A Life Well Lived

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SERVING MONTECITO AND SUMMERLAND

Endowment for Youth Committee has built upon its service-oriented beginnings with a newfound focus on social support opportunities, page 32

A New Commish in Town

Facing a number of immediate housing development issues to be tackled, longtime local Marshall Miller named to the Montecito Planning Commission, page 11

Need to Sweeten the Deal

Leasing from CUSD currently, Sweet Wheel Farm & Flowers hopes to raise enough cash to buy the property and give local school kids crop-growing experience, page 8

A Life Well Lived

Lee Luria was a dynamo in the world of philanthropy, with her reach spanning music, art, and education along all corners of the South Coast (story begins on page 6)

‘Never Give Up’

Faced with an unprecedented hurdle, the graduates at Cate, Crane, and Laguna Blanca enjoy the spoils of their hard work with inperson ceremonies, page 28

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Inside This Issue 5 Montecito on the Move

Yes, we are “open” for business, but that doesn’t mean health protocols are gone, particularly for events

6 In the Know

Lee Luria defined what it meant to be a philanthropist along the South Coast, impacting thousands in a life fully lived

8 On the Record

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Can Summerland’s Sweet Wheel Farm & Flowers raise enough cash to purchase plot from school district? Plus, L.A. Magazine sued for article on SB cannabis process.

10 Letters to the Editor

Is there something fishy going on with this cannabis lawyer?

11 Village Beat

Longtime local snags Montecito Planning Commission spot; Crane School brings Boston experience to its fifth graders

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12 Brilliant Thoughts

From Tinkertoys to Erector sets, Ashleigh Brilliant admits that he has had a lifelong obsession with toys

14 Far Flung

The San Joaquin antelope ground squirrel has shown quite the perseverance throughout California We’re open?! Let’s go! Center Stage Theater in Paseo Nuevo wastes no time in getting back to live performances.

18 Montecito Miscellany

Alan Parsons can finally let the cat out of the bag: He’s getting an Order of the British Empire — and it’s quite the honor

20 Calendar of Events

As health protocols disappear, the floodgates have opened for events throughout the area

22 PERSPECTIVES

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What once was good has become anachronistically bad.

The Optimist Daily

Transformative tech: Scientists develop life-saving scream-detecting drones

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“A father carries pictures where his money used to be.” — Steve Martin

As a good citizen in a modern technological world, we need to be able to ask good questions and recognize adequate answers.

24 Seen Around Town

The Babcock Winery has created an experience at its home in the Valley, focused on serving your feelings

26 In Memoriam

Honoring the life of Stanley Tomchin, a chess and backgammon champion well ahead of his time

28 Our Town

In Part II of our graduation extravaganza, we celebrate those at Cate, Crane, and Laguna Blanca who received diplomas over the past two weeks

31 Alzheimer’s Walk

Alzheimer’s Association will bring back its in-person fundraising walk in 2021, with grander expectations after a standout 2020

32 The Giving List

The Endowment for Youth Committee has built upon its service-oriented beginnings with a newfound focus on social support opportunities

34 Your Westmont

16 On Entertainment

23 Robert’s Big Questions

Ridley-Tree Museum features local artists; and the Warriors new track star has hit the ground running

34 Mini Meta Crossword Puzzles 38 Legal Advertisements 44 Nosh Town

Restaurant Connection wasn’t just critical for consumers during the pandemic, but also for the restaurants they partnered with

46 Classified Advertising

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

47 Local Business Directory

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Montecito on the Move

by Sharon Byrne, Executive Director, Montecito Association

COVID-19 Restrictions Lifted Tuesday, but Masking Will Be Around for A While

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uesday marked 453 days since Governor Newsom issued the first stay-athome order for California. It also acted as a Reopening Day, of sorts, with all tiered systems of restrictions lifted for California. Santa Barbara County barely squeaked into the yellow tier one week ago. Now all the tiers are gone.

What does reopening and lifting of the tiers mean? Besides restaurants, retail, and businesses returning to full capacity, it means vaccinated people can go without masking in most situations, aligned with CDC guidance.

According to a presentation made by Santa Barbara County Health to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, all people, both fully vaccinated and unvaccinated, must wear masks in these settings: • Public transit (examples: airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, and ride-shares) • Transportation hubs (examples: airport, bus terminal, marina, train station, seaport or other port, subway station, or any other area that provides transportation) • Workplace: Masks must continue to be worn on the job. Cal/OSHA will be reviewing its masking guidance for employers and workers on June 17 • Indoor K-12 schools, childcare facilities, and other youth settings • Healthcare settings (including long-term care facilities) • Homeless shelters, emergency shelters, and cooling centers • Correctional facilities and detention centers • Businesses that choose to require masks for all customers Events both small and large will still be impacted by health protocols until at least October 1, 2021, with County Health indicating mega events are large crowds of greater or equal to 5,000 people indoors or 10,000 people outdoors.

These events are considered higher risk for COVID transmission due to: • Spending extensive periods of time physically close to a large number of people, thereby increasing the risk that respiratory particles will be transmitted • Attendees usually include participants from multiple states and countries who may be infected with more infectious COVID variants • Effective contract tracing is difficult due to the nature of these events This will impact indoor events (conventions, conferences/expos, sporting events, and concerts) in the following ways: • Requires verification of fully vaccinated status or a pre-entry negative test for all attendees • Face coverings are required regardless of vaccination status This will also impact outdoor events (music or food festivals, car shows, parades, sporting events, concerts) in the following ways: • Verification of fully vaccinated status or a pre-entry negative test for all attendees is strongly recommended • Face coverings are required regardless of vaccination status. Venues are required to have masks available for all attendees • Effective June 15, 2021, through October 1, 2021

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During Tuesday’s meeting, First District Supervisor Das Williams asked, “What about masking in the schools this fall?”

Many parents are surprised that they can now move about freely without masking, but their vaccinated children must still mask up for class. Per Dr. Van Do-Reynoso, the county’s public health director, the county will await guidance from the CDC on this topic.

California created school specialists for counties (Santa Barbara has two) and a health educator, and they will be 100% dedicated to school concerns and questions, per Dr. Henning Ansorg. The CDC still recommends masks indoors for vaccinated students, so for now, the rule stands.

Another key question is how much leeway do businesses have in requiring vaccine verification from their customers? They are allowed to implement their own system. This could take the form of asking a question to the customer or requiring a vaccination card. Cal OSHA is expected to rule on allowing workers who are vaccinated to go without masks Thursday. The governor will issue an executive order based on their decision. The expectation is fully vaccinated workers will no longer be required to mask in workplaces.

There were no new COVID cases on Monday in Santa Barbara County, with Do-Reynoso not recalling a time in which the county saw none before March 15, 2020.

Here’s hoping we have turned a big corner into a brighter future.

•MJ 17 – 24 June 2021

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In the Know

by Nick Masuda

A Philanthropic Visionary: Celebrating the Life of Lee Luria

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t was a late afternoon in early 2017 and Jonathan Fox was en route to a pre-dinner cocktail with Lee Luria, the philanthropist extraordinaire that had just given Fox’s Ensemble Theatre Company a new lease on life — quite literally.

With her favorite gin and tonic at her side and Fox acquiring a glass of wine at the Montecito Country Club, he noticed that she was holding a white envelope.

Already nervous because he was about to ask her for a donation, she handed him the envelope.

Inside was a forgiveness note, allowing the ETC to own the New Vic Theatre outright. No lease. No shortor long-term financial burden.

“And now you can ask me for more money,” she told Fox, ETC’s artistic director.

And he did, and she acquiesced, sponsoring an ETC production, something she enjoyed doing annually.

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by Nicholas Schou

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Can Summerland’s Sweet Wheel Farm & Flowers Raise Enough Cash to Purchase Plot From School District?

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or the past year, Leslie Person Ryan has been leasing a six-acre plot of land in Summerland from the Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD). At her nascent farm located on a grassy hilltop with stunning mountain and ocean views, Ryan, the owner of Sweet Wheel Farm & Flowers, who owns additional agricultural acreage in Orcutt, grows everything from heirloom tomatoes, wild radish, lettuce, melons, and Oaxacan aguachile peppers to pineapple, cucumbers, cumin, tomatillos, and corn.

Because of the farm’s downward sloping angle, Ryan has been able to irrigate her crops with water trucked to the location in 500-gallon plastic tanks; a gas-fueled water pump and some jury-rigged PVC piping and hoses — and gravity — does the rest.

But time is running short on Ryan’s dream of creating a sustainable, low-water-usage farm that will allow local school kids and aspiring professional agriculturalists to gain crop-growing experience in Summerland, which she describes as a “food desert” thanks to the town’s lack of an actual grocery store. In just a few months, once the 2021-2022 academic year begins, CUSD plans to put the parcel on the real estate market.

Several years ago, CUSD attempted to win approval to build a new campus on the land, but the proposal fell through under the weight of a sustained opposition campaign by local residents. According to CUSD Superintendent Diana Rigby, the school district finally decided in April of this year to sell

the property to the highest bidder, in accordance with state law, which also requires the district to notify a plethora of local government agencies and nonprofits who might have an interest in acquiring it.

To meet that obligation, the district ran public notices in Coastal View News over three successive weeks; meanwhile CUSD also executed a listing agreement with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices to enable the district to sell the property.

“We have to follow the process required by state law as spelled out in the education code,” Rigby explained. “It’s a sealed bidding process and we have to take the highest bidder.”

According to Ryan, local residents, especially people who owned property directly adjacent to the land, were at first skeptical about her plans to create a farm there amid concerns that it would create unwanted truck traffic.

But as it became clear the district planned to sell the property, and possibly allow developers to create additional housing there, they gradually warmed up to her.

“At first the neighbors were wondering what I was going to do and how much water I was going to use,” said Ryan. “But now all of them are ready to fight anyone who tries to develop it for new homes.”

Indeed, during a tour of the farm last week, one neighbor walking her dog approached Ryan to say hello, and upon learning that a Montecito Journal reporter was doing a story about her fundraising effort, expressed her support for the project. “Oh, I’m glad you’re writing about this,” she said.

On March 21, Sweet Wheel Farms won a strong letter of support from the Summerland Citizens Association (SCA).

“The SCA believes there is substantial community interest in maintaining this acreage,” the group stated. “Sweet Wheel Farms provides generous support to our community through food donations and deliveries to some of our most vulnerable residents.” In its open letter, the group noted that in 1955, the property was originally sold to the now-defunct Summerland School District for a grand total of $10. “We believe it should be an asset to Summerland residents.”

Longtime MJ contributor Lou Cannon is another neighbor who supports Ryan’s attempt to keep the property from being turned into a homebuilding

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

Cannabis Chaos Takes an Unexpected Turn

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am troubled by the apparent conflicts-of-interest by attorney Marc Chytilo involving his lobbying for a major cannabis grower and Foothills Forever.

The latter is a large community philanthropic effort involving the pro bono efforts of many attorneys, but one that Mr. Chytilo seeks primary credit.

Last Wednesday, many in the First District were left reeling over the revelation that Mr. Chytilo had lobbied the Santa Barbara Planning Commissioners for G&K Growers, one of the county’s largest cannabis growers (whose parent company Glass House was recently sold to the Toronto-based Mercer Park for more than half a billion dollars).

Mr. Chytilo, however, told the S.B. Planning Commissioners ex parte or in secret that he was representing Concerned Carpinterians (Citizens) and the Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis in the G&K Appeal.

I have supported both Concerned Carpinterians and the Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis and was told that this was not the case since both organizations advocate for residents and businesses against excessive cannabis operations and not for cannabis growers. How can Mr. Chytilo represent both sides? Several S.B. Planning Commissioners specifically cited Mr. Chytilo’s lobbying for the two groups in making their decision in support of G&K Cannabis.

I have also made several contributions to Foothills Forever but am now distressed to learn that Mr. Chytilo lobbied S.B. Planning Commissioners for G&K Cannabis after CARP Growers (G&K’s owner is on their board) made a $20,000 contribution to Foothills Forever. Now I wonder if there was a quid pro quo.

Jill Stassinos

Same Old Buckley, Different Year Why-oh-why does the Journal continue to give Mr. Buckley a platform since the sale of the Journal in 2019?

His right-wing diatribes and sneering criticisms of people he disagrees with are so tiresome. I intended to write the Journal some weeks ago when he wrote a condescending and unpleasant “rebuttal” letter concerning a Montecito resident who wrote to the Journal about some apparently unforgivable opinion that was too liberal and Democratic for Mr. Buckley.

But I procrastinated and sure enough, he finally got me off the dime with his “Hooey on the Hustings” opinion piece in your May 20-27 issue.

The persons he sneeringly condemns this time had the effrontery of being leaders in the fight to overturn voting suppression legislation in various states — which have been all in the service of the Big Lie being perpetrated by the Trump Stop the Steal adherents. Buckley seems to be particularly upset that they are “pseudo-righteous,” extremely partisan Democrats and, heaven forbid, some of them are even gay!

Now, of course, Buckley views himself as not partisan at all. Instead, he is a balanced truth-seeker intent on only preventing the cheating and ballot harvesting which he assures us is the intent of those hell bent on “Ensuring Democrat Victories Every Time, All The Time.” I guess this is supposed to be self-evident to any reader who has any sense.

The tip-off to Mr. Buckley’s deeply dishonest style comes in his first paragraph where he sarcastically claims that Democratic Party efforts to stymie recent Georgia type voting legislation are hypocritical because it has been the

party that for the “past 140 years or so” has suppressed voting, particularly in the South. Presumably, he is referring to the despicable history in the South after the Civil War on racial issues.

Now, I learned long ago that, even accepting his characterization, two wrongs do not make a right. And little Johnny doesn’t get a past from taking cookies from the cookie jar just because little Billy next door got away with it. But even more importantly, it ignores the Southern strategy which Republicans adopted in the late 1960s to flip the South to the Republican Party because of the Civil Rights Movement.

It was successful and now virtually all the Southern states are Republican and continue many racist policies, including efforts to suppress votes.

I suggest Mr. Buckley read Stuart Stevens’ recent book It Was All a Lie to familiarize himself with this historical reality. Stevens was a very successful and long-time Republican strategist before “seeing the light.” So why does Mr. Buckley start his diatribe with this paragraph cherrypicking historical facts and glossing over what is happening. Does he mean to argue that if Jim Crow was right for the Democrats at one time, it’s now OK for the Republicans too? I assume so as that is the primary purpose in using the “what aboutism” argumentative style.

Ken Anderson

Breaking Down the Arguments

I had no doubt that Mr. Buckley would respond to the critiques of his recent column. As is his style, he conjures up “straw man” arguments to defend his weak and untenable positions. My responses to these specious arguments are as follows: 1) It was Bill Clinton who pretended there was more than one meaning to the word “is” while being questioned about the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

2) Nearly 30 million more people have been able to obtain health care insurance due to the Affordable Care Act (aka: Obamacare).

3) No one knows for sure if COVID originated in a lab in Wuhan, China or a bat cave in Hubei Province.

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“A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.” — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

FYI: Donald Trump called COVID a “hoax” (before saying, “It will disappear like a miracle.”) as hundreds of thousands died. Now, his sycophants want to be the final arbiters on the debate of its origins. Really?

What any of this has to do with Mr. Buckley’s bogus claim that President Biden’s 2020 election victory was stolen is a mystery. On a related note: What if his hero, Donald “the stable genius” Trump, was asked to take another cognitive ability test? A commonly asked question is, “Who is the President of the United States?” What do you think Trump’s answer would be?

Just asking.

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

Longtime Local Marshall Miller Named New MPC Commissioner

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arlier this week the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors appointed Marshall Miller to the Montecito Planning Commission.

His appointment was for the vacancy left by Charles Newman, who stepped down from the Commission at the end of his second term in December 2020.

Growing up in Montecito, Miller attended All Saints, Montecito Union School, and Crane Country Day School. The fourth generation Montecitan moved away from the area to attend college and made his way back in 2010. Since then, he’s been involved in community organizations including the Westmont College Foundation, COLAB of Santa Barbara County, the State of CA 19th Agricultural District Board, and most recently, the Montecito Association, where he was a Board Director until his resignation last week.

Miller says he hopes to contribute positively to Montecito’s ongoing resiliency following the January 9 Debris Flow and the current issues surrounding climate change, including future wildfires and debris flow events.

“My hope is to help make Montecito robust as possible as we deal with these issues,” he told us earlier this week. In his work with the Montecito Association, Miller has been vocal at raising questions related to the freeway widening and drainage issues.

He says he also hopes to champion the Montecito Community Plan related to new housing bills that could drastically change the look and feel of Montecito.

“My vision would be to adapt to state level changes that would be consistent with the Montecito Community Plan and the experience and the feel of Montecito. If we aren’t successful in stopping the passage of these laws, we are going to have to adapt to them,” he said, referring to the work that the Montecito Association has put in to help defeat SB-9 and SB-10, which would allow lot splits and the building of multi-family housing units in single family residential zones via ministerial approvals, without local control or design review.

“We will need to play a role in working towards compliance with the State’s approach,” he said.

