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SERVING MONTECITO AND SUMMERLAND

Santa Barbara Museum of Art is looking to ride its reopening momentum into more memberships, page 18

Music to Our Ears

From Cate to MUS to Cold Spring School to Laguna Blanca Lower School, the sounds of holiday concerts are back — a gift to our entire community, page 26

Feeling Crafty

When Class is Key For Jesus Terrazas, an encounter with the incomparable Jane Goodall would have been socially terrifying — but John Daly’s nonprofit, The Key Class, changed this former Santa Barbara High student’s perspective forever. Story starts on page 14

Still searching for that perfect holiday gift? Continuing with our “shop local” series, we take a long look at arts, crafts, and other gift store options, page 34

The Art of Stirring

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Inside This Issue

5 In the Know From rent caps to evacuations to kangaroos to Santa, this column has a little bit of everything 8 Village Beat

New storm impact map released; Montecito Trails replaces walking bridge; wave of burglaries hits Montecito 10 Letters to the Editor The Santa Barbara Arts and Crafts Show could be a perfect spot if you’re looking for a holiday gift 12 Montecito Miscellany Getting in the holiday spirit at the Carriage Museum, while Santa Barbara Beautiful throws quite the party

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32 In Memoriam Remembering D. William Wagner, 14 What We’re Thankful For human and legal rights champion The Key Class started as a post-retire- Far Flung Travel ment project for John Daly. Years later, Spotting Patches in the Santa Barbait has changed the lives of thousands. ra Channel 16 On Entertainment 34 Home for the Holidays The Christmas Revels: An Early Still searching for that perfect holiday California Celebration of the Winter gift? Continuing with our “shop loSolstice returns cal” series, we take a long look at arts, crafts, and other gift store options.

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In the Know

by Nick Masuda

To Control (Rent) or Not to Control ‘Tis the Hot Question

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hile Kristen Sneddon has long been an advocate for tenant protection, particularly against inordinate rent hikes, she was also the first person to question the rushed timing of the controversial proposal to cap annual residential rent increases as 2% — brought to council by outgoing Mayor Cathy Murillo and councilmember Oscar Gutierrez.

The District 4 representative on Santa Barbara City Council believes that it formed “corners” that might be tough to come back from.

“It has absolutely made it a polarizing issue now,” Sneddon said. “I firmly believe that there is a compromise to be had here, with landlords and tenants at the same table. But us rushing this ordinance through definitely created some unnecessary conflict.”

A vote to support the proposal was a tight one, with Gutierrez, Murillo, Sneddon, and Meagan Harmon all supporting it, while Eric Friedman, Mike Jordan, and Alejandra Gutierrez were against it.

Sneddon’s support came with a caveat — the council must ultimately rely on data, both of the city and of other cities that are experimenting with similar ordinances. That’s why she was adamant that it must be researched and adopted at a later vote.

The current state law caps rent increases at 5%, and the ordinance would only apply to apartments, not single-family homes or duplexes.

The discussion, including public comment, took more than three hours at the December 7 city council meeting, with plenty of opinions on both sides.

“The community wants to be part of the conversation. And I don’t believe that landlords are on the bad side and tenants are on the good side. I think it’s a really complicated relationship,” PRE

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During her campaign to keep her District 4 seat, she says that some of the volunteers that went door-to-door didn’t recognize some of the folks answering the doors — as higher rents have forced long-time locals to move to places such as Thousand Oaks and Oxnard.

“It’s part of the problem we are facing, losing part of our history because of rising rents,” Sneddon said. “It’s a problem we must fix, but we need to let the research tell us what the right solution is. I believe it will tell us that some type of rent control will be in order, but I’m not ready to vote on that until I see the data.”

Sneddon indicated that while the council is motivated, a final resolution could be up to a year out.

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Village Beat

The debris basin on Randall Road is partially complete pending litigation; the debris basin is one of many factors that has strengthened resiliency in Montecito

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.

Storm Impact Map Updated

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ast Thursday officials held a public meeting at Montecito Union School to discuss emergency information prior to the winter storm season. Closing in on the fourth anniversary of the catastrophic debris flow of January 9, 2018, First District Supervisor Das Williams says the community’s level of resiliency, awareness, and communication is better than ever before, and should give Montecito residents a high level of confidence.

“The level of cooperation and communication that we have now is ideal, and we are committed to continuing that,” Williams said about the county and its ongoing infrastructure improvements.

Multiple experts who have been monitoring Montecito’s hillsides since the debris flow spoke at the meeting, including biologist Kevin Cooper, who said the chaparral in

Montecito’s foothills, which was decimated by the Thomas Fire, is returning, but the current drought is slowing vegetative recovery. The vegetative cover, which protects the community from debris-laden floods and flows, remains at 80-100% of what it was pre-Thomas Fire.

“We’re in great shape right now.

If we have some good rains and the soils stay wet, in the next year or two I expect those watersheds to be back where they were in 2017,” he said.

Increased vegetative coverage is one of many factors in protecting the community from a significant debris flow, which we remain at risk for at least five years following a significant fire.

County Flood Control Engineering Manager Jon Frye said the most significant improvement to local infrastructure since the 1/9 Debris Flow is the partially completed Randall Road Debris Basin, which will ultimate-

ly become the largest debris basin in Montecito. The eight-acre project received approval by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors in August 2020 and a $13.5 million grant from FEMA in November 2020.

The cost included acquiring six private properties on Randall Road and one on East Valley Road; there is one property owner on Randall Road who has still not agreed to sell, and although the first phase of construction is finished, the project cannot be completed until litigation regarding the remaining residential property is addressed. Frye said the project could be completed as soon as late spring/ early summer of 2022.

A new Storm Impact Considerations

Map has been released, which outlines the properties most likely to be impacted by flooding during heavy rains. This year there are 355 parcels outlined in red on the map, which is 90 fewer parcels from last year’s map.

In 2018, the map showed 1,508 properties that were at risk.

“Our watershed continues to recover and storm systems have been improved and enhanced,” said Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor, who said that residents should look at the map at www.ReadySBC.org and if their property is outlined in red, they should have a plan for evacuation in case of a substantial storm.

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Letters to the Editor

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

Push Refresh on Santa Barbara Arts & Crafts Show

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ne of Santa Barbara’s premier tourist attractions, the Santa Barbara Arts and Crafts Show, every Sunday along Cabrillo Boulevard at the beach for more than 50 years, has had a facelift. Besides the recent remodeling of the bridge and sidewalks, the show is now integrated, no longer separating the arts from the crafts.

Now is the time to get out of the house and experience the new and improved Santa Barbara Arts and Crafts Show. Bring your family and friends to see paintings, sculpture, photographs, clothing, jewelry, and much more.

You must walk the whole show, or you might just miss the perfect Christmas gift.

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Taking Issue with a Councilman

Last night at the City Council meeting, Santa Barbara City Councilman Oscar Gutierrez asked if they could enact an ordinance to prevent old, sick, and disabled people from living in the Santa Barbara foothills to

develop more housing in high fire areas. When did it become OK to discriminate against protected classes?

If this is how he conducts himself in a public meeting, what is happening behind the scenes that we don’t see?

This behavior should not be allowed to happen without ramifications. The only way this will happen is if our press makes it known outside the small group that attended this meeting. The fact that the City Attorney advised him that this was not legal, and the rest of the council did not support it is not sufficient; it does not change the fact that Gutierrez was advocating for discrimination.

To provide further context, his comments came up in a discussion related to an ordinance to allow lot splits (item number 17 on the agenda). The city council and mayor were cautioned by many that allowing lot splits in high fire areas would pose a significant risk to residents and there are no plans to mitigate this risk. This was Gutierrez’s solution. So, I guess it also means it’s ok if people in these protected classes can’t get out in an emergency and die?

“I really believe the arts have the ability to transform lives and can be used as a tool for social change.”

– Kai Tepper

For the record, I am a strong proponent of the need to develop housing, especially targeted to low-income individuals. Discrimination is never the answer.

For your information, these meetings are recorded as part of the public record, so you can listen for yourself.

I hope you will make this known to our community so appropriate actions required by law are taken.

Jim Carbone

Truth is in the Video

If Mr. Brutoco of Perspectives sincerely cares to promote morality, he would be well advised to more critically investigate truth, rather than parroting the same old gossip and polarizing political slant. After viewing clear footage, testimony, and documentation in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, I find the facts indisputable.

Number 1, Rittenhouse did not purchase an illegal firearm and bring it across state lines. It was purchased legally in Kenosha. It was only less than an hour’s ride from his home to Kenosha, though there was a state boundary between. He had friends and family in Kenosha, some had businesses that were threatened by fire and window-breaking rioters, as police presence was drawing back.

He was involved with groups that cleaned graffiti off of walls, and spent time with police. He also studied first-aid and carried his medical bag that night. I believe he was motivated by a desire to diffuse the very violent situation. Naive or not, he was within his legal right to carry a firearm.

Three young men became very aggressive toward him. He, trying to avoid them, ran the other direction down the street. They pursued him and circled him when he fell on his back on the street. One of the young men jump-kicked him in the side of the head. The other man threatened him with a skateboard, which I believe could be deadly. He shot them out of fear for his life. He wounded the third young man that drew a gun on him.

Mr. Brutoco referred to the aggressors as innocent and not involved in

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the riot. There is a clear video of the kicker lighting dumpsters on fire and trying to push them into a business.

He was also verbally threatening the people around him.

All three of these young men were found to have very lengthy violent criminal records.

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Monte ito Miscellany

by Richard Mineards

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

Getting in the Holiday Spirit

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anta Claus hats reigned supreme at Santa Barbara’s Carriage and Western Art Museum when entrepreneur Rick Oshay threw a heaving Yuletide fete for 170, helped by presidents galore from Old Spanish Days acting as cooks and bartenders.

“It’s one helluva bash!” declared Rick, who has lived in our tony town for less than a year. “After all we’ve suffered with the pandemic, we need lots of comfort and joy.”

And there was plenty of that on hand with Teresa Kuskey Nowak’s ever entertaining burlesque fusion dance troupe La Boheme, illuminated brighter than a Christmas tree, dancing to music of award-winning DJ

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ohn Daly can remember when the rest of his life began.

He was sitting inside a Soup Plantation, his treat for a 15-yearold he had befriended as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA).

It was the teen’s birthday and Daly wanted to treat him to a meal, something that not every foster child experienced while living in group homes.

Daly watched as the teen poured a cup of chili into a bowl and set out to eat it.

No napkin in his lap, no spoon between his thumb and index finger.

The teen began to use his hand to feed himself.

Initially, Daly thought he was being pranked. But he quickly realized that this young man simply didn’t know any better.

So, he had him pour another bowl of chili, complete with silverware and napkins.

Within 30 minutes, the boy had a new set of skills — and sense of pride.

They walked out of that restaurant, the boy’s arm wrapped around Daly’s shoulders.

“Thank you, no one had ever taken the time to do something like that for me,” the boy said.

Recently retired from a successful career in the events business, his wife knew Daly wasn’t long for retired life; it simply didn’t suit him.

As usual, she was right.

“I told her, ‘This is what I want to do with the rest of my life, I want to help these kids with basic skills,’” Daly said.

“A baby boy has a way of making a man out of his father, and a little boy out of his grandfather.” — Angie Papadakis

The Key Class was borne that day, a nonprofit program that has touched more than 8,000 teenagers to date, focusing on providing basic life skills for children from elementary school through high school.

It took Daly about six months to write his curriculum and he bankrolled the project for the first few years.

The courses range from basic skills such as shaking hands, making eyeto-eye contact and using social media properly, to the importance of positive identity and preparing for college interviews.

“Definitely a passion project, I believe that Key Class can change lives, or at least the direction of them,” Daly said.

And the impact of the program wasn’t just felt by those stemming from less-than-fortunate situations, as Daly’s curriculum came in handy for Jesus Terrazas, a then junior at Santa Barbara High. Terrazas was set to visit New York City’s Tribeca Building with a school organization, but he had very little knowledge on proper etiquette and behavior at such a venue.

But he worked with Daly, ultimately overcoming a bit of social anxiety about the trip, eventually feeling comfortable on that Tribeca trek.

That memory lasted well beyond high school, as Terrazas was invited to Windsor Castle in England to join Jane Goodall for a meal.

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ore than a dozen community companies around the country present Christmas Revels performances this December, including such places as Lebanon, New Hampshire; Boulder, Colorado; and Oakland, each of which reworks shows created by the flagship company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The shows bring together people of all ages and backgrounds — both on stage and in the audience — to enjoy musical and theatrical presentations of our world’s cultural and seasonal traditions.

