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TH E F I VE I N V I T A T I ON S : WHAT THE DYING TEACH T H E L I V I N G

Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every passing moment. She is the secret teacher hiding in plain sight, helping us to discover what matters most. Life and death are a package deal. They cannot be pulled apart and we cannot truly live unless we are aware of death. The Five Invitations is an exhilarating meditation on the meaning of life and how maintaining an ever-present consciousness of death can bring us closer to our truest selves. Frank Ostaseski is an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and visionary cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, and founder of the Metta Institute. He has lectured at Harvard MedicalSchool, the Mayo Clinic, Wisdom.2.0 and teaches at major spiritual centers around the globe.His groundbreaking work has been highlighted on The Oprah Winfrey Show and honored by H.H. the Dalai Lama.

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NEWS BRIEFS MONTECITO Excessive boulders and sediment piled up in the wake of Montecito’s 1/9 Debris Flow can be listed at Santa Barbara County’s new Free Natural Materials Exchange. The program, established by the Public Works Department, aims to “facilitate the sharing of usable materials and limit the amount of debris heading to area landfills,” according to the website. “By using this site, homeowners and contractors can connect directly with Montecito residents who have materials on their property that they need to remove. The listed materials are free of charge.” For more information visit sbcountymaterialexchange.com. Last week’s rainstorm prompted public safety officials on 3/1 to call mandatory evacuations for neighborhoods below recent wildfire burn scars, including the whole of Montecito, which received more than two inches overnight. Rainfall was at times just over the half-inch-per-hour debrisflow threshold, but what little mud came off the mountains stayed in the creek channels. The only reports of flooding were on State Route 192 at the 1700 block and Bella Vista Drive. The evacuation order was lifted the next morning.

MARCHING FOR THE DREAM M arching in the hundreds, members of UCSB’s undocumented

community and their allies (pictured) walked out of classes and workplaces on March 5 in support of immigration reform. While undocumented students historically have lived on the margins, programs like the California DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act and DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) have significantly improved their ability to access and finance higher education. However, this does

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not alleviate the unique challenges associated with their status. Temporary protections offered by DACA were scheduled to expire on March 5, but Congress failed to enact a law to replace DACA by that deadline. The Supreme Court has denied Trump’s request to bypass federal appeals court and end protections. While major components of the DACA program remain intact, the fate of 800,000 DACA registrants across the country continues to be in legal limbo until the —Erika Carlos issue is heard in court.

Taking On Their Boss Two Sheriff’s Lieutenants Say, ‘It’s Time for a Change’

by Kelsey Brugger he two lieutenants challenging Sheriff Bill Brown in this spring’s election do not exactly sound like rabble-rousers poised to undermine their boss. In the race for Santa Barbara County Sheriff, candidates Lt. Brian Olmstead and Lt. Eddie Hsueh said simply, “It’s time for a change.” With the election just three months away, the two lieutenants face an uphill battle. The race for sheriff traditionally requires hundreds of thousands of dollars and campaigning in the northern and southern parts of the county—home to 202,000 total voters. One strategy for the challengers could be to push the race to November; if none of the candidates receive a simple majority, there will be a runoff election. Brown has served as county sheriff-coroner for 12 years. Before that he had top roles in several police departments, including Lompoc, Inglewood, and Pacifica. He has a presence in state politics, serving as president of the State Sheriffs’ Association. He is

known to spend time in Sacramento and is political friends with California Governor Jerry Brown. Sheriff Brown said Tuesday of the race he suddenly finds himself in: “If I am contested in the election, I am very confident in my ability to mount a very strong campaign.” He added he has a “tremendous support base.” There is a history of ranking members in the Sheriff’s Office taking on their boss. Four years ago, Sergeant Sandra Brown (no relation) ran to unseat the sheriff. She lost by 13 percentage points, but it was not exactly a landslide. Sheriff Brown received 57 percent of the vote. The Deputy Sheriffs’ Association (DSA) has never endorsed Brown, and it recently solicited potential contenders to oppose him. As of press time, Olmstead and Hsueh were the only two who filed papers to run. (Hsueh said he has not decided for sure if he will run; however, he did pay the $1,300 filing fee.) The deadline to get in the race is Friday, March 9. The DSA, which is made up of about 450

deputies, will hold an endorsement meeting next week. The Santa Barbara Independent spoke to Olmstead and Hsueh about their candidacies.

BRIAN OLMSTEAD

Brian Olmstead is one of few people who can say they were raised in the remote town of New Cuyama. His father was a county fire captain, a path Brian’s brother followed. Olmstead was hired by the Sheriff’s Office in 1990, and he has played a lead role in a range of units, including gangs, narcotics, Isla Vista Foot Patrol, training, and the investigations bureau. Olmstead said he is challenging his boss because he believes Brown’s relationships with the county supervisors and fire officials “have eroded” over the years. That tension has hurt the Sheriff’s Office’s ability to secure funding, he argued. It was difficult, though, to find larger policy matters where Olmsteadand Brown,

CITY Santa Barbara joins the International Women’s Day rallies that have been ongoing worldwide all week — the official day falls on 3/8 — with a rally and march on Saturday, 3/10. Organized by Michal Lynch, a lead organizer of 2017’s Women’s March, this year’s event focuses on human trafficking and the collective power of women. The rally begins at 11:30 a.m. at De la Guerra Plaza; the march heads out at noon. The City of Santa Barbara bed tax rebounded from a loss of 26.9 percent for December 2017 to a gain of 22.1 percent in January 2018. These Temporary Occupancy Tax (TOT) statistics are an applesto-apples measure of monthly hotel occupancy against the same months in the previous year. The 2017-18 fiscal year, which runs from July to June, had posted smaller totals in every month but October. The January 2018 total of $1.26 million still leaves the fiscal year 1.9 percent short of the previous year. Resident and emergency worker occupancy during the Thomas Fire and Debris Flow account for much of the increase.

LAW & DISORDER Police in Isla Vista responding to a report of an unconscious male at a 3/1 party on Del Playa Drive made a welfare check of the entire residence. Nine men altogether showed symptoms of drug overdose. One was given naloxone on-site because he was not breathing; all nine were transported to the hospital. Residents reported to authorities that the men — seven of whom were UCSB students — were drinking and taking a blue pill some identified as OxyContin, a potent prescription-only pain medication.

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both Republicans, disagreed. He supported Brown’s decision to come out against the so-called sanctuary state Senate bill, SB 54. He agreed with Brown’s decision to shut down the small Santa Maria Jail. He believed Brown made the right choices about evacuations prior to the January 9 storm. “It’s the right time to run,” he said, adding he had entertained the idea for several months but that the Thomas Fire and 1/9 Debris Flow “took three months out of our lives.”

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Also a Santa Barbara County native, Eddie Hsueh has worked for the county for 31 years. His expertise is in working closely with populations experiencing mental illness. He believes he has spent more time on the street engaging with the community than either Olmstead or Brown. He said he has been disheartened by the fact that funding for mental-health programs has been denied multiple times in recent years. “These programs are very time-consuming for the personnel involved, but they pay in multitudes down the road,” he said.

As for larger policy disagreements, Hsueh said the sheriff should revisit the possibility of having the jail’s medical services run by the county rather than a private company. He disagreed with Brown’s decision to close the small Santa Maria Jail because it takes patrol deputies off the street while they transport arrestees to the Main Jail. As did Olmstead, Hsueh — a Democrat — argued Brown’s relationship with other county leaders has deteriorated. “People need to play nice together,” he said. That could translate to sharing resources, such as for a computer-science technician to revamp the department’s records system. Asked if he thought he could win, Hsueh was not sure. “I get to bring up a few issues that I want to bring up before I go off into the sunset,” he said. For his part, Brown did not mince words. He said the idea that anyone who has no executive leadership experience or has never operated in the political world could come in and do a better job was a “false assumption.” At the time of the February 22 cover story on Eddie Hsueh, he had not informed the Independent of his decision to run.

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Health officials report the number of flu deaths countywide has hit 12 as of 3/1, with two people dying in the past month. Of the total, two were under the age of 64, and both had underlying health conditions. The other 10 were 65 or older. Officials say the number of emergency room admissions for flu-like symptoms is somewhat higher than this time last year. About 20 percent of the 1,560 patients checking into any of Cottage Health’s three emergency rooms in January reported flu-like symptoms. Of those, 145 were admitted. In February, 106 were admitted with flu-like symptoms. Sixty-six percent of all Medi-Cal patients in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties get appointments for urgent calls within 48 hours, according to the California Department of Managed Health Care, and 83 percent of Medi-Cal patients seeking non-urgent treatment get seen

within two weeks. These patients — totaling about 180,000 — are part of a managed care system known as CenCal Health. These response times earned CenCal a fourth-place ranking of 36 full-service health plans. CenCal provides coverage to 20 percent of the two counties’ population.

ENVIRONMENT The slowing of shipping traffic through the Santa Barbara Channel — an initiative to lower death rates from ships hitting whales and also to decrease pollution — expanded to the Bay Area in 2017. A ceremony near the Port of Los Angeles on 3/1 recognized the 11 companies that participated; they reduced speeds to less than 12 or 10 knots along California’s coast during 140 trips in exchange for $1,000-$2,750 in compensation. The program prevented the release of 83.5 tons of nitrogen oxides and 2,630 metric tons of greenn house gases this past year.

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criminal-justice-reform activists and publicly acknowledged by Sheriff Bill Brown. Disability Rights California has called for increased staffing levels and treatment space in jails, among other things. The group has specifically pushed back against solitary confinement practices, which Fischer called a “major problem in Santa Barbara.” Fischer said the Sheriff’s Office appears poised to work with the advocacy firm. Disability Rights California spends between 12 and 30 months auditing and reforming county jails throughout the state, Fischer said, adding, “My hope is that this is a small jail and we can move things along more quickly.” Acuna is the first person to die in County Jail since December 2016. In the past seven years, 12 inmates have died in jail, Hoover said. Last spring, the Sheriff’s Office contracted with California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG) — the state’s biggest inmate medical provider — after the previous firm, mega-provider Corizon Health, Inc., received widespread criticism in Santa Barbara and throughout the nation. —Kelsey Brugger PAU L WELLM AN F I LE PHOTO

enry Acuna of Santa Barbara died in County Jail last week after spending nine months behind bars for allegedly stealing cash from Radio Shack. The 60-year-old had prior offenses, according to the District Attorney’s Office, and his bail was set at $70,000. Acuna had suffered from “chronic medical issues” and was under observation by jail medical staff, said Sheriff’s spokesperson Kelly Hoover. He was found unresponsive in his single cell on March 2 at about 7 a.m. He was transported to Cottage Hospital and died early the next morning. His death is under investigation by the Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Division. “The jail is not equipped to provide the treatment of someone with those kinds of needs,” charged Aaron Fischer, an attorney with Disability Rights California, which filed a lawsuit against the County Jail last December. Fischer called Acuna “a pretty poignant example of what can happen” when chronically ill people suffer in rundown county jails. Santa Barbara’s Main Jail infrastructural pitfalls have been well established by

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harmed otters during legal fishing operations, according to Steve Rebuck, a former commercial abalone diver. “This now is off the table and fishermen are at risk,” he said, adding,“California will continue to lose fisheries to sea otters as they expand their range.” Represented by Santa Barbara’s Environmental Defense Center (EDC), Steve Shimek, executive director of The Otter Project, said in a statement, “The fishing groups were insisting on an unnatural, unhealthy system serving their own narrow commercial interests. With the Court’s ruling, otters will slowly return and change the system back to the healthier and more complete ecosystem it once was, with bigger kelp forests and more fin-fish.” Recent estimates report the southern sea otter population at roughly 3,186 otters in a range that once supported as many as 16,000, according to an EDC statement. The species is listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act and “depleted” under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. —Keith Hamm

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SAYING GOODBYE: Santa Barbara’s veterinarian community is mourning the losses of Dr. Amanda Lumsden (left) and Dr. Tiffany Margolin.