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Marshall Miller has been appointed to the Montecito Planning Commission after serving on the Montecito Association Board of Directors for over two years

author T.C. Boyle following the Debris Flow as the spark that made him realize a new level of love for Montecito, and the strong desire to get involved to build the community’s resiliency and help retain its semi-rural character.

“I look forward to the challenge,” Miller says.

The new appointee’s term will end January 2, 2023. Miller will join fellow commissioners Bob Kupiec and Susan Keller, who have less than a year remaining in their terms, and Donna Senauer and Ron Pulice, who were both reappointed for another term in January of this year. At this month’s meeting, taking place June 16, the Commission will hear from a property owner on Park Lane who is seeking a lot split, as well as a property owner on Fernald Point Lane, who is appealing the denial of an ADU on his property.

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nity to have unique learning experiences.

The Boston trip has been a rite of passage at the school for 13 years prior to the COVID pandemic that forced the trip’s cancellation in 2020 and 2021. A culmination of the history curriculum taught in fifth grade, the trip teaches the kids about life in the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s. The Boston trip allows students to visit various “living history” museums, where docents dress in period garb and guide students to various setups that look like buildings and places of the time.

“They get to live and breathe it for a whole week,” said Althoff, who says it’s one of her favorite parts of teaching 5th grade.

The students also learn how to travel without their parents, as it’s the first school-sponsored trip where parents do not join.

“It’s usually their first time away from home without parental guidance. They are responsible for managing their money, staying in a hotel room, choosing what they want to eat, and more. It’s really a rite of passage,” Althoff said. “When we get home they feel proud of their independence.”

Last year the teachers were able to pivot and visit the museums virtually while students were learning from home; this year they took it a step

further and added extra elements to make it special for the kids, including recreating Old Sturbridge Village and having the kids make their own food from scratch; recreating a baseball game at Fenway Park by having them play ball on the fields, complete with hot dogs, lemonade, and cracker jacks; recreating Walden Pond by walking the kids over to Ennisbrook for a nature walk and journaling; and a virtual tour of the Freedom Trail and Plymouth Plantation; among other adventures.

“It was a great opportunity for us to rethink the way we present material,” Long said.

“It allowed us to break free of the regular routine and have some fun,” Althoff added.

The school, which offers kindergarten through eighth grade, was back on campus last October, while many public schools in Santa Barbara County continued virtual learning for students during the second half of the pandemic. Parents had the choice whether to bring their kids to school or keep distance learning from home.

“We had very strict protocols, which is why we were successful,” said Crane’s Director of Development Debbie Williams, adding that the campus, like Montecito Union and

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A Lifelong Intrigue When it Comes to Toys

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here was a time when the very word “toys” was magic to me, and the idea of a big department store, with a whole section devoted to them, was probably as close as I’ll ever come in this life to conceiving Heaven.

Of course, there have always been children at play — and children must always have needed some kinds of things to play with. Archaeologists often find what were presumably favorite toys — sometimes miniature animals of clay or straw — buried with the child who owned them. In my own childhood, the boys’ toys I was familiar with emphasized construction, weaponry, and transportation.

It must have been about two centuries ago that toys began to be commercialized. By the time I came on the scene, there were certain big names and products which dominated the toy market. There were Lionel Trains, Gilbert chemistry sets, Erector sets, Tinkertoy outfits, and, of course, Parker games, including the muchloved Monopoly. And then as now, an association with the names and images of certain celebrities — including characters from the “comics” — made for profitable marketing.

Walt Disney personalities like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck were already so popular in England just before World War II, that each child in the nursery school I attended had a chair and toothbrush with his or her own particular Disney character emblazoned on it.

The war years, which I spent mostly in Washington, D.C., were a special era for children. Most of the radio programs we listened to, and comic books we read, even the games we played, were in some way related to the war. I had a board game called “Spot-a-Plane,” in which you moved little airplane tokens around the board a certain number of spaces, depending on whether or not you were able to identify friendly or hostile aircraft from their different silhouettes, as displayed on a card you drew from a pack of possibilities. Thanks to this training, I can still tell a Spitfire from a Messerschmitt, or a Curtiss P-40 from a Zero.

But one big drawback of a wartime childhood, even in a prosperous country like the U.S., far from the battle zones, was that the available toys were necessarily of an inferior quality. This was particularly true where

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paper had to be substituted for wood or metal. (The Age of Plastics hadn’t yet begun.) So, the toy soldiers, tanks, and forts which would normally be of sturdier material, now consisted of cardboard, which came in a box of sheets from which you punched out the desired objects and assembled them by following instructions about folding along line A and inserting Tab B into Slot C. This shortcoming at least had the advantage that, when your forces were arrayed against those of your opponent, some of the less substantial installations, like individual soldiers, could be more easily knocked down with a projectile from your gun, which fired rubber bands.

I did, however, also have a metal “Lone Ranger” gun, with a trigger, which was supposed to fire a little wooden rod with a rubber suction cup on the end, at a metal bullseye target.

But, as with many of my other toys, I could never get it to work properly.

There was a time when toy steam-engines were all the rage — but since the introduction of electricity and electronics, the very concept of “play” has become a whole new ballgame.

And speaking of balls, they are, and always have been, ubiquitous in toyland. It’s amazing how many games and playthings are based on some kind of spherical object. Marbles have been so popular that they’ve become part of our language — for some reason, relating, in particular, to mental health, as in having, or not having, all one’s marbles — but also connoting poor sportsmanship, when we speak of someone who, in the middle of a game, picks up his marbles and goes home.

Girls’ toys were for me a separate and remote world. But I had a younger sister, and, paralleling my interest in cardboard weaponry, I was aware of her fascination with “paper dolls,” which came with a variety of paper wardrobes. Strangely, this phenomenon seems to have inspired the popularity of the song “Paper Doll,” which reflected the insecurity of wartime relationships: “I’m gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own — A doll that other fellows cannot steal — And then the flirty-flirty guys, with their flirty-flirty eyes, Will have to flirt with dollies that are real.”

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Far Flung Travel

by Chuck Graham

Little Hooligans of the Veld

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he convulsed mightily standing watch on the fringe of her burrows. Her black milk ducts protruded through buff, tan fur as her belly full of rich milk warbled while she belted out a series of quavering trills warning her kits of potential danger.

The watchful San Joaquin antelope ground squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni) guarded her territory with utter aplomb. Standing eight inches tall, she feasted on new green growth as spring hovered across California’s San Joaquin Valley.

She also kept a keen, attentive eye on all six of her tiny, frenetic kits who were busy feeding, but between nibbles they also rough housed through and around their complex, series of burrows, the entry and exit points ideal for seemingly infinite games of chase.

However, once a red-tailed hawk soared overhead, the mood surrounding the burrows quickly shifted. The presence of the majestic raptor casted shadows over the antelope ground squirrel burrows, sending all the rambunctious kits scurrying underground in the high desert veld.

Time is Fleeting

Of Grasslands, Burrows, and Ranchland Relics

Their pace was feverish, cheeks nearly bursting of blades of brome grasses.

Then, running back to their maze of burrows they stashed their precious morsels. Their actions appeared as if they were performing a daily chore, and they were. After all, the average lifespan of San Joaquin antelope ground squirrels is only one year, so they’re busy squirrels as if every moment counts, except in

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times of extreme heat where they choose to lay low underground.

Their habitat throughout the San Joaquin Valley has greatly diminished over the last couple centuries, mostly due to agriculture. In California they are listed as a species of special concern, but on the IUCN Red List they are listed as endangered due to habitat loss. Pockets of habitat remain though, and California Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) environmental scientist Craig Fiehler is in the process of translocating antelope ground squirrels back to their old stomping grounds attempting to reestablish historic habitat.

“I have wanted to study San Joaquin antelope squirrels for some time,” said Fiehler, who has worked for CDFW since 2006. “I had been thinking about testing translocation strategies for antelope ground squirrels.”

In 2011-12 the CDFW accepted the 12,000 acres of mitigation land that was secured as part of the Topaz solar farm project. Fiehler was placed in charge of managing those lands north of the Carrizo Plain National Monument. These lands were finally designated as the North Carrizo Ecological Reserve (NCER) in 2020. Most of those lands had been in dryland farming and cattle grazing, some right up until the lands transferred to CDFW. This was a similar situation with the lands that eventually made up the Carrizo Plain National Monument.

Initially, Fiehler and his team collared three groups of 20 squirrels. One group was collared and remained in the National Monument as a “control” group, and they were not moved. One group was collared and moved up to the NCER into an area with no giant kangaroo rats (GKR). The last group was collared and moved to a neighboring parcel that is under conservation and managed

by Sequoia Riverlands Trust. This area had GKR present. Fiehler was interested in determining in what way underground habitat (GKR burrows in this case) affected translocation success. It was learned that having an abundance of excess burrows in the translocation area would benefit newly translocated antelope squirrels.

“In general, it seems like the squirrels like to expand to adopt burrows that have been already dug by GKR or even Heermann’s kangaroo rat (HKR),” Fiehler said.

“These burrows serve as a refuge for the squirrels during daytime activities and at night as well when they are sleeping.”

Currently, this study is still occurring in the Carrizo Plain and the surrounding regions to the north. Until the study is finished, squirrels will not be moved throughout the San Joaquin Valley. It is hoped that the results of this study will inform future conservation efforts for antelope squirrels in the Valley.

“However, as some lands go into retirement from agriculture,” said Fiehler, “there is some hope in connecting these islands and perhaps connecting larger squirrel populations together.”

For over 150 years ranching took place on California’s historic grasslands.

Old ranchlands in the San Joaquin Valley that have come and gone are then sometimes reclaimed by wildlife. A perfect example of this is the Carrizo Plain National Monument, a 250,000-acre grassland haven that possesses more endangered species than anywhere else in California.

Historically, the San Joaquin antelope squirrel ranged from northwestern Merced and eastern San Benito counties south to the northern border of Santa Barbara County, skirting the edges of the Los Padres National Forest and the Cuyama Valley. Prior to cultivation, the area within which this species was distributed was approximately 3.5 million acres. In 1979, an estimated 680,000 acres of uncultivated habitat remained and only about 101,962 acres was of fair to good quality.

“In general, I am impressed with just how tough these animals are,” said Fiehler. “They are physiologically adapted to a desert environment and it’s fascinating to me that they can persist with no water to drink for months at a time. They can be active during the heat of the day and use their little tail as a parasol when there is not shade available. I also find it interesting that they live in loose colonies and look out for each other.”

Current populations include elevations of 50 meters (165 feet) on the floor of the San Joaquin Valley to around 1,100 meters (3,609 feet) in the Temblor Mountains.

In 1979, substantial populations were located within the areas around Lokern and Elk Hills in western Kern County and on the Carrizo and Elkhorn Plains in eastern San Luis Obispo County. Since 1979, San Joaquin antelope squirrels have disappeared from many of the smaller habitat clusters on the Valley floor.

However, the Carrizo Plain offers a look into what the entire San Joaquin Valley once appeared as and observing wildlife like the antelope ground squirrel reveals just one of many inner workings of a grassland habitat. Once their burrows are established and parental bonds are confirmed, the best entertainment begins when the kits (or pups) arrive. An average family size consists of six to nine kits. After 30 days those kits are on their own, weaned from their

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Center of Attention: CST Wastes No Time Bringing Back Live Performances Re:Emerge A Dance Festival is slated for June 17-20 at the Center Stage Theater in Paseo Nuevo

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ho could have predicted dance as the art form that would dominate reopening at the Center Stage Theater? Sure, the “black box” theater upstairs in Paseo Nuevo has been a happy home for several of the local dance companies that produce their own periodic performances and has also hosted a few festivals featuring revues.

But it’s another thing entirely to produce its own four-day festival of hybrid live and filmed performances in front of a live in-person audience indoors to cap off a week that saw both Momentum Dance Company and Selah Dance Collective also mount their first post-pandemic productions in the space.

Not that the Re:Emerge Dance Festival was originally planned that way.

In fact, the long weekend of movement pieces, which is presented by CST and the UCSB Initiative for New & Reimagined Work, aims to be as eclectic a showcase as possible for the local or otherwise Santa Barbara-connected choreographers and dancers who have been working only remotely for nearly 15 months. It was meant to follow the then-current COVID regulations as a digital festival with only the dancers and camera operators ever setting foot inside the building.

In March, the event — then called “Welcome Back Dance Festival” — was conceived of as a chance for the dancers and choreographers to actually meet and rehearse in the same space, even if socially distanced albeit just to make a video version that would only be viewed virtually. The fest would have served as a bookend to CST’s online efforts in the early phases of the pandemic when

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its Digital Arts Festival offered virtual showcase space to choreographers and artists of all types.

That’s why the first evening is devoted to dance on film to spotlight those who didn’t want to switch approaches. But even those aren’t just a recording of a stage show, as the pieces include Robin Bisio and Katia Lepore Mrazek’s diptych of two solo performances at the beach, Victoria Finlayson’s “Out There” collection of solos that were choreographed and captured remotely over Zoom, and Ryan A. Howard of Psychopomp Dance Theater’s Sylkies shot on film rather than video.

“We were trying to lean into the art of dance film as something more than just a document of a stage performance,” said curator and artistic director Brandon Whited, an assistant professor at UCSB who also serves as the board president of the newly re-formed Santa Barbara Dance Alliance. “It’s a form we’ve all had to learn in the last year.”

Filmed works are also sprinkled liberally in the three successive programs, but each also features half or more works being danced live on stage. Whited said the themes, threads, or program arcs tying them together emerged from the responses to the call for submissions.

“I didn’t want to go into it with a set idea and then fit people into them. It was more looking at the pool and seeing the artistic aesthetic perspective behind the piece.”

So, Friday’s live program is a night of “Celebrating Community’’ that ranges from two partnered ballroom pieces danced by Vasily Golovin and Jatila van der Veen to Alexandra King’s belly dance piece “Pharonic Odyssey” to a group pap performance from The

Dance Network called “Time to Start.”

Saturday’s “All Gaucho Reunion” features works by new and relatively recent alumni of the UCSB Dance Program, and includes a reprise of Selah Dance Collective founder Meredith Cabaniss’ “Infinite Corridor” just four days after its premiere at CST; plus “At Once” by Whitney Ross, set on a trio of members of SG Dancers who are all UCSB alums; Psychopomp Dance Theater/Shenandoah Harris’ solo work “Whale”; and three pieces performed live by the UCSB Dance Company.

“The students have just been working so hard all year, mainly in film,” said Whited, who witnessed the work first-hand. “We wanted to give the seniors the ability to do a live performance, too. Both of those evenings really represent Santa Barbara with all its festivals and different approaches.”

The final program, “Contemporary Perspectives,” is also the most adventurous, Whited said.

“It goes toward more experimental ideas or focused in the high art form of dance making. Even the films that are being shown are representative of contemporary dance, things that are not only in a less traditional format but also a little bit less presentational where the audience is merely watching a performance.”

Such is the case with Meredith Lyons and Gianna Burright’s duet called “A Study on Seeing and Being Seen” that represents a collaboration in choreography and performance, while Avila Joy Edwards’ “Rescue,” which features high school age performers, melds contemporary dance and live vocals.

As to whether responding to the pandemic itself shows up significantly in the 16 live and 22 films that comprise Re:Emerge?

“Since most of the works were made in the last few months at most,

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there’s an inevitable relationship just by nature of our experience in the situation,” Whited said. “But I think there’s only one film, ‘Danza Restless,’ that addresses it in a very specific way, partly because it was shot in an apartment and most of them worked over the web, and there are surreal moments maybe showing that your mind is going a little crazy being in that confined space.”

Fortunately, those days are behind us, and re-emerging with a dance festival is cause for celebration indeed.

Re:Emerge Dance Festival takes place June 17-20 at Center Stage Theater, 751 Chapala Street, upstairs in Paseo Nuevo. Tickets range from $10-$50 per program, or $30-$50 for a full festival pass. The performances will also be available for a limited run as video-on-demand starting June 24 priced at $11.50. Call (805) 963-0408 or visit www.centerstagetheater.org.

Dance Dimensions

State Street & Nebula are Back State Street Ballet has announced the backbone of its 2021-22 season that kicks off in October with a reimagined performance of the Tony Award-winning “Kismet,” produced in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Symphony and directed by Broadway’s Lonny Price (Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, Company).

SSB will also bring back its full-scale annual production of The Nutcracker, a vehicle for its professional dancers and the talented students in its Gustafson Dance school in December and cap the comeback with the pandemic-postponed premiere of Sleeping Beauty. Visit www.statestreetballet. com.

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The winning Folded Hills Polo Team: Mariano Gracida, Kumar Yamani, Santi Wulff, and Will Busch with host and patron Andy Busch (photo

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by Richard Mineards

Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, gossip on The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, a commentator on the KTLA Morning News and Entertainment Tonight. He moved to Montecito 14 years ago.

Santa Barbara Music Man Alan Parsons is Being Elevated — and How! Alan Parsons has received an Order of the British Empire

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lan Parsons, 72, who lives and works from a multi-million dollar recording studio on an organic avocado ranch in the Goleta foothills with his wife, Lisa, has been awarded an OBE — Order of the British Empire — for his work over the decades in Queen Elizabeth’s birthday honors list.

