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Students from Santa Barbara were caught up in the one-hour lockdown in Washington, D.C., on 3/28 when police shot a man with a gun at the U.S. Capitol Complex visitor center. The 84 8th-grade students were on a spring break visit and had assembled for a tour of the Capitol when the incident broke out. Cell phones ready, the kids kept up with the breaking news and contacted their parents. The seven teachers with them let school officials know they were okay, said S.B. Unified’s Barbara Keyani. Pau L weLLm an

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UNTHINKABLE: Dr. Weidong “Henry” Han, daughter Emily Han, and wife Huijie “Jennie” Yu were found Wednesday night, shot to death and wrapped in plastic in their garage. Police arrested suspect Pierre Haobsh (below) in San Diego two days later.

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Oceanside Man Arrested in Han Family Slaying

ierre Haobsh, 26, spoke only twice Tuesday in Judge Raimundo Montes De Oca’s courtroom. When asked whether he could hear from his position behind protective glass, he said, “Yes, I can.” When asked if, at prosecutors’ request, he agreed to postpone his arraignment by two weeks, he said, “Yes, I do.” Wearing a blue button-up shirt, a tie, and at times a half-smile, Haobsh’s tone didn’t betray that, early Friday morning, he was arrested at a San Diego County gas station and charged with three counts of first-degree murder for the brutal killings of well-known herbalist Dr. Weidong “Henry” Han, 57; his wife, Huijie “Jennie” Yu, 29; and the couple’s daughter, Emily Han, 5. On Wednesday evening, March 23, authorities discovered all three wrapped in clear plastic and duct taped in the garage of their 4640 Greenhill Way home near Goleta. Each had been shot multiple times, and their official cause of death was listed as “gunshot wounds to the head.” That morning, Henry Han had missed a Los Angeles business meeting and wasn’t answering phone calls, prompting two colleagues to visit his home. The colleagues found the front door ajar and Han and Yu’s cars parked in the garage; they called 9-1-1, and dispatchers requested the welfare check that led authorities to the crime scene. Surrounded by large gardens and situated on a seven-acre avocado ranch, the family’s hillside Mediterranean-style home is not visible from the main road below. Neighbors in the nearby Forte Ranch condominium community watched two and then 11 more law enforcement cars (among them forensics and Department of Justice criminalists) wind up the Hans’ driveway that evening. By 11:30 p.m., 8

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Sheriff’s detectives had launched a suspiciousdeath investigation, which led them to the San Diego suburb of Bonsall. Thirty-six hours later, detectives developed leads that implicated Pierre Haobsh, an Oceanside resident and a “business acquaintance” of Han, in the murders, which authorities say were motivated by “financial gain.” Haobsh “was recently involved in a business transaction with Mr. Han,” Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said at a Friday briefing. No other details were provided. On both Monday and Tuesday, Haobsh had reportedly walked into Han’s Santa Barbara Herb Clinic across from La Cumbre Plaza, bypassed the front desk, and said in a brusque, dismissive manner, “Henry knows who I am.” Han was last seen alive at 10 p.m. Tuesday night, and Yu and Emily at 7 p.m. that night, according to Brown. Around 12:25 a.m. Friday, Santa Barbara and Oceanside authorities spotted Haobsh driving a 2013 red Lexus sedan and followed independent.com

him to a Bonsall gas station east of Oceanside. He was taken into custody at gunpoint without incident. In his possession was a loaded 9mm and property that detectives believe belonged to the Hans, said Brown. Until his arrest, American-born Pierre Haobsh lived with his French-born father, Frederick Smith, or Frederick Haobsh, in rented rooms of an Oceanside house. Not much is known about Frederick, but online searches show he founded the now-defunct oil company Cal Tech International Inc. and was an ex-CIA agent of Jordanian descent. The younger Haobsh left a scarce Internet trail (he had a Facebook page with one profile picture visible to the public). Nadine Courtney, a beauty blogger and former Newlyweds reality TV star, told the Associated Press via email Saturday that she is Haobsh’s sister. “Nadine came from a traditional Circassian-Middle Eastern family,” reads her online biography. In a 2008 blog post, Courtney said their mother, Nancy Berchtold Haobsh, 55, had died from lymphatic cancer. Neither Frederick Smith nor Courtney responded to questions from The Santa Barbara Independent. A March 25 KGTV San Diego newscast featured Oceanside neighbors, who remembered Haobsh as “off.” The night of Haobsh’s arrest, the suburban neighborhood saw authorities search his home with flashlights. Sheriff Brown called the “diabolical and premeditated crime”“one of the most odious that I have been involved in.” In the days after the Han family’s death, family, friends, and patients have piled flowers and notes outside the clinic and below police tape still blocking off their home. The Santa Barbara County Psychological Association has created a list of therapists offering free or reduced-cost sessions for anyone affected by the murders. cont’d page 10 

Ronald “Chad” Williams (pictured) was sentenced on 3/23 to three years in state prison for two counts of child molestation. The crimes occurred at San Marcos Christian Camp in 2005, when Williams was director and his 11-year-old male victim was a camper. During statements from the victim and his parents, the boy’s father spoke of the “utter despair” inflicted when Williams sexually assaulted his son in a shower. “He came like a thief in the night and stole my son’s boyhood away from him.”

CITY Santa Barbara got a relatively clean bill of health at the annual State of the City address on 3/24, but with a few key caveats. City leaders reported fiscal reserves are fully funded for the first time since 2005, though some staffing and income levels remain low. Sales tax revenues are decent, hotel taxes have been “stellar” but starting to lag, and property taxes are stable. Though police station, fire stations, and a number of streets need to be overhauled or replaced, funds don’t exist. And refurbishing the desal plant is on schedule and on budget, and deliveries are scheduled to start this October. For a full report, visit independent.com. Assemblymember Das Williams introduced a bill that would prevent the California National Guard from selling Santa Barbara’s downtown armory until July

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Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, Charlie Munger, announced he is donating $200 million to UCSB for state-of-the-art student housing, tripling the record gift he gave the school’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in 2014. Exactly what the dorms will look like remains unclear; Munger indicated he is only willing to donate the money if his design is followed. At the UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco on March 24, the 92-yearold billionaire advocated for ultramodern student dorms: “We’re talking about a minor revolution,” said Munger, whose grandson attended UCSB, “but it’s a revolution of absolutely standard features.” His plan for the area occupied by Anacapa and Santa Cruz dorms near Campus Point includes “one huge catch,” he emphasized: no windows — like Disney cruise ships’ artificial portholes where “starfish come in and wink at your children,” Munger explained. The second catch: “I can do this better if I make it a couple stories taller,” Munger said. UCSB’s dorms there are currrently two-story buildings. Munger’s plan also includes a separate housing project for about 300 couples on a five-acre maintenance yard site, said UCSB spokesperson Andrea Estrada. The entire project is expected to cost $1.4 billion. Chancellor Henry Yang said he was “beyond overwhelmed” by Munger’s generosity to the campus, adding that the project “will be studied and reviewed by the appropriate offices and stakeholders.” UCSB is poised to accept an additional 750 undergraduate students in fall 2016 — part of the 6,500 UC students added in a deal hashed out last year by Governor Jerry Brown and UC President Janet Napolitano. Currently, 38 percent of UCSB stu— Kelsey Brugger dents live in university-run housing.

2017; it would also grant the city and Santa Barbara Unified School District the right of first refusal in the intervening years. Williams said he first got wind that the National Guard hoped to sell the armory last year when legislation was introduced authorizing the sale of up to eight facilities statewide. Williams said local officials had been inquiring about the property for 20 years and were “blindsided.” Williams said it’s too soon to say how much the armory and the land is worth or where the funds would come from to buy it. But he agreed with community activists that it could be used to expand recreational opportunities.

COuNTY A survey of California’s natural gas storage fields initiated by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) revealed that La Goleta storage field had experienced 17 leaks, all above ground, all nonhazardous, and all since repaired. The survey came in response to the four-month leak at the Aliso Canyon storage facility that caused thousands of nearby Porter Ranch residents to evacuate for health reasons. The PUC determined there were 66 leaks found at Alisos Canyon. A ban on single-use plastic bags went into effect 3/22 for unincorporated areas of the county. Passed in a 3-2 vote by county supervisors in August 2015, the ban applies first to supermarkets and large pharmacies, and to liquor stores and smaller neighborhood markets by 9/24. Gov. Jerry Brown signed similar legislation two years ago, but a referendum on November’s ballot to overturn the statewide ban has delayed implementation. The cities of Santa Barbara and Carpinteria are already free of plastic bags.

STATE The minimum-wage hike slated for the City of Santa Barbara ballot this November has been dropped in response to a statewide

deal all but signed by Gov. Jerry Brown to incrementally increase California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. As of this January, California’s minimum wage jumped from $9 an hour to $10. In Santa Barbara, proponents of the wage hike argued food and health-care workers experienced a 40 percent reduction in pay between 2007 and 2013, citing California Employment Developments stats indicating that seven of the 11 occupations slated to have the most job openings pay less than $15 an hour. A bill requiring an economic study on the impacts to San Luis Obispo County should the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant shut down before its licenses are slated to expire in 2024 and 2025 passed the California Senate Energy Utilities and Communications Committee by a 9-0 vote. The bill is coauthored by senators Hannah-Beth Jackson and Katcho Achadjian, the S.L.O. Republican now vying to fill Lois Capps’s congressional seat next year. PG&E, which owns and operates Diablo Canyon, supported the bill, which has been strongly backed by the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, which opposes relicensing the plant, citing a host of safety concerns.

EDuCATION UCSB’s new vice chancellor of Student Affairs, Margaret Klawunn, was appointed to the University of California’s new Systemwide Peer Review Committee, formed in the wake of the sexual harassment scandals unfolding at UC Berkeley to ensure adequate sanctions are in place for senior administrators violating university rules regarding sexual harassment and violence. “It’s an important and positive step and demonstrates that UC takes its policies seriously no matter who is involved,” stated Klawunn in an email exchange. Klawunn was hired by UCSB six months ago from Brown University to fill the vacancy created by the recent retirement of longtime vice chancellor Michael Young. n

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nvironmentalists led by Surfrider Foundation and the Gaviota Coast Conservancy (GCC) lost a legal challenge on March 29 against Santa Barbara County’s green light of Paradiso del Mare, a proposed residential development west of the proverbial line in the sand between Goleta’s rapidly sprawling urbanscape and the natural splendor of greater Gaviota. The project Chris Yelich (center), a principal of Brooks Street development firm calls for two coastal estates on 142 acres and includes 114 acres of open attorney Marc Chytilo, whose track record space, a mile-long easement for the Califor- in Anderle’s courtroom suffered a rare defeat nia Coastal Trail, and public parking and with the decision.“It holds a lot of resources access to the beach. Representing develop- that makes development very difficult.” As ment firm Brooks Street, attorney Michael proposed, Chytilo added, Paradiso would Zischke described Judge Thomas Anderle’s impact a nearby seal rookery, nesting sites ruling in favor of the county’s assessment for white-tailed kites, and a long-established of the project’s environmental impacts as bluff-top trail. “an important milestone.” To pull a building As GCC and Surfrider consider appealpermit, Brooks Street needs only to tighten ing Anderle’s decision, they’re also poised up and submit Paradiso’s conservation ease- to move forward with a separate but related ment with the Land Trust for Santa Barbara legal challenge against the California Coastal Commission. In April 2014, the state agenCounty by April 10. Among many points, GCC and Surfrider cy’s 12-member commission voted against claimed that the county’s approval of the reviewing Paradiso with respect to new project two years ago violated the Califor- modifications put forth by Brooks Street. nia Environmental Quality Act by focusing Environmentalists contend these details on the two Paradiso home sites instead of warranted proper noticing and public the entire scope of the Brooks Street land- review. Brooks Street is also heading up holding. Abutting Paradiso to the west, the the controversial Newport Banning Ranch firm also owns roughly 60 acres, with plans project in Newport Beach, which includes for seven high-end single-family homes in roughly 1,000 homes, a hotel, shops, and pre-application phase at the county plan- open space across 400 coastal acres now ning department. “This property has not occupied by oil production, protected spebeen properly processed,” said the plaintiffs’ cies, and sensitive habitat. n

‘sixth supervisor’ Dies Bob Klausner, a behind-the-scenes environmental advocate so effective that he became known in political circles as the “the sixth supervisor,” died this week at the age of 89. Klausner moved to Santa Barbara in 1973 after achieving wealth and success selling elastic fabrics used for the manufacture of girdles, brassieres, and bikinis. Falling into a 20-year swoon with his new adopted hometown, he helped start the South Coast’s first recycling program, whose revenues sustained the newly formed Community Environmental Council. Later, he would champion land-use initiatives to limit new development while advocating zoning changes to better balance the creation of new jobs with the need for housing. Throughout most of the 1980s — when the offshore oil fields in the Santa Barbara Channel were second only to Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay — Klausner helped spearhead the effort to consolidate the number of onshore oil-processing plants, allowing one for North County and another for the south. When Exxon infamously told county supervisors to “stick it in their ear” over a host of environmental protections then on the table, Klausner — as head of the Citizens Planning Association — provided the countervailing force. Ultimately, the supervisors adopted the most stringent airquality standards in the nation, and the oil industry — Exxon included — signed on the dotted line. Klausner never worked alone, but his piercing analytic clarity added significantly to any coalition effort. When the Santa Barbara City Council selected a developer for what would become Paseo Nuevo, he lobbied successfully for the firm that had agreed to locate the Contemporary Arts Forum — started by his wife, Betty Klausner, a ferocious arts advocate — and Center Stage Theater in the new shopping complex. Klausner and his wife left town in 1993 — moving to San Francisco, where their children lived — but his heart always remained in Santa Barbara. Three years ago, he was roused back into action, helping defeat a proposal to “give” developer Rick Caruso a 10-year break on future bed taxes as an inducement to get Caruso to live up — Nick Welsh to agreements he’d already made. independent.com

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han Murder cont’d from p. 8 A kindergartener at Foothill Elementary School, Emily would have turned 6 on March 26. Kathy Neely, who taught Emily for two years during preschool at the Waldorf School of Santa Barbara, remembers her as “strong-willed,” “courageous,” and having a “joyful personality.” “She loved to play,” Neely said. “I recall Emily’s love of serving me delicious ‘sand cupcakes’ she had prepared during outdoor play.” Neely recommended grieving families light a candle to honor Emily and her parents. Jennie, whom Neely remembers as “vivacious” like Emily, waitressed for two years at Saigon Noodle House about six years ago, said the restaurant’s manager, who preferred to be identified as David. He said Jennie would bring Emily every week to eat at his Hollister Avenue restaurant. “We are still best friends,” he said. Jennie worked at a number of other Asian food

eateries around town. Most recently, she worked at the herb clinic. Santa Barbara prosecutors Hilary Dozer and Ben Ladinig, public defenders Christine Voss and Mindi Boulet, and Deputy County Counsel Michelle Montez — who represents the Sheriff’s Office — will return to court April 12. Haobsh’s arraignment was postponed due to Dozer, Ladinig, and Montez taking issue with the Public Defender’s Office having obtained a weekend order from Judge James Herman to meet with Haobsh in County Jail before he had requested an attorney. Charges filed against Haobsh name special circumstances—including premeditation, lying in wait, and murder for financial gain — which may make him eligible for the death penalty or life in prison without parole. District Attorney Joyce Dudley will n make that decision at a later date.

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henry han: t the Doctor hen Henry Han was shot to death last week, nearly 200 patients suddenly found themselves without their doctor. For the past 30 years, Han — a skilled, quietly charismatic, and by all accounts brilliant herbal doctor — had treated roughly 13,000 people, many confronting serious health challenges such as cancer, osteoporosis, and hepatitis. For them, Han provided a one-two punch of psychological comfort and medi- BELOVED: Dr. Henry Han and his family are pictured here cal relief.“A lot of suffering patients on vacation in France in 2007. will be without their Henry,” said Cathy McNease, an herbalist and acupunc- practitioners went back in the Han family for turist who worked with Han in the early many generations. 1990s. Henry Han originally opened his clinic Since Han set up shop in Santa Barbara in the Lobero Building in downtown Santa in the 1980s, there was never anything the Barbara and subsequently at its current least bit “woo-woo” or New Age about the location behind Chuck’s steak house on medicine he practiced. Unlike some herb- upper State Street. One of his first patients alists and acupuncture practitioners who was Steve Carlson, then an administrator saw themselves as distinct from traditional at UCSB, who was struggling with hepatiWestern medicine, he practiced an East- tis A. His physician said nothing could be West blend of practices. Han graduated done. “You just have to wait it out,” Carlson from medical school in Beijing, where he recalls being told. Instead, he sought out grew up. His mother was a talented ob-gyn, Henry Han. “I saw results within a week,” and his father was a dermatologist; medical he said. “Within two, the symptoms were all 10

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but gone.” Carlson was convinced. “I’ve used Henry as my primary care physician ever since.” Ann Louise Bardach, noted global journalist, said she visited Han in the 1990s to deal with intestinal issues born of her high-stress work. With the right mixture of herbal pills and a change of diet —“Han told me to eat lots of red meat and stay away from bread,” she recalled — Bardach found relief. Carlson and Han established a lasting friendship as well as medical relationship. They dined out every couple of months, often in the company of Paul Relis, cofounder of the Community Environmental Council. In fact, Han personally intervened to help Relis and his wife adopt a baby girl from China 19 years LIVES TOUCHED: Mourners created a memorial of flowers and letters outside Dr. Henry Han’s Santa Barbara Herbal Clinic. ago. As Carlson, Relis, and Bardach tell it, Han was about 12 when doctors, patients. To Han, it was all valuable informaintellectuals, and professionals were rounded tion that could help with the diagnosis. up as part of China’s now infamous Cultural Over time, Han’s practice grew. He bought Revolution. Han, his older sister, and his a seven-acre spread with a gated driveway parents were exiled to a re-education camp a quarter mile long. Han had grown conin the rural outposts of western China. The cerned China’s intense pollution could stories vary, but according to Bardach, Han’s prove deleterious to his plants and herbs. childhood was “unspeakable.” Carlson said He’d hoped to grow his own on his own land. Han was beaten routinely. Relis recalled Han He moved his parents over from China, and telling him how his parents sneaked out late they lived with him; his new wife, Jennie; and at night, armed only with flashlights and their daughter, Emily. Last year, both parents minimal medical equipment, to treat peas- died, one two weeks after the other. ants living nearby. Han’s mother encounIn recent years, Han started branching out tered high rates of ovarian cancer in the into new medical and business opportuniwomen she treated, becoming a pioneering ties. Like many familiar with herbal cures, Han understood hemp plants contain psyexpert in the disease. By the time Han was 18, the political choactively inert chemicals known as cannawinds shifted. Higher education no longer bidiols, or CBDs. There’s significant evidence denoted a member of a parasitic class. Han to suggest CBDs have healing powers when graduated from medical school, and in the it comes to tumors, seizures, psychosis, anxiearly 1980s he became aware that two post- ety, and inflammation. CBD is also found in graduate positions opened up at UCSB’s psy- marijuana, but in hemp, the levels of THC chology department. Even though it wasn’t —the compound that gets users stoned— Han’s discipline, he crammed nonstop for are sufficiently low enough to be legal in the two solid weeks, took the tests, and qualified United States. According to Carlson, Han had been buying large quantities of hemp for one of the openings. In response to the uprising of Tiananmen in China and shipping it to Burma, where it Square, Han reportedly signed a statement was processed into CBD-rich oils and other in support of the protestors. This put him products. sideways with Chinese authorities. As CarlIn addition, Han was intrigued by the son described it, “He went underground for prospect of deploying stem cells in the a while. The Chinese government was after manufacture of skin-regenerating cosmethim.” At this time, Han worked in a rehabili- ics. By injecting skin cells obtained through tation center, treating Relis’s uncle who had stem-cell harvesting into the cosmetics, Han suffered a stroke. His student visa expired. believed it was possible to repair and replace He married an American citizen, but the damaged tissue. According to Carlson, this marriage didn’t last. There were no children, has long been “the Holy Grail” of the cosmetics industry. Han, he said, ran a lab in Los a source of significant friction. For a while, Han worked with an herbal Angeles in hopes of catching this Holy Grail. practitioner named Jean Yu, owner of the Han pursued both these projects on Herb Clinic. In 1991, he bought out Yu, who Wednesdays, the one day of the week he did moved to San Luis Obispo. As Carlson not work at the Herb Clinic. Last Wednesrecalls, Han had patients from all over the day, Hahn had an appointment to meet his country, especially in response to the AIDS partners in one of these ventures. When Han, epidemic. He worked four days a week, normally precise and punctual, did not show, seeing about 15 patients a day. He did the the partners grew concerned. 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by t y L e r h ay D e N aren Flores doesn’t look like she stole $700,000 from the police. She looks like somebody’s mom. But in 2013 she admitted that she had been busily embezzling thousands of dollars in parking ticket fines from the Santa Barbara Police Department (SBPD), where she worked as the business office supervisor. In a letter to Judge George Eskin, she pleaded for mercy, describing her personal travails—she was overworked and underpaid, she was fighting a battle with depression, and most importantly her young son needed his mother. Her attorney touted her clean record.“She never even had a parking ticket!” he exclaimed without an ounce of irony. Judge Eskin, however, sentenced Flores to 10 years in state prison. From the bench he reminded her that because of her seven years of thieving, civil servants lost their jobs and public services had to be cut. The SBPD was humiliated by a blatant theft happening right under its nose by someone it trusted. Justice dictated, Eskin declared, that the sentence reflect the seriousness of her actions. Last June, to everyone’s great surprise, Flores was seen wheeling a shopping cart down the aisle of a Santa Ynez grocery store—less than two years after she was led away in handcuffs. How could this have happened? Judge Eskin, Deputy District Attorney Brian Cota, and just about every police officer in the city were stunned. But it was true. Flores is back home in Santa Ynez, with a 6 a.m.-10 p.m. curfew, wearing an ankle monitor for the next year, and forbidden to travel more than 50 miles from her house without permission. “I was definitely surprised,” said Eskin. Everyone knew Flores would likely serve only half of her 10-year term because of custody guidelines for nonviolent offenses, but nobody had any idea she’d be home so soon. They wondered about the message the state prison system was sending by lightening a stiff penalty so dramatically. 12

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“At what point does a sentence become not a deterrent but an incentive?” Cota asked.“And I think the victims in this case—the Police Department, the city, the people—might not feel justice has been served.” Cota said the case raises all sorts of questions about how our prison and court systems treat white-collar criminals, and whether punishment is being fairly meted out in an ever-shifting landscape of new sentencing laws and congested jails. Flores sees her situation differently—very differently. She thinks her sentence was unfairly harsh. She believes Santa Barbara law enforcement threw the book at her because she betrayed them, that her “ridiculous” 10-year term was a reflection of their single-minded quest for vengeance. Flores disputes the amount of money she stole, how lavishly she lived with the ill-begotten funds, and what price she should have to pay for her crimes. And now she wants to set the record straight, to undo the police and media smear campaign that she says painted her as a callous monster, gobbling up public money. “I am just a person,” she said. “I am not a mastermind criminal. I am a woman, a mother, a grandmother, daughter. I could be anyone you know.”

aren Flores arranged to meet me in her therapist’s La Arcada office last December. A short, petite, middle-aged woman, with a trim blond bob, Flores smiled nervously, clutching a tissue, and was flanked by her husband, Steve Flores, and therapist, Patricia San Filippo. For a long time after her arrest, she said, her motivations were a mystery even to her.“It makes sense to me now,” she told me — so we started at the beginning. Flores, now 51, was adopted at birth in Santa Barbara by a Scottish immigrant couple. Her childhood was a happy one, with loving parents who prized hard work and selfsufficiency above all. When she became pregnant at age 16, it broke her father’s heart, but he soon came around. Flores earned her GED and got a part-time job. She had two more

