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by N i c k W e l s h ast week’s El Niño storms may have dumped four inches of rain on the South Coast in relatively short order, but Santa Barbara city water czar Joshua Haggmark said it wasn’t nearly enough to generate runoff into either Lake Cachuma or the city’s Gibraltar Reservoir. At least two more storms will be necessary, he said, to even minimally replenish those desperately diminished reservoirs. The rains were certainly welcome, Haggmark told the Santa Barbara City Council Tuesday, but contrary to custom, more water fell on the coastal plains than in the backcountry. That’s significant because the reservoirs on which Santa Barbara depends are located in the backcountry. Currently there’s only 18 inches left covering the bottom of the Gibraltar Reservoir—9 percent of capacity—and Cachuma is down to 15 percent capacity. Most of that, however, is not available for consumption purposes. In fact, there’s not enough usable water left in Cachuma to cover the 7,000 acre-feet a year that evaporates off the surface. As a result, the federal government, which owns the dam, is looking to make up what it reckons is an evaporation deficit of 4,000 acre-feet by taking water from the accounts held by the five water districts drawing their supplies from Cachuma. Those districts, Haggmark told the City Council Tuesday, are resisting fiercely. 8

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Chris Johnson, a onetime county jail officer, was sentenced to three years probation with six months spent confined to his home, plus 100 hours of community service, after being found guilty in federal court for obstruction of justice. Assistant U.S. Attorney Bruce Riordan urged that Johnson be sentenced to 12 months in a federal prison, but U.S. District Judge Beverly O’Connell opted for the lesser sentence, citing his lack of prior criminal behavior and expressing doubt Johnson belonged behind bars. Johnson was found guilty this fall for withholding information in his written report pertaining to the use of force he and custody deputy Robert Kirsch used during a confrontation with inmate Charles Owens in September 2013.

In the Olive Street murder trial, questioning continued last week into the guilt or innocence of Isaac Jimenez and Joseph Castro in the death of Kelly Hunt, 23. Two witnesses were called to testify about Jimenez’s ownership of guns (he often showed them off), the gang status a murder brought (it went up), and links between the defendants and the killing. Among the “close to a million” texts and phone calls examined by investigators, said Det. Brian Larson, were messages about a meeting, possibly the one at which Hunt was murdered, and driving to Ventura, where Hunt lived, on the morning of the murder.

SWEET RIDE: Last week, as a series of powerful weather systems moved through the area, a trio of swells hammered the Santa Barbara shoreline. Coming to a peak Thursday, wave heights approached 10 feet in North County, while the South Coast offered more in the head-high range. Here, Gabe Venturelli gets tubed along the harbor sandbar.

Such is the weirdness of the fastest, hottest, driest drought to hit Santa Barbara County and California in recorded history. The good news, said Haggmark, is that Santa Barbara residents have exceeded their state-imposed conservation target of 25 percent by nearly 10 percent. That savings has stretched supplies, but the loss of sales has created a $4 million hole in reserves set aside for City Hall’s water system. The City of Santa Barbara has hitched its water supply wagon to the $55 million desalination plant now under construction, scheduled to come online this October. That timetable might be slowed down, however, because large quantities of lead contaminants were discovered in the soil where construction crews are working. To make sure the project isn’t delayed—and to haul off 5,800 cubic yards of dirty dirt — the City Council authorized the expenditure of an additional $2.3 million. There’s been much talk of the Montecito Water District entering into a partnership with the city over desalinated water, but so far, Haggmark said, no progress has resulted from such conversations. In the meantime, he was exploring various plans to inject highly treated wastewater into two of the city’s three groundwater basins. The United States Geologic Survey is putting the finishing touches on a study to determine how much recycled water— millions of gallons are flushed out to water sea every day—can be banked in these basins.

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Complicating matters, Haggmark said, has been the steady increase in water main failures, now hovering at about 90 a year. Many of the city’s cast-iron mains have reached the end of their lives, and the dramatic temperature changes that take place underground during winter months cause the pipes to expand and contract past their ability to expand and contract any more. To cover the costs of buying supplemental water from districts elsewhere in the state—5,000 acre-feet in 2015—the rate of main replacement was drastically curtailed. Councilmember Bendy White asked Haggmark whether it was feasible to dredge much of the silt— silt deposited in the aftermath of the 2007 Zaca Fire — to create additional storage capacity. Before that fire, Gibraltar Reservoir had a storage capacity of 7,000 acre-feet, but enough silt was deposited to reduce that by 2,000 acre-feet. Haggmark said it would cost $100 million to restore Gibraltar’s lost capacity. The volumes of silt, he said, “are just massive.” White expressed frustration that many of the lighter rains predicted for Santa Barbara last week never materialized. “It feels like we’re kind of whiffing on the rains here,” he lamented. Haggmark noted, as he has many times, that only two of the six past El Niño events delivered above-average rainfall. Or, as he said during an interview shortly before Tuesday’s council meeting, “It’s a long way to go to get back to normal.”

A 67-year-old man’s suspicious death at his Fort Bragg home led homicide detectives to Carpinteria when his red pickup truck, with his rottweiler, Bugsy, inside were found at Santa Claus Lane on 1/3. The body of Dennis Boardman was found in his home on 1/2 when police performed a family-requested welfare check. Ft. Bragg police believe the killer stole the truck and left it here; Bugsy was taken by Santa Barbara Animal Control. Boardman was well-known in Fort Bragg as a formerly homeless man who had “built himself back up” and opened his house to the homeless. On 1/11 at around 2 p.m., a 34-year-old man from La Quinta with a rope tied around his calf was found dangling upside-down from a cliff in the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive. He told rescuers he had been hanging there for more than 12 hours, since 1:30 a.m. As he was carried to an awaiting ambulance, he told responders he had no feeling in his leg. “It’s unclear as to whether he was rappelling up or down the cliff or as to how this happened,” said Sheriff’s spokesperson Kelly Hoover. No other details were released. As big waves hit the coast this week, three Funk Zone surf shops — J7 Surfboards, Channel Islands Surfboards, and Surf N’ Wear’s Beach House — were hit with overnight burglaries resulting in heavy merchandise loss. Store managers say the break-ins occurred 1/7 and 1/11. They blamed ongoing Funk Zone construction for isolating their stores from foot traffic and view,

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Santa Barbara County Planning and Development czar Glenn Russell stated there are “no similarities” between SoCal Gas’s uncontrolled leak at its Porter Ranch natural gas underground storage field in Los Angeles and the same company’s La Goleta storage field located in Goleta. Russell said he’s been asked about the storage yard for La Goleta by the staffs of two county supervisors, not to mention multiple members of the public. Unlike the Porter Ranch leak, which gave rise to thousands of odor complaints by sickened residents nearby, no complaints have been reported about La Goleta. The Porter Ranch underground injections wells first sprung a leak October 23, and SoCal Gas hasn’t been able to plug it since. The utility has been ordered to relocate thousands of residents who can no longer live in their homes. Russell said county inspectors checked out all of La Goleta’s aboveground pumps, pipes, and other infrastructure on November 17. The underground infrastructure, however, is the domain of DOGGR, otherwise known as the Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources. Russell said he did not know when this state agency — regarded with growing skepticism by fracking critics — last inspected La Goleta. Last year the California Coastal Commission approved a plan to expand the storage capacity of the field from 21.5 billion cubic feet of gas by three to five billion additional cubic feet. Two of the three wells approved for this have been drilled. For this capacity expansion to occur, the “native gases” occupying space under the ground would have to be first expelled. That has not happened. SoCal Gas has used the La Goleta field as an underground storage facility since 1941, and reports of gas injection date back to the 1930s. Porter Ranch wells were drilled in the 1950s. — Nick Welsh

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A Tuesday press conference was the official revealing of the slate for 2016’s Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and as usual, the big names being fêted with tribute presentations are aplenty: Johnny Depp, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Rooney Mara, and many more, including another soon-to-benamed Montecito Award–receiving celebrity and all the “Outstanding Directors,” which are presumed to be those in the running for Best Picture. The films, meanwhile, also continue to grow in prestige, with 52 world premieres, 53 U.S. premieres, and more than 60 countries represented. Opening night will feature The Little Prince, the midweek centerpiece will be the American premiere of Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups, and closing night will be the French film Margeurite. Vons grocery store has won the bidding war to occupy Haggen’s Mesa location. Despite Roxy’s Market’s winning bid in bankruptcy court, it was ultimately denied the 2010 Cliff Drive spot. “We did not want a specialty grocery,” said Dave Pintard, speaking for landlord Investec. “We wanted a major market.” Of the six former Haggen stores in the county, two will return to Vons — the Turnpike and Mesa locations — and one to Albertsons — the Lompoc location. The Fairview location will

After much opposition from Goleta residents and an undesirable Environmental Impact Report, the California Highway Patrol announced on 1/12 that it would abandon a proposed CHP station at 7780 Hollister Avenue next to Ellwood Elementary School. Instead, officials will search for a different location to build the facility, intended to hold some 66 employees, storage and inspection space, and a 148-foot-tall antenna tower on four acres of land. After blasting a NOAA weather satellite into orbit 1/17, SpaceX will attempt to land its rocket’s first stage booster on a floating remote-controlled platform in the Pacific Ocean off Vandenberg Air Force Base. The landing is expected to take place a few minutes after liftoff and would be the first successful touchdown of its kind for the private space company and in the entire history of space launch. SpaceX failed at such a landing twice in 2015 but was successful in docking a booster on land. Company CEO Elon Musk has said retrieving boosters — rather than letting them crash back to Earth — makes space flight exponentially more affordable. County administrators say they’re closing in on an agreement with the National Guard to use two Guard armories as daytime shelters to keep homeless people dry during El Niño rains. They’ll be seeking approval next Tuesday from county supervisors to spend up to $90,000 for this effort. Even with the money, it remains unclear how long it will take to get an armory up and operating on the South Coast. To date, no group has stepped forward to assume the task of day-to-day operations. With El Niño–fueled storms dominating headlines last week, the county’s Office of Emercont’d page 10 

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by l É n a G a r c i a hree people were killed this weekend in fatal collisions with passenger-carrying Amtrak trains. The first, 60-year-old Norman Horion — a New Hampshire native, former Kansas City resident, and transient at the time of his death — was killed late Friday afternoon by Pacific Surfliner 790 near Lookout Park in Summerland. The engineer driving the train destined for San Diego repeatedly sounded the horn but was unable to make the emergency stop in time. Such trains generally travel 60 mph and require up to 1.2 miles to stop. After a train accident involving a pedestrian, it is “standard protocol” to switch engineers, said Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kelly Hoover. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student Aaron Matthew Wolf, reportedly 19, was struck by San Luis Obispo–bound Pacific Surfliner 777 on the tracks near Sweet Bay Lane as the train passed through rural S.L.O. on Saturday night. Wolf was a member of Cal Poly’s Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. On Sunday morning, 19-year-old Lillian T. Feng — a UCSB second-year and pre-psychology student from Davis — was similarly killed by San Diego–bound Pacific Surfliner 774 on the tracks below the Glen Annie and Storke Road overpass in Goleta. A musician and a member of UCSB’s Gaucho Pep Band, Feng had graduated from Davis Senior High School and lived in Isla Vista. Toxicology reports will be complete in four to six weeks, but the Sheriff’s Office is calling Feng’s death an apparent suicide based on witness statements immediately before her death. Amtrak trains are equipped with forward-facing cameras. If the victim appears

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to be aware the train is coming, the death is ruled a suicide, Sergeant Greg Weitzman of the Coroner’s Office previously told The Santa Barbara Independent. Last year, six people died when they were struck by trains passing through Santa Barbara County — three took their own lives. Two of them were middle-aged homeless men. That was the highest number of such suicides since 2013, when four people were killed by trains, and three were deemed suicides. Over the past five years, two people on average have committed suicide by train each year in the county. n

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Ongoing negotiations between Santa Barbara Unified School District administrators and union representatives for the Santa Barbara Teachers Association are in the midst of a balancing act between bolstering district reserves against economic down days and fairly compensating its 800 teachers. The district has offered a phased-in 2 percent raise and proposed increasing the work year from 185 to 188 days. The union countered with a 6 percent pay hike, retroactive to July 1, 2015. Over the past few years, classroom workloads have ramped up considerably, with teachers having to adapt to technological advances while creating their own curricula as lesson plans evolve away from textbook traditions. On average, S.B. Unified teachers make 20-25 percent less than their counterparts in surrounding districts. Meanwhile, the district’s goal has long been to sock away 10 percent of its $120 million budget. Right now, it’s about $5 million shy of that mark. Complicating the equation is the 2019 sunset of funding from Proposition 30 — a sales-tax increase approved by California voters in 2012 — and projected retirement pension payouts. The next closed-door negotiation session takes place on January 19. In related news on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association (CTA), wherein 3rd grade teacher Rebecca Friedrichs of Buena Park wants to do away with the mandatory fees nonmember teachers pay to unions to help cover the cost of the collective bargaining that they benefit from. Friedrichs objects to the union’s political views, doesn’t want part of her paycheck to support it, and argues that the forced fee violates the First Amendment. CTA representatives counter that the case is really about weakening the political power of all publicemployee unions, which traditionally lean to the left. “If unions are stripped of their ability to collect fees from nonmembers, the CTA and its 325,000 members will take a hit,” said John Houchin, president of Santa Barbara Teachers Association. “In states that have already established laws prohibiting the collection of [these] fees, teacher unions lost about 15 percent of their membership in the first year, causing the unions to reduce spending on things like professional development for teachers and political lobbying.” The Supreme Court’s — Keith Hamm decision is expected by summer. independent.com

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gency Management (OEM) unveiled the Aware & Prepare Initiative, an enhanced notification alert system for Santa Barbara County, to largely replace the Nixle system. County residents can visit awareandprepare .org to register to receive alerts and nonemergency info, such as general preparedness and public meetings, based on the geographic and functional areas of interest they choose. The system also allows emergency managers to send out messages to anyone with cell phone reception whether or not they opted in — similar to an Amber Alert. Supervisor Steve Lavagnino is poised to join the county’s Legislative Committee after expressing interest last week but receiving no love from his colleagues. Supervisor Salud Carbajal, who is running for Congress, offered Lavagnino his spot. The Legislative Committee, which is made up of three board members, reviews federal and state measures, addressing an array of topics such as immigration and health services. Last year, the committee brought a number of particularly controversial issues, including vaccines and the right-to-die bill. “Even though I appreciate being on the committee … I understand politically we have a divided board,” Lavagnino said. Supervisors approved this year’s legislative platform; Peter Adam abstained.

uCSB Over 206,000 prospective undergrads applied to the University of California for fall 2016, breaking UC application records for the 12th year in a row. At UCSB, freshman and transfer-student applications increased this year by 10.3 percent, second only to UC Merced — where such applications increased by 13.5 percent. Chicanos and Latinos, still the largest ethnic groups among UC-wide freshman applicants, this year surpassed Asian Americans as the second-largest ethnic group to transfer from California community colleges. They are surpassed only by white students.

ELECtION 2016 On 1/11, Salud Carbajal cemented his status as the most prodigious fundraiser in the wide-open race to replace retiring Rep. Lois Capps, with a campaign adviser stating the Democratic supervisor solicited $1.4 million in total contributions through the end of 2015. More importantly, Carbajal now has $969,809.92 cash on hand, which strongly positions him for the primary on 6/7, in which the top two finishers, regardless of party, will advance to the November election. n

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In what is heating up to be the 2016 race to watch in Santa Barbara County, Joan Hartmann (pictured) formally challenged Bruce Porter this week to replace retiring 3rd District Supervisor Doreen Farr. Hartmann was encouraged to run by Farr, who appointed her to the Planning Commission in 2012. Spanning from Isla Vista and the Gaviota Coast to the Santa Ynez Valley and Guadalupe, the 3rd District is the largest and most politically diverse in the county. Both the Democratic and Republican camps have their eyes on the seat, which determines the balance of power at the Board of Supervisors. If no one else jumps into the race, the election will be determined June 7, when many Isla Vista voters will be otherwise preoccupied with finals. Voter turnout in I.V. is historically much lower in the primaries than in the November election. In an interview, Hartmann called for “a forward-looking economic vitality program,” perhaps similar to one adopted in Pomona or San Luis Obispo to encourage economic growth and keep young people in the area. She said supporting the agriculture industry is key to her campaign and noted her “extensive, proven track record” on the Planning Commission, where she approved the Agriculture Buffer Ordinance. She added she was active in the Environmental Defense Center–backed Measure G (required voter approval to develop land zoned as agriculture) and the Buellton Urban Growth Boundary Initiative (required voter approval for changes to the city’s boundaries). “I am very much for getting people engaged,” she said. Democratic consultant Mary Rose is running her campaign. Hartmann, who has lived full-time in the district since 2004, has been an environmental attorney, representing the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Interior. She served as the first woman faculty member of the Claremont Graduate University, where she directed the Public Policy Program. She rides horses, rescues cats and dogs, and serves a number of organizations, including Santa Barbara Foundation’s LEAF and the Wildling Museum. Meanwhile, Bruce Porter, who had a long career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and now sits on a valley school board, is stacking up a long list of supporters for his candidacy, including former 3rd District supervisor Brooks Firestone. — Kelsey Brugger

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here were tears and a standing ovation Tuesday as a termed-out Dale Francisco bid farewell to his colleagues and the public after serving eight years on the Santa Barbara City Council. “I tremendously enjoyed this experience,” said Francisco, choking up.“It is absolutely one of the greatest honors of my life to represent the people of this city.” As the council’s most outspoken conservative, Francisco earned a reputation over his two terms as a thinking man’s politician, equally measured and articulate as he was passionate about topics like public safety and fiscal stability.“You will be sorely missed, sir,” said Councilmember Frank Hotchkiss. “You’ve always been a gentleman,” said Councilmember Cathy Murillo. Francisco said he was glad to leave the city in better shape than he found it, with reduced crime, an increased police budget, and a healthier reserve of savings for the next inevitable recession. A retired software executive, he was elected in 2008 amid public pushback over roundabouts and other cityproposed “traffic-calming devices.” Mayor Helene Schneider joked that Santa Barbara should name a roundabout in Francisco’s honor. As Francisco stepped down, Jason Dominguez stepped up, elected in November to represent the Eastside’s District 1. Incumbents Murillo and Randy Rowse were sworn in, as well, winning the Westside’s District 3 and the Mesa’s District 2, respectively, in the first election in 47 years where voters

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s President Barack Obama walked down the Congressional aisle after delivering his final State of the Union Address, Santa Barbara Congressmember Lois Capps reached out, shook his hand, and said, “Mr. President, you and I are leaving this place together. He said,‘I know that.’ ” For Obama, it was his eighth State of the Union speech; for Capps, it would be her 18th and her last. “This was very emotional for me,” Capps said. “It was rather poignant.” It became especially so, she said, as Obama spoke of the need to change the way politics is conducted in the United States and re-establishing “bonds of trust” in an atmosphere defined by hyper-partisanship.“That was the phrase Walter used —‘bonds of trust,’ ” Capps said, speaking of her deceased husband, Walter Capps, whose Congressional seat she assumed in 1997 after he died of a sudden heart attack. “Man, that took my breath away to hear the President talk that way.” Congress was bitterly divided along partisan lines, Capps said, when she first took office. “But it wasn’t half as partisan as it is now.” In his address, Obama appealed to the “voices of unarmed truth and unconditional

love,” a phrase he borrowed from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to reduce the rancor and noise of American political discourse. When Americans learn to conduct politics in a less polarized fashion, anything, he said—a cure for cancer, an end to climate change, even campaign finance reform—is possible. To do otherwise, he contended, would be to “forsake a better future” and allow an even greater consolidation of great wealth and power. Capps said Obama might have better served his agenda were he endowed with some of the “big, hearty, slap-you-on-theback” personality traits of former president Bill Clinton, whose impeachment was taking place when she first took office. But the president, she added, “has been stymied by Congress in so many ways.” Even so, Capps added, “It’s amazing how much we actually got done. The economy is undoubtedly in much better shape—though not for everybody— and we passed the Affordable Care body Act.” These were among the accomplishments Obama cited. Capps had nothing but praise for Obama’s speech and the to-do list the president outlined, which included free community college education, immigration reform, the end of the Cuban trade embargo, closing

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the American prison at Guantanamo, an increased minimum wage, and a “more fair” distribution of economic wealth for those willing to work hard. “He really poured himself into that speech,” she said. “I got a lot of exercise there; I stood up every minute or so.” Celebrated for winning the Nicest Member of Congress award more times than any other member, Capps lamented it’s grown far harder to find Republicans with whom she can reach across the aisle. “But I can’t stop trying,” she said. To that end, Capps said she is currently collaborating with Michigan Republican Fred Upton, chair of the Energy

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things; she was such a Daddy’s girl! Greg also leaves his wife of 10 years, Etsuko, his ex-wife Suzanne, sisters Uma and Nancy, three grandchildren (plus one on his way) and so many extended family and friends who loved him. Please come to a celebration of Greg Sunday 1/17 at noon at Shoreline Park. Casual dress (Hawaiian shirts encouraged), rain or shine. Call Julia 895-1553 for info. In lieu of flowers, please donate to support his 9-year-old daughter Baylie Bingham at Chase Bank.

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Memorial Celebration of Sensei Kenji Ota’s Life Honored Teacher of Aikido with Ki, Judo, Dance Saturday, January 16, at the Dojo, 255 Magnolia Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117 3 p.m. service to remember what Sensei said or did to motivate and inspire confidence and poise. 6:30 p.m. Dinner. RSVP otaztoy@ yahoo.com or (805) 636-8290 8 p.m. Dance under the crystal chandeliers. Sensei will be there in spirit and in our hearts, proudly watching. In lieu of flowers or food, please donate to the dojo roof fund: gofundme.com/t8gubhbh.

