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Local superintendents Anthony Ranii and Amy Alzina join forces amid disasters, p. 36

LETTERS, P. 8 • ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 23 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 42

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PAUL AND JANE ORFALEA DEDICATE COAST VILLAGE CIRCLE PROPERTY FOR COUNTY’S MONTECITO CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS, RECOVERY, AND REBUILDING (STORY ON P. 12)

Montecito Miscellany

Berna Kieler, 70, jump-starts grass-roots Montecito Recovery Project, p. 6

In Passing

Honoring two Montecito treasures: Karen Stuckenberg Kolb and John “Jack” Cantin, pgs. 16 & 40

All That Jazz

Saxophonist Charles Lloyd celebrates 80th birthday March 15 at Lobero Theatre, p. 20

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James Buckley rolls up his sleeves and looks down the road at Montecito’s “new normal” while offering up what the community’s four chief priorities should be

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8 Letters to the Editor

A multitude of missive from Journal readers including Harry Kolb, Penelope Bianchi, the Norbergs, Bill Loomis, Luci Janssen, Deidre “Coco” Hanssen, Christopher Danch, Art Thomas, William Lancaster, Polly Johnson, Dave Suding, David McCalmont, plus Matthew and Ray Bourhis

10 This Week

MBAR; Cold Spring School Board; improv show; STEAM; Super Bee Rescue; Princess Weekend; SB Music Club; Melissa Broughton; Cold Spring School; Empowered Aging; MA meeting; Kindergarten Readiness; community info; Ukulele Jim; Knit ‘N Needle; Spanish; art gala; Barbara Ireland Walk; Grief Recovery group; art classes; brain fitness; story time; yoga; and Italian

Tide Guide 12 Village Beat

“Montecito Center” for recovery; Montecito Union School Board; and Montecito Country Mart update, including Caffe Luxxe

14 Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner reports on the Tuna Canyon Detention Station showcase; Museum of Art Women’s Board; Teen Star; and Magic Castle Cabaret

16 In Passing

Longtime Montecito resident Karen Stuckenberg Kolb – born swimmer, gardener, and wife of Harry, passed away February 27 at the age of 71

20 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz talks with musician Charles Lloyd; songwriter Gaby Moreno; Festival of New Plays; and movies in focus

23 Brilliant Thoughts

The words of Ashleigh Brilliant’s latest commentary are close-knit, as he examines singularity, solitude, alone-ness, and solitary confinement

24 Spirituality Matters

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Steven Libowitz interviews Gary Malkin prior to his Lobero appearance; Cynthia Waring; Dawa Tarchin Phillips; plus B. Alan Wallace and Robert Sapolsky

36 Meet the Supes

Sigrid Toye goes to the head of the class with superintendents Amy Alzina of Cold Spring School and Anthony Ranii of MUS District

38 Legal Advertising 40 In Passing

An obituary for John “Jack” Cantin, 17, who has been missing since the Montecito mudslides on January 9

41 Our Town

Heads up: Joanne Calitri documents barber Richie Ramirez, the latest SB Young Professional of the Year, who helped raise funds for Firefighters Alliance

42 Calendar of Events

Wu Man at UCSB; St. Patrick’s Day; International Orchid Show; Camerata Pacifica; Artistry of Strings; Paolo Tatafiore; SB Dance Arts; jazz at SOhO; Cannabis Camp; and Joshua Bell

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Editorial

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A New Montecito

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t looks like our “New Normal” is to be the evacuation of upwards of 30,000 residents who live below the Thomas Fire boundary from Carpinteria to Goleta, where the now bare soil has been completely upended and exposed to drying winds and constant desiccating sunshine.

Every time a hint of precipitation shows up on a weather map, we will be advised to pack a bag and park our vehicles head-first out of garages and head for the nearest “safe” shelter when directed.

Thankfully, there are only at the most six weeks left of what has been a no-show rainy season. Next year, though, we are likely to live through a repeat, as not enough of our protective chaparral will have grown back by then to hold the soil that could propel rocks and boulders down the mountainside. The good news is that at sometime between now and, say, five years from now, things will return to the “old normal” of carefully watching our backcountry during fire season for signs of smoke.

During a recent dinner discussion with MJ and News-Press columnist Erin Graffy, author of How To Santa Barbara, and a number of historical guidebooks (her brother, Neal Graffy, is also a resident historian), she expressed the opinion that the recent combined calamity of the Thomas Fire and subsequent mud-boulder-and-debris flow was a transformational seminal event for Montecito. “The fire and mudslide has transformed this village,” she says, and compares the event to the 1906 earthquake and fire that leveled San Francisco and the 1925 Santa Barbara quake. In its aftermath, the San Francisco quake led to a more beautiful, organized, and prosperous place as city fathers rolled up their collective sleeves and began to plan and rebuild almost immediately after.

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Project Recovery Susan St. John, Heather Sage, founder Berna Kieler and Cathy Link (photo by DJ Wetmore)

by Richard Mineards

Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, gossip on The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, and a commentator on the KTLA Morning News. He moved to Montecito ten years ago.

Berna Desire: Road to Recovery

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ecovery Project is a new community support group that was born out of the recent doubleheader disasters that have hit our rarefied enclave.

Founder Berna Kieler, a Montecito resident since the 1980s, describes it as “grass-roots, neighbors helping neighbors” being carried along by people dedicated to seeing the community and its residents recover.

“I was in the Red Zone but untouched,” says Berna, 70. “I couldn’t help clean up the mud, so I reached out to friends with a heartfelt message encouraging them to ‘give the shirts off their backs.’ To raid their closets for comfortable gently used and new clothing and footwear for our neighbors who’ve lost everything.”

The reaction was immediate, with a bountiful outpouring “like a land-

slide” with donations flooding her home studio and the house of her supporting partner, Heather Sage, who was the first to respond with help.

“As well as the comfortable clothing our people love to wear, we’ve also been buying and distributing gift certificates,” adds Berna, who has been looking for a temporary dedicated space in Montecito to create a community Free Store where the gifts can be distributed.

“We’ve asked commercial property managers in the village to help us and, by working together, have found a space in the Montecito Country Mart, thanks to owner James Rosenfeld for the month of March” Berna, a former fashion industry executive and longtime supporter of the Organic Soup Kitchen, the World Business Academy, the Sierra Club,

and World Wildlife Fund, says it has been a “spirit-lifting experience” for both givers and receivers.

“Our little community is suffering broken homes and broken hearts. The healing will take a long time. For now, seeing the smiles on the faces of people when they put something on that makes them feel warm and comfy again is all we need to keep us going.”

Anyone in need of clothing and footwear can reach the Recovery Project by contacting Berna online at bernajean@aol.com or by visiting the new store. A Facebook page is also being set up.

A wonderful example of a community working as one.

High Note Singer Caly Bevier is a winner!

Not only getting the Golden Buzzer from famously critical judge Simon Cowell on the TV show America’s Got Talent, but beating Stage 3 ovarian cancer three years ago after three months of grueling intensive chemotherapy treatment.

After recording a version of Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song” while still sick, her father, Adam, posted a video of the recording with an accompanying photo slideshow on Facebook, which led to her performing at a fundraiser for another young cancer patient and

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LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR

If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite H, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net

Montecito Memories

Harry Kolb’s wife, Karen, recently passed away (see “In Passing” on page 16); he penned the following short but poignant memory of their growing up together during an email back-and-forth with us that we think deserves wider dissemination:

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aren’s brother, Jim, and I were best friends growing up in the St. Louis hills and Karen was the tagalong. At some point, Karen became the focus of our relationship without Jim realizing it, and he became the tagalong. In 1960, Karen’s family moved to 615 Hot Springs Road.

I spent several summers there, and Jim and I slept in an old abandoned well house on the property. The well house and stable are still there, but the home is now gone. We’d ride our horses across properties out to the San Ysidro Ranch, where Teresa McWilliams and Gene O’Hagan were running the stables and giving riding lessons. The stables were so old and leaning that we often wondered who would be trapped when they eventually fell over in a stiff breeze. Riding back home, we’d stop at what was then Tom’s (now the Montecito Coffee Shop) for burgers and milkshakes.

Where the steps now lead up to the San Ysidro Pharmacy terrace, there was a hitching post.

We’d take hayrides from the Ranch down to Miramar Beach and fry steaks in large cast-iron skillets. Local kids at the beach would talk about how they couldn’t wait to get out of Montecito and move to a big city for some real activity. Being from St. Louis, I thought they were crazy. We’d explore from her home around the vacant grounds of El Fureides, discovering buried statues and pathways. One night, sitting on a stone wall around an abandoned clay tennis court, Karen and I had our first kiss.

During college, we both seemed to go our own way. In 1986, we’d both divorced and began spending weekends in Carmel; she from San Francisco, and I from a stone guesthouse on Edgecliff. Jump forward to Christmas, 1986: I asked Karen to

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marry me next to a marble plaque I had cemented to that stone wall that read: “On this wall in August 1962 Karen Stuckenberg received her first kiss.” The only problem was, it was so dark that night, she couldn’t read it.

We had to come back the next day to make sure it had her name on it.

We married in 1987 at the romantic little Voskuyl Chapel at Westmont and have enjoyed all the memories of growing up in Montecito. It was a wonderful place to grow up.

We were very lucky.

Harry Kolb Montecito (Mr. Kolb is senior estate agent with Sotheby’s International Realty.)

Trouble on East Valley Lane

What great coverage Montecito Journal has given of the enormous crisis and devastation of Montecito. Our lane was very hard-hit. We evacuated the day before because I had a tremendous “instinct” when at dinner at Birnam Wood on Sunday night. I told my husband, “This reminds me of the Titanic.” (I think he thought I was a bit bonkers; he had no idea what I was talking about!)

We left Monday morning at noon for a hotel. I felt it in my bones (I think it was my late mother who is helpful constantly in my life). We were spared mud in our house, but our lane was devastated. Our guesthouse and garage were filled with two feet of mud. It sounds like an estate, but it isn’t. Those buildings are like a little village and are very close together.

Chickens were rescued by firefighters and Animal Control. The firefighters who were checking our house for us, or the remains of us, saw our cat and left food.

Please. What other place would firemen leave cat food?

Nowhere.

Except, of course, Montecito.

Had we stayed, we would have been killed, I am certain. Others on our lane (off East Valley behind Knollwood, west of Glen Oaks) were evacuated by helicopter and two were killed. I knew and loved Josie, and Dr. Montgomery saved my husband’s hand; his daughter was a friend of our granddaughter at Cate.

Heartbreaking.

I am so sorry about and with all the families who lost loved ones. I understand why many did not evacuate from the “mandatory” areas. Most of the fatalities were in the “voluntary” areas.

That will not happen again.

I find no fault.

Everyone did the best they could, and the depth of the rescue people was breathtaking. So many people would have been lost had it not been for the full complement of those first

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responders. From all over. Helicopters, vehicles, soldiers, heroes, dogs... it was all breathtaking.

We had just returned (from the Thomas Fire evacuation) with our five pets (thank the hotels who kept us with our menagerie) with three dogs, two cats, for five weeks, in one room...

So, I totally understand “evacuation fatigue”!

We first went to the Bacara, [whose employees] told us we had only a week, because they had a conference coming that had booked a year ago and taken all the rooms. We left on time. We decamped to the Californian, which had three conferences scheduled that would have taken over the entire hotel.

They cancelled all of them, saying, “We need to take care of our citizens.”

Bravo! I will send every one of my friends there. You should too.

Happy to be alive and restoring a lovely place in heaven here in Montecito.

In any case, we are very lucky to have great insurance coverage and a great insurance policy. The company is vitally important (ours is Chubb and I sing their praises). People do not pay attention to their insurance policy, but it makes all the difference.

Pay attention to what is covered and for how much, everyone. Read those policies. This stuff can happen; as you now have seen.

Many of us never really think much about our insurance until a disaster occurs. Our family had a fire in 1982 in Pasadena. We had, thanks to my husband, Adam, the most wonderful insurance. In addition, and most importantly, all the occupants, the children and their friend spending the night, and all our pets were saved.

Then, the brave firefighters saved 95 percent of our “contents,” (our collected treasures) while 95 percent of the “structure” was destroyed. Good training for disasters. Key advice: “replacement cost insurance.” Critical.

We just had the same experience in Montecito. Most of our “contents” were saved (no mud in the house, by a miracle) and everyone survived. And, what was damaged – the landscaping and garden and pond – are the easiest things to restore. Our chickens were saved by animal control and the firefighters; they are boarding at the Humane Society. I visit them all the time. Those firefighters had some fun darting around the coop catching them. Had to be the best part of their heroic duty during that horrific week.

My garden guru and “plant genius” Dan Seibert saved not only our garden, but also all the garden treasures (such as my 18th-century terra cotta urns) that I’ve been hauling around all my life. Dan knew where everything was.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 16

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, MARCH 8 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. On today’s agenda: a new carport and garage conversion on La Vuelta, a new detached garage and addition on Tiburon Bay Lane, a new singlefamily dwelling on Boeske Parkway, demo and new home, artist studio, pool pavilion, and garage on Hot Springs Road, design revisions to the Miramar project, and many other items.

When: 1 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu

Cost: $15; $12 for members Info: 962-5339 After-School STEAM Program Build with Legos, do snap circuits, and drop-in craft activities at Montecito Library. Ages 5 and up.

When: 3:30 to 4:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, MARCH 10

FRIDAY, MARCH 9

Super Bee Rescue Open House A two-day open house to gather to discuss all things bees. After the catastrophic fire and mudslides, this will be an opportunity to celebrate spring and rebuilding of the local bee population. There will be a sale on used bee equipment, honey for sale, an observation hive to see the bees and more.

When: 9 am to 4 pm, today and tomorrow Where: HeartStone Ranch, 4188 Foothill Road in Carpinteria More details: www.superbeerescue.com RSVP: nick@superbeerescue.com

Science-Meets-Improv Show Dr. Greg Rasmussen, who has spent more than 30 years in southern Africa studying and working to save highly endangered painted dogs, is the guest animal expert appearing at the next IMPROVology show presented by the Santa Barbara Zoo. His stories and knowledge provide the fodder for on-the-spot comedy improvisation by members of L.A.’s Improv Theatre Company. Audience participation, musical accompaniment, snacks, and beer and wine are all part of the fun.

When: 7:30 pm Where: Santa Barbara Zoo, 500 Ninos Drive

Princess Weekend at the Zoo Join the SB Zoo for this popular event that has been expanded from one day to two – twice the tiaras, twice the fun on March 10-11! Free with admission.

Meet Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, and other princesses in person as they help celebrate frogs.

All costumed princesses welcome – as are knights, pirates, and cowboys.

Learn how zoos and aquariums are working to save the world’s threatened amphibians.

When: today and tomorrow, 10 am Where: Santa Barbara Zoo, 500 Ninos Drive Info: www.sbzoo.org

Special Cold Spring School Board Meeting When: 6 pm Where: 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road Info: 969-2678

Art Reception “Delineation” features four Santa Barbarabased artists: Jo Merit, Douglas Dafoe, Katarzyna Kociomyk, and Charlie Patton. Curated by Jan Ziegler. The exhibit runs through May 13; tonight is the reception.

When: 5 to 8 pm Where: MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery, 132 Santa Barbara Street Cost: free Info: 963-1411 Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music. A valued cultural resource in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public.

When: 3 pm Where: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street Cost: free SUNDAY, MARCH 11 Book Signing at Chaucer’s Prepare for the Easter season by celebrating Spring and bunnies with Melissa Broughton as she signs her brand-new book, Sleepy Bunny: The Bunny Who Loved Lavender!

Each book can be paired with a soft, bunny-shaped, lavender-filled sachet for naptime. These little sachet pillows (locally made!) are bunny-shaped, soft microfiber the same color as Amos. Each one is filled with lavender that Melissa harvested from her lavender farm.

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When: 2 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787

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MONDAY, MARCH 12 Cold Spring School Board Meeting When: 6 pm Where: 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road Info: 969-2678 TUESDAY, MARCH 13 Empowered Aging Lecture Series Santa Barbara Village and the University Club of Santa Barbara announce “Community Care Giving Initiative: Strengthening Families for the Journey.” Phylene Wiggins, senior director of Community Investments, Santa Barbara Foundation, will be the featured speaker. The Empowered Aging Monthly Lecture Series takes place on the second Tuesday of each month at the University Club and is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so reservations are encouraged.