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talented pool of veterinarians, doctors Tiffany Margolin and Amanda Lumsden stood out. Both ran their own fourwheeled practices—From the Heart Mobile Vet and Cat Calls Mobile Veterinary Service, respectively—dispensing at-home care to sick pets. They did general medicine and performed surgeries, and each provided a specialty: Margolin was trained in animal acupuncture and herbal treatments, while Lumsden offered low-cost spays and neuters. Often, frequently more than once a day, they were called to euthanize terminally ill cats and dogs at the sides of their grieving owners. Online message boards are filled with gratitude for their difficult work. Within months of each other, both women committed suicide, Margolin late last year and Lumsden in early February. Their deaths shocked colleagues and clients, who said neither had shown obvious signs of distress. But the losses are reflective of a quiet crisis within their profession. “It’s a problem in our field,” said Dr. Kristi Gibbs at the Adobe Pet Hospital on upper State Street.“Both women were probably the kindest people you’d ever meet, and the loss is especially devastating because we’re such a small community, but this is happening everywhere. That’s the kicker.” Multiple studies in recent years have revealed disproportionately high rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide among veterinarians in the United States. Their suicide rate is four times higher than the general population—higher than any other professional field. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey of 10,000 practicing veterinarians showed they displayed signs of serious mental illness and feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness two to three times as often as the rest of the population. Similar statistics have been reported in Great Britain and Australia. “The stressors are very real,” explained Dr. Lex McKenna, who operates Santa Barbara’s Coastal Mobile Veterinary. “We’re in a very emotional industry for ourselves and

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our clients. We’re dealing with people’s loved ones.” While they’re empathetic animal lovers, veterinarians also tend to possess Type A personalities, or be perfectionists, said McKenna. They’re driven and determined and want to fix every ailment just right. So when treatment alludes them, it’s extremely difficult, said McKenna, especially when they lose patient after patient, a hazard unique to their particular medical field. It’s not unusual for veterinarians to work 12- to 14-hour days, McKenna went on, mainly to help as many animals as they can, but also to pay the bills. Like their humandoctor counterparts, vets graduate from medical school with heavy student debt, but throughout their careers even the most accomplished will only earn about half of what people physicians make. Add that student debt to a mortgage, living expenses, and van payments, and the financial burden can be overwhelming, McKenna said. Client demands can be trying, too. While most pet owners understand the limitations of veterinary medicine, many exert unfair pressure. “People expect miracle workers,” said McKenna. “Society has become so accustomed to immediate service and instant gratification, but we can’t always give that.” Vets are also pushed to perform their services at no cost.“Sometimes people get mad if they can’t pay,” said McKenna. They say, ‘If you loved animals, you’d do it for free.’ ” McKenna has seen her fair share of nasty online comments and worries about the effects of such cyberbullying. In October 2016, Margolin spoke at a panel organized by the Santa Barbara Association for Women in Communications called How to Handle Online Criticism. Veterinarians are trained to consider euthanasia as a medical option if all other treatments fail.“Some of us have sought that as an option, and it’s tragic,” said McKenna, who spoke of the great respect she maintains for Margolin and Lumsden, both personally and professionally. In response to their deaths, the Santa Barbara Ventura Veterinary Medical AssociaCONT’D ON PAGE 14 

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indicated they might not lease to people involved in the cannabis industry if there is any kind of financing on the building. What’s more, several cannabis operators complained at a recent city workshop that they could not find many available building spaces in the city’s new commercial cannabis zones. Cannabis businesses cannot be located within 600 feet of a school or youth center. That wipes out much of Milpas Street. (A medical marijuana dispensary, Canopy Club, has received permits but has been appealed numerous times by frustrated neighbors.) Cannabis shops will be prohibited from the Funk Zone because the California Coastal Commission has not approved the zoning change. According to city staff, the city has not set a date to update its coastal development plan with the commission. After the application period closes at the end of the month, a group of city staffers will review the applicants and award licenses based on merit. It could be fall 2018 or even next year before a cannabis retail business — from Santa Barbara or elsewhere — opens its doors. —Kelsey Brugger

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epublican Congressional candidate Justin Fareed issued a retraction for a fundraising plea sent out by his campaign in which he charged that his Democratic incumbent and chief rival, Salud Carbajal, received a political donation from the family of billionaire George Soros, whom Fareed accused of being a “Nazi collaborator and self-proclaimed socialist.” Congressmember Carbajal, running for his second term in Congress, received $1,000 from Jonathan Soros, son of George Soros. Fareed blistered Soros for donating $18 billion to 527 left-wing and socialist political organizations. “He [Soros] began acquiring his wealth during the Holocaust, on the backs and at the cost of millions of innocent victims,” according to the fundraising literature. Soros has long functioned as a political lightning rod among American conservatives, and the conspiratorial right has long accused him of collaborating with the Nazis. For just as long, Soros, a Hungarian-born Jew, has denied the accusations. Soros was 14 when World War II ended, and no credible evidence exists implicating him. Jewish organizations otherwise hostile to Soros, who is outspoken in his criticism of

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annabis operators from as far away as Richland, Michigan, are looking to set up shop in downtown Santa Barbara. In fact, since the city set up a portal for prospective bidders on February 1, a majority of the 35 interested cannabis companies so far have been from out of the area, including Seattle, Denver, and San Diego. Among the bidders are cleverly named entities such as Johnny Appleweeds, CannaBarbara, Sugar Leaf Wellness Collective, and 805 Buddha Bliss. As the state rolls out a legal cannabis market, some Southern California jurisdictions have been slow to establish permitting processes, which could be propelling prospective operators to Santa Barbara. Up to three retail shops will be permitted within city limits. Other businesses, such as wholesale manufacturing and delivery services, are also eligible to receive licenses in the city. Applications here are due March 30. They cost $5,600. The legalization of cannabis comes at a time when downtown retail is struggling as storefronts sit vacant. Cannabis could help fill the void, Mayor Cathy Murillo and others have said. But many landlords have

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upporters of San Marcos High School Principal Ed Behrens circulated a letter describing him as “the scapegoat for the embarrassment brought upon [Santa Barbara Unified School District] when concerned parents raised important questions regarding the district’s lack of a well-defined … plan to handle cyber threats.” The district has informed Behrens that at the end of this school year he will be removed from his position as principal and offered a teaching job, according to the letter. “[Behrens] has not accepted the teaching position offered,” San Marcos parent Christi Phreaner said in an email, “and he will not Ed Behrens resign from his position voluntarily.” Behrens did not return calls for comment before print deadline Wednesday. Since January 19, many San Marcos parents have been critical of the district’s response to a video that surfaced featuring a male student describing how to kill female students with a musket and bayonet; a related social media post made by another male student targeted at least 16 female students, though some parents said that number was as high as 35. Early last month, Superintendent Cary Matsuoka publicly apologized for missed opportunities early on to inform all parents of the video and post, not just those of the children directly involved. Matsuoka said that four days passed before his team was able to learn the full extent of the threats. The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office confirmed that it has concluded its investigation of the incident and forwarded it to District Attorney Joyce Dudley’s office. “Given the fact that the incident allegedly involved a juvenile perpetrator we cannot release

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tion organized an emergency meeting and called in Dr. Kathleen Ayl, a Valencia-based psychologist and grief support specialist who’s written a book on the subject, When Helping Hurts: Compassion Fatigue in the Veterinary Profession. Ayl lectures around the country and has banged the drum on the issue louder than anyone else. “People are starting to talk about it, and that’s good,” she said. “But then something like this happens, and you go right back to feeling you’ve done nothing at all.” Ayl said it’s critical for would-be veterinarians to learn about “compassion fatigue” before beginning their careers and to understand ways to prevent burnout once they get their licenses.“It’s just a very unique,

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any information without a judicial order,” Dudley said. District officials, also bound by privacy laws, would not say whether the student who allegedly made the video and five fellow students who are reportedly connected have been allowed back on campus since the incident. “On the first day [of the video incident], campus was determined by law enforcement — after being appropriately called in by [Behrens] — to be safe and secure,” Phreaner wrote in a email. “[This] is about [Matsuoka], who had no plans … for dealing with potential cyber issues. This caused huge PR problems for the district, which then blamed [Behrens] for allegedly not doing his job when he had no district procedures or directions to follow. In fact, [Behrens] handled the entire matter in an efficient and safe manner.” Other groups of parents beg to differ, however, and have supported the district’s plan to remove Behrens, who has served as the school’s principal for six years and was assistant principal for 14 years previously. “The staff recommendation concerning [Behrens] is a personnel item that limits our ability to comment,” according to a district statement. “However, it can be stated that high school principals, like all other district administrators, do not acquire tenure in their positions and are subject to release or reassignment every year. The district reviews all administrator assignments, taking into account a number of different factors, including performance evaluations, with a view towards making decisions to retain or release administrators from their current position based upon the best inter—Keith Hamm ests of students.” PAU L WELLM AN F I LE PHOTO

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incredibly difficult field,” she said. “It’s not something kids think about when they grow up wanting to care for animals.” Just as important, Ayl went on, is to eliminate the stigma around reaching out for help, something especially difficult for the perfectionist personality types that dominate the profession.“We need to change the idea that reaching out means failing,” she said. Ayl didn’t know Margolin and Lumsden but has seen their tragic stories play out many times before.“How long did they suffer this much?” she asked of the women. “It makes me want to cry. … It’s great and it’s beautiful that veterinarians are such helpers, but my god, we need to let them know we’re here for them.”

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New Gold Rush by Nick Welsh or four decades, Santa Barbara’s 11th Commandment has decreed that city zoning would never allow for more than 85,000 residents. But late last summer, Governor Jerry Brown and the State Legislature blew that 85,000 population limit out of the water, and today, the sleepy, slow-growth beach town is poised to accommodate a growth boom of up to 11,000 more units. These are known in planning parlance as ADUs, short for Accessory Dwelling Units, otherwise known as granny flats. For the past two weeks, the City Council’s Ordinance Committee has struggled to wrap its arms around this new reality, its normally sparsely attended meetings now populated with an outpouring of architects, land-use agents, and others with a serious interest in the outcome, all festooned with badges bearing the words “Keep It Simple.” The legislation allows local governments to enact their own granny-flat ordinances but severely limits what limitations cities and counties can impose. By state law, ADUs are entitled to over-the-counter permits with no discretionary review so long as they meet certain guidelines. On the table Tuesday was a proposal to require that any new granny flats be owner-occupied. This, according to Mayor Cathy Murillo, would be to prevent a gold rush of land speculators who otherwise might buy up multiple properties, convert them to duplexes, and rent them out, thus destroying the feel and character of singlefamily residential neighborhoods. The only way to enforce such a requirement, argued City Attorney Ariel Calonne, was by requiring legal covenants that would be written into property deeds. The real estate lobby objected—as did a few property owners now seeking to build ADUs— that banks would refuse to make the necessary loans if such deed restrictions existed. Calonne disputed this, insisting it made no sense. Calonne argued such protective covenants were essential if the council was serious about owner-occupant protections. “If you turn this ordinance loose, I will not be able to enforce it citywide without covenants.” Ultimately, the three members of the Ordinance Committee agreed but also voted to limit such covenants to single-family neighborhoods. Neighborhoods zoned for multifamily housing and duplexes would not be affected. Murillo and Councilmember Randy Rowse voted to limit how many years such covenants would run. When Murillo suggested three to five years, Councilmember Kristen Sneddon objected the number was way too low to protect neighborhood integrity, saying the thought of it “is causing me a little bit of panic.” Also at issue was whether to allow ADUs in the city’s high-fire-risk zones. State law allows local governments to restrict ADUs based on public-safety considerations. City Fire Marshal Joe Poiré said the Fire Depart-

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have been any nicer. If I had a nickel for every time he called me “Sir,” I could have paid off the $237 ticket he gave me and had enough left over to buy a frothy coffee drink. Not a good way to start the day. I had run a stop sign at Chino and Micheltorena streets on the Westside on my way to work. I’d looked both ways. It appeared safe. So I went. Obviously I miscalculated. How could I have missed a motorcycle cop? For the record, I’m not one of those cyclists. I’m happy to share the road with automobiles. I don’t cuss cars out — in French — merely for existing. I ride single file. I don’t wear spandex, and I don’t loudly click-clack down the aisles of Trader Joe’s in bicycle cleats. I am, however, a confirmed career scofflaw when it comes to stop signs. If I got caught more, I’d be a recidivist. It’s not that I’m above it all; it’s that my way’s just safer. The great state of Idaho tumbled onto this fact back in 1982, when it changed traffic codes to allow cyclists to breeze through stop signs if there was no traffic at the intersection to be yielded to. Lest this be construed as some aberrant legislative brain fart from a state better known for its white supremacists, Idaho doubled down in 2006, passing a law allowing cyclists to stop and then go at red lights. Two recent studies indicate this approach is markedly safer, counterintuitively

as it may seem, for cyclists. One study reportedly shows a 14 percent reduction in collisions. A couple of years ago, the state of Delaware passed a similar law. So too have several cities in Colorado; so too has Paris. San Francisco almost did but former mayor Ed Lee vetoed it, arguing that it sent mixed messages. But here in Santa Barbara, I’ve become a not-so-innocent victim of yet another targeted safety operation brought to us courtesy of a targeted enforcement grant paid for by the state’s Office of Traffic Safety. No doubt the grant application was larded with all the usual hyperventilated statistics showing that the City of Santa Barbara is one of the most dangerous cities in the state — for cities our size — when it comes to bike collisions. Like most statistics, this manages to be both true and false. Yes, we have around 100 collisions a year, and that’s a lot. But when you consider we also have way more bicycle commuters than most cities our size — we rank fourth in the state — then the numbers are not as frightening. Professional bike advocates tell me that cops use these safety grants to aggressively patrol areas where they can get the most tickets, but not where most bicycle-involved collisions actually occur. Naturally, I was shocked and appalled. This week, I was heartened to see the City Council unanimously voted to

apply for $5.3 million in state alternativetransportation grants to address the city’s