Gregory Lynn Bingham 09/08/53-01/05/16

We unexpectedly lost a great guy when Greg died early January 2 of a stroke. A Californian all his life and a Santa Barbarian since age 15, Greg epitomized the laid-back S.B. lifestyle; he was always in flip-flops, shorts and tee, or for dressy occasions, Hawaiian shirts. His favorite hangouts were the Rose Café, Mesa Café and the Tee-Off. A 1971 graduate of San Marcos HS, he became a woodworker and contractor; many S.B. homes showcase his beautiful work. Greg is survived by his Three children, Julia (Gladstone), Michael and Baylie, but he was a father to many others.“Our house was always full of our friends.” They describe their dad as caring, patient, witty and sarcastic, loving, genuine, adventurous and hardworking, “just all around amazing on every level.” He introduced Julia and Michael to yearly Mammoth trips, camping and road trips, Red Rock, and the Lakers! And, being dragged behind the boat at the lake to the sounds of Bob Marley. He gave Baylie her love of basketball, never missed her games and was always willing to play. She will treasure his childhood coin collection and memories of beach walks at sunset, bike rides and building 14

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Agustin De Guevara was born in Mexico City on July 6, 1924, and immigrated to California during WWII. During his tenure at the Biltmore Hotel as a manager, Agustin produced many wonderful community programs and danced in the Santa Barbara Fiesta for 20 years. For the past two decades, Agustin worked as a manager and later an “in-house chaplain” for the McDonalds restaurants in Santa Barbara and Goleta where he brought a touch of class, sophistication and much laughter. His deep love for his Lord Jesus and his commitment to helping others enabled him to care for the 250 employees at McDonalds with compassion and grace. He passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 19, at the age of 91. Agustin is survived by his wife Carolyn; daughter Adrienne; granddaughters Olivia, Kassandra, Katarina, Jessica and Amanda; grandsons Ronald, Joseph, Robert, Benjamin and Michael; stepsons Daniel and Christopher; and his son, Tino. Services for Agustin will be held on Saturday, January 23, 2016, at 1 p.m. at Calvary Chapel, 1 N. Cesar Chavez St., # 21, in Santa Barbara. Please send your contributions to any of the following local organizations: The Generation Bible College, Samaritan’s Purse, the Good News Club or the Sarah House.

Leslie King (Cooke) 08/21/51-11/30/15

Beloved wife, daughter, mother, grandmother and sister died Nov. 30, 2015. A former resident of Santa Barbara, she was a graduate of Crane School S.B. High and attended SBCC She is survived by her husband Kevin, 5 children, 2 step-children, 7 grandchildren, her mother Ann Cooke, and brother Jeffrey Cooke and his family. Her father, Frank Cooke, pre-deceased her. Leslie was the ultimate earth mother, rescuing lost people and animals. A memorial was

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Nancy Ladd Hoegh-Guldberg passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family on New Year’s Day in Santa Barbara. She was adored and admired by her husband of 48 years, Niels; her four children Christian, Niels, Karina and Erik; two daughter-in-laws Katie and Dana; and three beautiful grandchildren Joe, Ava and Logan, and she will live on in all of our hearts forever. Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, Nancy wishes to have a contribution made in her name to the Santa Barbara Humane Society, 5399 Overpass Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Nancy will be missed by everyone who was fortunate to have known her. May she rest in peace.

Rosalie Stimson Phillippi 04/15/16-01/06/16

Luther King’s 1963 March on Washing Washington, and worked successfully to oppose the construction of a nuclear power plant on the Bodega headlands. Family, friends, students, and colleagues admired Rosalie for her wisdom, wit, kindness, and energy. Rosalie is survived by her son, James, Phillippi, and his wife, Colette. They wish to thank the many people at Maravilla Senior Living who showed her kindness at the end of her life. Rosalie is also remembered and loved by her nieces, Susan Beardsley and Mary Jaeger; her nephews, Joseph Jaeger and John Beardsley; many other friends and family; and her beloved cat Murphy. A private memorial service will be held at Santa Rosa Memorial Park, Santa Rosa, CA, with the date to be announced.

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87. On Friday, January 8, 2016, of Silver Spring, MD, born in Washington, D.C. and a graduate of Dunbarton College. Beloved wife of Dr. Gino C. Battistone; mother of Marianne and Carol Battistone, mother-in law of Philip W. Norwood and Ronald Klayman; daughter of the late Constance Litteri and Mariano DeFrancisci. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Patrick’s Church, 4101 Norbeck Rd. Rockville MD 20853, on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at 11:00 am. Interment private. Memorial contributions can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The fund is in her name at fundraising.stjude.org.

Otis Franklin Madison 02/23/43-12/29/15 Rosalie Stimson Phillippi passed away peacefully on January 6, 2016, in Santa Barbara, CA. She was born to Mary Rose Stimson and John Ward Stimson on April 15, 1916, in Corona, CA, the oldest of three girls, including Marie Juanita Beardsley and Grace Ariel Jaeger. She was married to Clarence Phillippi from December 7, 1941, until his death in 1981. Rosalie received her bachelor’s from UCLA and a teaching credential from UC Berkeley. She taught throughout California, ultimately teaching creative writing and English at Santa Rosa Junior College. She was editor of the Santa Rosa News, and retired from State Farm Insurance where she edited its Northern California publications. She received the prestigious Columbia University Journalism Award for her weekly newspaper travel article “Bolinas, a 20th Century Anachronism.” An activist she participated in Martin

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He completed a BA in political science at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. He began the doctoral program in political science at UCSB in 1975, serving as a T.A. in both political science and black studies. He was a Research Fellow in the Center for Black Studies and Lecturer in the Black Studies Dept. His focus was the Civil Rights movement, Scientific Racism, Blacks in Sports, the Media, the Military, Black Marxism, and the Obama Presidency. He was awarded Professor of the Year by UCSB Mortar Board in 1992. He challenged his students to think critically and to defend their positions factually and intellectually. Many left his class with a changed perspective on American Society. On Tuesday, January 12, the campus flag was be lowered to half-staff in Otis’s honor and memory. In lieu of flowers, a fund is being established to archive Otis’s work. Donations may be made to “Otis Madison Archive Project,” Dept. of Black Studies, UC Santa Barbara. He is survived by his wife Joanne, daughters SaidaaKai, Shermain, Shirnell sons Taiwo, Kehinde, grandsons Justin, Jeremo, sister Frances Franklin and many relatives.

Otis Franklin Madison was born in San Antonio, Texas on February 23, 1943, to Wyetta (Lott) and Otis Madison. He had two younger sisters, Wyetta and Frances. He married Connell Cade and had daughters, Shermain and Shirnell. He served in the USAF during the Vietnam War era, stationed in Udorn, Thailand. His second marriage was to Joanne Yansen. They had twin sons, Taiwo and Kehinde, and a daughter, SaidaaKai.

Mary T. Endress, 94, of Santa Barbara left this world on December 5, 2015, at Serenity House. She was born in 1920 in Port Said, Egypt, to Maltese parents and lived there until she was 17. She and her mother migrated to Brooklyn, NY, to join other family after her father died. Mary went to night school and worked a retail job during the day. After marrying, she moved to Staten Island, NY, where she lived for 45 years and raised 5 children. She worked for Chase Manhattan Bank in Manhattan as an international accounts manager until she retired in 1985, soon after which she moved to Santa Barbara to join her daughter, Kathabela, who was a jeweler selling at the Cabrillo Arts and Crafts Show. She enjoyed the sunny “Mediterranean climate” that she was so accustomed to from her childhood and attended the “Beach Show” every Sunday to assist her daughter. She lived downtown and was a volunteer at RSVP and the Carrillo Hotel. She attended many lectures and musical events at her favorite bookstore, The Earthling on State Street, where she loved to walk and browse the many stores. Mary loved Santa Barbara. Mary was an avid believer in world peace, always very concerned always regarding Middle East conflicts and enjoyed bringing peace to her own cont’D

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be 100 — no skill set is required. But to live to be 100 while becoming increasingly loving, joyful, grateful, and selfless, and to do so with a better memory than most people half her age, now, that is a real feat — and talent. The clincher is that nothing in Shanta-Ma’s brutal early life would suggest such a happy ending. The first of her family to be born in America, Hilda Densmore grew up on a farm outside Racine, Wisconsin; her family came from Germany via Ellis Island. The family was poor, and their hardscrabble life was made doubly oppressive by the cruelty within the home. “Hell,” “sin,” and “damnation” were favored topics of conversation; punishments were frequent and savage. A haircut without Father’s permission, for example, elicited being knocked to the floor. At 13, Hilda was accused of committing a heinous sin when her abdomen began to swell. She was hitched to a plow from sunrise to sunset, and her protests of innocence went unheard. She was cursed and spat upon. After 10 months of torment, a visiting relative called a doctor, who took her to a hospital to have the 10-pound ovarian tumor removed. She was told that she’d never be able to bear children (to the later amusement of her children and grandchildren). Her family never apologized. Though she loved learning more than anything in her meager life, she was forced to abandon school at the end of 8th grade so she could work full-time on the farm. Escape from the farm came only with World War II, when women were needed to work in armament factories. The world opened up to Hilda when, on the way to work, she met a soldier on the train. He complained about how dark it was inside the train. She suggested that maybe he should remove his sunglasses. The soldier, Bob Densmore, fell in love with Hilda, and, despite the strong objections of her family, Bob and Hilda took a train to California and got married. Their long, happy marriage lasted nearly 50 years, until Bob’s death in 1993, and yielded two children, Bob Jr. and Kathy (now Pravrajika Vrajaprana, who became a nun at Santa Barbara’s Vedanta Temple). Their son, Bob, and daughter-in-law, Joni, gave them two beautiful granddaughters, Nicola and Lesley. When Joni was tragically killed in a car accident, Hilda cared for her bereft grandchildren. Despite, or perhaps because of, her miserable early life, she continued to seek the God that she knew was love itself. Her reading and study convinced her that hell and damnation were not the truth, but rather that reincarnation and spiritual growth were the true path. By the 1960s she found her spiritual home at the Vedanta Society. Her teacher, Swami Swahananda, gave her the name that so well-reflected her nature — “Shanta-Ma,” meaning “peaceful mother.” Shanta-Ma was invariably cheerful, loving, and generous. When asked why she hadn’t become bitter, she replied, “I was bitter until I was in my twenties. Then I realized I was only making myself unhappy. So I decided to be happy.” And she did. People often said she was the happiest person they’d ever met. What they didn’t realize was that her loving openheartedness came as a result of a conscious decision to become that person. She became the original “hugging mother,” eager to love and embrace anyone in her ever-increasing orbit.

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SHANTA-MA: Hilda Densmore grew more all-embracing as the years passed. As one of the longest residents at Villa Santa Fe (formerly SHIFCO), Hilda lived in Section 8 housing from 1979-2015. A conniving shopper at the Dollar Store, she carefully saved her money so that she could be generous with others. A quick look at her checkbook shows gifts to the Braille Institute, Blind Veterans Association, Food from the Heart, UNICEF, Vedanta Society, Rescue Mission, and Nepal Earthquake Relief, along with various people who needed an extra $20 or $50 to help them along the way. She was perfectly content with instant mashed potatoes and canned or frozen vegetables—and still managed to live an extraordinarily long, healthy, and productive life. Fiercely independent, she insisted on doing her own laundry, shlepping her laundry basket on her walker to the Laundromat, until she moved into Sarah House in April 2015. As long as she could walk, she did errands for neighbors and cooked for them when she could. Her lack of formal education made her one of Santa Barbara Adult Education’s staunchest fans. She gratefully and enthusiastically took every class she could, including Learn Russian While Singing. Until the end of her life, she read two or three books a week and never stopped being interested in everyone and everything. One of her greatest qualities was her genuine joy in others’ joys. She never felt that she deserved more, nor did she want more. She was delighted with the happiness of others. To see others happy made her radiantly happy. But Hilda was also earthy and could cuss you under the table. A shrewd card shark, she was a bit of a wildcard herself: Years ago, when her husband had to go to the hospital for heart surgery, she made Alice B. Toklas brownies for him and the entire ward, somewhat elevating the mood of his fellow patients. Hilda was kind, honest, and wise. A few days before her death, the tumor that would claim her life caused a quick grimace on her face. When a friend reacted, Hilda laid a hand on the tumor and said, “Honey, sometimes you’ve just got to be with it.” She proved that in order to be happy, you don’t need to have had a happy or even adequate childhood. You don’t have to be educated. She was always a good 30 pounds overweight and never had nice clothing. But she was extraordinarily content and conveyed love and joy to the myriad people whose lives she touched. Hilda’s memorial will be at the Vedanta Temple on Sunday, January 17, at 4 p.m., followed by a reception in the convent. In lieu of flowers, please donate to either Sarah House, which she dearly loved, or to the Vedanta Society. n

little world. She followed current events daily and admired many world figures: Ghandi, St. Frances of Assisi, Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, the Kennedys, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Diana and President Obama. Mary has a family who loved and adored her, especially because she found the time to value each one and gifted her children and grandchildren with many special memories. She lived the last 14 years of her life at Garden Court on De la Vina and was known there and loved as “Mary Blue” as she only wore that color. She was preceded in death by her son Stephen, who died in 1994 in NYC. She is survived by her daughters, Kathabela Wilson of Santa Barbara and Pasadena, and Maureen Cassano of Santa Barbara, and sons, Michael Endress and Paul Endress of New York. Her grandchildren are Colleen Morales of Santa Barbara, Tim Kasper of San Diego, Vinny Cassano USN stationed in England, Sara Kopeikin of Boulder, Colorado, Julian Cassano student at UCSD, Sean Endress of Albany, NY, and Micky Endress of Staten Island, NY. There are 4 great-grandchildren: Dylan and Ryan Kasper and Julia and Louie Cassano. She was the matriarch of our family and will be forever missed yet alive in our hearts. We wish to acknowledge and thank Serenity House and Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Santa Barbara for their gracious care and attention to our mother at the end of her life, and all the caregivers that have assisted her.

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Jimmy was born in Philadelphia, PA , on 6/8/48 and went to the Lord 1/4/16. Raised on the East Coast, he made his way to Santa Barbara in 1994 and never left! Jimmy was a tough competitor. In his “younger days,” he was an outstanding golfer! Even battling cancer, he looked forward to “Pool Night” Tuesdays at Don Q’s. He loved fishing, playing the ponies, and long rides in his silver Corvette. He is preceded in death by his grandparents Albi and Mazli Zambelli, parents Vincente and Lucille Zambelli; survived by his son Anthony and wife Ann of NY; brothers Michael and Joseph, and sister Linda, 7 nieces and newphews and 17 grandnieces and nephews. A tilt of the head and a rye smile and “Ataboy. Go get ‘em, kid.” He will be missed by so many! Thank you to Dr. Woliver and all of the staff at the Cancer Center and Cottage Hospital. A celebration of life will

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I can’t believe it has been a year since you’ve been gone. You are thought of every day and missed so very much. Thank you, my son, for the memories and the wonderful son that you were. Love you always, Mom and Alex. I miss you & love you Papi, Love Mia. I miss playing with you Papi Mark, I love you, Gabriel. I miss you making us laugh every day, I love you Marky & miss you, Denise. You will always remain in my heart; I love you & miss you always, Diana I love my Nino so much; I think about him all the time, thank you for letting me have happy times with you. Love, Jacob. Mark, never does a day go by that we don’t think and pray for you, I’m glad you are no longer feeling pain. Forever love and miss you, Nina. A memory I have of Mark is when he was my lead singer in my band when he was about 2 or 3 years old, he would sing “What Does It Take” by Kenny G. Uncle Pete. Miss the backyard BBQs & concerts, luv u, Susana. Smile & eyes, light up like fireflies, memories in my heart, keep love crystallized, Steven. When you left you took a piece of my soul, I’ll never be complete until we meet again. Loving you eternally I’ll remain, Sonia. Mark, we think about you often and miss you dearly, especially last Christmas Eve for pozole with the family. Thanks for the wonderful family memories of our trips to Lake Lopez, the family cruise, the months we lived together and for regular reminders that you continue to be with us. The Garcia Family. Thank you Lord Jesus for the 30 years you gave him to us.

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oday’s aikido practice seems like any other — stretch, warm-up exercises, rolls, and techniques. Unlike other days, however, the threat of a leaky roof looms overhead. This concern could be viewed as an obstacle to progress, or an opportunity to be present in the moment. Unique among the martial arts, aikido was designed not only for self-defense but also for everyday life — isn’t avoiding conflict preferred? Practicing aikido does not stop when you leave the mat, or as our sensei says, “You do not take off your aikido when you take off your gi.” If each obstacle is a chance to practice living in the moment, you could say our dojo has been blessed with many chances recently. Our founder, Sensei Kenji Ota, passed away; his students will tell you they can still hear his voice in their head saying, “Never give up,” and,“Yes, you can.” Sensei’s passing came in the midst of fundraising to fix the roof, a necessity to continue his legacy of teaching. Future generations could be touched by Sensei’s gift of positive thinking and the confidence to tackle life head-on, now being passed along by his son, Steve. There would be no better way of honoring Sensei’s life of contributions to the Santa Barbara and Goleta communities. Our fundraising campaign can be found at gofundme.com/t8gubhbh. And if you would like to practice with us, please join a free class at the Goleta Cultural School, 255 Magnolia Avenue. Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays, kids from 4-6 p.m. and adults from 6:30-8:15 p.m. — Sepehr Parhami, Goleta

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am a staff member of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. When my insurance carrier wanted a physician exam, I went to Sansum. During the exam, the doctor sprayed some stuff on my skin, scraped it with his gloved fingernail, and I was charged an additional $125 for whatever he did. I was neither informed nor did I consent to the procedure or charge. When it went to collection, I threatened to sue, and Sansum dropped the charge, but I am not allowed to go there ever again. Cottage has similar tactics: I had to get a flu shot against my beliefs or be kicked off the medical staff. Administrative staff also violated accepted medical procedure when they dictated that I could not bill for examining a patient to replace a set of dentures that Cottage lost. I am concerned this megalithic monopoly will dictate to residents in the same way. Beware. — James G. Rolfe, DDS, S.B.

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ike any diligent UCSB student, I spent a

ton of time at Davidson Library— Library when I wasn’t in class or goofing off in Isla Vista. Those hours, though busy, were always a breather in a demilitarized zone away from loud roommates and other college distractions. Helpful librarians and an inconceivably vast storehouse of books and resources stood at the ready. My favorite reading spot was a northeast nook on the top floor with a view of the Pacific. But the library was dark and cramped and frustratingly low-tech. Not in the soft-bulb, oak-banister kind of way, but of the bad 1950s-linoleum and lingeringmildew sort. It was almost impossible to find an open outlet or unused computer terminal. Banks of high partitioned desks didn’t exactly encourage communication with your neighbors, while the 24-hour study room often got rowdy. On January 4, the university opened the doors to its new library, a high-ceilinged sandstone cathedral of natural light, comfy chairs, and lots of Wi-Fi that connects to the old Davidson tower and houses the same — and now even greater — collections of printed and digital materials that make it one of the most impressive research libraries in the UC System. School administrators are proud to call the new three-story, $80 million building the geographic and scholastic heart of the campus. Prospective students and donors will be impressed by yet another feather in the cap of the UC Library, as a whole the secondlargest research library in the world, second only to the Library of Congress. Walking through the soaring, glass-fronted entryway, I stepped onto a wide boulevard of modern architecture and minimalist interior design with book stacks holding three million volumes and workrooms big and small equipped with white boards and computers. Just after 8 a.m. students were already trickling in, booting up their laptops at long tables or quietly settling onto leather couches facing walls of windows lashed by heavy El Niño rains. Downstairs, the café hummed with espresso shots and chatter about classes. The Davidson tower, which will soon get its own makeover, still stands proud, though is now referred to as the Ocean Side of the library; my reading corner is still there. But if the idea for this shiny new space is to de-compartmentalize the user’s experience, to open up their surroundings and encourage broadband-speed collaboration — without losing necessary pockets of quiet, hard-copy study— study it seemed to be working.

MOLD BREAKER: Head librarian Denise Stephens says the new wing reflects the new way of learning.

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On the subject of the now-deceased card cata- deep detective work when she assisted an economics graduate logue, head librarian Denise Stephens is not nos- student to track down a specific federal data set from 20 years talgic. “The truth is I don’t miss typing the cards,” ago. It took months, so when Tulley finally plucked the needle she said in her office overlooking yet another cam- from the haystack, she did a little dance in her office. “It was pus construction project. For her, its only remain- probably the highlight of my career at that point,” she said. ing value is as a “historical structure.” Tulley has a library science degree but also a background in Stephens is a former chief information officer corporate intelligence, where she hunted for acquisition targets. and came to UCSB from the University of Kansas. Those skills come in handy as she and her staff sift through As a techy, she embraces this generation of college students, who mountains of buried records. Her team also guides researchdemand fast access to any information through all manner of ers in how to properly package their work so it will be easily personal devices. “The overused phrased that they’re ‘digital accessible decades from now. That may seem like a no-brainer, natives’ really does mean something,” she explained.“The expec- but a surprising amount of digital information has been lost in tation is that there are no obstacles in their way.” recent years, locked in outmoded software and hardware that That doesn’t mean the stacks will disappear anytime soon, time quickly forgot. The UCSB library has boxes of old CDs that Stephens continued. “We will always have a lot of books,” she are unreadable, but no one has the heart to throw them away. said. “That’s not going anywhere, and I don’t want it to. I’m a librarian, after all.” But Stephens recognizes that in a scholarly environment like UCSB, technology — love it or hate it— it is a ubiquitous part of everyone’s knowledge-seeking endeavors. “The design of the new space reaf reaffirms that recognition,” she said. “It’s not a warehouse. It’s a place for people to do work with information.” She pointed to the library’s Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory (IRC), a spacious room on the second floor lined with 85-inch monitors and staffed with specialized “data librarians” who help students and faculty find any bit of data or literature, no matter how obscure. IRC interim director Stephanie Tulley rememUPGRADE: Students fill a second-floor study area. continued >>> bered a particularly satisfying moment of

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When Stephens arrived at UCSB four years ago, the library project — largely funded by a state grant — had been on the drawing board for more than a decade. UCSB’s turn came up in a UC System–wide rotation of library-improvement projects, but the recession stalled those plans. Construction on the 150,000 square feet of brand-new and remodeled space finally began two years ago and — miraculously for a development of its size — finished on time. It was designed by Pfeiffer Partners, a Los Angeles–based firm that’s churned out 35 library projects around the country. The UCSB Library was originally built in 1954, with additions made in 1962, 1967, and 1978. The most recent iteration will be LEED Gold certified. The library is open to everyone, Stephens made it a point to remind me. It’s a public institution. “We very much welcome and encourage citizen scholars,” she said.“If you’re interested in a topic, we have depth here, and I want people to come in and experience that. The life of the mind is a very important thing.” Stephens sees the new library as an achievement and benefit not only for UCSB but also for Santa Barbara. “This is one of the more significant cultural buildings

and assets, and I think one of the most beautiful,” she said.“I hope people drive out here and take a look at it every once in a while.” Two years ago, the library had more than two million total visits. For those off-site, there’s also the new Alexandria Digital Research Library (alexandria.ucsb. edu), a public archive of research materials launched in April 2014. There are several thousand items in the database now — mostly theses and dissertations — and library staffers are constantly toiling to digitize historic images, writings, and recordings before they fade into nonexistence. Much of that work takes place in lab-like environments, including cold storage and wet conservation vaults. Stephens explained the Alexandria will soon hold several hundred thousand items as we clicked through a collection of early-20thcentury Santa Barbara postcards, Flying A Studio photographs, and a collection of rare musical scores. It wasn’t long ago that librarians were told their profession would soon go the way of the dodo, that book spines would crack under the weight of the digital age, and that no new libraries would ever be built again. n “Well,” said Stephens with a smile,“I got news.”