When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1332 Santa Barbara Street RSVP: 729-5038 Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito.

When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Tuesday Talk “Kindergarten Readiness” with Erin Guerra and Debbie Williams, administrators at Crane Country Day School When: 6:30 pm Where: El Montecito Presbyterian Church,1455 E.Valley Road Childcare: free childcare available with reservation, email bkennedy@westmont.edu WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 Community Informational Meeting An update on rebuilding following the 1/9 debris flow. Topics include mud and debris removal, update on red-tagged homes, and Planning & Development’s new interactive map. This meeting

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was canceled two weeks ago due to the storm and evacuations. Hosted by Montecito Association and First District supervisor Das Williams’s office.

When: 5 to 6:30 pm Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road THURSDAY, MARCH 15 Ukulele Jim Gather around, kids! Ukulele Jim delivers toe-tappin’ fun for the whole family. Ages 2 to 92 will enjoy singing along to classic children’s favorites and delightful original songs in this whimsical performance.

When: 10: 30 to 11:30 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, MARCH 16 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish.

Participants should be familiar with the basics.

When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, MARCH 17 18th Annual Barbara Ireland Walk for Breast Cancer The Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara presents a 5K, 10K, or 15K walk and run along Santa Barbara’s beautiful waterfront in support of local breast cancer research and programs.

Join Barbara Ireland, her family, and hundreds of other champions of breast cancer as they rally at the 18th Annual Barbara Ireland Walk and Run for Breast Cancer at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara. The Barbara Ireland Walk and Run offers three course options – a 5K, 10K, and 15K, all along Santa Barbara’s beautiful waterfront. Help us reach the goal of $75,000 for breast cancer research and programs in Santa Barbara.

All funds raised from event registration fees and pledges benefit local breast cancer research and programs at the Ridley-Tree Cancer Center at Sansum Clinic, formerly known as the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara with Sansum Clinic.

When: 8:30 am 8 – 15 March 2018

Where: Chase Palm Park, Cabrillo Blvd.

Registration: www.cfsb.org/ irelandwalk2017 ONGOING Grief Recovery Support Group GriefShare features nationally recognized experts on grief recovery topics. Seminar sessions include, “Is This Normal?” “The Challenges of Grief”, “Grief and Your Relationships”, “Why?”, and “Guilt and Anger”.

When: 10:30 am, each Monday from March 12 through May 21 Where: Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Spring Road Info: call Pam Beebe at 679-1501 MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call.

Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 MONDAYS Connections Brain Fitness Program Challenging games, puzzles, and memory-enhancement exercises in a friendly environment.

When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50, includes lunch Info: 969-0859 TUESDAYS Story Time at the Library A wonderful way to introduce children to the library, and for parents and caregivers to learn about early literacy skills; each week, children ages 2 to 5 enjoy stories, songs, puppets, and fun at Story Time.

When: 10:30 to 11 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 WEDNESDAYS Yoga on Coast Village Yoga is back on Coast Village Road at Simpatico Pilates! Stretch, strengthen, breathe, and rejuvenate, with Vinyassa flow classes taught by Leanna Doyle. All levels are welcome.

When: 8:30 am Where: Simpatico Pilates, 1235 Coast Village Road, suite I Info/Reservations: 895-1368 THURSDAYS Casual Italian Conversation at Montecito Library Practice your Italian conversation among a variety of skill levels while learning about Italian culture. Fun for all and informative.

When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 •MJ

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Community Recovery and Engagement coordinator Ben Romo will oversee the newly opened Montecito Center for Preparedness, Recovery, and Rebuilding, located at the Orfalea building on Coast Village Circle

by Kelly Mahan Herrick

Kelly has been editor at large for the Journal since 2007, reporting on news in Montecito and beyond. She is also a licensed realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, and is a member of Montecito and Santa Barbara’s top real estate team, Calcagno & Hamilton.

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n Thursday, March 8, Santa Barbara County will open a dedicated space in Montecito to continue working with members of the Montecito community during the recovery and rebuilding process. The Montecito Center for Preparedness, Recovery, and Rebuilding – dubbed “the Montecito Center” – will provide information and guidance following the closing of the Local Assistance Center (LAC) at Calvary Chapel, which was open for nearly six weeks following the 1/9 debris flow. The center is located at the former home of the Orfalea Family Foundation, at 1283 Coast Village Circle.

“This is a place to continue the work we started immediately following the mudflow,” said Community Recovery and Engagement coordinator Ben Romo, who is overseeing the County-run Center, which is funded in part by FEMA. The LAC had representation from 58 agencies, allowing mudslide victims an immediate, one-

stop shop to replace important documents, deal with insurance companies and FEMA, access financial help, find temporary housing, and much more.

“Now, we are in a more long-term mode, connecting people with help for not only rebuilding and getting their lives back on track, but preparing for future disasters,” said Romo, who spent more than five weeks at the LAC, helping families and individuals access immediate care. “I saw people who I’ve known for years, needing help after losing everything. It really was surreal,” said Romo, a long-term Santa Barbara resident.

The Montecito Center is designed to be a key source of support, information, and resources for all residents, businesses, and employees who need or want to access services, obtain information, provide input, voice concerns, and get involved in the recovery and rebuilding process. A variety of agency and program staff will be present to assist residents, and linkages

will be made for counseling services and with representatives of County departments involved in recovery and rebuilding. County Planning & Development staff, Public Works, and reps from First District supervisor Das Williams’s office will be on site, while other agency reps will be available on-call. A FEMA-funded counseling program will be housed at the Center, with eighteen counselors on rotation providing support for victims.

“I truly believe that long-term recovery is going to occur best when we have a system in place in which input can come from those with boots on the ground, and filter up through the chain of command. Having this space

is the place where that can occur,” said Romo, who directly reports to Matt Pontes, the director of recovery for the 1/9 debris flow. Relevant community groups are encouraged to use the space; the Coast Village Association will hold its next board meeting in the Center’s conference room, at 8:15 am on Thursday, March 15, to connect with Romo and join forces to help the business community.

“We are bridging the gap between multiple agencies and those needing their services,” Romo said, adding that part of that includes connecting homeowners with their County-

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Seen Around Town

by Lynda Millner

Only the Oaks Remain

Nilou Lueck, Paula Farrington, Colette Cosentino, Anne Luther, and Leigh Shreves as more new members for the Women’s Board

SBHM executive director Lynn Brittner with guest speaker Sigrid Toye and president of the Tuna Canyon group, Nancy Oda

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he Tuna Canyon Detention Station exhibition at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum (SBHM) opens with a plaque that will be installed at the historic site just a few miles from downtown Los Angeles. The plaque contains the following words: The beauty of an oak grove in Tujunga, California, belies a tragic history. At the beginning of World War II, the U.S. Department of Justice turned Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 902 into the Tuna Canyon Detention Station by enclosing it with barbed wire and posting armed guards.

From December 1941 to October 1943, Japanese, German, and Italian immigrants, Japanese taken from Peru, and others were imprisoned there in violation of their civil liberties.

On June 25, 2013, the Los Angeles City Council designated this site as a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument.

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The oaks, as witnesses to history, compel us to learn from our nation’s mistakes and stand strong against prejudice, wartime hysteria, and injustice.

Dr. Sigrid Toye is a daughter of a Tuna Canyon detainee and did her dissertation on the subject. She showed a brief movie she and her family had made, about what it was like the night they came and took her dad away. He was a businessman who dealt with Germany and steel. Because he had business with our now enemy, he was arrested. He didn’t come home

Past president of the SBMA Women’s Board Carolyn Williams, president Fran Morrow, vice president of membership Julie Blair, and vice president of development Lynn Brown

As George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The exhibit is here until May 27 at SBHM, 136 De la Guerra Street. Call (805) 966-1601 for information.

New Members Honored Barbara Wallace with her daughter, Marjorie Robertson, celebrating 50 years a Women’s Board member for the SBMA

New SBMA Women’s Board members Blake Lannon, Jo Ann Mermis, Marna Coday, Laurie McKinley, and Junie Prewitt Jinkins at their luncheon

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for three years, though he was never charged with anything. After a short time in jail, he was transferred to Tuna Canyon. Sigrid’s mom was allowed to visit once a month and Sigrid went every week. She remembers it well.

Particularly a girlfriend she met there who is still her friend.

There were about 120,000 people relocated, with 2,200 coming from Santa Barbara and sent to one of about 100 places. And it was all legal.

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) Women’s Board held their annual luncheon to honor new members at the Santa Barbara Club. In addition, special attention was paid to Barbara Wallace as the longest member ever—50 years of service.

The newest members, as introduced by vice president Julie Blair, are Marna Coday, Colette Cosentino, Paula Farrington, Blake Lannon, Nilou Lueck, Anne Luther, Laurie McKinley, Jo Ann Mermis, Junie Prewitt Jinkins, and Leigh Shreves.

Board president Fran Morrow told us, “Our honoree, Barbara Wallace, should be cloned for all her energy.”

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the museum group in 1968. According to Fran, “Barbara is also a flamboyant artist.”

Julie Blair told us she had only moved here two years ago and now she had a room full of friends from the board. “These are smart can-do women.”

SBMA assistant director and chief curator Eik Kahng, Ph.D., represented the executive director, Larry Feinberg, in saying, “This board is the backbone of the museum.” She appreciated how they always support every exhibit whether it’s a favorite or not.

The executive committee, besides president Fran Morrow and vice president Julie Blair, is vice president development Lynn Brown, vice president communications Christy Martin, vice president social activities Jeanne Fulkerson, treasurer Leisa Cosentino, secretary Dee Jones, and parliamentarian Helene Sega.

The next fund-raising event will be April 27. This is a first for the group and is titled Art of the Table. Twelve designers of local and national acclaim will create dramatic and imaginative tablescapes inspired from the museum’s permanent collection. You will meet the designers and enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres at the same time supporting the museum. For more information, visit sbmawb.org.

“The mission of the SBMA Women’s

Board is to raise funds for and build awareness of the SBMA, while operating under the supervision of the museum director and board of trustees.

Teen Star

What’s that cliché? “If at first you don’t succeed try, try again.” And that’s what this year’s winner of Teen Star singing contest did. Seventeenyear-old Daniel Geiger from Pioneer Valley High School won the title Teen Star after his third try. Judges loved the confidence that he had acquired over the years and his songs about negativity and prejudice touched hearts. He drew screams of joy from the Arlington audience of teens.

The judges were Randy Spendlove, president of Motion Pictures Music at Paramount, from KLITE Catherine Remak , and a local favorite who does so much for our community, Kenny Loggins. He also was the 10 finalists’ (chosen from 100) vocal mentor in the weeks before the contest took place.

Joseph Lambert is the founder and executive producer of Teen Star, and son J.J. Lambert was host. Deckers Brands is Teen Star’s faithful sponsor.

Upon winning, Daniel said, “I want to thank everybody for being so loving and amazing. Thank You.”

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IN PASSING Karen Stuckenberg Kolb

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aren left our world on February 27, 2018. She passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her many friends and family and near her special garden. Karen was born October 13, 1946, to Arthur G. Stuckenberg and Clara (Juergens) Stuckenberg in St. Louis, Missouri.

Arthur was a real estate developer and created the Williamsburg subdivision in Creve Coeur among other commercial and residential developments. Karen grew up in St. Louis Hills around baseball, where Stan and Lillian Musial were her neighbors and Dell Rice, Red Schoendienst, and Joe Garagiola all lived within a few blocks.

After attending Parkway School, her family moved to Montecito in 1960, where they had enjoyed summer vacations while staying at the oceanfront motels on Cabrillo Boulevard.

Karen was a natural-born swimmer, and Art would frequently need to go down to the beach and coax her home at sunset. Karen attended Santa Barbara High School and graduated from Santa Barbara City College, and while there was a member of the Santa Barbara Aqua Stars, a synchro-

nized swimming team that performed shows at local pools and especially at the Miramar Beach Hotel. Karen sometimes performed as a mermaid, and a handsome lifeguard would carry her to and from the pool. She collected a wide assortment of mermaid paraphernalia ever since.

In 1971, Karen married Thomas G. Schratter and they moved first to Los Angeles and eventually to Half Moon Bay, California. Karen quickly found employment in San Francisco as the chief accountant for philanthropist and real estate developer Robert Lurie, who owned the San Francisco Giants, the Mark Hopkins Hotel, and the Curran Theatre, along with other holdings in both San Francisco and Chicago. Karen especially enjoyed her office at the top floor in the Bank of America building, where each year during Fleet Week the Navy pilots flying over the city would wave to her at eye level. Opening day of the baseball season each year was an office tradition by enjoying the family seats behind the dugout. Theater tickets for the best shows were never a problem. One of Karen’s proudest moments came playing softball for the

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Karen Stuckenberg Kolb, 13 October 1946 – 27 February 2018

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Karen returned to Santa Barbara in 1987 to marry her childhood sweetheart, Harry Kolb. They first met as grade-school students and just knew that one day they would marry.

Karen performed volunteer work and enjoyed 10 years delivering Meals on Wheels. Karen’s most rewarding work was as a docent at Ganna Walska Lotusland, where she attended their first docent training class and continued giving tours for 23 years. Karen’s favorite remark to all new docents was to act as if Madame Walska was with you on each tour and to keep Madame in mind when discussing her life and love of the garden. Karen’s devotion and joy at Lotusland demonstrated itself as she and Harry were one of only two couples who attended all of the first 21 Lotusland Celebrates annual benefit dinners. Harry and Karen were also members of the Lotus Society.

Several talent agents tried to encourage Karen to become a model or actor, but she knew her gentle personality would not do well in that environment. She was persuaded to appear on several Hallmark Cards and attended La Belle Modeling Agency locally just to walk in local fashion shows at the Biltmore, Nordstrom’s, Saks, and Coral Casino.

Karen was a wonderful amateur travel coordinator and enjoyed organizing romantic group trips for Harry and their friends to Paris, the Dordogne, Lake Como, the Grand Canyon for Colorado River rafting, Machu Picchu, the Galapagos, and sailing in the Virgin Islands. Aside from her home in Montecito, Karen’s favorite place in the world was the Baths on Virgin Gorda. Because of Harry’s interest in collectible cars, Karen also tolerated numerous trips

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to Carmel and the Pebble Beach Concours.

She was a wonderful cook, and her holiday dinner parties for 15 to 20 were not to be missed. Karen’s favorite pastime was creating and tending her blue and white gardens: “They show the best in daylight and moonlight.” She loved watching the plants blossom and flourish. Karen and Harry were also members of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club and kept their sailboat, Serenade, in the harbor where they enjoyed sailing with friends and just spending relaxing nights in the harbor.

Karen’s warm and gentle personality was a magnet to her friends. At an early age, her mother, by example, inspired her to live by the “Desiderata” oath and Karen’s kind and sensitive treatment to all she met was unwavering. Her friends recognized it in everything she did and were inspired by her. Knowing Karen just made you a better person.

Karen is survived by her husband, Harry W. Kolb; her brother, James A. Stuckenberg, and his wife, Anita (Pickering) Stuckenberg living in Atascadero; nephews Daniel J. Stuckenberg, Will J. Stuckenberg, and David J. Stuckenberg.

The family would like to thank the professional and caring support Karen received these past many years at the Ridley-Tree Cancer Center and especially Dr. Frederic Kass, the staff at Cottage Hospital, and Dr. Babji Mesipam and the support and assistance from Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully suggests contributions be made to Ganna Walska Lotusland, 695 Ashley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 in Karen’s memory.

Arrangements for a service celebrating Karen’s life will be forthcoming. •MJ 8 – 15 March 2018

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result. After assessing the damage, Ms Chase and a small group drew up plans to transform what had been a Victorian-era city into a more Mediterraneanlooking enclave, insisting upon low-profile structures, barrel-tiled roofs, new building codes, and an architectual board of review. For Montecito – not a city but a special and defined place – Erin says, “This is its moment to consider what its future can and should be.”