But none of them will come close to the local connection of the story being shared this weekend by Santa Barbara’s own Revels, which is bringing back The Christmas Revels: An Early California Celebration of the Winter Solstice. That’s because the original show was created to celebrate the company’s 10th anniversary in 2017, bringing to life a slide of Santa Barbara’s own history from nearly two centuries ago, when Yankee sailors met Spanish Rancheros at Casa de la Guerra.

The Early California Christmas Revels is based on actual events from the 1830s that form the backbone of a traditional Revels winter show, that features the company of more than 60 singers, actors, dancers, and instrumentalists decked in costumes in the fully staged production that this year boasts segments of sea shanties, Spanish dances, Christmas carols, the Mexican religious festival Las Posadas, plus Chumash storytelling along with the standard Revels fare.

The action takes place at a celebration for the upcoming wedding of Anita de la Guerra, daughter of the Presidio’s comandante Jose, to Alfred Robinson, local representative for a Boston-based hide and tallow trading company. Richard Henry Dana — a young Harvard student spending a year at sea with the sailor/tradesman — recorded the events in his classic book Two Years Before the Mast. The Thomas Fire forced half of the 2017 per-

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The Giving List

by Steven Libowitz

A Resurgence

Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s renovation has people flocking to the venue

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t was just three months ago that the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) celebrated the completion of a six-year, $50 million renovation, a project addressing critical needs of the main building, which hits the century mark in 2012, including seismic retrofitting, replacement of the roof, and upgrades to the mechanical and climate control systems, among other work.

The project also incorporated new galleries for contemporary art, new media, and photography as well as a redesign of other galleries, the better to allow the museum to display more of its impressive 25,000-object permanent collection. That’s a number that represents a magnitude and quality more commonly found in cities eight times the size of Santa Barbara and encompasses arts of Asia, Europe, and the Americas and includes paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, ceramics, glass, jades, bronzes, lacquer, and textiles. SBMA’s collection includes classical antiquities

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SBMA has been a popular spot since its reopening

rivaled in the West only by the J. Paul Getty Museum, and multiple masterpieces of French Impressionism — no West Coast museum owns more Monet paintings.

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“Our visitor numbers have been steadily climbing as the community is discovering we are fully reopened,” she said. “It’s been really heartening.”

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Dear Montecito,

I was almost 12 when my family relocated to Montecito from Rhode Island, and l imagine my childhood friends back in Providence were jealous that I got to wear shorts all year without discomfort. To say that I have grown and changed significantly as a result of the experiences and opportunities that greater Santa Barbara has afforded me in the past 10 years is an understatement; I have learned to surf and scuba dive and have gone on trips to localities like Channel Islands and Jalama Beach, none of which I would have been able to do had my family remained in frosty New England.

When the time came to decide where to attend college, the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana, popped up on my radar because of its

top-notch political science and history departments. Being accepted into its renowned honors program sealed the deal, making me an outlier from the rest of my Cate classmates who were setting their sights on universities in Boston and New York. In going back and forth between Missoula and Santa Barbara, I have learned to value the special qualities of each city more, where I can enjoy evening ocean swims in one and ski like a maniac every weekend in the other.

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Dear Montecito (Continued from page 20) delegation’s trip to New York was called off, and I was forced to abort my plans to spend my junior year studying abroad in Barcelona. As UM was preparing to shut down in March 2020, my economics professor told our class, “If any of you had come to me back in January to tell me that this epidemic brewing up in China was going to make its way to our shores, crash our economy, shut down every college in the country, and force everyone to stay home, I probably would have laughed at you.”

Miraculously, UM’s outdoor department’s spring break trip to Capitol Reef National Park was still given the green light, and I spent five days hiking and climbing through canyons in the Utah desert, blissfully unaware that the outside world was turning completely upside down. I suffered from a sprained ankle after slipping on a loose boulder, which forced me to hike the rest of the trip with a bandaged foot because there wasn’t any service in the canyon to call me a helicopter. Nonetheless, I was glad to spend some time marveling at the scenery of southern Utah for only a little while before learning how much the rest of the world had taken a turn for the worse.

The moment at the end of the trip when we reentered civilization and our phones buzzed with notifications of mandatory lockdowns and impending economic collapse, we were all dumbfounded by how much had changed during the five days we had been disconnected. I returned home to quarantine with my family, spending my newfound free time either confined to my bedroom with my head buried in a book or taking long solo walks on Montecito’s beaches. I spent hours watching the shimmering water glisten in the sunlight and listening to the

waves crash on the shore and send foamy water spilling across the sand, as I further pondered what direction to take my life in while reminding myself that I was witnessing history unfold.

The moment at the end of the trip when we reentered civilization and our phones buzzed with notifications of mandatory lockdowns and impending economic collapse, we were all dumbfounded by how much had changed during the five days we had been disconnected.

Despite being a political science major and history minor with a prelaw concentration, that summer I decided to take another crack at creative writing, one of my longstanding hidden talents. During those months in isolation, I rediscovered my passion for fiction and became lost in my imagination, and I am now hoping to continue writing even after my professional career takes off, even one day publishing the novel I am currently finalizing. The pandemic hasn’t been easy on anyone, but what has really kept my spirits high is doing rewarding things with my time, including some personal reflection in nature, whether in Montana, Utah, or Montecito. And for that, I have every reason to be grateful.

Best, Will P.S. Parents of Montecito children, if you have recommendations on people to feature in “Dear Montecito” please contact me, stellajanepierce@gmail.com! •MJ

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Perspectives

by Rinaldo S. Brutoco

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

Parental Anxiety: Greed knows no boundaries

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lmost every parent of a K-12 school age child is really concerned about the incessant school shootings that plague our nation. These have been escalating in violence and complexity over the 23 years since the Columbine massacre in 1999, and it is past time for a national conversation on gun violence and young people. If you haven’t seen the incredible documentary by Michael Moore, Bowling for Columbine, you need to. It “sets the table” for the substantive intervention we must have. Why? Yet another unspeakably tragic school shooting occurred last month in Oxford, Michigan, when a 15-year-old killed four students and injured seven more. That makes 89 school shootings since May 2018, and the deadliest one since that date.

The statistics for this year alone are troubling beyond words: 31 shootings with injuries or deaths; 65 people killed or injured; 12 people killed outright including nine children and three school employees; with 53 people injured.

These gruesome statistics are compiled by Education Week, which is providing a clear accounting of only K-12 shootings. Colleges and other post-secondary schools are another category of gore all to themselves — as are parking lot killings like the one that ended the political career of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords where 19 were shot, resulting in six deaths including a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl.

No wonder parents are anxious about sending their children off to school — or even to the parking lot at the local shopping mall. This situation is out of control.

We were all, rightly, shocked and outraged when 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed 26 people, including 20 children between the ages of six and seven, plus six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 12, 2012. That massacre prompted a short-lived debate on better gun regulations including proposals to make the background-check system universal and for new legislation to outlaw the manufacture and sale of semi-automatic weapons. All to no avail. That conversation fizzled out, as all conversations about gun control seem to do.

In the Oxford tragedy, it was once again a semi-automatic weapon that did the damage.

It seems no tragedy has the power to counteract the powerful gun lobby that serves gun manufacturers rather than the safety of the public at large. Amazingly, more than 70% of National Rifle Association (NRA) members thought the proposed Sandy Hook reforms were a reasonable beginning for “weapons of war,” and background-check regulation. And still, nothing happened.

As tomorrow dawns, parents of school-age children will again face the dilemma of what to do about the fact that their child very well might not come back alive from school.

Our collective memories were also stirred by the Marjory Stoneham Douglas school in Parkland, Florida, when another teenager, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, used his AR-15 assault rifle meant only for military purposes to kill 17 students and staff on Valentine’s Day 2018. That slaughter raised media eyebrows as it surpassed even Columbine in number of deaths. Remarkably, even then President Trump, at that time the recipient of more than $30 million in NRA contributions, in a nationwide speech observed “…no child, no teacher, should ever be in danger in an American school. No parent should ever have to fear for their sons and daughters when they kiss them goodbye in the morning…”

Yet, the slaughter of the innocent continues.

As of December 13, 2021, 42,409 Americans have died from guns in 2021. This rate, about 122 per day, is slightly up from the 120 gun deaths per day in 2020, and about 13 more per day than 2019. We Americans have an inherently a violent culture.

Perhaps we all need to follow the advice of the Watergate Hearings, which admonished us to “follow the money” to understand what Nixon did that cost him the presidency. The “money” here is the profits gun manufacturers are making by stirring up our love of firearms and our unwillingness to take even modest steps to reduce gun deaths.

Everyone still reading this column is aware of these incredibly grim statistics, so why repeat them here? Because when an informed public realizes that gun sales are less about the Second Amendment than they are about the gun lobby’s profits, they will begin to look for even small steps, to bring sanity to our national gun policies. A tiny number of gun manufacturers are making enormous profits despite the 90% of us wanting sensible gun reform. In the U.S., we have the best legislation that money can buy — and right now the sustained money influencing our politics are those few gun manufacturers.

There are two positive developments that occurred this past week that just might

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Game of Trawls: How AI-equipped fishing nets could help reduce by-catch

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hile a very popular practice in the fishing industry, bottom trawling has long been criticized for its huge negative impact on marine ecosystems. However, a new device from researchers in France could finally help make the method eco-friendlier.

Bottom trawling involves dragging large, heavy nets along the seafloor to capture fish. While it is effective at catching large amounts of fish in one go, it does so in an indiscriminate way, fishing many non-target marine species which most often end up dying.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the fishing industry is responsible for about 20 million tonnes of bycatch fish.

To reduce unnecessary deaths from bottom trawling, the University of South Brittany partnered with the Morbihan fisheries committee and tech company Marport to develop the Game of Trawls project.

As part of the project, the team explored how integrating AI into fishing gear could help reduce bycatch. The team equipped the gear with a network of sensors and cameras and used computer vision to detect and identify in realtime the species that enter the fishing nets. This enables fishermen to target specific species based on their size and abundance before bringing the fishing gear back on board.

First IVF corals successfully spawn on Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) has an exciting announcement: The first generation of IVF coral babies have officially reproduced on a degraded reef.

As described by GBRF, coral IVF uses modern technology to breed and distribute corals so they have the highest chance of survival. “Our researchers capture coral eggs and sperm, called spawn, from healthy reefs and rear millions of baby corals in specially-designed floating pools on the Reef and in tanks. When they are ready, we deliver them onto damaged reefs to restore and repopulate them,” explained the foundation.

The foundation has been testing out their IVF experiment in reefs near Queensland, Australia’s Heron Island. This trial led to the successful birth of 22 colonies that have all grown to maturity.

The IVF corals have superior survival rates because they are grown to be more resilient to bleaching. They grow in nurseries alongside the algae zooxanthellae, which has a higher resistance to heat than algae which protects coral naturally. The algae is also paired with the coral earlier than it would be in the wild.

Now that this method has proven to be effective, the next step is scaling up the breeding and distribution operations.

•MJ bring some sliver of sanity to our gun laws. First is the decision by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to pass legislation patterned after the Texas statute the Supreme Court left intact that permits individuals to sue anyone for up to $10,000 who in any way aids an abortion. Paraphrasing Newsom, if Texas can allow private suits to put a woman’s body at risk, then California can pass a law that will give individuals the right to sue gun manufacturers for product liability if someone is injured by gun violence.

Now, that is a fascinating approach since it sets up the Supreme Court to strike down the Texas style vigilante law for anti-abortion folks or suffer similar suits to be brought in California to provide a “bounty” to anyone willing to sue a gun manufacturer.

Another creative, and courageous, approach to stem gun violence by children is to hold the legal owners of the gun responsible for the deaths it causes. That’s what Karen D. McDonald recently did when she charged the parents of shooter Ethan Crumbley for purchasing, as a “Christmas gift,” the semi-automatic weapon he used in the Oxford attack. Ethan’s parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, knew they illegally purchased a firearm for their underage son; they knew he was exhibiting signs of troubled behavior; they knew he was attempting to surreptitiously purchase quantities of ammunition; they knew the weapon they purchased was not secured for safety; and they knew Ethan had drawn macabre, violent images on a test paper.

They knew all this before refusing to take him out of school the day of the massacre. In McDonald’s view, their actions were sufficient to charge the parents with four counts of involuntary manslaughter.

That’s a modest start, but a start towards reducing parental anxiety.

•MJ

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There’s Treasure Everywhere

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he first place to look for treasure is within yourself. Don’t dismiss me as some kind of inspirational motivator if I start blathering about your internal riches. It’s a simple fact that unused, unexploited, almost unknown resources lie inside every one of us.