Number-One Hot Spot for bicycle and pedestrian collisions. According to city traffic reports, the intersection of State and Gutierrez streets is by far the most dangerous place in town for cyclists. But according to Dr. Daniel Fishbein — bicycle advocate, epide-

miologist, and outspoken contrarian — the real danger zone is the freeway underpass connecting lower State Street with downtown. There have been 13 collisions there in

the past 14 years. If approved, this grant would do a couple of things: It would nearly double the width of the existing sidewalks so that people walking past each other will no longer encroach awkwardly into each other’s personal-bubble space. The road width allotted for bike lanes would double as well, with buffer zones thrown in for added protection. This would be accomplished by reducing one of the four lanes Caltrans insisted back in the ’90s be included for cars. As predicted by the naysayers way back then, the traffic volumes needed to justify those four lanes never materialized, so this lane-ectomy should not impinge upon the forward mobility of any of our fourwheeled friends. Throw in better lighting, lose some of the effervescently aromatic eau d’urine, and the underpass could be transformed from a place where trolls hang out

to a happening space. Add some artwork — now on the drawing board — and its razzle could dazzle. Given that Amtrak will start delivering a genuine commuter rail service for the first time in the history of the world early next month, this part of town should be experiencing a significant bump in new foot traffic. How much this improves safety for cyclists, however, has yet to be seen. According to Fishbein, the contrarian epidemiologist, many of the bike accidents in the underpass do not involve cars at all. The one recorded fatality, he said, involved two bikes at night in the dark. Many involve cyclists riding under the influence. The real issue, he said, is speed. The sharp downhill gradient leading to both ends of the underpass “tunnel” allow cyclists to gather steam. Speed kills. If City Hall really wanted to reduce the carnage of collisions, Fishbein suggested, it should reduce speed limits throughout the entire city to 20 miles per hour. That’s what the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, did, and it achieved remarkable results. For the City of Santa Barbara, however, the Edinburgh model — and the Idaho stop — are still too radical to even contemplate. In the meantime, I have that ticket to pay. If I was too fog-bound to notice a motorcycle cop, maybe I wasn’t alert enough to be running stop signs. Or maybe I just needed a caffeinated beverage. — Nick Welsh

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n her rookie year in the U.S. Senate, Dianne Feinstein labored to pass a federal ban on assault weapons, to chuckles and condescension from Republican colleagues. “So the gentle lady from California needs to become a little bit more familiar with firearms and their deadly characteristics,” one red-state worthy rose to mansplain, after she finished an impassioned floor speech. Bitch, please. “I am quite familiar with firearms,” Feinstein coolly answered, in a response that instantly marked her as a D.C. player of consequence. “I became mayor as a product of assassination,” she said. “I proposed gun-control legislation in San Francisco. I went through a recall on the basis of it. I was trained in the shooting of a firearm when I had terrorist attacks, with a bomb at my house, when my husband was dying, when I had windows shot out. Senator, I know something about what firearms can do.”

AR-15 idée fixe. Within about a year of that showdown with former senator Larry Craig of Idaho (whose claim to fame, a few years later, came when he was busted for lewd conduct in an airport bathroom and minted the timeless phrase “have a wide stance”—but we digress), Feinstein got the weapons ban signed into law. The measure expired in 2004, however, and no new federal gun-control measure has passed since. Debate continues over the effectiveness of her 1994 assault weapons law—but there is no argument that it would have outlawed guns used in last fall’s slaughter of 58 in Las Vegas and last month’s killing of 17 at a Florida high school, among other mass shootings. Today, facing a primary challenge from a lefty Democrat after a quarter century in the Senate, Feinstein again is leading an uphill effort for a weapons ban, a policy, political and personal idée fixe of her career. “I am not going to stop, ladies and gentlemen, until we get those AR-15s off of the streets and out of the hands of people who would use them to kill others,” Feinstein thundered at the state Democratic convention two weekends ago, to a roar of applause at a delegate breakfast. Party snub. That speech, however, was the highlight of her otherwise dreary convention weekend in San Diego: The party endorsed neither her nor challenger State Senate leader Kevin de León, but he won the raw vote of delegates, 54 to 37 percent. Trying to boost De León’s anemic fundraising, Team Kevin portrayed the vote as a seismic event (“an astounding rejection of

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Our beloved father, grandfather, and brother, Gilbert “Gil” Ramirez, lost his life after being struck by an automobile while crossing State St. Saturday night 2/24/18. The multiple injuries he sustained were too severe to allow him to recover. It is quite ironic that a man who led such a peaceful life should have his life ended by such trauma. Today, his peace in Heaven with his Lord and Savior will continue the life he led here on earth. Gilbert led a full life, a life that could best be summed up by the quote from Will Rogers: “I never met a man that I didn’t like” — but only if you added, women, children, dogs, and cats to the list. Not a particularly religious man, he did preach the Gospel if you consider what St. Francis of Assisi said: “Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.” You see, when you think of Gilbert, the words from Matthew 7:20 remind us of how he lived his life: “Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.” “Dad where are you going?” we’d ask. “I’m going to help my friend with some plant ideas — he needs some help and I’ve got some ideas for his landscaping,” is what he would often say. Usually, he’d give them some “teaser” plants that would later grow into sales of many more rare species of palms or cycads. Gilbert was a past member of the Santa Barbara Horticultural Society and just recently told us that he needed to pay his dues. He and his buddy, Barry, were opening their yards for the Society’s Garden Tour on March 10. He had just recently planted new lawn seed and was nurturing his backyard in preparation for the event. He was as excited as a kid at Christmas when it came to plants and the thought of so many folks coming to see his plants was a very big deal. Being the preverbal optimist, it was only natural that he became a member of the Northside Optimist Club of Santa 18

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Barbara. I would venture to guess that he stayed a member just so he could sell sombreros and other Fiesta-related garb. He worked his assigned blocks with Bob during El Desfile Historico de Santa Barbara, an event that I am sure he had been celebrating since the days when he could first walk. What better place to be if you are someone who absolutely loved to be around people, and especially with people who are having a good time. I think we could all use some of that! He enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and, during his tour of duty, was there to celebrate the surrender of Imperial Japan while still somewhere out in the Pacific on his refueling barge. His reason or desire to join was in his words, “I just wanted to go out into the action.” Upon returning from the War, he immediately went to work, something he was doing until the day he died. Always working hard to support his family never allowed him the time to go back to school. Though not alone, it was not until 68 years later, and through the support of community leaders, that he was blessed with being granted the right of his high school diploma in June 2013. He felt like a rock star that day, “walking down the hill” at the historical Peabody Stadium surrounded by family and news media from around the country. Go Dons! While single and working hard, he just had to have one of those fancy 1946 Chevy Convertibles costing him over $2,000. In 1946, that was a lot of money, but he had a plan. With his new car, he could then make “dancing” trips to Los Angeles to shake a leg to such artists as Duke Ellington and so many others, when the dancers of that era were swinging to the West Coast Jazz. Those weren’t concerts but rather large ballrooms or smaller jazz clubs like Billy Berg’s that hosted black artists who weren’t allowed to perform on the Sunset Strip. These were clubs that routinely booked Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charlie Parker. The dancers of that era were swinging to West Coast Jazz, just in case the folks at James Joyce had not already figured out what Dad was doing. That same car and his fancy feet would later be the same tools he used to help sweep our mother off her feet. Thanks to our uncle Danny who

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was responsible for introducing them, and her sister Graciela who served as Mom’s escort, she was allowed to go to a dance where she met Gilbert. Our father loved his garden and anything to do with plants. As a result, his career was one that had him working in and around plants, with his favorites being the rare palms and cycads. He would see the ancient plant species and tell me that they were around at the time of the dinosaurs, and I could always see that boyish and excited look on his face. His career after the War had him working into his 60s and 70s on some large estates in Hope Ranch. His clients included an heir of the Oscar Mayer Meat Company as well as his main employer, Francis Griswold, both of whom owned ocean front property on Marina Drive. Gilbert was married in Santa Barbara to our mother, Carmen Gonzalez, also from Santa Barbara, on May 7, 1950. She preceded him in death on April 12, 2016, as did his parents, Lee and Irene Ramirez, his sister, Genevieve Herrera, and his two brothers, Ernie and Danny Ramirez. Gilbert is survived by his sister, Julia Martinez of Santa Barbara, as well as his three children, Rebecca Bustos (Ralph) of Prescott Valley, AZ, Armando Ramirez (Gayle) of Santa Barbara, CA, and Cynthia Anderson (Christopher) of Leesburg, VA. He also has six grandchildren: Anissa Bustos of Modesto, CA, Gabriel Bustos (Chelsea) of Turlock, CA, Ryan Ramirez and Kenneth Ramirez (fiancée Caroline Rowland) of Santa Barbara, CA, Connor and Kyle Anderson of Leesburg, VA, and two great-grandsons, Noah and Beckett Bustos of Turlock, CA, as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral Services will be held at St. Raphael’s Church at 10 a.m. on March 15, followed by internment at Calvary Cemetery, right next to our mother, the love of his life. Immediately following we will celebrate his life at St. Raphael’s Parish Hall.

Donna “Doni” Ueland 12/10/56-02/26/18

Donna “Doni” Ueland, 61, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, cousin, and dear friend, died peacefully on February 26, 2018, at Serenity House in Santa Barbara. Doni was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early January and bravely battled this ravaging disease. On December 10, 1956, in Milwaukee, WI, Donna Alicia Yamasaki was born to Shigeo and Donna Yamasaki. Doni is the second of eight children and she moved with her family to Goleta, CA, in 1973, graduating from Dos Pueblos High School in 1975. Doni went on to graduate from the Santa Barbara City College nursing program and worked as a Registered Nurse fulfilling her passion to help others. Doni saw the beauty in life and in nature. She loved the mountains, camping, calligraphy, reading books, practicing Tai Chi, cheering for the Chicago Cubs and Green Bay Packers, and travelling to exotic places such as China, Hawaii, and Jamaica. Doni had an engaging personality with a beautiful smile and she was always interested in learning and understanding more about the world and those around her. She listened intently to others and made conversations a wonderful experience and often followed-up with a personal note or meaningful gift. Doni is preceded in death by her father Shigeo Yamasaki. She is survived by her husband of 23 years, Randy Ueland; her mother Donna and John Giordano; her siblings: Monica Yamasaki and Tim Lewis; Kim and Chuck Hudson; Teri and Mike Gauthier; Tim and Laura Yamasaki; Mike and Kate Yamasaki; John and Tera Yamasaki; Karen and Keith Garl; numerous nieces and nephews; and her dog Willow and cat Ki-yay. A memorial service will be held at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on Friday, March 9th, at 9:30 a.m. followed by a celebration of life at Stow Park Area 1, Hawaiian attire. In lieu

of flowers, please make a contribution to Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care at 509 E. Montecito Street, Suite 200, Santa Barbara, CA 93103 or by visiting their website at www.vnhcsb.org. We thank all the staff at Serenity House for their excellent support and care. Although we are in great pain and miss you dearly Doni, we thank you for the garden of beautiful memories you have left behind to provide solace. “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” -Author Unknown. We love you more Doni!