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children with her first husband, but they later divorced. He wound up addicted to drugs, got fired from his job with the city, never paid child support, and had to spend time in prison. In 1988, when Flores was 25, the Santa Barbara Police Department hired her as a data entry clerk in the parking citation office. That made her dad, also a city employee, very proud. She quickly moved up the ranks and within seven years was promoted to lead supervisor. She was appointed to department committees and formed close friendships with colleagues. Flores was pleased to become the go-to person in the office.“It was always,‘Give it to Karen; she can handle it,’” Flores remembered. In 2001 Karen met Steve Flores, who worked construction full-time and bartended at night. They rented a house in Buellton, married a few years later, and had a son. Life was good. But behind the happy façade, expenses were adding up, and Flores was struggling to make ends meet. Steve, who turned over all family finances to his wife, was oblivious to the building tensions. Flores remains bitter that a large raise she was promised never materialized. This was at a time when the city began mandatory work furloughs, and employee health-care costs rose. Then, the Great Recession hit, and Steve found himself out of work. “The pancake flipped,” she said.“It was just one thing after another.” But Flores, who was making around $100,000 a year in salary and benefits, couldn’t admit their money woes to her husband or anyone else. She attributed her silence to her stern Scottish upbringing, which led her to believe that if she asked for help, she would be seen as a failure and lose her family’s respect. That irrational fear, she discovered through therapy, had roots in her adoption. “I realized my abandonment issues were all from somebody not wanting me when I was a tiny baby,” she said. “It made me want to take care of everything and make everybody happy so they wouldn’t be disappointed in me.” So she started stealing. She doesn’t remember the first time. “I’ve been asked that question over and over,” Flores said, shaking her head. But she does remember believing she would one day return the cash. “I would think, ‘I just need this right now. I’ll pay it back later,’ ” she said. “I don’t know at what point it snowballed, but it became an addiction,” she explained.“I had to do it to feel safe.” What did Flores spend the money on? According to bank records in her case file, she bought a boat, two cars, two ATVs, and jet skis in one 15-month period, also purchasing golf clubs, wakeboards, and a foosball table over the seven-year period. Her colleagues had told investigators Flores often took them to lunch and would hand out envelopes full of money on birthdays and other special occasions. But according to Flores, she only spent the money on “life. It was to pay the bills,” she said. “To keep things going.” She also claimed in our interview that she only stole $250,000-$280,000, not upward of $700,000. Because Flores knew the parking citation system inside and out—which had little to no oversight other than her own supervision—she was easily able to cover her tracks. According to court records, she had different methods of thieving. Mostly, she would alter deposit slips that were filled out in pencil. She would also keep double or overpayments; delete tickets in the computer system, keeping the money; and not enter handwritten tickets into the system, pocketing the cash when they came in and then shredding the tickets. Her bank records showed she regularly made large cash deposits. Finally city accounting staff began to notice that the city ledger did not match the recorded parking revenue. Santa Barbara, which regularly collects approximately $4.5 million in citations annually, was now $100,000 short. An investigation began. Flores, who held a key role in the investigation, was able to lay red herrings along the way— way citing outdated software, delaying new safeguards, and so on. But eventually

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suspicion firmly pointed to Flores. Late at night the department’s deputy chief would spend hours in her office fishing out the shredded tickets from her trash and puzzling them back together to establish evidence. Flores felt the vise tightening. Still, she couldn’t stop stealing. She thought about turning herself in but wasn’t able to muster the courage.“I’m not good at standing up for myself,” she said. According to her therapist, this reflects how her mind works,“her sense of self-worth, and how she got in this situation.” The DA’s Office argued that Flores was evasive and uncooperative through most of her interrogations, but she disagrees, saying she told them everything immediately. Even the prosecutors admit that it wasn’t an open-and-shut case. The evidence was incriminating but circumstantial. Her eventual confession proved key to the authorities. “The way I was raised, you do the right thing, and you respect law enforcement,” she said.

lores said she began her journey of self-discovery and redemption as soon as police came to her house in the middle of the night. Her therapist, whom she had been seeing for the two years between her arrest in 2011 and her sentencing in 2013, told her to use the time behind bars to look inward and confront what made her self-destruct. Her prison counselors advised: “There’s something broken inside you that needs to be fixed. And until you fix little Karen, big Karen is going to keep screwing up.” She found religion, too. “They say God is in prison,” Flores mused.“He really is.” Her first stops after Santa Barbara County Jail were the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla and then the California Institution for Women in Corona. Flores described both places as “living hell.” She witnessed beatings, overdoses, and inmates giving guards sexual favors in exchange for privileges. Flores mostly kept to herself but made a few friends who promised to protect her. It was clear she didn’t belong in prison, they said. Steve regularly visited with their young son. As the months dragged by, Steve found himself ever more incredulous of his wife’s long sentence. He encountered inmates who had committed far worse crimes and received far less time.“Sure, she stole money,” Steve said. “But people do that every day. Every day. And in way bigger quantities. So what makes her so special?” Flores took advantage of every in-prison program she could, hoping to shave time off her sentence. “Everything I did was to get back home to my family,” she said. Before long, and without requesting it, she was transferred to the Female Rehabilitative Community Correction Center in Bakersfield, a 75-bed facility, known in the trade as a “princess prison” where “it’s easy to forget you’re in prison,” said Flores. Inmates wore regular clothes, had bingo nights, participated in many group therapy sessions, and were addressed by their first name. Flores was the outlier — all the other women were alcoholics or drug addicts with little education, few job skills, and no outside support.“People would look at me and be like, ‘Why are you here?’” Flores remembered. Eventually Flores applied and was accepted into the state’s electronic monitoring program. But just because she’s home doesn’t mean she got away with anything, Flores declared. She’s branded a felon for the rest of her life. “I lost my retirement, I lost my inheritance, and I can never get a job to support myself,” she said. “That’s scary — to be a woman and be completely dependent.” Right now she’s helping Steve with his construction company’s bookkeeping and is an office clerk for an organic farm. Flores said she’ll be paying restitution for the rest of her life — just under $700,000 to the city and $112,000 to the Franchise Tax Board. She doesn’t think she’ll ever come close to making the full amount.

udge Eskin was not sympathetic to her complaints.“That saddens me,” he said. “That suggests to me she hasn’t accepted responsibility.” It was an appropriate sentence he maintained, and her continued grousing shows a serious

BLACK AND BLUE: Pictured left, Judge George Eskin hands down Flores’s 10-year sentence. He was surprised to learn she spent just nine months in an actual penitentiary. Pictured above , Deputy Police Chief Frank Mannix announces Flores’s arrest in 2011. “When someone has betrayed [our] trust,” he said, “any sympathy for that person goes away.”

flaw of character. Of Flores’s contention that he sentenced her unfairly, Eskin said simply: “Bull.” Handing out prison time is an imperfect science, explained the now-retired Eskin. A judge must consider the hard facts, the overarching purpose of penal sanctions — to strengthen the rule of law, to deter crime, and to punish — as well as the public expectation of justice. “It’s usually a no-win situation,” Eskin said. “If we were controlled by victim expectations, no one would ever get out.” Eskin, like Cota, doesn’t fault Flores for taking advantage of programs to reduce her time. Who wouldn’t? They’re both proponents of reentry initiatives to decrease recidivism and improve the chances of offenders succeeding when back out in society. And they both favor sentence reform that emphasizes actual rehabilitation over the blind hammer of lengthy prison terms. What leaves them dumbfounded is Flores’s sentence morphing so radically beyond their original intentions. Cota is the district attorney’s go-to guy for white-collar crimes. He’s prosecuted everything from multimillion-dollar Ponzi schemes to small-time cash-register skims. Flores was the first high-profile defendant he’d seen released so early, and it made him wonder who else is getting out and when. When Flores was released on electronic monitoring, state prison officials never consulted with Santa Barbara law enforcement. That’s standard procedure. Cota thought it might be a good idea to let local judges, attorneys, or probation departments weigh in on such deliberations. “Who’s more familiar with the case?” he asked. Cota was sympathetic to prison officials’ dilemma. They’re grappling with an overcrowding crisis so bad it spawned emergency legislation, forcing the entire California criminal

justice system to rethink how it locks up people. But Cotabelieves it’s clear that the public wants white-collar crimes punished more harshly than other nonviolent crimes. He pointed to new sentencing laws that mandate prison time for certain white-collar offenses, as well as escalating enhancement terms based on the amount of money stolen. And white-collar criminals are a specific breed of offender, who tend to be older, educated, respected members of a community — people who’ve worked their way into positions of trust. More often than not, greed and a skewed moral compass motivate their crimes. Are these the kinds of prisoners who should be sent to valuable but limited reentry programs, who should take a bed that might otherwise be occupied by a person in real need of drug counseling or job-skills training? “It’s hard for me to imagine that there wasn’t somebody in the prison system who would benefit more than Flores from being there,” Cota said. “I hope she did learn something. I would hate to think it was a waste.” Krissi Khokhobashvili, a spokesperson for the California Department of Corrections, admitted Flores may not seem like a typical candidate for one of the reentry homes. “But what someone presents on the outside could be completely opposite from what is going on inside or what they really need,” she said. “Every woman is different.” Khokhobashvili said multiple committees and counselors reviewed Flores’s case, and that anytime the department decides to place an inmate in a transitional facility or on electronic monitoring, “We take that really seriously.” She also disputes any interpretation that Flores got off easy. “She’s still coming out with a felony conviction and a prison term.” Flores considered moving out of Santa Barbara County when her probation ends. But she finds hope and comfort in her church and her family, and realized running away wouldn’t solve anything. Her greatest regret is disgracing her family. It’s impossible to avoid stares and whispers. But no matter what society and the justice system throw at her, Flores said,“Nobody will ever punish me as much as I have punished myself.” n

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Report Blasts UC System for Shortchanging California Residents

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n March 28, the California State Auditor released a report blistering the University of California’s practice of admitting large numbers of out-of-state students, even those who are less qualified than their Californian counterparts. System-wide, the report found, socalled nonresident enrollment has increased by 82 percent from 2010 to 2014 while instate enrollment has only increased by one percent. At UCSB, nonresident enrollment has jumped by 72 percent at the same time in-state enrollment fell by 2 percent. About 13 percent of the roughly 23,000 undergrads at UCSB hail from out of California. The audit recommends UC restrict nonresident enrollment and adopt stricter admissions criteria for nonresident applicants, among other things. UC officials have long contended that nonresident students —who pay $23,000 extra—helped make up for budget cuts the system endured during the recession. They are adamant such enrollees are not displacing California students. “We fill every single California spot with a California resident,” said UCSB admissions director Lisa Przekop.“We are funded by the state. If we have additional space, we can fill it with nonresidents.”

Still, state legislators said UC’s reliance on out-of-state dollars disadvantages Californians, particularly minorities, and called for the audit. The report found UCSB brought in $49.5 million in nonresident revenue, a 214 percent increase from five years ago. But exactly how that additional money is spent remains unclear. Even though UC officials argue those funds are essential to improving education quality and enrolling more Californians, the audit found “the university does not give campuses spending guidance or track how they use these funds.” Because UCSB admits a lower number of out-of-state undergrads, it receives less state funding per student. UCSB got a bump a few years ago when the UC system embarked on what is dubbed “rebenching,” divvying up the additional revenues. But the playing field is not level. “It’s the fig leaf,” said Bob Samuels, who teaches in UCSB’s writing department and is president of the University Council American Federation of Teachers. “UCSB has gotten a little more money from rebenching but nowhere as much as the other campuses like [UCLA, Berkeley, and San Diego] are getting from nonresident tuition.” California residents have a harder time getting into those campuses, and sometimes

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end up at Riverside or UCSB, where they are funded at a lower level, Samuels added. “The report shows that because so many of the nonresident students are white, it’s actually decreased the diversity of the system,” he said. What’s more, the audit found, nonresident students have increasingly enrolled in the five most popular majors—biology, undeclared, psychology, econ, and physics — at the same time resident enrollment in these majors has generally declined. Critics charge out-of-state applicants bombard highly lucrative majors, hurting in-state residents’ chances of getting in. Contrary to popular belief, UCSB does not admit by major, Przekop said; it is not more difficult to get in as “undeclared.” Engineering, however, is “more competitive for all students.” Parents might be willing to pay more for their child to obtain an engineering degree than, for instance, one in liberal arts. Nonresident students admitted to UCSB average a 3.98 GPA, slightly lower than California students, who averaged a 4.05 GPA, according to the report. Przekop chalked up these “quantitative data differences” to the different ways GPAs are calculated around the country and around the world. In addition, evaluators look beyond test scores and

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grades, and comprehensively review applicants “in light of the opportunities available to them,” she added. Przekop noted UCSB has become better known nationwide in past years—“we didn’t have six Nobel laureates then”— and the fact that students can apply to multiple UC campuses with one application. Their in-state recruitment efforts, she stressed, far exceed out-of-state ones. As many things are, this week’s frenzy is arguably largely about politics. “The audit kind of glazes over the cause: the Legislature repeatedly cut the higher-education budget,” said Assemblymember Das Williams. “They are operating at less money than in 2007 but at 2016 prices.” California State University, by contrast, had to cut state enrollment in the face of budget woes. Asked if minority students have been disproportionally affected by this trend, Williams said no.“That’s an incomplete analysis,” he said. Without additional nonresident revenue, “things would have been even worse,” n he said.

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We invite you to Imagine More…. Now celebrating our 75th anniversary, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art has launched the most ambitious fundraising campaign in our history to renovate our building, which has survived earthquakes, storms, and many other challenges. The results will be clear—bold new spaces to showcase enduring works of art, seismic upgrades to ensure the long-term integrity of the building, new meeting places for the community, and a new experience for every person who visits. We are asking those who believe in the power of art to invest in our urgently needed renovation efforts. You can go to campaign.sbma.net to make a gift and learn about the campaign.

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Loring James McAuliffe 07/28/33-03/24/16

Loring was born in Oakland, California, on July 28, 1933, the eldest son of John and Elma McAuliffe. He resided in Albany, California, until his parents relocated to San Gabriel, California, in 1940. There, Loring attended McKinley Grammar School for a year and then transferred to The Old San Gabriel Mission school for the next seven years. In 1942, Loring’s parents presented him with his first brother, John, and in 1944, his second brother, Michael, arrived. Because of the age differences, Loring was always the ultimate “Big Brother.” For high school, Loring attended Cantwell Catholic School. He would ride their bus each day from his Abbot Avenue home to the Monterey Park school. One of his favorite courses was Latin, and he always enjoyed reciting Catholic Mass in that language. After high school, Loring went to Pasadena City College for his Associate of Arts degree, and then attended Los Angeles State College (now California State University at Los Angeles) to complete his Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature. He took a three-year hiatus from school to enlist in the United States Army 1954 - 1957, serving in Germany. Upon completion of his Bachelor of Arts degree, and while studying for his Masters degree at L.A. State, he met Barbara Gilbert. They started their 56-year marriage together in 1960, lifelong partners until Loring’s death. Loring worked for AT&T for a short time, and then went to work for the Southern Counties Gas Company, where he learned the mysteries of the computer, a skill he perfected as his ultimate career. While working in their computerized billing department, he once sent a billing statement to his grandmother labeled “The Gal Who Shot Liberty Valance.” He had some explaining to do for that stunt! In 1966, Loring’s brother, John, married Colette Mikes. They eventually had two children, niece Colleen and nephew Kevin. The young family moved in with Loring and Barbara while John explored various job opportunities, living together for over a year. Loring and Barbara eventually settled in Santa Barbara, California, where Loring was employed by Santa Barbara City Schools as a computer programmeranalyst for more than four years. Barbara continued to work for Bank of America. Loring later assumed the post of data processing chief at Santa Barbara City College, and eventually took responsibility for the payroll conversion during the Y2K change-over for the County of Santa Barbara. He retired at age 67 from the County of Santa Barbara. He was very proud when he earned his teaching credential and was able to teach computer sciences at Santa Barbara City College. In 1972, Loring and Barbara purchased their special home on More Mesa, in the historic area known as More’s Landing. Here they worked loyally in the English Setter Rescue Society, grew their own vegetables, and supplied the family with a variety of homegrown avo16

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cados. Another family member, Loring’s stepbrother Anthony, lived with Loring and Barbara for over three years while attending high school in the Santa Barbara area. Wherever these two lived seemed to turn into a “bed and breakfast” for the rest of the family. Because of the affection he had for his aunt and uncle, when Tony married and had a son, Michael, his boy developed a great affection for his great aunt and uncle just like the rest of the family. From childhood, Loring was an avid reader, staying indoors with a book rather than being outdoors on the athletic fields. He loved classical music and crossword puzzles. He never failed to entertain with his sharp wit and intelligent sense of humor. He will be remembered as a loving son, a caring brother, and a loyal friend. But he will be revered as the true-loving husband to his forever bride, Barbara, with whom he spent 56 years of his life. Loring’s final wishes were to be cremated and interred at the National Cemetery in San Francisco, California, an honor to which he is entitled because of his service to his country. It is fitting that his final resting place will be very near his birthplace, a long journey to complete “The Circle of Life,” and will be a beautiful location for family and friends to visit. We, the family, wish to thank the hospital staff, nurses and doctors in Cottage Hospital’s MICU department for their wonderful and comforting care during Loring’s stay with them. Remembrances may to sent the the American Lung Association or to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care in Santa Barbara.

Quincy Patrick Morris 08/05/87-03/20/16

Quincy Patrick Morris was born on August 5, 1987, in Santa Barbara. He was the only child of Lynn Morris and Georgia Vining. He was a graduate of Crane School in Montecito and of Santa Barbara High School. He attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He was a passionate and talented skateboarder starting at age 3. He went on to make art and jewelry from recycled skateboards through Maple XO in Portland, Oregon. He also loved bicycling and rode fixed gear bikes. Quincy was an avid reader. Two of his favorite authors were David Sedaris and John Steinbeck. He recently had a friend make a render-

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ing of the Steinbeck novel, Travels with Charley and then had a tattoo of it. Quincy was known for his love of animals. His keen analytical mind shined like a bright light occasionally eclipsed by his brilliant sense of humor. He was a constant source of positive energy and a handsome ladies man, but loyal to each in turn. Quincy passed March 20, 2016, in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 28. A memorial service will be held at 3 PM on Saturday, April 2, in Godric Grove of Elings Park in Santa Barbara. elingspark.org/park-maps

Lauren Lynn Robertson Wells 03/08/51-11/29/15

Lauren Lynn Robertson Wells, born March 8, 1951, daughter of Richard W. Robertson and Lee Hills Robertson died unexpectedly on November 29 at her home in Bend, Oregon. Lauren was a very creative and artistic person. We recognized at an early age that she was talented in the arts, and hired a teacher to help develop her skills. From Lauren’s early teenage years she was into horses and taught herself, plus with a few lessons, to ride English, and she rode in local shows. Later on she rode in shows throughout the state of California. Lauren attended local Santa Barbara schools: Peabody, Laguna Blanca and San Marcos. After high school graduation she attended Stevens College in Missouri, at that time an all-girls school. After two years she transferred to the University of Denver where she received her degree in fine arts and interior design. Upon graduation Lauren returned to Santa Barbara and went to work waitressing, as many college grads did in those days. She met a lot of people who were into selling antiques and became very interested in becoming involved in that field. Lauren opened a small antique store on Brinkerhoff Avenue that was successful. While waitressing she met and fell in love with Sean Gallagher. They married and moved to Santa Cruz, California, where Sean attended law school and Lauren rented a small floor space in an antique collective. While in Santa Cruz, Lauren also bought, remodeled and sold several houses. The marriage with Sean

dissolved. While living in Santa Cruz, Lauren fell in love with Kevin Wells, and they were married in the summer of 1977. Kevin and Lauren moved to Marin County but eventually returned to Santa Barbara. At this time Lauren conceived the idea for the Summerland Antique Collective, which was an instant success and featured in Architectural Digest. She later also opened Modern Life, where furnishings that did not sell at Summerland Antiques were placed. During that time Lauren and Kevin bought a home in Hope Ranch for Lauren to remodel. Having made a trip to France, she became enamored with French design and in 1999 built a French Farmhouse on Lambert Road in Montecito. About this time Lauren began to get restless, and she and Kevin divorced. She then sold the Summerland Antique Collective and in 2000 moved to Oregon. While in Oregon Lauren renovated many homes and opened antique stores while enjoying her beloved horses and dogs. She eventually settled in Bend, Oregon, with her husband Ted Andrach. Lauren opened A Journey of Discovery, an antique store, in Bend and bought a beautiful home on 12 acres to accommodate her horses and dogs. An animal lover from birth, she nearly always had a black or yellow lab among the assortment. Lauren and Ted divorced in April 2014. Lauren was beautiful and talented and will be in our hearts forever. Lauren is preceded in death by her father Richard W. Robertson. She is survived by her mother, Lee Hills Robertson, of Santa Barbara, CA; sister Linda Jordan of Fruita, CO; and nieces Stephanie and Meghan Jordan of Colorado. The family will hold a private celebration of life. Donations in Lauren's memory may be sent to Equine Outreach Inc., 63220 Silvis Rd., Bend, OR 97701.

Carolene Davis

02/28/62-03/12/16

Carolene Davis passed away peacefully at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara on the evening of March 12, 2016, after battling cancer for nearly two decades. She was 54. Carolene and her twin sister, Charlene, were born on February 28, 1962, in Santa Barbara, CA, to their parents, Jon Milby and Dolores Zaris. She graduated from San Marcos High School in 1980 and married Tim Davis in September of 1985. They just celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary last September. Carolene had a very special relationship with her son, Tyler, who was extremely devoted to helping and supporting her in her fight and always cooked her the most amazing organic foods. She had a passion for life and never took a day for granted. Carolene worked at First American Title for 24 years before getting into the Real Estate industry where she worked for Vil-

lage Properties. She had many mentors and was truly loved by all. Carolene was a strong, courageous, kind and loving person. She remained bright and optimistic, brave and iron-willed, even throughout her final days. Everyone she encountered instantly felt her love and energy...and her smile could light up a room! She was a huge Denver Bronco fan, and the last game she watched couldn’t have been better. She loved to travel and cherished her most favorite place, Greece. She will be deeply missed by all who had the great privilege of knowing her. Carolene is survived by her husband, Tim Davis; her son, Tyler Davis; her father, Jon Milby; her twin sister, Charlene Rossoll; brother-in-law, Rex Rossoll; her sister-in-law, Nikki Van Winkle and her closest friends. Carolene lost her mother, Dolores Zaris, just nine days before her own passing. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 8th, at 1:00 p.m. at Welch-RyceHaider Chapel in Goleta. Immediately following will be a celebration of our beautiful Carolene’s life held at Endless Summer on the Waterfront Harbor. All are welcome to attend.

Elizabeth Joy Reddin 02/27/60-03/16/16

Elizabeth was born in Santa Barbara to Mary Elizabeth Reddin and Bowen Franklin Reddin Jr. (deceased). She graduated from Dos Pueblos High School class of 1978, where she was Drill Team captain and a member of the swim team, later attend City College. She was an accountant at Dripcut and was controller at Moss Motors of Goleta. Elizabeth Joy was a beautiful soul — childlike, gentle and playful. She loved animals, flowers and little kids, and delighted in her 5 nieces, Naomi, Robin, Angela, Genette and Mackenzie; 3 nephews, Eric, Caleb and Ethan; 3 great nieces, and 9 great nephews. Lizzie was stylish and artistic and enjoyed decorating and party planning. She always had music playing and danced to the latest hits. She was fun loving and had a generous laugh and a great sense of humor. Empathetic, compassionate and deeply spiritual, her real gift was her sensitivity to others. She was full of wonder for the natural world and had a lifelong curiosity in science and medicine. She would be pleased that her organ donation through OneLegacy has benefited others and eased their suffering. Our heartfelt thanks go to the excellent team of S-ICU nurses and doctors at Cottage Hospital. She is survived by her mother, Mary; 3 sisters, Sharon Iverson and husband Ron, Rebecca Reddin and Valerie Davis and her three brothers, Roy Reddin and wife Karen, Thomas Reddin and wife Judy, and Bowen Reddin. Donations may be made in her memory to Mainstream of Phoenix House and the Humane Society.