Spurred on by Erin’s optimism, I began to analyze what our priorities are and/or should be in order to expedite and enhance the future desirability of Montecito. Here is what I believe our top four priorities are: 1) We’ve got to rid ourselves of the danger of another mud-boulder-debris event. And that, naturally, will require assessing the situation and mitigating it. Contractor Michael Conner (creator of the LifeCube) suggests negotiating a way of depositing a good portion of the excess mud and debris that remains in the hillside above Montecito into a deep ravine; he says there is one that may work just above Westmont. The land, level or rolling, could then become a park and available to the public, it is currently privately owned. Concurrently, of course, we need to make whole those who will never be able or allowed to rebuild, and to map out wider designated areas for creek beds and the like.

2) We need to expedite the construction of three lanes on Highway 101 running through Montecito. Right now, if you live anywhere south of Montecito, beginning around 6:30 am and continuing to 9 am or so, traffic heading north is so congested that what once would have been a 10-minute trip has become a half-hour to forty-five minute ordeal. Those living even further south, in say Ventura, are looking at an hour to and hour-and-a-half commute. Ditto going south from about 3:30 to 6:30 pm. The afternoon congestion affects Montecito nearly every day as commuters heading south choose alternate routes, all of which disrupt surface streets such as Hot Springs, Olive Mill, East Valley, and others. We don’t have to tell you what this has done to Coast Village Road (though we appreciate the new four-way Stop signs at Butterfly Lane and Coast Village Circle).

What we need is to enlist the help of some high-profile residents, such as Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, or Ty Warner, to buttonhole the current governor or our prospective governor (likely either Gavin Newsom or Antonio Villaraigosa) and have him observe the 101 quandary. Heck, we may even be

able to convince President Trump – who knows a little about construction himself – to observe the daily dilemma. Here’s where the talents of road construction bigwig Ron Pulice, Coast Village Association’s Bob Ludwick and Sharon Byrne, and our own Bob Hazard could come in handy. Instead of a seven-year project, 101 and its bridges could be widened in fewer than two years with a concerted effort to make it happen.

3) It’s time to underground all utility wires and poles. The visual pollution Cox Communication, Southern California Edison, and the growing group of ancillary “wireless” companies have added along the aboveground information trail should be banned from doing business in Montecito, unless their facilities go underground. And, they should pay to make that happen. Birnam Wood and Ennisbrook have undergrounded everything and visually it makes all the difference. Let’s do that for all of Montecito.

4) It is also time to establish a steady and reliable source of potable water, regardless of rainfall. And that means a Montecito desalination plant. We can either buy or lease such a plant, and the Montecito Sanitary District can help with locating it.

Sometime within the next three years, Montecito will revert to its exalted place as a desirable – and safe – place to live. Imagine how much more attractive it will be if the above four events take place.

We can do this, and anyone with more ideas along these lines is invited to write me (jim@montecitojournal.net) with their observations and suggestions.

Let the conversation – and the work – begin.

This Just in:

There is now a Free Natural Materials Exchange website. The County Public Works Department established this site in response to the flooding and mud flows in Montecito earlier this year. This resource will facilitate the sharing of usable materials and limit the amount of debris heading to area landfills.

By using this site, homeowners and contractors can connect directly with Montecito residents who have materials on their property they need to remove.

The listed materials are free of charge. The parties involved in the exchange will determine how the material is transported from one property to another: http://sbcountymaterialexchange.com/.

•MJ

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 6)

In their Oscar chic attire are Richard and Amanda Payatt, Martha Sadler, Dean Axelrod, Lynn Maurice, Maria Lane Ross, Jill Horton, Tracy Wright, Connie Axelrod, Rachel Behrens, and (seated) Bob Meyers, hostess Marsha Karpeles, and Entera (photo by Priscilla) (from left) Becca Solodon, TBCF program director; Maddy Gonzalez, Little Heroes honoree; and Jocelyn Gonzalez, Little Heroes honoree (photo by Blake Bronstad)

then her appearance on the popular TV show, with Cowell giving her a rare all-clear to go through to the finals.

“Just never stop chasing your dream,” the Toledo, Ohio, native told the 255 guests at the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation’s 4th annual Little Heroes breakfast at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree. “I want to be the voice of hope and love.”

The early morning event, co-chaired

by Mathew Fish and Adriana Mezic, also honored Maddy, 10, and Jocelyn Gonzalez, 13, students at the Almond Acres Children’s Academy in San Luis Obispo, and raised around $50,000

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for the charity which served a record 188 families last year, a 21 percent increase, according to executive director Lindsey Leonard.

Among the supporters noshing on the muesli and bacon and eggs were Wells Hughes, Emilee Garfield, Becca Solodon, Adam Black, David Edelman, Maurice Singer, Jeff Barbakow, Janet Garufis, Keith Berry, Heather Ayer, Bob and Patty Bryant, Jamie Hansen, Steve and Marnie Pinsker, Leifur Thordarson, and Stephanie Marasciullo.

It’s All About Eva at 93 How nice to see veteran Montecito

actress Eva Marie Saint at the age of 93 back at the Oscars.

Eva, who picked up an Academy Award as best supporting actress in Elia Kazan’s gritty 1954 movie On

Payatt, who quaffed the champagne and noshed on an eclectic display of comestibles.

Girl Power

Front row (from left): Andria Kahmann, Anne Kratz, Maryan Schall, Julie Karbula, Betty Noling, Emiko Hamill; second row: Anne Towbes, Patty Bryant, Susan Hanna, Tina McEnroe, Susan Hersberger (volunteer chair), Amber Ortiz; third row: Tamara Skov and Janet Garufis; and fourth row: Jackie Inskeep, Val Montgomery, Suzanne Danielson, and Tina Nelson (photo by Scott Gibson)

The Waterfront, presented the coveted trophy for best costume design to the beautiful Daniel Day-Lewis film Phantom Thread.

Unfortunately, longtime resident Gary Fettis, 68, who was nominated for his fourth Oscar for best production design for Christopher Nolan’s epic World War II film Dunkirk lost out to The Shape of Water, which he also lost to the Best Film winner last month at the BAFTAs, the British Academy Awards, when he was up for a third trophy at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

For the 18th year, tony twosome David, 82, and Marsha Karpeles threw an Oscars bash at their Hot Springs estate, despite suffering heavy damage to the lower level of their three-story home from the January mudslides.

“We certainly need something to cheer us up,” said David, a former computer analyst who founded the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, the world’s largest private collection of manuscripts and documents, which has 11 branches, including one in Santa Barbara.

Among the friends celebrating the 90th annual Tinseltown celebrity wingding at the Dolby Theatre were Maria Lane Ross, Martha Sadler, Dean and Connie Axelrod, Rachel Behrens, and Richard and Amanda • The Voice of the Village •

The Amazons ruled when United Way launched Women United with a debut lunch for 150 guests at the Hotel Californian.

The new all-female group’s intent is to strengthen the local community through a focused investment of talent, compassion, and philanthropy and expand educational opportunities for children from pre-kindergarten through third grade.

The socially gridlocked bash, emceed by KEYT-TV journalist Alys Martinez, featured speakers Tina Hansen McEnroe and Marni McGee, both authors, and founding members Susan Hersberger and Tamara Skov, as well as Steve Ortiz, president and CEO of United Way of Santa Barbara County.

Among the guests at the blast-off were Anne Towbes, Merryl Brown, Bobbi Didier, Janet Garufis, Patty Bryant, Maryan Schall, Marcia Wolfe, Val Montgomery, Marybeth Carty, mayor Cathy Murillo, Amber Ortiz, Susan Hanna, Andria Kahmann, and Julie Karbula.

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On Entertainment

by Steven Libowitz

Fire, Flood, Musical Muses, and “One Note” with Lloyd

M

ysticism is made manifest via the spiritually inspired saxophone played by Charles Lloyd, the jazz artist whose career began in Memphis in the 1950s, found stardom in the 1960s (when his Forest Flower was the first-ever million-selling jazz album), became an inner-seeking Big Sur recluse in the ‘70s and resurrected himself in the ‘90s as an ever-evolving artist. Lloyd blended inspired improvisations with forays into rock and several non-Western styles of music in the early days of fusion and world music, and has really never stopped his explorations, which have found him accompanied by a vast array of artists, including, most recently, the pedal-steel guitarist Greg Leisz and understated guitar wizard Bill Frisell, plus singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams.

Lloyd, who has called Montecito home for decades, celebrates his 80th birthday on Thursday, March 15, with a concert that evening as the Lobero Theatre, where he will trace his musical journey from the Mississippi Delta

to the edge of the ethereal with Gerald Clayton, Julian Lage, Reuben Rogers, Eric Harland, and special guests. He answered some questions via email earlier this week.

Q. How did the Thomas Fire and Montecito mudslide affect you? Did you need to evacuate?

A. Yes, we were twice under mandatory evacuation. We stayed with a friend lower down in Montecito. As darkness fell every night, we could see our hill bright with flames. It was emotional to see as every aspect of life was being affected by the fires – plant, animal, human. Eventually, we got reports that our house had survived. It was a miracle. We are forever indebted to the many firefighters who came from all over the country to defend us, the Sheriff’s Department, CHP, all of our local emergency teams, and to our KEYT news community for their tireless coverage. Hats off to John Palminteri, big time!

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most positive thing that came out of that disaster was the strong sense of community.

In a related vein, I know nature has often been a source of inspiration for you. Did nature doing its destructive thing bring up/inspire anything for you creatively that has or might show up in your work?

I am still processing it.

You are turning 80 this month. Just in general, as a man and as an artist, how does that land?

Eighty years on the planet. Goes by in a flash. The feeling of youth inside contradicts what the calendar says about 80 years. The longevity and experience of life give me more tools, it gives me a deeper perspective. Truth and Love. Transformation. Distillation of sound. Mother’s Grace blesses me.

When you look back on your career, what two or three things stand out that you are most proudest of?

You are very active and show no signs of slowing down. Are there any thoughts of retirement, or do you just keep going until you can’t?

I am still looking for the one note that says it all. But the Creator dangles it in front of me like a carrot and says, “Not yet, Charles,” and pulls it forward. When I find that note, I will put on my loin cloth and go back into the forest.

Your recent and ongoing partnering with Lucinda Williams – who you played with at the Lobero most recently – how did that come about? What is the source of your connection? Meaning why does it work for you, since on the surface you seem so different?

Lucinda came to hear us a couple of years ago at the Lobero for the Marvels concert with Bill Frisell and Greg Leisz. They have known and

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We are Spirits on a human journey.

Every time I make music, it is another chance to tell the Truth.

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worked with her for a long time. I recognized a connection between us – a Southern crossroads, you could say. A few months later, she invited me to guest at her UCLA concert. I reciprocated the invitation a year later and also came on stage during her last concert at the Lobero. She’s a great poet. An original voice. We went in to the studio last spring and fall and have created a beautiful recording of my music and her music. It’s called Vanished Gardens and will be released on Blue Note in June.

Speaking of which, you seem to have a special affinity for the Lobero, which perhaps has deepened over the years, with

many memorable shows. How does the venue speak to you?

My first concert at the Lobero was in 1981... a follow-up to our concert at the Natural History Museum with Michel Petrucciani… his first appearance in America. I don’t know how many times I have performed at the Lobero since, but there have many special concerts: Maria Farantouri, Jason Moran, Geri Allen, Bobo Stenson, John Abercrombie … It is like performing in my living room amongst family.

I warmly remember a performance with my childhood friend, master Billy Higgins. We started the concert with Billy and I walking though the audience. Just the two of us. He had

a hand drum and I played my Tibetan oboe. He told me it was important to walk among the people sometimes. I remember a concert that was slated for a couple of days after the Painted Cave fire. We were thinking it was too soon and should reschedule at a later date. But when a couple called in to say they had lost their tickets in the fire and wanted to know if they could replace them – we knew we would keep the concert. It ended up being an uplifting night for all of us. I hope that on the 15th we can bring some joy and uplift to many who have lost so much during these past few months.

Marvels, but on this upcoming show in Santa Barbara – it’s a different group, including Booker T. Jones. Why? Would you talk about the band, especially Booker? And what special stuff can we expect at the show?

Booker and I share Memphis roots.

He is from a younger generation… we met late in life at the Monterey Jazz Festival. It was clear to me that we could have an interesting musical conversation. Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland, who have been with me for almost two decades, will be there along with Gerald Clayton, who has been performing with me for about

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Predatory Ticketing Day?

Why – on a mandatory evacuation day – does the City of Santa Barbara Police Department send a meter maid to Coast Village Road to give out parking tickets? I find the entire business repugnant during a time when people here have lost family and friends, homes, jobs, and businesses suffering loss of trade to send out a meter maid to rape this village after a catastrophic event. That’s a City without a heart.

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The American Way

This community has just experienced a series of traumatic events.

Everyone has suffered, obviously some far more than others.

We all need to show compassion.

This is not the time to write unkind letters about people and their businesses. And it doesn’t seem right to publish unsigned letters from those who may be competitors looking to cause trouble.

Doesn’t everyone understand that donating to a GoFundMe page is voluntary? While I personally have not donated to Bree’osh’s GoFundMe page, I do frequent their bakery because their food is delicious.

When evacuations and road closures made it impossible for them to open, they still had to pay rent for their bakery, their offsite kitchen, and the apartment they live in. Not everyone has wealthy benefactors or the financial backing of a large corporation. So you do what you can to survive, that’s the American Way. And, while waiting for the Health Department to give them the okay to reopen, Bree’osh also gave away croissants in the mornings.

Let’s hope that all the businesses in both the upper and lower village survive this series of unfortunate events and prosper.

Deirdre “Coco” Hanssen Montecito (Editor’s note: It is we who need to apologize to Jeannine’s and any other bakery on Coast Village Road for not pointing out it was Bree’osh and not Jeannine’s that opened a GoFundMe page. Which is what we did, and without negatively branding either or any business. We have always been careful with unsigned letters to make sure there is no hidden agenda.

And, we never print letters that disparage a business, property owner, or private person. We do, however, print letters that contain factual information presented in an objective manner.

We’re with you on hoping “that all the businesses in both the upper and lower village survive this series of unfortunate events and prosper,” and plan to do everything within our power to help make that happen. – J.B.)

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As a lifetime resident of Ojai, nationally recognized volunteer for the Los Padres National Forest, co-founder of The CREW and the Los Padres Forest Association, and co-originator of the Condor Trail (and fellow survivor of the Thomas Fire of the Ojai Valley – I live directly on the edge of Ojai, surrounded by the Los Padres National Forest), I concur with Mr. Newquist that there is clearly more we can do to better maintain our public lands, including controlled burns, and non-native vegetation removal.

However, the assumption that existing wilderness or the proposed wilderness in HR4072 is a hindrance to fuels reduction, controlled burns, or non-native plant removal is simply not factually or legally accurate.

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Brilliant Thoughts

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Close Calls

M

y mother had a favorite joke on the subject of superstition: “Well, I’m not superstitious,” she‘d say. “But I’ll tell you one thing: I would never sleep thirteen in a bed.”

Nevertheless, it’s a fact that for several people to share a bed was once much more common in our culture than it has since become. One reason may simply have been the relative shortage of furniture (you may recall that Shakespeare, in his will, left his wife his “second-best bed”), another the prevalence of large families together with inadequate housing.

But there must also have been something appealing about the comfort and safety of close human contact, especially at night, in a world which was much more aware then of external dangers, while at the same time blissfully ignorant of the contagions which bedevil us today.

Physical intimacy, even among families, is no longer taken as much for granted as it once was. In the small family of two parents and two children, in which I grew up, any hugging that took place was more likely to occur between our parents than between either of them and either of us kids. There was also much more emphasis on privacy in performance of certain bodily functions than people of previous eras had been able to enjoy. And as most

of us now know from our friendly local shrink, it is to the absence or scarcity of such closeness that many of our mental tribulations can be traced.

But the other side of this coin is the state or condition we know as singleness, solitude, or alone-ness.

In a prison setting, “solitary confinement” is considered an extra pen-

that, however modern, cosmologists have audaciously made their intellectual playground. Of course, just as children ask, “Where did I come from?” (and rarely get a satisfactory answer), we all want to know how the universe got started. There have been respected modern thinkers such as the British scientist Fred Hoyle who preferred to think of the whole thing not ever really getting started at all, but just always being around, in what he liked to call a “Steady State.”

