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RETURN OF THE RANCH!

AFTER A YEAR OF RECONSTRUCTION, THE SAN YSIDRO RANCH – MONTECITO’S EXCLUSIVE, ELEGANT, AND COVETED HIDEAWAY, OFTEN CHOSEN AS “ONE OF THE BEST HOTELS IN THE WORLD” – QUIETLY REOPENS (STORY ON PAGE 6)

Villas at Olive Mill

With 4,800 sq ft of ground-floor commercial space and five luxury residences (the largest boasting 3,455 sq ft) above, the Villas opens for business, p. 12

Life’s a Beach

Montecito real-estate prices are bouncing back and surging ahead; here are four within walking distance of the newly opened Rosewood Miramar, p. 20

Here to Stay

Stop signs on both ends of Coast Village Circle have read “Temporary” for the past year, but now their status has become permanent, p. 24

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Editorial

Spring is springing, the super bloom has arrived, and things are looking up in our little slice of paradise

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Montecito Miscellany

San Ysidro Ranch reopens; Tom Dittmer publishes memoir; Belmond El Encanto turns 101; Santa Barbara Channelkeeper’s 19th annual Blue Water Ball; chef ’s table meal at Biltmore; SBNHM bash; Eileen Mielko’s run in at the Rosewood Miramar; reception for Lisa Genova; Artist Lisamarie La Mer’s new exhibition; USC scandal; Katy Perry’s shoes pulled; interesting birth announcement; John Richardson passes; sightings

10 This Week in Montecito

A list of local events happening in and around town

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A collection of communications from local residents Dan Seibert, Steve Marko, Karen Friedman, Dana Newquist, Keith Zandona, Margie Bushman, Morten Wengler, Michael McLaughlin, David S. McCalmont, Dale Lowdermilk, and Bob Roebuck

12 Village Beat

The Villas at Olive Mill opens after long last; new traffic control planters installed on Coast Village Road; Partnership For Resilient Communities hosts gathering; Joe Cole steps down as Montecito Planning Commissioner; Summer Camp at YMCA

14 Seen Around Town

United Way Storyteller luncheon; Santa Barbara Yacht Club Opening Day ceremonies; reception for Pulitzer Prize winner Eli Saslow

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Mark Hunt profiles four homes on or near Miramar Beach

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22 Brilliant Thoughts

Ashleigh Brilliant asks, what happens to our legacy once we leave this earth?

34 On Entertainment

Mitch Kashmar and West Coast Toast headline Santa Barbara Blues Society’s 42nd anniversary show; three questions with Pete Sears

40 Spirituality Matters

Conservation is a California Way of Life

Ayahuasca talk at Unity of Santa Barbara; Amma Sri Karunamayi visits Ojai; Sunburst Sanctuary workshop; Conscious Community open mic night; Pacifica Graduate Institute Information Day;

42 Calendar of Events

SPRING HAS SPRUNG! After nearly a decade of unprecedented drought, the recent rainfall brings hope that conditions are changing.

However, a water supply shortage is still in effect. It will take time for supplies to fully recover.

USE WATER WISELY.

Flogging Molly at Chumash; Johnny Cash cover band at Lobero; NatureTrack Film Festival; Dr. Miracle plays at Center Stage; It’s Magic! returns to Lobero; Santa Barbara Music Club program; Kristin Korb plays SOhO; Chuck Berry screening; Santa Barbara Revels 12th annual Spring Pub Sing; John Crist brings stand up to Arlington

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Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they need what those businesses offer

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Editorial

by James Buckley

Things Are Looking Up

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othing Earth-shattering going on, but the new look at the northwest corner of Coast Village Road and Olive Mill Road is indicative of what I believe has become a rapid upward swing in sentiment and outlook in this little corner of the world (see Kelly Mahan Herrick’s Village Beat report on the handsome and finally completed multi-use building at the southern entrance to the lower village, beginning on page 12).

Of course, the weather has had a lot to do with it. The precipitation we’ve received over this rainy season – so far – has been on the whole both abundant and gentle. Which means that most fears concerning a repeat of the January 2018 event have diminished considerably. Homes and businesses in the “Red Zone” are also feeling the relief (though, we’re knocking on unburned carbon here, as we still have a good three weeks to go before we’re out of storm season). And, by July, the Swiss nets should be in place.

Recently, in these very pages, in conjunction with one of my sometimes annoying Editor’s notes on the letters page, I opined that if I had any extra money to invest, I’d be looking in that very “Red Zone” for real estate bargains. To that effect, there were two three-bedroom condominiums that had languished on the market and another about to become available that were for sale, all under $800,000, and all in the Montecito Union School District. Neither directly outside the units themselves – two of which were hard against Montecito Creek – nor the nearby surrounding area had been properly staged. Stacks of crumpled sandbags were strewn on the side of the access road that paralleled the creek, and more sandbags were lined up across the bottom of both condominiums’ garage doors. “No wonder they hadn’t sold,” said I to myself. Even so, by the time I got around to considering whether or not to pursue the idea of making an offer, they all went. Gone. Poof. And, asking prices on other properties have firmed; buyers – many buyers – have arrived from... who knows where?

All of which bodes well for the immediate and intermediate future of this little bifurcated burg of ours. Now, don’t you feel better? I know I do. Way better. •MJ

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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, a commentator on the KTLA Morning News and Entertainment Tonight. He moved to Montecito 11 years ago.

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eanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner’s 500-acre San Ysidro Ranch, which suffered major damage 15 months ago in the catastrophic mudslides that hit our rarefied enclave, is now ready for its closeup!

Of the tony resort’s 41 luxury cottages, 21 were badly damaged, with three totally destroyed, all of them creekside properties.

Three of the rebuilt cottages have been upgraded, with each having their own plunge pools, and the considerable downtime has enabled them to refresh the properties and upgrade the interior furnishings.

“Sewer and power lines were all lost, so that has been a huge replacement,” says manager Maxine Rutledge. “Our IT infrastructure was also totally lost

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so that was another major hurdle to San Ysidro Ranch manager Maxine Rutledge overcome.

“Even areas that were affected on our emergency generator building, exterior walls needed to be torn down also near the creek in the lower part of and replaced because of mold and the property,” adds Maxine. contamination. The kitchen and wine Gradually the hostelry’s two restaucellars were also big areas affected by rants, the Plow & Angel, and the the mud. It took three months to dig Stonehouse came back into operaout of it!” tion, with my having eaten there at The resort, which Ty purchased in Christmas in the lower eatery’s gar2000 and has played host to many den and just four weeks ago dining celebrities over its long history, in the upper nosheteria for a mange á including Sir Winston Churchill, the trois with Gretchen Lieff and Miles wedding of actor Laurence Olivier Hartfeld. and actress Vivien Leigh, and famousAnd now all the cottages are back ly the honeymoon of John and Jackie to full fettle with bookings flowing in Kennedy, had 120 workers every day steadily. working around the clock.

“The Phoenix has risen again you “We also lost our shipping and might say,” says Maxine. receiving areas with laundry, housekeeping, and engineering, and also Look Who’s Talking Iowa farm boy turned commodities tycoon Tom Dittmer has just published his memoir, Talkin’ Big, a 2362970 HIDDEN VALLEY page autobiography recounting his colorful and adventurous life.

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Concurrently he partnered in one of the world’s largest cattle feeding operations, Cactus Feeders Inc. Thirty years later he sold interests in both businesses and retired as Refco’s chairman to pursue other business and personal interests, including running a successful hedge fund in New York.

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dren, and how I should be a schmuck if I let these stories die with me.

“The idea was to publish twenty or thirty copies on Amazon and call it a day. But then Frances, who is also an author, sneakily edited and reworked it, and sent it to her publisher... The whole process beginning to end has been two years.

“The point of it is, a guy like me, with no money and no pedigree, who graduated school second from the bottom of his class at Sioux City High School, could get where I got, and the crazy and goofy things that happened along the way.

“I had some dramatic losses and major setbacks, and some of my biggest breaks were just dumb luck. But for a while there I was in the right place at the right time, and I loved it.”

Tom, who also served as a social aide at the White House, says it never crossed his mind he’d be visiting the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi, having dinner with President Fidel Castro, or shooting pheasants with the King of Greece.

“Hell, I could just as easily been driving a Coke truck in Sioux City,” he adds. “I still can’t believe it sometimes.”

Tom says he has no plans for a sequel. “I’m talkin’ big and livin’ happy,” he concludes.

Belmond Birthday Bash The historic Riviera resort, the Belmond El Encanto, celebrated its 101st anniversary in grand style, with many of the 250 guests turning up in period costume to mark the boffo bash.

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Celebrating the Belmond El Encanto’s anniversary are guests Tom Parker, Susan Kim, and Jonathan Kenny (photo

by Priscilla)

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This Week in and around Montecito

SATURDAY, MARCH 23

(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 21 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 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, MARCH 22 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is 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 Kindergarten Welcome Night Montecito Union School welcomes its newest students and parents When: 6 to 7:30 pm Where: MUS Auditorium, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: www.montecitou.org Fess Parker 30th Anniversary Wine Journey Dinner Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort will pay homage to one

of California’s best-loved wine producers, Fess Parker Winery, on the occasion of the winery’s 30th anniversary with an exclusive dinner, the “Fess Parker Wine Journey,” at the resort’s Reagan Ballroom. For this special occasion, Hilton Santa Barbara Executive Chef Mossin Sugich and his culinary team will prepare a fresh and delicious culinary adventure paired with the Fess Parker’s signature wines, including Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the Santa Rita Hills.

When: 6 pm to 10 pm Where: 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard Cost: Tickets are $125 per person, including tax and gratuity Info: (805) 884-8518 SATURDAY, MARCH 23 Lecture & Luncheon The Santa Barbara Republican Club announces its March luncheon to be held at the La Cumbre Country Club. The speaker of the day will be Steve Blois, Board member of the L.A. Metropolitan Water District. He will discuss California’s perennial water problem: the present situation and prospects for the future. The meeting is not just for members! Everyone is invited to attend.

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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 23rd and 24th!

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.

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Book Signing at Chaucer’s Chaucer’s Books is very pleased to welcome former educator and author, Eileen Ryan McMillen, as she shares a tale of grunions, and a child’s first experience with a midnight run. Do you remember your first run, or – gasp! – have you not yet enjoyed one? Come find out when is the best time to see them!

Mother Nature created both a mystery and a miracle with the creation of the tiny grunion. This nighttime adventure is told from the perspective of the youngest child on his first midnight grunion run under a full moon along the California coast. A grunion run is the dazzling annual spectacle where fish come ashore to twirl around on the beach, as if in a nighttime dance off! This is the only time these fish leave their natural habitat to venture onto land to lay their eggs. The story reflects family relationships, excitement and anticipation of the unknown, and a truly surprising and unexpected event from Mother Nature that will leave you in awe.

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

Book Signing at Chaucer’s Cynthia Hammer signs her latest, The Seven Rivers, which is a story about seven teenagers growing up on the waterfront along the Seven River outside Annapolis, Maryland, with racial divide looming in the background. Hammer describes it as a historical novel, set in the late seventies and early eighties at a time when children were encouraged to create their own fun.

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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

Unlike a Rolling Stone

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y the way, the drought is over.

I don’t care what the experts say, look at the moss on the 100-year-old wall at the Santa Barbara cemetery.

Plants don’t have an agenda.

Dan Seibert Santa Barbara

Specializing in Fine Homes • Concept to Completion

Money Laundering Explained

As always, I appreciate MJ publishing my letters and anytime you may comment on them. As for our National Debt rocketing past the $22 trillion mark, I know it’s all “funny money,” and I’ve read how it all works until my eyes glaze over. But, as you mention, any number of things may happen to eventually collapse the “system”, which was sort of the point of my intended to be (somewhat) humorous letter (“Down in the Dirt,” MJ # 25/9).

Started watching “Giant Beast Global Economy” on Amazon Prime.

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Fresh, green, new moss is now proliferating on these 100-year-old walls at the Santa Barbara Cemetery. Proof positive that Montecito’s latest drought is over.

• Board of Architectural Reviews

Money laundering: fascinating through episode one that chronicles, among many other things, the 2013 collapse in Cyprus. If I understood

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alize what they looked like. So I was intrigued by the Women United (under the umbrella of United Way) invitation to a Classic Storybook Luncheon at the Coral Casino at the Santa Barbara Four Seasons Biltmore.

When I arrived there was indeed a Storybook doll come to life that looked like Belle in Beauty and the Beast. She told me her Storybook name was Belle and theme music from the movie was playing on the ocean terrace. To add to the fairytale atmosphere there was also a live teapot and teacup hopping around. Event chair Andria Kahmann was responsible for the entire atmosphere including inside with its elegant décor of silver trays and vases filled with American Beauty roses in deep luscious red.

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Hersberger welcomed guests. She told us, “In its first year, Women United generated more than $100,000 in support of United Way’s school readiness and reading programs.” This group specifically supports pre kindergartners and kindergartners so they are ready to start kindergarten on an equal level with their peers.

