A Bridge to Santa Barbara

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MOXI is helping the community by keeping children engaged through immersive experiences at home, page 22

A Bridge to Santa Barbara

John Dwight Bridge was a critical figure in the Santa Barbara Cultural Renaissance, with his personal journey impacting the development of the city’s expansive arts scene (story begins on p.12)

Lending a Helping Hand

The Santa Ynez Valley Therapeutic Riding Program is helping those on the autism spectrum through support of Montecito Bank & Trust, page 8

Here’s to You, Mom

Moving to the Orange Tier is looking mighty golden for those looking to celebrate Mother’s Day at one of these top restaurants, page 14

‘No Detail Was Spared’

The new and highly anticipated Salon & Spa at San Ysidro Ranch is ready for its close-up, with plans to fully open next week, page 6

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5 Montecito on the Move Fire season is officially upon us, which means diligence on everyone’s part is critical. The Randall Road Basin project is a reminder of the lasting impacts of wildfires.

6 Village Beat The highly anticipated Salon & Spa at San Ysidro Ranch is ready for its close-up, with plans to fully open next week 8 Community Focus The Santa Ynez Valley Therapeutic Riding Program is helping those on the autism spectrum through the support of Montecito Bank & Trust 10 Letters to the Editor As the controversy surrounding Cold Spring School rolls on, Sandy Stahl says it is time for the administration to pony up public legal documents 11 Community News Throngs of locals and tourists alike made their way down to the Santa Barbara Harbor to get a look at its unexpected new residents — a handful of black swans 12 The Way it Was John Dwight Bridge was a critical figure in the Santa Barbara Cultural Renaissance, with his personal journey impacting the development of the city’s arts scene 14 Nosh Town Celebrate your favorite moms this Mother’s Day by treating them to a special lunch at one of these SB-area restaurants on May 9 16 On Entertainment Well-known for his writing prowess on Sleepless in Seattle, Jeff Arch’s pen is at it again with his own novel Attachments, a personal journey for the Carpinteria resident 18 Critter Care In what looked like a scene out of The Birds, nearly 1,000 Vaux’s swifts needed some quick think-

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ing by local authorities after being holed up in a chimney 20 Meta Crossword Puzzles It’s the beginning of the month, which means a full page of your favorite puzzles!

22 The Giving List In the spirit of innovation — a core principle for the organization — MOXI is helping the community by keeping children engaged through immersive experiences at home Brilliant Thoughts Ashleigh Brilliant says that the aromas of flowers and a sniff of great food isn’t enough to feed the craving for attractive smells 23 Robert’s Big Questions Robert Bernstein asks an intriguing question: Is there any technology today that did not start out as mere intellectual curiosity?

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The Optimist Daily Hawaii is poised to take a momentous step in the recognition of the severity of climate change 27 Legal Advertisements 28 Montecito Miscellany The Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club returned to the field, with dozens in attendance, while Richard pays his respects to the late Anne Douglas 36 Your Westmont A scaled-down and socially distant commencement celebrates grads on May 8, while Westmont museum features senior capstone art projects 43 SB by the Glass Dave Potter and his wife participated in the influx of alcohol drinking amid COVID, but the winemakers have also created a new alcohol-free, wine-inspired drinks 46 Classified Advertising 46 Local Business Directory

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Montecito on the Move

by Sharon Byrne, Executive Director, Montecito Association

Big Problems Call for Big Solutions

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igh fire season in Santa Barbara County started on May 3, with California coming off a record-setting year. According to the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council (SBCFSC), a total of 9,639 fires burned some 4.4 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire season recorded in the state’s modern history. The 2021 fire season is particularly concerning because the county has received 50 percent of its normal rainfall, making drought-stressed vegetation more susceptible to burning.

With the help of generous donations from Pacific Gas & Electric and the Santa Barbara Foundation, SBCFSC recently created an instructional video to help residents prepare their properties to mitigate the negative impacts of wildfires.

You can find the video as well as other helpful resources at our newly updated webpage: https://sbfiresafecouncil.org/get-ready/

Ground-breaking Begins on the Randall Road Debris Basin

Editor’s note: Curtis Skene aided in the following report The Randall Road Debris Basin is the biggest public works attempted by the county in 15-20 years. Roughly 390,000 cubic yards of material came down San Ysidro Creek in the 2018 Debris Flow, according to the U.S. Geological Services.

Roughly 150,000 of that was rock and debris.

About 300,000 cubic yards came down Montecito Creek. Randall Road is a big deal and will make a real difference, according to Curtis Skene. Flood Control is going to dig out 100,000 cubic yards for Randall Road, and when complete, it will be the third-largest debris basin in the county.

“It was a big team effort, all the way to Sacramento and D.C. Everyone there felt like this is a big win, something really good for the community. There’s a huge sense of gratitude for everyone that stepped up to do something to make this happen.”

Congressman Salud Carbajal and our former State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson were present at the groundbreaking.

Curtis and Tom Fayram had been to see Jackson in her office three times, clarifying whether or not they were on a list for FEMA, national, state or regional.

She got Toby Halverson on the phone, who is now with Cal Fire. He called Cal FEMA and helped move it across the finish line.

Curtis had the vision for the debris basin some three years ago, after his childhood home was hit for the second time in a debris flow. He evacuated his 104-year-old mother the day before January 9, and she passed away peacefully a few days later.

The first time the house washed out was in 1969, after the 1964 Coyote Fire.

Curtis was in boarding school at the time, which he tried to leave and take 10 friends to go home and sandbag the house. The headmaster denied permission, of course. A day later, permission was granted, as it was a Friday. Curtis and the 10 friends sandbagged the entire north-facing part of the home to about four feet. They heard the storm coming. When the debris flow hit, they thought it was going to go up over the sandbags. It almost did but stopped just short. The whole garden was wiped out, but the house was saved.

Vicki Riskin’s house, gone in the 2018 Debris Flow, saw mudflow to the eaves of the house in 1969. For comparison, Curtis noted the Thomas debris flow was well up over 14 feet on Randall Road.

With that, we’re reminded that Montecito’s geological clock indicates we’re not out of the woods for big debris flows. The 1969 flow that Curtis lived through and defended his home against happened five years after the Coyote Fire that took out the old Hot Springs Hotel. You can still see the base of the foundation of the old hotel on the Hot Springs Trail. Curtis is functioning as a bit of Montecito’s living historian, having lived through both of these debris flows.

We’re still vulnerable, heading into drought, to both fire and debris flow, as a community. That raises concerns about our local office of emergency management. I’ve listened to concerns from community members about the lack of key warnings in the past two years, and I’ve subsequently shared those concerns.

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Village Beat

The tranquil retreat features lavish furnishings and a stone fireplace, adding to the ambiance

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

San Ysidro Ranch Spa Debut

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his weekend Montecito’s famed San Ysidro Ranch will host a preview of its new Salon & Spa, located in a classic board and batten style cottage on the picturesque property. With plans to fully open next week, the Salon & Spa also features a relaxing courtyard surrounded by fragrant gardens and shaded by vine-covered pergolas.

“No detail was spared in the design process and it was designed with the comfort and relaxation of our resort guests and local patrons in mind,” said a rep for the award-winning hotel, which is owned by Ty Warner.

The cottage-style retreat features lavish furnishings, a stone fireplace, and whimsical wall coverings of hand-painted vignettes of songbirds.

“Imagine if the Queen’s Hamlet at Versailles had a salon and spa,” said the hotel rep. “It’s a beautifully restored rustic cottage that has a storybook feel with whimsical songbird

murals and surrounded by meticulously manicured gardens. But it also offers the modern conveniences of a world-class spa featuring state-of-theart facilities and luxury services.”

The spa features private dining from the award-winning Stonehouse Restaurant, and wines from the resort’s award-winning wine cellar.

The Ranch has always offered salon and spa services on property, in the privacy of the guest cottages. The new Salon & Spa building once housed administrative staff before being transformed into a tranquil spa destination.

SYR will continue to offer guests the option to have services/treatments in their private cottage gardens; each cottage is outfitted with a sunken tub and outdoor shower.

San Ysidro Ranch has been open throughout the pandemic, offering contactless check-in, cottage-side parking, and complimentary in-cottage dining or patio dining at the

Stonehouse Restaurant.

The Salon & Spa will feature Yon-Ka Paris luxury skincare and Intraceuticals oxygen therapy and is the only salon in the region to offer world-renowned Shu Uemura haircare products. The Salon features Yume Spa Dream chairs crafted in Japan, allowing for deep relaxation. Each treatment is delivered with a nurturing touch and customized to guest preferences. Essential oils for calming treatments are infused with lavender, rosemary, and lemons extracted directly from the Ranch gardens, and the Spa will offer outdoor hair and nail care under the courtyard pergolas.

Offerings include men’s and women’s haircare, including cuts, colors, and style; custom facials and massages; aromatherapy body treatments; waxing; bridal hair and makeup; and manicures and pedicures. For those

wanting a true spa day, the Salon & Spa offers a “Day of Rejuvenation,” which includes a 30-minute soak in a hydro spa tub or steam shower, a 90-minute Swedish massage, a 60-minute facial, and a salon wash and style.

For more information, visit www. sanysidroranch.com.

Randall Road Debris Basin Groundbreaking

On Monday, government officials, staff, contractors, and community partners broke ground at the future site of the Randall Road Debris Basin; a project outlined at length two weeks ago in the Montecito Journal.

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Community Focus

Healing Power of Horses: Montecito Bank & Trust Aids Therapeutic Riding Program

by Zach Rosen

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onprofits often have to work closely with banks to help support their growth and launch new initiatives. Like a horse and rider working together, the bank can help the organization get to where it is trying to go.

As part of their ongoing goal to give back to the community, Montecito Bank & Trust (MBT) has been hosting their Anniversary Grants program since 1993. Nearly every month, 10 different 501(c)3 nonprofits that have been personally nominated by a MBT associate are given a $2,000 check to help support their organization.

This month the recipient of the grant is the 30-year-old organization Santa Ynez Valley Therapeutic Riding The Santa Ynez Valley Therapeutic Riding Program serves Program (SYV TRP), which provides those on the autism spectrum, as well as others in need horse therapy programs to a wide vari- of healing ety of community members with special needs or just in need of some healing.

This nomination is a recognition of their efforts in the community and represents the long, close relationship they have with MBT. As SYV TRP Executive Director Robin Serritslev puts it, “Montecito Bank & Trust have been with us steadfastly for the last decade. Every need we have, either banking wise or to

sponsor a fundraiser, they’re so easy and they’re wonderful. Monica Trouve’Sapp has attended all of our galas in the past and is just a huge cheerleader for our organization. Through all of the SBA PPP they have just been incredible, and Monica has gone above and beyond what any banker could ever do in my expectation.”

For years, SYV TRP has been helping heal the community. It was first developed by Dr. Mary Ann Evans in 1990 and is now located at the Santa Ynez Valley Equestrian Center. Therapeutic riding has been particularly helpful for individuals on the autism spectrum or with cerebral palsy.

“The movement of the horse’s walking gait stimulates our spinal cord and language center of the brain, so we just see beautiful things happen. One of our moms said, ‘You know, my son is non-verbal, but when he rides, he sings,’ and we have lots of music going on for those that enjoy music,” Serritslev explained.

“We just take a holistic approach and have a wonderful time together.”

It is easy to see where the organization gets their slogan: Walk. Trot. Heal.

SYV TRP normally hosts nearly 70 students with about half of them coming as solo riders and the other half joining through one of their group riding programs. From a school’s special education students to a program working with veterans, their organization offers a variety of focused programs for a range of ages and particular needs. The pandemic has limited services, but they currently have about 30 riders, with a growing waiting list and are slowly bringing back their range of focused programs as it is safe to do so. The United Cerebral Palsy program will be coming back in June, while the Hidden Wings program, which focuses on adults on the autism spectrum or with developmental delays, will also come back in June. Needless to say, the staff (and the horses) are excited for everyone to start coming back.

Once a student is accepted into the program, they are free to stay as long as they would like. Some of their students have been with them for 15 years and many develop special bonds with their horse. Since the returning students may not have seen their horse in a while, these moments offer a meaningful chance for them to reconnect. Robin mentions, “We have one boy, age five, and he has a little motorized wheelchair. His horse just came over to him, and just snuggled up to him in his lap, it was just such a sweet homecoming,” Serritslev said.

“They really build these beautiful bonds with each other and they recognize their students and people.”

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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 letters@montecitojournal.net

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Community Voices column in the April 29-May 6 edition entitled, Despite Recent Narrative Cold Spring School Deserves Community’s Support, was written by a group of community members and not a single author.

Cold Spring School: Time to Pony Up Legal Docs

I truly cannot understand all the controversy surrounding the issue at Cold Spring School. Letters being signed by those attending the school, who by available statistics are more families renting than those owning homes in this district, have nothing to do with what is a very simple single issue.

The accounting of the last two bond measures is legally public record. The people at the school, who, I am assuming are the principal and chairperson of the school board, need to produce those line-item documents. This is not a secret. Many of us who have lived in this part of Montecito since 1995, such as me, have two bonds on our property tax statements. As those paying for the measures, we are entitled to know exactly how each dollar has been spent.

If that information is being withheld, it has literally nothing to do with personalities, who likes the school, nor who now or in the past has attended the school.

The current administration is withholding public information. It should be published and made available to whoever wants to see it. Everything else happening at the school are separate issues, but I believe all of it is based on lack of any transparency on the part of the administration. They are not entitled to parse out this information. Either publish for the public how that money has been spent or

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resign and let new responsible people who understand their legal responsibility to take charge.

Sandy Stahl Montecito

Building More Doesn’t Solve Real Housing Issue

I would like to respond to Ms. Steinbeck’s letter regarding her “sadness” to Hannah-Beth Jackson’s apparent unwillingness to support State Bills, SB-9 and SB-10. Once again, Ms. Steinbeck, as with many others follow this wrong assumption we are in a “housing crisis.” There is no “crisis,” as there is plenty of housing available, one only needs to look in any real estate magazine. The “crisis” is the affordability of the housing, the pricing of which is governed almost completely independent of building or local municipal codes or local design guidelines!

It is more expensive to build in the Santa Barbara area, primarily because of its very popular and beautiful location, the types of people and property investment companies that buy here, and the return they get in their investment, which right now, is very good and has a history of being so.

Whether this becomes high density or piled high with multi-family (workforce housing) it will still be expensive!

So that comes to my next point.

What type of community do the people who actually work and live here want?

Yes, we have working families, as Ms. Steinbeck points out, the seniors, educators, healthcare professionals, etc., that are generally priced out of being able to afford a home and in order to do so would need subsidized housing. Which adds another tax burden to those that actually live here and

pay those taxes. It becomes a vicious cycle, it’s this assumption of mass high-density construction that everything will become magically cheaper.

Real estate values do not operate that way, at least not in this location. It seems odd hearing about this chronic housing shortage, yet we also hear about California losing its population.

In fact, we will be giving up one congressional seat in Congress for the first time in our state’s history.

Yes, California is expensive, it’s the price we pay to live in one of the most beautiful and most diverse locations in the world. There are forces actually at work now driving down home and rental prices that have nothing to do with the “exclusionary zoning laws” that Ms. Steinbeck references, but the very fact many people can stay home and work anywhere in the country, you can thank the internet for that.

The more accurate issue, I believe, is how to manage our success that actually addresses the needs for housing without making things even worse.