There were other scientists who dared to think the unthinkable: that it had all begun with some kind of incredibly small “something,” which (for want of a better term) they called a SINGULARITY. And going even further into forbid-

paraged it. Speaking on the BBC on March 28, 1949, he ridiculed it as the theory of the “Big Bang.” (I was then 15 years old and living in England, and could have heard that broadcast, but it was on a new “highbrow” channel called the “Third Programme,” and my radio interests were much more on comedy shows.)

Of course, the great irony is that, although it retained Hoyle’s mocking name, the Big Bang Theory is the one that ultimately prevailed and is now the accepted view of most cosmologists.

So, we are left with that strange “singularity,” at the beginning of time, which one might call a preverberation of all the loneliness that still afflicts us. And despite the lip-service we pay to concepts of union

There were scientists who dared to think the unthinkable alty – though early penal reformers actually considered it, together with such other restraints as enforced silence, to be beneficial and reformative. They built huge facilities in which each inmate would have the minimum contact with any other prisoner, or even with any guard or other staff member. (Ironically one of California’s many state prisons is still known as Soledad [Spanish for “solitude”], but only because that is the name of the nearby town, which in turn derived its name from the local Spanish Mission whose name means “Our Lady of Solitude.”)

If you want to get at the real essence of one-ness, all you have to do is go back to the beginning of time, a hitherto hallowed field

den territory (unless you want to count the 17th-century calculation

by Archbishop Ussher that Creation began at 6 pm on Saturday, October 22, 4004), they’ve had the audacity to come up with the figure of 13.82 billion years for the age of the universe.

Mr. Hoyle was so unhappy with this concept that he publicly dis-

with our fellows – whether social, political, or personal – we ourselves are essentially singular and single entities.

It was the poet William Cowper who put the paradox so poignantly: How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude!

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Perspectives on Healing, Scored with Music

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Malkin is the multiple Emmy, Clio, and ASCAP award-winning composer and film scorer whose credits include 15 years with Unsolved Mysteries and thousands of commercials, but who developed a new perspective about his life’s purpose following a life-changing event, resulting in a shift in focus to embracing music as a catalyst for healing, mindfulness, and a more meaningful life. His Graceful Passages:

Gary Malkin will be on hand at Lobero Theatre on Wednesday, March 14

Companion for Living and Dying – which combines messages spoken by spiritual teachers and counselors including Ram Dass, Thich Naht Hanh, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, and many others with Malkin’s specifically composed music – has proven to be highly effective in reducing anxiety around major transitions, becoming a leading audio for individuals and in hospice and clinics to support people on their spiritual path. VNHCSB, whose services include end-of-life and bereavement care, incorporates music therapy and similar modalities into its offerings, while the PHorum aims to

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Following the twin tragedies the program has been altered a little to accommodate the sense of loss that is triggered by the unfortunate circumstances in our community, which also presents a unique opportunity for growth along the spiritual path of acceptance and healing.

Malkin will be the keynote performer in “Music is Medicine: Comfort & Renewal After Loss” at the Lobero Theatre on Wednesday, March 14, before leading the workshops “Graceful Passages: Facing Our Fragility, Cultivating Gratefulness” and “Turning Lead into Gold: Transmuting the Sorrow of Loss into the Grace of Gratitude”, on Thursday and Friday, respectively.

He talked about his work and the events over the phone earlier this week.

Q. How did the shift in your life lead you to the work you now do?

A. I had a fall from grace, a major accident in 1998, which made me reconsider whether all I wanted to do was reinforce my ego, my commercial career and the GNP, or whether I wanted to truly make a difference in people’s lives. After I was shattered by the accident, when I didn’t even know if I could play the piano again, I had what I call my anticipatory grief experience, my awakening to the fragility of life – that I could really die in any moment – and I started to hone in on what I really want to do. That led to the Graceful Passages project, where we distilled the core of the thought leaders’ responses to truly facing end of life which I scored with an 80-piece orchestra.

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of hearts and souls, the spoken words with music actually enabling people to talk about these things that nobody wants to talk about, a level of compassion and surrender that isn’t normally found in the daily discourse of life.

That made me realize that music strategically designed could be used as the WD40 of the places and subjects that we don’t want to talk about, multiple health challenges that can be dealt with through music.

Nobody had thought of applying the art of film scoring to absorbing, accepting, and ingesting life, which can be so stressful that you don’t even know how to make sense of it. But with strategically created music, you can assimilate what’s happening with greater perspective, and realize you’re part of the cycle of life.

How did the fire and mudslide alter the approach?

It’s a rare moment, like a local 9/11, which was when the whole country softened and tenderized. There’s more compassion in the world because of our awareness of our own fragility, a thinning of the wall between people who are fully functioning and looking at life as consumers rather than as citizens and those people who are engaged in a struggle just to stick around. So, I wanted to open it up to address the feeling of fragility, and the grief and loss and trauma that comes from these acts of nature., those who feel shaken by the reality that they’re not in control of all of their reality. The very foundation of a life based on awakened gratitude can come from an awareness of being ephemeral, and we become much more grateful, compassionate, and interdependent.

How are you bringing these concepts to what you will be doing here in Santa Barbara?

So many people deny the reality that we’re all going to die, that the body is not immortal. But it’s really amazing what happens in a room when everyone lets the cat out of the bag, when you’re in the room together, and everyone admits that they’re not going to be here one day. What it can do especially in a community that is experiencing grief and loss is to deepen the sense of belonging to one another, shifting from feeling separate and isolated to one of being part of a community in healing, and in the circle of life.

The objective in Wednesday’s keynote is to create an experience where the simplest things – breathing, sound, music, and connection – remind us who we really are and what matters most. I’ll be talking and performing, sharing images and music, and there will be Music Therapy specialists from VNHCSB as well, and we’ll have time for a Q&A.

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wilderness values. To address this concern in the context of H.R. 1437, the Committee has reiterated the fire provisions of Section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act in Section 4(b)(2) of H.R. 1437. As the Committee stressed in House Report 95-540 in the 95th Congress this provision is intended to grant the Forest Service with the means of utilizing such measures or tools as it deems ‘necessary’ and ‘desirable’ in the control or pre-suppression of fire in wilderness areas… The Committee also believes that prescribed burning could prove to be an especially significant fire pre-suppression method, particularly in cases where a history of past fire-suppression policies has allowed ‘unnatural’ accumulations of dead or live fuel (such as chaparral) to build up to hazardous levels. Controlled burning, for example, initiates a process of nature in a prescribed or planned manner and may have the advantage of producing fewer longterm adverse impacts (and possibly beneficial impacts) on wilderness values than would the construction of roads or similar intrusions.”

The major point to be made, however, is that the Wilderness Act permits the Forest Service to utilize measures necessary to control wildfire, or the threat of fire, in wilderness areas.

Obviously, such measures should, to the maximum extent practicable, be implemented consistent with maintaining the wilderness character of areas, while at the same time protecting the public health and safety and protecting private property located immediately adjacent to wilderness areas.” But there is nothing in a wilderness designation that prevents or hinders fire control activities.

I have using the Los Padres National Forest for over 50 years and have interacted with the US Forest Service, both as a volunteer and professionally, for over 24 years. Through those last 24 years, I have watched the Forest Service slowly whittled down by budget cuts and buffeted by shifting political winds. Many of the real struggles of Federal public land management can be directly linked to a Republican-led Congress that has currently imposed a hiring freeze on the entire National Forest Service and has consistently limited funds to public land agencies for very little of anything other than firefighting.

The result is the downsizing of our ranger districts, over-burdened USFS employees struggling to provide services to vast swaths of the Los Padres with handfuls of employees, and the out-sourcing of campgrounds and recreation areas to third party for-profit concessionaires. By its own admission, due to savage budget reductions over many years, the Los Padres National Forest Service is no longer viable as a land management agency.

If we truly want to protect these beautiful wild areas that are the reason so many of us choose to live on the Central Coast, we need to address the stunning lack of funding of our Federal agencies, as well as the outright Republican hostility to public lands (See Bears Ears, Grand Staircase Escalante in Utah as an example).

Otherwise, we’ll be left with a USFS that can valiantly respond when fires start and burn but can do very little else to prevent their frequency, growth, and intensity.

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(Editor’s note: You may be correct in your assertions about budgetary restraints upon the U.S. Forest Service, but we do believe you are singling out “Republican hostility” unfairly.

None of us here can recall any movement or suggestion during the Obama Administration toward mitigating wildfire danger, other than public service announcements proclaiming that forest fires are nearly always caused by careless humans. Which may be the case, but judicious husbanding of forest resources, including prescribed burns, being part of any environmental program has not been a clearly delivered message from federal or even state authorities for a long time.

Neither has been increasing the U.S. Forest Service budget for such purposes.

– J.B.)

Re-assess Property Now

In Bob Hazard’s Guest Editorial (MJ #24/9) he points out that the County (and I assume by “the County” you mean County bureaucrats) “is concerned that at least 400 Montecito homeowners with destroyed or damaged homes will petition the assessor’s office for lower property tax assessments.”

Well, in my opinion, “the County” staff (who are supposed to be serving us) should give these homeowners the reduced tax assessment on their own initiative and not make the victimized homeowners have to petition for them. It seems to me – a Tea Fire victim who had to petition the County – to be the morally correct thing to do.

In the same issue, Steve Blum (“On Law,” MJ #24/9) discusses the illegality of lawyers soliciting for business.

I had long heard that was the case but hadn’t seen it explained so definitively. But if that is all true and active solicitation is not allowed, how does Mr. Blum explain all the irritating TV ads soliciting clients for pharmaceutical lawsuits or accident claims?

I’m sure you have had to endure the ads such as: “If you or a loved one took ABC and suffered XYZ, call the law office of Sam Smith right away.

You may be entitled to compensation.

Operators are standing by to take your call.”

Inquiring minds want to know.

Art Thomas Santa Barbara (Mr. Blum’s note: In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that lawyers have a First Amendment free speech right to advertise, making information broadly accessible to the public. With the growth of cable TV and the Internet, more lawyers have advertised. It is also permissible for lawyers to send letters clearly labeled “Attorney Advertising.” What’s not allowed is in-your-face high-pressure direct solicitation, because clients can be emotionally and economically vulnerable and ought to be able to consult with lawyers calmly and without undue influence, coercion, duress, or harassment.

The rule is: don’t lie, don’t mislead, don’t create unjustified expectations, and don’t make unsolicited phone calls or in-person visits to strangers like Frank Galvin did in The Verdict. – S.B.)

Voters in Peril

When I moved to Montecito from Los Angeles five years ago, I did not inform the county registrar that I would no longer be voting in Los Angeles. Consequently, I remain on the inactive voter list in L.A., along with thousands of others who have moved. Likewise, if I had died, I would remain on the list.

So, when you add the number of inactive voters and active voters any place in the country, the number may well exceed the number of eligible voters or population of that place.

Some stupid pundits, like Alex Jones, have used this addition to suggest something nefarious is going on. And, his half-truth is repeated and re-tweeted to hundreds of thousands of gullible conspiracy-minded people.

The real problem with the integrity of our voting system is gerrymandering, wherein voting districts are drawn to favor one party over another. One example is in Pennsylvania, where Republican-drawn “safe” districts allowed them to win 13 out of 18 districts in 2012, despite losing the popular vote statewide to the Democrats. This gerrymandered imbalance has occurred throughout the country since Republicans controlled many of the state legislatures after the last 2010 census. Recognition of this rigged system has inspired citizens across the country to pro-

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pose laws that remove the districting power from self-interested politicians and place it in the hands of non-partisan groups of citizens.

The plague of fake news, clickbait headlines, and Russian bots that increase the ignorance of voters is exemplified by laughable stories of Obama signing up illegals to vote, or the bogeyman [George] Soros financing protests, which can be organized

by Facebook posts in an hour for free.

And, for those people worried about people voting for judges that happen to be Democrats, they should worry instead about Trump nominating two Republicans for lifetime appointments to the federal bench who had never tried a single case.

So much for “extreme vetting.”

William Lancaster Montecito (Editor’s note: Hmmm, your missive requires some response on a couple of what I’d consider to be inaccurate points.

Firstly, you conveniently leave out the fact that virtually every vote in the heavily Democratic Philadelphia region went to Hillary Clinton (93 percent-plus) and that those districts were created a long time ago, by the Democrats who ruled the state.

Gerrymandering is a process named after Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry, who created the salamander-shaped district maps used to ensure his party would rule the state. Governor Gerry, who went on to become president James Madison’s vice-president, ran as a DemocraticRepublican. As I also recall from the Pennsylvania vote, more than 103 percent of all inner-city Philadelphia registered voters marked ballots in the 2016 election.

Apparently, even the dead managed to get to the polls on that first Tuesday in November. Perhaps the Russians helped them get out the vote. – J.B.)

Prayer for Montecito

I am the single mother of an extraordinary 9-year-old boy named Julian.

Recently, we were deeply saddened to learn of the devastation to your beloved community. We felt a strong calling to help, but residing far north near the California-Oregon border, we were hindered by both our distance and our financial resources.

After prayerful consideration, my 9-year-old son Julian wrote this prayer specifically for the people of Montecito – though it is not in our interest to receive personally any kind of attention, accolades, or any other form of recognition, nor are we interested in imposing our beliefs on anyone else. What we do want is to extend our love and heartfelt encouragement to those who are hurting in your community. Our message is simple, our blessing inclusive of all.

We sincerely hope that you will consider publishing Julian’s prayer in your paper, as our gift to those who are hurting and may be blessed with 8 – 15 March 2018

our message of love, hope, and grace.

Thank you for your consideration.

Our hearts are with you all.

Polly Johnson Weed, California Julian’s message: “We pray for you, residents of Montecito, to be blessed with the Holy Spirit, to help you through this tough time today. To all who have experienced loss, know that God knows you by name and that He wants the best for you. He wants to heal our pain. And, He wants to mend our broken hearts. The Earth is not designed to make sense.

“But God does make sense, whether we understand it or not. He is the Rebuilder of lives. We pray for the mothers of lost children, families who have lost members of beloved pets, that the Holiest of Holies wrap you up in His warm embrace, and bring His peace to your lives and to your community.

“And, that He take hills of mud and turn them in to streets of gold. We hold you in our hearts, and surround you with our Holy Light.

“In Jesus’s name we pray.

“Amen.”

Julian Johnson

Renaming Needed

We really like your editorial comment that “We prefer ‘Likely Risk of Temporary Service Interruption’” with Henry McMullan’s Guest Editorial (MJ #24/7).

How do you think we can make this change happen?

Would it be a good idea to start with a posting to NextDoor.com? Either you or I could do that. Or, if someone else is carrying the flag, they could do it.

From what I can tell, the posting could be sent to selected neighborhoods. It could be sent to the neighborhoods west of the Montecito Creek red zone (and maybe east of the Romero Creek red zone). It could be only this area, because the other yellow zones run the risk of becoming an island during a mud disaster and may not have an escape route. Whereas the western and eastern yellow zones can escape, via Hot Springs-Sycamore Canyon roads and via Ortega Ridge.

Selecting these neighborhoods would benefit them and us.

In any case, the renaming needs to be done for all the reasons Mr. McMullan wrote.

Dave Suding Montecito (Editor’s note: We’ll be revisiting this situation as time goes on, but any change will have to wait until after our “rainy” season, if it ever materializes. – J.B.)

He’s Running Again

More than 2.5 years out, president Donald Trump formally announces his intention to run for re-election.

This forces the Democrat field to fast-forward their intentions to seek the nomination of their party, long before they had planned.

This means Trump’s “Opposition Research” for each of the likely Democrat “front-runners” is pretty much complete and in place. And, as soon as these likely candidates announce their formal intentions, Trump’s campaign machinery will mow them down like Confederate soldiers in Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.

And these erstwhile popular people will be perched out there as fair game in a shooting gallery for an unprecedented 23 months before the first presidential primary.

Alleged celebrity candidates such as Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney would have their billion-dollar brands reduced to bite-size morsels for consumption at Republican fund-raising dinners.

Donald Trump will personally strip the polish off these celebrity apples, while diverting attention away from the relentless attack on him from the mainstream media.

