYT was a “natural” and “fantastic” choice, said Maggie Campbell, Downtown Organization’s director, because of the support and passion he’s lent to countless events, businesses, and causes since arriving in Santa Barbara in 1981. ■

No Such Thing as Easy Street There are 1,455 homeless individuals living in Santa Barbara County, according to the most recent Vulnerability Index Survey. The number remained almost unchanged since the last survey in 2013, which tallied 1,466 individuals on the streets. The results were reported Tuesday at a brieﬁng by representatives of the Central Coast Collaborative on Homelessness (C3H) and Common Ground Santa Barbara County. Since May 2013, more than 900 county transients have been housed, they said. The City of Santa Barbara accounts for the greatest number of homeless individuals in the county with 893. Santa Maria has the second largest population with 324. Surveyors counted 62 homeless people in Isla Vista and 37 in Goleta. More than half of all respondents lived in Santa Barbara County prior to becoming homeless; 22.5 percent came from elsewhere in the state. Of those surveyed, 620 are considered chronically homeless — individuals with a disabling condition who have either been continually transient for a year or longer, or who have experienced four or more episodes of homelessness in the past three years. Respondents reported being without a residence an average of 5.5 years. Homelessness hit area veterans hardest, with veterans reporting an average of 8.3 years on the streets. Approximately 15 percent of all respondents identiﬁed as veterans. The number of families surveyed increased since the 2011 count, jumping from 73 to 132. A third of all respondents said they have experienced domestic violence, and 57 percent reported other kinds of trauma. Sixty-four percent have a mental illness; of — Richie DeMaria those, 48 percent have a severe mental illness.

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he parents of three UCSB students killed by Elliot Rodger in his deadly rampage last year are suing the Santa Barbara Sheriff ’s Office and the Isla Vista apartment complex where he lived. In a lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court, the parents of David Wang, James Hong, and George Chen say the defendants ignored multiple warning signs that Rodger was dangerously unstable. They claim the Sheriff ’s Office missed a key opportunity to prevent his planned murder spree when deputies were called to his apartment to perform a welfare check three weeks before the attacks but left without looking through Rodger’s room, which contained a cache of weapons and ammunition. They point to other red flags leading up to May 23. A year earlier, Rodger had tried to push three girls off a ledge after they ignored him. Around the same time, he called police on one

of his roommates after a bizarre argument over the roommate’s cooking. At a tearful press conference Tuesday in Los Angeles, George Chen’s mother said the sole purpose of the lawsuit is to “improve the broken system in cracking down on extreme violence. … We believe that procedures in the current police system are outdated and should be repaired in order to protect innocent lives.” The owners and operators of Capri Apartments were also accused of negligence. The lawsuit describes how over the course of the three years Rodger lived there, he created “hostile and violent environments,” including subjecting his roommates to racist tirades and “jealous outbursts.” Before Hong and Wang were assigned to his unit, he had lived with four different sets of roommates who moved out after multiple confrontations. The Sheriff ’s Office said it couldn’t discuss pending litigation. Capri Apartments managers did not return requests for comment. ■

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City councilmembers filed into the Santa Barbara City College board room on Monday evening for a historic meeting, marking the end of a three-month effort to hash out neighborhood concerns about disruptive students living near the oceanfront campus. Considerable elbow grease from city staff, college deans, and area WAYS TO GO: SBCC neighbor residents went into crafting solutions to deal Beebe Longstreet called the task with loud noises, partying, and behavior that at force meetings “just the beginning.” times borders on the criminal. One remedy many agreed could prove effective is a noise ordinance similar to one recently put in place at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. If passed, the ordinance would allow police officers to issue citations to people playing music loud enough to be heard 50 feet beyond their property line, or at any audible level after 10 p.m. After a warning, the fine would be steep — $300, $750, or $1,000, depending on the offense, and doubled during designated holidays — and would hold the landlord accountable on the second offense. According to police spokesperson Sgt. Riley Harwood, who has been an active task force member, the Cal Poly ordinance reduced neighborhood complaints by a third. Another idea gaining momentum is to start scheduling more City College classes on Fridays and Saturdays to cut back on Thursday-night parties. A third recommendation is to set up a policing office on campus similar to the one on the Eastside. Though unrelated, the task force was formed amid SBCC’s campaign for Measure S, the $288 million facilities bond measure that failed last November. Opponents argued that too many SBCC students hail from out of the area. On Monday, President Lori Gaskin reiterated that, per state law, community colleges are open to all California residents on a first-come, first-served basis; certain groups such as veterans or foster youth have priority enrollment. Calling a 4,000-student increase in the last 10 years the crux of the issue, neighbor Beebe Longstreet called the task force efforts “just the beginning.” At 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday at SBCC and Wake Campus, respectively, the college will hold public facilities workshops to discuss the possibility of moving around — Kelsey Brugger programs — an idea that may see backlash from neighbors.

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Prompted by heightened attention to gaps in the state 9-1-1 system and the recent death of a Santa Barbara woman, Assemblymember Das Williams introduced a bill last week that seeks to remedy flaws when people call for help from a cell phone. At issue is that when someone dials 9-1-1 from a mobile phone, the call is often sent to an answering point in a different city or region before being routed to the local dispatcher, causing a delay. That was the case for 24-year-old Santa Barbara resident Jordon Soto, who died from a medical emergency last year after her family member’s emergency call was first transmitted to Ventura California Highway Patrol offices. To make matters worse, a miscommunication sent medics to the wrong address, and they wasted several minutes searching for Soto’s location. Blaming the flawed system for Soto’s death, her family filed a lawsuit against the state 9-1-1 advisory board, the CHP, the city, and police department late last year. Santa Barbara resident Dr. Angelo Salvucci started banging the drum on this issue several years ago after the termination of the RED (Routing on Empirical Data) project, which sought to send wireless callers to the appropriate dispatch center and reduce the percentage of busy signals. According to Office of Emergency Services spokesperson Lilly Wyatt, the $7.9 million project was terminated because its contract only lasted from 2007-2011, and a better initiative called Next Generation 911 should launch in about five years, but that project is moving at a “snail’s pace,” Williams argued, adding that a few million dollars each year for the RED project is a small price to pay to remedy a huge statewide problem. Another problem is determining the exact location of a cell phone caller, especially one who is indoors in a dense urban area. The Federal Communications Commission requires wireless providers to send an accurate location within 300 meters to dispatchers, but according to Salvucci, those standards are not being met in California. Williams’s bill, if passed, would require a study to be conducted by 2017 that includes — Kelsey Brugger recommended solutions.

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must be drawn. The council had the chance to put district elections directly to the voters in 2014, but the councilmembers were deadlocked. In 2007, the Grand Jury found Latinos had been systematically underrepresented on the City Council and recommended Santa Barbara switch to a hybrid system of district and at-large elections. Nothing happened in response.“It’s not being rushed,” Cappello said. “We’re not taking tithe time to deliberate about it anymore. It’s a call to action.” The major complaint leveled against the settlement — echoed loudly and repeatedly by speakers with organizations like the League of Women Voters, CAUSE, and SBCAN, not to mention the administrative assistants of two county supervisors — was that it did not change Santa Barbara’s elections from odd years to even years. Turnout in odd-year elections is dramatically lower than in even-year races, and this discrepancy is especially pro-

nounced with Latino voters. If the purpose is to increase voter turnout and achieve a more robust civic democracy, several speakers argued, even-year elections qualified as “a nobrainer.”While other cities facing Voting Rights Act challenges have opted to include even-year elections as part of their settlements, the City of Santa Barbara did not. As for the process unveiled Saturday morning, Cappello said it was “very impressive.” But he took exception to one of the three maps, noting that the proposed Westside district had only 45 percent Latino voters, not 50 percent. He objected to the inclusion of areas now teeming with City College students and the Pilgrim Terrace neighborhood by Modoc Road. While Cappello and the plaintiffs have taken a hands-off attitude about the mapping as long as they get two Latino districts, they do reserve the right to challenge anything approved by the council. ■

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action is largely symbolic — but no more so than spiteful actions in the past by allegedly Christian Republicans eager to drive them from the party. One example: At a late-summer 1989 convention, the right-wing California Republican Assembly and then-Orange County congressmember William Dannemeyer fought for adoption of a resolution to banish Log Cabin that claimed most gay people engaged in “rimming,” “fisting,” and “golden showers.” After Dannemeyer offered graphic descriptions of the kinky sexual practices, a majority of delegates approved his proposal, although not enough to meet the super-majority threshold for such a vote. On Sunday, Frank Ricchiazzi, a cofounder of the national Log Cabin Republicans in 1977, said that the historic conflicts between the party and gays and lesbians did not have to happen. He recalled to the political website calbuzz.com that at one time in California,“gays and lesbians were registering Republican” in equal percentage to the population. Ricchiazzi blamed the California Republican Assembly for alienating gays:“We watched the state Republican party diminish in Republican registered voters because of the intolerance of the CRA and poison in the state Republican Party,” he said. As a political matter, however, the Log Cabin vote represented a key victory for state party chair Jim Brulte in his effort to rebuild, rebrand, and restore his party to relevance. Brulte is a hard-nosed veteran pol focused on winning elections rather than ideological debate and is working to make the party more diverse, in gender, age, ethnicity, and religion, by breaking the political choke hold exercised by advocates for inflammatory, out-of-the-mainstream stances on social issues. “It’s evidence they’re interested in increasing their voter base and moving in the right direction,” said Kevin James, president of the Los

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“It’s a big deal,” Santa Barbara Councilmember Dale Francisco, sitting with the local county committee, told me. He said the vote shows the GOP “can work with anybody who supports Republican principles,” but he downplayed it as “mostly a procedural issue.” (The Santa Barbara contingent voted 11-to-1 in favor of Log Cabin, according to vice-chair Bobbi McGinnis). Many anti-gay Republicans at the convention continued to argue against Log Cabin; some arguments were procedural, others framed in the rhetoric of those who believe homosexuality is a religious abomination. “This is the very definition of moral relativism,” a Placer County delegate implored on the floor.“God has absolutes beyond man’s ideas.” The most significant obstacle for LGBT people seeking full acceptance within the state party is that the GOP platform at this point still explicitly attacks gay people:“We believe public policy and education should not be exploited to present or teach homosexuality as an acceptable ‘alternative’ lifestyle,” it reads. “We oppose same-sex partner benefits, child custody, and adoption.” Party rules require that changes in the platform may only be addressed at its fall conven■ tions. That fight likely lies ahead.

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exhibits, words are poured onto a canvas facsimile and smeared into geometric patterns. I’m betting the real crowd-pleaser will be Weisman’s “Redacto-Matic.” In it, viewers will be shown the totally whited-out report commissioned by the NRC in 2003 indicating Diablo Canyon is far less tsunami-proof than we’ve been led to believe. Then they’ll be shown — thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request — what the words said before they were redacted. If I were an art critic, maybe I’d describe the show as “Obvious yet ominous.” If I wasn’t, I’d say,“Head for the hills.” On March 11, 2011, the Fukushima reactors were wiped out when two statistically impossible events happened at the same time. First was the massive earthquake, then the tsunami, onein-a-million disasters each. For a coastal nuclear power plant like Diablo Canyon, all this statistical impossibility raises equally “ominous yet obvious” questions. It was known when Diablo Canyon was built there were earthquake faults uncomfortably close by. But in recent years, new oﬀshore faults were discovered much closer to the plant. Two years ago, the NRC’s resident safety inspector at Diablo Canyon concluded the plant wasn’t engineered to withstand the seismic punch the “new” faults might deliver. Both the NRC and PG&E, which owns and operates Diablo Canyon, took serious umbrage, dismissing the report as a technical disagreement among experts. Just last month, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., issued a little-noticed rul-

ing that will allow Friends of the Earth to put those assurances to the test in a court trial. Until recently, nobody worried about tsunamis at Diablo Canyon. The plant sits on a mesa 85 feet above the ocean. No waves could conceivably get that high. The plant was built to withstand tsunamis up to 32 feet up or less. The seawater intake valves — crucial to cooling the core — are 45 feet up. The picture, it turns out, might be more complicated. In 2003, the NRC hired Dr. Robert Sewell, a serious-as-a-heartattack, belt-and-suspenders risk-hazard-assessment expert, to determine how vulnerable the spent-fuel storage casks — then being proposed by PG&E — might be to oncoming tsunamis. Sewell ran 13 tsunami scenarios and discovered that in all of them, the plant’s seawater intake valves could be damaged, leading to a “non-zero” risk to the radioactive core. In his draft report, Sewell questioned whether Diablo Canyon was adequately engineered to meet the threat and strongly suggested further studies were needed. The NRC responded by putting the draft report in deep freeze. Not even PG&E saw it. Sewell’s draft, the NRC declared, was fatally flawed by “uncertainties too large” and “results too speculative to be considered in current licensing decisions.” Just five days after Fukushima, Sewell wrote NRC staffer Nilesh Chokshi, requesting Chokshi read his 2003 report and to make sure “responsible parties within the NRC” did, too. Sewell added he’d visited Diablo Canyon the year before and had been underwhelmed by the plant’s tsunami hazard assessment. When Chokshi started asking questions, he stirred up a hornet’s nest. “You may recall that we were instructed (verbally!!) not to make the report

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Chef, teacher, and Santa Barbara, California, resident Don “Skip” Skipworth quietly exited this life on Monday, February , . He was born August , , in Vernon, Texas. His family moved to Southern California, and Skip attended primary and secondary schools in Blythe and Ventura. At Stanford University he studied English and Classics and majored in Far Eastern Studies. During his -year career in public education, he taught Latin and served as a school counselor. Skip was known to thousands of children in Santa Monica, California, as Santa Claus in the annual Candy Cane Drive. A patient and earnest listener, Skip so personified the famous saint’s kind, bighearted spirit that even adults could believe in Christmas magic. In , the city’s police and fire departments recognized him for his outstanding volunteer service. Under the tutelage of a friend’s mother, Skip took up Chinese cooking in his youth. His training as a chef continued with teachers in Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Bangkok, and Singapore. In Hawaii, his culinary mentors were Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong. He moved to Santa Barbara in . His large kitchen, redolent of ginger and garlic, was the setting for many classes in Pan-Asian and East-West cooking. He believed that preparing food was one of life’s most significant rituals, an act both of nurturing the body and of caring for and loving the human spirit. He was an accomplished chef, teacher, and cooking consultant. After his friend Julia Child’s death, Skip gave a home to her winsome cat, Minou. He entertained children at a Christmas party hosted by Oprah Winfrey, whose generosity he matched unpretentiously in his own sphere. In recent years, as an Airbnb host, Skip took pleasure in welcoming numerous guests to his home called Dusit Thani, which in the Thai language means “a place near heaven.” He loved gardening and was especially knowledgeable about varieties of bamboo. Skip professed no faith-based religion but instead tried, as he told a friend,“to simply be the best

human being I can be, to offer my assistance and support to those I love, and to care for others along the way. I look for the potential goodness in those I meet. I avoid or put space between myself and those whose values and priorities are offensive and harmful to others. I feel blessed with goodness that has been shown me by my friends and loved ones. I believe we have a responsibility for helping create our own happiness. I know the power of love and feel its presence in my life. I want my own life to be described as a ‘life well lived.’” Survivors include his partner, Carlos Garcia; two cousins in Texas; nieces and nephews; and innumerable friends. In , Skip’s partner of more than forty years, Robert Hannah, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions in Skip’s name may be sent to Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo Counties,  Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA , telephone ... Or, from www.plannedparenthood. org, follow this path to designate a memorial gift: Get Involved>Donate->Specific Giving->Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo Counties.

Sting song. He was preceded in death by his sister, Laura Ann Plunkett-Golden, and many animals he cherished during his life: Max, Comet, Ajax, Lizzy and Lily. He left behind his parents, Ann (Plunkett) Anderson and Richard Jerome Golden Sr; his daughter Kelly Ann Golden; my girls (whom he loved as his own) Chelsea Doyle, Kirsten Anderson and Erica Ruch, and  grandchildren. And, of course, me, Claudia Golden, his wife, the woman who will one day lie beside him and never let him go. Please join us March , , at :am at Rincon for a paddle-out ceremony, and again at :pm at Shoreline Park (near the playground) for a Celebration of Life and pot-luck. Please bring a dish, or something to BBQ, and lots of stories and memories to share. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Santa Barbara Humane Society or DAWG in honor of Richard.