Joan Leipnik

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Joan Leipnik, long-time resident of Santa Barbara/Goleta passed away in peace on Dec. 13th 2017. She was born on March 3rd, 1926 in San Francisco, and lived a remarkably fruitful and adventurous life. For over 60 years her and Dr. Roy Leipnik (UCSB Professor of Mathematics) were united in marriage, until his death in 2006. Joan was an avid world traveler and cyclist. She loved classical music, tennis, hiking, dance and yoga, and would recount her time spent as a fire lookout for the Forestry Service. She was an active member of the Sierra Club and Goleta Valley Athletic Club, enjoyed gatherings at the Jewish Community Center and potlucks at the beach. She is survived by their two living sons, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and countless loving relatives and friends. We will all miss her resourceful character, exuberance, and inspiring sense of adventure. A celebration of life will be held at 1pm on Saturday, March 17th at Stow Grove Park - 580 N La Patera Lane in Goleta. Please join us for a Hawaiian themed luncheon in her honor. RSVP - Karey 805-280-1660 CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 >>>

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“I believe that positive social change is the foundation of our democratic nation.” – Arthur Hicks Dr. Arthur Norris Hicks, one of the few surviving original Tuskegee Airman, passed away on December 11, 2017 in Sedona, Arizona where he lived for six months. He was a World War II veteran, civil rights activist, educator, elected official, and a devoted husband and father. Prior to moving to Sedona, Arthur was a forty-four-year resident of Lompoc, California, including eight years on Vandenberg A.F.B. Arthur was born in Sparta, Georgia on November 21, 1922, the second son of Carrie and Arthur Hicks and the third of nine children. The family moved to Atlanta, Georgia when Arthur was two years old. Arthur married Edith Maude Ike on August 3, 1946 in Philadelphia. After 67 years of marriage his beloved Edith passed away on December 26, 2013. Due to a glut of pilots at the end of World War II, a number of them, including Arthur, were honorably discharged. However, after he and Edith moved to Dayton, Ohio and their first child, Arthur Norris Hicks, II, was born in 1947, Arthur returned to the Army/ Air Corps under a regulation that allowed honorably discharged lieutenants in the Army/Air Corps to return as Master Sergeants. Arthur began his second career in the military as a mechanics supervisor for bomber aircraft. He was stationed in Lockbourne, Ohio, then in Smyrna, Tennessee followed by a stint at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, where his second child, Joyce, was born in 1952. There followed assignments in Nebraska and Texas, where Arthur’s third child, Anthony (“Tony”), was born in 1962. His final station was Vandenberg Air Force Base where 20

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he was the Missile Guidance Superintendent for three Titan II Missile sites. Throughout his military service and in civilian life, Arthur was outspoken about bigotry against African Americans. For example, in Smyrna, Tennessee, he protested the segregated housing in military barracks and the practice of only allowing blacks to use the pool on Wednesdays after which the pool was emptied, scrubbed down and refilled for the use of whites until the following Wednesday when the practice was repeated. In Wichita Falls, Texas, he pointed out that the base was violating Brown v. Board of Education when it insisted his daughter Joyce attend a distant public school instead of the segregated school located five blocks from their house. As a result, Joyce desegregated that school. Arthur again found segregation when he moved to California. “It was a seemingly never-ending battle”, he stated. “On arriving at Vandenberg AFB in 1963, family housing on base was limited and off base housing for African Americans was nonexistent.” While at Vandenberg AFB, Arthur pursued the college degree he had deferred to support his family in 1947. In 1970, Arthur received his B.A. from the University of Nebraska. He continued pursuing his education and received his Masters Degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and began work on a PhD. After serving in the military for 28 years, in 1971 Arthur worked for the Lompoc Unified School District for 13 years as a Cabrillo High School teacher until he retired in 1984. He also taught part time for Alan Hancock College and Chapman College, became Assistant Director of Chapman College Programs at the Lompoc Federal Prison and designed and founded the Chapman College program at the Men’s Colony in San Louis Obispo. From 1990 to 2002, Arthur served three terms as an elected School Board Trustee for the Lompoc Unified School District. One of Arthur’s proudest achievements was a playing a pivotal role in the racial integration of the Elks. In 1989, there were no African Americans in local Elks lodges. He was angered by the treatment

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of an African American police officer who had worked with the Elks on barbeques and in the kitchen yet was denied membership in the Lompoc Elks Lodge. “After having served 28 years in the military protecting our freedom, I questioned why I was doing nothing to change this type of practice in such a highly regarded social institution. It was a wake-up moment. I had and get up and do something.” Arthur, his wife Edith, and son Tony, began a letter writing campaign to clubs, churches, schools, city councils, newspapers, county supervisors and State Senator Gary Hart. Eventually, the NAACP joined Arthur in the fight to desegregate the local Elks Club. The local chapter relied on the national rulebook that allowed the practice of blackballing. As a result of this pressure and publicity, the national Elks amended their rulebook to eliminate blackballing. Arthur founded the Central Coast chapter of Tuskegee Airmen and served as the Chair of the National Scholarship Tuskegee Airmen Selection Committee. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Tuskegee University and was a co-recipient of a Congressional Gold Medal for his service as a Tuskegee Airman. Arthur was named Lompoc Valley Historical Society's and Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce's Man of the Decade for 1990-2000 and was recognized by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. He chaired a number of organizations, including the Santa Barbara County Democratic Party Central Committee, the Lompoc Democratic Club, the Santa Barbara County Human Relations Commission and the Civil Rights Committee of the Lompoc branch of the NAACP. One of Arthur’s proudest moments was attending the 2007 inauguration of Barack Obama. Arthur and Edith were active in the First Presbyterian Church of Lompoc where Arthur served as an elder. In later years they joined Valley of the Flowers United Church of Christ in Lompoc. Arthur is survived by his three children, Arthur Hicks II (Debra Krutul), Joyce Hicks (Eric Behrens), and Anthony Hicks (Ann Wendell) and seven grandchildren, Jeremy,

Kevin and Jennette Hicks, Philip Behrens (Amanda), Michelle Behrens (Geoff Brown), and Isabelle and Jack Burke. Arthur is also survived by his older sister, Emily Noiles, his younger sisters Ella Dansby and Marie Tanner and his younger brother, Henry Johnson. He was predeceased by his older brother, Ingram Hicks, his younger sisters Carolyn Terrell and Harriett Mack and his younger brother Duroc Hicks. Arthur is also survived by his many cousins, nieces and nephews. A memorial service is scheduled for March 17, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. at Chapel One, 587 Summersill Rd., Vandenberg A.F.B, CA. 93437. RSVP to (805) 606-5773 by March 9, 2018. For base access, unless you are active or retired military personnel, you must provide your birth date and either your driver’s license number or other government issued identification with your RSVP. At a later date, a funeral and inurnment will be held at Arlington National Cemetery.

Helen McCarthy 07/29/22-02/17/18

English in Tucson high schools for twelve years. She and her husband lived and did research in Rome in 1964-65 before returning to Tucson. In 1966 they moved to Santa Barbara where Helen took up an appointment at Santa Barbara City College and Patrick in the English department at UCSB. She taught language and literature classes at SBCC over the next 26 years, impacting large numbers of students with her wit and rigor. She retired from full-time teaching in 1992. She and her husband enjoyed travels to England and throughout Europe. Helen was an indefatigable reader of novels and became a connoisseur of late-twentieth century fiction. Her students over two decades knew her as an exacting and witty reader of their essays and a teacher who drew them into enjoyment of the characters and plots of Victorian novels. She is survived by her husband, Patrick, and her niece, Marilyn Lasek, of Brookline, Massachusetts. A graveside service was held on February 26 at Calvary Cemetery. A memorial mass is planned for 11:00 am, March 14 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Montecito.

Jamie Robert Gardner 12/20/58-02/20/18

Helen McCarthy, a longtime professor of English at Santa Barbara City College, died peacefully at Samarkand on February 17, 2018. Born Helen Marcella Lasek on July 29, 1922, in Springfield, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Aloyze and Bronislawa Lasek and stepdaughter of Pauline Lasek. She received a bachelor’s degree from Pembroke College, now part of Brown University, in 1944. During the Second World War she served in the U.S. Marine Corps. She entered Columbia University in 1946 and received a PhD in English in 1953, with a dissertation on the novels of William Makepeace Thackeray. She taught for a year on an Indian reservation in Toppanish, Washington, then two years at the University of Arizona in the early 1950s. She married Patrick McCarthy in Tucson in 1951, and taught

Jamie will be forever remembered for his love of beauty and his ability to create it. Born in Niagara-On-Lake, Canada, Jamie lived most of his life in Santa Barbara, where he worked as a fine and commercial artist. An avid gardener, Jamie designed and cared for enchanting gardens wherever he lived. He is survived by his brothers, Timothy and Robin and their children, Charlie, Sophie, Darla, Boris and Nicholas. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Sarah House Santa Barbara. A memorial celebration will be held on March 11, from 2 to 5 o’clock, at The Paradise Cafe in Santa Barbara.

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Virginia Marie Hayes passed away at her home in Ojai on February 21, 2018, after a brief illness. Virginia was born on October 4, 1950 in the Central Valley of California in the town of Modesto. Virginia’s parents, Ray and Louise Hayes had a family farm specializing in almonds and other crops. Virginia spent her childhood years on the family farm where her life long love of plants began. After graduating from high school and ready to leave small town life, Virginia enrolled in Westmont College in Santa Barbara where her older brother, Jerry, was a student. While at Westmont, Virginia met and married David Shelton. Virginia and David lived in Montana while David was in graduate school. After returning to Santa Barbara, they had two children, Nina born in 1973 and Joe born in 1977. In the 1980’s as a single mother, Virginia returned to college at UCSB where she received her BS degree in Botany. Virginia’s personal and career interests in botany began to merge. As an undergraduate, she was the manager of the Santa Barbara Water Garden Nursery on East Mountain Drive. In 1988, she purchased Santa Barbara Water Garden Care, a gardening business specializing in the installation and maintenance of water gardens. In 1992, Virginia applied to be the water gardener at Lotusland. Deciding that she was overqualified for the gardening position, Steve Timbrook, then Executive Director of Ganna Walska Lotusland, hired Virginia as the Associate Curator of the Living Collection. While working full-time at Lotusland and living on the grounds, Virginia returned to UCSB for her Master’s degree in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology. Writing about her thesis, Virginia said, “I

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investigated the flowers of the lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) and their variation among wild populations.” Her research involved photo microscopy of the reproductive parts of the flower. In her twenty-five year career as the Curator of the Living Collection at Lotusland, Virginia’s contributions were many. Mike Iven, retired Director of Grounds and Facilities, says, “Early on, all of us stepped out of our designated roles and defined job descriptions in order to do the things that needed to be accomplished to become a public garden. Steve Timbrook supported anyone taking on these projects and it was fun and productive working with a group focused on common goals. Virginia played a major role in developing the docent training program, plant records, library cataloguing, photographic archives, and Ganna Walska’s history and personal archives. She was the go-to expert on Ganna Walska and the garden history. She developed the docent curriculum, planned the courses and trained every docent from 1992 until her retirement in 2017. She organized and led special tours to private gardens and was the one called on to lead VIP tours. She was an excellent garden writer and chronicled Lotusland’s growth in horticultural journals and other periodicals. Virginia wrote the Design Guidelines document that requires all renovations, improvements and additions to the Garden to be considerate in retaining the spirit of Ganna Walska.” Virginia was a prolific writer and authored articles in every Lotusland Newsletter for 25 years. She wrote two books Ganna Walska Lotusland Collections and Horticulture co-authored with Steven Timbrook and The Garden Gourmet, an organic gardening book published by Barron’s. She wrote for Pacific Horticulture, Water Garden Journal of the IWGS and American Public Garden, where she served on the Editorial Advisory Board. She wrote for Montecito Magazine and wrote hundreds of gardening columns for The Santa Barbara Independent dating from 1999 until 2014. Virginia’s knowledge of the lotus family made her a world-

renowned lecturer at botanical conferences. Under the auspices of the International Water Lily and Water Garden Society (IWGS), Virginia served many years as Registrar of the genus Nelumbo for International Cultivar Registration Authorities of the International Society for Horticultural Science based in Belgium. She was actively involved with the American Public Garden Association’s Plant Collections Network program, which assessed nationally recognized plant collections. Virginia’s highest curatorial priorities were to expand and preserve the amazing historic collections, and the international recognition that has been bestowed on Lotusland is to some degree the result of her work. She represented Lotusland at International Conferences on Cycad Biology in Australia, Mexico, Panama, China (where she presented a paper on registration of Nelumbo to a group of 300 Chinese botanic professionals who entertained her for three weeks while escorting her to many gardens) and Vietnam and at the 1998 Botanic Gardens Conservation International Congress in Capetown, South Africa. Virginia was a curious soul and an observant scientist. Her curiosity led her to pursue personal trips to many places around the world, including England, France, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Kenya and Australia. Virginia was active in the Santa Barbara community. She served for ten years on the Franceschi Park Advisory Board and volunteered for many years with the Empty Bowls fundraiser that benefits the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. In 2008, Santa Barbara Beautiful recognized Virginia’s contributions to Santa Barbara with the Jacaranda Award. The award was given for Outstanding Community Service honoring her gardening column in the Santa Barbara Independent, which “educates the community about gardening and sustainability to promote a healthy environment.” Virginia was predeceased by her mother, Louise Hayes and by her older brother, Jerry Hayes. She is survived by her

daughter Nina Zinn (Richard), her son Joe Shelton and his wife Elaine Madsen and her two grandsons, Loring and Owen Shelton, her father Ray Hayes, her brother Allen Hayes (Luann), her sister Lynda Hersman (Russ) and many friends and fans. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County or Santa Barbara Beautiful. A private memorial service will be held.

