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DucT Taping: A worker puts some finishing touches on the new piece of pipeline that replaced the broken section.
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wo weeks after the Refugio oil spill, the ruptured section of Line 901 has been excavated and shipped off to an undisclosed location in Ohio for investigation, and a brand-new pipe had been installed and painted green. Though the ruptured section of pipeline is gone— and many details about it remain undisclosed — more than 1,000 workers, researchers, and personnel are still on scene. Many questions linger about the infrastructure’s lack of an automatic shutoff valve, the federal agency known as Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and about the remaining time frame for restoration efforts. Likewise, impacts to fishermen, wildlife, tourism, the area oil industry, and bureaucratic oversight are still pouring in.
FishermeN Feel the PaiN
No one knows how long the 138 square miles of fisheries blocked off after the spill will remain closed. But the closure hasn’t stopped some fishermen from venturing past the boundaries. Game wardens have made contact with some, but no one has been cited. One shrimper was forced to dump an entire batch — reportedly $3,000 worth — back into the water. At the time, fisherman Mike McCorkle contended, the shrimper was in water 430 feet deep. “It’s a joke,” said McCorkle of the large size of the closure. “We fish there all the time.” California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesperson Alexia Retallack confirmed the wardens so far have been issuing warnings. It’s up to the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to lift the closure, and that depends on the lab results from samples collected this week, said Hazard Assessment spokesperson Sam Delson, a process expected 8
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to take two weeks. Another round of samples will be collected during the second half of June. “We take samples until we find that fish and shellfish have contamination below the level of concern,” he said. As of press time, 11 dolphins — some with mouths full of tar— tar and 42 sea lions covered in oil have died and washed onto South Coast beaches, according to the Oiled Wildlife Care Network. One dolphin and one sea lion were found as far south as Oxnard. In the last two weeks, a total of 53 mammals and 87 birds have been found dead. Of the 57 live birds and 38 mammals rescued, eight birds and seven mammals died in care. Elephant seals and sea lions rescued are being transported to SeaWorld in San Diego because it’s the closest facility that can properly treat oiled marine mammals, according to a spokesperson in the Joint Information Center. Pelicans are being cared for at a facility in Los Angeles. independent.com
DeFlateD tourism?
Without a doubt, the Santa Barbara Channel fishing trade — a $6.5 million industry— industry will experience the most immediate economic shock from the spill. This week, fisherman Stace Cheverez filed the first legal complaint against Plains All American Pipeline, a complaint that seeks class-action status. Ironically, as the hospitality industry braces for impact from the spill, some hotels, namely the Ramada Santa Barbara in Noleta, are benefiting in the short term as hundreds of researchers, industry reps, federal and state personnel, and cleanup crewmembers have booked hotel rooms for two weeks. But Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce president Ken Oplinger feared that national media coverage has given the impression that the spill “is happening right here in town.” Likewise, Michael Cohen, owner of Santa Barbara Adventure Company, said several people have tried to cancel trips to the Channel Islands even though they are reportedly not affected by the spill. The most dramatic display of activism since the spill took place last Sunday at the De la Guerra Plaza, where nearly 500 people gathered before marching down State Street to West Beach. The crowd formed a human boom at the waterfront to symbolically stem the rising tide of U.S. oil and use the damage it does to natural environments. The day before, the Unified Command— Command headed by the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — held an “open house” for members of the public to ask questions.
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Daniel Jasso, 24, was booked in County Jail after he allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend. He showed up on 5/24 at her West Padre Street house, where her current boyfriend also lives. After Jasso pushed his way in, the two fought, police said, and Jasso pulled out a knife. Responding to a 9-1-1 call from neighbors, officers found the 24-yearold boyfriend with a cut left arm and a puncture wound to his chest. Detectives arrested Jasso on 5/25 at his workplace. He faces assault with a deadly weapon charges.
Three Dollar Tree stores in Santa Barbara County must pay $1,250 in civil penalties and $1,125 to the county’s Environmental Health Services as part of a $2.72 million statewide settlement. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson handed down the fines after an investigation revealed the chain’s 480 stores illegally transported toxic products, batteries, and electronic devices to landfills, not authorized hazardous waste facilities. The company was also ordered to implement an improved hazardous-waste-compliance program. Santa Barbara city cops will host a second gun “buyback” at Earl Warren Showgrounds this weekend as part of an anti-gun-violence event promoted by Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider and sponsored by Coalition Against Gun Violence. Donors turning in handguns, rifles, and shotguns will be given gift certificates of $100, and for assault weapons $200. Event organizers, who congregated in large numbers in front of City Hall dressed in orange — the color worn by people during hunting season to not get shot — stressed that the confidentiality of donors would be scrupulously respected. Last year, police collected 291 guns in the immediate aftermath of the Isla Vista shootings.
CITY Milpas Community Association (MCA) presented details of its Eastside Business Improvement District at an outreach held 5/29 for residents and business owners. Marketing, festivals, and security were among the stated benefits of the district, which would have a budget of about $155,000 for five years. Sharon Byrne, head of MCA, said they’d collected 150 signatures in support of the district, but wanted 300-350 before seeking City Council approval. “If you don’t do something to band the little momand-pop shops [together] and help them boost their businesses … you make them ripe to be picked off by gentrification,” Byrne said. Native American tribal leaders staged a weekend of events denouncing the proposed canonization of Junípero Serra. They recalled the historical trauma left by Serra’s mission system and asked for a rewriting of the traditional historical narrative, which they said often excludes the plight of native peoples under Christian indoctrina-
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An independent evaluation brought a grim report to the Board of Supervisors about the county department responsible for stray animals. Animal Services — which oversees three shelters and fieldwork — has long been supported by several rescue groups known best by their acronyms, including BUNS (Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter), ASAP (Animal Shelter Assistance Program), and DAWG (Dog Adoption & Welfare Group). Animal Services has experienced significant dysfunction ASAP executive director in recent years, and supervisors expressed openAngela Rockwell ness to privatizing — or partially privatizing — the department. Last summer, the department’s first external review started after volunteers brought a host of complaints to the board. Detailing the findings of that review, American Human Association (AHA) interim director Dr. Robin Brennen said on Tuesday that problems included undefined responsibilities of staff and volunteers, lack of fundraising, no performance metrics for employees, and a reactionary management style. Thirteen public commenters — all volunteers from rescue groups — thanked Brennen for the report, but they also pointed out that it lacked a complete understanding of animal welfare in Santa Barbara, where volunteers are crucial. A few objected to the recommendation to centralize authority. “[That] works [only] if you are paying all of the bills,” said ASAP executive director Angela Rockwell. Rockwell expressed optimism about the idea of a contract model, which could be a stronger, more defined partnership between Animal Services and volunteer rescue groups. According to longtime animal activist Lee Heller, Santa Barbara used to be held as an example of the no-kill shelter model. “That has shifted to be the opposite,” she said. The AHA report stated that the county department has an 89 percent live release rate; 90 percent is considered the benchmark. But that percentage, Heller said, is not consistent across the three shelters. An oversight committee is expected to draft its recommendations and return to the board later this summer. — Kelsey Brugger
tion. “This country was born of violence — the fathers came with a Bible in one hand and a weapon in the other. If you weren’t Christian, you weren’t human, and you were killed,” said Mati Waiya, founder and executive director of the Wishtoyo Foundation.
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Ginny Brush (pictured), longtime director of the County Arts Commission and a tireless advocate for Santa Barbara public art, announced her retirement plans this week. An accomplished artist in her own right, Brush acted as a respected diplomat when navigating sometimes tricky consultations among various public and private groups. Before her current post, she spent seven years as visual arts coordinator for the city and county. Brush helped develop 1st Thursday, the Pianos on State project, and the free Summer Movies in the Sunken Garden series, among many other events and collaborations.
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In what may be the biggest bundle of tax appeals Santa Barbara County has ever seen, United Launch Alliance (ULA) — which leases three launch facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base — is disputing a series of amended property assessments from 2007-2014. The difference amounts to $3.27 billion and translates to about $30 million in property taxes. “ULA believes it owes little or no additional taxes to the county,” a company spokesperson said, adding ULA’s taxes were increased by 300 percent based on “old, erroneous information.” The matter will return to the county assessment appeals board next month.
BuSInESS In the works for almost three years, a proposed update to the winery ordinance was released on 6/1, officially revealing the three-tier structure for future winery development. The update has caused much wine-country angst in recent years, as winemakers fear it will make an already cutthroat business harder. Others in the Santa Ynez Valley fear that without new rules, winery development could run rampant and threaten the region’s rural charm. Read the full proposal at independent.com. The next hearing is 6/25 at 6 p.m. in St. Mark’s in-theValley Church, Los Olivos. Written comments are accepted until 7/13. Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, now known as Sycamore Valley Ranch, is back on the market for $100 million. Three brokers — Suzanne Perkins and Harry Kolb of Sotheby’s International Realty and Jeffrey Hyland of Hilton & Hyland — have listed the 2,700-acre ranch and its 12,000-square-foot cont’d page 10
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By N i c K W e l s h onos is putting serious money on the table to get its employees to commute to and from work via bicycle. Since April, Sonos — which manufactures wireless hi-fi systems and is one of the biggest, hip new companies to descend on downtown Santa Barbara in recent years — has offered to pay $600 to each of its 400 employees to buy new bikes and bike gear. So far, 87 Sonos workers have taken advantage of what’s dubbed the Earn-a-Bike Program, the first of its kind in the county. Employees who give up their companydesignated parking spaces “earn” their new bikes by commuting bipedally 60 times. Those who retain their parking privileges have to make the daily commute 80 times to “earn” their wheels. After the bikes have been earned, Sonos has agreed to pay $5 for every day that Earn-a-Bike participants cycle to and from work. Beyond that, the company conducts monthly raffles among participants in which one lucky employee gets a paid day off. While many of the region’s largest employers — UCSB, Cottage, Deckers, and Lynda.com — have provided incentives for employees who choose alternate commuting methods, Sonos has clearly pushed the envelope. It operates out of four (soon to be five) downtown storefronts and has just increased its number of employees from 300 to 400. The demand for a finite number of parking spaces has proved to be both an expensive proposition for the company and a logistical nightmare for employees trying to chart their daily course. By persuading employees to commute by means other than car, Sonos’s facilities managers sought to reduce both cost and headaches. Few things are as persuasive, they concluded, as cash. independent.com
“We wanted to be a positive influence downtown,” said facilities manager Allison Griffin, “but we also had to do something.” In one building, there were only 25 parking spaces for 90 employees. In another, the gap was 40 percent. Griffin and her colleague Libby Jeffries teamed up with Kent Epperson of Traffic Solutions, who discovered— discovered via an employee survey—that half of Sonos’s workforce lived within five miles of work. They also discovered only 5 percent commuted by bike or other alternative to the car. In crafting a plan, they set a goal of 30 percent. Just two months out, they’ve already hit the 47 percent mark. The challenge, according to Griffin and Jef Jeffries, was to devise a scheme flexible enough to meet the lifestyle realities of Sonos workers. Many parents, for example, find the bikeonly option too rigid. Sonos provides bike commuters with a few days’ worth of parking passes at city-owned lots for times when the two-wheeled approach isn’t convenient. Sonos’s success was lauded at a celebratory function hosted by Traffic Solutions last week as part of a monthlong series of bicyclerelated events known as CycleMAYnia. Last Saturday, city traffic planners created a “popup” bicycle boulevard along Alisos Street on the Eastside, which runs parallel to Milpas Street. They hope to divert cyclists from Milpas, notoriously daunting and dangerous, and reroute them along Alisos, reconfigured to reduce the number of contact points between motorists and cyclists. The results of this pop-up exercise will be folded into City Hall deliberations over a new bicycle master plan now in the hopper. Public input into that plan—via interactive website and a series of five community workshops —concludes this week on June 5. n JUNE 4, 2015
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main house, for which Jackson paid $19.5 million in the late ’80s. The pop star’s amusement park rides and circus animals are long gone. Perkins told the Wall Street Journal tours were not being held, and agents said potential buyers will have to be seriously prequalified.
EDuCATIOn Last week, 2,948 county students received $8.7 million from the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. The largest nonprofit of its kind in the U.S., the Scholarship Foundation has been doling out grants since it was founded in a garage in 1962. “When you see this, this is the fabric [of Santa Barbara],” said Board President Janet Garufis (pictured) in reference to the hundreds gathered for this week’s awards ceremony at the Sunken Gardens. The community is “incredibly generous,” Garufis went on. Many of the foundation’s donors are reoccurring givers. n
even-year elections Proving elusive
Even though four Santa Barbara city councilmembers say they support a shift to even-year elections, chances are good there won’t be a ballot measure this fall asking voters what they think. That’s in part because one person — Sebastian Aldana — doesn’t support even-year elections. It’s also because the four on the council who purport to agree such a change is needed to increase voter turnout are bitterly divided over whether the new elections rules should take effect in 2016 or 2020. Aldana is one of the four plaintiffs to successfully sue City Hall to adopt Sebastian Aldana district elections. Included in the deal City Council hammered out to settle that lawsuit was language specifying that anyone elected to either of the two newly created Latino-majority voting districts would serve a four-year term. The Democratic Party and CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy) have been pushing to enact even-year elections as soon as possible — in 2016 — which could be achieved only by shaving a year off the terms of two councilmembers and the mayor. And that flies in the face of the district elections settlement. City Attorney Ariel Calonne informed the council Tuesday that there was no agreement among the plaintiffs and that the attorney who represented them in the district elections lawsuit — Barry Cappello — is no longer engaged. Calonne warned against any change in election protocol that violated the terms of the deal, adding that City Hall would be on the hook for attorneys’ fees, as well. Aldana, who is thinking of running for the Eastside district seat, made it clear he wanted odd-year elections retained. Even-year elections, he argued, gave too much power to political parties, and issues of local concern got “drowned out” amid debates of statewide and national concern. Given Calonne’s advice, Mayor Helene Schneider pushed an alternate plan to elect all city seats in even years as of 2020; this would be achieved by adding rather than subtracting years to council terms — for two election cycles. This transition proved too lengthy, however, for Democratic Party leader Daraka Larimore-Hall, who scolded “self-serving elected officials” for looking out for their narrow interests at the expense of increased voter participation. Councilmember Dale Francisco — chair of the Republican Central Committee — said he found it “charming to hear about the virtues of democracy from the chairman of the county Democratic Party.” The election-year shift, he insisted, was an obvious power grab by Democrats hoping to augment their numbers by tapping into younger, liberal-minded residents who typically vote more in even-year races. Joining Francisco in opposition to even-year elections were councilmembers Randy Rowse and Frank Hotchkiss. The four who supported the change all happen to be registered Democrats but represent rival factions. No agreement could be — Nick Welsh reached.
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FireD up: Nearly 500 demonstrators turned out for Sunday’s Stand in the Sand protest that began in De la Guerra Plaza, snaked down State Street, and ended up on West Beach.
Flores Canyon facility to processing plants across California. Currently, crude that was destined to move through the ruptured pipeline is stored at Las Flores, but ExxonMobil only has about a month of storage capacity left. According to Glenn Russell, director of Santa Barbara County Planning and Development, company reps hope to operate the plant at one-third its normal capacity of 30,000 barrels a day, meaning ExxonMobil would be dispatching nearly 100 trucks a day. If the county does not grant the permits, ExxonMobil will soon be boxed in and effectively shut down until the pipeline is repaired and gets federal approval to transport oil again. Currently, Veneco and FreeportMcMoRan—each producing 3,000-4,000 barrels a day — have exhausted their storage capacities and have effectively stopped operations. The decision to grant the emergency permits belongs solely to Russell. If he chooses not to grant them, the process to gain permission to truck oil through regular channels would take at least months. Much speculation has centered around the absence of an automatic shutoff valve on Line 901, raising the question, would such equipment have prevented the spill? Plains claimed in a statement that these types of valves are not appropriate and are unsafe because automatically closing a valve creates an increased pressure beyond a crudeoil pipeline’s capacity. Richard Kuprewicz, president of a pipeline safety company, called this logic “blatantly false.” Ultimately, speculated Andrew Kendrick, a pipeline integrity consultant, several factors likely caused the failure. [Both are interviewed at independent .com/shutoff.]
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State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and Assemblymember Das Williams wasted little time crafting several new bills that they contend would reduce the chance of future pipeline spills and minimize the damage inflicted should such ruptures occur. Williams introduced a bill that would require any pipeline company to install automatic-shutdown equipment on any stretch of pipe crossing environmentally sensitive habitat. Plains is the only oil company in Santa Barbara County without such equipment, Williams noted. Williams went on to dismiss arguments by Plains CEO Greg L. Armstrong that
automatic-shutdown valves — and their attendant pressure surges—can pose serious safety problems. Williams quoted an oil-field expert who’d dismissed Armstrong’s concerns as “patently false.” Jackson proposed three measures, one requiring more-frequent pipeline inspections, another returning inspection responsibility to the California Fire Marshal — it’s now done by the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration— and the third requiring two cleanup vessels equipped with oil skimmers be stationed in Santa Barbara at all times. It took six hours, she objected, to dispatch two such vessels from their mooring in Los Angeles to Refugio. She would also impose new fees on oil companies, she said, to help bridge the gap between what the state and the oil companies can pay pipeline inspectors. Jackson objected that oil companies “lure” skilled state inspectors away by paying two to three times what the state Fire Marshal can. As a result, the Fire Marshal office has had difficulty keeping and recruiting inspectors. In addition, Jackson’s legislation would ban the use of chemical dispersants in offshore-oilspill cleanups. None, she noted, were used at Refugio. On Wednesday, Representative Lois Capps wrote a letter to the House Committee on Energy & Commerce, urging a field hearing in Santa Barbara. “While the exact causes of this spill are still being investigated, this incident highlights the inadequate oversight provided by the pipeline’s federal regulator, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),” Capps wrote. Last week, Capps sent a letter to PHMSA, asking officials to provide the public with answers. Capps asked about the timeline of events on May 19, emergency shutoff equipment and shutoff valves, as well as when the formal analysis of Plains’ inspection that took place two weeks before the spill will be released to the public. Senators Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Edward Markey of Massachusetts sent a similar letter to the federal oversight agency.
Brandon Fastman and Keith Hamm contributed to this report.
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by J e r r y r o b e r t s anta Barbara environmental advocates were grateful when Governor Jerry Brown moved swiftly on an emergency order to expedite cleanup of the Refugio oil spill. Then they read the fine print. For the first time in history, the governor in his order quietly suspended the landmark California Coastal Act. With the precedentsetting action, Brown crippled the authority of the Coastal Commission to ensure that Plains All American Pipeline meets the coastal law’s toughest-in-the-nation environmental standards in cleaning up and restoring beaches, the broken pipeline site, and nearby habitat damaged by the May 19 spill. “It makes no sense,” said Susan Jordan, director of the California Coastal Protection Network, “to suspend the very law that was created by a citizen initiative, in response to the massive 1969 oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, to address situations like this. “If anything, this is the time to make certain the Coastal Act’s protective policies are administered and enforced,” she added.
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May 20 order, Brown declared that it “cuts red tape.” But he lowballed his undercutting of the commission, tucking that language into section 5 of the document, below eight “whereas” clauses and one “therefore.” Press Secretary Evan Westrup referred questions about the order to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, one of several state agencies within the Unified Command overseeing operations at Refugio beach. Deputy Director Kelly Huston said the Coastal Commission is “notified” of what is being done under the order, adding that Brown’s exemption action was necessary “in enabling the most effective response by those responsible for emergency response. “It’s the intent of the administration to ensure the Coastal Commission is actively involved when and where necessary,” she said in an email interview. However, environmental leaders note that the commission already has a process for verbally granting emergency permits, the purported raison d’être for the governor’s order. Had the commission led the process, Plains eventually would have had to comply with the state’s most stringent regulations for marine, beach, wetlands, and other habitat restoration; now the company possibly could elude them. “The oil spill resulted from a weakening of oversight of the pipeline,” said Linda Krop, chief counsel of the Environmental Defense Center. “Now is not the time to exacerbate the damage by weakening the Coastal Act requirements for mitigation and restoration.” sAND AND CobbLe: At first glance, the dis-
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requires management of a maddeningly complex process, which includes interlocking systems and sciences, from biology, geology, and administrative permit law to metallurgy, pipeline engineering, and an array of health and safety regulations. The size and shape of berms, the amount of beach kelp available to arthropods that feed baby plovers, even the granularity of sand and cobble, are a few of thousands of factors involved in restoring the coastline and bluffs. Who controls that process is significant, because it determines what environmental standards Plains must meet; California’s broadest, deepest, most specific and timetested benchmarks and guidelines derive from the Coastal Act, administered by its commission. The law was spawned by passage of Proposition 20, a 1972 initiative that for the first time treated California’s 1,057-mile coastline as a system, not a patchwork of stretches governed and shaped by the whims of local politicians. It passed 55-to-45 percent (Santa Barbara voted 62-38 in favor), following the 1969 Santa Barbara spill, blocking energy company efforts to pack the coast with nuclear plants, and development proposals for hordes of houses, hotels, and condos. (Slight digression: Then-Secretary of State Jerry Brown boosted Prop. 20 by publicizing major campaign contributions against the measure by special interests. Also notable: A young Governor Brown signed the 1976 legislation enshrining the initiative as the California Coastal Act.) tHIs JUst IN: Some environmentalists
note that beyond the oil spill, Brown took similar action recently, exempting his emergency drought order, and even a Los Angeles football stadium, from the keystone California Environmental Quality Act. “The governor has a penchant for putting loopholes into important environmental laws,” said Patrick Sullivan, of the Oaklandbased Center for Biological Diversity. Last Tuesday, Jordan and Krop released a letter, signed by two dozen California environmental groups, calling on Brown to rescind the suspension. “With all due respect to the good work of the other state agencies in addressing this oil spill,” said Susan Jordan, “the Coastal Act is not ‘red tape’ and no other state agency is empowered to enforce its legal mandate and n protective policies.”