“I actually heard from the British government back in May about the honor being bestowed, but I was asked to keep it confidential until it was officially announced last Friday,” says Alan, who started his music career at the age of 19 working at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London. “It has been agonizing not being able to tell anyone!

“The email from The Honors and Appointments Secretariat came as a complete surprise.”

Under normal circumstances Alan would wing back to his native U.K. to be presented with his gong for his work as a musician, composer, music producer, and recording engineer by a member of the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace, be it the Queen, Prince Charles, his sister Princess Anne, or Prince William.

But the pandemic lockdown has created a considerable backlog, so he may well have to wait a while before he attends his investiture in the opulent ballroom at the 318-year-old palace.

Alan, who worked on the last two albums by the Beatles and also worked with Paul McCartney on several of his Wings’ albums, as well as gaining worldwide attention for his talents on

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The La Herradura Polo Team: Julio Gracida, Suzette Yamani, Megan Gracida, Memo Gracida, and Andy Busch (photo by Priscilla)

Folded Hills tailgaters Terri Briggs, Linda Schmidt, Brenda Nance, Megan Hooper, and Kim Lipp (photo by Priscilla)

the Pink Floyd classic The Dark Side of the Moon.

Later he started the Alan Parsons Project which led to him signing with Clive Davis’ newly launched Arista label and a string of hit albums. He relocated to our Eden by the Beach in 2000 and has also released educational videos, including currently having an online course on recording technology entitled The Art and Science of Sound Recording.

The OBE, an order of British chivalry, awarded for contributions to arts and sciences, was established in 1917

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The Hills are Alive

It was the perfect pairing when Folded Hills winemaker Andy Busch, a former patron at the Santa Barbara Polo Club, debuted his 2018 Polo Syrah at his rustic Gaviota locale, which produces 3,200 cases of wine annually.

The new vintage was made by winemaker Angela Osborne, who has now moved on to devote her time to her own label A Tribute To Grace, in memory of her grandmother, which she founded in 2006.

Her replacement is Michael Brughelli, former winemaker for Scar of the Sea, a label he co-founded with Mikey Giugni.

As the 110 guests tucked into tritip rolls and the strawberry Pavlova made from strawberries grown and eggs laid on Andy’s 600-acre ranch by his longtime personal chef Mark

Polo player Megan Gracida with her horse Rouletta (photo by Priscilla)

Folded Hills Executive Chef Mark Gonzales with his “Strawberry Pavlova” dessert (photo by Priscilla)

Gonzales, his Folded Hills team competed against polo legend Memo Gracida’s Santa Ynez players La Herradura, narrowly winning 5-4.

“The wine sang polo from the getgo,” enthused Andy, whose family founded the iconic beer Budweiser.

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legal imbroglio with the BBC, the U.K.’s main broadcaster.

Auntie, as the TV network is affectionately known, reported the Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not ask Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, for permission to name the girl in honor of her family nickname, contrary to their claim.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 17 SBIFF & ‘The Soundtrack King’ — Kenny Loggins, Montecito’s own near-mythical master of pop song singer-songwriting, steps into the virtual interview room with Santa Barbara International Film Festival executive artistic director Roger Durling for a SBIFF Film Talk chat about his success in movie music. Loggins was a movie soundtrack mainstay in the 1980s, with the theme song to Footloose reaching No. 1 and such tracks as Top Gun’s “Danger Zone” and Caddyshack’s “I’m Alright” peaking pretty close to the top, too. Loggins always seems to have a lot of fun revisiting that era that took him by surprise, which, not coincidentally, he’s also revisiting on vinyl with “At the Movies,” an entire album featuring nine of his most popular soundtrack hits released last weekend for the annual Record Store Day. Also coming to SBIFF Film Talk this week: Durling dishing with William Eubank, the Panavision promoter turned director whose credits include 2011’s Love, commissioned and produced by the alternative band Angels & Airwaves, 2014’s Sundance fave The Signal, and last year’s science-fiction horror movie Underwater.

WHEN: 5:30 pm June 17, 5 pm June 22 WHERE: Online livestream COST: Free INFO: (805) 963-0023 or https://sbiff. org/filmtalk

The Vulnerability of Creativity — The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara’s (MCASB) current featured exhibit, “The Invisible Seventh is the Mystic Column,” is local artist Shana Moulton’s exploration through video, installation, and performance of the anxiety, isolation, and mystical journeys of her alter-ego Cynthia as she traverses an evolving, yet cyclical loop of self-diagnosis and treatment. Now the exhibit, which is up through July 31, and the recently released short film I Have Anxiety by artist Katharina Stenbeck are serving as a springboard for tackling the larger question of the role of vulnerability in creative and artistic practice. A virtual conversation with three multimedia artists (Stenbeck; audiovisual artist Mahsa Zargaran, who is currently creating a life-size sculpture series and electronic music as part of an installation on Modern Female Mythology; and Lucy, the curator and co-founder of Ladies First L.A.) examines such questions as “How can we embrace, and be empowered by, the anxieties we face as creative beings?” and “What tools can we utilize to move through imposter syndrome?”

WHEN: 5:30 pm WHERE: Zoom webinar COST: Free INFO: www.mcasantabarbara.org

ENDING NEXT WEEK Pride Film Series in Carpinteria — The Alcazar Theatre in Carpinteria is celebrating Pride Month this June with gay-themed movies to mark the 52nd anniversary of the Stonewall riots when patrons and supporters of a popular gay bar in New York City staged an uprising during a routine police raid, sparking the modern movement to outlaw discriminatory laws and practices against LGBTQ+ Americans. This weekend’s road trip-themed lineup includes 2000’s Supernova, which follows two-decadeslong partners Sam (played by Academy Award-winner Colin Firth) and Tusker (Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci) as they travel across England in their old camper van visiting friends, family, and places from their past before a life-changing diagnosis tests their love like never before (June 18). The following night, Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo play three drag queens traveling across the country to a national competition in 1995’s offbeat comedy To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, which also features an iconic performance from drag superstar RuPaul.

The series comes to a close next Saturday, June 26, with Philadelphia, featuring the stirring Oscar-winning performance by Tom Hanks who portrays an attorney who hides his homosexuality and positive HIV status but gets fired by his law firm anyway when a colleague spots AIDS’ telltale lesions. The courtroom drama also features Denzel Washington as a homophobic small-time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.

WHEN: All films at 7 pm WHERE: Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria COST: $10 INFO: (805) 684-6380 or www.thealcazar.org

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by Steven Libowitz

THURSDAY, JUNE 17 Fiesta Ranchera On the Go — Restaurants all over Goleta and environs have supported the Goleta Valley Historical Society and Old Spanish Days for the annual Fiesta Ranchera at the Stow House by donating and serving up tacos, sliders, bacon-wrapped jalapeños, pulled pork sandwiches, ceviche, cupcakes, and countless other delicacies. For more than 14 years, the pre-Fiesta event has served as the unofficial kickoff to the season. Although reopening announcements came too late to schedule the full event at the expansive grounds at La Patera this month, GVHS and OSD are turning the tables by offering support to the restaurants by bringing the spirit of Fiesta Ranchera to a couple of the permanent Goleta “mercados,” aka shopping centers. Pop-up Flamenco performances take place at The Nugget and Los Arroyos in the Calle Real Shopping Center tonight, while Camino Real Marketplace will host a Flamenco & Folklorico show in the center court near the movie theaters on June 19, in an effort to spread Fiesta cheer in Goleta’s most popular places.

WHEN: 7-8 pm WHERE: Calle Real Shopping Center, 5652 - 5820 Calle Real June 17; Camino Real Marketplace, 7004 Marketplace Dr. June 19 COST: Free INFO: http://goletahistory.org/fiesta-ranchera SATURDAY, JUNE 19

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‘Songs of Summer’ Beach Boys Salute — Santa Barbara Music Foundation Ones to Watch Productions is roaring back to the Lobero Theatre to celebrate the official arrival of summer two days later with a locally focused tribute to the music of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Brother Sal and The Devil May Care, the versatile group put together by Sal Leonardo that features select L.A. session musicians, will serve as the house band for a laundry list of local and L.A.-based singers including Montecito’s own Glen Phillips, former The Voice competitor Will Breman, Garrison Starr, The Brambles, Chris Pierce, Shane Alexander, Leslie Stevens, Todd O’Keefe, Max Kasch, and others. Adding to the fun, and in best Beach Boys behavior, the vocalists will also appear on stage to add harmonies on the songs where they aren’t singing lead. The generous supply of Wilson classics might be just the elixir we need to shake off the Covid shutdowns and return to a state of unbridled summertime fun.

And you can feel good while having a good time because the show is a benefit for New Beginnings of Santa Barbara, which provides mental health counseling to low-income community members and works to end homelessness for individuals and families with a special program for veterans throughout Santa Barbara County.

WHEN: 7:30 pm, June 19 WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $36-$56 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.org

Santa Barbara Fair, sans Expo — At first, the folks over at Earl Warren Showgrounds simply canceled the Santa Barbara Fair & Expo, its annual five-day fest filled with family-oriented fun and farm animals, for a consecutive second year due to pandemic protocols. But an open date in the company that runs the fair’s midway coincided with California’s reopening, and now the fair is coming to town. Well, at least a truncated version. The carnival midway along with a stage or two of entertainment is about all that could be put together safely on short notice, meaning there won’t be any exhibit halls, commercial buildings, aquatic displays, agricultural showcases, or even any animals at all. But there’s something to celebrate just in having the Ferris wheel towering above Las Positas — the sunset view is something to behold — along with, we’re told, a full slate of other rides, as well as the usual carnival foodstuff including corn dogs, funnel cakes, pretzels, and cotton candy. And unlike in typical years, you won’t have to pay just to enter the grounds, meaning no admission fee to enjoy music, magic, and more entertainment. But, yes, you will have to pay to self-induce nausea on the Tilt-a-Whirl and Zipper.

WHEN: 4-10 pm, June 23-24, 4-12 midnight on June 25, 11 am-12 midnight on June 26, and 11 am-10 pm on June 17 WHERE: Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real COST: Free INFO: http://earlwarren.com

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SATURDAY, JUNE 19 Jammin’ with Jackson — Former Santa Barbara Teen Star Jackson Gillies, who wowed a packed Arlington Theatre with both his talent and his perseverance in the face of a couple of debilitating diseases, is also well-known for his 2019 short-lived appearance on American Idol, a groundbreaking TEDx talk in town, and a whole bunch of Santa Barbara shows including several with mentor Kenny Loggins and a memorable filmed performance with many of Santa Barbara’s greatest support musicians as part of the Marjorie Luke’s Virtual Concert Series. Now we can see him live and in person once again, courtesy of a concert sponsored by the Unity of Santa Barbara in its spacious sanctuary. Gillies will be publicly premiering his new band called The Company featuring Trevor Hurvitz (guitar), James Grotenhuis (piano) and Ben Catch (bass), who are all slated to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston this fall, plus David McInnes, one of just four drummers chosen for USC’s highly selective music program. Gillies and gang will be playing many of his originals plus covers from such superstars as Stevie Wonder, John Mayer and Coldplay. Admission includes a social intermission in the courtyard with wine and snacks. By the way, can you believe there are actually two different places to go hear live music on the same night just four days after California’s official reopening? Talk about post-pandemic!

WHEN: 7 pm, June 19 WHERE: 227 E Arrellaga St. COST: $25 INFO: 805.966.2239 or www.santabarbaraunity.org Goleman Pans for Pandemic’s Gold — More than 25 million responses pop up in a Google search for “emotional intelligence” and “pandemic,” with entries from Inc., Forbes and Fast Company showing up in the first five listings.

For a more direct approach, Hospice of Santa Barbara’s illuminate Speaker Series is turning to Daniel Goleman, who literally wrote the book that catalyzed the concept way back in 1995, when Emotional Intelligence stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for a year and a half and has tallied more than five million copies in print worldwide in 40 languages. Even as most of California’s COVID restrictions have

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come to a close this week, Goleman’s virtual presentation “Emotional Intelligence in the Challenging Times of a Pandemic” will address concerns for the short- and long-term ramifications of distance and isolation and how we prepare ourselves to adapt and flourish in a return to “normalcy.” Goleman will specifically address how EI can help us as we relearn critical social skills needed for success in the initial period of reopening.

WHEN: 6 pm, June 23 WHERE: Zoom webinar, registration required COST: Free INFO: www.hospiceofsb.org/hsbseries

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 Surf’s Up at Maritime Museum — The sea-worthy museum in the Santa Barbara Harbor is opening a new exhibit in conjunction with the publication of the book Heritage, Craft & Evolution: Surfboard Design 1885 – 1959. The exhibit with the same title traces the history of surfing and the evolution of surfboards illustrated by the boards along with paintings and photographs. Both the book and the exhibit are the result of a unique collaboration between three important figures in the California surfing community: Renny Yater, one of the first commercial surfboard shapers of the 1950s who still works in town; John Comer, a plein-air painter whose career began in 1968 with his first solo gallery exhibition in Santa Barbara; and Kevin Ancell, a painter and surfboard shaper. The trio trace the history of surfing, surfboard development and the California surfing scene, with historic boards that they have painted and embellished to illustrate the stories of the sport as it evolved through the 1920s-1950s, combining photographs, stories, boards, and paintings to depict and highlight the heroes of each generation.

WHEN: June 24 through October 30 WHERE: 113 Harbor Way COST: Free with museum admission INFO: (805) 962-8404 or www.sbmm.org 17 – 24 June 2021

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Perspectives

by Rinaldo S. Brutoco

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

100 Years Old and Useless!

What Once Was Good Has Become Anachronistically Bad

W

e all were able to witness a television treat last week when we saw three centenarians (folks over 100) appear on camera to share the horror of their childhoods as they witnessed, in person, the Tulsa Race Riots which President Biden more correctly labeled a “massacre.” Those brave individuals who shared their stories spoke to the history of the Tulsa Massacre with mental clarity, philosophical presence, and a cogency that belied their chronological ages. That is proof positive that much can be gained in wisdom and perspective when one is fortunate enough to live more than a century.

As a general rule, living that long, as an individual or as an institution, can be of great value over time. The vivid remembrances of the Tulsa Massacre of 100 years ago as brought to life by those few survivors are of great value to us as we set our moral compass for the society we wish to become. On the other hand, the opposite is also true: sometimes surviving 100 years or more can be a bad thing, leading to outcomes that limit, befuddle or downright complicate a fully functioning society. For example, a statute like the Jones Act. While the testimony of those Nashville survivors is extremely useful, the continuing tyranny of the Jones Act is just plain useless — or worse!

The Jones Act was passed to protect the U.S. Merchant Marine, a facet of our society that was hugely important in the last century, but which barely even exists today. Specifically, Section 27 of the federal Merchant Marine Act of 1920, is a “cabotage law” (a law dealing with ships at sea) that requires ships carrying merchandise or passengers between U.S. ports to be U.S.-built and flagged, and 75% owned and crewed by Americans. This is a series of well-intended (at the time) but extremely counterproductive measures to protect union jobs at a massive cost to our new maritime states of Alaska and Hawaii. Over the last eight decades, even the union members have long since moved on to other occupations.

Basically, the Act restricts access of foreign flagged ships (meaning the country that maintains jurisdiction over the ship) which are carrying cargo or passengers from docking directly between two U.S. ports without a stop at a foreign jurisdiction between them. If you think it is a terrible nuisance, you’d be right. In last week’s column we pointed out the challenges this law created for the cruise industry which necessitated Congress to pass, and President Biden to sign, the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act as a giant loophole to the Jones Act. Without such a loophole, Alaska tourism by ship would have been hobbled.

If you live in Hawaii instead of Alaska, you’d be even more upset. The Grassroots Institute recently released a study concluding that the Jones Act overall costs Hawaii $1.2 billion annually, eliminates 9,100 jobs in Hawaii at a cost of $400 million, and reduces Hawaiian tax revenues by approximately $150 million. The “surcharge” for container shipments due to the Act versus international shipping rates is 16% and for bulk cargo it is a whopping 59%.

That’s a lot of damage for a small state like Hawaii to absorb. It also explains why there is far more cruise ship activity in the Caribbean than there is in Hawaii, even though one could argue that the Hawaiian Island chain has as much variety and beauty as those of the Caribbean.

Based on Alaska and Hawaii’s experience, the Jones Act is worse than useless — it’s downright destructive. Why, and how did this come about?

In 1920, much what we received by ship in the U.S. came aboard ships that flew the American flag, and the seamen that manned those ships were Americans. To preserve the seaman’s union power on the docks, the Jones Act was intended to make it uneconomic for any other country to use its vessels to carry passengers or freight into U.S. ports from other U.S. ports, thereby conferring an enormous economic advantage for American flagged vessels.

Today, it is a rare ship that flies the American flag for a variety of reasons, and there are scant union jobs to protect. The Jones Act is a pure anachronism with no present purpose or justification. As the purpose for the Act has long ceased to exist, there is no continuing public purpose for the restrictions it imposes on shipping. It complicates the business plans of all cruise ships and makes American ports far less attractive for those tourist-gorged vessels. It has been the source of major financial penalties for the states of Alaska and Hawaii. And now, it is interfering with windmills!