Building more, more, and more is not that answer. And what about quality-of-life issues, the indirect impact of all this new construction? Traffic, water use, overall experience of living here? The fact that no one is really addressing that, or in many ways trying to sabotage it, is what’s really sad and not responsible!

Brian Miller

Of Liars and Unspectacular Speeches

I am a registered independent.

What does that mean?

First of all, it means taking in data to make the most informed decision as possible.

I realize as a forward-thinking person that the media tries to play to our emotions.

I also realize some of the media relies on the us-against-them mentality.

But to paraphrase a blue-collar, hard-working president, here’s the deal: It is extremely refreshing to have a person in the highest job in the land trying to heal and unite our United States and beyond.

I can blame Sen. Ted Cruz for an abundance of things.

I was really pulling for Beto O’Rourke to take his Senate seat.

Cruz is sharp and one of the best debaters I have ever seen.

He is a Harvard Law School prodigy.

Cruz authored some 70 Supreme Court briefs and presented 43 oral arguments. Yet, he somehow forgot to tell the Federal Election Commission that he took out nearly $1 million in low-interest loans and failed to report it.

Let us also remember what our former president called the senator.

“Lyin” Ted Cruz.

“If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?” – Milton Berle

That brings me to President Joe Biden’s 100-day speech.

I saw Sen. Cruz fall asleep during his speech.

I do not like the man who kissed up to 45 after the vitriol he spewed day after day.

Not to mention the bullying of his own wife with an unflattering photo.

Also, 45 repeating a National Enquirer story that his father helped Lee Harvey Oswald assassinate JFK does not sit well with me.

As much as I dislike this Senator, I completely understand him falling asleep during the President’s less-than-dynamic speech.

I took a nice little nap myself.

Steve Marko Santa Barbara

Where, Bear?

Carlos, the Bear, was reading the Montecito Association’s latest email and saw that he was mentioned inside. Apparently, a Santa Barbara County Sheriff was responding to a call on Toro Canyon Road and caught a glimpse of him walking down the road. He had seen the patrol car, but since it did not stop, and he had not found any easy food, figured he was not their bear. However, it was enough to give him the sense to head to better hunting grounds.

So, Carlos made his way to San Ysidro Road. The pickings were slim along the way, as this night was not prior to a trash day. He missed Wendy Bear as he walked. She was upset about his poor diet and eating habits, so she had been staying away.

Still, he could not help himself, or his penchant for fast food and fresh poultry, so he went about looking for an unelectrified chicken coop. He found one and this promptly brought the heat. The Sheriffs lit the place up like Liberace’s candelabra, so Carlos high tailed it out of there with only a mouth full of feathers. This was also mentioned in the article. He was getting famous, for all the wrong reasons!

Carlos felt bad afterwards, but it was so easy that he could not help himself. He did not want to hurt any humans, though he knew he had. He could still hear the whistling of the beer bottle that whizzed past him, just before the next one clonked him on the head.

“Wendy Bear is upset, the humans are mad at me, what am I going to do?” he thought. “We can’t raise cubs this way, and Wendy Bear says she wants cubs.”

Carlos went to his den, opened the fridge, pulled out a carton of berries, and ate them as he prayed for more electrified coops, motion lights, and bear-proof trash cans.

Michael Edwards Montecito •MJ 6 – 13 May 2021

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That ended abruptly on Tuesday afternoon when Julia Di Sieno, the executive director of the Animal Rescue Team, led a small rescue mission and captured the five black swans in crates — an action that will now permanently keep them in captivity. The scene was a chaotic one, as conflicting instructions led to some demanding that the black swans be left alone, while Di Sieno and her group believed the rescue effort was necessary due to the Harbor water containing materials potentially harmful to the herd.

According to Julia Parker, the director of operations at the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, advice from the California Fish and Wildlife Services originally indicated that the black swans should be left alone, potentially allowing them to migrate on their own. As more infor-

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his lunch by drawing a pencil sketch of the children of a gas station owner.

Ten miles farther, he earned a bed for the night in a tourist camp by sketching more portraits. His plan was to travel ever westward, doing whatever he could to make his way around the world.

Unlike most people in the nation, John Dwight Bridge had not fallen on hard times, but he was experiencing an existential crisis. The son of a wealthy St. Louis family and a successful artist, he had participated fully in Santa Barbara’s cultural renaissance of the 1920s.

By 1933, however, Bridge had given his entire inheritance to his wife and children, disposed of his elegant wardrobe, and hit the road in search of himself. Thus begins our tale…

by Hattie Beresford

This is the first in a two-part series about the life of John Dwight Bridge, an actor and artist that made a significant impact in Santa Barbara’s cultural scene

A Successful Prelude: John Dwight Bridge and his Impact on Santa Barbara’s Cultural Renaissance The Salina train station in Kansas where John Dwight Bridge began his journey in search of himself (author photo) John Dwight Bridge as a senior at the Pawling School in New York, where he developed his passion for drama and art

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he moon was nearly full that blustery March night in 1933, when a lone figure paused on the platform of Salina, Kansas, the closest train depot to the geographic center of the nation. Withdrawing the last of his money from a pocket of his corduroy trousers, he carefully placed the quarter and nickel on the

platform. From his flannel shirt, he retrieved a half pack of cigarettes and placed it beside the coins. Then, as the wind began to howl through that drought-stricken landscape, he took off his wedding ring and buried it beside the station.

Finding the stationmaster, he asked if there were any work to be had in

Salina. He was a painter, he said, and willing to paint houses, doors, fences, or portraits. The stationmaster shook his head — no.

It being late, he was offered a place for the night in the city jail where he slept on a bed of newspapers. In the morning, this renowned artist, whose portraits of high society debutantes and matrons had once commanded four figures, began to walk.

After the first 10 miles, he earned

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John Dwight Bridge was born in St. Louis in 1894. He was the grandson of Hudson Erastus Bridge who had left Walpole, New Hampshire, for greater opportunities and settled in the bustling frontier town of St. Louis in 1838.

There, he had established a foundry, the Empire Stove Company, and eventually the family fortune.

In 1914, after completing high school at the private boarding school in

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Grand Re-Opening with Four New Exhibits Thursday - Sunday • 10am - 5pm

Arthur Beaumont: Art of the Sea An exhibit of 53 paintings chronicling the accomplishments of the US Navy from the USS Constitution to atomic bomb tests and expeditions to the North and South Poles. On display until May 30, 2021.

SCARF (Santa Cruz Acoustic Range Facility) The onshore facility was located on the south side of Santa Cruz Island on land leased from the Santa Cruz Island Company. SCARF supported hundreds of U.S. Navy development and test programs, many of them classified.

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For centuries, the coastline of Santa Barbara featured a prominent landmark — a natural structure called “Castle Rock.”

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CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY WITH BRUNCH, DINNER AND TAKEOUT AT THESE LOCAL RESTAURANTS

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elebrate your favorite moms this Mother’s Day by treating them to a special lunch at home or taking them out for a meal at one of these SB-area restaurants on May 9. Our roundup has something for everyone, including brunch and bubbly, multiple-course menus and delectable pastries for takeout. Reservations are strongly encouraged at most restaurants.

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roprietor Crista Fleming has built a devoted brunch following – with options consisting of organic and sustainable CalAmerican classics – at her casual eatery in downtown. Fleming’s parents run the wildly popular Deux Bakery on Milpas Street; her eatery’s baked items are made fresh by mom and dad. As an homage to moms, Fleming devised two menus: Sunday Brunch and Afternoon Supper Menu, both featuring a three-course prix fixe menu.

Scarlett Begonia is offering brunch and an Afternoon Menu Highlights Brioche French Toast served with Beeler Supper on Mother’s Day bacon, strawberries, black pepper, honey, mascarpone, and shaved almonds; and shrimp and grits, served with two organic poached eggs, andouille sausage, caramelized onions, roasted red peppers, and mustard seed chow chow are just a couple standout items on Scarlett Begonia’s Mother’s Day brunch menu.

Brunch is $80 per person, exclusive of tax and gratuity. Afternoon Supper is $45 per person, pre-paid and reservations required. For more information, visit http://scarlettbegonia. net.

ANGEL OAK AT RITZ-CARLTON BACARA

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Menu Highlights Asparagus and sheep’s milk ricotta tart alongside blue crab and shrimp stuffed fluke; eggs benedict; croque madame; steak and eggs; tuna tartare; avocado toast; and a signature Dungeness crab salad. Round out the celebration with a decadent tiramisu, Signature salads, steak and eggs, croque madame, and hazelnut, and chocolate semifreddo and a tuna tartare are just a few items on Ritz-Carlton Bacara’s Mother’s Day brunch menu raspberry kalamansi mousse.

Brunch is served from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm; $100, exclusive of tax and gratuity; à la carte items not included. Diners can participate in hat decorating and creating floral arrangements for mom. For more information or to make a reservation, call 805-571-4220.

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Menu Highlights Chilled spring pea soup with confit ocean trout, shaved breakfast radish, salmon roe, dill crème fraiche served with fennel dusted baguette; smoked salmon benedict served with potato latke, petite greens, crispy capers, Meyer lemon hollandaise sauce; pan roasted diver scallops served with snap peas, thumbelina carrots, Tokyo turnips, asparagus, apricot, and curry butter; Colorado lamb loin and braised lamb shoulder served with house-made gnocchetti, fava beans, leek soubise (an old-school French sauce made mostly from onions), morel mushrooms and red wine lamb jus; grilled prime New York strip loin served with heirloom tomato risotto, garden rainbow chard, carrot top salsa verde or a roasted garden vegetable shakshuka made

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On Entertainment

by Steven Libowitz

Arch of a Story: From the Big Screen to the Bookshelf

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t’s been more than a quarter-century since Jeff Arch’s first produced screenplay Sleepless in Seattle arrived in American multiplexes. But the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan romantic comedy — which broke the genre’s meet-cute mold in that the leads don’t actually meet in person until the end — gave the then-struggling writer his first success, one that came complete with an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay.

Arch went on to write for producers Brian Grazer, Mark Johnson, and others, and directors Penny Marshall, Ron Howard, and Barry Levinson, while his later produced credits include the Disney adventure film Iron Will, the John Stamos and Annabeth Gish TV rom-com Sealed With a Kiss, and The Complete Guide to Guys, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Dave Barry’s novel of the same name, which Arch also directed.

(The film had its world premiere at the 2005 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.)

But it was Sleepless in Seattle that

Christina Baker Kline will interview Jeff Arch at 5 pm on May 11 as part of Chaucer’s Virtual Author series

worked its way into movie lore and continues to resonate with rom-com lovers all over the country more than 28 years later.

This week, Arch’s new work is set to be unleashed, and it’s a novel, not a screenplay.

Attachments: A Novel follows three students who return to their boarding school in Pennsylvania after their beloved dean, who had offered genuine fatherly interest and deep human bond with them, suffers a stroke and makes a deathbed request. The best friends not only have to deal with that tragedy but are also faced with coming to terms with the revealing

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Jeff Arch is releasing his new book, Attachments: A Novel, on May 11. Arch is best known as the writer behind the hit rom-com, Sleepless in Seattle.

of long-held secrets and unveiling of betrayals that affect all of the characters. The story is told in alternating points of view through multiple time frames and reads like the unraveling of a puzzle where the only one who knows how all the pieces fit is in a coma.

Arch, who lives in Carpinteria, will discuss the book and beyond with a friend and fellow writer, the bestselling author Christina Baker Kline, at 5 pm on May 11, the day of its publication, as part of Chaucer’s Virtual Author series. Admission is free. Visit www.chaucersbooks.com/event.

We caught up with Arch for a preQ&A: Q. You’ve written movies. Directed another one. So, let me start with the obvious question: Why now for your first novel?

A. Because now is when it was ready. I’ve been working on it for a really long time but just not getting it right. There was just one section that I couldn’t nail. And I only had time to write in between the margins of everything else I was doing. I would have been thrilled to have this come out earlier, but maybe actually now is the best time. I think it’s just the way the universe works, and it waited until it was time.

You set the story at a boarding school in Pennsylvania in the early 1970s, which you did when you were growing up. What sparked you to revisit those times?

High school is the most emotional time in your life, where everything is just so much bigger than you think.

One day, 17 years after I left the school, just on a whim I drove back up there and sought out this teacher, this dean, who was very much like main character Henry Grisman in the book.

On the way home, the bare bones of the story just dropped down to me.

I knew it was going to be a teacher, three kids, a betrayal, and that one of the kids was going to run away. That’s all I knew and really, it’s the characters who tell their own story.

They tell it to me as they tell the

6/8/17 2:12 PM “Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.” – Kate Winslet

Jeff Arch’s new book, Attachments: A Novel

reader. So, I never knew what was going to happen next. It was the most stubborn group of people I’ve ever written, which is why it took so long.

But going up to the school had such a powerful hold for me, even though nothing in that book really happened.

But a lot of things almost happened.

Anyway, I don’t want to live a life that would be in a novel.

Or if you do live that life, maybe you don’t want to write about it.

Yeah. I want to slide under the radar of all that kind of drama. That’s what we do. We give it to fake characters to see how they play it out.

But the dean character was someone you had a connection with?

Yeah. You know how sometimes you have a teacher who you thought was a hero, and when you see them 20 years later you wonder, what the hell was that all about because they’re not all that at all? Well, this guy was 10 times what I remembered. He had helped me through some really hard personal things when I was at the school and he was a real human being, just how it’s described this way in the book. He was so grounded, and everything he said sounded like he had a month to think of it. When I drove away it was like I was in a trance, and I immediately thought, I got to write a story about him.

Was writing about your own past as a starting point like some sort of catharsis?

Were you just being creative letting your alter egos imagine what might’ve happened? Or something else?

Actually, the book was truly endless solving of problems. There’s a lot of exposition, things the reader has to understand but it can never look and sound and feel like exposition. When you take on a premise like this, big things have to happen, the signposts,

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Critter Care

Santa Barbara County Animal Services utilized black netting to aid the birds from the chimney to freedom

by Gretchen Lieff

Gretchen is founder and president of the Lutah Maria Riggs Society and Davey’s Voice, both Santa Barbara 501(c)(3) nonprofits. Gretchen sits on the board of the California Water Impact Network and is vice president of the board of the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network.

In Real Life Version of The Birds, Swift Thinking Saves Hundreds in Montecito Some 1,000 Vaux’s swifts were stuck inside the chimney of a Montecito home

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t’s Monday in Montecito, KEYT is predicting a high of 75 degrees, and the winds have finally blown out of the area. I look toward the garden where overnight gusts have left plenty of oak and eucalyptus debris to keep my broom busy.

I decide to hit the phones early,

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The day starts with Christine, a mother of three who lives on the Mesa, reporting a ring-necked dove has hit the family’s kitchen window.

It lies, stunned, on the lawn, while the cat and children watch. Chad on the Riviera is nearly inconsolable — three infant squirrels have tumbled from their nest with a frantic mother nearby. Glen Annie Golf Club calls with another Canadian Goose ball casualty. Heather in Carpinteria needs advice about a baby skunk who’s wandered into her yard, while Saul has picked up a female barn owl with a broken wing along Hollister Avenue.

Meanwhile, Beth is weepy as she rushes two tiny, newborn possums to our Wildlife Center on Fairview Avenue.

They don’t make it.

Wildlife rescues are time sensitive.