President and CEO of United Way Steve Ortiz explained that Women United was kicked off just one year ago by a group of strong women.

There are now 70 members and this is their inaugural luncheon.

Keynote speaker was our own local lady, Kathy Ireland. I remember when I was a model and teacher at LaBelle and Kathy came to a class there when she was just a teenager. Her before photo was nothing like the after. I love her newsboy story. When she was eleven the News-Press was advertising for a newsboy carrier. Kathy wrote in saying she could do the job as well as any boy. It was a first when they hired her. Her dad counseled, “If they want the paper in the driveway, put it on the porch.” Always do more. Oh, and Kathy won best news carrier for all of her three years on the job.

Now Kathy has been on the cover of Forbes magazine three times and is listed as one of the 25 most powerful brands globally by License Global magazine and according to Fairchild Publications, Kathy Ireland is one of the 50 most influential people in fashion. Not bad for a former interna-

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tional model who was on the cover of Sports Illustrated many times. Her empire began with socks and they just sold their one hundred millionth pair along with 145,000 other products.

Kathy stressed, “The need to read.

Illiteracy is so destructive.” Elizabeth Taylor was one of her mentors and they both believed in philanthropy and contributed to several including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Providence: A Santa Barbara Christian School and Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. And besides all the accolades, Kathy is a charming, sweet, and thoughtful person, mom, and wife.

Barbara Lacorte, principal of Hope Elementary School for 14 years spoke next. She stressed the importance of kindergarten, which has a lasting impact. If children aren’t up to their level by third grade, it’s a good indicator of whether they will graduate high school. That is when “learning to read” becomes “reading to learn.”

As Maryan Schall says, “A good start is the basis for the strong finish that every child deserves.”

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Singers Lauren Cantin and Jackson Gillies at SBYC season opening

tical garb in honor of Opening Day Ceremonies and so were all the members. It was the 147th Opening Day. SBYC is the second oldest club on the west coast of North America. The morning began with mimosas and coffee, followed by a yummy, more than you can eat, buffet. With everything you could wish for including blintzes and crispy bacon we pigged out.

Cub Scout Mesa Pack 11, Dylan Seawards, Max Lorenz, and Sean Birchall presented the colors. No problem. Dylan led the pledge of allegiance and Teen Star Winner Jackson Gillies sang the national anthem. It was just announced he gets to audition for American Idol. What a thrill with thousands vying to do that.

Lauren Cantin, who is a 2019 Teen Star finalist and a mudslide survivor, sang God Bless America.

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Judith Muller blessed the fleet. In her prayer she mentioned, “A sailor’s heaven, where nothing ever rusts” besides wishing for a fair wind and following sea. Commodore Scott Deardorff, vice commodore Garry Pawlitski, and rear commodore Andra Escolla were there to greet members and all the visiting dignitaries who came from Yacht Clubs as far away as San Diego to San Francisco.

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Eight bells were rung for those members who went to sailor’s heaven this year.

There was the parade of fleet and Casper’s trophy race in the afternoon.

Guests could go onto a boat if they chose. And the SBYC was officially opened for another season.

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founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the internet. David Duke, a KKK Grand Wizard, was his godfather. At age 19 Black became an elected politician with his own daily radio show. “We can take the country back,” he once said.

His parents had home schooled Black so when he went off to college, the New College of Florida, he continued to broadcast secretly each morning. But he was discovered and soon learned about other beliefs especially from an Orthodox Jew. Black was invited to Shabbat dinners, which led him to question science, history, and prejudices behind his views. Black’s new thinking led him to a break with his whole family – the entire first 20 years of his life.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 6) Macy Weiser, Fred Huther, and Chinna Nahabedian at the Belmond El Encanto (photo by Priscilla)

Rui Reis, artist Jack Miller, Marc Fialip, Nathalie Gensac, and artist Louise Edwards and her parents, Doreen and Crandall Edwards (photo by Priscilla)

Colleen Huther, Kerin Friden, Rui Reis, and Belmond El Encanto executive chef Johan Denizot (photo by Priscilla)

The 92-room hotel, where a host of Hollywood stars including Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr rested their heads, was purchased in 2004 from the Friden family by Orient-Express – now Belmond – and closed in 2006 for a seven-year multi-million dollar renovation, re-opening six years ago.

A 1939 Bentley and 1929 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost flanked the main doorway before guests took part in a scavenger hunt looking back at the hotel’s storied history, including menus from 1946 showing lunch for $1.25 and dinner for $1.75, with a seven course Christmas feast for $2.25!

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“It’s a wonderful lookback at our historic past with some fun elements to celebrate,” said Colleen Huther, the new manager.

Among the guests snaffling the canapés prepared by executive chef Johan Denizot and quaffing the wine were former mayor Sheila Lodge, Glen and Sharon Holden, David Sigman, Andy and Kim Busch, Kerin

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The grounds at the new Miramar resort are vast and open, the pools are well positioned on the property and many of the rooms and cottages are positioned along narrow pathways that make the place feel like a neighborhood. And, one must remember, the actual Miramar Beach crescent is the best beach, perhaps on the entire Central Coast. So, if you decide that you would like to live near or on Miramar Beach and near the new Rosewood Miramar Beach Resort, (which was already an A+ neighborhood well before the resort opened), here are five listings that might entice, all within the Montecito Union School District.

Just a side note here: The main building at the Miramar Resort, when viewed from the shore looking toward the mountains, is nearly identical to a home that just hit the market in a top spot in Bel Air, listed at $88,000,000. If you are curious, look online at the estate of BCBG clothing founder Max Azria who has listed his Paul Williams designed estate at 10250 Sunset Blvd and compare.

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This property is located within the private, gated and guarded beachfront Sea Meadow community in Montecito, resting just a stone’s throw from Miramar Beach and adjacent to Edgecliff Lane, where it’s all oceanfront estates.

This 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom 2-story home offers 4,000 sq ft of interior space.

French country architecture, South exposure with large patio, decks and a 2-car garage are a few features of this Miramar area home.

Sea Meadow is an exclusive community that offers owners access to a pool and spa area as well as a clubhouse that can be used for private parties. The community tennis court runs north/south and there is private, shared well water service.

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ne of my favorite proverbs says, “God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.” I take this to mean that, if you’re in an unfortunate position (like the poor lamb who’s just had his protective fleece removed), the chances are that things will now get a little better for you, rather than worse (so the wind won’t be as cold as it could have been.)

Modern theorists have their own term for this phenomenon (which can indeed be scientifically proven). They call it “Regression to the Mean.” I prefer the simpler statement of the same principal: THINGS AVERAGE OUT. Unfortunately, in a broader sense, this does not lead one to a very optimistic outlook. In the language of Physics, the same concept is expressed in the idea of ENTROPY, indicating that the ultimate state of the Universe is, or will be, a bland featureless nothingness, in which everything has finally averaged out.

That prospect is a little too hard to handle as we navigate our lives from day to day. Still, we must face the fact that life too “averages out,” in the sense that we appear to begin and end in the same state. Once we were nowhere. Then we are “here.” Then we are “gone.”

Young people in general don’t worry too much about this – and why should they? For them it’s too much to try to see beyond the “here,” of which they have more than enough to deal with.

But those of us whose “here” is rapidly dwindling find ourselves beset by issues such as “What will become of everything I leave?” “What about the people from whom I’ll be permanently ‘gone’?” “What of the causes and institutions which have been important to me?” – perhaps even, “What should be done with my body when I’m no longer in it?”

For all such matters, there are in general two possible answers: The first is to prepare what we call a “Will.” This is some witnessed and/or recorded expression, often in the form of a legal instrument, by which the “dead hand” of the departed seeks to influence, control, or bind the living.

The second answer is, in effect, simply not to care – to leave no will, and let those who do care handle it however they wish, after you’re gone.

The Law calls this “dying intestate.”

One of the most famous examples in history of someone who died intes-

“In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move.” – Henry Rollins

tate was Alexander the Great. When he died in 323 B.C. at the age of 33, he’s said to have been asked to whom he wished to leave his vast empire.

His reported answer was “TO THE STRONGEST.” The result was years of fighting amongst his generals.

The succession to Mohammed, who died nearly 1000 years later, in 632 A.D., turned out to be even more complicated and disputed, and indeed has led to the deep divisions among Muslims which persist to this day.

So, if you have a lot to leave, and if you care about what happens to it, any lawyer (or historian) would advise you to make a will.

If life is all there is, what point is there in trying to think outside that box?

But why should you care? That is a philosophical question, which I must admit has increasingly been of personal interest to me in recent years – but only because people keep asking me about it. Otherwise, the answer seems obvious, especially if, like me, you have no children or other close connections to provide for, and no belief in any kind of an “after-life.” If life is all there is, what point is there in trying to think outside that box?

When you die, the world ceases to exist.

Henry David Thoreau apparently had similar feelings. Shortly before he died in 1862, he was asked if he had any sense of what was to come – to which he replied: “ONE WORLD AT A TIME!” But what about your “legacy”? This word crops up frequently in my discussions with friends. It is also a favorite topic when Presidents are close to the ends of their administrations. It savors of “reputation.” How do you want people to think of you after you are gone? Presidents, of course, have to express themselves presidentially, saying things like, “What matters to me is what people think now, and how I can do the best possible job in the time I have left.”

As for you and me, it seems that, like the shorn lamb, our best hope is for a wind tempered by the Law of Averages.

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correctly, when the banks seized up to 10% of large saver’s assets, they got a seat on the board and a share in the bank in return. Russian oligarchs now run that show, though there are some stiffer regulations to navigate. Wilbur Ross, until he became a member of the Trump team, was a prominent figure in the Cyprus machinations.

Delaware, USA, seemed also to be the place to set up a shell company with minimal oversight. It was noted that Miami was built on the proceeds of money laundering in the 1980s.

Is that bad?

Far as I’m concerned, money laundering laws (1986, Ronald Reagan) were principally put in place so the government could maintain it’s monopoly on drugs, munitions, arms, crime, etc. or at least insure it could tax the proceeds of such “illicit” (unless the government does it) activities.

Steve Marko Carpinteria (Editor’s note: Many of us are still wondering where the Obama administration came up with pallets of cash equaling $1.7 billion in U.S. dollars, British pounds, Swiss francs, and euros that were delivered to the Tehran airport on chartered planes upon the signing of the Iran nuclear deal. – J.B.)

It’s a Dangerous World

Residents of retirement communities are at an increased risk of being hurt or killed. Some elder care facilities allow people without driver’s licenses to drive on their private property, even after they have lost their driving privileges.

How many delivery trucks do you suppose make deliveries in a day?

Add to that mobile hairdressers, pet groomers, and other service providers. Don’t forget garbage trucks that back in and out of driveways. Beep beep beep when they are in reverse is little warning for those with diminished hearing. Life on planet Earth is becoming increasingly dangerous for humans.

Please share with Lydia Zinchenko (“A Tale of Two Pillows,” MJ # 25/9) that the word “donate” is not inherently liberal. She gave something for the public good. Thank you Lydia for observing the discomfort of others and doing something about it. The word ‘donation’ can become diminished if the giver takes it off on their taxes.

There are some spiritual types who think the giver should thank the receiver for allowing them opportunity to share. We have a ways to go until how we treat each others will be the measure of humankind. We are creating the world we want to live in with our choices.

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public opportunity to participate in the dialogue, so thank you for printing my letters. I would like to think we might spare a life or two and get a “Get out of Hell Free” card. Do not pass GO. Karen Friedman Montecito

The Race of Gentlemen

Being a very enthusiastic old-car collector, when I first heard about the possibility of The Race of Gentlemen (TROG) coming to Santa Barbara (December), I began contacting the organizers to see if I could help in some way, I was skeptical and why should I be? Mel Shultz, the originator Of TROG, and his assistant Amanda Leroux were from New Jersey and knew little of the political nature of our little heaven. Hmmm, Drag races in an oil unfriendly town on Cabrillo?

Let’s just say “God was with them”, as at the last minute, they got their permit! One great local advocate was Seth Hammond. Single handedly, he called upon his friends to provide K-rail for both sides of the 1/8-mile track, a huge boost to the ability to stage the event! Luckily, I was in charge of all volunteers covering the entrance (ticket sales) and to the “pits”. God knows how many spectators we processed, but there was a line, actually three lines, approximately 50 yards long both Friday evening and all day Saturday. People came from all over the globe. Also, many of the racers brought their vintage Hotrods from distant places.

A yardstick that I use to judge any event is to judge the smile factor.

Employing the smile factor, TROG was a tremendous success. So, who won on this event? From my observation, everyone. Obviously the service providers. It was estimated 12 to 15 thousand people either attended or spectated. That equates to happy restaurants, hotels, motels and shopping outlets. The City got a boost with their bed and other taxes, SBPD was highlighted by sending their DRAGG car down the track, and those that participated supplying their magnificent vintage machines.