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HIDDEN TREASURES: Danelle Moon is in charge of the library’s Special Research Collections.

From the Vaults

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anelle Moon turned a large black hand crank,

son, but they’re already grateful for the extra space to and a bookshelf twice her height glided silently collect, preserve, and digitize. “Yes, we’re excited,” she away from the one in front. We stepped into the said. Above us on the third story of the just-opened opening and scanned the rows for books about Mountain Side of the library is a wide room with floorLincoln as she talked about the library’s cherished Wil- to-ceiling windows and dark wooden tables where liam Wyles Collection, 40,000 volumes visitors wearing white gloves carefully on the 16th President, the Civil War, and view the building’s most coveted items. As we continue through the labythe American West. But we didn’t get far. rinth of shelves below, Moon gets We kept getting distracted. Moon, head of the library’s Special especially excited over her recent acquisition of photographer Eadweard Research Collections (SRC), stopped Muybridge’s Horse in Motion book, when she spied a velum-bound copy of Dante’s Inferno circa 1825. “Oh, this is and boasts of the university’s trove of first editions: Ulysses, Anne Frank: neat,” she said, flipping through pages of nightmarish William Blake engravings. A The Diary of a Young Girl, The Grapes few feet away we pored over a 1493 Bible of Wrath, and so on. She snags such with an embossed leather cover and the Koran Manuscript Leaf (ca. 1200-1500) prizes on the open rare book market or finds them at events like the upcoming handset type that had been invented by Johannes Gutenberg just a few decades earlier. We could California Antiquarian Book Fair. Most of her go-to have kept going back in time, but there was more to see. vendors operate out of San Francisco. Prices per item Moon and her team of curators are still getting set- range from $50 to thousands of dollars, though the tled into their new digs, which offer much more room average is around $1,400, she estimated. Fundraising than their former home in the bowels of the old David- fills the budget.

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new bonnet / Mary Ann wear the dress with shamrocks on it,” croons Billy Murray in a discernible brogue. The song, “Are you coming Out To-Night Mary Ann,” is an Irish pop serenade, and Murray’s voice comes across strong and clear. What makes this tune compelling, however, isn’t the singer’s timbre or the song’s lyrics and melody — it’s the fact that it was recorded and released in 1906 and that I’m listening to it via the Internet. The ditty is just one of thousands of turn-of-thecentury recordings available online for public consumption thanks to the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive (cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/ index.php). In 2002, David Seubert, curator of the university’s Performing Arts Collection, looked into digitizing UCSB’s collection of celluloid and wax recordings. “As a pilot project, we decided to catalog and make streaming audio files of 60 cylinders available via the web,” he explained. The feat was achieved using the library’s Archeophone, which was designed in 1998 by Frenchman Henri Chamoux to convert the information buried in the grooves of the wax apparatus into digital data. The venture was a success and encouraged Seubert to seek grant funding to translate the remaining 7,000 cylinders. In the autumn of 2005, the Audio Archive website launched and included 5,000 newly digitized recordings. In the last 10 years, the archive has grown into a globally used service.“We were the first library with a big collection of early sound recordings online that the public could

download,” declared Seubert. “Since then, it’s just snowballed. The collection has tripled in size—there are almost 16,000 recordings in the collection and close to 11,000 of them are online. And they keep coming in. We are kind of the go-to place for all over the world.” Site visitors find an incredible window into what folks were listening to in the late 1800s and early 1900s. There is an array of genres to peruse — from pop, classical, and opera music to vaudeville acts, comedy sketches, foreign recordings, speeches, and readings. The site also features a brief history of the wax cylinder, which made its public debut in 1889 and reigned supreme in the recorded sound market until after WWI, when flat discs, which had been around since the invention of the cylinder, became the format of choice. “The wax technology isn’t any different than what’s on the flat record; it’s sort of like VHS versus Betamax,” Seubert told me. “[There were] these two different technologies, [and] one was a cylinder. So you would have played this on a machine with a big horn [a phonograph]. You’d crank it up, and you’d put the stylus down. In this case,” Seubert continued, holding up a wax cylinder and unpackaging it for inspection, “there is a [identifier] tag inside [that reads]: ‘This is Miss Morgan and Mr. Stanley doing a piece called ‘In the Starlight.’” Before 1907, the musicians were announced at the beginning of the “canned music.”“When they go into the recording session, everyone sits around the horn, and they say, ‘Miss Morgan and Mr. Stanley singing “In the Starlight,” Edison Records,’” Seubert

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demonstrated using an old-timey voice.“But oftentimes [the tags] are lost, so [we] have to listen to it” to determine who is on it, which translates to archaeological-type research for the collections staff. The exacting, often tedious work of cataloging and digitizing the old formats — which also includes 200,000 78 rpm discs (“There are more records here than any place on the West Coast,” according to Seubert) — had been done on the third floor of UCSB’s Davidson Library in a small, warren-like room piled with books, papers, records, and cylinders. The archival space itself was also cramped with a low ceiling and not enough room to house all of the recordings. But with the completion of the new library wing, the entire Collections Department has moved into a state-of-the-art building with climate control and organizational storage fitting of the quality and status of the n recordings, documents, film, and artwork in its possession.

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to fully appreciate what being at the symbolic crossroads of a 21st-century university might mean, and in particular what that might mean for something that’s still called a library. Fortunately, that’s where the art comes in, or at least one major piece of art, Nancy Gifford’s giant sculpture “Lament,” which is made out of the covers of approximately 2,000 old books. A symbolic crossroads is a place of reckoning, and not necessarily a peaceful one. Ask Oedipus or the great bluesman Robert Johnson. Contemporary libraries, and in particular those intended to serve educational institutions, have, in fact, reached just such a wrenching and fateful symbolic crossroads in relation to the traditional function of research libraries, which was to house printed matter. In the old days, when librarians were still synonymous with the classic index-fingerto-the-lips “shush,” there were no Starbucks to compete with, and rules were still rules. Today, at a facility like the new Davidson, whole floors are devoted to group study rooms and “collaboratories,” where the researchers of the future sit together, brainstorming with laptops in front of them, lattes at their sides, and often as not, few or no books in sight. “Lament,” the large collage that occupies a big chunk of the wall on the first floor of the building’s Mountain Side, takes the demise of print culture as its subject and plays a kind of visual blues at the crossroads where books collide with the digital information revolution. Gifford began collecting the volumes she then dismembered more than a decade ago, and it took her the better part of a year to tear them apart and put them back together just so. As a young girl growing up in the rural Midwest, she says that books and libraries “sustained” her, but the project was born of ambivalence rather than nostalgia. Her mixed feelings about the end of the print era came pouring out, first as destruction, when she pulled the covers off, and then as reinvention, when she began the painstaking process of collaging these thousands of

fragments into a giant, endlessly referential palimpsest of disembodied titles. One of the reasons the piece works so well and is so much fun to look at and especially to read is because Gifford did not choose to go with an array of all classics. One can only imagine how tiresome a wall composed entirely of “great books” might become. Instead, she’s got a slight emphasis on the clearly dated, as in such titles as Lorna Doone or Stanley in Africa, but nearby there’s almost always a ringer from the more recent past, like The Cult of the Luxury Brand. Darker outside book covers occupy the wide perimeter, surrounding a pale center of inside endpapers in various shades of cream. This arrangement echoes both the relation of a picture to its frame and that of a hardback book cover to its contents, collapsing the fundamental structures of two disparate media into a single composite image. Looking more closely at “Lament,” one finds fragments of poetry on scraps of paper subtly embedded among the covers and pages. The piece, which was originally commissioned as part of a group show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara called Requiem for the Bibliophile, has provoked passionate responses from the beginning, and it’s best hope for success in this new location depends on how thoroughly students invest their own feelings and memories in what could potentially become an icon of the UCSB experience. If the remarks left so far in the comments book that the library has thoughtfully provided are any indication, that emotional adoption by students is already underway. “Love!” reads one typical comment, followed by a hand-drawn heart. “Inspiring, I want to read!” says another. Elsewhere, inscriptions in Chinese bump up against block caps proclaiming, “THIS IS AWESOME.” Although we are far from the last word on how UCSB will learn to live with and love “Lament,” it remains a great choice to inaugurate the new Crossroads space, and for now at least, it has students responding “yes so much yes” and even “dis tew cool.” n

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1/14: Art Reception: Tattoos & Scrimshaw: The Art of the Sailor Did you know U.S. Navy sailors had tattoos of the bald eagle to keep themselves from being drafted into the British Navy? This exhibit celebrates the long history of nautical tattoos and sailor art, historical artifacts, archival photos, and contemporary photography. Watch a video, enjoy a tattoo machine, talk with S.B. tattooist Sebastian Orth, and learn about how early British sailors and the Tahitian people brought forth Western tattooing culture and how tattooing was used to document sailors’ own histories. The exhibit shows through August 31. 5:30-7pm. S.B. Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Wy. Free. Call 962-8404 or visit sbmm.org.

thurSday 1/14 1/14: Learn Your Bike Take an eight-week series of classes where each week you will learn a new topic, including fixing tires and flats, derailing, adjusting brakes, using a truing stand, and more. Each class includes an hour of instruction and an hour of wrenching (hands-on) on your own bike. Preregister to secure a spot. 7-9pm. Bici Centro, 434 Olive St. $120. Ages 16+. Call 617-3255 or visit bicicentro.org. 1/14: The Riverside with Benny B. & Lomo Picture yourself living the nature life with warm, welcoming, simple yet rockin’ music by The Riverside. Also performing will be S.B.based funk musicians Benny B. & Lomo. 8pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $10. Ages 18+. Call 962-7776 or visit sohosb.com. 1/14: Listening and the Semiosphere: How Our Individual Brains Build Shared Worlds We experience the world through our senses, from hearing to eating to seeing. Neurosci-

entist Seth Horowitz will discuss how our brains transform the physics of the world into meaningful stories and memories, as well as sensory errors that lead us to remember an event that probably never happened. 4pm. McCune Conference Rm., HSSB 6020, UCSB. Free. Call 893-3907 or visit www.ihc.ucsb.edu. 1/14: Art Reception: Lifelines This exhibit features conceptual artist RT Livingston, who makes art that focuses on the environment, and Francine Kirsch, who immigrated from France in the ’70s, ventured to Japan for five years, and explores sculptures inspired by the harmonious lines found in nature. The exhibit shows through May 11. 5:307:30pm. Montecito Aesthetic Institute, 1150 Coast Village Rd., Ste. H, Montecito. Free. Call 565-5700. 1/14: Beginner’s Photography Class In an intimate group setting open to photographers of all levels, learn about camera settings, modes, and lenses, and feel confident the next time you snap a picture. 6-9pm. TechHaus, 631 Chapala St. $125 (enter promo

1/14: Stephen Steinbrink, Welfare Talent, One Hundred Paces Join Olympia, Washington’s Stephen Steinbrink, who will perform delicately written pop; Welfare Talent, a three-piece Ventura band considered a hidden gem in the rock scene; and One Hundred Paces, an indierock acoustic musician. 8pm. Funzone, 226 S. Milpas St. $5. Visit sbdiy.org.

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code “localfocal” to save 10 percent). Visit inlightphotowork shops.com. 1/14: Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour When the first Monterey Jazz Festival occurred in 1958, it featured artists including Louis Armstrong, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, and more. On this night, Ravi Coltrane, Joe Sanders, Raul Midón, and others will get together for some “traditionaluntraditionalist” jazz. 8pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $10-$40. Call 893-3535 or visit artsand lectures.sa.ucsb.edu. 1/14: Casa del Herrero Docent Training Class Montecito’s only National Historic Landmark needs your help as docents. During this orientation meeting, learn how you can lead 90-minute walking tours while discussing architecture, history, tile, landscape design, antiques, and more. Docent training will occur weekly until April 7. 9:3011:30am. Casa del Herrero, 1387 E. Valley Rd., Montecito. Free. Call 565-5653 or email tours@casadel herrero.com.

1/15: Jeff Bridges & Chris Pelonis: An Acoustic Night in the Country Enjoy an intimate and acoustic performance of blues, country, and rock with Jeff Bridges and sidekick Chris Pelonis, who will be joined by special-guest rock band Stolen Thunder. Proceeds go toward Vista’s 8th grade class trip to Washington, D.C., and to help with budget cuts. The intermission will feature cocktails and a silent auction. 6pm. Vista de las Cruces School, 9467 San Julian Rd., Gaviota. General: $65; VIP: $150. Ages 21+. Call 270-3232 or visit tinyurl.com/jeffandchris. 1/15: Celebration of Life of Dan Poynter Goleta resident, author of 130 books, book publishing expert, avid skydiver, and awards recipient Dan Poynter will be honored at this special gathering. Come celebrate Poyn-

ter’s life and passion to teach others to write and publish their own books. 2pm. Bragg Organic Farm, 199 Winchester Canyon Rd., Goleta. Free. Call 968-1020, email becky@parapublishing.com, or visit parapublishing.com. 1/15, 1/20: “New to Medicare” HICAP Presentation The Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program is here to help you get a better understanding of your Medicare benefits. Learn about Medicare Part A, Part B, Part D, Advantage Plans, supplemental plans, penalties, and more. Get all of your questions answered here! Fri.: 10am; Carpinteria Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. Wed.: 10:30am-12:30pm; S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 928-5663 or visit sbplibrary.org.

Saturday 1/16 1/16: Hunter Beard A rapper and record producer from Little Rock, Arkansas, Hunter Beard began his recording career in 2006 with debut album Scars and has gone on to perform at festivals such as SXSW and headline shows at the Troubadour and other iconic venues. 8pm. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. $13. Call 965-8676 or visit velvet-jones.com.

1/15: Reflexology Stress Management Come check out this free introduction to the start of a 20-hour reflexology course. Learn the art of foot massage and Chinese foot mapping and how to release metabolic wastes from the nerve terminals through the feet, hands, and ears. 6-9:30pm. S.B. Body Therapy Institute, 516 N. Quarantina St. Free. Call 966-5802 or visit sbbti.com.

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14-20 1/16: Met: Live in HD: Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) Returning to the Met stage for the first time in 100 years is Georges Bizet’s opera of lust and longing set in the Far East. Watch Leïla, the beautiful Hindu priestess, be pursued by rival suitors. Explore the timeless themes of pure love, betrayal, vengeance, and romantic flair. 9:55am. Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Rd., Goleta. $28. Call 969-8787 or visit musicacademy.org. 1/16: Bonfire & Music in the Vineyard Snuggle up around the bonfire, taste five estate-grown wines, take bites of charcuterie and cheese, and listen to classic-rock favorites by guitarist Jim Becker. Special discounts will be available on bottle purchases. 3-6pm. Sanford Winery & Vineyards, 5010 Santa Rosa Rd., Lompoc. $35-$45. Call 735-5900 or visit sanfordwinery.com. 1/16: Underwater Parks Day Festival Celebrate ocean life in our coastal waters! This day will feature many hands-on activities for children to experience the hidden magic of marine life. Spy on shore birds, discover nonnative marine plants and animals arriving with El Niño, embark on an ocean adventure, and more. 10am-3pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History Sea Ctr., 211 Stearns Wharf. Free-$8.50. Call 962-2526 or visit sbnature.org.

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1/16: Science Saturday: Salt Crystal Trees Do you know all about capillary action, evaporation, and crystallization? That’s okay; it’s science that will be turned into art. Transform regular cardboard trees into salt crystal trees. Registration is recommended as supplies are limited to the first 15 participants. 2-3pm. Goleta Library, 500 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Ages 8+. Call 964-7878 or visit sbplibrary.org.

1/16: Art From Scrap: Flower Pot Faces Art Guest artist Sharon Nigh will help artists of all levels and ages make faces on flower pots. Come make a happy pot for a happy plant. 10am-noon. Art From Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. $8. Children younger than 5 must be accompanied by an adult. Call 884-0459 or visit exploreecology.org. 1/16: Brazilian Girls, Dreamers Despite the name, Brazilian Girls is made up of three men and one woman, and no one is from Brazil. These musicians

incorporate bits of reggae, electronica, jazz, and bossa nova, all in one. Special guest includes cosmic rock band Dreamers. 9pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $17. Ages 21+. Call 962-7776 or visit sohosb.com. 1/16: Winter Wonderland The holidays are over, but winter isn’t. Enjoy an afternoon filled with wintery games, crafts, and reading. 1-3pm. S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 564-5603 or visit sbplibrary.org. 1/16: Zephan and The Tribe Record-Release Party This S.B.-based 10-piece soul-funk band is ready to celebrate the release of its new record, Sounds of the Soul. The musicians will be accompanied by renowned aerial dancers and quality sound and lighting. Special guest includes area indie-folk duo The Brambles. 8pm. El Paseo Restaurant, 813 Anacapa St. $12. Visit tinyurl.com/zephanandtribe. 1/16: Annual Mission Rose Garden Pruning Known as the A.C. Postel Memorial Rose Garden since 1984, this garden contains more than 1,500 rose bushes in need of pruning to maintain their healthy and vibrant blooms. Volunteers should bring a pair of garden gloves and pruning shears. Training and refreshments will be provided. 9am-1pm. A.C. Postel Memorial Rose Garden, 555 Plaza Rubio. Free. Call 564-5464 or visit tinyurl.com/rosegarden pruning.

1/16-1/17: Rincon Classic 2016 Community members are invited to enjoy surfing competitions with live commentary and computerized scoring, the 2nd Annual King of the Queen: Battle of the Surf Shops event, wetsuit demos, Lanikai ukulele demos, food, and more at this annual competition. Sat:. 6:45am-5:15pm; Sun.: 6:45am-9:30pm. Rincon State Beach, Carpinteria. Visit rinconclassic .com for prices and the complete schedule.

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1/15: Steve Jobs This film takes audiences behind the scenes and reveals the man (played by Michael Fassbender) at its epicenter. Explore the trials and triumphs of this modern-day genius and late CEO of Apple as he presents the three most iconic product launches, ending with the unveiling of the iMac in 1998. 10pm. Isla Vista Theater, 960 Embarcadero del Norte. $4. Call 966-3652.

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1/15: Rebels with a Cause Join the Gaviota Coast Conservancy and Naples Coalition for a viewing of an award-winning documentary about citizen activists making a difference over a span of about 40 years and preserving land at Point Reyes in Marin County and the San Francisco Bay. There will be a Q&A with Phil McKenna after the film. 7pm. Bacara Resort & Spa, 8301 Hollister Ave., Goleta. Free. Call 683-6631.

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1/16: In the Heat of the Night This film follows an African-American police detective (Sidney Poitier) who is asked to investigate a murder case in a racially hostile town. This film won five Academy Awards in 1968, including Best Picture. 7pm. Plaza Playhouse Theater, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. $7. Call 684-6380 or visit plazatheatercarpinteria.com. 1/18: Amazing Grace Presented as part of the Movies That Matter with Hal Conklin series, this 2006 film tells the true story of William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd), who fought to end the British transatlantic slave trade. Watch and be inspired to lead a great victory for social justice. 7pm. Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $10-$20. Call 899-2222 or visit granadasb.org.

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1/16: Mikey Lion & Lee Reynolds, Kevin Anderson Scratching records since 13, Mikey Lion has gone from residing at super-club Razzmatazz in Barcelona to playing alongside Lee Burridge, Justin Martin, and Blond:ish to entertaining audiences at fes-

tivals such as Burning Man and Lightning in a Bottle. This night, he will play alongside Desert Hearts cohosts Lee Reynolds and Kevin Anderson. 8pm. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. $12-$18. Ages 18+. Call 965-8676 or visit velvet-jones.com.