It’s important to be efficient, effective, supportive, and encouraging. First responders, those good-intentioned people who come upon a wild animal needing help, are true heroes.

Each day of wildlife rescue in Santa Barbara has its highlight and Jane Doe of Montecito takes this day’s award with her frantic call at 8:30 am.

“My home has been swarmed by a huge flock of small birds. You can’t believe it, hundreds and hundreds of them circling my house last night, divebombing. I was in the jacuzzi when it happened, it was so bad I had to put my head under water. I ran inside and they started flying into the chimney and down the fireplace.

“I didn’t know what to do, it was like an invasion, like the movie. The fire department came and sealed the fireplace opening, so no more birds could get into the house.”

I had to see this one for myself.

“Jane, slow down, I’m in Montecito, just up the street — I’ll be right over.”

Racing toward Coast Village Road I dialed our Wildlife Network’s resident ornithologist, Beno Budgor, asking his opinion on the swifts’ bizarre behavior. (Beno’s bird photos are featured in Audubon and National Geographic.)

“Sounds like Vaux’s swifts, they’re migrating north now from Mexico through the Central Coast up to

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Canada. It’s spectacular, as many as a 1,000 flying together — sometimes they end up roosting in chimneys.

They cling on the inside and rest for the night. In the morning they leave to continue their flight, it’s a very, very special phenomenon — once in a lifetime.”

The situation at Jane’s home is worse than expected; frantic cries of hundreds of swifts are coming from the sealed fireplace. We need to get these birds out of the chimney before they die.

I call the fire department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Santa Barbara County Animal Services and two chimney companies. For the next two hours our swift rescue team tries to figure out a way to get an estimated 1,000 trapped small birds out of the chimney. For some reason the swifts are all crowded at the bottom and we can’t help them without a safe path out of the house.

We fear a fireplace exit to the living room will cause them to hit the walls and injure themselves.

Officer Katy Hart with Santa Barbara County Animal Services has the brilliant solution. In full hazmat gear, she and volunteers contrive rolls of black netting to act as a giant funnel so the trapped birds can fly through the back door and to freedom.

In the end, of the estimated 1,000 swifts trapped in Jane’s chimney, we lost just 24.

Although shaken from the experience, Jane continues with the cleanup as she carries used netting to the door.

“I’m sorry that we lost some of the swifts. I’m just happy we were able to get most of them out safely. I’m going to make sure to tell friends and neighbors — close your chimney flues and check your spark resisters to make sure they haven’t opened.”

Our Animal Services friends still on the scene remind us that wildlife occurrences such as this Montecito swift swarm can be beneficial in terms of educating the public: “These are just little birds doing what little birds do. They aren’t here to harm anyone — they aren’t terrorizing anyone.” •MJ 6 – 13 May 2021

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Black Swans (Continued from page 11 11)) due to the heavy boat use in the area.

Post capture, the black swans were taken to the SBWCN facility in Goleta, where a veterinarian examined all five, with all in good health. They were subsequently released into Di Sieno’s custody, who had secured a private residence for them.

Parker joined Di Sieno at the private property, with the owner telling SBWCN officials that they wanted to remain anonymous. A private party must have a permit in order to own a black swan, although it wasn’t immediately known whether that one had been secured in this instance.

According to Pam Bierce of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, black swans are not protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which would have prohibited “the taking (including killing, capturing, selling, trading, and transporting) of protected migratory bird species without prior authorization” by the USFWS. The black swan is not endangered, with a global population estimated at 500,000.

Sifting Through Misnomers

In an exclusive video viewed by the Montecito Journal, one of the activists could be heard justifying the capture due to black swans being freshwater

birds — which is not the case, as they can be found in both fresh and seawater.

Native to both Australia and New Zealand, black swans are not common in the United States, although the Santa Barbara Zoo does have one and it is still accounted for. The species has also been introduced in England and Japan, among other countries.

The five swans were seemingly friendly, with Roger Chrisman, whose yacht Polaris is parked in the Harbor, saying: “They are just amazingly beautiful. Majestic. And they’re very, very friendly. They come right up to you.

Gotta be somebody’s pets. We are giving them fresh water from the back of our yacht.”

The fact that a crowd of people did not scare off the black swans was another factor in the decision to capture them. Under normal circumstances, the species is well-equipped to defend itself.

“They can break your leg if they spread their wings; they know how to protect themselves,” Parker said.

Prior to those found at the Harbor, there were reports of finding black swans in Lake Forest, Newport Beach, and Irvine in 2020, according to the

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The five black swans have been relocated to a private residence, having to live in captivity after being rescued at the SB Harbor (Photo by Priscilla)

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Parker indicated that this ballet of swans had been seen recently in that same area, although the possibility of it being the same herd did cause officials to initially push the pause button on removing them from the Harbor waters.

Upon examination by the SBWCN vet, the black swans had not been clipped, a process that eliminates the ability to fly off. This is normally done every eight weeks and will need to be done by the new owner.

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The Giving List

Brilliant Thoughts

by Ashleigh Brilliant

by Steven Libowitz

Showing its MOXI:

Innovative Spirit Helps Organization Continue to Support Children’s Quest for Knowledge MOXI’s Virtual Design Lab programs challenge students to solve a design problem connected to one of the museum’s exhibits like Quiet Quest

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very organization had to pivot to produce programs during the pandemic. But for the MOXI museum, innovation comes with the territory.

Indeed, that’s what the “I” in the nonprofit’s name (Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation) stands for.

“What the pandemic forced us to do is to take what we do best — which is hands-on, interactive science learning — and translate it into a virtual environment,” explained Robin Gose, MOXI’s executive director. “We were very passionate about making sure we did it, because we were watching as kids were Zooming in from home, and realizing that they, especially elementary school kids, need that human interaction and hands-on learning. We had to find a way to continue to offer things that worked in the remote learning environment so that their minds continue to stay engaged with design thinking and creative problem solving.”

Sounds simple enough, and not at all unlike what everybody else was trying to do to cope with the COVID crisis. But how exactly does one go about duplicating the kind of hands-on experience MOXI is famous for when you’re not allowed to get within six feet of one another?

Hello, innovation.

And welcome Virtual Design Labs, a creative concept that calls for a MOXI staffer to Zoom in live with the teacher and the students to creatively present some type of a challenge related to a museum exhibit.

“It’s interactive,” Gose explained. “The kids get to see the exhibit; they get to talk with the staffer, and we make it really fun.”

For Quiet Quest, the project is called The Sneakiest Sneaker where the kids — part of a class, homeschool group, or learning pod — come up with a design to invent something where they can walk as quietly as possible. There’s even a sound meter to measure success.

“The students can take any shoe, a sneaker, a flip flop or just something they make out of cardboard and use all different kinds of materials to design it to be quiet,” Gose said. “It’s a very open-ended exploration. Will it be quiet if you wrap toilet paper around it? Or if you glue on cotton balls? Or wrap it in a kitchen towel?

“The kids get really excited for using materials that they have at home, and it becomes a really fun challenge. It’s all about getting the kids to be excited about trying to solve a problem and being creative with what they’re building without having to use any special tools or materials.”

The Case of the Missing Tracks, which connects to the popular Roll It exhibit — that’s the one with tracks supported by moveable pegs attached to a wall that kept this correspondent occupied for nearly an hour during a pre-pandemic visit — asks the students to come up with a solution to keep the ball rolling even though the tracks and pegs are gone. With guidance from their teacher and staffers, the kids build and test prototype “ball coasters” or chutes and ramps.

“The students can use an old paper towel tube, a magazine, or whatever

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Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD. in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara since 1973. No children.

Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000. Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ashleighbrilliant.com

Hook, Line, and Stinker

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ne of my favorite parts of one of my favorite movies is the scene in Citizen Kane in which Susan Alexander, Charles Foster Kane’s “discovery,” is making her debut as a singer in the grand opera house he has built for her in Chicago.

(Incidentally, I always wondered just what that opera is, and learned only recently that it’s not a “real” opera at all, but was created specially for the film.)

As this woman sings, the camera moves slowly upward, far above the stage, to where we see two workmen on a scaffold, leaning over to listen, and as they do so, and the song continues, one turns to the other to express a sentiment which they obviously both share. He is holding his nose.

The idea that things which are bad, smell bad is deeply engrained in our culture, and it is also closely associated with decay, because things which are dead and decomposing usually have what to us is a foul odor (probably the opposite to vultures and other critters which feed on carrion). In Hamlet, we have Marcellus, one of the castle guards, after seeing the old dead king reappear, saying that “Something is rotten in the State of Denmark.” And later Hamlet himself, questioned about the location of Polonius, whom he has killed, says “you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.”

And need I remind you of Benjamin Franklin’s contribution to the culture of hospitality with his observation (in “Poor Richard’s Almanac”) that “Fish and visitors begin to smell in three days.” (Modern refrigeration has prolonged the preservation of fish – but I am not sure about visitors.)

Unfortunately, our language does not seem to have as many associations with good smells. Flowers often have pleasant aromas (though of course this is not for our benefit, but to help them attract the insects which are necessary to perpetuate their species). Roses are particularly esteemed, for both their physical and aromatic beauty. Hence, we have much romantic poetry likening the beloved to a rose. To me, the most over-the-top example of this florid kind of praise is the second stanza of Ben Jonson’s poem, “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes” (which is also well known as a song):

“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.” – Maya Angelou

I sent thee late a rosy wreath, Not so much honoring thee As giving it a hope, that there It might not withered be.

But thou didst only breathe thereon, And sent’st it back to me; Since when it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee.

Now surely, a poet could hardly be more enamored than that!

We do have other words connoting sweet-smelling, such as nectar and ambrosia. But in the unlikely event that you are looking for things with notoriously bad smells, there are two which I can recommend (happily not from personal experience). One is a chemical called ethyl mercaptan, whose noxious aroma actually has its uses, e.g. by giving a warning smell to otherwise odorless but potentially harmful substances such as natural gas.

The other stinker is a species of flowering plant, the Titan Arum, which gives off an odor likened to rotting flesh. (It’s sometimes called the “Corpse Flower.”) But this is no evolutionary accident. These plants depend for pollination on attracting insects which feed on putrid matter.

Of course, it is well known that, although we are at the top of the food chain, our species is far from being up there as far as “scentsitivity” is concerned. Incredible as it seems, even our canine best friends have a sense of smell up to 100,000 times more acute than ours.

But, getting back to what we consider good smells, apparently natural objects like flowers – and even the appetizing odors of our favorite foods – are not enough to satisfy the human craving for attractive aromas. Hence has arisen a huge perfume industry – and it amazes me how much some people are willing to pay for a few drops in a fancy bottle. But even more amazing are some of the sources from which those drops are derived. In particular, there is the startling fact that a most sought-after ingredient of some of the best perfumes is a substance called Ambergris, which is literally the vomit of sick whales. This surprisingly valuable commodity is occasionally found in large lumps, either washed ashore, or still afloat, over wide ocean ranges. For some reason, only Sperm Whales have the capacity to bestow this gift upon mankind. •MJ 6 – 13 May 2021

Robert’s Big Questions

by Robert Bernstein

Degrees from Physics departments of MIT and UC Santa Barbara. Career in designing atomic-resolution microscopes. Childhood spent in Europe and the East of the US. Passion to understand the Big Questions of life and the universe. Duty to be a good citizen of the planet.

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epublicans have railed against deficit spending for decades.

But, every Republican president since 1981 has increased the Federal deficit. Only the Democratic presidents Clinton and Obama have lowered it.

When the Democrats are in office, the Republicans oppose any plans to increase government spending, claiming that we can’t afford it. Even though they have no problem with running up huge deficits when they are in power.

President Biden is proposing a $2 trillion plan to improve the nation’s infrastructure and shift to greener energy and transportation. Once again, the Republicans are opposing such spending, saying it is “way too big.”

But why are we focusing on deficits at all? Does anyone even notice the difference between a debt and an investment?

Suppose you are a plumber and you can’t find any work because you don’t have the proper tools. Does it make sense to borrow money to buy those tools? Is that the same as borrowing money to throw a keg party for your friends?

In case it is not obvious, there is a return on the investment in the tools when you get work and make money.

After the keg party, there may be a

hangover and a mess, but nothing else that lasts as a benefit.

In 1964, Japan had barely recovered from the destruction of World War Two, yet it had opened the first high-speed rail system in the world.

Germany and France followed soon after. Right now, the fastest trains in the world are in China. According to international definitions, the U.S. does not have a single mile of high-speed rail.

High-speed rail could replace much air travel in the United States. In 2007, France did a test of existing trains on existing tracks and reached speeds over 350MPH. At this speed, trains would actually be faster anywhere in the U.S. than flying, if you include door to door travel time! And, of course, trains can run on sustainable electric power.

Imagine the infrastructure we could have if we really invested in new transportation technology and dreamed big? Can you imagine the return on that investment?

Instead, Republicans offer tax cuts to wealthy individuals and corporations. Little of that money is invested in anything productive. According to a January 4, 2020 Wall Street Journal analysis of the Trump tax cuts, corporations used most of their tax cut money to buy back their own stock.

Not for investment in capital equipment.

And the wealthy just used their tax cuts for a big keg party!

What other kinds of investments could the government make that would have a net positive return?

We already saw this with COVID. Most people believe that there was a lightning-fast vaccine development in 2020 by private industry. In fact, Obama initiated funding the research on an mRNA vaccine for this purpose in 2013. The world had already seen SARS and MERS and Obama wanted to be ready to head off the next coronavirus epidemic. That research directly led to the Moderna vaccine.

When COVID hit, all they had to do was program the specific viral code and test it.

Is there any technology today that did not start out as mere intellectual curiosity?

The Climate Crisis threatens to flood tens of millions of people in coastal U.S. cities. Investing a couple of trillion dollars in sustainable energy and transportation would be repaid many times over.

As with any investment, the sooner you invest, the greater your return. I first started talking to people about Global Warming in 1981, when we should have started investing and averting the crisis we have now. Yet, even now, a Green New Deal is a win-win-win for the environment, for good jobs for workers and for consumers.

The biggest investment payoffs are in pure research and exploration. At a press conference in Sacramento on February 28, 1967, then-governor Reagan told a crowd that the taxpayers shouldn’t be subsidizing intellectual curiosity.

Is there any technology today that did not start out as mere intellectual curiosity?

One problem with our political and economic system is that it rewards short-term thinking. Jimmy Carter initiated investment in sustainable energy in the 1970s. But it takes time to develop the technology and get it into production. Reagan shut down what little had been started before it had a chance to bear fruit.

Wall Street expects returns on a similarly short time scale. Only a government has the money and longterm ability to invest in the biggest projects with the highest returns. But it takes a public educated enough to demand this.

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Black Swans (Continued from page 20 20)) has grown exponentially each day.

Calls into the USFWS’ Ventura office about any potential permits along the South Coast were not immediately returned.

Regardless, rumors surrounding Oprah Winfrey being the owner were quickly debunked, according to Penny Bianchi.

There was a thought swirling they might belong to the owners of an estate along Hot Springs Road in Montecito, but that was untrue as well.

There was also scuttlebutt that black swans could be a royal pet, although it is unknown if Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have any on their Montecito estate.

In England, Queen Elizabeth II technically owns all of the unmarked mute swans throughout the country, a tradition dating back to the 12th century, when swans were a prized meal.

Now, swans are a protected species in the U.K., and there are steep criminal penalties for injuring or killing them, as well as jail time for stealing swan eggs.