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oil on a beach near Refugio the first night of the spill, I signed up for HazCom training through the California Department of Fish and Wildlife when it became available to the public. The public program was a first for a spill like this, and it was in response to the outcry to be allowed to clean our beaches. I truly hope that what I witnessed was a new process get- PETROLEUM PRODUCTS: As well as bits of tar, plastic ting its legs, but I fear it was a bagfuls of oil-smudged protective gear were collected. public-relations production, not a cleanup project. It felt like a betrayal of community trust. ing further southeast toward Goleta. After The first day was a classroom course of about an hour of struggling to snare tiny information that was quite eye-opening pieces of tar with my scooper, I began chatabout the airborne toxins I’d been exposed ting with other workers, who were equally to on May 19. We learned of the carcino- perplexed. We really couldn’t find any more genic vapors off-gassing in the first days of tar, but some stuffed large clumps of dry seathe spill — it would have been helpful for weed into bags in case there was tar caught local emergency services to have stated that in it. A photographer rallied people for a group warning early on, maybe on Caltrans signs on the highway. Now, hazards would only shot, and though we’d signed photo waivers, result from eating the tar. I understand they a few of us avoided it. We felt silly and rather needed to cover the bases in this streamlined duped. On the first night of the spill, I had version of a weeklong Cal/OSHA training, removed between 15 and 20 gallons of oil in but the four hours of information could have one hour. I’d be surprised if our crew of dozbeen summarized in 30 minutes and taught ens removed that much the entire afternoon. on-site. The importance of gloves was the We certainly generated bags of waste with main thing I took away. In any case, we were our single-use protective gear. I have no regrets about either the immedithanked for our spirit and given certificates. On Saturday, two school buses took us to ate and toxic cleanup or the highly managed Gaviota State Beach for the cleanup, passing and confusing one. Despite the insult of a the spill and affected beaches far to the east. good 10 hours of time and goodwill squanWhy were we there? I asked a plain-clothed dered, at least I had a look inside. Maybe supervisor, Were they concerned about the what I saw were the birth pangs of a new, aggregate amount of oil in the channel, which interagency inclusion of citizen volunteers, would include natural seepage? He sent me but I wonder if the top of the pyramid runto a Fish and Wildlife officer, who described ning the program was influenced by those some golf-ball-sized tar he’d seen and said benefiting from a perception that the spill they didn’t know where this oil came from; is small and neatly wrapped up with public chemical fingerprinting was underway. buy-in. Liability concerns could be so great We signed in and received our gear. We they won’t put volunteers near the spill, but were pointed to a Wells Fargo tent with food, the people I worked with felt suckered into a heard more safety warnings—mostly deal- very time-consuming and surreal charade. ing with heat exhaustion from wearing the If they weren’t willing to put us where the oil protective clothing—picked out our kitty lit- was, they should have just cancelled. ter scoopers, and were assigned team leaders. Some hard questions remain. For Once on the shore, oil in chains of dots instance, why weren’t Santa Barbara County ranging in size from BB shot to nickels con- Fire Department hazmat teams allowed to fronted us. Had we not dedicated our day to respond immediately? Given the national media coverage of voloil spill cleanup, we might have considered this tar part of a normal Santa Barbara beach unteers leading the initial cleanup efforts, a day. We would not have been alone in that competition for perceptions of this spill has thought. Kids swam in the water, and parents emerged. My main sense of loyalty is to the relaxed on the sand, doing their best to enjoy ecology of our channel. I would love to see a view now filled with men and women in an efficient and effective cleanup and for the white hazmat suits. truth to be told about the oil spill’s impacts Clearly it was we who were out of place; so we can assess the health of the area going the oil spill was 10 miles east of Gaviota, flow- forward. n
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a school where inspirational-sounding, high-minded graffiti (inscribed in Latin, of course ) had been chiseled into any available wall space. “Numen Lumen” is the one I remember best. It was everywhere. And why not? It’s short. It rhymes. It’s catchy. And it spins a nice yarn: “Divine knowledge is light.” Who could argue with that? Based on my limited experience dealing with the Refugio Oil Spill, I’d say the folks running the “Joint Information Center,” known to one and all as “Jick,” might hold a contrary opinion on the interplay between light and knowledge. Given the perpetually shrinking sphincter through which incident information is so painfully squeezed, one could surmise the JIC’s operational mission statement alternates between “Ignorance Is Bliss” and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Let me acknowledge upfront their job ain’t easy. When agents of 27 bureaucracies from all over the country descend en masse upon an environmental crime scene, heed needs to be paid that they speak with one voice. Having covered a number of massive wildfire incidents, I know the drill. But in the aforementioned wildfires, somehow the federal and state and local firefighting agencies—all quasi-military, hierarchical, patriarchal, topdown, chain-of-command, turf-chomping cultures — managed to communicate with the local yokels without leaving too many palm prints permanently embedded in our foreheads. The difference has been striking.
And not in a good way. A key difference has been the central role played by Plains All American Pipeline, better known as PAAP and pronounced “Pap.” For those struck by interesting coincidences, it’s worth noting that “pap” was the milk-soaked bread once fed to infants and old people so they’d shut up. It’s since come to mean anything lacking in substance and value. Under federal law, PAAP — as “Responsible Party”— has a seat at the Big Boy table and is a core member of Incident Command, right up there with the Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency. One especially incredulous fire fighter I know exclaimed,“That’s like us including the arsonist as part of our joint command.” PAAP, we are told, was extremely unhappy that county energy czar Kevin Drude was widely quoted in news articles explaining how the Plains pipeline was the only one in Santa Barbara to legally challenge county regulatory oversight. It was also the only one without automatic shutdown equipment. That’s another one of those interesting coincidences. Equally interesting was how completely incommunicado Drude became for about a week afterward, referring any inquiries to the JIC. From the start, there’s been an intense, intimidating security presence hovering about Incident Command. And it didn’t just hover. As Supervisor Janet Wolf and her assistant Mary O’Gorman tried to enter a county-owned building for a briefing, they were stopped by a Plains-paid security opera-
tive wanting to know who they were. “Who are you?” Wolf demanded back. Supervisor Doreen Farr complained she’d been stopped at least twice herself. Media access to the spill site and beach cleanup operations was systematically restricted to the point of near exclusion. Last weekend, Incident Command hosted an “Open House” at the Goleta Elks Lodge, where members of the public could go from display table to display table, asking questions of representatives of Plains and all the government agencies responding to the spill. Some county officials had suggested a community forum instead, in which a panel of responders would sit onstage, give presentations to an assembled audience, and then field questions. Coast Guard representatives reportedly refused outright to attend; such direct communication and accountability
was outside their crisis-communicationsmanagement playbook. When Independent reporter Kelsey Brugger approached Plains representative Rick McMichael, he notified her the event was “for the public” not the media. If Brugger waited until the end of the three-hour event, she was told, he might find time to talk with her. Naturally, there was no shortage of security personnel, who very politely checked the bags of all who entered. It’s been whispered that threats were made against Plains personnel in the wake of the spill. And not just threats, according to the whispers, but “credible threats.” How many or for what was never made clear. No one knew details. Somehow the word “credible” got used a lot. From the outset, we heard
concerns some eco-crazy might fling a jar of Refugio crude at a Plains executive during a press conference. Such fears were frequently cited as the location for press briefings changed from one spot to another to yet another still. I asked Plains spokesperson Meredith Matthews about the alleged threats. “While we can’t elaborate on specifics,” she replied, “we have alerted the proper authorities of any security-related concerns.” I followed up with the Sheriff’s Office to see if reports had been filed. Sergeant Craig Bonner emailed back, “The JIC will have to be your information source.” I was dubious. I’d contacted JIC before. Of the 1,000 boots allegedly on the ground, how many belonged to security personnel? The person on the phone could not have been nicer. But I never got an answer. At Bonner’s insistence, I called JIC again. I got Michael Eidman on the line. He, too, could not have been nicer. “How many threats have been made?” I asked.“How were they communicated? Was any effort made to carry them out?” Eidman asked if he could put me on hold while he looked into it.“That’s not information we’re tracking at this time,” he said getting back on the line. I pressed for elaboration. None was to be had. Wrapping up, I asked the correct spelling of Eidman’s name. Was he with the Coast Guard or the EPA? Neither, he said. He worked for Plains. Pap, indeed. Even so, Bonner insisted my questions should be directed to JIC. If the sphincter shrinks any tighter, we won’t have to worry about oil spills. We’ll all be strangled to death. Numen lumen, anyone? — Nick Welsh
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he oil company apologized for the “unfortunate accidental release” in an advertisement in The Santa Barbara Independent on May 28. That’s called a euphemism: using nice words for ugly things. Oops! I didn’t mean “ugly.” What I meant to say was, um, cosmetically challenged. The beaches are temporarily cosmetically and organically challenged. Fairly speaking, everybody who goes to the pump and fills up their tank is as guilty as any vice president of an oil company.
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etween 4,200 and 6,300 gallons of oil seep into the ocean every day. This means that in less than four weeks, as much oil will have been naturally released into the ocean as there was from this disas— Nik Schiffmann, S.B. trous oil spill.
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believe that years of swimming in the ocean laced with oil at Summerland triggered some of my genes to turn leukemic for some unfortunate, random reason. Sadly, I will not be the last that this happens to. The lack of coverage of the danger and the mediocre cleanup is a tragedy for all of us who love our local beaches.
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eople along the Gulf of Mexico learned our lessons the hard way. Oil cleanup workers were not allowed to wear proper protective gear; many have died, lost limbs, and are chronically ill. People living a few blocks off the Gulf have chronic sinus conditions, permanent loss of smell, and other diseases and ailments related to high blood levels of the toxic chemicals in oil and dispersants. If you experience health problems and seek medical care, insist that your medical professional record that you believe your condition is caused by the oil. You will need that statement if you file
a claim. And always opt out of the claims process to preserve your right to proper restitution. — Mary Veglia Mobley, Long Beach, MS
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he oil companies can pay any fine or penalty easily, so they have no great incentive to comply with safety standards. People in charge of the decision-making for oil corporations should be held criminally and personally responsible and liable when they are complicit in breaking the law. Jail would get their attention. Unfortunately, we rely on oil companies to “report to us” the severity of the spills. Our government must act promptly to independently and fully assess the events—past, present, and future—to determine every type of liability, including holding the decision-makers personally liable, and ensure that the oil company is held unlimitedly culpable for any and all damage. If the law does not provide adequate liabilities, it should be changed.
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Arturo “Burgie” Perez Jr. June 4, 1954 - May 8, 2015
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y mission, the Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) is intended to both regulate and promote oil industry operations. How can the industry be effectively managed in the public interest while its regulator is tied to the growth of that very industry? — Seth Steiner, Los Alamos
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o pay for the North County jail, Sheriff Bill Brown is planning to raise $1.4 million, most of it from inmate phone charges. The revenue-generating phone charges are a tax on the inmates and their friends and relatives. It is a discriminatory tax targeting the poor and minorities to pay for county services. The county supervisors need to stand together to reject Brown’s tax.
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B u r g i e p a s s e d a w a y, s u r r o u n d e d b y h i s f a m i l y, on May 8, 2015 after a sudden illness. He was born to Arturo and Anna Marie Perez in Santa Barbara, where he attended Dolores School and Bishop High, graduating from San Marcos High in 1972. He attended SBCC where he received his AA in Restaurant Management. S e r v i c e s w i l l b e h e l d o n S a t u r d a y, J u n e 6 a t 10am at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Montecito. A reception will immediately follow at El Paseo Restaurant. In lieu of flowers, the family is accepting donations for funeral and medical expenses at gofundme.com/burgie independent.com
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Ellen B. McCall 02/23/16 – 05/22/15
Ellen B. McCall was born in 1916 in Clay Center, Kansas, to Louise and Gottlob Bauer. One of five sisters and one brother she moved to St. Louis during WWII and in 1947 moved to Santa Barbara to be with her sister Katharine Bauer Smith. In Santa Barbara she met and married John C. McCall, a prominent dentist. After his death in 1964, Ellen worked at Robinsons, first in the Bridal Department and then in linens. She was an active member in the Santa Barbara Women’s Club, the Santa Barbara Garden Club, the Backyard Fence Club, VFW Auxiliary, the Business and Professional Women’s Club, and the Eastern Star. She traveled extensively and saw all parts of the world. She was an avid gardener with a very green thumb. During the last four years she resided at Casa Los Padres and in February celebrated her 99th birthday with friends and family. Her family would like to thank the staff at Casa Los Padres for the love and care they have given her over the last four years. No services are planned. If you would like to remember Ellen, please do so with a donation to your favorite charity.
Beverly H. Schydlowsky 01/26/37 – 04/24/15
Distinguished Therapist, Coach, Educator and Consultant. Her 40 plus years in clinical practice enabled her to become a generalist as well as a specialist in the areas of mindful aging, hypnosis, trauma, and relationship dynamics. Both a clinical Social Worker (MSW) and a PhD. Clinical Psychologist, she always continued to learn new skills and techniques which made her more and more professionally effective. Constantly learning, she pursued additional training in techniques 18
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dealing with children, adults, seniors, couples and groups, which combined powerfully with her many years of clinical training in Direct and Indirect Hypnosis, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Health Psychology, and Community Psychiatry. She began her graduate work on the East Coast (Smith College School of Social Work). After many years of both training and working within the Harvard Medical System and running her own private practice in Boston, she expanded her work to the West Coast, where she attained her PhD. in Clinical Psychology at the Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California. In 1990, she made Santa Barbara her new home. She traveled and worked extensively in foreign countries, studied trans-cultural psychiatry at the Harvard School of Public Health and helped to set up a child psychiatry clinic in Indonesia as part of a partnership between an Indonesian Medical School and the University of Hawaii Medical School. She also participated in the well-known Framingham Heart Study research project and was on staff at the Stone Center for Women and Research at Wellesley College. In Santa Barbara, she was the Clinical Director of the Santa Barbara Counseling Center for nine years. There she improved their clinical training program, supervised interns and staff, conducted trainings and initiated a new program called Senior Peer counseling. This program in later years evolved to become the free standing Center for Successful Aging, which she led as Clinical Director for approximately another ten years. During these years, in addition to having a small private practice, she supervised PhD. candidates at Hosford Clinic and at Antioch University where as adjunct faculty, she also taught courses in the Master’s program. Her professional activities have also included consulting engagements with various non-profits and businesses in the Santa Barbara area as well as serving as guest speaker for many symposiums, classes and special events in Santa Barbara. Her last venture was to bring to Santa Barbara the concept of a virtual retirement community providing services to enable seniors to remain in their own homes: the Santa Barbara Village. She served on the board of directors until shortly before her death. In 1999, she received the top administrator of the year in Santa Barbara award from the NASW (National Association of Social Workers); in 2010, she was proclaimed Senior Citizen of the year by the Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens, and in 2011, she received an award for Lifetime Achievement from the California Association of Social Workers. Passionate about learning, com-
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munity, and the color purple, her wisdom, insight, authentic curiosity, and gentle radiance will be deeply missed. The daughter of Alex and Mae Minker, she was born in Allentown, PA. and grew up in Reading, PA. She is survived by her son Andrew Schydlowsky and her former husband Daniel Schydlowsky. There will be a memorial held on Sunday, June 7, 2015. For more information, please email RememberingDrBev@gmail.com. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Santa Barbara Village – (805) 729-5038, www.sbvillage.org.
Theda Temple Drake 05/04/25 – 05/23/15
Theda Temple Drake was born in Owosso, MI on March 4, 1925, the daughter of Garfield Earnest Temple and Bertha McFadden Temple. Raised in Owosso, she graduated second in her class from Owosso High School in 1943. She attended the University of Michigan on a scholarship, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education in 1948. While at the University of Michigan, she met Larry Drake, another student. They were married on October 21, 1945. Theda accompanied Larry who, as a naval officer, was stationed in Honolulu, HI for a year. Following Larry’s discharge from the navy and their graduation from the University of Michigan, they moved to the new community of Levittown on Long Island. Theda taught elementary school there briefly. A son, Lawrence Colborn Drake, Jr., was born in 1951. In 1953 a second son, Kevin Temple Drake, was born. In 1954 Theda and Larry moved to Livingston, NJ where they lived until 1995. In 1961 a third son, Roger Munson Drake, was born. During the 1960s, Theda pursued graduate training in library science and secured a job as librarian in the Roseland (NJ) Elementary School. While working there, Theda served as the President of the Roseland Education Association as well as a Delegate to the New Jersey Education Association Assembly. Theda was a strong believer in women’s rights — and social justice generally — and was active for many years in the American Association of University Women (AAUW) as well as the ParentTeacher Association in Livingston.
She was an active member of the Unitarian Church for most of her life. In 1995, Theda and Larry moved to Santa Barbara, CA, where they lived until 2009, when they moved to Boulder, CO. They enjoyed traveling, both in the United States and internationally. Theda was a warm, caring and exceptionally outgoing person. She enjoyed spending time with her friends, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a great lover of books. Theda passed away peacefully on May 23 at her home in Boulder, CO. Theda was predeceased by her brother, Jack Temple, and by her husband Larry, who died on May 12, 2010. Besides her three sons, she leaves behind three daughtersin-law: Joan Jacobs (Larry), Carol O’Brien Drake (Kevin), and Jennifer Drake (Roger); four granddaughters (Larissa Ragazzo, Ashley Drake, Whitney Worthington, and Bonnie Drake); two grandsonsin-law (Rob Ragazzo and Marcus Worthington); two great-grandsons (Robby Ragazzo and Kevin Ragazzo); four nieces (Cheryl Temple Korf, Jackie Sue Temple Kline, Katherine Temple Valasek, and Sandra Temple Tejkl); a sister-in-law (Barbara Rakovec); and a brotherin-law (Hubert Drake). In her memory, donations can be made to the AAUW, 1111 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 (www. aauw.org). The family is grateful for the wonderful services provided to Theda in her last days by Family Hospice of Boulder, CO as well as by the staff of the Meridian Boulder. A family memorial service will be held later this year. Theda’s ashes will be inurned in the Drake family plot in Windham, NY.
Carnzu “Conny” Abbot Clark 07/19/14 – 05/26/15
Carnzu “Conny” Abbot Clark, civic activist, philanthropist, dedicated volunteer, lover of nature, music and art, avid reader, Unitarian, founding member of a number of local nonprofit organizations, passed away on May 26, 2015, in Santa Barbara, CA, at the age of 100. A long-time resident of Santa Barbara, Conny was born on July 19, 1914. A native of Boston and Newburyport, Massachusetts, Conny was the oldest daughter of George O. Clark, M.D. (a renowned sur-
geon) and Alice Carnzu Abbot Clark. Born into privilege, educated at the Winsor School in Boston and graduated Vassar College (B.A. in English in 1936, she devoted much of her life and resources to helping those less fortunate. Passionate about social justice, social services, mental health, access to education and opportunity, the arts and the natural world, Conny supported numerous causes with all her heart. A deeply modest woman who did not seek accolades, who saw giving to her community as a way to enrich her own life in addition to others, Conny was recognized numerous times for her service. She received the Anti-Defamation League’s “Distinguished Community Service Award” in 2001, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the The Santa Barbara News-Press, was named a Local Hero by The Santa Barbara Independent of Santa Barbara, and received the Santa Barbara Foundation KEYT Woman of the Year Award. She was also honored by Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, the League of Women Voters, Democratic Women (Democratic Woman of the Year), UCSB (Affiliate of the Year), Girls Inc., and many others. These recognitions were very meaningful to Conny, as she often reflected back on her experiences, accomplishments and the varied influences on her life. She was a quiet woman who lived an extraordinary life. Conny’s first job was with Time Magazine in New York City, where she earned $21 a week. She then worked for Felix Warburg in an unsuccessful effort to get Jewish children out of Europe before Hitler’s genocide took their lives. She worked for the firm Pictorial Statistics, where she wrote a daily newspaper column. She was hired as a researcher for Republican U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. of Wisconsin, known as a champion of organized labor through his work as chairman of the senate investigating committee, commonly called the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee. Conny assisted in the Senator’s investigation of suspected widespread violations of field laborers’ rights. In the course of that work, Conny made her first trip to Santa Barbara in 1939. Upon returning to Washington, she was hired by the Federal Security Agency (now HHS) to work on relieving the impact of war factories and military camps on U.S. communities. When the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was established, Conny transferred to that agency, serving in the welfare department selecting staff for missions abroad. As WWII was ending, she was sent overseas and served in London, France, and then Germany, riding in on the back of a weapons carrier. She worked for the Displaced
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CENTENNIAL SURPRISE: Cliff Sponsel’s alma mater presented him with a stamp in his honor on his 100th birthday.