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Transformative Tech: Scientists Develop Life-Saving Scream-Detecting Drones

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rone technology has become increasingly refined in recent years and now, a team of researchers has developed a system that could fly over disaster areas and help pinpoint the sounds of people who are screaming for help.

While the need for such an invention is grim, it would be lifesaving in communities that are prone to wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters. It would also be valuable for wilderness search and rescue missions.

The researchers created the scream-identifying drone by assembling a database of screams and other “impulsive” sounds people make when they’re trying to get the attention of rescuers. They then applied deep learning techniques to test the database with a microphone array in a lab to see if the system could accurately distinguish between human sounds and other types of noise.

In tests, the team found that the lag between the microphone system picking up the sound of a scream and accurately identifying its location was only a couple of seconds.

Researchers then placed more than 60 digital microphones on a drone to test the system outside of the lab. Digital microphones don’t need a sound card and aren’t as bulky as traditional microphones, making them easier to deploy. They are also very affordable, so it would be easy and cheap to add them on to drones that are already being used by first responders to get aerial data at disaster sites.

Researchers Train AI System to Sniff Out Cancer

Dogs have been trained to use their acute sense of smell to sniff our disease, but now, researchers have discovered a way to use AI and machine learning to detect cancers in much the same way.

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania are using AI to decipher the mixture of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) coming off cells in blood plasma samples of cancer patients. The “e-nose” system uses nanosensors to detect VOCs, and in trials the device was able to detect early and late-stage ovarian cancer with 95% accuracy and pancreatic cancer with 90% accuracy.

What’s most impressive is that the machine was trained to differentiate between healthy and cancerous samples in just 20 minutes. The researchers hope that if scaled up, the technology could aid in rapid cancer detection even in remote areas.

•MJ Here’s the problem: Europe reportedly has more than 6,000 offshore windmills to tap the strong ocean winds and convert it to electricity back on shore, with plans to build many thousands more. The Biden Administration has set 2,000 offshore windmills for construction primarily along the East and West coasts. The Jones Act, however, would make it illegal to rent or buy one of the specially designed crane ships that are required to erect those offshore windmills. There isn’t a single crane ship flagged by the U.S. Looks like the Biden Administration will need to create yet one more exception to the Jones Act, as Biden’s commitment to offshore wind is clear and pressing. Just as some sort of exception should be created for Hawaii to ameliorate the economically harmful effects of the now 100-year-old and very useless Jones Act. One very odd “bright light” on the horizon regarding this anachronistic law is that it is commanding significant bipartisan support, a most rare feat in the current political environment. Liberal Congressman Ed Case (D-Hawaii) has introduced legislation, with the support of conservative Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), to radically revise the coverage of the Jones Act particularly as to non-contiguous U.S. geography like Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The reader may recall that the government of Puerto Rico blamed the Jones Act for difficulty getting desperately needed relief supplies after their last massive natural disaster (Hurricane Maria of 2017) and last year’s Hurricane Isaias.

Let’s stop creating piecemeal exceptions to the Jones Act and “retire” (repeal) the darn thing altogether. Congressman Case has three separate bills on the subject. Even better, a full repeal could possibly be an example that bipartisan legislation can still emerge from both houses. While being old can be a good thing, being “useless” is not.

•MJ

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Robert’s Big Questions

On The Record (Continued from page 8)

by Robert Bernstein

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

Can You Estimate That?

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ow many piano tuners are there in Boston?” That was the first question on our first problem set of freshman physics at MIT. The question was not really about pianos or the people who tune them. It was a way to get us to make estimates based on facts that we know.

The first step in any estimate is to recognize that there is such a number, even if it is very big and even if it cannot be known with precision. Mr. Spock in Star Trek would get annoyed with humans for not being precise. But his approach is actually not scientifically helpful most of the time.

What is far more useful than a Mr. Spock answer is an “order of magnitude” estimate. Meaning that you know how many zeroes are in the answer. Suppose I ask you how much the Earth weighs. Start with the fact that you know more than you think and that you probably have a starting point for the answer.

Do you know how big the Earth is?

If not, you may know how long it takes to fly across the country and how fast planes go. The continental U.S. has four time zones. There are 24 time zones. So, the U.S. spans about 1/6 of the Earth at this latitude. Most Americans know it is about 3,000 miles across the U.S. Meaning it is about 6 x 3000 = 18,000 miles around at this latitude.

This is when we can start playing the order of magnitude game. Instead of 18,000 miles, round it off to 20,000.

An order of magnitude (10,000) with one digit of precision. The Earth is actually about 24,000 miles around at the equator.

You also should know something about weights and volumes. A pint of water is a pound, and a liter of water is a kilogram. The Earth is made of rock.

Rocks sink in water. Maybe you would guess that rock is ten times heavier than water.

The rest of the estimate is just making conversions and simple calculations.

There is a physics joke with the punch line “imagine a spherical cow.” If you don’t remember the formula for the volume of a sphere, “imagine a cubical Earth.” If the Earth is 20,000 miles around and it is a cube, then imagine a cube that is 5,000 miles on a side.

It is good to switch to metric units at this point. 5,000 miles is about 8,000 km. It is also helpful to switch to exponential notation. 8,000 km becomes 8 x 10^3 km or 8 x 10^6 meters. The volume of this cube would be 8x8x8 x 17 – 24 June 2021

10^6 x 10 ^6 x 10^6 which is 512 x 10 ^ 18 cubic meters. A cubic meter of water weighs a metric ton which is why the metric system is handy! And a metric ton is about like a familiar ton within an order of magnitude!

So, you now know that the Earth weighs about 512 x 10^18 tons if it were water. But we guessed rock weighs 10 times as much, so it comes to 512 x 10^19 tons. Or 5 x 10 ^ 21 tons.

A Google search shows this is about right to within an order of magnitude!

As a good citizen in a modern technological world, we need to be able to ask good questions and recognize adequate answers. Suppose someone proposed that a solution to the Climate Crisis is to move the Earth further from the Sun with some rockets. You now have the tools to make an estimate of how much energy it would take to do that. And you would know this is an absurd proposition.

Why does this matter? As a good citizen in a modern technological world, we need to be able to ask good questions and recognize adequate answers. Suppose someone proposed that a solution to the Climate Crisis is to move the Earth further from the Sun with some rockets. You now have the tools to make an estimate of how much energy it would take to do that. And you would know this is an absurd proposition.

Looking at things in terms of orders of magnitude also can put things in perspective without having to know a lot of Mr. Spock level of detail. Fossil fuels are an accumulation of carbon from 100 million years of living things that have died and been buried in rock.

Suppose I told you that I was going to put 100 million years’ worth of accumulated carbon from living things into the atmosphere over the course of about 100 years. Would that give you a sense that this might not turn out well?

Making such estimates can become a fun habit. You might want to learn a few numbers that make some estimates easier. Like the interesting fact that all chemical fuels from donuts to diesel fuel have about 100 calories of energy per ounce. To within an order of magnitude! Have fun!

•MJ

opportunity for real estate developers. Having followed CUSD’s efforts over the years to develop the property for profit, he said that he doesn’t trust the school district to do what’s best for Summerland.

“You have the school board asking to put more homes in there and I just think it’s insane in this kind of climate environment which is just going to get worse,” said Cannon. “I don’t think a farm is wonderful either, but the land is going to be used for something, so if the choice is between a farm and other residences, I’d go with a farm any day of the week.”

For her part, CUSD’s Rigby says she’d be delighted if Ryan can raise the necessary cash and keep the property as a community farm.

“We hope she’ll be the highest bidder,” said Rigby. “We’d be thrilled.”

Former Santa Barbara Police Official Sues L.A. Magazine Over Controversial Cannabis Story

Readers are by now well aware of the ongoing saga involving former MJ writer Mitchell Kriegman’s explosive exposé on city hall cannabis-related corruption that ran on March 12 of this year in the Los Angeles Magazine.

The star of Kriegman’s story: Anthony Wagner, spokesperson for the Santa Barbara Police Department, who also played a role in the city’s marijuana dispensary licensing process. Per the piece: Wagner, who was previously involved in cannabis politics in San Diego, had an improper relationship with Micah Anderson, one of the owners of the Golden State Greens dispensary, who Wagner knew from his prior role as San Diego Planning Commissioner. After winning the license, Golden State Greens swiftly exited the scene by flipping its lucrative permit to an outside investor, Jushi, Inc., for a reputed seven-figure price tag.

As it turns out, however, Anderson, while involved in a separate Golden State Green bid to operate a dispensary in California, was not involved in the outfit that won a permit from Santa Barbara. Also: Wagner was just one of several people involved in the licensing process. Furthermore, an independent investigation commissioned by the City Attorney’s Office and awarded to the Sintra Group found no evidence of wrongdoing by Wagner. As the facts surrounding this central aspect of Kriegman’s 4,000word story became clear, L.A. Magazine updated and clarified the story, apologizing for any confusion.

A major update to the controversy occurred on June 11, when Wagner’s law firm, Clark & Trevithick, sent a letter to L.A. Magazine demanding the publication of a retraction letter, as well as complete payment for his lawyer fees and an additional $4.6 million in damages. In the letter, which alleged 32 “gross inaccuracies” in the story, also claimed that Kriegman, who now lives in Portugal, had been recruited by a “smear campaign” after other reporters passed on the piece.

“Mr. Kriegman never discussed his wild allegations with Mr. Wagner prior to publication,” the letter states. “Even after L.A. Magazine received . . . accurate information from Mr. Wagner, it still refused to correct the record.”

Noting that Wagner had been placed on administrative leave, his lawyers argued that the story unfairly and inaccurately depicted him as “unethical and criminal” in the minds of the public, thus leaving his reputation in tatters.

Wagner declined to comment for this story. So did L.A. Magazine editor Maer Roshan, who referred MJ to his quote which ran on May 24 in an update to Kriegman’s story published by the magazine. In his statement, Maer said that Kriegman’s original 8,000-word draft “underwent a succession of edits and a rigorous fact-check before it was published in much-condensed form on our website . . . While our article never suggested he engaged in any illegalities, we felt some of those criticisms merited additional scrutiny. The city of Santa Barbara apparently agreed.

We respect the results of the investigation and stand by our story.” •MJ

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Seen Around Town

by Lynda Millner

Finding Its Soul: Babcock Winery Focuses on How Products Make You Feel

Lisa and Bryan Babcock in their tasting room

The tasting room at Babcock Winery

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ou can’t buy happiness, but you can buy wine and that’s kind of the same thing.”

So says Bryan and Lisa Babcock, the owners of a winery in the Valley not far from Lompoc and nine miles past Buellton just off Highway 246.

Bryan’s parents, Mona and Walter Babcock, purchased the 120-acre property and planted 20 acres of grapes in 1978. Their first vintage was in 1985.

Meantime their son, Bryan, was having trouble getting into Harvard or Stanford, so he became the winemaker of Babcock Vineyards. One of the pioneers of the area. Having returned from seven years in the sherry country of Spain my late husband, Cork, began to teach wine classes for adult

education and we took a trip to the Valley with his wine class. I remember driving up to the winery there was a Ms Millner is the author of The Magic Makeover, Tricks for Looking Thinner, Younger and More Confident – Instantly.

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Some of the eclectic collection to purchase at the Babcock Winery

big banner that said, “Welcome to the wine class.”

Many years later (Bryan’s kids are in college), I returned with friends to see how it had changed. The tiny tasting room was still there, but the mid-cen-

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tury modern tasting room (sipping lounge) was gigantic and has to be totally unique. As Bryan says, Lisa has captured what this atmosphere is really all about — “it’s a big barn full of friends.”

It’s often called a rock-n-roll retro fantasyland and formally named Soulstruck Lounge.

“These are all found objects. I really like that feeling of reusing and repurposing so almost everything you see here had a former life which is kind of fun,” Lisa said. “I think it helps to bring a good energy to the space.

“I wanted the space to feel really casual and open to anyone and everyone to gather, connect, and relax. You can get hundreds of people in here and it still works. This is an eclectic array of vintage items to serve as a backdrop for my husband’s incredible wine.”

And, for Bryan, the evolution of the tasting room acted as an inspiration.

“The change in the tasting room environment and atmosphere was commensurate with the fact that at that point I was making about 25,000 cases of wine and distribution had become no fun,” Bryan said. “I decided to cut production in half and focus on better wine.”

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In Memoriam

by Cheryl Tomchin

Stanley Howard Tomchin 1945-2021

Stan was presented with an autographed board by all the kids in his Crane School Chess Club

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tan grew up spending summers at the Malibu Beach Club on Long Island, where he watched adults play gin rummy. His appetite for learning games was insatiable. As a young boy, he devoured books on poker, gin, bridge, and blackjack. He was allowed to run a poker game in the basement of his home, his parents somewhat in the dark as to how their shrewd son was already developing hustling skills. Stan was booted from the Boy Scouts once word got out that some boys in his troop were losing their allowances to him.

In the fourth grade, Stan subscribed to the Russian chess publication, Shakhmaty, and he studied theory late into the night. He thrived through deepening his problem-solving capacity. From the ages of 10 to 13, Stan would take the train by himself from Long Island to New York City in search of the best players at Marshall Chess Club, Manhattan Chess Club and Chess and Checker Club of New York. He’d absorb it all, watching the play quietly, trying to anticipate moves, or at least understand expert choices. Some would give him a game here and there.

Soon enough, his game seriously developed, and Stan was able to get some coaching from the renowned chess coach, Bruce Pandolfini. At age 12, Stan became one of the youngest ever to win the New York State Chess Championship for his age bracket. In high school, Stan’s chess team went undefeated while winning the Long Island High School Championship all four of his years.

While many find a game for which they have talent and become happily stuck rising the ranks, Stan’s early breadth of interest maintained. Ultimately,

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he was drawn toward games where you could make money with your superior understanding. He was playing a lot of bridge in his teens, which at least sometimes had some wagering going on. Stan was given a full four-year scholarship to Cornell but found it more stimulating to play bridge all day, so he didn’t hang around long at the prestigious university.

In the U.S., backgammon largely emerged from the bridge community as a fun outlet between intense bridge sets. Stan devoured the limited literature on backgammon available at the time, watched some of the bridge legends play, and soon tried his hand at the game for affordable stakes.

By the mid-1970s, Stan was dominating the backgammon Stanley Howard Tomchin world, winning numerous tournaments worldwide. In 1975, the National Backgammon Association considered Stan No. 1 in the game he loved, and which paid the rent nicely. It was Stan and another backgammon legend, Paul Magriel, who revolutionized the ancient board game by utilizing more math to arrive at best plays than had been attempted or mastered previously.

Later, Stan would find profitability in option trading markets and a significant opportunity in sports betting — as a bettor. Emerging during this time were some gifted computer programmers who also understood sports quite well. Stan’s inquisitiveness and networking skills led him to some of these whiz kids, and he put together a dream team brain trust with great work ethics and solid capital. They took the country by storm, and Stan felt on top of the world.

Unfortunately, what he was doing wasn’t easily understood and assumed by laymen to be just a modern version of bookmaking. Many years into great success, now in the mid-1990s, Stan was charged with 27 felonies, all due to this misconception or convenient misunderstanding as to what he was doing. With 52 character witnesses and a strong case made by Stan’s prominent attorney, a deal was struck and Stan begrudgingly accepted one misdemeanor gambling charge.

Some of Stan’s earliest memories were of listening to stories of the Holocaust and of family members not as fortunate as his parents, both of Russian descent.

He credits his mother, Etta, and her generous way for inspiring in him a giving nature, not just with money but with time and energy. At the family synagogue when Stan was studying for his bar mitzvah, he tutored other kids to read Hebrew. In high school, he coached tennis to younger kids — helping make even a little difference — this was an abiding pleasure for Stan.

In the 1990s, Stan taught chess to dozens of kids at his daughter’s elementary school on Wednesdays, rarely missing one of those days in four years. He took the top players from Crane County Day School to the state chess championships that last year.

From his teens until deep into his 60s, Stan was a force to be reckoned with on the tennis court. Singles, doubles, coaching — he loved it all. Stan played for years with the Montecito Tennis Mafia, a group of 100 players. In 1998, a team of six was formed to compete in the Phoenix League Championships in Palm Springs, where 3,000 players from all over the world participated. Stan provided coaching and support to prepare, with his team prevailing in a division of 40 others to win the tournament.

Together, Stan and I created a family foundation focusing on health and education of women and children, as well as environmental issues — both nationally and internationally. Stan contributed significant funds to a couple of prominent charities in Nevada, both emphasizing educational support for disadvantaged youth. But he did more than that, as usual, holding special events and shared life lessons. One of his favorite excursions with some of the older aspiring kids, was to take a large group of them to Wimbledon, so they could witness first-hand tennis at its peak.

In the end, I was gifted time enough to say goodbye to the man I loved and with whom I shared more than half a lifetime. His brilliance was a given, but what I’ll most remember him for was his boundless generosity. My mother called him “Stanta Claus.” For me, he was Stanley Bear — to whom I promise to keep good memories alive for his three grandchildren.

•MJ

“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” — George Herbert

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In the Know (Continued from page 6) “It was a gift to this community; she cared about its impact on all of us,” Fox said. “That’s how she lived her life.”

