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In The News – Senate Bill 9 is here, but

Miscellany – Charlie Munger adds to his

Our Town – Celebrating the South

Far Flung Travel – It’s been a “killer” time

how can the city and county fight it? P.10

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Coast’s first babies of the new year, P.35

impressive local real estate portfolio, P.19

the giving list

in the Santa Barbara Channel, P. 34

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HOMETOWN KID LANDS VEGAS GIG WE TREKKED TO LAS VEGAS FOR KATY PERRY’S NEW RESIDENCY AND SHE PROVIDED PLENTY OF FIREWORKS. (STORY STARTS ON P. 14)

Ready for its Close-Up

The Australian Walkabout at the Santa Barbara Zoo is an immersive experience you simply don’t want to miss, page 5

Coming Full Circle

Opera soprano Jana McIntyre’s first public performance as a singer came at age five at Crane School — now she returns as a headliner, page 28

In Remembrance

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On the fourth anniversary of the devastating 1/9 Debris Flow, multiple local organizations are paying tribute to the 23 victims, page 10

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I n the Know – Taking a walk on the wild side at the Santa Barbara Zoo’s new Australian Walkabout, where you can get up close and personal with kangaroos, wallabies, and emus starting on January 8

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etters to the Editor – Celebrating the year of (Carlos) the bear; paying tribute L to the late Joan Didion; and the community reacts to Dan Meisel’s take on Critical Race Theory and its place in today’s society

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Community Voices – Dan Meisel opines about breaking out of our echo chambers — meaning that social media has allowed us to only align with like-minded people instead of exposing ourselves to different perspectives

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I n the News – Senate Bill 9 has caused a local uproar, but it’s now a reality — can the city or county do something about it? Meanwhile, the community will pay tribute to the 1/9 victims on Sunday.

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Montecito Miscellany – A trip to Sin City to experience Katy Perry’s new residency — and let’s just say it’s worth every penny; meanwhile, Charlie Munger adds to impressive local real estate portfolio

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he Giving List – The Alzheimer’s Association has found unique ways to emT power individuals to fundraise to help those in need of memory care, allowing the organization to move forward despite health protocols Meta Crossword Puzzle Solution

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alendar of Events – While Omicron does have event planners on edge, the C new year will bring about the return of 1st Thursday and CAMA’s comeback.

Here’s a look at the week ahead in events around town. erspectives by Rinaldo S. Brutoco – Happy (?) New Year: Yes, there were a P lot of traumatic events last year. And there were even more positive ones that we often failed to notice.

he Optimist Daily – Resolutions for 2022: Use these seven science-based stratT egies to make your resolutions stick this year instead of dissipating into the night as the post-holiday motivation dwindles

Brilliant Thoughts – Ashleigh Brilliant once signed up to be on one of the first commercial flights to the moon, so it’s natural that he kicks off the new year talking about space . . .

Dear Montecito – Forget New Year’s resolutions and try the 30-day challenge instead — you’ll find more small wins, which will allow you to stay motivated and on-task

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een Around Town – Celebrating an Irish Christmas, while also feting the marS vel that is the Lobero Theatre and taking in the fancy soiree at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum

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rts & Entertainment – Opera soprano Jana McIntyre’s first public perforA mance as a singer came at age five at Crane School — now she returns as a headliner in Semele at the Lobero

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ar Flung Travel – The Santa Barbara Channel has had some unique visitors F over the past month, with pods of orcas playing in our waters, even mating before the eyes of passersby, a rare sight for anyone

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Our Town – Welcoming the first babies of the new year at both Cottage Hospital and the Santa Barbara Birth Center. Let’s just say there was a midnight surprise by one little tike!

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Classified Advertising – Our own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales

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A Walk on the Wild Side

Dr. Julie Barnes, the zoo’s vice president of animal care and health, interacts with a pair of emus that are a part of the new Australian Walkabout, where guests will be able to do the same thing (Photo by Nick Masuda)

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My wife is normally annoyed by my obsession with my Nikon camera, but this time she was shushing me for good reason.

I was in Max’s crosshairs.

He knew I was taking photos of his absolute adorableness.

So, he calmly turned around and seemingly posed.

I was soooooo hoppy. (Listen, I live and die by dad jokes...)

There I sat on a bench inside the new Australian Walkabout exhibit slated to officially debut on January 8.

Max is one of the three newest additions to the 15,000-square-foot enclosure, with a trio of male Western grey kangaroos now munching on the lush grasses at the Santa Barbara Zoo. I wasn’t more than 20 feet away from Max and his two pals, Aspen and Coolibah.

And while I was getting exclusive early access, this experience isn’t reserved for media members — it’s for everyone.

It’s the zoo’s first truly immersive exhibit, where those young and old can get up close and personal not only with the ‘roos, but also a pair of wallabies and two highly inquisitive emus.

Don’t worry, the emus are only enamored with shiny things, so watch out for zippers, as my wife quickly found out.

“It is so cool to see an animal that doesn’t exist on this continent other than in human care,” said Dr. Julie Barnes, the zoo’s vice president of animal care and health and our tour guide for the afternoon. “They’re incredibly unique, and what an incredible opportunity to be so close and just appreciate them for their uniqueness.

“That’s what we really hope for; that connection is what we’re really looking for, for our guests and

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“We are flexible when the need arises, though, and lately we’ve focused on the array of new challenges that we have faced, from fires and the debris flow to the pandemic.”

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In the Know (Continued from page 5) Wallabies are a bit shy at first blush, but are welcoming of their human counterparts (Photo by Nick Masuda)

for our animals. Really to connect. If [the community] is connected to the animals, and they have empathy for animals, then they’re going to care about what happens to them in the wild.”

Barnes has an extra twinkle in her eye about the Walkabout, the exhibit’s new residents a reflection of her time growing up in Australia. Initially slated to open in Summer 2021, some slowdowns due to steel fabrication (supply chain!) pushed the opening to the new year. But it has also given the zoo’s staff additional time to get to know all three species.

And that in turn has allowed the zoo to prepare for the unique opportunity that lies ahead for guests.

“I happen to love Australian mammals, but I also think this will be really good for the zoo. I think it’s an ideal exhibit for our demographic,” Barnes said. “I think our guests are really going to love the opportunity to come in and actually share the space with the animals, who just get to hop around and do whatever they want. And then we’re going to ask people to stay on the path and the animals can go wherever they want. There’s not a lot of animals that we can do it this way with. But these walkthrough-type exhibits, they’re very well-established.”

For those that have visited the zoo in the past or have seen pictures over the years, the Walkabout has been constructed where the zoo’s former elephant enclosure was.

It simply doesn’t look like the same space. Gone is the desert feel; in is the lushness one can expect in the Australian Outback.

And there is room for growth, including potential mating down the line — but Barnes warns that

A trio of Western grey kangaroos — Max, Aspen, and Coolibah — have been acquainted to their new digs at the Santa Barbara Zoo (Photo by Nick Masuda) could be a little way off as the new inhabitants get used to each other.

“We weren’t sure what the landscaping would sustain. And we know that we want to breed some wallabies, so we know we’re going to have a couple more animals coming, so we were careful not to put too many animals in to start with until we let everything settle down,” Barnes said. “We want to make sure that the animals are coping, make sure that the landscaping is sustainable, and then from there we can potentially expand our numbers.”

The addition of the kangaroos, wallabies, and emus falls in line with the eclectic nature of what a visitor can find at the Santa Barbara Zoo, as it has been 18 months of growth for the facility, including a baby giraffe, amur leopard, and lion all born on site during the pandemic.

And two more baby giraffes are on the way, with the expectation that they could be born early in 2022.

The additional interest has been good for the zoo after the pandemic shut down the facility, with

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VOICES & VIEWS Letters to the Editor

We Love You, Carlos

Lady Justice Wears a Blindfold

Loved the Carlos the Bear’s short paragraph on Montecito’s new holiday tradition!

Dan Meisel recently posted an article in the Happy New Year to all.

Montecito Journal pages representing the AntiJean von Wittenburg Defamation League’s (ADL’s) position on Critical Race Theory (CRT) and I suppose he was seeking to secure justice and fair treatment for all. He understands that CRT has become a polarizing issue nationally and locally as it is now being taught in our local schools K-12.

Debates are taking place about our schools requiring “anti-bias ethnic studies” and having “mandatory ethnic studies” and discussions about the “meaning/value of equity.” Since a majority of our local public-school students can’t read or do math at grade level, one asks, what is the priority for our students? Is it math and reading, or turning elementary schools into social justice boot camps?

Given Black and Hispanic students are more likely to be lagging academically, it is a question anyone caring deeply about social inequality might consider. Wealthier families worry less about such issues as they can send their kids to private or charter schools while the majority of kids are relegated to traditional but growingly inferior public schools — where RIP Joan Didion (photo by David Shankbone) progressives now want to prioritize the teaching In 1988, Joan Didion wrote that members of Critical Race Theory. This is a terrible idea of the media were “a self-creating and self-re- especially as the country is now rapidly diversiferring class, a new kind of managerial elite” fying and growing, mainly driven by Asians and that “tend to speak of the world not necessarily Hispanics. Do we really want to be obsessing as it is but as they want people out there to about racial and ethnic differences? Do we really believe it is.” need to focus on dividing our current American A distant relative of Carlos the Bear (photo by Marc-Olivier Jodoin) Joan Didion was a member of the celebrity population into archaic categories of oppressor to the Music Academy. The library was open and ruling class who was courageous and singu- and oppressed? Minority parents are leading again, with a new reading room. Yay! East Valley larly brave enough to skewer her own social-cir- the charge against Critical Race Theory knowarlos, The Bear, was trimming his claws Road finally got repaved. So many good things cuit colleagues while maintaining a privileged ing it will only undermine advanced learning last week, he couldn’t sleep as rain pound- came with 2021, but there was bad too: position within the ranks. No “cancel culture” standards. ed down on the roof of his den at 2 am.

COVID morphed into Delta and then for her. She was a maven who spoke honestly and Mr. Meisel offered some cheery thoughts, He had Flight Radar 24 on his iPad and was Omicron. Cases were on the rise again. Highway with unbelievably precise prose to explain the urging parents to seek information from their tracking the long-haul flights out of LAX as he 101 construction was still snarling traffic. Cava hidden, mysterious, and inscrutable. The Year Of school districts about CRT. To not hold advance thought of the year past. It had been a year filled closed. Little Alex’s closed. Read ‘n’ Post closed. Magical Thinking (2005) was a monument to the “opinions” on the subject, so as to continue a with some near misses, sad hits, and fun changes. Harry and Meghan were under fire from the art of essay writing. The reader is disappointed conversation with their children at home about So much good. The drought, that had him Royal Family. The Cate School had a scandal. and feels a great let-down when he/she finishes race solutions, rather than have their own views become an impediment to CRT. Mr. Meisel worried for the humans and his animal friends For some the real estate boom was a bash and for the final page. was being washed away as he counted his mem- others a bust. Carlos felt lucky to have his new Joan Didion will be sorely missed. She died thinks such conversations will “provoke inquiry ories, and he was grateful. Romero Creek was den and a new year ahead. in Manhattan at 87. Her husband and adopted about one’s identities and ... self-perception.”

Who better, so we imply from Mr. Meisel, to making happy sounds again. There had been no He made a New Year resolution: Less chicken daughter died earlier this century. wildfire and no debris flow and for this he gave and fast food and more foraging. He looked forRest-in-Peace. Memory Eternal. May Her direct the conscience of one’s child than school administrators who prescribe what is best to teach thanks. The first Montecito Holiday Parade had ward to next year, 2022. The Year of The Bear.

Memory Be A Blessing. at their failing schools? been a smashing success. Live concerts returned Michael Edwards David Samuel McCalmont It might be trendy to be nonchalant about terms like “implicit bias,” “anti-racism” AND “ethnic studies,” but Black columnist, Jason Riley, is more serious and outraged. He calls CRT a “hustle, that posits that racial inequality Day Low Hgt High Hgt Low Hgt High Hgt Low Hgt today is the fault of whites and the sole responsibility of whites to solve-through racial preferences Thurs, Jan. 6 12:48 AM 4.1 5:39 AM 2.3 11:40 AM 5.5 06:49 PM -0.5 for blacks... ultimately it’s about blaming your Fri, Jan. 7 1:40 AM 4.2 6:50 AM 2.4 12:36 PM 4.7 07:35 PM 0.1 problems on other people – based on race – Sat, Jan. 8 2:33 AM 4.3 8:18 AM 2.3 01:44 PM 3.8 08:22 PM 0.7 which should be the last thing we should teach Sun, Jan. 9 3:26 AM 4.5 9:57 AM 2 03:16 PM 3.2 09:12 PM 1.4 our children.” Amen Mr. Riley.