Cliff Sponsel 1910-2014
Engineer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
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by C h u C k S l o S S e r liff Sponsel grew up on a 30-acre
fruit farm in Lockport, New York, and went to a one-room schoolhouse. It was perhaps not that uncommon in the second decade of the 20th century, but the rest of Cliff’s life was anything but. For instance, unless you drive a Ford, the next time you adjust the temperature in your car, think of Cliff. At the age of 21, he went to work for a division of General Motors. The year was 1932, and automobile heaters could only be purchased as an after-market item; the thermostats in them constantly caused problems. Cliff thought he had a better idea — and he did. Eventually GM sold Cliff’s thermostats to all of the other car companies except Ford. Cliff was an engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. After his time with GM, he turned his attention to aircraft and worked at the Glenn L. Martin Company (which eventually became Lockheed Martin), Bell Aircraft Corporation, and Ryan Aeronautical Company. In 1955, Cliff moved to Santa Barbara and started his own electronics firm called Western Design, which he later sold to U.S. Industries for a handsome profit. He also helped found a similar company in San Diego called Spectral Dynamics, which produced electronic vibration analysis equipment, real-time analyzers, and digital signal processors. The company was sold to Scientific Atlanta, which was later bought by Cisco Systems in 2005. Although his career in the automotive industry was somewhat short-lived, Cliff developed an avid and lifelong interest in antique cars. Among the many automobiles he owned and restored were a 1904 “French Front” Oldsmobile, a 1929 Ford, a 1929 Buick, a 1933 Ford Phaeton, and a 1956 Thunderbird. Over the years, many of Cliff’s cars could be seen locally at the annual Fourth of July Stow House event, the Christmas Parade, the international Polo Show, and the Santa Barbara Concours d’Elegance (which Cliff helped organize). He also drove six times in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run in
England, which features antique cars from around the world. In 1965, Cliff retired for the third and final time. With the same zeal he brought to his many business ventures, he turned his attention to our local business and nonprofit communities. He served on the Executive Committee of the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce, was president of the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce, president of the Hope Ranch Association, founder and boardmember of the La Cumbre Mutual Water Company, and boardmember of the California Avocado Society. In addition, he gave much of his time, talent, and treasure to numerous nonprofit organizations, including the Santa Barbara Foundation, the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, Planned Parenthood, Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care, the Rehabilitation Institute (which is now part of Cottage Hospital), Santa Barbara City College, and his alma mater, Trine University. As a businessman and keen investor, Cliff often focused on the financial health of these organizations, offering advice on their operating budgets and investment strategies. He was also a trustee of the B. Paul Moser Trust, through which he helped direct millions of dollars to local nonprofits and scholarships for students pursuing vocational educations. Over the years, Cliff received numerous awards for his volunteerism and philanthropy. Among them were the 2008 Philanthropist of the Year and the 2010 Man of the Year. Cliff Sponsel died at the age of 104. He is survived by his wife, Juliette; his son, Robert; daughter-in-law, Patricia; grandson, Billy; granddaughter, Stephanie; and daughter-inlaw, Marilyn. In 2010, at a party celebrating Cliff’s 100th birthday, the president of Trine University presented Cliff with his own personalized U.S. stamp. It was a simple gesture that recognized Cliff for his generosity. For those of us who were there that afternoon, it was wonderful to see the glow in Cliff’s 100-yearold eyes. The boy from the small farm and one-room schoolhouse had truly done some uncommonly special things in his life. n independent.com
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obituaries cont’ Persons Programs in the U.S. Zone of Germany. There she served as assistant to the woman who became her life partner, Gertrude “Gertie” Richman, then Deputy Director for Social Services in the U.S. Zone of Occupation. Following her work with UNRAA, Conny returned to Maryland with Gertie and reentered government service. She was later fired from her government position because, in her words, they “decided I was a suspicious character.” She answered a newspaper ad looking for people with a liberal arts education and became a 6th grade social studies teacher — teaching by day and getting her credentials at night. Maryland schools were required to accept black students; faculty members were asked who would take them. Conny said she was happy to do so. She remembered that her students came from good backgrounds and were accepting of one another. She taught for nine years, and after taking a travel sabbatical with Gertie, her position was filled before her return. Conny and Gertie moved to Santa Barbara in the fall of 1967. They traveled extensively in retirement, observing and learning about other cultures: they visited Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and the Sudan, as well as China, Japan, Burma, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Mexico, and other countries. Conny was committed to increasing opportunities for people; her volunteer service and philanthropic efforts benefited a variety of activities and causes, among them health services, social services, education, culture and the environment. Many local institutions recognized her efforts. She was involved with the Botanic Garden, The Art Museum, The Women’s Fund, Rape Crisis Shelter Services, Santa Barbara City College, The Santa Barbara Foundation, The Santa Barbara Symphony, Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Direct Relief, Santa Barbara History Museum, Community Arts, Healthcare for All, UCSB Music Affiliates, Douglas Preserve, the Fund for Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Music Club, and others. Conny was loved by many friends, young and old. She had a twinkle in her eyes, an infectious chuckle, and droll sense of humor; was a faithful letter writer; and could also give an occasional disapproving look that spoke volumes of her opinion. She did not suffer fools. Conny is survived by a loving family: Nieces/Nephews: Joan Paddock Maxwell, Michele Clark Durkin, Thomas Abbot Clark, Diane Clark Chapman, Harriet Clark Sutin and Patricia Clark de Gramont. Great-nieces/nephews: Elizabeth de Gramont Plummer, Charlotte Moseley Chapman, Diane de Gramont, Tara Sutin, Alexander Chapman, Alix Aure de Gramont, Alexandra Clark, Vanessa Clark and 20
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Lindsey Clark. Great-grandniece: Margot Plummer. She appreciated the many kindnesses of the Vista del Monte staff. Donations in her name may be made to the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, P.O. Box 3620, Santa Barbara, CA 93130, and to the Santa Barbara Music Club Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 3974, Santa Barbara, CA 93130. Memorial Service Saturday, June 6, 2015 10:30 AM Unitarian Church, 1535 Santa Barbara Street. Reception follows.
Richard William McInnis II 01/11/58 – 05/16/15
Richard William McInnis II, was born on January 11, 1958, to Barbara Thomas and Richard McInnis in Santa Barbara, CA. Richard, affectionately known as Rick and Ricky, attended public school in his hometown, and developed a skill, as well as a love, for his profession of painting. Incredibly, Richard's work is reflected in many buildings standing in Santa Barbara today. Richard possessed a tremendous love and respect for animals which was unsurpassed—except for his love of people to whom he was always quick to lend a helping hand and assist others in their time of need. It has been said that all who met him liked him, and the general feeling of many is that he was a "gentle soul." In 2012 he was welcomed in to the First Baptist Church and became a member -which he attributed to be the most meaningful move of his life. Richard passed away on May 16, 2015. He will forever be remembered by his positive and upbeat presence that touched all lives. He will be terribly missed and mourned by all who knew and loved him. Richard was preceded in death by his father, Richard William McInnis, and his step-father, Theo Thomas, and is survived by his loving mother, Barbara Thomas; his sister, Cathleen McDearmon (Jerry) of Long Beach; his brother, Amahl Thomas (Charrma) of Fontana; three nephews and two nieces. A Memorial Service will be held on June 6, 2015, at 4:00pm at the First Baptist Church, 949 Veronica Springs Road, Santa Barbara, CA. 93105. A reception will follow. All are welcome to come. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to New House, 2934 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.
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Margaret (‘Peaches’) S. Clarke 10/22/20 – 05/10/15
Margaret Mary (‘Peaches’) Simpson Clarke died peacefully on May 10, 2015, in Santa Barbara, CA. Born and raised in Tacoma, Washington, Peaches graduated from Stadium High School. She attended the University of Washington for two years, where she joined Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She met ‘that cute Herbie Clarke’ while in high school. They married in 1941, living in many places that included Bellevue, WA, Stamford, CT, and Los Angeles, CA, before settling in Santa Barbara in 1970. The matriarch of five generations, Peaches’ greatest delight and joy was her family. She deeply loved and was so very proud of her eight daughters and each and every member of their families. Exceptionally warm and welcoming, her home was filled with family and friends: others’ kids who considered her ‘Mom’, and strangers who were quickly made to feel like family. There was always room for one more at her table. Peaches loved people of all ages, but babies were her specialty. Often, Peaches was the most elegant woman in the room and, at the same time, the silliest. She loved a good story, a ribald joke and dissolved into laughter whenever possible. Long holding a love of travel and adventure, Peaches drank in the views, the people, and the experiences. She considered chocolate an essential food group, always maintaining a secret stash. Peaches loved music and sang tenor with various choirs and will be especially remembered for her deep, rich voice. Peaches is survived by daughters Merrill Hunn of Mill Valley, CA; Elizabeth Lashar (Rick) of Eugene, OR; Anne Dennis (Mickey) of Marysville, WA; Kathryn Clarke (Peter); Patricia Clarke; Susan Clarke (Rand); Virginia Clarke; and Laura Murphy (Michael), all of Santa Barbara. She was dearly loved and will be missed by her 17 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother, James Simpson (Rosemary), sister-in-law Yvonne Simpson, all of Seattle, WA, and sister-in-law Marion Berge (Bill) of Snohomish, WA, as well as her many loving nieces and nephews from both the Simpson and Clarke clans. She was preceded in death by her husband Herbert H. Clarke, Jr., parents John Philip Simpson, Sr. and Hazel Pohl
Simpson, son-in-law, Richard A. Lashar, and great-grandson Sullivan Clarke Rich. A celebration of her life will be held Sunday, July 19, at 3 pm at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Montecito, CA. There will be a reception immediately following at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Smile Train (http://www. smiletrain.org); Doctors without Borders (http://www.doctorswith outborders.org); or Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara (http://www.vnhcsb.org).
Phil Schilling 1940 - 2015
Phil passed away peacefully in his sleep early on the morning of May 26, 2015, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was deeply loved by so many people and will be remembered for his big heart, kind spirit, generosity, intelligence, creativity, and competitive drive. Phil was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1940, the beloved and loving son of Lois and Irvin Schilling and younger brother to Susanne (whom he adored and vice versa). He grew up in nearby Huntington, active in the 4H and helping raise Shorthorn cattle on the family farm from the time he was in elementary school. After high school, Phil earned a BA in history from Northwestern University and then pursued a doctorate in American history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It was during his time in Madison that he developed an abiding interest in motorcycle road racing and moto-journalism. Phil was teaching at the University of Wisconsin in 1970 when Cook Neilson, Cycle magazine’s editor in chief at the time, asked him to become the magazine’s managing editor. Thus began a friendship and partnership that would last for some 45 years. In addition to their work with Cycle, Cook and Phil are bestknown for giving Ducati its first AMA Superbike win in the United States during Daytona’s Bike Week in 1977 (Cook riding, Phil tuning) on a bike that is famously known as “Old Blue”; even more impressive, they accomplished this as privateer journalists racing against the muchbetter-financed factory-sponsored competition. Some years later, Phil organized a lower-profile but no less rewarding 250 two-stroke racing program, sponsoring and tuning
for a string of talented young riders. Cook and Phil chronicled their racing efforts in the pages of Cycle and are largely credited with introducing Ducati motorcycles to the American motorcycling public. Taking a short sabbatical from his magazine duties in 1974, Phil wrote The Motor Motorcycle World (RidgePress/Random House), one of the first generalinterest books about motorcycles and motorcycle racing. Phil’s Cycle editorship began in 1979 and lasted for nine years during which time he was known for connecting his readers to the heart of the motorcycling experience. Phil was inducted into the American Motorcycle Association Hall of Fame in 2011, joining Cook, who had been inducted in 2006, the same year that they were both inducted into Ducati North America’s Hall of Fame. Upon Phil’s passing, Cook wrote a beautiful tribute from which this excerpt is taken: “Phil for two decades was the heart and soul of the largest-circulation motorcycle magazine the world has ever known; was essential to the success of Ducati in North America, and world-wide; wrote about the internal combustion universe more perceptively, and more elegantly, than anyone ever has, before or since; mentored more than his share of hard-handed youngsters looking for stability, guidance and fast motorcycles; and through it all remained a man of dignity, humor, generosity, taste, judgment, gentleness and grace. . . .” Phil leaves behind his wife and life partner of 35 years, Allyn Fleming; sister Susanne and her husband, Jim Paul; nephews Tim Paul (Melissa), Jon Paul (Roberta), and Ryan Chiment; niece Hannah Fleming; and Andrew Murphy and family. Phil will be deeply missed by all those friends and family who love him so much, including the many people he generously mentored, the extended Schilling/Leonhardt family, the entire Fleming/Toney clan, and beloved dog Buddy. Deep and profound thanks go to Phil’s four devoted caregivers, who brought love, dignity, joy, and peace to his final months and days, and to Serenity House and Santa Barbara Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care, particularly Janet Murphy for her skilled and compassionate care. Donations to honor Phil may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research: http://www2.michaeljfox.org/goto/ philschilling
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box is regularly stuffed with solicitations from scads of charities, some legitimate but many or most dubious or outright fraudulent. My friend is a generous, warmhearted person of modest means whose donations seem to have put him on practically every sucker list that exists. The letters, generated by a cynical industry of telemarketers, tell heartbreaking stories of the need to help cure or assist people with cancer or feed needy children in third-world countries. In reality, telemarketers pocket up to 85 percent of the donations, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Much of what remains is grabbed by those who shamelessly enrich themselves by running questionable charities with high salaries. Some donations trickle down to the needy. Case in point: The Federal Trade Commission recently accused a Tennessee man and his family of fraud and using much of the $187 million it raked in, supposedly for cancer patients, to instead buy themselves cars and gym memberships, take luxury cruise vacations, pay college tuition for the kids, and employ family members at six-figure salaries. They set up sham breast cancer “charities” that sounded legitimate. They operated as “personal fiefdoms,” but little of the donations ever made it to the cancer patients, and now the money’s gone, the FTC said.
Feds have been notoriously lax in cracking down on people like James T. Reynolds Jr., his ex-wife, and son, objects of the FTC action. Critics asked why it took years to shut them down and whether criminal charges will follow. One reason cited to explain the delays is that the feds are overwhelmed: Charities are proliferating like crazy. Everyone wants to get into the money act. There are over one million registered public charities, and mounting. And they’re easier than ever to start, according to the highly respected nonprofit Charity Navigator (charitynavigator.org), which serves as a watchdog and a place to check out a charity. You pick a cause, form a tax-exempt organization, fill out a three-page online IRS registration form (1023-EZ), hire a telemarketer, and you’re in business. Let the dough roll in. Many of the so-called charities are nothing more than get-rich-quick gimmicks, paying salaries of $200,000 or more. One charity claiming to help poor youth in Central America, but based in the U.S., pays its top staff around a total of $450,000 a year. Charity Navigator rates it only one star out of a possible five. Critics question why it sends out sob stories for badly needed donations when it already owns $35 million in assets. Sure, you can ask telemarketers how much of your donation would go to the charity, but don’t expect an answer, thanks to the good
Barney Brantingham can be reached at barney@independent.com or 965-5205 x230. He writes online columns and a print column for Thursdays.
old U.S Supreme Court. In 1988, telemarketers challenged a state law requiring them to tell people they were calling how much of the money actually would go to the cause. The companies called this—are you ready? —censorship. The court, always on the side of free enterprise, agreed with the companies, according to the Washington Post. My advice: Give only to charities you’re sure of, better yet ones in Santa Barbara. GO TO HELL: There should be a special place
in hell for people who mark in library books. Paging through The Unimportance of Being Oscar, the amusing memoir by actor-concert pianist Oscar Levant, I found page after page of comments. Someone apparently read with pencil in hand, underlining, correcting, or adding details as they went. And on page 158, Mr. Pencil outlined nine whole paragraphs for no good reason except maybe to annoy fellow readers. When Levant mentioned the erudite editor Clifton Fadiman, another reader helpfully wrote in pen in the margin “lives in Santa Barbara.” Well, he did many years ago, thank you. Fadiman died in Florida in 1999, at age 95. Levant’s book is full of showbiz gossip. He found Judy Garland quite a head case. “At parties, Judy would sing all night, endlessly;
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nothing could stop her; but when it came time to appear on a movie set she just wouldn’t show up,” apparently due to stage fright. She sought psychiatric help. Her analyst advised producer Arthur Freed not to have Judy and director-husband Vincente Minnelli work together, Levant wrote. “Vincente, who had directed two of Judy’s pictures, Meet Me in St. Louis and The Clock, was preparing her next one, Easter Parade. He was taken off the picture and replaced by Chuck Walters. Because of the analyst’s advice, Vincente didn’t work for two and a half years.” — Barney Brantingham
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THE MOMENT OF TRUTH: Cole Cohen (pictured) was 26 years old when she finally discovered why she could be so smart academically and yet wrestle with seemingly simple tasks like crossing the street and telling time.
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f you’ve ever met Cole Cohen downtown or out at UCSB where she works, it’s a sure bet you never guessed she has a hole in her brain the size of a lemon. As a matter of fact, she never guessed it, either, until eight years ago when she was about to enter the California Institute of the Arts’ graduate writing program and decided to try one more time to learn to drive.“I figured you can’t live in Los Angeles without a car,” said Cohen. She failed. Again. Frustrated, her mother suggested medical intervention and, this time, a neurologist, the latest in an accelerating attempt in Cohen’s history to find out why she could be so smart yet wrestle with stubborn handicaps. She got into the prestigious writing program, for instance, but cannot gauge the passage of time without a watch; navigating grocery stores is even more difficult. “It’s my nemesis,” she laughed a few weeks ago over Chinese food, and she wasn’t kidding that much. This new doctor ordered an MRI and a PET scan. After decades of largely theoretical diagnoses and depression drugs, the MRI made the culprit plain: a “black spot the shape of a lopsided heart,” as she puts it in Head Case: My Brain and Other Wonders, her book about the hole. Recalling the discovery moment produces one of the most delicately phrased yet broadly funny scenes in the book. The passage goes as follows: Neurologist Doctor Volt (with wit, Cohen renamed some of the people involved) shows her a computer-screen image and points to an empty spot. This is your brain, he says, and that is a hole. Then this happened.
“A hole.” “Yes.” “There is a hole in my brain.” Doctor Volt pauses for a moment. “Yes.” Cole falls into a reverie, looking out the doctor’s window at a hospital. Outside from a high vantage, she sees “ant people” taking patients out of an emergency helicopter. She stares because she cannot look at the image on the computer. Can you say too much information? He explains that only the location of the hole (it’s in the parietal lobe) prevented her from serious debilitation or death. “How big is it?” I ask … “Well. These are your eyeballs. See that?” Volt taps his pencil on the image of the eyeballs in the skull. I nod. “OK. So this is one eyeball.” Tap, tap with his pencil. I nod. “So how many of these can we fit in there? Volt begins to count.“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine…fifteen, twenty. So about twenty eyeballs.”… “Twenty eyeballs,” I yell. It feels good to yell; it brings the air back into the room. “That’s a lot of eyeballs.” When I look at my MRI I look at myself and I see a stranger.
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Almost a decade later, armed with this impossible-to-fathom knowledge, Cohen is out in the world, tidying up her relationship to that strange neurological anomaly in a book that skillfully shifts from gallows humor to philosophical ruminations.
Since her visit to Dr. Volt described above, Cohen finished grad school, produced her memoir, moved around the West Coast, and followed her heart to Santa Barbara, where she eventually found a job at UCSB’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC). (Full disclosure: The Isla Vista film series I run is administered by the IHC.) She also sold the book to publisher Henry Holt and Company, originally titled Curioser and Curioser, for a sizable advance. Though even big publishers don’t often do book tours nowadays, Cohen is scheduled for a reading at Chaucer’s on Thursday, June 4, then down to Skylight Books in Los Angeles, and finally her hometown Portland, Oregon, where she’ll live a lifelong dream signing her own book in legendary Powell’s. Admittedly a shy person, one might wonder if Cohen is enjoying the exposure she’s now getting. Curious bragging rights, a hole in the brain. “It’s an invisible disability,” said Cohen, a fair-skinned, curly-haired brunette, quick to laugh, though sometimes looking a bit baffled, not unlike lots of other poets and writers.“But it’s definitely a two-edged sword. If I didn’t write the book, people wouldn’t know about it,” she said. “So this is like a big coming-out party. Here it is — surprise! But on the other hand, writing really is the way I deal with it, with a lot of my problems,” said Cohen, a poet, playwright, and sometimes journalist.
family matters Born in Brooklyn before it was fashionable, Nicole Cohen grew up in New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Davis, California; and later in the part of the country that somehow suited her best, Portland, Oregon. Her father is a philosophy professor and her mother a retired librarian who worked for Mobil Oil, where they met when he was between philosophy gigs. Cohen’s normal childhood began to unravel when she first tried to learn
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Cer over Stor ry y Sto C ov to tie her shoelaces. She learned coping strategies, like wearing loafers. “I had lots of experiences that told me something was off,” explained Cohen.“I remember we used Cheerios in 1st grade to learn about addition and subtraction. And I was just eating the Cheerios.” At the same time, however, she began writing poetry after an inspirational 1st grade teacher, Connie Bowsher, exposed her to Emily Dickinson.“I was always a kid with big feelings,” she said. So, great with language, lost in math. “I was in special ed and the gifted program at the same time. I was marked as lazy in school; people thought I must not be trying.” Nonetheless, she cleared high school and got into the University of the Redlands’ alternative campus, the Johnston Center for Integrative Studies, where people design their own
majors. Cohen made friends and graduated with a degree that linked writing to performance. In her book, these seem like her salad, though the chapter ends with an ominous sentence, “I approach the post college world delicately, like a bomb technician.” Yet her post-college years elicit the most bittersweet sequences in the book and the most universal. Who doesn’t have a string of bad jobs in their twentysomething past? Cohen elaborately screws up jobs at a newspaper, two bookstores, an essentialoils company taking phone orders, and a rock-promoter gig, the job she relished most. But as Cohen plows through these environments, mixing up numbers, making wrong change, and sending posters to incorrect addresses while negotiating the world of prickly roommates and the pit-
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head case “You know, you don’t have to use that word — disabled.” My new Portland therapist frowns. She looks vaguely like my mom but she’s much meaner. I told her early on to give it to me straight; I can take it, I said. I’ve been on the proverbial couch since middle school—give me your best shot. “I know a man, whatshisname, he ran for office here … Roy! Oh, Roy, well, Roy has one hand, he lost the other in an accident, and he says, ‘I’m not disabled. Fuck dis-abled.’ He has an artificial hand. He can do pretty much whatever he wants.” It’s important to me that the word disabled validates, in a very physical manner, my previously nebulous cloud of internal neurological symptoms. It is a very stable word; an assertive, clear word for cannot. As someone with an invisible disability, I use this uncomfortable word in part because it’s difficult. Disabled says yes, this is real. It says you cannot see it, but it is here and it can see you. Identifying as disabled also means that I carry all of the connotations of the word, none of them positive: helpless, damaged, etc. I’m looking for a word that doesn’t exist yet. I’m looking for a word that unifies as it implies exclusivity. Having spent most of my adolescent and young adult life studiously, preciously, avoiding them, I find myself in my late twenties on the hunt for a label.