In Memoriam

hilda Wenner 1935-2016

Folk Musician and Teacher

by G r e t c h e n W e n n e r ilda Wenner, 81, a musician and author

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songs. Here’s to the Women was published by Syracuse University Press in 1987, with Pete Seeger providing who taught hundreds of Santa Barbara the foreword. residents to play guitar during the folk A ragtime piano class she taught at Adult Ed in the music boom, died February 5 from com- mid-1970s evolved into the Santa Barbara Piano Club, which continues to meet. She returned to Hawai‘i plications of Alzheimer’s disease. Gregarious and armed with a high-wattage smile, many times over the years, pursuing a passion for she commanded classrooms filled with beginning and slack-key guitar and ukulele. intermediate guitarists through Adult Ed starting in Like her sister Gretchen — the two spoke almost the 1970s, with an encouraging, yet exacting, teaching daily on the phone — Hilda was deeply concerned style. Many played their first with social causes. In the songs in that setting, swept mid-1960s she was involved along by the singular thrill of with launching a Head a roomful of guitars propelStart program through the ling the music forward despite Unitarian Church. On her individual stumbles. own, she helped neighborhood kids learn to read. Her Hilda and husband Adrian moved to town in the sumenthusiasm for the Great mer of 1960 for a job he’d Peace March in 1986 led her to befriend many of the landed teaching biology at the fledgling UCSB campus, marchers. which then had dirt walking Hilda’s artistic bent was carried forward by son paths and few buildings. The Midwest couple Kurt, an internationally immersed themselves in ’60s known artist who helped Southern California culture, found Santa Barbara’s I including attending “pot wars” Madonnari festival after on Mountain Drive with chilearning top honors for his dren Kurt and Gretchen while three-dimensional chalk still eating meat-and-potato art. He has continued with dinners for their first decade a prolifically successful here. A weekly entrée of beef career headlining events tongue — dreaded by chil- JUST FOLK: Many remember the Adult Ed classes taught around the world. dren in their Prospect Avenue by Hilda Wenner, with a roomful of guitars propelling Her musical passion neighborhood—gave way to the music forward. was shared by daughter stir fry and organic veggies Gretchen, who, before after a yearlong sabbatical in Hawai‘i started in sum- becoming a newspaper reporter, learned guitar at 8. She played locally with Nancy Drew and the Clues mer 1970. In California, our mother picked up the guitar, before heading to Seattle in the late 1980s, playing in changing musical direction, as well. She had played bands and recording during the burgeoning grunge piano since age 4, learning classical works and holding scene there. down tunes from Rodgers and Hart songbooks as her Born and raised in Michigan to parents Orville and Margaretta Engle, Hilda met Adrian at the University younger sister, also named Gretchen, sang. When the folk music revival made the Carter of Michigan, where she was a proud resident of the Family and other old recordings popular again, Hilda Martha Cook dorm. Adrian, a Minnesota native, was became entranced by the sound of clawhammer in grad school and, lacking substantial funds, courted banjo, Appalachian dulcimer, and Autoharp, which her with guppies from the lab. They married in 1957. she also learned to play. Along with the familiar red Adrian became known for his work with bees and box of Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk sand crabs before retiring from UCSB. He proved a Music, her record shelf sagged with Pete Seeger, Joan devoted and tender caretaker through Hilda’s decline. Baez, The Limeliters, and other LPs. Hilda and Adrian Although Alzheimer’s robbed her of speech in her frequented the Bluebird Café on Anapamu Street in final years, Hilda stayed keenly present and cheerful the ’70s, making lifelong friends amid the live music. into her last hours, interacting through facial expresTheir home on Garcia Road became a gathering sions and an observant gaze. spot for jams, where fiddlers led off traditional tunes She enjoyed music to the end. When her daughbacked by banjo and guitar players crowded in the ter played Hilda’s favorite songs on guitar and banjo, living room. They held house concerts in the large Hilda sang when she could no longer converse. When backyard, drawing touring musicians that included singing faded, she would perk up to familiar chord Peggy Seeger, Utah Phillips, and Jean Ritchie. progressions and whistle along with the tunes she The Wenners were devotees of the Old Time Fid- loved so well. dlers’ Convention since the early ’70s, when Peter FeldThe family extends its gratitude to the caring staff of mann founded it at UCSB. When the festival moved Casa St. James and the local agencies that helped them to Stow House, Hilda, Gary Jensen, and the late Linelle navigate this journey. Glass, with assistance from Rotary Club of Santa BarShe is survived by Adrian, Kurt, Elizabeth, and bara Sunrise, took over running the event. For a time, Anders; the two Gretchens (plus Harry, Kai, and Hilda owned it. Alzheimer’s ultimately slowed, and Soren); Chin and Nathan; and many loving family then halted, her participation. members and friends. Her ample energy led to many projects. Hilda’s generous spirit will be missed. 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ARE WE SMUG? David Sedaris knocks off

these short, amusing essays about places he visits, including a put-down of Santa Barbara. Shocked? What’s to criticize? Well, to Sedaris, it’s easy. We’re too perfect. To him. We’re a town composed of handsome people in their sixties, privileged, blessed, looking like models. And living clean, healthful lives. “Most everyone I passed was engaged in some sort of exercise.” And every day has perfect weather. “There are other such towns in California — La Jolla, Carmel — but none seem as satisfied with themselves.” The airport is meticulously landscaped “and smells like primrose mulched with shredded money.” Sedaris gets paid by UCSB to give talks, blows into town, then sneers at us, or what he sees from his room at the Four Seasons Biltmore. He’s very good at finding stuff to bitch about. When he first started coming here, he was offended by California’s crusade against smoking. When the Four Seasons Biltmore and other top hotels went nonsmoking, he fretted that he’d have to stay outside town “at a dismal chain hotel on the freeway …” But now that he’s quit smoking, he’s turned against the Biltmore and found reasons to be “disgusted.” But why? Well, “The Olympicsized pool, for instance: It’s too long. [He

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years, California will have a real say in the GOP race. Right now, at least, Trump is the frontrunner for the nomination, and books are being written for high school students and scholars for generations to come about the Great 2016 Presidential Election. Possible title: Democracy at Its Finest. Right now, they’re likely to resemble scripts for the Netflix series House of Cards, portraying a sleazy, slutty conglomeration of corrupt Washington, D.C., officials manipulating the sausage factory on the Potomac. And when we start getting inside political news from the National Enquirer, politics has hit a new low, or we have. What high school poli-sci teachers are telling the kids I can’t imagine. It’s not too surprising that Clint “Dirty Harry” Eastwood is supporting Trump. “The National Enquirer says they have the goods that five women had extramarital affairs with [GOP presidential contender] Ted Cruz,” Bill Maher said on HBO’s Real Time. “Now I don’t personally believe any of this is true.” Cruz, Maher concluded, actually gets his jollies “by defunding Planned Parenthood.” UCSB’s Arts & Lectures is bringing funnyman Conan O’Brien to the Arlington on April 16, and he’s sure to make some cracks about the GOP contenders and their sex lives. Sedaris returns on May 1. —Barney Brantingham

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perhaps the most potent type of living alchemy we have.Whether you are digging into a newspaper piece, a good book, a movie, a magazine, or a podcast or listening to a relative’s yarn or a stranger reminisce from the barstool next to you, a well-timed and well-delivered story has the potential to change everything from your mood to your understanding of an issue to the basic trajectory of your life itself. Stories are the connective tissue of community, a constantly renewing bridge between generations, and they serve as the fundamental ingredients of each and every life. Indeed, a life without stories is no life at all. And so, it should come as little surprise that The Moth, a modest and informal gathering of friends in the name of storytelling, has become a critically acclaimed international sensation in these teenage years of the 21st century. And yet The Moth’s success does surprise, especially since pocketsized computers dominate our daily narratives and pixelpowered social media addictions control us more than most care to admit. How could something so simple and traditional become so popular in this era of high-octane, technologydriven stories? Since starting in 1997, The Moth — a not-for-profit storytelling collective from New York City that has become a beloved darling of public radio, podcasts, and live stages the world over—has broadcast more than 10,000 real-life stories from the lips of the people who actually lived them, and this Wednesday, April 6, they are coming to Santa Barbara.“Each show is completely unique. We craft them specifically for the place and time that they happen,” said Maggie Cino, director of The Moth Mainstage and visionary behind this week’s performance. “So this one is just for Santa Barbara. It won’t be like anything anyone has seen before.”

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What Is the Moth? As a child on St. Simon’s Island in Georgia, novelist and poet George Dawes Green (The The Juror Juror, The Caveman’s Valentine) would get together with friends and family on hot Southern summer nights and try to outdo each other with stories, a practice that many with rural upbringings can surely relate to. They hung out on a screened-in porch and eventually began to call themselves The Moths, a nod to the poetic similarities between the effect a good story has to draw people in and the siren song a flickering light on their fateful porch sang for the moths finding their way in through a hole in the screen. Audiences, to follow the metaphor, are drawn to a good story the way a moth is to a flame.

Living in New York City years later, Green was looking to re-create those summer evenings of his childhood. He began by inviting like-minded folks to his living room in Manhattan to take turns swapping personal stories. The formula was simple and wildly popular; just stand up and tell a true tale from your life that had major meaning to you. Soon enough, The Moth, as the gatherings came to be known in tribute to Green’s youth, began popping up in cafés, clubs, and coffee houses. And its reach has only kept growing. There has been a New York Times best-selling book, a Peabody Award, hundreds of sold-out stage shows both nationally and internationally, regular open-mike nights in dozens of cities, hour-long weekly programing on 400 plus radio stations, and 30 million podcast downloads a year. “All of it is first-person true stories told without notes from the stage,” explained Cino, who has been part of The Moth team for the past decade. “These aren’t memorized monologues from professionals. Anybody could and probably should be on The Moth’s stage.” In short, programmers curate a “mainstage” show much like a gallery owner might curate a group art show. A theme is picked by an in-house creative committee, something purposely broad yet provocative and attention grabbing. Topics such as “The Ties That Bind,” “Journeys,” “The Dark Side,” and “Un-Silenced” are but a few examples of recent themes. Once a motif is identified, a show is developed around it; five storytellers are handpicked to flesh out the performance, each delivering a 10- to 12-minute intimate telling of a true tale from their lives that dovetails with the theme in some insightful and entertaining — and often unexpected—way. “We really try to get a cross-section of humanity onstage,” said Cino. Some music is added to each piece, a host is enlisted to preside over the live show and serve as a link between the night’s assorted tales, and voilà,

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There are other ways to get your story into the running: a pitch line that lets people submit an abbreviated version of their story via telephone or online; professional channels such as agents and publicity firms who often reach out to The Moth on behalf of a client; and, of course, the good old-fashioned way— way knowing someone who has been or currently is involved with The Moth’s wide-ranging network. “Sometimes it is as simple as someone here saying,‘Hey, my dentist has a friend who has a story about saving Mother Teresa’s life,’ and just like that, a new story is in the works,” said Cino. It should, however, be noted that the vibrance and originality of the Mainstage events remain paramount to the way The Moth does business and, as such, a story that has been heard on the radio or via the podcast will never again be brought to life during one of their stage shows. “Our goal is to always have much more of a feel and quality of going to a dinner party than that of going to a show or theater production,” explained Cino.“Fresh, live, and alive is what we are going for each time out.”

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The Lobero Theatre installment of The Moth Mainstage is, at least in part, the direct result of The Santa Barbara Independent’s editor in chief, Marianne Partridge, and her love of the radio program. A longtime listener of both the radio show and the podcast, Partridge beamed recently, “Every time I hear an episode of The Moth, I am thrilled all over again to be a human. The stories and the people telling them give you courage to carry on.” Taking a broader view, she sees The Moth as a perfect complement to The Indy’s guiding ethos and so was eager to help bring the story tour to town. “The main thing for The Independent Independent, from our very first issue 30 years ago, was to always try and build community,” explained Partridge when asked why she wanted to cosponsor the storytelling jamboree. “With these real stories told by normal people, The Moth does just that. It builds community in a larger sense and connects all of us through its humanity.” To that end, Cino and her team have teased out five storytellers for the Lobero event, all organized around the theme of “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.” What exactly can you expect from such a theme? Well, according to Cino, all the pieces will riff on the idea of an uncomfortable or unusual or difficult life moment leading to an epiphany of sorts. “It is something we can all relate to. For example, being extremely frustrated by a certain situation that then has a beautiful reveal we could have never imagined,” said Cino. In addition to enlisting writer, storyteller, and all around funnyman Brian Finkelstein as the host, the Santa Barbara edition of The Moth will feature essayist and psychotherapist Terrance Flynn; multiple StorySLAM winner and comedian David Montgomery; Australian rapper, poet, and young novelist Omar Musa; Iraq war veteran, graduate student, and Purple Heart recipient Jon Nunemaker; and Dame Wilburn, a community educator from Detroit. Beyond that, the folks at The Moth like to keep the evening’s goings-on a bit of a surprise. “The Moth is a testament to the fact that people still appreciate real things,” said KCRW President

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Celebrate transgender lives at this joyful night of art, music, and food! Dinner and drinks will be accompanied by an art auction of works from S.B. trans and gender-fluid children and artists. Enjoy a screening of I Stand Corrected, the compelling documentary about musician Jennifer Leitham, followed by a live performance by the Jennifer Leitham Trio. Proceeds benefit the S.B. Transgender Advocacy Network. Dinner, drinks, auction, and film screening: 5:30-7pm; concert: 8-9:30pm. MultiCultural Ctr. Lounge and Theater, UCSB. $15-$25. Call 893-2064. tinyurl.com/TransgenderDayOfVisibility

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Ringing in its 10th season anniversary, American Dance & Music will perform to live piano accompaniment and deliver compelling performances of their pieces “Midnight Tangle,”“Pastorale,”“Elements of Permutation,” and more. 11am; Heritage House, 5200 Hollister Ave. 2pm; Girls Inc., 4973 Hollister Ave., Goleta. Free. Call 450-7535.

3/31: Music Against Skepticism Nonprofit organization 2020 A Year Without War will host an evening of music and awareness to promote its goal to make the year 2020 a year of global cease-fire. Featuring the tropical rock band Layovr and 2020 AYWW representative speakers, this will be the organization’s first live-entertainment event. Dinner, silent auction, and show: 7:30-9pm; concert: 9pm-midnight. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $12. Call 962-7776. sohosb.com

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3/31: Mack Avenue Superband Get ready to hear hot jazz from this powerful mega-group that combines the best of Detroit’s Mack Avenue Records artists. The Superband features Tia Fuller on saxophone, Sean Jones on trumpet, Christian McBride on bass, Gary Burton on vibraphone, Carl Allen on drums, and Christian Sands on piano. 8pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $39-$105. Call 963-0761.

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faith Israeli humanitarian aid organization IsraAid and area photographer Robin Jones as they recount their experiences helping with the Syrian refugee crisis. A discussion, Q&A, and photographs will address efforts to help Syrian refugees. 7:30pm. Congregation B’nai B’rith, 1000 San Antonio Creek Rd. Free. Call 964-7869.

3/31-4/2: 35mm: A Musical Exhibition Out of the Box Theatre Company will present its striking new multimedia musical, exploring the groundbreaking concept of “snapshot stories,” performing songs based on photographs. Can a picture inspire one song or 15? Find out as you watch in a cabaret setting with onstage tables with treats and a variety of cocktails and other bever-

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3/31: Mr Little Jeans, Sego, Elline Nordic songstress Mr Little Jeans will perform her soundtrack-worthy, enchanting songs, alongside dance duo Sego and L.A. singer/songwriter Elline. 8:30pm. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. $15-$18. Ages 21+. Call 965-8676. velvet-jones.com

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4/1-4/3: The Women of Cedar Creek Set in Texas in the mid-’70s, this dramedy by award-winning area writer Catherine Ann Jones tells the story of three generations of Texas women who come together to persuade their aging mother to leave her home of 50 years. The show runs through April 10. Fri.-Sat.: 7pm; Sun.: 2pm. Plaza Playhouse Theater, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. $12-$17. Call 684-6380.

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4/1: Milo Uncorked Raise a glass to a quintessential California experience of drinking wine by the beach! The last event of this wine-tasting series will explore the best of S.B. wines, partnering with Palmina Wines to provide whites, pinks, reds, and sparkling wines with rich, Italian-influenced flavors balancing fruit, tannin, and acid. 4-6pm. Fountain Courtyard, Hotel Milo, 202 W. Cabrillo Blvd. Free. Call 965-4577.

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4/1: Quantic, Xenia Rubinos, Givers & Takers Catch British deejay and producer Quantic’s Tropical Elevation World Tour, with jazzy Caribbean pop singer Xenia Rubinos and the psychedelic rock band Givers & Takers. 8pm. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. $15-$18. Ages 21+. Call 965-8676.

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Saturday 4/2 4/2: Race for Justice 2016 Support the charity organization S.B. County Bar Foundation with a 5K or 5K Fun Run! First-place 5K women and men will earn a prize, while 5K Fun Run best-costume and costume-group prizes will be given. Sign-in/ day-of-race registration: 7:30am; 5K and 5K Fun Run: 8:30am. Leadbetter Beach, 801 Shoreline Dr. $40.

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4/1: Helen Macdonald Spend the evening with the remarkable author of H Is for Hawk, the surprising story of Macdonald adopting one of nature’s most vicious predators to cope with the sudden loss of her father. 7:30pm. The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St. $12-$22. Call 893-3535. Read more on p. 47.

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4/1: Artist Reception: Stone Soup Meet the five artists in this art exhibition: sculptor Elizabeth Folk, abstract oil painter Rafael Gaete, photographer Kimberly Hahn, installation artist Marco Pinter, and multimedia artist James Van Arsdale. As part of the Funk Zone Art Walk, the reception will feature a performance by psychedelic rock band Heavy Cosmic Kinetic. The exhibit shows through May 21. 5-8pm. Arts Fund Gallery, 205-C Santa Barbara St. Free. Call 965-7321. artsfundsb.org

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wanted to hike up Inspiration Point? S.B. Botanic Garden instructor Susie Bartz will lead an educational hike up to the favorite view of our city, beginning as an easy mile on Tunnel Road, passing the outlet of the Mission Tunnel, and continuing on another mile on a moderately difficult trail to the top of the coastal landscape. 9am-1pm. Inspiration Point, Tunnel Rd. $35-$55. Call 682-4726. sbbg.org

4/2-4/3: Seaside Gardens Spring Fling Welcome the season with a spring succulent and garden celebration! Hosted by Seaside Gardens nursery, this event will feature tours of beautiful, low-water gardens, a garden design workshop by landscape architect Billy Goodnick, a container gardening talk by naturalist author Allen Braithwaite, and more. Sat.: 9am-5pm. Sun.: 10am-5pm. Seaside Gardens, 3700 Via Real, Carpinteria. Free. Call 684-6001.

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4/2: Madama Butterfly Enjoy Puccini’s timeless multicultural opera, streamed live from the Met on the big screen in high definition! The tragically beautiful story of Madama Butterfly, a young Japanese geisha who clings to the belief that her arrangement with a deceptive American naval officer is a loving and permanent marriage, has thrilled audiences since 1900. 9:55am. Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Rd. Free-$28. Call 965-6577.

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concert. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. $15. Call 965-8676. velvet-jones.com

4/2: S.B. Music Club Concert: Consonance and Dissonance Under the direction of M. Grey Brothers, the Westmont Chamber Singers will perform songs from the Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer Cipriano de Rore, British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, and church organist David Halls. The program will conclude with the Channel Islands String Quartet playing Mozart’s Quartet in C Major, K. 465 (“Dissonance”). 3pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 617-3401. sbmusicclub.org

4/2: CALM’s 30th Annual Authors’ Luncheon This literary event features a fabulous lineup of best-selling authors, including Meg Waite Clayton, Gregg Hurwitz, Frances Schultz, and many more. All ticket proceeds and a percentage of book sales will benefit CALM’s vital programs to help prevent child abuse and treat children and families who have suffered from violence and abuse. Book sales and signing: 10am; lunch: 11:45am; author interviews: 12:45pm. Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd. $150. Call 969-5590.

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4/2: Grupo Corpo Embodying the rich diversity and vibrant color of Brazil, this virtuosic dance company will honor its 20th anniversary with a performance of two of its most impressive works: the gravity-defying piece “Suíte Branca” and the sensual “Dança Sinfônica.” 8pm. Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $20$48. Call 893-3535. Read more on p. 45.

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Sunday 4/3 4/3: Eric Hutchinson, Tess Henley Don’t miss pop singer/songwriter Eric Hutchinson in this intimate setting, singing favorites such as “Ok, It’s Alright With Me,” “I Don’t Love U,” and “Watching You Watch Him” and also songs from his new album, Anyone Who Knows Me. Award-winning powerhouse soul singer Tess Henley, out with her latest album, Wonderland, will open the show. 8pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $20. Ages 18+. Call 962-7776. sohosb.com

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music, family arts and crafts, and handcrafted artwork sales. The marketplace features many different types of artistry, such as woodworking, basketry, photography, painting, sculpture, printmaking, weaving, pottery, jewelry, and more. 10am4pm. Carpinteria Arts Ctr., 855 Linden Ave., Carpinteria. Free. Call 684-7789.

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Nizar Ibrahim: Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous Meet Spinosaurus, the largest predatory dinosaur ever discovered, and hear the incredible story of how this prehistoric giant was almost lost to science. In this event presented by National Geographic Live, German-Moroccan paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim will show how he reconstructed a full skeletal model of Spinosaurus with the help of recent fossil discoveries and his scientist team. 3pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $15-$25. Call 893-3535. artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu

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4/3: Kisha Gianni Author, mom, interior designer, and design blogger Kisha Gianni will be signing her imaginative children’s book, My Pet Cloud. 2pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call 682-6787. Read more on p. 33. chaucersbooks.com

technology pioneer Yulun Wang, PhD, CEO of InTouch Health, this community educational presentation will focus on the newest technology for those facing progressive and permanent vision loss. 3-5pm. Braille Institute S.B., 2031 De la Vina St. Free. Call 1 (800) BRAILLE (272-4553).

4/3: Mothers, Dante Elephante, Thick Business Georgia-based indie band Mothers will share the stage with indie surf-pop quartet Dante Elephante and the sweet, alt-dance group Thick Business. 8pm. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. $10-$12. Call 965-8676. velvet-jones.com

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4/4: SBCC Jazz Combos Enjoy a night of jazz with S.B. City College’s jazz ensemble. 7pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $10. Call 962-7776.

Interdisciplinary Humanities Center series Humanities and the Brain, author Pierre Cassou-Noguès will discuss his philosophical and scientific research about reason versus imagination. 4pm. McCune Conference Rm., 6020 HSSB, UCSB. Free. Call 893-3907. ihc.ucsb.edu

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As always, find the complete listings online at independent.com/events. And if you have an event coming up, submit it at independent.com/eventsubmit. 4/6: From Tango Myth to Tango History: Listening to the Pecourt Collection Are you intrigued by the bewitching art of tango? Discover tango’s secret history and the truth behind its rampant myths at this talk by Morgan James Luker, assistant professor of music at Reed College. 3:305pm. Special Research Collections Seminar Rm., UCSB Library. Free. Call 893-2478.

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4/6: Most Likely to Succeed In this eye-opening documentary, learn about the current, deficient educational system in the U.S. and how a school in San Diego is rethinking and updating the experience of going to school. 6pm. MultiCultural Ctr. Theater, UCSB. Free. Call 893-8411.

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Astronomy on Tap Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network will host a relaxing night of food, fun prizes, and two engaging presentations about supernovas and super-massive black holes, geared toward all levels of astronomy. 7:30pm. Blind Tiger, 409 State St. Free. Ages 21+. Call 880-1600. lcogt.net/aot

suggestions for improvement to the bus system. Tue.: 6pm; I.V. Theater, 935 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista; Wed.: 6pm; Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 963-3364. sbmtd.gov

4/5: Hannah Crum and Alex LaGory Join these kombucha experts for the book-signing of their comprehensive guide The Big Book of Kombucha Brewing. 7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call 682-6787.

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4/5: Girls, Guns & Glory with Nate Latta Boston’s rising star Girls, Guns & Glory will headline a night of country rock with S.B. singer/songwriter Nate Latta. 8pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $10-$12. Call 962-7776. sohosb.com

4/5-4/6: Inspire Dance S.B. Presents: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Enjoy an excerpt

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4/6: S.B. Reads: Discussion Panel

500 N. Fairvew Ave., Goleta; 964-7878. Free. Ages 2+. Wed.: Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St.; 564-5638. sbplibrary.org

4/5: Nerf Herder Pioneers of the ’90s pop-punk and geek-rock movements, Santa Barbara–born band Nerf Herder will perform songs such as “Van Halen” and their powerful theme to the iconic television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 6pm. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. $10. Ages 21+. Call 965-8676. velvet-jones.com

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Professors from the UCSB departments of Political Science and Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology will join the deputy chief probation officer for S.B. County and the executive director of the Conflict Solutions Center to discuss author Bryan Stevenson’s book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. They will examine Stevenson’s exoneration of several innocent people sentenced to death, the inherent economic and racial bias in the jury system, youth incarceration, and issues about the death penalty. 6-7:30pm. Montecito Library, 1469 E. Valley Rd., Montecito. Free. Call 969-5063. santabarbaraca.gov

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Last Wednesday, Santa Barbara City College participated in the 6th Edible Book Festival. The international event invites libraries, bookstores, and schools around the world to create a treat that pays homage to a book, quote, or author. The SBCC community made tasty and beautiful goodies representing literature, ranging from The True Story of the Three Little Pigs to Charles Bukowski. “The festival brings us all whimsy, laughs, creativity, and, of course, tasty food,” said library director Elizabeth Bowman (above). The edible creations were on display for an hour or so before the librarians cut into them to judge the taste. This year’s “people’s choice award” went to The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Lauren Peikert (right), while the “most punny” award went to Seabiscuit by Beth Ruiz.