For me, the most important realization was that of youth coming to see what was going on. Most kids today have never been exposed to mechanics. Don’t believe me? Ask any youngster how to change a tire. TROG was completely about our heritage influenced by the advent and development of the automobile and motorcycle.

Prior to decent roads and reliable vehicles, most common folks never strayed more than 50 miles from their homes. As roads became paved and more plentiful and with cars and other modes of transportation becom-

Dana Newquist (seen here with MJ and News-Press columnist Erin Graffy on the occasion of her birthday in one of Dana’s treasured vehicles) is both a gentleman and collector of antique and classic vehicles

ing more reliable with networks of “filling” stations, expansion was a result. “Go West, young man,” was a slogan, and come they did.

Even with so much enthusiasm, the question remains, will this happen again?

Why not? It’s a winner for all!

Dana Newquist Montecito

Need for the Nets

After the Gap Fire the county of Santa Barbara got hoodwinked twice to cover our foothills with a mixture of a liquid and unrecyclable trash for the total of five million dollars each time.

The liquid was supposed to keep the hillsides intact in case of a wet winter, which never came to fruition. The group proposing the installation of the ring nets are for sure lining their pockets. The first winter after a fire is always the hardest, and we have done quite well, do we really need these obstructions in our drainages?

Keith Zandona Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Wow, it is said that no good deed goes unpunished. The Partnership for Resilient Communities tried to get these nets up before the rainy season and nearly succeeded. That they didn’t wasn’t their fault, but in answer to your question of whether we “really need these obstructions in our drainages,” the answer is “yes.” We’ve witnessed the safety enhancement factor in communities across this continent and all over Europe. They work, and we are pleased they are being installed. As for the group responsible for raising the money “lining their pockets,” we are among the dozens (hundreds?) of residents who donated to the cause and we know that the volunteers in charge of the effort have gone unpaid.

Enough said. – J.B.)

Comfort at a Cost

In every age, humanity faces new challenges. Although technology has provided us with an unparalleled standard of living it has been mainly

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extractive in nature, and comes at a cost. We rely on the world’s ecosystems to be fully functioning to provide us with most of what we need to flourish: clean air, water, and healthy soils.

Unfortunately, vast areas of Earth have been degraded and turned to desert by human activity over the millennia, causing drought, poverty, and releasing carbon into the atmosphere contributing to climate change. The U.N. currently estimates that Earth has almost 5 billion acres of deforested and degraded ecosystems, an area larger than the South American continent. With a billion new people currently added to the population every twelve years, it’s apparent we are at a historical moment, like many in the past, where we need to get creative and change. Can we do it? Can we be fully adult and learn about the ecological functions of our planet, and begin to design in balance with nature? Or will we stay stuck in old Luddite patterns unwilling to change? One leads to scarcity, the other abundance, including ultimately for business.

On March 1, the UN issued a proclamation for the next decade to be the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), to solve some of our most pressing problems by restoring these huge areas that are already essentially deserts. What many still don’t know is that much of the carbon in the atmosphere was released over hundreds of years from the soil with plow agriculture. But healthy biologically alive soils are fully capable of drawing that carbon back down again.

This is a huge opportunity, taking land no one wants, and by restoring it, bringing back biodiversity, restoring hydrological cycles, and helping to cool the planet’s rising temperatures.

Whew! And not a moment too soon, I’m thinking. I don’t know about you, but I was getting worried.

On Sunday, March 17, John D. Liu, journalist, filmmaker, and soil scientist was at the Lobero Theatre talking

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The Villas at Olive Mill is located on the corner property once home to a 76 gas station, which closed and was later demolished in 2016. The project consists of a three-story, mixed-use building with 4,800 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor and 13,795 square feet of residential space on the second and third floors.

The residential component includes two three-bedroom units, and three two-bedroom units, one of which has already sold and one which is in escrow. All the residential units have private garages within the subterranean parking structure, which also includes over 20 spaces for the commercial tenants. The luxurious units were interiorly designed by Chris Moore, who “brought them to life,” Price said. With high-end finishes, unique floor plans, state-of-the art fixtures and appliances, and thoughtful outdoor spaces boasting mountain views, Price says the condos are unlike anything in the area.

During a private tour of the almost-finished building earlier this week, new commercial tenants Folded Hills wine tasting room, Village Properties real estate, and Heather James Fine Art were busy putting the finishing touches on their respective spaces; one commercial space remains available for lease. “I want to find a fourth tenant who is a good fit for the building as well as the street as a whole,” Price said.

The Spanish-colonial style building was designed by Jeff Gorrell of Lenvik & Minor Architects, and underwent numerous iterations in the last 15 years after much scrutiny from the community. The plans were originally approved by the Santa Barbara City Planning Commission in March 2008; they were then appealed to the City Council, which approved the project, with conditions, in July 2008.

In addition to a Local Coastal Plan Amendment, Coastal Development Permit, and plan approvals, the project required a zone change and zoning modifications. Following the City

Council approval, over five years was spent in litigation brought by a group of neighbors and opponents, who felt the building created a sort of “canyonization” on the east end of Coast Village Road. The group opposed the size, bulk, and scale of the project, as well as the building’s impact on mountain views, and unsuccessfully brought suit against the City and the California Coastal Commission, and then appealed both of those decisions.

During that time, the project’s approval, which would normally expire in five years, was put on hold while the lawsuits were sorted out. Following that, design work continued, and the apparent bulk of the building was decreased and further revised with the help of the City’s Architectural Board of Review. The original plans called for eight residential units, which was cut down to six, and then to five.

The private grand opening for the building takes place this Thursday, and Heather James Fine Art, the latest in a network of galleries located throughout the country, will also hold an opening celebration. The gallery announced the appointment of Tom Venditti as Director for its new gallery; he will oversee operations, exhibitions, and programming for the 2,000 square-foot gallery.

Tom, along with staff and Heather James Fine Art co-owners James Carona and Heather Sacre, will be on hand to mark the opening of the gallery, which will feature works of art by pre-eminent artists such as Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Salvador Dalí, Joan Mitchell, Richard Diebenkorn, and David Hockney, among others.

The gallery will also collaborate closely with local museums, and other cultural and non-profit institutions.

Coast Village Traffic Updates

Last week, City crews were on Coast Village Road installing new traffic control planters at the entrance of two of the road’s parking aisles, in

City Crews replace the orange k-rail speed barriers with three large pots to be planted with drought resistant shrubs in front of Renaud’s

In an effort to deter speeding through Coast Village Road’s parking aisles, two planters were installed at the entrance to the aisle in front of Jeannine’s

an effort to deter through traffic and speeding. The project was led by the Coast Village Association’s Traffic & Safety Committee, who worked with the City of Santa Barbara, local landscape architect Kris Kimpel, Menelli Trading Company’s Jeff Menelli, and Sandor Hodosy of Monte Verde Landscape, who will soon be planting drought resistant shrubbery in the semi-permanent planters.

The planters, three of which replaced the temporary orange k-rail in front of Renaud’s Bistro, were paid for by the City of Santa Barbara, who also took the project through the ABR process for approval. The other two planters were installed at the entrance to the parking aisle servicing Jeannine’s and The Honor Bar; the stop sign markings were moved over to accommodate the planters and to improve traffic flow.

Detachable reflector poles have also been installed between the planters.

The City also removed the “temporary” signage at the new stop signs on Coast Village Road at each end of Coast Village Circle. The signs were installed following the 1/9 debris flow, when traffic on the road was at an all-time high. The CVA advocated for the two sets of stop signs to assist drivers turning onto the street from Coast Village Circle and Butterfly Lane; configuration work is still needed at the intersection of Coast Village Road/ Coast Village Circle/Butterfly Lane.

The Coast Village Association is currently fundraising to pay for the plantings in the newly installed planters. For more information, visit www. coastvillageroad.com.

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about Ecosystem Restoration and Ecosystem Restoration Camps that are forming worldwide.

Margie Bushman Santa Barbara

They Say It’s Your Birthday

I recently celebrated my 68th birthday. Friends and family made this a wonderful day for me. Allow me to thank people like Patrick and Ursula Nesbitt, without wishing to embarrass them for their consistent dedication to charity events – always ready to open their home for others. A remarkable example.

You can praise someone wishing favor better out of acknowledging someone for special effort.

On my birthday allow me to suggest that all of us embrace and listen to someone from the “other party.” One of America’s great strengths is that we are allowed to disagree; we meet, discuss the issues, and then part as friends. Consider the life long friendship of Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda. In truth, people can seem on opposite sides of an issue and in reality both wish to accomplish the same goals.

Please everyone reading this: try to encourage someone you meet today.

Recently, having lunch at Jeannine’s, the server said to me, “You inspire many people, Morten.” I considered these words and remembered what I always tell people I meet: “to pay off that car you owe money on and never do it again.” Put instead money in the bank, work hard, and have patience.

Enjoy the climb. So many of us self-destruct our lives by our own actions, not so much by what the world does to us in general.

Lastly, may I state that the recent mention of Richard Mineards and so many compliments in his direction are so very well deserved. His cheerful and insightful perspective is always an inspiration Thank you to my wife, Lisa Smith Wengler, for marrying me these many years ago.

Morten Wengler Montecito

Last Straw? Maybe

Per Bob Hazard’s plastic straw letter (Grasping for Straws, MJ # 25/10), the issue has been debunked as fraudulent on KFI’s afternoon drive time John & Ken show, who’ve relied, at least partly, on Reason magazine, which has also reported on the issue. For anyone wanting what appears to be the real skinny on whether plastic straws need to be banned, regulated, etc., please check out the following link, with more found online: https://reason.com/reasontv/2018/07/17/plastic-straw-myths.

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For what it’s worth, per the Schenck vs. Bond feud, I looked up sludge, silt, sediment, and even dregs and “Sediment: material that settles to the bottom of a liquid or is deposited by water or a glacier” gets my vote.

Michael McLaughlin Santa Barbara

Another Pretty Face

She is the Pretty Face of 21st-century Communist Revolution in America.

The “faces” behind her aren’t nearly as “pretty,” however, and their sinister game plan to take over Congress via capturing the Democrat Party is chilling, to say the least. “Justice Democrats” is a real organization run

by Millennials under the toxic ideological influence whose premise is that the United States of America is the crux of evil in the world, and must be overthrown. “Justice Democrats” elected seven Democrats to U.S. House in 2018. All seven parrot the same “America is a hopelessly colonial empire” and must be gutted.

“Justice Democrats” are not your grandfather’s Democrats. They present to America, and Americans, what Communism looks like in the 21st century.

David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara

On Becoming “Special”

Recently, while searching for a parking spot at our local CVS, I noticed a space reserved for “Families With Children” (FWC). As I continued circling the lot with other shoppers, I began wondering why this type of “privilege” was not granted to pregnant women, the morbidly obese, or anyone with a hangover, for example, and whether a vehicle not in the favored category would be subject to towing or fines, as with violating a handicap-only space.

As I completed my third loop, I noticed the vehicle in front of me suddenly pulled in to the empty “FWC” spot. Since I had been following this same car, I was curious why the driver suddenly became eligible for that coveted space. I stopped (blocking the others in the wagon train) got out and ask why she felt she deserved to park there; her answer was “I realized that since I have children in nursery school. I’m a family with children”.

I congratulated her for figuring out such a creative solution and eventually parked about four rows downstream.

It turns out there are “Customer With Child” (aka pregnant-CWC) parking exemptions in Beaumont, Texas, two counties in Wisconsin, Cornell University (for both pregnant and nursing mommies) including a comprehensive “Pregnant

The sign in the parking lot that got Dale Lowdermilk thinking...

Workers Fairness Act” at Bunker Hill Community College (Boston). I didn’t realize that pregnancy was considered a disability. Shouldn’t the fathers, and those who identify as fathers, of these families be offered some kind of parking advantage in recognition of their domestic contribution?

Why aren’t bottle-feeders given the same respect as breast-feeders and offered a quiet, respectful, private and convenient parking space? Is a 65-year-old woman who thinks she’s pregnant eligible to use an “expectant mother” parking spot? Is a 25-yearold biological male who identifies as a 23-year-old pregnant female also eligible?

There is an argument to made for “under-represented” drivers suffering from any one of the following: infertility, Peyronie’s, ED, dry Kegel’s, incontinence, insomnia, job stress, marital problems, itchy clothing, twitching, IBS, PMS, ADD, PTSD, Crohn’s, Hep A-B-C, asthma, allergies, temporary insanity, Twinkie-withdrawal, low libido, palpitations, the vapors, hives and especially shingles.

It also seems fair to expand the parking “exemption list” to include individuals who have experienced road rage, workplace violence, discrimination, verbal abuse, child abuse, identity theft, unfair business practices and even stage fright (aka Performance Anxiety) which can mimic a case of “bad enchiladas” (BE’s). This requires

“The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.” — Gertrude S. Wister

urgent access to the nearest “store entrance”. This may involve crushing the bike rack, knocking over a parked motorcycle, sales clerk or patron, in order to reach the Imodium-aisle and start a loperamide IV drip.