I have a word for the kind of person who I am not— not neuro-typical neuro-typical— which would imply that I have a word for the kind of person who I am — neuro-diverse —but while it’s incredibly broad (encompassing, as the term implies, anyone and everyone whose brain functions differently than the norm), it’s also overtly clinical. Whether the word is coined, like neuro-diverse, or is a more charged word reclaimed from its negative connotation (like “crip” or “mad”), words about disability are used to compartmentalize more than unify. I want a word that is a home address. I am looking for a name that pushes the role of language about dis disability outside of the binary of “can” vs. “can’t.” How do I find a word that simul simultaneously communicates strength and weakness? A word that recognizes that they are not parallel traits but instead shaped more like a double helix? Ability and inability are two hands belonging to one person, each shaking the other. I read in my phenomenology class that when you shake one hand with your other hand, it’s impossible to feel each hand individually clasping the other. You can see it, so you know it must be true, but you cannot feel the press of one palm independent from the press of your other palm. I am looking for a word for my body that articulates the intractable, invisible link between my weakness and my strength. I want to make it linguistically impossible for me to feel one without feeling the other.
Excerpted from Head Case: My Brain and Other Wonders by Cole Cohen, published May 19, 2015, by Henry Holt and Company, LLC. Copyright © 2015. All rights reserved.
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Cohen’s case, insights into her own mind’s workings could hardly be more relevant.“It was a two-year program, and I decided to be finished with the book in that amount of time. I thought I was finished, but I was very wrong,” she said.
rewrite time She had a manuscript, and she began sending it out, mainly to first-book contests, including the prestigious Bakeless Prize and Association of Writers & Writing Programs; the latter earned her a book blurb by Susan Orleans (The Orchid Thief), who calls Head Case’s author “an exceptional, tough, indomitable character.” Which is as true in life as it is in written words. “I sent it out to a lot of agents; there were a lot of false starts, and it took forever,” Cohen said. She did get an agent, her (now revised) book found a publisher (more revisions), and a year and a half after that, Head Case hit the shelves. “I think the book kept getting better after each revision,” she said.“It’s more linear now. It’s a better book.” Many moments of nonlinear fun remain, however, as do steeply considered reflections. Most of it is narrative, but the form is built around wit and a labyrinth — this is the story of a person who enters an unknown cave, confronts a monster, and emerges not knowing exactly how to explain the revelation. Or as she puts it toward the end of the book:
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to unravel COPING STRATEGIES: Cole Cohen’s normal childhood began of experiences when she first tried to learn to tie her shoelaces. “I had lots that told me something was off,” she said.
Invisibility is a poisonous privilege. I feel as if I’m constantly withholding and at the same time I don’t know how to explain, where to begin, how many times I’m going to have to repeat the story of my brain. The information that I lived a quarter of my life not knowing myself now feels essential for other people to know me. The other option is to let people assume untrue things about my character: that I am ditzy, not paying attention, silly, stupid. Maybe I’m not yet ready to let go of assuming these things myself. I want to be normal, and I want to be different. It’s almost the superhero’s dilemma: Cohen created an alter ego through coping strategies (how to shop or cross a street, for instance), but the image covered up something rather amazing, something that sets her apart. And yet the truth revealed might destroy the persona; Clark Kent would cease to be if everybody knew his alien self. But identity isn’t the whole story, either. It’s the question “Why?” that Cohen—in her book and her life—is forced to re-ask. “They think I got this hole because I was wrapped up in the umbilical cord when I was born. But they don’t know for sure,” said Cohen, who enjoys telling people the hole in her brain is filled with Nutella. Meanwhile, with the book out, Cohen has little choice but to address her revised self in public: She was recently on Rachel Martin’s NPR show Weekend Edition, was written up in the New York Post, and has gleaned positive reviews in every publication that matters. Despite her trepidation, Cohen’s first reading at UCSB’s Miller McCune conference room in early May was crowded with friends, professors, students, and well-wishers, full of laughter and of questions about how she got published to how she gets around with such a large invisible disability. “I survive now because I have a great job and a great boss, Emily Zinn, at the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center,” explained Cohen. “But I have a lot of strategies. I print out everything. I make lists. I still get lots of things Cole Cohen will be signing wrong.” copies of Head Case ThursShe gets a lot right, day, June 4, 7 p.m., at Chautoo. And a sense of cer’s Books (3321 State St.). humor helps, considerFor more information, ing what might come call 682-6787 or see next. Like who will play chaucersbooks.com. her in the movie. “Muppets,” said Cohen without even thinking.
E X H I B I T I O N S O N V I EW RAY STRONG: Beyond Santa Barbara Through June 21
DRAWINGS IN DIALOGUE: Italian and Northern European Works on Paper from the Joseph B. and Ann S. Koepfli Trust Through June 14
D I D YO U K N OW? SBMA partners with about 40 community organizations, including UCSB, PAL (Police Activities League), Alzheimer’s Association, Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara Public Schools, Santa Barbara Symphony, and Storytellers.
Ray Stanford Strong, Requiem for Maynard Dixon (detail), 1946. Oil on canvas. SBMA, Museum purchase with funds provided by Robert and Marlene Veloz.
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TODAY! Thursday, June 11, 5:30 – 7 pm LOCAL POETS ON RAY STRONG Santa Barbara poets follow Ray Strong’s example in SBMA’s exhibition and write and read about the world “Beyond Santa Barbara.” Museum Front Steps Free
Sunday, June 14, 1:30 – 4:30 pm STUDIO SUNDAY ON THE FRONT STEPS
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6/4: He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister This five-piece band specializes in forward-thinking folk-rock, blending ’60s and ’70s nostalgia with fiery, bluesy Americana described as “glam folk,” “cirque rock,” and “desert pop.” 10pm. McCune Founders Rm., Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $20. Call 899-2222 or visit granadasb.org.
Thursday 6/4 6/4: Cole Cohen Come meet Cole Cohen as she signs her new book, Head Case, a memoir about her struggle to make her way after doctors discovered a lemon-sized hole in her brain. This is a story of triumph, passion, and love with plenty of charm and no self-pity. 7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call 682-6787 or visit chaucers books.com. Read more on p. 23. 6/4: FMLYBND, J. Lawlor Welcome back I.V.’s own FMLYBND as they play their danceable, footstomping, electronic grunge with ethereal vocals and haunting synths. Also performing will be J. Laser, which is a side project of multi-instrumentalist Jordan Lawlor of M83. 9pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $10-$12 Ages 18+. Call 962-7776 or visit sohosb.com.
6/4: Summer Dream: A Swimwear Runway Show This event is a glamorous fashion show and cocktail party hosted by Dream Foundation, who has been granting the final dreams of individuals facing terminal illness. To celebrate summer and to bring together philanthropists, this event will feature cutting-edge swimsuits and designs. 5-8pm. Aperture Collective and Cabana Home, 120 Santa Barbara St. $75. Call (888) 437-3267 or visit dreamfoundation.org. 6/4: Poetry Club: Christina Rossetti Carole Barale will moderate a discussion of the romantic, devotional, and children’s poems of English poet Christina Rossetti (1830-1894). Don’t forget to bring your favorite poem. 3:30-5pm. Community Hall, Montecito Library, 1469 E. Valley Rd., Montecito. Free. Call 969-5063 or visit sbplibrary.org.
6/5: Eddie Izzard Don’t miss stand-up comedian, writer, and actor Eddie Izzard’s Force Majeure world tour stop in S.B. Izzard says to the Huffington Post, “I’m doing my comedy and showing that it works in all these different countries. The Melting Pot can save the world.” He will of course do this with intelligence and silliness. 8pm. Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $50-$65.50. Call 899-2222 or visit granadasb.org. Read more on p. 43.
6/5: Blacklights & Basslines This night will feature Dirty Beats and area deejays Vongloe, Sabayon, and BVMPF, who will put on a tech-funk, electrohouse show that will be new and exciting. 9pm. Blind Tiger, 409 State St. $10-$20. Ages 21+. Call 957-4111 or visit tinyurl.com/ blacklightsbasslines.
6/5-6/7: Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail 4th Passport Weekend Take advantage of complimentary tastings and discounts at the 26 wineries on the trail. Participants will begin their wine tasting at one of these check-in points: Carr Winery, S.B. Winery, or Margerum Wine Co. There will also be a Red & White AVA Seminar featuring eight of S.B.’s top
6/4: Script to Screen: A Walk Among the Tombstones Matt Scudder, played by Liam Neeson, blurs the lines between lawful and criminal as he solves a kidnapping and murder as an unlicensed private detective. The screening will be followed a Q&A with Academy Award winner, Department of Film & Media alumnus, and writer/director Scott Frank and a post-screening reception. Reservations are recommended. 7-10pm. Pollock Theater, UCSB. Free. Call 893-4637 or visit carseywolf.ucsb.edu. 6/4: 1st Thursday Art Crawl This day and event is dedicated to highlighting downtown arts, culture, and entertainment. Participating galleries and artrelated venues will feature different attractions, such as art openings, live music, receptions, tastings, and others. 5-8pm. Various downtown S.B. locations. Free. Call 962-2098 or visit down townsb.org/about/1st-thursday.
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6/5: Rainbow Girls AlbumRelease Show Come celebrate the new album of the girls who started by performing at the S.B farmers’ markets and then traveled to Europe with their folk, Americana, gypsy, funk, soul, and rock and roll to their new electric stomp-folk sound. Guest stars will include funk, reggae, jazz, and rock band ZuhG and four-piece horn section Brass to Mouth. 8:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $12-$15. Call 962-7776 or visit sohosb.com.
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6/4-6/7, 6/10: Other Desert Cities The winner of five Tony Awards and the Outer Critics Award for Best Play, this play by Jon Robin Baitz tells the story of Brooke Wyeth, who returns after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas in Palm Springs with her Republican parents, brother, and liberal aunt, to announce the publication of her memoir focusing on an explosive chapter in their family’s history. Thu.-Fri.: 8pm; Sat.: 2 and 8pm; Sun.: 2pm; Wed.: 2 and 7pm. Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main St., Ventura. $25$54. Call 667-2900 or visit rubicontheatre.org. Read more on p. 53.
6/6: 4th Annual Block Party and Caring and Sharing Calle Real Center will be transformed into a family and neighborhood Block Party and nonprofit showcase filled with bounce houses, obstacle courses, face painters, balloon animals, musicians, costumed characters, and a fire truck and sheriff cruisers for viewing. There will be food samples, animal rescue and adoption groups, live music, and an overflow of fun and educational nonprofit organizations. Noon-3pm. Calle Real Ctr., between Patterson St. and Fairview Ave. Free. Call 886-5438 or visit callerealcenter.com.
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6/6: Happy to Be: Benefit Concert for Captain Paul Noury In November last year, Paul Noury, captain of the Grand Times and friend to many of S.B., suffered a brain aneurysm and is now recovering. Midnight Mynx, an all-woman rock band, will perform hardrock covers from the ’60s to hit songs, while reggae and dancehall band One Two Tree brings the enchanting vocals and rootsy grooves. Proceeds will go toward medical expenses. 8:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $20$25. Ages 21+. Call 962-7776 or visit sohosb.com. 6/6: Occupy Beauty: Free Mini Retreat for Women Melanie Elkin of S.B.-based Yoga’licious devotes her life to supporting women and will help you feel empowered by combining wisdom, yoga practice, inspiring speakers, goodie bags, and more. 11am-4pm. Pacifica Graduate Institute, Rm. A, 801 Ladera Ln. Free. Visit melanieelkin.com.
6/6: Piano Recital: Merckx Dascomb Santa Ynez Valley Union High School senior Merckx Dascomb will be performing works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, and Ives. He recently competed in the Music Guild Competition in March with five other high school seniors for the Westmont music scholarship. 7-8:30pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Visit sbplibrary.org. 6/6: Brawlin’ Betties vs. SCRDL Come watch this live roller derby match between the S.B. Mission City Brawlin’ Betties and the South Coast Roller Derby Lagunatics. It’ll be one hardhitting bout. There will be beer from Ninkasi, food from Georgia’s Smokehouse, and Brawlin’ Betties merch for purchase. 5pm. Page Youth Ctr., 4540 Hollister Ave. Free-$8. Visit mcrd-june6 .nightout.com. 6/6: Betsee Talavera Reception As part of the Wine & Culture in the Ghetto series, this event will feature scenic acrylic paintings of our county, California, and Oregon by artist Betsee Talavera, tastings of Robbins Family Olive Oils and Balsamic Vinegars, and, of course, wine. 1-4pm. Flying Goat Cellars Tasting Rm., 1520 E. Chestnut Ct., Lompoc. Free. Visit flyinggoatcellars .com. 6/6: Santa Barbara Music Club Season Finale This concert will be the season finale and special gala for scholarship winners. It will showcase talented local students whose programs will feature masterworks by beloved composers of the past. Check out the astonishing talents and accomplishments of the young awardees. 2pm. First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 617-3401 or visit sbmusicclub.org. 6/6: Wine and Wishes The Diana Basehart Foundation, providing a lifeline and financial help for families of low-income, seniors, veterans, and the disabled and their pets, will host this event with Nell wine, appetizers, and the smooth Brazilian vocals of Téka. Proceeds will benefit the Diana Basehart Foundation. 3:305:30pm. Montecito Upper Village Park, near 1482 E. Valley Rd., Montecito. Free. Call 222-4567.
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6/6: Samurai: The Warrior Horsemen of Japan Public Opening The samurais pledge their lives to the protection and serving of the ruling shoguns. This neverbefore-displayed-in-public private collection features nine authentic samurai armor suits, along with helmets, coats, foot coverings, and weaponry. Get a tour of this exhibit, and watch a performance by the S.B. Kendo Dojo. 4-6:30pm. Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum, 3596 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free-$5. Call 688-7889 or visit santaynez museum.org. 6/6: C2: Momentum’s Spring Company Concert S.B.’s newest competitive dance company is here after an award-winning season all over SoCal. Dancers ages 6-20 will light up the stage with solos, duets, trios, and small and large groups in all styles of dance. 7pm. Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo. $20-$30. Call 963-0408 or visit centerstagetheater.org. 6/6: The 2015 Pups & Purrs FUNdraiser CARE4Paws and Old Yeller Ranch Rescue will host this fundraiser that will include great Fess Parker wines, delicious food, live music from ’80s cover band The Molly Ringwald Project and guitarist and composer Jesse Rhodes, and a silent and live auction. VIP tickets include private wine tastings, VIP lounges, and reserved live auction seating. 4-9pm. Fess Parker Winery, 6200 Foxen CONT’D P. 32
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6/4: Ray Strong: Views of Santa Barbara County Reception As a founding member of the Oak Group, Ray Strong influenced generations of landscape painters. This community-wide celebration will explore the work of this legend and artist. This exhibit shows through August 31. 5-8pm. S.B. Historical Museum, 136 E. De la Guerra St. Free. Call 966-1601 or visit santabarbaramuseum.com.
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6/5-6/7: The Art of Preservation: The Oak Group Remembers Ray Strong Ray Strong played a key role in forming the Oak Group in 1986. This exhibit is dedicated to his role in the development and the group’s continuing efforts to use artistic talents to foster the preservation of open space in S.B. The exhibit shows through August 9. Noon-4pm. Casa de la Guerra, 15 E. De la Guerra St. Free-$5. Call 965-0093 or visit sbthp.org.
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6/7: Prime Time Band Summer Concert The Prime Time Band is composed of 80 musicians ages 50 years and up who practice 50 weeks per year to only perform three concerts in the year. Don’t miss this amazing band dedicated to providing our community with free music. 2pm. San Marcos High School Auditorium, 4750 Hollister Ave. Free. Call 962-6983 or visit ptband.org.
Canyon Rd., Los Olivos. General: $50-$60; VIP: $150-$250. Call 968-2273 or visit care4paws.org/ pupsnpurrs.html. 6/6: F@#% You, Jerry Lewis, Comedy Show Comedian Jerry Lewis doesn’t think women are funny. Prove him wrong! This event will feature the funniest, most talented female comedians such as Laurie Kilmartin, staff writer for Conan; Felicia Michaels, winner of the Funniest Female Comic Award; Cathy Ladman from Curb Your Enthusiasm; and Kimmie Dee, host and creative director of No Indoor Voices Productions. 8pm. Brasil Arts Café, 1230 State St. $15-$20. Some material not be suitable for children. Visit tinyurl.com/ nojerrylewis.
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6/7: An Evening with Peter Frampton Join Grammy Award–winning singer and guitarist Peter Frampton (pictured) and Notes for Notes youth artists while supporting this nonprofit organization that designs, equips, and staffs after-school recording studios inside Boys & Girls Clubs across the U.S. A successful solo artist, Frampton has also collaborated with artists such as David Bowie, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and more. 7:30pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $65$125. Call 963-0761 or visit lobero.com.
6/7: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sharon Jones and the DapKings, Doyle Bramhall II The Grammy-winning, 11-piece Tedeschi Trucks Band will be making its way to S.B. for its Wheels of Soul Tour, joined by soul-funk revivalists Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings and acclaimed guitarist Doyle Bramhall II. 5:30pm. S.B. Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. $49-$80. Call 962-7411 or visit sbbowl.com. Read more on p. 55. yann CharLes
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6/7: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.: Is The Black Church Dead? Inspired by the devotion of Martin Luther King, Jr., author and William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University Eddie S. Glaude will discuss the importance of black churches and preachers. 3pm. University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. Free. Call 893-2317 or visit cappscenter .ucsb.edu. 6/7: State Street Mile 2015 This fast and gradual downhill race on State Street features
something for everyone, and every dog, who runs, walks, or jogs. Events will include the Family Fun Mile, S.B. Dog Mile, Age Group Categories, and Open & Masters’ Elite Mile. All proceeds will go toward the Crime Victim Emergency Fund. Registration: 7am; events: 8am. State and W. Pedregosa sts. $5-$35. Call 568-2316 or visit sbmile.com. 6/7: Degas to Chagall: The European Artistic Revolution, 70 Amazing Years 1867-1937 The S.B. Museum of Art Docent Council will give a lecture and present a slide show on the radical change in visual depiction of color, light, politics, dreams, emotions, and paintings. Learn about the shifts from romanticism to realism to impressionism and more. 2-3pm. Goleta Library, 500 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Call 964-7878 or visit sbplibrary.org.
Monday 6/8 6/8: Goleta Valley Community Orchestra Concert This orchestra will be playing selections from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1, Frescobaldi’s Toccata, Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane, and Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. Musicians and students of SBCC will enlighten the community with the beauty of orchestral music. 7:15-8:45pm. Thornton Hall, Wake Ctr., 300 N. Turnpike Rd. Free. Call 698-0833.
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6/9: Algorave This event, hosted by FUNZONE and UCSB Media Arts and Technology Program, is where people can dance to music generated from algorithms, often using live coding techniques including a range of styles, such as minimal techno that has been described as a meeting point of hacker philosophy, geek culture, and clubbing. Many artists will attend to perform, such as Emeric Szaboky, Life Orange, ZenMasterZar, Chad and Curtis McKinney, and more. 8pm. FUNZONE, 226 S. Milpas St. Free. Visit tinyurl.com/ funzonealgorave. 6/9: How to Get What You Want: Mediation & Negotiation Entrepreneur and owner of CASA Magazine Mark Whitehurst will share the skills you need to get what you want in the world of arts. Learn how to evaluate yourself, communicate, listen, collect information, and more. 5-7pm. Union Bank Community Partners Ctr., 11 E. Carrillo St. Free. Call 565-1332 or visit awolsb.org.