Isabelle Mina Longley Burleigh 1915-2017

It is with full hearts that we report the death of our dear mother, Isabelle Mina Longley Burleigh, who died after a lengthy decline on Dec. 12, 2017 in Santa Barbara, California. Isabelle had been a resident of Santa Barbara for 44 years. She was a faithful wife of 49 years to Paul Barlow Burleigh, an extraordinary mother, and a generous friend to many. Isabelle was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1915, the daughter of Lucy French Bayley Longley and Arthur Ashleigh Longley. She had a happy childhood and attended Morgan Park High School in the Chicago suburb of Beverly Hills. She was a lovely young lady, whom the boys referred to as "Legs Longley". She graduated from Miami University in Oxford Ohio with a degree in Secretarial Studies in 1937. This was the same university her great grandfather had attended. She and her husband Paul were married in Chicago in 1941, prior to his enlistment in the US Army-Air Corps. Like so many women of her time, Isabelle followed her husband around the US for several years as he went from base camp to base camp for training, and then waited 2 years at her family home for Paul's return from England and France, until the war ended in 1945. They started a family with INDEPENDENT.COM

the birth of Elizabeth (Betsy, Ellie) in 1946, and Sarah (Sally) in 1948. When she was 41, she, Paul and their girls followed Route 66 across the country by car to start a new life in California. Isabelle and Paul raised their children in Fullerton, California. In 1972, with both Betsy and Sally off to college, she and Paul moved to Santa Barbara, California, where Isabelle lived ever since. For many years, she worked at UCSB in Housing and Student Services, and enjoyed the University environment. Isabelle always said, "Working with young people keeps me young". She also worked as a secretary at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara. After retirement in her 80s, Isabelle could be found preparing meals at Casa Esperanza and Catholic Charities, driving seniors to doctor's appointments and nurturing her friendships. She loved her family, was an avid reader, and stayed current with local and world news. She noted recently, at the age of 102, that when she awakened in the morning, she always asked herself, "What can I do to make this a good day?" Isabelle is survived by her daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah, and their husbands, Thomas Long and Steven Faulstich, her grandchildren Emily Faulstich, Gabriel Long and Alexander Long, Gabriel's wife Reese Foy Cuddy, Alexander's wife Florence Wong Davi, and her three greatgrandchildren, Valentina, Mikael and Katherine Long. At Isabelle's request, a celebration of her life will be held at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara at a later date. Family and friends' will be notified in advance. The family would like to thank Assisted Healthcare Services and Sarah House for their loving care at the end of Isabelle's life. Donations in her memory may be made to Sarah House in Santa Barbara or to the charity FINCA.

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Launa Soske Kitros 09/05/40-01/15/18

In Memory Launa Soske Kitros, a 45-year-resident of Santa Barbara, Calif. passed away peacefully in Orem, Utah on Jan. 15, 2018. She was 77 years old. Launa (Loni), was born Sept. 5, 1940 in Los Angeles, Calif. to James and Loretta Bird Soske and lived on the family ranch in Chino, Calif. until she was six-years-old. Both parents preceded her in death. Launa is survived by her daughter, Jennifer Leigh (Kitros) Hedrick; son-in-law Brian C. Hedrick; and granddaughters Megan Elizabeth Hedrick and Lauren Leigh Hedrick of Alpine, Utah. She is also survived by her special cousins: Carol Lechner (Rich) and children Scott Lechner (Carina) and Kelly Worton (Johnny); Robert Jr. Jenison (Cynthia); Amanda Jenison, Jo Soske (Karen); Dave Stolze; Julie Soske (Bill); Jessica Soske; and Michael Soske (Sandy). In 1946, the family moved to Oxnard, Calif. where her father began working as a civilian at the Oxnard Air Force Base. Launa attended Oxnard schools and graduated from the original Oxnard High School in 1958. She attended and graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., and went on to San Jose State University where she received her teaching credential. She did her graduate work at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Launa married Michael A. Kitros in 1965 in Santa Barbara and they had one daughter. Launa had a 35-year-long career as a teacher in Santa Barbara teaching history at both Santa Barbara and La Colina Junior High Schools. Launa was a former member of Las Aletas Auxiliary of the Assistance League and a member of the Santa Barbara Genealogy Society. In 1998, she retired from teaching, and in 2005 Launa moved to Utah where she enjoyed many years of being a wonderful and supportive mother and grandmother. 22

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Launa loved education, the arts, travel, history, chocolate mousse and genealogy. Launa spent more than 50 years of her life researching, gathering and sharing her family history. She called genealogy her labor of love. Although Launa was able to teach hundreds of others how to research and write their own family history, she was the storyteller of our tribe—the one called to do so. Launa's legacy will live on through the family genealogy she leaves behind; that her family will always know from where they come, so we can continue to tell the stories. A memorial was held at the Santa Barbara Cemetery chapel at 1 p.m. on March 3, 2018. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, where a special scholarship will be given out in Launa's name. Visit sbscholarship.org/donate/ to donate or send donations to Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara P.O. Box 3620 Santa Barbara, CA 93130 in honor of Launa Soske Kitros.

Jacinto “Jaci” Gonzalez

09/23/38-02/19/18

He quickly began his dedicated hard-working career in hospitality and bartending in Santa Barbara and Montectito. One of the greatest highlights of his lifetime was his 50 years of love, friendship and marriage to Alicia. Together they were a legendary couple who created a big happy family, raising 8 kids with "a whole lotta love" and always opening their home to countless friends and family. In 2003 Jaci retired from over 30 years with the Valley Club of Montecito and moved to Oxnard, CA where he enjoyed watching his grandchildren grow up, traveling to Mexico, and being a member of Santa Clara Chapel. He is survived by his wife, 8 children and 11 grandchildren who are all thankful to have had so much extra time with him living life to the fullest- laughing, playing chess daily and never missing a family party. Jaci was a wonderful and selfless man, always putting others before himself. Helping others achieve their greatest through spiritual support, advice, thoughts (and jokes) was his greatest passion and will live on forever in his family and the many lives he touched. Arrangements entrusted to McDermott Crockett Mortuary. In lieu of flowers, please consider sending a contribution to the Jacinto Gonzalez memorial Fund to the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, PO Box 3620, Santa Barbara, CA 93130.

Jeffery Samuel Smith 10/23/63-02/01/18

Jacinto "Jaci" Gonzalez entered peacefully into the presence of the Lord on February 19, 2018, surrounded by his loving wife, children and grandchildren. Jacinto was born in Guanajuato, Mexico on September 23, 1938, to parents Cecilio Gonzalez Volantin and Juana Pichardo, the eldest son of 10. At the age of 21 he made the difficult life-decision to leave his parents, family, country and studies at UNAM in Mexico City to support his family by relocating to Santa Barbara, CA.

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Jeffery Samuel Smith, 54, of Randleman, North Carolina, passed away peacefully in his homeless camp in Goleta on a Thursday afternoon. You could say Samuel was just another homeless dude, but I found him to be one of the most talented and interesting people I have ever met. Thursday was an important day in Samuel’s life, it’s the day he could get a hot shower and shave, and maybe some donated shoes. This is the “Showers of Blessing,” a

faith based group that provides a portable shower and new clothes that have been donated by local outlets. This was an opportunity for Samuel and the other homeless to mingle and receive help from people who truly cared about each of them and who have access to some resources. I befriended Samuel in the summer of 2016, he was at a McDonalds and looked sad. When I offered him some money, he refused! He said,” I need my dog back”. It turned out that Samuel had just been released from a short stint in County Jail and his dog was at the Animal Shelter. That touched my heart as I have always had a dog in my own life. So I helped him bail out his dog, “Baby Girl,” a sweet little Pit, and gave him a ride to his spot. Samuel was truly thankful and very happy to have her back. She was a big part of his life as a companion who loved him unconditionally and was always with him. I found her to be a boisterous, happy little dog who was very entertaining. We ended up bailing her out two more times, but it was worth it. Samuel’s spot was on the way to my work so I would occasionally stop by to talk and give him some money, (I’m sure a homeless person can always use a few dollars). I found that I enjoyed his company, he loved to talk and could discuss everything from Molecular Resonance to the plight of bee hives in America. He loved to tell stories, some of which included fast cars and really loud music in the Mountains of North Carolina. Samuel was a truly talented artist, he could draw anything from portraits of his pretty young niece to a very realistic dragon with fangs. Most of his artwork was lost to the rains and the travails of homelessness. He told me he went to prison shortly after high school (we all know what that does for future prospects) but that he took every Junior College class they offered and cut his time in half. I believed him. As our friendship grew, I took him to Court a couple of times and to Social Services to get a California I.D. card and start the process to get medical benefits and food stamps. I was shocked at how difficult it is for the homeless to find a safe place to leave their belongings, much less a dog. I was able to help Samuel with that. I was trying,

in my way, to make his life better because he was my friend. Samuel was a mentor to many young homeless people. I would see them ride by on their bikes and sometimes stop by and they always spoke with respect to Samuel. He also had a small group of people from the neighborhood who would come by with dog food or a little money. He almost always had a friendly greeting for everybody and every time I left him, he asked God to bless me and my family. Samuel passed away on a Thursday, I usually saw him at the “Showers of Blessing” on Thursday, so when he wasn’t there I knew something was amiss. I went to his camp and found him in his sleeping bag, unresponsive and barely breathing. His skin was very yellow and his pulse was very faint. I sat with my friend while one of the people from the showers called 911. I knew Samuel was aware of me and assured him that I would see that Baby Girl would be taken care of because I knew that was his biggest worry about dying. When the paramedics arrived I led Baby Girl away while they worked to save him. The police officers were truly wonderful and understanding, they took our statements and were very professional, one even suggested that I call Samuel’s sister so she could get the news from a friend of Samuel’s, which I did and thanked him. The paramedics did the best they could but he passed away. It was his time. Father Nicolas, came over from the church where the showers are and administered Last Rites to Samuel. I thanked him very much because that was important. Samuel had told me that the medical tests had found a cancer but didn’t tell me where and I didn’t press him. Samuel’s sister asked us to donate any cash we found with Samuel to the Showers of Blessing for the important part they played in Samuel’s life. We found about $170 in Samuel’s stuff and the people at the showers were very gratified to accept this donation. People like those at the “Showers of Blessing” make the world a better place. Rest In Peace, my friend. Please make a donation to the “Showers of Blessing” if you possibly can.

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olumbine, 1999; Virginia Tech, 2007; Sandy Hook, 2012; Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 2018. I have surely missed a lot more. Believe it or not, I agree with the National Rifle Association (NRA) that the Second Amendment gives every U.S. citizen the right to keep and bear arms, as written in 1791: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Apparently the NRA also believes this includes and guarantees the right to keep such modern weapons as an AR-15, which is capable of firing .223 caliber bullets as fast as you can pull the trigger (and can be made fully automatic if you want to spend a few more bucks for the attachment). Will the NRA decide one of these days that the Second Amendment also grants me the right to keep an RPG [rocket-propelled grenade], a flamethrower, a drone carrying a ballistic missile, or even a surplus M-1 tank? Those would certainly come in handy if I were ever to decide to carry out whatever deep and crazy resentments I had toward my neighborhood school, library, doctor’s office, government office, or delicatessen (for the funny way the guy looked at me). For all who absolutely need to own an AR-15 simply because the U.S. Constitution says they have the right to do so, let’s literally interpret the Second Amendment: Keep and bear arms that conform to the standards in 1791. I believe those were one-shot .60 caliber rifles and unwieldy flint-lock pistols. I would surely like to see this come before the Supreme Court as a test case. —Paul Burri, Goleta

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t is time to get serious about protecting our kids. Presently, students and teachers are sitting ducks. Politicians, athletes, and celebrities have layers of security. Why do our schools not have the same?

It is time to deal with mass school shootings. Passing more anti-gun legislation will not solve the problem. Instead, we need secured perimeters around our school, several armed guards, and one main guarded point of entry. Some teachers could be allowed to carry a gun. Mentally disturbed students should be monitored and tracked. Finally, politics should be kept out of the solution. Only then will our schools, teachers, —Don Thorn, Carpinteria and students be safe.