On June 10, 2021, Lee passed away at the age of 93, leaving the music, arts, education, her beloved Boston Red Sox, and philanthropy communities without one of its cornerstones, instead showing the world that a pay-it-forward spirit can make a difference.

She started on her philanthropic journey alongside her longtime husband, Eli Luria, a renowned South Coast real estate developer. She was his yin to her yang, perfect partners until his passing in 2006.

“They complemented each other perfectly; he would provide the big vision and she would find a way to make sure it was executed,” said Scott Reed, the president and CEO of the Music Academy of the West.

And Lee’s work definitely wasn’t done, continuing the familial quest for the next 15 years, working alongside her daughter Kandy Luria-Budgor in aiding ETC, MAW, and the SBCC Foundation, among many others.

“She just took over, she kept going until the last minute,” said longtime friend Teresa McWilliams, reminiscing on their monthly “Birthday Club” get-togethers that involved six women from the area that became an idea center while enjoying a meal at the Valley Club.

With a penchant for the arts — look no further than her sporty red Lexus that gave away her vibrant personality before ever talking to her — the community of Santa Barbara benefitted from Lee’s commitment to paying it forward.

“Her generosity is so spread out that it not only speaks to what she cared about personally, but also speaks to what she cared about civically,” said Jill Seltzer, the managing director at ETC. “She was known for something she always said: ‘What are you waiting for?’

“She just had a way to always move things forward.”

For Vicki Riskin, a longtime friend, it was Lee’s attention to detail that spurred action.

They met as Riskin introduced Lee to Human Rights Watch, a nonprofit organization focused on advocacy, and Lee volunteered to host a luncheon to learn more.

“You invite the people, I’ll take care of the luncheon,” Riskin remembered Lee telling her.

At the luncheon, she heard from a former prison inmate that had been taken advantage of while incarcerated, but Lee still had time to nitpick about what was served.

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out to get it right.”

Riskin is the first to admit, “I loved her, and she intimidated me because she was very direct,” a trait that many of her friends and colleagues pointed to — you always knew where you stood with Lee. And while she offered her perspective, she was also curious by nature.

“I found myself in conversations where she asked a lot of questions.

She would teach her way to her own truth,” Riskin said. “And that was a remarkable quality.”

Taking Music Personally

Classical music — including the development of tomorrow’s influencers and innovators in the space — was a passion for Lee, with the Music Academy of the West benefitting greatly from her involvement.

Scott Reed, the president and CEO at MAW, says that the moment that Lee decided to step on campus, “the academy was a better place.”

Not because of her affinity for classical music, but her willingness to roll up her sleeves and create programs that allowed for the academy to be available to all.

She was on the scholarship committee, where she was able to move the academy from partial to full scholarships, which took a financial commitment from the Lurias.

“Once you do something like that, you can’t really turn back,” Reed said. “That decision transformed our academy. Her vision did that.”

She also founded the Compeer Program, where the academy’s fellows are connected with community members to provide more insight into the importance of what MAW provides to musicians from around the world.

“It gave a much different experience and view of the life of a young classical musician or a young artist,” Reed said. “That connection is so unique, and one that she wanted people to feel.”

For Lee, music was personal, and that meant that the MAW staff was treated like family, particularly Reed.

Upon the birth of his now fouryear-old daughter, Lee announced that she would be the baby’s godmother.

Reed couldn’t have handpicked anyone better.

“It made me adore her even more.

It was vintage Lee Luria.”

Victory at The New Vic

A little less than five years ago, fresh off the Luria Family purchasing the New Vic and giving the Ensemble Theatre Company a permanent Santa Barbara home, Jill Seltzer remembers sitting down for

lunch with the woman that made it all happen.

She had to pinch herself a bit that Lee Luria was interested in her for the managing director position with this company that had newfound life.

But she couldn’t stay in that cloud for long.

“The quick wit, the incisive questioning, that stood out immediately,” Seltzer recalled. “And she listened.”

And the July 2016 purchase of the New Vic — ending a 14-year planning and fundraising cycle by ETC — wasn’t just about cutting a check, it also came with a long-term vision supported by both Lee and Kandy.

It would allow ETC — founded in 1979 and the only professional, resident theatre company in Santa Barbara — to open its doors to other community activities that would supplement the nonprofit’s bottom line.

The ETC’s budget is comprised of 60% contributions and 40% ticket sales — so renting out the facility continues to be a nice supplement.

And Lee’s forgiveness of the loan wasn’t an ending point, meeting with Fox regularly to get updates on the financial stability of the theater.

He would tell her things were going well but took one lunch to make sure he understood that the ETC and New Vic was much more than just a theater company.

“If you were ever not doing well, if you’re ever in trouble, you need to come to me because I will go to other people as well because the theater has become really important in Santa Barbara, and we can’t let something happen to it,” Lee told Fox. Seltzer admits that Lee’s presence was a constant reminder to make sure to always represent the company properly, feeling a sense of responsibility to Lee’s vision — “we owed that to her,” Seltzer said.

A Commitment to Education

One can’t take a step on campus at SBCC without seeing the Luria impact, with the family name simply synonymous with being a Vaquero, a product of five decades of intimate involvement.

From athletic press boxes to the library and resource center, the Luria name is emblazoned for all to see — borne out of a want to help those from all walks of life enjoy a premier educational experience.

In fact, later this summer will be the first time that a member of the Luria family is not on the Board of Directors of the SBCC Foundation — the largest community college foundation in the state of California, and one that Eli

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founded.

With 115 others looking at the state’s top community college according to Niche’s 2021 rankings — also slating SBCC as No. 38 in the United States — Foundation CEO Geoff Green says that the Lurias helped put the school in this position.

“The private support really just allows you to think of it as sort of the venture capital of the enterprise,” Green said. “It’s based on great educators, that’s where it starts, but the community college mission is to meet students where they’re at and that takes something more. You’ve really got to stretch, be innovative, and read the room correctly.

“If you want to close any gap and opportunity, one of the best ways you can do it is investing in community colleges and the Luria family knew this long, long ago.”

Lee’s interest in SBCC was also personal, having attended the college herself in the adult education department, where there is a Glass Arts Studio in the Wake Center named in her honor.

Green was always interested in Lee’s “why” when it came to investing her time and money into the college.

She would tell him of her love of her own experience, and simply wanting to replicate that for others.

“It’s one of the things that makes this community special,” she would tell Green, “And I want to make sure to support it.”

And her consistency in doing so continued even after Eli’s passing — alongside Kandy, Lee always made herself available to the school and the Foundation.

This included funding the President’s Scholarship, SBCC’s most significant scholarship that is awarded annually. The family has also been Angels in the Running Start program that allows students to attend SBCC that normally would not have the means to do so, giving them a kickstart in their higher education journey.

Green knew that he could approach both Lee and Kandy at any time about changing courses on a project or trying something new.

Like launching larger fundraising events such as a gala, the Lurias were all in, and that began with the “matriarch of the family,” according to Green.

“They were among the first calls I would always make,” Green said.

“They’d always say, ‘OK, we are with you. Let’s do that.’ As leaders, getting support like that, I can’t even begin to describe how valuable that is.

“And that all started with Lee. She set the direction.”

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Our Town

by Joanne A. Calitri

Joanne is a professional international photographer and journalist.

Contact her at: artraks@yahoo.com

Our Town’s 19th Annual Graduation Issue: Part II

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he total local student graduates for this week are 120 — with 74 at Cate School, 11 at Laguna Blanca Lower School, and 35 at Crane Country Day School. For the year, there were 246 graduates at all Montecito schools. We at the Montecito Journal wish all the 2021 graduates success going forward and congratulations to our local schools, faculty, and parents!

Cate School Graduation 2021

The Cate School graduation — “Go Rams!” — was held on June 6 at 10 am, outside at the school campus, limited to faculty and family, and guests Cate’s student address by Aca Sam (Photo by Joanne A by live link request to the school. The Calitri) 2-½ hour ceremony started with the graduates processing to their grandstand in dress whites holding a flower. At the podium were Headmaster Ben D. Williams IV, Faculty Board Member Karl Weis, and Director of Studies Lisa Holmes, as well as other faculty and board members.

Williams brought the graduation to order and introduced the first speak-

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Celebrating the

Santa Barbara Channel Thank you to all the paddlers and Paddle Out for SBMM supporters

Cate students in photo composite 1 are: Alexander Albrecht, Michael Armstrong, Abhimanyu (Abhi) Bangaru, Albert Barber, Jasper Bennett, Adrian Binns, Riley Borchardt, Almira Bowo, Deborah Brittain, Grace Burroughs, Avery Carter, Eleanor Cassulo, Chu Xin (Cloris) Cheng, Iain Choi, Nkemka Chukwumerije, Peter Coors, Yulianna Cruz-Trinidad, William Deardorff, Michael DuPrau, Alexander Elrington, Josephine Erickson, Rae Fox, Joshua Gabbay, Zachary Hanson, Layton Harding, Jacob Hernandez, Cole Hillyer, Victoria Hodkin, Grace Johnson, Taylor Kane, Shion Kato, Bryce Kim, Ella Klaerner, Yuki Kobayashi, and Ryan Lack

Channel Champions Andy & Mary Jane Cooper, Mimi Michaelis, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation, Chuck & Mary Wilson, and George & Judy Writer

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We look forward to next year’s event!

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Seen (Continued from page 24 24)) The I Madonnari painting at the SBHM

Acting director of the SBHM Dacia Harwood with guest speaker Neal Graffy

and his estate Asombrosa, George Owen Knapp and Arcady, Frederick Forrest Peabody and Solana, David Gray and Graholm, and William H. Cowles and his Eucalyptus Hill.

His audience was happy to be out with no masks and shaking hands.

Acting director of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum (SBHM) Dacia Harwood had filled half the courtyard with small tables for two or four, wine and nibbles. There was a stage and podium for Neal and two screens to show his slides.

How did Neal get to be the local authority on our history? In 1989, he gave a slide show talk on Santa Barbara history. It was received so

Doug Scott with SBHM trustee Sheila Snow at Neal’s lecture

enthusiastically he developed more talks and now has 20 different topics that have been presented more than 300 times.

From there he has appeared on local, state, and national radio and TV including Huell Howser’s California Gold, KCET TV’s Life and Times, and nationally on This Old House. He has been featured in several documentaries including the Emmy Awardwinning Impressions in Time. He has authored two books, Street Names of Santa Barbara and Historic Santa Barbara. Neal has served on several boards including the SBHM. Neal’s sense of humor serves him well when he gives his talks. For fun? He collects local memorabilia,

postcards, photographs, plays guitar, and enjoys cruising around town in an unrestored 1941 Packard 180 limousine. He is still searching for the perfect bacon burger.

Our SBHM was completed in 1964 and it stands as a landmark for the preservation of our regional history. We have no idea how large it is with thousands of items stored in temperature-controlled vaults underground — a vast archival collection of documents and artifacts within their Gledhill Library.

There are rotating exhibits in the Sala Gallery featuring local traditions, art and historical events, as well as a permanent gallery tracing the local history from the Chumash to the mid-

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20th century. I always love attending events in their Spanish courtyards where so many weddings are held.

And the two historic adobes, the 1817 Casa Covarrubias and the historic adobe of 1836. For a while, they have an I Madonnari painting in the courtyard.

The museum’s mission is “To inspire meaningful connections to Santa Barbara history.”

Plan on a visit to the Project Fiesta exhibit beginning June 25. Currently, the public can enjoy all this for free.

Entrance is always free to members, students, and anyone under 18. For more details, call 805-966-1601. Their location is 136 De la Guerra, in the heart of the city.

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Alzheimer’s Walk

by Tom Jacobs

Walking With Purpose: Alzheimer’s Association Has Lofty Goals for 2021 Fundraiser

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hen most of America shut down last year, the Alzheimer ’s Association was faced with a dilemma: What to do about its largest annual fundraiser, the Walk to End Alzheimer’s? Mass gatherings were obviously out of the question, but could they somehow restructure the event rather than calling it off?

“The word ‘cancel’ never came up,” recalled Sonya Branco, director of development for the association’s Central Coast chapter. “The discussion was always, ‘How are we going to make this work?’”

In the end, they did more than just make it work: The reconceived Santa Barbara Walk actually raised more money than it did in 2019.

“There were fewer participants, but those who did participate were amazing fund raisers,” Branco marveled.

This year, the event is returning to

its traditional format, with supporters from around the area gathering at Chase Palm Park on November 9.

Participants will listen to speakers and check out booths set up by sponsoring businesses before taking their oceanfront stroll, with many posting selfies against the beautiful beach backdrop.

“I think this year’s walk will be very emotional,” Branco said. “It has been a time of isolation for many of our families, and I know this year’s Walk will truly be a celebration of being able to gather again for a cause we all believe in: A world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.”

Alzheimer’s, Branco noted, is the third-leading cause of death in California, just behind heart disease and cancer.

“A lot of people don’t realize that this is a disease,” she said. “It’s been normalized as something that happens when you get old. In fact, it’s not

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a normal part of aging.”

That sort of misunderstanding and denial can be particularly painful to people caring for loved ones who are suffering from the disease. Many report friends or family members “glaze over when they talk to them about it,” Branco said. “Or they insist it can’t be that bad.”

Frustrated caregivers can turn to the Alzheimer’s Association support groups, which have been taking place online during the pandemic.

“We’re planning to return to in-person (in June),” Branco said. “They’re a place for caregivers to share, in a safe spot, with other people who are going

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through the same thing they are.”

In addition, “We provide education classes that go from the beginning of the disease to the end, and we go in-depth. How do you care for somebody? What are the local resources you could access, including financial resources? How do you hire somebody to come into the home and help?

“We teach them the tools of caregiving. Often there is so much anger and denial (on the part of the patient). They don’t believe they have the disease, or they accuse the caregiver of trying to ruin their life — I’ve heard it all.”

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The Giving List

by Steven Libowitz

EYC 2.0: Endowment for Youth Committee Looks Beyond Money to Provide Long-Term Opportunity The Endowment for Youth Committee aids in not only financial assistance for African Americans in the Santa Barbara community, but also through connecting communities that lead to partnerships and opportunities

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he Endowment for Youth Committee is one of the oldest nonprofits serving the needs of African American students and the greater Black community on the Central Coast, with a history that dates back 35 years.

But before Guy R. Walker stepped in as executive director in 2015, the EYC had struggled to continue as a viable nonprofit with a previous talent drain on the board requiring an experienced leader to mount the resurrection.

Walker, founder, and president of Wealth Management Strategies, a boutique financial advisory firm based in Santa Ynez, more than fit the bill. Not only had he benefitted from even broader assistance from a similar organization that enabled him to attend the Dunn School, the elite private boarding school in Los Olivos, but he also had a drive to pass along his skills to the next generation, particularly in an area where the African American population is just a tiny fraction compared to the percentage in the Los Angeles suburb of Compton where he came from.

“Surprisingly, there are fewer African American families in Santa Barbara now than there were 30 years ago,” Walker said. “It was closer to three percent when EYC started, but today it’s just a little bit above one percent.”

That decline is partly why EYC had been slowly fading.

So, Walker and his new community leader colleagues on the nonprofit’s board took the reins with a mandate to reconstitute the program for current times.

“It’s what I describe as EYC 2.0,” Walker said. “In the past the committee was much more of a direct-service, hands-on organization, but now it’s less handson and more advocacy, more partnerships, listening to families and students in terms of what their challenges are and how we can support them or direct them where they can get what they need.”

Sure, the main thrust of EYC still falls under the “E” in the nonprofit’s name: endowing young African American students from sixth grade through college who demonstrate the intellectual aptitude, personal resilience, and social responsibility for success and want help in maximizing their personal potential.

The financial support totaled some $65,000 this year, and the 23 students who have received financial support from EYC this academic year will be recognized in a virtual presentation on June 30 that will be open to the public via Zoom — the first planned annual celebration that Walker sees as an effort to connect EYC with the larger community.

Among those speaking will be Walker to introduce EYC and its mission, as well LaDonte King, the chair of the Student Success Committee, an academic consultant and former assistant director for government affairs at UCSB; and Dr. Christopher Johnson, the chair of the scholarship committee who is SBCC’s Associate Dean of Educational Programs.

“The intent is to recognize all of the students and their families on the call,” Walker said.

But from Walker’s perspective, giving back and making a difference means a lot more than just handing out dollars to underprivileged youth.

“The money piece is always easier to talk about in terms of impact, but if you just throw money at kids, that’s not going to help enough,” he said. “It’s also about how do you navigate? How do you find what your passion is? It’s not life success if you are just hanging out in the corporate building without understanding the structure and the people. So, we want to talk about how you

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get comfortable living in a community of people who do not look like you and do not seem to respond. How do you become a part of the community?”

Walker points to himself as an example, having lived in a number of communities where he has been “in or out of the (majority) number.” He’s proud to note that he and his wife became a strong part of the community in Santa Barbara County, and raised two children in Santa Ynez.

“They’re out in the world working and enjoying life. But the question is, who is showing other young people To learn more about the Endowment for Youth how to do that? In this community, it’s Committee, scan this code on your smartphone the Endowment for Youth.”