Sometimes it takes a crisis or catastrophe to reveal our hidden strengths. Classic examples include well-documented cases like that of a mother lifting a car off her child, pinned beneath it. But mental reserves are also at your disposal. If you doubt this, think how often your dreams feature people and events which you had entirely “forgotten.”

Everything you ever experienced is still there, somewhere in your mind.

I am surprised how frequently snatches of melodies, which I haven’t thought about since childhood, suddenly pop unbidden into my current consciousness. This seems particularly true, of such trivia as radio advertising jingles. Strangely, we have lived to see a time in which these buried treasures, for decades inaccessible, except to diligent scholars, are now available in a new digital dimension. With a few finger-flicks, vast volumes of information, images, or “data” are there at anyone’s behest.

Meanwhile unintentional archaeologists are constantly stumbling upon treasures literally buried in the earth, covered over by the sands of time — or more likely built upon by oblivious successive generations. Now and then a truly enormous trove is discovered, like the spectacular AngloSaxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in England, unearthed on his land by a farmer, now in the British Museum, or the “Terra Cotta Army” of the first Chinese Emperor — thousands of individual sculptured figures, discovered as recently as 1974, also by farmers, in Shaanxi Province, so vast that it’s still being uncovered.

Of course, none of these rivals the revealed splendor of Egypt’s inheritance, particularly, the finding — now a century ago — of the tomb of the young Pharaoh Tutankhamun.

This however was less of an accident than the result of a careful search by archaeologists, who knew what they were looking for.

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to home — in fact, it’s home itself. As the song says, “Be it ever so humble” . . . How great a treasure is it? Just ask any homeless person. (In the Union Army, that song was banned during the Civil War, because it motivated desertions.)

But in the treasure sweepstakes, home is closely rivaled by health — something you don’t really appreciate until you lose it.

And what about life itself? At times, it may or may not seem the treasure of treasures. But, whether it does or not, you’ll have a hard time finding somebody to take it off your hands.

Love and friendship must come in here somewhere. Like all the others above, however, there’s no way of putting a monetary value on them.

Then let’s get back to things that can be financially valued. In the United States, by popular repute (this is one thing I haven’t seen for myself) what’s worth most is the gold in Fort Knox. But it’s officially a treasure, I suppose, only because it belongs to the U.S. Treasury — which, at least in theory, means We The People. No good asking for your share, however, even though at least as recently as 1933, you could convert your paper money into gold at any bank.

But in any case, we all know better than that. We have personal treasures which are worth more to us than gold. When people’s houses are threatened by fire, what do they save, after the family and the pets?

Usually, it’s the mementos of their past, particularly photos, letters, and documents. For better or worse, such material can all now be “digitized” and stored in some computer “cloud,” making much of it less likely to be destroyed than to be simply forgotten about, especially when the owners have died, and their progeny or other heirs just don’t care about it, having their own lives to live.

But let’s not forget the almost legendary treasures of Sultans and other high potentates, in the form of harems full of beautiful women.

Indeed, to this day it is still that kind of treasure promised in the afterlife to devout Moslems. As I once wrote after visiting Topkapi palace in Istanbul: “You’ve really got to see Topkapi, the Sultan’s wonderland, For it’s impossible to measure the pleasure and treasure he had at his command.”

•MJ

S

ince I was a child, I have asked big questions about life, the universe, and everything (credit to Douglas Adams for that expression). I was fortunate to have a scientist father and a psychologist/ philosopher mother to offer helpful answers.

Out in the real world I discovered that people will often offer “helpful” answers that are not so helpful. When something awful or unjust happens, some people will say, “Everything happens for a reason” or “God has a higher purpose that we cannot understand.” These same people will say that we can pray to a sky god to help us when we are in need.

For much of my life I would argue with such people to show how they are wrong. But in more recent years I have adopted a new standard: “I don’t mind if you are wrong. Just be interesting.”

I am grateful to be sponsored at UC Santa Barbara by the very creative and highly cited professor Jonathan Schooler. He has his own version of this: “Entertaining without endorsing.” He even published a paper with that title. In his version, he is trying to stay open to “anomalous” phenomena without claiming he understands them or that they are real.

In a way, this is what it means to do research. Some things are obviously impossible, and we don’t waste time experimenting to find them. But the real world is full of surprises, and I am grateful that some people do the tedious work to see if an “impossible” claim might turn out to be true.

Examples are the effectiveness of prayer, the existence of ESP or the predictive power of astrology. Most evidence indicates these are dead ends. I have little respect for claims about these things, but I do respect people who investigate them scientifically.

One of my big questions: What is consciousness? I was told by my biologist father that consciousness is just what the brain does. Nothing more or less. I have never been able to accept that. But the usual alternatives are no better. Some religious people will claim that we have an immortal soul.

Descartes offered a more secular version: That “I” am a “homunculus” sitting in what has come to be called the Cartesian Theater.

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Watching the world on a screen in my head. Unfortunately, this leads to an infinite regress of needing a homunculus within a homunculus.

Leibniz saw the same problem that I had with my father’s answer. It is called the “mill argument.” He imagined going inside the workings of the brain and finding some complex mechanism like the gears inside the mills of his day. But that would not give us consciousness.

He invented “monadology”: Instead of the world being made of atoms, the most fundamental bits of reality are “monads.” These are inherently psychical, conscious things. For him, the material world of atoms was an illusion created by that reality.

A variant of this is “panpsychism,” which says that all material things have bits of consciousness built in.

This creates the “binding problem” of how bigger consciousnesses are built out of the little ones. A fellow colleague of Schooler is offering a “resonance” theory of how little bits vibrate together to build big ones. I put this in the category of “wrong and not interesting.” I could be wrong. But I am just tired of hearing about “vibrations” from the New Age crowd. The New Age stuff is all “wrong and not interesting” to me.

Old stuff that was tried and already proved to be a dead end. Not “new” at all.

However, I have been entertaining without endorsing something even more wacky. I am quite sure it is wrong. But for me it is interesting. I first heard the idea from Rupert Spira. It is a dream analogy.

Everything in the world is just stuff in one common dream. There is just one consciousness having the dream.

It is panpsychist without the “binding problem.”

I recently learned that there is an ancient philosophy Advaita, which is similar. Advaita means “not two” and goes beyond the “one” of Leibniz’ monads. I was recently privileged to converse with Advaita Swami Sarvapriyananda. I posted this short exchange on YouTube just to share with a friend and it has more than 5,000 hits. Apparently, this view is very popular.

Wolfgang Pauli famously said “Not even wrong” about a bad idea. I am more forgiving. Just be interesting, OK? •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL

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by Joanne A. Calitri

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Our Town’s 19th Annual Celebration of School Holiday Concerts

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is the season to celebrate the plethora of annual holiday concerts at schools around Montecito, with many restricted in-person events held outside due to ongoing concerns over COVID-19.

Here is Part I of our roundup from Santa and me:

Cold Spring School Winter Sing Finale with real snow (Photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Cate School students from left Lylie Bechtel, Ellie Tunnell, Paige Rawiszer, and Kennedy Simpson collect food drive donations outside Albertsons Casitas Plaza Carpinteria (Photo courtesy of Cate School)

Cate School

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ate School’s motto is “Servons” (we serve), which is noted in its holiday tradition of sponsoring local families in Carpinteria for its annual Holiday Cheer program. Cate received a wish list from the families in the Carpinteria program. Members of the school’s varsity basketball teams collect donations from campus dorms, which are combined with faculty and parent contributions. The money is used to purchase the needed items such as clothes, books, household items, groceries, and gift cards. Direct delivery to the families will be led by Will Holmes, Cate Community Engagement lead, and student helpers — all using strict COVID precautions.

On Saturday, December 4, Cate students volunteered at Girls Inc. Carpinteria, assisting with painting, landscaping, and organizing for the Girls Inc.’s Holiday Cheer Program.

Students Lylie Bechtel and Tatiana von Bothmer organized a clothing swap, offering students a chance to swap, exchange, or donate clothes, culminating in half a dozen large bags of clothes donated to the Transition House of Santa Barbara.

Pre-Thanksgiving break, student Ellie Tunnell led Cate’s food drive in Carpinteria that generated 400 pounds of food to support the “kitchenless” during the holidays. Tunnell works with Santa Barbara Food Rescue to redistribute food waste at Cate to local nonprofits.

Musically, December 12 saw the Cate Jazz Big Band performance and an open mic Holiday Coffee House on campus. On December 13, the school held its annual Winter By Candlelight concert in the school chapel, returning after a two-year hiatus. All events were for students, faculty, and staff only.

Cold Spring School students perform with ukuleles they made for a STEAM project (Photo by Joanne A Calitri)

was professional, along with their three-piece band: Bryan Smith on drums, Jim Rankin on bass, and Jay Real on keys. Huge nod to music director Sara DiSalvo, with Katie Szopa and Anya McCue for choreography. Program highlights were the fifth grade playing their ukuleles and singing to “Christmas Jig,” “Light the Candles,” “Blitzen’s Boogie” with Broadway choreography, and “Winter Fantasy” during the finale with real snow.

Montecito Union School

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ontecito Union School opted to professionally video their Winter Sing and Strings Ensemble concerts over two days outside on school campus, to send to MUS families to view over the holiday. It was a closed set, so I talked with Music Director Pam Herzog and Strings Director Ron Zecher for the program highlights and for a few behind-the-scenes photos. The Strings Ensemble

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Cold Spring School

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old Spring School’s Winter Sing (fourth through sixth grades) was held outside to family and friends on December 10 at 9 am. It was the top of the pops, delivering an upbeat program selection, a seamless performance on key, and a Fosse-esque choreography in perfect time. The students only had five weeks to learn and rehearse the show, make their own ukuleles, create props, and learn to dance with snow from a snow machine. Sound amplification

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Montecito Union School filmed its Winter Concert, here with MUS Music Directors Pam Herzog and Ron Zecher (Photo by Austin Valiante & Morgan Gilligan)

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Community Voices

by Dan Meisel, regional director of ADL Santa Barbara/Tri-Counties

In the Pursuit of Equity

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previously wrote in this space about how only recognizing perspectives “for” or “against” an issue can get in the way of understanding and potentially resolving conflicting views. The recently heightened polarity around discussing race and bias in school classrooms is a prime example.

We are seeing advocates frame debates in ways more likely to prompt an argument than a meaningful discussion. Doing so may help motivate voters, but it can be terrible for effective policymaking. See, for example, the widespread confusion caused by legislation addressing Critical Race Theory (CRT) and school board resolutions (as nearby as Paso Robles) about how educators discuss race, gender, and other “controversial” topics.

In the Santa Barbara area, polarity on this issue has arisen around anti-bias education, debates about school resource officers, concerns about mandatory ethnic studies, and questions about the meaning and value of “equity.”

These discussions arise in the context of schools’ efforts to address longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in educational outcomes. Some of those disparities stem from historically unfair policies and practices on school campuses, some from implicit and explicit biases, and some from challenges in meeting the needs of students with limited funding available to address shifting student demographics, lingual diversity, poverty, and other obstacles to positive educational outcomes. Equity is about addressing these disparities and striving to provide all students with access to opportunities and resources they need to succeed. Equitable practices help create diverse and inclusive environments enabling all students to realize their potential.

In the absence of information, fears about what could happen often overtake efforts to explore and understand what is actually happening.

We are seeing this on the national scene as “anti-CRT” advocates spread falsehoods that students are being taught they should personally feel shame or guilt because of their race or sex. Locally, we saw parent fear and frustration compounded by lack of access to information.

The Santa Barbara Unified School District commendably has been among the most ambitious local districts in pursuing equity. It instituted anti-bias education for administrators and teachers, broadened curricula to reflect the contributions and experiences of groups represented in its diverse student pool, and mandatory high school ethnic studies courses (even before the passage of the CA Ethnic Studies bill), among many other initiatives.

Some of these initiatives were spurred by advocacy, leading some parents on both sides of the political spectrum to wonder if the result would look more like advocacy or apolitical education. Parents expressed concern that their children, whom they felt had experienced other forms of oppression, could feel uncomfortable, dismissed, or even blamed in conversations about “intersectionality,” “social justice,” and “privilege.”

Educating and engaging parents can be time consuming, expensive when expertise is needed (as is helpful when discussing race and identity), and emotionally challenging. Their engagement is voluntary and subject to time constraints and other priorities. SBUSD, like other districts around the country, struggled with how to inform parents about the nature and value of its initiatives addressing equity.

In the absence of information, fears about what could happen often overtake efforts to explore and understand what is actually happening. We are seeing this on the national scene as “anti-CRT” advocates spread falsehoods that students are being taught they should personally feel shame or guilt because of their race or sex. Locally, we saw parent fear and frustration compounded by lack of access to information.

The reality is that discussions about race and identity will happen on school campuses regardless of whether others try to prevent it. Some issues involv16 – 23 December 2021

ing race are simple and evident even to preschoolers.