Mon, Jan. 10 4:16 AM 4.7 11:24 AM 1.5 05:07 PM 2.8 010:04 PM 1.9 Let’s not separate ourselves and our youth Tues, Jan. 11 5:02 AM 4.9 12:28 PM 0.8 06:43 PM 2.9 010:58 PM 2.3 according to race; Lady Justice wears a blindfold Weds, Jan. 12 5:43 AM 5.1 01:15 PM 0.3 07:50 PM 3 011:49 PM 2.5 for a reason.

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“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” — Oprah Winfrey

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VOICES & VIEWS Breaking Out of Our Echo Chambers

by Dan Meisel

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few winters ago, my son dared me to ski through an oversized doghouse meant for snowboarders. I was feeling old and particularly vulnerable to youthful dares.

To my surprise, the floor of this structure was arched, sloping towards the walls on both sides.

As soon as I entered, my skis veered in opposite directions. The result was painful and took a while to heal.

I’m seeing a similarly painful split occurring on social media – members of our community enter that space and go sliding off in opposite directions. Three particular problems stand out: silofication, amplification, and normalization. All three are painful and will take time and effort to heal.

memo that its “core product mechanics” had contributed to the growth of disinformation and hate speech on its platform.

Silofication and amplification are particularly pernicious with respect to hate speech. We at ADL talk about the importance of responding to hate incidents with a combination of communal condemnation and meaningful engagement. It is important the condemnation comes from a diversity of voices to express the extent to which the entire community disapproves of the conduct.

Social media platforms provide the opposite of an appropriate response. Rather than communal condemnation, posters of disinformation and hateful messaging in online silos often encounter validation.

Which leads to the problem of normalization.

The sheer volume of disinformation, negativity,

We are following like-minded messengers, connecting with and seeking sources with whom we agree, and spending our chat time in groups that feel supportive of our individual perspectives.

That means less exposure to different points of view.

Silos and the echo chambers they generate are probably the most obvious issue, but the extent of the problem may be worse than most people realize. Around 70% of adults are active on at least one social media platform. With very little moderation of its content, social media platforms have expanded access to information and a diversity of viewpoints, but too few of us are accessing that diversity of viewpoints. Instead, we are following like-minded messengers, connecting with and seeking sources with whom we agree, and spending our chat time in groups that feel supportive of our individual perspectives.

A larger problem, however, is that we are fed different facts. Some 43% of adults cite social media as their primary source of news, and the quality of that news varies widely. Content has increasingly come not from mainstream media sources, but from bloggers or e-magazines with clear political agendas and no primary sources.

They often include facts clearly refuted elsewhere and unsupported conclusions posed as facts, leading their readers into different and often competing realities. It is no wonder we are polarized. We are not operating from the same information.

Add to that the problem of amplification.

Disinformation online spreads far faster than accurate information — partly because we are drawn to drama, but largely because the most popular social media platforms use algorithms designed to keep us engaged. If we click to see some drama, they bombard us with invitations into ever deeper rabbit holes. Facebook itself admitted in a recently disclosed 2019 internal

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and hateful messaging far exceeds the platforms’ ability to enforce their own user guidelines.

According to documents uncovered by whistleblower Frances Haugen, Facebook acted on as little as 3 to 5% of all hateful content on the platform. It may have missed over a billion pieces of hate content.

So how do we give this doghouse walls to contain our split? Changing our own “user” behavior would make the greatest impact.

Whether in person or online, we can and should seek opposing perspectives, question unsupported assumptions made by our friends or the articles they forward and consider a messenger’s agenda when assessing the reliability of their facts.

It is also time for legislation to catch up with the technology both to protect the public and to help us understand how platforms’ practices are affecting society. California Assembly Bill 587, known as the “Social Media Transparency Act,” would require the largest social media companies to disclose how they define hate speech, moderate hateful content, and assesses the efficacy of those efforts.

Our community and our country are clearly in the midst of painful polarization, but we can realign our factual realities and work together towards constructive solutions to our disagree ments.

Dan Meisel is the Regional Director of Anti-Defamation League Santa Barbara/ Tri-Counties

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SB9 is Finally Here. What Can City and County Do About It?

by Kelly Mahan Herrick

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enate Bill 9 (aka SB9), which we’ve been reporting on since early 2021, goes into effect this week, with local governments across California scrambling to implement ordinances to attempt to protect, as much as possible, single-family zoning in residential neighborhoods.

SB9 was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September 2021 and became effective January 1, 2022. The controversial bill is in response to Newsom’s goal to add millions of housing units in California; SB9 allows the building of multi-family housing units in single-family residential zones, via ministerial approvals only, which opponents fear could lead to a gross over-development in neighborhoods throughout California.

In addition to drastically reducing the red tape to build multiple units on a property, SB9 also allows lot splitting, potentially enticing developers to buy properties, demolish them, and build new housing units. SB9 does not require that improvements be made to local infrastructure to accommodate more residents, including water and sewer infrastructure, law enforcement and school capacity, road infrastructure, and more. These projects are also exempt from CEQA, which means no environmental review is required.

Fearing that developers would be incentivized to buy properties in Montecito at an elevated price, and tear them down in order to build multiple units, the Montecito Association in early 2021 hired former State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson as a legislative analyst and advocate to help defeat the bill, and others making their way down the pipeline. The MA, led by Executive Director Sharon Byrne, maintains that SB9, in addition to failing to address the issue of affordable housing for which it was created, also poses great fire risk to our community, ignores the issue of future debris flows, and reduces open space in the community.

“We have numerous options for adding housing without irreversibly ruining existing neighborhoods. SB9 creates more problems and doesn’t provide for what is truly needed: affordable housing. We really want to encourage creative thinking to provide for this urgent need, rather than engaging in a cookie-cutter approach and trickle-down economics in the hope that prescribing higher densities in the single-family zone districts will win this fight for housing,” reads a letter that was sent to State Senator Monique Limón in an effort to defeat the bill.

Ultimately the attempt to defeat SB9 failed, and now locally, the cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta have adopted emergency ordinances to implement objective standards that will potentially lessen SB9’s impacts. The bill was discussed at the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission hearing in early December, but no action was taken. It’s expected that Montecito Planning Commission will take up the issue at their first hearing of the year on January 19.

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It is estimated that 24,000 properties in unincorporated Santa Barbara County could take advantage of SB9, according to County Planner Jessica Steele.

“The state’s intent was to override local government. It’s the wild wild west right now,” Byrne said.

As written, the state law allows for lot splitting of properties in single-family zones, with a minimum of 1,200 square feet and no less than 40% of the original lot size. Two residential units (minimum 800 square feet, each) could then be built on each lot; the units could be a duplex or two separate homes and require only a four-foot setback. Units built under SB9 are exempt from Montecito’s Growth Management Ordinance, which limits the number of new homes built in the Montecito Planning Area.

“The state’s intent was to override local government.

It’s the wild wild west right now.”

– Sharon Byrne

An SB9 urban lot split, followed by the building of two units on each lot, essentially results in a four-unit dwelling on what was once a single-family property. There are some qualifying criteria: the lot to be split cannot be or contain an historic landmark or be within a designated historic district; the split cannot involve the demolition of affordable housing, or housing occupied by a tenant; the original lot cannot have been established through a previous SB9 lot split; two consecutive lots owned by the same owner cannot both be split; among other criteria.

Units built under SB9 may not be used for short-term rentals (less than 30 days), and there is an owner-occupied requirement that the owner developing the property must live in one of the units for three years, although it’s unclear how that element will be enforced. Under SB9, local jurisdictions may only impose objective zoning standards, objective subdivision standards, and objective design standards on an eligible project, and only to the extent that the standards do not physically preclude the construction of two units of at least 800 square feet.

The cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta have both implemented objective standards via emergency ordinances. These standards include prohibiting SB9 building in very high fire zones, mandating that at least one of the units be used for “affordable” housing (a yearly income of $70,000 or less), requiring that there be one off-street parking space available per unit, and setting very high impact fees before permits are issued. Goleta also added a provision that only an individual homeowner could apply for an SB9 permit, and not a corporation, as a way to

weed out developers.

Adding more units and therefore residents to high fire areas could wreak havoc on emergency evacuation planning; Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor is expected to present a new evacuation study in the coming months. SB9 could also pose insurance issues for owners. If Montecito were to implement objective standards prohibiting SB9 building in very high fire zones, the number of parcels eligible to build under this bill would be significantly reduced.

“If the county follows the city’s lead, it could lead to ineligibility for parcels above Highway 192,” Byrne told us earlier this week.

The Montecito Association, working with several other agencies across the state, is helping to see to it that a ballot initiative will be on the November ballot, which would give building control back to local jurisdictions, essentially making SB9 optional. Byrne, along with several

concerned Montecito residents, have been busy helping to gather signatures to ensure the initiative is on the ballot; over 800 signatures have been collected in Montecito alone. For more information, visit www.ourneighborhoodvoices. com or email info@montecitoassociation.org.

It is expected that SB9 will cause litigation across the state in the coming months, as local jurisdictions attempt to adhere to the new bill while implementing their own objective standards. The Montecito Association continues to lead the charge on lessening the bill’s impacts on the semi-rural ambiance of Montecito. For more information,

visit www.montecitoassociation.org.

Kelly, also a licensed realtor with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, has been editor at large for the Journal since 2007, reporting on news in Montecito and beyond.

Taking a Moment to Remember

by Nick Masuda

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n Sunday, January 9, at 6:30 pm, multiple Montecito organizations will band together in remembrance of the 23 victims lost in the 1/9 Debris Flow.

You can sign up to watch the fourth anniversary livestream and telecast of “Raising Our Light” here: westmont.zoom.us/j/96145574354 The event will kick off with an invocation from Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor, followed by firefighters lighting 23 candles in honor of the victims. Local churches and schools will follow by ringing 23 bells, with a searchlight being lit at Montecito Union School.

For more information, go to the event website (sbbucketbrigade.org/event/raisingourlight) or call Christina Favuzzi with Montecito Fire at (805) 680-5526.

The event is being brought to the community by the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade, Montecito Association, Westmont College, Montecito Journal, Montecito Fire Protection District, Montecito

Union School District, Santa Barbara County Behavioral Wellness, Cold Spring School District, Crane Country Day School, Montecito Covenant Church, El Montecito Church, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, First District Supervisor Das Williams and Westmont College.

SBUSD Puts Sports on Pause Instruction returned to campuses throughout Santa Barbara Unified School District on January 3, with a flurry of communications helping both staff and students navigate an expected rise in COVID-19 cases throughout the area.

Superintendent Hilda Maldonado delivered a message to the district on January 3 that provided clarification on health protocols, as well as some immediate adjustments SBUSD was making due to “ an increase in identified positive cases within Santa Barbara Unified School District staff and students.”

Superintendent Hilda Maldonado announced that Santa Barbara Unified athletics would be put on pause for the first week back on campus after winter break

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A few key takeaways from Maldonado’s note: • Schools continue to have an indoor mask mandate, which will be strictly enforced by SBUSD staff; • In order to ensure health and safety, all remaining open house events will be virtual; • Due to positive case rates among student-athletes as well as the broader school community, we will be rescheduling indoor athletic contests that were previously scheduled to take place during the week of January 3. We will continue to evaluate conditions in order to make and communicate decisions related to athletics on a weekly basis.

• We will continue to follow our normal protocols for absences: students who have an excused absence from school are permitted to make up the work they missed. Additionally, if students are absent for a prolonged period of time or have to quarantine, they may have the option of short-term independent study.

College Campuses Make Adjustments Omicron has forced the hands of all three local universities, with each making changes to its health protocols as students return from winter break.

At UCSB, where classes started on January 3, all students will be in remote learning until January 17, Chancellor Henry Yang told students via an email. Students who live on campus can return, with services such as dining still available. The school indicated that it would continue to assess the situation to see if remote learning needed to be extended.

At Westmont, Scott Craig, the school’s manager of media relations, said, “students will be returning this weekend for the start of classes on January 10. All students are required to show proof of a recent negative test before arriving on campus.”

At SBCC, the college has decided to move the start of its semester back one week, now set to begin on January 18. According to the school’s website, the Spring 2022 semester will also see new requirements for masking and testing, set to be implemented on January 4. Also, in the notice, the school stated, “ventilation in all rooms that will be occupied in the spring semester will be checked to ensure filters are changed if needed.” As of October 1, 2021, “vaccination

— or a combination of an approved exemption, weekly negative COVID-19 tests, and wearing a KN/N-95 mask — will be required for all students, faculty, and staff to enter any college building, teaching location, or in-person class.”