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just read the In Memoriam piece about George McClintock and jazz in Santa Barbara in the ’60s [independent.com/inmemgeorgemcclintock]. What great memories of his club, the Spigot. Back then, I took lessons on vibes from a musician named Hal; I had a set of Mussers at the time. I never did learn to play them well, but I love jazz! And whatever happened to Danny House? I remember him playing sax with Count Basie’s band for a while. His dad, Dougal House, had a Honda shop next to our lumberyard in Goleta. I’m 81 now, and I lived in Goleta from ’63 to ’77. —Dave Jones, San Diego

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Flowering Frontiers In basic, the leading advice on cannabis oil as cure suggests consuming 60 full grams over 60-90 days. Instead of starting slow as both patients and producers urged me to do, I took a full gram on day one. It was a Sunday, and I am fairly certain I saw God. By Tuesday, I was a mess. I’d faint in the shower with visions of tumors blistering my liver. I’d sleep for 15 hours and hide under the covers when awake. I wrote birthday cards for my daughter for the years I would miss

and made a list of people my wife should consider marrying when I was gone. I became convinced that I was killing myself quicker with the oil, yet I kept putting a peppery black drop of it on my left index finger every 90 minutes and licking it clean with hope in my heart. And then, by day 12, I no longer felt stoned. By day 16, I was back to work. On day 19, I wrote in my journal, “Without doubt, this is the best and healthiest I have felt in years.” I finished the 60 grams in 53 days, consuming the equivalent of 20 ounces of marijuana in less than two months. Then I went in for surgery on my liver. It did not go as planned. They hoped to remove the largest of six tumors, one that was about 16-18mm in size. But ultrasound couldn’t find it, so the surgeon had to “cut blind,” removing tissue based on past scans. After cutting out an oyster-sized chunk of liver, she found a pearl-sized tumor of cancer. The pathology results confirmed the confusion: The tumor had shrunk to less than 6mm, it was the same density as the healthy tissue, and the Ki-67 index (which measures growth) was below 1. These were not standard findings for metastatic pancreatic cancer. “This is better than anything we could have hoped for,” said my surgeon in disbelief on a phone call that I’ll never forget. I started my next 60-gram round of oil minutes after hanging up. That September, I was back at Stanford, my second round of oil complete, ready for tests. To everyone’s surprise, the scans showed zero signs of disease in my body. There were tears all around. I told my doctors that I thought it was due to the cannabis — it was really the only new tool in my belt at that point — but they weren’t ready to give it credit. As world-renowned experts in neuroendocrine cancer, they saw too many other variables in my health picture as possible explanations for the results. This was a team that had already saved my life twice, so I started weaning off my oil that afternoon. By December, I was moving toward “normal” for the first time in years. When I returned to Stanford in spring 2017, I had gained weight, built muscle, and grown a beard. I was feeling terrific, fully

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n the wake of destructive flames and deadly debris flows, the resiliency of the greater Santa Barbara community has been manifest in many ways. One of the most delightful developments has been a triumphant sports season. College and high school teams progressed with poise and purpose from January sadness to March Madness. UCSB’S HOOP HOPES: The Gaucho men’s bas-

ketball team produced the greatest turnaround in the nation, from six wins last season to a 22-8 record entering this week’s Big West Tournament in Anaheim. They are seeded No. 2 among the eight teams who hope to win three games in the next three days and claim a berth in the NCAA tournament. UCSB’s opener is against Cal Poly at 8:30 p.m. today (Thu., Mar. 8) at the Honda Center. Persistently urged to “honor the process” by their new head coach, Joe Pasternack, the Gauchos concluded the regular season by hammering Cal Poly last Saturday night, 86-61, before an exuberant crowd of 4,823 at the Thunderdome. Leading the way with 23 points each were sophomore guard Max Heidegger and graduate forward Leland King II, both of whom were named to the All-Big West First team on Monday. Heidegger tied for the conference scoring lead (19.4 points per game) and set a new school record by making 90 threepoint baskets. King was the Big West’s leading rebounder, averaging a double-double of 15.9 points and 10.5 rebounds. Senior guard Gabe Vincent is a second-team selection, and he is perhaps the key ingredient in UCSB’s recipe to reach a peak this week. Vincent began the season with a brace to protect his surgically repaired knee. Last week, playing with abandon and without the brace, he scored a career-high 28 points against Long Beach State. Long Beach won the game on a last-second bucket, 70-69, in an illustration of the razor-thin margins that test the nerves of every team. It was the third time the Gauchos, 11-5 in the conference, lost a game by one point. They can muster some confidence by having defeated every team in the Big West, including regular-season champion UC Davis. The Gaucho women’s team took a No. 4 seed into the Big West Tournament, earning a berth in Wednesday’s quarterfinals. In a similar position last year, they advanced all the way to the championship game after upsetting UC Davis in the semifinals. Senior post player Drew Edelman received first-team recognition from the conference, and first-year guard Sarah Bates was accorded honorable mention.

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mont’s men (24-7) made it to the conference final for the first time since 2000 and put up a fight against the nation’s No. 1 team, The Master’s, before falling 88-73. They expect an at-large bid to the nationals. CIF TRIFECTA: San Marcos High will not be known as the Buffalo Bills of CIF basketball. In their fourth appearance in a Southern Section final, the Royals won their first title, clobbering Riverside Poly last Saturday, 67-47. The all-senior starting lineup was at its unselfish best. The Royals rarely forced shots because they consistently found teammates with better looks. Point guard Stef Korfas was leading scorer this time with 19 points, and he had six assists. Also scoring in double figures were Jackson Stormo (17),

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16-game winning streak as it moved into the State Division 2 Regionals this week. The area’s two other CIF finalists, the boys’ soccer teams of Santa Barbara High and Carpinteria, also brought home the trophies Saturday. In Division 1, the Dons polished their proud tradition by winning their seventh title. It was decided by a 3-2 score in the penalty-kick shootout after they played Cathedral to a 0-0 deadlock through regulation play and two overtimes. Jackson Wright struck the winning PK after goalie Ben Roach stopped three of Cathedral’s five attempts. Carpinteria won the Division 6 soccer final in overtime, 3-2 over Rubidoux. A goal by Vincent Gonzalez in the second minute got the Warriors going. It was the fifth playoff game in which they scored three goals. Both Santa Barbara and Carpinteria were seeded No. 1 in their respective State Regional divisions and were hoping to host semifinal games this Thursday. SUPER SOPHS: Amber Melgoza and Bolden Brace, who

were brilliant basketball seniors at Santa Barbara High two years ago, have hit their stride in college. Melgoza made the All-Pac-12 women’s team for the Washington Huskies after she averaged 20.6 points in conference games, including a 40-point outburst against Stanford. Brace was named the Colonial Athletic Association Sixth Man of the Year, coming off the bench to spark the Northeastern Huskies to a regular-season co-championship and seeking an NCAA tournament bid. n

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and a minute later, he was verklempt and misty, overwhelmed by the crowd that had assembled day at the Wine Cask last Thursto toast the 20th anniversary of Brewer-Clifton. Sharing the dais with Brewer — who started his region-defining brand with Steve Clifton back in 1996, which makes the current 2015 releases the 20th BY MATT KETTMANN vintage — were regional pioneers Richard Sanford, Richard Longoria, Bryan Babcock, and Bruce McGuire as well as respected youngblood Matt Dees (Jonata, The Hilt, The Paring). In the crowd was everyone else, from Doug Margerum (whose Wine Cask played classroom for a generation of vintners; its ceiling pattern is emblazoned on the Brewer-Clifton label) and Mitchell Sjerven (who hosted the first Brewer-Clifton tasting back in 1996 at his Meritage restaurant on De la Vina Street) to sommeliers, bottle shop owners, writers, winemakers, Brewer’s high school/cross-country buddy Colin Wolfe (who went on to make beats with Dr. Dre), and fans of the brand, which showed the world what pinot noir and chardonnay from the Sta. Rita Hills were all about. Brewer, who folded all of the origami birds at each seat himself, had kind words for all. But he was perhaps most poignant for McGuire, a gentle, humble giant of a winemaker who’s quietly mentored countless vintners-to-be at Santa Barbara Winery. “I couldn’t siphon water out of a bucket,” said Brewer, who was a 22-year-old UCSB professor when McGuire hired him. “All I do now is what Bruce taught me.” Much has changed since 1996. A few years ago, Clifton was bought out of the brand (and wasn’t in attendance), and the winery was acquired by Jackson Family Wines in 2017, which is when Brewer came back to the project full-time. But the wines, as evidenced in the 2007-2010 chardonnays and pinot noirs shown at the luncheon, are as relevant as ever, virtual lighthouses for those seeking to make tense, racy chardonnay and whole-clusterpowered pinot noir from the Sta. Rita Hills. Said Brewer of whole-cluster fermentation, in which the stems are tossed in with the grapes, “It’s akin to cooking protein on the skeleton.” The conversation flowed over scallops, duck, and short rib, plus more wines from the invited guests, including the 2008 Fe Ciega pinot noir by

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the focus would resonate, and it did,” sleek Oliver’s to happen in the Rasinski asserted. “When people leave spot that used to be homey here, they’re enamored as it’s incredible Peabody’s on Coast Village Road, the food whether or not it’s plant-based.” new plant-based restaurant opened Chef Craig Riker said he’s worked last October 29, firing on all cylin- everywhere from steakhouses to fiveders. “We had incredible momentum star restaurants (El Encanto, Mastro’s building,” said Assistant GM Phillip in Malibu), but explained, “I feel like Thompson, “lots of guests, good social I landed in the right spot. I get to use the best ingredients media reviews, regulars after the first week, a big —what chef wouldn’t Thanksgiving.” want that?” Then the Thomas His food is paired with wines and a bar Fire roared through program that features the nearby hills. “We Juice Ranch products, were trying to stay open for whoever was a hometown touch left in town,” Thompthat keeps the vegetarian theme. “Everyson explained, but thing they stand for soon they were in a mandatory evacuation we stand for,” ThompJohnny 5 Alive son said. “It’s how to zone. Once the smoke cleared, they reopened bring a healthful idea to people hugging. Oliver’s Offers Veggie Fare to cocktails.” The best seller so far has been “People would come and Community the Johnny 5 Alive, a through the door and breathe again — it was margarita variation BY GEORGE YATCHISIN special to feel and an named after its core honor,” he said. “The conversations Juice Ranch flavor ripe with apple, people were having with each other lemon, ginger, and cayenne mixed with seemed so healing.” tequila blanco. Then the flood came. “There was Given that Thompson, Rasinski, no mud on the property, but Coast Riker, and GM Jeremy Sewell are all Village Road was a militarized zone,” hanging out midday when Oliver’s is said Thompson. The re-reopening was currently only open for dinner (there delayed due to the boil-water notice, are hopes that will change come sumsince water is sort of crucial for running mer), it’s a hint they’ve created one cool a restaurant. But they’ve been open clubhouse. Summed up Riker, “It feels since Super Bowl weekend. “That’s like you’re at home here.” why we built the restaurant,” said Brett And that was McCaw’s goal, as the Rasinski, who worked in New York name isn’t just his middle name. It turns City restaurants before coming west out Dickens’s Oliver Twist is one of his and is related to Oliver’s owner Craig favorite novels. “You know how it has McCaw, “to be part of the community.” the famous scene with the line, ‘Please, That community gets to chow down sir, I want some more,’ but he’s denied,” on hit dishes like artichoke “crab” Thompson said. “Well, Craig wants us cakes, a wild mushroom tostada, and to turn that around here. At Oliver’s we a pear-gorgonzola-cashew-dolce flat- reply, ‘Of course you may.’” bread, but nary an animal with eyes has been harmed. “We were confident 1198 Coast Village Rd.; 969-0834; oliversofmontecito.com

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n November 2016, I broke the news that Bluewater Grill was coming to Santa Barbara at 15 East Cabrillo Boulevard. Now I’m happy to report that the sustainable seafood eatery has arrived, with an official opening day of Monday, March 12. Bluewater Grill will serve lunch, dinner, and small plates daily on two floors of the historic lighthouse structure at the foot of Stearns Wharf. The location was previously occupied by Rusty’s Pizza, which moved to 111 State Street, and Castagnola’s Lobster House. The elaborately reconstructed building includes an oyster bar, a dining counter overlooking an open kitchen, and an upstairs dining patio and inside/outside bar offering spectacular beach views. The restaurant will offer Santa Barbara County wine flights and fresh seafood purchased directly from nearby commercial fishermen. Committed to sustainability standards established by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, owners Richard Staunton and James Ulcickas regularly fish the Channel Islands in the company’s Pilikia harpoon boat to humanely catch pristine-quality swordfish. “We’ve been working to bring our message of seafood sustainability to Santa Barbara for more than a decade and are delighted this day is almost here,” said Ulcickas. “Since all of us in the Bluewater family are fans of the sea, it is in our best interests to preserve the wonders of fresh seafood, both simply grilled and in expert chef ’s creations, for future generations.” Bluewater Grill Santa Barbara is also supporting Round It Up America, which encourages restaurant patrons across the country to “round up” their purchases to the nearest dollar to support such causes as Thomas Fire and Flood relief. “All of us in the Bluewater family look forward to doing what we can in 2018 to come alongside residents, firefighters, and others in our local community impacted by the disasters,” said Ulcickas.

Chanel Ducharme, former chef de cuisine at the Hungry Cat in Santa Barbara, is executive chef, and Colin Lohenry, part of the team at the original Bluewater Grill in Newport Beach’s Cannery Village, is general manager. The restaurant blends an upscale coastal casual theme with subtle references to the founders’ Central Coast ties. The restaurant will frequently change the menus to showcase up to 40 varieties of fresh seafood annually. The kids’ menu is certified by the National Restaurant Association’s Kids LiveWell program, and there’s a small plates menu of $4, $6, and $8 drink and appetizer specials. Seasonal seafood will be paired with wine, sake, and draft beers every second Tuesday of the month during Chef ’s Tastings nights, which are very popular in other cities. In addition to the original location in Newport, Bluewater Grills also exist in Redondo Beach, Phoenix, Temecula, Carlsbad, Avalon on Catalina Island, and at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. Bluewater Grill Santa Barbara will open 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Sunday-Thursday, and ’til 11 p.m., Friday-Saturday. See bluewatergrill.com. LA ARCADA BISTRO GOING PIZZA: I spoke with La

Arcada Bistro at 1112 State Street and was told that the business was sold and will close when escrow does in late March. Reader Gerry (and a few others) tell me that this will be a second location for Pizza Mizza, but I have been unable to confirm this. EL PASTORCITO UPDATE: Taqueria El Pastor-

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ITALIAN FINE DINING Actor’s Corner Café fine dining restaurant presents: “Cook with Love” the workshop. Each Saturday the workshop starts at 12:00 PM and ends at 4:00 PM. To book your seat please call: 805 686-2409. More information is available at www.actorscornercafe.com MEDITERRANEAN Foxtail Kitchen14 E. Cota Street Open late night, daily specials, 24 craft beers, great cocktails, American burgers. Try our green falafel and red falafel www.foxtailsb.com. Food till 11 Tue-Thu,12 Fri , Sun.