So, among the other aspects of EYC 2.0 is EYC Presents, an outreach effort that basically brought Walker full circle, as the guest for the premiere last month was Kalyan Balaven, the incoming Head of School at Dunn, who talked about inclusion fits into Dunn’s mission to deliver whole student education, and ensure that every child feels seen, heard, and valued. The conversation with James Joyce III, founder of Coffee With a Black Guy, also addressed how an inclusion model can help to build more resilient communities, a mission close to Walker’s heart. (The recording is available for on-demand viewing on Dunn’s YouTube channel.)

“The purpose of that platform is to make sure that when an executive level African Americans moves to town to take a position here in the county that they are properly introduced to Santa Barbara. We want to help them learn who are the players they need to know, where they go to get stuff done,” Walker explained. “It goes both ways. We want the community to get to know them, too. EYC Presents wants to take that on.”

Which is why the event took place at the Lobero Theatre as perhaps the first publicly attended program in more than a year.

“The target audience was decision makers in the education space, the business space, the political space, the social justice space, and nonprofit space,” Walker said. “Who also actually ended up showing up were people from all over the country who got a chance to meet and see Kal, who is a leader in education and the concept of inclusion. Since that Zoom event, there are already collaborations that are being formed between Dunn School, Kal Balaven, Santa Barbara Unified School District, Santa Barbara Middle School, and on and on.

“I’m proud to say that Endowment for Youth is how the community gets to know this guy. That’s a piece of doing our part to contribute in developing more leaders.”

EYC is staking out a position to supplement its original purpose of providing financial support to African American students that encompasses much more of the Black experience in Santa Barbara and ways to ensure success.

“We’re interested in providing community engagement as it pertains to issues that impact African Americans locally and nationally, and EYC is also a resource for understanding opportunities and uplifting for African American students addressing real-life objectives,” Walked said. “That’s how we do our part to support the larger Santa Barbara community.”

•MJ For more information Website: www.endowmentforyouth.com Phone number: (805) 691-9758

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Cassandra Ensberg’s “Rim Shot,” a stitched collage, won second place

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

Exhibit Spotlights Area Artists ‘At the Edges’

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he creative works of 31 local artists are front and center in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art’s new show, At the Edges: Tri-County Juried Exhibition, on display through June 19. Visitors are welcome Monday through Friday between 10 am - 4 pm, while the exhibition is open. Before coming to campus, guests will be required to fill out a health questionnaire, which can be found at westmont.edu/vis itor-information. The exhibition is available for online viewing at west mont.edu/juriedshow.

Marcos Ramirez ERRE, a Tijuanaborn artist whose work addresses issues of identity, race, and immigration, is this year’s juror, selecting 50 works out of 336 entries from artists in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties. He visited the exhibition in person before selecting six prize winners: Holly Hungett

(honorable mention), Bill Dewey (honorable mention), Jo Merit (honorable mention), Jim Bess (third place), Cassandra Ensberg (second place), and Inga Guzyte (first place).

“He selected an exhibition of art with diverse styles and a wide range of subjects,” says Judy L. Larson, R. Anthony Askew professor of art history and museum director. “Works range from captivating photography to sculpture

Inga Guzyte’s first-place winning “The Pearl Girl Savior” made of wood inlay and used skateboard graphics

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Freshman Senzo Zola Sokhela is running into the Westmont record books

Westmont’s Sokhela is NAIA Track Athlete of the Year

gaining notoriety after earning a spot on the South African team for the U20 World Championships.

In an interview with The Witness, his father, Thulani Sokhela, said, “When he (Senzo) got that scholarship to go and study abroad, I wondered what we have done to God to deserve all of these great things our son is achieving,” Thulani said. “We are really excited as a family.”

Since the first two Michaelhouse Scholars graduated in 2020, a cohort of eight South African students studies at Westmont each year. A generous and anonymous donor supports this scholarship program to provide an excellent education to Black South African students and prepare them to return as leaders willing to serve others in their native country.

An associate of the donor funds graduate study in South Africa for the Michaelhouse Scholars.

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Westmont’s Senzo Zola Sokhela, a 19-year-old freshman from South Africa, has hit the ground running despite his short time on campus.

After Sokhela won two individual national championships at the NAIA Outdoor National Championships on May 28, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named him the 2021 NAIA Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year, the first time a Warrior has earned this distinction.

Sokhela sprinted to victory in the men’s 1500 (3:54.29) and captured the men’s 800 (1:50.08) two hours later. A day earlier, he anchored Westmont’s 4x800 men’s relay team, which finished in second place (7:32.71), the third fastest time in Westmont history. He led the Westmont men’s track and field team to its highest finish (fourth) ever.

“I don’t like to use the word, but what Zola did is unbelievable,” said head coach Russell Smelley. “He competed in six races in three days,

also the first Westmont athlete to win two track events at the same NAIA National Championship. The Warriors’ Becky Collier (heptathlon, high jump in 2017) and Jim Howard (shot put, discus in 1976) both captured two individual national championships in field events.

Sokhela, who arrived in Santa Barbara in January, is one of two graduates of Michaelhouse, a Christian boarding school for boys in KwaZuluNatal, who receive full scholarships each year to attend Westmont.

“This is my fifth or sixth month in the United States,” Sokhela said.

“Coming into the training group at Westmont was very good because I fit in very well. We adapted well in training together. It’s about the team, and I think we carried that mentality into the championship, especially in the 4x800, and I think that showed.”

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from the crowd of the world to say It is I you have been looking for, and then goes with you everywhere like a shadow or a friend.”

Presenting the diplomas were Jay Dorian, assistant head of school, with Williams, who read a brief for each student’s attributes and contributions. The graduation was followed by a receiving line with the faculty, and reception at the school.

Laguna Blanca Lower School Graduation 2021

The 2021 Laguna Blanca Lower School fourth grade graduates are: Avery Adams, Greta Alldredge, Avaleen Alsan, Jeff Brookshire, Maya Elings, Riley Moore, EJ Niksto, Lilly Pasternack, Shayan Sen-Mostofi, Ethan Strauss, and Jude Wahlberg (Photo by Brad Elliott)

Cate students in photo composite 2 are: Annabella (Bella) Lucente, Morgan Lui, Andrew Mabon, James Marin, Brenda Martinez Ruiz, Charlotte (Fritze) Mayer, Leilani Mendez, Jolea Moes, Kevin Morales, William Morse, Talissa (Tali) Nam, Frank Nieman, Jet Ochoa, Ajibola Oke, Daniel Panadero, Nick Parker, Esteban Paulino, Sokhna Aissatou (Aida) Pouye, Lucian Prinz, Katherine Prudden, Lilly Riehl, Jasmine Ross, Sarah Ruelas, Asa Sam, Ned Sigler, Hector Silva, Dylan Solomon, Ariana Sterling, Emil Strauss, Ryan Suh, Cooke Tarlton, Madeleine (Maddy) Tunnell, Oghenetega (Tega) Umukoro, Lucy Van der Reis, Madeline Vanica, Athena von Bothmer, Susana Vosmik, Rachel Wilkes and Lily Zanze

er, Weis, followed by Asa Sam for the student address. Sam posited their graduating class had experiences like no other before them, citing the challenges of the freshman year camping trip, the Thomas Fire, the mudslides, virtual learning, quarantine, racist memes, misogynistic remarks, and other issues saying, “We’ve been through it all, we can overcome anything, we got this.”

Williams’ Commencement Speech summed with, “My own sense of the year we just shared is that we did our best. Analicia Sotelo called her poems independent and undetermined. They are distinct and unique, and perpetually more than their creator imagined, their richness evoked and revealed by those who encounter them. We are no different, I hope, as fortunate to be ourselves, as we are to be undetermined: ever on the way, ever inspiring, ever the beneficiaries of those who invest the time to truly understand us. That more than anything else is what the Cate journey or any journey should be all about. Congratulations, my friends. And thank you.”

He then presented the Cate School 2021 Senior Awards: • Jeffrey Sumner Pallette ‘99 Award: Nkemka Chukwumerije • Santa Barbara Scholarship Cup: Yuki Kobayashi • Ellis Cup: Jay Hernandez and Frank Nieman • Morgan Gwynne Temby ‘69 Award: Almira Bowo • The Miramar Award: Alexander Albrecht • Dohrman Pischel ‘14 Medal: Nkemka Chukwumerije • Nelson Jones ‘48 Medal: Esteban Paulino • Santa Barbara School Medal: Asa Sam • Headmaster’s Award: Peter Coors and Lily Zanze • William Shepard Biddle ‘18 Cup: Annabella Lucente Following the awards, Holmes gave a poignant speech, citing literature. Her wish for the graduates is the last stanza of the poem she recited, “Kindness” by Naomi Shihab Nye: “...only kindness that raises its head

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The Laguna Blanca Lower School 2021 Graduation — “Go Owls!” — was held on June 10 at 9 am, at the school outside field area, limited to family, masked and socially distant. A live Zoom stream link was provided by request to the school.

The program started with the graduates’ procession to the front stage bleachers, socially distanced and masked. The welcome remarks were given by the Head of Laguna School Rob Hereford, the Head of Laguna Blanca Middle School Shane Lopes, and the Head of the Laguna Blanca Lower Andy Surber who said, “The Laguna Blanca fourth grade class made history this year by learning and growing together through a pandemic. This group of Owls is made up of students who possess intellectual curiosity, unlimited creativity, and a strong sense of fairness toward others. They demonstrated resiliency and perseverance through mask wearing, social distancing, staying safe, and continuing to have fun on our charming campus. I am so proud of this group, and I wish much success to all of our fourth graders as they move on to middle school on our Hope Ranch campus! Once an Owl, always an Owl.” The grads sang their class song, “Count On Me.” Surber and Hereford presented the certificates, and students received a gift bag with their owl necklace, treats, and flower. In closing, the grads performed the traditional parachute dance to the “Waka Waka” song and posed for a group photo.

Crane Country Day School Graduation 2021

The Crane Country Day School 2021 Eighth Grade Graduation — “Go Coyotes!” — was held on June 11 at 10 am, outside on the school grassy area, strictly limited to family members socially distanced and seated with masks, and live Zoom for guests.

The two-hour, bilingual ceremony began with graduates processing in pairs, masked, followed in by Headmaster Joel Weiss. He instructed the students to join their families seated at tables in the school field.

“Welcome everyone to Crane’s eighth grade graduation ceremony, after what seemed like the longest school year. I am so happy to see all of you here on campus,” Weiss said. “The heart of the ceremony remains the same. You have had your very own and unique eighth grade year, and while I would not have wished it upon you, I believe these experiences combined with your positive attitudes has made you strong and capable and it has given you a greater appreciation for the things we value most in life.

“It has taught you to always seek solutions and to never give up, to redefine what it means to succeed and most importantly to enjoy the journey along the way. I want to acknowledge the parents of the students, you have been great

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partners with us, and the Crane teachers who have provided these young people with quite an exceptional educational experience. Students, you are on your way to becoming wise and capable adults. I couldn’t be prouder of your accomplishments.”

He presented the Graduate Awards as follows: • Rose Bowl Award: Matt Stoney • Tower Achievement Award: Isabel Rochel • Amiability Award: Kiy Barry • Talia S. Klein Award: Kylee Greene and Natalie Schweitzer • Headmaster’s Prize: Linn Wallmark And noted the awards presented prior to graduation, listed in the program: Julia Brown English Cup: Natalie Schweitzer; Writing Cup: Milla Hirsch; Music Cup: Eli Meisel and Nate Newlove; Drama Cup: Ruby Campbell and Kylee Greene; Technical Theater Award: Fafi GuerrandHermes and Silvie Marsetti; Science Cup: Serena de Ponce; Nagle Community Service Award: Alexandra Calderon; David Echols Math Cup: Kiy Barry and Henry Bouma; Library Award: Pierce Dowlilng; Art Cup: Porter Murray; Dan McCaslin History Prize: Kiy Barry and Serena de Ponce; Sports Cup: Vivi Klentner and Sam Narva; Sheila Davidson Inspirational Athlete Cup: Ruby Campbell and Jacob Gabbay; Lejeune Language Award: Kylee Greene and Milton Lopez; and Design & Engineering Award: Pierce Dowling.

Weiss began the presentation of diplomas by recapping the safety precautions for the ceremony. Teachers read vignettes about each student while the masked graduate stood up front and was presented with their diploma by Weiss. Due to safety protocols, the Crane School Silver Pin was in a gift box at their family table. To close, the grads assembled in a line across the front area to “The Crane Song” by Norman Gimbel, played by music teacher Konrad Kono on electric piano.

“Graduates look out at the field of your family and friends, so you can recall this moment. I am so excited for you and the amazing things you will do,” Weiss said.

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MONTECITO WATER DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2021, 9:30 A.M. VIA TELECONFERENCE* NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors of the Montecito Water District (District) to be held on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. the Board will hold a public meeting to consider the adoption of the following Resolutions: 1.

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Resolution No. 2216: Resolution of the Board of Directors of Montecito Water District Adopting an Updated Schedule of Miscellaneous Fees and Charges.

Resolution No. 2217: Resolution of the Board of Directors of Montecito Water District Rescinding Resolution No. 2198 and Establishing Capital Cost Recovery Fees and Connection Fees Effective July 1, 2021.

Resolution No. 2216 pertains to miscellaneous fees and charges that are imposed by the District for specific services in order to recover the District’s costs for providing those services.

Resolution No. 2217 pertains to fees paid to become a customer of the District and includes: (a) the actual costs of physically connecting to the District water system (Connection Fees) and (b) charges to fund a proportionate share of the District’s facilities (Capital Cost Recovery Fees).

Information concerning the fees and charges will be available for public review at https://www.montecitowater.com/. At the public meeting oral and written presentations may be made and/or heard concerning the fees and charges established under Resolution No. 2216 and Resolution No. 2217. * The public meeting will be conducted by telephonic and electronic means in accordance with Executive Orders N-2520, N-29-20, and N-33-20 by the Governor of the State of California. Remote participation information will be available on the meeting agenda posted at 583 San Ysidro Road, Montecito, CA 93108, on the website www.montecitowater.com, and by calling 805-969-2271.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Brunello Cucinelli, 1759 South Jameson Lane, Montecito, CA 93108. Brunello Cucinelli USA Inc., 466 Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley, NY 10502. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 1, 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. 2021-0001618.

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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. 2021-0001423.

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INVITATION FOR BIDS 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. 5897

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DUE DATE & TIME: JULY 7, 2021 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. WATERFRONT PARKING LOT SWEEPING 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.

If further information is needed, contact Jennifer Disney Dixon, Buyer II at (805) 564-5356 or email: jdisney@santabarbaraca.gov A pre-bid meeting will not be held.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Barbara County on May 19, 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. 2021-0001492.

Published May 26, June 2, 9, 16, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following

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

Published: June 16, 2021 Montecito Journal

person(s) is/are doing business as: Jack May Therapy, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1-360, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Capricorn Counseling Center, A Marriage & Family Therapy Corporation; Capricorn Counseling Center, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1-360, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2021-0001452.

Published May 26, June 2, 9, 16, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOTO DESIGN; MOTO TATTOO; MOTO Design Studio, 4467 La Paloma, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Kimberly Mather Neill, 4467 La Paloma, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 26, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I here-

“Fathers just have a way of putting everything together.” — Erika Cosby

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

by certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2021-0001194.

Published May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 21CV01722. To all interested parties: Petitioner Anna Rezhko filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Atlas Oleksandrivna Rezhko. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed June 1, 2021 by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: July 13, 2021

Published 6/16/21 Montecito Journal

at 10 am in Dept. 3, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Published 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 21CV01965. To all interested parties: Petitioner Sophia Suzanne Gerthoffer filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Peach Diamond Gerthoffer. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed June 3, 2021 by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: July 23, 2021 at 10 am in Dept. 4, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30

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City of Santa Barbara Finance Department

www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov

PUBLIC NOTICE – June 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE – June 2021

NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN THAT, the Finance ofState theofCity of Santa NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, theIS Finance Department of the City of Santa Barbara, CountyDepartment of Santa Barbara, California, declares that the following monetary sums have been held by the City of Santa Barbara and have remained unclaimed in the funds hereafter indicated for a period of over Administration Barbara, County of Santa Barbara, State of California, declares that the following three (3) years and will become the property of the City of Santa Barbara on the thirty-fi rst (31st) day of July, 2021, a date not less than forty-fi ve (45) 805.564.5334 monetary sums have been held by the City of Santa Barbara and have remained days or more than sixty (60) days after the first publication of this Notice.

Accounting

unclaimed in the funds hereafter indicated for a period of over three (3) years and

Any805.564.5340 party of interest may, prior to the date designated herein above, file a claim with the City’s Finance Department which includes claimant’s name, will become theNumber property of Employer the City of cation Santa Barbara thethefirst (1ston )theday address and telephone number, Social Security or Federal Identifi Number, amount on of claim, grounds which of the claim is License & Unclaimed Permits August, a be date not from lessthe than days or more than sixtyCA (60) days founded.

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805.564.5346 before funds will be released. Funds will be reimbursed via check mailed to address on file at the time. Please contact the City of Santa Barbara, Finance Department at (805) 564-5359 with any questions.