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On February , , we suddenly lost an incredible man, Richard Jerome Golden. As vibrant and strong as his body was, his heart was not. He was born on October , , in Maryland and grew up in Santa Barbara, graduating from Santa Barbara High School class of . In his teens, Richard taught himself to surf, a passion that took him to Costa Rica and Australia. Rincon was his spot, but he could be seen walking from our house, surfboard in hand, to catch waves at Leadbetter. Though surfing was his passion, Golden Landscape Maintenance was his creation and livelihood that he built from “a lawnmower and my GTI” into a thriving business. Richard had a smile for everyone, and you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who won’t remember his smile! He was outgoing, a big kid, a quiet man who appreciated solitude, and a huge fan of Sting. Many will think of Richard when they hear a

traveling to South America, Antarctica, New Zealand, Australia, and Bali. Jim is survived by his wife of  years, Susan, and his daughter, Morgan, as well as his mother Anna and brothers Stephen, Michael, and John. Jim wanted neither funeral nor memorial, asking instead for a party of family and friends to celebrate life. He was a good man. We thank Dr. Julie Taguchi and Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care for their help and support.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Jim attended the University of San Francisco but graduated from UC Santa Barbara. He started work in the food service industry while working his way through college and, after graduating, began his career in food service (including a brief stint with the Sambo’s franchise) before discovering the real estate business. Under his mentor, Harry Heron at Gallery of Homes, Jim excelled at real estate sales, winning countless awards for top production. He bought his first home at  years old. After earning his broker’s license, Jim started his own real estate brokerage before settling into investment and property management. Jim was a kind, funny, and unceasingly generous soul. He devoted his time to the Lion’s Club, the PARC Foundation, the Santa Barbara Sheriff ’s Council, and many other nonprofits that make Santa Barbara the outstanding community that it is. He gave generously to countless charities, believing that his good fortune in life should be shared with those less fortunate. When he learned he had cancer, Jim responded by increasing his travel schedule to cross as many things off his bucket list as possible,

Dr. Erno Scipiades Daniel died suddenly and unexpectedly at his Santa Barbara, California home on Saturday, February , . He was  years old. Dr. Daniel was a loving husband, father, and grandfather and will be missed dearly by his loving wife, four children, and their families. Dr. Daniel was born on December , , in Budapest, Hungary. He was the son of professional musicians Dr. Erno and Katinka Daniel. Dr. Daniel was a young child during the Hungarian Revolution of  and its aftermath, the events of which transpired mere blocks from his childhood home in Budapest. To celebrate his th birthday, his entire family joined him for an unforgettable trip to Hungary and Romania. As a teenager, Dr. Daniel immigrated to the United States in  with his mother and sister, where they were reunited with his father who had fled Hungary a decade earlier. Dr. Daniel became a United States citizen in . He was a proud American who believed deeply in American ideals and held strong convictions about the great freedoms and responsibilities we enjoy as American citizens. Dr. Daniel was a graduate of the Santa Barbara High School class of , and in  he received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Daniel received a master’s degree and PhD from the University of California at San Diego, writing his thesis on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. In , he completed his MD at the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, and he completed his residency training in

Internal Medicine at UCLA in . Dr. Daniel met the love of his life, Martha Peaslee, at the UCLA Medical Center, where she was a registered nurse. In a true love story, they married in Martha’s childhood hometown of Stillwater, Minnesota, on August , , less than six months after their first date. At the time of his death, they had been happily married for over  years. Being a husband and father were the greatest joys of Dr. Daniel’s life. Erno and Martha have four children: Kristina, Michael, Mary, and Monica. Dr. Daniel had an unwavering commitment to his family, and his greatest happiness was being with them. Professionally, Dr. Daniel was a renowned physician who practiced since  at the Sansum Clinic (formerly the Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic) in Santa Barbara, California. Early in his career, Dr. Daniel pursued an interest in the developing medical specialty of geriatric medicine and was among the first physicians in the United States to be board certified in the specialty. He had special interests in dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, and he lectured across the country and was the author of textbook chapters, papers, and a variety of educational materials on the topics. For his work, Dr. Daniel was recognized by the Alzheimer’s Association’s Santa Barbara chapter with their  Leadership Award. At the time of his death, Dr. Daniel also served as the Medical Director of the Vista del Monte Rehabilitation and Care Center and was on the medical and scientific advisory board of the Center for Cognitive Fitness and Innovative Therapies of Santa Barbara. In , Dr. Daniel published a book, Stealth Germs in Your Body, which received national attention. Dr. Daniel was a special kind of doctor whose story is best told by the numerous patients and families whose lives he touched. He was a master diagnostician who remembered every medical and personal detail about his patients. He will be greatly missed by his many colleagues at the Sansum Clinic and Cottage Hospital, his loyal patients whom he treated as family, and their families. Dr. Daniel is survived by the love of his life, Martha Peaslee Daniel, and their four children and their families: Kristina Daniel Lawson and her husband Matt Lawson of Walnut Creek, California; Michael Peaslee Daniel and his wife Erica Lash Daniel of Truckee, California; Mary Daniel Gullett and her husband Randy Gullett of Foster City, California; and Monica Ann Daniel and her boyfriend Andre Shevchuck of Pleasant Hill, California. Dr. Daniel was the proud grandfather of Katherine Lawson (), Graham Lawson (), Tyler Daniel (), Molly

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beach to Oak Park and from the freeway to Laguna Street lowing sad circumstances led Louise Boucher (walking the entire area, cataloging every structure), the (née Heitfeld) to call Santa Barbara home. Three subcommittee on awards, and the subcommittee that years after her birth in Wallace, Idaho, Louise’s produced the book El Pueblo Viejo: A Walking Guide. mother died. When life became insufferable after her In 1993, the Historic Landmarks Commission prefather remarried, two uncles conspired to rescue her, first sented her with a resolution in appreciation of her exemhaving nuns look after her briefly and then bringing her plary contributions and personal commitment to the to Montecito, where one uncle had a second home. When city’s beauty, character, and heritage. In 2003, the HisLouise’s father lost custody, her aunt May was appointed toric Landmarks Commission and Architectural Board guardian and raised her here. of Review presented her with the Saint Barbara Award Louise graduated cum laude from Marymount High for her commitment to historic preservation. In 2004, School and then earned a degree in English from UCSB she received the Pearl Chase Historic Preservation and (“when it was up on the hill,” she’d say). She later met and Conservation Award from the S.B. Trust for Historic married photographer Preservation. Hal Boucher, with whom On her 2005 applicashe would happily spend tion to again serve on the rest of her life. Before a city commission, she meeting, both worked at noted her occupation as the Biltmore Hotel, with“Active Volunteer.” No out ever crossing paths. truer words! She worked in the gift Louise had a real love of architecture, literature, shop. He shared a small and the arts. She also office with the publicity loved and cared about director across the corridor. They finally met at people. Jaime Limon, a wedding: she a guest, he senior planner with the the photographer. They City of Santa Barbara, married in 1952 and had shared with me, “When four children (Cathy, Carwe would have a private rie, Tom, and Jon), who conversation about city business, she ultimately later made them proud grandparents of six (Kate, would change the topic Ciceley, Lauren, William, toward my children and Carrie, and Jesse). wanted to know about Hal told me the Biltthem. That was the type of caring person she was.” more gift shop was “the one job in her life that she Louise’s longtime friend got a check for.” The rest of and colleague Barbara her career was dedicated Lowenthal expressed to the family photography that “Louise will always be in my heart.” That can business, raising her chilbe said by many. dren, and volunteer work. Socially minded Aunt So many people loved May pushed Louise into ACTIVE VOLUNTEER: With a real love for architecture, and respected her. So joining the Junior League, literature, the arts, and people, Louise Boucher tirelessly many benefited from her mentoring, particularly which began her long and volunteered for myriad design review committees in the city. impressive career of pubthose she thought could lic service. Led by her deep make a difference, those and abiding love for our community and her belief in the newly serving on review boards, and me when I was the importance of preserving its beauty and history, Louise executive director of Citizens Planning Association & Foundation, working side by side with her for nine years. served our community in many roles. She was a boardmember, at times president, of many She was my teacher, mentor, confidante, and dear friend. organizations, including the UCSB Art Affiliates, Euca- I relished in her knowledge, dedication, irreverence, and lyptus Hill Improvement Association, Citizens Coali- humor. As her friend June Sochel said, reminiscing about tion, Citizens Planning Association & Foundation, Pearl Louise,“She had an absolutely wicked wit.” Chase Society, and Santa Barbara Conservancy. She Welsh has asserted, “However relentless in pursuit of was a member of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic aesthetic orthodoxy, Louise was also known to crack a Preservation, National Trust for Historic Preservation, shrewd joke or three.” One of the things I miss most is her S.B. Museum of Art (also a docent there), Los Angeles laugh and the glint in her eye when she said something County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, “wicked” or shrewd. and Lotusland. When Louise passed away, an online comment proLongtime Santa Barbara Independent writer and col- vided an apt summary: “Goodness this woman will be umnist Nick Welsh proclaimed,“She sat on every design missed. She was active on our behalf right up until the review committee in city history.” Hyperbole perhaps, very end. Few people probably knew she was looking but nearly true. She served on the Advisory Landmarks over the shoulder of everything that is ‘Santa Barbara.’ Committee — which became the Landmarks Commit- Where is the next generation of Santa Barbara watchdogs tee, which later became the Historic Landmarks Com- going to come from who have roots as deep as hers and mission — Sign Committee (helping to write the Sign dedication to the cause to match? You simply cannot Ordinance), Landmark Designations Subcommittee, and replace an institution like Louise with just another perEl Pueblo Viejo Guidelines Update Subcommittee. She son.” Indeed. In both her personal and civic life, Louise is chaired the subcommittee that surveyed the city from the absolutely irreplaceable. ■

obituaries cont’d Daniel (), Jonathan Gullett (), and Evan Gullett (). Dr. Daniel was thrilled to be expecting his seventh grandchild - a boy - who is due to be born in the summer of . Dr. Daniel is also survived by his sister, Alexa Maland; her husband, Lynn; their two children, Daniel and Sarah of Salt Lake City, Utah; and by his first cousin and lifelong best friend, Dr. Peter Patkos, and his family, of Budapest, Hungary. In recent years, he enjoyed a special friendship with his sister-in-law, Ann Bunce, and her husband, Dr. Brian Bunce, of Stillwater, Minnesota. He was incredibly fond of his West Highland Terrier, Ollie. Dr. Daniel was predeceased by his parents, Erno and Katinka Daniel, and by his in-laws, Ernest and Mary Peaslee. A funeral mass is planned for Saturday, February , , at : a.m. at our Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church at  East Valley Road in Montecito, California. A celebration of his life will follow the mass at The Fess Parker Resort at  East Cabrillo Boulevard in Santa Barbara. As he wished, Dr. Daniel will be buried at a later date in Stillwater, Minnesota, alongside Martha’s family. Dr. Daniel spent his entire professional career at the Sansum Clinic and loved practicing medicine in Santa Barbara. The family extends special thanks to Dr. Thomas Beamer, Dr. Thomas Jones, Dr. Joseph Aragon, and Dr. Kurt Ransohoff. Memorial donations may be made to the Sansum Clinic in the name of Dr. Erno Daniel.

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and was known for her sunny smile. She also took figure drawing classes at the adult extension of Santa Barbara City College. As per her wishes, no formal service will be held. We miss her and hold her in our hearts. Our thanks to the Cancer Center, Visiting Nurse and Hospice Center and the many who have expressed their love and sympathy.

Jesse Orosco Sr. Jesse Orosco Sr. passed away with his only son, Jesse Orosco Jr.j at his side. Dad was born in Austin,Texas, February nd,. Moved to Santa Barbara in  with his family. He leaves behind, reluctantly, his wife of  years, Dolores. Daughters MaryAnn, Rosemary, Lorraine, Sally and  grandchildren who were fortunate to know him. Rest in peace, Dad, til we meet again. Arrangements entrusted to McDermott-Crockett Mortuary.

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Eric Christian Sutherland passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on February , . He was born at Cottage Hospital on November , , and raised in Carpinteria. He graduated from Mt. Carmel School, Bishop Diego High School and attended Santa Barbara City College. He worked as an HVAC Installer. Eric was kind, generous, concerned for others and had a great sense of humor. Growing up, he was an avid skateboarder who enjoyed many close friends, along with a particular fondness for black licorice, pickles and “Red Hots” candy. He taught himself to play the guitar and appreciated and enjoyed all music, especially Eric Clapton, Bob Marley, Jack Johnson and The Rolling Stones. Eric loved and respected the beach and the ocean, and he was passionate about surfing, forever searching for the perfect wave. He is survived by his parents, Danny & Felicia Sutherland; his brother, Andrew Sutherland; and dogs, Jackson & Tiffany. His family extends their sincere thanks to the many individuals who have taken the time to share personal memories of Eric. While he is deeply missed, we know that Eric is now free to ride that perfect wave in a glorious, endless summer. In lieu of flowers, donations in Eric’s memory may be made to Heal the Ocean.

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seen in the Santa Barbara High School scorebooks.You think of Pistol Pete Maravich at Louisiana State University. You think of Kobe Bryant when he was carrying the Lakers. Here are some highlights of junior forward Amber Melgoza’s 2014-15 basketball season through last weekend: F High game: 50 points last Saturday night in an

89-76 victory at Fontana’s Summit High, sending the Dons into the CIF Southern Section Division AA semiﬁnals. It was the third time Melgoza broke the school record, following December games of 48 and 47 points. Holly Ford had set the previous record of 45 points in 1980.

F Season total: 962 points in 28 games, a 34.4 aver-

age, the highest reported in the state.“It’s a big deal when a player scores 1,000 in her entire career,” Santa Barbara coach Andrew Butcher noted. Only three other CIF-SS female players have exceeded 1,000 points in a season. (Cheryl Miller, the leader with 1,197 in 1981-82, did it twice.)

F Career total: 1,950 points, eclipsing the school

record (1,804 by Lisa Willett, 1997-2000) in her second season as a starting player, with at least one more play-oﬀ game and another full season ahead of her.

But the cold figures do not completely represent the excitement Melgoza foments on the basketball court. On the night she surpassed Willett’s record, scoring 39 points in a 68-62 victory over Buena, I charted every play she made. Here are some of my notes: “Wins the opening tip (at 5 10 , she is the Dons’ tallest player) … fires a 40-foot pass to Jada Howard, who scores.” “Breaks away at half-court and is collared by a flagrant foul. Makes both free throws.” “Air-balls a three-pointer, bites the collar of her jersey in vexation.” “Leaps to snag an offensive rebound, scores the put-back while falling on her butt.” “Forces a Buena dribbler into a back-court violation.” “Dives on the floor to save a loose ball under the basket.” “Drives at breakneck speed, banks the ball in as a hard foul sends her sprawling. Converts the threepoint play.” “Outruns the defense and takes a 50-foot pass from Kimberly Gebhardt to the hoop.” “Scrambles on all fours, trying to retrieve a loose ball. She leads the league in self-takedowns.”

“Another shot goes in oﬀ the glass as a foul knocks her down … and one.” Just where did this ponytailed practitioner of hardwood heroics come from?

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Amber Constance Melgoza is a fourth-generation native of Santa Barbara. Her middle name honors her grandmother Connie Rivero. “My mother was a hard worker. She raised five kids on the Eastside,” said Jaime Melgoza, Amber’s father. “She was an amazing fan of Santa Barbara High sports.” Rivero died last May at 92. “She would go to every single game,” Amber said.“I know she’s watching over me now.” Jaime played football at Santa Barbara High in the early ’80s, and after going into business as a plastering contractor, he came back to help coach the Dons. He and his wife, Robin, have three children — an older daughter, Candace, who played soccer through high school; Amber; and a younger son, Buddy. Amber’s first sporting passion was BMX bikes. “She got on a bike before she was 2,” Jaime said. She also had a favorite article of clothing. “I’d give her a cute dress to wear before going somewhere,” Robin said.“She’d come out of her room in a Lakers outfit.” At age 6, Amber rode in BMX competitions around the country and won a national trophy in Kentucky, racing against boys. “I knew the attitude of boys toward girls,” she said. “I wanted to destroy them all and make them shut up.” With that mind-set, she was not intimidated by football. “She’s been on the football field since the 1st grade,” her father said. “She loves the game.” She became a ball girl for the Dons. It was in that role that Butcher, the girls’ basketball coach, first noticed her. “It was halftime of a football game,” Butcher recalled, “and on the sideline a coach throws a pass toward a girl. It looks like he overthrows her by 20 yards. She sprints and dives and catches the ball on her fingertips. I said,‘Why isn’t that girl on our team?’…‘Coach, she’s Jaime’s daughter. She’s in the 6th grade.’ ” She was the outstanding player in 6th-grade flag football, a quarterback and free safety who led her Vieja Valley School team to a championship. “Our whole team got mad: She was so good in football,” said Bolden Brace, who played for Laguna Blanca. At about that time, Jaime Melgoza asked Oliver Wheeler, a longtime youth basketball coach who worked with former Dons standout Roberto Nelson, among many others, if he would be interested in teaching his daughter how to play with the round ball. Wheeler checked Amber out at a flag football game. “She was the only girl on the field,” Wheeler said. “She ran for four touchdowns, threw for one, and intercepted a pass. On one play at free safety, she got CONTINUED... independent.com

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Amber’s parents have never had to push her. “I don’t tell her anything,” Jaime said. “I see the lights go on at 4:30 in the morning, and she’s off to practice. It amazes me.” She showed up at San Marcos High in predawn darkness on a recent Wednesday morning. Wheeler was waiting for her. He was a junior varsity coach at the school and had the keys to the empty gym. For 50 minutes, Melgoza worked on her shooting form under his watch. She took a flurry of shots within 10 feet of the hoop from all angles. “We want to have an intimate relationship with the basket,”Wheeler said. “When there are big players around you, a lot of energy in there, can you keep your shot on line?” She spent the latter half of the workout shooting free throws. “Two free throws to win, one to tie,” Wheeler said. Melgoza stood at the line, dribbled three times, heaved a sigh, took three more dribbles, and released her shot. It missed, as did the second free throw. Melgoza turned, sprinted to the far end of the gym, and ran back to the free-throw line. As the simulations continued —“Three free throws, two to get to overtime, three to win”— Melgoza started draining shots with regularity. “She was too speeded up at first,” Wheeler said. “You have to make the free-throw line a sanctuary that no one else can penetrate.” Besides these personal shooting sessions, Melgoza works on her conditioning and core

strength three times a week at Platinum Fitness Summerland. With regular practice, school, and homework, she has scant free time. “I’m used to it,” she said as she left the gym. The sun still had not come up. “I have to clean up and get to English class at 8.”

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As a 9th grader, Melgoza made the Santa Barbara High varsity girls’ basketball team, but she saw little playing time early on. She was eager but raw. “She had trouble on defense,” Butcher said.“She would just call for the ball at the threepoint line.” But the coach also saw how she would fight for the ball. “You throw any kind of ball toward Amber in a crowd, and she’ll get it,” he said. And nobody worked harder in practice than she did.“We have to try to push kids to put in the effort,” Butcher said. “She’s the opposite. We worry about her doing too much. She loves the process. Her dad has been coaching football for 25 years, and she understands what it takes.” In the 2013-14 season, Melgoza was a sophomore sensation. She was the leading scorer (22.3 points a game) for a Dons girls’ team that went 30-6, winning the Southern Section title and becoming the first Santa Barbara basketball team to play in the CIF State Finals. Modesto Christian, which defeated the Dons for the Division 3 championship, contested every shot that Melgoza took, fouling her time and again. She scored 20 of her 30 points on free throws, a state finals record. Melgoza has ratcheted up her game to new heights this season, and it’s a good thing because

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t was one of the finest moments in UCSB men’s basketball history. It was 25 years ago when the Gauchos shocked the college basketball world as they beat the top-ranked and undefeated University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), in an ESPN Big Monday nightcap before a delirious crowd at the Thunderdome. That remarkable victory on February 26, 1990, all but clinched an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament, where, for one March Madness weekend, UCSB was the talk of the nation. Playing in the Southeast Regional in Knoxville, Tennessee, the ninth-seeded Gauchos upended No. 8 Houston, 70-66, and then gave region top seed Michigan State all it could handle before falling 62-58. The win over Houston remains UCSB’s only NCAA Tournament victory in five trips to the Big Dance. Three members of that squad, Carrick DeHart, Lucius Davis, and Eric McArthur, and Coach Jerry Pimm have been honored as Legends of the Dome. The team also included Paul Johnson, Gary Gray, Mike Meyer, Idris Jones, Ulysses “Tony” Akins, Doug Olson, Bob Erbst, Mark Greene, Charlie Hill, Mike Elliott, Kason Jackson, and John Sayers. Pimm was the head coach, assisted by Ben Howland, Bobby Castagna, Ray Lopes, Steve Golston, Darren Williams, and Chris Carlson. Harry Callihan was the trainer. Besides talent, another key to success for that Gaucho squad was its supreme confidence. “We had a great group of guys and a great group of guys before that who set the tradition,” said DeHart, who, along with fellow senior Eric “The Freeze” McArthur, was one of the leaders on the team. DeHart averaged 15.9 points per game, and McArthur averaged a double-double of 15.6 points and 13 rebounds. “There was a great nucleus of understanding what we wanted to do,” DeHart continued. “We believed in ourselves, we believed in all the people that supported us, so going out and competing every night and playing at the highest level was easy because we enjoyed working together.” Santa Barbara High alum Paul Johnson, a sophomore starter, concurred that confidence was key.“That’s an excellent word,” he said. “That confidence came from, number one, we had that within ourselves as players. Going into every single game, we were so prepared for the other team’s tendencies and our game plan. It all added to the calmness we had and, more importantly, the confidence we had going into those games.”

ONE FOR THE BOOKS: UCSB’s 1990 men’s basketball team made history when they beat top-ranked, undefeated University of Nevada, Las Vegas, at the Thunderdome and all but clinched an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament.