Is it okay to usurp a “commercial parking” or “expectant mother” space in this dire situation?

Shouldn’t “Access Parking” planners issue handicap-zone permits and/or exemptions to those suffering from the depression and anxiety of a medically diagnosed vehicle-related phobia? Some of these disorders include ochophobia, vehophobia, amaxophobia, scophobia, sinistrophobia, dystychiphobia, gephyrophobia, hodophobia (not to be confused with hoplophobia — the fear of guns and armed citizens) and, perhaps the most serious affliction for those dealing with parking lots, agyrophobia. In the interest of editorial space, you can “Google” information on these ailments and decide if you qualify for that precious parking spot nearest the front entrance.

Politically Correct ParkingPrivileges” (PCPP) could be granted for those with environmental-diversity-inclusivity-safe space bumper stickers or window decals i.e., GLOBAL WARMING WILL KILL EVERYONE (just like it has been doing for the past 600 million years), I BELIEVE IN WIND POWER (except when it comes from cows), TAKE THE MONEY OUT OF POLITICS (except for candidates I support), SUPPORT FREE SPEECH (except on campus) and MY VEHICLE RUNS ON ELECTRONS (which are generated by coal-fire power plants).

“Special Person” (SP) parking decals could be issued to anyone who knows a movie star, a famous politician, Monica Lewinsky, a billionaire, an intellectual, an expert, a pollster, Obama, Al Sharpton, Al Capone, Al Franken, Oprah, AOC, Biden, Jussie Smollett, Tawana Brawley, supports the Green New Deal or is related to an inmate at Guantanamo Bay. Included in this category are thousands of misunderstood felons suffering from affluenza (Ethan Couch), 1st Degree Sleepwalking (aka “intermittent dissociative states”), sexsomnia (a form of behavior usually triggered when someone is forced to consume magic mushrooms, crack cocaine or negotiate for a prized parking space), PMS (aka “becoming a lioness to protect your children”), the Matrix Defense (aka “a movie made me crazy”) and for the snowflake Uber driver seeking a prestigious Special-Person parking decal, there is a modern, not-my-fault rationale called IIFVGH—Instant Insanity From Video Game Hypnosis (aka “Halo 3 made me kill my parents”).

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parking decal and a participation trophy.

Cautiously circling the parking lot, Dale Lowdermilk Santa Barbara

Water Deal Worth $100+ per Month?

The Montecito Water District Board (Board) is preparing to approve a 50-year Water Supply Agreement (Agreement) with the City of Santa Barbara (City) based upon the City’s Desalination Project costs. The Board and staff have worked hard to develop the terms of the Agreement and costs.

In summary, under the terms of the Agreement, the Montecito Water District (District) will purchase 1,430 acre feet per year (AFY) of water at $2,979/AFY for a total cost of $4,260,000 per year. The water will be supplied by the City from its water supply portfolio, not necessarily desalinated water. This is a wise business deal for the City. Under the Agreement the City can send the District water from any of its water sources such as the Cachuma Project, Gibraltar Reservoir, the State Water Project (SWP), etc. which will cost them approximately $100 to $600 per acre foot while charging the District up to $2,979 per acre foot. This option is especially lucrative during wet or average rainfall periods.

In addition, the Board is contemplating approving a recycled water project at District customer expense that will treat a small amount of wastewater from the Montecito Sanitary District’s plant, the majority of which will be piped across Montecito to the Birnam Wood and Valley Club Golf Courses.

Water Bills to Increase I hope District customers are prepared for a serious increase in their monthly bills in order for the District to purchase water from the City and construct a recycled water project. The costs appear to be significant.

Since the District has 4,612 service connections, the Agreement would increase the average customer’s bill approximately $80 per month. Add to that the cost to the District for pipes to deliver desalinated water within the City and the recycled water project cost of $1,650,000 to $1,980,000 per year, which will increase the customer’s bill in excess of $40 per month.

The total cost to the average customer for the Agreement, desalinated water conveyance pipes, and the recycled water project may be well over $120 per month.

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ly how these projects are going to impact its customers’ bills. My hope is that before the District executes the Agreement with the City, a financial analysis will be performed on its cost impact to individual District customers. This cost can then be evaluated by customers who will hopefully be given the opportunity to comment publicly on the cost vs. benefit.

This situation reminds me of what happened to the City of Solvang when they voted to participate in the State Water Project (SWP). Solvang’s customers were very upset when they received their first water bills that contained the SWP’s cost. They sued to break their contract because they didn’t feel they were adequately notified of the project’s cost. After several years of litigation and several million dollars in attorney fees, they lost the suit. I hope the District is not heading down a similar path as Solvang.

State Water Project Is it well documented that SWP’s water supplies cannot be relied upon to meet contractual obligations.

However the SWP infrastructure (conveyance facilities such as pipes) that transport the District’s entitlement of 3,300 AFY are very reliable.

In fact the reliability of the infrastructure was clearly proven during the recent severe drought. The SWP was able to purchase water from agricultural entities in the Central Valley and send that water through its facilities to agencies throughout southern California, including those along the South Coast of Santa Barbara (District included). There are always water supplies for sale somewhere in the State. They can be expensive but pale in comparison to the 50 year $1/4 billion the District will be paying to the City under the terms of the Agreement.

An argument has been made that the SWP deliveries could be disrupted by a significant earthquake. This is a remote possibility but consider the following: During normal or wet years, surface reservoirs meet the District’s water supply needs with little or no SWP water. Bradbury Dam and spillway, which impounds Cachuma Lake water, was recently reinforced at considerable cost to meet updated California Division of Safety of Dams earthquake standards. SWP facilities were constructed to high standards to last from 50 to 100 years. With proper maintenance similar facilities have lasted indefinitely. SWP serves millions of California customers. If there were a break in any part of the system, for any reason, significant resources would be brought into play that would quickly repair the damage.

SWP past performance has demonstrated its reliability.

Is Agreement Needed?

During average or wet rainfall years, the District is able to meet customer water sales of 3,800 AFY by utilizing water from its surface reservoirs of Jameson Lake and Lake Cachuma. Groundwater basins can recharge during this period and minimal or no SWP water is needed.

When the inevitable drought occurs the District can meet customer water demand by ultimately relying on its 3,300 AFY SWP delivery system entitlement along with 840 AFY from groundwater and Doulton Tunnel intrusion water. This water supply scenario was validated during the recent severe drought.

This was not an accident. District customers voted years ago, at significant cost, to participate in the SWP in order to bolster the District’s water supply portfolio. We have benefitted significantly during the recent drought from their forethought and decision. In addition the District has recently opted to firm up existing supplies by participating in the Semitropic groundwater-banking program. Initially the District will deposit 4,500 AF of water in the bank and will be able to withdraw up to 1,500 AFY when needed.

Unfortunately for the City, it has the same SWP entitlement as the District but with ten times the population and 2 ½ times the water demand. The City had no choice but to construct the desalination facility in order to meet water demand even after implementing an exemplary water conservation program.

So, does the District really need to purchase extremely expensive City water based on the City’s desalination facility cost? The District has proven that it can survive an historic drought without a water supply agreement with the City. It was able to accomplish this feat by using its water supply portfolio, which included obtaining its full water supply entitlement of 3300 AFY via the SWP. However, customers with extensive water intensive landscaping were forced to make adjustments, which is probably appropriate since we live in a semi arid Mediterranean climate. It has been reported that 80% of the District’s water supply continues to be used for landscaping.

Water Supply Portfolio Analysis The District has many water supply sources in its portfolio including Cachuma Lake, Jameson Lake, SWP, groundwater, Doulton Tunnel intrusion, and the Semitropic groundwater bank. Each of these supplies has its own unique characteristics regarding quantity, quality, reliability, and cost. Approximately ten years ago the District performed a water supply portfolio analysis (Supply Analysis) evaluating each of these supplies and

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how they could be used conjunctively to ensure that the District would have a reliable water supply under various scenarios. The Supply Analysis also gave guidance to the District on when it should make certain operational decisions. For example when the Cachuma Reservoir gets to a certain water levels, when should the District begin purchasing SWP water and how much, when should the groundwater wells begin operation, etc.

The Supply Analysis was computer based and performed by Dr. Bachman, a State expert in water matters, who fortuitously lives in Montecito. It would appear that prior to making a huge 50-year commitment to purchase City water, an updated Supply Analysis should be performed using the latest information concerning the District’s present supplies and the recent drought.

Also a Supply Analysis alternative could utilize the additional water supply afforded by the Agreement in order to determine the improvement, if any, to the District’s water supply reliability. This information together with a financial analysis would give the District Board and its customers two invaluable tools to evaluate the Agreement’s cost impact and benefit.

Summary The District is emerging from a historical drought. Cachuma Lake is at 75% capacity and Jameson Lake is full.

An expensive fifty-year Agreement is being evaluated by the District Board.

With surface reservoirs recovering from the drought it would appear that it is not necessary to rush to judgment on the Agreement. A financial analysis on the impact of the Agreement as well as its impact on the District’s water supply portfolio should provide invaluable information to the Board and customers. This is a huge decision that should be made only after thoroughly examining its cost and benefit for District customers.

My hope is that District customers are fully informed of the financial impact of the Water Supply Agreement prior to execution and that the Board and customers have the opportunity to weigh the benefit in relation to the cost. Please contact me at bob4roebuck@gmail.com if you have any questions or comments on the information contained in this letter. Thank you.

Bob Roebuck Montecito (Editor’s note: Mr. Roebuck was employed as Santa Barbara’s Water Resources Manager for 20 years. He retired as the Montecito Water District General Manager after four years and is a professional civil engineer registered in the states of California and Florida. He and his family have been District customers for 36 years.)

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 19) Mario Chavas with Jayne and David Sigman from the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club (photo

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Jack Stapelmann, Sherry Madsen, Kathy Kalp, and Craig Madsen at Santa Barbara Channelkeeper’s 19th annual Blue Water Ball (photo by Branden Aroyan)

Friden – widow of former owner Eric, who died in a polo accident in 2003–, Hayward Fisk, Pat and Ursula Nesbitt, Tom Parker, and Chris and Mindy Denson.

It was quite the Belmond blast!

Sea-ze the Day The energized Andrew Firestone was at it again when he emceed Santa Barbara Channelkeeper’s 19th annual Blue Water Ball in the Deckers rotunda, with the 230 guests expected to raised around $185,000 for the popular environmental non-profit.

The bustling bash, chaired by Kristin Larson, featured climber and world renowned adventurer Rick Ridgeway, outdoor clothing giant

the Himalayan peak, K2, the world’s second highest mountain at 28,251ft.

The Santa Barbara Ukulele Club, a talented septet, performed with selections of Beatles and Beach Boys music, while auction items included a week in Crested Butte, Colorado, a nine foot surfboard crafted by Ventura’s legendary Steve Walden, and a 17ft. boat donated by the Carpinteria Dory Company.

Among the tidal wave of supportCarla and Shaun Tomson at the Blue Water Ball (photo by Branden Aroyan)

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REAL ESTATE (Continued from page 20)

1491 Edgecliff Lane: $19,995,000

115 Miramar Avenue: $4,950,000

Beach days are year-round and just steps from your front door at the western entrance to Miramar Beach. This Montecito beachfront estate offers multiple living quarters including the main house and three cottages. The property boasts ocean, island, and coastline views and is well suited for guests.

In the main house the kitchen boasts designer appliances, a wine fridge, two Wolf ovens, marble countertops, and an elevator to the oversized garage. The master bedroom overlooks the Pacific Ocean, and features an intimate fireplace, private balcony and an oversized shower and spa-tub.

The main guest cottage includes a sitting area that enjoys a fireplace and views of the gardens, while still being able to feel and smell the ocean breeze.

The second cottage has a balcony overlooking the ocean, as well as a quiet office space. The beachfront cottage is a great place to enjoy a book while looking out over all of Miramar Beach.

••• For more information on any of these listings or to have me arrange a showing with the listing agents, please contact me directly, Mark@Villagesite.com or call/text 805698-2174. Please view my website, www.MontecitoBestBuys.com, from which this article is based.

•MJ

cent to 1483 Bonnymede (buy both and be your own neighbor).

This home recently underwent renovations and includes 2-bedroom suites, an additional half bath and a 2-car garage, and vaulted beamed ceilings and a fireplace in the living room.

The master suite offers a sun-lit retreat that features peeks of the ocean.

The spacious kitchen includes new appliances and a substantial center island with seating as well as another sitting and eating area, hardwood floors, French doors and windows throughout.

Located in Montecito’s Hedgerow neighborhood, this gated and private, 6-bedroom, 9-bathroom estate is on a level .9 acre lot and was originally built in 1914.

This traditional Craftsman-style home has been renovated and offers approximately 5,206 sq ft of living space with hardwood floors, light-filled public rooms, a study, office, gym, and six fireplaces.