Payroll

Any party of interest may, prior to the date designated herein above, file a claim with the City’s Finance Department which includes the claimant’s name, address Risk Check Date Management Check # Payee $ Fund Check Date Check # $ Fund and telephone number, Social Security Number or Payee Federal Employer Identification 6/6/2017 667068 100 Sanderling LLC 118.56 Water Operating 10/26/2017 674085 Kaitlyn Kirby 155.00 Downtown Parking 805.564.5347 10/13/2017 648735 Adams, Henry J 86.37 of General Fund the grounds 10/26/2017 on 674086 Kaitlyn the Kirby 155.00 Downtown Number, amount claim, which claim is founded.

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11/10/2017 649144 Bertrand, Ethan J 131.88 General Fund 1/30/2018 678209 Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 175.00 General Fund 805.564.5357

This notice and its contents are in accordance with California Government Code Sections 50050 et seq.

PO Box 1990 12/22/2017 650092 Bertrand, Ethan J 82.43 Santa Barbara, CA 1/5/2018 650314 Bertrand, Ethan J 60.44 10/24/2017 673962 Best Day Foundation 352.00 93102-1990 12/21/2017 676804 Black Gold Cooperative Library System 100.00 7/5/2017 668556 Boaters World Corp 86.23 6/6/2017 667081 Breanne Strenkowski 300.00 7/27/2017 669763 Brian Burke 150.00 Purchasing Check 7/27/2017 669779 Brian BurkeCheck Date 160.00 # 10/19/2017 673815 Bridgepoint Construction 140.00 805.564.5349 658668 11/14/2017 674919 Bruce Fisk 12/15/2016 24.96 3/22/2018 680958 Cabrillo Inn At The Beach 200.00 Warehouse 5/23/2017 666419 7/7/2017 668827 Carolyn Tyler 33.00 805.564.5354 11/14/2017 674920 Cassandra 11/17/2016 Koby 200.26 657406 8/17/2017 670892 Christopher Woodcock 69.00 Mailroom645471 6/9/2017 Concho, Brianna J 37.49 4/4/2017 663899 11/28/2017 675614 Connor Alan Nemetz 20.00 805.564.5360 4/14/2017 644096 3/6/2018 679939 Crsvr 45.17 5/22/2018 684019 David Glucksman 1,000.00 Fax 6/30/2016 650311 10/3/2017 673198 David R Watkins 100.00 805.897.1977 1/9/2018 677453 David R Watkins 100.00 5/16/2017 665995 3/8/2018 680155 Dentzel Furniture Design 35.50 12/6/2017 30.00 310. E. 675974 Ortega Diego Hernandez 10/24/2016 640364 12/12/2017 676184 Dominique Harris 85.00 St. 1/5/2018 650641 Drayton, Rashun D 25.70 10/4/2016 655118 PO Box 1990 4/5/2018 681574 Ean Holdings Llc 53.00 8/16/2016 652616 11/2/2017 674463 Eduardo Venacio 30.00 Santa Barbara, CA 7/5/2017 668593 Emily Lindow 175.51 3/16/2017 663011 93102-1990 12/21/2017 677008 Emily Stratton 15.60 2/13/2018 679012 Empire Cleaning Supply 420.42 7/8/2016 637585 6/6/2017 667110 Equity Title 18.05 6/29/2017 668537 Eric Goodall11/17/2016 44.00 657390 7/5/2017 668566 Erika Garcia 38.84 Environmental Services 3/22/2017 643739 5/8/2018 683107 Erika Washburn Burrows 30.00 805.564-5631 3/22/2018 681020 Fedex Office 171.12 3/22/2017 643742 3/15/2018 680755 Fiedler Group 95.00 Fax 10/23/2017 648849 Godinez, Jose 248.21 9/22/2016 654472 8/24/2017 671234 Heidi Annemarie Spilman 25.00 805.564.5688 7/5/2017 668567 Hilary Dabney 50.00 10/4/2016 655155 8/24/2017 671235 Street Hillary Suzanne Young 17.00 1221 Anacapa 3/8/2018 680152 Ian Underhill8/4/2016 742.04 651944 PO Box 1990 10/12/2017 673493 Illusions (Head Shop) 24.00 8/24/2017 671237 Isabella Brice 25.00 Santa Barbara, CA 12/21/2017 676769 J. Roberto Lara Soto 22.00 93102-1990 9/28/2017 672763 Jaevon Akemann 20.75 9/28/2017 672764 Jerry Harmann 25.00 2/16/2018 679211 Jimboz Lounge 82.00 5/15/2018 683486 Josie Blue Skyler 107.78

General Fund 2/2/2018 678567 General Fund 8/4/2017 647144 General Fund 2/2/2018 678568 County Library 5/3/2018 682956 Water Operating 1/25/2018 678046 General Fund 4/26/2018 682537 Downtown Parking 5/15/2018 683536 Payee Downtown Parking 9/12/2017 672001 Water Operating 3/15/2018 680725 Water*1129* Operating 7/5/2017 668607 General Fund 6/29/2017 668480 Adalberto Zamorabetancourt General Fund 2/6/2018 678721 WaterAlecia Operating Irgens 5/3/2018 682962 General Fund 5/3/2018 682963 General Fund Anne Chapman 5/22/2018 684000 Alexis County Library 8/24/2017 671322 Alvarado, Laura 5/30/2018 General Fund 684370 Water Drought Fund 5/15/2018 683540 Antonio Garcia Gomez General Fund 9/19/2017 672293 General Fund 7/7/2017 646218 Anvita A Chitnis General Fund 8/4/2017 646985 County Library 10/10/2017 673350 Arellano, Matthew R Downtown Parking 6/6/2017 667253 General Fund Madeline4/24/2018 Ashley Frances 682384 General Fund 1/9/2018 677365 Audrey County Library Graziani 11/28/2017 675799 General Fund 7/7/2017 646175 Avellanda Martin General Fund 5/24/2018 684222 Downtown Parking 8/3/2017 670095 Barragan Carde, Jose G General Fund 4/12/2018 681815 General Fund 676781 Bradley J. Odom12/21/2017 Water Operating 3/6/2018 680142 Burnett, Dalton J8/24/2017 General Fund 671364 Waterfront 10/12/2017 673507 Burnett, Dalton J1/18/2018 Facilities Capital Fund 677650 General Fund 7/5/2017 668587 Cahill Family Trust County Library 4/23/2018 652448 WaterChase Operating Bank 2/13/2018 678868 County Library 1/30/2018 678208 Waterfront 8/29/2017 671485 Chris Henry General Fund 9/7/2017 671926 County Library 4/3/2018 681493 General Fund 12/8/2017 649778 County Library 4/13/2018 652145 County Library 8/24/2017 671248 General Fund 2/13/2018 678900 Water Operating

Ori Barel 30.00 County Library Orr, Dana W 157.87 Waterfront Parker Mitchell 30.00 General Fund Payless Shoe Source #4515 246.00 Downtown Parking Pilar Plummer 38.11 General Fund Radiation Center Medical Group 101.00 General Fund Regus Management Group Llc 18.40 General Fund $ Fund Rentelia Diaz 22.00 General Fund Richard Casanas 39.95 Fleet Maintenance Fund General Robert Rucker 500.00 70.59 Fund General Fund Santa Barbara Auto Accessories 538.70 Fleet Maintenance Fund 50.00 General Fund Santa Barbara County Assessors Office 109.00 General Fund Santa Barbara Singles 280.00 Downtown Parking 95.00 Downtown Parking Santa Barbara Singles 280.00 Downtown Parking Sarah Taylor 85.00 Library Downtown Parking 18.75 County Scott Watters 69.00 General Fund Downtown Parking Serena Chavez 153.10 20.00 General Fund Shaker Corporation 20.00 General Fund General Siagon Vietnamese48.00 Restaurant 223.90 Fund General Fund St Pierre, Madelaine G 462.47 General Fund 160.00 Wastewater Fund St Pierre, Madelaine G 419.34 General Fund Starr King Parent Child Workshop General 200.00 Fund General Fund 78.84 Susan Manchak 37.05 General Fund Sydney Leigh Hengst 90.00 Fund General Fund 96.00 General Taqueria Lilly's Inc 100.00 General Fund Wastewater Fund Target Supplies 192.70 134.40 Streets Operating Fund Taylor, Simon 212.73 County Library 96.00 General Fund Terence Carfrae 21.62 General Fund The Book Den 168.64 51.50 General Fund General Fund Theodore Smyth 42.85 Solid Waste Fund Thomas Benton White 68.00 Fund General Fund 96.00 General Thomas Oneil 275.00 Waterfront 291.38 Waterfront Tony Sholl 99.94 General Fund Trimm 23.00 General Fund 422.50 Waterfront Urban Outfitters West Llc #41 87.40 General Fund Victor Inda 50.00 General Fund 121.55 Water FundDowntown Parking Vida, Savasia-Rashieda J 98.55 Warren Layland 24.00 149.32 Water Operating General Fund Weiwei Chen 30.00 County Library West Covina Wholesale Nursery 70.04 Fund Downtown Parking 54.00 General West Marine 70.02 Wastewater Operating Fund West Marine 19.37 Waterfront Williams, Justin P 152.00 General Fund Williams, Justin P 152.00 General Fund Yadira Patricia Lopez Marquez 25.00 General Fund Ybarra, Jeremy 40.00 Downtown Parking

This notice and its contents are in accordance with California Government Code Sections 50050 et seq.

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Far Flung Travel (Continued from page 14)

On Entertainment (Continued from page 16 16))

ens of works over three unique shows via virtual streaming this spring, but Founder/President & Artistic Director Devyn Duex is beyond delighted to be able to debut the company’s brandnew work back live at the Lobero in November. Visit www.nebuladance.org.

Summer Solstice Begins to Bloom

Sadly, the main events of the Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Celebration weekend have once again fallen victim to the pandemic even as California emerges from restrictive rules. That means no live parade, which is the largest annual arts event in the county that typically draws crowds of more than 100,000 spectators, and no afternoon/evening festival at Alameda Park for continued revelry. Instead, there’s a virtual version that will screen at the Arlington on June 26, and a tinier ticketed gathering at Solstice’s Community Arts Workshop (CAW) HQ that night. On the plus side, there is a new Blooming-themed poster and T-shirt (designed by longtime local artist Wanda Venturelli), an extra virtual community parade to go along with the filmed version of the State Street shindig, and a whole bunch of preliminary events that spread Solstice sunshine all over downtown.

The last of three “Blooming!” fine art classes with Solstice artist Caroline Hambright takes place at CAW on June 20, when participants will paint flowers in different media — impressionist acrylic, detailed watercolor, and completely abstract mandala printmaking. 10 West Gallery is showing the Summer Solstice Exhibition for another month, through July 18, and several Solstice artists are doing pop-up presentations all over town.

Highlights include Pali-X Mano’s iconic inflatable installation Rainbow Dragon at Mesa Bookstore, Art from Scrap, the downtown library, and Oniracom’s office; while Tessa Flanagan’s fun, interactive flowers of different shapes and sizes can be seen alternately at Paseo Nuevo and CAW. Meanwhile, Kenny Galindo will be displaying his mini version of the Solar System with each planet scaled down in size and spinning at an accurate rate and distanced from each other according to scale; each planet will be situated at a different iconic site around town, 10 in all, which includes the Sun and the now relegated to dwarf status Pluto. The pre-Solstice events even come with a soundtrack as popular Santa Barbara DJ Darla Bea has curated a Spotify playlist called “The Soul of Summer Solstice!” that features more than an hour’s worth of tunes in celebration of the costumes, music, floats, troupes, groups of Summer Solstice. Get all the details online at www.solsticeparade.com.

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Comedy Corner: Grin and Bear it

By day, Samantha Bearman, aka Sam Bear, is an empowerment coach and writer who boasts a master’s degree in behavior change from the University of Kentucky. But she’s also a comic who has competed for Jimmy Kimmel’s “Funniest College Student in America” and made it to the semifinals of the 2019 Ventura Harbor Comedy Festival and the 2020 Laughs Unlimited Comedy Competition.

Here in town, her comedy productions starring locals and out-of-towners are staged at venues small and medium in Santa Barbara, often raising money for such organizations as the Alzheimer’s Association, Planned Parenthood, and the American Heart Association. Next week the Bear Cave Comedy show is emerging from hibernation and virtual performances to turn Unbearable, the tiny bar attached to The Cruisery at 501 State Street, into a speakeasy off State Street to get into the funny stuff live and in person.

Headliner Valerie Tosi is joined by stand-up comics Mack Beats, Maddy Mokes, Lauren Clark, Laura Peek, Ahmed Al Kadri, and Anthony Davis as well as Bearman, who between them have appeared on NBC, Conan, The Ice House, Flappers, Laugh Factory, Levity Live, Wildcat, S0hO, Velvet Jones, SB Comedy Hideaway, and others. The aerosolized laughs get launched starting at 6:30 pm on June 24. Details and tickets at www.samanthabearman. com/bear-cave-comedy-show.

The amateurs are also back in action, as Mel’s Lounge at 209 West Carrillo Street has resumed its weekly Open Mic Comedy Night on Wednesdays.

Before the COVID closures, the bar also offered out-of-town comics and others working material for a show during both extended sets and priority placement. No word if that’s still true, but at least there’s still no admission charge.

Variety Shows in the Valley

The Santa Ynez Valley is soaring back to life with myriad opportunities for live music as reopening presages the official arrival of summer. Solvang Music in the Park returns June 23 with weekly concerts every Wednesday from 5-8 pm through August 25 at the Solvang Park gazebo, at the corner of Mission Drive and First Street, right on the main drag of the tiny Danish-themed village. Kicking off the program this week is local hard rock band Echoswitch, which probably might not get fined too heavily if they go past the closing time as Solvang Mayor Charlie Uhrig is a member. Local rock band Livewire is next up on June 30. Bring lawn chairs, blankets, and food for a picnic, or get

mother and are off foraging around their burrows.

Some moms are more tolerant than others and will accept the presence of a low-lying photographer. Scooching along on elbows and toes is well worth experiencing the ongoing antics of the tiny kits. Mothers are known as “does” and dads are known as “bucks” and like a diligent sentry, stand watch while the kits frolic. They are multi-taskers eating while standing watch.

Especially eventful is observing their antics in and around old ranching implements such as piping, rakes, trailer hitches and the like. The more kits around the more entertaining the antics become, and the rusty relics transform into grassland jungle gyms. Beyond chasing each other adults and kits alike perform series of planks and stretches while reveling in furious dust baths.

However, once either parent lets out a warning trill, the parents and kits will scamper for cover if a threat is in the area. They also respond to the warning calls of white-crowned sparrows and horned larks, both of which are abundant in the Carrizo Plain and can be seen around antelope ground squirrels. Once a potential threat subsides, the kits can’t help themselves, their curiosity forcing them to venture outside their burrows once again.

“It would not surprise me that they would use the alarm calls of co-occurring species as an early warning system,” said Fiehler. “Horned larks are especially common on our study sites. Since our sites lack a shrub component, the white-crowned sparrows are not present in any appreciable numbers.”

With so much habitat fragmentation in the San Joaquin Valley, I asked Fiehler if he felt it was only a matter of time before the San Joaquin antelope ground squirrel goes the way of the dodo. He answered my question by referring to a study he did back in 2008 on an oilfield in the San Joaquin Valley.

“At that time, we found that antelope squirrels were able to persist up to moderate habitat disturbance levels,” he said. “This leads me to believe that they may not have as narrow habitat requirements as some of the other rare species in the valley. If this is the case, I don’t fear for their survival as long as there are enough pockets of habitat and more of a focus of connecting newly acquired conservation lands to the other pockets of existing habitat.

“The results of our current study may help in developing strategies in which areas of the valley could potentially be repopulated with antelope squirrels. This could end up in an increase in the antelope squirrel population which would be great to see.”

•MJ a meal from one of Solvang’s nearby restaurants.

Old Santa Ynez Day, traditionally held in June every year, submitted for the second successive year to the pandemic. Instead, visitors and community members are invited to dance in the streets when the Santa Ynez Chamber presents its Artisan Market from 10 am-2 pm on June 19, at the corner of Meadowvale Road and Highway 246, across the street from the Lucky Hen Larder, 1095 Meadowvale Road.

In addition to the market, pop-up performances include a collaboration between four young violinists from the Solvang Conservatory from 11-11:45 am at 1090 Edison Street; the Low Down Dudes from noon-2 pm in the Meadowvale lot; and The Agin Brothers and The Territorial Law Band from 2:30-4 pm in the parking lot of Brothers Restaurant at the Red Barn at 3539 Sagunto Street. Visit www. santaynezchamber.org.

PCPA’s return to the Solvang Festival Theater is still a month away, but the open-air amphitheater has a couple of its own series to boast about. Hot, spicy Cuban and Latin jazz, including flamenco and popular Spanish songs from SitaraSon with vocalist Maestro Galarraga, launch the Jazz & Beyond Concert Series at 4 pm on June 20, in the Theaterfest Garden. Four more shows are slated for the same spot through August

“To her, the name of father was another name for love.” — Fanny Fern

22. Classic 1980s rock cover band The Molly Ringwald Project, who were regulars at SOhO before the shutdown, play the first of two (so far) “Local Favorites” shows in the garden at 6 pm on June 26, with the Valley’s own veteran T-Bone Ramblers, whose roots date back to Santa Ynez Valley Union High School in the mid-1960s, due on August 14.