Golf Classic Brings in $120,000 The United Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara County, the North County Rape Crisis and Child Protection Center, and the Technology in Schools Program each received $40,000 as part of the 2021 Chumash Charity Golf Classic at Alisal River Course in Solvang.

The tournament returned after a one-year hiatus, with proceeds aiding funding for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation’s Technology in Schools Program, which provides grants for high-tech upgrades to local classrooms.

“After canceling our event in 2020, it was great to have an opportunity to come together, enjoy two great days of golf and raise funds for programs that help the vulnerable and underserved youth in our community,” said Kenneth Kahn, tribal chairman of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, in a press release. “This year, we held a vote among our workforce to determine one of our event’s beneficiaries. Our employees chose the North County Rape Crisis and Child Protection Center. To include an organization that our workforce respects and supports made this donation even more special.”

The tribe’s Technology in Schools Program gives school administrators and faculty members the opportunity to apply for technology grant dollars to fund specific projects.

Grant recipients for the 2021-2022 school year are Los Olivos’ Dunn School, which received $15,000 to refresh its network infrastructure on its upper campus; Santa Ynez Valley Charter School, which received $9,000 to help cover the cost of 25 iPads and iPad covers to be used by its kindergarten through fourth-grade classes; and Santa Maria’s St. Louis de Montfort School, which was granted $15,000 to buy 49 Chromebooks for its Tech for Tikes program (serving transitional kindergarten and kindergarten classes) and its fifth-graders.

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But since, the outdoor facility has been a respite for families from all over, acting as a safe area to have fun and regain some sense of normalcy.

And it has helped the zoo both financially and emotionally.

“To be that outlet, to give people a chance to come and enjoy these animals and forget about everything else for a little bit, that’s amazing,” Barnes said. “People have fallen in love with the zoo all over again.”

And, in turn, that continues to help with the zoo’s conservation efforts, including the California Condor, Channel Island fox, and Western snowy plover.

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in City has never seen anything like it!

Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry unleashed her considerable talents with the debut of her three-month residency at the Conrad, a 59-story red 1,496-room monolith, part of the new Resorts World $4.3 billion complex of three tony hostelries with a total of 3,506 rooms and a 117,000-square-foot casino on the fabled Las Vegas Strip.

The complex sits on the site of the former 53-year-old 1,065-room Stardust Hotel — at the time the world’s largest — demolished in 2007 where, as Katy pointed out, her aunt was a topless show girl, and her grandmother was a seamstress “so Las Vegas is very much in my blood.”

Trusty shutterbug Priscilla and I — the only media from our Eden by the Beach invited — flew in to cover the glittering event in the hotel’s cavernous 5,000-seat theater — more than three times the size of the venerable Granada — with a 196-foot-wide stage and 265 speakers, all of which were put to good use with the sell-out crowd.

Our tickets, just a tiara’s toss from the stage,

gave us the perfect view of the 100-minute show, PLAY, for which the former Dos Pueblos High student is reportedly receiving a record $168 million with 32 shows in all performing two nights a week through March.

And Katy, 37, who I last saw perform at the Kick Ash bash in front of 4,000 supporters at hotel magnate Pat Nesbitt’s Summerland estate, Bella Vista, after the devastating mudslides three years ago, was clearly worth every penny, with an extravaganza of a show that made The Wizard of Oz look positively mundane.

It was over the top, whimsical, and quintessential Katy set in Perry Playland with oversized furniture and the singer, who earns $25 million a year as a judge of ABC’s hit show American Idol, arriving on stage lowered from a giant hand to accompany the giant tub, talking lavatory, a huge brush, and a massive plunger, as well as a mammoth talking face mask and titanic rolls of bathroom tissue, emblematic of the current pandemic.

Ever the fashion plate, Katy wore eight different ingenious and colorful outfits, including one made of beer cans and tabs with which she

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The Giving List

Alzheimer’s Association: Providing Care, Support, and Research for Patients and Caregivers Communications Manager Janelle Boesch and her sister, Kristen Smith, both fight to end Alzheimer’s in honor of their Grandma Hannah

by Steven Libowitz

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he statistics on Alzheimer’s Disease are staggering.

Someone in the United States develops the devastating disease every 65 seconds.

More than one in nine people (11.3%) age 65 and older has Alzheimer’s, and the percentage increases with age, with nearly 35% of those over age 84 suffering from the form of dementia.

And Alzheimer’s disease is only becoming more common as the general population gets older and lives longer, with Alzheimer’s now logging in as the third leading cause of death in California after heart disease and cancer.

“It’s just a huge crisis, ultimately a global crisis,” said Lindsey Leonard, the Executive Director of the California Central Coast chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. “The numbers are only projected to skyrocket, year after year.”

So, it’s pretty safe to say that just about all of

us have had relatives or other loved ones who have been affected by Alzheimer’s.

That includes Janelle Boesch, the chapter’s Communications Manager, whose paternal grandmother passed away from the disease when Boesch was in seventh grade.

“I always had very fond memories of her growing up,” Boesch said. “She was a very sweet, happy lady. And even after I learned she had Alzheimer’s, and she didn’t recognize me or my siblings, she was always still very happy to see us. But we didn’t see her too often in the later stages because she was living in a facility in Idaho.”

Boesch said she was grateful to still have some naïvete about the disease while she was younger.

“But now I have conversations about what happened with my dad and we both end up crying when I think about what he had to go through and learn more about his perspective of seeing his mom go through the terrible disease,” Boesch said. “It’s heartbreaking and now, serving

Program and Education Manager Laura DeLoye dresses up as Uma the Unicorn in this position and speaking to all these families who are going through similar things, it’s still heartbreaking but it also feels good to be doing something about it, to be part of the solution. I do it all in honor of my grandma.”

That includes both her job and participating in volunteer activities like the running challenge Boesch took on last year that had her doing a 5K every day for a month, running a total of 100 miles, with friends and others donating prescribed amounts for every mile to the Alzheimer’s Association.

The association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support, and research, with the California Central Coast Chapter serving about 3,000 individuals every year encompassing everything from education to support groups to funding research into a possible cure.

The national nonprofit helps fund more than 700 research projects that are currently searching for a cure as well as treatments, and it also runs a 24-hour-per-day helpline (800-272-3900) that is staffed by master’s-level clinicians and specialists to provide confidential support and information to patients and caregivers and families in more than 200 languages; nearly 1,000 individuals on the Central Coast called in last year.

2021 Puzzle 13: “Boxing Day” Solution The 2021 mega-meta is an old pop standard. This puzzle, the mega-meta reveal, contains six clues using the word “top” (e.g., FAME = [What you might get when you climb to the top]).

There are also six clues that use “bottom” (e.g., LINE = [Bottom ___]), six that use “left” (e.g., FILE = [Something often left hanging]), and six that use “right” (e.g., ELECTORATE = [Those with the right to vote]).

The grid words related to these clues form six “boxes,” each with a top, bottom, left, and right, and the boxes each “contain” two or three letters. In order of their appearance in the grid, the boxed letters spell out DO-NT-FE-NC-EME-IN, or Don’t Fence Me In, the Cole Porter classic, and this year’s mega-meta answer. The song was written for a musical, Adios, Argentina, which was never produced, and has been recorded by Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and the Killers.

A big congratulations to the 56 people who solved the mega-meta before this puzzle came out, earning extra bonus points and helping them to qualify for the Grand Prize drawing. The first five solvers this year were LL in April (!), and then jpw713, Louis D, ASB, and stmv in May. More than half of the solvers got there after seeing the clue for BOX in last month’s puzzle: [Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year’s clues related to the mega-meta)]. Each of this year’s MMMM puzzles contained four clues that created a similar box around one or two letters. The full set of 2021 MMMMs and the mega-meta clues are both at the bottom of this write-up.

What about the 2021 Red Herring, a song by Alessia Cara? The first puzzle of the year clued NAILS as [Part of a rock band name that anagrams to an animal]. NAILS anagrams to SNAIL. Each of the next five puzzles contained a similar clue, as shown in the table at the bottom of this write-up. Finding the appropriate animal anagrams and then taking the first letter of each gives you S-E-N-D-A-K, or Maurice Sendak, the famous author of “Where the Wild Things Are,” a book about unusual creatures. Alessia Cara has a hit song inspired by the book called Wild Things, this year’s Red Herring. A total of 112 people solved the Red Herring this year. Congrats!

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“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.” — J.P. Morgan

“It’s great for any of our local families to reach out at any time of the day or night to find resources or talk about the challenges they’re facing and receive some support,” said Leonard.

The association also has a wealth of resources from tools to empower those living with the disease to caregiving tips, a virtual library, and much more. Here on the local level, there are a number of support groups to cover everything from concerns about diagnosis to early onset to coping skills and, sadly, help with bereavement.

“They serve as an opportunity to connect with others and to prevent that sense of isolation and feeling alone in the journey,” Leonard said. “Our goal is to ensure that everybody that needs our services is aware of us and able to access us.”

Of course, that takes resources to accomplish, which is why fundraising is an important aspect for the local association chapter. But there are dozens of ways to help beyond large cash donations, including single gifts or small monthly offerings.

“It’s heartbreaking and now, serving in this position and speaking to all these families who are going through similar things, it’s still heartbreaking but it also feels good to be doing something about it, to be part of the solution.”

— Janelle Boesch

“Every amount is valuable to making a difference in the life of our families and their caregivers,” Leonard said.

There’s also participating, as Boesch did, in a self-generated fundraiser, which can be anything from a bake sale to a large-scale extravaganza anyone might cook up.

Doing them all at the same time has become a signature event for the Alzheimer’s Association in what’s called “The Longest Day,” when people across the area and around the world fight the darkness of Alzheimer’s disease through a fundraising activity of their choice. It takes place on June 21 every year.

“These types of fundraisers are so great because it really meets another huge goal of just raising awareness,” Boesch said. “Every new person, and every volunteer, helps to destigmatize Alzheimer’s and dementia by just talking about it. The more that people talk about it and raise awareness about what we are and what we do, the more people we can help. We just want to get our name out there and let everybody know about our resources.”

The Alzheimer’s Association California Central Coast Chapter is located at 1528 Chapala St.,

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 8 & TUESDAY, JANUARY 11

by Steven Libowitz

THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 First 1st Thursday of 2022 — If the ominous onset of the Omicron variant doesn’t obliterate public events, we can look forward to immersing in the first of 2022’s monthly downtown art-and-culture gatherings. Although the offerings are off by about 33% compared to the busy December installment, at least 20 different galleries and other spaces are keeping their doors open late for visitors and early-year revelers. 1st Thursday is also keeping up with the concept that January is about new beginnings, as Maune Contemporary (1309 State St.) hasn’t even officially debuted but will offer a sneak peek of its new gallery slated to open in February. Helmed by husband-and-wife Heidi and Ramsey Maune, the new gallery will be showcasing an array of works from its artist roster… Also new is Mindful Barbell (414 Chapala St., Suite 100 B) a unique workout studio that has a vision “to facilitate a journey of physical improvement, mindful awakening, and social connection” for adults ages 40 and up. The studio teams up with Hannah Jaffe of Huny Designs, whose artwork celebrates the strength and beauty of the female form in all phases of life, to create an evening of local wine, fine art, and live music… In the realm of the 1st Thursday regulars, Sullivan Goss (11 East Anapamu St.) celebrates the opening of “Juxtaposed,” celebrating the art of curation by highlighting artworks intentionally set in pairs to exhibit and examine how adjacency changes perception and, by extension, the meaning people take away… Faulkner Gallery West (40 East Anapamu St. in the Public Library) exhibits “Characters, etc.,” a collection of figurative paintings and ink drawings

by Richard Six, who is expected to be on hand to talk about his works…. Santa Barbara Fine Art (1321 State St.) illuminates “Painting the Light” by original Oak Group member and landscape artist Richard Schloss as part of a show featuring works by some of Santa Barbara’s best local landscape artists, including 13 Oak Group members.

WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and side streets COST: Free INFO: (805) 962-2098, www.downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday Music, Movies, Munchies, and Movement — 1st Thursday’s entertainment and hands-on activities slate is also no slouch in January, starting with Santa Barbara Fine Art where champagne and wine will be served along with live music by another Santa Barbara institution in guitarist Bruce Goldish. The Museum of Contemporary Art (653 Paseo Nuevo Terrace) blends art, cocktails, music from a local DJ, and interactive art experiences inspired by the current exhibition “Rosha Yaghmai: Drifters.” Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s (1130 State St.) free artist-led activity involves creating an abstract painted collage composition inspired by Frederick Hammersley’s “In the Pink.” SBIFF’S Santa Barbara Filmmaker Screening Series (1330 State St.) unspools Alex Astrella’s Underdogs, a 16-minute short about the connection that forms between dogs training to be service animals and their inmate handlers at the California Men’s Colony. And finally, Roar & Pour is back as Souriez serves up swinging jazz of the Hot Club of Paris and the pre-war sounds of American jazz on the Granada’s front plaza (1212 State St.).