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y Pet Cloud began as only a title, courtesy of Kisha Gianni’s sister, who uttered it years ago. But upon getting married and starting to think about kids of her own, Gianni, a Santa Ynez–raised interior designer, decided to write the whole story about a boy who adopts a cloud as a pet and names him Harold. It’s a very sweet tale about not being alone, no matter where you go, brought to life by the illustrations of Kisha’s mom, Lyn, and told in a tone and style that could prove incredibly popular for children aged 0-7. Better yet, it’s the kind of ALL IN THE FAMILY: Written by Kisha Gianni (right) and illustrated by her mom, good-message-but-easy-to-enjoy Lyn (left), My Pet Cloud came out a month before the birth of Kisha’s son, Kai. book that parents won’t get sick of reading, time and time again. book “It’s such a “It’s like an imaginary friend, but more tangible, Kisha. She has high hopes for the book— contender!”— but she’s learning that the kids’-bookand everyone has access to clouds,” said Kisha, who contender!” was inspired by the quirkiness of Shel Silverstein but publishing world may be a tough nut to crack. The still finds solace in the uplifting themes of Dumbo early feedback is encouraging, at least, especially and The Little Engine That Could. “I feel like My Pet from one girl who demanded the book be read to her Cloud has a really good message of security and six times and then wanted to sleep with it. Said Kisha, “That was a really good review.” constancy for kids.” — Matt Kettmann The project took quite a while to get everything right, but its release in October was fortuitous: Kisha Kisha Gianni will sign copies of My Pet Cloud at Chaugave birth to her son, Kai, in November. “It’s been cer’s Books (3321 State St.; 682-6787; chaucersbooks so neat and magical to read it to my own baby,” said .com) on Sunday, April 3, at 2 p.m.

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n a lot of ways, I feel like the last 15 years have been a kind of apprenticeship for me,” mused Eddie Ellner on a recent sunsoaked morning while finishing an almond milk latte outside of Handlebar Coffee. “It is like I am really just now starting to teach.” The man behind Yoga Soup, an undisputed titan in Santa Barbara’s ever-growing yoga universe, was waxing philosophical about his Parker Way studio’s 10th anniversary, which he’s honoring with a rebirth of sorts, reimagining philosophies, offering new classes and teachers, expanding the schedule, and remodeling modestly. “Often in life, you end up taking a journey you didn’t sign up for but wind up with gifts you could have never imagined,” said the reenergized and evolved Ellner with a certain sparkle. “I have taken that journey myself in recent years. It hasn’t always been easy, but I’m here and I have a renewed appetite to offer what I’ve learned. It feels great.” A native New Yorker with curly, indifferent hair and sympathetic brown eyes, the 55-year-old yogi once made a living writing for professional wrestling magazines and advertising agencies before moving west in the early 1990s and finding yoga. Soon enough, he was teaching classes at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center, where he began developing an approach to yoga that’s grounded more in the grit and regular miracles of reality than in the crystal-gazing, neo-New Age of Om. Ellner quickly grew a devoted following of yoga misfits and folks scratching for something beyond a good stretch, so it was only a matter of time before he opened his own space. Yoga Soup was born in 2001 and fast became one of Santa Barbara’s most beloved places to bend and breathe. “From the beginning, my mandate was to create a community space, somewhere you can go to have that honest discussion you cannot find anywhere else,” explained Ellner, whose unique take on yoga once featured a casket prominently displayed in the studio. “In its own small way, Yoga Soup brings folks together to speak freely and plainly of their lives.” The yoga landscape isn’t nearly as barren as it used to be, and remaining financially viable has never been harder, even for a regular Best Of S.B. winner like Ellner. So he’s broadening what the Soup offers, subtracting himself from the equation a bit and recommitting to his charting vision of an open and accepting community. “There is no cure for this life but to live it as honestly as we can bear, and for that to happen, we need each other’s backs,” said Ellner, whose students past and present kept interrupting our conversation to say hi. “We need to be able to sit down and have a carrot or cup of tea without having to prove anything to anybody. That is the mandate of our studio and the challenge to our staff every day.” — Ethan Stewart

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Violence in the Holy Land Then and Now Bruce Fisk and Caryn Reeder Religious Studies Professors at Westmont

5:30 p.m., Thursday, April 7, 2016 University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street Free and open to the public. For information, call 565-6051. Two religious studies professors reflect on domestic violence and wars of conquest in the Bible and in the contemporary Middle East. Bruce Fisk has visited the regions dozens of times, exploring and doing research. The author of “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus: Reading the Gospels on the Ground,” he has led six student programs there in the last 10 years. Caryn Reeder lived in Jerusalem from 1999-2001 and led a student program in the Middle East in 2012. She spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in the West Bank in 2013-2014, teaching at a Palestinian university and conducting research. Her work examined women, children and war in biblical and classical antiquity.

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oga makes me feel powerful,” says a bubbly Jessica Parsons as she readies for instructing her weekly Inclusive Yoga for All Abilities class at Santa Barbara’s Carrillo Rec Center. Parsons connects deeply with her students through her own yoga accomplishment— accomplishment possibly being the first and only person in the country with Down syndrome to become a certified yoga instructor. “I’ve been teaching yoga since I was born,” says Parsons jokingly as she explains growing up as the daughter of two yoga instructors in a household that hosts clinics, meditation classes, and even yogathemed musical celebrations. “She really didn’t have a choice,” says Jessica’s mother, Sue Anne Parsons, who founded Let It Go Yoga in Santa Barbara with her husband, Jim Parsons, in 1986. Jessica Parsons’s expansion from being a daily hatha yoga student to being an instructor happened while she was assisting her friend Molly Pennette with a class at the Down Syndrome Association. “Molly got sick one day, and I just took over,” says Parsons. “Now I teach.” “We were just so surprised that she could teach the whole class,” says her mother, who explained that many instructors find verbally leading an hour-long class quite challenging. “So that kind of changed it around, and she started to be the teacher, and Molly assisted her.” Parsons has since received more than 200 hours of teaching instruction and has released a yoga instructional DVD with two of her sisters, Lauren and Emily, called Yoga by Teens. She also teaches a class at the Alpha Resource Center in addition to her many other yoga engagements. “She teaches a really great class,” says her mother, who emphasizes that Parsons enjoys teaching students who may or may not have a disability. However, Parsons’s classes focus on helping people who might face physical and mental challenges to feel confident and relaxed by ameliorating the class poses and pace. “I think that they are all improving, which is really amazing,” says her mother. All her hard work is paying off for Parsons in other areas of her life, as well. She now uses yoga to supplement her swimming training for the Special Olympics. “We do a warm-up right before we get ready for the pool where we do lots of yoga stretches,” she explains. She also enjoys crafts, ceramics, art, and training on her bike with her father on the weekends. — Carolina Starin

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en and Loretta Minor, longtime residents of Sycamore Canyon, have built a magnificent little ship. At 29 feet, their Lyle Hess–designed Bristol Channel Cutter is actually just a boat, not a ship, but Morning Song Song’s stout keel, hardwood timbers, bronze propeller, and broad transom overhead make it a substantial vessel. The main cabin, roughly nine feet wide by 12 feet long by six feet tall, is a small space to be sure, but the graceful bend of the cabin top overhead makes a snug room in the world — a place SEAWORTHY: Ken and Loretta Minor stand aboard Morning Song, which apart from wind and weather, and once at sea, they spent the last 25 years building. a place apart from the rush and complication they’d joke as people do, with wonder, skepticism, of shoreside life. But how does a couple well into their seventies (he’s and a touch of envy tingeing their voices. But Minor, 77) with grown daughters and five grandchildren find gentleman that he is, would patiently answer their themselves easing down hatches and fitting out to sail questions, and then return to the work of shaping, when their contemporaries might be content just gaz- placing, and fitting. Schoolchildren came on field trips, ing at the ocean? That’s where 25 years comes in, gone and he fashioned small boats as souvenirs for each Song’s offcuts. As a founding by in a wink, but 25 years of steady, concentrated work of them from Morning Song — a meditation begun for Minor at age 50, when he partner at Santa Barbara’s Lenvik & Minor Architects, laid the keel with his first shipment of lumber from Minor had a fulfilling career, but leaving in 1998 wasn’t Port Townsend, Washington. Built in a shed adjacent so much a retirement as it was a change of vocation to their home, Morning Song looks fresh and newly from designer of buildings to full-time shipwright. And so, after a slow drive down Sycamore Canyon made today, having been sheltered from the elements throughout her construction. The Tea Fire of 2008 to the harbor in early March, the Morning Song finally nearly took the boat, but Santa Barbara’s finest made faced the sea. All the years building, the meticulous a line and held it, saving the Minors’ vessel and home effort and attention to detail, brought Ken and Loretta Minor to this moment, a soft breeze ruffling the water, from the flames. The firefighters have returned in the years since to the silhouette of Santa Cruz Island on the horizon, check the progress, as have other people who noticed the ship soon to set sail on its maiden trip — the projthe incomparable form of a well-drawn boat coming ect having clearly been a voyage of sorts unto itself. into the world. “You ever going to finish that thing?” — Christian Beamish

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uring a 1997 visit to India, where Arlene Samen was volunteering to repair cleft lips, the nurse practitioner in fetal medicine met the Dalai Lama, who told her to go to Tibet instead and help mothers and babies who die during childbirth. Since then, Samen’s life has been dedicated to fighting maternal and neonatal mortality in the most remote corners of the world. She founded the nonprofit One Heart World-Wide and created its Network of Safety model, which provides expecting mothers — most of whom plan to deliver STRONG, SMART, BOLD: One Heart World-Wide founder Arlene Samen alone at home or in an animal shed— shed with (right) will discuss her lifesaving work at Girls Inc.’s Women of Inspiration every aspect of care needed throughout the luncheon. birthing process. professes that the blood of childbirth is polluted, so “I was out in the field when I realized the ripple effect: By one person doing something different mothers should deliver outside to avoid contaminatin the community, it helped others,” said Samen of her ing others. “Our solution was a clean delivery kit with outreach work. “This ripple effect was driving systemic a cloth that could contain the pollution,” explained change that would benefit now and future generations.” Samen. After extensive teaching and trust building, There are challenges, of course, for Samen and her Samen and her team train the women from their own team must observe and respect the cultures around communities to be the “foot soldiers.” Samen will discuss her work on Monday, April 4, them as they train communities on safe motherhood practices. That’s very much true in Tibet and Nepal, at the Girls Inc. of Carpinteria’s Women of Inspiration where One Heart World-Wide successfully navigates fundraiser luncheon, where she hopes to teach young both countries’ strong spiritual beliefs.“We spent a year women that they have a Network of Safety within the understanding the cultural beliefs of childbirth that Santa Barbara community, as well. See girlsinc-carp .org hindered getting care,” said Samen. One such belief .org. — Rebecca Hartt courtesy

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Gauchos trailing Connecticut clean-shaven requirement. “I got tired of it,” said head 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, coach Andrew Checketts, who sported a five o’clock Bush pulled three long drives shadow himself after the Gauchos opened their series foul down the right-field line. against USC with a 10-1 victory last week. On his next swing, he drove the The differing facial fashions of the players have had no ball into the trees behind the effect on the team’s unity or sense of purpose. The Gauchos right-field fence for a three-run were 18-4 through last weekend and are ranked as high as homer and a 5-3 UCSB win. “It was the craziest ending to No. 11 nationally on the Collegiate Baseball Poll. They had a nine-game winning streak that was ended when USC a game I’ve ever seen,” Grover salvaged the finale of their three-game series. Against the said. “The game’s on the line, Trojans and UCLA, the Gauchos are 3-1 with a late-season and he hits it a mile foul, then another, then another. When game at UCLA remaining. “It’s nice to beat those guys,” said he straightened it out, we lost JJ Muno, a second baseman from our minds. There’s no better Hermosa Beach. “They get all the way to win than a walk-off big-name high school recruits. Santa home run.” Checketts observed, “We Barbara is a school unmatched in my seem to be timely in everything mind. I wanted to be part of it.” Muno, a sparkplug-type of player we do.” The skipper hopes the on the field and running the base paths, had to wait his magic continues now that turn to become a Gaucho regular, as did two of the team’s offensive stars, catcher Dempsey GroCOMING UP TALL: UCSB’s sure-handed Clay Fisher scoops up a grounder. Coach ver and designated hitter Andrew Checketts calls him “the best defensive shortstop I’ve ever seen.” Josh Adams. All three are redshirt sophomores; a freshman, too. With 100 chances so far this year, his record they sat out their first year in school, and they is as smooth as his face — no booted grounders, no bad saw just limited action throws, no errors at all.“Fisher is the best defensive shortstop last year on a team that I’ve ever seen,” Checketts said. “His hands are so good. He’s had 11 players drafted or a special player.” signed by major-league Steady senior Ryan Clark provides experience at third organizations. base after three years as a reserve player. Speedy junior cenDuring their years terfielder Andrew Calica, the leadoff hitter, is flanked by veteran Billy Frederick in left and dynamic freshman as understudies, the younger players built up Michael McAdoo in right. a supply of fuel, and now It’s been a good year for daytime college baseball. Westmont has been hitting and pitching up a storm in the Monthey are burning it. tecito hills — a 24-6 record through last week — and will “We’re all in the same boat,” Grover said.“We’ve host Bethesda of Anaheim on Friday-Saturday (doublespent two or three years header), April 1-2. UCSB’s next home stand at Caesar UyeNO PLACE LIKE HOME: Josh Adams (#25) joins the celebration in the Gaucho dugout after he clubbed a home run saka Stadium begins Friday, April 15, against Northridge. getting better and getting against UCLA. hungry. To be part of that team of good leaders, we ON TO RIO: The U.S. women’s water polo team, which want their legacy to live on. We’re starting to get at-bats, and the Gauchos are about to begin their conference schedule starts three former area high school stars — center Kami this weekend. They’ll visit the Long Beach State Dirtbags, Craig (Santa Barbara), goalie Sami Hill (Dos Pueblos), and we’re able to win a lot of games.” Grover has grown a beard that may never disappear as another Big West team that’s named in the national polls. attacker Kiley Neushul (DP) — punched its ticket to the long as he keeps making his at-bats so productive. He leads Later to be dealt with are contenders Cal State Northridge, Rio de Janeiro Olympics by rolling through a qualification the Gauchos in hitting with a .421 average.“I keep that out of Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, and UC Irvine — all boasting tournament in the Netherlands. The Americans went 8-0, my mind,” the catcher said.“I go up and plan to have a great winning records. outscoring their foes 109-28, including Italy in the final, 11-6. at-bat.You can smoke the ball at somebody and make an out, n Starting pitchers Bieber and Noah Davis have sub-3.00 but that’s a great at-bat.” earned-run averages. The third Adams, another Gaucho with neatly trimmed whiskers, weekend starter, Joe Record, has injected power into the lineup with a team-leading four was under 4.00 before USC home runs and a .649 slugging average.“I’m getting over that roughed him up in a 9-5 setback John learning curve,” he said.“I didn’t have a lot of at-bats last year last Saturday. Sophomore relief [three, to be exact, with two hits]. Our hitting philosophy pitcher Kyle Nelson had put has changed. We’re squaring up and hitting into the outfield together a massive streak of 49 consecutive innings without gaps. Before, we hit grounders into the holes.” 4/1-4/2: College Men’s Volleyball: Hawai‘i at UCSB With two weekends remaining in the Checketts explained,“We’ve got more power in the lineup allowing an earned run before regular season, both teams hope to build momentum for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation but don’t run as well as we have in the past.” UConn dinged him two weeks (MPSF) play-offs. UCSB (10-8 MPSF, 15-9 overall) is in sixth place and ranked No. 7 in the nation, Adams went deep early in UCSB’s 11-6 victory over ago. just ahead of Hawai‘i (9-9, 14-9). After hosting the Rainbow Warriors on Friday and Saturday, the UCLA on March 1, and his two-run shot in the second “We really play defense,” Gauchos will also be home for their next two matches, Wednesday (4/6) against No. 6 Pepperdine inning against USC gave the Gauchos all the runs they Checketts added. At the heart of and Saturday (4/9) against No. 4 Stanford. UCSB’s 68 senior setter Jonah Seif, a two-time Allneeded, with ace hurler Shane Bieber on the mound. UCSB’s fielding prowess is shortAmerican, is nearing the end of his stellar career. 7pm. Robertson Gym, UCSB. $5-$8. Call 893-UCSB The most memorable blast of the season so far came from stop Clay Fisher, a sophomore (8272) or visit ucsbgauchos.com. first baseman Austin Bush, a true sophomore. With the who is so good that he started as

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hen it was announced last year that chardonnay), Sta. Rita Hills (pinot noir), and Paso the Clos Pepe vineyard in the Sta. Rita Robles (cabernet sauvignon, zinfandel). The prices Hills would be leased out for the fore- run between just $15-$30, representing rather pheseeable future and that the Clos Pepe nomenal values that can be found on both restaurant Estate brand would go on hiatus, there was collective lists and on grocery store shelves. concern about what would happen to the brand’s—if “It’s about taking a step back,” said Hagen of the not the region’s—most vocal proponent, winemaker appellation-focus approach. “Let’s not worry about Wes Hagen. But just a few months later, Hagen was vineyard designating every vineyard that may or hired by the widely respected Miller family, who may not deserve it. Let’s understand what the flavor owns Bien Nacido, Soloprofiles of the AVAs are.” mon Hills, and French Hoping to steadily grow the Camp vineyards as well as brand from its current 5,000-plus major production facilicases to 50,000 cases during the next 10 years, Hagen also plans to ties in both Santa Maria and Paso Robles. open a tasting room in Los OliAs consulting winevos this summer that will further maker and brand ambasthe educational mission. “I want sador, Hagen’s job is to to make it a museum of Central Coast AVAs, with maps, notes, and enliven J. Wilkes, the brand first created 16 years dirt,” he said. “People who come ago by longtime Miller in curious about Santa Barbara family employee Jeff WilCounty and Paso Robles can learn kes. Selling grapes from from myself and my staff all about the Santa Maria Valley for the soils and the climate, taste the 20 years, Wilkes helped wines, and get a sense of place to make Bien Nacido one of ground them in what these individual AVAs can do.” He believes the most recognized vineit will be a great “starting point” for yards in the world before passing away in 2010.“The people to understand the Central Santa Maria Valley was Coast and gain the insight needed really Jeff Wilkes’s home, to deepen their interest. THE AVA WAY: Wes Hagen is focused on growing and he knew Bien Nacido So far, the biggest part of the J. Wilkes brand and educating the public and Solomon Hills probHagen’s job is traveling around the about American Viticultural Areas in S.B. County ably better than any winecountry to sell J. Wilkes in other and Paso Robles. maker in history,” said markets; he’s hit a dozen states in just seven months, clocking in Hagen. “He would have wanted the wines to continue in that tradition of around 20,000 miles on the road. Luckily, despite balance and elegance.” the long hours, the actual deals have been fairly easy. Though Wilkes started his brand on single-vine- “When people are being shown brands right now, yard bottlings — like the still-very-much-alive 2001 the most resistance comes when someone brings in Bien Nacido that Hagen and I shared over lunch at another Napa cab for $100 that has no history,” said the Wine Cask in December—the modern J. Wil- Hagen.“With 16 years of history at J. Wilkes, there are kes brand showcases the various appellations of the people who knew Jeff or who knew the wine before Central Coast. Right now, the list of American Viti- I came on. And with the price point at $15-$30 retail, cultural Areas, or AVAs, under the J. Wilkes spotlight everything about it makes it easy to sell.” —Matt Kettmann are the Santa Maria Valley (pinot noir, pinot blanc, See jwilkes.com.

GET DOWN TO BRASS TAPS: Lindsay and Seth Anderson’s Brass Bear Brewing is now open on Anacapa Street.

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o local and keep it simple” is the guiding principle behind Brass Bear Brewing Company, the new Funk Zone spot by the husband-andwife team of Seth and Lindsay Anderson. Such terms get thrown around frequently, but that ethos is intricately woven into every aspect of the bustling bistro on Anacapa Street, which opened on February 24. Take the combination skewer platter, for instance. Succulent Watkins Ranch chicken and beef from Ojai, slightly spicy pork sausage from San Luis Obispo’s Alle-Pia, and seasonal vegetables from Harvest Santa Barbara are draped across a rosemary-thyme potato pancake (a nod to a recipe Seth’s mom made in their Virginia home) and served with zippy tzatziki made in-house from cow and goat yogurt, dill, olive oil, mint, and red onion. “We’ve been putting everything we have into this,” said Seth, whose breezy space features mountain views, handcrafted tables, art (including a painting by Lindsay’s mom), their iconic bear logo (designed by Lindsay), wood walls that they nailed in themselves, and bunting hanging from the ceiling made out of their wedding tablecloth. The couple met in New York City in 2009 and left their jobs in finance and marketing for greener pastures when, according to Seth, “A dog and a backyard became more important than a paycheck.” Lindsay’s hometown of Santa Barbara offered the space and nature they craved as well as an urban-epicurean spirit. Plus, as Lindsay realized, “The Funk Zone’s missing more beer, food, and champagne.” So the couple moved their home-brewing operations to Pure Order Brewery, where they’re sharing space to produce their Hopping Grizzly Double IPA and Cave Age Lager. Those are on tap now, as are other thoughtfully chosen California beers and wines and one foreigner: Sweden’s easy-drinking Rekorderlig Cider. On the menu front, Brass Bear serves charcuterie, grilled cheese with fillings from C’est Cheese on Deux Bakery bread (such as Prosciutto Americano, Holey Cow, and Clothbound Cheddar on fresh-herb rosemary bread), and a selection of sides. They also plan to offer monthly food-anddrink pairing classes and weekend brunch. With crowds already coming and pledging to return, the Andersons are pleased with their new enterprise. Said Lindsay, “This definitely feels like home for me.” Cookbook author David Wicht hosts the first in a series of $65 food-pairing classes on April 12, 7-9 p.m., at Brass Bear Brewing (28 Anacapa St.). Call 770-7651 or see brassbear brewing.com. —Rebecca Horrigan

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f you’ve ever been to one of Santa Barbara’s countless fundraising-with-food events, then you’ve had this moment. There’s a crowd, so you can’t quite see what booth you’re headed to, but you certainly can smell it. Woody, slightly evergreen, enveloping and enticing, mildly minty, musky — it’s sage, you realize, crisped in brown butter. Then you reach for Ca’ Dario’s trademark dish, ravioli al burro e salvia, and eat the pasta pillows with the same utter joy you’ve experienced at similar festivals before. We awarded the dish one of The Santa Barbara Independent’s first Foodie Awards for good reason. That delectable moment alone justifies why the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is honoring Dario Furlati at the 3rd Annual Fork & Cork Classic, an April 10 fundraiser at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club that will also celebrate winemaker Steve Beckmen and Jack Motter and Jeff Kramer of Ellwood Canyon Farms. “It feels good, as it is nice to be appreciated,” said Furlati, who’s cooked in town since 1988 and today owns the ever-popular trattoria Ca’ Dario at East Victoria and Anacapa streets (opened 1997) and its adjacent pizzeria (opened 2012). “I am lucky to have my own restaurant and am able to help and support causes in a small way.”