Outdoor dining terraces and verandas, a pool, two-bedroom guest quarters, mature specimen trees, sunny gardens, and tack room with a loft enhance this unique property situated near Miramar Beach.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 29) Mahri Kerley of Chaucer’s Books with RBG author Jane Sherron De Hart and Janice Caesar (photo by Priscilla)

Luke Swetland, president and CEO of Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

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“I think, given the participants, this will be our best ever event,” says museum director Luke Swetland.

Among the guests were winemaker Gretchen Lieff, Miles Hartfeld, Lisa Osborne, and Karna Hughes.

Talking with the Prose The literati and the glitterati were out in force when the CALM – Child Abuse Listening Mediation – Auxiliary hosted its 33rd annual celebrity authors lunch at the Hilton.

More than 450 guests attended the fancy fête, chaired for the eighth and final year by dynamic duo Carolyn Gillio and Becky Cohn, which raised around $100,000 for the popular charity which prevents, assesses, and treats child abuse and family violence with 9,000 children served in Santa Barbara County in the last year, 1,700 of them in CALM offices.

Three best-selling authors, including historian and filmmaker Mindy Johnson, whose latest book is Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney’s Animation; Kate Quinn, who has written four novels in the Empress of Rome saga and two works on the

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On Entertainment

by Steven Libowitz

Mitch Kashmar Comes Homes with West Coast Toast

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ack when he was still in high school, Santa Barbara native Mitch Kashmar used to sneak into – or rather, above – the Santa Barbara Blues Society’s monthly show at the old Baudelaire’s club on State Street.

“They wouldn’t let us in because we weren’t old enough, but we found our way onto the roof, climbing up those old inset windows, which was really perilous,” Kashmar recalled over the phone. “We’d dissemble the skylight which was right above the stage with a perfect angle to watch the shows.

I saw and heard a whole bunch of early harmonica heroes like Charlie Musselwhite and William Clark, and guys like Albert King. They brought everybody you could think of during my formative years. I saw ‘em in secret, but it was the coolest thing.”

Four decades later, Kashmar is coming back, summoned from his adopted home of Portland, Oregon, to help the SBBS – the oldest such continuously existing U.S. organization – celebrate its 42nd birthday on Saturday night at the society’s latest home at the Carrillo Recreation Center. The singer and harmonica player has performed at just about every other venue in town over the years, going back to the early 1980s, when he co-founded the Pontiax with the late guitarist Buddy Smith and played two or three gigs every week in the local bars. The band was named after the song “Pontiac Blues” by Sonny Boy Williamson, because “Someone asked us what we were called, and we had just finished playing that song,” the band became a Santa Barbara institution that continued long after Kashmar left town for the then burgeoning blues scene in Los Angeles.

“I was trying to stretch down into the market but I wanted people to think I was still a local, so I’d be driving the 101 and PCH nonstop like a maniac,” he recalled. The Pontiax even made a record in the late ‘80s,

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which begat tours across the country and over in Europe, where Kashmar still maintains a fan base. In those early days, he and/or the band also backed up a bevy of aging blues masters, from Lowell Fulsom, to Big Joe Turner, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, and Jimmy Witherspoon. “Those were some good times, playing with all those greats,” he said.

When the SoCal scene dried up after another decade and a half – a period that found Kashmar gigging all over town and beginning his five solo CDs album association with the Delta Groove label (plus famously dating Marcia Clark, the prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder case, for eight years) – the harpist-singer spent five years on the road with “the legal version of ‘War,’ playing all the horn lines on the great old stuff that Lee Oskar did, all those hits – ‘Lowrider,’ ‘Why Can’t We Be Friends,’ ‘Cisco Kid.’” In 2011, just a year after the car brand he’d named his band after went belly up, Kashmar packed up and moved to Portland, where the alt. folk and singer-songwriter scene has yielded several successful acts while the city still supports a bit of a blues scene in the clubs.

“It almost feels like you’ve stepped back in time as far as hanging out in music circles and scenes,” he said.

“There are lots of little clubs where you can play, and unlike anywhere I’ve seen in the U.S. they still tip the band here, to the point where it’s actually substantial.”

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night’s show back here in Santa Barbara – his first local appearance in almost a decade, according to his own memory. The all-star outfit of “old blues survivors” known as West Coast Toast after Kashmar’s most recent album features Junior Watson on guitar and vocals, Fred Kaplan on piano, Bill Stuve on bass, and “a drummer who is young enough to be my kid” in Andrew Guterman.

The band will play “a bunch of songs off that record, some of mine, some older ones,” Kashmar said, noting he’s excited to have a full band including piano behind him on stage, and a lot of friends in the audience. ”It’s going to be a really special trip.

There are guys I went to elementary school with and haven’t seen in years who are coming to the show.”

Meanwhile, Kashmar said he’s playing perhaps the best he ever has, despite the limitations of a genre based on a 12-bar formula. “I don’t know how you evolve it and keep it fresh. I try to, but I’m not sure if I am.

But I feel fresher now than ever. The act of being on stage and coming up with something new has never been more fun for me.”

(Mitch Kashmar and West Coast Toast headline the Santa Barbara Blues Society’s 42nd anniversary show on March 23. Stiff Pickle Orchestra opens at 7:15 pm. Visit www.SBBlues.org or call 805-722-8155.)

BASSH Brings it All Back Home

Derrick Curtis is justifiably proud of his two decades of producing BASSH, the locals-only teachers and dancers social dance showcase that marks its 19th year on the stage this weekend.

Nearly left for dead after his producing partner Santa Barbara Dance Alliance dissolved and leaving the Lobero almost a decade ago, Curtis more or less single-handedly nursed the show – whose title came from the original selection of Ballroom, Argentine Tango, Swing, Salsa, and Hip Hop – back to health, bringing it to a place where the event not only serves as a showcase for both amateur and professional choreographers and local dancers but also draws healthy crowds for its three shows at the New Vic Theatre each spring.

“It’s helped a lot of individuals pursue their dreams of dancing, performing, and choreographing,” Curtis said recently. “When I look back over the twenty years at how many people participated and created their vision of an artistic expression through dance, I can’t help but feel good about it. There are so many who began with these opportunities of performing on stage in BASSH who went on to create their own troupes, shows, and companies.”

That would include BASSH regulars like Lauren Breese, whose company

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BASSH showcases a variety of dance at the New Vic Theatre March 22 and 23

Airdance has a healthy three slots in this weekend’s program, and her sometimes partner Hector Sanchez, who presented his new company at the Center Stage for the first time late last year.

Those success stories bring a smile to Curtis’ face, he said. “I started BASSH partly to encourage people to dance and perform and grow. So it’s great that I’ve had some influence.”

But while retaining its original purpose, BASSH has also moved a bit more into the big time, attracting, for instance, a piece from longtime Santa Barbara ballroom institution Arthur Murray, who will perform an International Latin number, and State Street Ballet, making its first BASSH appearance. The 2019 show also features the return of Sinowest, who will offer a Chinese Folk selection.

To encompass all the varying styles that are part of BASSH – including Tap, Afro-Cuban Fusion, Contemporary and Jazz – the show would have to have an acronym stretching far more than five letters.

“It’s all good,” said Curtis.

“Anything that gets people inspired to get out and dance.”

(BASSH takes place 7:30 pm Friday, and 2 & 7:30 pm Saturday, March 22-23, at the New Vic Theatre. Visit https:// sbassh.com or https://etcsb.org/rental-shows.)

3Qs with Pete Sears

The list of bands, records, and concerts that bassist-keyboardist Pete Sears has played with or on over a half-century-plus career contains some very well-known names and songs. He recorded the Rod Stewart albums Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells A Story, and Never a Dull Moment, including the hit singles “Maggie May” (Sears played the celeste) and “Reason To Believe.” He was a member of Jefferson Starship from 1974 to 1984, and its offspring Starship for three more years, during which he recorded such classic tracks as “Miracles,” “Count on Me,” and “We Built This City” – including 21 – 28 March 2019

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writing several tracks per album – then sat in with Hot Tuna for a few years. Sears has played with many other musicians through the years, including Dr. John, John Lee Hooker, Grateful Dead members Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Phil Lesh, Ike & Tina Turner, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana and the Grammy-winning East L.A. band Los Lobos.

More recently, he’s been a member of Moonalice, the jam band founded and led by businessman/venture capitalist Roger McNamee that has played at least annually at SOhO. Sears, who turns 70 in May, returns to the club this Friday, March 22, with Green Leaf Rustlers, an all-star deep cuts country cover band led by Chris Robinson (of Black Crowes fame) with drummer John Molo, guitarist Greg Loiacono and multi-instrumentalist (and Moonalice member) Barry Sless. He talked about the band and more from a payphone in Big Sur last weekend.

Q. How did you hook up with Chris?

A. I met him backstage at a jam session in the Bay Area a couple of years ago. We got into a big discussion about music and just hit it off. He knew a lot about early British rock ‘n’ roll. And we liked the same music so we decided to try doing old time music, the all-time great songs. We’re covering a genre, old honky tonk songs and early country-rock. We’re having a great time, it’s really working out.

I hear there’s a lot of jamming…

Yeah, it comes in sections, very variable. Sometimes it just happens and there’s an almost dissonant weird thing we get going on, things that are way out in the ether. We keep the song structure intact, but we’re never sure where we’re going to go in the middle of it. Sometimes we get more jazzy, but everybody’s been around the block, so we can naturally without thinking about it move into all sorts of jamming styles on this tried-and-true songs.

Stewart songs on the radio, is it a good memory or not so much?

Hearing something from every project you do brings the era back to life.

You can’t help but think about the period. “We Built This City” brings up strange emotions, dark ones, but it also helps keeps my health insurance going. So there are mixed feelings.

But “Ride the Tiger” or “Reason to Believe” always makes me smile. And last night after our gig, the soundman played “Miracles” – the album version – over the PA as we were packing up. it just felt great to hear it.

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Barbara Keyani, Nancy Kaller, Kathy Lopez, Karen Menzel, Karen Twibell, Dave and Cherry Field, Becky Cohn, Julie Capritto, Mary Clement, and Sherry Knarr (photo by Priscilla) Maryan Schall, Janet Garufis, Janet Myers, Caryn Schall, Tina McEnroe, Alana Walczak, Eileen O’Brien, and Janet Mizrahi (photo by Priscilla) Ellen DeGeneres, Eileen Mielko, Gloria Clark, and Portia De Rossi

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1969, went to Martha Rogers, a member of the auxiliary since 2005.

Among the many supporters were Jean Schuyler, Bridget Foreman, Alana Walczak, Beverley Jackson, Maryan Schall, Joan Rutkowski, Carrie Bissell, Connie Burnes, Roberta Collier, Janet Garufis, Sharon Curry, and Mahri Kerley.

Rosewood Run In It’s a small, small world as Eileen Mielko, wife of Montecito artist Tom Mielko, found out at the Rosewood Miramar when she was having lunch at Caruso’s with friend Gloria Clark and their respective husbands, and TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and actress wife Portia De Rossi walked in.

Eileen met the Oscar host and serial real estate flipper many decades ago when she was a waitress at Willy G’s, a New Orleans seafood restaurant, and had joined in a conversation revealing her goal to be a stand-up comedienne.

And, as they say, the rest is history.

“Talk about your dreams coming true,” says Eileen. “It was so nice seeing her again and congratulating her on her enormous success.”

Brain Waves Jeff and Hollye Jacobs opened the doors of their charming Montecito manse to host a reception for author

Lisa Genova, who was speaking at Campbell Hall as part of UCSB’s popular Arts & Lectures series.

Genova, who has a doctorate in neuroscience from Harvard and is acclaimed as the “Michael Crichton of brain science,” is the author of a number of New York Times bestselling novels, including Still Alice, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, Inside the O’Briens, and her latest, Every Note Played.

Still Alice was adapted into a film starring Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, and Julianne Moore, who won the Best Actress Oscar for her role.

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“The deep roots never doubt spring will come.” – Marty Rubin

21 – 28 March 2019

UCSB A&L Producers Circle members Jo and Ken Saxon with Lisa Genova (center left) and Hope Saxon (center right) (photo

by Christy Gutzeit)

a memorable evening were Richard and Annette Caleel, Tom and Frances Dittmer, Alixe Mattingly, George Issacs, and Sandy Robertson.

Postcards from the Beach

Locals dreaming of warm summer weather have a chance to do so while viewing new local art, and at the same time help the Montecito Association get a jump on planning the popular July 4 parade, where I have become a regular participant as King George III. The benefit art show Postcards from the Beach, all featuring Butterfly Beach, is now up at Pierre Lafond’s Wine Bistro and artist Lisamarie La Mer is donating 25 percent of proceeds to the association.

She says she got the idea when her students commented that their cypress tree paintings resembled the organization’s logo.