WHEN: 5-8 pm

TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 CAMA Comes Back — The Community Arts Music Association’s signature orchestral International Series makes a grand return to the Granada Theatre after 22 months with a longtime favorite in London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The ensemble is celebrating its 75th anniversary with its new music director, the dynamic Russian-British conductor Vasily Petrenko, and featuring Olga Kern, a historic gold medalist at the uber-prestigious 2001 Van Cliburn Piano Competition, returning to perform Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular “Piano Concerto No. 1.”

The program also includes Elgar’s ravishing “Enigma Variations.”

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Medicine for the Heart and Mind — Santa Barbara clinical psychologist, meditation leader and founder of the nonprofit Mindful Heart Programs Radhule Weininger celebrates the publishing of her second book Heart Medicine with two book signings and a workshop. At Yoga Soup, Weininger will wade into the practices from the book in a two-hour workshop introducing psychological and spiritual skills to employ in addressing and healing painful patterns before signing copies of the book in the studio’s lounge area.

WHEN: Workshop 2-4 pm, signing 4-5 pm WHERE: 28 Parker Way COST: $30 donation for workshop, signing free INFO: (805) 965-8811, www.yogasoup.com/category/ events Three days later at Chaucer’s Books, the author will answer questions and read from Heart Medicine, which offers a way to find freedom from life’s painful recurring patterns in 12 simple steps, with guided practices of self-compassion, mindfulness, and embodiment.

WHEN: 5:30 pm WHERE: 3321 State St. in Loreto Plaza Shopping Center COST: Free INFO: (805) 682-6787, www.chaucersbooks.com

WHERE: Lower State Street and side streets COST: Free INFO: (805) 962-2098, www.downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7 BIPOC Festival Reading Series — UCSB’s Launch Pad, AMPLIFY and Initiative for New and Reimagined Work team up in association with the National New Play Network for a festival focused on plays from and about the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community. Four new plays from Network-affiliated authors have received 20-hour workshops in advance of the public presentation by UCSB students and alumni, moved back online due to a new wave of COVID-19 spread. “Acetone Wishes and Plexiglass Dreams” by Philadelphia-based Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters centers around Celina, who has moved home to Philly’s Koreatown to take over the neighborhood beauty salon.

“Happy Fall: A Queer Stunt Spectacular” by Los Angeles’ Lisa Sanaye Dring goes behind the scenes of one of the most dangerous jobs in Hollywood to witness the lives of real stuntmen as they navigate being the strongest, straightest, hardest men in every room.

“Memories of Overdevelopment” by 2012 OBIE for Lifetime Achievement winner Caridad Svich is a documentary examining people’s memories about dictatorships where they grew up and how they left and survived composed of enactments of eight startling, personal interviews inspired by true stories. “Los Feliz” by Christopher Oscar Peña centers around a BIPOC showrunner of a new TV series who remains a wistful romantic despite his poor luck in dating as a queer Latino. Each play receives a single reading followed by Q&A sessions with the playwrights, directors, and casts.

WHEN: 4 & 8 pm tonight, 1 & 5 pm tomorrow WHERE: Zoom COST: Free INFO: https://launchpad.theaterdance.ucsb.edu

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12 ‘Hopeanomics’ Heroine — Harvard graduate Amanda Nguyen is the CEO and founder of Rise, a social movement accelerator that teaches grassroots organizing. After proposing and helping to draft the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights Act, which became the 21st bill in modern U.S. history to pass unanimously through Congress in 2016, Nguyen was recognized on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 and Time’s 100 Next lists and was named one of InStyle’s 50 Badass Women of 2020. Nguyen, who has also been credited with kickstarting the movement to stop violence against Asian Americans last winter, presents “How Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming Grassroots Activism” in the first UCSB Justice for All lecture of the new year.

WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall (also available as a livestream) COST: $20

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Miscellany (Continued from page 14 14)) actually lactated a pint! Her energized backup dancers were also creatively attired, with one standout a gown entirely made of flip flops.

Katy also delivered with all her hits, “California Gurls,” “I Kissed a Girl,” “Roar,” “Teenage Dream,” and “Firework,” as well as a cover of the late Whitney Houston’s “Greatest Love Of All.” She also debuted “When I’m Gone,” a new song with Alesso, which had been released just hours before she hit the stage.

Afterward, her Montecito-based parents Keith and Mary Hudson congratulated their daughter for an extraordinary debut, although fiancé British actor Orlando Bloom — father of their daughter, Daisy Dove — was absent, having been diagnosed with COVID the previous week and being ordered to quarantine for 10 days in our rarefied enclave.

Even Alice in Wonderland would have been amazed!

Ringing in the New Year!

two-hour show guaranteed to get the audience singing and dancing in their seats.

“Santa Barbara is really ready to celebrate!” enthused Kathryn Martin, president and CEO. “I can think of no better way to come together, safely, and say goodbye to a year of big challenges, and celebrate the possibilities of 2022! It was electrifying.”

Local philanthropist Robert Weinman, in a shimmering jacket that would have put Liberace to shame and Elton John spectacles, also took a turn on the podium with an armed forces salute with former and current members of the Army, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard, and Air Force standing as their anthems were played.

A glorious way to welcome in 2022.

‘Mungerville’ Grows Montecito billionaire Charlie Munger, 97, has paid $11 million for a 4,657-square-foot house on a quarter of an acre in Sea Meadow, affectionately known as Mungerville.

The four-bedroom, five-bath FrenchNormandy style property, built in 1992 and totally renovated, last sold in November 2020, when it fetched $7.3 million.

It is just 700 feet from the beach in the 22-acre development Munger, a partner with Warren Buffett in Berkshire Hathaway, built in 1989 and known for its collection of luxury estates near the Rosewood Miramar.

Munger is estimated to be worth $2.4 billion

by Forbes.

Welcome Back

Cedric Berry (Photo by Priscilla) Santa Barbara Symphony returned to its popular New Year’s Eve tradition at the Granada to dazzle the audience with the music of Gershwin, movie classics, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Motown, Broadway, and other celebratory symphonic favorites while donning party hats and quaffing champagne.

Regular Pops conductor Bob Bernhardt, celebrating his 40th anniversary with the Louisville Orchestra, was replaced at the last minute by Opera SB artistic director Kostis Protopapas, who was joined by acclaimed former L.A. Opera baritone Cedric Berry, symphony pianist Natasha Kislenko, and the full orchestra for a

As usual, tout le monde was at the New Year’s Day lunch thrown by affable gardening guru George Schoellkopf and international artist Gerald Incandela at their magnificent Summerland aerie.

After a three-year absence the tony twosome, who fly between their estates here and in Washington, Connecticut, kicked off 2022 in splendiferous style with free-flowing Bordeaux and Moet champagne, beef brisket that took three days to prepare in the baronial kitchen, English trifle (a particular favorite), tiramisu, and persimmon pudding.

It was quite the turnout with Larry Feinberg and Starr Siegele, Robyn Geddes, Allan Glaser, Mary Dorra, Barbara Woods, Anne Towbes, Jennifer Hale, Nick Fuchs, Trish Reynales, and Sandy Knox-Johnston.

Always a cracking start to the New Year!

Primo Premiere

The estate also has a home theater, a guest house, and a writer’s cabin.

It was a double celebration when Santa Barbara rocker Alan Parsons celebrated the 23rd anniversary of his half-century and the world premiere of his new documentary, The Never Ending Show: Live in the Netherlands, at the historic Alcazar Theatre in Carpinteria.

The 337-seat, 94-year-old venue was socially gridlocked for the champagne-fueled bash with the original concert being filmed at the Tivoli theater in Utrecht in May 2019. It coincides with Alan’s new album release of the same name.

After the energized film, Alan and members of his talented band, The Live Project, played on stage which only ramped up the wave of unbridled enthusiasm.

Among the throng of fans turning out were Gretchen Lieff and Miles Hartfeld, Arlene Montesano, the ubiquitous KEYT-TV reporter John Palminteri, winemaker Fred Brander, and Ralph and Diana MacFarlane.

A delightful evening in a charming venue...

Welcome Back, Batman More than three decades after being the first big screen Batman, Montecito actor Michael Keaton is once again donning the cowl and cape.

Michael, 70, has signed on to return at the Cape Crusader in Warner Bros. and HBO Max’s Batgirl movie.

He will star alongside In The Heights actress Leslie Grace as the total character, with filming already underway in London.

Keaton played the first Dark Knight on the big screen in 1989’s Batman, which he reprised in 1992’s Batman Returns.

Quite the Flip Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, 64, who created the enduring 1980’s comic strip “Bloom County” which at its peak was published in 1,200 newspapers around the world, is parting with his longtime Santa Barbara home for $6.8 million.

The four-bedroom, four-bathroom aerie on an expansive 25-acre estate above the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club has 360-degree views in every direction.

The Pulitzer Prize-winner bought the estate in 1997 for $1.135 million before razing the original property to build the current south-western-inspired 6,063-square-foot home.

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We spent an hour on the phone with me giving my observations on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the comparison to be drawn with the late Duke and Duchess of Windsor, another member of the British Royal Family who also gave up everything to marry an American divorcee.

Well, That Was Quick Maroon 5 rocker Adam Levine, who snapped up a 1923-built Montecito estate near singer Katy Perry on Park Lane for $22.7 million, earlier this year has flipped it for $28.5 million.

The Mediterranean-style property, El Mirador, on five acres was designed by George Washington Smith. There are five bedrooms in the main residence for a total of nine, 11 bathrooms and 12,653 square feet of living space.

Other amenities include a theater, a wine cellar, and a tennis court.

Levine, 42, and his former model wife Behati Prinsloo, spent less than three months at the property.

Sightings Meghan Markle, bodyguard in tow, shopping at Pierre Lafond in the Upper Village and perusing the racks at Poppy and Hudson Grace at the Montecito Country Mart... Actor Jordan Peele lunching at Olio e Limone... Local warbler Katy Perry’s father Keith Hudson noshing at Ca’Dario Pip! Pip! Be safe, wear a mask when needed and get vaccinated.

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IDEAS CORNER: On Money, Politics and other Trivial Matters Perspectives

Happy (?) New Year!

by Rinaldo Brutoco

Auld Lang Syne

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ometimes referred to as the “New Year’s Anthem,” Auld Lang Syne begins with a markedly rhetorical question: Should old times “be forgot and never brought to mind,” and spends the next several verses confirming the value of times gone by and friendships that were developed to be celebrated into the new year. Originally an old Scottish folk melody previously published by James Watson in 1711, the “modern” version of the anthem was updated by the immortal poet Robert Burns in 1788, with new music a few years after. This song affirms that whatever is gone from the past year, the friendships and matters of personal importance from “long, long ago” will go forward into the new year. No, old acquaintances should never be forgotten, we are urged. Nor should we forget to share a “cup of kindness” for those acquaintances and experiences from the prior year. We should remember and honor the past, so the song tells us, and move forward into the future building upon what the past has already laid down.

Looking back at 2021, it is easy to get stuck on the most tragic and vivid memories of the year, which started with the Insurrection on the sixth of January, and ended with the outrageous ravaging of the U.S. population from COVID-19. What began as a pandemic, has now, at more than 850,000 American lives lost, morphed into an epidemic of choice, where 98% of current deaths are the unvaccinated.

Astonishing as it is, more people have died of COVID since vaccinations were widely available for free than died in the first year of the pandemic. In November, the Omicron variant arrived, and is proving to be far more contagious even if less deadly than the Delta variant we’re still suffering from. More than 15,000 folks per day are being hospitalized as this column is being written.

Schools were closed for much of the year.

Our youngsters have been severely disadvantaged by the loss of social contacts. Millions of caregivers had to give up work to care for children. Daycare became even more expensive and harder to find. And, yes, opioid deaths went up significantly in 2021 as did gun violence and mass shootings.

Weather events turned more devastating and climate change proved more disastrous than ever. We saw incessant forest fires in California, and now Colorado, and a 250-milelong tornado, with sustained winds of 195 mph, that touched down in Kentucky and left 90 dead. Even Goleta experienced the rarest

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of phenomenon: a tornado in December. My goodness, what a year!

With that toll of disruption, destruction, and death it may be hard to remember the many things last year that were very, very good.