And so-called expert pundits say Donald Trump is a neophyte in politics.

Balderdash.

He’s a 21st-century Niccolo Machiavelli... ...”It is better to be feared than loved....”

David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara

land itself. If repairing the building to a habitable condition requires stabilizing land, then the policy is to be interpreted to cover such repairs.

Otherwise any repairs to the building itself would be merely superficial and the policy would be illusory. The Court ruled that the insurer must provide coverage for land damage when it is necessary to reconfigure the land in order to protect a house. The policy exclusion for land damage did not preclude coverage.

The key test from Surfware is whether the land poses a foreseeable risk of future damage to insured structures. If it does, then the land damage should be covered.

We encourage policyholders with building and land damage to be familiar with the Surfware case and to bring it to the attention of any insurance company that tries to deny coverage for damage to land because of an exclusion in its policy.

We are available to represent individuals in cases involving any homeowners insurance and coverage question. For additional information, please contact us. We will continue to answer questions you may have. Feel free to pass along this information to your friends and neighbors.

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Land May be Covered Too

There is an important issue that will affect many of you and it is governed by California case law. Many homeowners and business insurance policies appear to contain exclusions for damage to land. For many homeowners, this poses a major problem.

The debris flow not only damaged numerous homes in Montecito, it also destabilized the ground, rerouted creek beds, and created various other land problems, making it difficult, expensive, and sometimes impossible to rebuild a dwelling. Depending on the language of your insurance policy, the cost of repairing land damage may be covered.

Surfware v. Federal Insurance (2005) involved an insurance policy that provided coverage for structures, but specifically excluded coverage for land damage. According to the policy, the term “building” excluded “land, retaining walls, and subjacent support.” However, the California Central District Court found that a reasonable person might read the definition merely to mean that the insurer is not liable for damage to the land when repairs are needed for the narrow purpose of fixing the

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The first workshop (which features guest presenter Dr. Karen Wyatt, a hospice physician, author, and speaker) is about helping people inquire more intimately into where and how they have navigated their loss. Have they denied it or stored it? How can they let go? How do we understand our reaction to loss? How can we transmute loss into gratitude? “Lead into Gold” is more about the local culture: What happens when these acts of nature happen? How can we play a role in altering our mood, get past the anger and fear of losing things that are out of our control? How do we engage behavior and ways that can bring us into the present moment, rather than obsess about the loss of the past or the fear of the future?

You recently composed the music for Evolution of Organic, which features Frances McDormand, who just won an

Academy Award. Do you ever miss the excitement of the entertainment business, the Grammys, and Oscars?

The truth is I do, because I always dreamed of being a part of the Oscars ever since I was 8 years old and doing my own version of film scoring. But I realized I have a dharmic path that’s different than my early dreams. Mine is more about service. I’m committed to opening the global heart one heart as a time. So now, my mastery as a composer has to do with connecting people in the heart around music. You have to accept the gift you’ve been given and love what is to be happy in life.... I’m making a fraction of the money I did when I was in TV and film, but the reward or helping people connect in a deeper way is inestimable. I’m so much more fulfilled.

6 pm Wednesday, March 14, at the Lobero, with a reception starting at 5 pm. Admission is free. The Graceful Passages workshop is slated for 1 to 5:30 on March 15, while Turning Lead into Gold takes place 8:30 am to 1 pm on March 16, both in the Board Room at VNHC Foundation, 509 East Montecito Street. A $5 donation is requested to reserve space. For more information, visit www.vnhcsb.org or call 690-6218.)

Bodies Unbound Rebounds by the Book

“When I began my spiritual journey, unbeknownst to me, I was alcoholic and dyslexic, with many hidden childhood traumas,” Cynthia Waring says candidly on the main page of her website. “I soon discovered that practicing meditation and a healthy diet brought up the fear, anger, and memo(Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care’s ries I couldn’t face, which led me back 5th Annual Phorum takes place at into drinking alcohol and binging.... I lived in a constant roller-coaster of fasting and meditating, then drinking and leading a bipolar life.... For a brief time, I lived on the streets eating food from cans in abandoned buildings.”

Clearly, Waring has traveled further down in the depths than most folks sharing spiritual concepts, but the journey has arrived at a place of peace and equanimity. A licensed massage therapist since 1976, Waring published her first book 20 years later, entitled Bodies Unbound: Transforming Lives Through Touch. Her one-woman show of the same name is based on her life and work, and there’s no doubt that it’s as much a memoir of spiritual journey – her own and many of her clients’ – as it is a theatrical piece. Or perhaps the magic is that it’s both. One could watch it just to see how the story unfolds. Or one could get swept away by tales of her own personal healing that comes after thousands of hours of healing others with her hands.

Since relocating to Santa Barbara a couple of years ago, Waring has performed Bodies Unbound in private homes and at Center Stage Theater – the same venue where she shared a song of triumph as part of Anima on February 22 and read her own short story about how a childhood pet turned into her teacher for Speaking of Stories’s Personal Stories a week later.

This Thursday, March 8, she brings the one-hour show to the Santa Barbara Public Library for a free performance at 6:30 pm.

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Hippocratic Karma: First Do No Harm

Hot on the heels of winding up a three-week course on Discovering Joyful Mind, Santa Barbara Bodhi Path resident Dharma teacher Dawa Tarchin Phillips – the rare spiritual teacher who combines perspectives of Western scholarship and neuro-scien-

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tific research with the traditional training of an authentic Buddhist Lama – now tackles a four-week offering “Reducing Harm”. Subtitled “10 ways to act like a Buddha until you become one”, the course, which runs March 8-29, focuses on the Buddha’s teachings on reducing harm and benefiting oneself and others, considered among the most precious, powerful, and practical guidelines for modern life and for times when discord, confusion, and violence pervade our culture. Which sounds a lot like these days, right? The 7 to 9 pm sessions include meditation and teaching, and are by donation.

New to Bodhi Path this month is a Reflective Writing Group, which has its first meeting on Wednesday, March 21, from 7 to 8:30 pm, and continues every third Wednesday of the month.

The group is geared toward those who want to deepen their practice through the written word. The sessions will be interactive in that writers will be gently guided to reflect on topics based on, but not limited to, the teachings of the Buddha, incorporating themes from Dawa’s ongoing talks, with time for sharing and discussion. Bring writings and writing materials. All are welcome regardless of experience.

Santa Barbara Bodhi Path Buddhist Center is located at 102 W. Mission St. Call 284-2704 or visit www.bodhipath. org/sb..

Words of Wisdom

B. Alan Wallace, the president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies whose background includes years as a monk in Buddhist monasteries and who has taught Buddhist theory and practice in Europe and America since 1976, makes a rare public local appearance at Unity of Santa Barbara on Saturday night.

Wallace – who has edited, translated, authored, or contributed to more than 40 books on Tibetan Buddhism, medicine, language, and culture – will talk about and sign his latest book, An Open Mind, which explore the benefits that emerge from cultivating an open mind in conjunction with taking a radically empirical approach to the study of consciousness. Admission to the 6:30 pm event is $15. Visit www.sbinstitute. com.

Neuroscientist, MacArthur Fellow, and bestselling author Robert Sapolsky delivers a public lecture discussing “Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst” on Tuesday, March 13, at UCSB Campbell Hall. At the 7:30 pm presentation, Sapolsky, who has focused his research on issues of stress and neuron degeneration, will talk about the cutting-edge research across a range of disciplines that provide a subtle and nuanced perspective on why we ultimately do the things we do, for good and for ill. Admission is $20 to $35. Call 893-3535 or visit www.

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Opera Santa Barbara board member Christine Holland, A.C. Moore, Nancy Golden, chair; Simon Williams; Joan Rutkowski and Jon Dupra, vice chair (photo by Priscilla)

Chris Lancashire, Eve Bernstein with granddaughter Emma; and Shelley Woods (photo by Priscilla)

Presenting and playful the cast of The Barber of Seville taking their bows (photo by Priscilla)

guests including Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Jennifer Aniston, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Bradley Cooper, and Disney’s Bob Iger.

Elton John performed “Circle of Life” at the Broadway-themed bash along with Jonathan Groff from Hamilton.

Delighted opera aficionados Bob Weinman and Linda Difiore (photo by Priscilla)

Marylove Thralls thanking Sarah and Roger Chrisman (photo by Priscilla)

baritone Byron Mayes as Fiorello and soprano Elle Valera.

Josh Shaw’s stage direction was spot on, while the production design, originally created for the Pacific Opera Victoria two years ago, worked perfectly, as did Dana Osborne’s colorful costume design.

A glorious night of opera that was clearly appreciated by the delighted audience.

Seville at the Granada, was definitely on the cutting edge.

The work, which premiered in Rome in 1816 to much hissing and jeering, is now one of the world’s most endearing operas – and it was easy to see why with a talented cast, great sets, and a capable orchestra under conductor and chorus master Kostis Protopapas.

Baritone Alexander Elliott, making

his OSB debut, was perfect for the role of conniving crimper Figaro, as was mezzo soprano Cassandra Zoe Velasco as love interest Rosina and tenor Andrew Bidlack as the besotted Count Almaviva.

Bass baritone Peter Strummer as doctor Bartolo and UCSB alumnus Nathan Stark as the weasely Don Basilios, also in their OSB debuts, were also comic standouts, as were

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At His Fingertips Zhu Wang, a former fellow at the Music Academy of the West, showed off his abundant keyboard skills when he performed at Hahn Hall, part of a four-city tour, including Beverly Hills, Chicago, and New York.

Chinese-born Wang, 20, won the academy’s inaugural solo piano recital tour in partnership with Steinway & Sons, and received the Luria Foundation Prize of $5,000.

The Juilliard student’s program included the world premiere of 2017 academy guest composer Timo Andres’s Moving Etudes, Bach’s Jesu. Joy of Man’s Desiring, Brahms, Nikolai Kapustin’s Variations, and Chopin’s Sonata No. 3 in B Minor.

An enthralling evening.

Given to Geffen Oprah Winfrey was front and center when music tycoon David Geffen celebrated his 75th birthday at his sprawling 10-acre Beverly Hills estate, the former home of movie mogul Jack Warner.

Emcee Tom Hanks roasted the philanthropist, who I would see regularly at New York’s Studio 54, with

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For Sail Santa Barbara Yacht Club opened its historic 146th sailing season at the weekend.

At the helm was commodore John Koontz, assisted by vice commodore Scott Deardorff and rear commodore Garry Pawlitski, and visiting yacht club commodores from San Francisco to San Diego.

Celebrations included the Parade of the Fleet, which involved celebrity skippers from the Teen Star USA competition.

A major feature of the season is the extremely popular Wet Wednesdays.

Television Tribute A TV documentary is in the works about the late Santa Barbara actor Paul Walker, I learn.

The comprehensive film will premiere on the Paramount Network and is being helmed by I Am Heath Ledger director Adrian Buitenhuis.

I Am Paul Walker will include interviews with the his cast mates and friends who mourned his death aged 40 in a tragic car accident in Santa Clarita in 2013.

The documentary will explore his film career and shine a light on his passion for the world’s oceans and marine life, and his work to help rebuild Haiti after the devastating earthquake.

Rock on Montecito mega philanthropist Leslie Ridley-Tree is a rock star.

The Spirit of Entrepreneurship Foundation has declared Leslie, the CEO of Pacific Air Industries in Los Angeles, its new Rock Star: Life Achievement Award recipient.

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including Cottage Hospital, the Granada, and All Saints by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, will be feted at a gala at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort – formerly Fess Parker’s – on May 4 for her entrepreneurship and indelible impact on our Eden by the Beach.

The awards will also honor 11 other outstanding women from our tony town and Ventura, selected by an independent panel of judges.

You go, girl.

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five years, and the very gifted guitarist Julian Lage, who first performed with me at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival when John Abercrombie was in my group. I think Julian was 12 or 13 at the time.

What do some of the recent awards coming your way mean to you (2015 NEA Jazz Master, receiving an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music in 2015, and last year being inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, and The Jazz Gallery’s Lifetime Achievement Award)?

I am honored to have been named into the great pantheon of acclaimed artists who have preceded me. We all stand on someone’s shoulders, and I stand on theirs.

Gaby Gaby, Hey

Gaby Moreno moved from Guatemala to Los Angeles at 18 to pursue a career in music, and really never looked back. Not even musically, at least not for almost a decade. The singer-songwriter who blends blues, jazz, ‘60s rock ‘n’ roll, and Latin American influences into something she calls “Spanish folk-soul” fell in love with American music – Broadway musicals actually – even before visiting New York at age 13. But things changed on

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that fateful trip.

“When I first heard blues and jazz, those sounds, I knew I wanted to delve into that world,” Moreno recalled on Monday afternoon, four days before she begins a series of three free area concerts under the aegis of ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! (Friday, March 9, in Isla Vista, Saturday in Guadalupe, Sunday at the Marjorie Luke). “I made my mom take me to a record store and bought a bunch of compilation CDs. When we got home, I locked myself in my room and listened to all of them – Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, B.B. King. I couldn’t get enough.”

Five years later, she left home for the U.S., both signing a record deal with Warner Brothers and enrolling in the Musicians Institute in Hollywood so she could get a student visa. Records sung in English followed for at least another six years before she gave a thought to tackling songs from back home in Guatemala.

“I had no desire to do anything in Spanish because I was so in love with the American styles,” she recalled. “I was young and didn’t know any better.

I still had yet to come to fully appreciate the richness of Latin music.”

It was David Pilch – longtime bassist for k.d. lang and others – who lives

so it’s got a happy, upbeat rhythm, saying ‘I’m one of you. I’m an immigrant.’ I want to be a voice for all them.”

Last year marked another left turn for Moreno, as she joined the original lineup for the Celebrating David Bowie world tour, organized not long after his death. She has covered some of Bowie’s early material, alongside such artists as Sting, Gary Oldman, Adrian Belew, Seal, Ewan McGregor, and others. There’s another curve coming later this year, as Moreno releases a new collaboration with Van Dyke Parks, the producer-songwriter behind Brian Wilson’s Smile album and many more classics, with guest appearances by Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner, and others.

“It’s a Pan-American project where we are sharing songs Latin America and the states, all arranged by Van Dyke,” she said. “It’s the most ambitious project I’ve done to date, and I’m so excited for it to come out.”

Gaby Moreno makes the rounds from Isla Vista to the Marjorie Luke

in Santa Barbara and invited Moreno to bring some Spanish songs to sit in on one of his gigs at Largo in L.A. that turned things around.

“Little by little, I started rediscovering all this music I grew up with, which as a kid I thought was just ‘old people’s music’,” she said. “You can’t deny your roots, and it’s special for me to be able to mix these two genres together, even though record companies always told me I couldn’t.”

Moreno’s latest album, 2016’s Ilusión, bridges both worlds and crosses styles more rapidly than an anxious driver changes lanes on the 101, though she still creates a cohesive sound. “My voice is the common denominator,” she explained. “And I like to stick to organic real instruments, not synths or loops.”

Which is why she insisted on recording the album on analog tape, doing no more than three takes on any song, and capturing her voice and guitar simultaneously with no overdubs. “I wanted to go back to what those artists who influenced me did back in the day, without the luxury of using computers. They didn’t need the technicality back then. It was about the emotions.”

The song “Fronteras” certainly meets that test, as it touches on immigration in a positive if determined manner. As with many of her songs, audience noise drops to dead quiet whenever she plays it in concert.

“It’s a message of hope to all the people who left their home countries and are struggling, the honest, hard-working people who are making a big change in this country. It’s coming from a place of love and hope,

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All the World’s a Stage(d) Reading

Santa Barbara PlayFest’s Sixth Annual Festival of New Plays is something of a misnomer, at least as regards the final “s”, since there’s only a single production on the schedule that was significantly scaled back due to financial constraints exacerbated by the aftermath of the recent fire and debris flow. Still, playwright Steve Karp will be on hand at 7 pm Saturday, March 10, for the staged reading of Reunion, with E. Bonnie Lewis and Ken Gilbert of DramaDogs in the roles of He and She, and Speaking of Stories’s Maggie Mixsell narrating. The play tells the tale of a pair of septuagenarians who discover that their teenage romance – which ended over a “Dear John” letter – has come full-circle, with the couple’s unplanned reunion suggesting that the closest they may ever come to finding love is with each other.