“We all love the views along Channel Drive, especially the cypress tree, which is iconic for our small town and the backdrop to so many photos and happy memories at Butterfly Beach,” says Lisamarie.

School Scandal Rosewood Miramar developer Rick Caruso found himself unwittingly involved in the center of the college

bribery scandal.

Rick, chairman of the USC Board of Trustees, was on his $100 million 215ft.long yacht, Invictus, in the Bahamas with his daughter Gianna and a group of fellow students, including actress Lori Loughlin’s daughter, Olivia, 19, when the story broke and she disembarked and flew back to Los Angeles.

“Once she was aware of the investigation, the young woman decided it would be in her best interests to return

Walking the Line Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry has found herself embroiled in the escalating blackface row.

The singer’s controversial $129 Rue Face slip on loafers have reportedly been pulled from store shelves at Walmart and Dillards because of their resemblance to blackface makeup.

The sandals from the Katy Perry Collection featuring two eyes, a gold nose and red lips are being pulled “in order to be respectful and sensitive,” say sources...

What’s in a Name?

Birth announcement seen in the London Times: Olivia (née Falconer) and Hugo, a son, Dionysus Cosmo Chaos, brother of Hieronymus.

Only in England...

Rest in Peace On a personal note, I mark the passing of one of the most charming and erudite men I have known, John Richardson, who has died in New York aged 95.

An eminent historian and author, Artist Lisamarie La Mer’s new exhibition looks to summer

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•MJ home,” says the billionaire philanthropist.

Olivia and her sister, Isabella Rose, 20, both students at USC, have now quit the prestigious L.A. university after the admissions scandal because they reportedly feared bullying.

Loughlin has now been dropped from Netflix’s Fuller House and Hallmark has also cut ties.

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I would often see him at elegant social soirees, as well as frequent receptions at the auction houses Sotheby’s and Christie’s, the latter of which he helped to launch in Manhattan.

Patrician in his speech and attire, his 5,000 sq.ft. Big Apple loft was filled with art by my neighbor Andy Warhol, Georges Braque and, of course, Picasso.

John, who I first met in 1980 at royal photographer and Oscarwinning stage and costume designer Cecil Beaton’s memorial service at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Fifth Avenue where he was an usher, also wrote for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.

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Notice Inviting Bids

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. 3929, the FY2019B Pavement Maintenance Project (“Project”), by or before April 11, 2019, at 3:00 p.m., through PlanetBids or 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 or successfully uploaded to PlanetBids prior to 3:00 p.m.. The receiving time at the Purchasing Office or the digital time stamp on PlanetBids will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted. Bids that fail to upload to PlanetBids prior to the deadline will not be accepted. Bidders are encouraged to upload bids by 2:30 p.m. to PlanetBids

2.

Project Information.

BID NO. 5734 DUE DATE & TIME: April 17, 2019 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. Roof Gutter Repair Scope of Work to include all labor, materials and equipment for gutter repair at Building 244 located at 495 S. Fairview Avenue.

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; various PCC improvements including but not limited to concrete curb and gutter replacement, sidewalk replacement, spandrel and cross 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; install conduit, pull boxes, install traffic loops; install 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 29, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., at Building 244, located at 495 South Fairview Avenue Goleta, CA 93117 to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid.

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 115 working days from the effective date of Notice to Proceed.

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

2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $6,500,000.

3.

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

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

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.

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.

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: planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959. 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.

5.

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 1. 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.

The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California C-39 Roofing contractors 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.

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.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

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 one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.

10.

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

Date:

William Hornung, C.P.M, General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) March 20, 2019

2) March 27, 2019 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

_________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager Published March 20, 2019 Montecito Journal

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. 2019-0000442. Published March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 2019.

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

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7.

By:

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.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: San Martin Handyman, 6584 El Greco Rd. #7, Goleta, CA 93117.

Martin Sedano, 6584 El Greco Rd. #7, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 22, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was

License and Registration Requirements.

1588 Mission Dr. Suite B, Road, Santa Barbara, CA Solvang, CA 93436. Final 93108. This statement was filed Blend Wine Company, LLC, with the County Clerk of Santa 3160 Glengary Rd., Santa Ynez, Barbara County on February 22, CA 93460. This statement was 2019. This statement expires 2019 filed with the County Published: Clerk of March five 20, years from the date it was Santa Barbara County on March filed in the Office of the County 4, 2019. This statement expires Clerk. I hereby certify that this five years from the date it was is a correct copy of the original Montecito Journal filed in the Office of the County statement on file in my office.

Clerk. I hereby certify that this Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk is a correct copy of the original (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN statement on file in my office. No. 2019-0000500. Published Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019.

(SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2019-0000515. Published FICTITIOUS BUSINESS March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 2019.

NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are FICTITIOUS BUSINESS doing business as: Menelli NAME STATEMENT: The Tile & Stone, 1080 Coast following person(s) is/are Village Road, Santa Barbara, doing business as: DBF, 2182 CA 93108. Menelli Trading Sycamore Canyon Road, Santa Company INC, 1080 Coast Barbara, CA 93108. David Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA Fee, 2182 Sycamore Canyon 93108. This statement was filed

with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 22, 2019. 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. 2019-0000438. Published March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Old Coast Landscape, 328 West Mountain Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Christopher J Kay, 328 West Mountain Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 13, 2019.

“That is one good thing about this world... there are always sure to be more springs.” – L.M. Montgomery

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 Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 2019-0000372. Published March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Richies Barbershop, 6549 Pardall, Unit B, Isla Vista, CA 93106.

Richard Raymond Ramirez, 976 Miramonte Dr. #2, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 19, 2019.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed

21 – 28 March 2019

NOTICE INVITING BIDS: BID NO. 5733 - CATER WATER TREATMENT PLANT HANDRAIL AND CANOPY RECOATING PROJECT 1.

Notice is hereby given that bids for Bid No. 5733 shall be received to furnish and deliver all services and materials for the CATER WATER TREATMENT PLANT HANDRAIL AND CANOPY RECOATING PROJECT 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.

Bids will be received until 3:00 P.M., TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019. At this date and time all bids received will be electronically opened and posted.

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.

Project Information.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A TEN-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH FOUR TEN-YEAR OPTIONS BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AND 35 STATE STREET HOTEL PARTNERS, LLC; A SUBLEASE BETWEEN THE CITY AND VISIT SANTA BARBARA; AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE OWNER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT DATED APRIL 13, 2004, PERTAINING TO THE LEASE OF A 1,184 SQUARE FOOT TENANT SPACE AT 120 STATE STREET TO BE USED AS VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER AND PUBLIC

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at the Cater Water Treatment Plant, 1150 San Roque Rd, Santa Barbara and is described as follows: Provide the Labor, Materials and Equipment to provide 100 percent containment, coating preparation and recoating of all handrails, guardrails, mesh, light stanchions, filter deck canopy, Influent flowmeter and piping, South Coast flowmeter and piping, backwash piping, Effluent flowmeter and piping, and Gibraltar penstock meter & piping (off site location) as well as all ancillary/miscellaneous items as identified in the Contract Documents.

RESTROOMS

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 35 consecutive calendar days after Notice to Proceed from City Project Manager.

2019.

2.3 Estimate. The estimate for this Project is: $150,000.00

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the

2.4 Bidders’ Conference. A MANDATORY bidders’ conference will be held on April 2, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., at the following location: Cater Water Treatment Plant, 1150 San Roque Rd, Santa Barbara, CA for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. Bids will not be accepted or considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory pre-bid meeting.

3.

ORDINANCE NO. 5877

WITHIN

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(Seal) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

3.2 DIR Registration. City will not 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.

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. Subcontractors shall be submitted through PlanetBids portal. Failure to do will result in rejection of your bid. Contractor to provide 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.

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.

By: _______________________________________

Date: ________________

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MRAMOS Products, 1535 Robbins St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

21 – 28 March 2019

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on February 26, 2019, and was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on March 12, 2019, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Randy Rowse; Mayor Cathy Murillo

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

Councilmember Kristen W. Sneddon

ABSTENTIONS:

None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on March 13, 2019.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

March 13, 2019.

Publication Date: 3/20/19 Montecito Journal

Mariana Ramos, 1535 Robbins St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 12, 2019. 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. 20190000359. Published February

ORDINANCE NO. 5877

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on

William Hornung CPM, General Services Manager

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. 2019-0000398. Published March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019.

CALIFORNIAN

meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on March 12,

License and Registration Requirements.

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.

HOTEL

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification:C33 Painting & Decorating Contractor

4.

THE

DEVELOPMENT.

27, March 6, 13, 20, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: July’s Handyman Services, 1072 Casitas Pass Road #429, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Nora Cruz, 5971 Hickory St. Apt 4, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Julio Omar Cruz Torres, 5971 Hickory St. Apt 4, Carpinteria, CA 93013.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa

Barbara County on February 12, 2019. 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. 20190000361. Published February 27, March 6, 13, 20, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The

• The Voice of the Village •

/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor Published March 20, 2019

following person(s) is/are doing business as: San Martin Handyman, 6584 El Greco Rd. #7, Goleta, CA 93117.

Martin Sedano, 6584 El Greco Rd. #7, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 22, 2019. 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. 20190000442. Published February 27, March 6, 13, 20, 2019.

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Spirituality Matters

by Steven Libowitz

Make a Gift that Will Bring a Lifetime of Benefits to the Museum and to You

“Spirituality Matters” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area spiritual gatherings. Unusual themes and events with that something extra, especially newer ones looking for a boost in attendance, receive special attention. For consideration for inclusion in this column, email slibowitz@yahoo.com.

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ntheoMedicine Santa Barbara co-founder Jacqueline Lopez is thrilled to be able to present the psychedelic journey equivalent of a baseball doubleheader in this Saturday’s event at Unity of Santa Barbara that offers two distinctly different angles on the advantages of ayahuasca. The entheogenic brew made out of vine, bark, and other natural ingredients used as a traditional spiritual medicine in ceremonies among the indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin is in the news for both its spiritual and medicinal properties, and the timing is right.

“This is a hot topic for me because of the epidemic of depression, anxiety, and PTSD that is plaguing our society,” Lopez said. “Entheogens aren’t for everybody, and we don’t encourage people to just go out and try them without proper preparation and setting. But these plant medicines like ayahuasca have been proven by science to be effective. They’ve been studied in laboratories in studies that go beyond anecdotal evidence that we (Lopez and her partner, Michael Russer) have experienced on journeys. We can tell you it’s wonderful.

But more importantly, there are systematic and repeated experiences of people getting relief from PTSD that have suffered for years.”

That will be the subject of Saturday’s opening talk by Rachel Harris, Ph.D., the author of Listening to Ayahuasca: New Hope for Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Anxiety, the 2017 book from the researcher who has received an NIH New Investigator Award and published more than 40 scientific studies in peer-reviewed journals. She’ll talk about how the base plant contains several alkaloids that act as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) to combat depression, and describe how people report an on-going personal relationship with the spirit of ayahuasca that provides healing and guidance beyond the ceremony. But she’ll also discuss contraindications and warnings, as well as the challenge in integrating the experience into daily life on both a psychological and spiritual dimension.

Dr. Harris will be paired with documentary film producer, author, and “culture shifter” Rak Razam, who will share with far more irreverence his own experiences with entheogens and his journalistic undertakings in the area. Author of the book, Aya Awakenings: A Shamanic Odyssey, and

“An optimist is the human personification of spring.” – Susan J. Bissonette

Rak Razam speaks about his experiences with ayahuasca at Unity of Santa Barbara on March 23

its companion volume of interviews, The Ayahuasca Sessions, Razam brings his unbridled passion to the platform.

“They are very complementary speakers – one speaks from personal experience, the other from a scientific therapeutic background,” Lopez said about bridging the gap from academia to anecdotal ayahuasca ceremonies in the Amazon on the same night. “There’s something to be said for bringing people from both schools in one space. Because at the end of the day, we all have a desire of helping other people going through traumatic experiences, whatever the perspective.”

The March 23 event begins at 5:30 pm with a networking hour followed by the two talks plus a brief update on MDMA with the organization’s senior advisor, Michael Gilbert. A Q&A session with the producers and all the speakers and a final opportunity for informal connecting concludes the event. Visit https://entheomedi cine.org.

‘Mother’-ly Love in Ojai

Amma Sri Karunamayi, the South Indian healer revered around the world as an embodiment of Divine Motherly Love due to the compassion and affection that she showers liberally on all people, animals, and even plants, is coming back to Ojai.

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awareness. Amma’s aim is to remove the suffering from people’s hearts through her kind, loving words of spiritual guidance and encouragement, her healing touch, and her divine knowledge and insight.

Amma begins her two-day stay in Ojai on Wednesday, March 27, with a free public talk from 6-8 pm, a divine discourse where the subjects include the spiritual, philosophical, and practical advice on developing inner purity and compassion, and on how to live one’s spiritual life dedicated to serving society. It is open to the public for all to attend. The evening includes silent meditations, discourses, and spiritual chanting, and concludes with Darshan, a time to receive the personal touch and blessings from Amma. The following day, Amma will offer a one-day silent meditation retreat open to all, beginners to those with an established practice.