Sunday 1/17 1/17: Love Letters Carol Burnett and Brian Dennehy will reprise their sold-out Broadway performance of A.R. Gurney’s humorous, romantic, heartfelt play about two friends who were physically apart but realize by reading years of letters that they are as spiritually close as only true lovers can be. The stars will be available after the play, when the entire audience is invited up on the stage for a party and hors d’oeuvres. All proceeds will go to Antioch University’s Susan Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund. 4pm. The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria

MartIn Luther KIng jr. EvEnts 1/15: “Walk with Us” Gathering Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by meeting at the Eternal Flame, which was placed by the class of 1969. Then take a commemorative walk to North Hall to view the mural depicting the student takeover in 1968. There will be a reception at Mosher Alumni Hall to end the kick-off to MLK week. Noon-2pm. Eternal Flame, UCSB (near Buchanan Hall). Free. Visit mlksb.com. 1/15: Music, Dance and Song Listen to a program that will include beautiful songs, interpretive dance, and a ring shout, a traditional dance that involves claps and stomps while moving in a circle and was first practiced by African slaves in the West Indies and the U.S. 7-8:30pm. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St. Free. Visit mlksb.com. 1/16: Justice for All Enjoy a play by Melvin Richey that highlights Rosa Parks and other civil-rights activities, songs of the ’60s, personal remembrances and experiences, and Dr. King’s philosophy, as well as a Q&A discussion following the performance. 2-4pm. Greater Hope Baptist Church, 430 E. Figueroa St. Free. Visit mlksb.com. 1/18: Morning Program and Unity March The morning program will include a ceremonial blessing by Barbareno Chumash Council official Marcus Lopez, songs from the Inner Light Gospel Choir, and dance by the World Dance for Humanity. After the program, everyone will walk up State Street to the historic Arlington Theatre, singing civil rights songs. 9am-11am. De la Guerra Plaza. Free. Visit mlksb.com. 1/18: 9th Annual City Celebration Program This program will feature an invocation by First United Methodist Church’s Pastor Mark Richardson, inspirational tunes by St. Paul Baptist Church’s choir, an oratory of excerpts from Dr. King’s The Other America by Michael Downey, and support and comments by Lois Capps, Hannah-Beth Jackson, and Helene Schneider. 11am-12:40pm. Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St. Free. Visit mlksb.com.

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1/16-1/17: S.B. Symphony: Handel, Bartók + a World Premiere Journey back to 1717 on the River Thames overlooking the royal barge and listening to Handel’s Water Music collection. More than 80 musicians will be onstage, playing Gabrieli’s Symphoniae sacrae, Handel’s Water Music Suite, the world premiere of Cristian Carrara’s Machpelah: Dialogue for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra (joint performance with Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra), and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. Sat.: 8pm; Sun.: 3pm. Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $28-$133. Call 899-2222 or visit granadasb.org.

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St. $200. Call 689-4881 or visit antiochsb.edu/loveletters. 1/17-1/18: Speaking of Stories: Nothing But Laughs Talented actors are getting together to read some hilarious stories, toasted with complimentary cookies and milk! Stories include Hallie Cantor’s “Couple’s First Dinner Party,” Ariel Lev’s “The Lesbian Bride’s Handbook,” Ali Wentworth’s “Ali in Wonderland,” and more. Sun.: 2pm; Mon.: 7:30pm. Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo. $18-$28. Call 963-0408 or visit centerstagetheater.org.

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1/18: Kung Fu Camp for Kids Spend the day learning some padded weapon training, playing themed games, and watching a movie. Bring a hearty lunch because you are going to have a great day the kung fu way. Extended hours from 7:30am-6pm are free. 9-4pm. Martial Arts Family Fitness, 122 E. Gutierrez St. $75 or $12/hour. Ages 6-12. Call 963-6233 or visit kbx.es/kungfu-camp to register.

tueSday 1/19 1/19: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Witness one of the U.K.’s most prodigious orchestras play Beethoven’s Egmont, Overture, Op. 84 and Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 and Edward Elgar’s Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (“Enigma”). 8pm. Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $38-$108. Call 899-2222 or visit granadasb.org.

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1/20: Stick Figure, Fortunate Youth, Katastro Stick Figure is a four-person band creating a unique style of music, blending upbeat roots reggae with echoes of dub music. Sharing the stage will be Fortunate Youth, a sixpiece collaboration of South Bay reggae musicians, and Katastro, bringing elements of rock, funk, blues, and hiphop. 8pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $17. Ages 18+. Call 962-7776 or visit sohosb.com. changing nature, wildflowers, and native plants, and as a gift enjoy a free historic postcard of your choice. Those 60 and better in age will be admitted free all day. 9am-5pm. S.B. Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Rd. Free. Call 682-4726 or visit sbbg.org.

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Shylock in Venice: Staging Shakespeare in the Ghetto Tuesday, January 26 / 8:00 p.m. / Free UCSB Corwin Pavilion

1/20: Farming in the City: An Evening Lecture Curtis Stone, author of The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased or Borrowed Land, will take you on a visual tour of his one urban farm, where you will get an inside look at the dayto-day operations of the farm, from vegetable production to sales. Get your book signed and questions answered. 7-9pm. Ayni Gallery, 216 State St. $5. Visit tinyurl.com/The UrbanFarmer.

Two landmark anniversaries will coincide in 2016: the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death and the 500th anniversary of the establishment of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice, a place that would give its name to such segregated areas worldwide and serve as the historical backdrop for Shakespeare’s most controversial play, The Merchant of Venice. Founded in 1516, the ghetto became an historic crossroads for international Jewish experience and a cosmopolitan site of dialogue between Jews, Muslims, and Christians. This lecture reflects on the legacy of the Ghetto and the international effort now underway to stage The Merchant of Venice there for the very first time in July, 2016. Shaul Bassi is associate professor of English Literature at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice as well as co-founder and director of Beit Venezia: A Home for Jewish Culture.

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1/20: Finding More Water Did you know that various waterrelated resources are available to you? Representatives including Kelley Dyer (City of S.B. Water Resources Department), Ryan C. Drake (Goleta Water District), and many others will join this discussion and answer questions. Noon-2pm. Louise Lowry Davis Ctr., 1232 De la Vina St. Free. Call 965-2422 or visit lwvsanta barbara.org.

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Mariachis take isla Vista The St. George Family Youth Center in Isla Vista was alive with the sounds of mariachi music last Thursday during ¡Viva El Arte de Santa Bárbara!’s fifth annual mariachi workshop. More than 40 participants, ranging in age from elementary school students to college kids, wielded guitarrónes, trumpets, harps, violins, ukuleles, and guitars while honing their skills alongside all 13 members of Grammy-winning Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano. “This is an amazing opportunity for the kids,” said Carlos Estrada, who instructs the young musicians of Goleta’s Mariachi Monarcas. “Our program helps teach kids self-agency and a pride in the tradition of mariachi.” During the workshop, particiAngel Gonzales (left) and Fer Tongo pants split into groups practicing their particular instruments and gathered together for a performance afterward. “Look how many kids are in here practicing instead of out in the streets getting into trouble,” said Dominic Rivera, who also helps teach Mariachi Monarcas as well as a mariachi program in Oxnard schools that he brought to the event. “That’s success to me.” n

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ear Grief, It’s time to take a break. I have spent way too much time with you. The death of my father and 20 others (friends, family members, and neighbors) in 2014 was unfathomable and had me reeling. I didn’t think you had it in you to return so soon, and with such vengeance. Things were going along fairly smoothly during the first half of 2015, although I continued to mourn the loss of my father, until July. But then, my family and I said good-bye to my beloved uncle. Next, the grim reaper came to claim an amazing jazz bass player who had been a fellow musician of my father’s. My heart broke in half with the shocking news that another passed away in her sleep at the too young age of 47. When a treasured friend lost her son in a motorcycle accident, my heart broke in half for her. Heavy, heavy, my heart was heavy. Who can say what is worse? Losing a parent, losing a child, a lover, or a best friend? They all suck. Next, I deeply mourned the loss of a close friend in the U.K. I’d known for more than 40 years. The distance deepened my grief: I was not able to travel to attend his memorial as I was tending to my best friend in hospice. Grief appears in many shapes and forms. It is not like depression — it is its very own beast and marches to its own drum. You can try to run from grief, but you cannot hide. I finally found a way out of it in an unexpected way.

GOOD-BYES: The author (girl at left) remembers her dad (above) and many others recently passed.

I realized that my cousin’s grief over losing their father was deeper than my own sadness. As was the grief of those closest to those who passed: the parents, the children, the sisters and brothers and grandmothers and other friends. How do I know this? Because no one’s grief is deeper than my own over my father’s illness and eventual demise, despite the fact that I was given an amazing gift of seeing his spirit leave his body at the moment of death. That experience keeps me in a state of astonishment. In the meantime, I hold those who are alive and near and dear to me even more tightly, while appreciating every living, breathing moment on this beautiful, complicated planet we call home. — Leslie A. Westbrook

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Donna Karan’s Fashion MeMoir

he catty feuding, subtle snubs, and artificial air kisses so often expected of the fashion world are refreshingly absent from the memoir of American style icon Donna Karan. “As a designer, my goal has always been to help women feel good about themselves,” said Karan, who recently held a book-signing event for My Journey at Tecolote Book Shop in Montecito. Karan was at the center of the way the American professional woman dressed for more than three decades, but she says her focus was always on the woman inside the clothes and not the clothes themselves. “I don’t think any woman wants to be thought of as wearing an attractive dress,” she said. “You want to be what’s attractive, not the dress.” Karan was born in New York, where her mother worked as a fashion model, often for her father, who was a skilled suit tailor. “I was born into it,” explained Karan. “Fashion was my destiny.” Karan lost her father when she was still a young child and was left with her absent and erratic mother. Showing early promise as a designer, Karan wasted no time making her moves into the spotlight of her Seventh Avenue legacy. When her mentor, Anne Klein, lost her battle with breast cancer, a grieving twenty-something Karan stepped up to lead the house. “My heart is constantly being closed and opened again,” said Karan. “When something happens, you really don’t have a choice. You have to carry on and figure it out.” Despite her overwhelming success, Karan was abruptly forced out of Anne Klein and went on to immediately launch Donna Karan International, where she served as chief designer presenting back-toback shows for almost 30 years and building the company’s value to $239 million. The brand umbrella included the Donna Karan Collection, the iconic DKNY, and a line of fragrances and men’s wear. “I’ve learned that the universe has plans for you, no matter what you may think or plan for yourself,” said Karan. “That doesn’t make it easy to accept, but there’s only so much that’s in your control.” The multiple Coty Award winner recently retired from the house that bears her name to focus on Urban Zen, a brand inspired by her philosophy of living.“Standing still is not in my blood,” she said.“I have to do something or I go crazy.” Urban Zen expresses Karan’s more spiritual side, including her passion for preserving ancient cultures through developing sustainable business practices. “It’s called a soulful economy, where we become conscious consumers who care about where a product comes from and who benefits from it,” she said. In Karan’s book, she generally finds much to cherish about life, loss, and spiritual rebirth. “I don’t hold onto grudges,” she said. “In design and in life, I try to accentuate the positive and delete the negative wherever I can.” See urbanzen.com. — Carolina Starin

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Eff, YEah! Swearing Finally Has Its Day

t’s a damn good time to be a four-letter word in America. Last week, before President Obama revealed his softer side during a speech on gun control, he let his sailory side rip during an episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld. “I curse,” Obama said when asked how he blows off steam. “Bad stuff or stupid stuff is happening constantly every day. So you have to be able to just make fun of a lot of that. … That’s when cursing is really valuable.” You heard it here first, my friends: The expletive is on the bleeping rise, and I’m not just talking about my 10-year-old bellowing along with “S.O.B.,” the popular new throwback ditty by alternative radio darlings Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. No, I’m talking about widespread institutional clemency on cussing. First there was the study showing that swearing actually helps us manage pain (and if you’ve never spewed venomous verbal filth while midway through a two-minute plank, then you’re really not taking full advantage of this discovery). In its wake came studies insisting that tossing off an occasional R-rated word helps you bond with friends, makes you more popular at work, and boosts your confidence. Then just last month, Michigan repealed an outdated law that had long made it illegal to use “indecent, immoral, obscene, vulgar or insulting language in front of women or children.” But even as governor-sanctioned and long-stifled F-words rained down upon the Great Lakes State, I was getting my figurative mouth washed out with soap by a dirty-word-detesting reader. “The profanity used in your publication is offensive,” the gentleman wrote email: starshine@roshell.com in to say, calling out me and another writer by name. (I won’t say who the other writer is because I feel that would be disrespectful, and Nick has never been anything but respectful to me.) “Please employ critically thinking and articulate writers or don’t include those particular authors or columns at all.” “#*¢% him,” I told the editor who shared his note. And we dropped it there. Look, I’m no fan of anyone who slings the vulgar vernacular out of laziness. Skilled communicators don’t shock an audience into paying attention; they earn every ear (or eye) with, say, stunning wit, unexpected courage, a gleaming argument. They do it by wielding something that’s hard to come by — and street talk isn’t. Still, I won’t be primming up my prose to satisfy this reader for two reasons:

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(1) I do find that a well-placed linguistic indelicacy — a sweet little coarse verb or tawdry noun —can add real dimension to a sentence. Passion. Punctuation. Like a seven-part harmony you weren’t anticipating but your ear locked onto and couldn’t shake. Or a familiar flavor you weren’t expecting to find in this dish, but there it is on the back of your tongue, and damn if it isn’t delicious, and you think you’ll go back for another helping. (2) Science, yet again, has my back. The very latest study on “taboo language” shows that contrary to common assumption, the more swear words a person knows, the larger her vocabulary tends to be in general. It’s true! I … well, I swear. What that means for you, dear reader, is that I can be both offensive and articulate — and I will likely continue to do so. But this censuring has been a welcome reminder to heed my own advice, the advice I give my children when they ask about “bad words.” There are no bad words, I tell them. There are only sensitive and less-sensitive audiences. Know your audience. Or be ready to get kicked in the crass. Starshine Roshell is the author of Broad Assumptions.

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NCAA volleyball championship (with Pepperdine in 1992) and an Olympic gold medal in beach volleyball (with Eric Fonoimoana in 2000). The latter accomplishment was something out of a storybook, and Blanton has devoted much of his time since then to telling the rest of the story. It was because he was a responsible high school student that he had the opportunity to achieve the highest goals he could have set for himself as an athlete. That’s a message Blanton has been delivering at school assemblies and educational conferences. He was the keynote speaker at last weekend’s Get Focused … Stay Focused! workshop at SBCC. “If you don’t get the grades, you’re not going to college, and you close the door on these opportunities,” Blanton said.“My older brother was as good a player as I was, but he didn’t keep up his grades. He’s got a good life as a contractor, but I learned I’d have to be a good student if I wanted to meet my goals. “I tell kids to stay in school, keep the grades up, get that education, and even more importantly, understand that you’ve got to believe in yourself. A lot of times if you have goals, some of your friends, if they don’t have the same goals, they’re going to shoot it down. There’s those dream killers you’ve got to watch out for. It’s easy to fall into their influence because it doesn’t take a lot of work. You’ve got to stick with it. You have to create a team around you.” Blanton went into professional volleyball after college, and he was the first African American to win an event on the AVP tour. As the Sydney Olympics approached, he partnered with Fonoimoana, who had been a college rival at UCSB. “Eric and I are from the same background,” Blanton said. “I grew up in Laguna Canyon and used to go down to the beach the night before the tournaments. Eric did the same thing at Manhattan Beach. We won our first tournament at Clearwater (Fla.) in 1999. We beat Karch Kiraly and Adam Johnson. Karch was a big role model for me. He was the epitome of focus and hard work. I loved to play on the other side of the net from him. He’s going to give you his best all the time, and it stoked my competitive fire.” To qualify for the Sydney Olympics, Blanton and Fonoimoana had to finish in the top four of the last international tournament, a month before the Games. “It was the most intense tournament,” Blanton recalled. “Karch hurt his shoulder, but he and Adam would have gone if we didn’t make it.” At Bondi Beach in Sydney, Blanton said, “People didn’t expect us to do well, deservedly so, because we hadn’t done that well internationally. They thought Karch should be

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there with his three golds. But we looked at it as our time. It came down to determination and believing in ourselves. The cool thing was we played the No. 1 team in the world (Brazil’s Zé Marco and Ricardo), a team we’d never beaten, playing the best at their best.” The Americans won the gold-medal match, 12-11 and 12-9, under the traditional system of side-out scoring. “I liked it,” Blanton said. “Eric and I were grinders. We prided ourselves at being in better shape than anybody. You might be a better hitter, but we’re going to do it longer. We’re going to outlast you.” Blanton, who majored in public relations at Pepperdine, realized that people looked with respect on Olympic gold medalists.“It doesn’t matter what sport you were in,” he said. “They want to know how you got there.” He started to hone his talent as a public speaker. He met Mindy Bingham, the founder of Academic Innovations — the organization behind Get Focused … Stay Focused!—and she tapped him as a messenger for the program, which advocates long-range planning by students starting in the 9th grade.“Dain really has a passion for inspiring students,” said Bingham, who lives in Montecito. “He doesn’t do the celebrity walk-on.” SPEAKING OF SPEAKERS: Two remarkable athletes, Mark Allen and Carli Lloyd, will address

SUCCESS STORIES: After being the first African American to win an event on the AVP Tour, Dain Blanton teamed with Eric Fonoimoana to win a gold medal in beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Now he uses that experience to inspire other student athletes.

Santa Barbara audiences this month. Allen, winner of six Hawai‘i Ironman Triathlon World Championships — an event that requires a prolonged focused effort — will appear at the New Vic on Friday, January 22. He recently authored a book, The Art of Competition. Advance tickets are available at Santa Barbara Running (cosponsor of the event along with The Lab) on Anacapa Street. … An Evening with Carli Lloyd, coming Tuesday, January 26, to the Arlington Theatre, gained prestige on Monday when Lloyd was confirmed as the best player in her sport. The U.S. women’s goal-scoring star was honored as FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year at the annual soccer gala in ZÜrich, Switzerland. Lloyd is the third American to receive the award, after Mia Hamm (2001 and 2002) and Abby Wambach (2012). Her appearance here is presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures in association with UCSB Athletics. DENNIS THE MENSCH: Dennis Rickard was such a beloved figure that three

the Rickard family in Santa Barbara, called it “the longest funeral mass in the history of the Old Mission.” Several of his Santa Barbara High football teammates from 1968-69 were in attendance, including Sam Cunningham, a member of the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. THE IRON GAUCHO: Jim Barber died at his home in

Walnut Creek on Sunday after a nine-year struggle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Barber was a rugged lineman on UCSB’s 1965 Camellia Bowl football team, and he made a supreme effort last April to join his teammates at their 50th anniversary reunion. n

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1/16: College Men’s Basketball: UC Irvine at UCSB Notorious for having started “the tallest lineup in college basketball history,” UC Irvine comes to town Saturday afternoon without any such gimmicks in mind. The Anteaters are favored to repeat as Big West Conference champions, and UCSB is the second choice on the coaches’ preseason poll. The 7’6” shot swatter Mamadou Ndiaye will be the center of attention, but the Gauchos will also have to look out for the Anteaters’ 6’3” sharpshooter Luke Nelson, who scored 29 points in their last game. Among the UCI reserves is 7’2” Ioannis Dimakopoulos, who started in the “tallest” December game against Chapman. UCSB’s 6’5” senior guard Michael Bryson leads the Big West in scoring (19.5 points per game), and sophomore guard Gabe Vincent is averaging 15.8 in his last four games. Next Wednesday, January 20, the Gauchos will host Long Beach State, another title contender. 4pm. The Thunderdome. $11-$14. Call 893-UCSB (8272) or visit ucsbgauchos.com.

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Jim: “Drove by Tacos El Rey at 5 West Haley at State and it is gone. Looked like construction going on. Loved their tacos and Agua Fresca.” Tacos El Rey opened in August 2014, replacing Magic Pita Café, which itself replaced Greek House Café. PASCUCCI GOLETA UPDATE: I am told that

Pascucci Goleta, coming soon to 6920 Marketplace Drive in Goleta (formerly Holdren’s Grill), hopes to open the first week of February. MESA CENTER TO GET A VONS: Though Hag-

gen originally reported that it would be replaced by Roxy’s Market at 2010 Cliff Drive, reader Jim tells me that the Mesa Paper stated that landlord Investec has confirmed that Vons has acquired the grocery lease for the Mesa Center. NECTAR GRAND OPENING: Nectar Eatery &

Lounge, the new restaurant/bar at 20 East Cota Street (formerly Blue Agave), has announced that its grand opening will be held on Wednesday, January 20. Starting at 4:45 p.m. with a ribbon cutting, Nectar will be serving up its full menu of globally inspired ethnic dishes along with local wines and craft cocktails (plus a large tequila list). RVSP to aparna@nectarb.com. MILPAS TRADER JOE’S MOVING? I called

the Milpas Trader Joe’s and found out that Trader Joe’s is interested in 222 North Milpas Street, the space once occupied by Scolari’s and Fresh Market. The representative told me that if Trader Joe’s does decide to move, it won’t be any time soon, possibly the end of the year or sometime in 2017 at the earliest. DRUNKEN CRAB UPDATE: A few weeks ago I

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going to do a book until Anne Luther saw the original drawings of graphite on clayboard. Erin asked me to send some images to her. The rest is history. Erin Graffy: Tom and I have known each other for years. I have his first book, Tom Mielko: An Artist’s Journey, and have been to his exhibits featuring his celebrated paintings of landscapes from Nantucket to Santa Barbara. About a year and a half ago, a mutual friend — artist Anne Luther, who also works in art and antiques — sent me some of Tom’s latest passion: these black-and-white renderings of animals that he started doing about a year earlier. This was an utterly new genre for Tom and in a whole new medium. My reaction

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nimalia: Portraits in Poetry & Pencil is a collaboration between artist Tom Mielko and author Erin Graffy. The book contains 23 animal graphite portraits by Mielko paired with 18 of Graffy’s poems. Mielko is best known for his seascape paintings employing his signature style: romantic realism. Graffy is the author of a series of wry “guidebooks” titled How to Santa Barbara; her most recent book of history, Old Spanish Days, was the recipient of three national awards.

So that was the kind of collaboration we did. Frankly it was such fun, fun, fun — a joy for both of us — that it never seemed like work at all.