One the biggest games was the 78-70 upset of UNLV. It was the Runnin’ Rebels’ only loss on their way to capturing the national championship. DeHart said the Gauchos never doubted they could win the game.“Our belief system was always high; we believed in ourselves,” he said. “It was like osmosis. We were around great people all of the time at UCSB; we had great support; we had great energy. We enjoyed working together; we enjoyed being together. We enjoyed representing the people who enjoyed what we were doing. I think we had a certainty, not a cockiness, but a certainty that we were going to give our best, and our best usually equaled a win.” Even with all the hoopla surrounding the game, Johnson said the team was calm, cool, and collected.“The thing about that whole year for me was the serene calm and confidence we had. I just remember going into that game with the feeling that we were going to win.” Davis, a sophomore on the squad, recalled some of the craziness from that wild night at the Thunderdome. “I remember hitting a baseline jumper and my ears ringing because the crowd roared,” he said. “I remember being in front of the bench on the sideline, jumping up and down as the time was winding down and the crowd going nuts and hearing in my head (in Dick Vitale’s voice),‘It is about to be a reality! Upset City!’” he laughed. “I also remember the final seconds ticking off, and we rushed the floor, and the crowd came out and crushed us. I was on the floor, laughing hysterically, high-fiving students and fans as I was trapped on the floor. Five feet away from me was my little cheerleader girlfriend screaming my name for me to come rescue her as she is trapped by students. I couldn’t hear her, so while she is screaming for her life, I am laughing and high-fiving away. After a few minutes, I saw her, snapped out of it, and pulled her out of there. She is now my wife, and we have two beautiful kids — Taja Davis, who will be graduating from UCSB this summer, and Jalan Davis, who is in his second year.”

DREAM TEAM CONTINUED... Davis’s assignment against UNLV was to guard Stacey Augmon. “Stacey was a wonderful player, but one of his weaknesses was his jump shot,” he said. “Because of great scouting, we knew that he preferred to have someone guard him close so that he could penetrate, especially going left. So, instead, we were told to play off of him and give him the jump shot. It totally confused him, and there were times where he was open from 12 to 15 feet but would not shoot. It disrupted their offense just enough to give us an edge.” Asked how the coaches were able to communicate with the players when the crowd noise registered over 100 decibels on the Thunder Meter, Davis said: “Thankfully, we had a very loud assistant coach in Ben Howland, who would yell out plays relayed to him by Coach Pimm. We also used cards sometimes to relay which play we were supposed to run. “Obviously, playing in front of a crowd that was as electric and passionate as the Thunderdome crowds were during that season was absolutely fantastic,” Davis added. “To have that support and feeling while playing is something that I will never forget. I played professionally for many years, in many packed gyms and arenas where there were smoke bombs going off, chanting fans, fights, riots, you name it. I have never since experienced a playing atmosphere as we had in the Thunderdome.” The experience of playing in the NCAA Tournament was something special. Said Johnson:“I knew this was the highest level of college basketball. I remember the first day after we finished our practice and we’re leaving the court. LSU was coming onto the court, and they had Shaq, Stanley Roberts, Chris Jackson. That’s when it really hit home. There’s no higher level than this. We’re here; we’re on the same court as these guys.” DeHart said the Gauchos were obviously excited to be at the Big Dance, but they were not intimidated.“We had to calm our nerves, but we felt we belonged and we felt we were competing for a championship,” he said.

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/-/: Light Up the Sky This backstage comedy written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Moss Hart is about show folks caught in the midst of a new production and follows a truck-driver-turnedplaywright who watches his first play being produced. Come watch the temperamental leading lady, her sarcastic gin-playing mother, the flamboyant director, lowbrow producer, and so many more. Be a part of saving this play that seems destined to be a spectacular flop. The show runs through March  (Thu., Mar. , is a preview). Thu.-Sat.: :pm; Sun.: pm. Garvin Theatre,  Cliff Dr. $-$. Call - or visit theatregroupsbcc.com.

THURSDAY 3/5 /: Family 1st Thursday: Visual Storytelling Using Sandro Botticelli’s “The Annunciation” featured in exhibit Botticelli, Titian, and Beyond: Masterpieces of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums, participants will use colored pencils and metallic paint to reimagine the architecture, landscape, and ﬁgures. After you create, enjoy the galleries until the museum closes. :-:pm. S.B. Museum of Art,  State St. Free. Call - or visit sbma.net. /: Gender and Mathematics in th Century Europe To celebrate Women’s History Month, the American Association of University Women will host a talk on gender roles and math. Dr. Patricia Cohen,

research professor of women’s history at UCSB and author, will trace the origins of the mathematics movement and the th-century political and economic reasons for the misperceived stereotype that girls can’t do math. pm. University Club,  Santa Barbara St. Free. Call -. /-/: Swing! Arete Productions presents this Broadway musical, a high-voltage celebration of the swing era of jazz. Swing! will feature the beloved music of jazz greats Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, and more. There will also be acrobatic dances like the Lindy hop and the jitterbug. Travel back in time to days of hepcats and hip chicks. The show runs through March . pm. New Vic Theatre,  W. Vic-

toria St. $-$. Call - or visit ensembletheatre.com. /: Pop-Up Opera: Botticelli to Bel Canto Opera Santa Barbara continues its performance with composer Gioachino Rossini of opera L’italiana in Algeri. This is the perfect opportunity to showcase music from the birthplace of opera and exhibit Botticelli, Titian, and Beyond: Masterpieces of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums featured in the museum. This recital will feature more than three centuries of classical Italian repertoire. :pm. S.B. Museum of Art,  State St. Free. Call - or visit sbma.net. /: Oak Group Reception The Oak Group artists are passionate about nature and committed to

preserving area lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. Their exhibit Reserves of Strength is inspired by Land Trust preserves and beneﬁts the Land Trust for S.B. County, which has protected more than , acres, including the Arroyo Hondo Preserve, Sedgwick Reserve, Carpinteria Bluﬀs, ranches on the Gaviota Coast, and more. This exhibit shows through March . :-:pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library,  E. Anapamu St. Free. Visit oakgroup.org. /: An Evening with Fritz Coleman Laugh out loud with NBC newscaster Fritz Coleman as he presents his “philosophy on aging.” He has written and performed two one-man theater acts called The Reception and It’s Me! Dad! Come learn and laugh with this surprising funnyman. ::pm. Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr.,  Chapala St. $. Ages +. Call - or visit jewishsantabarbara.org. /: Poetry Club To some, there is nothing as moving as a poem.

Meet other people who love poetry like you do. Come discuss the life and work of Denise Levertov at this literary get-together, and bring your favorite poem. :-pm. Montecito Library,  E. Valley Rd., Montecito. Free. Call - or visit sbplibrary.org.

FRIDAY 3/6 /: Love Your Heart This panel discussion is dedicated to keeping your heart in good health. Join Sansum Clinic Cardiologists and their Prescription Navigator as they share tips to keep your heart healthy. There will be ﬁve MDs and one PharmD (doctor of pharmacy) on the panel. Reservations are required. :-pm. Sansum Clinic,  W. Pueblo St. Free. Call -, email ebaker@sansumclinic.org, or visit sansumclinic.org. /: How to Stage a Bloodbath Professor Garrett G. Fagan will survey the scale and variety of stage sets, artiﬁcial scenery, and other apparatus used to enhance

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/: Dr. Helen Caldicott: Preserving the Future The th Annual Frank K. Kelly Lecture on Humanity’s Future will feature Dr. Helen Caldicott (pictured), a prominent and inﬂuential speaker on nuclear weapons and Earth’s fate. She hopes to practice the “ultimate form of preventive medicine by ridding the Earth of these technologies that propagate disease, suﬀering, and death.” :pm. Lobero Theatre,  E. Canon Perdido St. $-$. Call - or visit lobero.com.

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/: Choral Masterworks Concert Join the Westmont Choral Masterworks for its spring concert. This ensemble oﬀers members the opportunity to sing advanced mixchorus repertoire from all eras, both accompanied and a cappella. pm. First United Methodist Church,  E. Anapamu St. Free-$. Call - or visit westmont.edu. /: Gary Valenciano Starting oﬀ as a lanky -year-old with the moves of Michael Jackson and voice of jazz singer Al Jarreau, Gary Valenciano is now  and has since released  albums,  of which have

won Philippine Awit Awards. Don’t miss this international premier music artist whose special guests include Paolo and Kiana Valenciano. pm. Chumash Casino Resort,  E. Hwy. , Santa Ynez. $$. Ages +. Call () - or visit chumashcasino.com. /: Lucinda Williams Over her nearly -year recording career — from ’s Ramblin’ to ’s Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone — legendary Louisianaborn singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams has only gotten better with age, combining her soulful voice, heartbreaking lyrics, and Delta-infused country-rock and folk-blues sound to make music that’s more powerful than ever. Don’t miss this chance to be part of her “Sweet Old World.” pm. Lobero Theatre,  E. Canon Perdido St. $-$. Call - or visit lobero.com. Read more on p.. /: Grandparents Day Concert & Tea Calling all Nanoos, PopPops, MeMaws, and G-pas: The

/, /: L’Italiana in Algeri Opera Santa Barbara presents one of Gioachino Rossini’s most exquisite successes, mixing opera seria (serious and usually classical or mythological theme) with opera buﬀa (a comic opera with characters drawn from everyday life). Journey with Isabella as she sails oﬀ to Algiers in search of her lover, the prisoner Lindoro, and encounters pirates and a palace by the sea. Fri.: :pm; Sun.: :pm. Granada Theatre,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit granadasb.org. /: G-Eazy + A$AP Ferg Rapper, songwriter, and producer G-Eazy has opened for artists like Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg while hip-hop artist A$AP Ferg has been featured alongside rappers ASAP Rocky, Schoolboy Q, and others. Tickets can be bought in person at Instant Klasick, Hempwise, or Hana Kitchen. pm. Earl Warren Showgrounds,  Calle Real. $-$. Visit g-eazysb.nightout.com. /: Beta Play, Dark Waves, The Blues & Greys, Bad Romantics Each band will bring its unique sound, including rock, pop, indie dark pop, and power pop with intricate guitars, to the stage. Don’t miss this birthday celebration for on-air word slayer Phat J from KJEE. pm. Velvet Jones,  State St. $. Ages +. Call - or visit velvet-jones.com.

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GAME OF THE WEEK /: College Men’s Basketball: Cal Poly at UCSB A great UCSB team and one that still aspires to do great things will appear at this regular-season ﬁnale. At halftime, there will be a th-anniversary celebration of the - Gauchos, who advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The current Gauchos look like a contender for the Big West’s NCAA berth after last week’s victories over the conference’s top two teams, UC Davis and UC Irvine. Senior forward Alan Williams and guard Zalmico Harmon will be honored before playing their ﬁnal home game Saturday afternoon. pm. The Thunderdome, UCSB. $-$. Call -UCSB () or visit ucsbgauchos.com. Read more on p. .

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Mardi Gras parties. A unique mix of New Orleans, funk, soul, rock, and Cajun dance music will be performed by many musicians. So don a mask, be it simple or ornate, craft a creative ensemble, and participate in the costume contest. :pm-am. Ojai Art Ctr.,  S. Montgomery St., Ojai. $$. Call - or visit ojai mardigras.com. /: Women’s Day Empowering Women In honor of International Women’s Day, Empowering Women will host

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cool songs like “Go Daddy-O” and “Mr. Pinstripe Suit.” All proceeds will go to La Cumbre Jr. High School Performing Arts. VIP meet and greet: -pm; $.. Show: :pm; $.-$.. La Cumbre Jr. High School,  Modoc Rd. Call - or visit lobero.com. Read more on p. .

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/: 46th Annual Jazz Festival: Jazz in Paradise The Dos Pueblos High School Instrumental Music Program will host a spectacular all-day jazz festival capped oﬀ by an evening performance of award-winning jazz artists. The competition will include ﬁve high schools, three junior high schools, and college big bands and combos that include the UCLA Concert Jazz Orchestra, which will play an exhibition set. This event will raise funds for the Dos Pueblos Music Boosters, supporting all the instrumental music programs at DPHS. Competition: am-pm; awards ceremony: -pm; evening performance: pm. Elings Performing Arts Ctr., Dos Pueblos High School,  Alameda Ave., Goleta. $-$. Visit dphsmusic.org/jazz or call - x or -.

this event featuring vendors, sponsors, workshops, guest speakers, special interviews with high-proﬁle guests, and a chance to mingle with smart and successful women. :am-pm. Butler Event Ctr.,  State St. $. Call - or visit empoweringwomentv .org. /: Music Night at the Museum The S.B. High School Choirs invite you to an evening of food, drink, music, and song. Singers will delight you with a preview of their spring concert and Italian Tour repertoires. Newscaster Paula Lopez will emcee the evening of music, a live auction, California cuisine by Nana’s Homemade Tacos, and more. -pm. S.B. Carriage Museum,  Castillo St. $. Call - or visit tinyurl.com/sbhighmusic. /-/: Conﬁguration Youth dance company S.B. Dance Arts and The Arts Mentorship Program will present performances of high-energy hip-hop, evocative contemporary, sassy jazz numbers, a moving tribute to the Isla Vista shootings, and more. The show runs through March . Sat.: pm; Sun.: pm. Center Stage Theater,  Paseo Nuevo. $$. Call - or visit centerstagetheater.org.

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WEEK /: Family Game Time Why not combat boredom with board games? Spend this Sunday playing a wide variety of board games with friends and families. When was the last time you won the game of Life? -pm. Goleta Library,  N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Call - or visit sbplibrary.org.

Wednesday, March 11 / 8:00 p.m. / Free New Vic Theatre, 33 W Victoria Street, Santa Barbara The military now refers to cyberspace as the “fifth domain” of warfare, and views supremacy there as essential as it is in the other four—air, land, sea, and outer space. And defending U.S. computer networks from spies and hackers has become a top national security priority for the White House, the Pentagon, the FBI, and the intelligence community. Shane Harris looks at how cybersecurity has become such an important national security policy issue and how the rules and ethics of cyberwarfare are evolving. He contends that in its efforts to protect cyberspace, the government is actually making cyberspace less safe.

/: Studio Sunday on the Front Steps: Tempera Cakes After sketching ﬁgures from Antonio Balestra’s “Justice and Peace Embracing,” featured in the exhibit Botticelli, Titian, and Beyond: Masterpieces of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums, add color in tempera paint to complete a portrait and art piece to take home. There will be Teaching Artists who will help families throughout this creative process. :-:pm. S.B. Museum of Art,  State St. Free. Call - or visit sbma.net.

Shane Harris is an award winning author and magazine journalist who currently serves as Senior Correspondent at The Daily Beast, where he covers national security, intelligence, and cyber security. His latest book, @War: The Rise of the Military Internet Complex, was called “extraordinary and urgent” by The Washington Post.

MONDAY 3/9 /: SBCC Monday Madness Jazz Band This -piece professional membership big band under the direction of legendary jazzman Isaac Jenkins will put on an evening of the very best in contemporary big-band music. :pm.

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/: Fais-Do-Do: Cajun Dance Party This continuation of Ojai’s Mardi Gras will feature Fais-Do-Do (pronounced “fay-doe-doe”), a New Orleans traditional, day-afterMardi-Gras dance party. This fun, family-oriented musical event will feature live music by area Cajun/ zydeco band Crowfoot, Cajun

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/: The Joffrey Ballet Everything is beautiful at the ballet! Nearly  years after its founding, this company remains a leader of American dance, with amazing dancers who perform rapturous programs from its impeccable repertory. There will be two intermissions so you can catch your breath and realize how lucky you are to see this breathtaking ballet company. pm. Granada Theatre,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit artsand lectures.ucsb.edu.

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/: TELEtalk: Transparent Transparent is the Golden Globe–winning Amazon Studios original series revolving around an L.A. family dealing with serious boundary issues following the discovery that their father, Mort (Golden Globe winner Jeﬀrey Tambor), is transgender. Come watch the screening of Episode  (“The Wilderness”) and Episode  (“Best New Girl”). There will be a post-screening Q&A with producer Rick Rosenthal. -pm. Pollock Theater,

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

Friday /: Bingo Trivia Night Wednesdays at The Goodland just got crazy with a twist on Bingo! With a $ buy-in, you not only get Bingo but also get to play with a diﬀerent trivia theme hosted by a surprise host, and the buy-in proceeds will be donated to a charity of the host’s choice. pm. Good Bar, The Goodland,  Calle Real, Goleta. Call -.

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TUESDAY 3/10 /: Notre Dame Glee Club Glee Club is so hip now with Glee and Pitch Perfect; now is your chance to see a cappella in person as the University of Notre Dame Glee Club’s allmale chorus takes the stage to perform a broad range of songs, from medieval works to contemporary compositions for male chorus. :pm. New Vic Theatre,  W. Victoria St. Free. Ages +. Call - or visit ensembletheatre.com.

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COUNTING WHALES Text and photos by Caitlin Fitch

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Community News ORCHIDS ON DISPLAY: In addition to being one of the largest Count monitors adult gray whales, and occasionally their calves, as they migrate north through the Santa Barbara Channel from Coal Oil Point Reserve at UCSB. “This has really become a way of life for some of our volunteers,” said Michael Smith (above, center), founder of Gray Whales Count, with volunteers (from left to right) Susie Dell, Chad Moura, Samara Travella, and Ashley Steinkraus. “It’s a diverse group of people from young professionals to retired folks.” For the last 11 years, from early February to mid-May, the counters scour the horizon for any sign of gray whales 9 a.m.-5 p.m., seven days a week. Last year, the group tallied more than 1,000. “We never know when we will see a whale; they are just on their highway,” added Smith. LEFT: Volunteer Samara Travella adds another gray-whale sighting to the count on a dry-erase board ﬁxed to the fence. For more information, see graywhalescount.org.

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DUTY: MEMOIRS OF A SECRETARY AT WAR

One thing can be said about former U.S. secretary of defense Robert Gates: He traveled in the most rarified circles of Washington, D.C, for a very long time, which surely speaks not only to his political and bureaucratic skills but also to the fact that he was a safe, reliable, noncontroversial figure, acceptable to both political parties. With Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, Gates, who left office in 2011, has turned memoirist, ist, producing more than 600 pages about his experiences in the Bush 43 and Obama ma administrations. Significant players of recent American history are here: Bush, h, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Petraeus, Rice, Hillary ry Clinton, Biden, and Obama, as are the warss in Afghanistan and Iraq. Political memoirs must be read with h a boulder-sized grain of salt becausee politicians and high-ranking governmentt officials typically write with one eye on a contemporary audience and the other on history, with the aim of burnishing, protecting, or rehabilitating their reputation for the day — 10, 20, or 40 years hence — when the story of their time is told. Gates is no different. But one problem for someone who has been in Washington as long as Gates is that during his travels through the CIA, the National Security Council, and the Pentagon, he left tracks. There’s evidence in the record that Gates was less than candid when he testified before Congress about the Iran-Contra affair way back in 1987. During those hearings, Gates, like others in Ronald Reagan’s inner circle, developed amnesia for dates and names and meetings and who gave what orders. This is where that big grain of salt comes in handy.