Much Ado About the Black Swan

The black swan at the Santa Barbara Zoo has provided Rachel Ritchason, the zoo’s director of animal collections, a unique perspective on what to

Community Voices (Continued from page 8) expect from the creatures that can be as tall as five feet and up to 20 pounds.

Santa Barbara’s temperate climate is a perfect match for the black swans’ needs, and the multiple bodies of water would have allowed the herd to travel around the area, with the water providing the opportunity to feed on algae and small bugs.

The black swan is monogamous and normally follows its mate, meaning that observers can plan to see two at a time in most cases. And, if they can’t be seen, they will be heard, as the species is quite vocal.

Even in the colder and wetter months, the black swan at the zoo has proven to not need any additional heat, while not hindered by the rain.

Ritchason was excited about having a front row seat to observe the black swan in its natural habitat, something that has no known precedent on the Central Coast, with additional sightings in San Francisco, Bakersfield, and San Diego.

The past few days have left both the zoo and SBWCN thankful that there is sincere interest in helping wildlife — with the black swan situation ultimately leaving all five alive and healthy.

“We live in a community that cares, and kudos to them for caring so much about these animals,” Ritchason said.

•MJ

Therapeutic horses are not just found on any old farm. Serritslev says that the general rule of thumb is about one out of 100 horses have the ability to become a therapy horse. Beyond training, it is about character. Therapy horses must be easy going around loud noises and quick movements, yet sensitive to human emotion and behavior.

“It is such a safe space, there is no judgement,” Serritslev said. “It is just full of love and joy. We see wonderful improvements in our students’ confidence, balance, and speech.”

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With establishments starting to reopen, the organization will be hosting some fundraising events this summer that are fun yet still safe.

On July 10, join SYV TRP at Folded Hills Winery, Ranch, & Farmstead for a socially distanced Polo Tailgate & Match. The event will be limited to 60 cars with guests watching the polo match from the comfort of their own tailgate.

Attendees can bring a picnic to taste alongside one of Folded Hills wines available at the event. Enjoy a live cake and silent auction or come with a theme and your car may even win a prize in the competition they will be hosting. All proceeds will go towards their scholarship program for supporting student riders and the event promises to be a day filled with fun, wine, and even a few horses.

If you’re personally looking to get up on the saddle (or bike) to help, you can participate in their 2021 Cowboy Ride-A-Thon that will be hosted from July 4 - September 6. The event will be held virtually this year with riders encouraged to document their ride with photos and videos. Those joining will collect pledges for a 10-mile trek as an individual or team, all on the ride of their choice. Whether it is a horse, bike, or motorcycle, choose your own path and take people along for a virtual ride while raising money for this impactful organization.

Of course, if you’re looking to directly help, Serritslev says that they are always looking for volunteers, and no horse experience is necessary.

Although that doesn’t mean you won’t get to be around these healing animals and the meaningful experiences they bring to the community.

“We get to be a part of healing people through the joy of horses every day,” Serritslev said.

•MJ

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Perspectives

by Rinaldo S. Brutoco

Rinaldo S. Brutoco is the Founding President and CEO of the Santa Barbara-based World Business Academy and a co-founder of JUST Capital. He’s a serial entrepreneur, executive, author, radio host, and futurist who’s published on the role of business in relation to pressing moral, environmental, and social concerns for over 35 years

Protecting Our Planet

Hawaii marks threat of climate change with state of emergency declaration

Hydrogen: The Simple Solution

Unpacking the Color Codes for Our Future Fuel

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rown Hydrogen, Grey Hydrogen, Blue Hydrogen, Green Hydrogen. Who knew hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe (76 percent of all molecules in the universe are hydrogen), came in so many colors!

Actually, it doesn’t. Those color references relate to how hydrogen (“H2”) is made. If the source of electricity for electrolyzing H2 from water to make the H2 is coal, the resulting H2 is called “Brown Hydrogen.” A nasty business – burning incredibly polluting coal to create H2 doesn’t solve the climate crisis.

Yet, there is a massive liquid hydrogen (“LH2”) plant being built right now in Australia that will be supplying all the LH2 it makes from burning coal directly to Japan, via a Kawasaki built ship that has just been constructed to carry that LH2. The ship will carry LH2 from Australia to Japan for decades. Ouch! That’s a whole lot of coal to be burned, further driving global warming. What are those Aussies thinking?

Then there is “Grey Hydrogen.” When natural gas is “cracked” to create H2 through a process called “steam reformation,” it is called Grey Hydrogen. This is how the vast amount of H2 is created today.

Next comes “Blue Hydrogen.” That occurs when hydrogen is created by “steam reformation” as with Grey Hydrogen but with the additional step of sequestering much of the CO2 thereby created in some fashion. As you might imagine, this ridiculous approach does very little to halt, let alone reverse, climate change, because it creates so much CO2 in the process. Nonetheless, it is being pushed heavily by fossil fuel companies. They just don’t want to stop using fossil fuel and will go to exaggerated lengths to try and convince people Blue Hydrogen makes sense. It doesn’t. The public is wise to the oil company propaganda and will, in the long haul, not be willing to buy Blue Hydrogen. It will prove to be a commercial failure no matter how hard fossil fuel companies push it. Blue just doesn’t address the fundamental problem: we are running out of time to drastically reduce greenhouse gases. Blue Hydrogen only pretends to reduce the increases of greenhouse gases – that won’t save Western civilization.

We need to reverse the damage we have already done, and not settle for doing incrementally less damage each day, which continues to cumulate more and more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

All of this leads us to the solution Wall Street, corporate America, and even Saudi Arabia have decided makes the most sense: Green Hydrogen. It’s called “green” because the source of the electricity to electrolyze the hydrogen from water is 100 percent renewable. The main sources for that type of energy are solar, wind, geothermal, and ocean thermal energy conversion (“OTEC”).

When all the energy to split hydrogen and oxygen apart comes from 100 percent fossil fuel free renewable energy you have a fuel, at last, that eliminates all greenhouse gases. When Green Hydrogen is consumed in a fuel cell to power a car, truck, bus, boat, or a dirigible like the H2 Clipper, it produces only one by-product: pure water.

To create Green Hydrogen one needs to start with really inexpensive electricity, as 68 percent of the cost for making green hydrogen from normal water is the cost of the electricity. The Academy has done studies showing that a cost of 2 cents/kilowatt hour or less puts you in one of the greatest business opportunities of the last two centuries. It allows you to make Green Hydrogen which will drive a car, for example, at the equivalent of approximately $3.00/gallon. You read that correctly, Green Hydrogen is 100 percent safe for the planet, replaces fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions, and does so at a cost that is about the cost of a gallon of gas. That’s a revolution.

According to Presidential Climate Envoy John Kerry, the U.S. energy industry should embrace “huge opportunities” from the production and transportation of H2. He sees immediate and massive markets particularly in fueling vehicles (especially long-haul trucks) and as an alternative electric power source, provided it becomes “greener.” He’s right.

Mr. Kerry predicts, “By 2050, you’re going to have about $6 trillion a year of economic transfer taking place in the clean energy technology sector.”

Furthermore, he said, “It’s the market of the future.”

Two new reports from the Energy Transitions Commission confirm Mr. Kerry’s optimism by observing that zero carbon-emission electricity and hydrogen, which today account for only 20 percent of energy use, could account for

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awaii is poised to take a momentous step in the recognition of the severity of climate change with the adoption of the State Senate Concurrent Resolution 44. Under the new bill, Hawaii will officially declare a state of emergency in response to the threat of climate change.

Although this may sound dire, we cannot hope to solve a problem we do not recognize, so the state’s actions are a move to legitimize and catalyze the effort to mitigate and reverse climate change. Under the new bill, the state “acknowledges that an existential climate emergency threatens humanity and the natural world, declares a climate emergency, and requests statewide collaboration toward an immediate just transition and emergency mobilization effort to restore a safe climate.”

In addition to recognizing the magnitude of the issue, the bill also calls for investment in clean energy, quality jobs, and a statewide commitment to a climate emergency mobilization effort in order to combat the issue.

Although Hawaii is the first state to declare a climate change state of emergency, 144 districts or cities within the U.S. have taken similar measures. We hope that Hawaii’s move will motivate other states to pursue similar actions and prioritize the establishment of a green economy.

German high court rules in favor of young climate activists

Young people around the world are making it clear that they refuse to accept the inadequate efforts of today’s governments to curb carbon emissions and protect what’s left of the world’s ecosystems.

This past Thursday, judges in the Karlsruhe Court, the highest court in Germany, ruled in favor of a group of nine youth climate activists who claim that the country’s climate law is unconstitutional as it leaves much of the strain of solving climate change on future generations. The court now demands that the German government must update its climate law and set a much clearer emissions reduction goal by the end of 2022.

The 2019 climate law set a target of reaching net-zero emissions for the whole country by 2050 and specifies suggestions to curb emissions in multiple sectors to get to a 55 percent reduction by 2030. However, after that point, the targets and goals laid out in the law become vague.

Thanks to the actions of this remarkable group of young people, the court has acknowledged that the current reductions pass off too much of the responsibility to find solutions that will allow the country to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement on to younger generations.

•MJ 75 percent by midcentury, and clean energy will be cheaper by then than dirty energy is today. Confirming this conclusion, Market Watch predicted the cost of producing hydrogen from electrolysis will continue to plummet in the next 10 years.

In this column last week, we discussed the construction of a Green Hydrogen plant in Neom, Saudi Arabia, as the country’s response to the certain diminution of future fossil fuel sales. That is the largest and most prominent oil-based economy in the world. They are placing their future in the hands of Green Hydrogen and want to be the world’s largest supplier. They already have plenty of competition, and more is on the way. All the Gulf countries have the same solar resources as the Saudi’s, and they will all be jumping on board.

Then there’s the enormous wind energy to be tapped in Scotland and the Orkney Islands, just to name two places that could immediately begin producing Green Hydrogen. The same is true of the tremendous volcanic energy which exists on the Big Island of Hawaii and throughout the nation of Iceland.

Morocco has plans for making LH2 from their solar resources and England would do well to utilize many of those thousands of new coastal windmills they are building to make LH2. Of course, places rich with hydropower like Quebec would also be natural energy sources for LH2.

Circling back to the U.S., the Biden Administration intends to build thousands of offshore windmills—nothing better for making Green Hydrogen! Yes, we could create more energy for making Green Hydrogen (for domestic consumption and export) than we currently make destroying our aquafers by all the fracking! It’s so simple. Water is a simple molecule: hydrogen and oxygen (H2O). Hydrogen itself is the simplest molecule. A fuel cell is a simple device with no moving parts. Hydrogen can store as much energy as we want for those days “when the wind don’t blow and the sun don’t shine.” It’s all so simple. The Green Hydrogen Economy is arriving.

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“We are born of love; love is our mother.” – Rumi

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OWNER: Montecito Union School District PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NAME: 2021-1 Electrical Panel Relocation PROJECT LOCATION: 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: • Provide infrastructure for Southern California Edison service upgrade • Provide new main service and concrete pad • Coordinate installation with photovoltaic project equipment (separate contract, concurrent) • Decommission old main service and pad • Provide electrical connection to south property • This project is anticipated to start on approximately June 8, 2021 and is anticipated to be completed by July 27, 2021 5.

BID DEADLINE: Bids are due on May 24, 2021 not later than 2:00 p.m.

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PLACE AND METHOD OF BID RECEIPT: All Bids must be sealed. Personal delivery, courier, or mailed via United States Postal Service and addressed to Montecito Union School District, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. ATTN: Virginia Alvarez 7.

PLACE PLANS ARE ON FILE: Montecito Union School District, Business Department, Second Floor, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, www.tricoblue.com 8.

ALTERNATES: If alternate bids are called for, the contract will be awarded to the lowest bid price on the base contract without consideration of the prices on the additive or deductive items.

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MANDATORY JOB WALK: Meet at Montecito Union School Front Office by the stairs, on May 10, 2021 at 10 a.m..

Attendance at the entire job walk is mandatory and failure to attend the entire job walk may result in your bid being rejected as nonresponsive. Contact OWNER for details on required job walks and related documentation.

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This is a prevailing wage project. OWNER has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute this contract. These rates are on file at OWNER’s office, and a copy may be obtained upon request, or at www.dir.ca.gov. Contractor shall post a copy of these rates at the job site.

ALL PROJECTS OVER $1,000 ARE SUBJECT TO PREVAILING WAGE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT BY THE LABOR COMMISSIONER. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded (CONTRACTOR), and upon any SUBCONTRACTOR, to pay not less than the specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract.

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A Payment Bond for contracts over $25,000 and a Performance Bond for all contracts will be required prior to commencement of work. These bonds shall be in the amounts and form called for in the Contract Documents.

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Pursuant to the provisions of Public Contract Code Section 22300, CONTRACTOR may substitute certain securities for any funds withheld by OWNER to ensure CONTRACTOR’s performance under the contract. At the request and expense of CONTRACTOR, securities equivalent to any amount withheld shall be deposited, at the discretion of OWNER, with either OWNER or a state or federally chartered bank as the escrow agent, who shall then pay any funds otherwise subject to retention to CONTRACTOR. Upon satisfactory completion of the contract, the securities shall be returned to CONTRACTOR. Securities eligible for investment shall include those listed in Government Code Section 16430, bank and savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed to by CONTRACTOR and OWNER. CONTRACTOR shall be the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for funds withheld and shall receive any interest on them. The escrow agreement shall be in the form indicated in the Contract Documents.

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To bid on or perform the work stated in this Notice, CONTRACTOR must possess a valid and active contractor's license of the following classification(s) B No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor shall be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of § 4104 of the Public Contract Code, for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless currently registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5. No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the DIR. DIR’s web registration portal is: www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/Contractors.html 14.

CONTRACTOR and all subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records (eCPR) to the Labor Commissioner monthly in PDF format. Registration at www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/Certified-Payroll-Reporting.html is required to use the eCPR system.

The following notice is given as required by Labor Code Section 1771.5(b)(1): CONTRACTOR and any subcontractors are required to review and comply with the provisions of the California Labor Code, Part 7, Chapter 1, beginning with Section 1720, as more fully discussed in the Contract Documents. These sections contain specific requirements concerning, for example, determination and payment of prevailing wages, retention, inspection, and auditing payroll records, use of apprentices, payment of overtime compensation, securing workers’ compensation insurance, and various criminal penalties or fines which may be imposed for violations of the requirements of the chapter. Submission of a bid constitutes CONTRACTOR’s representation that CONTRACTOR has thoroughly reviewed these requirements.

15. OWNER will retain 5% of the amount of any progress payments.

16. This Project does not require prequalification pursuant to AB 1565 of all general contractors and all mechanical, electrical and plumbing subcontractors 17. BID PACKET will be available at www.tricoblue.com and provided at the job walk to attendees.

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CA, 93436. Dylan T Shelly, 20 Stanford Cir, Lompoc, CA, 93436.

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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).

FBN No. 2021-0000602. Published April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SBMIDMOD, 223 Anacapa Street #C, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Tracey Strobel, 1311 West Valerio Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 16, 2021. 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).

FBN No. 2021-0001072. Published April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mission Scholars, 1330 State Street, Suite 201, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Santa Barbara Education Foundation, 1330 State Street, Suite 201, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 12, 2021. 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).