Furlati’s first taste of the trade was working alongside his grandmothers while growing up in Italy. “My favorite dish is risotto, as it was the first dish that I learned to cook when I was 8 years old,” said Furlati. But the proud traditionalist also confessed, “The gnocchi I make is different from my grandmother’s, as it is much richer, but I don’t think she would mind.” Over Furlati’s nearly three decades in Santa Barbara, the dining scene has Dario Furlati very much evolved. “When I first came here to chef at Pane e Vino, there were very few Italian restaurants —now we have so many choices,” he explained. And those choices will soon expand further, as the Ca’ Dario empire is also growing. “We are excited to be spreading out to open another Ca’ Dario trattoria-pizzeria in Goleta,” Furlati divulged, “so that some of our regular customers don’t have to —George Yatchisin come in to town.” courtesy

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ith chefs achieving rock-star status these days, it’s no longer a secret that Santa Barbara City College’s Culinary Arts program is an awesome and affordable jumpingoff point for aspiring Emeril Lagasses and Bobby Flays. For more than 45 years, classes such as Meat Analysis, Advanced Pastries, and Sanitation have laid the groundwork for students who’ve taken over such Santa Barbara kitchens as bouchon, The Palace Grill, and San Ysidro Ranch or opened their own restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. ALLEZ CUISINE! Student chefs in SBCC’s Culinary Arts Department, “They can be as successful as their abilities like Rebekah Kim (above), will host a fundraiser dinner on April 11. and drive take them,” said the department’s chair, Randy Bublitz, who’s been at SBCC since teaches Restaurant Ownership at SBCC — is 1993 and currently oversees about 120 students in hosting a Spanish-themed fundraising dinner prepared and served by the students under the the two-year program. And now, with the food culture craze gone direction of Chef David Rosner on April 11. “The global, there’s a study-abroad component, taking money that comes from the sale of tickets to this a couple dozen students to Europe for a month dinner or donations is divided out for the students each summer. Last year was France, and this year going to Spain,” said Bublitz, noting that last year’s “they’re going to be studying the food and bever- students had about $900 knocked off the overall age culture of Spain and Portugal,” said Bublitz, cost.“Essentially, they’re working for their supper.” whose students will be based in Madrid but also — Matt Kettmann visit Toledo to the south as well as Lisbon and Porto in Portugal. “They’ll be getting lectures, The Wine Cask’s SBCC Culinary exploring markets, and visiting production faciliArts fundraiser for studyties like wineries, olive mills, bakeries, and sauabroad students is on Monday, April 11, at 6 p.m. sage- and salami-making facilities.” For the $150 tickets, call 730-4401 or see sbcc.edu/ To help defray the costs of the $6,500 trip, the culinaryhotel. Wine Cask — whose co-owner Mitchell Sjerven

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Wahoo’s Fish Taco is no longer listed as a tenant on the website for Hollister Village Plaza, 7000 Hollister Avenue. I’m also told that the “Wahoos coming soon” sign is no longer in the window of the place they were to occupy. THE NOOK COMING TO THE FUNK ZONE:

Reader Barbary tells me that Brigitte Guehr, owner of Brigitte restaurant at 1325 State Street (now Opal), is opening a new place named The Nook in the Funk Zone. I don’t know if The Nook will offer food or wine or both or neither.

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Brendan:“L’s Kitchen in the Funk Zone has closed. It was a kitchen run by a catering business, but also was open on the weekdays as an eatery serving baked goods, breakfast and lunch. A review on Yelp, apparently posted by the owner, says ‘Due to huge rent increase, L’s Kitchen is closing.’ ”

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BLUE OWL TO OFFER DINNER: Reader Annie sent word that Blue Owl at 5 West Canon Perdido Street will start serving dinner on April 7. Here is a message from its website: “Finally, a place to go between lunch at the Blue Owl and Late Night at the Blue Owl — dinner at the Blue Owl! Join us for a very special evening this coming First Thursday for the launch of our new dinner menu. There will be live music, craft beer, specialty cocktails, delicious wine, sexy people, and of course items from the new dinner menu itself.” NEW OWNERSHIP AT HAPPY HARRY’S: This

month, Happy Harry’s Produce Market at 7020 Calle Real in Goleta is celebrating its seventh year in business. Area gas station guru John Price is buying Happy Harry’s and plans to increase its food selection for the neighborhood west of Glen Annie. “There will be a complete upgrade of the store along with a top-notch deli that will be run by David Reardon, the former head chef of the Bacara,” said Price.“David is a class act, and he will do a wonderful job.”

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TRUE COLORS: Marc Sucher (left) draws in pencil before adding color and dark edges with ink pen to create vivid art like his “CyberPhil” (above).

liaison, and others at the Alpha Resource Center (ARC) of Santa Barbara. It evolved naturally from ARC’s art studio program in the 1980s, and Dumm said that originally “the intent was to see what the artists would produce on their own, without influence from instructional staff.” Dumm said that the artists themselves motivate her struggles behind the scenes to fund the gallery and facilitate the artwork. “Observing SlingShot artists discover their creative voice is inspiring … The hard work and long hours drift away when I see our artists being valued for their art,” she said. While Sucher is just one of 39 artists who fill the gallery’s roster, his story is a great example of how the program is helping a dedicated artist develop his art career. Dumm said that after working at SlingShot, Sucher “has more confidence in himself as

an artist and person” and that he talks to visitors of the gallery about how the program has changed his life. Dumm said that artists find their way to SlingShot by word of mouth and that the artists themselves get to choose their medium, from fiber to ceramics to drawing and painting and more. Besides giving them confidence, SlingShot’s gallery sales also help the artists out financially. Dumm said that when their work sells, they receive half the price (with the rest going back into the program to buy art supplies). Dumm said she hopes the program can be self-sustaining eventually, but for now they rely on donations and grants to keep things going. Ultimately, Dumm said she has been surprised by how the SlingShot gallery is changing the way artists with developmental disabilities are perceived. “Art is powerful … There is an awareness of changing attitudes.” — Maureen Foley

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After the strength of Cellars’ song “I Won’t Be Falling In Love,” one can’t help but think Ariel Pink had a way of slightly dampening this L.A.-based electronic popster’s luster. As producer, Pink adds his graffiti grit and neon-AM radio glow, which sometimes works great, like on “Do You Miss Me?” but renders other songs shallow —“I’m Feeling” sounds like a lost dance record from the 1980s that time was better off forgetting. There are some hits here, especially “Curse Your Love,” probably the most Pink of the bunch and easily the coolest, and the Spandau Ballet/Tears for Fears–like “Still in Love,” but this album overall is more glitter than gold. — RD

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Brazil’s Grupo Corpor Dances at the Granada The UCSB Arts & Lectures series consistently offers a diverse lineup of performers who bring various artistic landscapes from all over the world to Santa Barbara. On April 2, A&L presents Grupo Corpo, Brazil’s leading contemporary dance company. The troupe takes the Granada stage for a 40th-anniversary celebration of its signature hybrid dance style, which merges ballet and contemporary Afro-Brazilian movement traditions for a vital and unique experience of dance. Grupo Corpo features the choreography of Rodrigo Pederneiras, who describes the foundation of his dance style as deeply rooted in classic ballet techniques but embellished and reimagined using popular and social Afro-Brazilian dance and musical elements. This melding of styles creates a new language of movement that transforms both original dance forms into something fresh, colorful, and exciting. The work of Grupo Corpo has been described as sensual and inventive, and their staged productions, including sets and costumes, are a dazzling example of the lively and diverse elements of Brazilian culture. In four decades, Grupo Corpo has experienced several phases of growth and development. Pederneiras became involved as the troupe’s resident choreographer in the late 1980s. His vision provided a shift in the company’s movement language as they began to integrate the vibrant styles of popular, contemporary, and classic Brazilian dancing with ballet traditions. “The choreography,” he said, “is the expression of our story, with references to our choreographic universe and the people who participate in it.” This special anniversary performance features two works: “Suíte Branca” (choreographed by Cassi Abranches) and “Dança Sinfônica” (choreography by Pederneiras). “I’m very lucky to work with people I trust,” Pederneiras acknowledged. “My time is spent exclusively on artistic matters, and that’s a privilege. Choreographing is an artistic endeavour that involves both solitude and direct contact with people, and I really love that combination.” For the full story, see independent.com/grupocorpo. — Maggie Yates

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t’s fair to say that Jennifer Koh has “Beethoven was incredibly revolutionary, Beethoven on the brain. “I’m thinking both in terms of radically changing the role about music all the time — practically of the artist in society and also on a purely every moment,” said the virtuoso violinist musical level,” Koh noted in an interview. in a recent interview.“Even now, it’s playing in “With Mozart and Haydn, the development the background [of my brain].” of musical material is so seamless that it’s kind Nevertheless, she hadn’t stopped to con- of hidden. In Beethoven’s music, you hear the sider the enormous role the brain plays in struggle.” music-making, controlling everything from Unfortunately, that freshness and boldness memorization to motor skills. That changed can easily be missed today.“What can happen abruptly one night during the summer of is we start passively listening to it and think 2014, when, following an accident, she landed of it as just ‘pretty music,’” she said. “I want to facedown onto a piece of New York City shift how people hear it, and I think you can pavement. do that by pairing it with new music. [PlacKoh didn’t realize it ing Beethoven in this at first, but she had sufnew context] shifts how I play it but also fered a serious concushow listeners listen sion. It was four or five weeks before she had to it. Hopefully, there the cognitive power to is a transformative truly understand what response.” was happening to her, Those who heard by Tom Jacobs and four months before Koh perform last she could resume her April at Hahn Hall concert career. She are familiar with this spent two of those months in a dark room, dynamic: Her program included Beethoven’s forbidden from reading or playing music—a famous Kreutzer Sonata and a new work by period of “cognitive rest” during which her Vijay Iyer, who is best known as a jazz artist.“I brain gradually healed itself. feel lucky to be part of a community of comNot surprisingly, she’s now fascinated by posers,” she said. “They inspire me! Andrew the workings of the brain, so much so that is writing a violin concerto for me, which during a recent residency at Duke Univer- will premiere with the Los Angeles Chamber sity, she had her brain scanned as she read, Orchestra two seasons from now. Vijay is also listened to, and thought about music. The writing a new violin concerto for me, which MRI revealed that her motion-related neural will premiere in Ojai in 2017. I feel very gratenetworks were active in all three conditions, ful to have them as collaborators.” suggesting her gray matter was preparing for Koh is especially excited about Norman’s “Bridgings,” which she and Wosner will her to pick up her violin and start playing. Those sections will be firing on all cylin- perform Tuesday night before and between ders Tuesday, April 5, when Koh and pianist the Beethoven works. “I asked him to pair Shai Wosner will present the second of their his work with these sonatas because it seems Bridge to Beethoven recitals at the Music to me he is at roughly the same point in his Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall. The UCSB career that Beethoven was when he wrote Arts & Lectures presentation will feature the these sonatas — that is, entering his middle composer’s three Sonatas for Violin and Piano, period,” she explained. “It was an instinctive Op. 30, plus three new works that acclaimed choice, but he was very happy with it, and the American composer Andrew Norman wrote music is spectacular.” for this program. In other words, it was a no-brainer.

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Praised for her inventive and beautiful writing, Macdonald will take audiences through her searing and life-changing journey to raise a goshawk – one of nature’s fiercest predators – to cope with the sudden loss of her father.

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“Stevenson may, indeed, be America’s Mandela.” – Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times Author of the acclaimed book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson will deliver a moving account of the lives he has defended and make an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.

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Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living WED, APR 20 / 7:30 PM (note special time) UCSB CAMPBELL HALL $15 / $10 all students Creator and host of the Peabody Awardwinning radio program On Being, Krista Tippett is celebrated for her exploration of life’s central questions: What does it mean to be human, and how do we want to live? Tippett’s newest book is Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living.

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BLAZING GLORY: Steadfast, straightforward, and cognizant of context (both cultural and theological), Lecrae walks the border between hip-hop and the Evangelical church.

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ecrae has got a certain type of swagger. when it first started to happen. But then I It’s understandable; his seven studio realized that I was in good company. From albums, millions of records sold, two the Martin Luther Kings of this world to even Grammy Awards, and three nominations Jesus himself, none of them were ever enough have thrust the Houston-born 36-year-old of everything for people, but they were so rapper from the category of Christian/Gospel impactful. So, for me, I just realized that I had and into the mainstream. to grow. If you’re gonna call shots, then you’re “Sidelines,” the fourth track from his gonna take shots. That’s just the way it goes. 2016 release Church Clothes 3, captures it For every 10 people you influence, there’s one (the swagger, that is). Cognizant of context critic. That’s just the nature of things.You have (both cultural and theological), steadfast, to adapt to it. and straightforward, Lecrae walks the border between two divergent cultures — hip-hop Do you think that working with more estaband the Evangelical church — with a diligent lished hip-hop acts has helped stoke some of that criticism? Yeah, I think that by now, if confidence that’s managed to irk both sides. As a rapper, Lecrae’s cadence is sharp and you’re a Lecrae fan, you know that’s just my his verses succinct, both in meaning and DNA. You realize and you appreciate that. feeling. Most of the music sounds good: per- I think my fans appreciate that. They’re not really prude or obnoxious or cussive and resonant, never coming unhinged (though über-religious in a way that’s rarely loosening up). For distant from the world we live every dose of confrontain. They can walk in different tion, there’s a spoonful of worlds, and that’s what they playful anthems and sweet appreciate about my art. It bangers — a full-enough doesn’t just sit nice and neat. spectrum for an artist so Like, last night, someone asked by Jake Blair obviously tasked with temme about what artists I’m excited about or inspired by, perance. In 2004, Lecrae cofounded the label Reach and I can answer an artist on my label, Andy Records, which grants him the opportunity Mineo, and Kendrick Lamar at the same time to build a team that champions his style. He’s for totally different reasons. The crowd gets reigning NBA MVP Stephen “Steph” Curry’s just as excited for both guys. favorite rapper and a self-proclaimed “anomaly,” changing the game by pressing boundar- Here’s a hypothetical: Someone approaches ies and limits, putting up undeniable numbers you on your way out of church on Sunday. They all the while. Whether he’s now beholden to tell you they love your music and ask you to those same numbers remains to be seen. For recommend five hip-hop albums as an intro to Lecrae, the best path to stay on seems to be the the genre. What do you say? Off the top of my one he continues to blaze for himself. head … If we’re talking about appreciating I recently spoke with Lecrae over the hip-hop as a culture … Like, you may not phone about his experience fluctuating jive with everything content-wise, or be able between cultures, and what might lie ahead to relate … I’d say Midnight Marauders by A musically for the rapper who happens to be Tribe Called Quest, Aquemini by Outkast, The Black Album by Jay Z … I’ll give you All Eyez Christian. on Me by Tupac, and… Illmatic by Nas.

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Fool’s Cool by Richie Demaria chillest month: April is the foolish month, wrote T.S. Eliot once, or maybe not quite. While I never found April to be particularly cruel — if anything, it’s my favorite month — it certainly is a cool time to play the fool, what with its first day being one for the clowns and merrymakers among us. And since I personally drew The Fool in a January tarot reading about my future, it seems high time for me to tell you where best to get your fun-loving done in the coming week — no fooling. Tonight, Thursday, March 31, it’s time to put your smallest pair of pants on as mr little Jeans takes the Velvet Jones stage. But make no mistakes — hers is a big-britches sound, full of icy electronics, nocturnal bass lines, and haunting vocals, all of which make her one of the best and most exciting electronic pop singers of the moment. Or you could consider booking a layovr at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club as you wait for March to become April. This is the absolute last day of the month, so make it count. The band will have just released its newest EP, which shows what makes them such a unique band: Imagine reggae touched up with sprinkles and swashes of electronics and then paired with huge, almost hair-metal type riffs, as if Van Halen’s “Jump” came from the Caribbean. On the first of the month, a Friday, you’d be a fool not to seize on one of the day’s several outstanding-looking concerts. The Funzone has gone to the canines, with Ohio’s pop-punk band All Dogs coming to bat at the beloved beachside batting cages. Returning to the roster will be Funzone friends/family honey maid. Meanwhile at Velvet Jones is a big show presented by KCRW, the Tropical Elevation North American Tour featuring Quantic, Xenia Rubinos, and our very own Givers & takers. It may not be the 20th day of April, but this could be the time to fool around with a similar headspace, with such ultra-chill and tropical sounds raining down upon you. April is the chillest month, as T.S. Eliot also once wrote. Where would maps be without geographers? They’d be no place at all. Should you find yourself disoriented by all the people incessantly fooling you on April 1, follow the dotted line to SOhO, where musical mapmaker Geographer charts mature and colorful electronic pop and Italo disco, a bit like Caribou. His scene may be stolen by show-mates the crookes, who have a way of stealing things, such as the hearts of music fans around the world, or time, like in their song “I Wanna Waste My Time on You.”You will likely wish you could steal more time from the world to enjoy one more song when they play. Rounding out the weekend on Sunday, April 3, Dante elephante is back with a big show at Velvet Jones, this time with Athens, Georgia’s rising new band mothers. For the fools who haven’t yet seen Dante Elephante live, it’s no joke — they’re great, and they play the kind of live music that leaves you feeling more excited, enthused, and energized than when you entered. And continuing the theme of foolery and fun, Santa Barbara’s heroic nerf herder is back with a vengeance. The group’s newest album, Rockingham, offers more than a smile a minute with its good-humored, geeky rock. Wear your best cosplay getup — I bet the band would get a kick out of it. So after the mayhem of March, let this April be a little more lighthearted n and a little more fun. Everybody plays the fool — so let’s play.

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SHORE THING: Peggi Kroll Roberts’s “Sun and Sea” is on view at Marcia Burtt Studio Gallery.

art exhibits MuseuMs Art, Design, & Architecture Museum– California 101: Art from the Collection; Lucile Lloyd: A Life in Murals; The Art of Colonial Latin America; and Stephen Westfall: Stars and Candy Wrappers, through May 1. UCSB, 893-2951. Elverhøj Museum – Joseph Knowles: The Evolving Pespective, through Apr. 17. 1624 Elverhoy Wy., Solvang. 686-1211. Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum – John Herd: Photography and Computer Graphics, through Apr. 30; Ann Baldwin: Scriptopics, ongoing. 21 W. Anapamu St., 962-5322. Museum of Contemporary Art S.B. – Beyond 2˚, through Jul. 24. 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 Harmer: Th T e Museum Collection, through May 29; Beverly Jackson: Stars, Snapshots and Chanel Chanel, through Oct. 16; Hidden Treasures a asures , through Oct. 16; 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 – Degas to Chagall: Important Loans from the Armand Hammer Foundation, Visions of Modernity: 20thCentury Japanese Woodblock Prints, ongoing exhibitions. 1130 State St., 963-4364. S.B. Museum of Natural History – Audubon’s Birds of America, through May 1; 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 – California’s Wild Edge: The Coast in Prints, Poetry, and History, through June 6. 1511-B Mission Dr., History Solvang, 686-8315.

Galleries Allan Hancock College Library – Children’s book illustrations, ongoing. 800 S. College Dr., Santa Maria, 922-6966. Architectural Foundation Gallery – Obie Bowman: Selected Drawings, through Apr. 1. 229 E. Victoria St., 965-6307. Art Resources – Juan Pintagallos, through Apr. 1. 512 E. Haley St.

Artamo Gallery–Ashleigh Sumner & Michael Quinlan: Art in the City, through Apr. 3. 11 W. Anapamu St., 568-1400. Bella Rosa Galleries – David Mark Lane, through Mar. 31. 1103 State St., Ste. A, 966-1707. Cancer Ctr. of S.B. – Art Heals, a permanent exhibit. 540 Pueblo St., Ste. A, 898-2204. Carpinteria Arts Ctr. – Pathways, through Apr. 18. 855 Linden Ave., Carpinteria, 684-7789. Casa de la Guerra – Reginald D. Johnson: Building Community Community, through Sep.18. 15 East De la Guerra St., 966-1279. Casa Dolores – Barro Petatillo Pottery, through Apr. 2. 1023 Bath St., 963-1032. Cheadle Hall – Visual Pleasure, through June. UCSB, 893-3535. Divine Inspiration Gallery of Fine Art – Julie Smith, through May 26. 1528 State St., 570-2446. Faulkner Gallery East –Abstract Abstract Open IIII, through Apr. 29. S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St., 962-7653. Flying Goat Cellars – Carol Kemp: Sacred Downloads: Arts as Communion, through Apr. 17. 1520-A E. Chestnut Ct., Lompoc, 736-9032. Gallery 113 – Robert Stark, through Apr. 2. La Arcada, 1114 State St., 965-6611. Gallery Los Olivos – Peggy Fletcher and Patricia Watkins, through Mar. 31; Jessika Cardinahl: Journey, through Apr. 6; Suzanne Huska, Apr. 6- May 4. 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, 688-7517. The Good Life – Sharon Foster: Coastal Beauty, through Mar. 31. 1672 Mission Dr., Beauty Solvang, 688-7111. Gray Space – Scott Gordon and David Reeser, through May 15. 219 Gray Ave., 886-0552. Lady McClintock Studios – Claudia Lash, through May. 1221 State St., Ste. 6, 845-0030 Leigh Block Gallery – Jim Hill, through Apr. 29. 2050 Alameda Padre Serra, Ste. 100, 563-8820. Los Olivos Café – John Card: Return of Potpourri, through May 5. 2870 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, 688-7265. Lucky Penny – Campbell Baker, ongoing. 127 Anacapa St., 284-0358. Marcia Burtt Studio – Peggi Kroll Roberts and Ray Roberts, through May 22. 517 Laguna St., 962-5588. Meisel Gallery of Art – Friends & Family, through May 13. Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, 2415 De la Vina St., 687-7444. MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery – construct > deconstruct deconstruct, through Apr. 17. 132 Santa Barbara St., 963-1411.

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Arlington Theatre – 1317 State St., 963-4408. fri: Elvis Costello (9pm) thu: Third Eye Blind (8pm) The Barrel Room – 414 N. Salsipuedes St., 965-7985. fri: Al Vafa (6pm) Blind Tiger – 409 State St., 957-4111. fri: Tommy Alexander (8pm) Chumash Casino Resort – 3400 E. Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez, (800) 686-0855. thu: Aaron Lewis (8pm) thu: Blackberry Smoke (8pm) Cold Spring Tavern – 5995 Stagecoach Rd., 967-0066. fri: Grass Mountain (7-10pm) sat: Valerie Mulberry (2-5pm); Cuyama Mama and the Hotflashes (6-9pm) sun: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan (1:154pm); Phantom Pomps (4:307:30pm) Dargan’s – 18 E. Ortega St., 568-0702. thu: Dannsair (6pm) sat: Live Music (10pm) tue: Karaoke (9pm) thu: Dannsair (6:30pm) Eos Lounge – 500 Anacapa St., 564-2410.

Vanity Thursdays Yacht Club Fridays #ExpectGreatness Saturdays Bailamos Salsa Night Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. – 137 Anacapa St., 694-2255. wed: Acoustic Singer/Songwriter Showcase Wednesdays (6:30pm) Funzone – 226 S. Milpas St., 962-6666. thu: All Dogs, Honey Maid (8pm) Lobero Theatre – 33 E. Canon Perdido St., 963-0761. thu: Mack Avenue Superband Featuring Gary Burton, Tia Fuller, Sean Jones, and the Christian McBride Trio (8pm) sat: It’s Magic! (2 & 6:30pm) thu: Arlo Guthrie (8pm) thu: fri: sat: wed:

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MultiCultural Ctr. –Vibiana AparicioChamberlin: Paz y Amor: Make Peace Peace, through Jun. 10. UCSB, 893-7609. Oliver & Espig Gallery of Fine Arts–Tielle Monette and Sergey Fedotov, ongoing. 1108 State St., 962-8111. Pacifica Graduate Institute – Mythic Threads: Art, Healing and Magic in Bali Bali, ongoing. 801 Ladera Ln., 879-7103. Porch Gallery Ojai – Ramon Ramirez: Paradise Now Now, through Apr. 3. 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 Oak Winery – Mike Brady: Evolving Visions-Wall Sculpture, through Apr. 30. 1582 Mission Dr., Solvang, 688-1338. S.B. Artwalk – Arts & Craft Show, ongoing Sundays. Cabrillo Blvd. at State St. S.B. Tennis Club – Marianna Victoria Mashek: Fairie Tales, through Apr. 1; John Haugse, Apr. 4- May 6. 2375 Foothill Rd., 682-4722. 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 – Patricia Childlaw: Departures, through Apr. 3; American Figurative, through May 1; Nell Brooker Mayhem, through May 1. 7 E. Anapamu St., 730-1460. Sundial Studios – Carlos Cortes, Apr. 7-May. 715 Kimball St., 963-8332. Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art – Primed: Westmont Senior Graduate Exhibition, Apr. 7-May 7. 955 La Paz Rd., 565-6162.