Like most of the major ﬁgures in the administration of Bush 43, Gates is reluctant to admit that the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was a blunder of gigantic proportions, though he does concede that the war carried a monumental cost in human lives and money. Like most of the Washington establishment, Gates publicly supported the invasion in 2003. comes to the war in Afghanistan, Gates When it come remained a believer in the righteousness of America’s cause nearly a decade after U.S. forces landed. That the U.S. failed to subdue the T Taliban or win the hearts and loyalty T of o Afghans didn’t dissuade him; he still s believed in the mission and the rectitude of American troops. Even re when events on the ground went w wrong, year after year, the U.S. military w brain trust of which Gates was a part br insisted the strategy was right. ins “The United States was engaged in two major wars every single day I was wa secretary of defense for four and a half h years,” Gates writes. While true, historians should question his use of the h word “major” to describe two conﬂicts against nations that never attacked or posed an existential threat to the United States. — Brian Tanguay

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Facing the United States Thursday, March 19, at 8 p.m., at the Granada Theatre (1214 State St.). For tickets, call UCSB’s Arts & Lectures at 893-3535 or the Granada box ofﬁce at 899-2222.

flower families, the orchid is also one of the most coveted — and a major player in Santa Barbara’s cultivated flora. For the past 70 years, the species has been celebrated at the three-day Santa Barbara International Orchid Show. This year’s theme is Celebrate with Orchids and includes garden exhibits and floral arrangements by top regional and international growers; a juried exhibit with orchids as the focus of fine art and photography; and heaps of regional, national, and international vendors selling blooming orchid plants, orchidrelated art, and growing supplies for sale. Visitors can also participate in educational demonstrations and talk to expert and international consultant Bruce Kidd (also known as the “Orchid Doctor”), who can diagnosis and prescribe fixes for anyone who has a less-than-healthy orchid. The show takes place Friday-Sunday, March 13-15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Earl Warren Showgrounds,  Calle Real. Tickets are $12 (general), $10 (seniors/students), or free (kids younger than 12). See sborchidshow .com.

BACK TO THE 1980s: Since 1938, the Santa Barbara Boys & Girls

Club has helped kids in the community reach their full potential by oﬀering after-school and summer youth programs. To defray the cost of running the nonproﬁt, the B&G Club holds fundraisers, the annual Auction Gala being its largest. This year’s theme is the 1980s, and, along with the silent auction emceed by Chris Manning, an ’80s deejay from Gavin Roy Presents will be spinning the big hits from the big-hair era. The event takes place Saturday, March 14, 5:30 p.m., at Deckers,  Coromar Drive, Goleta. Tickets are $200. Call 962-2382 or see boysgirls — Michelle Drown .org.

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reasure-tiques, a newly developed app for the iPhone, is making it easy and efficient to hunt for new treasures and keep track of the ones you already have. Boasting an inventory tracker, price checker, MapQuest, Craigslist, and a yardsale finder all in one, Treasure-tiques helps both buyers and vendors make the most of their antiquing experience. Creator Gail Gower, a Santa Ynez resident who’s been a thrift shop enthusiast since the ’60s, first got the idea for the app in late 2009 after noticing a boom in her own resale business following the recession. “A lot more people are shopping at thrift shops and Goodwills nowadays,” said Gower recently. With Treasure-tiques, users can find sales in their area, get directions, and price check the available items, or they can enter a description and photo, and Treasure-tiques will search eBay for its estimated value. “Vendors mark up prices,” explained Gower, “so I can bring up eBay and find out if he’s overcharging or not.” She created Treasure-tiques with vendors in mind, too. As a storeowner in a Solvang antique mall, Gower is well aware of how time-consuming it can be to keep track of inventory, especially one-of-a-kind trinkets. “I would have this big binder, and I would have to write down what I bought an item for, sold it for, when I sold it, and so on,” she said. “My thought was, everyone has a phone. If I have my phone with me, I can always look an item up, say if the price tag falls off and I need to know its value.” It’s not just for professionals, either. “A lot of people who don’t have jobs started looking for a way to supplement their income,” said Gower. “People who sell their own personal things at garage sales need to keep track of inventory, too.” After users input data about a specific item, the app stores it in their master inventory, which can then be accessed on their app, email, or even as an Excel spreadsheet. Gower believes Treasure-tiques is the first app of its kind. “The whole idea was to make it easier to keep track of purchases and sales and to make them available to you at all times,” she said. See treasuretiques.com. — Cheyenne Ziermann

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The one-day event held at the Fess Parker center is set up to allow four presentations by women scribes (two morning, two afternoon) and a breakout afternoon panel with three parallel speakers that aﬀord a more intimate encounter with the writers. The big talks this year include that of Katrina Karkazis, a Stanford anthropologist whose latest book traces the history of intersex people. Keator is proud of that 10-year diversity record and also happy that the festival, which relies on donations from both individuals and groups such as the Arts Commission and city reading groups, has managed to keep the fest aﬀordable. “It’s only $65 for the day, and lots of scholarships are given out,” said Keator. “We want folks to come. We want it to be accessible in many ways … People are so grateful for the contact with writers and ideas,” she said. And it’s a lot easier than driving to Orange — D.J. Palladino County, too.

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Braving Boyhood on Kaufman’s Hill Pittsburgh-Raised Cal Poly Professor’s Memoir Examines an Era

n the beginning of Kaufman’s Hill, there’s an emphasis on seemingly insignificant events, such as the mutilation of a dead rat, while matters of greater import, such as witnessing President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade roll by, are given little more than a passing glance. It’s like looking back at your own naive childhood decades later, and that’s exactly the point of John C. Hampsey’s melancholy memoir about growing up in Pittsburgh’s expanding suburbia of the 1960s. In the works for nearly 20 years, the Cal Poly literature professor’s 200-page, meticulously reproduced memories from when he was 7 to 14 years old is told from the innocent perspective of his much younger self, providing a culturally rich and socially inquisitive portrait of a rarely explored era. “I wanted to capture the early- to mid-’60s, a world where freeways and malls are just coming on and suburbs are swallowing up our woods,” explained Hampsey, who touches on Catholic school, depressed parents, race relations, and much more while happily also recalling long afternoons of playing away from home for hours, even at just eight years old. “No one asks you where you’ve been, and if you’ve been beaten up or bullied, you don’t tell anybody,” he said of those days. “It’s a world of exhilarating freedom and absolute danger that we will never have again. I call it a twilight time, a threshold time. I wanted to capture my voice and view on that world.” Having never written anything other than fiction, the 60-year-old Hampsey, who also taught at MIT and Boston University before coming to San Luis Obispo in 1989, wrote what became the first chapter of the book in 1995 based on the vivid, rat-destroying memory he had from age 7. His writing group thought it was the best thing he’d ever done, but he stopped work soon after to complete Paranoia and Contentment: A Personal Essay on Western Thought, which was praised by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Tim O’Brien.

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t all began because Gail Marshall was tired of driving to Long Beach — at least according to Carol Keator, former Santa Barbara public library director, and Sharon Yoshida, who runs the still-new Granada Books, sitting in a Mesa café and talking about the origins of the Women’s Literary Festival Santa Barbara. “Gail and her daughter Jennifer used to drive down there where they had a festival,” said Keator, referring to the former county supervisor, who was always an arts champion. “And Gail thought Santa Barbara ought to have one of these.” “So they quickly put together a board of directors,” said Yoshida, and from there began an organizing and funding alliance that included the public library and UCSB Women’s Center, among others. That was a decade ago. Then, women were some of the biggest earners of all time: J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter) and E.L. James ( Shades of Grey) made more money than Britain’s Royal Family, while Hilary (Wolf Hall) Mantel won back-to-back Booker prizes for more highbrow fictionalizing. Even in this little beach town, Sue Grafton kept the craft of crime writing alive. So what was the motivation for starting a female-only literary fest? “A lot of the women you hear about are at the top of the heap,” explained Keator. “We were interested in the lesser-known writers, people whose messages are not so widespread.” “The focus of the festival is promoting literacy, diversity, and social justice,” added Yoshida. To that end, the festival has always stayed focused, with past writers including a military woman who resigned over the nation’s botched Middle East incursions (Col. Ann Wright) and a writer who tracked the weird connection between lottery winners and Chinese fortune cookies (Jennifer 8. Lee). Santa Barbara authors have also been involved, with Indy columnist Starshine Roshell, the city’s poet laureate Chryss Yost, and Sojourner Kincaid Rolle (who is overdue for the same post, by the way). And this year is no different. Guests include Sonia Nazario, a Pulitzerwinning journalist who chronicles the children of Mexican immigrants; blogger and poet Nika Cavat, daughter of the famed S.B. artist Irma; and for the first time, an award-winning fantasy novelist has made the grade: Sofia Samatar, who is also a professor of multicultural studies at nearby CSU Channel Islands.

When his mother died in 2004, he refocused on the memoir. Hampsey tapped “seared-in-mybrain images” from his youth, and “immediately, the dialogue just ﬂowed,” he said. Still, it took a while; he would write two to three pages and then revise them 10 to 20 times until “every page had something that sparkled.” Despite no steep dramatic arc or major plot twists, Hill is quite compelling, leaving the reader with a moody sense of a lost time when John C. Hampsey schoolyard bullying, questionable priests, and daddy’s highballs were daily aﬀairs. Hampsey admits it skews toward the dark side but believes most good literature does, and explained, “The uplift is in getting at the truth of that time and the culture of those people in that world.” The book is receiving quick praise — O’Brien’s again as well as the late Howard Zinn’s — and the publisher, Bancroft Press, is taking Hampsey on a four-month signing tour. Best of all, Hampsey is getting letters from readers who say, “You’ve painted this world the way I remember it.” Not — Matt Kettmann bad for a boy from the Pittsburgh ’burbs.

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few weeks ago, and it’s turned into a second career. I’m now a pretty wellrecognized journalist and wine critic, and I get all the cool perks that come with that: people ﬂying you around the world for free to taste wine on their dime, lots of free wine showing up at the door. I do this juggling act with a 50- to 60-hour-a-week day job, a family with a 6-year-old, and a wine blog. I don’t have much time for anything else. Your average reader must have evolved a lot in these last few years? Without at all tooting my

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own horn or threatening to overstate my own signiﬁcance, one of the reasons wine has become so everyday is because there is just so much more content about it everywhere. That’s directly the result in some way of the blogging w rrevolution. (You shouldn’t use capital lletters when writing tthat — it’s not that iimpressive.) When I startted this blog, if you wanted to read w about wine, there w was Wine Spectator, Food & Wine, Robert Parker, Wine Enthusiast, and Wine & Spirits. That was basically it. You had wine columns in certain newspapers, but those died oﬀ over the next few years. Then you have this incredible blossoming of digital publishing and user-generated content, so now you have thousands of wine blogs and websites where you can read about it. All of a sudden, you didn’t have to think that you were serious enough about wine to get a subscription to Spectator and pay $40 a year.

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his weekend, many of the world’s top winemakers and connoisseurs converge at the Bacara Resort to sniff and sip through the World of Pinot Noir. But you probably already know that, as do countless numbers of your friends and neighbors, because we live today in the most wine-savvy time in American history. That’s thanks to increasing global production, sure. And to enhanced quality — both near and far. And to Sideways, of course. But our relatively newfound passion for the grape may be mostly tied to the rise of the Internet, which broke down historically snobby wine walls like never before and democratized, through the free flow of information, the enjoyment of the fermented grape juice that elites have coveted for ages. No one wears that theory more proudly than Alder Yarrow. The San Francisco–based Internet professional became one of the world’s first wine bloggers in 2004 when he started vinography.com strictly to satisfy increasingly wine-curious friends. Six months later, he realized thousands were reading his wine notes, and today the widely respected website is considered a serious source by trade and consumers alike. Earlier this year, Yarrow, who still works full-time as a web guru, added author to his résumé by publishing, with photographer Leigh Beisch, The Essence of Wine, a beautifully rendered, self-published coffee-table tome that explores the sensory offerings of 46 different aromas and flavors that can be found, magically at times, in a glass of wine. He’ll be signing copies at World of Pinot and Les Marchards Wine Bar & Merchant this weekend, and what follows are mere snippets of our nearly hour-long conversation. How’d you fall for wine? I fell in love with wine while

I was in college and in the way that a lot of college students do: buying the cheapest bottle they could ﬁnd mostly based on how the labels looked. I never was a fan of beer; it didn’t do it for me, but wine I liked. The blog was really an outgrowth of that situation of being turned to by friends and family for wine advice and a desire to overcome answering that same damn question over and over again. Did you imagine the blog would turn out this way? I was the right guy in the right place at the right

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As a blogger, what drew you to do a book? There’s nothing like a book, and this is coming from a guy who does most of his reading on Kindle. These days, there is something radical about a book that you just don’t get anywhere else. Yours is not like a regular wine book at all. The

book grew out of a series I did on the blog that arose because I think the coolest thing about wine is the eﬀect that you can stick your nose in a glass and smell and taste these things that have nothing to do with wine. How is it that a wine can smell like chocolate? It’s remarkable for me. But the publishers weren’t into it? It was too arty

for them, and they didn’t feel like that could convince their big outlets like Williams-Sonoma to sell it. So I had to do it myself. What are your feelings on Santa Barbara wine? There are

some absolutely tremendous wines coming out of that part of the state. It’s just exploded and rightfully so. I’m super bullish on Santa Barbara.

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ART CRAWL: 735 Anacapa Street The Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative, in partnership with Downtown Santa Barbara, will lead a curated Art Crawl through 1st Thursday festivities. Each month a new guest curator leads a tour through the 1st Thursday festivities. The Art Crawl starts at 5:30 in de la Guerra Plaza on the back steps of City Hall (735 Anacapa Street, then head around to the back).

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1ST THURSDAY PROGRAM is an evening of art and culture in downtown Santa Barbara that takes place on the first Thursday of each month. Participating art venues offer free access to art in a fun and social environment from 5-8pm. 1st Thursday venues also provide additional attractions, such as live music, artist receptions, lectures, wine tastings, and hands-on activities. Additionally, State Street comes alive on 1st Thursday with performances and interactive activities.

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1333 State Street · 805-882-2108 Each year our “rainy season” changes the look of our landscape completely. The rolling golden foothills are covered in green grass. The paths and roads are lined with sour grass and mustard. It starts to feel like we might be part of Northern California rather than the parched south. Even though we haven’t gotten nearly enough rain, let’s celebrate what we did get with some Spring Colors. Plein air oil paintings by Chris Potter and Rick Jorgenson.

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7 & 11 East Anapamu Street · 805-730-1460 Sullivan Goss presents Ringers: A Selection of Vintage and Contemporary Masterworks. Also on view Jean Swiggett: One Man Rennaisance, Anders Aldrin: Color Seeking Form, and Agoraphobia.

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E CASA MAGAZINE: 23 East Canon Perdido Street · 805-965-6448 Fresh: Lively art, live music, and new words for spring. Artists explore big ideas and new mediums and methods to tend their creative fire in 2015.

D SANTA BARBARA TRAVEL: 1028 State Street · 805-869-1107 Join our Open House, presenting Adventures by Disney®. Let Adventures by Disney® be your guides, your storytellers, your local experts and your masters of hasslefree guided group travel. They’ll take you where you want to go. Bring you closer to the places you visit. See to every last detail. And make sure every moment of your vacation, for everyone in your family, is a moment you’ll want to remember again and again. Find out how Adventures by Disney® is about immersing yourself in the cultures, stories and people of the world. (Adventures by Disney Presentations: 6pm & 7pm.)

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27 E. Cota Street, Suite 500, 5th Floor · 805-963-1700 Service Objects is dedicated to improving the environment with real time data validation technology. Come for our Open House and enjoy wine as we support local artists. This month’s exhibition will feature Ceramic Artist Carol Scott. Carol has been exhibited as “one of the best that Southern California has to offer” at the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA), Ceramic Biennial 2013. She works mostly with high fired porcelain. Her colors are ocean like with unique textures and designs. We look forward displaying her artwork and having you join us!

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5 East Figueroa Street · 805-585-5257 Join us as we debut the works of local artist Heidi Pasch. A decorated gymnast and dancer, Heidi parlayed these talents into the personal training field. Her intrigue for human motion is carried into her artwork, capturing movement in vibrant color on canvas.

G SALT: 740 State Street · 805-963-7258 In the spirit of movement - stop by for Divine Dance with live instruments in the large cave, 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Our class starts with isolations and a core-strengthening workout. Participants may follow a choreographed routine, or follow their own ecstatic movements. We will also have something tasty to nibble on sprinkled with a dash of our signature mineral-rich pink Himalayan salt.

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532 Santa Barbara Street · 805-453-9331 Design Art Studios will feature the contemporary landscape paintings of artist Stefanie Bales. Works on display will be from her recent collection entitled “Waking Life.”

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MARIANO SILVA AND THE BRAZILIAN CULTURAL ARTS CENTER: Arlington Theatre Foyer Mariano Silva and the Brazilian Cultural Arts Center will be performing Capoeira, Afro-Brazilian dance and Brazilian Batucada Drumming! This great show will feature explosive movements, inspiring sounds, vibrant colors, and authentic costumes. This high energy and enthusiastic performance never fails to elicit positivity and curiosity from the audience! Also, featuring Batucada performances, an African influenced Brazilian percussive style which is fun, unique, energizing and a great way to attract and motivate a crowd to dance/move.

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14 ZFOLIO GALLERY: 1013 State Street · 805-845-7375 The Movement of Jewelry: Sakamoto Design at ZFolio. The perfection of balance and movement define the designs of Eddie Sakamoto. He refers to his style as minimal rather than artistic allowing negative space to play a leading role in his jewelry. Platinum and gold take on strong sensual shapes as they curve, bend and arc gracefully. We invite you experience his collection in person. 15

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136 East De La Guerra Street · 805-966-1601 The Santa Barbara Historical Museum is pleased to announce their new series of short talks, entitled “History Happy Hour.” These fun, educational lectures will be held in wine tasting rooms beginning with the iconic El Paseo complex and were created with the assistance of a small grant from the Santa Barbara Arts Commission. Join “Urban Hikers” Stacey Wright & Peter Hartmann for a talk about exploring your neighborhood’s history and embracing the rich heritage (and quirky details!) of your community. Event Location: Jamie Slone Wines (23 East de la Guerra, El Paseo). No reservation is needed, no-host bar, space is limited.

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B ENCANTO: 1114 State Street #22 · 805-722-4338 It’s a TRUNK SHOW! From 2-6pm, lovely models will be showcasing our MODERN ROMANTIC clothing + accessories line. We will also be serving up wine + live jazz music from 6-8pm with Christy Martin on vocals + Brian Mann on keyboards + accordion. Don’t miss ENCANTO - hands down, one of the best venues of 1st Thursday!

F SOJOURNER: 134 East Canon Perdido · 805-965-7922 March is our anniversary month! Help us celebrate 37 years of the Soj with art by Ruth Peterson Shorer, live music by Rebecca Troon, wine tasting, great food and friends. Looking forward to seeing you here!