The retreat serves as an opportunity for devotees to deepen their meditation practice and to listen to the inspirational wisdom of Amma’s divine discourse; participants are requested to maintain silence throughout the retreat. The retreat costs $102, and half-day options are available for $62. Both events take place at the Camp Comfort Clubhouse, 11969 North Creek Road, Ojai. Visit www. karunamayi.org/ojai for registration and details.

Amma Sri Karunamayi will be holding similar events the previous week (March 20-25) in Los Angeles, including free Divine Discourse on March 20, Individual Blessings on March 21 & 22, a Sacred Fire Ceremony on March 24, and a special program on March 25. The one-day retreat takes place March 23. Visit www.karuna mayi.org/los-angeles.

Devotion to the Dirt

With its annual adults-only Dive Into Silence retreat in the rear view mirror, Sunburst Sanctuary invites the whole family to experience Regenerating Earth & Spirit, a special hands-on weekend to engender a greater connection with the earth at the expansive Lompoc space.

Facilitated by Sunburst’s “soil-whisperer” Sean Fennell, participants will have a chance to co-create with nature through a get-down-anddirty permaculture workshop about soil-building, composting, and seeding, and learn and practice different styles of fruit tree grafting, including being able to take home a graft of your own. The workshop also offers an opportunity to connect with the wisdom and emotional strength of a horse through an equine “Observation of the Herd” circle facilitated by Natalie Riggs of Shakti Ranch. Yoga, guided meditation, and shared home-cooked meals 21 – 28 March 2019

amid the sanctuary’s pristine natural beauty, and lots of activities for children round out the Friday to Sunday, March 29-31 weekend. Sliding scale donation of $120 to $220 per adult, and $60 to $100 per child. Register by March 20. Call (805) 736-6528 or visit https://sunburst.org/earth.

Experience Pacifica

While the campus lies above and near the coastline, students surely don’t coast through their studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute, which hosts one of its periodic Graduate School Information Days this Friday, March 22, to expose potential students to an “education that goes beyond the classroom to... spark your fire within.” The 9:30 am to 4 pm event offers prospective students a comprehensive introduction and orientation to the institute, including a glimpse at Pacifica’s interdisciplinary graduate degree programs through faculty-led, program-specific information sessions and presentations, exploring the grounds of the school’s two MontecitoCarpinteria campuses, touring the Joseph Campbell Archives and Library, engaging in ongoing dialogue and community exchange, and hearing from Pacifica students and alumni about their experience and what they are doing with their degrees. One of those alums will go in-depth with her presentations: Dr. Liz Schewe, Pacifica’s Director of Clinical Training, who will lead an optional yoga session. Presenter Harry Grammer – an activist, scholar, poet, and the 2004 founder of New Earth, which works to reform the juvenile justice nationwide, which earned him a CNN Hero honor in 2017 and selection as an inaugural Obama Foundation Fellow in 2018 – is also is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Community, Liberation, and Ecopsychology program. The $35 registration fee includes all of the day’s activities, plus a continental breakfast and lunch.

Over the following two days, March 23 & 24, Pacifica hosts two one-day programs on “The Healing Power of Dreams: The Craft of Dream Tending,” with Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., the Chancellor and Founding President of Pacifica who is a professor of depth psychology at the institute. Working with tools and methods from Dream Tending, participants will learn how to access the power and potential alive in dreams, discover how to engage untapped creativity and deep intelligence, and experience ways of transforming nightmare images to serve a more constructive purpose. Admission to either 10 am to 4 pm session costs $45-$75. Call (805) 969-3626 or visit www.pacifica.edu.

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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)

FRIDAY, MARCH 22 NatureTrack Film Fest – Sure, SBIFF is already six weeks gone, the Oscars are over, and even the Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival and UCSB A&L’s Banff and Mountainkids compilation screenings are in the rear view mirror. But we on the South Coast are silly with celluloid (or rather drink on digital, these days) and even more enamored with the environment. So NatureTrack Film Festival was created as an extension of the nonprofit NatureTrack, launched in 2011, that provides cost-free outdoor field trips for Santa Barbara County school-aged children, utilizing local trails and beaches throughout the county. This weekend’s three-day fest features filmmakers from around the world sharing their adventures, stories, and documentaries to support the next generation of empowered nature lovers. The event that aims to excite, energize and deepen your connection to the outdoors through the power of film not only shows screenings but also offers opportunities to interact intimately with nature through docent-led hikes and delicious dinners focused on particular films and filmmakers. The quaint town of Los Olivos, located at the gateway to the Dick Smith Wilderness, is laid back enough for leisurely strolls between films and wine-tasting wandering – i.e. stargazing of the more celestial kind.

Visit the website for the schedule, film descriptions, tickets and more information. WHEN: Today through Sunday INFO: (805) 886-2047 or https://naturetrackfilmfestival.org ‘Dr. Miracle’ Downtown – The zany one-act operetta, composed by Georges Bizet of Carmen fame when he was just 18 years old, whisks together thwarted romance, comical disguises, and a dash of bad cuisine.

The piece known for its “omelette quartet” and based – appropriately, calendar-wise – on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play Saint Patrick’s Day is a fast-paced 50-minute one-act starring Opera Santa Barbara’s Chrisman Studio Artists (the young singers who also serve as the chorus for major productions), including soprano Jennifer Lindsay as Loretta, mezzosoprano Ashley Kay Armstrong as Vivian, baritone Yazid Gray as the Sheriff, and Michael Kollmorgen as the titular Doc Miracle and Captain Samuel/Pierre.

Pacific Opera Project’s Josh Shaw – who directed OSB’s celebrated The Barber of Seville in 2018 – returns to helm the stripped-down show. Set in the American West and sung in English, the operetta will be performed at happy hour over the weekend at the Center Stage Theater where the tickets include a free small bites and wine reception prior to the show.

WHEN: 6 pm today through Sunday

FRIDAY, MARCH 22 Punks on Parade – Los Angeles-based Flogging Molly, the Celtic-infused punk rock band founded two decades ago and still led by Dublin-born vocalist Dave King (lead vocals, guitar, bodhran), used to set sail on their annual Salty Dog Cruise over St. Patrick’s Day. Fortunately, it’s since been moved to November, or else the band that fuses the energy of both traditional Irish music and American punk rock would be out on the ocean instead of playing a post-St. Paddy’s Day show at the Chumash. That’s where you can catch the rowdy folk-rock punk revival collective whose sound has been compared to such other Irish bands as the Pogues and Black 47, but the raucous sextet has their own brashness that even further defies genre lines. Flogging Molly – named for their regular gigs at the L.A. bar Molly Malones in the late 1990s – still retains most of its original members – fiddle player Bridget Regan, guitarist Dennis Casey, bassist Nathen Maxwell, and mandolinist Bob Schmidt, now augmented by drummer Mike Alonso since recording their sixth album, Life Is Good, in Dublin in 2017. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom, 3400 Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $69-$99 INFO: (800) CHUMASH or www.chumashcasino.com

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FRIDAY, MARCH 22 Cash-ing In – There is no shortage of Johnny Cash cover bands around SoCal, even a couple of them in the 805. So we were a bit stymied to read that DM Productions, which is presenting A Tribute to Johnny Cash at the Lobero tonight, headlines their press release with the exclamation “The Only Cash Tribute Band.” Then we noticed that “The Only Cash Tribute Band” is actually the title of the group formed by Danny Millsap (no relation to country star Ronnie Milsap) who declared himself “hooked” after seeing the original Man In Black (not to be confused with the movie franchise starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones) back in 1990. Nowadays, Millsap and his cohorts “do our part to keep his music alive... recreating the style, mystery and music of the legendary Johnny Cash… We promise to be true to the Cash sound and make Johnny proud.” The info promises that the band performs with “strong conviction and stunning accuracy… to faithfully recreate Johnny Cash’s biggest hits in a toe-tapping trip down memory lane, honoring his life and music.” And, audience participation is part of every show. So get ready to jump into the ring of fire, or at least walk the line. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $29-$54 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero. com (photo by Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Look Magazine Photograph Collection, card number lmc1998005787/PP)

(5 pm reception) WHERE: Upstairs in the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center, at the intersection of Chapala and De la Guerra Streets COST: $25 general, $12 ages 18 and under INFO: (805) 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater. org SATURDAY, MARCH 23 Nursery Rhymes to Cabaret – Although the performance time slots in at just 60 minutes, Santa Barbara Music Club will present a program of chamber music and song that somehow manages to range from the classical tradition to musical theater. Pianist Betty Oberacker and soprano Carolyn Kimball Holmquist kick things off with a selection of songs spanning the gamut of stylistic and emotional spectra, including a parody of nursery rhymes (via then 10-year-old British musical polyglot Victor HelyHutchinson’s “Old Mother Hubbard” that slightly mocks Handel’s operatic style), horrifying lullaby, comedic aria, absurd cabaret (Bolcom’s “Lime Jello: An American Cabaret”), and even a medley of numbers from a the classic American musical My Fair Lady. Following the vocal-piano pyrotechnics, Oberacker joins violinist Nicole McKenzie to close the afternoon program with Fauré’s Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 13. WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: Faulkner Gallery in the downtown Public Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. COST: free INFO: www.sbmusicclub.org

“Spring is when life’s alive in everything.” – Christina Rossetti

SUNDAY, MARCH 24 Bass-ic Combo – Jazz bassistsinger Kristin Korb, who was inspired to sing and play bass at the same time as a grad student at UC San Diego, studied with the legendary bassist Ray Brown, with whom she made her recording debut back in 1996. She later taught at USC, where she was coordinator of vocal jazz studies, and served as Director of Jazz Studies at Central Washington University. Inspired by the days when music was romantic, Korb and her trio embody that spirit and carry their audiences along for the ride. Apparently authentically so, as love eventually led to the American bassist and vocalist moving to Denmark in 2011. It was over in Europe in 2016 that Korb recorded her eighth CD, Beyond the Moon, a tribute to lyricist Johnny Mercer featuring several of his biggest hits as well as her settings for some unpublished texts that Mercer never made into songs. Korb and her stateside band – pianist Andy Langham and her brother, drummer Ryan Korb – make it back stateside periodically, and SOhO seems to be on the itinerary. She did a Jazz Society gig back in 2017 and it’s under their auspices that she returns this afternoon for what promises to be a potent performance. WHEN: 1-4 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 general, $15 SBJS 21 – 28 March 2019

SATURDAY, MARCH 23 Something Old, Something New – It’s Magic!, America’s longest-running comedy and magic revue, returns to the Lobero with an all-new lineup of top illusionists direct from exotic showrooms and Hollywood’s famous Magic Castle barely a month after Castle cofounder Milt Larsen (a former longtime Montecito resident) opened the new Magic Castle Cabaret right here in Santa Barbara across from the Bird Refuge. The one-of-a-kind magic show that has been delighting comedy and magic fans in Santa Barbara for more 20 years at the Lobero is celebrating its 62nd edition, this time starring Victor and Diamond, Ray Pierce, Dana Daniels (whose act features a “straight bird” Luigi), Alexander Great, and others. Hurry, tickets are disappearing – sorry! – quickly. WHEN: 2 & 6:30 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $29 & $35 reserved, $20 children ($80 VIP tickets include priority seating, and entry to a private reception before the 2 pm performance) INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

members, $7 members who are local professional jazz musicians or fulltime students INFO: 962-7776/www. sohosb.com or 687-7123/www. sbjazz.org Sing in the Spring – Santa Barbara Revels 12th annual Spring Pub Sing invites all to raise a glass while lifting your voice in song via a swarthy selection of Irish ditties, sea shanties, favorite folk classics, familiar rounds, and beloved traditional tunes.

Revels Song Leader Erin McKibben will be accompanied by Andrew Manos in welcoming the change of seasons with music-making, mirth, and merriment appropriate for the entire family. Admission includes a songbook, a beverage, and a guaranteed “terrific time.” As the Revels motto reveals, “join us and be joyous.” WHEN: 5-7 pm WHERE: Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant, 18 E. Ortega St. COST: $15 general, $10 children INFO: (805) 364-4630 or

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www.santabarbararevels.org Crist-mas in March – Standup comedian John Crist’s videos have received more than a billion views, making the comic a true viral sensation via such videos as “Millennial International,” “Road Rage in the Church Parking Lot,” and “Every Parent at Disney.” Once an opener for lots of big name laugh-generators, his “Human Being Tour” sold out every venue last fall, with Crist performing in front of more than 100,000 people over the 55 dates. With the church as one of his primary targets, Crist visits our local “cathedral,” aka the Arlington Theatre, for a stop on his latest coast-tocoast trek. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 1317 State St. COST: $25-$40 (WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 1317 State St. COST: $65-$150 ($75 & $150 Priority & VIP tickets include pre-show Q&A and photo op with Crist) INFO: (805) 963-4408/www.thearlingtontheatre. com or www.axs.com •MJ

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SUNDAY, MARCH 24 Berry Interesting Background – Thirty years ago, director Taylor Hackford, a sometimes Santa Barbara resident, helmed the seminal music documentary Chuck Berry: Hail!