Visit https://solvangtheaterfest.org.

The Santa Ynez Valley Classical Music Series has also booked its first live show in 15 months as local pianist Robert Cassidy, whose teaching career is based at the Music Academy of the West in Montecito, and Ani Aznavoorian, the principal cellist of Camerata Pacifica, which holds its concerts at MAW’s Hahn Hall, perform at 5 pm on June 26, at St. Mark’sin-the-Valley Church, 2901 Nojoqui Avenue, Los Olivos. The pair chose some favorite sonatas, including Beethoven’s “Sonata in C Major, op.102 #1,” Debussy’s “Sonata for Cello and Piano,” and the Brahms “Sonata in E Minor, op. 38.” Admission is free but donations are more than welcome to support the upcoming season of the Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series and the artists who will be performing at St. Mark’s throughout the year.

The performance will be recorded and made accessible via the St. Mark’s-inthe-Valley website starting July 3. Visit www.smitv.org.

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Miscellany (Continued from page 18)

Jubilee marking 70 years on the throne next year.

Top London law firm Schillings has now threatened the Beeb with legal action, accusing the report of being “false and defamatory.”

An unedifying affair all around...

Penning on Polo Barbara Williams celebrating her 77th birthday with Ricardo Martinez at Hillside House

specialist. “She enjoys attending the Hillside Women’s Group where she helps to teach the class. Barbara loves to share tips on being present, communicating needs, and relieving anxTransition House board member Nancy Rapp with auxiliary members Judy Cresap, Carolyn Creasey, Wendy Clapp, and iety.”

Robyn Geddes, founder of new SB Polo Club condos newsletter

Carpinteria artist Robyn Geddes is not only putting paint to canvas, but pen to paper, launching a new monthly newsletter at the Santa Barbara Polo Club condos.

Robyn, who I have known for more than four decades since he worked with Andy Warhol at The Factory in New York, is a board member at the bucolic locale of 139 homes overlooking the hallowed Holden Field and Pacific Ocean.

The image-rich newsletter, which debuted last month, is being published 12 times annually with columns on polo by longtime club member Nigel Gallimore and Diana Lippert.

“The board asked for a volunteer to start a publication for condo owners, and I agreed,” says Robyn. “The response so far has been very good.

“It is online, sent to residents and shared with others of similar interests.”

68 Years and Counting . . .

Hillside, the residential care community for adults living with intellectual and developmental abilities, celebrated the 77th birthday of its most senior resident, Barbara Williams, who has been living at the home since 1953.

She has the double distinction of not only being the oldest resident, but the one who has lived at the 78-yearold home the longest — 68 years and counting!

Barbara was one of the first children to be admitted at the North Ontare location when it was a home for youngsters with cerebral palsy — she was only nine years old.

When the new Hillside building was completed, she moved to Veronica Springs Road.

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Meghan Markle may be celebrating a new baby daughter, Lilibet Diana, but it’s a safe bet she isn’t at all happy with the reviews of her new children’s book, The Bench.

Critics on both sides of the Atlantic have panned the book, with one suggesting it was “bland” with “no story,” while another shamed it as “a grammar-defying set of badly rhyming cod homilies.”

The critic for the London Times, Alex O’Connell, described it as “like a selfhelp manual for needy parents.”

The Duchess of Sussex’s debut book, for which she reportedly received a $700,000 advance, was inspired by a poem she wrote for Prince Harry’s first Father’s Day the month after Archie was born and explains the special bond between father and son as “seen through a mother’s eyes.”

Despite the harsh reviews, The Bench has crept on to the Amazon bestseller list, reaching No. 40 in the rankings.

Mad Hatter fundraiser which was held virtually this year given the pandemic.

Thanks to a $100,000 matching gift, the event raised more than $240,000 to continue the charity’s mission to address the needs of Santa Barbara’s homeless children and their families.

Transition House takes a holistic approach to ending the cycle of poverty and homelessness for local families.

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Sightings

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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and TV producer husband Brad Falchuk inspecting their new nearly completed Montecito manse... Oprah Winfrey’s beau Stedman Graham picking up his Montecito Journal at Pierre Lafond Pip! Pip! Be safe, wear a mask, and get vaccinated.

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Oscar winner Michael Douglas, son of the late Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas, was mistaken for his daughter Carys’ grandfather at her high school graduation last month.

Michael, 76, a former resident of our rarefied enclave, who shares Carys, 18, and Dylan, 20, with Welsh actress wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, 51, revealed the embarrassing incident on Kelly Clarkson’s TV talk show.

“It was a little rough, but I’m not taking it personally as other parents at the ceremony were just trying to be nice.”

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Village Beat (Continued from page 11 11)) Fifth graders take over the Crane kitchen to cook from scratch and learn about 1800s New England life

The Mission Heritage Trail Association is advocating for the “safe passage” of pedestrians in the Mission Creek corridor

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The complicated project will ultimately enhance safety along the sensitive corridor and Mission Canyon Bridge, which spans Mission Creek and is located to the north of Mission Santa Barbara and Mission Historical Park, south of Rocky Nook Park, and east of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

According to staff reports, the bridge was constructed by Rowland Hazard in 1891, and a wooden sidewalk, supported off the bridge, was added in 1929 and the bridge was widened on the downstream side in 1930. Mission Historical Park, including the Mission Canyon Bridge, was designated a City Landmark in 1998. The bridge, in its present configuration, was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in February 2020.

In 2016, City Council directed staff to move forward with a Highway Bridge Program grant to complete the Mission Canyon Bridge Studies.

Federal funds were programmed for the Preliminary Engineering phase, which has focused on studying the existing conditions and challenges associated with the bridge. In 2018, City Council approved the profes-

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sional services contract with Wallace Group, Inc. to assist with these environmental and technical studies and preliminary engineering. In 2019, the project team kicked off the Mission Canyon Bridge Studies process at a community meeting that was held at Rocky Nook Park. It is anticipated that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will be required for a full discussion of any proposed project alternatives, due to the bridge’s City Landmark status.

Roughly a half-mile long, the section of Mission Canyon Road of concern extends from the Old Mission to Foothill Road. Numerous accidents and close calls have occurred in this corridor in recent years, but it is also an evacuation route for more than 500 homes in Mission Canyon.

The citizens’ group, Mission Heritage Trails Association, has been calling for safety improvements to the area as well as historic preservation.

This all-volunteer committee includes three professional historians, an archeologist, two architects, and several community leaders, as well as adjacent homeowners on Mission Canyon Road, and other concerned citizens.

“The essential focus of this Association is to improve the safety of walkers, bikers, and vehicle riders traveling this exceptional historical corridor. MHTA is committed to ensuring that any solution to this goal respects all the natural and historic treasures which have helped form today’s Santa Barbara,” said Fred Sweeney, MHTA Board president. He is a longtime resident of the area, and also an award-winning architect.

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The engineering, environmental, and cultural resource professionals of the Wallace Group undertook a two-year project to investigate the structural integrity of the bridge, the contours of the roadway and walkway, the mandates of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as well as those of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and to present the community with design options. Based on its study, the Wallace Group has advanced three options for securing, while preserving, the bridge and three options for improving the safety of foot, bicycle, or vehicle traffic along the roadway.

During the first round of public comments, concerns for safety and a desire to maintain the rural feeling of the canyon were among the most popular sentiments voiced. Completion of this phase of the bridge study will allow the City and the County to initiate the next steps in the project, which include applying for State or federal funding. There are about six years remaining for the city to receive additional Caltrans funding to implement any selected design solution.

At the HLC meeting, commissioners supported focusing on pedestrian safety, building a pedestrian bridge on the west side, away from the stone bridge. They directed staff to formulate a plan to find a way to accomplish this, as well as to structurally upgrade the current stone bridge without drastically changing the façade. MHTA encourages the community to rally behind this opportunity to secure the Mission Canyon Bridge and enhance the safety of the corridor for now and for the future. Public input is encouraged, for it will help guide the final selections.

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Alzheimer’s Walk (Continued from page 31)

Part of the money raised from the walk is used to support these services, including a 24/7 hotline, all of which are free of charge. The rest goes towards research to find a cure — an effort that has had some tentative success of late. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in March found a drug that targets and removes plaques from the brain and appears to slow cognitive decline in people in the early stage of the disease.

Much more research is needed, which will require much more money.

Nationwide, last year’s walk — a hybrid affair in which a virtual, online kickoff was followed by families and other participants taking separate strolls through their own neighborhoods — raised more than $67 million, which was a significant drop-off from the $98 million raised in 2019.

But Santa Barbara bucked the trend.

Not surprisingly, the number of participants in the local walk was down, from the usual 600 or so to around 270.

But the amount raised increased from $153,000 in 2019 to nearly $169,000.

This year’s goal is $190,000.

“I’m very confident we will hit that, if not go over,” Branco said. “I’m excited to have everybody come back together this year.”

Well, perhaps not everybody: Participants will still have the

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option to walk through their own neighborhood, or even take part while sitting comfortably on their couch.

Registration is free, and there is no minimum amount people need to donate or raise. All they need to do is form a team, which can range from one person to 1,000, and then spread the word that they’re collecting money for this cause.

That said, in-person participation can be uniquely rewarding.

“Everybody who comes for the walk holds a flower,” Blanco said. “We have four flowers: purple for loss, yellow for caregivers, orange for advocates, and blue for those who have the disease. It’s the coolest thing; you see who is doing what in the community.”

Branco’s long-term goal is even more ambitious: By 2024, she wants the Santa Barbara Walk, which has been taking place each year for more than two decades, to raise a half-million dollars.

The 2020 Walk’s impressive total gives her confidence it can happen.

“Last year,” she said, “was a great testament to how important the walk is to this community.”

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or some of us, the pandemic was all exploring new food and discovering the convenience of delivery services. Remember that mouthwatering chicken marsala paired with a glass of Babcock chardonnay that you and your partner shared on the patio? Or the gourmet burger with grilled onions, goat cheese, and truffle aioli that you enjoyed while binge-watching Schitt$ Creek? If you do, chances are you probably ordered that great meal from a delivery app.

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So, when delivery companies came to the rescue during the pandemic, Restaurant Connection was already a local hero. Today it counts some 100 restaurant partners in its stable of food and wine offerings and will work with almost any eatery looking to offer its food for takeout.

The Santa Barbara-based company has been delivering meals locally for more than 22 years. During the pandemic its “support local eateries” ethos resonated with foodies and restaurant owners.

“This past year has taught us all so many lessons — from adopting safety precautions to embracing home life,” said CEO Saul Plasencia. “For Restaurant Connection it’s about connecting our customers and community with the food they love and crave. We take a more hands-on and personal approach to delivery than our competitors, who are mostly large publicly traded corporations that obviously have big budgets but lack the local knowledge and insight that we have.”

Restaurant Connection launched its delivery fleet in 1998 with only five clients. Back then the company marketed its service as a customer convenience.

“No one could ever fathom it would become a necessity,” said Plasencia, whose humble beginnings in food delivery began when he was a student at San Marcos High School and worked after school as a carrier for Restaurant Connection.

Growing up, Plasencia had an affinity for good local food. His dad, who emigrated from a small town near Guadalajara, worked in hospitality as a chef at Jolly Tiger (now Cajun Kitchen). With a strong knowledge of the local food scene, Plasencia felt that he could always recommend a good restaurant to family and friends.

At Restaurant Connection, he worked his way up the ranks to general manager before he left to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Business Marketing at Cal State Northridge. After graduating, he moved back to Santa Barbara and returned to Restaurant Connection.

“At that time, sales and order volume were at an all-time low and trending downward,” he said. He quickly immersed himself in operations, implementing new technologies and revenue streams. Within a year he had recruited 60 restaurant partners.

In 2017, he was made a partner at Restaurant Connection, and three years later he became its sole owner.

Plasencia said he focused on improving the website’s functionality and the online customer experience. He introduced a phone app for Apple and Android devices. He also developed a new system of communications with restaurants to ensure deliveries were spot-on.

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“Technology now plays a large part in how we order and interact with Saul restaurants,” he said. “And we all realPlasencia is ize that streamlining the communicathe owner of tion channels with all parties involved Restaurant Connection (restaurant, consumer, delivery driver) has become an essential part of everyone’s success.”

Then the pandemic hit. Facing an overwhelming demand for delivery service, one of the biggest challenges was adapting to all the changes restaurants made as they navigated the new world of takeout and, on a daily basis, to keep up with required guidelines from health officials.

“I understood that we as a company had to step up and help serve our community. Restaurant owners and staff became reliant on us to keep their businesses open through delivery orders,” said Plasencia, who declined to say how much his company charges clients for delivery services. “Restaurants that had never offered delivery before needed to trust in us to help them continue to serve.”

Delivery apps earn money by charging restaurants a percentage of the order, as well as by charging consumers a service fee. Many small restaurants paid apps as much as 30% of every order, according to a recent article published in the Wall Street Journal.

While some owners grappled with the cost of third-party services, others considered it a necessity to continue operations, especially those without a budget for in-house delivery service who had to add that to the cost of hourly wages, insurance, and gas.

Plasencia said many of his customers embraced Restaurant Connection’s delivery app as an opportunity to introduce their menus to a wider range of customers.

“I think restaurants should focus on what they do best, that is making delicious food and providing a great experience inside the restaurant,” Plasencia said. “Restaurants and customers have always said they love the way we operate because we care about every order. We want to make sure we get it right and do it really well.”

Restaurant Connection delivers meals and drinks to food lovers from Ventura to Goleta. Local partners include Tre Lune, Mesa Burger, Public Market, Ca’Dario, Stella Mare’s, China Palace, Bree’osh Bakery and Pierre Lafond Wine Bistro, among others.

During the pandemic it has added Santa Barbara Public Market to its roster, creating a virtual food hall by bundling orders from eight independently owned restaurants at the market’s gourmet food court. Marge Cafarelli, principal of Urban Developments, managing partner of SBPMO, said she partnered with Restaurant Connection because of its local relationships.

“When we closed on March 17, 2020, I immediately called Saul and shared what we wanted to do, which was to list Santa Barbara Public Market as the featured restaurant and have all of the tenants be sub restaurants,” Cafarelli said. “We wanted our customers to be able to order from all of the tenants with one order, one transaction fee, one delivery fee, and one commission.”

Saul thought it was a great idea.

“He worked around the clock with his app developer in India to achieve this. We then, two days later, opened for delivery and pick up,” Cafarelli said.

“There were rocky days and weeks, but we collectively made it work. Our tenants thrived and our customers were thrilled that they could get whatever they wanted delivered right to their home.”

With state-wide restrictions easing up and restaurant kitchens returning to full capacity, operational efficiency will be crucial to future business, Plasencia said. Local favorites such as Lucky’s Steakhouse, Coast and Olive, and Bettina are typically bustling with diners on weekends. The return of diners and

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increase in traffic is shifting the dynamics of delivery yet again.

“Having drivers nearby and planning for the next order is a big part of our strategy,” he said. “It took some time, but now we know how long certain restaurants take to prepare a to-go order on a busy night.”

Restaurant Connection increased its staff by about 130% last year. It has a team of live operators and dispatchers shuffling orders to drivers. Plasencia said his operators don’t send an order to a restaurant unless a driver is available to pick it up.

“When we submit an order to the restaurant the driver is already en route to pick up the order. That way the driver is there either before the order is ready or as soon as it’s ready — and it’s not sitting on the counter waiting.”

In addition to streamlining the delivery process, Plasencia has focused on promoting local wineries as part of his food delivery service. He reached out to vintners, such as Babcock Winery and Santa Barbara Winery, and formed partnerships.

With statewide restrictions moving into the Yellow Tier and diners already returning to their pre-pandemic dining habits, Plasencia feels that there will still be opportunity to grow his delivery services.

“While we are all cautiously but eagerly seeing the worst of the pandemic ease up, we know there is still a ways to go. We understand that everyone has different comfort levels, so Restaurant Connection will be here to serve our communities, and we believe the lessons learned over this past year will be lessons that we all apply to daily life for years to come.”

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

945 LILAC DR, MONTECITO UPPER 5BD/7½BA • $17,495,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

2285 BELLA VISTA DR, MONTECITO UPPER 4BD/6BA • $14,950,000 Team Scarborough, 805.331.1465 LIC# 01182792

985 PARK LN, MONTECITO UPPER 6BD/7BA • $12,875,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

2626 SYCAMORE CANYON RD, MONTECITO 5BD/5½BA • $11,950,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

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

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

513 CROCKER SPERRY DR, MONTECITO UPPER 4BD/5BA • $5,795,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

1170 HIGH RD, MONTECITO LOWER 3BD/3BA • $4,950,000 Bartron Real Estate Group, 805.563.4054 LIC# 01005021

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

1050 FAIRWAY RD, MONTECITO 1BD/1BA • $899,000 Thomas Schultheis, 805.729.2802 LIC# 01847740

1094 TORO CANYON RD, MONTECITO UPPER 45±acs • $850,000 Jody Neal / Kathy Spieler, 805.252.9267 / 805.895.6326 LIC# 01995725 / 00851281

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