1103-A State Street · 805-966-1707 California Coastal: Two of Santa Barbara’s best loved artists, Tom de Walt & Mehosh Dziadzio will be showcasing the splendor of coastal California in both photography and painting. Meet & greet with the artists along with a wine tasting to benefit the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Santa Barbara. 42

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8 FAUL KNER GALLERY: 40 East Anapamu Street · 805-962-7635 The Oak Group Artists are featuring an exhibition called “Reserves of Strength.” Art inspired by land protected through the work of the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County will be on display and for sale. Forty five percent of the proceeds from the art sales will be generously donated to the Land Trust. Join us for an opening reception and mingle with artists, Land Trust staff and other art and land lovers. (5:30-7:30 pm)

12 OLIVER & ESPIG: 1108 State Street · 805-962-8111 Russian artist Oleg Ardimasov works in a distinctly Russian style merged with 19th century European artistic influences. His oil paintings emphasize mood and emotional atmosphere over realistic representation. His brushstrokes are loose as he uses a palette of warm colors to infuse his canvases with intensified feelings. Come enjoy the works of Oleg Ardimasov alongside many other works of beautiful art and sculpture.

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Exhibitions on View: Botticelli, Titian, and Beyond: Masterpieces of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums: This beautiful and powerfully moving exhibition explores the evolution of Italian painting over five centuries, from late medieval works of the 14th century to Impressionist pictures of the 19th. Drawn from the Glasgow Museums’ outstanding Italian holdings, the show features works by some of the greatest masters of these periods, including Giovanni Bellini, Sandro Botticelli, Domenichino, Francesco Guardi, Salvator Rosa, Luca Signorelli, and Titian; many of the pictures have never before been exhibited outside of Scotland. The Santa Barbara Museum of Art represents this travelling exhibition’s exclusive West Coast venue.

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Family 1st Thursday: Visual Storytelling Use colored pencils and metallic paint to reimagine the architecture, landscape, and figures in Sandro Botticelli’s The Annunciation. (Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Free)

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1130 State Street · 805-963-4364 Pop-Up Opera: Botticelli to Bel Canto Opera Santa Barbara continues its season with bel canto composer Gioachino Rossini’s opera L’italiana in Algeri. SBMA’s exhibition of 500 years of Italian art is the perfect opportunity to showcase music from the birthplace of opera. This recital features music from over three centuries of classical Italian repertoire. (Time: 5:30 pm Location: Museum galleries – Free)

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Limited Palette Abstracts is a concept presented to Abstract Art Collective members as a challenge to do more with less. The exhibition is the result of a group of diverse artists creating works limited to black, white and any one color. Limiting the palette creates a cohesiveness where cohesiveness would not normally be apparent or inherent. The AAC also has their continuing exhibit “abstraX@Karpeles,” juried by Jack Mohr, downstairs in the main gallery. Both shows close April 29.

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1114 State Street, La Arcada Court #8 · 805-965-6611 Artist of the month, Iben G. Vestergaard, shows some of her recent drawings and paintings. With an onset in Scandinavian aesthetics and culture, her work has a spontaneous and experimenting style, focused on telling open stories about the emotional side of modern life, awareness, choice, and possibilities. The featured artists are Wilbert Lick, Jessica Altstatt, Gray Blacks, Jennie Riker, Kristy Vantrease, and Patty Van Dyke. (Open 11am 5pm Monday - Saturday and 1 - 5 on Sunday.)

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10 WATERHOUSE GALLERY: 1114 State Street #9 · 805-962-8885 The Gallery is in going on its 30th year and 23 years in La Arcada. It features artwork from some of today’s finest nationally-known painters. Southwest Art Magazine recognized Diane & Ralph Waterhouse among “10 Prominent People’ in the Fine Art Business. Ralph Waterhouse will give a painting demonstration at 6pm.

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ARTAMO GALLERY: 11 West Anapamu Street · 805-568-1400 JULIA PINKHAM — FLIGHT PLAN As abstract and surrealistic as Julia Pinkham’s paintings often seem, her inspiration always comes from her daily experience and observations of nature. While much of her recent work dealt with discoveries at the beach, the new pieces in her “Flight Plan” exhibition are rooted in her interest in the endangered monarch butterflies and artistically reflect on their metamorphosis of life.

9 SANTA BARBARA ARTS: 1114 State Street #24 · 805-884-1938 Students of “The Power of Words as Art” thru Center for Lifelong Learning at Santa Barbara City College will display their mixed media pieces. They have been inspired by quotes, literature, politics, philosophy, and words from the heart. Wine poured by Grassini Family Vineyards.

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4 CHANNING PEAKE GALLERY: 105 E Anapamu St, 1st floor UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Responses to Place - Co-Curators Kam Jacoby and Karen Gearhart-Jensen have gathered a stellar group of 7 artists: Kit Boise-Cossart, Kate Connell, Bill Dewey, Brett Leigh Dicks, Eric B. Johnson, David Passage, and Roe Anne White, whose photographs explore how a sense of place (specifically the Central Coast of California) influences and directs artistic exploration and production. The photograph exhibition demonstrates how our environment, including geology, geography, weather, the economy and culture, inspires art that, even while addressing larger issues, has particular regional relevance.

38 West Victoria · 805-770-7702 Come get the first taste of Belcampo Meat Co.’s new flavor! They’ll be sampling a selection of their new dishes, paired with tastings by local wineries to be featured at Belcampo’s newly redesigned restaurant. VADA is a unique “school-within-a-school” that integrates college preparatory coursework with career-focused art and design instruction. This month we are featuring the 11th grade class and their creations.

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1528 State Street · 805-962-6444 Sherry Spear presents her colorfully whimsical oil paintings of humorous figurative works, as well as more representational stilllifes. Balancing this out are the realistic watercolors of Mike Rider and his beautiful Santa Barbara scenes.

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653 Paseo Nuevo Terrace · 805-966-5373 Tastemakers & Bootyshakers: Join us for happy hour at the Museum! MCASB is offering $5 signature cocktails, FREE tours of the current exhibitions, art activities and a special DJ set.

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900 State Street, Marshalls Patio · 5:00-8:00pm David Courtenay and the Castawaves play soulful rock and reggae with an island/ calypso groove. They are a “ festival -crowd” band who love to jam and inspire their audiences to get on their feet and dance. They recently performed an after-party at the Lobero Theater held for Oscar Nominee Steve Carell as part of the Santa Barbara international Film Festival. They also headlined the Summer Solstice Festival at Alameda Park last June, as well as “Taste of UCSB” last May.

NEBULA DANCE LAB: Paseo Nuevo Center Court Nebula Dance Lab, founded and under the Artistic Direction of Devyn Duex, provides an incubator for creative art in motion - allowing the professional company of artists in modern and contemporary dance the opportunity to experiment, push boundaries, and create new language in dance through physical exploration. This year marks Nebula’s fifth season and includes the inaugural year of HHII Dance Festival, bringing 20 artists from around the country together over a 3-day performance event, featuring 30+ dance works (March 27-29, Center Stage Theater). Catch Nebula performing around town throughout the year showcasing sneak peeks of new works!

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Keep the party going at Arlington Courtyard, hosting 1st Thursday: After Hours! Enjoy snacks from opal restaurant & bar along with a no-host bar. Musicians from two local bands come together to perform smooth R&B, jazz and reggae: Lorena, lead singer of R&B cover band Missbehavin, and Jason, keyboardist of Georgetown. The Granada Theat re, the Ensemble Theatre Company at the New Vic, The Arlington Theatre and the Lobero Theatre bring you 1st Thursday: After Hours! Every month, you’ll discover there’s always something happening in The Historic Theatre District—you just have to know where to look.

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artists from the 1960s through the 1980s. In this tumultuous time, Lear’s shows consistently pushed the boundaries of what subjects could be covered and of what language could be used in prime time. For example, after four seasons at number one in the ratings in its Saturday eight o’clock time slot, All in the

Family, Lear’s signature achievevement and the greatest of all topipical sitcoms, was bumped to nine o’clock on Mondays by something called “Family Viewing Hours.” This network-mandated restriction decreed that sex and violence would have to wait until after the kids went to bed — at least on television anyway. All in the Family continued its hold on the number one slot in the ratings, but in the meantime, Lear realized something hugely consequential about the regulation; it would keep his top show permanently out of the lucrative seven o’clock syndication market. The lawsuit Lear brought in Los Angeles on the grounds of free speech prevailed, and in 1976 the FCC’s Family Hour concept was declared to be a form of censorship and discontinued. Lear’s interlocutor for Friday’s talk will be another television legend, the writer and producer Barry Kemp, who wrote for Taxi and created both Newhart and Coach. For Kemp, whose breakin spec script was an All in the Family episode, Lear created “a new culture for watching TV” by picking up on “current events that were painful” and “dealing with signiﬁcant social change” in a way that was “never preachy.” Amen to that. For tickets and information to “Laughter and Social Change,” visit antioch.edu. — Charles Donelan

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SEASON OF VIOLENCE OR MOURNING, PROTEST, & THE BIRTH OF BISHOP KILLBORNE Austin- and Santa Barbara–based folk-rock trailblazers The American Spirit makes music that sounds like the ideal soundtrack for sipping a whiskey sour at sunset. On the band’s ﬁrst LP, Season of Violence or Mourning, Protest, & The Birth of Bishop Killborne, it puts forth songs that are evocative of barren landscapes and ﬁlled with honest yearnings to search for something more. Tracks like “Going My Own Way” and “All Night” are especially reminiscent of trekking along in a well-worn pair of boots. Taking cues from its previous two EPs, here the band gently nods to a crossroads of genres. Haunting

chord structures reminiscent of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s Howl get mashed up with something slightly folkier, though the band carefully avoids the pedantically congruous melodic patterns we tend to associate with most modern folk-rock. Songs like “Wait for the Night” are heavier, with dense minor rhythms that sink to the bottom only to be pulled upward by Gabriel Strycharz’s vocals and angelic, almost-choral-like harmonies. Later down the track list, we get bluegrass-tinged numbers like “Season of Violence,” which oﬀers a brash look at humanity’s plight. Honeyed guitar riﬀs add

delicateness to tracks like “My Motives,” which is followed by “Walking in the Rain,” the reﬂective end number that wraps up the album. The American Spirit proves itself to be a band to keep an eye on and one capable of bringing folk-rock back to its roots while simultaneously creating a niche sound that is both complex and poignant. — Apoorva Chiplunkar

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t’s become a widely held and welcome belief that we are in the midst of the new golden age of television. Not only is the range of programming available unprecedented, but also the quality in many instances is oﬀ the charts. Yet for those viewers who have been around long enough to remember such groundbreaking classics of the 1970s as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, the sense that television can do things that no other medium can do may have peaked 40 years ago when Norman Lear, the legendary producer of these and many other memorable and often provocative shows, was in his prime. The 92-year-old sitcom wizard has a new memoir out called Even This I Get to Experience. He’ll also be at the Music Academy’s Hahn Hall on Friday, March 6, at 5:30 p.m. to sit down with another sitcom hall of famer, Newhart’s Barry Kemp, for a discussion on the topic of “Laughter and Social Change.” The program is part of the Antioch In Conversation series and will include both illustrative clips from Lear’s work and plenty of inspiring and insider showbiz information. As his memoir amply demonstrates, Lear was not only a witness but also often a participant in nearly every consequential battle for freedom from censorship fought by television

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AMERICAN GIRL The term “Americana” gets thrown around loosely by music critics hunting and pecking for a convenient catchall to convey that crossroads where the roots of country, rock, folk, R&B, soul, and blues become entangled and break through the pavement of each other’s conventions. In the case of singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams, who will grace the stage of the Lobero Theatre this Friday, March 6, there is no better way to describe her sound. In fact, she may just be the perfect embodiment of said precarious genre. The back-road career path of the Louisiana-born poet’s daughter (her father was renowned writer Miller Williams) has been a paced grind. She began as an early ’70s, upstart singer/songwriter enamored of Townes Van Zandt and then blossomed into a recording artist, albeit one who survived RETURNS TO in relative obscurity for nearly 20 years. Then came the breakthrough: 1998’s Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, the heartland and heartbreakinformed masterpiece that finally garnered Williams worldwide critical acclaim, commercial success, and even a Grammy to boot. The praise has more or less endured, with Williams releasing a steady flow of strong records ever since. Time magazine named her “America’s Best Songwriter” in 2002, and she’s fully deserved each of the three Grammy awards she’s won along the way, yet she still possesses an endearing outsider status. Williams has always been somewhat of a buried national treasure, discovered and shared among music lovers like a best-kept secret. Her voice is beautiful yet flawed just enough to prove its authenticity, set to music that evokes a Stonesy swagger softened by Southern nuance. Her songs are like vignettes depicting the sweet imperfections of life and love, populated by hopeful characters that would feel hopeless and homeless anywhere else. Now at age 61, Williams is showing no sign of slowing down. She’s now touring in support of her excellent new 20-song double LP, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, her 11th studio album and first to be released on her own label, Highway  Records. Whether or not you consider yourself an Americana fan, she’s not to be missed. For tickets and info, call 963-0761 or visit lobero .com. — Marko DeSantis

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FLOCK: BIRDS ON THE BRINK

BRINGS CONTEMPORARY ART TO LOTUSLAND by Charles Donelan of pairs of nests. A bushtit nest of Spanish moss competes with the human-made objects in the room for pride of place in its delicacy and attention to craft. Next door, the theme shifts to murmuration, as David Hochbaum’s sculpture of the same name wings its way across the ceiling. Elsewhere, veteran birder Robyn Geddes has supplied several of his signature paintings featuring birds in imaginary architectural settings. Juan Fontanive’s oxide-powered flip animation gives off jolts of both visual and auditory energy as it emits sounds as well as constantly morphing images. While artists like Keith Puccinelli, Penelope Gottlieb, and Esther Traugot supply their bird stories with telltale elements of human hybridization and reflection, James Hodgson expresses his passion for documenting the creatures in their natural habitats with reverent, beautifully executed bird portraits that eschew commentary in favor of direct witness. In the “millinery” room, several tributes to Madame Walska’s feather-powered hat collection make their appearance. As was the case with Swarm, things loosen up considerably in the final room, where Alan Macy’s robotic wing chair beckons those who wish to synchronize their respiration with the beating of a pair of large white wings. But don’t expect to get much rest in there — Fatemeh Burnes’s large paintings assert their presence with densely layered imagery that implies an energy extending well beyond the boundaries of the picture plane. In the center of the room, a large cage filled with very active, brightly colored birds and amplified musical equipment alternates between producing a dull roar and projecting birdy cacophony. For the first time since Lotusland began this alliance with contemporary art, the exhibition extends out of the galleries and into the gardens, where a variety of subtle installations insinuate themselves among the already stunning array of plants and trees. The discovery of these clever interventions is perhaps best left to the visitor, but I’ll let one example, that of Gary Smith’s human-scale nests, stand for the spirit of them all. They are made of organic materials found on-site, and, like the birds they pay tribute to, sometimes lurk in places where you least expect them.

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n a small, darkened room at Lotusland, there’s a video playing that is so suspenseful it’s almost unbearable. In Bobe’s Legend, Milan-based performance artist Robert Gligorov lies on his back with his profile to the camera. When he opens his mouth, a live bird pokes its head out and looks around. Excruciating seconds go by before the baby bird leaves this unusual nest and flies away. The same action is repeated several times with different small birds, each one acting more carefully than the one before it. Multiple questions crowd the mind as one waits for each of these creatures to leap to safety — what would happen if he coughed? Or worse yet, swallowed? How did the artist manage to hold still as tiny claws and beaks poked the inside of his mouth and scratched the tender skin of his lips? Bobe’s Legend is just one of more than 50 provocative works that guest curator Nancy Gifford has assembled for Flock, the latest in a series of contemporary art exhibitions to take place at Lotusland, the world-renowned botanical garden in Montecito. For the occasion, 35 international artists have transformed the galleries and gardens there into an extended meditation on the fate of birds and their habitats in an increasingly inhospitable world. Visitors who remember Swarm, Lotusland’s 2013 art exhibit about bees, will be delighted to find that while the same sophisticated sensibility evident in that show is at work, Flock is augmented by an even more expansive vision and includes seven delightful installations that go beyond the gallery walls and out into the gardens. The first room to receive the Flock treatment is the salon where Lotusland ordinarily presents lectures. There one can see large photos by Sharon Beals showing nests and eggs that have been collected by various natural history museums. These elegant, formal compositions express the incredible variation in nest-building styles and materials, even among birds of the same species. These images are in turn surrounded by Nathan Huff ’s dramatic owl wallpaper, and a vitrine on the far wall contains the carefully arranged remains of several meals eaten by the owls that live and hoot at Lotusland. The show continues in the courtyard between the buildings with several pieces that attempt to capture birds’ irrepressible energy. Carlos Padilla’s sound/ font sculpture creates patterns on the surface of water that emanate from sound recordings of night birds. The space above visitors’ heads is filled with dozens of empty black birdcages; their doors open to reinforce the message of the piece’s title, which is “Silent Spring.” Inside the galleries that have been carved out of Madame Ganna Walska’s former home is a sequence of specially curated rooms that gives Flock its narrative structure. The “nest” room to your left contains images of nest making, including Philip Koplin’s charming cabinet of curiosities and S. Gayle Stevens’s collodion image grid

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In the Red and Brown Water. At UCSB’s Hatlen Theater, Saturday, February 28. Shows through March 7. Reviewed by Charles Donelan

lthough the elliptical universe of contemporary African-American theater continues to oscillate and revolve, for the moment, UCSB occupies its radiant center. By recruiting Shirley Jo Finney of the Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles to direct In the Red and Brown Water, UCSB’s BFA acting program faculty has reunited the most promising African-American playwright of his generation, Tarell Alvin McCraney, with one of his most sympathetic interpreters. Add in a cast that includes some of the most talented students in UCSB’s program, and the result is a magical evening that points to what, in an age of intense competition from popular culture and digital media, the purpose of live theater may become. When we ﬁrst meet Oya (Joré Aaron-Broughton), she’s the teenage daughter of Mama Moja (Zurian Zarate) and a high school track star living in a derelict Florida housing project. Set designer Frederica Nascimento’s powerful triptych set piece gives Oya and the ensemble plenty of room to move through the communal musical dance segments that establish and amplify the characters’ connections to the gods and goddesses of the Yoruba. In her journey, Oya encounters multiple manifestations of these emissaries, and one of them, Shango (Rigoberto Sanchez), captures much more than her heart. Charles Grant, Roberto Tolentino, Tonea Lolin, Emily Newsome, Dillon Francis, and Andre Taylor excel as the supporting cast in one of this theater sea■ son’s most exciting theatrical events.

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hroughout the modern era, artists have turned to insects in search of metaphors to convey the intensity and alienation of contemporary life. From Bernard Mandeville’s fable of the bees in 1714 to Franz Kafka’s story about Gregor Samsa’s metamorphosis into a beetle in 1915, the perspective on human behavior has resulted in an extraordinarily wide range of ideas and disputes. Of all these buggy meditations, Karel and Josef Capek’s 1921 play The Insect Comedy, onstage now in an excellent student production at Westmont, may be the most thorough. Not only does this elaborate satirical moral allegory include the widest variety of insects — butterflies, moths, beetles, ants, crickets, and flies — it also commands the broadest array of human behaviors. From romantic love to miserliness to fascist totalitarianism, these bugs have seen and done it all. Thanks to director John Blondell’s inventive vision, not to mention the disciplined efforts of a talented cast, this production succeeds in rendering what could become an inconclusive grab bag of attitudes into a coherent piece of theater. The key decision that propels The Insect Comedy is the choice to exclude overly metamorphic costumes. Costume designer Miller James instead does a superb job of indicating species with variations on human attire; his butterflies wear brightly colored mod dresses and big plastic sunglasses, for example. This in turn frees the cast to express their insect natures through dance, which is where the production reveals its greatest strength. As was apparent in last season’s award-winning The Pirates of Penzance, Blondell has turned Westmont into one of the country’s most progressive places to study movement-based ■ theater, and The Insect Comedy represents another leap forward.