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Talk about the process of collaborating. What were the biggest highlights and challenges? TM: I can’t think of any challenges. We

worked so well together and never had any conflicts. EG: What I found fascinating was that the animals were drawn real realistically — they were not at all cartoonish. My poems all flowed right from the drawing. I would study the animal and say, “What is that animal thinking or say saying to himself?” And as I kept writing and conceptualizing the book, I would make suggestions on what animals to add: a rep reptile, more birds, and the anteater, etc. I was actually looking at the book as a whole and wanted different types and textures of animals. Tom had already completed a pair of gibbons, but I asked if he could give me one in motion, swinging from the tree branch.

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Pianist and composer Rachel Grimes pioneered the contemporary mode of blending chamber music and indie rock in Rachel’s, the band she formed in the early 1990s with legendary Louisville musician Jason Noble (also of Rodan and Shipping News). After Noble’s tragic death from cancer in 2012, Rachel’s disbanded, but, fortunately, Rachel Grimes continued. Her 2015 album, The Clearing, combines techniques from minimalism, rock, ambient, and pop into an instrumental mix that’s thoroughly persuasive and eminently relistenable. You can lean in for the subtle shades in Grimes’s piano playing and the quiet sophistication of musicians such as drummer Kyle Crabtree, violinist Scott Moore, and sax player Jacob Duncan, or you can lie back and let the beautiful sounds Grimes creates with electronic musician Locsil wash over you. The Clearing works either way. — Charles Donelan

this book just as a happy collaboration, I was honestly contemplating this was for adults. Tom Mielko The board-book format lent itself to a children’s book, so I joked that it was a kid’s book for adults … sort of like Warner Brothers cartoons are “for kids,” but adults get the inside jokes and puns on a whole other level. Ultimately, what Maurice Sendak once said probably applies here:“You cannot write for children. They’re much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.” TM: From what I’ve heard, adults like the book just as much as children do.

Any plans to work together in the future? TM: Right now we are beginning the second

book. We have to keep it under wraps until we finish the project. EG: Tom and I had finished an interview a few weeks ago. And I said to Tom, “I know we are only beginning to launch this book, but a future idea just popped into my head. So — no rush or pressure — but down the line, you know, for future reference, if you ever wanted to do another project …” He loved the idea so much that the next week when I spoke with him, he said he was already starting on it. So you might be seeing another collaboration a year from now! — David Starkey

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Brian Jonestown Massacre leader Anton Newcombe’s sublime soundtrack for an imaginary film pays tribute to the ethos and era of JeanLuc Godard and the French New Wave cinéastes who, upon the release of the 1960 film Breathless, broke with the sanitized bourgeois cinema of the past, signaling the advent of what would become an international youth explosion with ripple effects throughout the world. Sonic touchstones include Sigur Rós, François de Roubaix, Éric Demarsan, Philippe Sarde, Zbigniew Preisner, and Popol Vuh. William Sheller’s stunning “Philadelphie Story” is sultrily covered en français by French chanteuse Soko. Ultimately, Newcombe hopes to attract investors for a DIY film with Asia Argento. If Godard ends up collaborating with them — reinvigorating the notion of film as art and social discourse — it would leave us breathless. — Sean Mageean

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The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson: The Argonauts is a short book of prose that is part theoretical tract and part memoir, a radical reimagining of the American family. The title comes from an essay by Roland Barthes that describes the Argonauts’ ability to replace each piece of their ship, the Argo, during the course of their voyage “so that they ended with an entirely new ship, without having to alter either its name or its form.” Similarly, Nelson details the act of dismantling and re-creating the idea of the “traditional” family, without collapsing it altogether. Nelson can be preachy and pedantic at times, yet overall The Argonauts is something of a modern masterpiece, if not a minor miracle: It succinctly and persuasively redefines the possibilities of the American family. Ultimately, what matters to Nelson is love, and the book’s conclusion might be a poem, or prayer, uttered by any mother for her family: “I know we’re still here, who knows for how long, ablaze with our care, its ongoing song.” For the full review, see independent.com/theargonauts. — DS

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iven his status as a superstar of classical music, there’s something refreshingly earthy about Pinchas Zukerman. He’s a man of passionate opinions who spews profanities freely — especially when the subject turns to politics. “What’s happening to our country is unbelievable and a shock,” he exclaimed, pointing to the current outpouring of anti-immigrant rhetoric.“I just hear one stupid remark after another. We’re all immigrants, you know?” It’s not surprising that such talk strikes a discordant note with Zukerman, who emigrated to the U.S. from his native Israel 54 years ago this month. He was 14 when he was discovered by Isaac Stern, who brought him to New York to study at the Juilliard School of Music. In the half century since, he has been widely renowned as a thoughtful and sensitive violinist and violist — and, increasingly, a conductor of note. He is in his seventh season as principal guest conductor of London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (LRPO), which CAMA will present at the Granada Theatre on Tuesday, January 19. Zukerman will play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and conduct Elgar’s Enigma Variations. by Tom Jacobs He talked about his approach to music in a recent telephone conversation from his New York City home.

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Pinchas Zukerman

In today’s wired world, where you can call up practically any piece of music at your fingertips, what is the particular value of having people physically come together in a concert hall and hear a live concert? Thanks in part to Mr. [Steve] Jobs, listening to music today is not as much of a community experience. It’s more of a personal experience. But music needs that piazza atmosphere, where thousands of people gather and experience an incredible moment together. The experience of hearing something, seeing something, experiencing something, feeling something — that’s what it’s about. If three or four of those elements are working, well, that’s the best thing that could possibly happen to a human being, as far as I’m concerned. That’s why I keep doing it. I work at it very hard, every day. Music is an ongoing struggle, but at the same time, it’s an extraordinary friend I have lived with for a long time. Tell me about your relationship with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. How did it begin, and how did it develop? This journey started seven or eight years ago. Ian Maclay, the executive director, is someone I have known for a very long time. He called me up one day and said, “How would you like to work with the orchestra?” I said “Sure, why not?” We had sort of a get-to-know-you concert in London. It worked very well, and everybody wanted to continue, including myself. The orchestra travels extensively around the world, both with [music director] Charles Dutoit and me. Our American tour will feature 16 concerts in 18 or 19 days. There aren’t that many concerts in January in London, so this is a wonderful opportunity for the musicians to go on earning a living. This orchestra will jump on an airplane, go literally anywhere, and play that night. That’s how extraordinary these people are. We could be in Italy one day and China the next day. They also play all over the U.K. We just recorded an album of English music in September, where I play as well as conduct.

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London has more world-class orchestras than any other city in the world. What is it about British musicians? There’s a particularly English quality of sound, which is really very beautiful. They’re like Shakespearean actors, who become Shakespearean actors by living in London and learning how to speak the bloody language! I have said to them many times that it’s a privilege to be standing in front of them, waving my stupid arms, as they play the Enigma Variations. It’s like listening to the Berlin Philharmonic play a Beethoven symphony. Speaking of Beethoven, has your interpretation of his Violin Concerto evolved over the years? It’s still evolving! I practice that damn piece almost every day. I’ve played it quite a lot with the [LRPO], and we have a certain unanimity of understanding. There’s a certain give-and-take between, say, the timpanist and myself. He creates a certain sound, which I try to imitate. When the clarinet player, who is phenomenal, plays a solo passage, I’ll try to imitate her — to go with what she has just done. We don’t talk about it; we just do it. It becomes like chamber music. So you strive for a sense of spontaneity? Yes, but spontaneity comes from discipline. Without discipline, you have nothing. If you don’t know how to do it, it’s like having a beautiful car that you don’t know where to put the key in. That’s why I teach. I teach [young musicians] how to practice properly. If you can do that for 20 minutes, it will lead to improvements in many areas, including your own bloody life. Music exerts an incredible control over your practical thinking. I wish some of our politicians would have studied music as kids. Maybe they’d talk a little more sense!

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So touring is an important part of the orchestra’s economic base. Yes. We have absolutely no [corporate] sponsorship. We have no help from anyone. The life of an English musician is unbelievably chaotic. Some of them play three services a day — two rehearsals and a concert, with the second rehearsal for a different organization. If you play, you get paid; if you don’t play, you don’t get paid. There’s no security.

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It sounds less than ideal for them, but is there an upside artistically to this arrangement? There’s a freshness in it. You don’t know who’s going to be playing first flute tomorrow morning. It could be somebody else [than the person who has been rehearsing].You hope not, but sometimes it happens. It’s chaotic, but it builds vulnerability, which can bring tremendous results.

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STEPPING OUT: Artistic Director Christopher Pilafian has amped up his roster of company dancers (pictured) from four to six for this season’s show.

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hen they’re dressed in pedestrian clothing and standing in line to get coffee, at first glance one would hardly notice the subtle signs. But watch a second longer, and their anatomy quietly betrays a profession: the curvature of a lithe arm as friends are waved over to a table, a disciplined torso pressed confidently against a rickety café chair. In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, they chatter exuberantly in clusters along the subway platforms, feet embedded in third position, waiting for the downtown train. Such is the life of a dancer — incessantly poised, anticipating feats that might be required of them at any given four count. In the fall of 1971, one of those sprightly commuters was a young Juilliard student named Christopher Pilafian. It’s been 26 years since Pilafian left New York City for a commission as a guest artist for the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance; it quickly evolved into a full-time teaching position. “It was a revelation for me to actually have a regular salary,” he mused, waxing nostalgic over the appeal of starting a new chapter on the left coast. In 2012, Pilafian took over the reins as artistic director for Santa Barbara Dance Theater and embraced a golden opportunity to explore his passion for choreography, an inclination that came to a head during his first semester at Juilliard. “I don’t know what part of my personality had the chutzpah to think I could pull it off, but I rounded up a cast of 12 people, choreographed a piece to show to José Limón, and got his comments, which were extremely negative.” To another student, the feedback may have been enough to dissuade any future notions, but Pilafian was undeterred. This season marks the 40th anniversary for Santa Barbara Dance Theater, the UC system’s only resident professional dance company, and Pilafian intends to celebrate accordingly. He’s amped up his roster of company dancers from four to six and has taken on an apprentice and alternate, consciously broadening his talent base to include members of the greater Santa Barbara dance community. “This is the first time in a long time that we’re not primarily alumni. We’ve got people from the community, people who grew up here, went away to school, and came back.”

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The company is also taking great care to honor its past dancers in the season’s literature. “A dance company isn’t obviously just the director and choreographer—[it’s] the dancers and the lifeblood that they bring to the work; otherwise the work simply cannot happen.” Pilafian has brought on a whip-smart rehearsal director named Brooklyn Hughes, an integral component to his ambitious program that includes fresh new dance works from the company’s two previous artistic directors, Jerry Pearson and Alice Condodina, as well as a reprise of guest choreographer Edgar Zendejas’s “Impenetrable Winter.” The common thread linking all four pieces is an exploration of sensorial imagery, using olfactory, culinary, and even molecular metaphors to consider human interactions and visceral memories. On a gray Wednesday morning, I join the company in studio as they prepare to iron out a few of the more precarious transitions. Poised front and center, hands gesturing expressively, Pilafian is doing what he does best: injecting humanity into his highly technical movement. Before him are three chiseled provocations of the male dancer, twisting and spinning in a newly added segment that includes Tracy Kofford, Thomas Fant, and Daniel Burgueño. Outside, an uproarious rainstorm pounds with authority, and the dancers’ movements gain ferocity with each breaking clap of thunder. One by one, the women glide in, Christina Sanchez carving out a space in the corner to warm up, Carissa Carroll and Natalia Perea stretching across a metal ballet bar. Niki Powell will join them later, and together, these seven dancers will be tasked with upholding a university tradition that began in 1976. It is a fluid and ever-evolving responsibility most noted in the role Pilafian plays. “The mandate I feel is not only to develop my creative self but also to maintain the vitality of the company and its vibrancy until the next director shows up.”

WEEKEND OF EVENTS We’re retelling the story… Come out and walk in honor of Dr. King.

Unity March - 10:00 am State Street to the Arlington Theatre. All congregations are encouraged to participate in the March in a show of solidarity

Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 7:00pm – 8:30pm “Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with song & dance” Trinity Episcopal Church, Parish Hall; 1500 State St.

Arlington Theatre - 11:00 am 1317 State Street, Santa Barbara, Speakers, Poetry & Essay Contest Winners, Music and Dance This event is presented by the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara. For more information please call 259.5782 or find us at mlksb.com & facebook.com/MLKCommitteeSB/ The MLK Committee is a volunteer non-profit 501c-3 organization

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art exhibits January 16, 2016 8pm I January 17, 2016 3pm I The Granada Theatre Nir Kabaretti, Conductor Take a journey back to 1717 sitting on the banks of the river Thames, surrounded by huge crowds overlooking the royal barge with Handel’s Water Music – consistently one of the top 100 classical music pieces of all time. Experience the rich virtuosity of your orchestra with Bartok’s magnificent Concerto for Orchestra, and the exciting world premiere of Cristian Carrara’s Machpelah: Dialog for Violin, Cello and Orchestra. Witness the power and artistry of more than 80 musicians on stage! Student tickets $10 I Adults ages 20-29 $20 with ID Concert Sponsor

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MuseuMs Elverhøj Museum – C. Wood: East to West: The Kimono Series, through Jan. 24. 1624 Elverhoy Wy., Solvang. 686-1211. Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum – Murray Hidary: Photography, Photography through Feb. 28; John Herd: Photography and Computer Graphics, through Apr. 30. 21 W. Anapamu St., 962-5322. Museum of Contemporary Art S.B.– Tam Van Tran: Aikido Dream; Michael DeLucia: Appearance Preserving Simplification, through Feb. 21. 653 Paseo Nuevo, 966-5373. Rancho La Patera & Stow House – Multiple permanent exhibits. 304 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta, 681-7216. S.B. Historical Museum – Alexander F. Harmer, through Feb. 8; The Story of Santa Barbara, permanent exhibition. Free admission. 136 E. De la Guerra St., 966-1601. S.B. Maritime Museum – Tattoos & Scrimshaw: The Art of the Sailor Sailor, through Aug. 31. 113 Harbor Wy., 962-8404. S.B. Museum of Art – Peter Halley: Geometry of the Absurd Absurd, through Feb. 21; Cayetano Ferrer: Interventions, through Mar. 13; Looking In, Looking Out: Latin American Photography Photography, through Mar. 20; Degas to Chagall: Important Loans from the Armand Hammer Foundation, Visions of Modernity: 20th-Century Japanese Woodblock Prints, ongoing exhibitions. 1130 State St., 963-4364. S.B. Museum of Natural History – Multiple permanent installations. 2559 Puesta del Sol, 682-4711. S.B. Museum of Natural History Sea Ctr. – Multiple permanent installations. 211 Stearns Wharf, 962-2526. Wildling Museum – Legacy and Loss: Landscapes of the S.B. Region, through Feb. 1. 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang, 686-8315.

Galleries Allan Hancock College Library – Children’s book illustrations, ongoing. 800 S. College Dr., Santa Maria, 922-6966. Architectural Foundation Gallery – Jen Zahigian: Street Scene Daydream, Jan. 15Feb. 18. 229 E. Victoria St., 965-6307. Artamo Gallery–Bothne & Cox: In Contrast IIII, through Jan. 31.11 W. Anapamu St., 568-1400. Arts Fund Gallery–Artists' Balls, through Jan. 30. 205-C Santa Barbara St., 965-7321. Beatrice Wood Ctr. for the Arts – Eryn Talevich: Culture/Couture, through Feb. 21. 8585 Ojai-Santa Paula Rd., Ojai, 646-3381. Bella Rosa Galleries – Amber Paresa, through Jan. 31. 1103 State St., Ste. A, 966-1707. Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr. – Generations of Celebration Through

Art through Jan. 19. 524 Chapala St., Art, 957-1115. Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Ctr. – Sharing Our Hidden Talents, through Jan. 29. 1118 E. Cabrillo Blvd., 897-1982. Cancer Ctr. of S.B. – Art Heals, a permanent exhibit. 540 Pueblo St., Ste. A, 898-2204. Carpinteria Arts Ctr. – Imaginations, Jan. 16-Feb. 29. 855 Linden Ave., Carpinteria, 684-7789. Channing Peake Gallery–S.B. Printmakers Juried Exhibition,through Jan. 21. S.B. County Administration Bldg., 105 E. Anapamu St. Faulkner Gallery East–Jean Demro: Text & Texture, through Jan. 30. S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St., 962-7653. Divine Inspiration Gallery of Fine Art – Pedro De La Cruz: Life Is Art, Life Is Divine, Life Is Love, through Feb. 26. 1528 State St., 570-2446. Gallerie Silo – Steven DePinto: Fire on the Desert: a New American Landscape, through Jan. 31. 118-B Gray Ave., 640-5570. Gallery 113 – Seraphine, through Jan. 30. La Arcada, 1114 State St., 965-6611. Gallery Los Olivos – Art from the Heart Heart, through Feb. 29. 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, 688-7517. Goleta Library – January Art Show, through Jan. 27. 500 N. Fairview Rd., Goleta, 898-9424. JadeNow Gallery – Ryan and Jeff Spangler, Donn Salt, Deborah Wilson, through Feb. 16. 14 Parker Wy., 845-4558. Lady McClintock Art Gallery – Portrait Artist, Rosemary McClintock brings life to reproductions of the Masters, through Jan. 31. 1221 State St., Ste. 6, 845-0030. Larry Iwerks' Studio/Gallery– Manny Lopez: West Coast Exhibit Exhibit, through January 2016. 958 Weldon Rd., 965-5486. Leigh Block Gallery – Susan Savage: Given to the Light Light, through Jan. 29. 2050 Alameda Padre Serra, Ste. 100, 563-8820. Los Olivos Café – Patricia Stalter: Splendors of the Central Coast, through Mar. 3. 2870 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, 688-7265. Lucky Penny – Campbell Baker, ongoing. 127 Anacapa St., 284-0358. Marcia Burtt Gallery – Holiday Exhibition, through Jan. 17. 517 Laguna St., 962-5588. MCASB Satellite – Magic Mountain, through Jan. 31. Hotel Indigo, 121 State St., 966-5373. MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery – CLICK, through Feb. 15. 132 Santa Barbara CLICK St., 963-1411. Montecito Aesthetic Institute – RT Livingston & Francine Kirsch: Lifelines, through May 11. 1150 Coast Village Rd., Montecito, 565-5700. Ojai Art Ctr. – Joyce Huntington: Painting in the Light, through Feb. 3. 113 S. Montgomery St., 640-8797. Oliver & Espig Gallery of Fine Arts–Tielle Monette and Sergey Fedotov, ongoing. 1108 State St., 962-8111.

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jan. 14-21 Pacifica Graduate Institute – Mythic Threads: Art, Healing and Magic in Bali Bali, ongoing. 801 Ladera Ln., 879-7103. Palm Loft Gallery – Sacred Abundance, through Jan. 17. 410 Palm Ave. Loft A-1, Carpinteria, 684-9700. Porch – Marilee Krause & Lindy Kern: The Painter and the Potter: Inspirations from the Sea, through Jan. 28. 3823 Santa Claus Ln., Carpinteria, 684-0300. Porch Gallery Ojai – Claudia McNulty: Hubris, through Feb. 14. 310 E. Matilija St., Ojai, 620-7589. El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park – Nihonmachi Revisited: Santa Barbara’s Japanese American Community in Transition, 1900-1940 and Memorias y Facturas, ongoing. 123 E. Canon Perdido St., 965-0093. Royal Oaks Winery – Barbra Mousouris: East Meets West West, through Mar. 1. 1582 Mission Dr., Solvang. S.B. Artwalk – Arts & Craft Show, ongoing Sundays. Cabrillo Blvd. at State St. S.B. City Hall Gallery – Ray Strong: Shared Vision/Common Ground Ground, through Feb. 18. De la Guerra Plaza, 568-3994. S.B. Veterans Memorial Bldg. – Remembering Our Fallen, through Jan. 16. 112 W. Cabrillo Blvd. S.B. Zoo – Emeritus Edward “Ted” McToldridge: TED: Artwork by Edward ‘Ted’ McToldridge, through May 5. 500 Niños Dr., 5962-5339. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club – Morrison Hotel Gallery, ongoing. 1221 State St., 962-7776. Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery – 100 Grand, through Jan. 31; Nicole Strasburg: Grand 50/50, through Feb. 28. 7 E. Anapamu St., 730-1460. UCSB MultiCultural Ctr. – Malik Seneferu: From the Hill and Beyond Beyond, through Mar. 8. UCSB, 893-7609. Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art – Barbizon, Realism, and Impressionism in France, through Mar. 19. 955 La Paz Rd., 565-6162.

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John L. Esposito Islam & Religious Pluralism Thursday, January 21 / 8:00 p.m. / Free UCSB Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall Islam is a great religious tradition, the second largest and fastest growing of the World’s Religions, embracing some 57 Muslim countries and the second or third largest religion in Europe and America. Despite the global achievements of Islam as a faith and civilization, since the Iranian Revolution, Islam has been viewed through the lens violence and the actions of militant terrorists. This lecture will address the questions: Who are Muslims and what do they believe? What do Islam, Judaism and Christianity share in common? Why does it matter?

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Named “one of America’s foremost authorities and interpreters of Islam” by The Wall Street Journal, John L. Esposito is the author of more than 45 books including The Future of Islam, Islamophobia and the Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century, Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think, Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam, The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? and What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam. He is University Professor as well as Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, where he serves as Founding Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. Presented by the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life at UCSB. www.cappscenter.ucsb.edu

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theater Center Stage Theater – 751 Paseo Nuevo, 963-0408. sat: Adderley January Workshops (10:30am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm, and 6:30pm) sun: Speaking of Stories: Nothing but Laughs (2pm) sun: Adderley January Workshops (5:30 and 7pm) mon: Speaking of Stories: Nothing but Laughs (7:30pm) The New Vic – Carol Burnett & Brian Dennehy: Love Letters. 33 W. Victoria St., 689-4881. sun: 4pm

dance Hatlen Theater – UCSB Dance/Theater 40th Anniversary Season. 552 University Rd., UCSB, 893-3241. wed : 7:30pm thu 1/21: 7:30pm

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MAN VS. WILD: Director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a frontiersman fighting for his life after being left for dead following a bear mauling.