FBN No. 2021-0001026. Published April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Predictable Esthetics, 300 Garnet Way, Santa Maria, CA, 93454. Isaac Balderas, 300 Garnet Way, Santa Maria, CA, 93454. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 26, 2021. 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).

FBN No. 2021-0000876. Published April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Simply Remembered, 4289 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Wiefels & Son II, INC, 690 Vella Road, Palm Springs, CA 92264. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 8, 2021. 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).

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ness as: San Ysidro Pharmacy, 1498 East Valley Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Montecito RX, 1498 East Valley Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 6, 2021. 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).

FBN No. 2021-0000974. Published April 14, 21, 28, May 5, 2021 STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTNERSHIP OPERATING UNDER A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: Fictitious Business Name of the Partnership: Harmony Interior Design, 528 San Blas Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93111.

Name of Person Withdrawing: Anneli Helena Clavering, 11 San Marcos Trout Club, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 7, 2021. Original FBN No. 20190000805, filed April 2, 2019. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

FBN No. 2021-0000995. Published April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A Busy Woman, 2879 Exeter Pl., Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Judi Weisbart, 2879 Exeter Pl., Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 21, 2021. 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).

FBN No. 2021-0001128. Published April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Currently Welding, 318 South H St, Lompoc, CA, 93436.

Dylan T Shelly, 20 Stanford Cir, Lompoc, CA, 93436. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 4, 2021. 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).

FBN No. 2021-0000602. Published April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SBMIDMOD, 223 Anacapa Street #C, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Tracey Strobel, 1311 West Valerio Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 16, 2021. 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). FBN No. 2021-0001072. Published April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021

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Monte ito Miscellany

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 14 years ago.

Extraordinary Moment: SB Polo & Racquet Club Makes Welcomed Return

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rowds of members packed the clubhouse and tiered seating at the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club when the Carpinteria equestrian facility opened its doors for the first time in more than a year after the pandemic restrictions were eased.

“This really is an extraordinary moment,” said club manager David Sigman. “It couldn’t have been a more perfect day weather-wise, and I think that people were truly pleased to see each other again after so long.”

And the main game, a nail biter between FMB Too!-Folded Hills and Ben Soleimani in the Folded Hills Pope Challenge, added to the entertainment as team patron bankers Henry Walker of FMB and Andy Busch of

Folded Hills hosted the hefty trophy after being victorious, 13-11. Andy’s son, Will, scored five of the goals to launch the club’s 110th season.

The team had been leading at halftime, 7-6, and continued that lead through the final tightly competitive sixth chukker.

Among the enthusiasts crowding the hallowed Holden Field and packing the cabanas were Robert, Robin and Harrison Fell, Kimi Matar, Glen Holden, Nigel Gallimore, Brian Fagan, Richard and Annette Caleel, Christopher and Mindy Denson, Jake and Luke Klentner, Jason Crowder, Andrew and Bayne Bossom, Paige

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FMB Too!, the Opening Day winning team, is comprised of Will Busch, Santiago Wulff, Santi Von Wernich, and Henry Walker (Photo by Priscilla)

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ed project cost of $15.5 million to $17.5 million is funded by FEMA ($13.5 million) and local flood control money.

Construction on this project will begin on May 10, 2021 and is expected to finish by the end of the year.

Transportation & Land Use Committee Discusses 101 Design Government officials and stakeholders ceremoniously break ground on Randall Road, where a debris basin is slated to be built after the 2018 debris flow destroyed all but one home on the road, and took the lives of Mark and Caroline Montgomery, who lived at 630 Randall Road

project like this can often take five to ten years to deliver,” he added, thanking staff at the county, elected officials, FEMA staff, and neighbors for their cooperation. Following the Thomas Fire and January 9 Debris Flow, the debris basin project was proposed along Randall Road in Montecito by private interests with the general support of affected property owners in the area.

“We have to thank Curtis Skene for this. This was his idea, and he brought it to us and asked, ‘Can we do this?’ and we’re doing it!” Fayram said.

Other speakers at the event included Congressman Salud Carbajal, First District Supervisor Das Williams, Mr. Skene, and Montecito Fire Protection District Chief Kevin Taylor.

“While a happy occasion, we can’t celebrate without first reflecting back on the tragedy that led us to this moment. Our community will never forget that tragedy,” Chief Taylor said.

“This is the result of our community’s commitment to come together and create solutions that minimize the horrific impact from our next debris flow.

While not a silver bullet, the Randall Road Debris Basin will substantially increase our community’s safety. The basin will bolster and complement the larger system of existing basins

and nets across Montecito, and we are more confident in the safety and security of our community, knowing that this construction is underway.”

The project received approval by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors in August 2020 and a $13.5 million grant from FEMA in November 2020. The cost included acquiring six private properties on Randall Road and one on East Valley Road; there is one property owner on Randall Road who has not agreed to sell.

Skene, the Montecito resident who conceived of the idea of the basin and was the driving force in the effort to develop it with the County and State, also experienced the 1969 Debris Flow.

He concluded the event by thanking the community and those who worked on the project.

“This is a real day for gratitude. I’m delighted that my fellow neighbors can see all the incredible individuals that made this project happen, like a team,” he said. “I’m a very lucky man.

I’ve been able to be part of something to heal and protect my community. It’s not easy, but everybody came together, everybody pulled in the same direction at the same time. It’s incredible.”

V. Lopez Jr. & Sons will serve as the contractor on the project. The estimat-

Earlier this week, the Montecito Association’s Transportation & Land Use Committee received a presentation from representatives from the Highway 101 HOV project, who gave the committee a preliminary sneak peek of design elements for the highway widening through Montecito.

The project will eventually widen the freeway to three lanes in each direction between Sycamore Creek in the City of Santa Barbara up to Romero Creek in Montecito (west of Sheffield Drive). Also included are the reconstruction of the freeway bridges over Cabrillo Boulevard and a new southbound on-ramp (replacing the left-hand ramp removed years ago).

Bridges will be replaced at Montecito, San Ysidro, Oak, and Romero creeks.

Four new sound walls are included, and this design phase is also proposing to integrate some operational and safety improvements on the highway and ramps. Associated projects in Carpinteria and Summerland are currently underway, with the segment at Padaro Lane beginning construction in June.

The design of the freeway includes natural materials including cobblestones, Santa Barbara sandstone, and native plantings. Due to the addition of another lane of the freeway, the median area through Montecito will get smaller, which will impact the landscaping and mature trees in the median. The project includes sound walls and additional landscaping

opportunities on the exterior areas of the freeway, according to project manager Fred Luna. The freeway bridges will feature a muted façade, arches, and timber railing on the barriers, to add to the design aesthetics.

One of the most discussed portions of the project includes the reconstruction of the Hot Springs/Cabrillo Blvd interchange, which includes a roundabout and the replacement of the leftside ramps with right-side ramps.

The interchange will also bring back the southbound onramp at Cabrillo Blvd, which many residents and Coast Village Road business owners are eager to see.

The team will be back in front of the full Board of Directors of the Montecito Association next week. For more information, visit www.sbroads. com.

Also at the meeting, the committee received an update on the next portion of the Hot Springs walking path, which breaks ground next week. That project, which goes from Casa Dorinda to East Valley Road, includes replacing the bridge railing at Oak Creek, repaving a section of Hot Springs Road, and shifting and replacing curbs to build a pedestrian pathway. The pathway portion of the plan includes narrowing the roadway for vehicles, and shifting the bike lane and curb so there is room for a pathway, which will be beautified by the Bucket Brigade. The pathway, which is being funded through a FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) grant related to debris flow recovery, is required to have ADA accessible curb cuts and ramps. The triangle in front of Casa Dorinda will also be worked on, as there was damage to the drainage systems during the debris flow.

Work begins May 10 and is expected to be completed by June.

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Beard, Pat and Ursula Nesbitt, Wes and Victoria Ru, and Mike Uretz.

Normality beckons at the gallop!

The Sound of the Times

Fashion Show virtually from the picturesque lily pond at the Belmond El Encanto.

Center clients modeled fashions from K. Frank of Montecito and guests heard their heartwarming stories of courage through their unique journeys facing breast cancer.

All the models in the show, which is normally held at the Biltmore, are breast cancer survivors, thrivers, and BCRC clients who have been supported and encouraged by the many programs and services the nonprofit provides.

Proceeds from the popular event fund essential support services and educational programs for women dealing with breast cancer.

Young Leaders’ Efforts Pay Off

Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott captivate (Courtesy of UCSB A&L)

Legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the equally comparable pianist Kathryn Stott worked their talented charms as part of the “Songs of Comfort and Hope Project,” with a concert filmed in Taiwan.

The dynamic duo played works

by Schumann and Rachmaninoff, as well as a number of traditional pieces including “Shenandoah,” “The Last Rose of Summer,” and “Londonderry Air.” The concert, part of the popular UCSB Arts & Lectures series, was an absolute joy in these gloomiest of times.

The Show Does Go On — and it Thrives

Despite the pandemic restrictions, the Breast Cancer Resource Center hosted its 13th annual Thrive

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The program selects outstanding young women for exemplifying the Girls Inc. mission of inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.

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Prince Harry by Michelle Ruiz, an award-winning broadcast journalist.

Titled Continental Divide, the eightpage piece postulates whether the brothers, one a future king, and their father, Prince Charles, will ever reconcile as a family.

The July 1 unveiling of their late mother Princess Diana’s statue in Kensington Gardens, just a tiara’s toss from Kensington Palace where they were brought up as children, on what would have been her 60th birthday will be most telling, say many royal observers, with one commenting: “It could amount to walking back into the viper pit.” He also wondered whether Meghan would ever set foot on British soil again.

We will see.

Rest in Peace, Anne

Goopin’ Around at Sea

Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow is now adding cruise ship wellness guru to her Goop resumé.

The Oscar winner, 48, has teamed up with Celebrity Cruises to work on a project to be unveiled with the new $900 million, 3,260-passenger ship, Celebrity Beyond, next year.

“My team at Goop is curating programming and fitness regimens to add to Celebrity’s wellness experience,” she reveals on Instagram.

I can’t wait.

Perfect Tin!

I can’t believe it is 10 years — traditionally celebrated by the giving of tin — since Prince William plighted his troth to Kate Middleton, who was a fellow student at St. Andrews University in Scotland, at London’s Westminster Abbey.

I was hired by NBC in Los Angeles to cover the glamorous ceremony and spent three days at the network affiliate’s Burbank studio doing commentary on the colorful occasion with anchors Chuck Henry and Colleen Williams.

Princess Diana, William’s mother, who would have been 60 on July 1, would have heartily approved of the relationship.

A Royal Problem?

The latest issue of the Conde Nast celebrity glossy, Vanity Fair, has an interesting article on the schism between Prince William and

“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” – William Makepeace Thackeray

Anne Douglas passed away at the age of 102, with her husband, Kirk, dying in 2020 (Photo by Priscilla)

On a personal note, I mark the move of Anne Douglas, the widow of acting legend Kirk Douglas, to more heavenly pastures just five days after celebrating her 102nd birthday at her Beverly Hills home.

She joins Kirk, who died last year at the age of 103, over the rainbow.

I remember fondly attending dinners at their art-filled Montecito home with the late society doyenne Beverley Jackson and the likes of actress Bo Derek and her beau John Corbett.

“She will always be in our hearts,” says her stepson Oscar winner Michael Douglas, another former resident of our rarefied enclave.

Sightings Prince Harry peddling his bike in Riven Rock... Basketball legend Magic Johnson posing for selfies with fans in the Montecito Country Mart... TV talk show host James Corden getting his java jolt at Pierre Lafond Pip! Pip! Be safe, wear a mask, and get vaccinated.

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Giving List (Continued from page 22 22)) they find that might work,” said Gose. “Their homes become a toolbox, with the challenge to design ramps that will take the place of the ‘stolen’ tracks. It’s fun and it’s playful and it gets the kids engaged that also offers a direct connection to what the teachers are teaching.”

While Virtual Design Labs have a nominal fee, the museum has also been offering free MOXI at Home Activity Guides that are also all connected to motion and related to exhibits at MOXI, including the McMillan + Kenny Families Fantastic Forces Courtyard and the Muzzy Family Speed Track. Among the downloadable PDFs utilizing items that you can easily find at your house is one showing how to build a guitar out of cardboard and string, which proved popular among both teachers and parents. A homemade water wheel evokes the whitewater exhibit on MOXI’s rooftop.

“You’re building some type of a contraption with very easily accessible materials and there’s no one right way to create the thing,” said Gose. “It’s about getting kids off of screens and using their hands and heads to keep creativity alive.”

It’s this latter part that, while already part of MOXI’s mission to ignite learning through interactive experiences in science and creativity, has taken on added importance during the pandemic, as the museum’s aim is to steer kids toward the skills of STEM — science, technology, engineering, and math — that make up the bulk of what will be necessary for the jobs of the future, which seems a lot closer after COVID. “We wanted the students to hopefully maintain their academic rigor, but also connect with the real educational philosophy of MOXI, which is focusing on the 21st century skills — critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration,” Gose explained. “We do that through the theme of STEM, but it’s really those four core competencies that can transfer to any profession and any problem. When they’re faced with a challenge such as housing insecurity in a community, or another pandemic, a rise in the sea level or other results of climate change, having those core competencies and those essential skills, they’re equipped to innovate.”

The Power of MOXI

Inspired?

Then perhaps you’d like to take advantage of a great opportunity to learn mid-month via “The Power of MOXI,” the museum’s annual spring luncheon that will take place virtually. The one-hour event starting at noon on May 18, will provide information for both current supporters and potential new friends to learn more about MOXI’s impactful learning experiences. It will also delve into how the museum creates equitable access to its programs, ensuring that all children are empowered to pursue their interests in STEM and perhaps become the future problem solvers and innovators the world needs more than ever.

And, because it’s MOXI — with an I for innovation — the event won’t just

be one talking head the whole time, instead featuring live presentations with staffers, some prerecorded segments and a few videos, all designed to keep the community interested in the museum that just reopened last week.

“People will see how important this type of learning is for the teachers and the students, because we all want a future where we are happy and helping, and our planet is happy and healthy,” Gose said.

The event will also feature the first annual Moxie Award to an individual or organization in the community in gratitude for extraordinary support of the museum’s mission, said Martha Swanson, MOXI’s director of marketing and communications.

“I can’t tell you who the winner is before that day, but it’s someone who without whom MOXI probably wouldn’t exist. So, we’re excited to honor and recognize a special person, and we’re excited that we’re going to start a new tradition that we hope to carry on in future years.”

There is no cost to attend the luncheon, though the first 100 guests to register will receive a delicious free meal delivered to your home or workplace.

Everyone will have the opportunity to support MOXI’s Education Fund, raising critical support for the museum’s STEM education and accessibility programs. Those wanting to have a bigger impact can contact amanda.allen@ moxi.org or call (805) 770-5003 to inquire about sponsorship or to make a pre- or post-luncheon gift to the Education Fund. Community volunteers are also needed to deliver the free meals; visit www.moxi.org/springluncheon for details.

For other ways of supporting MOXI, including the Innovator Circles of Giving, its annual giving program, corporate partners and special projects, visit www.moxi.org.

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by Scott Craig (photography by Brad Elliott) Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

Honoring the Persevering Class of 2021

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estmont’s determined and resilient class of 2021 will walk across the stage and celebrate Commencement in person on May 8, at 9:30 am on Thorrington Field in a special, socially distanced layout.