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ou can’t really talk about music education in Santa Barbara without talking about Ike Jenkins,” said Karl Hunter, and we couldn’t agree more. Alongside his Big Bad Voodoo Daddy bandmate Dirk Shumaker, Hunter is just one of the many (many, many) to have crossed the threshold of Jenkins’s classroom over the last four decades.“If it wasn’t for Ike, I never would have started playing music,” he said. This Saturday, Hunter, Shumaker, and the rest of the by Aly Comingore Vo o do o D addy crew will headline a benefit concert for the La Cumbre Junior High School Performing Arts program at the school’s newly erected Performing Arts Center, which currently stands as the only public performance space on the Westside. Almost as importantly, though, the night is being billed as a tribute to Ike Jenkins, who this year celebrates 45 years of teaching music to the students of Santa Barbara. Since coming to La Cumbre Junior High in 1971, Jenkins has taught classes, conducted big bands, and imparted his love of music to young instrumentalists throughout the . He taught La Cumbre, then Dos Pueblos and Santa Barbara high schools, and he currently serves as the musical director for the Monday Madness Big Band at SBCC. He’s also as invested as ever in the state of music education in our public schools. While we can easily rattle off a long list of Jenkins’s accolades, we thought it best if you heard the word from those who witnessed the man in action. Below, Hunter and Shumaker reflect on the lifelong impact and friendship of Ike Jenkins.

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“I graduated from Dos Pueblos in 1989, and I had Ike for my last three years there. When I started, I was playing clarinet. I was terrible, and I didn’t care. Ike came in [to teach] the second half of that first semester, and once I heard his band and saw how he taught, I really got interested in music. After a year, maybe a year and half, I knew that I wanted to be a professional musician. It was that quick. “He respects his students. He really tries to figure out what they’re into and turn them on to things that they’ll like. He’s really into students being involved in what the music is. If they have ideas, he’s into it. And we learned a lot not just about music; we learned about how to dress sharp and how to act professional and how to be courteous because he’s such a nice guy himself. Every kid that was there was totally excited to be there and wanted to perform well for him because he’s like a friend. And he’s remained one of my best friends my whole life. He’s just an amazing person.” —Karl Hunter, sax and clarinet, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy “I was in junior high when I met Ike. It was 1978, and he was the music teacher at La Cumbre. I played trombone and was in the concert band and the jazz band, and he was the conductor. Coming from elementary school, where you just had one teacher, to La Cumbre, going into the band room and having him as the director was just spectacular. He had posters up on the wall and a record player. We’d listen to music. It was just amazing. “As a teacher, he’d always encourage us to listen — to the performance, to what the artist was doing — whether it was jazz or pop or show tunes or classical or choral music. The way he teaches, he really just speaks to young people. You want to learn from him. When I was younger, we all wanted to know what he was going to say. Some teachers you turn off, but Ike always had a way of really communicating with you. He really got under your skin and made you want to —Dirk Shumaker, bass, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy learn, which was awesome.”

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f you’re a proponent of good ole-fashioned rock ’n’ roll, you’ve probably already made up your mind about the world of electronic dance music. I know this because I am one of you, a stalwart believer in real instruments played by real people in real time. But I’m also a believer in admitting when you’re wrong. This is where Robert DeLong comes in. The 29-year-old Seattleby Aly Comingore bred songwriter is currently making waves in and out of the dance clubs, playing festivals, touring vigorously, and winning over tastemakers around the world. His music is, for all intents and purposes, electronic dance music. It’s made on computers, played live via MIDI controllers, and filled with all of the 8-bit bleeps, bloops, and bass drops that I’ve come to associate with a sweaty warehouse rave. All of this said, DeLong does really sing his songs, and they’re good, catchy, blast-beat-filled jams. He even reminds me a little bit of The Postal Service, albeit after five strong cups of coffee and maybe a tab of ecstasy. It’s all interesting and intriguing enough — until you see it live. In real life, DeLong champions the kind of show that would leave most seasoned concertgoers’ mouths agape. He plays the drums and sings and generally runs amok, manually building his little sonic worlds into huge, room-shaking bangers, oftentimes with the help of video-game controllers he’s jerry-rigged into MIDI triggers. If you want to see this for yourself, YouTube does it some justice. Or, better still, you can head out to SOhO Restaurant & Music Club this Saturday, March 7, and catch DeLong live in the flesh. In anticipation, we played a little getting-to-know-you game with the man many are calling EDM’s newest game changer. Name: Robert DeLong Age: 29 Hometown: Just outside of Seattle, Washington. When did you start playing music? Since I was really young. My dad is a drummer. We had a piano in the house, but I started taking lessons when I was 10 or 11. First instrument you played: Drums. What was your first band? We were called No Leaf Clover. It was a sad attempt at pop-punk. First concert you attended: Pat Metheny when I was in 4th grade. First EDM show you attended: It was a rave at the Pico Rivera amphitheater in 2009. It was totally dirty; the lineup was nobody anyone has ever heard of, and most of them are probably not still around. What did you think? I had never really given the time of day to dance music until that day. I saw people having a good time in a large group, but I also realized there was a lot more going on in the music than I had ever thought there was. It changed my whole mind-set. I went home and started working on new songs right after that. Tell me about the video-game controllers. That was something that I had been messing around with in college. Once I started performing live, it was kind of a fun thing I wanted to try, and then it really resonated with people. Are you a big gamer? Not really. I played video games, but I wasn’t allowed to have a console or anything like that. I only had computers, which I think was sort of a blessing in disguise. What did you play? My favorite games as a kid were like Monkey Island, Command and Conquer. The only game I ever got good at was Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Finally, what do you think you like about making music? I think the biggest thing is that I feel like it’s something I’m good at, and I don’t feel like I’m good at that many other things. But I get to travel around the world, and I get to do something that millions of people dream of doing. I feel blessed. It’s pretty special.

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Allan Hancock College Library – Children’s book illustrations, ongoing.  S. College Dr., Santa Maria, -. Architectural Foundation Gallery – R. Anthony Askew: Prints PLUS, through Apr. .  E. Victoria St., -. Artamo Gallery – Julia Pinkham: Flight Plan, through Mar. .  W. Anapamu St., -. Atkinson Gallery – Maria Rendón: Missing Rib, through Mar. .  Cliff Dr., Rm. , SBCC, - x. Bella Rosa Galleries – Tom de Walt and Mehosh Dziadzio, through Mar. .  State St., -. Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr. – Voices, ongoing.  Chapala St., -. Cancer Ctr. of S.B. – Art Heals, a permanent exhibit.  Pueblo St., -. Carpinteria Arts Ctr. – Figure It Out, Mar. Apr. - .  Linden Ave., Carpinteria, -. Casa Dolores – Bandera Ware, through May .  Bath St., -. Channing Peake Gallery – Under the Influence: Responses to Place, through June . S.B. County Administration Bldg.,  E. Anapamu St., -. Corridan Gallery – Into the City, through Mar. .  N. Milpas St., -. Divine Inspiration Gallery of Fine Art – Sherry Spear: Whimsy, through Apr. .  State St., -. Faulkner Gallery – The Oak Group and Friends: Reserves of Strength, through Mar. .  E. Anapamu St, -. Flying Goat Cellars – Nancy Yaki, through Mar. .  E. Chestnut Ct., Unit A, Lompoc, -. Gallery  – Iven Vestergaard, through Mar. . La Arcada,  State St., -. Gallery Los Olivos – Two Off the Road, through Apr. .  Grand Ave., Los Olivos, -. Goleta Library – March Art Show, through through Mar. .  N. Fairview Ave., Goleta, -. The Good Life – Wine Country, through Apr. .  Mission Dr., Solvang, -.

Harris and Fredda Meisel Gallery of Art – Reflection, through Apr. .  De la Vina, -. Hospice of S.B. – Diana Valdez: Ocean of Souls, through Apr. .  Alameda Padre Serra, -. Jewish Federation of S.B. – Fiber, Fabulous and Faux, through Apr. .  Chapala St., -. The Lark – Kevin Eddy, ongoing.  Anacapa St., -. Los Olivos Café – Susan Belloni: Love Livin’ in the Valley, through Mar. ; Laurel Sherrie: Capturing Light, through May .  Grand Ave., Los Olivos, -. Lucky Penny – Campbell Baker, ongoing.  Anacapa St., -. Marcia Burtt Studio – Mark Kerckhoff: a celebration of plein air landscapes, through Mar. .  Laguna St., -. MCASB Satellite – Magic Mountain, Mar. -Jan. , . Hotel Indigo,  State St., -. MichaelKate Gallery – Psyched, Mar.  - Apr. .  Santa Barbara St., -. Montecito Aesthetic Institute – eclecticism, through May .  Coast Village Rd., Ste. H, Montecito, -. MultiCultural Ctr. – Zéna Allen: Of Water and the Spirit, through Mar. . UCSB, -. Ojai Café Emporium – Gil and Sue DiCicco, ongoing.  State St., -. Oliver & Espig Gallery of Fine Arts – Gil and Sue DiCicco, ongoing.  State St., -. Pacific Western Bank – Celebrating  Years of I Madonnari Posters, ongoing.  E. Figueroa St., -. Pacifica Graduate Institute – Mythic Threads: Art, Healing and Magic in Bali, ongoing.  Ladera Ln., -. Porch – Billy Woolway, through Apr. .  Santa Claus Ln., Carpinteria, -. El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park – Nihonmachi Revisited: Santa Barbara’s Japanese American Community in Transition, -; Memorias y Facturas, ongoing.  E. Canon Perdido St., -. Red Barn – Rescue, through Mar. . Building , Rm. , UCSB. S.B. Artwalk – Arts & Craft Show, ongoing Sundays. Cabrillo Blvd. at State St. S.B. Tennis Club – Rolling Sculpture, through Mar. ; The Inkspots Statement, Mar.  - Apr. .  Foothill Rd., -. Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery – Frederick Remahl, , through Mar. ; Ringers: Vintage and Contemporary American Masterworks, through May ; Lockwood de Forest Brass Cutouts, through Dec. .  E. Anapamu St., -. Tamsen Gallery – R.W. Firestone, ongoing.  State St., -. UCSB Library – Girls-in-Justice, through May . UCSB, -. wall space gallery – Bootsy Holler: Nuclear Family, through Apr. .  E. Yanonali St. C-, -. Westmont Ridley-Tree Art Museum – Rembrandt and the Jews: The Berger Print Collection, through Mar. .  La Paz Rd., -.

LIVE MUSIC CLASSICAL

First United Methodist Church – Choral Masterworks Concert.  E. Anapamu St., -. FRI: pm S.B. Carriage Museum – S.B. High School Choir: Music Night.  Castillo St., -. SAT: pm S.B. Museum of Art –  State St., -. THU /: Pop-Up Opera: Botticelli to Bel Canto (:pm) THU /: Catalyst Quartet (:pm) The New Victoria Theatre – Notre Dame Glee Club.  W. Victoria St., -. TUE: :pm Trinity Evangelical Church – Accordionaires Orchestra.  N. La Cumbre Rd., -. SAT: pm

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Blush Restaurant & Lounge –  State St., -. SUN: Chris Fossek (pm) Brasil Arts Café –  State St., -. FRI, SAT: Live Brazilian Music (pm) Cambridge Drive Baptist Church –  Cambridge Dr., Goleta, -. FRI: Jill Knight, Lisa Danhi (:pm) Chumash Casino Resort –  E. Hwy. , Santa Ynez, () -. FRI: Gary Valenciano (pm) THU: Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band (pm) Cold Spring Tavern –  Stagecoach Rd., -. FRI: Sol Tree (-pm) SAT: John Lyle (-pm); Cuyama Mama (-pm) SUN: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan (:-pm); Teresa Russell and Cocobilli (::pm) The Creekside –  Hollister Ave., -. FRI: Cloud Ship (pm) SAT: Grooveshine (pm) WED: Country Night (pm) Dargan’s –  E. Ortega St., -. TUE: Karaoke (pm) WED: Karaoke - The Band (:pm) THU: Traditional Irish Music (:pm) Dos Pueblos High School –  Alameda Ave., Goleta, -. FRI: Jazz in Paradise (all day) El Montecito Early School –  E. Valley Rd., -. FRI: Grandparents Day Concert (am) Endless Summer Bar/Café –  Harbor Wy., -. FRI: Acoustic guitar and vocals (:pm) EOS Lounge –  Anacapa St., -. THU: Vanity Thursdays FRI: Yacht Club Fridays SAT: #ExpectGreatness Saturdays WED: Bailamos Salsa Night Fé Bland Forum – SBCC,  Cliﬀ Dr., -. SUN: SBCC Faculty Student Concert (pm) Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. –  Anacapa St., -. FRI: Live Music (pm) SAT: The Caverns (-pm) The Goodland –  Calle Real, -. THU: Live Music Thursdays (pm) Granada Theatre –  State St., -. SAT: Philip Claypool with Carlos Reyes (pm) Hoﬀmann Brat Haus –  State St., -. THU: Live Music Thursdays (pm) Indochine –  State St., -. TUE: Indie Night (pm) WED: Karaoke (:pm) The James Joyce –  State St., -. THU: Alastair Greene Band (pm) FRI: Kinsella Brothers Band (pm) SAT: Ulysses Jazz Band (:-:pm) SUN, MON: Karaoke (pm) TUE: Teresa Russell (pm) WED: Grooveshine (pm) La Cumbre Jr. High School –  Modoc Rd, -. SAT: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (pm) Lobero Theatre –  E. Canon Perdido St., -. FRI: Lucinda Williams (pm) Maverick Saloon –  Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, -. FRI: Hollywood Hillbillies (pm) SAT: Hollywood Hillbillies ( and pm) WED: Tales from the Tavern: Dave Stamey (pm) O’Malleys and the Study Hall –  State St., -. THU: College Night with DJ Gavin Moby Dick Restaurant –  Stearns Wharf, -. WED-SAT: Derroy (pm) SUN: Derroy (am) Monty’s –  Hollister Ave., Goleta, -. THU: Karaoke Night (pm) Old Town Tavern –  Orange Ave., Goleta, -. WED, FRI, SAT: Karaoke Night (:pm)

Palapa Restaurant –  State St., -. FRI: Live Mariachi Music (:-pm) Reds Tapas & Wine Bar –  Helena Ave., -. THU: Live Music (pm) Roundin’ Third –  Calle Real, -. THU, TUE: Locals Night (pm) S.B. Maritime Museum –  Harbor Wy., #, -. SAT: Ukulele music and singing (-:pm) Sandbar –  State St., -. WED: Big Wednesday (pm) SOhO Restaurant & Music Club –  State St., -. THU: SWIMM, Aﬁshnsea the Moon, Pleasure (pm) FRI: I Want My ’s (pm) SAT: Young Singers (pm); Robert DeLong (pm) SUN: Fundraiser for Best Buddies (:pm) MON: SBCC Monday Madness Jazz Band (:pm) TUE: Khasy Modisette, Christina Apostolopoulos, John Craige, Easy Leaves (:pm) WED: Martin Sexton, Brothers McCann (pm) THU: Adam Hawk, Grizzly Business, The John SUNN Arkestra (:pm) Statemynt –  State St., -. THU: DJ Akorn WED: Blues Night (pm) Tiburon Tavern –  State St., - FRI: Karaoke Night (:pm) Velvet Jones –  State St., -. THU: College Night (pm) FRI: Beta Play, Dark Waves, The Blues and Greys, Bad Romantics (pm) SAT: RJ (pm) MON: Quest, Lucki Eck$, JK THE READER, SdotBrady (pm) Whiskey Richards –  State St., -. WED: Punk on Vinyl (pm) FRI: Grooveshine (pm) SUN: Americana Sunday w/ Matt Armor and Friends (-pm) MON: Open Mike Night (pm) Wildcat –  W. Ortega St., -. THU: DJs Hollywood and Patrick B SUN: Red Room with DJ Gavin Roy (pm) TUE: Local Band Night (pm) Zodo’s –  Calle Real, Goleta, -. THU: KjEE Thursday Night Strikes (:-:pm) MON: Service Industry Night (pm)

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f you’re searching for a director with street cred to make a rock-and-roll film about the 1960s garage rock scene, it would be harder to beat Neil Norman’s qualifications. “I used to walk down Sunset Strip with Lenny Bruce when I was a little kid,” said Norman, who recently finished a film about the California proto-psych band The Seeds. I phoned Norman in his “very pastoral” Moorpark home last week to talk about the screening of the film this weekend in Carpinteria. How did Neil rate such a walk on the wild side? “Because of my dad — you know my father had basically five careers,” he explained about his famous papa Gene Norman (93 and still active, thank you very much). Gene’s list of accomplishments spans actor, disc jockey, record producer, label chief of GNP Crescendo Records, and owner of two of the hippest nightclubs in pre-longhaired Hollywood, the Crescendo and the Interlude, where, among other pleasures, son Neil got to see Jimi Hendrix playing as a sideman for Joey “Peppermint Twist” Dee.“I knew even then he was going to be a star,” said Neil. And most of that happened before he got a driver’s license. Growing up between Hollywood and Malibu — Neil still surfs and was even out at the Rincon a few months back — he got an eyeful and an earful while his dad was building his Hollywood empire. Besides Bruce, who played Gene’s club, young Norman got to see the musical world shift on its axis from Sinatra to the British Invasion, through the surf guitars of Dick Dale and into the apex of Sunset Strip life.“I saw John Mayall and Led Zeppelin at the Whiskey a Go Go,” he said. Eventually he moved around the corner from Frank and Gail Zappa. In the meantime, his father signed The Seeds. For those doomed not to remember the ’60s, Sky Saxon’s band was weird in a weird but democratic rock genre. Garage rock bands such as the Standells, the Kingsmen, and the Castaways were born in the mid-1960s as an answer to rock’s Pat Boone and Bobby Darin era, arriving just before the Beatles. They often get paradoxically blamed for birthing both psychedelic rock and punk, but The Seeds were clearly the gateway drug to either musical high. Signed by Norman’s dad after being rejected by all the majors, The Seeds’“Pushin’ Too Hard” caught on, and before he knew it, Neil was in the hurricane’s eye of stardom right alongside the band.“They were huge, and I was sort of their mascot,” said Neil, who remembers a show where the Doors opened for Saxon. “One time I went with them to an Oxnard show that [promoter] Jim Salzer did, and it was full-on Beatlemania. Women were screaming so loud — they were all over him.” Fame and LSD took its toll on the boys who wrote a long song (“Up in Her Room”) so cool that people like Iggy Pop and Beach Boy Bruce Johnston both fixated on it. Both feature prominently in Neil’s doc. Shown in the ongoing series of Boomer-enriched films at Carp’s lovely Plaza Playhouse Theater, the film is big on talking heads and chronicles the band’s trip up and back. Neil, who is articulate and Santa Barbara friendly — he once owned a home on Hollister Ranch — will be on the premises to answer questions, which will certainly be a contact high for those who remember “Mr. Farmer,” an enigmatic anthem for strange old days.“I was there,” said Norman. “And I just had to tell the story of what real rock and roll was like.”