The worst way to address these subjects is to not discuss them. The constructive conversation is about how we support our teachers to help our K-12 children, in an age-appropriate and non-political ways, make sense of the disparities they see in the world around them without instilling feelings of guilt or exclusion.

Our focus should be on ensuring that teachers are equipped to lead and guide these discussions — to foster the “brave” spaces I mentioned previously that may involve some discomfort but positive outcomes. There may be incidents of students feeling guilt or excluded from conversations, but such incidents can be addressed without preventing conversations about race altogether.

When done well, these conversations provoke inquiry about our identities and how they impact self-perception, about how others’ identities may be more complex than what we perceive, about the benefits of diversity in society, and strategies for communicating across differences. They can and should examine these issues at the macro-level as well to identify systemic causes of racial and other disparities while letting students form their own conclusions about fairness and justice.

Failing to do so out of fear does actual harm to students who experience the negative impacts of racial and other disparities. Restricting the manner in which our children can even discuss these issues with a teacher compounds the harm.

The good news is that many of our local schools and parents are diving into these more nuanced conversations. With diverse stakeholder committees, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion consultants, and quality anti-bias program providers (including ADL), they are spending less effort arguing whether discussing race and bias is good or bad, and more effort exploring what makes good initiatives good and bad initiatives bad.

Parents can be constructively supportive by seeking information rather than opinions; by joining conversations about solutions rather than erecting additional obstacles; and by engaging their students in conversations at home. You can ask your school or district what it is doing in these regards. If the answer is “nothing,” you can ask why and invite a conversation that gets beyond “yes” or “no.”

Dan Meisel is Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Santa Barbara/ Tri-Counties office. He previously chaired that office’s Advisory Board as well as a national ADL Task Force on Education Equity.

•MJ

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by Leslie A. Westbrook

Eating Italy My Roman Holiday: Part Two

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y first morning in Rome began with some much-appreciated exercise, as I was aching to hit the ground running. A person can run — or walk briskly as I did — with stops at historic sites on a special tour arranged by the dream team of concierges at my hotel Sofitel Villa Borghese. Along with a few other hotel guests, I joined knowledgeable guide Isa of ArcheoRunning, who supplied ear pods with transmitters that hung around our necks so we could enjoy Isa’s art history lessons as we moved briskly through the quiet, early morning in the Eternal City. She offered a fascinating introduction to la bella città, and we had the famous and truly breathtaking Trevi Fountain to ourselves for a group selfie. When you go, toss a coin with your right hand over your left shoulder choosing one of three wishes: — To return to Rome (my first wish!)

— Find a boyfriend or girlfriend — Find a spouse I did not have a coin with me that morning, but I did bring one home with me, which will be the first thing I’ll do if I am lucky enough to return to Rome. That coin sits on my kitchen windowsill, which is a fine spot for daydreaming talismans.

A run-walk up the 12 flights and 135 Spanish Steps was briefly interrupted by phone call from an old friend in the U.S. who caught me slightly out of breath. I slowed my stroll beside the well-known, classic Hotel Hassler,

Taking a cooking class with Chef Paola Sansalone

where old friends have stayed in bygone years. We continued our tour past the dichotomies of Rome, from an ancient obelisk from the days of Cleopatra to stunning, over-the-top window displays at Valentino on the famous Piazza di Spagna, and the sunken boat fountain depicting the flooding of Rome’s Tiber River in 1598.

This place has some history!

Cooking and Shopping with Paola

A quick shower followed by light breakfast at Settimo, the hotel’s rooftop restaurant, then it was time for a cooking and shopping excursion

led by the delightful and charming Chef Paola Sansalone, who left the corporate world for the much more fun food world. It was raining when we met her at an outdoor fresh produce farmers market, where she expertly selected fruit, vegetables, and herbs before leading us to a wonderful specialty food shop (all goods stacked high in cans/jars/ boxes, wrapping paper or jars) and an equally amazing cheese shop.

Then it was off to Paola’s teaching kitchen. Our project? To shop and learn how to make cavatelli, fatti a mano (made by hand), the tiny, hotdog bun-shaped pasta that literally means “hollowed out.” We each rolled out dough at our individual workstations and using only our hands A fountain in Rome and small paring knife, were soon all experts after this fun, to basil sauce, topped with piquant easy lesson. Meanwhile, Paola and her shaved Pecorino Romano. assistant prepared the pomodori carA fantastic puntarelle salad (a type amellati (caramelized cherry tomato of chicory, which I will search for in sauce), sharing instructions (which I our winter markets here) – served repeated with ease at home recently), with an excellent Primitivo wine, also for our homemade lunch. from Puglia (of course I tracked down “Don’t stir and don’t add salt!” we a bottle as soon as I got home!) roundwere instructed as the simple Roma ed out the midday meal. A huge block tomato-olive oil-garlic infusion gen- of creamy gelato made by Chef Paola tly bubbled away, the sweet aromas topped off our five-star lunch, food filling our nostrils. Time for appe- shopping and cooking lesson, congetizers: lovely cow and sheep cheeses nially hosted by our maestra. from the cheese shop; prosecco and/ Put this on the top of your list or a Chardonnay from Puglia, mor- if you desire an insider’s view to tadella and, hot out of the oven, the local ways and cooking accompanied best crunchy, soft rosemary-topped by an outdoor view from the classfocaccia I’ve ever had. Lunch around a room windows of the Basilica di Santa large table for eight of us included our Travel Buzz Page 444 handmade cavatelli, in the fresh toma-

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

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17 Gone Girls — It’s been more than eight years since the Rainbow Girls left town for the Bay Area, leaving behind the town where they formed as a quartet in fall of 2010 out in Isla Vista, honed their chops busking in Europe the following summer, and became hometown heroes through constant appearances at the farmers’ markets and favorite local festivals as well as clubs around town. The group expanded to five for a while then shrunk down to a core three, founding members Erin Chapin, Caitlin Gowdey, and Vanessa Wilbourn (now May), and have visited such venues as SOhO whenever they’re on the road. Even the sound has been altered a bit over the years, although we’re told they’re back into working as a pure acoustic drum-less trio that finds rhythm in their stringed instruments and vocals. What hasn’t changed is the Girls’ exploration of aspects of the human experience, from hopeful love to honest self-reflection and, as their name indicates, pursuits of social justice. The trio even has a brand-new EP to promote, Rolling Dumpster Fire, which was created during quarantine and leaked out a song at a time before the full release earlier this month. So, it’s likely that their first show back at SOhO in more than two years will hit the head, the heart, and the feet.

WHEN: 8:30 pm

WHERE: SOhO Restaurant and Music Club, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $19-$39 INFO: (805) 962-7776, www.sohosb.com SATURDAY, DEC 18-SUNDAY, DEC 19 Choral Concerts Come Back — Last December in the days before vaccines for COVID were widely available, there wasn’t even much thought about gathering indoors for public events let alone for group singing. But this year, just about every organization has returned to performing live concerts for the first time in two years, once again spreading joy and holiday cheer to the masses through the magic of melody and harmony, both sacred and secular. The former will fill up the concert from the Santa Barbara Choral Society, which will be once again taking on Part 1 of Handel’s Messiah, a masterwork of the genre. Artistic Director JoAnne Wasserman conducts the ensemble, which features soloists April Amante (soprano), Tracy Van Fleet (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Brecher (tenor), and Ralph Cato (baritone). The Choral Society has been plugging the performance by sharing some facts about the piece that still seem astounding, including that Handel wrote the score — comprising some 250,000 musical notes — with a crow quill pen in just 24 days. Just imagine what he could

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16 No Sweat: Annual Holiday Party Returns — I could be wrong, but methinks that the last time SOhO hosted one of these wintertime gatherings, which would be back in December 2019, they were still calling it the Ugly Sweater Party. If that’s right, it might be due to woke culture or other avenues of awareness, but the word “Ugly” has been replaced by “Holiday.” Which is fine by this writer, because I’ve got a couple of wintertime wool-blend numbers that I’ve been told, alternately, were either hideous and gorgeous — or worse yet, that nebulous word “fine.” Either way, the woven wear is only part of the appeal of the 14th annual Sweater Party, as it also heralds an appearance by that fabulous regional dance band Molly Ringwald Project, which has become a threat to Area 51 to claim its title as the area’s best party covers band. The event also boasts Green Flag Summer, aka the original rock-reggae-covers duo of Matt Kustura and Andrew Fedders, the hard rock cover band Flight 805, plus an appearance by the La Boheme dancers. What’s more, the whole thing is a benefit for Unity Shoppe so you can feel good about dancing away a December night.

WHEN: 7 pm-midnight WHERE: SOhO Restaurant and Music Club, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $30 in advance, $35 at the door INFO: 805-962-7776, www.sohosb.com

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by Steven Libowitz

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19 Butler Did It — Although she turns 75 in April, the singer Rosemary Butler shows no signs of slowing down. Which makes plenty of sense, since Butler has been belting out tunes for well north of half a century during a career that began as a bassist-singer for the all-female band the Ladybirds while she was still in high school in Fullerton. The ‘Bird appeared on L.A.-area TV and then somehow found a slot opening for the Rolling Stones way back in 1964, just the first time she’s shared stages with legendary rock artists. After serving in another all-female group called Birtha, which released two albums for Dunhill Records in the 1970s, Butler became an in-demand back-up singer for a few decades, recording and/or touring with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Warren Zevon, Neil Young, and Boz Scaggs, to name just a few. Back in 2013, Butler released a second solo album, You Just Watch Me, recorded partially in Santa Barbara, where she was teaching vocals part time, in collaboration with Browne, Kenny Loggins, and other stalwarts of the local music scene. That seemed to kickstart her solo career again, and Butler has become a staple at SOhO, at least before the pandemic hit. Tonight’s gig at SOhO, where she’ll be backed by keyboardist George Friedenthal, guitarist Rob Bonfiglio, bassist Larry Antonino, percussionist Lauri Reimer, and drummer Dann Gillen — all of whom will also be providing backup vocals for Butler — is also her first holiday show in town. We’re told she’ll sing some specially chosen Christmas songs mixed in with a few of her originals and the classic rock mix of songs that she sang on through the decades. Deck the halls.

WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: SOhO Restaurant and Music Club, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $18 INFO: (805) 962-7776, www.sohosb.com have accomplished with software like Sibelius or MuseScore! Over here, we’re partial to prepping for the concert by listening to our favorite version of the “Hallelujah” chorus, the one by The Roches on their wonderful 1990 Christmas album We Three Kings, which also features “Winter Wonderland” sung in a pure Brooklyn accent. This same weekend Quire of Voyces returns to action at its favorite digs, and while we haven’t heard anything about the program, you can expect the a cappella ensemble to serve up visits to Eastern Europe, the Nordic lands, American composers, and an original or two.

Choral Society WHEN: 7 pm December 18, 3 pm December 19 WHERE: Hahn Hall at Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Rd. COST: $20 general, $10 students ($50 VIP tickets include reserved priority seating and a post-concert reception INFO: 805-965-6577, www.sbchoral.org Quire WHEN: 7 pm December 18, 3 pm December 19 WHERE: St. Anthony’s Chapel at the

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Garden Street Academy, 2300 Garden Street COST: $20 general, $15 students & seniors INFO: 805-965-5935, www.quireofvoyces.org SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19 Now Hear Thies — Keyboardist George Friedenthal is also among the many musical friends who will be backing up longtime Santa Barbara singer-songwriter Shawn Thies for her 16th annual holiday concert. Previously staged at Unity of Santa Barbara, Thies is bringing her entourage over to SOhO, where a stellar band also featuring Lorenzo Martinez, John O’Connor, Tom Ball, Bill Flores, and Dave Hunt will bring in the spirit of the season via an evening of original and favorite traditional Christmas songs, titled after her 2005 album New Beginnings at Christmas.

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In Memoriam

Far Flung Travel

D. William Wagner, Human and Legal Rights Champion

by Chuck Graham

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William (Bill) Wagner, 78, passed December 7, 2021, at home in Santa Barbara, surrounded by his wife and sons. Bill was born to Earl and Lois Wagner in Dixon, Illinois, and raised in Sterling, Illinois. A lifelong love of language and people led him from consecutive statewide debate championships for Illinois in 1960 and 1961 to Northwestern University to study political science and government, continuing at Northwestern University School of Law where he graduated Cum Laude and was a member of the Law Review.