Thanks to strong and appropriate intervention by the federal government, the great supply chain disruption didn’t destroy Christmas after all. There was plenty of merchandise on the shelves, package deliveries were mostly on time, and even gasoline prices that were jacked artificially high fell 14 cents/gallon by November.

Mastercard reported that holiday retail sales jumped 8.5% from last year and were almost 11% higher than 2019. So much for the Grinch who stole Christmas — he didn’t!

The economy in general performed incredibly well in 2021. Matthew Winkler, former editor of Bloomberg News wrote last week, “America’s economy improved more in Joe Biden’s first 12 months than any president during the past 50 years notwithstanding the contrary media narrative contributing to dour public opinion.” The U.S. recovery expanded an estimated 5.5% with fourth-quarter growth dramatically outperforming Europe and even China.

To counter pandemic generated unemployment, the federal government transferred more than $2 trillion to households in 2020-2021, in the form of topped-up unemployment benefits and stimulus checks, which kept the consumer economy humming and left the average citizen with both increased savings and spending power.

Domestic stock markets were up by record setting amounts (nearly 30% on S&P 500); unemployment plunged; productivity jumped; consumer credit expanded significantly; corporate profits were their highest since the 1950s with corporate debt the lowest in 30 years; the bottom quartile of the working public had faster wage gains than the top 75% of wage earners for the first time since the 1970s; inflation is moderating even as we watch it drop month over month and will likely settle into a comfortable 2.5-3.25% annualized by the end of this year; the bond markets are signaling that finance folks think inflation is not a permanent concern; and, most importantly, the American Rescue Plan cut child poverty in half.

Despite the continuing epidemic, here are some other positive things to celebrate: Vaccinations were spread around the world, and 8.5 billion vaccinations globally were achieved.

Developed nations now understand that until the whole world is vaccinated, no one is safe anywhere as COVID will continue to morph into new variants. We saw the tremendous protective power of mRNA vaccines, which literally were invented in one year flat. Similarly, the new monoclonal antibody treatments will

Resolutions for 2022

Use these seven science-based strategies to make your resolutions stick this year

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or most of us, the new year means new goals, dreams, and habits. Whether you’re trying to be more active, practice a new hobby, or save money, Georgetown University psychology professor Jelena Kecmanovic says these seven steps are the key to success for the 93% of people who set New Year’s resolutions.

Clarify and honor your values: Why are you setting this resolution? Pick goals that reflect and honor what you truly value and they will be easier to stick to.

Frame your goals and life in positive terms: Rather than telling yourself you can’t have sugar on weekdays, commit to substituting in one healthy snack instead. Studies have shown that resolutions that focus on gratitude for what you can have, rather than what you can’t, are more effective.

Change your environment: Avoiding sugary snacks is a lot easier if you don’t keep a jar of candy on your desk. Recruiting friends or coworkers to join in on your resolutions can also help you stick to them. Consider taking a workout class with a friend or create a cooking club to make healthy recipes to enjoy together.

Be prepared with “if-then” strategies: Even the most disciplined resolutioners will suffer slipups. Find strategies to get back on track if you feel yourself neglecting your goals. Find online blogs to turn to for motivation or seek out an exciting new hike to try if you’re getting bored with your old workout routines. Your “if-then” could also include adjusting your resolution so it’s more achievable.

Use a gradual approach: Small, attainable goals are far more likely to be fulfilled. Start by walking one mile, reading one chapter, or cutting out one cup of coffee.

Imagine rewards and enjoy them: Relish the endorphins of exercise or picture yourself taking a fabulous vacation once you pay off all your credit card debt. Focusing on the benefits of your goals will help you stick to them.

Be kind to yourself, even during setbacks: Cut yourself some slack. Nobody is perfect and truly important goals are difficult to implement. Be compassionate with yourself and remember it’s okay to let yourself have the occasional sweet treat, take a rest day, or binge-watch that new TV show.

The new year is a wonderful opportunity to set new goals and strive for self-betterment. Use

these strategies to formulate and practice resolutions that stick this year.

be widely available soon.

Led by Tesla, Rivian, Ford, and a host of other automobile manufacturers, electric cars have finally made it to the big time. In August, electric cars outsold diesel cars for the first time in Europe.

China finally eliminated malaria; last March researchers at Brown University successfully transmitted brain signals wirelessly to a computer for the first time — a breakthrough for paralyzed people, as the removal of wires takes this tech one step closer to being available for home use; in an amazing technical feat that will move humanity “from science fiction to science fact” in space exploration, NASA’s Perseverance Rover successfully converted some of Mars’s carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere into oxygen; Uber drivers were granted worker’s rights in the United Kingdom; in just 15 hours the affordable housing group 14Trees, built an entire school in Malawi using 3D printing technology; in December, the International Energy Agency (IEA) revealed that 2021 was renewable energy’s biggest year

“New year — a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story?” — Alex Morritt

ever, with roughly 290 GW of renewable energy generation installed globally; and, there may even be a way to halt the death cycle of bee habitat all over the planet as the Dutch created “Bee Hotels” from hollowed out plant stems together with a ban on chemical neonic pesticides and stabilized the urban bee population. Given the importance of bees to human agriculture, this approach will prove instructive for agricultural advocates worldwide.

And so, reflecting on Auld Lang Syne: yes, there were a lot of traumatic events last year.

And there were even more positive ones that we often failed to notice. By all means, let’s bring the best of our friendships, and the advances we have made, into the future we choose rather than be paralyzed by the challenges we face. That will

make for a very Happy New Year.

Rinaldo, an entrepreneur, is the founding president and CEO of the Santa Barbara-based World Business Academy and a co-founder of JUST Capital

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Brilliant Thoughts Of Space . . .

by Ashleigh Brilliant

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lasting off ” is an expression which, only in recent years, has come to have a very special meaning. We are no longer talking about fireworks or even firearms, but about sending live human beings into what were once called “The Heavens” (as if there were more than one Heaven) but have now been relegated to a more secular “space.”

If I understand it correctly — and that’s a very big if — space extends outward from us, into what’s called the universe — but it also extends inward, within us, to the same apparently limitless degree. The main difference is that, as things are currently set up, we humanoids are more capable of transporting ourselves in the outer, rather than the inner direction.

Even in fiction, the only notable exception I’m aware of was a book and film called Fantastic Voyage, in which a submarine and its crew were sufficiently miniaturized to be able to navigate the bloodstream inside a living human body.

But that hardly approaches the microscopic dimensions of the “nanosphere,” which of course exists, not just inside biological organisms, but inside everything, even (if one could grasp such a thought) inside empty space.

I’m not sure whether it is microscopes or telescopes, which currently have more power, in terms of their range and “scope.” But future Einsteins are no doubt waiting in the wings, and we must expect new revelations both micro and macro which will change our view of everything.

In the meantime, we live in a world now encircled mostly by “space junk” — the debris of previous “missions” — but also by functioning “space objects,” many of which serve to facilitate and improve our Earthly communications systems — and, of these, a few are actually inhabited by people whose main purpose is to do scientific experiments, but who also get direct views of our planet, otherwise denied to most of us.

It was on July 20, 1969, that I was one of millions all over the world privileged to watch a strangely clad human become the first to set foot on the surface of the moon. This event generated a wave of optimism, and my wife and I were among the thousands who registered their names for reservations on one of the first commercial flights to the moon. That was with an airline called Pan-American, which had a colorful history, and was at one time the world’s largest, but went out of business in 1991. Their files, with our reservations, are probably still sleeping in a computer somewhere.

But, of course, the moon is merely a satellite of the Earth, which is simply a minor member of the so-called “solar system,” and one could go on talking about such systems being just tiny parts of galaxies, and so on, literally ad infinitum.

That’s what “space” is all about — and most of it, we’re told, is totally empty. Some people might find such tidings depressing — but others, especially, I suppose, astronomers, and

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others whose life work involves contemplation and exploration of the universe, somehow find hope, inspiration, and even some kind of “meaning” in the sheer mystery of what can never truly be understood.

Dear Montecito

Forget Resolutions and Try the 30-Day Challenge Instead

by Stella Haffner

Dear Montecito, That’s what “space” is all about — and most of it, we’re told, is totally empty. Some people might find such tidings depressing — but others, especially, I suppose, astronomers, and others whose life work involves contemplation and exploration of the universe, somehow find hope, inspiration, and even some kind of “meaning” in the sheer mystery of what can never truly be understood.

In 1977, two “spacecraft” called “Voyager 1” and “Voyager 2” were launched from Earth, to explore the outer Solar System. Neither was ever expected or intended to return to Earth, but at least one of them was destined to proceed into what we so nonchalantly refer to as “interstellar space” — that is, the universe of the stars, beyond all our planets. (And indeed, one of these craft has just recently crossed that boundary.)

What most interests me, and no doubt many of us, is the fact that each of these vehicles carries a “message” in the form of a golden disk, a “record” (using 1977’s most advanced technology) which is “playable,” according to directions inscribed on the disk, by any intelligent beings who find it, and are capable of understanding the language (basically of simple diagrams) in which they are written. If the finders do manage to play it, what they will experience will be images and sounds intended to convey some impression of where this object came from, who sent it, and samples of what those very distant and long-ago senders considered most important and representative of their planet’s “natural” features and cultures, including languages and music.

When you consider the almost unimaginable times and distances involved, this whole project, the ultimate in “reaching out,” seems both profoundly pathetic and magnificently

human.

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ew Year, new me. Is that what you’re telling yourself?

The holiday season induces an annual jet lag. By the time January first rolls around, we’re trying either to make up for our less virtuous actions from the past month or attempting to practically manifest the most enlightened version of ourselves — we did survive holiday dinner with the in-laws, after all. But I’m here to say just one thing today and that’s bah humbug to New Year’s resolutions.

New Year’s resolutions are psychological quicksand. When we’re not putting off our goals until the flip of the calendar year, we’re setting our own expectations too high, and I simply refuse to be in the business of disappointing myself. My advice isn’t to give up on aspirations all together but make certain they are both realistic and meaningful. Are we planning to go to the gym five times a week because we want better cardiopulmonary health or because we feel guilty about the number of ginger snaps we ate last week?

First, never feel guilty about the number of ginger snaps, hot cocoa, or Mexican wedding cookies you consumed over the holidays. It’s not a productive use of your time, and it’s my opinion that this sort of brain rot, self-flagellating anxiety does not make a good foundation for personal growth. Second, take any external motivators and leave them in the garbage.

Psychology teaches us that genuine motivation behind a goal is a key predictor of success. From these thoughts, our takeaway should be two-fold: One, examine what we want. Two, consider how to manageably achieve it.

The self-contained nature of the 30-day challenge doesn’t feel like too big of a commitment — success on the microscale is a great motivator to success in the long run.

Perhaps the best habit I’ve ever learned was taught to me in eighth grade. My English teacher encouraged us to develop and write about a “30-day challenge” in which we’d try something we wanted to do in the safety of a finite calendar month.

This is an effective strategy for a couple of reasons. On the one hand, the self-contained nature of the 30-day challenge doesn’t feel like too big of a commitment — success on the microscale is a great motivator to success in the long run. When in doubt or when motivation is in short supply, make sure you find ways you can succeed. This is the best tonic to discouragement. On the other hand, an initial 30 days can easily serve as a trial period to a bigger, more ambitious goal, making the 30-day challenge as unlimiting in structure as it is supportive.

While I find it tempting to choose a grown-up type skill, one that puts me on the adult path of personal development such as improving my email correspondence or moisturizing my cuticles — that’s what adults do, right? — these types of goals reek of generic-brand New Year’s resolution material. I think instead I will gravitate toward something with a little more soul. Maybe I’ll give myself 30 days to rework my ginger snap recipe. That will always be worth my time.

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Seen Around Town An Irish Christmas

Lobero Director of Development Brandon Mowery, Associates President Mindy Denson, and Executive Director David Asbell

The Consul General of Ireland Marcella Smyth with Frank McGinity at the Christmas party

by Lynda Millner

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his was an all-things Irish Christmas party in a lovely downtown venue. You don’t have to be Irish to belong, but most members have some connection. It began with an Irish Christmas toast by Frank McGinity of the American Irish Historical Society.

“May peace and plenty be the first to lift the latch on your door, and happiness be guided to your home by the light of the candle of Christmas.”

This was an extra special evening because the Consul General of Ireland for the southwestern United States was with us, Marcella Smyth. She is based in Los Angeles. Ireland has been represented in California since 1933 and relationships in this part of the United States are deep and well-established. She also represents Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and Hawaii.

The Consul General’s aim is to build on the links between Ireland and this region in several areas working with the Irish community and local partners. They also work closely with the State Agencies — Screen Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, the Industrial Development Authority, and Tourism Ireland.