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ear the beginning of this latest revamp of the Frankenstein myth — itself a revision of good old Prometheus — the dull-witted scientists at Berkeley’s fictional Saint Paternus College successfully bring a dog back to life. After accomplishing the most desperate desire humanity has ever yearned after, our apparently idiotic researchers take a vow of silence and toast themselves with tepid off-brand champagne. Then they scurry home to bed, bringing the revived dog with them on a leash. Here is my puzzler: See if DOA: Starring (from left) Olivia Wilde, Evan Peters, and Mark Duplass, you can correctly identify their dumbest The Lazarus Effect is a poorly written and boringly conceived take on the move. Right. They should have sprung for Frankenstein myth. the expensive stuff. Besides harboring stupid plot points and multiple up with this poorly written and boringly conceived cross promising ideas that fizzle into inanity and then lead to between Flatliners and Pet Sematary? Admittedly, he excels an almost perfectly un-scary conclusion, there is also the at the opening credits, which are a long, juicy cavalcade of matter of wasted talent. In the ads, Olivia Wilde looks organs, tissue, and goopy liquids. These might be leftover great with black contact lenses, and we know she can work shots from the sushi movie, but it works. Unfortunately, wonders in a mad scene (remember her in Her?), and the horror ends a few seconds later when the film begins. indie darling Mark Duplass is usually the soul of moral Maybe Gelb felt as if he were slumming, or maybe the ambiguity replete with anxious tics, but here nothing studio took over, but the movie that should have given us a either plausible or outlandish comes off the screen from techie take on a fine idea comes off as a confusing drive-in either of them. And there is still another, deeper mystery: exploitation flick. The audience is left only with the distinct Why would director David Gelb, who made the honest, impression that something died in front of them and left beautiful documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, want to follow behind the stinky remains of some promising careers. ■

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he witty, poignant feature-length debut from thirty-something Israeli filmmaker Talya Lavie, Zero Motivation is an offbeat coming-of-age story set on a remote Israeli Defense Forces base in the desert. Stationed there is a ragtag unit of conscripted young women, who while away their two-year compulsory military GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK: Zero Motivation is an offbeat dramedy about a service with record-breaking Minesweeper group of young women stationed at an Israeli military base. marathons, virginity-vanquishing missions, and other boredom-combating alternatives to their mind-numbing and menial clerical duties, most Taking a page from the Pulp Fiction handbook, writer/ memorably embodied by a painfully slow paper shredder. director Lavie splits the narrative into three stories, each Early into the film, one of the pencil-pushing focusing on a different character but all involving the same antiheroines reveals to a new arrival the top-secret location players. This device — along with the film’s sudden tonal of the base’s sole pair of staple guns, and the reverential shifts, playful camerawork, and clever score — lends Zero introduction of these supplies evokes both Office Space Motivation a certain comic-book feel, which is grounded and the Chekhovian principle that a gun shown in the by relatable performances from the female-dominated first act must go off by the third. By the time the staples ensemble and Lavie’s smart script. Despite the sometimes start flying in an absurd yet emotionally charged shootout surreal, oftentimes jarring breaks from the mundane toward film’s end, you’re not entirely sure whether things peppered throughout, this new director’s assured style and will end comically or tragically, an uneasy sensation felt the more-than-capable cast keep the film’s flights of fancy in check and its heart from going completely AWOL. ■ throughout this unpredictable, deft dramedy. independent.com

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A beautiful young student falls for a handsome yet tormented billionaire. Fifty Shades is often dismissed as fodder for sexually frustrated housewives, but the ﬁlm is for any adult who likes their movies a little bit silly and more than a little bit sexy. (KS) Fairview/Paseo Nuevo Focus (104 mins.; R: language, some sexual

FIRST LOOKS The Lazarus Eﬀect (83 mins.; PG-13: intense sequences of horror violence, terror, and some sexual references) Reviewed on page 57. Fairview/Fiesta 5

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PREMIERES Chappie (120 mins.; R: violence, language, brief nudity)

In the future, police oﬃcers are replaced by an oppressive robotic task force. When one police droid is stolen and reprogrammed, he becomes the ﬁrst robot to think for himself. Camino Real/Metro 4 Cinderella (112 mins.; PG: mild thematic elements)

This live-action ﬁlm retells the classic fairytale about a servant stepdaughter who becomes the object of aﬀection for the kingdom’s prince. Fairview/Fiesta 5

The Seeds: Pushin’ Too Hard

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A veteran conman (Will Smith) is thrown for a loop when a woman from his past — who is now a skillful femme fatale — resurfaces. Arlington/Camino Real

Neil Norman directs this documentary about the rise and reign of 1960s psychrock act The Seeds.

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David Oyelowo stars as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in this historical drama about the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Oyelowo gives a humanizing breakout performance in this highly watchable slice of history. (JF)

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Queen and Country (115 mins.; NR) Writer/director John Boorman’s sequel to 1987’s Hope and Glory reconnects with an adult Bill Rohan and his eccentric best friend, Percy, as they look for love.

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With the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel booked to capacity, Sonny (Dev Patel) pursues his dream of opening a second hotel. Fairview/Paseo Nuevo Unﬁnished Business (91 mins.; R: some strong risqué sexual content/graphic nudity, language, and drug use) A small business owner and his associates travel to Europe to close an important deal, but while they’re there, things go unimaginably wrong. Vince Vaughn stars.

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SCREENINGS Fruitvale Station (85 mins.; R: some violence, language throughout, and some drug use)

In this ﬁlm based on a true story, a 22-year-old Bay Area man named Oscar navigates through the ﬁnal day of 2008.

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A decorated Navy SEAL sniper (Bradley Cooper) returns home and struggles to reconnect with civilian life after four tours of duty. Cooper is terriﬁc, beefed up and stoic, determined instead of crazy-eyed. And Clint Eastwood’s no-nonsense direction style pushes us through the melodramatic script moments. (DJP)

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✯ Birdman (119 mins.; R: language throughout, some sexual content, brief violence) 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) Paseo Nuevo

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Filmmaker Laura Poitras delivers this first-person account of her interactions with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Poitras’s film plays out like a triumphant, tension-filled masterpiece that benefits from, rather than crumbles under, its limitations. (AC) Plaza de Oro

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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)

A high school senior fights to change her school’s social pecking order after finding out she’s been labeled a “Designated Ugly Fat Friend.” What elevates this movie from entertaining to straight-up enchanting is the impossibly winning Mae Whitman and her off-the-charts chemistry with onscreen beau Robbie Amell. (KS) Metro 4

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A La Mala (99 mins.; NR) An aspiring actress finds a lucrative new side job: flirting with women’s boyfriends to test their fidelity. Fiesta 5 McFarland, USA (128 mins.; PG: thematic material, some violence and language) A cross-country coach (Kevin Costner) in a small California town leads his team to championship glory. Camino Real/Fiesta 5 Mr. Turner (150 mins.; R: some sexual content)

Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky, Another Year) writes and directs this look at the later-life years of eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner. For all of Leigh’s gorgeous 19th-century scenery, the ﬁlm’s characters border on the squalid. (DJP) Riviera

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(June 21 - July 22): â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright,â&#x20AC;? said heavyweight German philosopher Walter Benjamin, a fellow Cancerian. I am happy to report that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good chance you will soon be blessed with an extraordinary measure of this worry-free self-awareness. And when you do â&#x20AC;&#x201D; when you are basking in an expanded self-knowledge infused with self-love and self-appreciation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some of your chronic fear will drop away, and you will have at your disposal a very useful variety of happiness.

(Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): I love the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shine On You Crazy Diamondâ&#x20AC;? by Pink Floyd. Other favorites are Toolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Third Eyeâ&#x20AC;? and Yo La Tengoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pass the Hatchet, I Think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Goodkind.â&#x20AC;? But all of these tunes have a similar problem. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more than 10 minutes long. Even before my attention span got shrunk by the Internet, listening to them tested my patience. Now I have to forcefully induce a state of preternatural relaxation if I want to hear them all the way through. In the coming days, Libra, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be like a too-much-of-a-good-thing song. Be willing to edit yourself. Observe concise boundaries. Get to the point quickly. (Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be rewarded for it.)

TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20): Whenever I close my eyes and seek psychic visions of your near future, I see heroic biblical scenes. Moses is parting the Red Sea. Joseph is interpreting Pharaohâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream. Jesus is feeding 5,000 people with ďŹ ve loaves of bread and two ďŹ sh. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the meaning of my reveries? Well, this psychic stuďŹ&#x20AC; is tricky, and I hesitate to draw deďŹ nitive conclusions. But if I had to guess, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d speculate that you are ripe to provide a major blessing or perform an unprecedented service for people you care about.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): In a New Yorker cartoon, Tom Gauld outlines â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Four Undramatic Plot Structuresâ&#x20AC;?: (ď&#x203A;&#x153;) â&#x20AC;&#x153;The hero is confronted by an antagonistic force and ignores it until it goes away.â&#x20AC;? (ď&#x2DC;ş) â&#x20AC;&#x153;The protagonist is accused of wrongdoing, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a big thing and soon gets sorted out.â&#x20AC;? (ď&#x2DC;ť)â&#x20AC;&#x153;The heroine is faced with a problem but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really, really diďŹ&#x192;cult so she gives up.â&#x20AC;? (ď&#x2DC;ź) â&#x20AC;&#x153;A man wants something. Later, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so sure. By suppertime heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forgotten all about it.â&#x20AC;? In my astrological opinion, Gemini, you should dynamically avoid all four of those fates. Now is a time for you to take brave, forceful action as you create dramatic plot twists that serve your big dreams. Homework: Devise a plan not to get back to where you once belonged but rather to where you must some day belong. Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22): â&#x20AC;&#x153;As you get older, the heart sheds its leaves like a tree,â&#x20AC;? said French novelist Gustave Flaubert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You cannot hold out against certain winds. Each day tears away a few more leaves; and then there are the storms that break oďŹ&#x20AC; several branches at one go. And while natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greenery grows back again in the spring, that of the heart never grows back.â&#x20AC;? Do you agree with Flaubert, Leo? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. I say that you can live with such resilient innocence that your heartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leaves grow back after a big wind and become ever-more lush and hardy as you age. You can send down such deep, strong roots and stretch your branches toward the sun with such vigor that your heart always has access to the replenishment it needs to ďŹ&#x201A;ourish. The coming weeks will provide evidence that what I say is true.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will not wait to love as best as I can,â&#x20AC;? says writer Dave Eggers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your keynote for the coming weeks, Virgo. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your wake-up call and the rose-scented note under your pillow and the message scrawled in lipstick on your bathroom mirror. If there is any part of you that believes love will be better or fuller or more perfect in the future, tell that part of you to shut up and embrace this tender command: Now is the time to love with all of your heart and all of your soul and all of your mind.

capital, while Abidjan is the actual capital, where the main governmental action takes place. I suspect thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a comparable split in your personal realm, Capricorn: a case of mixed dominance. Maybe thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing; maybe it allows for a balance of power between competing interests. Or perhaps itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit confusing, causing a split in your attention that hampers you from expressing a uniďŹ ed purpose. Now would be a favorable time to think about how well the division is working for you, and to tinker with it if necessary.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone on three book tours and done my spoken-word show in scores of bookstores. But one of my favorite author events took place at the Avenue C Laundromat in New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s East Village. There I performed with two other writers as part of the Dirty Laundry: Loads of Prose reading series. It was a boisterous event. All of us authors were extra loose and goofy, and the audience oďŹ&#x20AC;ered a lot of funny, good-natured heckling. The unusual location freed everyone up to have maximum amusement. I see the coming weeks as a time when you, too, might thrive by doing what you do best in seemingly out-of-context situations. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not outright invited to do so, I suggest you invite yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): Sneaking around isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessary, Scorpio. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no useful power to be gained by hiding information or pursuing secret agendas. This is not a time when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essential for you to be a master of manipulation whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 steps ahead of everyone else. For now, you are likely to achieve maximum success and enjoy your life the most if you are curious, excitable, and transparent. I invite you to embody the mindset of a creative, precocious child who has a loving mommy and daddy.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the ďŹ rst humans to reach the summit of Mount Everest. It took them seven weeks to climb the 29,029-foot peak. In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh got into a bathyscaphe and sailed to the lowest point on the planet, the Mariana Trench at the bottom of the PaciďŹ c Ocean. It took them four hours and 47 minutes to go down 36,070 feet. Based on my analysis of your astrological omens, I think the operative metaphor for you in the coming weeks should be the deep descent, not the steep ascent. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to explore and hang out in the depths rather than the heights.

PISCES (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20): When Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor of California in 2003, the state had the eighth largest economy in the world, right behind Italy and just ahead of Brazil. Schwarzenegger had never before held political oďŹ&#x192;ce. When Cambodian doctor Haing Ngor performed in the ďŹ lm The Killing Fields, for which he ultimately won an Oscar, he had no training as an actor. He was a novice. Will you try to follow in their footsteps, Pisces? Is it possible you could take on a role for which you have no preparation or seasoning? According to my divinations, the answer is yes. But is it a good idea? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more complex issue. Trust your gut.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19): The African country of Ivory Coast has two diďŹ&#x20AC;erent capital cities. Yamoussoukro is the oďŹ&#x192;cial

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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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Beer of the Week Bell’s Two Hearted Ale: Sure this is California, land of IPAs so brilliant they could numb your tongue permanently with hops, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t welcome one of the U.S.’s most wonderful IPAs: Bell’s Two Hearted Ale. This Michigan ale has long been considered one of the country’s best, and at last it’s available in Santa Barbara County. While it’s not a CA hop‑bomb, no lupulin lover will be disappointed with the burst of 100% Centennial hops on the nose (particularly) and on the palate. Piney, sure, but even more citrus on the attack. But what Two Hearted Ale has many West Coast IPAs lack is a hearty malty backbone. What else would you expect from the Midwest, but brilliant, solid balance? Just watch, as that balance makes it drink like session beer, but it does clock in at 7% ABV — not something staggering, but it will slow you down after a couple. And you’ll want a couple. See bellsbeer.com. —George Yatchisin

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FARMER BOY OPENING IN JUNE: Farmer Boy Restaurant, which opened in 1958 at  State Street, closed late last year when the original owner, Ralph Karleskint, decided to sell the business. New owner John Bennett, whose family operates several restaurants in town, including Brophy Bros. and Benchmark Eatery, says that the new Farmer Boy will be “a fresh take on a classic diner.” Bennett hopes to reopen the restaurant in June. CORK AND FORK RADIO: Last week, radio personality John Henigin interviewed The Restaurant Guy on the popular show Cork and Fork Radio KZSB-AM . The show airs Fridays at noon with replays on Sundays at 5 p.m., and streaming is available anytime on their website, corkandforkradio.com. The next show on Friday, March 6, will focus on honey, bees, and beekeeping. The cohost will be Todd Bebb, a member of Beekeepers in Santa Barbara County. Honey history, beneﬁts, shortage of bees, and the subject of why you may want a hive in your yard will be discussed. Another topic on Friday is the Taste of Solvang, which takes place March 18-22. A member of the Taste of Solvang committee will give information on air and will give away a pair of tickets. SICILY BY GINO: Gino Milano is back at  East

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akenoya Restaurant on Calle Real in Goleta closed in late 2013, but the ownership and most of the staff have returned to open Tume Sushi at  Chapala Street, the former home of Adama and Casa de Sevilla. Yume Sushi will be very different from Takenoya, offering more of a relaxed, Westernstyle Japanese restaurant experience. Co-owner Denise Hsueh tells me that offerings from the extensive menu include a Japanese-style pizza also known as a “seafood pancake,” which is a pan-fried mixture of flour, egg, onion, shredded cabbage, scallop, shrimp, squid, and bacon, topped with okonomiyaki WELCOME BACK: Chef/owner Robert Hsueh (right) and Chef Felix Alonso sauce. Hsueh also recom- (third from right) stand alongside other members of the crew of Yume Sushi. mends a noodle dish called seafood nabe, which includes assorted fish, clam, crab, of his restaurant Sicily by Gino after subleasing the business for four years. The restaurant is open daily for lunch mussel, scallop, shrimp, and vegetables. It’s open Monday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and and dinner and is closed on Mondays. Gino and his wife, 5-10 p.m. Call 965-8873. Connie, took a break from their Ventura spot to open their B&B and cooking school in Sicily as well as a new SANDBAR REOPENS: Reader Bruce tells me that cooking school on the island of Java, Indonesia. Gino Sandbar at  State Street has reopened. The business Milano is well known in Santa Barbara with his Gino’s closed in early December for an extensive remodel and Sicilian Express at  West Figueroa, which he has been now has an open-air bar. running for 18 years.

KONA ICE ROLLS INTO TOWN: Bringing tropical tunes and cups of fluffy snow everywhere it stops, Kona Ice is introducing Santa Barbara to its unique blend of entertainment and gourmet frozen treats.“The community’s first taste of our cool treats and colorful truck will keep them coming back for more,” said Max O’Kieffe, the recent UCSB grad and entrepreneur who plans to shift good times into overdrive with the launch of his new Kona Ice truck. “It will only be a matter of time before our Kona truck captures the hearts, minds, and taste buds of the neighborhoods we serve.” The Kona Ice experience begins as the sounds of tropical calypso music fills the air at each event and group gathering. Customers receive cups of freshly shaved ice and then help themselves to any of the 10 tastes on the truck’s Flavorwave (an interactive dispensing system in which individuals select from one or more flavors) or the additional 20-plus flavors and 500 different combinations available. O’Kieffe is continuing Kona Ice’s tradition of donating thousands of dollars each year to school groups, teams, and community organizations. He pledges to give back a percentage of the proceeds from each stop. Nationwide, Kona Ice has donated more than $25 million dollars to community-based organizations since the launch in June 2007. Visit kona-ice.com.