The RevenanT Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, and Domhnall Gleeson star in a movie written by Mark L. Smith and Alejandro González Iñárritu, based in part on the novel by Michael Punke, and directed by Iñárritu. Reviewed by D.J. Palladino

urns out “revenant” is Old French for “survivor porn.” The title of this three-hour epic remake of the 1970s Richard Harris vehicle Man in the Wilderness doesn’t describe the real movie we watch, even if our battered hero with the fragile moniker Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) crawls out of a freezing mud grave and goes back to civilization for revenge. He’s not back from the dead much as he is wading through hell on earth. Though cinematically beautiful beyond anything at the movies, it’s a half-hour too much slow-paced suffering. In the end, the audience goes cold. The Revenant opens thrillingly with a quasi-military fur-trapping march suddenly invaded by Indians we

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barely see. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, who made last year’s astonishing Birdman, remains infatuated with long shots, and we experience the attack as if one of the trappers. Arrows come from every direction and enter white bodies in numerous horrifying ways. Later, Glass walks along a river when he runs into a mama bear and her cubs. The CGI attack is both real and surreal. The problem with The Revenant, however, is that it keeps heaping on the horror. Glass drags us through so many freezing, grimy, gross-out, and stabby encounters it begins to feel like Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol in a national park. He’s driven by revenge against a sullen man named John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy), and all we wonder is what DiCaprio’s Academy acceptance speech will be. You could argue that The Revenant underscores the horrors of the American genocide, though the role of the Pawnee in this story is a lot closer to revenanting than Glass’s is. It’s more like an indictment of our romance with the making of the west, but that’s been done better so many times, from Little Big Man on, that this seems dull. In real life, Glass forgave his horrible counterparts — even lived with them for the duration. Of all possible endings, the true story more honestly reflects the true state of our civilizing history. Everybody forgave everybody else, and today a freeway runs through it. n

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Heart of a Dog (75 mins.; NR) Performance artist Laurie Anderson ruminates on love and loss after the death of her beloved dog in this impressionistic and musical meditation on pets. Sun., Jan. 17, 4:30pm, Matilija Auditorium, 703 El Paseo Rd., Ojai

The Wonders (110 mins.; NR) The story is simple: A German couple (with children) transplanted to Tuscan farmland near the ocean try hard to make a life for themselves beekeeping, on a large, dusty plot of land with a small tomato garden and an ancient farmhouse. The parents are the kind of hippie controversialists who see corporatism around every corner, and the farm is held together mainly by the oldest daughter, Gelsomina (Maria Alexandra Lungu). The film is charming and, of course, since this is realism, bereft of obvious revelations. In its defense, the script is gloriously ambiguous, unHollywood to the core. We don’t really know what brought these people here, and they keep confounding our expectations. (DJP). Wed., Jan. 20, 5 and 7:30pm, Plaza de Oro

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Earth has been nearly decimated after four deadly alien attacks by the Others. Humanity has been knocked back to the Stone Age, and one of the last survivors, teenager Cassie Sullivan (Chloë Grace Moretz), tries to save her 5-year-old brother from one of the Others’ training camps. Fiesta 5 (Opens Thu., Jan. 21)

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (147 mins.; R: strong combat violence throughout, bloody images, and language)

Action movie director Michael Bay tackles retelling the story of the infamous Benghazi attack on the U.S. compound in Libya from the point of view

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Western splotched onto a gory whodunit. (DJP) Camino Real/Metro 4

O Carol (118 mins.; R: a scene of sexuality/ nudity and brief language)

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Based on the Patricia Highsmith novel The Price of Salt, Carol is the story of Therese (Rooney Mara), who falls in love at a glance with an older, more experienced woman, Carol (Cate Blanchett). Their experience of America is far more constricting than most melodramas set in the 1950s. Not exactly revolutionary in dimensions, Carol and Therese’s fate feels like a liberation in real-world gay role making but also promises a possibility that subtle layers of seemingly automatic shame might disappear from future movies about lesbian lovers. (DJP) Plaza de Oro

Joy is based loosely on the life of Joy Mangano, a real household gizmo inventor second only to Ronco’s Ron Popeil. Director David O. Russell places his Joy in a nexus of crazies. As usual, his casting is magic. The movie doesn’t quite live up to the joys of Silver Linings Playbook or American Hustle, but it has subtle joys of its own. A tour de force takes over the finale when our heroine goes on air to promote her genius invention. (DJP) Fairview/Fiesta 5

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Dirty Grandpa (102 mins.; R: crude sexual content throughout, graphic nudity, and language and drug use)

Robert De Niro and Zac Efron team up in this road-trip comedy about a grandpa and his about-to-be-married grandson. Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo (Opens Thu., Jan. 21)

Norm of the North (86 mins.; PG: mild rude humor and action)

A polar bear and his lemming friends head to New York City after becoming displaced from the Arctic thanks to an evil corporation. Fairview/Fiesta 5 Ride Along 2 (101 mins.; PG-13: sequences of violence, sexual content, language, and some drug material)

Ice Cube and Kevin Hart reteam in this sequel to the 2014 film. Ben (Hart) is now an Atlanta cop striving to be a detective. He and James (Ice Cube) are assigned a case in Miami to bring down a powerful drug lord. Camino Real/Metro

Daddy’s Home (96 mins.; PG-13: thematic elements, crude and suggestive material, and language) Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg star in this comedy that pits father against stepfather. Fairview/Fiesta 5 The Danish Girl (120 mins.; R: some sexuality and full nudity)

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When Alvin, Simon, and Theodore think that Dave (Jason Lee) is going to dump them after proposing to his new girlfriend, the trio flies into action to stop it from happening. Fiesta 5 The Big Short (130 mins.; R: pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity)

Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell reunite on-screen for this film based on Michael Lewis’s best-selling book about four people who predicted the implosion of the credit and housing bubble and bet against the big banks, thus profiting from the financial crisis. Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo

O Brooklyn (111 mins.; PG-13: a scene of sexuality and brief strong language) The film begins visually in dowdy monochromatic tones with a surprisingly drab Saoirse Ronan as Ellis, an Irish girl with no prospects on the eve of her departure for America. As Ellis sets sail, however, the film’s colors brighten and deepen and the story accumulates glories of composition and striking period details. Brooklyn is indeed a strong woman’s film, but it’s also a glow-

The Danish Girl tells the story of Lili Elbe (Eddie Redmayne), one of history’s first sex-reassignment patients, and her partner, Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikander). It’s another tale of private suffering told with delicate dignity, albeit at the expense of more daring storytelling. The acting is superb and the set pieces exquisite, but the film is normative on the whole. (RD) Plaza de Oro The Forest (95 mins.; PG-13: disturbing thematic content and images)

Natalie Dormer and Taylor Kinney star in this supernatural horror film. Sara (Dormer) travels to the base of Mount Fuji in Japan to find out what happened to her twin sister, who mysteriously disappeared. Fiesta 5 The Hateful Eight (187 mins.; R: strong bloody violence, a scene of violent sexual content, language, and some graphic nudity) The Hateful Eight is certainly majestic, often slow but never boring. Despite the grandeur and the expensive cameras, the movie then shuts itself inside for the duration in a rustic outpost called Minnie’s Haberdashery, which sounds more like Disneyland than Boot Hill. And after all the existential snow, the big empty, the conclusion veers closer to Agatha Christie than Zane Grey. Hateful is a Cinerama approach to the spaghetti

Sisters (118 mins.; R: crude sexual content and language throughout, and for drug use)

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler star in this comedy about two sisters who throw a house party as a last hurrah before their parents sell the family home. Metro 4

O Spotlight (128 mins.; R: some language including sexual references) The story begins in 2001 when new Globe editor Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber) reads an alarming column in his own paper that alludes to a priest sexually abusing children with a church apparatus apparently covering for him. Baron directs the Spotlight staff to look into allegations, and the story keeps expanding in horrible dimensions. (DJP) Fiesta 5

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Youth (124 mins.; R: graphic nudity, some sexuality, and language)

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living room couch, chewing your nails.â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m giving you a good dose of Lauxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purifying rant in the hope that it will incite you to unleash your own. The time is favorable to summon an expanded appreciation for the twists and tweaks of your past, even those that seemed torturous in the moment. Laux doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t regret the TV set she threw out the upstairs window or the stuck onion rings she had to sweep off the dirty restaurant floor, and I hope you will be that inclusive.

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(July 23-Aug. 22): â&#x20AC;&#x153;Modesty is the art of drawing attention to whatever it is youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re being humble about,â&#x20AC;? said Alfred E. Neuman, the fictitious absurdist whose likeness often appears on the cover of Mad magazine. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m here to tell you, Leo, that now is an excellent time to embody this aphorism. You are in a perfect position to launch a charm offensive by being outrageously unassuming. The less you brag about yourself and the more you praise other people, the better able you will be to get exactly what you want. Being unegotistical and non-narcissistic is an excellent strategy for serving your selfish needs.

(Apr. 20-May 20): â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing is really work unless youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather be doing something else.â&#x20AC;? So said Taurus writer James M. Barrie (1860-1937), who created the Peter Pan stories. Your challenge and invitation in the coming months is to increase the amount of time you spend that does not qualify as work. In fact, why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you see how much and how often you can indulge in outright play? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be no better way to attract grace and generate good fortune.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my proposal: Get in touch with your madness. And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell me you have no madness. We all do. But listen: When I use the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;madness,â&#x20AC;? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean howling rage, hurtful lunacy, or out-of-control misbehavior. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m calling on the experimental part of you that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always polite and reasonable; the exuberant rebel who is attracted to wild truths rather than calming lies; the imaginative seeker who pines for adventures on the frontiers of your understanding. Now is an excellent time to tap into your inner maverick.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an excerpt from Dorianne Lauxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poem â&#x20AC;&#x153;Antilamentationâ&#x20AC;?: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Regret nothing. Not the cruel novels you read to the end just to find out who killed the cook. Not the insipid movies that made you cry in the dark. Not the lover you left quivering in a hotel parking lot. Not the nights you called god names and cursed your mother, sunk like a dog in the

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): â&#x20AC;&#x153;To go wrong in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own way is better than to go right in someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s,â&#x20AC;? says a character in Fyodor Dostoevskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel Crime and Punishment. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t agree with that idea 100 percent of the time. Sometimes our wrong ideas are so delusional that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re better off getting interrupted and redirected by the wiser insights of others. But for the near future, Virgo, I recommend Dostoevskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prescription for your use. One of your key principles will be to brandish your unique perspectives. Even if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not entirely right and reasonable, they will lead you to what you need to learn next.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love kissing,â&#x20AC;? testifies singer/ songwriter Sufjan Stevens. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I could kiss all day, I would. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop thinking about kissing. I like kissing more than sex because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no end to it. You

can kiss forever. You can kiss yourself into oblivion. You can kiss all over the body. You can kiss yourself to sleep.â&#x20AC;? I invite you to temporarily adopt this expansive obsession, Libra. The astrological omens suggest that you need more sweet, slippery, sensual, tender interaction than usual. Why? Because it will unleash sweet, slippery, sensual, tender emotions and sweet, slippery, sensual, tender thoughts, all of which will awaken a surge of dormant creativity. Which you also need very much.

even further: â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready.â&#x20AC;? His counsel is too extreme for my tastes. I believe that proper preparation is often essential. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to get educated about the challenges we want to take on. We need to develop at least some skills to help us master our beloved goals. On the other hand, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impossible to ever be perfectly prepared and educated and skilled. If you postpone your quantum leaps of faith until every contingency has been accounted for, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never leap. Right now, Capricorn, Laurieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s view is good advice.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything has been said before,â&#x20AC;? said French author AndrĂŠ Gide, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.â&#x20AC;? I am happy to inform you that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about to be temporarily exempt from this cynical formulation. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will be able to drive home certain points that you have been trying to make over and over again for quite a while. The people who most need to hear them will finally be able to register your meaning. (P.S. This breakthrough will generate optimal results if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gloat. Be grateful and understated.)

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(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Good news: Your eagerness to think big is one of your superpowers. Bad news: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also one of your liabilities. Although it enables you to see how everything fits together, it may cause you to overlook details about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s undermining you. Good news: Your capacity for intense empathy is a healing balm for both others and yourself. At least potentially, it means you can be a genius of intimacy. Bad news: Your intense empathy can make you fall prey to the emotional manipulation of people with whom you empathize. Good news: Your willingness to explore darkness is what makes your intelligence so profound. Bad news: But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also why you have to wrestle so fiercely with fear. Good news: In the next four weeks, the positive aspects of all the above qualities will be ascendant.

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Fate has transformed a part of your life that you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel ready to have transformed. I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offer my condolences, though, because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve guessed a secret that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know about yet. The mythic fact, as I see it, is that whatever you imagine you have had to let go of will ultimately come back to you in a revised and revivified formâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;maybe sooner than you think. Endings and beginnings are weaving their mysteries together in unforeseen ways. Be receptive to enigmatic surprises.

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Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital seeks part‑time Pharmacy Techs to assist the pharmacists in the operation of the Pharmacy Department. Shifts are day/night rotation. Requires basic computer proficiency, knowledge of medical terminology, and excellent written/oral communication skills. Must be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the State of California Pharmacy Board. Cottage Health offers an excellent compensation package that includes above market salaries; premium medical benefits, pension plans, and tax savings accounts. Please apply online at: www.cottagehealth.org. EOE

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ZePHAn AnD The Tribe is having a record release party at El Paseo Restaurant on January 16, 2016. The 10 piece soul‑funk band will be accompanied by world renowned aerial dancers Autumn Phillips, Alicia Marie, Chanel Pepper, Julia Grace, and Henry Thomas Garibay. The band is bringing in top quality professional sound and lighting. The Brambles ,an amazing local duo, will be opening the night at 8 o clock. Get tickets for this magical evening before they sell out! Band members include Randy Tico, Austin Beede, Ray Pannell, George Friedenthal, Justin Claveria, Harry Swalley, Elliott Lanam, Kaila McIntyre‑Bader, and Zephan McIntyre‑Bader.

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ACADEMIC ADVISOR, PRE‑HEALTH ADVISING

COLLEGE OF LETTERS & SCIENCE Responsible for the co‑administration of the Pre‑Health Advising Program in the Division of Undergraduate Education. Helps students meet their academic and personal goals. Analyzes and acts independently on petitions for exceptions to college and university policy. Acts as Dean’s representative to assigned academic departments. Is expert in current university and college degree requirements and in procedures and precedents related to undergraduate matters, with particular emphasis on Pre‑Health. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree required. Requires a comprehensive and professional knowledge of campus and university policies, procedures, and resources. Strong initiative, professional problem solving ability; excellent verbal and written communication skills and the capacity to organize and handle a wide range of responsibilities. Must possess ability to work at a high level of professionalism. Thorough knowledge of campus policies and campus‑wide functions. Strong verbal /organization skills. Good interpersonal abilities. Able to handle a wide variety of duties simultaneously, meet deadlines, and work well under pressure with attention to detail. Able to adapt to frequent interruptions and changes. Experience in working effectively in a collegial environment. Note: Fingerprinting required. This is an Internal to External recruitment, giving primary consideration to current UCSB Career staff. External candidates may be considered if an Internal candidate is not selected. $4,181 ‑ $4,375/ 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

FINANCIAL ANALYST 2 ACADEMIC ADVISOR

COLLEGE OF LETTERS & SCIENCE Has expert knowledge of current university and college degree requirements, and in college policy, procedures and precedents related to undergraduate matters. Contributes to design, implementation and evaluation of revisions in university or college policy or procedure. Analyzes and acts independently on petitions for exceptions to college and university policy. Uses knowledge to advise students in developing educational plans that will help identify and achieve life and career goals. Supervises students in academic difficulty and develops appropriate action plans. Acts as Dean’s representative to assigned academic departments and, in that role, advises departments on changes and additions to courses and academic requirements for majors. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree. Comprehensive and professional knowledge of campus and university policies, procedures, and resources. Strong initiative, professional problem solving ability. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. The capacity to organize and handle a wide range of responsibilities. Must possess ability to work at a high level of professionalism. Thorough knowledge of campus policies and campus‑wide functions. Strong verbal/ organization skills. Good interpersonal abilities. Able to handle a wide variety of duties simultaneously, meet deadlines, and work under pressure with attention to detail. Able to adapt to frequent interruptions and changes. Experience in working effectively in a college environment. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Multiple positions available. This is an Internal to External recruitment, giving primary consideration to current UCSB Career staff. External candidates may be considered if an Internal candidate is not selected. $4,181‑ $4,375/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. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20160011

Assistant to the President/CEO

Cottage Health seeks full‑time Assistant to the President to provide comprehensive support to the President/Chief Executive Officer. The Assistant to the President is the liaison between the Board of Directors, Hospital Administration, the general public and hospital personnel. Requires: Bachelor’s degree or comparable training and experience which provides skills to perform the job tasks competently; superior written and oral communication skills and expert organizational skills. Effective multi‑tasking abilities and experience interfacing with Senior Executives and Board Members. Knowledge of Robert’s Rules of Order a plus. Advanced Microsoft 2010 Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlooks skills; 75+ wpm typing speed. 5 + years’ supporting executive‑level professional(s) in a fast‑paced office environment. Cottage Health offers an excellent compensation package that includes above market salaries; premium medical benefits, pension plans, and tax savings accounts. Relocation and rental assistance available. Please apply online at www.cottagehealth. org. EOE

OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID & SCHOLARSHIPS Provides sound oversight of Federal, State and Institutional student aid funds in order to assure that UCSB students are equipped to achieve their educational goals. Shows a high level of integrity and dedication to the promotion of higher education. As an integral part of the department’s Fiscal Operations Unit, you will be part of the team reporting to the Fiscal Manager. The selected candidate will reconcile major State (Cal Grant, Middle‑Class Scholarship) & Institutional aid program accounts of over $125 million in funds disbursed annually, coordinating with multiple units and departments. This position is also responsible for managing the Return of Federal Funds process in coordination with the Office of the Registrar. Reqs: College degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to work in a face‑paced, demanding environment. Intermediate to advanced ability with Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel. Able to understand the importance of fine details related to institutional, state and federal policy. Basic accounting knowledge. Ability to learn independently at a quick pace. Ability to work well with others. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Limited vacation in August and September. Mandated reporter for requirements of child abuse. $21.86‑$26.23/ 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 1/21/16, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20160004

purchasing practices, and drafts green procurement guidelines and/or policies for the campus. Researches products and materials and prepares sustainable procurement matrix that assesses environmental criteria that includes but is not limited to MSDS sheets, production practices, recycled material content, production waste streams, and shipping practices and prepares cost‑benefit analysis. Makes product recommendations for sustainable procurement implementation. Participates on numerous system‑wide commodity teams and assists with the establishment of “Environmentally Preferred Purchasing” Represents the campus on UCOP committees to ensure system‑wide contracts meet the campuses needs while providing departments with the necessary flexibility in procurement practices. Reqs: Effective verbal and written communication skills, initiative, decision making, judgment, discretion, analytical problem solving ability, confidentiality and the capacity to organize and handle a wide range of duties accurately and consistently are essential. Ability to read, analyze, and prepare cost‑benefit information is required. Note: Fingerprinting required. $50,177‑$54,000/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 1/25/16, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150664

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LEAD CONTRACTS & GRANTS ANALYST

GEVIRTZ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Directly responsible for managing a dynamic portfolio of successful contract and grant proposals. Advises researchers and support staff on contract and grant compliance issues. Responsible for grant proposal preparation and the financial administration of research funds. Reqs: Excellent organization skills with ability to maintain a high level of accuracy. Ability to work under pressure of strict deadlines while using independent judgment. Demonstrated professionalism, initiative, and analytical skills. Ability to prioritize workload within deadlines. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Excellent communication skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel. Notes: Fingerprinting required. $21.86 ‑ $25.00/hr. Full time with full benefits. 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. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150647

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Apartments & Condos For Rent

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MESA STUDIO

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Invention for SALE ‑ Juvenile furniture: “Child’s (Kids) 5‑piece TV & Play Tray Set” ‑ for girls and boys ages 2‑12. Kids absolutely love & need it! Just buy ($3 million ‑ OBO), have manufactured, have sold all over the entire world, & make a great great fortune for sure!!! Product extremely marketable & unique. Entire invention includes a new U.S. design patent (on stand), copyright (on picture), several samples of the kids “TV & Play Trays,” with & without the legs, great drawing of the stand, & vacuum‑form mold & tool & die‑cutter (to make the TV & play tray top.) Call Iris or Bill Woolard ‑ 8054862103 ‑ 24 hrs. Oxnard, CA or email bwool11@ verizon.net. Thank you! Need to sell ASAP! We can send pictures, more information, etc. about everything.

Meet Marvin

Bentley is the sweetest little boy, but is very Marvin has been waiting for a home of sensitive about his broken tail. He would his own for quite a while. He would love be a great addition to any family for the an adult home to call his own! holidays!

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Garage & Estate Sales INDOOR Garage Sale this coming Saturday, Jan. 16th, from 8:00 ‑ 12:00 noon @ 733 E. Anapamu #7. Sofa sleeper, desk & chair, table & 2 bar stools, lamps, JEWELRY, arts & crafts items, children’s books, some boys’ clothes (size 3), women’s clothes, toys, kitchen items, book binder, Craftsman tool cabinet, trimmer, fitness ball and SO MUCH MORE!! *You can park in the SB High School parking lot. *NO EARLY BIRDS, please!

Home Furnishings

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Pets/Animals

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HOME BREAK‑INS take less than 60

Meet Vera

Vera has spent most of her life in a chicken coop. She is very shy, but wants to be loved. Please help her find a loving home for the new year!

Meet Gizzie

Gizzie is shy at first, but after a day her funny personality comes out! She would love a home with no small kids for the holidays!