Sandra Richter, Westmont’s Robert H. Gundry professor of biblical studies, delivers the address, while President Gayle D. Beebe will present the Westmont Medal to Ron Werft, president and CEO of Cottage Health.

Only two guests per graduate may attend; the ceremony is closed to the general public. Families and friends may watch a professional livestream of the event at westmont.edu/com mencement.

“We’re so proud of these graduates, who’ve endured a major fire, the tragic mudslide, multiple evacuations, and the year-long pandemic,” Beebe says. “They’ve overcome unbelievable challenges to emerge stronger than ever. They’re ready to lead and serve on the frontlines in all spheres of society throughout the world.”

Four months into their first semester, smoke from the Thomas Fire — and its relentless movement toward Montecito — forced the class of 2021 to evacuate in December. A few weeks later, after students had returned for the spring semester, deadly mudflows struck the region in January. Despite being untouched, Westmont had to evacuate again due to widespread damage in Montecito that compromised the water supply.

Then, halfway through the spring semester of their junior year, students left again when the pandemic shut down campus and nearly everything

Sandra Richter is the commencement speaker

Ron Werft is this year’s Westmont Medal recipient

else. Students returned to campus in September 2020 for their senior year, living safely on campus and participating in classes on Zoom or outside under large tents.

Caylie Cox, who graduates with a degree in English, says now better understand what it means to have resilience and grit.

“There is one achievement that I and my class can claim: we’ve kept going,” she says. “Even when the world was literally falling apart around us, we have stuck together. We’ve built friendships, kept each other safe and embraced new ideas. I’ve seen my classmates grow mentally, emotionally and spiritually, even in the midst of incredibly challenging times. I couldn’t be prouder of my class. We are, without a doubt, resilient.”

About 306 students will participate in Commencement, and 124 will earn honors. The graduating class includes two veterans who served in the military before attending Westmont: Esteban Garcia Mares and Steven Carmona.

Four students graduate with triple majors: Kimberlee Liang Gong, Zion Shih, Chisondi Simba Warioba, and Logan G. Hodgson.

Richter, who is writing a commentary on Deuteronomy while on sabbatical, will speak about When You Cross the Jordan: Some Thoughts on Liminal Space. Her most recent book, Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says about the Environment and Why It Matters, has won numerous awards from Christian publishers and organizations. A veteran of leading student groups in archaeological excavation and historical geography classes in Israel, she earned a doctorate in Hebrew Bible from Harvard University.

Werft is a trustee of the American Hospital Association Board, which has ultimate authority for the governance and management of its direction and finances. He is past chair of the California Hospital Association and Hospital Association of Southern California and serves on the board of Vizient West Coast. Werft, who earned a master’s in hospital and health care administration from the University of Minnesota, won the 2013 CHA Award of Merit for outstanding contribution to the California health care community.

The Westmont Medal honors those whose lives embody the very principles associated with the character of the college. Past recipients include Larry Crandell, Chad and Ginni Dreier, Christine and Robert Emmons, David and Anna Grotenhuis, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown, Leslie Ridley-Tree and Michael Towbes, to name a few.

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During a year in which the world’s art galleries and museums have been closed, 13 graduating art majors overcame innumerable obstacles to offer their capstone art projects on April 8. The exhibit, which includes oil paintings, drawings, collages, digital “Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.” – Unknown

illustrations, sculptural installations, prints, photographs, videos, and stop-motion animation will be on display through May 8 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. Untold: Westmont Graduate Exhibition 2021 is available online at westmont.edu/ museum/untold. To make an appointment to see the exhibit in person, please find information at westmont. edu/museum.

“Despite the challenges of working under pandemic restrictions, this senior class has created an impressive collective body of work for their senior exhibition,” says Scott Anderson, professor of art and senior project adviser. “The works display a range of interests, from stewardship of the environment to personal narratives, and some comment directly on the moment we’re living in. These student visions have as yet been untold, and the art department faculty are proud and excited to celebrate them with this exhibition showcasing their efforts.”

The student artists include Val Angulo, Corban Banez, Emily Bark, Rachel Elliott, Sophia Gutierrez, Sharon Ko, Elisabeth Lee, Madeline Lush, Ceci M. Amboy, Daniel Staples, Evelyn Thoen, Charlotte Westburg, and Caroline Wyckoff.

Ken Jewesson, a local artist and former head of two prestigious art schools, and his wife, Francie, sponsor the show.

Theater, Film Studies Offer Pandemic Premiere

Westmont’s Theater Arts department collaborates with the Film Studies program to create the virtual premiere of A Winter’s Tale (Interrupted) on April 30, at 7 pm. The play, which does contain mature content, is free to stream at westmont.edu/watchtheater.

Equal parts theater performance, documentary, video log, and art film, the production explores what it means to be an artist and a human in the winter of 2020 in America.

“Imagine Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale is disrupted by a global pandemic, a nationwide justice movement, and a shelter-in-place order for the cast and crew,” says director Mitchell Thomas, Westmont professor of theater arts. Sean Pratt serves as the film director.

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On Entertainment (Continued from page 16 16)) but I let the characters do it. It felt like something I couldn’t let go of. It was a bit like Sleepless where … it felt like my job was just the experience of writing it. (Even though it took years), these people were in my head the whole time. And for the most part, they wrote the story themselves. They surprised me so often. Sometimes I had no idea this line was going to come out of somebody’s mouth, or where they were going when they walked out the door.

That’s the question you always have to ask when you’re writing: What would this person do? You have to get in their head and trust the unconscious process. (The hard part) was telling the story in a way where you don’t feel like you’re being told a story. So, I tried to remove anything that sounded like there’s a writer at work here.

Your style, with the alternating points of view, the time flashbacks, seems very cinematic. Is this headed to the cinema?

I definitely want it to be a movie.

There is something in process, we’re making that plan depending on how the book does. And one reason it might be cinematic is because I learned to write that way. You have to have this incredible economy of words, 100 pages no matter what

story you’re telling. Which forces you to have discipline and to speak in images, keep things moving. So, I had this internal clock that got me through it — I had to just pretty much bust out every tool I had to tell the story.

That wasn’t the impulse. But when is a better time than now for people who’ve destroyed each other to find the pathway to forgiveness? There’s a lot of healing that has to happen now.

What happens in the book is a 370page healing process.

I remember reading that Sleepless felt like it had been given to you, but also that you knew the film was going to be a monster even before you finished writing it. Do you have that sense here?

That night you’re talking about (where Arch woke up and told his wife about Sleepless in Seattle, “You’re going to see Meg Ryan on the cover of Premiere Magazine about this”) I’d never had anything like that before.

It was one of those moments where the whole world opens up and you see everything and then two seconds later it closes down again. But it was magical. [With the book], I trusted the thing that made me write it. I feel like I’m part of a process and that I had to do my job which is getting it out into the world. I don’t have that kind of certainty (about success) that I did with Sleepless.

But anybody who reads it and takes it seriously is going to be rewarded.

I have already heard from people who said it’s helping them through grief or breakups. I didn’t sit down to write something that helps people.

The 25th anniversary of Sleepless was just a couple of years ago and it got a lot of attention again. I know it was big just because it was your breakthrough, but how has it been for you to realize how it’s lived on in hearts and minds?

I sat down to write a rom-com, the story about two people who didn’t know each other, who ended up on top of the Empire State Building at the exact same moment. But it became something where I wanted to send a Valentine to the planet. I wanted people to feel love, believe in hope and possibility. I even figured they’d be playing games with the title for years after I thought of it, but I really didn’t consider that people would still be watching it in 30 years. So, it was amazing that there was a screening at the Drive-in here in Santa Barbara on Valentine’s Day and also at the Greek Theater in L.A., which just blows me away. And I still hear stories about how Sleepless changed their life or pointed out their kids that they said wouldn’t exist without the movie. It feels great to be a part of something

like that. I really do mean a part because all I did was write it.

I think it’s great that you’re doing your first event right here at Chaucer’s, or rather via Zoom for Chaucer’s, on the actual publication date.

It’s home. I took my kids there to buy children’s books when they were growing up, which gives this a beautiful poetic circularity.

Chaucer’s Choice

The population of western monarch butterflies — the majestic insects that migrate from nearby states to spend the cold months in groves of trees between Marin County and San Diego — has declined more than 99 percent since the 1980s, a dramatic drop that has sadly been verified by their disappearance from our own famous eucalyptus grove by Ellwood Preserve.

Writer-researcher Sara Dykman has a similarly foreboding but also much merrier tale to tell in her new book, Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10, 201mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration.

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

FY2021A Pavement Maintenance Project

SANTA BARBARA AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL AND EXECUTION BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OF A

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PROPOSITION 1 INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION GRANT SUBGRANT

Bid Submission. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids for its FY2021A Pavement Maintenance Project (“Project”), by or before May 20, 2021 at 3:00 PM through its PlanetBids portal. Bidders must be registered on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to submit a Bid proposal and to receive addendum notifications. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually submitted/uploaded with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Large files may take more time to be submitted/uploaded to PlanetBids, so plan accordingly. The receiving time on the PlanetBids server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, hardcopy, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

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License and Registration Requirements.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

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

4.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance

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: http://www.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 ten 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 issues the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Award.

6.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

was introduced on April 20, 2021 and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on April 27, 2021, by the following roll call vote:

6.1 General. Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., 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.

AYES:

Councilmembers Eric Friedman; Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

6.2 Rates. These prevailing rates are on file with the City and are 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.

on April 28, 2021.

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

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

7.

Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents.

8.

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

9.

Subcontractor List. Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including 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 price) 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 for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all of the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids.

By: ___________________________________

Date: ________________

William Hornung, C.P.M, General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) April 28, 2021 2) May 5, 2021 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

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I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on April 28, 2021.

/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor Published May 5, 2021 Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mission Scholars, 1330 State Street, Suite 201, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Santa Barbara Education Foundation, 1330 State Street, Suite 201, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 12, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the

“When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.” – Mitch Albom

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).

FBN No. 2021-0001026. Published April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Predictable Esthetics, 300 Garnet Way, Santa Maria, CA, 93454. Isaac Balderas, 300

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PENDING ACTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO: WAIVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT THAT MAY BE APPEALED TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION AND APPROVE, CONDITIONALLY APPROVE, OR DENY THE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT This may affect your property. Please read.

Notice is hereby given that an application for the project described below has been submitted to the Santa Barbara County Planning and Development Department. This project requires the approval and issuance of a Coastal Development Permit by the Planning and Development Department.

The development requested by this application is subject to appeal to the California Coastal Commission following final action by Santa Barbara County and therefore a public hearing on the application is normally required prior to any action to approve, conditionally approve or deny the application. However, in compliance with California Coastal Act Section 30624.9, the Director has determined that this project qualifies as minor development and therefore intends to waive the public hearing requirement unless a written request for such hearing is submitted by an interested party to the Planning and Development Department within the 15 working days following the Date of Notice listed below. All requests for a hearing must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, to Ciara Ristig at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101-2058, by email at cristig@co.santa-barbara.ca.us, or by fax at (805) 568-2030. If a public hearing is requested, notice of such a hearing will be provided.

WARNING: Failure by a person to request a public hearing may result in the loss of the person’s ability to appeal any action taken by Santa Barbara County on this Coastal Development Permit to the Montecito Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors and ultimately the California Coastal Commission.

If a request for public hearing is not received by 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, then the Planning and Development Department will act to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the request for a Coastal Development Permit. At this time it is not known when this action may occur; however, this may be the only notice you receive for this project. To receive additional information regarding this project, including the date the Coastal Development Permit is approved, and/or to view the application and plans, or to provide comments on the project, please contact Ciara Ristig at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101-2058, or by email at cristig@co.santa-barbara.ca.us, or by phone at (805) 568-2077.

PROPOSAL: MATHEWS ADDITION PROJECT ADDRESS: 190 MIRAMAR AVE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108 1st SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE COASTAL ZONE

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider proposed amendments to Santa Barbara Municipal Code (SBMC) Title 22: Chapter 22.68 (Architectural Board of Review), Chapter 22.69 (Single Family Design Board), and Chapter 22.70 (Sign Regulations) related to project compatibility findings for Architectural Board of Review projects (SBMC Section 22.68.045), and limits on the introduction of new evidence for Appeal Hearings before City Council (SBMC Section 22.68.100, 22.69.080, 22.70.050.J) consistent with the revised Historic Resources Ordinance.

If you challenge the Council's action on the decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

You are invited to attend this public hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office by sending them electronically to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

In order to promote social distancing and prioritize the public’s health and well-being, the city council currently holds all meetings electronically. As a public health and safety precaution, the council chambers will not be open to the general public. Councilmembers and the public may participate electronically.

On Thursday, May 13, 2021, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, including the public hearing to consider this appeal, will be available online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. The Agenda includes instructions for participation in the meeting. If you wish to participate in the public hearing, please follow the instructions on the posted Agenda.

(SEAL)

DATE OF NOTICE: 5/5/2021 REQUEST FOR HEARING EXPIRATION DATE: 5/26/2021 PERMIT NUMBER: 17CDH-00000-00017 PARCEL NUMBER: 007-311-007

APPLICATION FILED: 4/28/2017

ZONING: 20-R-1 PROJECT AREA: 0.45 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Applicant: Paul Rubison

Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager 5/5/2021 Published May 5, 2021 Montecito Journal

Proposed Project: The project is to allow construction of 497 square feet of additions to an existing 2,410 square foot one-story single family dwelling, which include enclosure of an existing 211 square foot loggia, conversion of an existing 100 square foot covered patio and a 186 square foot addition. The site is currently developed with a single family dwelling and an attached 465 square foot garage. No grading is proposed. No trees are proposed for removal. The parcel would continue to be served by the Montecito Water District, the Montecito Sanitary District, and the Montecito Fire District. Access would continue to be provided from Miramar Avenue. The property is a 0.45acre parcel zoned 20-R-1 and shown as Assessor's Parcel Number 007-311-007, located at 190 Miramar Avenue in the Montecito Community Area, First Supervisorial District.

APPEALS: The decision of the Director of the Planning and Development Department to approve, conditionally approve, or deny this Coastal Development Permit 17CDH-00000-00017 may be appealed to the Montecito Planning Commission by the applicant or an aggrieved person. The written appeal must be filed within the 10 calendar days following the date that the Director takes action on this Coastal Development Permit. To qualify as an "aggrieved person" the appellant must have, in person or through a representative, informed the Planning and Development Department by appropriate means prior to the decision on the Coastal Development Permit of the nature of their concerns, or, for good cause, was unable to do so.

Written appeals must be filed with the Planning and Development Department at either 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, 93101, or 624 West Foster Road, Suite C, Santa Maria, 93455, by 5:00 p.m. within the timeframe identified above. In the event that the last day for filing an appeal falls on a non-business day of the County, the appeal may be timely filed on the next business day.

This Coastal Development Permit may be appealed to the California Coastal Commission after an appellant has exhausted all local appeals, therefore a fee is not required to file an appeal.