Hail! Rock ’N’ Roll, which profiled the legendary early rock star during a starstudded concert celebrating his 60th birthday. Keith Richards invited a roster of great musicians to commemorate Berry’s milestone in concert at St. Louis Fox Theatre, including Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Linda Ronstadt, Etta James, and Julian Lennon and others, with Stephanie Bennett producing the film. Bennett is the creator of Delilah Books – the first publisher of rock and roll books, including the best-selling biography of Bruce Springsteen’s early career, Born to Run, and Delilah Films where her 30-plus music and concert documentaries include The Compleat Beatles, The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert, Roy Orbison – A Black and White Night, Joni Mitchell – Woman of Heart and Mind, and The Beach Boys – Endless Summer. Bennett’s new book, Johnny B Bad: Chuck Berry and the Making of Hail Hail Rock ‘N’ Roll, was published just last Monday, and she and Hackford (who went on to direct the Oscar-decorated Ray Charles biopic Ray) will both be on hand for a special Q&A session following a screening of Hail in its entirety. WHEN: 4 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $20 reserved ($70 VIP tickets include a Meet & Greet at 3pm in the Lobero Courtyard) INFO: (805) 9630761 or www.lobero.com

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When: 5 pm Where: Carpinteria Woman’s Club, 1059 Vallecito Road

The Future of Montecito Library Moderated by Montecito Library Staff and First District Supervisor Das Williams; the community is invited to share ideas, hopes, and dreams for the Montecito Library. Library patrons, supporters, business owners, and local residents are invited to explore their vision for how the library can best strengthen and serve our community.

Children are encouraged to attend and participate in this important discussion.

When: 5:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Ask A Pilot!

Ever wonder what those clunking noises are? How TSA works? Who decides the delays or announcements made in the air? What’s the best and worst part about piloting a large flying object?

The University Club is starting a new Fireside Talks series called “Ask A”, and it is free and open to the public.

Come enjoy Montecito resident Captain Karen Kahn, one of the first female commercial airline pilots in America.

Her stories will entertain you, and answers to any questions will fascinate.

Food and drink are available for purchase at 6 pm in the bar.

When: 6:30 to 7:30 pm Where: University Club of Santa Barbara, 1332 Santa Barbara Street RSVP: Natalie@uclubsb.org THURSDAY, MARCH 28 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito When: 1 pm Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 East Anapamu

Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library When: 2 pm to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, MARCH 29 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is 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 30 Treasure Hunt in Carpinteria Seventy-five vendor stalls will overflow with treasures and merchandise at the Museum Marketplace on the grounds of the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History. This popular monthly fundraiser features antiques, collectibles, hand-crafted gifts, plants, and great bargains on gently used and vintage goods of every description, including jewelry, furniture, housewares, clothing, books, toys, and much more.

When: 8 am Where: 965 Maple Avenue in Carpinteria Info: 684-3112 SUNDAY, MARCH 31 Open House Skin Essentials in the upper village hosts an open house featuring cosmetic surgeon Dr. Michael Giuffrida, who will answer questions about the latest techniques in plastic surgery. Light refreshments served.

When: noon to 2 pm Where: Pane E Vino Patio, 1482 East Valley Road RSVP: (805) 695-8699

Bach’s Birthday Celebration An All-Bach Concert at Trinity Episcopal Church When: 3:30 pm Where: 1500 State Street Cost: $10 suggested donation Info: tjoyce@trinitysb.org

710 Santa Barbara Street Cost: suggested donation Info: beemancron@gmail.com

ONGOING Fire Prevention Cleanup The Montecito Fire Protection District will conduct its annual neighborhood fire prevention cleanup program starting the week of February 25, 2019. The program is offered to residents in the community to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation in order to create a more defensible and survivable space around the property and to reduce the overall community threat from wildfire.

The District’s Wildland Specialists offer property inspections to educate the residents on ways they can improve the defensible space around their home.

Upcoming schedule: 3/11/19 for the Lower Romero, Oak Grove, Alisos, Olive, Piedras, Veloz, Lilac, Featherhill, Camino del Rosario, Knollwood, Tabor, and Orchard neighborhood Fundamentals of Backpacking Dust off your backpacks and lace up your boots (trail runners)! The Los Padres Forest Association (LPFA) will once again be hosting a Fundamentals of Backpacking course. This will be the 6th year of organizing backpacking classes.

The classes are designed for introductory backpackers of all ages but no matter what your backpacking skill level, there will be tons to learn. The instructors are seasoned thru-hikers, local experts and gear gurus with decades of experience. The topics for the classes include: footwear, mapping/ GPS, backpacks, ultralight, clothing systems, water filtration, sleeping options, shelters/tents/hammocks, cooking, and electronics, and there will be in-the-field experience to put the skills to use.

When: The 5-week course starts March 6 and lasts through April 3, 7 pm to 9 pm Where: La Cuesta High School,

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MONDAYS Meditation in Movement Nurture your heart, soul, body, and mind with yoga teacher Dawn O’Bar who teaches every Monday at Montecito Covenant Church; childcare provided When: 8:45 am to 9:45 am Where: 671 Cold Spring Road Cost: donations accepted Contact: anna@mcchurch.org 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 TUESDAYS Story Time at the Library When: 10:30 to 11 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS Connections Brain Fitness Group Brain program for adults who wish to improve memory and cognitive skills. Fun and challenging games, puzzles, and memory-strengthening exercises are offered in a friendly and stimulating environment.

When: Mondays & Wednesdays, 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50 (includes lunch) Info: 969-0859 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 Carpinteria Creative Arts Ongoing weekly arts and crafts show with many different vendors and mediums.

When: every Thursday from 3 to 6:30 pm in conjunction with the Carpinteria farmers market.

Where: intersection of Linden and 8th streets Information: Sharon at (805) 291-1957 THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS Wine and cheese tasting at Montecito Village Grocery When: 3:30 to 5:30 pm Where: 1482 East Valley Road •MJ

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More on the Nets

At a gathering at the upper village green on Monday, March 18, the founders of the Partnership For Resilient Communities welcomed dozens of members of the community who have given funds towards the installation of Swiss-made steel ring nets slated to be installed in the coming weeks.

Six of the nets will be installed in the canyons above Cold Spring, Buena Vista, and San Ysidro creeks; supplies to build the nets will be brought in by helicopter. The nets, of which there was a sample for donors to see up close, will be anchored into the sides of the canyon and will sit three to five feet above the canyon; they allow fine soil, sediments, ash, mud, and water to keep moving, while capturing large wood material and boulders. They also allow for the movement of fish and wildlife.

Biologists, geologists, and engineers are currently at the installation sites surveying the topography and planning the installations, according to Partnership executive director Pat McElroy, who spoke at the event.

It’s expected the nets will be installed

by May 15, and the trails located in the areas will remain open. “It’s an unprecedented collaborative effort,” McElroy said about the project, which was permitted in December via emergency permits from the County of Santa Barbara, the Army Corps of Engineers, the CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, the California Water Quality Control Board, and authorization from private landowners.

Summer Camp at the Montecito YMCA is filling up fast; registration is now available online

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The founders of the Partnership for Resilient Communities hosted a gathering on Monday to thank the donors who have stepped up to pay for six steel ring nets that are set to be installed in the coming weeks

The Partnership is still seeking $1M to finish this first phase of construction. $4.3M has already been raised by over 300 donors. For more information, visit www.partner shipsb.org.

Planning Commissioner Steps Down

Montecito Planning Commissioner Joe Cole has stepped down from the Montecito Planning Commission, after being reappointed in January 2018 to fill the seat left vacant by Dan Eidelson. Cole served as chair of the Commission following the 1/9 Debris Flow through the end

of 2018, and says he values the experience. “It was humbling to watch everyone associated with the County work long and effective hours on Montecito’s disaster recovery and rebuilding, whether public safety, supervisors, county executives, commissioners, or dedicated employees in Planning & Development, Public Works and other departments,” he said.

Cole is currently heavily involved with the Partnership for Resilient Communities, serving on the core team of founders of the organization.

We’ll have more on the Montecito Planning Commission’s upcoming meeting in next week’s edition.

The Montecito Family YMCA is gearing up for another summer filled with adventure, laughter, and enriching the lives of the Y campers, parents, and staff.

Y Camp is accredited by the American Camp Association, which recognizes that the YMCA facilitates summer camp programs that are committed to building a safe, nurturing environment for their children. The memories, friendships, and skills from summer camp stay with a child long after back-to-school. While a child is free to play and explore at camp, they are also developing cognitive and social-emotional abilities. Summer Camp at the Y is structured with adventure, songs, sports, and crafts, which serve as powerful forms of self-discovery, and teachable moments.

The enrollment and registration process can be completed online for the first time this year, and camp is filling up at record speed. To register, visit: www.ciymca.org/camp.

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING (805) 565-1860 MORTGAGE SERVICES REVERSE MORTGAGE SERVICES Reverse Mortgage Specialist Ask about the new Jumbo Reverse Equity Line.

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Peaceful furnished 2bd/1.5b cottage with pool in Mission canyon area.

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Exquisite BEN KAHN SABLE SILVER TIP COAT Mint Condition, FL47”, Notch Collar Orig $175K Sell $45,000 w BH Appraisal Call Malibu 310-457-3301

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LUCKY’S . . . for lunch • Smaller Plates and Starter Salads •

• Main Course Salads •

Iceberg Lettuce Wedge ....................................................................10 roquefort or thousand island dressing

Sliced Steak Salad, 6 oz................................................................... 27 arugula, radicchio, endive, sautéed onion

Arugula, Radicchio & Endive, reggiano, balsamic vinaigrette.... 12 Caesar Salad..................................................................................... 12 Farm Greens, balsamic vinaigrette................................................. 12 Jimmy the Greek Salad, french feta ............................................... 12 Giant Shrimp Cocktail (3 pcs)........................................................ 18 Grilled Artichoke, choice of sauce.................................................. 12 Burrata, tomatoes, arugula, evoo....................................................15 French Onion Soup Gratinée ......................................................... 12 Matzo Ball Soup or Today’s Soup ..................................................10 Lucky Chili, cheddar, onions, warm corn bread............................14 Fried Calamari, two sauces ............................................................. 12 Lucky Meatballs, tomato sauce, grilled ciabatta...........................15

Seafood Louie ....................................................................................32 two shrimp, 4 oz. crab, egg, romaine, tomato ,cucumber, avocado Cobb Salad, roquefort dressing .......................................................20 Chopped Salad ...................................................................................18 arugula, radicchio, shrimp, prosciutto, beans, onions Charred Rare Tuna Nicoise Salad................................................... 27 Old School Chinese Chicken Salad ................................................20 Chilled Poached Salmon Salad of the day .....................................22 Lucky’s Salad .................................................................................... 19 romaine, shrimp, bacon, green beans, avocado and roquefort

• Sandwiches • Fries, Farm Greens or Caesar

• Tacos and other Mains •

Lucky Burger, choice of cheese, soft bun or kaiser ...................... 20 Vegetarian Burger, choice of cheese .............................................. 20 soft bun or kaiser (burger patty is vegan)

Chicken, Swordfish or Steak Tacos .................................................22 beans, guacamole, salsa, tortillas

Sliced Filet Mignon Open Faced Sandwich, 6 oz. .......................27 mushroom sauce

Fried Chicken Breast, boneless & skinless, coleslaw and fries ...... 19 Chicken Parmesan, San Marzano tomato sauce ............................22 imported mozzarella, basil

Reuben Sandwich, corned beef, kraut & gruyère on rye ............. 20

Salmon, blackened, grilled or steamed ...........................................22 lemon-caper butter sauce, sautéed spinach

Chili Dog, onions, cheddar & kraut - all on the side ....................14 Maine Lobster Roll, warm buttered D’Angelo roll ..................... 29

Sautéed Tofu, Japanese vinaigrette, green onions, shiitakes ..........18 Sliced Prime NY Steak Frites, 7 oz. ...............................................29 red wine shallot or peppercorn cream sauce Smoked Scottish Salmon, Toasted Bialy or Bagel .........................20 cream cheese & condiments

Grilled Chicken Breast Club on a Soft Bun ................................ 20 bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado

• Sides • Skinny Onion Rings or Herbie’s Potato Skins ................................9 Lucky’s Home Fries or Fried Sweet Potatoes ..................................9 Lucky’s Half & Half .......................................................................... 10 Sautéed Spinach or Sugar Snap Peas ...............................................9

Our Corkage Fee is $35 per 750ml bottle with a 2-bottle limit per table • 20% Gratuity added to parties of six or more