Cold Noses Warm Hearts

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These dogs would be ever so thankful if you could give them their forever home

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Legals Administer of Estate NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ARTHUR RAYMOND MARHEFKA. SR NO: 15PR00511 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of ARTHUR RAYMOND MARHEFKA. SR., ARTHUR R. MARHEFKA, SR., ARTHUR RAYMOND MARHEFKA, ARTHUR R. MARHEFKA A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: ARTHUR R. MARHEFKA. JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ARTHUR R. MARHEFKA, JR be appointed as personal representatives to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 02/11/2016 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: Five SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: James F. Cote , (SBN 088161); 222 East Carrillo Street, Suite 207 P.O. BOX 20146, Santa Barbara, CA 93120‑0146; (805) 966‑1204. Published Dec 31 2015. Jan 7, 14 2016..

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FBN Abandonment STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Indigo Cafe, Western Dining at 70 Castillan Drive Goleta, CA 931175. The original statement for use of

this Fictitious Business Name was filed 12/31/2013 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2013‑0003829. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Myung Sook Ahn Emery 5751 Encina Road #103 Goleta, CA 93117 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 09 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. Published. Dec 31 2015. Jan 7, 14, 21 2016. STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Solutions At Santa Barbara at 1135 N. Patterson Santa Barbara, CA 93111. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 02/10/2014 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2014‑0000381. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Interface Environments Inc. 27075 Hidden Trail Road Laguna Hills, CA 92653; Newport Rehabilitation Agency Inc. (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 06 2016, 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. Published. Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Sage Construction Services at 1307 Salsipuedes St Santta Barbara, CA 93103. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 09/16/2013 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2013‑0002876. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Bruce M Burke 1307 Salsipudes St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 29 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 Noe Solis. Published. Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

Fictitious Business Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: B‑S Partners at 780 Glen Annie Road Goleta, CA 93117; Kevin Birch 1435 Olive Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Cheryl A Schaff 780 Glen Annie Road Goleta, CA 93117; Melissa Birch 1435 Olive Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Harold F Schaff 780 Glen Annie Road Goleta, CA 93117; Blake A Schaff 6079 Suellen Court Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 17, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Andrea Luparello . FBN Number: 2015‑0003470. Published: Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 07, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Aston Microphones USA at 351 Paseo Nuevo 2nd Floor Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Presidio Label, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 16, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0003470. Published: Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara In‑Home Audiology at 3950 Via Real #230 Carpinteria, CA 93013; Jacqueline Wiley (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jacueline Wiley filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 16, 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 Polter. FBN Number: 2015‑0003468. Published: Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Le‑Me‑In‑Lock at 115 East Mission Sant Barbara, CA 93101; Michael Thompson (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Michael Thompson filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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: 2015‑0003462. Published: Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Streaming Mail, Uber Platform, Streamingmail, Up, Streamingmail.com at 629 State Street Suite 222 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Hertza, L.L. C. (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0003364. Published: Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 07, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara Spray Tanning at 6768 Pasado Rd Unit B Goleta, CA 93117; Samantha Abkin (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Samantha Abkin filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0003454. Published: Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 07, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Coming Up Catholic LP at 4254 Rancho Asoleado Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Alison Hicks (same address) Sarah Mettler 6372 Pearlroth Drive San Jose, CA 95123 This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership Signed: Alison Hicks filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 18, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2015‑0003499. Published: Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 07, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Cota Market at 3570 Sagunto St Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Santa Ynez Market, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Ziyad H Samaan, President filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 18, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 2015‑0003501. Published: Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 07, 14 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Find Your Feet Sock + Sandal Shop at 717 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The SFO Forecast Inc 496 Jefferson Street San Francisco, CA 94109 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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: 2015‑0003505. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara Wellness Collective at 1616 Chapala Street #2 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Abby Rappoport 2108 Mountain Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2015‑0003534. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Apothecary at 3617 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Joseph D Allen 701 E. Victoria Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0003530. Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Only In Santa Barbara Gifts, Souvenirs, Sportswear at 633 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The SFO Foreecast Inc 496 Jefferson Street San Francisco, CA 94109 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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: 2015‑0003509. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Tjam Records at 1226 State Street, Second Floor, Suite 1 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Todd R Howell This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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: 2015‑0003455. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Massage By Kelly at 32 E Micheltorena St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kelly Krasnoff 110 La Venta Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Kelly Krasnoff filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 02, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0003519. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Heaven To Earth Cruises And Retreats at 136 Sumida Gardens Ln 206 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Bianca Childs (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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: 2015‑0003549. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Take 5 Bodywork at 2020 Alameda Padre Serra, Suite 104 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Suzanna Young 813 E Anapamu St. #1D Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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: 2015‑0003524. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Payjunction at 1903 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Messiahic Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2015‑0003529. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Key Class Fund at 1111 Chapala St. Ste 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Foundation (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Ronald V. Gallo, President and CEO filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0003470. Published: Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 07, 14 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Distinguished Holdings at 1903 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Randy Modos (same address) William Skidmore (same address) Eric Wernicke (same address) This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0003547. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Towers Cleaning at 112 S Canada Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Towers Cleaning (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0003506. Published: Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 07, 14 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rojo’s Handyman at 1315 S C St Apt 8 Oxnard, CA 93033; Rogelio Salazar (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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: 2015‑0003350. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: B2, Bettina Bley Design+ at 133 E De Guerra Street #255 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Bettina Bley (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Bettina Bley filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Luperello FBN Number: 2015‑0003516. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Flir Dining Service at 6769 Hollister Ave. Goleta, CA 93117; Myungsook Ahn Emery 5751 Encina Rd #103 Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Myungsook Ahn Emery filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 09, 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: 2015‑0003383. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Renga Brothers Interiors at 2610 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Michael Renga Flooring Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 03, 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: 2015‑0003383. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Turning To Wellness at 1078 Miramonte Dr #3 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Ryan McGinnis (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ryan McGinnis filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 22, 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: 2015‑0003519. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Eco Conscious Aquaponics at 301 La Casa Grande Cir Goleta, CA 93117; Julian Cantando 3974 Via Lucero Unit #13 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Clayton B Garland II 33 Northridge Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Andrea Luperello. FBN Number: 2015‑0003536. Published: Dec 31 2015. Jan 07, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Tea, Santa Barbara Tea Co at 3897 Cinco Amigos Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Hope Geyer (same address) Scott Maio (same address) This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000014. Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CCSB LLC, Complete Care SB LLC at 1160 North San Marcos Road Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Complete Care Santa Barbara LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2015‑0003554. Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: All Points North Consulting at 123 E Micheltorena Street Apt 12 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Barbara Anderson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 17, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0003480. Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Upbeats Media at 3463 State Street #211 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ruth Wishengrad (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0003535. Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Vision Captured at 1315 Olive St #E Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Sylvia Spiro (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0003508. Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pacific Crest Santa Barbara at 433 Corona Del Mar Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Br Guest, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 04, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000009. Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Westwood Hills Avocado Alliance at 2451 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Elizabeth Bray 2459 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Philip Condon 2443 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Ilene Macedo (same address) Ben Valencia 2427 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Joseph Webster 2435 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jimmy Bray 2459 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, 93109; Leah M Little 2451 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Steve Macedo 2455 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Christine Valencia 2427 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jeanette Condon 2443 Calle Lianares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Steven Little 2451 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Michael Silva 2447 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Elaine Webster 2435 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a Unincoprorated Association Signed: Stephen M Little filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 18, 2016. 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: 2015‑0003495. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Password RBL at 5710 Hollister Ave. #133 Goleta, CA 93117; Adam J. Smith 451 Cannon Green Dr. Apt B Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 11, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000075. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dan Weber Architecture at 740 State St Third Floor Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Dan Weber 212 Mohawk Road Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Sarah Bourke, Agent filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000051. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Richard N. Abrams & Associates, LLC at 464 San Marino Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Richard N. Abrams & Associates, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000089. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Photography By Amanda Mills at 3895 Les Maisons Dr Santa Maria, CA 93455; Amanda Mills (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0003543. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DRD4 at 3710 Essex Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; DRD4 Surfwerks, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0003532. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: All Around Cleaning at 626 Fremont Place Santa Barbara, CA 93101; James R. Bernal (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 08, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000055. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Built To Behave, Built To Behave Dog Training at 820 Poinsettia Way Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Sara Munro (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 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: 2016‑0000003. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Hair By Ashley Rose at 3206 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ashley Rose Lipsett 215 W. Haley Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ashley Lipsett filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2015‑0003548. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nimita’s Cuisine at 3765 Torino Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Nimita’s Cuisine LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Nimita Dhirajlal filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2015‑0003526. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 Audio Systems at 1024 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Paul Polizzi 869 Via Campobello Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Cynthia J Mollica Scalisi 298 San Napoli Drive Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000047. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Tiffany Diane Design at 2100 Red Rose Way #K Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Tiffanya Hoagland (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000052. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Katie’s Fund at 4501 Cathedral Oaks Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 06, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000025. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Audiologic Associates of Santa Barbara at 215 West Pueblo Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Helix Hearing Care (California). Inc 1101 Brickell Avenue Suite N401, FL 33131 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000048. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sea Breeze Kennels at 681 E New Love Santa Maria, CA 93454; Greti U Croft 2333 Foothill Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000024. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Hair By Elyse at 3206 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Elyse Blevins 4053 Foothill Rd Apt D Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2016‑0003563. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mother Mayhem’s Cattle Company at 226 Calle Serrento Goleta, CA 93117; Danielle Maria Holzer (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Danielle Holzer filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000046. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Little Kitchen at 17 W Ortega St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; CGMB Block Party LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 08, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000065. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sporting Cars Of Santa Barbara at 3518 Chuparosa Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Stephen Hughes (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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: 2015‑0003551. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Central Coast Mobile Health at 682 Walnut Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Lynneth Whitaker (same address) William Whitaker (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Bill Whitaker filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 08, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000064. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Clacton & Frinton at 2255 Las Canoas Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Hilary Anderson (same address) Michael Anderson (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Hilary Anderson filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 08, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000063. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rebecca Clark, HHP at 510 State Street Suite 202 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Rebecca Clark 2846 Ben Lomond Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 11, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000079. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Small And Tall at 1591 E Chestnut Unit A Lompoc, CA 93436; On Your Left Inc 2161 Echo Park Ave Los Angeles, CA 90026 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Joanne Duray filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 11, 2016. 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: 2016‑0000076. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

Name Change IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF KIMBERLY LORRAINE GOODLAND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 15CV03987 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: KIMBERLY LORRAINE GOODLAND TO: NOHEALANI KIMBERLY AWAPUHI’OKALANI WAIMEA GOODLAND THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Jan 20, 2016 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Dec 10, 2015. by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 7, 14 2016. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF KATHRYN THERESA KEMP ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 15CV04091 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s):

FROM: KATHRYN THERESA KEMP TO: ALITA KATHRYN MARKUS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Jan 27, 2016 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Dec 10, 2015. by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 7, 14 2016. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF MORIAH VERONICA JORDAN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 15CV04441 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: MORIAH VERONICA JORDAN TO: MORIAH VERONICA WYNNE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Feb 03, 2016 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Dec 18, 2015. by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Dec 31 2015. Jan 7, 14, 21 2016. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ALAN EVERETT FEITSHANS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 15CV04284 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: ALAN EVERETT FEITSHANS TO: BRYAN BRAHN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Feb 10, 2016 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Dec 18, 2015. by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Jan 7, 14, 21, 28 2016. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF RENEE ANN PAPADOPOULOS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 15CV04138 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: RENEE ANN PAPADOPOULOS TO: RENEE ANN MARVIN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Mar 16, 2016 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jan 11, 2016. by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 04 2016. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF MARY PHILOMENA O’TOOLE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 15CV04005 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and

Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to‑wit: $282,540.55 (Estimated) as of 12/11/2015. Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien Public Notices being auctioned off, before you can Cellco Partnership and its controlled receive clear title to the property. You are affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless encouraged to investigate the existence, (Verizon Wireless) is proposing to build priority, and size of outstanding liens a 60‑foot Stealth Structure/Faux Water that may exist on this property by Tank in the vicinity of 222 East Donovan contacting the county recorder’s office Road, Santa Maria, CA 93454. Public or a title insurance company, either of comments regarding potential effects from which may charge you a fee for this this site on historic properties may be information. 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(805) 966‑1261 about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, DID YOU KNOW Information is power as a courtesy to those not present at and content is King? Do you need timely the sale. If you wish to learn whether access to public notices and remain relevant your sale date has been postponed, in today’s hostile business climate? Gain and, if applicable, the rescheduled time the edge with California Newspaper and date for the sale of this property, Publishers Association new innovative you may call, 916‑939‑0772 for website capublicnotice.com and check out information regarding the trustee’s sale the FREE One‑Month Trial Smart Search or visit this Internet Web site, www. Feature. For more information call Cecelia nationwideposting.com, for information @ (916) 288‑6011 or www.capublicnotice. regarding the sale of this property, using com (Cal‑SCAN) the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9551‑3608. Information about Trustee Notice postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to T.S. No.: 9551‑3608 TSG Order the scheduled sale may not immediately No.: 150192854‑CA‑VOO A.P.N.: be reflected in the telephone information 053‑202‑014‑00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S or on the internet Web site. The best SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A way to verify postponement information DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/07/2007. is to attend the scheduled sale. If the UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO Trustee is unable to convey title for any PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE reason, the successful bidder’s sole and SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED exclusive remedy shall be the return AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE of monies paid to the Trustee and the OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST successful bidder shall have no further YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A recourse. NBS Default Services, LLC LAWYER. NBS Default Services, LLC, 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long as the duly appointed Trustee, under Beach, CA 90802 800‑766‑7751 For and pursuant to the power of sale Trustee Sale Information Log On To: contained in that certain Deed of Trust www. nationwideposting.com or Call: Recorded 05/14/2007 as Document No.: 916‑939‑0772. NBS Default Services, 2007‑0035633, of Official Records in LLC, Nicole Rodriguez, Foreclosure the office of the Recorder of Santa Associate This communication is an Barbara County, California, executed attempt to collect a debt and any by: CYNTHIA VARELA, AN UNMARRIED information obtained will be used for WOMAN, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT that purpose. However, if you have PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST received a discharge of the debt BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at referenced herein in a bankruptcy time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check proceeding, this is not an attempt to drawn by a state or national bank, a impose personal liability upon you for check drawn by a state or federal credit payment of that debt. In the event you union, or a check drawn by a state or have received a bankruptcy discharge, federal savings and loan association, any action to enforce the debt will savings association, or savings bank be taken against the property only. specified in section 5102 of the Financial NPP0267848 To: SANTA BARBARA Code and authorized to do business INDEPENDENT 12/31/2015, 01/07/2016, in this state). All right, title and 01/14/2016 interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property TSG No.: 8588249 TS No.: situated in said County and state, and CA1500271270 FHA/VA/PMI No.: as more fully described in the above 6000663949 APN: 065‑364‑014 referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Date Property Address: 460 EVONSHIRE AVE & Time: 01/20/2016 at 01:00 PM Sale SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111 NOTICE OF Location: At the main entrance to the TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED Street, Santa Barbara, CA. The street 04/09/2009. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION address and other common designation, TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY if any, of the real property described BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU above is purported to be: 306 EAST NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE ALAMAR AVENUE, SANTA BARBARA, OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, CA 93105‑3020 The undersigned YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On Trustee disclaims any liability for any 02/03/2016 at 01:00 P.M., First American incorrectness of the street address and Title Insurance Company, as duly other common designation, if any, appointed Trustee under and pursuant shown herein. Said sale will be made to Deed of Trust recorded 04/15/2009, in an “AS IS” condition, but without as Instrument No. 2009‑0020726, covenant or warranty, expressed or in book , page , , of Official Records implied, regarding title, possession, or in the office of the County Recorder encumbrances, to pay the remaining of SANTA BARBARA County, State principal sum of the note(s) secured of California. Executed by: MARGIE by said Deed of Trust, with interest A. PRICE, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, thereon, as provided in said note(s), WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO advances, if any, under the terms of the HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S

TO the following name(s): FROM: MARY PHILOMENA O’TOOLE TO: MARY TERASE PHILOMENA O’TOOLE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Jan 20, 2016 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Dec 10, 2015. by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Dec 17, 24, 31. 2015. Jan 7 2016.

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CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h (b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) At the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 065‑364‑014 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 460 EVONSHIRE AVE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $607,447.38. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)939‑0772 or visit this Internet Web http://search. nationwideposting. com/propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1500271270 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First American Title Insurance Company 6 Campus Cir, Bldg 6, 1st Floor Westlake, TX 76262 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939‑0772NPP0269642 To: SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT 01/14/2016, 01/21/2016, 01/28/2016

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871 Park Hill Ln | $2,950,000 4.25 +/- aCres John Henderson 805.689.1066

978 Via Los Padres | $1,300,000 0.62 +/- aCre Regina/David 805.451.1994

2082 Las Canoas Rd | $799,000 3 +/- aCre Doré/O’Neill 805-947-0608

2045 Golpa Dr | $725,000 4.08 +/- aCres Patti Cotter 805.680.0769

My Road | $415,000 three parCels Wayne Natale 805.680.7227

3185 Hwy 246 Parcel B | $399,000 1 +/- aCre Judy Crawford 805.588.1425

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150 Eucalyptus Hill Circle | $1,550,000 3 beds 3 baths Mary Lu Edick 805.565.8871

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SANTA BARBARA | MONTECITO | SANTA YNEZ

138 TORO CANYON ROAD Located between Padaro Beach and Montecito, 138 Toro Canyon Road offers immediate access to the best of Santa Barbara. The property’s nearly half-acre lot includes stunning new landscaping designed by landscape architect, Sandy Devine; while the bright and airy 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom home exudes a pleasing casual refinement. Its comfortable and versatile floor plan consists of over 3900 square feet of open living space.

OFFERED $1,895,000

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Address: 1212-1216 State Street Status: On the market Price: $11,575,000

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have a slight fear of heights. My kids might argue that it’s more than just a slight fear. They’ve seen me panic in years past when they got too close to the edge of a hiking trail or when I had to climb up anything that was too high, in my scaredy-cat opinion. However, I love a good view, especially a new perspective of a familiar landscape, so I’m constantly daring myself to overcome that fear of heights in order to enjoy the vista. When I was invited to tour the newly listed Granada Tower, I was excited and yet a little apprehensive. I learned that it was just part of the Granada Building that is for sale, but the rooftop is part of it. My curiosity about a new viewpoint, from right in the heart of downtown no less, overrode my fear and had me ready to explore. The history of the Granada Building is well documented in Santa Barbara lore. It was built in the 1920s and was controversial from the beginning, envisioned as an opulent performing arts theater housed in the tallest building in the center of town. Criticized by many for being too tall and out of place, the building was completed in 1924, opened to great fanfare, and was left unscathed by the earthquake of 1925. The city’s architectural guidelines were made more stringent from that point forward, and the Granada Building, standing 119 feet tall, was a lone exception to the 60-foot-maximum height restriction in Santa Barbara. There is a more recent chapter to this iconic building’s history. In the early 2000s, the building was purchased and divided into unique, separate properties. The Granada Theatre occupies most of the first and second floors, and the seventh and eighth floors were each sold as residential units. The portion of the building that’s currently for sale is composed of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth floors, plus the lobby and retail space on the first floor, and storage and cell towers on the ninth floor and rooftop. These make up the Granada Tower space, which was completely renovated in 2010. The entire building was stripped down almost to the bare structure and received a new foundation, subflooring, heating and air conditioning, elevator system, all new interiors, roof, seismic retrofitting, and much more. The most compelling recurring theme when touring this building is the incredible attention to detail

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and quality that was maintained during the restoration. No corner is overlooked. The lobby feels like a movie set, and everything from the elevator hardware to the light fixtures to the crown moldings has been perfectly restored. It’s mesmerizing, and it almost feels as if you’ve stepped back in time. And this is just the lobby. The third through sixth floors are the lion’s share of this listing. They have been luxuriously appointed and are currently long-term leased to various financial and legal firms. I’m told that there has never been any trouble renting these office spaces. Someone is always interested in having the best view in town, and this is arguably it. Since each floor consists of one large office space, there are few internal walls, and therefore many windows offer abundant views. And of course the views just get better and better the higher we climb. In addition to the lobby and the four floors of office space, the listing also includes more than 1,300 square feet of storage space on the sixth-and-a-half and ninth floors, broken up into storage rooms ranging from approximately 60-300 square feet each, mostly leased to the theater or the other tenants. I was reminded of

empty classrooms in a school: a really nice school with a really, really nice view. Two more elements contained in the Granada Tower package are the retail space on the ground floor occupied by the popular Good Lion cocktail bar, plus a basement kitchen below and portions of the rooftop. On the day we toured, I didn’t mind that The Good Lion was closed; I was more excited about seeing the rooftop. We’re all familiar with the sloped horizontal swath of red-tiled roof that crowns the tallest building in town, but guess what? Those red tiles are not tiles. It’s a special radio-frequency transparent roof, with a façade designed to mimic the original roof and hide the cell tower and its equipment. Even with the magic of the red-tiled roof debunked, nothing could dampen my enthusiasm for the adventure. I wasn’t scared at all as I gazed out over the heart of our downtown, enjoying my new favorite view.

1212-1216 State Street is currently for sale in Santa Barbara, listed by Greg Bartholomew and Michael Martz of Hayes Commercial Group. Reach Greg at 898-4395 or Michael at 898-4363.