For additional information regarding the appeal process, contact Ciara Ristig. The application required to file an appeal may be viewed at or downloaded from: http://www.countyofsb.org/uploadedFiles/plndev/Content/Permitting/AppealSubReqAPP.pdf ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Information about this project review process may also be viewed at: http://www.countyofsb.org/plndev/permitting/planningprocess.sbc Board of Architectural Review agendas may be viewed online at: http://www.countyofsb.org/plndev/home.sbc Published May 5, 2021 Montecito Journal

Garnet Way, Santa Maria, CA, 93454. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 26, 2021. 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). FBN No. 2021-0000876. Published April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2021

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Simply Remembered, 4289 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Wiefels & Son II, INC, 690 Vella Road, Palm Springs, CA 92264. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 8, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certi-

fy that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2021-0001008. Published April 14, 21, 28, May 5, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: San Ysidro Pharmacy, 1498 East Valley Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Montecito RX, 1498 East Valley

Road, Montecito, CA 93108.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 6, 2021. 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). FBN No. 2021-0000974. Published April 14, 21, 28, May 5, 2021

• The Voice of the Village •

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider proposed amendments to the Historic Resources Ordinance. The proposed ordinance amendments will be incorporated into Title 30 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code as Chapters 30.157, 30.57, 30.237 and Sections 30.220.020 and 30.300.080 “H”. The amendments also include deleting Chapter 22.22, amending Chapter 30.200, and other related Municipal Code amendments. The Landmark and Historic District maps will be incorporated into the Official Zoning Map. The Council will also consider proposed Historic Resource Design Guidelines. Staff reports and draft ordinance amendments can be found online at www.SantaBarbaraCa.gov/HROAmendments.

If you challenge the Council's action on the decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

You are invited to attend this public hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office by sending them electronically to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

In order to promote social distancing and prioritize the public’s health and well-being, the city council currently holds all meetings electronically. As a public health and safety precaution, the council chambers will not be open to the general public. Councilmembers and the public may participate electronically.

On Thursday, May 13, 2021, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, including the public hearing to consider this appeal, will be available online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. The Agenda includes instructions for participation in the meeting. If you wish to participate in the public hearing, please follow the instructions on the posted Agenda.

(SEAL)

Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager 5/5/2021 Published May 5, 2021 Montecito Journal

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Way It Was (Continued from page 12 12)) Dwight’s friend, Everit Herter, was buried at La Fertésous-Jouarre in a section of the graveyard overlooking the river which eventually held the bodies of 314 American soldiers and looked much like this roadside American graveyard nearby (Courtesy of Library of Congress)

Portrait of Caroline painted by John Dwight Bridge after 1919 (Caroline Bridge Armstrong photo)

Dwight served with the 25th Engineers, Company A in the Camouflage Division and achieved the rank of First Lieutenant (Caroline Bridge Armstrong photo)

Pawling, New York, Dwight Bridge enrolled in the Art Students League in New York City. There he became a student and protégé of Albert Herter, famous muralist and portrait painter. He also became acquainted with Herter’s artist son, Everit, who had married Caroline Seymour Keck, the girl next door in East Hampton, Long Island, in 1915.

By 1916, Everit, who had spent seven years of his childhood in Europe, was anxious to join the war to help defend his beloved France.

On September 4, 1917, he enlisted in the Camouflage Corps. John Dwight Bridge, too, enlisted as a camouflager, and in January 1918, both men boarded a transport ship headed for France.

On June 13, 1918, Everit was wounded while working alone on a gun emplacement in an advanced position at Chateau-Thierry. He managed to crawl to a road where he was picked up by an ambulance and taken to the Catholic orphanage-turned-hospital in the village of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre.

He would die and be buried here.

In August 1918, Dwight Bridge received a letter from Caroline asking for details of Everit’s last days.

Dwight wrote a letter expressing his great admiration for Everit and telling of the many talks they’d had.

“Life is only real and true if a man loves his wife… True love is life and happiness,” Everit said.

Dwight told Caroline, “So few people understand that the whole war is just a mistake that someone made who did not know what real love was.”

If Dwight and Everit had been mere acquaintances before joining the corps, they were fast friends by the time of his death. Dwight told Ditty (Caroline) how elated Everit was, shortly before his death, to receive word of the birth of his second son and namesake.

“This terrible war brings friends closer and seems to give us the opportunity of opening our hearts to each other,” Dwight wrote, and he promised to secure Everit’s diary and bring it home to Caroline.

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By early 1919 in Santa Barbara, the troops were home and the world pandemic (erroneously dubbed The Spanish Flu), had completed its scourge and departed. A feeling of optimism was in the air and a cultural renaissance was in the making.

A community chorus and two great extravaganzas that involved the entire community in the design and creation of costumes and stage settings as well as acting, singing, art, and instrumental music led to the establishment of the Community Arts Association in 1920. The new organization came to include branches named Drama, Music, the School of the Arts, Plans and Planting, and the Community Christmas Pageant.

Two of the prime movers behind this renaissance were world-renowned artists Adele and Albert Herter. The Herters had come to Santa Barbara after the death of Albert’s mother, whose estate covered the entire block bordered by Micheltorena, Garden, Santa Barbara, and Arrellaga streets (today’s Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens). In 1914, the Herters converted her estate into the exclusive El Mirasol Hotel and began to live part of the year in Santa Barbara.

Albert became involved with the Community Arts Players and taught at the School of the Arts, while Adele was responsible for the creation of the Community Orchestra. Both were involved with the first Community Christmas Pageant, creating decorations for the Community Tree of

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In May 1919, the Herters’ daughter-in-law Caroline Keck Herter and her children, Robert and Everit Jr., rented the MacVeagh house in Mission Canyon for the summer. By July, Dwight Bridge had come to visit.

On July 17, however, tragedy struck.

Three-year-old Bobby Herter died after eating ant poison. What grief the family must have felt one can only imagine, but two weeks later, Caroline and Dwight were married in a quiet ceremony at the home of a close

Way It Was Page 424 The exclusive and elegant Hotel El Mirasol was created

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(Santa Barbara Historical Museum photo)

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Dykman talks about her journey, the butterflies and her book, which was published April 13, over Zoom with Chaucer’s staff at 6 pm on May 13.

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It’s rather surprising to recall that Henry Winkler — who has enjoyed over four decades of success in Hollywood as an actor, producer, and director — only recently claimed his first Primetime Emmy Award.

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Winkler also received Golden Globe noms for drama for playing Jack Dunne in Heroes (1977) and comedy for his role as Chuck Lumley in 1983’s Night Shift, and was again nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for The Practice. The actor also took home Daytime Emmys in 1985 for the CBS Schoolbreak Special: All the Kids Do It, and 2005 as Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program in Clifford’s Puppy Days.

But it wasn’t until 2018 that Winkler finally won his first Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for his role in Barry. The dark comedy crime TV series created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader premiered earlier that year on HBO, and stars Hader as the title character, a depressed, low-rent hitman from the Midwest who reluctantly travels to Los Angeles to execute a hit on an aspiring actor. When Barry follows his target into an acting class where Winkler’s character is the teacher, he finds an accepting community in a group of eager hopefuls within the L.A. theater scene and realizes he’d

rather start a new life as an actor.

As part of the Carsey-Wolf Center’s Script to Screen series, Winkler joins Pollock Theater director Matt Ryan at 4 pm on May 11, for a discussion of his role in Barry — where the writing has also claimed numerous awards — and the rest of Winkler’s career in entertainment. People who register for the event by noon on May 12 will receive a link to stream the show’s pilot episode on Monday.

The Canadian documentary film Borders: John Ware Reclaimed (2020) follows filmmaker Cheryl Foggo on her quest to uncover the complex story of John Ware, an African-American cowboy and rancher who settled in Alberta prior to the turn of the 20th century.

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Way It Was (Continued from page 40 40)) The MacVeagh House, site of the terrible tragedy, is today part of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and used as a volunteer center (author photo)

Caroline, Dwight Jr. and Everit Jr. circa 1921 on Butterfly Beach (Courtesy of Caroline Bridge Armstrong)

Dwight Bridge played King Arkel in Albert Herter’s production of Pelléas and Mélisande (Carolyn and Edwin Gledhill portrait, courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

The Bridge family gathered for a photo on the porch of what is believed to be their home in St. Louis, circa 1923. Dwight and Caroline are sitting on the stoop on the far right. Dwight holds his son John Dwight, Jr. and Caroline holds David. (Lynn Bridge photo)

Community String Orchestra.

Bridge was complimented for his performance as King Arkel, the grandfather of the ill-fated Pelléas. The play, written

by Maurice Maeterlinck, was essentially a fairytale and tragic love story.

For the Bridges, life was good in the early 1920s. Unfortunately, it was not to last.

Next time, Dwight the Hobo Artist.

Known for his love of flamboyant costumes, Dwight couldn’t resist fashioning a cloak of seaweed. He created a sensation when he attended a fancy dress ball given by the Peter Cooper Bryces at Dias Felices in Montecito in 1922. Dwight had dressed as a woman and wore a sensational headdress of golden horns, clearly taking “best of show” from the other 200 extravagantly costumed guests. (Courtesy of Caroline Bridge Armstrong)

Albert Herter in the romantic courtyard of the El Mirasol Hotel where dancer Ruth St. Denis wove her magical spells (Carolyn and Edwin Gledhill portrait via Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

friend in Pasadena. The remainder of the summer was spent in Walpole with Dwight’s parents at their summer home.

Dwight and Caroline returned to Santa Barbara and purchased a cottage at 15 Pomar Drive in Montecito in January 1920. In May, their first son, John Dwight, Jr., was born. Dwight opened an art studio at the Harmer Adobe on De la Guerra Plaza, and, in July, the Bridges hosted a tea for more than 100 people at the studio.

Commissions for portraits started to roll in.

In August, Adele and Albert hosted 150 friends in the romantic courtyard of El Mirasol for a soiree that featured the famous danseuse, Ruth St. Denis.

For one suite, Caroline and Dwight participated as patrons of an Arabian coffee house while St. Denis sinuously wove her terpsichorean tales.

At the Pawling School in New

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Ruth St. Denis told her stories through dance (Courtesy of Library of Congress)

York, Dwight had been a member of the drama club. It is not surprising, therefore, that Dwight and Caroline would take to the activities of the new Community Arts Association with aplomb. He joined the staff of the School of the Arts where he taught alongside his mentor, Albert Herter, and became involved with the Community Players.

Dwight the Actor

For the Players, Dwight created advertising posters, worked behind the scenes as a set designer, and acted.

For the second series of Community Arts one-act plays, Bridge had a role in The Clod, a melodrama set in Civil War times. For the third series, after his performance in A Night at the Inn, the review said, “Particular mention must be made of the part of Sniggers (Dwight Bridge) which was a charac-

terization worthy of a professional.”

At Christmas time, both Bridges had parts in three of the tableaux organized

by Adele as part of her work for the Community Christmas. Dwight was one of the three kings and Caroline played the Madonna for Silent Night.

For 1921, the reviews continued to be glowing. By the end of that year, he had become one of the darlings of Santa Barbara theater.

“Dwight’s past work has proven him to be a comedian of rare ability as well as an actor capable of sustaining the serious straight roles,” said the Morning Press.

Playing the title lead in Booth Tarkington’s Clarence, Dwight earned another rave review.

“Nothing was too good for Clarence, as played by Dwight Bridge. He succeeded in making him so loveable that we liked everything he did, from first act to last,” opined the reviewer.

To benefit the Community Arts Association and promote the concept of community involvement, Albert Herter would present several spectacular productions over the years.

The first was Pelléas and Mélisande, which was accompanied by symphonic music composed for it by Claude Debussy and played by the

“A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.” – Cardinal Meymillod

[Note to readers: It has been very difficult finding images of Bridge’s work, mainly because they are mostly in private collections. I have been very fortunate to connect with a few of his descendants who have shared images they own. I suspect that there may be portraits painted by Dwight Bridge gracing the walls of many longtime local residences. If you’re willing to share an image and/or could share some information, please contact me at hattie beresford@gmail.com. Thank you.]

Editor’s note: The following sources were used in this report: Ancestry.com resources; newspaper articles at Santa Barbara Historical Museum and newspapers.com; Community Arts Association drama programs; Herter family papers, Massachusetts Historical Society; Blog

by Lynn Bridge; “Camoupedia” by Roy R. Behrens, blog; “Santa Barbara School of the Arts,” Noticias, Vol XL. Nos. 3,4, 1994; “En Souvenir” by Mark Levitch, 2020, Portraits of Remembrance: Painting, Memory, and the First World War; and M.A. DeWolfe’s Memoirs of the Harvard Dead in the War Against Germany; vol. 3, pp. 229-247. Many thanks to Caroline Bridge Armstrong; Mike Stevenson of Guyette & Deeter, Inc.; Alan Fausel, executive director of the American Kennel Club’s Museum of the Dog; and Chris Ervin of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.

•MJ Ms Beresford is a local historian who has written two Noticias for the Santa Barbara Historical Museum as well as authored two books. One, The Way It Was: Santa Barbara Comes of Age, is a collection of articles written for the Montecito Journal. The other, Celebrating CAMA’s Centennial, is the fascinating story of Santa Barbara’s Community Arts Music Association.

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by Gabe Saglie Gabe Saglie has been covering the Santa Barbara wine scene for more than 15 years through columns, TV and radio. He’s a senior editor with Travelzoo and is a leading expert on travel deals, tips and trends. Gabe and wife Renee have 3 children and one Golden Retriever named Milo

Pop the Cork, Hold the Booze: Local Winemaker Launches Alcohol-Free Wine-Inspired Drinks January Drinks features a Manzanilla Chardonnay in a 750 ml bottle

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s we begin to push out of this pandemic, and as the light at the end of the tunnel grows brighter, many Americans are taking stock of how their drinking habits have changed over the last year.

As one would guess, the angst and anxiety wrought by many months of lockdowns, restrictions, and Zoom calls means many of us are pouring heavier, sipping longer, and gulping bigger. Here are some intriguing numbers: • The National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that, in the first few weeks of the pandemic, alcohol sales jumped 54% over the previous year; • The American Psychological Association led a study in February that found nearly one in four Americans coped with pandemic stress by drinking more; • An analysis published in December by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health reported that 60% of Americans they surveyed were drinking more now than before COVID. Wine drinking delivers many pleasures, but none are worth it if they put your health, relationships, and life at risk. Drinking responsibly should always prevail. Suffice it to say, if you or someone you know needs help, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism provides myriad resources at niaaa. nih.gov.

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mation, music, and historical reenactments, reveal who this iconic figure might have been, and what his legacy means, at least through the writer-director’s eyes.

Foggo — a multiple award-winning playwright, author, and filmmaker whose work over the last 30 years has focused on the lives of Western Canadians of African descent — talks about the film with moderator Stephanie Batiste at 4 pm on May 13. Batiste is an Associate Professor of Black Studies and English at UCSB, where she is also Affiliate Professor in the Departments of Theater and Dance and Comparative Literature. She is also co-editor of the NYU Press Book Series Performance and American Culture. Registered participants will receive a link to screen the film two days in advance of the event. Visit www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu.

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January Drinks also has a Juniper Grenache

that “we wanted to cut back some on our drinking,” he says, “but we still wanted the ceremony.”

They were not looking to give up the bottle but, rather, to expand their options and broaden their imbibing horizons to better match their refreshed lifestyle approach.

This heart-to-heart gave birth to January Drinks, which plays on the public health campaign that encourages no drinking during the first month. The pair of beverages, which launched this week, feature zero alcohol. But they are clearly wine-inspired – terroir-driven, in fact – and made by a guy who’s most famous for making wine. Think of them as teas made from wine grapes that are infused with botanicals and natural aromatics, steeped, then filtered. Presented in familiar 750-ml bottles, they also offer a delicious alternative for any discerning wine aficionado.