Smyth says, “Because Los Angeles is a world-leading capital when it comes to entertainment, the consulate has a particular focus on the creative industries, showcasing Ireland’s talented performers, writers, musicians, technology experts, and other creators. Our rich culture is also at the heart of our work.”

Smyth served in Belgium in various positions and in Canada as well. She is also a lecturer on social policy in the Institute of Public Administration. She has a BA in social science, a master’s in social policy, and a master’s in strategic studies.

The dinner and wine were outstanding, followed with a dessert of a yule log and champagne. The Santa Barbara High School Madrigal Singers were due to perform. Sadly, there was a

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COVID problem and they couldn’t come.

McGinity ended the evening with a “Happy Irish Christmas to you all!”

A Time-Tested Treasure The Lobero Associates, led by President Mindy Denson, held their annual Christmas Tea during holiday time, but instead of the usual Biltmore it was at an unusual place – the stage of the Lobero Theatre. The theatre looked stunning with giant snowflakes projected over the auditorium walls. The grand piano, which was a gift from the Associates to the Theatre, was being played by Bryan Tori. The ladies were given a tour of the theatre before teatime with Executive Director David Asbell telling some of its grand history.

The Lobero is California’s oldest continuously operating theatre and was founded in 1873 and rebuilt in 1924. That was also the first Fiesta, an intentional happening that made it the

Associates Hope Kelly, Joan Crossland, Janet McCann, and Susan Tirlow focal point of the celebration. It is an architectural jewel that was designed by Lutah Maria Riggs (October 1896 – March 1984). She was an apprentice to architect George Washington Smith but was the designer and draftsman for

the refurbishment of the theatre in the 1920s.

Lutah was the first licensed female architect in Santa Barbara, and the first woman in California to be named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

The Lobero was first built by Jose Lobero in 1873 and was originally an opera house. It was well-used but by the 1920s was in great disrepair.

The theatre was remade in the time when civic leaders like Dwight Murphy and Pearl Chase were beginning to unify the town’s architectural identity into Spanish Colonial style.

On June 29, 1925, came the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that devastated the historic center of the town leaving 13 casualties. The theatre was not damaged in the quake. And now the Spanish Colonial style could become a reality.

In the 1920s there was a glittering golden era of Hollywood performances at the Lobero with actors and musicians such as Lionel Barrymore, Tallulah Bankhead, Bela Lugosi, Vladimir Horowitz, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. In the 1940s and beyond it was a favorite stop between Los Angeles and San Francisco for folks like Dame Judith Anderson, Marilyn Horne, John Cleese, Jeff Bridges, Carol Burnett (they all

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Ruth Ann Bowe, Marianne Clark, Jim Dougherty, and Jessica Baggarly at the Lobero lived here), and dozens more. The Lobero also has a reputation for jazz, and they have had the who’s who of that world here.

The co-chairs of the associates’ tea Ruth Ann Bowe and Denise Sanford told me, “The members like the venue so much, we plan to have it on stage again next year.”

Ladies don’t wear gloves anymore and they don’t always drink tea either. There were a few champagne glasses tipped to go along with all the finger sandwiches and goodies from Rincon Catering. All the members brought $25 gift

cards for a child and the card tree was given to CALM to distribute.

The Theatre Associates have been doing their good work to benefit the Lobero for 49 years.

Thanks for all you do!

A Festive Thank You The Santa Barbara Historical Museum (SBHM) held a member appreciation soiree over the holidays. The courtyard looked so festive with all the tables decked out in sparkly

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The SBHM invitation had a fun photo of the 1920 Community Tree on the grounds of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse. That was the courthouse before our splendid current one.

In the photo there were no leggings in sight and all the ladies and gentlemen had hats on.

SBHM Director Dacia Harwood was greeting people at the door along with board member George Leis, Adela Lisanti, and Jeanie Buchanan. A few of those attending were

Debby and Roger Aceves, Hattie and Michael Beresford, Kathi Brewster, Stacey Byers and Luke Swetland, Mary Louise Days, Father Larry, Maribel Jarchow, Laurie and Thad MacMillan, Marlene and Warren Miller, and Carolyn and Bob Williams.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT It All Started at Crane . . .

by Steven Libowitz

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pera soprano Jana McIntyre’s first public performance as a singer came at age five right here in Montecito. Except she wasn’t supposed to be singing.

“We had to recite poems at our graduation at Crane,” said McIntyre, recalling her first year at Crane Country Day School, the K-8 school where academic challenge is balanced with creative expression. “But I got so nervous that I sang mine. There’s a video somewhere of me holding onto my skirt and singing my poem.”

Fast forward a whole bunch of years and now McIntyre is an in-demand professional with credits ranging from Toledo Opera to Opera Grand Rapids, Arizona Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Tulsa Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago and concert appearances with the San Francisco Symphony, Manhattan Oratorio Society, and Brooklyn’s National Sawdust Theater under the baton of Matthew Aucoin, to name just a few. Opera News has praised her for a “dancer’s grace, mercurial wit, and vibrant soprano tone,” while a reviewer for Seen and Heard International enthused about her “bubbling coloratura and crystal-clear high notes [in a] most polished performance.”

Last spring, McIntyre, who was also a Metropolitan Opera National Council grand finalist, made her Opera Santa Barbara debut as Norina in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale in the COVIDfriendly Concerts in Your Car series in Ventura, and later performed at OSB’s balcony series and its virtual Christmas variety show recorded at the Lobero. Now she’s set to make her true Santa Barbara opera debut in the title role of OSB’s new 90-minute version of Handel’s Semele at the Lobero next weekend, January 14 and 16. The visit to her hometown not only represents a meaty role but a trip down memory lane for the singer who grew up in Toro Canyon.

“I loved music ever since I was a little kid, and Crane was great because each grade had a school play each year,” recalled McIntyre, who played Sandy in Grease and a bird in Peter and the Wolf. Later, at Santa Barbara High, the singer earned starring roles as Belle in Beauty and the Beast and Cathy in Singing in the Rain and also studied with Montecito vocal teacher Agatha Carubia, who counts Katy Perry among her former clients. Getting her masters in Vocal Performance from the Manhattan School of Music following degrees in music and psychology at UCLA provided the final bits of background she needed to pursue a career in opera.

“Almost every night I would hop on the subway right after class and go to the Met, where they would often upgrade our cheap tickets to the front row if they were empty. It was magical to watch the mechanics of the singers, the way they’d sing and breathe and getting to see their facial expressions up close.”

Now the audience will be watching McIntyre as she takes on the “beast of a role” as Semele, a mortal who falls for the mythical god Jupiter in the opera with a secular text in English.

“It’s been one of my dream roles but it’s quite the undertaking,” she said. “Semele has many, many arias, and Handel opera is very exposed with long coloratura lines… The notes are a lot lower than what I usually sing, so it’s a different kind of challenge, exhilarating in itself. And the Baroque style gives me the freedom to ornament and add embellishments and flairs to show off as well as express what’s happening on stage. The character really runs the gamut of emotions, and Handel has given such exquisite music for each of them, so she really comes across as a multidimensional person.”

A Handel opera is rare enough in town these days, but Semele is made much more accessible via a recent abridged version that reduces the opera to just 90 minutes. Director Sara E. Widzer, who helmed OSB’s Carmen in your Car in Ventura in December 2020, has set the mythic tale of love, lust, jealousy, and revenge in Hollywoodland in the Roaring 1920s, with Semele as a silent

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MONTECITO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT A vacancy on the Governing Board of the Montecito Union School District was created on December 14, 2021.

The Governing Board will be filling the vacancy by making a provisional appointment until the next election in November 2022. Any person is eligible to be a Governing Board member providing he/she is 18 years of age or older, a resident of the school district, and a registered voter.

Interested community members are invited to complete an application and submit a letter to the Superintendent, Anthony Ranii (385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108), indicating their interest and willingness to serve in this significant public capacity. The application and letter must be accompanied by a personal resume. The application can be found on the Montecito Union School District website at https://www.montecitou.org/569077_3 or applications are available at the Montecito Union School District Office at 385 San Ysidro Road between 8:00am- 4:00pm.

The final date for submitting applications is 3 p.m. on January 14, 2022. Candidates will be interviewed individually at a special meeting of the Board on February 8, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.

The person selected will join the Board at their regular meeting on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. The person appointed shall hold office until the next regularly scheduled election for district Board Members in November 2022.

Questions should be directed to Anthony Ranii at (805) 9693249 ext. 401.

Published December 29, 2021 and January 5, 2022 Montecito Journal

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Jana McIntyre stars as Semele (Photo by Zach Mendez) film ingenue who falls desperately for film mogul Jupiter, who has Orson Welles’ style to the disapproval of her father Cadmus, now the Mayor of Los Angeles.

“When you think about the behavior, the physicality, of the ‘twenties with women with their cigarette holders and their hands extended, it lends itself so well to Baroque opera, which is when opera gesture stems back to,” explained Widzer. “Add in the status and tiers of the mortals and the gods, the Golden Age of Hollywood just made so much sense. I have such a strong affinity for that era. Gene Kelly and Singing in the Rain is responsible for everything I do in the arts. So, setting Semele in that era raises the stakes, because it’s when everyone wanted to be a star: Jupiter as an Orson Welles type with the indulgence of the gods, and a giant mansion in the Hollywood Hills works as Mt. Olympus.”

McIntyre, as someone who starred in Singing in the Rain, said she was more than intrigued by the Hollywood overlay. “The story is highly sexualized, with infidelity, trickery and all that,” she said. “Semele is strong and stubborn, a very willful person, not just the femme fatale she’s often portrayed as. I keep getting the sense of Zelda, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife.”

Zelda, Semele, and McIntyre herself have come a long way from the shy and nervous five-year-old singing her poem at Crane, although the soprano still admitted to a jittery stomach on opening nights.

“I still get nervous, but I think it’s because I care so deeply, so

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, during the afternoon session of the meeting, which begins at 2:00 p.m. via a virtual meeting through the Zoom platform. The hearing is to consider extending the interim urgency ordinance adopted on December 14, 2021, adopting amendments to Title 28 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code to implement Senate Bill 9 (Government Code sections 65852.21 and 66417) within the Coastal Zone. The extension will be for an additional 22 months and 15 days, pursuant to Government Code section 65858. Extension of interim urgency ordinance will ensure that the application of Senate Bill 9 (two-unit development and urban lots splits) within in the Coastal Zone pending California Coastal Commission certification that the permanent ordinance adopted on December 14, 2021, concurrently amending Title 28 in the same manner as the urgency ordinance, complies with the City’s Local Coastal Program.

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.

This meeting will be held by teleconference as authorized by Government Code §54953(e)(1)(A) to promote social distancing and prioritize the public’s health and well-being under Santa Barbara County Health Office orders to the general public.

Councilmembers may participate electronically. The City of Santa Barbara strongly encourages and welcomes public participation during this time.

On Thursday, January 20, 2022, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 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.

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Arts & Entertainment (Continued from page 28 28)) there’s self-pressure to do a good job. But once I’ve sung my first note on stage, I feel very at home and free.”

Even in her hometown.

appearances with Tierney Sutton.

There’s no word yet of any cancellations or postponements from other clubs that sporadically book touring acts nor from the Lobero. The latter is still selling tickets to KT Tunstall — whose January 21 date represented a third try in the last two years, although the pop star did present one of the theater’s audience-free virtual concerts — as well as a January 29 concert from Anaïs Mitchell, whose appearance as part of Sings Like Hell years ago was a precursor to her Broadway smash folk-opera Hadestown that later won eight Tony awards including Best Musical in 2019, and Ty Segall and the Freedom Band on January 31.

Vivacious Vocals in Vogue with Baker’s Dozen There’s a plethora of a cappella singing groups at Yale, the Ivy League School known for theater and music as much as the liberal arts. “I think there’s 16, including four all-male,” said Jacob Wu, the current tour manager and a bass singer for Baker’s Dozen (BD), which despite its name actually boasts 16 singers. Baker’s Dozen is one of the few that tours, though, which was part of the appeal for the junior.

“The BDs are the most vivacious, the most lively, and the most fun group of guys just to be around,” he said. Which is a good thing, because the BDs don’t just perform together, they also rehearse several times a week, and enjoy a house just for socializing while on campus.

“First and foremost, though, we’re about the singing,” Wu said, adding that the group is excited to be back to full complement after dwindling to just eight members due to being unable to replace graduating members due to the pandemic. They’re headed back out on the road for winter break for the first time in two years with a tour that stops at SOhO on January 12.

“We just love sharing the music and the joy and bringing a smile to other people’s faces.”