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Although Santa Barbara isn’t necessarily known for its classical music, there are an astonishing amount of orchestral performances offered yearly in our seaside hamlet. In addition to the city’s professional UCSB Gospel Choir groups and the myriad top-notch touring orchestras that come through, UCSB’s robust music program also provides numerous opportunities to hear classical music. For its winter 2018 concert series, the university’s Department of Music has several recitals slated. On Thursday, March 8, folks can hear the UCSB Wind Ensemble perform Handel’s Water Music, Giannini’s Fantasia for Band, and Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy, among other works. The following day, Friday, March 9, the Chamber Choir and Women’s Chorus will perform music by Latin

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onfiguration, Santa Barbara Dance talks about our youth wanting to feel safe Arts’ (SBDA) annual showcase, began at school, wanting a female president, and as a small, intimate performance in wanting equal pay, and [it] features a diverse which students shared their creative prog- cross-section of families,” said Tillim. “We ress with family and friends. Now, after two have firefighters, police officers, adopted decades of development, Configuration is a families, gay families — all showing that love fully produced evening of selected works that has many forms.” reflect the talent and passion of SBDA’s stuSBDA’s dance program offers students dent dancers and choreographers, ages 11–18. the opportunity to learn through classes and This month’s 20th-anniversary performance performance, and it emphasizes the value at Center Stage Theater of exploring the craft features the artistic voices through choreography of the young generation, and teaching. Pallad, for whose recent experiences example, not only chohave been inundated with reographed work for the area and national tragedy, show but also developed expressed through a variety that work with a group of by Maggie Yates of styles and media. “I think younger students in order that art is a fantastic vehicle to bring the piece to life onstage. “This was such for healing, expression, and activism,” said SBDA owner and Configura- an inspirational experience, and I learned so tion director Alana Tillim. “Each season, we much more about myself, my dancing, and meet as a faculty to discuss poignant and rel- my artistry as a choreographer,” said Pallad. evant ideas and pitch ideas for concepts. We “I love these girls with all my heart, and leadalways keep in mind that we are working with ing them through a piece close to my heart kids, but as we can see from the aftermath is everything a girl could ask for …. I can’t of Parkland, young people have incredible wait to see where they will go.” On March voices and a desire to be heard.” 10, SBDA will honor these student choreThe showcase is an SBDA tradition that ographers and award a $250 prize courtesy students audition for after training with the of American Riviera Bank to one of these company, sometimes for several years. This outstanding young artists. year’s dance pieces cover a breadth of topMentorships between dancers at different ics pertinent to the performers, including points in their artistic journeys give students gender identity and mental health. Works the occasion to learn from their peers. It also such as “The Weight of the World,” featur- brings the company members closer together ing Student Choreography Award winner on a personal level, as audiences will witness Parker Pallad, and “This Bitter Earth,” cho- the heartfelt send-offs to the company’s reographed by Teen Dance Star winner senior soloists, who have grown up in the Frankie Harman, explore mechanisms for SBDA family. These young women give coping with catastrophe. Tillim calls “This testament to the importance and benefits of Bitter Earth,” which expresses the vulner- an education in the arts. “The current culture ability of being a bystander surrounded by for young women is very exciting,” said Tillim disaster, an eerie precursor to the Montecito of her students’ work. “They are so lucky to mudslides. Beyond offerings of jazz, hip-hop, be growing up in a time of great change and and contemporary dance, Configuration empowerment …. This show will give you also includes the premiere of a student-led great hope and inspiration that we have some video project overseen by instructor (and incredibly bright and powerful female leaders SBDA alumni) Brittany Sandoval. “The film coming right out of Santa Barbara.”

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s anyone who has ever spent any time teaching has been getting the essence of the Lope de Vega work the “great books” of Western civilization will across through the medium of rehearsal scenes, which gladly tell you, it’s a messy job. Even armed with are necessarily partial and riven with other dynamics. every skeptical tool in the critical repertoire — from That said, Brainin enthuses about what she calls the feminism to deconstruction to new historicism — the show’s “meta-moments,” which she describes as appealtexts tend to offer disruptive challenges that refuse to ing in different ways to different sectors of the audience. line up neatly behind any particular cause, including “The behind-the-scenes stuff will certainly resonate that of the capitalist patriarchy with theater people,” she they are so often assumed to said,“and others I hope will underwrite. In Staging the appreciate the peek into a Daffy Dame, which is rundifferent world.” ning at UCSB now in a fully In describing the show’s staged Launch Pad preview conflict, Brainin emphaproduction, playwright Anne sizes the fact that the Lope García-Romero goes where de Vega text is not the only no tenured radical has dared or even the first aspect of go before. The play stars L.A. the production with which actress Cristina Frias as Lupe, the theater students have a Latina theater professor in to struggle. At first, what her thirties who has chosen throws them is Lupe’s castto direct a production of the ing, which, says Brainin, 1613 Spanish Golden Age com“is not politically correct.” edy La dama boba by Lope And then, after that, the de Vega. The Daffy Dame, as play kicks in, and “that’s the play is known in English not PC either,” according to translation, follows a marriage the director. Looking at the plot that pits sisters against politics of a 17th-century one another and puts parents, text through the reactions of 21st-century theater students as usual, in the way of true love. Staging the Daffy Dame, on the other who have to perform it allows for hand, shows what happens when a multilayered experience that GOES BEHIND THE SCENES Lupe engages a group of students in it’s hard to imagine accessing any OF A UNIVERSITY the process of actually presenting this other way. Brainin feels that it’s THEATER PROGRAM 405-year-old work. “cool that the play can take some Against a background of budget of these discussions on” because by Charles Donelan cuts, diversity protests, and faculty it provides “such an intimate peropposition, and while in thrall to spective on these issues.” an arrogant department chair (played by Westmont And what are these issues? Well, you’ll have to see it professor Mitchell Thomas), Lupe takes an unexpected for the complete answer, but I can give you a big hint by approach to the play through nontraditional casting pointing back at the title, because it’s the “daffy” sister and powerful, open-ended direction. The play shows Finea whose experience offers the insight that love how The Daffy Dame first unnerves and then empowers can overcome differences that might otherwise seem the young actors, who must confront their own precon- insurmountable. There’s no question that the UCSB ceptions as they work on their roles. BFA students will soar in roles that draw so directly on For Risa Brainin, the creator of the Launch Pad pro- who they are and what they do, and I expect fireworks gram and the director of Staging the Daffy Dame, one of from Thomas and Frias, whose characters, I hear, have the biggest challenges in bringing this work to the stage a “history.”

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bounty of witty repartee was unleashed onstage last Friday evening when The Theatre Group at SBCC presented British playwright Alan Ayckbourn’s clever comedy Communicating Doors. With time travel and murder as central plot points, the ribald story takes place in a suite at a posh hotel, with characters traveling back and forth through 20-year time chunks via a “communicating door” that opens into the suite. The era is denoted by a change in the hotel logo and a picture of the member of the royal family who is currently on the throne — from a middle-aged Queen Elizabeth to Prince Charles and then Prince William as king. Felicia Hall gives an excellent, hilarious performance as Poopay, a

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dominatrix who unwittingly becomes embroiled in the mystery of the suspicious deaths of two former wives of a wealthy businessman named Reece (Matt Smith). When Poopay inadvertently goes through the communicating door and lands in the hotel room in the past she encounters Ruella, played brilliantly by Leslie Gangl Howe, and the two women become coconspirators in trying to prevent the murder of Reece’s wives, of which Ruella is one. Hall and Howe steal the show with their spot-on accents, deft comic timing, and sparkling banter, inducing well-earned laughs from the audience. The show suffered from several unfortunate technical difficulties, and at times the pacing waned, but overall it was a wonderful romp and well worth seeing. —Michelle Drown

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n this sparkling production of The Barber of Seville, director Josh Shaw married Rossini’s glorious music to some sensational gender masquerade. Alexander Elliott cut an enviable Figaro, Cassandra Zoé Velasco’s Rosina glowed from within, and Andrew Bidlack positively threw out the book as a hell-raising, cross-dressing Count Almaviva. Under the baton of maestro Kostis Protopapas, the orchestra released the playful joy of an irrepressible score. Thanks to the musicians, Rossini had us at the overture. Peter Strummer, an experienced character bass-baritone, drove the action forward as the unscrupu-

lous and lewd Doctor Bartolo, a type of villain we can now see in sharper focus through the lens of the #MeToo movement. Shaw’s decision to dress Count Almaviva in drag for the famous music lesson sequence in Act II provided some big laughs for Bidlack and Strummer, who played the opening as pure slapstick. The spectacle of the wily count in a dress and a wig urging his nemesis Doctor Bartolo to feel “peace and joy” was priceless. Perhaps this is what we need more of right now — straight men in dresses singing songs of peace to the patriarchy. —CD

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rrol Morris knows more than most filmmakers that truth, and the dogged quest thereof, can be both a compelling and slippery business. Morris’s long career as a contrarian documentarian — from his early quirky jewels Gates of Heaven and Vernon, Florida to the masterful The Thin Blue Line, one-on-ones with Robert McNamara and Donald Rumsfeld, and the titillating eroti-kitsch of Tabloid — has been a truthseeking mission lined with the filmmaker’s rampant and sometimes eccentric curiosities and his unusually bold sense of cinematic style in the storytelling process. With the fascinating new Netflix docudrama miniseries Wormwood, Morris relaxes into the extended time parameters to contend with the frustrating saga of Frank Olson, who was found dead outside N.Y.C.’s Hotel Statler in 1953, having fallen from a 13th-floor window (the open window becomes a haunting, recurring motif throughout the miniseries). Olson had become disenchanted with the government biological warfare project he was working on; he ostensibly committed suicide that night — under “unintended circumstances,” CIA sources confessed only in 1975, involving its experimental use of LSD and Olson’s ultimate demise. Others have suspected a CIA-organized assassination of the dissident and potential whistle-blower. Morris has always been keen to explore the inner nature of quirky characters on both sides of the power grid. While McNamara and Rumsfeld are from inside the “decider” zone of the power elite, Olson’s son Eric, the protagonist in Wormwood, is on the far side of that governmental power equation. Well-spoken, Eric Olson has basically been neurotically fixated on investigating the truth about his father’s death for more than 60 years. “I needed truth a long time ago,” says the present-day Eric, who confesses to being “lost in a sea of questions” and that “the value of the lost one is infinite.” In effect, Eric’s life stopped on that day in 1953, when he lost his father under dubious and still-unclarified circumstances. The core of the film, really, is based on epic interview sessions with the present-day Eric,

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Gringo (110 mins., R) This noir-action dramedy follows businessperson Harold Soyinka (David Oyelowo) as he goes from law-abiding citizen to wanted criminal. Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, and Thandie Newton also star. Paseo Nuevo

The Hurricane Heist (100 mins., PG-13) The Fast and the Furious creator/director Rob Cohen offers up his latest action thriller, about a team of hackers who decide to steal $600 million from a U.S. mint facility on the coast as a Category 5 hurricane descends upon an Alabama town. Toby Kebbell, Maggie Grace, and Ryan Kwanten star. Metro 4 I Can Only Imagine (110 mins., PG) J. Michael Finley stars as lead singer of the Christian band MercyMe, Bart Millard, who wrote the 2001 song “I Can Only Imagine” for his deceased father. The song is the most-played contemporary Christian song ever. Dennis Quaid, Trace Adkins, and Cloris Leachman also star. Fiesta 5 (Opens Thu., Mar. 15)

Love, Simon (110 mins., PG-13) Adapted from the YA novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, this film follows Simon (Nick Robinson) as he attempts to keep his homosexuality unknown to his friends and family. Simon’s secret is threatened when a blackmailer uses outing him as leverage to get what he wants. Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Garner also star. Paseo Nuevo (Opens Thu., Mar. 15)

➤ O Oh Lucy!