The Manzanilla Chardonnay ($17) is a super unique aperitif – reminiscent of vermouth, actually, with a refreshing acerbic quality and lip-smacking finish. Made with chard grapes from La Rinconada Vineyard in the Sta. Rita Hills growing region just west of Buellton – coveted fruit.

Potter adds chamomile flowers, Meyer lemons, cinnamon sticks and red peppercorns, while elecampane,

The festival’s weekly series of conversations between writer-directors and SBIFF staff has taken a couple of left turns as it re-emerges after last month’s annual festival: Not only has SBIFF head honcho Roger Durling taken on the Q&A duties for at least the first four weeks, but the series is also encompassing filmmakers whose oeuvre includes feature length documentaries and more.

Three of Jason Baffa’s features — a sunflower also known as horse-heal, and gentian, a pretty blue flower also called bitter root, are also infused into the chardonnay juice.

The bracing bitterness on the tongue makes this drink refreshing – quenching on its own and an ideal candidate for a spritz.

The Juniper Grenache ($17) is a showstopper. I love that the character of the grenache grapes, which comes from the Estelle Vineyard in the Santa Ynez Valley, prevails – red fruit, flowers, herbs. Then, like a painter dabbing multiple colors, Potter adds juniper berries and bay laurel leaves to create a wonderfully exotic nose; black tea elevates the grape juice tannins; sumac and angelica root deliver subtle bitterness; and dashes of black peppercorns and smoked sea salt deliver a savory finish. Ok to serve on ice? Sure. A splash of tonic? Yes. Orange slices and sprigs of rosemary? Great idea. A shot of gin or vodka? Even though the irony escapes no one, a fantastic idea!

The pervasive freshness of the January Drinks comes, in part, from the fact that the grape juice, after being gently pressed, is immediately cold-soaked – kept inside a fridge at under 32 degrees. That prevents

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2003’s Singlefin: Yellow, 2014’s Bella Vita One, and 2007’s California Day — struck a chord in the surfing community in Santa Barbara and the world — before his 2019 effort, Loopers: The Caddie’s Long Walk, employed none other than Caddyshack’s Bill Murray as narrator for a long look at the person behind the player who is actually carrying the bag, and more.

Baffa discusses his past and upcoming work with Durling over Zoom at 5:30 on May 6. Details and registration at https://sbiff.org/filmtalk.

Classical Corner: Kislenko Connects

For UCSB pianist Dr. Natasha Kislenko, putting together her new virtual chamber music recital, “Springtime in France: Music of Les Six,” was both a trip down memory lane and a discovery of something new.

“I’ve always been interested in the music of the early 20th century, which was a really fascinating and diverse time,” said the pianist who has previously put several programs together featuring composers from the era. “I just kind of randomly came across an article about Les Six, and then I got the book by Robert Shapiro to read about the composers and it was really fascinating. I knew three of them, but the others were complete mystery. So I was curious.”

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natural fermentation to begin its sugar-to-alcohol transformation, but also elevates flavor, color, and acidity. That makes these beverages fun yet sophisticated, approachable yet intriguing. They stand out, in fact, in a marketplace of booze-free drinks for grownups that is definitely growing, but that is marked mainly by brands that are far less interesting, creative, or enjoyable.

This new label joins Potter’s three other very high-profile projects: Municipal Winemakers (or Muni), with its hip and affordable Santa Barbara County wines, and with a very popular dive shop-turned-tasting room that’s celebrating 10 years in the Funk Zone; Potek, located at The Mill on East Haley Street, which is a vehicle for Potter’s more refined, elegant, upscale versions of pinot noir, chardonnay, and syrah; and Nowadays, a line of natural wines, where unfiltered, cloudy, and chemical-free are synonymous with interesting, funky, and yummy.

Aside from the Potek and Muni tasting stops in Santa Barbara, Potter also pours at a third sipping spot in downtown Los Alamos. Find all his wines at municipalwinemakers.com.

Cheers!

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Nosh (Continued from page 14) with patty pan summer squash, baby kale, poached eggs, grilled ciabatta, sweet paprika and San Marzano tomato sauce. Dessert lovers will enjoy hazelnut profiteroles; praline gelato, candied hazelnuts with warm Valrhona chocolate sauce; Tahitian vanilla crème brulée; orange marmalade, fresh berries, and angel food cake; buttermilk ice cream, and honey Stonehouse Executive Chef Matthew Johnson will use (from the chef’s garden) served with puffed fresh herbs from his chef’s garden to prepare a coastal ranch menu just for mom amaranth.

Price: $190 per person excludes tax and gratuity. A luxury gift for mom to celebrate her special day and the soon-to-be-opened SYR Salon & Spa is included with a brunch reservation. If mom is a wine lover, be sure to reserve a post-brunch private wine cellar. For more information or make a reservation, call 805-565-1720.

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Menu Highlights For brunch: Wild mushroom and gruyère omelet; Spanish chorizo omelet with avocado; and waffles and French toast with assorted berries. For dinner: roasted chicken with thyme au jus; filet mignon pepper steak with cognac; and petite filet and half lobster Treat mom to a class-act brunch at Lucky’s Steakhouse and Delmonico Flannery dry aged beef. À la carte sides include hashed brown potatoes with gruyère, creamed spinach, sautéed mushrooms and jumbo asparagus with hollandaise sauce. For sweet tooths: Molten triple chocolate cake and Grand Marnier soufflés are elegantly baked from scratch.

Brunch is served from 9 am to 2:30 pm. For more information, visit luckys-steakhouse.com or call 805-565-7540.

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Menu Highlights Italian benedict featuring prosciutto on rye topped with two poached eggs smothered in hollandaise; baked eggs with parmesan, garlic and parsley; farmers’ market vegetable frittatas; smoked salmon benedicts; Bananas Foster French toast. For dinner, Tre Lune is serving three classic meals: a rack of lamb grilled with rosemary and garlic; a half chicken roasted with rosemary, garlic and served with portobello mushroom sauce and a sautéed salmon with lemon and capers, along with entrees such as king salmon, dover sole and sautéed sand dabs.

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D’Angelo’s fresh baked pastries are perfect for serving Menu Highlights mom breakfast in bed Plain, chocolate, or almond croissants, baguettes, muffins, scones, rosemary focaccia, white and whole wheat Pullman loaves, kalamata olive bread, pumpernickel rye, as well as bagels, brioche, and D’Angelo Bakery’s famed cinnamon buns.

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t’s well known that Rosewood Miramar Executive Chef Massimo Falsini gets his culinary talent from his mother and grandmother. He has always credited them as the inspiration behind his well-crafted Italian dishes. Mother’s Day is a culmination of his love and affection for these women with two unforgettable brunch experiences.

Caruso’s Menu Highlights Oysters and Stephanie’s Sea Urchins with genoise sauce, apple mignonette, cocktail sauce and horseradish; house-made charcuterie foie gras torchon, with fruit mostarda and pickles; berries gazpacho with minted crème fraiche, croutons, balsamico di Modena extravecchio; spinach pasta with ragù and Parmigiano Reggiano; crispy Monterey Wild Salmon served with peas soubise, heirloom carrots and fennel relish; Mt. Tam cheese omelette with mornay sauce and garden greens; soft scramble with Passmore Ranch Caviar served with toasted brioche; buffalo ricotta and lemon pancakes with blueberry syrup and Chantilly; and Dungeness crab benedict. For dessert, moms will delight in Crostata Di Fragole, a strawberry tart served with crème fraîche; and Bar Del Cioccolato, “candy shop” style high French and Italian mini pastries with a shot of Nonna Lucia’s Limoncello.

Revere Room Menu Highlights Southern-style deviled eggs with duck rillettes and garden pickles; cherries and blueberries bowl served with yogurt and granola, steel cut oats and honey; avocado toast with poached eggs, manchamanteles mole, hemp seeds, cabbage slaw on sourdough; crab cakes with

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pickled apple, bitter greens and Old Bay aioli; veggie chop made with butter lettuce, Chef Falsini credits his red gem, cherry tomato, roasted carrots, mother and asparagus, peas, radishes, cucumber toasted grandmother almonds, and Champagne vinaigrette; grilled as his culinary butterflied chicken served with sugar snap inspirations. salad, feta, Frisée, pickles and sumac-tahini dressing and wagyu skirt steak served with garden kale salad, cashews, pickled blueberries and honey-lavender vinaigrette. Round out brunch with Fragole and Panna, strawberries and whipped cream; cheesecake with cherries and berries; devil’s food cake with vanilla gelato; or lemon pie with toasted poppy seeds and berry sorbet.

Caruso’s Brunch runs 11 am to 2:30 pm, $185 per adult, $65 per child ages 4 to 12, complimentary for children three and younger. The Revere Room Brunch is 11 am to 3 p.m., $145 per adult, $45 per child ages 4 to 12, complimentary for children three and younger. For reservations, call 805-900-8388.

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nown for its authentic hot and cold tapas, Loquita is offering Spanish delicacies for mom on her special day.

Menu Highlights Mar y Tierra Paella made with black tiger prawns, grass fed short rib, manzanilla olives, confit garlic, parsley and piparra pepper aioli ($45); Carpaccio de Carne with grass fed beef, manzanilla olives, pickled mustard seed, 12-year sherry vinegar and arbequina olive oil ($21). Loquita will introduce diners to jamón ibérico de bellota on Executive Chef Nik Ramirez introduces a Mother’s Day new menu item: jamón ibérico de bellota – the finest aged ham in the world, sold by the half ounce. If mamá is thirsty, order her a rosé sangria ($13 glass/$55 pitcher).

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Executive Chef Roth Ironside has mastered the art of tartines, a hot open-faced sandwich with savory toppings and fragrant French cheeses.

Menu Highlights Oak grilled sourdough topped with oven roasted cremini mushrooms, melted brie, parmesan cheese scrambled eggs, sherry vinegar, toasted garlic, parsley ($17.95); and toasted sourdough topped with chicken salad, red apples, celery, golden raisins, chopped pecans and arugula ($16.95) are two popular menu choices.

Brioche French toast stuffed with blueberry compote, whipped cream and lemon zest ($14.25); Chef Roth Ironside has mastered the art of tartines, gruyère omelette with asparagus, dressed in a the hot open-faced sandwich with savory toppings creamy béchamel sauce; homemade biscuit, soft and French cheeses poached eggs, creamed spinach, Canadian bacon and Béarnaise sauce (18.95) are a few other house favorites.

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On Entertainment (Continued from page 43 43)) Indeed, Les Six members were Georges Auric (1899–1983), Louis Durey (1888–1979), Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), Darius Milhaud (1892– 1974), Francis Poulenc (1899–1963), and Germaine Tailleferre (1892– 1983). Milhaud — who was an early co-founder at the Music Academy of the West, where Kislenko has long served on the faculty — and Poulenc are well-known, and Honegger’s music is still often played, but the others have largely faded into history.

But at the time the young composer friends were quite the rage in Paris as they followed ideas of the well-known poet and playwright Jean Cocteau and composer Erik Satie, and took their inspiration from street and cafe music in Paris, with music that tended toward light, witty, and joyful in opposition to weighty German romanticism and complex writings of Debussy and Ravel in the years postWorld War I. “That lightness of textures seems like something that’s right for our times right now,” Kislenko said.

To create the program that will premiere at 6 pm on May 7, as a YouTube video via the UCSB Department of Music’s channel, Kislenko fashioned her own party of five, coming up with pairings much like the disparate grouping of the French composers during the Les Six era. As it turns out, “Springtime in France: Music of Les Six” wasn’t recorded in either Paris or Santa Barbara, instead the videos were made in Houston, where Kislenko has been spending some time during the pandemic. Which is also where nearly all of the collaborators also reside.

“I have a lot of great colleagues and friends here in town,” she explained.

“We picked most of the pieces together.”

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with solo works from L’Album Les Six — the only one that featured all six composers — the concert continues with Honegger’s Intrada for trumpet and piano with Matthew Swihart, professor of high brass at Nicholls State University in Louisiana; Auric’s Five Bagatelles for piano four hands and Tailleferre’s Deux Valses and Toccata for two pianos, both with Israeli-American pianist Tali Morgulis, an Associate Professor of Piano at Houston’s Moores School of Music; Milhaud’s Saudades do Brasil for violin and piano with Bulgarian violinist Chavdar Parashkevov, who plays for the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet Orchestras; and Poulenc’s Sonata for clarinet and piano, with clarinetist Richie Hawley, the former principal clarinet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and current Rice University faculty member who is also on the MAW faculty.

Kislenko has frequently collaborated with the artists on this program, both in the concert hall and recording studio as the Kislenko/Parashkevov duo has presented recitals and concerto performances all over the world since forming the duo in 2010. The pianist and Swihart collaborated during their studies at Stony Brook University 20 years ago, Kislenko has offered master classes for Morgulis’s students, for example. What was new was shooting the performances over such a short period during the pandemic.

“We recorded them at several different venues and on different days over a four-week period,” Kislenko said. “So, it will look a little bit like a kaleidoscope because I’m even wearing different clothes for every piece, very random.

But I guess that’s how things are.”

Just having the chance to record in person with other people was a

delight, Kislenko said.

“It was absolutely amazing because for the whole year we haven’t been able to do that,” she said. “I still have not played in front of people, but at least I could make music in the same room with people. Some of them were fully vaccinated so I could even take my mask off, which was really amazing! It was totally fulfilling for me.”

An even bigger cause for celebration for the pianist came from discovering Tailleferre’s music.

“I’ve really never heard this work

before,” Kislenko said. “I’ve come across a lot of music with the accompanying work at MAW and elsewhere, or going to concerts, but I had never heard this music anywhere.

And it’s just delightful and wonderful. I don’t understand why. It could be because she was a female composer and at that time music by women wasn’t taken seriously. But she has a lot of great, great music. And I’m definitely going to look into doing more of it now.”

C’est fantastique!

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848 HOT SPRINGS RD, MONTECITO UPPER 4BD/5BA • $24,850,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

820 CIMA LINDA LN, MONTECITO LOWER 4BD/7BA • $6,795,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

920 CAMINO VIEJO, MONTECITO 4BD/4½BA • $6,250,000 Daniel Encell, 805.565.4896 LIC# 00976141

1097 GOLF RD, MONTECITO LOWER 6BD/5BA • $5,000,000 Scott Williams, 805.451.9300 LIC# 00628741

2350 BELLA VISTA DR, MONTECITO UPPER 3BD/2½BA • $3,900,000 Rachael Douglas, 805.318.0900 LIC# 02024147

290 BUTTERFLY LN, MONTECITO LOWER 3BD/4BA • $3,848,000 Jo Ann Mermis, 805.895.5650 LIC# 00891742

1121 CIMA LINDA LN, MONTECITO 4BD/3½BA • $3,295,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

1382 PLAZA PACIFICA, MONTECITO LOWER 2BD/2½BA • $2,795,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

511 ALSTON RD, MONTECITO LOWER 3BD/3BA • $2,695,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

805 TORO CANYON RD, MONTECITO UPPER 10.67±acs • $2,375,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

785 TORO CANYON RD, MONTECITO UPPER 1.94±acs • $1,750,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

1094 TORO CANYON RD, MONTECITO UPPER 45±acs • $850,000 Jody Neal / Kathy Strand Spieler, 805.252.9267 LIC# 01995725 / 00851281

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