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Program Beethoven: Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, op. 30, no. 1 Beethoven: Sonata in G Major for Violin and Piano, op. 30, no. 3 Beethoven: Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Piano, op. 30, no. 2 Andrew Norman: Short and new works interspersed

Eric Hutchinson SOhO Restaurant & Music Club – 1221 State St., 962-7776. thu: 2020 A Year Without War presents Music Against Skepticism (7:30pm) fri: Geographer, The Crookes (9pm) sat: Pimps of Joy, Greyhounds (9pm) sun: Eric Hutchinson, Tess Henley (8pm) mon: SBCC Jazz Combos (7pm) tue: Girls, Guns & Glory, Nate Latta (8pm) wed: A Fundraiser for SBHS Theatre Ft. Soul Biscuit (6:30pm) thu: Zeal Levin, Jade Hendrix, Tony Ybarra, DJ Darla Bea (8:30pm) Standing Sun Winery – 92 Second St., Unit D, Buellton, 904-8072. sat: The Ruben Lee Dalton Band (7pm) Uptown Lounge – 3126 State St., 845-8800. thu: Bullfrog Blues Band (7pm) Velvet Jones – 423 State St., 965-8676. thu: Mr Little Jeans, Sego, Elline (8:30pm) fri: KCRW Presents: Quantic, Xenia Rubinos, Givers & Takers (8pm) sat: Ezale (8pm) sun: Mothers, Dante Elephante, Thick Business (8pm) tue: Nerf Herder (6pm) wed: Red Fang, Golden Void, Naked Walrus (8pm) thu: Freddie Gibbs (8pm)

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“One of America’s most satisfying – and most enterprising – quartets.” Los Angeles Times The Avery Fisher Prize-winners performs a broad range of repertoire at an exceptional level, always striving to channel and fulfill the composer’s vision. Program

Thomas Adès: The Four Quarters Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, op. 36 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, op. 127

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Batman v Superman Why Are Superheroes Fighting One Another?

f anything, 2016 will go down as the Year of Superhero Civil Wars. Over the weekend, Batman fought Superman to a boffo box office in DC’s Warner Bros.–backed Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, proving critic-proof and shattering records as it grossed $400 million worldwide. Despite an onslaught of mixed-to-negative reviews, the audience has spoken. Next month, Disney/Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War pits Team Cap against Team Iron Man in a battle over nationwide superhero regulation. If a government-enacted superhero registry sounds familiar, that’s because this concept has already been explored between mutants in enterprise, to be continued with X-Men: Apocalypse on May 27. February’s R-rated sleeper Deadpool threw in X-Men’s Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead. So why are so many heroes going mano-a-supermano? Since their inception, superhero comics publishers DC Comics and Marvel Comics have maintained a tradition of crossovers and team-ups between their characters — a sales gimmick to engage readers and sell more titles. To many, a movie titled Batman v Superman may seem oxymoronic. Aren’t these two on the same side? World’s Finest, Justice League of America, Super Friends, etc.? While BvS might sound like a latex-clad lawsuit to the average moviegoer, well-versed comics readers know Zack Snyder’s follow-up to his 2013 Man of Steel takes its cues from cartoonist Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, a future-shock, alternate-continuity saga which—alongside Alan Moore’s postmodern, quasi-parody Watchmen — signaled a sea change in 1986, forever altering comics by, namely, questioning the role of a superhero. (Snyder, incidentally, directed 2009’s Watchmen film.) Miller’s mini-series has cast a “grim ’n’ gritty” shadow over superheroes ever since (also influencing Tim Burton’s and Christopher Nolan’s Batman films). It’s not enough to throw the Caped Crusader against the Son of Krypton, so in BvS, Wonder Woman makes her big-screen debut (The Lego Movie notwithstanding). BvS also cameos Aquaman, The Flash, and Cyborg (soon receiving their own movies). The goal: to set up

DAWN OF RUCKUS: Batman v Superman is just the beginning of superhero-versus-superhero films.

two Justice League super-team movies (as suggested by the BvS subtitle “Dawn of Justice”) and establish a DC cinematic universe through an annual slate of superhero epics, much as Marvel has with the Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor movies prefacing 2012’s super-group outing The Avengers. (Interestingly, Marvel and DC are now influencing non-superhero franchises: 10 Cloverfield Lane is part of the “Cloververse”; a Ghostbusters-verse is in development.) Perhaps our appetite to see these iconic characters clash reflects where we’re at as a society. In our post9/11, Facebook-fueled world—where politicians are no longer taken at face value, governments aren’t trusted, and people debate whether entities such as Anonymous and Edward Snowden are just—the traditional “Good vs. Evil” now seems quaint. Maybe in complicated times, we prefer our superheroes darker and morally ambiguous. Not-so-Super Friends, anyone? —Michael Aushenker

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NOW SHOWING 10 Cloverfield Lane (105 mins.; PG-13) It has a lot to live up to, this sequel to the brilliant, innovative and genuinely frightening Cloverfield. The personnel are beyond dream team; J.J. Abrams produced, brilliant directors Matt Reeves and Drew Goddard advised, and Damien (Whiplash) Chazelle worked the script over. And though it is subtly innovative, beginning with a mysterious abduction and morphing into phantasmagoria, the film is just mostly good. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman star. (DJP) Camino Real/Metro 4 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (151 mins.; PG-13)

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Take Me to the River the beloved heroes turned into simpering, self-reflective, and violent dopes. The action scenes, when they finally occur, are murky and boring. Most pertinent of all, the plot hinges on the fact that both superheroes had mommies named Martha: superdumb. (DJP) Arlington (2D)/Camino Real (2D)/ Metro 4 (2D and 3D)

City of Gold (96 mins.; R) Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Jonathan Gold narrates this documentary that highlights the growing cultural movement of food and food writing. Plaza de Oro

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Marvel’s experiment in adult-portion superhero moviemaking is an almost pure success. Brash, sexual, vulgar, and extremely violent, the film, which stars Ryan Reynolds as a manufactured mutant with a very bad attitude and a very sharp wit, gets past its own gory excesses with self-referential jokes and fanboy-friendly pop-culture references. It does pander to audiences that liked Kick-Ass, but the film’s pace is the star, brilliantly mixing origin story with revenge tale. It’s decidedly not for kids, though. (DJP) Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo The Divergent Series: Allegiant – Part 1 (121 mins.; PG-13) It isn’t just bad acting, and this film proves that Shailene Woodley is no Jennifer Lawrence, but the story itself keeps obstructing what is basically a good science-fiction film. Director Robert Schwentke keeps getting bad scripts like R.I.P.D. and The Time Traveler’s Wife that he dresses up in surprisingly sunny ways. (He’s the anti-film-noir sci-fi guy.) This movie has a lot of future feeling, but every time Tris (Woodley) makes out with Four (Theo James), the plot dies. The idea of YA science fiction is equal parts grim and romantic. So far no director has captured that blend on a big screen. (DJP) Camino Real/Fiesta 5

O Embrace of the Serpent (125 mins.; NR)

Colombian director Ciro Guerra takes us on a slow, black-and-white tour of the Amazon River basin, sliding between tales of two white scientists from different eras blundering into cultural labyrinths. A cross between Heart of Darkness and 2001: A Space Odyssey, Guerra’s film is painstakingly gorgeous all the way through, but although art films are allowed to be slow and loose — this clocks in at two hours but feels longer — they still need to feel tightly woven with meanings. Be patient. His jungle demon dreams will infiltrate your own. (DJP) Plaza de Oro Eye in the Sky (102 mins.; R) Helen Mirren and the late Alan Rickman star in this film that addresses the moral, political, and personal dilemmas of drone warfare. Paseo Nuevo God’s Not Dead 2 (121 mins.; PG) In this Christian-based film’s sequel, Melissa Joan Hart plays a high school teacher whose response to a question about Jesus from a student sends her to court. Fiesta 5 Hello, My Name Is Doris (95 mins.; R) Inspired by a motivational speaker, Doris (Sally Field) decides to pursue May-September romance. Fiesta 5 I Saw the Light (123 mins.; R) Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen star as Hank and Audrey Williams in this biopic about the late great countrywestern singer. Plaza de Oro London Has Fallen (99 mins.; R) Leaders of the Western world come to London to attend the funeral of the British prime minister, who died a mysterious death. Once there, a plot to kill them all is revealed, and only the top MI-6 agent (Charlotte Riley) and the head of the Secret Service (Gerard Butler) can stop it. Metro 4

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (111 mins.; R) Despite being an unmarried, smartmouthed, exasperated go-getter, Kim Baker (Tina Fey) is not Liz Lemon in the Middle East. Or, at least, the film doesn’t want her to be. A journalist who takes a job as a war correspondent in Afghanistan to unshackle herself from her cubicle and lame boyfriend, Baker’s initial desire to find herself culminates in her losing herself to the strange highs of war reporting. While this is an interesting turn, and fellow journalists Iain MacKelpie (Martin Freeman) and Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie) are charming foils for Fey, the film feels too long and struggles to find a consistent tone as it injects humor into the horrors of war. (NC) Metro 4

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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): According to my astrological analysis, you would benefit profoundly from taking a ride in a jet fighter plane 70,000 feet above the earth. In fact, I think you really need to experience weightlessness as you soar faster than the speed of sound. Luckily, there’s an organization, MiGFlug (migflug.com), that can provide you with this healing thrill. (I just hope you can afford the $18,000 price tag.) APRIL FOOL! I do in fact think you should treat yourself to unprecedented thrills and transcendent adventures. But I bet you can accomplish that without being quite so extravagant.

(June 21-July 22): “Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting,” warns Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. If that’s true, why bother? Why expend all your precious yearning if the net result won’t even satisfy your yearning?! That’s why I advise you to ABANDON YOUR BELOVED PLANS! Save your energy for trivial wishes. That way you won’t be disappointed when they are fulfilled in unanticipated ways. APRIL FOOL! I was messing with you. It’s true that what you want won’t arrive in the form you’re expecting. But I bet the result will be even better than what you expected.

TAURUS

down,” he says, “offer companionship, tell her you’ve always admired her magnificent, false moves.” I think that’s an excellent plan, Libra! Maybe you’ll even be lucky enough to make the acquaintance of many different devils with a wide variety of magnificent, false moves. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, I think you should avoid contact with all devils, no matter how enticing they might be. Now is a key time to surround yourself with positive influences.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1841, a British medical journal prescribed the following remedy for the common cold: “Nail a hat on the wall near the foot of your bed, then retire to that bed, and drink spirits until you see two hats.” My expert astrological analysis reveals that this treatment is likely to cure not just the sniffles, but also any other discomforts you’re suffering from, whether physical or emotional or spiritual. So I hope you own a hat, hammer, and nails. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The method I suggested probably won’t help alleviate what ails you. But here’s a strategy that might: Get rid of anything that’s superfluous, rotten, outdated, or burdensome.

(Apr. 20-May 20): “People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages,” says philosopher Alain de Botton. If that’s true, Taurus, you must be on the verge of becoming very interesting. Metaphorically speaking, you’re not just rattling the bars of your cage. You’re also smacking your tin cup against the bars and trying to saw through them with your plastic knife. APRIL FOOL! I lied. You’re not literally in a prison cell. And I got a bit carried away with the metaphor. But there is a grain of truth to what I said. You are getting close to breaking free of at least some of your mind-forged manacles. And it’s making you more attractive and intriguing.

LEO

GEMINI

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Are you ready to fight the monster? Do you have the courage and strength and stamina and guile to overcome the ugly beast that’s blocking the path to the treasure? If not, turn around and head back to your comfort zone until you’re better prepared. APRIL FOOL! I lied. There is a monster, but it’s not the literal embodiment of a beastly adversary. Rather, it’s inside you. It’s an unripe part of yourself that needs to be taught and tamed and cared for. Until you develop a better relationship with it, it will just keep testing you. (P.S. Now would be a good time to develop a better relationship with it.)

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): To begin your oracle, I’ll borrow the words of author Ray Bradbury: “May you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days, and out of that love, remake a world.” I have reason to believe that this optimistic projection has a good chance of coming true for you. Imagine it, Sagittarius: daily swoons of delight and rapture from now until the year 2071. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. It would be foolish to predict that you’ll be giddy with amorous feelings nonstop for the next 54 years and 10 months. On the other hand, I don’t think it’s unrealistic for you to expect a lot of that sweet stuff over the course of the next three weeks.

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(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your advice for the near future comes from poet Stephen Dunn. “If the Devil sits

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I am tired of being brave,” groaned Anne Sexton in one of her poems.“I’m sick of following my dreams,” moaned comedian Mitch Hedberg,

(May 21-June 20): If I had to decide what natural phenomenon you most closely resemble right now, I’d consider comparing you to a warm, restless breeze or a busily playful dolphin. But my first choice would be the mushrooms known as Schizophyllum commune. They’re highly adaptable: able to go dormant when the weather’s dry and spring to life when rain comes. They really get around, too, making their homes on every continent except Antarctica. But the main reason I’d link you with them is that they come in over 28,000 different sexes. Their versatility is unprecedented. APRIL FOOL! I exaggerated a bit. It’s true that these days you’re polymorphous and multifaceted and wellrounded. But you’re probably not capable of expressing 28,000 varieties of anything.

(July 23-Aug. 22): You’re due to make a pilgrimage, aren’t you? It might be time to shave your head, sell your possessions, and head out on a long trek to a holy place where you can get back in touch with what the hell you’re doing here on this planet. APRIL FOOL! I was kidding about the head-shaving and possessions-dumping. On the other hand, there might be value in embarking on a less melodramatic pilgrimage. I think you’re ready to seek radical bliss of a higher order — and get back in touch with what the hell you’re doing here on this planet.

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adding,“I’m just going to ask my dreams where they’re going and hook up with them later.” In my opinion, Capricorn, you have every right to unleash grumbles similar to Hedberg’s and Sexton’s. APRIL FOOL! The advice I just gave you is only half-correct. It’s true that you need and deserve a respite from your earnest struggles. Now is indeed a good time to take a break so you can recharge your spiritual batteries. But don’t you dare feel sorry for yourself.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1991, hikers in the Italian Alps discovered the well-preserved corpse of a Bronze Age hunter. Buried in the frigid terrain, the man who came to be known as Otzi the Iceman had been there for 5,000 years. Soon the museum that claimed his body began receiving inquiries from women who wanted to be impregnated with Otzi’s sperm. I think this is an apt metaphor for you, Aquarius. Consider the possibility that you might benefit from being fertilized by an influence from long ago. APRIL FOOL! I was just messing with you. It’s true you can generate good mojo by engaging with inspirational influences from the past. But I’d never urge you to be guided by a vulgar metaphor related to Otzi’s sperm.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Caligula was an eccentric Roman emperor who had a physical resemblance to a goat. He was sensitive about it. That’s why he made it illegal for anyone to refer to goats in his company. I mention this, Pisces, because I’d like to propose a list of words you should forbid to be used in your presence during the coming weeks: “money,” “cash,” “finances,” “loot,” “savings,” or “investments.” Why? Because I’m afraid it would be distracting, even confusing or embarrassing, for you to think about these sore subjects right now. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, now is a perfect time for you to be focused on getting richer quicker.

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Legals Administer of Estate NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: FRANCES E. VILLA NO: 16PR00107 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of FRANCES E. VILLA A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: FRANCES E. VILLA in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that FRANCES E. VILLA 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 05/05/2016 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 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 (name) Thomas E. Olson 39 North California Street, Ventura, CA 93001; (805) 648‑5111 Published Mar 24, 31. Apr, 7 2016.

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FBN Withdrawal STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following persons (s) has (have) withdrawn as partner (s) from the partnership operating under: Imexaits 1364 Kenwood Road Santa Barbara, CA 93109. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 10/17/2013 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2013‑0003181. The person or entities withdrawing use of this name are as follows: Alma Peppard !364 Kenwood Road Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 29, 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 Noe Solis. Published. Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016.

Fictitious Business Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Natural Processing at 27 East Victoria St Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Craig Penner 331 Sherman Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Feb 23, 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: 2016‑0000540. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Big Property Management at 5951 Encina Suite 101 Goleta, CA 93117; Adele S Filppin 1908 Gillespie St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jacqueline L Fitch 548 Windermere Ln Arroyo Grande, CA 93420; Betty G Filppin 1027A Senda Verde Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Lauren Fuller154 La Calera Way Goleta, CA 93117: Gino P Filippino Jr 1340 Willow Street Santa Ynez CA 93460 This business is conducted by a Copartners Signed: Jacqueline Fitch Santa Barbara County on Mar 01, 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: 2016‑0000632. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JaniCare at 100‑A Adams Road Goleta, CA 93117; Siempre Manana, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Sandra Badone, President Santa Barbara County on Feb 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000492. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016.

DID YOU KNOW Information is power and content is King? Your doorway to statewide Public Notices, California Newspaper Publishers Association Smart Search Feature. Sign‑up, Enter keywords and sit back and let public notices come to you on your mobile, desktop, and tablet. For more information call Cecelia @ (916) 288‑6011 or www. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following capublicnotice.com (Cal‑SCAN) person(s) is/are doing business as: Jerry’s Auto Body at 891 FBN Abandonment 1/2 South Kellogg Goleta, CA STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT 93117, CA 93117; Gerardo 109 OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Dearborn Pl #67 Goleta, CA NAME The following Fictitious 93117 This business is conducted Business Name is being abandoned: by a Individual Signed: Gerardo Olivia Grace at 130 W. Figueroa St. Baldovinos Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara, CA 93101 The original on Mar 01, 2016. This statement statement for use of this Fictitious expires five years from the date Business Name was filed 4/20/2015 in it was filed in the Office of the the County of Santa Barbara. Original County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, file no. 2015‑0001278. The person County Clerk (SEAL) by. Noe Solis. (s) or entities abandoning use of this FBN Number: 2016‑0000633. name are as follows: Kristy Merino Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 (same address) This statement was 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 Canine Training at 514 1/2 East Sola St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Darya Brutoco (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 02, 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: 2016‑0000650. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Vista Constantia at 1747 San Marcos Pass Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Jonathan R. Zucker 315 Meigs Rd A‑109 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Sylvia M. Zucker (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Sylvia M. Zucker Santa Barbara County on Mar 02, 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: 2016‑0000635. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Theramind Center For Advanced Integrated Neurosciences, Theramind Center of Santa Barbara at 533 East Micheltorena Street Suite 202 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Advanced Intergrated Neurosciences, PC (same address) This business is conducted by a Corpororation Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 02, 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: 2016‑0000638. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Simple‑N‑Green Home Landscaping at 6186 Caleta Ave Goleta, 93117; Fred J Gore Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Fred Gore Santa Barbara County on Mar 02, 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: 2016‑0000642. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Irna R. Jones Single Mother Foundation at 6512 Segovia Rd Apt 301 Goleta, CA 93117; Louis Helms III (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Feb 10, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000420. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31.2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Best Legal Choice at 457 Paseo Del Descanso Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Frederick James Gallagher (same address) Rubel Esteban Trevino 660 Mayrum Street Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Frederick James Gallagher Santa Barbara County on Feb 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: 2016‑0000385. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31.2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Salt And Sass Design at 916 E Carrillo Rd Apt 1 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; I Three Design Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Sharon Newsom Santa Barbara County on Mar 01, 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. Xochitl Rosas. FBN Number: 2016‑0000620. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31.2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Kit Bags, The Kit Bags, The Chemo Kit, The Primo Chemo Kit, The Kit at 6220 Newcastle Ave Goleta, CA 93117.; Angelina Speier (same address) Kevin Wesley Speier (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Angelina Speier (same address) Kevin Wesley Speier (same address) Santa Barbara County on Feb 22, 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: 2016‑0000530. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31.2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Vera’s Child Care at 312 Ellwood Beach Drive #33 Goleta, CA 93117; Santana Vera Olea (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Feb 29, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000606. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Tom’s Mom’s Sweet Treats at 4033 La Colina Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Joella Shellhart (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Feb 22, 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. Xochitl Rosas. FBN Number: 2016‑0000524. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Thief Wines at 162 Victory Drive Buellton, CA 93427; David Anton Whitehair (same address) Diane Whitehair (same address) Gary Alan Whitehair (same address) This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Santa Barbara County on Feb 16, 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: 2016‑0000453. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pride Barco Lock Co at 116 N Nopal #4 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Ian Renga (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Feb 24, 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: 2016‑0000554. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CALI2CUBA at 819 W Mission St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Miguel‑Angel Leon (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Miguel‑ Angel Leon County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 29, 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: 2016‑0000600. Published: Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: John Chandler Media at 219 W De La Guerra Street #1 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; John Dvorak (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: John Dvorak Santa Barbara County on Feb 26, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000581. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Green Gardens Landscape And Maintenance at 751 Enterprise Avenue Lompoc, CA 93436; Jose R Zacapa Lopez (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jose R. Zacapa Santa Barbara County on Mar 09, 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: 2016‑0000729. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Deli Delicias & Fresh at 110 S. Pine Street Suite 105 Santa Maria, CA 93456; Justa Judith Santana Moreno 1840 Ocean Street Apt B Oceano, CA 93445 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Justa Judith Santana Moreno Santa Barbara County on Feb 29, 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. Merlene Ashcon. FBN Number: 2016‑0000596. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Beachtown Rentals at 1375 Santa Rita Circle Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jesse Marc Lieber (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jesse Marc Lieber Santa Barbara County on Mar 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000689. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Wanderlust Beach at 660 Zink Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Sandra Jensen (same address) Lacy Wynant 8636 W Grand Pine Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89143 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Sandra Jensen Santa Barbara County on Mar 03, 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: 2016‑0000661. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara By Design at 501 High Grove Goleta, CA 93117; Kennan Court (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Kennan Court Santa Barbara County on Mar 03, 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. Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2016‑0000664. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Apples To Zucchini Cooking School at 1111 Chapala Street 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 Santa Barbara County on Mar 01, 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: 2016‑0000628. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Willgrig Websites at 1929 Mountain Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Celia Joan Griguoli (same address) Richard Anthony Griguoli (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Richard Griguoli Santa Barbara County on Mar 09, 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: 2016‑0000736. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara County Alliance For Arts Education, SBCAAE 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 + CEO Santa Barbara County on Mar 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. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000767. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mission Masonry at 945 Ward Dr Sp 12 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Jimmie M Thaten (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 14, 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: 2016‑0000774. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: IntersectionsTV at 3849B Crescent Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Beth A Pitton‑August (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Beth Pitton‑August Santa Barbara County on Mar 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: 2016‑0000683. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Spitfire Aviation at 300 Moffett Pl Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Spitfire Flight School Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 09, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000743. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sports Products Plus at 2940 De La Vina St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Michael Daniel O’Connor 575 Braemar Ranch Ln Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 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. Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2016‑0000703. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ojai Women’s Fund at 1111 Chapala Street 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 Santa Barbara County on Mar 01, 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: 2016‑0000627. Published: Mar 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Leo Active Wear at 3749 Mariana Way Unit B Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Stephanie Anne Armstrong (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Feb 26, 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: 2016‑0000586. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Seamstress at 513 Garden Street Unit G Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Megan Illgner 224 East Figueroa Street Apt G Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 17, 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.Adele Bustos. FBN Number: 2016‑0000841. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Wholesome SB at 1701 Anacapa St Unit 7 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Wholesome Body Management LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Julian Wolfe Santa Barbara County on Mar 15, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000794. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: All Heart Rentals at 725 W Anapamu St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Joshua W Lee (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 15, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000800. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Joshua Tree Custom Construction at 725 W Anapamu St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Joshua W Lee (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 15, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000801. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Malulani, Malulani USA, Malulani Shop, Tangonadas, Malulani Shop USA at 1014 State Street Suite Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Tangonadas, Inc 2443 Cochran Street Simi Valley, CA 93065 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 15, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000799. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Soma Get Fit, Sparkling SPA at 903 State Street Suite 209 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Scott Crawford 1187 Coast Village Road #433 Santa Barbara, CA 93108 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 16, 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: 2016‑0000805. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Earthzown at 609 Mulberry Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Earthzown (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 03, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000657. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: McMahon Construction Services at 2175 Piedras Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Patrick Leo McMahon (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 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. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2016‑0000852. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Copper Kettle Apartments at 716 N “G” St Lompoc, CA 93436; Gloria Jane Gomez 284 Salisbury Ave Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 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.Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2016‑0000853. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Carolina Apartments at 525‑529 N “D” St Lompoc, CA 93436; Gloria Jane Gomez 284 Salisbury Ave Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 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.Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000854. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Microbreak: Mobile Massage Medic at 298 Aspen Way Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Toni Feste (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 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.Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000761. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Inspire People at 221 West Pedregosa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Sedef Buyukataman (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Sedef Buyukataman Santa Barbara County on Mar 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.Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2016‑0000855. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NRG CPA Solutions at 2120 Oak Park Ln Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Nicholas Galuzevski (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Nicholas Galuzevski Santa Barbara County on Mar 02, 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.Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000645. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Jenny And Marcia’s at 105 West Walnut Ave Lompoc, CA 93436; Jennifer Camille Paping 1312 West Olive Ave Lompoc, CA 93436; Marcia Ranae Wertz 305 W. Walnut Ave Lompoc, CA 93436 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Marcia R. Wertz Santa Barbara County on Mar 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. Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2016‑0000698. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Lotus Blossom Counseling at 5276 Hollister Ave #355 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Nancy Chen Marden 632 Dara Rd Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Nancy Chen Marden Santa Barbara County on Mar 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: 2016‑0000710. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Good Land CPA at 7052 Marymount Way Goleta, CA 93117; Fabio Oliveira (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 14, 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: 2016‑0000775. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Clinical Aesthetics at 1515 State St. Ste 7 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Mary Jane Buchanan 1030 Arbolado R This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Mary Jane Buchanan Santa Barbara County on Mar 14, 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: 2016‑0000779. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Valdez Flowing Chocolate Fountains at 802 North Voluntario Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Thomas E Roberts 6158 Craigmont Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Anthony Valdez 802 North Voluntario Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 17, 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: 2016‑0000846. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Liquid Swords at 36 South Calle Cesar Chavez Suite A Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Christopher Drake Whitcraft 3022 Lomita Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: C. Drake Whitcraft Santa Barbara County on Mar 16, 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: 2016‑0000818. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JDC Design at 351 Paseo Nuevo, Second Flr Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Innovation Factory LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 02, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000651. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Open Ocean Seafood at 2515 Golden Gate Rd Summerland, CA 93067; Miles Jamal Wallace (same address) Sarah E. Wallace (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 24, 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: 2016‑0000912. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Estimated Service Team at 5587 West Camino Cielo Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Justin Klosinski Consulting, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 24, 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: 2016‑0000912. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Peak Performance Training International at 220 East Cota Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Hannah Leigh Parsons 320 East Islay Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 23, 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: 2016‑0000898. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Oak Tree Bookkeeping at 27 W Anapamu St Suite 235 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Amanda McElfresh 1429 De La Vina Street #2 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Amanda McElfresh Santa Barbara County on Mar 14, 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: 2016‑0000778. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mark Flan Tenants In Common at 5134 Cathedral Oaks Road Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Markin Family Properties, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Olivia Loewy Schoer Santa Barbara County on Mar 23, 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: 2016‑0000901. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The French Diet Center at 27 W Anapamu Street Suite 406 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Doligny LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Frederic Coumes Santa Barbara County on Mar 22, 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: 2016‑0000889. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ground Effect Wine Co., LLC at 27 W Anapamu Street Suite 406 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Doligny LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Frederic Coumes Santa Barbara County on Mar 22, 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: 2016‑0000889. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dierberg Vineyard, Star Lane Vineyard, Three Saints at 2121 Alisos Avenue Santa Ynez, CA 93460; James F Dierberg 135 N Meramec Clayton, MO 63105 This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 22, 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: 2016‑0000888. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Blossom Tools, Flow, Sparkle & Sparkles at 811 Cieneguitas Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Stardust Capital LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 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. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000677. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Vida Natural Baking Company at 1515 Alta Vista Road Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Carla Guimaraes (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Carla Guimaraes Santa Barbara County on Mar 22, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000892. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Henry’s Painting And Repairs Services at 4395 Cathedral Oaks Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Enrique T. Mendez (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 28, 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: 2016‑0000938. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Storm Acai at 1007 Del Sol Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Ori Alves (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 23, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000892. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Lemongiftcards.com at 512 Calle Mastil Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Brian Dutter (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 28, 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: 2016‑0000939. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Becky Boo Skincare, Becky Boo Underarm at 1151 Deer Hill Dr Solvang, CA 93463; Vanessa Bley (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 23, 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. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000902. Published: Mar 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Twilight Motel/Apartments at 427 W Montecito Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Genetta Clark 1225 Mill Creek Scott Bar, CA 96085 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Santa Barbara County on Mar 15, 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. Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2016‑0000790. Published: Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016.