6/9: Zach Madden CDRelease Show, Cory Sipper S.B. resident Zach Madden (pictured) will release his new CD, Daybreak Songs, and perform intimate songs reminiscent of those of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. Also performing will be singer/songwriter/guitarist Cory Sipper. 7pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $10. Call 962-7776 or visit sohosb.com.
Wednesday 6/10 6/10: Juggler David Cousin Comedy juggler David Cousin will return to S.B. with his hilarious and awe-inspiring juggling act. He holds five world records in juggling and performs with high energy in a graceful routine that delights children and adults. 3:30-4:15pm. Eastside Library, 1102 E. Montecito St.
Free. Ages 4+. Call 963-3727 or visit sbplibrary.org.
6/10: 2015 GreenScreen Student Film Premiere This is the premiere of UCSB’s student environmental films exhibition. Spend the evening watching four studentproduced films focused on eco-consciousness. Reservations are recommended. 7-10pm. Pollock Theater, UCSB. Free. Call 893-4637 or visit carseywolf.ucsb.edu. 6/10: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Screenings About 5 percent of Americans over the age of 50 have PAD, and 8-12 million Americans are at risk for this disease which can lead to a loss of a leg. Make an appointment during business hours to get a free PAD screening. There will be another screening in the Lompoc office on June 12. 1-4pm. 2323 Oak Park Ln., Ste. 102. Free. Call 643-3330.
Farmers market scheDule Thursday Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, 3-6:30pm Carpinteria: 800 block of Linden Ave., 3-6:30pm
Friday Montecito: 1100 and 1200 blocks of Coast Village Rd., 8-11:15am
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Text and photos by Caitlin Fitch In collaboration with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County, the nonprofit SafeLaunch welcomed kids to paint their future dreams on the side of DJ the airplane this past weekend. The traveling, interactive project is called Flights Above Addiction and aims to prevent kids from addiction at an early age through aviation and art. The nonprofit travels to different airports, including six they will visit this year, and works with a number of groups to spread their message. “This is our passion project,” said pilot and cofounder Ron Cuff (above). “We’re very passionate about saving the lives of kids.” At this weekend’s event, Cuff had the names of individuals who had passed away from addiction as well as their ages printed under the wings of the airplane and held a dedication. left: Diego Martinez paints on DJ the airplane. To learn more, visit safelaunch.org.
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A Family Act at Circus Vargas over movie nights; a rare few bond by juggling each other with their feet in front of astonished thousands-fold crowds. Meet the Poema family, a clan of circus performers who will be bringing their gravity-defying act to Circus Vargas at Earl Warren Showgrounds on June 11-15. Led by father Adrian, the Poemas perform the rare Risley Acrobatics, in which one performer lies prostrate and vaults a somersaulting partner into the air using his or her feet. The art dates back several centuries, and the Poemas are only one of a handful of acts around the world who have mastered it. “I started performing around 3 years old, and the act I perform with my kids is the same act I performed with my father, and my father did it with his father, and so on,” said Adrian, whose ringleading roots date back to the 1600s. So do those of his wife, Nellie, whose family hails from the Royal Hanneford Circus, one of the world’s oldest circuses. “It’s a very special tradition that gets passed on from generation to generation,” said Adrian. “It’s not something you can go to Walmart and buy the equipment you need—you dedicate your whole life to it.” This ongoing tradition unites the family in a job that provides far more intimate family time than the average 9-5. Adrian says the kids were never pushed to perform but were drawn to it after watching their elders and got interested at their own pace. The four homeschooled children would practice with their parents up to six hours a day before taking the act on the road, and the family now tours 10 months out of the year.
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superpowers. They can squeeze into a tiny space, they can change color, they have venom, and they are super-duper strong. Here’s a creature that is as alien as can be without leaving the planet, yet you can still have a meeting of the minds.
AIRBORNE RELATIVES: The acrobatic Poema family is one of the stars of a now animal-less Circus Vargas.
When touring, the sense of family expands, with performers sharing caretaking duties and bonding over post-performance barbecues. “The circus is a very tight family,” said Poema, who continues to perform alongside other circus acts he has known since being a toddler. Having wowed thousands of circusgoers the world over, theirs is one of the big acts to see at this upcoming Circus Vargas. Bring your family, and be wowed together at their acrobatic union. And who knows? You may start a family act of your own. See circusvargas.com for the schedule and tickets. —Richie DeMaria
But a soul? I feel like if we have a soul, then an octopus has a soul. If we have consciousness, they have consciousness, but I think that consciousness may be more complex and varied than humans might be able to imagine. The octopus has more neurons in its brain than a rat, and rats are quite smart. But most of an octopus’s neurons aren’t even in its brain. Three-fifths of their brain neurons are in their arms. So consciousness may be felt totally different to an octopus. “Exquisite” taste: They can taste with their entire bodies, including
their eyelids. My friend the octopus could taste it was me and may have been able to taste whether I was happy or sad or got a perm. One of my friends, who is a great animal lover, touched one octopus, and it withdrew with revulsion. Then I remembered she is a pack-a-day smoker! Nicotine is a known invertebrate repellant, so she didn’t taste good.
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a man who did not utter a word drew an outpouring of affection and applause at the second annual dinner of the Santa Barbara Court of Champions. “I really think this night is about Frank Carbajal,” said Gerry Karczewski, the last speaker at the Sunday-night event that featured the induction of 17 new members into the city’s basketballspecific hall of fame. Carbajal, a proud man of Mexican heritage who coached Santa Barbara City College to four conference championships in the 1980s, made a lasting impact on his players and other coaches who worked with him. “You didn’t walk into the gym without learning a lesson,” said Karczewski, a standout guard at San Marcos High and a junior college All-American at SBCC. “He taught us to take the emotion out of the game, be patient, and be poised.” Jim Eyen began a 35-year coaching career — he’s currently on Byron Scott’s staff with the L.A. Lakers — as Carbajal’s assistant. “Thirty-six years ago, I walked into your office,” Eyen said, addressing Carbajal across the room at Fess Parker’s resort. “At that point is where my education began.You involved me, and to learn coaching and teaching at such a high level was invaluable.” DeRon Carbajal wheeled his father onto a platform and revealed that he has progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare disease that degrades eyesight and other bodily functions. But the old man, who retired 10 years ago at Hartnell College with 662 victories at all levels under his belt, could hear the plaudits, and he was able to engage in one-on-one conversations before and after the dinner. The power of coaching was a theme of the evening. Barb Beainy and Cori Close, acclaimed for their playing careers at UCSB, paid tribute to former head coach Mark French. Beainy recalled how a pregame drill known as “the Gaucho shuffle,” which would draw smirks from opponents, became an inspiring force for the Gaucho women, teaching them to “face the bullies.” Close, the fourth-year coach of UCLA’s women’s team, said Santa Barbara is where “I got my deepest lessons” in basketball and life. Karczewski and Jon Korfas were another pair of teammates — from the San Marcos Runnin’ Royals — to enter the area’s highest basketball court. Also linked together were a deceased coach and player, Willie Wilton and Lowell Steward, who put together one of UCSB’s greatest seasons in 1940-41. Mike Wilton told how his father made it work despite a meager budget. Each player had one pair of Converse shoes, and the coach brought them home when they were worn down and scored the soles with a razor blade to add more traction. Steward, an African-American, was barred from playing in the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball
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Report from Sunday’s Court of Champions Induction Ceremony HONORING ATHLETES: Shari Cathcart is presented with a ceremonial flag at the memorial for her father, Sam Cathcart. Below, onetime Golden State Warrior Vic Bartolome (left) checks in with former Santa Barbara High coach Gene Snyder.
(later the NAIA) Championships in Kansas City because of segregation. He piloted more than 100 missions as a Tuskegee Airman in World War II. On behalf of the NAIA, Westmont College coach John Moore presented Steward’s son, Lowell Jr., the organization’s Champions of Character Award, though as Moore said, “Nothing can repair the injustice of 1941.”
NBA FINALS: Golden State or Cleveland? Not surprisingly, über-guard Stephen Curry and the Warriors garnered considerable support from Santa Barbara hoop-heads asked to predict the outcome of the NBA Finals. Holly Ford Emerson, a 2014 Court of Champions inductee, likes Golden State’s youth and depth. “Their shooting is streaky,” she said, but she thinks the streaks will be more hot than cold. Barb Beainy said, “The Warriors are my team and always have been. NorCal, you know.” Beainy played her last game for Burlingame High in the Warriors’ home, Oracle Arena, leading her team to the state championship. Close agreed with her former UCSB teammate. “I enjoyed watching [Golden State] play the team game,” she said. “It was a departure from oneon-one, isolation basketball.” Vic Bartolome is a Warrior alum, having played for the team in 1971-72. “I still have two of my old practice jerseys,” the seven-footer from Santa Barbara High and Oregon State said. “We didn’t have a shot at the championship then, not with Wilt Chamberlain playing for the Lakers.” The Warriors did win the title in 1975 with the help of NBA rookie of the year Jamaal Wilkes, another former Don and Court of Champions charter member. Jerry Pimm is pulling for Golden State’s first-year head coach Steve Kerr. “Kerr played for our 1986 world championship team with [UCSB star] Brian Shaw,” recalled Pimm, the former Gaucho coach. Pimm was on the coaching staff of that U.S. team, which won one of the last epic sports battles between America and the former Soviet Union. Chet Kammerer , the Miami Heat’s vice president of player personnel, cast his vote for the Cleveland Cavaliers. 6/7: Running: HOKA ONE ONE State Street Mile It’s actually a series of mile races down State “The reason is the best player Street, beginning with seven age groupings (from ages younger than 14 to older than 60): a family in basketball, LeBron James,” fun mile, Open & Master’s elite races, and a dog walk and run. A purse of $5,700 will be distributed to said Kammerer, who was Westtop finishers (with $1,000 bonuses going to anybody who breaks the women’s record of 4:33 or the mont’s coach for 17 years. James men’s of 3:49). Michael Coe, who set the men’s record in 2013, is entered. All proceeds will go toward had the same birthplace — the District Attorney’s Crime Victim Emergency Fund. 8am. State St. from Pedregosa to De la Guerra Akron, Ohio, on the outskirts of sts. Participation: $5-$35. Call 568-2316 or visit sbmile.com. Cleveland — as Santa Barbara’s
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NBA maestro Bill Bertka, still a scouting operative for the Lakers after collecting a fistful of championship rings as their assistant coach. “Akron was my home,” Bertka said. “I know how LeBron feels about Akron. That area’s gone through some tough times. I’d like to see them have something to be proud of.” CATHCART FAREWELL: Sam Cathcart, who died on
April 3 at 90, was honored by a celebration of his life Sunday at Peabody Stadium, where he achieved many of his 163 victories as head football coach at Santa Barbara High. A military ceremony, including a three-volley gun salute, preceded the telling of tales about the war hero and leader of the Dons. Cathcart singlehandedly took out a German machinegun nest during the Battle of the Bulge, and in football, his fellow coach Mike Moropoulos recalled, “His philosophy was: Attack. His offense never stopped. It didn’t matter, down or distance. Just go for it.” That philosophy prevailed off the field, too. Moropoulos told about a trip to play in Orange County, where the team bus encountered a chain-link gate outside the stadium, and efforts to unlock it proved futile. Cathcart ordered, “Drive right through it,” Moropoulos said. “That was Sergeant Cathcart.” n
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ichelle Karam does it all: She is a mother of three, food blogger at TheMediterranean Mama.com, radio host, private chef, and owner of a catering company. So it’s no surprise that the 39-year-old was selected to compete on-air in The Next Food Network Star, the popular television station’s taxing, 11-week competition against other chefs to become the host of a new show. “I was challenged and placed outside of my comfort zone more than I could ever imagine,” admitted Karam last week. TUBE THROWDOWN: Michelle “Mediterranean Mama” Karam While she couldn’t stars on the Food Network this reveal any details Sunday. about who came out on top in the new season, which premieres on June 7 at 9 p.m., she did answer a few of my questions. What was it like to be on set? I was very nervous to be there and not know what was coming next. I’m not a chef that does cooking in a restaurant professionally. I was surrounded by competitors who were really fierce and really well seasoned, and that’s kind of hard when I’m there as the “mommy chef.” I mean, my biggest audience right now is my kids and my husband.
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What was your biggest challenge on the show? I’m not naturally competitive. I want everyone to win. I guess that’s the mom in me. My heart goes out to everybody, and I feel bad if someone doesn’t win. My nature is to help everybody out, and that’s a tough one to follow on the Food Network because that’s not the nature of the game. It was the hardest I’ve ever been challenged in my life, and I am so proud to say I was a part of this.
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What would your ideal Food Network show look like? I would love to do something along the lines of The Mediterranean Mama. I don’t really feel like there’s a show right now on the Food Network that specifically focuses on Middle Eastern food, and I’d definitely like to put that out there. Or maybe do something along the lines of a supermarket ambush. Find a mom who’s in the market with her kids who are driving her crazy and say,“Okay, what do you have in your basket? Let’s go home and see what you have there and let’s make something great out of it.” Because we don’t all have culinary degrees or time to spend in the kitchen to cook. — Molly Forster
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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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Amy Hazard learned Native American abalone adornment carving while raising and caring for baby peregrine falcons on a remote beach north of Jalama. Each piece of abalone is hand carved and polished by the artist based on its unique shape and characteristics. The captivating and striking colors and textures that naturally occur in the abalone are incorporated into Amy’s designs using a blend of sterling silver and other metals, pearls, antique glass beads, and faceted gemstones.
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WaTE Wa aTErhOusE GaLLEry: ry 1114 State Street # 9, 805-962-8885 ry: The Gallery is going on its 31st year and 24 years in La Arcada Courtyard. 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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Si Jie Loo is a Malaysian born artist working in Santa Barbara. She recently returned to Malaysia and traveled to China on a quest to “merge” her western art education with her Chinese traditional roots in Calligraphy and Ink Painting. With her unique ability to translate cultures visually, she hopes to put a contemporary spin of abstract expressions on Chinese ink painting. Please join us for a wine tasting to benefit the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Santa Barbara along with Santa Barbara roaster Caribbean Coffee serving their new Artisanal Craft Draft. Live music performance by Joy Wu playing the Yang Qin (Chinese dulcimer).
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It’s Magick at ZFolio: Join us for a special preview of our upcoming trunk show with guest artist, Magick Fusager Design, and experience contemporary Cloisonné enamel at its finest. And don’t miss meeting the artists, Jael and Falcher Fusager, who will be joining us in the gallery Friday, June 26th with their entire collection of award winning jewelry.
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H sOJOurNEr: 134 East Canon Perdido, 805-965-7922 June is Summer Solstice month – join your friends at the Soj to celebrate the Good ol’ Summertime with fun solstice art, music with Deb Farris and friends and more. I CJM::La CJM::L : 300 E. Canon Perdido Street, #C-2, 805-698-2120 Courtney Jane Miller Landscape Architecture is sponsoring a summer art series at their Canon Perdido design studio. Santa Barbara favorite Cathy Ellis will be the first show of the summer. Ellis fills her canvases with a dynamic visceral palate applied by a hand comfortable with rough edges and dangerously long swaths of electric color. Her subject matter is distinctly and stylishly reflective of her life and studio practice here in California. Her work is simultaneously nostalgic and contemporary in the best traditions of artists unwilling to be boring. Refreshments served. J saLT: 740 State Street, 805-963-7258 Come sip and celebrate the arrival of the Good Ol’ Summertime at Salt! We’ve got a great selection of Salty products meant to keep you feeling and looking good during all the summertime fun. From Beachy Waves texturizing hair mist, Himalayan Saltinfused lip balms, a variety of sprays and scrubs, and a selection of Yoga classes, we’ve got you covered. k ssTILL TILL – ELEV ELEVa aTE yO aTE y ur EThaNOL: 37 East Ortega, 805-883-1080 Still – Elevate Your Ethanol is a space dedicated to cocktail culture. Join us to take a peek into the history of Tiki punch and other classic summertime libations. We will be sampling a couple of fun cocktails as well as showcasing the work of a wonderful local artist. L JOdI hOusE saNTa NTa Bar NTa BarBara B : 625 Chapala Street, 805-563-2882 Jodi House and the Artists for Trauma (AFT) celebrate the launch of their new partnership by facilitating an Adaptive Painting Workshop and Traumatic Brain Injury Art Show. Volunteer artists work with adult trauma survivors as part of a collective effort to facilitate empowering recovery experiences for survivors through the process of artistic engagement. Join us for an open house for the exhibition of art created by survivors, wine and hors d’oeuvres. M
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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 and beer while we exhibit artwork by Heather Stern. Heather has been creating artwork throughout her life, having also studied it for her degree in college. She has been commissioned for numerous exclusive events, and has won several awards for her work in multiple mediums including; Drawing, Ceramics, and Jewelry Making. We are excited to host Heather, please join us!
MEZCaL MarTINI: 900 State Street, Marshalls Patio Mezcal Martini is a local Latin jazz band that has been playing together for more than six years. Their musical consciousness has been shaped by the likes of Poncho Sanchez, Tito Puente, Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria, playing many of their tunes and arrangements. Mezcal Martini also takes a very non-traditional approach towards Jazz standards by infusing them with Latin rhythms. Their music is punctuated with infectious grooves and scintillating horn lines. CyCLEMayNIa TaLENT shOW
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735 Anacapa St, Entrance on De La Guerra Plaza, First Floor, 5-7pm) This exhibition celebrates the vision of the talented environmental artist and teacher and those he influenced. It features paintings by Ray Strong as well as artists that shared his vision and painted with, or were inspired by Ray Strong: Meredith Brooks Abbott, Whitney Brooks Abbott, Marcia Burtt, Don Crocker, Bill Dewey, Michael Drury, Larry Iwerks, Ann Sanders, Ray Strong, and Thomas Van Stein. His teaching of plein air painting was visionary and inspired four decades of artists to return to the land again and again for inspiration, spiritual sustenance and environmental activism. (6pm – remarks by Mayor Helene Schneider)
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G Casa Casa MaG a aZINE: a 23 East Canon Perdido Street, 805-965-6448 The 15th Buddha Abides exhibition will provide a forum for Buddhist influenced work by local, contemporary artists to be shown, appreciated, and purchased by the community. In Buddhism, as a means of cultivating an open heart, the first paramita is generosity. In this spirit, a full 25% of sales will be donated to the Tibetan Children’s Village in Dharamsala, India. Come early for an opening that includes the exquisite sacred music of ‘BlesSing’. Refreshments served.
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1130 State Street, 805-963-4364 Ray Strong: Beyond Santa Barbara: This intimate presentation of paintings and drawings by esteemed artist Ray Strong highlights distinct moments within the artist’s practice over the course of 45 years. Featuring landscapes and cityscapes produced outside of the Santa Barbara area, the selected works from the Museum’s holdings offer a view of Strong’s travels and his lifelong interest in depicting the environment around him. Ray Strong: Beyond Santa Barbara is organized in conjunction with The Ray Strong Project, an initiative of Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery.
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Some of the 590 members of the Santa Barbara Art Association (SBAA) were juried into a show on display in the main gallery. Art by SBAA past presidents and current board members is presented in the West Wing. In the East Wing is a display of Ray Strong’s artwork that will hang for three months courtesy of the S.B. Public Library and SBAA.
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21 West Anapamu Street, 805-962-5322 Presenting the works of abstract painter Julie B. Montgomery. Her exhibit, Veiled Terrain: A Modern Exploration of Landscape, is featured in our upstairs gallery May thru August. Montgomery’s art has been featured in major articles for Santa Barbara Magazine, Santa Barbara News-Press and KCET Artbound. Her works have also appeared in numerous TV Shows including “Mad Men,” “Glee” and “Scandal.” Come join us for a glass of wine and meet this extraordinary artist in person.
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“Secret Journeys” presents the latest paintings by Ana Marini who comes from Buenos Aires, Argentina, now living in Los Angeles. By applying a metaphorical language, Ana Marini creates works that can be seen explicitly as a personal search in life. They appear as dreamlike images in which fiction and reality meet, meanings shift, past and present fuse. Her romantic inclination towards the tragic, the sublime and the magical, aesthetic categories lingering between projection and perception, coherence and chaos is the reason that her works are described as “Magical Realism.”
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F MON PETIT BIJOu: 1014 State Street, 805-568-1616 Enjoy Good Ol’ Summertime at Mon Petit Bijou! We will have all of our newest fashion deliveries on display as we also feature 2 local artists!! Come see one of our favorite painters, Diana Valdez. Her art reflects deep layers of the ocean’s soul and that of our own. She creates emotional motions through her texture with acrylic, mixed gels, and local beach sand and drift wood. We will also have the honor of hosting a young musicians group from our local non-profit Rock Shop Academy!
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11 East Anapamu Street, 805-730-1460 Sullivan Goss celebrates the opening reception for an exhibition of work by the legendary Santa Barbara artist, Ray Strong. This exhibition is part of a city-wide celebration of the artist’s life and work. Also on view: Meredith Brooks Abbott: Days That Count; and Ringers: Vintage and Contemporary Masterworks.
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1528 State Street, 805-962-6444 MAGICAL MOMENTS…WINDOWS OF SOUL: Working collaboratively, three local artists created the unusual perspective of interwoven dimensions using photo-collage with pastels to produce a tomp’l’oeil effect depicting scenes of Carpinteria and Santa Barbara. A “magical moment” in time, captured in the past by photo, was brought into the living energy of the present in pastels, creating a “world within a world.” Have a glass a wine, meet the artist and enjoy this new and fascinating concept in mixed-media!