Bill started practicing law in Chicago and moved to Los Angeles in 1981 as a partner at Sidley & Austin, specializing in corporate and D. William Wagner commercial real estate law for more than 40 years. He was a champion of human and legal rights for all. His advocacy began early with work for the National Institute for Education in Law and Poverty in Chicago and continued with thirty years of service as a board member for Housing Options for People to Excel (HOPE) transitional housing in Venice, California. After moving to Santa Barbara, he served for eight years as vice chair on the steering committee for Human Rights Watch and as a board member for the Legal Aid Foundation.

Bill was preceded in death by his first wife, Barbara, and survived by his sister, Marcia, loving wife, Sue Aldrich Wagner, sons Peter and Nicholas, their wives, and his four grandchildren. He was a remarkable human being, beloved by family and friends, and will be remembered for many gifts, but perhaps most prominently for always being ready to share a companionable smile and a kindred voice.

Those wishing to do so are invited to make a donation in his name to the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara (www.lafsbc.org, 301 E. Canon Perdido Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101) or Santa Barbara Human Rights Watch (11500 W. Olympic Blvd. Suite 608, Los Angeles, California, 90064).

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Patches is a well-known bottlenose dolphin that frequents the waters of the Santa Barbara Channel

t was quite similar to many other channel crossings: overcast skies and silky-smooth sea conditions seemingly stretching from the coast to the Channel Islands National Park. It was also ideal for spotting wildlife on the Santa Barbara Channel. Common dolphins are almost a guarantee, pods numbering in the thousands seen splashing for hundreds of yards surrounding the Island Packers ferry.

After a guesstimated amount of channel crossings that number at least a couple thousand, I have to admit, I get a little jaded, maybe taking things for granted when it comes to dolphin sightings on the channel. However, there was a recent marine mammal sighting that caught my attention and everyone else’s.

A pod of offshore bottlenose dolphins was playing around the boat, leaping six to seven feet out of the water, and skillfully surfing the stern wake.

However, there was one bottlenose that stood out like no other. It was a bottlenose dolphin that resembled a Risso’s dolphin, not only due to its size (10-14 feet and weighing 1,000 pounds), but mainly because it had patchy splotches of white mixed in with its typical stormy gray skin tones. He’s known as Patches, and he has a rare skin disorder known as leucism.

My girlfriend Holly Lohuis, a naturalist on the Island Packers ferry and a marine biologist, spotted Patches and the rest of his pod from the boat on the south side of Santa Cruz Island on November 4, 2021. When she showed me her photos of Patches, I thought, what are the odds of seeing him? At that point I thought my chances of an encounter were practically nil. A little more than two weeks later, there was Patches frolicking around the boat with the rest of his cohorts.

We saw Patches on the morning of November 19, 2021, just beyond the oil platforms. He came up alongside the starboard side of the Island Packers ferry.

He hugged the boat surfing the stern wake, happily breaching toward Santa Cruz Island. The boat captain drove in broad circles several times enticing Patches and the rest of his pod to surf alongside the boat, allowing everyone a good look at a unique marine mammal.

Patches was first spotted by naturalist Mark Tyson in the San Diego region in 2006, making the rare bottlenose at least 16 years old. Patches is considered to be a young male. Bottlenose dolphins can live between 45 and 65 years. Tyson gave Patches an appropriate name. Since then, Patches has been seen by charter and private boats between San Diego and Santa Barbara. He’s usually spotted with his squad of about 40 other bottlenose dolphins. On November 19, we guesstimated Patches was traveling with 20 to 40 of his own kind.

His unique appearance from leucism is the partial loss of pigmentation in an animal. It causes white, pale, or splotchy coloring. It can occur throughout the animal kingdom. That could mean lighter colored hair, fur, feathers, scales, but not the eyes. The skin disorder forces less melanin, the natural pigments found in most organisms.

As Patches surfed next to the Island Packers boat under a foggy canopy, I noticed the edge of his dorsal fin was actually a lightly colored pink. He also

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Village Beat (Continued from page 8) “The takeaway is that we are still at risk for debris flow and will be for the next couple of years,” Chief Taylor said.

According to the National Weather Service, we are expected to have a drier than normal season, and it is not expected that we will have evacuations this winter, unless there is an exceptional multi-day rain event with embedded high intensity, short duration precipitation.

All residents should visit www.

ReadySBC.org to view the new map, verify that they are signed up for emergency alerts, and check that their contact information is current. The website also has information on preparing for various emergencies.

Montecito Trails Replaces Bridge

Last week was an exciting moment for the Montecito Trails Foundation as well as the community at large: the last of the bridges to be damaged or destroyed in the 1/9 Debris Flow was replaced, a project nearly four years in the making.

“In order to create the best access for the public, we needed to replace this bridge,” said MTF president Ashlee Mayfield. The walking bridge was swept away during the debris flow, as water raged down Montecito Creek.

Because the bridge is partially on private property and part of the “Casa

Dorinda Open Space” aka the Peter Bakewell Trail, the bridge was not eligible for FEMA funding. MTF vowed to fund the replacement of the bridge, which is often used by kids walking to Montecito Union School.

“It’s highly used, and the temporary path that we created through the Casa Dorinda entrance felt like an imposition. It was really important to get this bridge back,” Mayfield said.

The bridge was designed by Peter Lapidus, and was installed last week.

The cost to replace the bridge was $65,000. For more information about Montecito Trails Foundation, visit www.montecitotrailsfoundation.info.

Montecito Association Discusses Crime

At their monthly board meeting earlier this week, the Montecito Association Board of Directors received a briefing from Santa Barbara County Sheriff Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi, who reported crime numbers for the Montecito area over the last year.

Overall, while the number of certain crimes are down over pre-pandemic years, there has been a rash of residential burglaries in the past several months; many of these brazen burglaries have resulted in losses of millions of dollars of jewelry, cash, and other valuable items.

There have been 31 residential and commercial burglaries so far this year,

Patches has been spotted as far south as San Diego

had scuff marks from sparring with other bottlenose dolphins. When he dove underwater his light patches stood out, reflecting from the diffused light above.

All dolphin species thrive within their pods. Social interaction and security in the pod protect them from predators, and gives them better opportunities while hunting for prey. Their skin color camouflages them in their ocean realm. However, leucism may expose Patches if a predator like a pod of orcas were around.

For at least the last 16 years, Patches has figured it out with the help of his pod. He appeared robust, healthy, and happy as he continued breaching through the stern wakes along with his comrades. Suddenly, the pod veered off to the east. Food trumps everything in a channel deemed one of the best in the world for wildlife sightings. Within a few seconds, Patches and his pod had vanished into deeper water.

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compared to 13 in 2020 and 36 in 2019.

Arnoldi said the residential crimes have run the gamut from occurring in broad daylight while homeowners are gone running errands, to happening at night when homes are unoccupied, to “inside” jobs where people who are familiar with the home are committing the crime. For the most part, the perpetrators of these crimes are from outside the area, and they seem to be targeting homes all over Montecito.

Just in the month of November, there were residential burglaries on Paso Robles, Stonehouse Lane, Torito, two on Ortega Ridge, and two on Santa Rosa Lane. One of these burglaries resulted in the loss of more than 16 watches, including one valued at $500,000. Other crimes reported in Montecito in November include stolen property at Loon Point, multiple DUI arrests, attempted burglary on Buena Vista, golf cart stolen at the Rosewood Miramar Beach, packages stolen from a FedEx driver on East Mountain Drive, catalytic converter theft on Eucalyptus Lane and San Leandro Lane, and a drug arrest from a suspicious vehicle near Edgecliff Lane.

Also this year there have been nine assaults, 36 thefts from vehicles, and 14 DUIs, as well as two cars stolen. Arnoldi says calls for service have gone down considerably, while some neighborhoods are reporting on social media sites like NextDoor that crime has seemingly increased. There are even some reports that thieves are casing neighborhoods by using drones.

Arnoldi says the number one thing people can do is to “see something, say something.” If a vehicle or a person looks like they are out of place in the neighborhood, call authorities. Other ways to deter crime include keeping doors and windows locked at all times (especially the door from the garage to the house), increase lighting outside, installing security systems, not keeping extra house keys in vehicles, registering your vehicle to a PO box or business instead of residence, and having listing photos and floorplans removed from the local multiple listing service as soon as possible after the sale of your home.

The consensus at the meeting was that criminals are getting creative and as brazen as ever, and residents should

be on alert. Members of the MA Board discussed a neighborhood watch, which will be further discussed at a future meeting. Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office non-emergency dispatch number is 805-683-2724. For an in-progress emergency dial 911.

During Community Reports, Fire Chief Kevin Taylor said that fire season has officially ended, and that this recent storm brought more than six inches of rain to the front country.

Despite two hours of high intensity rainfall, the flood control systems in Montecito functioned as intended.

Montecito Water District GM Nick Turner said the storm brought enough rain that irrigation is not needed through the rest of the year.

“It will take much more than this storm to get us out of the extreme drought,” he said.

Turner also said that there has been a downward trend in water use thanks to voluntary customer conservation, and he hopes that trend will continue. Deliveries of desalinated water will begin on January 1. The 50-year desal agreement with the city of Santa Barbara will provide the District with 1,430 acre feet of water per year.

For more information about the Montecito Association, visit www. montecitoassociation.org.

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Home for the Holidays

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But, along the South Coast, small business is the spine of our community, the glue that keeps us all together.

And that has never been truer for the arts and crafts community, one that has blossomed as more people have spent time at home, looking for new hobbies — and potential new businesses.

In this week’s Home for the Holidays, we look at some of these options, while also featuring some businesses that you can snag a last-second gift at, from bookstores to a cannabis outlet:

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FP&P doesn’t just display its own work — which is printed in the pressroom at the rear of its store — but also houses work from other small design studios.

Patrons can find European stationery and handmade papers, as well as fine writing instruments.

FP&P also sells wax seals, journals, puzzles, calendars and day planners, wrapping supplies (paper, tissue, ribbon), books of interest for almost everyone (from babies to most all adults), fantastic hostess gifts, kitchen items, can-

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dles, bath salts. FP&P also features many local items, including Santa Barbara Cutting Boards, Santa Barbara Hives Honey, and Sideyard Shrubs Vinegar.

And it all comes with complimentary gift wrapping for in-store purchases.

Viva Oliva

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But the store that focuses on eco-friendly gift wrapping is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 11 am to 4 pm, with plenty of gift items, arts and crafts supplies, as well as fabric.

The store is focusing efforts on educating patrons on how to use Art From Scrap is encouraging eco-friendly wrapping solutions tea towels, produce bags, newspapers, sheet music, and maps to “make your entire present, wrapping and all, be enjoyed well past the holidays.”

Riviera Towel Co.

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ome of the most popular towels in town will be on display from 4 pm to 7 pm at Sevilla Square during the venue’s annual Shopping Night.

Riviera Towel will be offering special discounts on its warm winter blankets and throws — perfect as the South Coast starts to see some much-needed rain.

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hings are quite hectic at Viva Oliva, as it is shipping out more than 100 parcels per day, setting daily records this holiday season. What’s so popular?

Olive oil and balsamics — perfect for the influx of home cooking going on amid the pandemic.

Viva ships all over the United States, doing so for free with purchases of more than $75.

The Farmacy

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Birgit Klein Interiors & Una Malan

Interior design, custom upholstery & case goods, fabrics & accessories

Country House Antiques

New shipment! Swedish, French, English antiques & decorative accessories

Hogue & Co.

Flowers, gifts, wedding & event design

House of Honey

Interior design, home furnishings & gifts.

Stop by for one-of-a-kind holiday gifts for everyone on your list!

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Holiday is here! Discover the latest cozy knits, luxe footwear, and our latest holiday styles

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PCAB accredited ∙ Compounding ∙ Luxury gifts ∙ Cosmetics ∙ Vitamins ∙ Brandnew shipments of beautiful holiday gifts & candles!

TF Design

Add warmth to the holiday season with our new Bubble Candle Holders! Discover the modern simplicity of handmade home accessories, furniture, and artwork

The UPS Store

Visit us for all your holiday packing and shipping. We are here to help!

William Laman Furniture. Garden. Antiques.

Hand-selected antiques & home furnishings. Great accessories for entertaining and gift giving in a beautifully curated, safe environment

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ping. Also, gift cards are 10% off all December, with the outlet offering them in $25, $50, and $100 increments.

And, for just December 17, the Farmacy is offering a storewide major discount (patrons have to show up to find out... but we can tell you, it’s big), and it’ll be complete with brand demonstrations and a gift-wrapping station.

From December 18-24, there will be category specials, including flower, edibles, vape, pre-rolls, and beverages.

Chaucer’s Books

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The store is open from 9 am to 8 pm every day, and welcomes orders by phone or through their website, although Chaucer’s loves in-store visits.

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Becker also does tablescapes, particularly for clients that are getting to enjoy their recently completed homes for the holidays.