Anna Jensen, former Ensemble Theatre dramaturg and current co-host of the Theatrixsb podcast, will moderate a post-reading talk back with Karp at the free event in the Santa Barbara Central Library Fireplace Room. Santa Barbara playwright Ellen Anderson, the artistic director of Dramatic Women and the director of Isla Vista Arts at UCSB, leads a free playwriting workshop that same morning at the library.

Details online at www.playfestsant abarbara.org.

Speaking of Ensemble, the company’s former home at the Alhecama Theatre will host the debut staged reading of Santa Barbara author Claudia H. McGarry’s second play, which also takes place at 7 8 – 15 March 2018

pm Saturday. Modotti and Weston began life 20 years ago as a screenplay about the relationship between Tina Modotti, a rebel artist and a model and actress who was also a humanitarian, and the famed photographer Edward Weston. Several attempts to capture the essence of the story of the politically passionate pair of artists who were often liberal in their sexual pursuits never quite got off the ground in Hollywood, so McGarry adapted it into a 60-page play. Modotti and Weston follows McGarry’s first theatrical work, the autobiographical Kiddo and Patty Hearst, which played at Center Stage and the Alcazar in Carpinteria. Admission is $15. Visit

8 – 15 March 2018

www.nightout.com/events/modot ti-and-weston/tickets.

Focus on Film

The Evolution of Organic, the story of organic agriculture as told by those in California who built the movement – including farmers in Ojai and Santa Barbara – traces the journey of change from a small band of rebels, a self-described “motley crew of back-to-the-landers, spiritual seekers and farmers’ sons and daughters who launched organic farming stateside, to a cultural revolution in the way we grow and eat food that has gone mainstream. Filmmaker Mark Kitchell – whose Berkeley in the Sixties

was nominated for an Academy Award – will participate in a panel featuring local farmers following the 7 pm screening at the Marjorie Luke Theatre on Thursday, March 8, while Gary Malkin, who scored the film, is interviewed in this week’s Spirituality Matters column.

On the same date, director Anne Galisky joins UCSB classics professor Helen Morales for a moderated discussion following a 7 pm screening at UCSB Pollock Theater of 14: Dred Scott, Wong Kim Ark & Vanessa Lopez, which traces the struggle for citizenship from its roots in the slavery era through the fight against the Chinese Exclusion Act in the late 19th century to current anti-immigrant agitation.

SBCC’s Atkinson Gallery’s exhibit “Herself, Girlhood in Stop Motion Film” dives into the complexities associated with girlhood and growing up via five short stop-motion films running 3 to 11 minutes each. The films

by Rita Basulto, Laura Krifka, Heidi Kumao, Kirsten Lepore, and Suraya Raja are accompanied by production shots, figurines, and drawings, completing an exhibit that explore issues of grief, social norms, comingof-age, and more via girlhood as its central theme. “Herself, Girlhood in Stop Motion Film” has five different TV stations, each with two pairs of headphones and a bench big enough for two. On display through Friday, March 23.

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SEEN (Continued from page 15)

The marquee at the Arlington

bly know its owners are Milt and Arlene Larsen, who live right here in Santa Barbara. There will soon be a Magic Castle Cabaret located at the Bird Refuge. It will be a private club with 200 members and a dress code: coat and tie and cocktail attire, plus magic for entertainment.

Meantime, the Larsens decided they had too much stuff and needed more storage space – so the Craziest Sale Ever was held in their new place that used to be Café del Sol.

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Ty Warner’s Cito rescue dogs to benefit survivors

Daniel took home a $1,000 scholarship from Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation, a recording session, and will be appearing on radio, television, and other events in the coming year.

Teen Star was established in 2010 to support performing arts programs in local schools and to give area youth an outlet to showcase their talents. Teen Dance Star will return in 2019 as will Teen Star. See you then!

Crazy Sale

If any of you have been to the Magic Castle in Hollywood, you proba-

They made almost $2,000, which will be dispersed by the Bucket Brigade for the victims of the Montecito mudslides.

Gretchen Lieff was also there with a batch of Ty Warner’s latest creation – Cito – a mixed-breed rescue dog that will be given to Montecito schools, firefighters, police officers, and animal shelters that helped with the fire and flood. I bought one for $10, with the money going to the cause. The tag is so sweet, “If there is a fire or flood.

Even if there’s a lot of mud, I will help you find your way, if you’re hurting or gone astray.”

•MJ

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Arlene and Milt Larsen (the Magic people) at their crazy fundraiser sale

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MEET THE SUPES

by Sigrid Toye, Ph.D. Ms Toye is a former L.A. Unified School District teacher and has worked as an educational-behavior therapist in private practice since 1979.

A Tale of Two Schools

T

he last couple of months have been, well, to put it mildly, a massive challenge. As a result of the Thomas Fire, some of us have been impacted by loss, many others by smoke inhalation or voluntary and mandatory evacuations, along with ensuing respiratory issues. Then, within a few days, tragedy struck again with the great “once in 200 years” rainstorm and mudslide event.

Our friends and neighbors lost loved ones and their homes; some of were rescued and relocated – not once but twice – and many were faced with a massive cleanup and an uncertain future.

Think, then, how would it be if one had the responsibility for two campuses and a Montecito family of almost 700 elementary school children? That question sent me (once I sloshed out of the mud) to visit Cold Spring School superintendent Amy Alzina and superintendent Anthony Ranii of Montecito Union School District.

We met in Anthony’s MUS office, and it was a stroke of good fortune to be able to speak with them both at the same time. I was quickly informed, however, that this time with me was not their first rodeo. “I don’t know what we would have done without each other,” exclaims Ranii. Alzina nods in instant and appreciative agreement adding, “We are in two very different physical environments but have everything else in common when it comes to the responsibilities of caring for our students, their families, and our staff.”

During our conversation that day, I came to understand the deeper and infinitely complicated meaning of that statement.

As the Thomas Fire encroached upon Montecito and Santa Barbara, accompanied by 70-mile-per-hour gusts of wind, a blizzard of smoke and ash fell from the sky. “For the health and safely of our children,” Anthony recalls, “Amy and I discussed the bad air quality and the proximity of the fire, which was uncontrolled, and decided to discontinue classes, despite being in the ‘voluntary’ zone. Our schools were closed for the seven days before the two-week winter break.”

Neither Montecito Union nor Cold Spring School suffered damage from the fire itself, but ash and dust covered both campuses. “It was everywhere,” Amy recounts. “It was all over our campus, came in the windows and doors, even inside the air

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it might be necessary ‘to move at a moment’s notice’ seemed ominous.

On the other hand, perhaps the storm wouldn’t be as bad as predicted and it will have passed by morning,” Anthony recalls. “We were really in uncertain territory.”

Disaster Strikes

MUS superintendent Anthony Ranii and Cold Spring School superintendent Amy Alzina worked as a team to keep students safe... and studying

ducts. Massive work needed to be done before our students could return safely to school.” Both superintendents worked ceaselessly with insurance companies during the holidays to facilitate the extensive cleanup that would be necessary for the safe return of their staff and students after the break. A huge sigh of combined relief was heard after both campuses were cleared of ash, dust, and workmen.

Unfortunately, that sense of satisfaction was short-lived.

After the Break

As planned, school began after the winter break on January 2, and life seemed to return to normal. Just seven days later, however, storm clouds gathered and exceptionally dangerous weather with strong winds, thunder, and heavy rain was predicted for the area. The worst of the storm was to arrive in the dark hours of January 8.

The mountains behind Montecito had been denuded by the Thomas Fire and were considered a danger, due to a potential debris flow. Although both Montecito Union and Cold Spring schools were located in the voluntary evacuation zones, the prospect of the predicted storm presented the superintendents with a dilemma: Should they hold classes on Monday or shutter their schools?

On a sunny Sunday morning, when Alzina and Ranii met, the prospect of that predicted storm seemed far, far away. The oncoming weather, though considered serious, was still not predictable as to its severity and impact.

“We knew we were in the voluntary zone, but the notification that

The decision to cancel school weighed heavily upon both of them, because the well-being of almost 700 children and their families depended on them. “If the weather were less severe and passed through the area quickly, closing the school on Monday would be disruptive to the students and faculty,” Amy notes, “not to mention the parents.” She says such an action could appear to have been an overreaction. “On the other hand,” she adds, “if that storm arrived in our area with the force that was predicted, a decision to keep the school open could be disastrous.” After much thought, Amy and Anthony made a difficult, possibly questionable, call: to cancel school on Monday. Their decision turned out to be both timely and accurate; the overnight storm was far worse than anyone, including the meteorologists, could have predicted: its ferocity and the resulting calamitous flood and mudslide isolated Montecito from the rest of the world in less then a half an hour.

If we’re looking for heroes, we should turn our heads in the direction of MUS’s Anthony Ranii and Cold Spring School’s Amy Alzina “In the early-morning hours of [January] ninth, I awoke to that red sky and knew something terrible had happened,” recalls Amy. Anthony relates how he had to get on social media from his home in Goleta to find out what had taken place. “I sent out Google docs to find out about all our families. Amy did the same, although she later was able to access the Cold Spring campus just a few yards outside of the evacuation zone.”

Both discovered that students, present and former, and families known to them, had lost their homes and lives in the mudslide. “That was the single worst moment for me,” Amy recounts, “when I discovered that two of our students, a kindergartner and a sixth grader, had been swept away in the mud, and a third child was in the hospital fighting for her life. It was hard for me to get my mind around that.”

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Continuing Classes

Complicating matters was the closure of a mud-filled portion of Highway 101, most access roads, and the heavily guarded evacuation zones in Montecito. This presented a significant challenge for students and staff coming from the north and south.

During the days that followed, plans were made for the resumption of classes. Off-site classrooms were established in locations such as the Santa Barbara Zoo, the Wolf Museum of Exploration and Innovation (MOXI), and Santa Barbara City College. Families south of Montecito attended Summerland Elementary School. Books and supplies were borrowed from everywhere so that off-campus classes could be as close to normal as possible.

Many services were made available as was physically possible, including County Mental Health Services and Hospice. Anthony notes, “We all worked together to make all the transitions and adjustments happen.”

Amy adds, “On Martin Luther King Day, a barbecue was held for our Cold Spring families, and the next day, January sixteenth, our children returned to their classrooms.”

Looking Toward the Future

Listening to the stories of superintendents Amy Alzina and Anthony Ranii, I still find it hard to imagine what is must have been like for them during those two difficult months. I’m reminded that both are new to their positions, having only arrived in our area near the beginning of the 2017-18 school year.

The decisions, planning, and caregiving – and most of all, the responsibility involved as District heads – must have been, and will continue to be, a large mandate. That chapter has yet to close, as the weather remains an uncertainly and recovery from the disaster that has befallen the Montecito community will take a very long time.

“We are constantly in communication with the Office of Emergency Management while attempting to stay ahead of the weather in our decision-making. This is a twenty-four/ seven watch for the safety of our children, their families, and our staff,” Amy reminds.

Despite the difficulties that lie ahead, Montecito is most fortunate to have two such people helming our school districts. The way they handled their respective situations was beyond impressive, especially under the uncertain weather-related conditions and relatively unfamiliar territory. They were each other’s teammate, had each other’s backs, and worked together for the good of their kids, their school, and our community.

If we were looking for heroes, I’d say we turn our heads in their direction.•MJ 8 – 15 March 2018

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice Inviting Bids: Bid No. 5625 Quarterly & On-Call Sewer Main Cleaning

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for:

1.

BID NO. 5615 DUE DATE & TIME: March 27, 2018 UNTIL 3:00 P.M.

Bids will be received until 3:00 P.M., Thursday, March 22, 2018. At this date and time all bids received will be electronically opened and posted.

Ocean Outfall Dive Inspection & Buoy Inspection, Removal, Installation and Maintenance for El Estero Wastewater Treatment Plant and Harbor Division The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at

It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit their bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Late or incomplete bids will not be accepted.

2.

The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement will be scheduled quarterly per fiscal year. This work will be ongoing for duration of this contract

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein.

Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids.

The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California A-General Engineering Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess the above mentioned license at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive.

2.3 Estimate. The budget for this Project is: $200,000.00 yearly 2.4 Bidders’ Conference. There is no bidders’ conference for this bid.

3.

Published: March 7, 2018 Montecito Journal

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS

3.2 DIR Registration. City will not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder and its Subcontractors are registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work under Labor Code section 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

4.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten (10) percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’s issuance of the notice of award of the Contract, the bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and all other documentation required by the Contract Documents.

5.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

5.1 General. This Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

5.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

5.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code section 1771.4.

6.

Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide separate performance and payment bonds for 100% of the Contract Price regardless of contract dollar amount.

7.

Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code section 22300.

8.

Subcontractor List. Each bidder must submit, with its Bid Proposal, the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.

9.

Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.

10.

Retention Percentage. The percentage of retention that will be withheld from progress payments is five (5) percent.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for: BID NO. 5628 DUE DATE & TIME: April 9, 2018 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. Granada Garage Janitorial Services A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on March 27, 2018 at 9:00 a.m., in the Granada Garage Offices, located at 1221 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please be punctual. Late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid.

Scope of work includes Granada Garage building.

janitorial

services

for

the

License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This work requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification: Class A, C-36, or C-42 California Contractor

The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award.

__________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. Quarterly cleaning of approximately 10 miles of sanitary sewer mains around the City.

http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR.

Notice is hereby given that bids for Bid No. 5625 shall be received to furnish and deliver materials for the Quarterly and On-Call Sewer Main Cleaning per the attached terms, conditions and specifications. Bidders must be registered on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids™ portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. If any Addendum issued by the City is not acknowledged online by the Bidder, the PlanetBids System will prevent the Bidder from submitting a bid. Bidders are responsible for obtaining all addenda from the City’s PlanetBids portal. Bid results and awards will be available on PlanetBids.

By: _______________________________________

Date: ________________

William Hornung CPM, General Services Manager Publication Date: 3/7/18

The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at

END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.

The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein.

Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids.

Bidders are hereby notified that any service purchase order issued as a result of this bid may be subject to the provisions and regulations of the City of Santa Barbara Ordinance No. 5384, Santa Barbara Municipal Code, Chapter 9.128 and its impending regulations relating to the payment of Living Wages.

The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. _________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Camille K, 1318 Alta Vista Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. SUD West Partners INC, 1318 Alta Vista Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 28, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Connie Tran. FBN No. 2018-0000621.

Published March 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rent A Handyman SB, 823 Bond Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Elekatek Construction Inc, 823 Bond Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 27, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2018-0000608.

Published March 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Multi-Media Moguls; Signature PR Pros, 1187 Coast Village Road #736, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Annamarie Seabright, 1187 Coast Village Road #736, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 1, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva.

FBN No. 2018-0000379. Published February 28, March 7, 14, 21, 2018.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ANNEXX; ANNEXXHOMES; ANNEXX, LLC; ANNEXXLAB; ANNEXXBLOOM, 1117 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. ANNEXX, LLC, 1805 Chapala St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 6, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter.

FBN No. 2018-0000424. Published February 28, March 7, 14, 21, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: C.P. Notary Services; P. Human Capital Services, PO Box 3071, Santa Maria, CA 93457. Consuelo Palacios, 429 El Cerrito, Santa Maria, CA 93455.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 16, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Marlene Ashcom.

FBN No. 2018-0000522. Published February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Sweets; Erica Urech Photography, 101 Palm Tree Lane, Montecito, CA 93108. Erica H Urech, 101 Palm Tree Lane, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 25, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland,

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Notice Inviting Bids – Bid No. 3913

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for:

1.

Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for Bid No. 3913, the FY2018 Pavement Maintenance Project (“Project”), by or before March 29, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually delivered to the Purchasing Office. The receiving time at the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

2.

Project Information.

BID NO. 5631 DUE DATE & TIME: April 4, 2018 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. Airport Baggage Handling System Maintenance and Repair

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located on various streets throughout the City, and is described as follows: Repair various streets by performing asphalt dig outs to repair failed areas; tree root pruning and concrete curb and gutter replacement; asphalt cold milling and asphalt hot mix overlay; reconstruction of existing non-compliant curb ramps; retrofit existing curb ramps with truncated domes; construct new curb ramps adjacent to overlay streets; traffic striping and marking; relocate and protect existing signs and roadway name stamps; perform traffic control, notifications, and postings, complete and in place.