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36 East Victoria Street, 805-957-4200 LIVE JAZZ - THE JUSTIN CLAVERIA QUARTET: Enjoy an evening of live music featuring accomplished saxophonist Justin Claveria along with the immensely talented Kevin Fukagawa, Tom Etchart, and Cougar Estradas. In Situ - Works by MEAGAN STIRLING: We are delighted to exhibit the works of Meagan Stirling, exhibitor and Assistant Professor of Art at Westmont College. By combining printmaking, painting and photography, her work evokes an idealized way of life—yet one in which the over-exaggerated idea of safety becomes weakened by isolation, chance, and violence. Wine & hors d’oeuvres provided.
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136 East De La Guerra Street, 805-966-1601 OPENING NIGHT! Ray Strong: Views of Santa Barbara County In a community-wide celebration, the Museum opens their exhibit exploring the work of artist Ray Strong. As a founding member of the Oak Group, Strong influenced an entire generation of wildlife and landscape painters in Santa Barbara County. Guest curator, Marlene R. Miller. Music, wine and always family friendly
Paseo Nuevo Entrance at De la Guerra Enjoy live music, performances and talent acts while you enjoy beers and brats. Join Traffic Solutions for the grand finale bike month event, The CycleMAYnia Talent Show, a medley of unique bicycle-themed talent acts, including musical performances, rap, dance and an experimental music piece featuring over 100 bicyclists. Judges and the audience will select the top three winning acts. Live music by Zephan at 5:00 PM, the Talent Show at 6:00 PM, and the CycleMAYnia awards ceremony at 7:00 PM. Also enjoy a full service beer garden at the Hoffmann Brat Haus.
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1323 State Street, 805-364-5141 Join Engel & Volkers, purveyors of fine real estate, as we celebrate Nepal and support relief efforts for earthquake survivors. Benefiting late SB actor Paul Walker’s charity, Reach Out Worldwide (ROWW), we bring you “HeART OF NEPAL, featuring original art from Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and India. Enjoy the live music, Himalayan appetizers, and complimentary pourings. Supported by Grassini Family Vineyards, Namaste, EmmaRose Floral, Himalayan Kitchen, and our premiere sponsor, Chase Bank.
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38 West Victoria, 805-770-7702 Come join us for a splendid evening of art, wine, and small bites. While the amazing artwork of Meghan Hart will entertain your eyes, your palate will stay busy with unique meats and cheeses from Counter Culture alongside bread and olive oil combinations from iL Fustino and Crazy good bread. To wash it all down one can imbibe on a sample from Stone Brewery in Wine+Beer or taste the exquisite wines being poured by Clendenen Family Vineyards in The Kitchen.
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Join The Granada Theatre tonight from 7:30-9:30pm for 1st Thursday: After Hours Three venerable performing arts organizations have teamed up to offer a unique night of excitement to round-out your 1st Thursday. Come celebrate the Granada Theatre’s screening of four different film series throughout the summer with a chance to win free tickets, a no-host bar, light fare, and complimentary wine tasting from Summerland Winery—all while socializing with friends.
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ince comedian Eddie Izzard’s days performing at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival in the late 1980s, catching people’s attention with his wickedly funny observations and his affinity for wearing women’s clothing, his popularity has expanded exponentially. He’s currently cracking up audiences with his one-man show Force Majeure, which he’s been touring around the world since 2013. “Twentyseven countries now I’ve played,” Izzard told me over the phone after finishing a five-day stint at New York City’s Beacon Theatre. “I keep adjusting it, molding it, trying to make it better.” Santa Barbarans get the chance to experience Izzard’s current comedic offering when he makes a stop at the Granada Theatre Friday, June 5. For the full interview, visit independent.com/izzard.
So it’s true you want to be an MP? Member of Parliament or Mayor of London. I can’t choose until 2019. And I can’t really tell what’s going to happen, but that’s the plan. Everyone I’ve worked with knows this, and I’ve said it categorically so many times, so hopefully I can get that all going and do essentially an Al Franken. Do people even care anymore what you wear? The LGBT people need to get sexuality into the boring place so that no one gets [worked up about it]. If we look at a cat and a dog, do we go on about their sex? … We don’t care. Is the cat any good as a cat? Is the dog any good? Is he a nice dog? Is he a fun dog? Is he a nice personality? I liked your comment that men wearing women’s clothing is like being a man “tomboy” — women wear men’s clothes, and nobody gives them a hard time. It’s because [wearing men’s clothes is] seen as adding power into the human character. … Whereas women’s clothing is equated with femininity [which] equals less strong, therefore weakness. … But if you look at men and women, there are strong-character men and women and weakcharacter men and women throughout history, and it doesn’t really matter what they’re wearing. … Jesus and all those guys in Judea, they were all wearing dresses and skirts. … I have girl genetics and boy genetics, and my girl genetics insist on expressing themselves whenever they wish to, and so that’s the deal. Any problems, people can just argue with the United Nations about it.
So I imagine that you change the show a bit for each country. No, I don’t at all. My whole thing is to prove how similar we are. So this show that I am touring now is the same show that the kids in Moscow laughed at, the kids in Berlin in German laughed at, the kids in Paris in October will be laughing at in French. I want to show connections between us rather than the differences. You know French and German well enough to do comedy in them? I learned French and German in school, but the level of French I [have I] got by pushing it, by going back to France many times. My German was not really good enough, so I had to learn the show like a play. I translated the whole show into a playbook, line by line by line. It seems you’ve succeeded in your dream to be an actor. Yeah, it’s great. I’m still pushing for the breakout role. I’ve got five years before I go into politics, so I’ve just got to fight like crazy.
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chemotherapy; fear and strength and the struggle for life seep out of the album’s every note. The title track, “Sirens,” is representative of the album as a whole — melodic, soft, vulnerable, and, of course, weepy. The song’s vocals were recorded by Talan in a single take during her chemotherapy treatment, perfectly encapsulating the rawness of both the tune and the fragility of our own mortality. A cover of Tom Petty’s “Learning to Fly” follows and is arguably stronger than the original. The performance, both hopeful and scared, is courageously honest in a vein rarely seen in recent music.
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Teddy Macker teaches in the College of Creative Studies at UCSB. His first book of poetry, This World, has just been published. Yours are very spiritual poems. They’re also infused with imagery from the natural world. Clearly, there’s a connection. Firstly, spirituality and art do not seem parsable to me. And “nature” and spirit do not seem parsable, either. To go one step further, I’ll borrow from Kenneth Rexroth, who said, “What is, is what is holy.” In other words, nothing is not numinous. While one part of me — a part I can respect and often heed — does feel concern about this problem or that crisis, feeling fear Carpinteria or anger or sadness (or all of the above!), another part Book of of me knows that reality blooms by being itself. I think it’s possible, though certainly not easy, to try and make room for both truths, however paradoxical and tricky that may seem.
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So for you, poetry happens when we put aside “fear or anger or sadness.” That’s usually where my poems start. Mine often start there, too! And personally I don’t know if there’s really a way to put aside fear and anger and sadness. Seems they’re a part of our human condition. I guess what I am trying to say is (to quote the great songwriter Greg Brown), “Hallelujah anyway.” While the world spirit infuses your poetry, you’re also very much a local poet, someone living on a small ranch in Carpinteria. Where I live does inform my writing, of course. Apricots show up a lot in my poems, hawks, sycamores. Come to think of it, the odor of a sycamore leaf itself deserves its own poem or three.
the WeepieS SirenS Indie pop-folk duo The Weepies stay true to their band’s name with their latest album, Sirens. Their fifth record presents an emotional spectrum both wide and deep enough to make you cry tears of wretched grief, rare beauty, and unabashed hope. This comes as no surprise, as singer/songwriters Deb Talan and Steve Tannen likely experienced all those feelings during the production of the album. In late 2013, Talan was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer — barely a year after the birth of Talan and Tannen’s first child. The album was written and recorded while Talan was undergoing
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I hear the echo of your friend and mentor, the late Barry Spacks, in your poetry. Can you talk about his influence? Barry’s influence is so deep there’s no place where he stops and I start. To put it somewhat dramatically, though not — I don’t think — untruly, he was my master. I somehow knew to serve an apprenticeship under him, and I did so for 18 years. We had much shoulder-to-shoulder time together, working on poems and stories (line by line, sentence by sentence), taking walks, making meals, doing readings, sharing an office at UCSB. — David Starkey
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arrived at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art last Thursday eager to see Ray Strong: Beyond Santa Barbara, an intimate exhibition of six paintings and drawings by Ray Strong, and to observe Tina Villadolid, the museum’s coordinator of community art programs, as she conducted a public workshop on sketching in the gallery. I was just going to watch and take notes, but Villadolid had other ideas about my participation. “You have to draw — it’s the only way to understand this,” she said in a firm voice as she handed me a clipboard with some sheets of paper and a sketching pencil. An hour later, holding my clumsy attempt at copying Ray Strong’s 1971 drawing “Field Near Assisi,” I felt as though I had been whisked through a portal into the inner sanctum of creation. If, as the great English writer Samuel Johnson once contended, the work of the critic is “improving opinion into knowledge,” then my drawing session in the gallery was a powerful reminder that to truly know something, one must do it. The steps outlined for us were the opposite of paint-by-numbers instructions; rather, they were reliable ways of seeing and thinking using pencil and paper. To begin, Villadolid led by example, announcing that she likes to draw her own frame, rather than let the edges of the paper become the frame by default. Suddenly my first marks had a mission and a direct relation to every other mark I would make from then on. Nervous about drawing decently straight lines for the frame freehand, I soon discovered that the very irregularity of those initial lines would be among my most important tools. Asking us to start copying from the top down, and to draw lightly at first, our teacher said it’s “not about accuracy, but about capturing the quality of the line.” This provoked the night’s first question, and it was a great one. “What do you mean by ‘quality’?” a student asked, and Villadolid lit up with enthusiasm for the opportunity to answer her. “The quality of a line refers
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ISLAND HOME: Strong’s “View of Anacapa” is another sketch in the exhibit.
to all the ways that it can be — dark or light, curvy or straight, continuous or intermittent, jagged or smooth, undulating or erratic,” she said, adding that “quality of line is what lends emotion to an image.” And just like that, my copy of Ray Strong’s “Field Near Assisi” was off and running, as I strove to capture the quality of his lines. “Field Near Assisi,” sketched en plein air with a graphite pencil and a Conté crayon, features a simple rustic fence made of poles lashed crosswise against the backdrop of a mountainous skyline. The irregular “x” shapes of the fence march diagonally into the distance on the right, drawing the viewer into the image. As I chipped away at copying this picture, adding lines here and there while paying close attention to their qualities, I mentally embraced Villadolid’s habit of using the verb “to love” interchangeably with “to notice”— as in “I love the way this rustic fence frames the fields and mountains behind it.” Following the steps of a dance begun by Ray Strong’s pencil some 44 years ago in Italy, I rediscovered the intricacy with which he translated vision into image. As I savored each detail of Strong’s composition, I thought of something art historian Ernst Gombrich once wrote about another, quite different, picture made in Italy, Leonardo’s “The Last Supper”: “There is so much order in this variety, and so much variety in this order, that one can never quite exhaust the harmonious interplay of movement and answering movement.” n
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s Steven Schick, music director of this year’s Ojai Festival, is acutely aware, there is a kind of duality to being a classical percussionist. Drums, gongs, and cymbals have traditionally been on the periphery of classical music; solo instrumentalists are, in a very real sense, pioneers. And yet, they’re engaging in what may be the oldest musical tradition in human history. “That tension is part of my daily life,” Schick said in an interview from San Diego, where he is on the faculty of UCSD. “I get up every day, and I practice. That connects me with generations and centuries and millennia of percussionists all around the world. Whether they were African drummers or Balinese gamelan players, they basically by Tom Jacobs did the same thing with their hands that I do: They pick them up and let them fall. At the same time,” he continued, “there’s also a ceaseless experimentation [in my work] — a quest to reinvent things, almost on a daily basis. When you have those two running concurrently, it’s an amazing thing.” That combination of respecting tradition while engaging in experimentation is also true of the Ojai Festival. The nation’s preeminent festival featuring contemporary classical music will celebrate its 69th year with four jam-packed days of music-making on June 11-14 in downtown Ojai. Schick has performed at the festival five or six times, dating back to 1997. He called the chance to program this year’s event, which features cellist Maya Beiser, pipa artist Wu Man, pianists Gloria Cheng and Vicki Ray, and an array of percussionists, including Wilco’s Glenn Kotche, “an extraordinary opportunity — both exciting and not a little daunting.” Not surprisingly, the 2015 program will prominently feature the music of composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, who is celebrating his 90th birthday this year. A series of three programs will juxtapose performances of Béla Bartók’s six landmark string quartets with works of the French avant-garde master, who served as Ojai’s artistic director a record-breaking seven times. “I think the combination with Bartók is an interesting one,” Schick said. “Both were very important European composers whose music represented a kind of post-war culmination: Bartók after the First World War, Boulez after the second. Both of their music is oriented around interesting treatments of time and rhythm. My feeling is people have a certain idea of what it means to listen to Boulez’s music, but they’ll come away thinking, ‘I didn’t realize how beautiful it is.’” Unexpectedly beautiful sounds are also a feature of John Luther Adams’s Sila, which will kick off the music-making with a free performance Thursday, June 11, at 3:30 p.m. A co-commission of four organizations, including the Ojai Festival and New York’s Lincoln Center, it was designed to be heard in a large outdoor space, which for this West Coast premiere will be Libbey Park. “It’s for a minimum of 80 musicians,” said Schick, who has known the composer for two decades and is baffled as to why his music has only emerged from obscurity in the past few years. “It’s essentially five pieces, which will be played simultaneously: a piece for woodwinds, one for strings, one for brass, one for voices, and one for percussion. It builds these clouds of harmonies,” he added. “It will be a gentle presence in the park.”
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hen early-music scholar Temmo Korisheli was invited to take over direction of the vocal ensemble Adelfos in 2008, the first thing he addressed was programming. He was not interested in the hodgepodge approach of well-known arrangements that school and amateur choirs typically lean on but rather wanted focused thematic programming. The singers were game to try, but the onus would fall squarely on the shoulders of Korisheli to cook up the themes, research obscure works, and even adapt and arrange for the choir. That’s a lot of work for a volunteer arts group; at what point does the toil outweigh the love implicit in “amateur”? Korisheli’s leadership, vision, by Joseph Miller and sweat paid off; seven years later, Adelfos continues to attract and retain some of the finest singers in Santa Barbara, with a significant contingent of freelance professionals working in opera, studio, school, and church. One and all make space, even within crowded and conflicted schedules, for the singular experience and rewarding challenge that is Adelfos. “I’m very lucky,” Korisheli told me in a recent interview. “I work at the music library at UCSB as a cataloger and supervisor, so that gives me access to worldwide databases of music. And I can search around to see what’s available and what’s in print. If I want to preview a score, I can get it through Interlibrary Loans. I’m wonderfully situated for doing this kind of work.” Past themes include Greek Orthodox liturgy, colonial America, and songs of seafaring. This weekend’s performances at Trinity Episcopal Church partner Adelfos with Trinity’s distinguished new organist, Dr. Thomas Joyce, for a remarkable survey of English Church music, including works by Benjamin Britten, Hubert Parry, Henry Purcell, Healey Willan, Herbert Howells, and Thomas Weelkes. There is good reason to assume these performances will strike choral gold. “Tom Joyce had a fabulous musical upbringing,” explained Korisheli. “He was a boy chorister at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. Then he went to Oberlin. He got his doctorate in organ performance at the University of Washington. We had talked about collaborating, and when I sent him the packet of scores, he wrote me back very excitedly, ‘I’m so looking forward to playing. I know all these pieces, some of them I’ve known since I was a child.’ ’’ Korisheli grew up in the Episcopal Church, but it was his student years abroad that proved pivotal to his calling. “That fledgling identity was very much enhanced when I spent two years at a historically Anglican college at Halifax, Nova Scotia. They had a very active chapel, and I was a choral scholar in the chapel choir and had a very close relationship with the Anglican cathedral where I sang. I learned tons about that tradition from those two years of experience. Ever since I came back … I’ve been employed at the Episcopal Church as a church musician. So it’s very near and dear to my heart, this repertoire.”
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he Djun Djun Mamas have been per- Tell me about your Djun Djun Mamas. The forming throughout Santa Barbara women in this community are extremely County for the past six years, and they supportive, encouraging, nurturing, and seriously know how to rock the house. Led loving to one another. They are accountants, by Lisa Beck, the troupe—which combines massage therapists, teachers, healers, busiWest African drumming and dance—creates ness owners, mothers, wives, grandmothers, clear, commanding rhythms accompanied sisters, and friends. … About 85 percent of the by soulful, energetic songs and movement pieces we perform are original compositions that produce a powand choreographies, erful experience and heavily influenced by provoke a sense of West African rhythms. womanhood in the Other pieces are djembe community. rhythms and choreogOriginally from raphies I have learned Minnesota, Beck fell from my teachers. We by Olivia Davi in love with Santa play djun djun drums in Barbara as a child, the “ballet” style, meanspending vacations here visiting her grand- ing with the head of the drum facing up with parents; her grandfather was an ER doctor at sticks. My Women’s Drumming workshops Cottage Hospital. Beck finally moved to town also include hand drumming with djembes, in 1999 and since then has made her career as well as percussion training with bells, shakas a dancer, musician, and teacher. The Santa ers, and other instruments accompanied by Barbara Independent recently caught up with dance and singing. Beck and found it pleasantly difficult to be unaffected by her sincere mission to help oth- Where did you get the name? The djun djuns ers feel “radiant, energized, and alive.” or dun dun drums are the bass drums played in the djembe tradition coming from Mali What sparked your inspiration for West African and Guinea, West Africa. I decided on Djun drumming and dance? My partner, Budhi Djun Mamas as the name to represent the Harlow, [is] a teacher and performer of West drums we play and love, and the fact that we African (djembe) drumming and dance. As are a bunch of hot mamas! I fell in love with him, I also fell in love with drum and dance. It’s brought so much joy and Considering the enormous amount of fastpurpose to my life—it’s energizing, passion- paced movement involved in djembe, what are some of the challenges you face when ate, dynamic, electrifying, and so much fun. choreographing this style of dance? The style When did you begin directing Women’s Drum- can be very intimidating to outsiders; it takes ming? My Women’s Drumming programs a certain fire and desire within to commit to started over six years ago. During the fall learning djembe and other styles of dance of 2008, I offered a three-week drumming from West Africa. It’s extremely physical, and workshop for women only. We performed you need a lot of energy to perform. that December for our Second Annual Winter Solstice party, and the audience loved us. Do you have a favorite piece to perform? I don’t Since then, I’ve worked with hundreds of have a favorite piece—I love them all—but I women from all backgrounds and walks of will say that when I teach and perform drum life. I find women are waking up more and rhythms along with singing and dancing, I am more to their feminine strength and seeking most happy. When we use the voice, body, and out ways to express and connect more to drums to transmit the power and joy of this that power. The drum and dance creates that art form, we seem to have the most profound connection. and powerful effect, not only on the audience but also on ourselves.
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ubicon’s excellent new production of Other Desert Cities gives theatergoers in Santa Barbara and Ventura the chance to experience —or perhaps revisit —one of the best American plays of the new century. Set in Palm Springs and starring an outstanding ensemble, including Amanda McBroom as the brittle Republican matriarch Polly Wyeth, Cities undergirds a rather traditional family holiday setup with a thoughtful political subtext and then crowns it with loads of effective contemporary repartee. The ideological split between committed conservatives Lyman and Polly Wyeth (Hugh A. Rose and McBroom) and their liberal adult children, Brooke (Michelle Duffy) and Trip (Trey Ellett) stands for much more than the ordinary generational tension over politics. In fact, playwright Jon Robin Baitz makes the explicit connections to recent American history in this story operate so as to question the meanings we typically attach to such familiar divisions. Yes, there’s a great twist in the second act, and, no, I’m not going to reveal it, but I can say that few who enter the theater will leave feeling quite as certain about who are the good guys and who are the bad guys as they did when they came in — and that’s a good thing. It’s interesting that director Brian McDonald cast this drama with actors who have had success in musical theater. Amanda McBroom is of course an award-winning songwriter, a great actress, and a cabaret diva of the first rank, but Michelle Duffy and Trey Ellett also have substantial experience in musical theater. It shows in the steady, syncopated rhythm they bring to the single setting’s many entrances and exits and in the exquisite timing with which they land Baitz’s many zinging punch lines. As Lyman Wyeth, Hugh A. Rose steers expertly from the broadest slapstick — check out how he reenacts his character’s days as a much-beloved Hollywood ham — to the most earnest pathos. As Silda Grauman — Polly’s recently sober, saltof-the-earth sister—Deborah Taylor also conveys a suitably broad range of emotions and reactions, thereby adding considerable depth to the second act’s startling revelations. The best reason to see Other Desert Cities, however, is for the chemistry that develops between a mother and her only daughter. Headstrong Brooke gives Michelle Duffy a character to play whose every move flickers between righteousness and self-deception. Her tell-all memoir about the Wyeth family scandal is the axe that hangs over this Christmas gathering by a thread, and it’s this fateful premise that allows McBroom to take her time building a monumental performance as Polly, the Nancy Reagan–like control freak with a dark secret. When Ronald Reagan was a governor and protestors roamed campuses looking for an angry fix, the process of pushing one’s opponents into an emotional frenzy through tactics of provocation was known as “heightening the contradictions.” If something really bad happened, as it often did, advocates of change on both the left and the right sometimes celebrated, with each side believing that things had to get worse before they could get better. In Other Desert Cities, the consequences of this approach get screened as the home movies of one tortured family, and the result is highly compelling theater. n
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DESERT SOUNDS: Jan Smith (center) and her band of musical farmers stir up lively music in the Cuyama Badlands.