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There are a few upcoming events that patrons won’t want to miss, including

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Santa Barbara Arts highlight Randy Meaney spinning yarn on an old-fashioned spinning wheel on December 18. Meanwhile, Ace Rivington is hosting Six Days of Christmas with six-hour flash sales that will help patrons finish their holiday shopping.

The Waterhouse Gallery is showing small painting treasures by local artists (which can be purchased), while Coast 2 Coast Collection and Lewis & Clark will help patrons find trimmings for that Xmas tree.

The Crafter’s Library has hosted a plethora of December events, with the next one a floral arrangement class on December 19 from 1-3 pm, while on December 20 there will be a Macrame Wall Hanging session.

And if it’s one’s belly that needs some attention, Andersen’s Danish Bakery has plenty of cookies to choose from, while there is wine tasting at Barbieri + Kempe and a new game room at 1114 Sports Bar & Games.

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The longtime Santa Barbara staple is well known for its custom wrapping, while also making custom sachets with local lavender — all hand-stitched.

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Anne Luther Antiques

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Enter Anne Luther Antiques, which can be found at the Summerland Antiques Collective, The Antique Center and sbmidmod, the latter a new store in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

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If you’re looking to grab a piece of the museum’s popular jewelry collection or a piece of art for the holidays, visit sbmastore.net.

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program (second grade) performed “Blast Off,” “Rolling Along,” and “Good King Wenceslas.” The third grade performed “Grade Dreidl,” “Jingle Bells,” and “English Round.” The MUS String Orchestra performed “Caravan of Kings,” “Dreidl Adventure,” and “Bile ‘Em Cabbage Down.”

Herzog’s MUS chorale program included their annual favorites, “Listen,” “Sambalelé, “Balafon and Two-Three, “I Got Rhythm, “Cookie Baking Song, “Sleigh Ride, “Make a Little Music for Hanukkah,” “Ding Dong Merrily on High,” and “Hot Chocolate.” The kindergarten and first graders performed choreography to two songs.

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With no time for revegetation and steep areas with plenty of runoff, it was critical to get residents out of the area before the roads wouldn’t allow for it.

“Just as with Montecito, when we have the National Weather Service telling us that we have intense rains as a possibility, we’ve got to get people out,” Hartmann said. “The hillsides are so unstable, and the road there is far worse than anything in Montecito, so people could really be stuck and no way to get to them.”

With continued rains expected on December 17 and then from December 22-24, the South Coast is on full alert, even beyond the area of the Alisal Fire.

“I think our county was deeply imprinted by what happened in Montecito and all of us who lived through it will never ever forget it,” Hartmann said. “And we want to take those lessons and make sure that never happens again.”

On the Way Out

In a surprising turn of events, Barrett Reed, most recently a candidate for Santa Barbara City Council’s

District 4 seat, will no longer serve on the city’s planning commission, receiving no nomination to continue in that capacity.

Reed is a longtime local, having attended Santa Barbara Junior High, Santa Barbara High and SBCC, and is a well-known developer in town.

Vera Cruz Village will be built at 116 East Cota Street

Help is On the Way

More affordable housing is en route to Santa Barbara, as the Housing Authority City of Santa Barbara broke ground on Vera Cruz Village at 116 East Cota Street with a ceremony on December 15 attended by multiple city council members and Congressman Salud Carbajal.

The new project aims to aid in Santa Barbara’s fight against homelessness, with the latest point-in-time count from January 2020 indicating that there were 1,897 homeless residents countywide, with 914 living in the city of Santa Barbara. The chronically homeless in the county rose by 45% (423 to 614) in that same count.

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space to accommodate the provision of services and activities on-site.

According to a press release, construction is anticipated to start in December 2021 and be completed within 18 months.

you can send them a bit of holiday love at www.sbzoo.org/support if you are so inclined.

Talk about Christmas coming early!

The Zoo is Sooooo Hoppy

It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane.

It’s Santa!

Pardon the dad joke, but it’s not every day that kangaroos move into one’s backyard — but the bouncy beasts have arrived at the Santa Barbara Zoo. Three male Western grey kangaroos — Max, Aspen, and Coolibah — complete the new inhabitants of the 15,000-square-foot Australian Walkabout at the Zoo, slated to open on January 8.

The ‘roos will be joined by wallabies and emus, as well as native Australian birds and plants.

Everyone has moved in and is getting used to their new habitat, and

The Jolly Ol’ Guy will be doing a special Santa Drive-By through the Montecito community on December 19 courtesy of the Rosewood Miramar Beach, making stops along Coast Village Road (11 am), Montecito Country Mart (11:30 am), Butterfly Beach (Noon) and the Miramar Beach Bar (1:30-3 pm).

Saint Nick has a pretty sweet pink ride to boot, so it’ll be tough to miss him.

Grab more info at rosewoodhotels. com/en/miramar-beach-montecito/ holiday-edit.

•MJ

Last Week’s Solution:

By Pete Muller & Andrew White For each of the first five mini crosswords, one of the entries also serves as part of a five-word meta clue. The answer to the meta is a word or phrase (five letters or longer) hidden within the sixth mini crossword. The hidden meta answer starts in one of the squares and snakes through the grid vertically and horizontally from there (no diagonals!) without revisiting any squares.

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Three male Western grey kangaroos now call the Santa Barbara Zoo home

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9 "The Cask of Amontillado" author

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Down 1 Product of some malicious bots 2 Zippo 3 Crooked 4 With 5-Down, Gordon Parks's "A Harlem Family," e.g.

5 See 4-Down

Across 1 Pal of Pokey created by Art Clokey 6 "Schitt's Creek" Emmy winner 7 Charge 8 It may change a filmmaker's perspective 9 They may be picked up in a rush

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6 Sculpture on display in St. Peter's Basilica 7 More exact 8 Fumble or flub

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Across 1 Dropping it at school may get you in trouble 6 Golfer Palmer, to fans 7 Actor Wilson whose name is fitting for streaming services?

8 Give a wide berth to 9 Bear's digs

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“Grandparents are a treasure in the family.” — Pope Francis

Across 1 The Red or Black 4 Home of the NFL's Falcons, on scoreboards 5 On ___ (impulsively) 7 Alloy of iron and carbon 8 Butts (in on)

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reputation when it comes to our manners in situations like this,” Terrazas explained.

Before the big trip, he sat down with Daly to learn more about what to expect and how to act. It was successful, as Terrazas was complimented by the hosts for his very non-American ways.

Tribeca and Windsor Castle were big moments in the life of a now 23-year-old, but they could have been disasters without the proper help.

“It would have been an absolute mess, but John made sure I was ready,” Terrazas said. “My outlook on how you should treat a wait staff, or the proper way to do things, has completely changed. When I see rude people, I immediately know I don’t want to work with them, because those actions can easily be turned on me. These are important life skills.”

And sometimes it takes getting personal to get through to a teenager that doesn’t realize they need help.

Daly doesn’t mind self-reflecting, and it paid huge dividends with one of his earliest students, a “gangbanger” that readily rejected The Key Class curriculum.

So, Daly told him that he didn’t have to attend, something the student originally agreed upon.

But then they met each other again at juvenile hall, where the young man didn’t have a choice but to listen to

Jesus Terrazas has presented with John Daly in talks about The Key Class

Daly. Yet, Daly didn’t use his new position of power to his advantage, instead telling a group of inmates about his upbringing and how he had struggled.

It changed the young man’s perspective.

“I thought you were just another rich, white guy telling me how I should live my life,” the young man would tell Daly.

They turned a corner, with the young man becoming an advocate for The Key Class, managing to graduate high school.

A couple of years went by, and Daly wondered what had happened to the young man. His phone rang one day, and he was met by a remote-

ly familiar voice.

“I bet you don’t know who this is,” the voice said.

“No, who is this?” Daly asked.

It was the young man.

“I want to thank you for saving my life,” he told Daly.

The young man was headed to the Navy, where he was set to train as a Seal.

“I leave in two weeks, and I had to get in touch with you and thank you for what you did for me. Not only about the manners and stuff, but so much more.”

Tears were running down Daly’s cheeks.

“I’m driving and thinking I really

have done it now; I’ve helped somebody. That’s what I think life is all about,” Daly said.

As a product of the Santa Barbara Unified School District, Terrazas believes that The Key Class should be required for any incoming freshman, plus an additional course for seniors that are about to head out into “the real world.”

“It gets you headed in the right direction, it takes obstacles out of the way and makes them strengths,” Terrazas said.

The Key Class is funded 100% by donations, with Daly setting aside a modest amount of money to help make sure that students who need help are never turned away.

But the need continues to grow, and Daly’s vision is one that Terrazas believes is worth investing in — by everyone.

“When you look at donations to some other nonprofits, they are normally one-time aid, like donating food, and we should continue to do those things,” Terrazas said.

“But investing in The Key Class is making an investment in our future.

Something that will continue to pay dividends. It’s about paying it forward.” •MJ 411 Website (including donation instructions): thekeyclass.com Phone: 805-452-2747 Email: johnkeyclass@gmail.com

2021 Puzzle 12: “Can You Make the Time?” Solution The December MMMM challenged solvers to find a hit from the ’70s. The puzzle’s title, “Can You Make the Time?,” is essential to figuring out the meta. The word TIME (with one letter changed) appears in eight different places in the grid: TIMOR STIPE DON’T HATE ME PRIMES OPTIMA STALACTITE TOMEI TIRES Reading left to right in the grid, the changed letters used to “make the time” spell O-P-E-R-A-T-O-R, pointing to Jim Croce’s famous 1972 song Operator, technically Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels), this month’s meta answer.

Pete always does a cover version related to the meta answer (usually with his band, the Kindred Souls). You can watch the video and see this month’s full write-up here: https://pmxwords.com/dec2021solution 16 – 23 December 2021

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Maria and the beautiful square below accompanied by the sweet sound of church bells.

Local Night

Another evening, my friend and native Roman Dr. Alberto Calvieri — who had auspiciously emailed me before I arrived that I was going to gain weight while in Rome — graciously invited me and a friend to dinner. He met us in the hotel lobby, and we dashed out in the pouring rain and into a cab that delivered us to a favorite place of the good doctor’s from his childhood neighborhood once famous — back in the day — for its pizzas.

When he ordered, we had no idea he ordered one of these delicioso paperthin crusted pizzas for each of us (!) as well as lots of fried appetizers that included tiny musky octopus called moscardini.

Dipped in a light batter these are not your average calamari, and despite my love for these most brilliant of sea creatures and their rather disturbing teensy, tiny heads and tentacles, they were delicious. Those two dishes were memorable, but even more so was my uncanny encounter with a stranger at a nearby table who stared me down like he knew me from a past life and came over asking for my phone number as soon as Dottore Alberto stepped away to pay the bill! (No, I did not give Gianni my phone number, despite his insistent request!)

One of my favorite lunch meals was in the covered patio at La Limonaia, an indoor-outdoor venue in the park restaurant after a tour of one of Rome’s lesser known villas, Musei di Villa Torlonia (more on that in an upcoming issue!): yummy branzino, the Mediterranean fish that is one of my favorites (by the way, Pane e Vino in our Upper Village does an excellent job with this fish if you can’t make it to Rome). The revamped warehouse ristorante-pizzeria-cocktail bar was a sweet discovery.

Hard to believe, but tiring of terrific pastas, pizzas, gelato, tiramisu, and great Italian wines, a “sotto voce” dinner around the corner from the hotel at a very vintage style Chinese restaurant with spa-like music in the background was a pleasant respite.

It’s always struck me as odd, and sometimes interesting, to have foreign food in a foreign country.

One of our funnier and more memorable dinners had less to do with the food than the conviviality. A large group of about eight of us went to dinner at Pizzeria Emma for their thin crust Roman-style pizza base “engineered” by Pierluigi Roscioli, a fourth-generation baker. Toppings are sourced from the deli counter at Salumeria Roscioli and there is plenty to choose from.

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After a couple of glasses of vino, I leaned over to recite to our waiter a dirty ditty that I had somehow gathered from the cobwebs of my memory.

It had been taught to me by an Italian suitor from Perugia, long, long ago. It begins like this: “Aqua fresca, vino puro (fresh water, pure wine)….”

I stopped there, as he knew exactly where I was going.

Our waiter turned seven shades of red and we had a huge giggle.

He could barely contain himself, and each time he passed by our table, he gave me “the look” — breaking out in laughter with me at our “inside joke.” It was a highlight (or low light, depending on one’s point of view) of the evening.

This, of course, was at the expense of my fellow diners, who, obviously, had never been versed in this naughty Italian limerick, which I refuse to fully reveal here. If my dinner companions had failed to learn some Italian, who was I to enlighten them?