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on March 28, 2018 at 11:00 a.m., in the Airline Terminal Lobby, located at 50 Fowler Road, Santa Barbara, CA to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please be punctual. Late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid.

Scope of work includes routine inspections, preventive maintenance, and repair on the Airport’s baggage handling system.

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 75 working days from the effective date of Notice to Proceed.

2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $3,600,000.

3.

The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.

The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess either a current valid State of California C-10 Electrical “or” C61/D-21 Machinery and Pumps Contractor’s License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive.

The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. ___________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: March 7, 2018 General Services Manager Montecito Journal

County Clerk (SEAL) by Deputy Clerk.

FBN No. 2018-0000289. Published February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Clear Choice Estate Services; The Clear Choice, 1187 Coast Village Road Suite #740, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Kenneth Hieronymus, 2111 Shadow Creek Dr., Oxnard, CA 93036. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 14, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Connie Tran.

FBN No. 2018-0000499. Published February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Marbella Boutique, 801 Hot Springs

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Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Caroline Encell, 801 Hot Springs Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 13, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Connie Tran.

FBN No. 2018-0000493. Published February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Empire Landscape Company, 1208 Alden Ct., Lompoc, CA 93436. Carlos JR Sanchez, 1208 Alden Ct., Lompoc, CA 93436. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 6, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement

License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): A. 3.2 DIR Registration. City will not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder and its Subcontractors are registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work under Labor Code section 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

4.

Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155.

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Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of 10 percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’s issuance of the notice of award of the Contract, the bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and all other documentation required by the Contract Documents.

6.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.1 General. This Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code section 1771.4.

7.

Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bond for 100% of the Contract Price regardless of contract dollar amount.

8.

Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code section 22300.

9.

Subcontractor List. Each bidder must submit, with its Bid Proposal, the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of onehalf of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.

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Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.

By: ___________________________________

Date: ________________

William Hornung, C.P.M, General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) March 7, 2018

2) March 14, 2018 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Mary Soto.

FBN No. 2018-0000415. Published February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Overland Protective Services, INC, 1517 Stowell Center Plaza, Suite L, Santa Maria, CA 93458. Overland Protective Services, INC, 1517 Stowell Center Plaza, Suite L, Santa Maria, CA 93458. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 14, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Marlene Ashcom.

FBN No. 2018-0000508. Published February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as:

Elite Athletix, 465 E Clark Avenue, Orcutt, CA 93455. Tyrome Lee, 1440 Marsala Avenue, Santa Maria, CA 93458. Michael Richard Romero, 465 E Clark Avenue, Orcutt, CA 93455.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 7, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Marlene Ashcom.

FBN No. 2018-0000438. Published February 14, 21, 28, March 7, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 93108FUND.ORG, 1482 E Valley RD #514, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Win Win Give INC, 104 Divisadero ST, San Francisco, CA 94117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 29, 2018.

This statement expires five years from

The strongest of all warriors are these two: time and patience. – Leo Tolstoy

the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Rachel Gann.

FBN No. 2018-0000317. Published February 14, 21, 28, March 7, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Children’s Department, 1187 Coast Village Road STE 420, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Minemine Kids, INC, 1225 Coast Village Road, STE C, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 31, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe.

FBN No. 2018-0000355. Published February 14, 21, 28, March 7, 2018.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 18CV00643. To all interested parties: Petitioner Peter Avery Mendel filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Tokpa Korlo. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed February 21, 2018 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk.

Hearing date: April 18, 2018 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published February 28, March 7, 14, 21, 2018.

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IN PASSING John “Jack” Cantin November 15, 2000 – January 9, 2018

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ack Cantin, 17, of Montecito, California, is presumed dead after being missing since the Montecito mudslides, which occurred January 9, 2018. His mother, Kimberly Cantin, and his sister, Lauren Cantin, were injured in the mudslides in which his father, David Cantin, 49, and his dog, Chester the Irish Setter, were killed.

Jack was born in Oceanside, California, on November 15, 2000, and spent his first four years in Carlsbad, California. During this time, he lived just a few streets away from his grandparents and enjoyed each Friday at Grandma and Grandpa’s, where they would explore neighborhood parks and playgrounds. At this early age, Jack would be seen wearing superhero capes and dressing up as Superman for Halloween. He then moved with his family to Mason, Ohio, spending his next five years in the Midwest.

Running in open yards of grass and sledding down the hill in the snow near the back of his house were his favorite pastimes. It was in Ohio where Jack first joined the Boy Scouts.

In 2010, Jack and his family relocated to Santa Barbara, California, where Jack became a “California kid” again.

He attended Montecito Union School.

At MUS, Jack had happy times with his new friends, school, carnivals, and the sixth grade play. Jack played the father of Veruca Salt in the play Willy Wonka. A highlight of his time at Montecito Union was the 5th-grade trip to Washington, D.C. His teachers said he brought his warm smile and wide open-mouthed laughter to the classroom; Jack was kind and loved to make people laugh. He was active in the Boy Scouts, MUS Chorus, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and he also played soccer and baseball.

After MUS, Jack attended Santa Barbara Middle School. Jack thoroughly enjoyed his time at this school, be it in the classroom, on the school biking trips, on hikes, or embracing the Channel Island trip boat trip. By age 15, Jack had biked more than 1,000 miles with the people at this school, exploring California, Oregon, and Arizona. Inspired by adventure, Jack biked 300 miles from Umbria to Rome, Italy, in the summer after his 7th grade. He then joined his dad in Rome, where they both visited the Vatican. Jack embraced the school philosophy of carpe diem. The deep friendships he made and the self-assuredness he developed at this school were very meaningful to Jack.

Jack was excited to attend to Santa Barbara High School, where he was a student in the Multi-Media Arts

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& Design (MAD) Academy. In his first year at the school, he was the student who wore his green “Santa Barbara Dons” hoodie with pride. It was at SBHS that Jack looked forward to attending the football games and grabbing lunch with his friends.

A quote Jack selected that had the most meaning to him is from the Dalai Lama: “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And, if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” Jack lived this sentiment fully.

“Life’s purpose is to serve and inspire those around me” – Jack Cantin To help others, Jack’s Eagle Scout project was to refurbish the basketball and playground area of Cleveland Elementary. He also was a volunteer at Safety Town during the summers teaching young children, road and bus safety. Jack co-founded Teens on the Scene, a teen-led community service and leadership group in Santa Barbara. This group would volunteer once a month in the community, either at beach or city cleanups, serving food to the homeless, working at the Unity Shoppe or the Foodbank or at the Humane Society. Teens on the Scene is now in more than four local high schools, two middle schools, and has more than 100 teen volunteer members. In 2016, Jack and his group were awarded the “Spirit of Service Award – Clean Community” by the City of

Santa Barbara. Jack was a regular volunteer at the Montecito Beautification Day, the Montecito Annual 4th of July parade and picnics. At school, he volunteered as an intern with the IRS to help prepare tax returns for those in need.

Jack was active in the Boy Scouts and earned its highest rank, the Eagle Scout Award, in 9th grade. He continued with the troop and earned his “Eagle with Palms.” With his father as Scoutmaster, Jack experienced many back-country hiking and camping trips with the troop, as well as fun summer camps. At Emerald Bay, Catalina Island, he learned how to scuba dive and performed his first dive with his father.

An avid gamer, Jack built his own computer and in one online game, he led a team of 4,000 players. He also travelled with several friends to Major League Gaming events in Ohio and Oakland.

Intellectually curious, Jack attended the UCSB Science and Engineering Research Academy (SERA) this past summer. Just prior to the tragic mudslides, Jack was invited to the National Leadership Conference and was eager to attend University of California Berkeley in the summer to take the Business and Entrepreneur Program.

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Jack will be remembered for his kindness, sense of humor, genuineness, and his ability to inspire others.

He was dearly loved by his family and friends. In a humble manner, Jack wanted to make a positive difference.

He was a loving and cherished son, grandson, and an adoring brother to his sister, Lauren.

Jack is survived by his mother Kimberly Irene (Miller) Cantin and his sister, Lauren Elizabeth Cantin.

Jack was the son of Kimberly and David Cantin. Additionally, Jack is survived by his grandparents, Willard and Anita Miller of Niagara Falls, Canada; his grandfather and his wife, Richard and Marie Cantin of North Carolina; his grandmother, Kathleen Cantin of Rhode Island; his aunt, uncle, and cousins of Berlin, Germany, Pamela, Ronald, Daniel, and Caterina Neumann, and many other great aunts, uncles.

Jack’s memorial service will be held at 10 am, Saturday, March 17, at the Santa Barbara Mission located at 2201 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA. If you plan to attend, please wear one of Jack’s favorite colors – blue, orange, and purple. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider donations to the Santa Barbara Foodbank.

•MJ 8 – 15 March 2018

Our Town

by Joanne A. Calitri

Joanne is a professional international photographer and journalist.

Contact her at: BeatArtist8@aol.com

Ramirez Earns Honor, Raises Funds for Firefighters

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ot one to stand by and take accolades, Richie Ramirez, the newly selected Santa Barbara Young Professional of the Year, hosted his award ceremony and the club’s monthly mixer at his shop to raise funds for the SB Firefighter’s Alliance.

Said Richie, “I’m very honored to have received the award for SB Young Professional of the Year 2017. I’m thankful to all my family, friends, loyal customers, and their pets, the young professionals in our town, and my strong Richie the Barber team. This award pushes us even harder to do more for our amazing community. With the recent devastation from the fires and mudslides, we finally feel back on our feet and ready to plan our next charity event. As the newly appointed Young Professional for SB, I will make 2018 the year of collaboration with the small businesses in our community. This award ceremony was postponed due to the fire and mudslide, and since we are now re-opened, we were happy when the SBYPC asked us to host both the ceremony and their monthly mixer-fundraiser at the shop.

“A shout-out to the event sponsors Cutler’s Artisan Spirits and Jamie

Benefit for the SB Firefighters Alliance and Award ceremony for Richie Ramirez, newly appointed SB Young Professional; [from left] Brian Cota Young, Professional 2016; Richie Ramirez; and Jason Frantz SBYPC president (photograph courtesy of Lauren, SBYPC)

Slone Winery, who supported me setting up a temporary barbershop at their winery downtown SB during the mudslide closure. I am happy to hear any suggestions from the community and look forward to representing SB Young Professionals in 2018.”

Instrumental to making it all happen is the SB Young Professional Club Board. Member Andrea G. Posey said, “The club is a non-profit organization founded for charitable and public purposes. Each year, we invite the community as a whole to submit nominations for the Young Professional of the Year. We then as a board meet and review all nominations and select the winner.

“This year, we chose Richie Ramirez of Richie’s Barber Shop.

Not only has Richie created and maintained a successful business on Coast Village Road in Montecito for over seven years, but unlike many other successful business owners, he also uses his business to give back to the community by hosting fundraising events and donating time and money to important causes. For example, Richie has been involved with the United Boys & Girls Club by hosting a fun event for kids at his shop; held a fundraising event for

Richie Ramirez celebrating his well-deserved SB Young Professional of the Year Award with his barbers (from left) Marine, Alexis, Jessie, and Stephanie with Jason Frantz, SBYPC president (photograph courtesy of Lauren, SBYPC)

the victims of the Las Vegas shooting Sonoma County fire; Movember Fundraiser hosted by Richie’s Barber Shop at Mad Fitness to raise awareness and funds for men’s health issues in our community; Toys for Tots drive every holiday season; Orfalea Foundation; SB Chamber of Commerce; SBPD; CASA; and many others. Most recently, even though Richie and his crew had just been able to return to his shop on Coast Village Road after the mudslides, when SBYPC called and asked him about hosting a benefit there for the Firefighters Alliance, he graciously agreed to have us without any hesitation. SBYPC is honored and excited to present him with this award... we thank him for all that he does for the community.”

President Jason Frantz added, “As the incoming president of the Santa Barbara Young Professionals Club, it was very rewarding for me to be a part of this well attended event that helped bring business to the

local community, allowed the club to raise additional funds for the Santa Barbara Firefighters Alliance (our 2017 Non-Profit of the Year), as well as honor our 2017 Young Professional of the Year, Richie Ramirez. On behalf of the club, I’d like to thank Paul Cashman, a local State Farm agent and Ian Cutler of Cutler’s Artisan Spirits for their generous donations to the event, and all of the numerous attendees who came out to show their support.

“The club’s goal is to present the SB Firefighters Alliance with a check for $7,500 at our next event on [Wednesday] March 14. Thanks to the success of this event in Montecito, we have nearly achieved that goal.

It’s truly inspiring to see how this community has come together to help each other after the Thomas Fire and mudslides.”

Congrats to Richie and all our young professionals!

411: www.sbyppc.org

•MJ

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C ALENDAR OF Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to slibowitz@yahoo.com)

THURSDAY, MARCH 8

FRIDAY, MARCH 9

Peppy St. Paddy’s Day Preview – The Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara, a local ensemble that Adam Phillips created to offer superb Santa Barbara musicians the opportunity to play a rich amalgam of folk and classical music in his unique arrangements, has a phenomenally successful first season in 2017. Operating on the axiom that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, FOSB kicks off its new season with another travelog through Ireland the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day, back at the Presidio Chapel and its gorgeous acoustics.

Expect to hear songs such as “Danny Boy”, “Shebeg Shemore”, “Whiskey in the Jar”, “Give Me Your Hand”, “Mo Ghile Mear”, “She Moved Through the Fair”, and many more, including some original tunes composed in the Celtic/ classical tradition. Founder/music director Phillips sings and plays Scottish Smallpipes, Irish whistles, acoustic guitar, and mandolin, fronting a band boasting nine violinists, four violas, four cellos, three stand-up basses, five guitarists/ mandolinists, and a banjo player, plus Laurie Rasmussen on harp, Santa Barbara Revels music director Erin McKibben (who took over that position when Phillips left to form the orchestra) on flutes and whistles, and Alan Wood on bagpipes, bodhran, and whistle. WHEN: 7:30 tonight, 4 pm Sunday WHERE: The Chapel at El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park, 123 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $35 INFO: https://fosbirishthursday. brownpapertickets.com/

Eclectic, Thy Name is Camerata Pacifica – Santa Barbara’s soaring chamber ensemble with the kind of dynamic and adventurous concert that has made the group into a mustsee. The program – the full-blooded expression of Krystof Penderecki’s Sextet is followed by Kaija Saariaho’s Petals, an unusual and intense exploration of texture and rhythm for cello and electronics. After intermission, the program turns to a different sound world via the minimalist simplicity of Somei Satoh’s Birds in Warped Time 2, which the composer says was influenced by the Shinto term imanaka, which is “not just the present moment which lies between the stretch of past eternity and future immortality, but also the manifestation of the moment of all time which is multilayered and multidimensional.” The concert concludes with Gumboots by a Camerata favorite, David Bruce, a quintet for clarinet and strings based on the dancing that was born out of the brutal labor conditions in the mines of apartheid South Africa. Expect brilliance throughout, as each work demands virtuosity from the musicians. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West campus, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $56: INFO: 8848410 or www.cameratapacifica.org SATURDAY, MARCH 10 Passionate Piano – Paolo Tatafiore, a native of Naples,

THURSDAY, MARCH 8 Pipa & Puppets – Wu Man, considered the world’s premier master of the pipa – a lute-like instrument that has a history of more than 2,000 years in China – is clearly the main attraction on tonight’s performance at UCSB’s Campbell Hall. A principal member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble who has also collaborated with the Kronos Quartet, among others, Wu Man employs the pipa in both traditional and contemporary musical settings, and has premiered hundreds of new works for the instrument while spearheading multimedia projects to both preserve and create awareness of China’s ancient musical traditions. But considering the inaugural PuppetPalooza turned Santa Barbara into Puppet Town USA last weekend, one can imagine plenty of folks showing up to watch the performers who are accompanying the pipa player. That would be China’s Huayin Shadow Puppet Band, a troupe well-known back home for using shadow puppetry to set off the vocals, as well as such instruments as the yueqin, banhu, erhu, and percussion including clappers, small gongs, and cymbals. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $25 to $38 INFO: 893-3535 or www.