Come TogeTher righT Now by Richie DeMaria HOT MAMAS: “Something good is percolating” in the blazing hot Cuyama Valley, said Jan Smith, leader of Cuyama Mama & The Hot Flashes, and I suspect music is one of the ingredients. Tucked away in the folds of the juniper desert, Smith and her band of permaculture farmers and educators are stirring up some of the liveliest musical merrymaking in the whole county—and helping to foster a more sustainable existence on the side. A sometimes four-piece, sometimes five-piece band of farmers, the group formed on Quail Springs Permaculture in the Cuyama Badlands. Like many farm goings-on, their origin was spontaneous. One day, bassist Andrew Clinard went to neighboring bar The Place with a mind to form a resident house band. His bid was accepted, and a gig was booked — before the band even existed. “I came back and said we have a show. Who’s with me?!” he recalled. “The egg definitely came before the chicken,” said drummer Ryan Spaulding. Their first show was a hit, and quickly the hypothetical band became a reality, performing at Cuyama Valley’s Fourth of July celebration and in Taft town bars. All musicians in their own right, Smith (vocals, guitar, kazoo), Willow Brehmer (keys), Lindsay Allen (vocals), Clinard (bass, vocals), and Spaulding (drums, vocals) were drawn to Quail Springs by a passion for permaculture, but gelled even further when the opportunity for music arose. “We’ve all been in bands before, but this is the first where people dance,” Spaulding said. Led by namesake Jan “Mama Hen” Smith, the Hot Flashes whip up a wild brand of good-time country-folk music, often on the fly and with no grand plan ahead; it’s music for a raucous of-the-moment hoedown or a post-harvest wood-fired pizza party. But it’s their community-building skills that make them so special. As permaculturalists, they have taken their shelter-building, river-restoring, food-growing ways to the people of Cuyama, educating and inspiring youth through the Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center, the Cuyama Future Leaders, and the Cuyama Valley Community Association. “I care about people feeling nourished,” Smith said, calling music “a way to build more and more layers of connection.” Though they wouldn’t go as far to say they are the musical mascots of the Cuyama Valley (as I might), they certainly are helping spread a positive mode of existence onstage and off. Hear them Saturday, June 6, on KCSB’s The Rickshaw at 8:30 a.m. and in the evening at Cold Spring Tavern at 5:308:30 p.m., or even join them for lunch. Follow their Facebook for details. IN GOD’S NAME: Not long into the UCSB Middle Eastern Music Ensemble’s quarterly concert, an audience member loudly protested the repeated refrains of Allah.“No more Allah! This is America,” he cried. Director Scott Marcus gracefully asked him to leave, and after repeated requests from the Ensemble audience alike, the dissenter left. The man’s protests were not just immensely disrespectful but wildly absurd, given the night’s program. Isn’t music one of the few sacred spaces where our beliefs may freely sing? Not to be quashed, the show went on, with a stirring ’ud solo from graduating senior Clarissa Bitar and a rowdy Palestinian dabke dance, in which audience members of all ages and skin colors joined hands and danced in a ring around the entire concert hall. Unified under the music of a national identity that, half a world away, triggers missile attacks, this dance and the rest of the evening’s Middle East music showed people at their noblest: resoundingly rejecting hatred, refusing to be silenced, and singing proudly.
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Allan Hancock College Library – Children’s book illustrations, ongoing. 800 S. College Dr., Santa Maria, 922-6966. Art From Scrap Gallery – Spirit of Solstice, through June 15. 302 E. Cota St., 884-0459. Artamo Gallery – Ana Marini: Secret Journeys, through June 21. 11 W. Anapamu St., 568-1400. Arts Fund Gallery – Impart: An Exhibition for the 2015 Teen Arts Mentorship Master Artists, through June 20. 205-C Santa Barbara St, 965-7321. Bella Rosa Galleries – Si Jie Loo: Inknovations, through June 30. 1103 State St., 966-1707. The C Gallery – Gwen Cates and Heidi Petersen: Cosmic Monologues, through June 24. 466 Bell St., Los Alamos, 344-3807. Cancer Ctr. of S.B. – Art Heals, a permanent exhibit. 540 Pueblo St., 898-2204. Carivintâs Winery – Michelle Ellis: Nature’s Kaleidoscope, through June 30. 476 First St., Solvang, 693-4331. Carpinteria Arts Ctr. – California Dreaming, through July 20. 855 Linden Ave., Carpinteria, 684-7789. Casa de la Guerra –The Art of Preservation: The Oak Group Remembers Ray Strong, June 5-Aug. 9. 15 E. De la Guerra St., 966-1279. Casa Dolores – Bandera Ware, through Aug. 1. 1023 Bath St., 963-1032. Casa Gallery –Buddha Abides, through June 26. 23 E. Canon Perdido St., 965-6448. Channing Peake Gallery – Under the Influence: Responses to Place, through June 18. S.B. County Administration Bldg., 105 E. Anapamu St., 568-3994. Churchill Jewelers – Irena Kovalik and Thomas Van Stein, through June. 1015 State St., 962-5815. Cypress Gallery – Carol Kemp: Sacred Downloads; Art as Communion, through June 28. 119 E. Cypress Ave., Lompoc, 737-1129. Divine Inspiration Gallery of Fine Art – Sonia Adams, Sherry Spear, Cathryn Mailheau: Magical Moments ... Windows of Soul, through Aug. 31. 1528 State St., 570-2446.
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n Aloha, originally called Deep Tiki, a few white romances unfold on the island of Hawai‘i against an exoticized backdrop of natives, with their quaint superstitions. Bradley Cooper plays Brian Gilcrest, an emotionally constipated man fresh from a war who comes to the islands with dark secrets — children from a past marriage; the keys to a potentially massdestructive satellite weapons operation; and, worst of all, a cynical streak, a real turnoff. He meets the starkly white quarter-Hawaiian native, Allison Ng, played by someone with no affiliation to Hawai‘i, Emma Stone, who previously played a journalistic white savior in The Help. Rachel McAdams is Tracy Woodside, a pleasantly smiling housewife, alluring and tempting to the pillaging military man Gilcrest, except she’s tethered to a silent husband. No one is likable. Through magical wind and thunder, the Hawaiian gods guide these love-fools from one peppy interaction to the next, directing their fates like Greek gods, though why the spirits of the island would care to intervene is a good question. Perhaps someone could ask the movie’s 11- or 12-year-old Hawaiian mythology expert named Mitchell, played by Jaeden Lieberher, who upholds the tradition of wise children characters: cute and mystifying in real life, annoying on-screen. Or Ng, who reveres
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HAOLES IN HAWAI‘I: Aloha stars (from left) Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper, and Rachel McAdams.
the sky for all its special wonder, which she and Gilcrest can coo over. They fall so dopily in love that Gilcrest blows up a satellite to win her favor. How does he do it? This being a Cameron Crowe film, he does it with rock music. Crowe loves to make movies where the wicked crumble against the power of rock, romance, and pretty, pants-less ladies. The image of a potentially weaponized satellite combusting because of overexposure to the sounds and images of David Bowie and Elvis Presley is a gigantic selfaggrandizement reminiscent of the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey, where Stanley Kubrick audaciously blasts his name across the birth of the universe. Crowe would do well to humble himself, toss the remaining copies of this $37 million film into a Hawaiian volcano, and begin to atone. n
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THE BIG ONE: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson plays an experienced helicopter rescuer in the disaster film San Andreas.
as his estranged wife. Not only must the Rock save his comely soon-to-be-former wife, but he’s also called into rescue their feckless daughter (Alexandra Daddario), while shaming the wife’s rich new boyfriend. Can he do it while bridges, buildings, and big-budget films blow up? Just say yo. Director Brad Peyton seems to be paying homage to Roland (Independence Day, 2012) Emmerich, a man who has destroyed the planet more times than all other directors put together and never missed a chance to show Old Glory flapping near the debris. Peyton loves flags, too. Big indomitable spirits battle a bevy of CGI wonders — hostile Earth repaying human hubris with swallowing fissures and engulfing seas. But the people in the movie are lucky. They don’t have to watch Giamatti turn from subtle art-house star into flaming catastrophe. n
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FIRST LOOKS Aloha (105 mins.; PG-13: some language
declining number of visitors, corporate mandates an experimental attraction be added. Mayhem ensues. Arlington/Camino Real/Metro 4 (Opens Thu., June 11)
including suggestive comments)
See review on page 59. Fairview/Paseo Nuevo
Love & Mercy (120 mins.; PG-13: thematic San Andreas (114 mins.; PG-13: intense
elements, drug content, and language)
disaster action and mayhem throughout, and brief strong language)
This bio-pic tells the story of Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s struggle with mental illness, with its emergence in the 1960s to his 24-hour care under Dr. Eugene Landy in the 1980s. Plaza de Oro
See review on page 59. Camino Real (2D and 3D)/ Fiesta 5 (2D and 3D)
Spy (120 mins.; R: language throughout,
SCREENINGS The Muppet Movie (95 mins.; G) Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Fozzie Bear embark on a journey to Hollywood and a quest for stardom in this 1979 film. Joined by friends along the way, the crew must navigate the hardships of life on the road and evade a frog-leg restaurant magnate. Wed., June 10, 6pm, Granada Theatre
Nicky’s Family (96 mins.; NR) This documentary traces the heroics of Englishman Nicholas Winton (now 106 years old), who organized the rescue of 669 kids from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, bringing them across Germany to Britain just before the start of WWII. Mon., June 8, 7pm, Granada Theatre
When Marnie Was There (103 mins.; PG: thematic elements and smoking) This animated drama tells the story of two girls who meet in the country. As their friendship grows, a mystery unfolds. Plaza de Oro (Wed., June 10, 5 and 7:30pm)
PREMIERES Entourage (104 mins.; R: pervasive language, strong sexual content, nudity, and some drug use)
The boys are back! Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly, Jerry Ferrara, and Kevin Dillon reprise their roles for this big-screen premiere of the popular HBO series. Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo
Gemma Bovery (99 mins.; R: sexuality/ nudity and language)
Ex-Parisian Martin becomes a baker in a Norman village where she meets a couple — the Boverys — who seem to be right out of a Gustave Flaubert novel. Plaza de Oro
Insidious: Chapter 3 (97 mins.; PG-13: violence, frightening images, some language, and thematic elements)
This third installment of the horror series prequel tells how it all began — the haunting of the Lambert family and the truth about Elise Rainier’s psychic powers. Camino Real/Fiesta 5 Jurassic World (124 mins.; PG-13: intense sequences of science-fiction violence and peril) It’s been 22 years since the dinos ran amok in Jurassic Park and 10 years since the new dinosaur theme park Jurassic World was rebuilt in its place. With a
violence, and some sexual content including brief graphic nudity)
Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, and Jude Law star in this comedy about a behind-the-desk CIA analyst who gets her big chance to go undercover. Bridesmaids’ Paul Feig writes and directs. Camino Real/Metro 4
NOW SHOWING Avengers: Age of Ultron (141 mins.; PG-13: intense sequences of sci-fi action, violence, and destruction and some suggestive comments)
Joss Whedon may not be the shepherd Marvel wants to lead the fanboy flock from meadow to cash cow. He did the job, made some money, but clearly his heart was not there. It’s not a bad film, but Whedon is trying to make too many people happy. What’s left is the feeling that he lost his own interests in the bargain. (DJP) Metro 4 (2D)
O Ex Machina
(108 mins.; R: graphic nudity, language, sexual references, and some violence)
Moviegoers who like science fiction for explosive spectacle value might get antsy during the first two thirds of the movie. Slow, weird, and beautiful, this is a movie about god, humanity, and machinery that makes you fearfully aware that erasing the line that separates all three might be less than a logarithm away. (DJP) Fiesta 5
O Far from the Madding Crowd (119 mins.; PG-13: some sexuality and violence)
Director Thomas Vinterberg faithfully tells this 2015 rendition of the oft-retold classic, maintaining the pastoral gentility of the period-piece genre without drowning it in sappy sentiment. Thomas Hardy wrote of a tragic universe stitched with sad happenstance, and Vinterberg does well to maintain both the more shadowy elements of Hardy’s style as well as his lyrical sweetness. (RD) Riviera I’ll See You in My Dreams (92 mins.; PG-13: sexual material, drug use, and brief strong language) This comedy-drama tells the story of a widow (Blythe Danner) who begins her life anew. Costars include June Squibb, Rhea Perlman, Mary Kay Place, Sam Elliott, and Malin Akerman. Paseo Nuevo
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O Mad Max: Fury Road
(120 mins.; R: intense sequences of violence throughout and disturbing images)
George Miller’s fourth Mad Max film is a masterpiece, even in an era of dystopian films. Fury Road blends the truly hideous with the spectacularly beautiful. The movie is an escapist odyssey that nonetheless passes hard judgments on humanity, a detailed descent into hell made with sure rhythms by a director who understands when to apply full throttle and when to ease up so we can think over all we have seen. “Who killed the world?” is the film’s mantra question. (DJP) Camino Real (2D)/Fiesta 5 (2D)
Pitch Perfect 2 (115 mins.; PG-13: innuendo and language)
Pitch Perfect 2 is the all-too-rare big, fat feminist hit: written and directed by women (Elizabeth Banks in her directing debut and 30 Rock scribe Kay Cannon, who wrote the original, returning to pen the sequel) and features an ensemble of young women as its stars, who are neither objectified nor dependent on the men in their life. This is a story about women relying on each other and working together to win big. I really liked the original film, and I’m so glad this franchise exists. I just wish I had liked the sequel better. (KS) Fairview/Paseo Nuevo
Poltergeist (93 mins.; PG-13: intense frightening sequences, brief suggestive material, and some language)
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“EXTRAORDINARY. VISIONARY. BRILLIANCE ON BRILLIANCE .
Paul Dano and John Cusack mesmerize in a groundbreaking dual performance as Brian Wilson .”
“A TOUR DE FORCE.
LOVE & MERCY is a creative triumph for director Bill Pohlad.”
“JOHN CUSACK DELIVERS A CAREER-TOPPING PERFORMANCE.” “HHHH RIVETING IN EVERY THRILLING MUSICAL DETAIL.
Paul Dano gives a performance awards were invented for. You can’t take your eyes off him.”
You might imagine a remake of this 1982 horror film would imply scarier, or, failing that, some deeper significance for the family who buys a tract home built by cynical developers on top of a graveyard. But no. There are frightening incidents, but this shorter version squanders them. A new cast and a concise plot don’t make this film worth seeing. (DJP)
“A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF AMERICA’S GREATEST SONGWRITER.”
“HHHH ELIZABETH BANKS IS STUNNING. PAUL GIAMATTI IS BRILLIANT.
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Tomorrowland (130 mins.; PG: sci-fi action violence and peril, thematic elements, and language)
Disney’s Tomorrowland is more than a promotional tool for one of its Lands; it is nothing short of a rallying cry for dreamers of the world to change humanity’s course for the better. Problem is, for a revolutionary movie, it is shackled with the tyranny of convention. George Clooney reprises his role as Ornery Handsome Man, yelling at everything like someone woke him up too early. The future looks like Dubai, and one wonders how many robots were enslaved to build it. (RD)
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Woman in Gold (109 mins.; PG-13: some thematic elements and brief strong language) Helen Mirren stars in this true story as Maria Altmann, a Jewish WWII refugee who takes on the Austrian government 50 years after the war to recover five Klimt paintings belonging to her family that were plundered by the Nazis and hang in a Vienna gallery. Fiesta 5
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enough!� he said. But Bohr was insistent.“It’s not crazy enough!� he argued. I’m going to pose a comparable query to you, Gemini. Are your new ideas and possibilities crazy enough to be true? Make sure they are.
(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): The Persian scholar Avicenna was so well-rounded in his knowledge that he wrote two different encyclopedias. Even as a teenager, he was obsessed with learning all he could. He got especially consumed with trying to master Aristotle’s Metaphysics, which did not easily yield its secrets to him. He read it 40 times, memorizing every word. When he finally understood it, he was so excited he celebrated by giving out money and gifts to destitute strangers. I suspect you will soon be having an equivalent breakthrough, Aries. At last you will grasp a truth that has eluded you for a long time. Congratulations in advance!
CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’ve wandered into an awkward phase of your cycle. Missed connections have aroused confusion. Disjointed events have led to weirdness. I’ve got a suggestion for how you might be able to restore clarity and confidence: Make a foray into a borderland and risk imaginative acts of heroism. Does that sound too cryptic or spooky? How about if I say it like this: Go on an unpredictable quest that will free your trapped vitality, or try a mysterious experiment that will awaken your sleeping magic. P.S. For best results, ask for help every step of the way.
TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): When it’s rush hour in Tokyo, unwieldy crowds of commuters board the trains and subways. They often need help at squeezing in. Railway workers known as oshiya, or pushers, provide the necessary force. Wearing crisp uniforms, white gloves, and neat hats, they cram the last stragglers into each car. I foresee the possibility of you being called on to perform a metaphorical version of the service these pushers provide. Is there a polite and respectful way for you to be indelicate in a worthy cause? Could you bring lighthearted tact to bear as you seek an outcome that encourages everyone to compromise?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Gesamtkunstwerk is a German word that can be translated as “total art work� or “allembracing art form.� It refers to a creative masterpiece that makes use of several genres. The 19th-century composer Richard Wagner had this in mind when he produced his opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung, which included orchestral music, singing, theater, and literature. I’m invoking the spirit of Gesamtkunstwerk for your use, Leo. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to synthesize and coordinate all the things you do best and express them with a flourish.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Nobel Prize–winning physicists Wolfgang Pauli and Niels Bohr were both amused at how counterintuitive their innovative theories seemed. Once Pauli was lecturing a group of eminent scientists about a radical new hypothesis. Bohr got out of his seat in the audience and walked up to the front to interrupt his colleague. “We all agree that your theory is crazy,� Bohr told Pauli. “The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.� Pauli defended himself.“It is crazy Homework: I dare you to bestow a blessing on a person you’ve considered to be beneath you. Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Defender was a popular video game that young people played in video arcades during the 1980s. Fifteen-year-old Steve Juraszek was profiled in Time magazine after he racked up a recordbreaking 16 million points while playing the game for 16 hours straight. But when his high school principal found out that Juraszek had skipped classes to be at the arcade, he was suspended. I’m wondering if there may soon be a similar development in your own life, Virgo. Will you have to pay a small price for your success? You should at least be prepared to risk an acceptable loss in order to accomplish an important goal.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): People I meet are sometimes taken aback by the probing questions I ask them. Recently an acquaintance said to me, “Why don’t you feel driven to talk about yourself all the time, like everyone else?� I told him the truth: “Being curious is just the way I was made. Maybe it’s because of my Mercury in Gemini or my seventh-house sun or my three planets in Libra.� I suspect that you are due to go through a phase similar to the mode I’m so familiar with. If it doesn’t happen naturally, I suggest you coax it out. You need to be extra inquisitive. You’ll benefit from digging as deeply as you dare. The more information you uncover, the better your decisions will be.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I love to watch an evolved Scorpio get his or her needs met by helping other people get their needs met. It’s thrilling to behold the paradoxical Scorpio assets in action: the combination of manipulativeness and generosity, the animal magnetism working in service to the greater good, the resourceful willpower that carries out hidden agendas and complex strategies designed to make the world a better place. I expect to see a lot of this idiosyncratic wisdom from you in the coming weeks.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Would that life were like the shadow cast by a wall or a tree,� says the Talmud.“But it is like the shadow of a bird in flight.� That’s a lyrical sentiment, but I don’t agree with it. I’ve come to prefer the shimmering dance over the static stance. The evershifting play of light and dark is more interesting to me than the illusion of stability. I feel more at home in the unpredictable flow than in the stagnant trance of certainty. What about you, Sagittarius? I suggest that in the immediate future you cultivate an appreciation for the joys and challenges of the shimmering dance.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The core of your horoscope comes from the poem “A Color of the Sky� by Tony Hoa-
gland. Imagine that you are the “I� who is saying the following: “What I thought was an end turned out to be a middle. What I thought was a brick wall turned out to be a tunnel. What I thought was an injustice turned out to be a color of the sky.� Please understand, Capricorn, that speaking these words might not make total sense to you yet. You may have to take them on faith until you gather further evidence. But I urge you to speak them anyway. Doing so will help generate the transformations you need in order to make them come true.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lessons in luck are coming your way. Will they help you attract more luck? Maybe. Will they show you how to make better use of your luck? Maybe. A lot depends on your ability to understand and love the paradox of luck. I’ve assembled a few enigmatic teachings to prepare you. (1) “Luck is believing you’re lucky.â€? —Tennessee Williams. (2) “It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.â€? —Baltasar GraciĂĄn. (3) “Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck.â€? — Lorii Myers. (4) “The harder I work, the luckier I get.â€? — Samuel Goldwyn. (5) “You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.â€? — Jimmy Dean. (6) “Go and wake up your luck.â€? — Persian proverb.
PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): The word “boudoir� means a woman’s bedroom. But hundreds of years ago, it had a more specific definition. It was a room where a wellbred girl was sent when she was pouting.“Boudoir� is derived from the French verb bouder, which means “to sulk.� If it were in my power, Pisces, I would send you to the sulking room right now. In fact, I would encourage you to sulk. In my opinion, a good, long sulk would be just the right prescription for you. It would trigger brainstorms about how to change the soggy, foggy conditions that warranted your sulking in the first place.
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Legals Administer of Estate NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CECELIA ANDREW DALSEMER aka known as CECELIA A. HESTON CASE NO: 15PR00141 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of CECELIA ANDREW DALSMER, also known as CECELIA A. HESTON A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: Cecelia Neville Lord in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Douglas Rossi be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codcils, if any be admitted to probate. The will and any codils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an Interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 07/09/2015 AT 9:00 am Dept: Five Room: located at 1100 Anacapa Street, PO Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 Anacapa Division If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court an mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Susan H. McCollum, Hollister & Brace 1126 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 963‑6711 Published June 4, 11, 18 2015.
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FBN Abandonment STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Easy Bear at 2877 Exeter Pl Santa Barbara, CA 93105. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 1/17/2014 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2014‑0000136. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Noah E. Donnelley 14817 Sylvan St Apt 2 Van Nys, CA 91411; Matthew Lopez 2877 Exeter Pl Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Joey A. Enthoven 290 Dos Caminos Ave Ventura, CA 93003 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 28 2015. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. for Published. May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2015. STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Association United For A Better Community at 502 N. Milpas St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 2/13/2015 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2015‑0000522. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Rosemary Munoz 5077 Santa Susana Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Dante Omar Morales 66 Oceanview Ave Apt 36 Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 08 2015. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. for Published. May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015.
Fictitious Business Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Justabovecost at 351 S. Hitchcock Way Suite B140 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Andreas Blomst 927 E Ortega St Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Andreas Blomst This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 01, 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: 2015‑0001759. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Art Nails at 1047 Casitas Pass Road Carpinteria, CA 93013; Thuytrang Dang 5155 Tabano Way Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Andy Tran 200 N Nicholson Ave Montary Park, CA 91755 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Andy Tran This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0001294. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Thinkoutsideimages at 365 Arboleda Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Robert Ortega (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Robert A. Ortega This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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: 2015‑0001377. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cathedral Peak Services at 525 Dolores Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Wayne Lenhard (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Wayne Lenhard This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 07, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0001492. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Aize Media at 730 Ayala Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Surfing The Casbah, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Jesse Aizenstat This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2015‑0001512. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara Web, Santa Barbara Webmaster at 3905 State Street #7338 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Robert Scott Madill 2965 Stagecoach Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Scott Madill This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 01, 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: 2015‑0001430. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: My Care Manager Is Toni at 5700 Via Real Unit 48 Carpinteria, CA 93013; Toni Liquornik (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Toni Liquornik This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0001352. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Home Plate at 7398 Calle Real, Ste C Goleta, CA 93117; Amanda Gail Johnston 660 San Marino Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93111‑2620; Russell L. Johnston Jr. (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Amanda G. Johnston This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0001404. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Truly Solar at 315 Meigs Road #A‑130 Santa Barbara, 93109; Colleen M Dennis (same address) Nicole S. Koger (same address) This business is conducted by a Copartners Signed: Colleen M. Dennis This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 08, 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: 2015‑0001503. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Earth Logic at 3812 Pueblo Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Omar Turkell 315 Lloyd Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Omar Turkell This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 01, 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: 2015‑0001432. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Chateau Cholo, Open House SB, Cuisine Cholo, Open House Santa Barbara at 35 Broadmoor Plz #5 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Gustavo Adolfo Uribe (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Gustavo Uribe This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 08, 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: 2015‑0001506. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Certified Consulting at 434 Vereda Del Ciervo Goleta, CA 93117; Brian Joseph Godlis (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0001334. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Gillio Firearms at 8 West Figueroa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ronald J. Gillio, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Ronald J. Gillio This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 05, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2015‑0001465. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy, LLP at 1421 State Street Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Alan Blakbord 3524 Montebello Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Diana Jessup Lee 1141 Arbolado Road Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Michael E. Pfau 2430 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Timothy J Trager 237 Sylvan Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Robert B Forouzandeh 43 Greenwell Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Bruce W McRoy 316 Northridge Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Daniel A Reicker 2787 Ben Lomond Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Fernando Velez Jr. 3786 Pescadero Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Gary Hill 121 Camino Alto Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Peter A. Muzinich 5226 Calle Cristobal Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Andrew D Simons 1220 Camino Manadero Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Partnership Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2015‑0001443. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Sarah Crandell Designs at 1566 North Jameson Lane Montecito, CA 93108; Sarah Luomo (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Sarah Luomo This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 5, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2015‑0001458. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Native Son 805 at 228 E Figueroa St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; John Martin De La Torre (same address) Mabel De La Torre (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: John De La Torre This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 jan Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0001441. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Miradero Media at 3940 Via Lucero #8 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Michael Winger (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Michael Winger This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 04, 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: 2015‑0001440. Published: May 14, 21, 28 . June 4 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Off The Vine Wine Tours at 609 De La Vina St #30 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ann Margaret Carter (same address) Barry Peter Carter (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Ann Carter This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 29, 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: 2015‑0001384. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Channel View Events at 815 W. Pedregosa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Christopher Frank Gusman (same address) John Thaddeus Stephens (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: John Thaddeus Stephens This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2015‑0001601. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Overlandsprinters at 725 E Micheltorena St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Simhavaktra Dakini Holdings, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Eric Wilmanns This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 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: 2015‑0001554. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TEC Mentor at 5075 San Vicente Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Joseph Peter Lacorte Jr (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Joseph LaCorte This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2015‑0001515. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Center For Corrective Jaw Surgery, Santa Barbara Center For Oral Maxillofacial Surgery at 9 E Pedregosa St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Marc H Bienstock 530 Via Sinuosa Santa Barbara, CA 93110; David C Hall 4682 Via Vistosa Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Anya Naftaly This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2015‑0001588. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Black Oak Ranch at 9955 Alisos Canyon Rd Los Alamos, CA 93440; Black Oak Vineyard & Ranch, 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 Apr 29, 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: 2015‑0001385. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Waldorf School of Santa Barbara, WSSB at 401 N. Fairview Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Santa Barbara Waldorf Association (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: The Waldorf School of Santa Barbara This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 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: 2015‑0001567. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Frank’s Legal Services at 327 Rancheria Street Santa Barbara CA 93101; Frank’s Legal Services, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Frank Eggers This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 15, 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: 2015‑0001574. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Michelle’s Pet Sitting Service at 664 Carlo Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Michelle Tibbitts (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Michelle Tibbitts This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 2015‑0001532. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Family Tree & Garden at 2655 Dorking Place Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Bonnie Barabas Figlo (same address) Daniel Figlo (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Daniel Figlo This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Christine Porter. FBN Number: 2015‑0001536. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Omar Grooming at 225 S Milpas Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Omar Osvaldo Castellanos Mendez 1223 Liberty St Santa Barbra, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0001530. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Fine Line Custom Cabinets at 90 Santa Felicia Dr. Goleta, CA 93117; Jacqueline Nieuwenhuizen 4074 Via Zorro Unit B Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Petrus Maria Nieuwenhuizen (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Petrus Maria Nieuwenhuizen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0001524. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CFDETAILING at 4537 Hollister Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Collin F Daniels (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Collin F. Daniels This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 07, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2015‑0001481. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Estate Management Solutions, Santa Barbara Family Office Services, Santa Barbara Family Office Solutions at 2690 Gibraltar Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Renee Newell (same address) Van Newell (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Van Newhall This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 06, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Marlene Ashcorn. FBN Number: 2015‑0001475. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Moroccan Lites at 146 Verona Avenue Goleta, CA 93117; Michael Peter Shapiro (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Michael Shapiro This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 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: 2015‑0001374. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Borosil US at 116 East De La Guerra Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Frejen LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Neil Chu This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0001544. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Globe at 18 E Cota Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Globe LLC This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Gerald L. Cruz, Vice President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2015‑0001672. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CDS Notary Services, CDS Signing at 904 Aster Lane Lompoc, CA 93436; Mark Askins (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Mark Askins This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2015‑0001597. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2015.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Revision Landscape at 116 Palisades Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Patrick Sada (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Patirck Sada This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 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: 2015‑0001553. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2015.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Grass Roots Forever at 5613 West Camino Cielo Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Mark Russell 164 Aero Camino Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Christine Portter. FBN Number: 2015‑0001643. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pepper Tree Hair Designs at 3840 B State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Luciana P Flowers 333 Old Mill Rd #238 Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Luciana Flowers This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 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: 2015‑0001556. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Law Office of Kuldeep Kaur at 7122 Del Norte Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Kuldeep Kaur (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Kuldeep Kaur This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 05 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0001463. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Alchemic Jewelry Soltu Sol, Elegant Gypsy, Jayasol at 601 El Bosque Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Lorna Brady (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 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: 2015‑0001551. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Alicanto Design Group, Allen, Atwater & Associates, Takumi Studios at 2556 Puesta Del Sol Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Simon G Allen (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Simon G. Allen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2015‑0001518. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CC International Company at 2519 Mussell Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Neil Chu (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Neil Chu This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2015‑0001607. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Property Management, Santa Maria Property Management at 24545 Amador St., #1 Hayward, CA 94544; Hayward, CA 94544; Matthew Herz (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0001666. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2015.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Tri‑Valley Specialties Company, Tri‑Valley Trophies Company, Tri‑Valley Sportswear Company, Tri‑Valley Trophies & Specialties Company at 330 S. Kellogg Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Krissman Enterpries Inc. 5410 Sunvaley CT. Agoura Hills, CA 91301 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Michael Krissman, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 2015‑0001657. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Lopez Mobile Mechanic at 1015 Alphonse Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Jorge Lopez (same Address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jorge Lopez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2015‑0001687. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Purmission Lingerie & Swim at 18 W Calle Laureles Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Melanie Doctors 393 Brentwood Avenue Ventura, CA This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Melanie Doctors This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 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: 2015‑0001563. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Shingle Woodworking at 925 Calle Puerto Vallarta Suite A Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Peter J Shingle 4605 Vista Buena Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Peter J. Shingle This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 15, 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: 2015‑0001580. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ooh La La Beauty Bar at 121 S. Hope Avenue Space 122 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Locks Rock, Inc. 3223 Lake Avenue #15C Wilmette, IL 60091 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 06, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Marlene Ashcorn. FBN Number: 2015‑0001479. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2015.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Big Red Box, Swiss Designs at 1639 Posilipo Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Remo Schluep (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Remo Schluep This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 01, 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: 2015‑0001748. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2015.
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OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR Provides administrative, financial, and personnel support. Areas of responsibility include purchasing and receiving utilizing the Gateway Procurement System. Processes travel vouchers, entertainment requests, and miscellaneous reimbursements. Also responsible for General Ledger reconciliation and HR/payroll functions. Adapts to changing office needs, moving seamlessly from working independently on projects to helping and collaborating with other staff. Reqs: Requires effective communication skills, a high level of initiative and problem solving ability. Must be able to multi‑task and work under pressure of deadlines. Must act confidentially, professionally, and utilize superior judgment. Must be accurate and detail oriented. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and spreadsheets. Notes: Fingerprinting required. $20.19 ‑ $22.15/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 6/10/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150184
Admin/Clerical California Traffic Safety Institute (CTSI) is a non‑profit company, which has been providing staffing and other services to the California Superior Courts in the administration of the traffic violation school programs since June 27, 1985. We are currently looking to fill a Clerical F/T position at the Santa Barbara County, Figueroa Division Court Pay: $11.00 hour; Benefits: medical, dental, holiday, vacation & sick pay. Bilingual is A+. Must have High School Diploma or equivalent with cashiering, computer, good customer service skills, and must be able to type 40 net WPM. A typing certificate should accompany application. Applications may be obtained at www.ctsi‑courtnetwork. org along with an overview of the position under employment opportunities. Application can be faxed back to (661) 940‑7946
RENTAL SERVICES COORDINATOR
COMMUNITY HOUSING Works independently and is responsible for all functions related to the online rental listings program serving the 14,000 students, 500 staff and faculty who live in the rental community surrounding campus. Has primary responsibility for collecting and distributing information on the local housing market trends. Works with individuals to locate housing and performs a variety of office
functions and tenant services. Reqs: Min. of 2 years previous office/clerical and customer service experience. Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook). Understanding of database management, and capacity to troubleshoot vendor‑supplied software. Proven experience with navigating the intricacies of unique circumstances such as landlord‑tenant relationships and university housing environments. Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a team member, with a minimum of supervision in an office with frequent interruptions. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to set priorities, exercise judgment and discretion, organize workload, and accurately perform detailed work. Strong customer service ethic with an ability to interface effectively with faculty, staff, students and the general public. Note: Fingerprinting required. $20.19 ‑ $24.28/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 6/14/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20150275
Customer Service State Farm Insurance concern with interest in insurance products, is recruiting to fill the position of: Customer Service Assistant. Interested candidate should possess related discipline with or without experienced. Email your Resume and Cover letter to marraffinocarlos@gmail.com
Education Core Faculty (Santa Barbara, CA): Teach 18 units per academic year, & perform administrative functions, primarily in the Jungian & Archetypal Studies specialization, a hybrid program w/ once a quarter residential visits augmented w/ online learning. Teach other hybrid courses (especially in the MA prgm in Engaged Humanities & the Creative Life) or traditional delivery courses across deg prgms as needed. Supervise 10 dissertation students, & serve as chair on their committees. 25‑30% of work can be performed remotely. Ph.D.
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…Our core values Having a positive impact on others, and feeling fulfillment in return, is a cornerstone of the Cottage Health System culture. As a community-based, not-for-profit provider of leading-edge healthcare for the Greater Santa Barbara region, Cottage emphasizes the difference each team member can make. It’s a difference you’ll want to experience throughout your entire career. Join us in one of the openings below.
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Part and full‑time positions available NOW!!!!! Campaign Fundraising Positions for Democratic and Progressive groups. Telefund is seeking activists to call like‑minded people and mobilize their support for environmental, human rights issues, and the 2016 Presidential election. Earn $9‑$11.50/hr, plus bonuses!! Convenient S.B. location, near bus. CALL NOW: 564‑1093 Or VISIT: www. t elefund.com
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY Provides analytical, financial, management and organizational support to the Department and the Director on a wide range of business matters. Including analytical support for budgetary and fiscal reporting as well as coordination for several special projects. Interact with a wide variety of campus departments, the UC Office of the President, governmental and commercial entities. Utilize solid accounting skills and understanding of general ledger reconciliation and budget transactions. Apply skills in the areas of tact, diplomacy, political acumen, conflict resolution and communications. Exercise and use knowledge of computers, software, and software implementation to large groups of people. Reqs: Must possess strong knowledge of financial or accounting concepts, policy and procedures, and related accounting and regulatory compliance; comprehensive knowledge of UC policies and procedures preferred. Demonstrated accounting experience and advanced proficiency with Word and Excel. Strong interpersonal skills, effective communication skills, and creative problem solving. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Must be willing to occasionally work after hours and/or on weekends. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. $4,099 ‑ $5,744/mo. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any
other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 6/15/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150278
BUSINESS SYSTEMS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST
STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY Provides operations support for the Student Financial System, which awards, disburses, and reconciles over $300 million in aid to UCSB students. Responsible for the development, testing, scheduling, monitoring, and problem resolution of operations jobs and runbooks to support business processes for the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships and the Graduate Division. Provides data reporting and analysis support to aid in planning, operations, and reconciliation efforts. Support Divisional identity systems and operations which provide authentication and access management for Student Affairs information systems and provide identity management support to Divisional and Campus business processes. Reqs: Basic knowledge of the SQL language. Basic knowledge of at least one scripting technology. Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate complex issues to people of varying levels of technical knowledge. Note: Fingerprinting required. $23.56 ‑ $33.01/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 6/15/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150277
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students explore majors in the Science, Technology, English and Math disciplines (STEM). Helps students clarify their career objectives, develop effective job search strategies, and apply to graduate programs through a range of approaches, including individual, drop‑in, and group appointments, workshops, and other programs. Provides consultation on job‑search tools and strategies, including resume writing, developing cover letters and job‑campaign correspondence, interviewing, networking, and connecting with employers to students and alumni. In addition, interfaces with faculty, staff, and students in the STEM disciplines and provides specialized programming, research, career‑related information, and consultation in serving these constituents. Reqs: Master’s degree in Counseling, Career Development, Student Affairs, Higher Education or related field, or equivalent education/ experience. Highly organized, strong attention to detail, and innovative approach to problem solving. Excellent communication skills (must articulate well in writing, orally, and via technology) with demonstrated success working with diverse populations. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. Mandated reporting requirements of child abuse. $49,193 ‑ $56,000/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 6/22/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20150279
CONTRACTS AND GRANTS ANALYST
CALIFORNIA NANOSYSTEMS INSTITUTE Supports the Institute’s extramural fund activities and provides administrative support including, but not limited to: financial management, proposal submission, gift processing, and special projects, in accordance with Departmental, UC, State and Federal policies and procedures. Reqs: Familiarity with federal, UC and agency‑specific policies and procedures regarding financial
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strong communication skills, ability to multi‑task and meet strict deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy. Professionalism, initiative, flexibility and analytical skills are necessary. Notes: fingerprinting required. $4,099.42 ‑ $5,000/mo. DOE. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 6/5/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://Jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150263
DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW & ACCREDITATION
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR Manages all dimensions of the complex and important Academic Program Review process. Serves as the campus’s Associate Accreditation Liaison Officer to ensure that the campus can plan for and comply with evolving accreditation standards and expectations that result in successful accreditation outcomes. Provides leadership and direction for the assessment of student learning at UCSB, which includes co‑directing the Assessment Research Group, initiating programs and outreach to academic departments, and serving as a permanent member of the UCSB Council on Assessment. Reqs: A Bachelor’s degree is required; advanced degree preferred. Must have extensive experience, knowledge, and demonstrated ability to organize, direct, and successfully carry out multiple programs related to academic assessment and accountability within a complex, multidisciplinary research university. Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including the ability to write reports that synthesize complex issues with clarity and economy. An understanding of and sensitivity to UCSB’s academic context; the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a diverse range of faculty, staff, students, and senior administrators. Demonstrated capacity for independent judgment, problem solving, discretion, and experience working effectively with a wide variety of institutional stakeholders. Strong supervisory and leadership skills are necessary to manage, mentor, and motivate staff in an environment of cross‑unit collaborative projects, short‑deadlines, and conflicting priorities. Notes: Fingerprinting required. $7,016 ‑ $8,280/mo. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 6/10/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20150268
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DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY (EH&S) Responsible for the leadership and development of EH&S, Emergency Management, and Risk Management. Develops, implements, manages, and continuously improves practices, policies, and programs that enhance the environmental health and safety of our faculty, staff, students, and public. Mitigates risks, and meets changing regulatory demands for the coordination of all risk management activities and supervision of the various campus insurance programs, including worker’s compensation, to assure proper and adequate protection for the Regents, a reduction of losses, and adherence to established standards, policies, and legal requirements. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Extensive experience using problem‑solving skills. Demonstrated effectiveness in team leadership with an ability to advocate for the organization within the campus environment. The candidate should have the ability to guide, mentor, and motivate others. Demonstrated ability in communication skills including writing skills. Progressive work and management experience in a large complex environment. Work experience providing customer service to diverse constituents. Knowledge of procurement, contracts, risk management, and Workers’ Compensation. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. Salary competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 6/11/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150269
KCSB NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS Responsible for working with the Assistant Director for Independent Media to advise KCSB News and Public Affairs. Develops and conducts training programs that cover a variety of areas in an effort to provide students and community members with opportunities to acquire media and journalistic skills, ethics and knowledge, including leadership, communication skills, motivation techniques and project conceptualization and coordination. Must have a broad understanding of journalistic practice and issues of public importance and the capacity to work with a diverse group of people with a wide range of skills and interests. Reqs: A broad understanding of journalistic practice and issues of public importance and the capacity to advise a diverse group of people with a wide range of skills and interests. Has demonstrated years of researching, writing and delivering a news program. Knowledge of FCC regulations. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Must be able to work some evenings and weekends.$21.43 ‑ $23.63/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 6/11/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150270
PROSPECT ANALYST & SCREENING PROJECT COORDINATOR
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Works very closely with the Director of Prospect Analysis & Screening as well as with development officers and service unit directors, to analyze donor data to find qualified prospects for giving. Responsible for a high level of prospect and gift analysis, providing analytical reporting to the Director. Proactively identifies issues and solutions, and makes recommendations to the Director. Reqs: College degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to analyze and troubleshoot complex problems. Excellent Notes: This is an Internal to External recruitment giving primary consideration to current UC employees. External applications may be considered if an internal candidate is not selected. May be called upon to work occasional evenings and weekends at various Development Office, Institutional Advancement or campus‑wide events. $19.48‑$22.50/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply by 6/15/15. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150276
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