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SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): THOMAS DRYWALL, INC., a California corporation; JAMES THOMAS, an individual; and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): QUICK BRIDGE FUNDING, LLC, a California Limited liability company. NOTICE! You have been sued.The Name Change court may decide against you without IN THE MATTER OF THE your being heard unless you respond APPLICATION OF SARAH CELIA within 30 days. Read the information KAPLAN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after FOR CHANGE OF NAME: this Summons and legal papers are CASE NUMBER: 16CV00585 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A served on you to file a written response petition has been filed by the above at this court and have a copy served named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara on the plaintiff a letter or phone call Superior court proposing a change of will not protect you. Your written name(s) FROM and TO the following response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your name(s): case.There may be a court form that FROM: SARAH CELIA KAPLAN you can use your for your response. TO: S. C. KAPLAN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons You can find these court forms and interested in this matter shall appear more information at the California before this court at the hearing Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www. gov/selfhelp), If you do indicated below to show cause, if any, courtinfo.ca. why the petition for change of name not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING April 27, your wages, money and property may 2016 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, be taken without further warning 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, from the court. CA 93101 A copy of this order to There are other legal requirements. Show Cause shall be published in the You may want to call an attorney Independent, a newspaper of general right away. If you do not know an circulation, printed in this county, attorney, you may call an attorney at least once each week for four referral service. If you cannot afford successive weeks prior to the date set an attorney, you may be eligible for for hearing on the petition. Dated Mar free legal services from a nonprofit 02 2016. by James E. Herman, Judge legal services program. You can of the Superior Court. Published. Mar locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site 17, 24, 31. Apr 7 2016. (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the IN THE MATTER OF THE California Courts Online Self‑Help APPLICATION OF RAFAEL H. Center (www.courtinfo.ca.g ov/ SAAVEDRA & CLAUDIA MAZZOTTI selfhelp), or by contacting your local ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR court or county bar association. CHANGE OF NAME: Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO CASE NUMBER: 16CV00972 despues de que le entreguen esta TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A citacion y papeles legales papa petition has been filed by the above presentar una respuesta por escrito en named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara esta corte y hacer que se entregue una Superior court proposing a change of copia al demandante. Una carta o una name(s) FROM and TO the following llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su name(s): respuesta por escrito tiene que estar FROM: RAFAEL MARIA SAAVEDRA en formato legal correcto si desea GUTIERREZ que procesen su caso en la corte. Es TO: RAFAEL MARIA SAAVEDRA posible que haya un formulario que THE COURT ORDERS that all persons usted pueda usar para su respuesta. interested in this matter shall appear Puede encontrar estos formularios de before this court at the hearing la corte y mas information en el indicated below to show cause, if any, Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de why the petition for change of name California (www.courtinfo.ca should not be granted. gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca NOTICE OF HEARING May 18, de leyes de su condado o en la corte 2016 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida CA 93101 A copy of this order to al secretario de la corte que le de un Show Cause shall be published in the formulario de exencion de pago de Independent, a newspaper of general cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta circulation, printed in this county, a tiempo, puede perder el caso por at least once each week for four incumplimiento y la corte le podra successive weeks prior to the date set quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin for hearing on the petition. Dated Mar mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos 23 2016. by James E. Herman, Judge legales. Es recomendable que llame of the Superior Court. Published. Mar a un abogado inmediatamente. Si 31. Apr 7, 14, 21 2016. no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a Public Notices abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con DID YOU KNOW Information is los requisitos para obtener servicios power and content is King? Do you legales gratuitos de un programa de need timely access to public notices servicios legales sin fines de lucro. and remain relevant in today’s hostile Puede encontrar estos grupos sin business climate? Gain the edge fines de lucro. 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demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): DATE: Jul 6 2015. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer, By Victoria Acosta. Deputy (Delegado) Published Mar 10, 17, 24, 31 2016. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA : Case No. 16FL00546 CITATION ON PETITION TO DECLARE MINOR FREED FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL Case No. 16FL00546 In the matter of The Petition of LETICIA MEDLEJ To Declare KAREEM MOHAMMAD MUSTAFA, CITATION ON PETITION TO DECLARE MINOR FREED FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL TO: THE UNKNOWN BIOLOGICAL PARENTS OF KAREEM MOHAMMAD MUSTAFA a minor male child born on or about October 27, 2004, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: By order of this court you are hereby advised that you may appear before a judge of the Anacapa Division of the Santa Barbara Superior Court, in Department 5, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, on the date of May 9, 2016, at the hour of 10:30 a.m., to show cause, if you have any reason why the above‑named minor child, born on a date unknown but given as October 1, 2004, should not be declared free from your custody and control, according to the Petition filed herein under Family Code 7822, a copy of which is served herewith or may be obtained from counsel for Petitioner. The petition to declare the child free from the custody and control of a parent has been filed for the purpose of freeing the minor child for adoption. For failure to attend, you may be deemed guilty of contempt of court. You have the right to be represented by counsel. If you appear without counsel, and are unable to afford counsel, upon your request, the court shall appoint legal counsel to representyou. The court may appoint counsel to represent the minor, whether or not the minor can afford counsel. Private counsel appoinnted by the court shall be paid a reasonable sum for compensation and expenses, in an amount to be determined by the court and which amount may be ordered paid by the parties, other than the child, in proportions the court deems just. However, if a party is unable to afford counsel, the amount shall be paid out of the county’s general fund. The court may continue the proceeding for not to exceed 30 days as necessary to appointcounsel and to enable counsel to become acquainted with the case. The minor will not be present in court unless the minor so requests or the court so orders. If you fail to attend the hearing, the child may be declared freed from your parental custody and control, and the child may be adopted by the Petitioners without further notice to you. Douglas R. Donnelly; Attorney at Law State Bar No. 076264 1332 Santa Barbara Street, Suite 201 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 962‑0988 Attorney for Petitioners Dated: Mar 16 2016 . By: Deputy Clerk; Robyn Rodriguez Published in The SB Independent Mar 24, 31. Apr 7, 14 2016.

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260 Royal Linda Dr | $1,450,000 4 beds 4 baths Gail Shannon 805.448.7887

220 E Yanonali St B | $1,389,000 2 beds 3 baths Regina/David 805.451.1994

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3828 Pemm Pl | $1,259,000 3 beds 2 baths Marty Rodgers 805.886.1459

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2519 Emerson St | $1,175,000 3 beds 2 baths Jim Witmer 805.448.3921

301 Por La Mar Cir | $1,150,000 2 beds 2 baths Billy Mandarino 805.570.4827

3791 State St E | $1,100,000 3 beds 3 baths Jan Banister 805.455.1194

18 W Victoria St 208 | $1,050,000 1 bed 2 baths Emily Kellenberger 805.252.2773

828 Bath St D | $998,000 3 beds 3 baths Nicole Dinkelacker 805.681.8800

2940 Valencia Dr | $949,000 3 beds 1 bath Toni Mochi 805.636.9170

54 Lassen Dr | $919,000 3 beds 3 baths David Magid 805.681.8800

645 Costa Del Mar C | $899,000 2 beds 3 baths Billy Mandarino 805.570.4827

30 Santa Ynez St C | $799,000 3 beds 2 baths Robert Kemp 805.969.8900

Costa Rica, Las Mareas | $775,000 3 beds 4 baths Susan Jordano 805.680.9060

123 Bath St A8 | $747,000 1 bed 2 baths Ted/Shandra 805.886.1175

3375 Foothill Rd 933 | $745,000 Polo Condo Susie Maybery 805.565.8884

210 Por La Mar Cir | $559,000 1 bed 1 bath Billy Mandarino 805.570.4827

3435 Richland Dr 19 | $469,000 2 beds 1 bath Marta Weeks 805.689.0410

201 Toro Canyon Rd | $3,850,000 9+/- aCres Emily Kellenberger 805.252.2773

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978 Via Los Padres | $1,195,000 0.62+/- aCre Regina/David 805.451.1994

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WH: Make Myself at Home: Luxury Living for Lease on Upper State WS: The Marc: Santa Barbara’s First New Apartment Building in 30 Years WT: Take a look inside The Marc: Santa Barbara’s first new apartment building in 30 years. Kicker: Make Myself at Home by Sarah Sinclair

The Marc: Luxury Living for Lease on Upper State

Address: 3885 State Street Status: Under construction Rental Amount: Not yet known

love living downtown. Being able to stroll to the shops and restaurants on State Street, or walk home from a movie or concert, is a convenience and a treat all-year-round. Through the years, the most happening parts of State Street have shifted. The Funk Zone and the club scene dominate lower State, Paseo Nuevo anchors the heart of downtown, and the historic theater district, with the Granada and the Arlington literally towering over State, sets the pace for the top. But that’s just the top of the bottom of State Street. There’s a whole expanse of Upper State Street that has quietly become a destination all its own. Whole Foods Market, with its Buzz Hive in the center, is hopping day and night, and a host of other restaurants and retail locations have opened up and spruced up to join with Five Points, Loreto Plaza, and La Cumbre Plaza to energize this stretch of Upper State. There’s excitement in the air and people on the streets, many of whom live in the area. Coming soon to this bustling upper State Street neighborhood is a luxury apartment community like no other in Santa Barbara. The Marc, under construction at 3885 State Street, is the first “multi-family residential building” to be built in Santa Barbara in 30 years. There isn’t anything concrete to see or tour quite yet, but the descriptions and the renderings being released by its builders promise an emphasis on resort lifestyle and modern luxury, combined with high-tech amenities, security, and conveniences. Bocce ball and horseshoe courts, themed courtyards, and a state-of-the-art fitness center overlooking a pool, spa, and sundeck are some of the promised outdoor highlights on the 1.4-acre property. Inside, the 89 one-, two-, and three-bedroom units are designed with a modern, open floor plan and plentiful storage, plus oversized windows and private balconies to suit Santa Barbara’s indoor/outdoor lifestyle. Designer finishes such as quartz countertops and stainless-steel appliances, in-unit laundry, and pre-wiring for high-speed communications will be offered throughout. The building itself will have complimentary Wi-Fi in the common areas, a video-monitored security system, keyless-entry doors, and secure underground parking. Each apartment will be between 613 and 990 square feet. The Marc will also boast many energy-saving elements, with LED lighting, tankless water heaters, dual-pane Low-E insulated glass, controllable energy-efficient heating and air conditioning, and other CAL Green features incorporated throughout the property. A community garden on the rooftop will also add to the indoor/outdoor atmosphere. Tripp DuBois, VP of marketing with The Kor Group in Los Angeles, said that his company has wanted to build a project in Santa Barbara for years. “The density codes were changed in 2013, which made a project like this more feasible. When this property became available, the REthink Group brought it to our attention, and it really felt like the right place at the right time. We’re thrilled to now be working together to bring The Marc to the residents of Santa Barbara.” DuBois also emphasized the high-tech features, such as a lounge with work areas and flat-screen TVs, and said he thinks that this “connected living” environment will particularly appeal to 25- to 35-year-old professionals. The Kor Group is known for both its luxury hotels and residential properties, with the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica and Avalon in Palm Springs and Beverly Hills as nearby examples of their sumptuous success. Austin Proper and Hollywood Proper are two of their projects that incorporate residences into a hotel setting. Their partner in The Marc, area firm REthink Development, specializes in sustainable, walkable infill projects. To this end, many of their projects are designed as mixed-use buildings. The Marc will have retail spaces as part of its ground floor, designed to add to the convenience factor for residents. REthink has an extensive portfolio, and although they are based in Santa Barbara, this is their first undertaking here at home. Thean Marc will have ashares pop-up“Ioffice thetostreet in May. DuBois encourages who is interested to At the highest point in Summerland, this Zen retreat straddles idyllic was across excited havestarting the opportunity to develop on anyone a flat lot with big now and pre-register. Pre-leasing will begin in May, and opens he expects will be full before is ocean view and a mesmerizing meadow and Mountain Vistagotoonline the north. Valley and ocean views. ” The kitchen boththat to they the dining room andconstruction onto completed in August. When asked what the monthly rent amounts will be, DuBois stated that they don’t have exact figures This single-story home was thoroughly remodeled over the past two years. the rear deck overlooking a beautiful five hole putting green, with meadows of yet but that it will be “market rate.” Since The Marc is the first residential project of its kind in 30 years, it’s in a market of its The residence combines the latest in style, function and technology with andfull-time, a mountain view curious, panorama. Thein. beautiful stainless own. But come May, thewildflowers pop-up officebeyond will be open so if you’re just drop You’ll surely be able to find a clean uncluttered and timeless design. The resulting vibeitis— ait’shypnotic steel slab counters highlight in the new most-happening block of State Street. the latest Gaggenau and SubZero appliances, all

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contemporary zen. This feeling extends through Fleetwood sliding glass ready for fine food and entertainment. The oversized master bedroom suite The Marc, atof 3885 is a project of The Kor Group and of Los aAngeles, Development of Santa Barbara, and Westport Capital doors into the private south and north gardens- which are extensions theState Street, enjoys beautiful views lovelyREthink corner fireplace. This three-bedroom, cool tranquility inside. The owner and designer of the home, Phillip two-bath high standard for classic contemporary design. PartnersCoombs, LLC. Learn more about The Marc,creation or register sets for thea priority list, at livethemarc.com.

NEW LISTING | OFFERED AT $1,675,000

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Make Myself at HoMe by Sarah Sinclair

the Marc:

luxury living for lease on Upper state

Address: 3885 State Street Status: Under construction Rental Amount: Not yet known

The Marc, at 3885 State Street, is a project of The Kor Group of Los Angeles, REthink Development of Santa Barbara, and Westport Capital Partners LLC. Learn more about The Marc, or register for the priority list, at livethemarc.com.

Each apartment will be between 613 and 990 square feet. The Marc will also boast many energysaving elements, with LED lighting, tankless water heaters, dual-pane Low-E insulated glass, controllable energy-efficient heating and air conditioning, and other CAL Green features incorporated throughout the property. A community garden on the rooftop will also add to the indoor/outdoor atmosphere. Tripp DuBois, VP of marketing with The Kor Group in Los Angeles, said that his company has wanted to build a project in Santa Barbara for years. “The density codes were changed in 2013, which made a project like this more feasible. When this property became available, the REthink Group brought it to our attention, and it really felt like the right place at the right time. We’re thrilled to now be working together to bring The Marc to the residents of Santa Barbara.” DuBois also emphasized the high-tech features, such as a lounge with work areas and flat-screen TVs, and said he thinks that this “connected living” environment will particularly appeal to 25- to 35-year-old professionals. The Kor Group is known for both its

luxury hotels and residential properties, with the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica and Avalon in Palm Springs and Beverly Hills as nearby examples of their sumptuous success. Austin Proper and Hollywood Proper are two of their projects that incorporate residences into a hotel setting. Their partner in The Marc, area firm REthink Development, specializes in sustainable, walkable infill projects. To this end, many of their projects are designed as mixed-use buildings. The Marc will have retail spaces as part of its ground floor, designed to add to the convenience factor for residents. REthink has an extensive portfolio, and although they are based in Santa Barbara, this is their first undertaking here at home. The Marc will have a pop-up office across the street starting in May. DuBois encourages anyone who is interested to go online now and preregister. Pre-leasing will begin in May, and he expects that they will be full before construction is completed in August. When asked what the monthly rent amounts will be, DuBois stated that they don’t have exact figures yet but that it will be “market rate.” Since The Marc is the first residential project of its kind in 30 years, it’s in a market of its own. But come May, the pop-up office will be open full-time, so if you’re curious, just drop in. You’ll surely be able to find it — it’s in the new most-happening block of State Street.

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family residential building” to be built in Santa Barbara in 30 years. There isn’t anything concrete to see or tour quite yet, but the descriptions and the renderings being released by its builders promise an emphasis on resort lifestyle and modern luxury, combined with high-tech amenities, security, and conveniences. Bocce ball and horseshoe courts, themed courtyards, and a state-of-theart fitness center overlooking a pool, spa, and sundeck are some of the promised outdoor highlights on the 1.4-acre property. Inside, the 89 one-, two-, and three-bedroom units are designed with a modern, open floor plan and plentiful storage, plus oversized windows and private balconies to suit Santa Barbara’s indoor/outdoor lifestyle. Designer finishes such as quartz countertops and stainless-steel appliances, in-unit laundry, and pre-wiring for high-speed communications will be offered throughout. The building itself will have complimentary Wi-Fi in the common areas, a videomonitored security system, keyless-entry doors, and secure underground parking.

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few years ago while visiting Walden Pond, I bought a bumper sticker that said, “LET GO — Attachment is Suffering.” I’m not sure if ole Henry David actually said that, but it sounded good, and I slapped it on my work truck. I also purchased a small purple sticker that exclaimed, “God Bless the Freaks,” but I’m pretty certain that Thoreau didn’t come up with that one. For the last few years, I’ve noticed a movement in this country against accumulating an abundance of “stuff.” This has been supported by an avalanche of self-help books such as Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space and IHeart Organizing. Personally, I’ve bypassed Organizing all this organizing by not getting stuff to begin with. And the stuff that I do have, well, IHeart it and want to keep it. Recently, I was thinking about how this “letting go” ideology can be applied to gardening. I’ve noticed that when folks get an orchid, poinsettia, or other gift plant, they just don’t know what to do with it after it’s done blooming. They seem to feel guilty about discarding the plant, so most times they’ll put

it outside in the sun where it burns up or gets lost in the hedges. I’ve recognized a similar situation with indoor plants. When houseplants get tired or unwieldy, sometimes they get planted in the yard. A ficus tree in your den may be a good way to bring a little nature into your home, but plant one in your yard and your kids will soon be building a tree house in it. Randomly planting spent or overgrown houseplants into your garden is a good way to have a garden that looks, well, random and unplanned. I have the perfect, guilt-free solution to all of this: Let go, and put your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of indoor and gift plants into the green bin.Yes, that green recycling bin where the contents will be chipped and shredded and returned to you as a healthful, soil-building amendment. It’s part of the gardening circle of life, and it’s okay. And I can’t help thinking that if this catches on, maybe books such as If It Ain’t Green, It Shouldn’t Be Seen and It’s Not a Sin to Toss It in the Bin or even Chip & Shredder: You’ll Feel Better will soon be available to inspire letting go ■ in the garden.