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filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 2, 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 Jayasinge. FBN Number: 2015‑0000375. Published: Feb 12, 19, 26. Mar 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: All Creatures Great & Small Pet Sitting at 215 South Bonita Santa Maria, CA 93454; Elaine Sgrol (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 4, 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 Eva Chavez. FBN Number: 2015‑0000410. Published: Feb 12, 19, 26. Mar 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MC Plus Bookkeeping at 776 Terni Lane B Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Marcella Gomes Clark (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Lorne H. O’Rourke This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 26, 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 Jayasinge. FBN Number: 2015‑0000264. Published: Feb 12, 19, 26. Mar 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Plumbing Supplies at 621 N. Milpas Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; S.B. Plumbing Supplies, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Kim Bantilan This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 4, 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 Jayasimghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0000407. Published: Feb 12, 19, 26. Mar 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Lepiane Wine Company, Lepiane Wines at 1168 More Ranch Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Alison Thomson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Alison Thomson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 2, 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2015‑0000378. Published: Feb 12, 19, 26. Mar 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Controlled Khaos Catering at 115 S Soledad St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Lorne H O’Rourke (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Lorne H. O’Rourke This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 3, 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2015‑0000394. Published: Feb 12, 19, 26. Mar 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KATE at 1145 “C” Coast Village Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Catherine A. McMahon 124 A Pomar Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Catherine McMahon This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 9, 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: 2015‑0000476. Published: Feb 19, 26. Mar 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FNA, Friday Nights Amateurs at 116 W Islay #3 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Demi Boelsterli (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Demi Boelsterli This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 11, 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: 2015‑0000498. Published: Feb 19, 26. Mar 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Brisamar Engineering 434 Loma Alta Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Henry Steven Owens (Same Address). This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: Henry Steven Owens This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 13, 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: 2015‑0000526 Published: Feb 19, 26. Mar 5, 12 2015.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Preservation Planning Associates at 519 Fig Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Alexandra C. Cole (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Alexander C. Cole This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 30, 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: 2015‑0000363. Published: Feb 19, 26. Mar 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Wildflower 205 Santa Barbara Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Wildflower Foods LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Natalia Martin, Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 20, 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: 2015‑0000213. Published: Feb 19, 26. Mar 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Egerer & Associates, Sunshine Painting And Maintenance at 1187 Coast Village Road #1‑279 Montecito, CA 93108; Justin Egerer (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Justin Egerer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 9, 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: 2015‑0000466. Published: Feb 19, 26. Mar 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Intergrated Sensor Technologies at 7787 Wagon Wheel Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Peter Honor (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Peter Honor This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 21, 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 Adele Bustos. FBN Number: 2015‑0000221. Published: Feb 19, 26. Mar 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Petite Pediatrics 1525 State Street #206 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Charish L Barry 731 E. Anapamu Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Charish L Barry This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 27, 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: 2015‑0000285. Published: Feb 19, 26. Mar 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nascent Energy Solutions at 1482 East Valley Road, Suite 245 Santa Barbara, CA 93108; West End Partners, Inc (Same Address). This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: Peter S. Dealy, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 20, 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: 2015‑0000189 Published: Feb 19, 26. Mar 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Tree Club Monthly at 611 Eucalyptus Ave #3 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; David Rodney Innes (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: David Innes This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 10, 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: 2015‑0000490. Published: Feb 19, 26. Mar 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Jacque Christine Designs at 4986 La Gama Way Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Kings Tavern Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Samuel Book This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 18, 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: 2015‑0000565. Published: Feb 26. Mar 5, 12, 19 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Housekepping at 112 South Canada Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Jose Martinez (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jose J

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Miramar Books at 1114 State Street #306 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Alice E Burke 4162 Cresta Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Brian H Burke (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Alice E. Burke This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 20, 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: 2015‑0000599. Published: Feb 26. Mar 5, 12, 19 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Aesthetic Center For Plastic Surgery, Aesthetic Surgery Center of Santa Barbara at 5333 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Julio Soares MD 4681 Sierra Madre Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Julio Soares This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 26, 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: 2015‑0000675. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dawn Patrol at 324 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Chris Henry 1309 Plaza Pacifica Montecito, CA 93108 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Chris Henry This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 17, 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: 2015‑0000545. Published: Feb 26. Mar 5, 12, 19 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mathilda Apartments at 285 Mathilda Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Christine Bagley 355 Bryant St #302 San Francisco, CA 94107; Jinnene Favor Beck 5550 1/2 Hollister Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Karen M Kahn 933 Cheltenham Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Judith C Ricker 460 Mountain Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Copartners Signed: Judith C. Ricker This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 10, 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: 2015‑0000493. Published: Feb 26. Mar 5, 12, 19 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Roberts Photography of Santa Barbara at 22 Anacapa St. Ste E Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Roberts Photography of Santa Barbara, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Jonathan Little, Managing Officer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 18, 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: 2015‑0000567. Published: Feb 26. Mar 5, 12, 19 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SYV Moms at 1218 Hans Park Trail Solvang, CA 93463; Mientje Darell (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Mientje Darelli This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 6, 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0000439. Published: Feb 26. Mar 5, 12, 19 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Go‑Content at 368 Hillsboro Way Goleta, CA 93117; Emily Soloman (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Emily Soloman This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 28, 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: 2015‑0000318. Published: Feb 26. Mar 5, 12, 19 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Been Jammin Music at 525 Olive Street Snta Barbara, CA 93101; Meridian Entertainment, INC (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Ben Margulies This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 19, 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: 2015‑0000583. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FCC, First Congregational Church of Santa Barbara, Fccsb, Ucc, Fccsbucc at 2101 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; First Congressional Church of Santa Barbara (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Jack R. Orr This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 25, 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 Jessica Sheaff.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Casa Dorinda at 300 Hot Springs Road Montecito, CA 93108; Montecito Retirement (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Robin Drew, CFO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 26, 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: 2015‑0000693 Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: L And F Investor Services at 27 West Anapamu Street, Suite 406 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; L And F Montecito Corp (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Alexandra Merz This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 18, 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: 2015‑0000558. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: XPRTS Wholesalers at 5949 Hollister Avenue Suite A Goleta, CA 93117; Stephan Brissaud 267 Aviano Place Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Stephane Brissaud This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 23, 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 Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 2015‑0000630. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Hamilton & Associates, LLC at 3048 Paseo Del Refugio Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Hamilton & Associates, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 18, 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 Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 2015‑0000566. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Coda Wines at 5249 Foxen Canyon Rd. Los Olivos, CA 93441; Spencer Landon Daley 7944 Winchester Circle Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Lea Fainer, Agent This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 25, 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: 2015‑0000661. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Los Prietos Hotshot Firefighter Support at 4681 Tajo Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Joseph A Duprey (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Joseph A. Duprey This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 25, 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2015‑0000656. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Car Wash Pros, Detail Pros at 3905 State Street, Suite 7210 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Bijan Omid 6689 El Colegio Road Goleta, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Bijan Omid This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 24, 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: 2015‑0000638. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Child Predator Alert, Child Safety Alert, Family Safety Monitoring, Neighborhood Protection, Online Monitoring, Registered Offender Maps, Sex Offender Monitoring, Child Predator Notice, Child Safety Tools, Family Safety Notice, Neighborhood Safety Alert, Sex Offender List, Sex Offender Results, Child Protection, Family Protection, Family Safety Tools, Neighborhood Safety Map, Registered Offender List, Sex Offender Map at 3905 State St Suite 7228 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Scalable Commerce LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 25, 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: 2015‑0000660. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: XO Greeting at 136 E. Yanonoli St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Erika Marie Carter 218 C Santa Barbara St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Erika Carter This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 11, 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: 2015‑0000504. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Phobias Away at 7041 Armstrong Road Goleta, CA 93117; Michael Shierloh (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Michael Shierloh This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 23, 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: 2015‑0000611. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Isla Vista Student Ministry, University Methodist Church, U.ME.I.V., University Methodist Isla Vista, University Methodist Isla Vista, University Church, University United Methodist Church at 892 Camino Del Sur Isla Vista, CA 93117; Santa Barbara Korean United Methodist Church (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Jonathan Garcia, CEO (Chair) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 25, 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2015‑0000669. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Neighbor Tim’s BBQ at 670 Glen Annie Road Goleta, CA 93117; Neighbor Tim’s LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Timothy Goebel This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 27, 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: 2015‑0000708. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Hesperian Sound Divison at 415 Rancheria Street #4 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Nicholas Michael Tillman (same address) Alejandro Elias Zerah 2142 W. 18th Place Chicago, Il 60608 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Nicholas Tillman This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 6, 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: 2015‑0000448. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Solvang Antique Center, Solvang Antiques at 1693 Copenhagen Drive Solvang, CA 93463; Leads Investment LLC 5015 Nottingham Drive Cambria, CA 93428 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 9, 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: 2015‑0000458. Published: Feb 19, 26. Mar 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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In the experience Cottage Health System provides to our patients, clinical skill and state-of-the-art technology are only part of the equation. Equally important is compassion – the demonstration of sincere caring, as fellow human beings, for each patient we are privileged to serve. Along with excellence and integrity, compassion is a Cottage core value. Join us in putting it into practice every single day.

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GEOGRAPHY Directly responsible for the complex administration of a portion of the Department of Geography’s administrative‑, research‑, and instructional‑use servers. Independently designs, builds, repairs, troubleshoots, and tests new student‑instructional lab and end‑user workstation images and automatic installation/configuration templates. Monitors, acts upon, and manages submissions to the end‑user support ticketing system. Diagnoses and analyzes hardware, software, and network problems, performs emergency maintenance, support of client and server hardware and software, installs and configures desktop and server operating systems (Linux, Windows, OS X). Configures audio/visual setup and troubleshoots for conferences, meetings, and classes. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience. Demonstrated problem‑solving, interpersonal, and communication skills. Must be customer service and detail‑oriented. Expert level knowledge of Linux, Windows, and Mac operating systems, computer and IT‑related hardware. Extensive Windows Active Directory and forest/domain implementation and management experience strongly preferred. Note: Fingerprinting required. $4,958/ mo. The University of California is an

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CHILD CARE CENTER Shares responsibility for planning and implementing a quality child care program. Works cooperatively with other staff to coordinate program for entire center. Assumes Lead Teacher responsibilities in her/his absence. Reqs: Hold (or in process) a CA Child Dev Associate Teacher Permit. Must have 12 units in ECE/ Child Development and Associate Teacher permit in process. Infant / Toddler positions require 3 units Infant / Toddler development or willingness to enroll in class upon hire. Previous experience working with children in a preschool or infant/ toddler setting. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Must be eligible for a CA Child Development Permit. Mandated reporting requirements of child abuse. Multiple positions available. $18.34/ 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 3/9/15, thereafter open until

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Benefactor Liaison BioMed Electronics Tech II Catering Set-up Compensation Analyst Concierge – Part-time Cook – Temp Digital Marketing Content Specialist Environmental Services Rep Food Service Rep HIM Manager Integration Analyst – HIE IT Project Manager IT Project Manager, Sr. Manager, ISD Customer Service Marketing Coordinator Patient Financial Counselor II – Admitting Security Officers Sr. Analyst – CeHC Systems Support Analyst – Supply Chain Teacher – Part-time

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We offer an excellent compensation package that includes above-market salaries, premium medical benefits, 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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Laboratory Assistants for Pacific Diagnostic Laboratory (PDL) are responsible for the front‑end, pre‑analytical operations of tracking lab specimens. You rotate on several different desks and assignments may include processing all types of specimens, operating information systems for data entry and retrieval of data, billing and client interaction to obtain information and provide excellent customer service. This position is very fast paced with a lot of detail. Successful candidates will have an interest in the sciences and medical terminology along with an exceptional memory and the ability to multi‑task. Preference will be given to those with a Bachelor’s degree in the sciences or experience in healthcare.

and integrity. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree. Minimum of 1‑3 years experience Part Time: Mon‑Fri 8pm‑12pm (training working with or advising students, on day to midday shift), weekend outreach and/or marketing. Excellent rotation. written and oral communication skills. Superior public presentation Per Diem (no benefits): training on a skills and ability to quickly, accurately day shift and various schedule after that and effectively respond to questions. (mostly night shift). Experience planning and managing project budgets. Ability to effectively PDL offers competitive pay and and efficiently use software for word outstanding benefits (including medical, processing, data management and dental and immediately vested 401(k). analysis, graphic design, web design, Please apply online at: www.pdllabs. and social media. Experience with com. data collection, analysis, synthesis and interpretation; ability to EOE generate professional reports. Note: Fingerprinting required. $4,510 ‑ $6,000/mo. The University of California Professional 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 ADMISSIONS AND and individuals with disabilities. For OUTREACH DIRECTOR primary consideration apply by 3/10/15, BREN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150105 SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT Provides leadership and management for outreach and marketing to recruit Field Support Repre high‑quality applicants to the Bren sentative for SEIU School. Engages in strategic planning to increase awareness about the Bren Local 620. School and expands the network of contacts to promote and support the Support contract campaigns, attend Bren School. Serves as the primary low level disciplinary meetings, organize public representative for the Bren workers and conduct membership School, planning and participating meetings. in fairs, conferences and other opportunities to promote the School Entry level position, 1 year experience and recruit prospective students. performing in a leadership role with a Oversees conceptualization, design labor organization, sales or customer and production of digital and print service desirable. Public speaking in materials to market the Bren School to group settings required. target audiences. Efficiently manages the admissions process with a high Salary: Competitive + full benefit degree of professionalism, enthusiasm incl. retirement, vision, disability,

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Big Brothers Big Sisters at 123 W Gutierrez Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 27, 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: 2015‑0000701. Published: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 2015.

Name Change IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ALISSA ALEXANDER ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 1486491 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: ALISSA ALEXANDER TO: ALEESA PITCHAMARN ALEXANDER THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING March 18, 2015 9:30am, Dept 1, 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 Jan 23, 2015. by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Feb 12, 19, 26. Mar 5 2015.

Public Notices Request for PROPOSAL. Santa Barbara County Education Office (SBCEO) is seeking to engage the services of an independent contractor to conduct a Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA) for its Migrant Education Program. The CNA will commence no later than July 2015 and its findings will be delivered in December 2015. The CNA report will provide both the SBCEO and the CA Dept. of Education with an independent assessment and

evaluation of program needs and will provide specific recommendations and solutions for improving outcomes for California’s migrant student population. A detailed description of the project work details and applicant qualifications are provided at http://sbceo. org/about_sbceo/ migrantEd‑CNA‑RFP‑02‑23‑15.pdf. More information about SBCEO is available at www. sbceo.org. Published Mar 5, 12 2015. NOTICE TO PRESENT BENEFICIARY To the present beneficiary of that certain Deed of Trust dated August 18, 2005 and recorded with the Santa Barbara County Recorder’s Office under Instrument #2005‑0083880 concerning prperty address 3956 Calle Cita, Santa Barbara 93110: If you are the beneficiary with provable chain of title and have in your possession the original Note and Deed of Trust, please contact Ronit Corry, 1611 Olive St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published Feb 26. Mar 5, 12 2015

Summons SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): SARAH KENNELLY aka SARAH FULMER; DOES 1 to 10, Inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): EDWARD ST. GEORGE NOTICE! You have been sued.The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff a letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.There may be a court form that you can use your for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from

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FEATURED PROPERTY 873 SANTA MARGUERITA DR.

FEATURED PROPERTY 1630 MIRA VISTA

N 4 OPE AY 1D SUN

National Reach, Local Experts, Outstanding Results NEWING T LIS

CAITLIN BENSON REALTOR®

• Licensed Realtor® • National Certiﬁed Green Specialist • Business Administration Degree • Honest, ethical, hardworking & sincere As Your Agent, I Will: · Establish a search proﬁle based on your needs and wants. · Assure that you see all the properties that meet your criteria. · Guide you through the entire home buying process, from buying the right home; to getting the best lender; reviewing the inspections, disclosures and repairs; and assisting you through closing. · Work to ensure you get the best price possible and help you avoid costly mistakes. JOHN J. THYNE III · Answer all of your questions about the local market area, including schools, neighborhoods, the local economy, and more.

Caitlin Benson: (805) 699-5102 • CaitlinBenson@GTprop.com

NEWING T LIS

GOLETA This 4BD/3BA two-story, cul-de-sac home w/ over 2,000 sq. ft. feet, 3 car garage, expansive backyard w/ natural canopy, many fruit trees & spa gazebo. Natural light throughout & complete privacy.

SANTA BARBARA Riviera

$989,000 www.GTprop.com/873SantaMarguerita

$2,275,000 www.GTprop.com/130Vistadelacumbre

1320 PLAZA PACIFICA

1119 ALSTON ROAD

MONTECITO Stunning 2BD/2.5BA ground floor, single level Bonnymede flat w/ ocean views – luxury at its very best!

MONTECITO 1+ Acre Montecito Union lot! Build this fully approved luxurious 5BD/6BA + 2BD/2BA ocean view

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

$2,750,000 GTprop.com/1119Alston

5BD/3BA home with incredible, wire-free views of the ocean and city, this awesome single level home has a pool in the front yard and a generous back yard!

6909 SOLANO VERDE DR.

2446 GARDEN STREET

615 SUNRISE VISTA WAY

211 BOESEKE PARKWAY

2915 GLEN ALBYN DR

SOMIS, CA 5BD/6BA, 7,180 sq. ft.

SANTA BARBARA 3BD/3.5+BA estate features a large front yard, gourmet kitchen, pool, 2 car garage & more!

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

MONTECITO Located in prestigious “Ennisbrook,” this 1.55 acre buildable parcel overlooks a private 2-acre grass park

SANTA BARBARA Custom home w/

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

$2,495,000 GTProp.com/2446Garden

$1,999,000 GTprop.com/615SunriseVista

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

130 VISTA DE LA CUMBRE

474 HARVARD LANE

gated estate w/ avocado, orange groves, private trails 35 acres & a heli-pad approval. $2,499,000 GTprop.com/6906SolanVerde

226 CALLE MANZANITA

D PEN

4BD/2BA, stone-surfaced gourmet kitchen, backyard w/ fruit trees, BBQ & more. $1,395,000 GTprop.com/2915GlenAlbyn

6244 MARLBOROUGH DR.

492 COOL BROOK ROAD

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SANTA BARBARA San Roque

SANTA BARBARA San Roque,

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

GOLETA 2 story 5BD/3BA home in quiet

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

3BD/2BA home w/ hardwood flrs, fireplace, 1-car garage w/office & pool.

2BD/2BA, 2 car garage, fireplace & pool is in the most convenient location!

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

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

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

$1,200,000 GTprop.com/CalleManzanita

$1,080,000 GTprop.com/130Vistadelacumbre

$974,000 GTprop.com/474Harvard

$889,000 GTprop.com/6244Marlborough

$799,000 GTprop.com/492CoolBrook

2641 STATE ST. W3

3229 SAN JUAN ROAD

133 POR LA MAR CIRCLE

6985 CAT CANYON ROAD

483 LINFIELD PLACE D

SANTA BARBARA Lg 3BD/2BA upper

HOLLISTER, CA 3BD/2.5BA on 1

SANTA BARBARA Peaceful 2nd

SANTA MARIA 76 acre parcel with

GOLETA Only unit w/ 1 car garage. Up-

unit. Excellent house alternative. Garage, pool, downtown location. Move in ready.

acre of private land. Wood flrs, tiled kitchen & baths & more!

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

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

dated 1BD/1BA end unit. Great for investor or owner occupant. Low HOA dues.

$715,000 GTprop.com/2641State

$639,500 GTprop.com/3229SanJuan

$549,000 GTprop.com/133PorLaMar

$495,000 GTprop.com/6985CatCanyon

$369,000 GTprop.com/483LinfieldD

37 DEARBORN PL. #69

532 STATE STREET

N 4 OPE AY 2D N U S

N 4 OPE AY 1D N SU

There has never been a better time to buy in Santa Barbara than NOW!

NEWING T LIS GOLETA Sought-after ground flr end unit 2BD/1BTH, laundry, large pool, tastefully remodeled and very move-in ready.

SANTA BARBARA DT SB restaurant with a Title 47 ABC license (2am) + long term lease in SB’s entertainment district!

$399,000 GTprop.com/37Dearborn

$250,000 GTprop.com/532State

BRE# 01477382

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