I won’t share the rest of the X-rated ditty on the pages of this family paper, but ask just any Italian, and they can probably fill you in. Whether they will or not, is a matter of polite society.

My daily rooftop terrace breakfasts at Settimo in the Sofitel Villa Borghese Roma were delightful: church bells peeling, the Vatican standing like a fortress or beacon of life, depending on your point of view, in the distance, and wonderful staff made sure I was fueled for daily adventures. That included one long Sunday stroll to the Vatican, gambols in the nearby Villa Borghese gardens, and even a unique shopping experience and a small private tour of the nearby Villa Borghese.

Sunday brunch al fresco on my hotel’s lovely terrace was delightful: great American and Brazilian jazz on the sound system; fantastic service by our waitperson; and a perfectly cooked breakfast accented by a few comments from a visiting pair of seagulls who tried to attack some leftover food at a neighboring table. The dining room and terrace always had guests gabbing in French, but on another day, a solo rooftop lunch was lively thanks to a big Italian family celebrating a baptism. My waitress apologized, but I told her I loved it and felt right at home with the talkative group posing for photos on the terrace. I had an excellent version of Amatriciana, one of Rome’s four famous pastas, the others being Gricia, Cacio e Pepe (the Four Seasons Biltmore Santa Barbara used to make an excellent version), and Carbonara, the night of my arrival.

Despite pastas, pizzas, vinos, insalata mistas, and more, e molto primi, secondi, and dolce courses, a fine chocolate shop, pastry stops, and even

There are plenty of gelato options in Rome

Chef Paola’s class featured plenty of good eats

a Chinese meal, I actually lost two pounds on my Roman holiday.

Dr. Calvieri was dead wrong.

How to Cook and Shop Like an Italian

— Book a shopping tour and cooking class (or ask your hotel concierge) with knowledgeable and fun-loving chef Paola Sansalone’s Trustever Tastes (trustevertastes.org). For info, email info@trustevertastes.org or call +39-340-63-03-193.

— Sofitel Villa Borghese Roma made the arrangements, part of a terrific program for repeat visitors to the city, that can be accessed by anyone via their Instagram account, @ SofitelRome.

Mille grazie to Paola for these discoveries and suggestions: — Cheese shop: Antica Caciara, www.anticacaciara.it — Small grocery: Drogheria Innocenzi, Via Natale del Grande, 31, 00153 Roma RM; Instagram: @droghe ria_innocenzi_dal_1884 — Eataly: Even if you can’t get to Rome, check out this market/dining destination’s website at www.eataly. net.

“Grandparents are, without a doubt, some of the world’s best educators.” — Charles W. Shedd

Favorite dining spots on my fall sojourn, in no particular order: — Branzino in the garden at Limonaia Via Lazzaro Spallanzani, 1/A, 00161 Roma; www.limonaiaro ma.it.

— Known for their great pizzas from a blazing hot wood-burning oven at this old-time establishment and perhaps now, tiny fried musky octopus/moscardini at Da Giggetto il Re della Pizza, Via Alessandria, 43, 00198 Roma; www.dagiggettoilredel lapizza.it.

— Delicious dinner and fantastic sommelier and wines at Enoteca Ferrara (“Anytime you hear the word enoteca, GO!” one of our tour guides instructed regarding the word whose Greek roots means “wine depository”). Probably my favorite meal and wines of all in a great atmosphere; enotecaferrara.com/en.

— Dining on the rooftop terrace at Settimo in the Sofitel Villa Borghese Roma. Chef Giuseppe D’Alessio does a fine job from breakfast to lunch to dinner. His deconstructed tiramisu was actually one of my favorites even though it had nothing to do with the original version. Via Lombardia, 47, 00187 Roma; settimoristorante.it. •MJ 16 – 23 December 2021

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formances to be canceled and in bringing the show back Revels Santa Barbara founder Susan Keller also took the opportunity to refine the script that she originally co-wrote with local author and historian Erin Graffy.

“We’ve gotten more sensitive to some cultural issues since then,” Keller explained. “But the main thing was taking the exposition of the mouth of the characters and using a narrator instead.”

Played by Joseph Velasco, one of the founders of Boxtales Theatre Company, the Narrator provides the historical setting, describing how the Chumash have been on the land for 7,000 years, tracing the transition to the missions and Spanish and Mexican influence of the time period. “You get a sense of this being an area that has changed hands and it was important to pay tribute to the indigenous people and that this was Chumash land before it was anybody else’s, and their influence still remains and is still very important.

In fact, there are parallels between their traditions and some of these solstice traditions that we currently celebrate.”

It’s that latter part that makes it a Revels show, as Keller also created a Mummers play for the piece with a Davy Jones locker theme surrounding a young sailor who is kidnapped, lured by the Sirens, and then rescued by mermaids, signifying the solstice tradition of death and rebirth or the loss and return of light.

Indeed, one could make a case that COVID itself represents a version of that theme, and the fact that Revels has emerged to put on a full-scale show becomes a heartening resurrection on its own. The annual show has become such a lure that nearly

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Santa Barbara Revels performs The Christmas Revels: An Early California Celebration of the Winter Solstice, at 7:30 pm December 18 and 2:30 pm December 19 at the Lobero Theatre.

Visit www.santabarbararevels.org.

Christmas Gets Folked Up, Orchestra Style

Ernestine in The Christmas Revels: An Early California Celebration of the Winter Solstice

all the cast returned to reprise their roles, including a couple of actors who had moved away in the interim.

And the touchstones that are de rigueur in every Revels production are also returning, including the audience singalong to “The Twelve Days of Christmas” and the “Lord of the Dance” song and procession that concludes Act 1 with full audience involvement, the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, recitation of the poem “The Shortest Day” — which was written for Revels back in 1977 — and the Sussex Mummers’ Carol that concludes the show.

It’s all part of the process that gave rise to Keller’s long-ago-created catchphrase for Revels: “Join us and be joyous.”

“I see the wonderful change that comes over audiences when they’re invited to participate, an immediate connection between people and performers,” she said. “You can’t get that from the big screen at home.

You have to be there.”

Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara founder Adam Phillips was Revels’ music director before he launched the 30-piece ensemble comprised of local musicians covering everything from violins, violas, cellos, and double basses to guitars and mandolins to harp, Scottish small pipes and other bagpipes and even the hurdy gurdy. So, it’s no surprise that FOSB has been dedicated to playing an amalgam of folk and classical music drawn from traditions around the world. Now, five years into the project, the orchestra is offering its first-ever holiday shows, blending traditional music of Christmas, Hanukkah, the Winter Solstice, and the New Year on a globe-traveling program.

“People kept asking me when we were going to do a holiday concert, which I wasn’t in a hurry to do,” Phillips said. “But I figured with the [COVID-caused] ‘Change of All Things,’ why not give it a shot and see what happens. It’s a lot of music that I’ve been playing or singing my whole life and I thought it would be really fun to do it with the orchestra.”

Phillips – who has sung with Quire of Voyces, Opera Santa Barbara, and the Adelfos Ensemble, served as a cantor at the Santa Barbara Mission and a worship leader at El Montecito Presbyterian Church, and currently is the Director of Music and Worship at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Goleta – pulled together a program that intersperses such favorite carols as “Silent Night,” “O Holy Night,” “Jolly Old St. Nick,” and “O Christmas Tree” with the Ladino Hanukkah song “Ocho Kandelikas”

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(Eight Little Candles) and “Hanerot Halalu,” plus several surprises.

“I try to pick tunes that I love and would be fun to play with the orchestra,” he explained. “A good mix of the familiar songs that give you warm, happy holiday feelings along with our normal groove of great music that’s out here that you’ve probably never heard before. And I also have to mix in the different instruments that we have access to, find pieces that work well with harp, Uilleann pipes, and mandolins. It’s about finding that good balance.”

The wide-ranging repertoire meant Phillips had to double down on creating arrangements for the ensemble, he said. “There’s no repertoire for us to pull from, so I had to write all new arrangements for almost 10 pieces, new orchestrations just for this show.”

That includes “Hanerot Halalu,” which Phillips said has “a traditional Hebrew Hanukkah melody, and then I gave it this very tribal Nordic solstice vibe with a lot of drumming.

It’s a pretty powerful piece now.”

The audience — which will be invited to sing along on a couple of choruses — is likely to include a lot of Folk Orchestra first-timers as the ensemble is playing Saturday afternoon at its usual digs of the Presidio Chapel before stepping up to the Marjorie Luke Theatre, with a seating capacity of five times the chapel’s.

“We’re so happy to be back at our home after more than two years, but it’s also great to be in a larger theater for the first time playing on a proscenium stage. That will be a very different feel for us. It’s exciting.”

Visit folkorchestrasb.com.

All It’s ‘Crack-ed Up to Be

Some folks spend all year looking forward to the holidays just so they can watch The Nutcracker once again.

Others don’t care if they never hear

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Notice Inviting Bids DOWNTOWN DE LA VINA STREET SAFE CROSSWALKS AND BUFFERED BIKE LANES AND THE EASTSIDE COMMUNITY PASEOS PROJECT Bid No. 3906 1.

Bid Submission. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids for its Downtown De La Vina Street Safe Crosswalks and Buffered Bike Lanes and the Eastside Community Paseos Project (“Project”), by or before Thursday, January 6, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., through its PlanetBids portal. Bidders must be registered on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to submit a Bid proposal and to receive addendum notifications. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually submitted/uploaded with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Large files may take more time to be submitted and uploaded to PlanetBids. The receiving time on the PlanetBids server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, hardcopy, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

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

2.

Location

From

To

Alisos St.

E. Canon Perdido St.

Cacique St.

Cota St.

Chapala St.

N. Alisos St.

Haley St.

Chapala St.

N. Cota St.

Ortega St.

Chapala St.

N. Salsipuedes St.

Cota St.

N. Soledad Rd.

Casitas Rd.

E. Canon Perdido and Nopal

E. Yanonali St.

N. Canada St.

De La Vina St.

Victoria St.

Victoria St.

De La Vina St.

Carrillo St.

Haley St.

Haley St.

De La Vina St.

Chapala St.

2.2 Time for Final Completion. The Project must be fully completed within 120 working days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. The City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about April 1, 2022, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.

4.

5.

6.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ACTING SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH ACTION ENERGY, INC. TO ADD FIRE STATION ONE TO THE PROPERTIES SUBJECT TO THE AGREEMENT The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on December 7, 2021.

Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at the below streets and is described as follows: Construct street improvements including curb extensions with ADA-compliant curb ramps, ADA-compliant sidewalk and reconstructed driveways, raised traffic diverters, speed humps, striping, signing, rectangular rapid flashing beacon (RRFB) installation, tree planting and placement of mulch in existing and expanded parkways.

3.

ORDINANCE NO. 6039

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

(Seal) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 6039 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) ) ss. ) )

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing

2.3 Estimated Cost. The estimated construction cost is $2,400,000.

ordinance was introduced on November 16, 2021 and

License and Registration Requirements.

adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a

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

meeting held on December 7, 2021, by the following roll call

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

Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959. A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155.

vote: AYES:

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

NOES:

None

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

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

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

on December 8, 2021.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my

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

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

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

By: ___________________________________

Date: ________________

William Hornung, CPM, General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) Wednesday, December 15, 2021

2) Wednesday, December 22, 2021

END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

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“A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.” — Erma Bombeck

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on December 8, 2021.

/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor Published December 15, 2021 Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Glamour House, 840 Deerpath Road, Santa Barbara, CA , 93108. Glamour House, INC, 840 Deerpath Road, Santa Barbara, CA , 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County

on December 2, 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. 2021-0003274. Published December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Casa Mejia, 209 S. Voluntario St. Apt 1, Santa Barbara, CA , 93103. Jeniffern E. Jimenez, 209 S. Voluntario St. Apt 1, Santa Barbara, CA , 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 6, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2021-0003288. Published December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ayurvedic Lifestyle Design, 2020 Las Tunas Rd, Santa Barbara, CA , 93103.

Ayurvedic Lifestyle Design, LLC., 2020 Las Tunas Rd, Santa Barbara, CA , 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 15, 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. 2021-0003157. Published December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Medina & Thompson, 1071 Alston Road, Santa Barbara, CA , 93108. Marc Alan Gamson, 1071 Alston Road, Santa Barbara, CA , 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 15, 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. 2021-0003164. Published December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bright Solutions Glass Tinting, 233 Big Sur Drive, Goleta, CA , 93117. Jeancarlo Parra, 233 Big Sur Drive, Goleta, CA , 93117. This statement was filed 16 – 23 December 2021

with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 22, 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. 20210003212. Published November 24, December 1, 8, 15, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Flame Chix, 209 South Voluntario St. Apt 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93013.