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Buellton/Solvang

CaPaSSo ugo tRuStee

JaCoBSen RanDall B eu

$2,395,000

3/14/16

826 BallaRD CanYon RD

HuBBell RoBeRt H tRuStee

gleaSon JoHn K eu

$1,315,000

3/15/16

1151 DeeR HIll DR

oRtale tHoMaS W tRuSt

DoMZ SaRa B

$375,000

3/15/16

1493 aaRHuS DR 4

MonFoRt JoSePH l eu

ReeD RYan D eu

$910,000

3/15/16

5407 CaMeo RD

CaRPInteRIa

goleta

loMPoC

Santa BaRBaRa

PoSeY anDRea

SeRPa tRavIS eu

$760,000

3/15/16

1488 ManZanIta St

MeYeR tHeReSe M

HoDge RoSe tRuStee

$820,000

3/15/16

1266 CRavenS 2 G. VincelnGiovannoni

RoDRIgueZ CaRloS F

BRanDt RoBeRt C

$460,000

3/18/16

1271 FRanCISCan Ct 2

lYonS StePHen g eu

ZIa DanIel tRuStee

$525,000

3/14/16

19 PluMaS ave

aMHeRSt eXCHange CoRP

PalM gRove llC

$722,500

3/16/16

4760 Calle CaMaRaDa

aMHeRSt eXCHange CoRP

PalM gRove llC

$639,500

3/16/16

4760 Calle CaMaRaDa

HeRnanDeZ RuDolPH R tRuStee

WeSt BluFF CaPItal InC

$607,500

3/17/16

736 San RaMon DR

SHReve, aRtHuR

eaRDleY RYan S eu

$816,000

3/17/16

7755 Jenna DR

HetFIelD KYle

levenSon RoBeRt H eu

$339,500

3/18/16

7023 MaRYMount WaY

RoJaS RICHaRD a eu

CooPeR CRaIg eu

$845,000

3/18/16

6029 PaSeo PalMIlla

uS BanK na

XIong ta Moua

$370,000

3/14/16

200 CountRYWooD DR

neWMan RoBeRt

alonSo DavID v eu

$319,000

3/16/16

1313 glen ellen ln

HelMutH JoHn W JR tRuStee

FleMIng CoDY eu

$311,000

3/18/16

515 e FIR ave

RaaB DonalD JR

valeRIano JoSeFa

$267,000

3/18/16

613 n FIFtH St

MaRtIneZ MaX F tRuSt

MaRtIneZ FRanCIne

$290,000

3/18/16

429 S J St

RaMona lane llC

BRaveRMan MICHael H tRuSt

$4,464,000

3/14/16

1564 RaMona ln

levIne MelDon e tRuStee

IngRaM IngRID H tRuSt

$2,150,000

3/16/16

1907 San leanDRo ln

uMoFF CatHeRIne tRuStee

SHeRWIn JaMeS l tRuStee

$2,800,000

3/16/16

555 PeRIWInKle ln

RItvo RIva tRuSt

SPaHn anDReW J eu

$2,980,000

3/18/16

1424 eaSt valleY RD

KatnIC JoHn M

nIMMonS DavID eu

$1,440,000

3/18/16

227 SIeRRa vISta RD

evanS PeYton tRuSt

FeInBeRg laRRY J ea

$1,985,000

3/15/16

1426 alta vISta RD

aleXanDeR CHaRleS tRuStee

$965,000

3/15/16

925 W anaPaMu St

BRunSteaD CaRla M

Hunt anIta tRuStee

$727,000

3/15/16

49 la CuMBRe CIR

IngallS WIllIaM H tRuStee

BaStIan JaMeS C eu

$1,100,000

3/16/16

1935 BatH St

MR BIggleSWoRtH & Co llC

PS anD RS llC

$5,250,000

3/16/16

1529 State St

201 WeSt MonteCIto StReet

1235 5tH StReet llC

$6,900,000

3/17/16

201 W MonteCIto St

116 anaCaPa StReet llC

1235 5tH StReet llC

$3,600,000

3/17/16

116 anaCaPa St

gIven DavID ea

gIven DavID eu

$112,000

3/17/16

946 MIRaMonte DR 4

oRMan MaRYann tRuStee

SCHMIDt JoSePH W eu

$1,050,000

3/17/16

3623 RoCKCReeK RD

gueRIn KatHleen C

RInta MattHeW e eu

$550,000

3/17/16

4040 PRIMaveRa RD 7

tHoMPSon DavID S

BaRnett RoSS l

$690,000

3/18/16

1420 CaStIllo St a

SanFoRD nICHolaS a eu

$1,150,000

3/18/16

750 Calle alella

SanFoRD nICHolaS a eu

eDge oF tHe ContInent llC

$1,150,000

3/18/16

750 Calle alella

FelIX JulIe a tRuStee

laFeRRIeRe SHeRRY a tRuStee

$795,000

3/18/16

2129 MountaIn ave

ReeD JaMeS a tRuStee

CS Sea RanCCH llC

$3,485,000

3/18/16

717 Sea RanCH DR

ReICHel KeItH B tRuStee

ISCovICH angel l tRuStee

$1,225,000

3/18/16

223 vISta De la CuMBRe

SullIvan Joan H tRuStee

antICounI BRuCe eu

$563,000

3/18/16

867 CIeneguItaS RD

WHIte WInIFReD tRuSt

IKola WaYne R eu

$1,200,000

3/18/16

4650 CaMIno Del RoBleS

noRRIe DoReen tRuSt

MoRaBIto JoSePH M eu

$315,000

3/14/16

4950 CougHlIn WaY

CPH HaRveSt glen llC

olIveRa-angon ageo ea

$397,500

3/14/16

734 SW elaIne ave

eSPInoZa gaBRIel eu

SanCHeZ oSCaR eu

$250,000

3/14/16

609 n lInColn St

HIll laWRenCe t

HeRnanDeZ gaBRIel ea

$454,000

3/15/16

412 PeneloPe ln

a StReet BuSIneSS CenteR, llC

RoeMeR RoBeRt R tRuStee

$665,000

3/15/16

2369 a St

CPH HaRveSt glen llC

FloReS guIlleRMo C eu

$395,000

3/15/16

715 SW elaIne ave

BeRenS DanIel J tRuStee

gutIeRReZ aleX J ea

$389,000

3/15/16

839 W Della DR

CPH HaRveSt glen llC

neWton PatRICK M eu

$403,000

3/15/16

808 W elaIne ave

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Santa barbara county SaleS

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.

FaBled GaBleS Green your criB G. Vince GioVannoni

by G. Vince Giovannoni

Handling runoff Sensibly

834 Santa Barbara Street

Santa BarBara HiStorical MuSeuM

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

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.

Year Built: 1896

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Architect and Original Owner: J.F. Moullet

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he Moullet house is one of the oldest French colonial brick residences in Santa Barbara. J.F. Moullet built it on part of the Royal Presidio site in 1896 for his bride. The Rezzonico family, early-day masons, did the original brickwork. Though the property had served many families, in 1932 it became the rented headquarters for a branch of the Chinese Nationalist Party. In 1955 the house was remodeled as Santa Barbara Drive-In Liquors, which called for the elimination of a brick chimney and fireplace in the center area of the building, lowering the floor and ceiling four feet, enlarging the windows, and tearing out the interior brick partitions. Today, the building is home to the popular lunch spot Panino. The neighborhood around the property is now a commercial-residential mixture of many old buildings, but the Moullet house is outstanding for its rare and unique style, composed mostly of brick and festooned with light ornamental scrollwork adjoining the roof, porch, and window moldings.

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ainwater in our area is mostly sent to storm drains and channeled into the ocean. There are, however, other alternatives to this water-wasting, polluting system of handling storm runoff. Two that I like are rain gardens and infiltrators. A relatively new concept in landscape design, the rain garden is a twoto three-foot depression, often 300-500 square feet in surface area, that gets filled with permeable materials and capped with deep-rooted native plants. Plant selection is crucial. They need to be able to withstand extremes of moisture (flooding and drought) as well as concentrations of sediment and nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosby Dennis Allen phorus, common elements found in storm-water runoff. Good choices are plants from the edge of area wetlands such as wildflowers, grasses, sedges, rushes, ferns, shrubs, and small trees. Those with deep fibrous roots tend to have a competitive advantage and provide the most cleaning and filtration benefits to the environment. Rain gardens not only enhance infiltration but also, below ground, maintain or even augment soil permeability, provide moisture redistribution and aquifer recharge, and sustain diverse microbial populations involved in biofiltration. Above ground, they add pleasing aesthetics, encourage wildlife and biodiversity, contribute to localized flood control, and reduce the need for irrigation. The combination of the plants and porous planting media often reduces the amount of storm water and pollution reaching creeks, streams, and the ocean by 30 percent or more. The cost of creating a rain garden is small. The benefits have led cities and regions across the country to adopt policies encouraging rain gardens. Another option is the infiltrator chamber, which can be configured to create an underground reservoir. Made of high-density polyethylene, these arches, basically in the shape of an inverted u, are most often three feet across at the base and five feet in length. They interlock to form continuous drainage tunnels. It is advisable to place them on a gravel bed to aid percolation. Frequently, they run 50 feet in length with the capacity to handle large “surge” volumes of storm water and store it until it seeps into the ground beneath. Commonly buried about two feet deep, their ribbed configuration makes them structurally strong enough to take heavy loads such as vehicular traffic. Although not inexpensive to install, infiltrators cost less than permeable paving or dry wells while accommodating much larger quantities of storm water. All strategies that retain and percolate storm water into the ground need to pay attention to the permeability of the soil. Infiltrators are often less costly than vegetated roofs or rain-water-collection systems, which are also strategies that keep storm water on-site.

OPEN HOUSES Saturday 4/2 & Sunday 4/3 Carpinteria 4902 Sandyland Road #241, 1BD/1BA, Sun 12-3, $550,000, Sotheby’s, Carolyn Wood Friedman 805-886-3838

5446 8th Street #12, 2BD/1.5BA, Sun 1-4, $572,000, Seascape Realty, Jackie Williams 805-680-5066 231 Linden Avenue #18, 1BD/1BA, Sun 2-4, $589,000, Village Properties, John Bahura 805-680-5175

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3375 Foothill #933, 2BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $745,000, Village Properties, Susie Maybery 805-684-3415 954 Concha Loma Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $959,000, Santa Barbara Estates, Christopher A Page 805-284-8422 3375 Foothill Road 1114+1113, 5BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $1,898,000, Coldwell Banker, Carole Thompson 805-452-8787 3447 Padaro Lane, 5BD/3.5BA, Sun 1-4, $12,500,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Kathleen Winter 805-451-4663

Downtown Santa Barbara 123 Bath Street #A8, 1BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $747,000, Village Properties, Ruth Eggli 805-252-9763

220 East Yanoanli Street #B, 2BD/2.5BA, BY APPT, $1,389,000, Village Properties, Regina Magid 805451-1994 David Magid 805-451-0402

1254 Camino Meleno, 4BD/2BA, By Appt., $1,495,000, Sotheby’s, Mike Pearl 805-637-6888 Gail Pearl 805-637-9595

1434 Laguna Street, 3BD/2BA and 1BD/1BA, Sun 2-4, $1,500,000, Keller Williams, Diana Boutin 805-448-1585

7744 Kestrel Lane, 3BD/3.5BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,959,000, Village Properties, Alyson Spann 805-637-2884

401 Chapala Street #403, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $2,135,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Calcagno & Hamilton Dan Crawford 805-886-5764

7720 Kestrel Lane, 3BD/4BA, Sat 11-2, $2,125,000, Keller Williams, Janay Marshall 720-984-0087

Eastside Santa Barbara 1126 East Haley Street, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $679,000, Village Properties, Cindy Campbell 805-570-4959

Goleta 4551 Oak Glen, 1BD/1BA, Sun 2-4, TBD, Berkshire Hathaway, Sue Irwin 805-705-6973 4280 Calle Real #100, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1:30-4, $339,000, Coldwell Banker, Ruth Martinez-Infante 805-570-4646 30 Winchester Canyon Road #39, 4BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $346,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Debby Rexford 805-886-8773 157 Chapel Street, 2BD/1.5BA, Sun 2-4, $495,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Dale Sundell 805-895-2064

1831 Chapala Street, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $749,000, Sotheby’s, Gene Archambault 805-455-1190

280 Daytona Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 12-3, $755,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jamie Jo Sim 805-689-5799 Sunnie Maxwell 805-252-9524

1827 De La Vina Street, 2BD/2BA, Sun 2-5, $819,900, Coast and Valley Properties, Monica Lenches 805-689-1300

7211 Del Norte Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $795,000, Goodwin & Thyne Properties, Will Stonecipher 805-450-4821

426 West Ortega Street, 4BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $825,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Heather Martineau 805-231-3558

7464 Evergreen Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $799,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ridge Baccash 805-452-223

705/707 Northview Road, 1BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $879,000, Sotheby’s, Marilyn Rickard 805-452-8284

7290 Bassano Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-5, $829,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Mary Layman 805-448-3890

1829 De La Vina Street, 2BD/1.5BA, Sun 2-5, $879,900, Coast and Valley Properties, Monica Lenches 805-689-1300

31 Mendocino Drive, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $839,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Madhu Khemani 805-252-0625 31 Mendocindo Drive, 3BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-3, $849,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Paul Mueller 805-315-1515

555 East Arrellaga Street #1, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $995,000, Sotheby’s, Chris Gregoire 805-4529032 Chris Kane 805-448-7421

6528 Camino Venturoso, 4BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $990,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Marie Sue Parsons 805-895-4866

3791 State Street #E, 3BD/2.5BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 12-2, $1,100,000, Village Properties, Jan Banister 805-455-1194

1055 Colleen Way, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,075,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Lorie F. Bartron 805-689-4613

401 Chapala Street #305, 1BD/1.5BA, Sun 1-3, $1,325,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Calcagno & Hamilton Dan Crawford 805-886-5764

5220 James Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,099,000, Coldwell Banker, Cathy Moseley 805-570-6006

1502 De La Vina, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $1,350,000, Goodwin & Thyne Properties, Anthony Bordin 805-729-0527

974 North Patterson, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,179,000, Coldwell Banker, Holly Misic 805-335-3315 72 Sanderling Lane, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,195,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Christopher Smith 805-351-2474

7797 Goldfield Court, 4BD/4.5BA, Sat 1-3, $2,649,000, Village Properties, Lynda Bohnett 805-637-6407

Hope Ranch 4132 Hidden Oaks Road, 4BD/4.5BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-3, $2,295,000, Village Properties, Aaron Gilles 805-895-1877

4140 Marina Drive, 5BD/2BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-4, $2,950,000, Sotheby’s, Arve Eng 805-698-2915 4178 Creciente Drive, 4BR/3BA, Sun 12:30-4:30, $3,875,000, Stones Real Estate, Team Eric and Mary 805-682-6090

The Mesa 1336 Kenwood Road, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, TBD, Berkshire Hathaway, Colette Constentino 805-570-9863 Barbie Detmer 805-886-2233

50 Barranca Avenue #8, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $975,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Joyce Enright 805-570-1360 444 La Marina Drive, 3BD/1.5BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-3, $1,195,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Lisa Ann Walters 805-7056368 Reyne Stapelmann 805-705-4353 231 Los Alamos, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,198,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jessie Sessions 805-709-0904 705 Island View Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,199,000, Mike Richardson Realtors, Mike Richardson 805-963-1704 1638 Payeras Street, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,250,000, Goodwin & Thyne Properties, Caitlin Benson 805-699-5102 1520 San Miguel, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $1,395,000, Village Properties, Gregg Leach 805-886-9000 6 Saint Ann Drive, 4BD/3.5BA, Sun 2-4, $1,495,000, Stephen Wheeler Broker, Stephen Wheeler 805-886-8245 612 Calle Del Oro, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,499,000, Sotheby’s, Michelle Cook 805-570-3183 1330 Sage Hill Road, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,575,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Scott Williams 805-451-9300 2618 Mesa School Lane, 4BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-3, $1,599,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Scott Williams 805-451-9300 Isaac Garrett 805-563-4051

559 Ricardo Avenue, 5BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,950,000, Coldwell Banker, Venturelli Group 805-680-5141

Mission Canyon 1485 Tunnel Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-5, $1,099,000, Sotheby’s, Frank Hotchkiss 805-403-0668

2660 Montrose Place, 4BD/4BA, Sun 12-2, $1,650,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Lisa Ann Walters 805-705-6368

Montecito 1940 North Jameson Lane #B, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $825,000, Village Properties, Lynn Golden 805-570-5888

1220 Coast Village Road #110 , 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $999,000, Sotheby’s, Janine Huarte 805-698-4379 62 Olive Mill Road, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,329,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jenny Easter 805-455-6294

1526 East Valley, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,485,000, Village Properties, Thomas Johansen 805-886-1857 595 Paso Robles, 4BD/3BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 1-4, $1,495,000, Santa Barbara Brokers, Troy G Hoidal 805 689-6808 12 Rosemary Lane, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 12-2, $1,695,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Kat Perello Hitchcock 805-705-4485 1295 Spring Road, 3BD/3BA, Sat 12-4 Sun 1-4, $1,995,000, Village Properties, Terrie Whipple 805-6657004 Carol Keller 805-689-8700 71 Olive Mill Road, 3BD/2.5BA, By Appt., $1,998,000, Sotheby’s, Sandy Stahl 805-689-1602 116 Arroqui Road, 4BD/4BA, Sun 2-4, $1,998,000, Coldwell Banker, Scott McCosker 805-687-2436 901 Aleeda Lane, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $2,150,000, Village Properties, Susan Jordano 805-680-9060 43 Humpfrey Road, 2BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $2,299,000, Village Properties, Marilyn Moore 805-689-0507 298 East Mountain Drive, 5BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-4, $2,450,000, Sotheby’s, Daniela Johnson 805-453-4555 335 Calle Hermoso, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $2,495,000, Berkshire Hathaway, John Comin 805-689-3078

2931 Hidden Valley Lane, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-3, $3,195,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Barbara Neary 805-698-8980 216 Ortega Ridge Road, 4BD/4BA, Sun 1-4, $3,250,000, Coldwell Banker, Teresa McWilliams 805-895-7038 640 Randall Road, 3BD/3BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $3,395,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Michele White 805-452-7515

OPEN HOUSES Saturday 4/2 & Sunday 4/3 Montecito (continued) 595 Freehaven Drive, 7BD/5.5BA, Sun 1-4, $3,475,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ken Switzer 805-680-4622 2180 Alisos Drive, 4BD/3.5BA, By Appt., $3,750,000, Sotheby’s, Sandy Stahl 805-689-1602 720 Ladera Lane, 5BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-4, $3,785,000, Village Properties, Brian King 805-452-0471 1151 Estrella Drive, 4BD/3.5BA, Sun 1-4, $3,900,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jim Scarborough 805-331-1465

1202 Las Alturas Road, 2BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,349,000, Teles Properties Inc., Larry S. Martin 1836 Hillcrest Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,550,000, Village Properties, June Laula 805-689-7036 151 La Vista Grande, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $1,749,000, Sotheby’s, Kara Strickland 805-708-6969 1570 Oramas Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,849,000, Village Properties, Leanne Wood 805-284-7177 1746 Prospect Avenue, 2BD/3.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,995,000, Village Properties, Priscilla Bedolla 805-680-7146 1702 Hillcrest Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $2,125,000, Village Properties, Shandra Campbell 805-886-1176

1709 Overlook Lane, 5BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-4, $4,420,000, Sotheby’s, Frank Abatemarco 805-450-7477

2217 Mission Ridge Road, 2BD/3BA, By Appt., $2,195,000, Sotheby’s, Linda Borkowski 805-252-7305 1729 Hillcrest Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $2,295,000, Sotheby’s, The Olivers 805-680-6524

705 Oak Grove Drive, 4BD/6BA, Sat 1-3, $4,450,000, Village Properties, Ron Madden 805-284-4170

1734 Franceschi Road, 4BD/3.5BA, Sun 1-4, $2,295,000, Keller Williams, Frangina Spandau 805-259-5783

2332 Bella Vista Drive, 3BD/4BA, By Appt., $4,695,000, Sotheby’s, Frank Abatemarco 805-450-7477

1520 Franceschi Road, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $2,395,000, Sotheby’s, Michelle Damiani 805-729-1364

975 Mariposa, 4BD/4BA, Sun 2-4, $4,799,000, Village Properties, Grubb Campbell Group 805-448-3081

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3844 Lincoln Road, 5BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,549,000, Berkshire Hathaway, The Santa Barbara Group, Joe Parker 805-886-5735 1400 Northridge Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $2,875,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Marilyn Wankum & Gordon Hardey 805-455-1407

Summerland 2205 Lillie Avenue #D, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $899,000, Sotheby’s, Gene Archambault 805-455-1190 Marie Larkin 805-680-2525

2368 Whitney Avenue, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,675,000, Village Properties, Ted Campbell 805-886-1175 2450 Whitney Avenue, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $2,495,000, Santa Barbara Brokers, Troy G Hoidal 805 689-6808

36 Lassen Drive, 4BD/2BA, By Appt., $789,000, Sotheby’s, Robert Heckes 805-637-0047

625 West Arrellaga Street, 4BD/2BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-3, $949,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Marguerite Taylor 805-705-0957 Doug Van Pelt 805-637-3684

Riviera 331 Conejo Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,295,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jarrod Shively 805-714-5114

3109 Calle Noguera, 3BD/1.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,235,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Rachel Brown 805-570-7160 434 Paseo Del Descanso, 3BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 12-3, $1,224,000, Sotheby’s, Wilson Quarre 805-680-9747

2659 Todos Santos Lane, 4BD/4BA, Sun 1-3, $3,295,000, Sotheby’s, Paula Goodwin 805-451-5699

1268 Veronica Spring, 6BD/3.5BA, Sun 2-5, $1,149,000, Coldwell Banker, Michael Woodard 805-452-5078

Santa Ynez Valley 295 North Broadway Street #159, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $91,500, Santa Barbara Estates, Christopher A Page 805-284-8422 1571 South Thornburg Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 11-1, $319,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Suzy Ealand 805-698-9902

1318 Cheyenne Lane, 3BD/2BA, Sat 2-4, $699,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Suzy Ealand 805-698-9902 3455 Cerrito Street, 4BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $739,000, Berkshire Hathaway, David Macbeth 805-689-4178 2699 Quail Valley Road, 5BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $899,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Rhoda Johnson 805-705-8707 3173 Samantha Drive, 4BD/3BA, Sun 12-3, $899,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Chris McCool 805-680-3594 2975 Foxen Canyon Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $950,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Peggy Johnson 805-245-5978 2075 North Refugio Road, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-3, $979,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Mary Bahnken 805-722-8669 2648 Grand Avenue, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,340,000, Engel & Volkers, Jan Finley 805-698-7549

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1333 Santa Teresita Drive, 3BD/5BA, Sun 2-4, $2,995,000, Coast and Valley Properties, Robert P Ruccione 805-729-2004

531 Meadow View Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sat 2-4, $655,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Rhoda Johnson 805-705-8707

331 Beech Court, 6BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $695,000, Sotheby’s, Jennifer Berger 805-451-5484

1632 San Andres Street, 1BD/1BA, Sun 2-4, $479,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Marguerite Taylor 805-705-0957

841 East Alamar Avenue, 1BA, Sun 2-4, $920,000, Sotheby’s, Robert Heckes 805-637-0047

3437 Tivola Street, 3BD/2.5BA, Sat 12:30-3:30, $650,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Karin Aitken 805-252-1205

1721 Santa Barbara Street, 5BD/4BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $2,950,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Anderson 805-618-8747 Hurst 805-680-8216

3863 Fairfax Road, 3BD/3BA, Sat 12-3, $775,000, Village Properties, Ruth Eggli 805-252-9763

5290 Overpass Road #15, 1BD/1BA, Sat 12-3, $419,900, Coast and Valley Properties, Monica Lenches 805-689-1300

2893 Stadium Drive, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $649,000, Sotheby’s, Linda Williams 805-680-7541

332 Nykobing, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $680,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jamie Jo Sim 805-689-5799

2525 State Street #15, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $695,000, Village Properties, Cimme Eordanidis 805-722-8480

54 Lassen Drive, 3BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-3, $919,000, Village Properties, David Magid 805-451-0402

253 Glennora Way, 3BD/2BA, Sat 11-1, $574,900 Berkshire Hathaway, Suzy Ealand 805-698-9902

Upper East Santa Barbara

630 Stonehouse Lane, 5BD/5BA, Sun 1-4, $6,650,000, Sotheby’s, Linda Borkowski 805-252-7305

Noleta

542 Irelan Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sat 1-5 Sun 12-4, $529,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Brad Berch 805-680-9415

1814 Olive Avenue, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $1,250,000, Sotheby’s, Deborah Archambault 805-455-2966

3570 Modoc Road #15, 2BD/1.5BA, By Appt., $575,000, Sotheby’s, Joanna Slott 805-335-0158

1530 Mimosa Lane, 6BD/6BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $7,750,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Calcagno & Hamilton, Amanda Lee 805-895-9835

4084 Clubhouse Road, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $464,000, Sotheby’s, Linda Williams 805-680-7541

1139 Cota Street, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $679,000, Berkshire Hathaway, David Macbeth 805-689-4178

117 Crestview Lane, 6BD/6BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 1-4, $5,950,000, Berkshire Hathaway, SiBelle Israel 805-896-4218

2225 Featherhill Road, 6BD/6.5BA, Sun 2-4, $6,995,000, Sotheby’s, Debbie Lee 805-637-7588

5153 Brittany Court, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $459,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Suzy Ealand & Ken Sideris 805-698-9902

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36 Hammond, 4BD/4BA, BY APPT, $5,250,000, Village Properties, Grubb Campbell Group 805-448-3081

528 Alegria Road, 3BD/2BA, Sat 2-5 Sun 2-5, $1,439,000, Keller Williams, Kimberly Rockwell 805-698-8848

3132 Calle Mariposa, 3BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-4, $1,475,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Debbie Kort 805-368-4479

2976 Barberry Court, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $449,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Todd McChesney 805-291-7902

march 31, 2016

280 Gould Lane, 4BD/6BA, Sun 2-4, $4,250,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Calcagno & Hamilton Scarborough 805-895-9835

1189 North Ontare Road, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,400,000, Berkshire Hathaway, DeLorie 805-570-9181 Salvione 805-570-7812

78 Bundy Circle, 3BD/2BA, Sat 11-2, $442,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Todd McChesney 805-291-7902

independent real estate

187 East Mountain Drive, 4BD/5.5BA, By Appt., $3,950,000, Sotheby’s, Frank Abatemarco 805-450-7477

1431 Portesuello Avenue, 4BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,349,000, Sotheby’s, Dan Johnson 805-895-5150