The audience can expect to hear a wide variety of pop songs spanning the ‘40s to present day, from the Temptations’ “Just My Imagination” to Dobie Gray’s “Drift Away,” Toto’s “Africa,” John Mayer’s “Gravity” to One Direction’s “Night Changes.”

Each number is arranged by the group to feature a soloist plus parts for bass, baritone, and

Baker’s Dozen will play SOhO on January 12 tenor, with the voices providing the beat and rhythm as well as lead singing and harmonies.

The roles are constantly in flux, Wu said.

“The group is really molded by its members.

So, it’s different every time out.”

Coping with COVID The Omicron variant, which has probably at least doubled the COVID case count since this writing, seems intent on wreaking havoc within the entertainment environs just as the arts were enjoying something of a return to normalcy.

Artists, promoters, and venues are reacting in a wide variety of ways.

In the classical music corner, Camerata Pacifica has taken the more cautious route on its own, choosing to cancel its series of January performances that was to include January 14 at Hahn Hall. Artistic Director Adrian Spence made the announcement via an email video, noting that with “Omicron sweeping across the country, there is so much uncertainty and such are the risks that we don’t feel we can offer you the appropriate assurances for your safety when you are in our concert halls. So, we think it’s best

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On the other hand, CAMA on Monday reiterated its plans to present London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with its new Music Director Vasily Petrenko and piano soloist Olga Kern at the Granada on January 11, and tickets remain on sale for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s annual CAMA concert — its first since the big 100th Anniversary concert in March 2020 and featuring guest conductor Elim Chan and pianist Igor Levit — on January 28. Meanwhile the Santa Barbara Symphony, despite needing to substitute Opera Santa Barbara artistic director Kostis Protopapas for Bob Bernhardt as conductor on New Year’s Eve, is so far still promoting its January 14-15 Fandango Picante program featuring violinist Anne Akiko Meyers at the same venue.

Rock Our World In pop music matters, SOhO also had a last-minute replacement on New Year’s Eve, with the local faves Area 51 taking over for the Bay Area’s Con Brio and has had two acts cancel upcoming concerts. But so far, the club is continuing with its schedule, with 23 shows booked over the month’s final 29 days. Among the highlights just this week are a set from singer-songwriter Mason Jennings on January 8, and a Jazz Society show on January 9 with the Frishberg-meets-Gershwin jazz drummer Dave Tull, who has toured for years with Barbra Streisand and appeared on Pixar’s Forky Asks a Question shorts series. His trio features twice Grammy-nominated pianist Otmaro Ruiz and bassist Kevin Axt, known locally for his many

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SBIFF has announced its intention to proceed with a full in-person festival March 2-12 albeit with updated and enhanced safety protocols that not only will require all attendees, staff, and volunteers to be fully vaccinated and boosted according to CDC recommendation but also boast a requirement to show a negative COVID19 PCR test taken no more than 48 hours prior to picking up your festival pass.

Finally, Chaucer’s Books is putting a pause on its in-store events that returned just last month, instead reverting to a virtual-only world with authors although the store itself remains open.

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SANTA BARBARA GOLF CLUB INVITATION FOR BIDS

Notice Inviting Bids Error! Reference source not found.CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ADA ELEVATOR, EXTERIOR PLAZA, AND LOWER LEVEL STAFF AREA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received at the Santa Barbara Golf Club on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened and posted for:

Bid No. 4065

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Bid Submission. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids for its Central Library construction of an ADA Elevator and, renovation of the existing plaza and lower level staffing area Project (“Project”), by or before February 9, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., 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.

If any Addendum issued by the City is not acknowledged online by the Bidder, the PlanetBids System will prevent the Bidder from submitting a Bid Proposal. Bidders are responsible for obtaining all addenda from the City’s PlanetBids portal.

Bid results and awards will be available on PlanetBids.

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Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. The projects are located at 40 E Anapamu St, Santa Barbara, and is described as follows: Manage construction of three separately permitted plans and specifications which are identified per the following: ADA Elevator (BLD2020-02554): Construct hoistway and new ADA compliant 3-stop elevator for path of travel continuity from main entry level to upper and lower levels of the Central Library facility. Replace upper level stair and balcony guardrail system at atrium.

Plaza Renovation (BLD2020-02249): Renovate existing exterior Library Plaza including new ADA accessible pathways, new landscape and hardscape, irrigation, handrails, sitewalls, and lighting.

Lower Level Renovation (BLD2021-01067): Renovate the lower level staffing area including new conference rooms, raised ceiling, kitchen area, flooring, and lighting.

All areas of construction will include temporary safety barricades and dust containment barriers as required to isolate and secure work areas from the public during construction.

2.2 Time for Final Completion. The Project must be fully completed within 254 calendar days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about April 20, 2022, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.

2.3 Estimated Cost. The estimated construction cost is $8,870,880.

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License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): Class B 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.

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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

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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.

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.

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Bidders’ Conference. A bidders’ conference will be held on January 24, 2022 at 1:00 p.m., at the following location: 40 E Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA. to acquaint all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. The bidders’ conference is mandatory. A bidder who fails to attend the mandatory bidders’ conference without prior notification, may be disqualified from bidding.

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Retention. The percentage of retention that will be withheld from progress payments is 5%.

13.

Community Workforce Agreement. A community workforce agreement (also known as a project labor agreement) entitled “Community Workforce Agreement” by and between the City of Santa Barbara and the Tri Counties Building and Construction Trades Council, AFLCIO and Signatory Craft Councils and Unions” covers the Work of this Contract. A copy of the community workforce agreement is included as Attachment C. The successful bidder and all its subcontractors of whatever tier whose work is subject to the community workforce agreement will be required to execute a letter of assent to accept and be bound to the terms and conditions of the community workforce agreement.

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Specific Brands. Pursuant to referenced provision(s) of Public Contract Code § 3400(c), City has found that specific brands are required for this project. See the attached Special Conditions for a list of particular material(s), product(s), thing(s), or service(s). No substitutions will be considered or accepted for the listed items.

By: ___________________________________ Date: ________________ William Hornung, General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) 1/5/2022 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

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DUE DATE & TIME: January 19, 2022 UNTIL 5:00 P.M. TREE WORK Scope of Work: Tree Removal and Stump Grinding Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the Santa Barbara Golf Club and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained through email by contacting Santa Barbara Golf Club at 408-482-4156 or mpennington@lagunasecagolf.com The Santa Barbara Golf Club has been contracted to run the City of Santa Barbara’s municipal golf course and is required to use all City of Santa Barbara purchasing guidelines. Those guidelines are available at the following City website: www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp or by contacting the Purchasing Office at (805) 564-5349.

FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. The Contractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code.

BONDING In accordance with Civil Code § 9550, if the bid exceeds $25,000.00, the Successful Bidder shall furnish within ten (10) consecutive calendar days after written Notice of Award, a Payment Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount of the bid.

LIVING WAGE Any service purchase order contract issued as a result of this request for bids or quotes may be subject to the City’s Living Wage Ordinance No 5384, SBMC 9.128 and its implementing regulations. If there is a difference between the City’s Living Wage rate and Prevailing Wage rates for similar classifications of labor, the contractor and his subcontractors shall pay no less than the highest wage rate.

PREVAILING WAGE, APPRENTICES, PENALTIES, & CERTIFIED PAYROLL In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code § 1773.2, the Contractor is responsible for determining the correct prevailing wage rates. However, the City will provide wage information for projects subject to Federal Davis Bacon requirements. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rates of wages and employer payments for health, welfare, vacation, pensions and similar purposes applicable, which is on file in the State of California Office of Industrial Relations. The contractor shall post a copy of these prevailing wage rates at the site of the project. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and its subcontractors hired to pay not less than the said prevailing rates of wages to all workers employed by him in the execution of the contract (Labor Code § 1770 et seq.).

Prevailing wage rates are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/PWD/index.htm It is the duty of the contractor and subcontractors to employ registered apprentices and to comply with all aspects of Labor Code § 1777.5.

There are penalties required for contractor’s/subcontractor’s failure to pay prevailing wages and for failure to employ apprentices, including forfeitures and debarment under Labor Code §§ 1775, 1776, 1777.1, 1777.7 and 1813.

Under Labor Code § 1776, contractors and subcontractors are required to keep accurate payroll records. The prime contractor is responsible for submittal of their payrolls and those of their subcontractors as one package. Payroll records shall be certified and made available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of the contractor/subcontractor pursuant to Labor Code § 1776.

The contractor and all subcontractors under the direct contractor shall furnish certified payroll records directly to the Labor Compliance Unit and to the department named in the Purchase Order/Contract at least monthly, and within ten (10) days of any request from any request from the City or the Labor Commissioner in accordance with Section 16461 of the California Code of Regulations. Payroll records shall be furnished in a format prescribed by section 16401 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, with use of the current version of DIR's “Public Works Payroll Reporting Form” (A-1-131) and “Statement of Employer Payments” (DLSE Form PW26) constituting presumptive compliance with this requirement, provided the forms are filled out accurately and completely. In lieu of paper forms, the Compliance Monitoring Unit may provide for and require the electronic submission of certified payroll reports. The provisions of Article 2 and 3, Division 2, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code, State of California, are made by this reference a part of this quotation or bid.

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently licensed to perform the work and registered pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5 without limitation or exception. It is not a violation of this section for an unlicensed contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

CERTIFICATIONS In accordance with California Public Contracting Code § 3300, the City requires the Contractor to possess a valid California C27 Landscaping or C61/D49 Tree Service contractor’s license at time the bids are opened and to continue to hold during the term of the contract all licenses and certifications required to perform the work specified herein.

CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE Contractor must submit to the contracted department within ten (10) calendar days of an order, AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK, certificates of Insurance naming the Santa Barbara Golf Club as Additional Insured in accordance with the attached Insurance Requirements.

Published: January 5 and 12, 2022 Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Villa Fontana Apartments, 503 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA , 93101. Berti Fontana, LLC, 4581 Via Benditat #B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; PFH Holdings, LLC, 503 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA , 93101; Carole Fontana, LLC, 241 Middle Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Alex Pananidas, 503 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 17, 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

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot

Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2021-0003396.

Published January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Golden Ginkgo Wellness, 32 E. Micheltorena St, Santa Barbara, CA , 93101. Jacquelyn L Sugich, 236 West Victoria St #3, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 27, 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. 2021-0003446.

Published January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Marstrand Property Services; Marstrand; Marstrand Property Management, 230 California Street, Santa Francisco, CA , 94111. John A Morais, 2531 Borton Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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). FBN No. 2021-0003300.

Published January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

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NOTICE INVITING BIDS

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA - GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION PO BOX 1990, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102-1990

BID NO. 5934 WESTSIDE CENTER PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT PROJECT 1.

INVITATION FOR BIDS

The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids for its WESTSIDE CENTER PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT PROJECT (“Project”), by or before January 25, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. 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 their 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 at on PlanetBids’ server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received via electronic transmission on the City of Santa Barbara PlanetBids portal site until the date and time indicated below at which time they will be publicly opened and posted for: BID NO. 5932 DUE DATE & TIME: FEBRUARY 3, 2022 UNTIL 3:00 P.M.

If any Addendum issued by the City is not acknowledged online by the Bidder, the PlanetBids System will prevent the Bidder from submitting a Bid Proposal. Bidders are responsible for obtaining all addenda from the City’s PlanetBids portal.

SANTA BARBARA SHELLFISH COMPANY BUILDING ROOF REPLACEMENT Scope of Work: Provide a new roofing system for the Shellfish Company restaurant Building on Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, CA.

Bid results and awards will be available on PlanetBids.

2.

Bidders must be registered on the city of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit their bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. The receiving deadline is absolute. Allow time for technical difficulties, uploading, and unexpected delays. Late or incomplete Bid will not be accepted.

FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. The Contractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code.

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

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

PREVAILING WAGE, APPRENTICES, PENALTIES, & CERTIFIED PAYROLL In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code § 1773.2, the Contractor is responsible for determining the correct prevailing wage rates. However, the City will provide wage information for projects subject to Federal Davis Bacon requirements. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rates of wages and employer payments for health, welfare, vacation, pensions and similar purposes applicable, which is on file in the State of California Office of Industrial Relations. The contractor shall post a copy of these prevailing wage rates at the site of the project. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and its subcontractors hired to pay not less than the said prevailing rates of wages to all workers employed by him in the execution of the contract (Labor Code § 1770 et seq.).

Prevailing wage rates are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/PWD/index.htm It is the duty of the contractor and subcontractors to employ registered apprentices and to comply with all aspects of Labor Code § 1777.5.

2.2 Time for Completion. The Project must be completed within 45 calendar days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin about mid- to late-February 2022 but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.