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EVENTS

by Steven Libowitz

FRIDAY, MARCH 9 Overdose on Orchids – In an extravagant explosion for at least a couple of your senses, the Earl Warren Showgrounds hosts the annual Santa Barbara International Orchid Show this weekend, when thousands of blooms in every imaginable shape, color, pattern, or texture will be showcased at one of the country’s largest and oldest celebrations of orchids. The 73rd show pays homage to a family of flowering plants that boast 25,000 species, among which beauty is ubiquitous and – perhaps paradoxically – uniqueness is commonplace. The popular plants range from exquisite to the bizarre, from the extravagant to the sublime. Varieties can be sexy (one species attracts male bees by mimicking the look, scent and feel of a female bee), fabulously flashy (to catch the eye of passing hummingbirds), or slyly secretive (it took scientists years to find a moth with a foot-long tongue for pollinating an orchid that hides nectar 12 inches deep) – or simply so exotic that spending time with them, or even just one plant, can feel like a spiritual experience. The three-day Orchid Show bringing together national and international artisans and orchid enthusiasts also highlights bold and beautiful horticultural innovations and imaginative arrangements by more than 50 orchid exhibitors and vendors from around the world while simultaneously reflecting the rich agricultural and orchid-growing history of Santa Barbara County.

The show also features displays of orchid art and photography, workshops, and demonstrations for those interested in growing their own, and an extensive market where you can choose your favorites to take home. Orchids After Dark takes place 5:30 to 7:30 tonight, when guests can enjoy exclusive viewing and talks, plus gourmet cheese from C’est Cheese and Tiki tunes spun by DJ Darla Bea. WHEN: 9 am to 5 pm today to Sunday WHERE: Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 N. Calle Real COST: $14 general, $12 seniors and students; free for children 12 and under; $22/$18 for three-day passes (Orchids After Dark $35 general, $20 students) INFO: 687-0766/www.earlwarren.com or 403-1533/www.SBOrchidShow.com

Italy, who comes from a family of composers, pianists, conductors, and painters, has been studying piano, organ, and composition since the age of 7, including at such institutions as the Conservatories of Naples, Avellino, and Salerno. The Los Angeles resident heads up the coast for an unusual solo spot for this afternoon’s Santa Barbara Music Club concert, when he performs a program consisting exclusively of music by Frédéric Chopin, including two polonaises (Op. 26, Scherzo in C# Minor, and Op. 39) and two nocturnes (Op. 62 and Ballade in F Minor, Op. 52). WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: Faulkner Gallery in the downtown Public Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. COST: free INFO: www.sbmusicclub.org Configuring Reactions to Tragedies – Santa Barbara Dance Arts’ annual showcase of its youth dance companies has some added poignancy in this year’s offering, as SBDA director Alana Tillim has set a piece addressing the helplessness children and teens can feel when faced with tragic events around the world – and with the fire and debris flow, our own community. The program also features the award-winning Axis Dance Company performing “Where the Light Gets In”, choreography by local favorite Brittany Sandoval, and high-energy hip hop, evocative contemporary, and

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swinging jazz numbers. Configuration also has the endearing aspect of student work sharing the stage with professional choreographers’ creations, with the youth, who have been shepherded by professionals as part of The Arts Mentorship Program. WHEN: 7 tonight and March 16-17, 2 pm tomorrow and March 17 WHERE: Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo, upstairs in the mall COST: $25 general, $17 students (matinees only); $50 patron tickets provide reserved VIP seating INFO: 963-0408 or www.

CenterStageTheater.org SUNDAY, MARCH 11 Swing Shift at SOhO – Santa Barbara Jazz Society brings back Basie-loving big band Swing Shift for March’s monthly gathering, providing a home for a generation of musicians that were actually around only a short time after the music was first popular during America’s famed Swing Era. Leader Ralph Diz Mullens, who is 88, for example, began playing with the Tommy Alexander Band back in 1954, and his credits include four years as trumpeter and arranger with Charlie Barnet’s Big Band and stints with Anita O’Day’s Sextet and Woody Herman.

He also scored more than 400 feature films and TV shows, including the first three Rocky movies, Barbra Streisand’s 8 – 15 March 2018

SATURDAY, MARCH 10 String ‘em up – Santa Barbara Strings’ annual Artistry of Strings benefit concert returns to Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West this evening, boasting as always a stellar ensemble focused on helping to raise funds to provide support to nurture young string musicians and sustain the teaching artists. Santa Barbara Strings artistic director and violinist Mary Beth Woodruff served on the faculties of the Interlochen Center for the Arts and Songfest International at the Colburn School and has performed with the Boston Philharmonic and, closer to home, the Santa Barbara Symphony, Chamber Orchestra, and Opera Santa Barbara. Joining her for this year’s concert are Basil Vendryes, who has been principal violist of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra since 1993 after stints with the San Francisco Symphony and the New York Philharmonic, as well as the Aurora String Quartet; cellist Andrew Smith, an associate professor of music at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, where he also performs regularly as a member of The Cerberus Trio; and violinist Jane Chung, who has collaborated extensively with dance for more than a decade, including as resident musician and composer for Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance and with choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. The quartet will perform works by Brahms, Haydn, Mozart, and Webern following a concertopening single movement of the Haydn “Quinten” String Quartet performed by Santa Barbara Strings’s elite student Honors Quartet. Complimentary post-concert artists reception features wine donated by Dragonette Cellars, Palmina, La Voix, Piedrasassi, and Domaine de la Cote. WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: 1070 Fairway Road COST: $40 general, $10 students INFO: www.santabarbarastrings.org

A Star Is Born, plus Roots and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman on TV. He doesn’t play anymore, but he provides Swing Shift with many of his own arrangements and also entertains listeners with historical accounts of nearly all of the music in the band’s repertoire. The seasoned players under Diz’s direction play a number of instrumental standards including chestnuts such as “When You’re Smiling”, while the band’s vocalist, Jan Nelsen, steps to the mic for such numbers as “Baby, Baby All The Time”. WHEN: 1 to 4 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 general, $15 SBJS members, $7 members who are local professional jazz musicians and $5 full-time students INFO: 9627776/www.sohosb.com or 6877123/www.sbjazz.org WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 Ring that Bell – The penultimate concert in CAMA’s International Series at the Granada Theatre heralds

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the return of Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with music director and violinist Joshua Bell. The latter is no stranger to Santa Barbara, with Bell having performed as a soloist, conductor, and in chamber music settings in various venues over the years. Now he’s returning once again as leader of one of the world’s premier chamber orchestras, renowned for its fresh, brilliant interpretations of the world’s mostloved classical music – not to mention the ever-enduring film score for the Oscar-winning film Amadeus. Their last concert together here in town was an absolute highlight of the year, leading to high hopes for this year’s program featuring Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op.21; Henryk Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.22; and Beethoven’s Symphony No.6 in F Major, Op.68, “Pastoral”.

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assigned case planners to move forward with rebuilding. Part of that process includes moving mud and debris off property; the County announced this week the launching of a material exchange website, to facilitate the sharing of materials while limiting the debris going into landfills. The website allows homeowners, contractors, landowners, farmers, and others, inside and outside of Montecito, to connect directly with Montecito residents who have materials on their property that need to be removed. The website is: http://sbcountymaterial exchange.com/.

Local philanthropists Paul and Jane Orfalea, and Natalie Orfalea generously availed the Coast Village Circle property for the cause, at no cost. The United Way of Santa Barbara County also donated generously, contributing funds toward a dedicated staff member who will serve as the first point of contact for individuals and link them to the appropriate services necessary to support their long-term recovery efforts. “This really is a community effort, and we look forward to being here,” Romo said. The center will be open for four to six months, and possibly longer.

Hours of operation will be Monday through Friday, 10 am to 3 pm, Wednesday, 6 to 8 pm, and Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm. The Montecito Center for Preparedness, Recovery, and Rebuilding is located at 1283 Coast Village Circle. The phone number is (805) 845-7887 and the email address is montecitocenter@sbcoem.org.

MUS Latest

On March 5, the Montecito Union School Board voted to move forward with expenditure reductions to help mitigate the reduction in revenue expected from the Montecito mudslides. The exact decrease is not yet known, but it could be as high as 13 percent next school year.

Superintendent Dr. Anthony Ranii recommended three categories of reductions to the board at the February 20 meeting, and the board approved that tentative plan. The three main categories are: 1) administrative, school, and district support reductions, 2) right sizing staff, and 3) reductions to budget items. Each of these categories requires formal actions in order to take effect, which the board took on Monday.

When Dr. Ranii was hired last year, his contract stated he would receive a 3-percent increase in salary each year.

At Dr. Ranii’s request, the board voted to eliminate the contractual raise and reduce the number of contract days (and salary) for the principal, assistant principal, and chief business official/ human resources manager. The board plans to consider reductions to the

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accountant, purchasing, payroll, and office assistant at a future meeting.

In addition to a reduction in revenue, the school is facing a decrease in student population; enrollment has dropped 20% over the last seven years, and more decline is expected as a consequence of the mudslide. The board voted Monday to “right size” personnel in 2018-19, or to match the staffing levels to the current numbers of students, bringing the number of classrooms from 26 to 22. “Small class sizes will be maintained at historical levels, with a school-wide average of eighteen students per class,” Dr. Ranii said at the meeting. Instructional aides will also be reduced, which will be voted on at a future meeting.

If there are fewer classes, MUS can also reduce “specialist” teachers a commensurate amount. Students will still have Spanish, physical education, English learning (for students whose primary language is not English), library, music, and art, but a lower staffing level is required in order to provide the same experiences to students and the same instructional minutes in these categories. Education Code requires a preliminary decision be made by March 15, but the board must approve final actions by May 15. While the board voted on the preliminary actions this week, more discussions will continue. The board received public input about MUS’s treasured music program, and many members of the public, as well as board members, want to make sure that the reductions do not take away from this program or any of the other specialist areas.

One letter from a constituent, whose children attended MUS and whose grandchildren are currently enrolled, pleaded with the board to think twice about making cuts to the music program. “I feel so strongly about the need to maintain the music program in something close to its current form, that I am willing to commit $5,000 toward the music program for the 2018-19 school year,” she wrote in a letter to the board. “I know this is a small amount, but perhaps my gift would encourage others to follow suit.” Dr. Ranii has already begun professional dialogue with the music department and has offered the same process for other departments, as he considers whether these reductions are at the right level. The resolution passed Monday establishes a “floor” for these reductions; the board cannot reduce any teaching area below those levels as it considers the final May 15 decision, but the board can lessen or eliminate those reductions as new information and understanding comes to light. Dr. Ranii will continue working with staff members in the specialist areas to consider what changes, if any, to recommend to the

Recovery Free store organizers Cathy Link and Berna Kieler; the store will be open through the end of March at Montecito Country Mart

Montecito Union School Superintendent Anthony Ranii and assistant principal Rusty Ito made it an evening to remember for their daughters

board. He will also take additional parent or public comments as he prepares his recommendation.

Lastly, board members voted to reduce the 2018-19 budget for technology devices, subscriptions, school materials, and consultants. These changes will be formally considered as part of the annual approval of the budget in May and June. For more information about the budget cut resolutions, visit www.montecitou.org.

Last week, the school, along with the vast majority of Montecito residents, was evacuated during a rainstorm that had the potential to cause debris flow. The evacuation orders nearly forced MUS to cancel one of its most beloved events of the school year: the “Enchanted Evening” (formerly known as the Montecito Union School Father-Daughter Dance). The affair, which took place on Friday, March 2, was originally scheduled to be held at the campus, but the PTA was forced to seek another venue. Hotelier Michael Rosenberg graciously opened the ballroom at the Hotel Californian to host the dance, waiving the venue fee and reducing parking fees for guests. “We have learned in these last few months that there are angels all around us, and the Hotel Californian came to our rescue,” said Dr. Ranii, who attended the dance with his own daughter.

Montecito Country Mart Updates

Los Angeles-based boutique coffee shop Caffe Luxxe has announced plans to open in Montecito County Mart, in a portion of the space once occupied by Xanadu Bakery near Vons.

The European-style café was founded in 2006 by friends Mark Wain and Gary Chau, who both left corporate jobs to pursue their dream of opening a local coffee business.

The pair sources coffee beans from around the world, forming relation-

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ships with farmers and importers who offer sustainable practices and fair pay to farm workers. The beans are hand-roasted in small batches back in Los Angeles and available for retail purchase in addition to espresso and coffee drinks at four café locations: Brentwood, Los Angeles, Malibu, and Brentwood Country Mart. Two new locations, Pacific Palisades and Montecito Country Mart, are set to open later this year.

Caffe Luxxe has been featured on numerous “Best Of” lists, winning accolades for quality offerings and friendly atmosphere. The Montecito Caffe Luxxe will offer a menu of artisan espresso and coffee drinks, as well as a selection of freshly baked pastries. No word yet on an exact opening date.

For more information, visit www. caffeluxxe.com.

Also happening at Montecito Country Mart: through March 31, a pop-up clothing store called the Recovery Free Store will be open daily offering free clothing to fire and mudslide victims. Founded by Montecito resident Berna Kieler, the store, which is organized like a local boutique, features clothing, shoes, and accessories donated by other residents and local clothing stores. The shop, staffed by volunteers, is located in the former home of Intermix, which closed last year. Montecito Country Mart owner James Rosenfeld donated the space to the cause for the entire month of March. (See more about the project from Richard Mineards on page 6.)

Autostrada Pizza owners Rachel Greenspan and Brendan Smith continue their plans to open an all-day Italian bistro and pizzeria called Bettina. The eatery will open at some point in the fall, across from Rori’s Artisanal Creamery, in the space once occupied by Tsunami. Known for their mobile wood-fired pizza oven presence at weddings, festivals, and other events, Greenspan and Smith serve fresh and hot pizza with locally sourced toppings, hand-pulled mozzarella, and organic dough.

For more information about Autostrada, visit www.autostradapiz za.com.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 31)

Chatting the tidings with one another are Tony Askew, Bill Gebhardt, Barbara Askew, Rosemarie Gebhardt, and Jack Hewett (photo by Priscilla

the devastating mudslides, bubbly Beverley had to cancel two other dates at her oceanside home, but more than 80 guests turned up with toys for needy children at the hastily reorganized party.

As well as local blaze busters, guests included singer Katy Perry’s parents, Keith and Mary Hudson, State Street Ballet dancers Mauricio Vera and Deise Mendonca, Tony and Barbara Askew, Oscar Sepulveda, Yasu and Anita Eguchi, Ron and Hudson Macleod, Chip Lawson, Sey and Tamara Kinsell, Bill and Rosemarie Gebhardt, Adele Wilkie, Ed, Abbey and Aidan Naber, Tamara Assayev de Broliac, Jordan Zietsoff, Travis Ederer, Nic Eubank, Jered Walberg, Jon and Bonnie Henricks, Greg and Gisela Hindsdale, Alistair and Ann Winn, and Daphne Ireland.

Presenting and receiving children’s gifts from the party’s guests are MFD Battalion chief Travis Ederer; MFD firefighter Jered Walberg, King Strauss; firefighter Nick Eubank; hostess Beverley Jackson; MFD captain Jordan Zeitsoff; with Aidan Naber (photo by Priscilla)

Try, Try Again Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry, who made a surprise appearance at the Kick Ash benefit, has been on a romantic trip to Prague with her British actor beau, Orlando Bloom.

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Enjoying the postponed affair are Alistair and Ann Winn, Jancie Meaden, Deise Mendonca, and Mauricio Vera (photo by Priscilla

student, 33, was spotted enjoying a romantic stroll through the historic city with the 41-year-old Lord of the Rings star and pet dog Mighty.

The tony twosome split after a year of romance in March last year, but reportedly rediscovered their “close connection” during a trip to the Maldives in January.

Bloom has spent the last few months in the Czech Republic filming his new TV series Carnival Row directed by Paul McGuigan.

Stay tuned.

Sightings: Author Fannie Flagg at Montecito Village Grocery...Author T.C. Boyle enjoying a libation at Lucky’s...Will Ferrell at Starbucks in Goleta Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal.

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