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Santa barbara county SaleS area

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buyer

price

date

addreSS

buellton/solvang

lInsMeIeR DennIs D eu

KelseY laRRY eu

$349,000

1/08/16

1697 euCalYPtus DR

CaRPInteRIa

MtI CaPItal InC

HaWKes InvestMents llC

$678,000

1/08/16

4475 el CaRRo ln

guInaugH DennIs tRustee

CollIns susan l FaMIlY tRust

$815,000

1/07/16

1272 CRavens ln 1

CuYaMa

CuYaMa PRoPeRtIes InC

santos lauRenCIo ea

$70,000

1/08/16

4772 CebRIan ave

goleta

WIlson FaMIlY tRust

steWaRt KRIstIn g

$730,000

1/08/16

5119 san loRenZo DR

CoRRaDI MaRIanne a tRustee

Huang ZHuangQun eu

$999,000

1/08/16

5014 WHItneY Ct

Wells FaRgo banK n a

YoungeR RobeRt b tRustee

$748,000

1/06/16

331 santa RosalIa WaY

DeMeteR JonatHan D ea

Reese benJaMIn e tRustee

$1,450,000

1/07/16

867 RanDolPH RD

WIlson gRegg eu

bRunn geRalD e eu

$319,000

1/05/16

5510 aRMItos ave 10

Yeagle tonI M tRust

lIen tRaCY a tRust

$810,000

1/07/16

6156 CovIngton WaY

tRuMan baRneY l

CoX RoRY K

$285,000

1/08/16

300 aMHeRst Pl

WIllIs eugene a eu

DRauDe KRIstIan

$275,000

1/06/16

1205 e leMon ave 820 W PIne ave

loMPoC

MonteCIto

FIllIPPInI RobeRt C

$277,000

1/08/16

gg Coastal InvestMents llC

$52,500

1/08/16

1105 W CYPRess ave I

CoRus CHRIstI llC

IvanovIC tHeo

$4,100,000

1/07/16

260 PennY ln

stegal a JoHn eu

leno saM R eu

$7,191,500

1/08/16

501 valleY Club RD

KWoCK DanIel C II tRust

o'ReIllY KRIsten tRust

$4,650,000

1/05/16

1385 PlaZa De PaCIFICa

RePPY WIllIaM a JR ea

easlY MaRIlYn tRust

$4,125,000

1/05/16

6 seavIeW DR

RuMleY MattHeW W

stJ aMes KatHleen

$822,500

1/08/16

1220 Coast vIllage 205

HeRsCHoM JaCK tRustee

sCHWaRtZ JonatHan tRustee

$2,552,500

1/08/16

1128 DulZuRa DR

DItMoRe MICHael C eu

HoFFMan JeRoMe tRustee

$3,135,000

1/08/16

211 RaMetto RD

KIM WalteR C tRustee

RogeRs DavID eu

$2,695,000

1/06/16

121 suMMIt ln

CollIns susan l FaMIlY tRust

sCHoKneCHt KIM t tRustee

$1,700,000

1/06/16

1545 Knoll CIRCle DR

toRo sYlvIa l

WalD sHeIla K

$1,345,000

1/04/16

112 euCalYPtus HIll CIR

MaCCRaCKen RICHaRD H ea

FaCCIn oRnella tRustee

$1,250,000

1/06/16

1330 CaCIQue st

JaMalI MaRK

PaRKeR tHoMas C

$1,552,000

1/06/16

919 Roble ln

bellIs RICHaRD R tRustee

bluMentHal HelIssa eu

$2,306,000

1/06/16

1570 las Canoas RD

HoCHMan DanIel e tRustee

Kane JaMes a III eu

$1,847,500

1/05/16

2414 santa baRbaRa st

ClaRKe ClaRICe C tRust

DevsI PRoPeRtIes llC

$1,900,000

1/04/16

1616 CHaPala st

eagle vIsta eQuItIes llC

WHItaKeR tHoMas eu

$999,000

1/05/16

219 W aRRellaga st

1/06/16

915 e anaPaMu st

1/08/16

415 W gutIeRReZ st 6

oRtIZ lauRo s eu

bIaMaR llC

$800,000

1/08/16

339 Mesa ln

beHM Russel H tRust

WIngFoot PRoPeRtIes llC

$1,027,500

1/05/16

3714 MaRIana WaY

beRnston steven M tRust

RobeRts KeRRY eu

$835,000

1/08/16

332 W alaMaR ave b

FRaZIeR ellen e estate

HeReDIa gustavo e ea

$390,000

1/08/16

224 W alaMaR ave b

KYlanDeR-ClaRK anDReW R tRuste

Haan JoHn H JR eu

$1,350,000

1/08/16

3531 los PInos DR

MIRa eIleen C ea

sIMon eMeRY eu

$540,000

1/05/16

3639 san ReMo DR 18

ReIno MICHael l tRustee

WInteRsteen nanCY b tRust

$1,900,000

1/07/16

1276 n ontaRe RD

lee KevIn a tRustee

CHanDRaseKHaRan KotaKKat tRust

$1,450,000

1/06/16

4660 la esPaDa DR

aRauJo elaYne R

KIng bRuCe H

$759,000

1/08/16

139 CaMeta WaY

stInn CaRol K estate

sHaveR RobeRt g eu

$290,000

1/05/16

4487 DanCeR ave

ZeCHes RICHaRD J ea

Weston JaMes D eu

$544,000

1/08/16

4589 HaRMonY ln

bRavo MaRCel R

WoltMan CYntHIaa M

$335,000

1/08/16

4364 RIDgeCRest st

unIon oIl Co oF CalIF

tullY RonalD J eu

$535,000

1/07/16

550 e san DIego DR

sHaHRabanI DavID M tRustee

noRtHeRn DIvIsIon PRoPeRtIes

$921,500

1/06/16

2224 s Westgate RD

noRtHeRn DIvIsIon PRoPeRtIes

CaRDenas bRos FaRMIng InC

$500,000

1/05/16

2329 a st

CasaDY RIbeRt v sR estate

HIgHt Dale eu

$275,000

1/08/16

1326 RonalD Pl

CPH HaRvest glen llC

lI tZe tsun eu

$406,000

1/08/16

831 W elaIne ave

PHaRIs MaRIlYn J estate

gasPaR guaDaluPe eu

$315,000

1/08/16

937 n DeJoY st

RoDRIgueZ antonIa J tRust

PugneR beveRlY P

$190,000

1/08/16

231 MaRQuIs Pl

sHIn KennetH eu

gault eDee M

$270,000

1/06/16

911 W las FloRes WaY

santa YneZ

Paola MaRIus b tRustee

sCHaeFeR WenDelIn W

$798,000

1/08/16

2132 ReFugIo RD

unInCoRPoRateD

sunDHeIM JoHn M eu

KRanKl ManFReD tRustee

$4,800,000

1/05/16

7020 santa Rosa RD

sMItH geoRge D

CRoW JonatHan eu

$295,000

1/07/16

3915 JuPIteR ave

CHRones tHoMass a III tRustee

HolMes loRIel

$295,000

1/08/16

3472 vIa Dona

MooRe tIMotHY g eu

natIonal ResIDentIal noMInee

$375,000

1/08/16

232 Pegasus ave

natIonal ResIDentIal noMInee

DIeR DavID

$375,000

1/08/16

232 Pegasus ave

KoFF tHoMas R eu

WIllett JustIn t eu

$1,400,000

1/06/16

4805 e HWY 246

PRebYl DaRlene M

PRebYl vanessa M ea

$250,000

1/05/16

3580 CebaDa CanYon RD

tHoMPson DavID W

ReYes JonatHan l eu

$480,000

1/08/16

357 CaloR DR

HaRgett KellY ea

beRneRD KatHRYn M

$200,000

1/05/16

806 seasIDe DR

MoRRIs susaM M eu

Magana Jose M

$290,000

1/05/16

1662 n stRatFoRD ave

nuneZ DanIel P ea

nuneZ salvaDoR eu

$185,000

1/06/16

1050 n stoKes ave

MCgRaW DanIelle s tRustee

sHaDe JoHn H

$277,500

1/08/16

1202 FIelDstone ln

toMPetRInI KennetH F tRustee

satYa-MuRtI satY eu

$320,000

1/04/16

2534 s KnIgHtbRIDge DR

baRtsCH Paul D eu

HugHes bRIan ea

$394,000

1/08/16

409 e san luIs DR

MaCIas, JosePH l

KIMball MICHelle M eu

$425,000

1/08/16

706 e leWIs RD

beaveRs JaMIe

RobeRson MattHeW eu

$395,000

1/08/16

844 e staCY ann teRR

KIng JoHn b eu

ZIvIC eRIn a l

$655,000

1/05/16

1975 HoneY loCust Ct

beaCH DIanne l

bRuHn RobeRt W

$275,000

1/06/16

496 FIRst st

bRuHn RobeRt W

beaCH DIanne l

$225,000

1/06/16

2180 CReeKsIDe DR

santa MaRIa

This data is provided to The Santa Barbara Independent by an outside third-party source and represents a partial list of recorded residential sales in Santa Barbara County on the dates listed. While this information is public record, The Santa Barbara Independent cannot guarantee the accuracy nor the completeness of this list.

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OPEN HOUSES Carpinteria 1271 Franciscan Court #2, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $490,000, Teles Properties, Inc., Tobias Hildebrand 805-895-7355 4902 Sandyland Road #138, 1BD/1BA, Sat 12-4, $549,000, Keller Williams, Tim Johnson 805-403-6323 1245 Francican Court #2, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun 12-3, $639,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ewy Axelsson 805-689-4124 1482 Eucalyptus Street, 4BD/2BA, Sun 12-2, $750,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Dale Sundell 805-895-2064

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4700 Sandyland Road #13, 1BD/1BA, By Appt., $769,500, Berkshire Hathaway, Hope Avery 805-701-2536 3375 Foothill Road #1114, 3BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $1,198,000, Coldwell Banker, Carole Thompson 805-452-8787

Downtown Santa Barbara 829 North Salsipuedes Street #B, 2BD/2BA, Sat 12-2 Sun 2-4, $599,900, Berkshire Hathaway, Rose Van Schaik 805452-2051 2525 State Street #12, 2BD/2BA, Sat 12-2 Sun 1-4, $599,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Paul Mueller 805-315-1515 1219 Laguna Street, 3BD/1.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,179,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Joe Parker 805-886-5735 2109 Chapala Street, 3BD/2.5BA, Sat 12-3, $1,495,000, Sotheby’s, Lauren Stewart 805-618-6007 618 Anacapa Street #7, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $1,499,000, Keller Williams, Janice Laney 805 705 6474 Joe Bral 805283-9912 531 Chapala Street #A, 1BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,995,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jessica Stovall 805-698-9416

Eastside Santa Barbara 403 Alameda Padre Serra, 3BD/3BA, Sat 1-4, $1,195,000, Village Properties, Emily Kellenberger 805-252-2773 1721 Santa Barbara Street, 5BD/4BA, Sat 1-4, $3,100,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ashley Anderson 805-6188747 Paul Hurst 805-680-8216

Goleta 349 Northgate Drive #D, 4BD/2BA, Sat 1-3, $579,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ken Switzer 805-680-4622 280 Daytona Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $775,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jamie Jo Sim 805-689-5799 5068 San Julio Avenue, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $879,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Robert Ratliffe 805-448-6642 Patti Yahyavi 805-452-6492 5232 University Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $899,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Stephanie Young 805-453-8528 7608 Newport Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $969,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Madhu Khemani 805-252-0625

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Saturday 1/16 & Sunday 1/17

510 Coronado Drive, 5BD/4BA, Sun 1-4, $995,000, Goodwin & Thyne Properties, Stuart Morse 805-705-0161

462 Toro Canyon Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $2,290,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jo Ann Mermis 805-895-5650

72 Sanderling Lane, 3BD/3.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,195,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Lorie F. Bartron 805-563-4054

309 Avila Way, 5BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $2,695,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Barbara Neary 805-698-8980

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630 Stonehouse Lane, 5BD/7BA, Sun 2-4, $6,650,000, Village Properties, Riskin Partners 805-565-8600

3971 Foothill Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,295,000, Village Properties, Cara M Gamberdella 805-683-7336 1263 Las Palmas Drive, 4BD/3.5BA, Sun 1-3, $3,650,000, Sotheby’s, Rich van Seenus 805-284-6330 4178 Creciente Drive, 4BR/3BA, Sun 1-4, $3,995,000, Stones Real Estate, Team Eric and Mary 805-682-6090

The Mesa 1220 Miracanon Lane, 4BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,695,000, Keller Williams, Jon Mahoney 805-689-0532

Mission Canyon 876 Windsor Way, 3BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $1,075,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jason Ebin 805-364-3070 1485 Tunnel Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,145,000, Sotheby’s, The Stricklands 805-708-6969 2972 La Combadura Road, 3BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,149,000, Foundation Real Estate Group, Bob Croisdale 805-4527543 2985 Glen Albyn, 4BD/3BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,195,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Rachel Brown 805-570-7160 Andy Madrid 805-452-1456 1140 Palomino Road, 4BD/4BA, Sun 1-4, $2,225,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Garrett McCaw 805-252-2335 2451 Las Canoas Road, 3+BD/4BA, Sun 1-4, $2,275,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Josalyn Burcham 805-335-0385 2634 Tunnel Ridge Lane, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $2,400,000, Keller Williams, Natalya Konishcheva 805-729-4958

Montecito 1220 Coast Village Road #213, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-3, $829,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Cindy Van Wingerden 805-698-9736 1936 North Jameson Lane #C, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $865,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Andy Madrid 805-452-1456 1220 Coast Village Road #110, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $999,000, Sotheby’s, Arve Eng 805-698-2915 62 Olive Mill Road, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,439,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Brooke Ebner 805-453-7071 1395 Santa Clara Way, 4BD/4BA, Sun 2-4, $1,565,000, Coldwell Banker, Edna Sizlo 805-455-4567 802 Camino Viejo, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,659,000, Coldwell Banker, William Turner 805-708-3236

1525 Las Tunas Road, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-4, $6,695,000, Coldwell Banker, Andrew Templeton 805-895-6029 2225 Featherhill Road, 6BD/6.5BA, Sun 1-3, $6,995,000, Sotheby’s, Ron Brand 805-455-5045 660 Hot Springs Road, 5BD/5BA, Sun 2-4, $12,650,000, Village Properties, Timothy Walsh 805-259-8808

Noleta 1000 Via Regina, 4BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $949,000, Prestigious Properties & Investments, Adam Zetter 805-689-8403 5450 San Patricio Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,080,000, Harbor View Real Estate & Investments, Adam Pirozzi 805637-3855

Riviera 30 North Santa Ynez Street #D, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $795,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Whitney 805-689-0915 814 Paseo Alicante, 2+BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $925,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Thomas Schultheis 805-729-2802 Doug Van Pelt 805-637-3684 49 Cedar Lane, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,250,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Lisa Ann Walters 805-705-6368 331 Conejo Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,295,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Erin Beck 805-708-0446 1836 Hillcrest Road, 4BD/3BA, $1,550,000, Sun 2-4:30, Village Properties, June Laula 805-689-7036 1 Rubio Road, 3BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,585,000, Coldwell Banker, Hayley N. Hernandez 805-717-8868 2320 Sycamore Canyon Road, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,750,000, Berkshire Hathaway, John Comin 805-6893078 2211 Stanwood Drive, 6BD/4BA, Sun 12-3, $1,895,000, Jon Mahoney, Keller Williams 805-689-0532 1010 Roble Lane, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $2,249,000, Sotheby’s, The Olivers 805680-6524 1734 Franceschi Road, 4BD/3.5BA, Sat 1-4, $2,395,000, Keller Williams, Daniel Zia 805-637-7148 2220 Santiago Road, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun 2-4, $2,995,000, Coldwell Banker, Patrice Serrani 805-637-5112

Samarkand 2834 Serena Road, 2+BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,150,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Gordon Hardey & Marilyn Wankum 805455-1607

San Roque 615 Las Perlas Drive, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $739,500, Sotheby’s, The Olivers 805-680-6524 3863 Fairfax Road, 2BD/3BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $775,000, Keller Williams, Ruth Eggli 805-252-9763 3736 Pescadero Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $839,500, Keller Williams, Daniel Zia & The Zia Group 805-637-7148 3744 Greggory Way #4, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $885,000, Sotheby’s, Frank Hotchkiss 805-403-0668 30 West Calle Crespis, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $965,000, Coldwell Banker, Arielle Assur 805-906-0194 3748 Brenner Drive, 4BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,099,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Debbie Kort 805-368-4479 Robert Ratliffe 805-448-6642 3132 Calle Mariposa, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1:30-4, $1,599,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Robert Johnson 805-705-1606

Summerland 2631 Freesia Drive, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $1,975,000, Sotheby’s, Dick Mires 805-689-7771

Upper East Santa Barbara 1814 Olive Avenue, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,250,000, Sotheby’s, Jim Alzina 805-455-1941 1434 Laguna Street #A and #B, 3BD/2BA and 1BD/1BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $1,500,000, Keller Williams, Janice Laney 805 705 6474 2025 Garden Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 12-3, $1,750,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Brett Buschbom 805-451-9108

Westside Santa Barbara 2007 Gillespie Street, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $785,000, Refugio Real Estate, Stewart Abercrombie 805-886-0497

Santa Ynez Valley 513 South U Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $199,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Todd McChesney 805-291-7902 290 Perkins Street, 3BD/3BA, Sun 11-1, $510,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Suzy Ealand 805-698-9902 1519 Kronborg Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sun 11-1, $728,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Chris McCool 805-680-3594 620 Foxen Lane, 4BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $839,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Suzy Ealand 805-698-9902 1888 Ringsted Drive, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 12-3, $869,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Glynnis Mullenary 805-705-5206 3173 Samantha Drive, 4+BD/2.5BA, Sun 12-3, $899,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Carole Colone 805-708-2580 2545 Alamo Pintado Avenue, 3BD/3BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 12-4, $1,195,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Nina Stormo 805729-4754 Brett Ellingsberg 805-729-4334

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Green Your Crib G. Vince GioVannoni

by G. Vince Giovannoni

Based on information from, among other sources, Survivors; Santa Barbara’s Last Victorians, a publication of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.

Approximate Year Built: 1884

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Original Owner: Mr. and Mrs. George Hernster Architect: Peter S. Barber

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Dennis Allen is chair of Allen Construction, an employee-owned company committed to building and operating sustainably. He also serves as chair of the Dean’s Council at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UCSB and as a boardmember of the Community Environmental Council.

n or near the year 1884, Bavarian-born George Hernster and his Prussian-born wife commissioned Peter Barber, Santa Barbara’s mayor and leading architect of the day, to design a spacious two-story home at the corner of Cota and De la Vina streets. His signature Victorian-style homes were often two-story buildings with shiplap siding, turreted hip roof, double-hung windows, transform doors, and double brackets under the eaves. In addition to stately mansions and simple cottages, Barber’s vintage architectural treasures were also seen in many early public buildings, including City Hall, the old courthouse, and the Arlington Hotel. Hernster was one of Santa Barbara’s early merchants and liquor dealers, and he and his family occupied the home from its construction until 1948. After the Hernsters’ reign, it was owned briefly by John Massa and his wife. By 1956, Elmer Whittaker, a builder and preservationist of historic homes, had purchased and restored the residence as a birthday gift for his wife, Barbara. They allowed the downstairs to serve as a headquarters and clubhouse for several prominent women’s organizations — including the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Colonists, and the PEO Sisterhood— Sisterhood and Barbara Whittaker often referred to the residence as her “Pro-American house.” In 1963, Donald Berger and his wife, Marianne, acquired the house from the Whittakers. Upon the change of title and ownership, a stern handshake agreement between Whittaker and Berger was that the home not be torn down or renovated in such a way that it deviate from Barber’s original 1884 architectural style. To accommodate both their business needs and growing family, the Bergers converted the downstairs area into a thriving hair salon known as House of Donann (a mash-up of “Donald” and “Marianne”) and renovated the upstairs into spacious living quarters for the family. Marianne took comfort in having her two daughters close by while she was at work, with her youngest, Varni, often going downstairs to do her dolls’ hair and then her friends’. The Bergers employed up to 13 salon operators at their very busy and successful salon, which remained in business more than 50 years. Today, Varni maintains Varni Hair Studio, a quaint studio at the same location in a smaller room. The remaining downstairs space is now rented to a doctor, and the upstairs serves as a residential rental unit. As promised to the Whittakers back in 1963, the house continues to be well maintained and lovingly cared for. Bill Dewey

n the past decade, wind-energy production has soared, and the growth of the solar-electric generation is not far behind. While certainly good news for the planet, this surge in renewables has highlighted the challenge of ensuring that electric power is available when customers want it, not just when the wind blows or the sun shines. This increasing focus on how to store intermittent power so that electricity will be available when needed is generating many innovations. While much of the buzz around energy storage centers on the development of innovative battery technologies—the Tesla Powerwall has had the most attention— more than 98 percent of the world’s installed storage capacity is pumped hydro, a 19th-century development. What is pumped hydro? It is a system that uses excess electricity— electricity generated, say, from wind turbines during a blustery night— night to pump water from a lower reservoir to a reservoir at a higher elevation. Then, when the wind ceases to blow or electricity demands spike, the water from on high is released to spin hydroelectric turbines. Experts at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois claim that pumped storage hydropower is the only energy-storage technology that is mature, reliable, proven, and commercially available to by Dennis Allen provide large utility-scale energy storage. Currently there are 300 such facilities in operation worldwide, with a total capacity of 142 gigawatts. Many more are coming online due to the world’s embrace of solar and wind power to help combat global warming. Pumped storage hydro is in the midst of a surge, with new facilities being built in Spain, Germany, Italy, China, Japan, and even the U.S. Pumped hydro is growing fastest in China. A new pumped hydro station comes online there every few months with about 15 currently under construction, including the world’s largest. Closer to home, there are several dozen pumped storage hydro projects in the U.S. being planned, two of which have already been licensed in California— one in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and the other a 1,300-megawatt project near Joshua Tree National Park. Santa Barbara’s utility, Southern California Edison, has opted for natural-gasfired“peaker plants”to run specifically during times of high demand,a shortsighted decision given the reality of climate change. The closest one is at Ellwood. Given the obstacles of large capital costs, lengthy construction, and insufficient interest in grid flexibility, pumped hydro may not be the best fit locally, but to have renewables grow beyond 30 percent of our energy mix, large-scale grid energy storage will be needed. In coastal communities with cliffs or nearby hills, the ocean can be the lower reservoir, thereby cutting costs and conserving precious fresh water.

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