2.3 Estimate. The estimate for this Project is $91,412.85.

2.4 Bidders’ Conference. A pre-bid conference will not be held. Questions may be submitted through the PlanetBids “Q&A” tab until January 20, 2022 at 12:00 p.m.

3.

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.

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

5.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of five (5) 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.

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

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

7.

Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide separate performance and payment bonds for 100% of the Contract Price regardless of contract dollar amount, 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 complete Subcontractor List WITH ITS Bid Proposal through the PlanetBids portal. Failure to do will result in rejection of your bid.

The Subcontractors List shall include the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price.

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CDBG Funded Project. Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the county in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this Project, available at the City of Santa Barbara, General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and available from the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. The Federal minimum wage rates for this Project as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor are set forth in the specifications and in copies of these specifications that may be examined at the offices described above where project plans, special provisions, and bid forms may be seen. Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of these specifications. Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates.

Attention is directed to the Federal wage rate requirements in the specifications. If there is a difference between the wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. The City of Santa Barbara will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage determinations. This includes "helper" (or other classifications based on hours of experience) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations.

Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage rate determination otherwise available for use by the Contractor and subcontractors, the Contractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the Federal wage rate, which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question.

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently licensed to perform the work and registered pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5 without limitation or exception. It is not a violation of this section for an unlicensed contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

This is a federally-assisted project and Davis-Bacon (DBRA) requirements will be strictly enforced. Federal Labor Standards provisions HUD4010 will be incorporated into the successful bidder’s contract and is attached hereto as Attachment A. Contractors, including all subcontractors and apprentices, must be eligible to participate. Federal Wage Determination #CA20210014 dated 12/23/2021 is incorporated herein and is attached hereto as Attachment F. However, actual prevailing wage rates will be determined as of the bid opening date. If any modifications have been issued to the wage decision, the contractor must adhere to the modified wage decision. Additional CDBG requirements are described in Attachment E, Appendices 1-5.

11.

CERTIFICATIONS In accordance with California Public Contracting Code § 3300, the City requires the Contractor to possess a valid California C-39 Roofing contractor’s license at time the bids are opened and to continue to hold during the term of the contract all licenses and certifications required to perform the work specified herein.

CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE Contractor must submit to the contracted department within ten (10) calendar days of an order, AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK, certificates of Insurance naming the City of Santa Barbara as Additional Insured in accordance with the attached Insurance Requirements. _______________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

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Published 1/5/22 Montecito Journal

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

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.

The contractor and all subcontractors under the direct contractor shall furnish certified payroll records directly to the Labor Compliance Unit and to the department named in the Purchase Order/Contract at least monthly, and within ten (10) days of any request from any request from the City or the Labor Commissioner in accordance with Section 16461 of the California Code of Regulations. Payroll records shall be furnished in a format prescribed by section 16401 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, with use of the current version of DIR's “Public Works Payroll Reporting Form” (A-1-131) and “Statement of Employer Payments” (DLSE Form PW26) constituting presumptive compliance with this requirement, provided the forms are filled out accurately and completely. In lieu of paper forms, the Compliance Monitoring Unit may provide for and require the electronic submission of certified payroll reports. The provisions of Article 2 and 3, Division 2, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code, State of California, are made by this reference a part of this quotation or bid.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): Playground Installer must hold a C61/D-34 contractor’s license and be factory trained and certified by the playground equipment manufacturer being used. PIP Rubber Installer must hold a C-61/D-12 contractor’s license.

There are penalties required for contractor’s/subcontractor’s failure to pay prevailing wages and for failure to employ apprentices, including forfeitures and debarment under Labor Code §§ 1775, 1776, 1777.1, 1777.7 and 1813.

Under Labor Code § 1776, contractors and subcontractors are required to keep accurate payroll records. The prime contractor is responsible for submittal of their payrolls and those of their subcontractors as one package. Payroll records shall be certified and made available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of the contractor/subcontractor pursuant to Labor Code § 1776.

Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at the Westside Center, 423 W. Victoria St Santa Barbara, CA and is described as follows: Remove and replace play equipment and safety surfacing.

If further information is needed, contact Jennifer Disney Dixon, Buyer II at (805) 564-5356 or email: jdisney@santabarbaraca.gov A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on January 25, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at the Shellfish Company Building located at 230 Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. The building and the parking lot are on Stearns Wharf. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid. Bids will not be considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory meeting.

Bid Submission.

Registration In The System For Award Management (SAM). Any organization doing business with the City via a federally funded purchase order over $35,000 must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at: https://www.sam.gov/ By accepting a purchase order or contract, the Contractor acknowledges the requirement to be registered in the SAM database during performance and through final payment AND Contractor certifies that they are in compliance with FAR 52.204.24-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation.

12.

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

13.

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

By: _______________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager Publication Date: 1/5/22 Montecito Journal

Date: ________________

END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

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Far Flung Travel Passing Through

by Chuck Graham

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here was no mistaking whose dorsal fin it belonged to. No physical characteristic in the marine mammal world can match the six-foot tall dorsal of a male orca. Its steeple-shaped fin sliced through the ocean like a submarine with its periscope up. Known as CA45B, a Bigg’s transient orca, he was enjoying himself on the eastern fringe of the Santa Barbara Channel. No one on the Island Packers ferry knew why at the time.

About 30 minutes earlier, just as I was boarding the ferry leaving Scorpion Anchorage on the southeast end of Santa Cruz Island, the word was a pod of orcas had been feeding on a common dolphin three hours prior. It was exciting to hear but knowing how much transient pods of orcas move around on their perpetual quest to find food, I wasn’t getting my hopes up. It was merely a chance and that was all anyone could ask for.

It was December 12, 2021, and the channel was glassy and smooth, a good day to spot wildlife. Standing on the upper deck of the Island Packers ferry, we were 30 minutes into our return to the Ventura Harbor, when Captain Luke and naturalist Holly Lohuis spotted a pod of orcas just west of oil platform Gail, but it wasn’t the pod spotted earlier in the day feeding on that unfortunate dolphin.

“We know a lot more than we did 40 years ago — primarily because of photo-identification studies of individuals, use of satellite tags, DNA samples, collaboration among researchers, citizen science effort,” said Alisa Schulman-Janiger, lead research biologist for the California Killer Whale Project, speaking on the sophistication of orcas. “Long-term studies are fascinating: each ecotype has their own unique culture. Since they live underwater and we can only observe what we see on the surface, we will never know everything about individuals that we cannot fully observe.”

After that first sighting of the male CA45B, there were a lot of moving parts in the channel.

Orca experts from the California Orca Project later confirmed there were members from three separate pods converging on the pelagic scene.

There was a lot of thrashing around, some tail flukes and rolling on the surface of a shimmering, late afternoon channel. During all that activity, there were three separate occasions where some of us observed the color pink. My initial reaction was they were feeding on something.

However, with members from three different pods around, any potential prey was steering clear of this region of the channel. There had been no sign of any dolphins, California sea lions, or whales nearby. So, what was all that pink? After the third sighting of pink in stark contrast to the black and white of the orcas,

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One of many orcas found swimming through the Santa Barbara Channel on December 12 Captain Luke tapped on the window getting my attention. I spun around, and through the glass he revealed to me that CA45B was mating with a female from another pod. She is known as CA138B. Now all that pink made sense regarding one of the most intelligent, sophisticated animals on the planet. However, orcas mating is rarely observed, and like much of their lives, there’s still much to learn about these apex predators of the deep blue.

“Mating is very rarely observed, as it almost always occurs underwater, nearly always out of our view,” said Shulman-Janiger. “Both of their matrilines are rarely seen. The CA45s and CA138s have only been documented together once (six years ago), when CA138B was a young juvenile. The only times they have been photographed together was on December 10 and December 12. No one knows how long these matrilines have been traveling together.”

Within the same vicinity was an equally rare sighting of the white orca affectionately known as “Frosty.” He’s a three-year-old male from the CA216s and is one of just a few orcas in the

world documented with leucism.

Leucism is a term used to describe a variety of conditions that cause pigment loss in animals.

For orcas it means they lose their black color. In the case of Frosty, he started out with a lighter, ashy-colored pigment, but over the first three years of his life, he has become mostly white, except with a dark outline around his eyepatch.

“There have been very few sightings of leucistic killer whales,” said Schulman-Janiger. “This is a very, very, rarely seen pigmentation anomaly; there is no way to know the cause strictly by appearance.”

Frosty swam closely to his mother, known as CA216C. Frosty hugged her left flank as they swam eastward west of oil platform Gail. The Santa Barbara Channel was shimmering and quiet, except for those orca spouts wafting skyward as the sun

dropped behind Santa Cruz Island.

Chuck is a freelance writer and photographer based in Carpinteria, where he also leads kayak tours and backpacking trips in Channel Islands National Park

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“What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year.” — Vern McLellan

6 – 13 January 2022

Our Town

New Year’s baby Ryder Louis Gutierrez with parents Janae and Mike at the Santa Barbara Birth Center (Photo courtesy of Gutierrez family)

Cuteness Overload:

The First Babies of 2022 in Santa Barbara

by Joanne A Calitri

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uca James Rintoul rang in the New Year with his parents at exactly 12 am on January 1, weighing in at 7 pounds, 4 ounces and 20 inches long, and is the first child of Courtney Herbert-Rintoul and Joel Rintoul. He was born at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital with both his dad and grandmother, Sandie, standing by.

Courtney, a UCSB graduate in Communications and Sports Management, is the Chief Operating Officer of the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce. She will take maternity leave through April, while Joel, the Controller at Mann+Hummel Goleta, will take time off periodically to help out.

We caught up with the excited parents: Q. How does it feel to be new parents?

A. It feels great! It is exhausting and overwhelming, but he is adorable, and we are excited! His due date was January 13, so we weren’t expecting a New Year’s baby, but it’s been fun.

Is your baby named after anyone?

Luca is just a name we liked, but James is a family name on both sides.

How did you navigate your pregnancy through COVID-19/lockdown?

It has been a challenging time, and hard not to easily be able to gather with friends and family, but following standard safety guidelines, getting vaccinated, and testing often has been our routine.

What is your wish list as new parents?

Our family and friends have been so generous with sweet and practical gifts. We are looking for a great local nanny soon!

The first baby of the New Year at the Santa Barbara Birth Center is Ryder Louis Gutierrez,

healthy while still trying to experience all things pregnancy and new baby.

What is your wish list as new parents?

We were very lucky to have another boy who has been given every hand-me-down. Diapers are No. 1 on the wish list though. It is still shocking how many we go through.

Born at 12 am on January 1, 2022, was Luca James Rintoul (Photo courtesy of the Rintoul family) of parents Janae and Mike Gutierrez, weighing in at 8 pounds, 8 ounces and 19 inches long, born January 2 at 8:25 am under the watchful eyes of midwives Jenna Wilson and Alissa Herbert, who also delivered the Gutierrez’s first child, Wyatt. Janae is a school director for two Olive Grove Charter Schools; Mike was in finance as a regional vice president for a local Santa Barbara bank, but recently started his own race team, Gutierrez Racing, on the Best in the Desert pro UTV circuit.

Our interview with the parents: How does it feel to be new parents again?

We had our first son through Santa Barbara Birth Center in September 2020. This time feels new all over again but with a little extra feeling of confidence and familiarity. Being new to having two under two will definitely have its learning curves and excitement!

Is your baby named after anyone?

His middle name is after his grandfather following in the tradition of his older brother having his second grandfather’s name as his middle too.

Santa Barbara Birth Center midwives Jenna Wilson and Alissa Herbert (Photo courtesy of Jenna Wilson) How did you navigate your pregnancy through COVID/lockdown?

This was tough with both. We played it as safe as we could and did not take our health and well-being for granted having seen this take over so many lives. Having a prenatal group through SB Birth Center was a huge support in sharing ideas and COVID opinions in a safe space.

This really helped me navigate what I and my husband felt was best for us in terms of staying

Are you both taking parental leave?

Mike’s office was closed due to COVID so he has been home with our first son and will continue to stay home for the start of our new adventure with two boys. I am so grateful to be on maternity leave for the start of Ryder’s first months and to be able to spend some quality time with our first, Wyatt, again. We will be busy job and nanny hunting going into summer.

How did you come to Santa Barbara?

Mike grew up in Santa Barbara and I am from Huntington Beach. I came up for college and never left. Mike gave me a tour of the Santa Ynez Valley, which we now call home after living the Santa Barbara life for a couple of years when we

first started dating.

Joanne is a professional international photographer and journalist. Contact her at: artraks@yahoo.com and journalist. Contact

Courtney and Joel Rintoul with their New Year’s baby Luca James at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (Photo courtesy of Rintoul family)

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