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Never mind the seemingly innocent, bubbly air of the title, as if the film were a Japanese spin-off of I Love Lucy. It’s not. Writer/director Atsuko Hirayanagi’s comedy about a midlife Tokyo woman who goes to California and back turns dark, and darker, before the light comes in again. One of the best and most refreshingly non-formulaic films seen at this year’s Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Oh Lucy! follows the late-breaking adventures of orderly office worker Setsuko (Shinobu Terajima) as she is lured away from the mundanity of her life in search of renewal when her dubious American English teacher heads to the States with Setsuko’s West-leaning niece. Terajima gives an outstanding and sometimes aptly enigmatic, hard-to-comprehend performance, creating a portrait of a woman coming apart and looking for a way back into a normality that has suddenly morphed into a new set of norms. (JW) Riviera

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Thoroughbreds (92 mins., NR) Touted as “American Psycho meets Heathers,” this drama/thriller tells the story of two well-to-do suburban teenagers in Connecticut who reconnect after years of estrangement to hatch a diabolical plan. Anton Yelchin, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Olivia Cooke star. Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo

A Fantastic Woman (104 mins., R) This Oscar-winning Chilean film tells the story of Marina, a young transgender waitress, and Orlando, her three-decadesolder lover who falls ill and dies suddenly. Marina subsequently becomes a suspect in Orlando’s death, and an investigation into her life uncovers more than anticipated. The Hitchcock

Tomb Raider (122 mins., PG-13) Alicia Vikander stars as Lara Croft in this reboot of the media franchise from the 2000s that starred Angelina Jolie. The story begins with Croft’s first ever mission, which takes her on a dangerous journey as she tries to learn the reasons behind the mysterious disappearance of her father. Dominic West, Daniel Wu, and Kristin Scott Thomas also star. Camino Real/Metro 4 (Opens Thu., Mar. 15)

A Wrinkle in Time (109 mins., PG) In this film based on Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved novel of the same name, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Mindy Kaling star as astral travelers — Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who, respectively — who help protagonist Meg Murry (Storm Reid), her brother, and her friend save Meg’s father (Chris Pine), who is being held prisoner on a distant planet. Fairview/Fiesta 5

NOW SHOWING O Annihilation

(120 mins., R)

This sci-fi-horror film swings through its visual achievements and storytelling failures so fast it’ll leave your brain cramped and exhausted by the end. Equal parts absorbing, terrifying, and discombobulating, the movie — based on the first novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s best-selling Southern Reach trilogy stars Natalie Portman as a biologist and soldier on a mission to save her husband and the world from the grip of an everexpanding bubble of DNA mish-mash and death called the “Shimmer.” The fiction of Annihilation’s science is so viscerally arresting and pretty to watch that the other stuff doesn’t matter. (TH) Fairview/Paseo Nuevo

O Black Panther

(134 mins., PG-13)

There are some really wonderful things about Black Panther, Disney/Marvel’s latest comic-book adaptation. It’s led by a nearly all-black cast and is set to smash not just box office records but also the long-held Hollywood notion that films starring African Americans don’t make big money. It’s also the latest movie in a lengthening line of both serious and kid-friendly studio films that feature lead characters with different genders, sexualities, and skin colors. But there are some disappointing things, too. Black Panther settles too easily into tired and predictable superhero tropes. It never jumps out of third gear, and its cultural significance is hardly matched by its entertainment value. (TH) Camino Real/Metro 4 Death Wish (107 mins., R) Director Eli Roth (Hostel) helms this remake of the 1974 classic vigilante action film that starred Charles Bronson. This time, Bruce Willis plays the lead, Dr. Paul Kersey, who seeks revenge after his wife is murdered and his daughter is attacked. Vincent D’Onofrio,

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O Game Night

(100 mins., R)

Hilarious and captivating Game Night is an exceptional story of dramatic irony. The film centers on the ultracompetitive couple Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams), who get together each week for game night with three of their close friends. Their weekly ritual goes awry, however, when Max’s über-successful older brother, Brooks (Kyle Chandler), moves to town and invites the group to his home for a “murder mystery.” What ensues is a delightfully farcical evening in which the participants must fight for their lives. The result is a suspenseful, side-splittingly funny film with a twist at every turn. (NS) Fairview/Fiesta 5

in attendance with me all thought it was swell enough. The animated bunnies tuck seamlessly into the live-action humans, and there’s plenty of humorous physical fun throughout. Still, it’s as if the filmmakers briefly considered making one of those great kid-films-foradults-too, but gave up halfway through and just sent it to the finishing room. (MK) Fiesta 5

O The Post

(115 mins., PG-13)

What could have been a gripping movie about the role of the press in keeping the government accountable instead left me wishing for a good documentary about the 1971 release of the Pentagon Papers. When the said documents mysteriously show up at the door of the Washington Post, publisher/owner Katherine Graham (powerfully played by Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) struggled with whether to publish or perish. Only in hindsight is the “right” answer obvious. Had Spielberg not depicted the winners as so unfailingly heroic and the losers so craven, it would have been a better movie and civics lesson, too. That said, Spielberg knows how to tell a story, and in this case, the story is so interesting that not even he can ruin it. (NW) The Hitchcock

The Greatest Showman (105 mins., PG)

Hugh Jackman stars as P.T. Barnum in this biopic musical that focuses on the legendary circus master and the lives of the people who form what eventually becomes the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Zendaya, and Rebecca Ferguson also star. The Hitchcock Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (119 mins., PG-13)

Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan star in this comedy/action adventure in which teenagers find the long-lost people-eating game Jumanji and get gobbled up. They can only return home when they complete the game, which in this iteration means returning a gem called the Jaguar’s Eye to its rightful place and then saying “Jumanji.” Fiesta 5

➤ O The Party

(71 mins., R)

Darkly comic and filmed in black-andwhite, Sally Potter’s The Party is not a typical soiree-gone-wrong story. The film takes place in England and follows Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) and her husband, Bill (Timothy Spall), as she throws a party in honor of her longawaited appointment as Shadow Minister of Health. Janet invites her closest friends to celebrate, including the cynical April (Patricia Clarkson) and her self-proclaimed-life-coach boyfriend, Gottfried (Bruno Ganz); professor Martha (Cherry Jones) and her wife, Jinny (Emily Mortimer); and sketchy banker Tom (Cillian Murphy). Unexpected circumstances rear their ugly heads, knocking the celebration off-kilter and quickly into mayhem. In the fracas, The Party reveals the clash between realism, idealism, and spirituality, positing that “right” and “wrong” are not always black-and-white, even though they may seem that way. (NS) The Hitchcock Peter Rabbit (93 mins., PG) Peter Rabbit is a worthy romp for the kids, but that’s about it. The jokes are overly cheeky, the plot is formulaic, and the banter is simple, but the four kids

Red Sparrow (140 mins., R) Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence and star Jennifer Lawrence team up again for this espionage thriller based on the 2013 novel of the same name. Jennifer Lawrence plays Dominika Egorova, a Russian spy who, after falling in love with CIA agent Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton), considers becoming a double agent. Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeremy Irons, and Ciarán Hinds also star. Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo

O The Shape of Water

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(123 mins., R)

When a semiaquatic humanoid (Doug Jones) is brought in chains to a Baltimore military research facility during the Cold War, Elisa (Sally Hawkins), a cleaner at the facility who communicates through sign language, finds the nonverbal creature kindred to her nonspeaking self. Their relationship is one of several that anchors Guillermo del Toro’s latest fairy tale, whose central characters experience the era’s bright promises in terms of disappointment and disempowerment. The ever-delightful Hawkins is the big draw; her physically expressive performance style is reminiscent of silentera stars. Soon, though, I hope actors with disabilities will get their starring turns in major films in which disability is rendered as possibility rather than lack. (AT) Arlington

O Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (115 mins., R) With a star-studded cast including Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, and up-and-comer Lucas Hedges, the film follows tough-as-nails Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) and her quest to drive the Ebbing police department to properly investigate the rape and murder of her daughter. With astute insights into Southern small-town living, incredible cinematography, and a powerhouse performance from McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is, without a doubt, the best film I saw last year. (EW) The Hitchcock

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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): The men who work on offshore oil rigs perform demanding, dangerous tasks on a regular basis. If they make mistakes, they may get injured or befoul the sea with petroleum. As you might guess, the culture on these rigs has traditionally been macho, stoic, and hard-driving. But in recent years, that has changed at one company. Shell Oil’s workers in the U.S. were trained by Holocaust survivor Claire Nuer to talk about their feelings, be willing to admit errors, and soften their attitudes. As a result, the company’s safety record has improved dramatically. If macho dudes toiling on oil rigs can become more vulnerable and open and tenderly expressive, so can you, Aries. And now would be a propitious time to do it.

(June 21-July 22): What’s your most frustrating flaw? During the next seven weeks, you will have enhanced the power to diminish its grip on you. It’s even possible you will partially correct it or outgrow it. To take maximum advantage of this opportunity, rise above any covert tendency you might have to cling to your familiar pain. Rebel against the attitude described by novelist Stephen King: “It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.”

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): How will you celebrate your upcoming climax and culmination, Taurus? With a howl of triumph, a fist pump, and three cartwheels? With a humble speech thanking everyone who helped you along the way? With a bottle of champagne, a gourmet feast, and spectacular sex? However you choose to mark this transition from one chapter of your life story to the next chapter, I suggest that you include an action that will help the next chapter get off to a rousing start. In your ritual of completion, plant seeds for the future.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On April 23, 1516, the Germanic duchy of Bavaria issued a decree. From that day forward, all beer produced had to use just three ingredients: water, barley, and hops. Ever since then, for the last 500+ years, this edict has had an enduring influence on how German beer is manufactured. In accordance with astrological factors, I suggest that you proclaim three equally potent and systemic directives of your own. It’s an opportune time to be clear and forceful about how you want your story to unfold in the coming years.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his book Whistling in the Dark, author Frederick Buechner writes that the ancient Druids took “a special interest in in-between things like mistletoe, which is neither quite a plant nor quite a tree, and mist, which is neither quite rain nor quite air, and dreams, which are neither quite waking nor quite sleep.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, in-between phenomena will be your specialty in the coming weeks. You will also thrive in relationship to anything that lives in two worlds or that has paradoxical qualities. I hope you’ll exult in the educational delights that come from your willingness to be teased and mystified.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The English word “velleity” refers to an empty wish that has no power behind it. If you feel a longing to make a pilgrimage to a holy site but can’t summon the motivation to actually do so, you are under the spell of velleity. Your fantasy of communicating with more flair and candor is a velleity if you never initiate the practical steps to accomplish that goal. Most of us suffer from this weakness at one time or another. But the good news, Virgo, is that you are primed to overcome your version of it during the next six weeks. Life will conspire to assist you if you resolve to turn your wishy-washy wishes into potent action plans — and then actually carry out those plans.

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(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the 2002 film Spider-Man, there’s a scene where the character Mary Jane slips on a spilled drink as she carries a tray full of food through a cafeteria. Spider-Man, disguised as his alter ego, Peter Parker, makes a miraculous save. He jumps up from his chair and catches Mary Jane before she falls. Meanwhile, he grabs her tray and uses it to gracefully capture her apple, sandwich, carton of milk, and bowl of Jell-O before they hit the floor. The filmmakers say they didn’t use CGI to render this scene. The lead actor, Tobey Maguire, allegedly accomplished it in real life — although it took 156 takes before he finally mastered it. I hope you have that level of patient determination in the coming weeks, Libra. You, too, can perform a small miracle if you do.

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you saw the animated film The Lion King, you may have been impressed with the authenticity of the lions’ roars and snarls. Did the producers place microphones in the vicinity of actual lions? No. Voice actor Frank Welker produced the sounds by growling and yelling into a metal garbage can. I propose this as a useful metaphor for you in the coming days. First, I hope it inspires you to generate a compelling and creative illusion of your own — an illusion that serves a good purpose. Second, I hope it alerts you to the possibility that other people will be offering you compelling and creative illusions — illusions that you should engage with only if they serve a good purpose.

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(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I do a lot of self-editing before I publish what I write. My horoscopes go through at least three drafts before I unleash them on the world. While polishing the manuscript of my first novel, I threw away over a thousand pages of stuff that I had worked on very hard. In contrast to my approach, science-fiction writer Harlan Ellison dashed off one of his award-winning stories in a single night and published it without making any changes to the first draft. As you work in your own chosen field, Aquarius, I suspect that for the next three weeks you will produce the best results by being more like me than like Ellison. Beginning about three weeks from now, an Ellison-style strategy might be more warranted.

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot was a connoisseur of “the art of roughness” and “the uncontrolled element in life.” He liked to locate and study the hidden order in seemingly chaotic and messy things. “My life seemed to be a series of events and accidents,” he said. “Yet when I look back I see a pattern.” I bring his perspective to your attention, Scorpio, because you are entering a phase when the hidden order and secret meanings of your life will emerge into view. Be alert for surprising hints of coherence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I suspect that in July and August you will be invited to commune with rousing opportunities and exciting escapades. But right now I’m advising you to channel your intelligence into wellcontained opportunities and sensible adventures. In fact, my projections suggest that your ability to capitalize fully on the future’s rousing opportunities and exciting escapades will depend on how well you master the current crop of well-contained opportunities and sensible adventures. Making the most of today’s small pleasures will qualify you to harvest bigger pleasures later.

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