Keith H. Morrison, 1692 Las Canoas Road, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 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. 20210003182. Published November 24, December 1, 8, 15, 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pollo Flameado, 209 South Voluntario St. Apt 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93013. Keith H. Morrison, 1692 Las Canoas Road, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 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. 20210003180. Published November 24, December 1, 8, 15, 2021.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: Michael Shawn Summers. Case Number: 21PR00511. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both: A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Gary J. Summers in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. The independent administration authority will be granted

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA - GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION PO BOX 1990, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102-1990 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. 5937 DUE DATE & TIME: JANUARY 19, 2022 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS OF TRASH RECYCLING CONTAINERS Scope of Work: This project requires a contractor to un-install container and take to the City’s Annex Yard located at 401 E. Yanonali Street, Santa Barbara. Once refurbished, contractor will pick up the containers from the City’s annex yard and re-install the containers in the original locations.

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 Caroline Ortega, Senior Buyer at (805) 564-5351or email: COrtega@santabarbaraca.gov FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. The Contractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code.

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

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

PREVAILING WAGE, APPRENTICES, PENALTIES, & CERTIFIED PAYROLL In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code § 1773.2, the Contractor is responsible for determining the correct prevailing wage rates. However, the City will provide wage information for projects subject to Federal Davis Bacon requirements. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rates of wages and employer payments for health, welfare, vacation, pensions and similar purposes applicable, which is on file in the State of California Office of Industrial Relations.

The contractor shall post a copy of these prevailing wage rates at the site of the project. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and its subcontractors hired to pay not less than the said prevailing rates of wages to all workers employed by him in the execution of the contract (Labor Code § 1770 et seq.). Prevailing wage rates are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/PWD/index.htm It is the duty of the contractor and subcontractors to employ registered apprentices and to comply with all aspects of Labor Code § 1777.5.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 1/13/2022 at 9 am in Dept.

5, 1100 Anacapa Street, San-

ta Barbara, CA 93101. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor

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or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file

kept by the court. A Request for Special Notice is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for the petitioner: Kendall A. VanConas, 805988-9886. Filed November 24, 2021 by Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer. Published 12/8, 12/15, 12/22, 12/29

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35th Annual Boat Parade of Lights Pure ‘Magic’

by Joanne A. Calitri

Parade of Lights power boat Yabsolutely with owner Howard Kootstra (Photo

by Joanne A Calitri)

T

he annual beloved boat parade was back in the harbor for live viewing with social distancing and masks along Cabrillo Boulevard and Stearns Wharf.

The theme for this year’s parade was “Magic Under the Moonlight.”

A double-bell salute rang out to City of Santa Barbara’s Christopher Bell, the Waterfront Department’s administrative analyst and public information officer, who rallied more than 60 entrants for the parade, half of which Chris Bell and David Bacon (Photo by Joanne A Calitri) were in the Human Power category.

“The Parade of Lights is one of those quintessential Santa Barbara events that brings the community together to celebrate the best aspects of the holiday season: friends, family, and fun,” Bell said. “The Waterfront Department would like to thank all the volunteers and businesses that donated their time and money to make this event really special. We wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season.”

Starting off the parade at 4 pm were the Human Power entrants with SUPs, kayaks, and rowboats, followed by the holiday tree lighting next to the Sea Center, with Mayor Cathy Murillo delivering a few season’s greetings.

By 5:30 pm, the Coast Guard had navigated approximately 27 lit and decorated boats in the power, sail, commercial fishing, and commercial other categories from Leadbetter Beach, along the coast southbound to the Cabrillo Arts Pavilion, and circling back to Stearns Wharf to be announced over the intercom

by Captain David Bacon and to have their photograph taken for the “best of” online voting by Santa Barbara residents. The event concluded with a five-minute fireworks show.

There are first, second, and third place winners in each boat category, complete with trophies, gifts, and cash prizes. The winners will be announced online next week.

Donations for prizes from local businesses include Avalon Rafts, Blue Water Hunter, Boat Launch Mini Mart, Char West, Deep Sea Winery, Endless Summer/Chucks, Fish House, Hotel Milo, Marine Services, Salty at the Beach, Salty Dog Dive Service, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, Sea Center, Seacoast

Parade of Lights Human Power entries (Photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Power boat entrant by the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (Photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Yachts, The Great Pacific Ice Cream Co., and Waterfront Parking.

The Santa Barbara City Waterfront also thanks this year’s sponsors: the 2021 Parade of Lights Committee, City of Santa Barbara Waterfront Department, Santa Barbara Harbor Merchants Association, Stearns Wharf Business Association, and Santa Barbara Yacht Club.

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Commercial fishing boat Perseverance with owner Bernard Friedman (Photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Parade of Lights finale fireworks (Photo by Joanne A Calitri)

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“Most grandmas have a touch of the scallywag.” — Helen Thomson

16 – 23 December 2021

On Entertainment (Continued from page 45 45))

an old man who goes by the name of Kris Kringle. Jolly ol’ Kris finds himself filling in for an intoxicated department store Santa in Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day parade and proves to be such a hit that he is soon appearing regularly at the chain’s flagship store in midtown Manhattan, which, unlike Macy’s Paseo Nuevo store, is still in business after 120 years. But this is no ordinary store Santa — Kris shares good

will with Macy’s customers and the commercial world of New York City by referring parents to other stores to find exactly the toy their child has asked for, and then claims that he really is Santa Claus. Seen as deluded and dangerous by Macy’s vocational counselor, who plots to have Kris shanghaied to Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, Kringle ends up in a court competency hearing, putting in jeopardy both himself and

a belief system that love and decency and generosity of spirit are their own rewards.

Alcazar’s version is based on the original story by Valentine Davies, adapted by longtime Carpinteria resident and theater veteran Asa Olsson, who helms a cast of local actors for five performances Thursday-Sunday, December 16-19. Tickets cost $15-$20.

Info at (805) 684-6380 or www.theal cazar.org.

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Place Orders By Saori Yamashita and Zhan Mishel Panchuk

Tchaikovsky’s classic again.

There’s no doubt on which side State Street Ballet founder Rodney Gustafson resides.

“I’ve seen our production so many times,” said Gustafson, who just returned to town with the 24-yearold company after three weeks of out-of-town touring. “But it just made me feel so happy watching it again. I really felt that old saying that you never know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. We’ve all been sheltered in place for so long, on this edge of constant fear of COVID that we can’t seem to shake, and [the ballet] gives people a chance to sit in the theater and feel good about that whole experience once again. After missing it for a year, there is a sense of rejuvenation and refreshment.”

Gustafson said he tweaked the choreography a bit for the 2021 version that winds up the holiday season at the Granada on December 18-19, moving even further away from the original Hollywood Nutcracker angle he’d created decades ago to something more traditional if extra upbeat.

“I still have that Art Deco look, but I really tried to pump up the humor of the choreography and the interactions,” he said. “It’s transformed into a very joyful event, something that’s fun so people can remember what love and giving are all about and what we mean to each other.

Appreciating the holidays and the joy is some of what makes life worthwhile.”

Visit www.statestreetballet.com.

Yes, Virginia, Santa Survived Commercialism (and COVID)

The Alcazar Theatre in Carpinteria puts its accent on the holidays with a weekend-long live theatrical production of a true Christmas classic.

Miracle on 34th Street, based on the three-time Academy Award-winning film, tells the heartwarming tale of 16 – 23 December 2021

Sunday Dec 19

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Miscellany (Continued from page 12)

Darla Bea, as well as further music performances provided by the tony triumvirate of Bobby, Finn & Dave, and the jazz trio Alison Tuma.

Ubiquitous KEYT-TV reporter John Palminteri and seasoned announcer Drew Wakefield acted as emcees as guests noshed on chicken and steak while quaffing on red and white wine provided by Fred Brander’s vineyard.

Among the heavenly host of local luminaries were Riley and Dacia Harwood, Chris and Mindy Denson, Jeremy Lindaman, Stephanie Petlow, Keith and Mary Hudson, David Bolton, Lisa Osborn, Arlene Larsen,

Adam McKaig, Kimi Matar, and Donna Reeves.

A delightful blast.

A Beautiful Night

Santa Barbara Beautiful celebrated Christmas with a boffo beano for 90 guests at the Mesa estate of new board member Santa Barbara County architect Robert Ooley.

The 56-year-old organization gives out grants between $50,000 and $100,000 annually to help beautify our Eden by the Beach.

“We are thrilled to be doing this,”

Mary and Keith Hudson with Rick Oshay (Photo by Priscilla)

Dancers from La Boheme (Photo by Veronica Slavin)

Rodney Baker, Susan Bradley, and Robert Ooley (Photo by Priscilla)

Hal Price, Jodi Wilson, and John Palminteri (Photo by Priscilla)

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Adam and Nicole Camardella, who donated their Caella Wines for the event, with Cassandra Ensberg and Robert Adams (Photo by Priscilla)

“Never have children, only grandchildren.” — Gore Vidal

16 – 23 December 2021

Rick Oshay, Jeremy Lindaman, Kathi Brewster, Bill Burtness, Luke Swetland, Diane Dodds Reichert, fun-loving Franciscan friar Larry Gosselin, Bill and Kristin Reynolds, Kevin and Sheila Snow, Carol Wathen, and Evie Sullivan.

A Home of Legends

Penny Haberman, Mary Love Thralls, Eric Friedman, and Deborah Schwartz (Photo by Priscilla)

gushed president Deborah Schwartz.

“It has obviously been a challenge, but now we have a newly bonded board that is looking to the future.”

The band Together Again entertained, with DJ Delusa.

Among those noshing on the Lorraine Lim-catered comestibles were Gregg Hart, Carole Ann Bottoms, Kim Hunter, Lauren Trujillo, Nicole Hernandez, and Cassandra Ensberg.

A beautiful bunch, indeed.

History Made

Santa Barbara Historical Museum hosted its annual Yuletide bash for 250

guests, with the Westmont Chamber Singers warbling traditional carols and the band, Element, providing some high velocity contemporary sound.

“We are all so glad to be back meeting each other face to face after the pandemic restrictions,” says Dacia Harwood, museum director.

Pizzas and tacos were provided

by Santa Barbara Woodfire Catering, while Anna’s Bakery in Goleta took care of the individually wrapped plated desserts.

Among the tony throng turning out to celebrate were George Leis, Gretchen Lieff and Miles Hartfeld,

The Elements played for guests, which included Kelly and Yolanda Yturralde with Oscar Gullen, Denise and Rick Ornelas, Luis Corona, Mary Louise Days, and Anne Petersen (Photo by Veronica Slavin)

Stephen Meyer, Erin Graffy, and Rick Oshay (Photo by Veronica Slavin)

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The Beverly Hills home owned by legendary actor Kirk Douglas and his wife, Ann, is on the market for $7,495,000.

The tony twosome, who died within months of each other in 2020 and 2021, both aged more than 100, split their time between their 4,468-square-foot, four-bedroom, five-bath Big Orange estate and their home in Montecito, just a tiara’s toss from the Upper Village.

The Los Angeles home boasts a personal Hollywood Walk of Fame in the garden with steppingstones personally signed by a host of iconic films stars, including President Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Roger Moore, Jane Fonda, and Robert Taylor.

The one-story traditional residence was built in 1921. The 15,503-squarefoot lot also includes a two-story detached guest house, pool, and spa.

On the Market

The Washington, D.C. home of culinary goddess Julia Child, where she whipped up some of her most famous dishes that appeared in her classic book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, has hit the market for $3.5 million.

The 3,150-square-foot clapboard house in the exclusive suburb of Georgetown was Julia’s home from 1948 to 1959. During that time, she also lived with her husband, Paul, in Paris, where she began her legendary journey to culinary fame.

The three-bedroom, three-and-ahalf bath property has been restored and renovated by its current owner, who bought the two-story home in 2015 for $935,000.

Julia spent the last chapter of her colorful life at Casa Dorinda in Montecito until her death in 2004 at age 91.

A pioneer of TV culinary shows, her program The French Chef debuted in 1963.

Supersized

Superyacht construction is at an alltime high.

This year saw a 25% increase in mega yacht orders with a record 1,200 boats commissioned, smashing the prior record of 1,000 commissions in 2009, according to the latest edition of Global Order Book.

Orders of smaller boats — 78 feet to 98 feet — have driven the surge with more than 400 commissions, a rise of

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30.5% year on year.

Commissions for superyachts — described as leisure boats with an average length of 98 feet to 148 feet — were also up by 28% and 10.5% for boats over 328 feet.

Italy topped the table with 523 orders.

Don’t Be Silly

Former Montecito funnyman John Cleese, 82, whose “Ministry of Silly Walks” sketch in Monty Python in 1969 is the stuff of comic legend, says it would be impossible for him now.

Speaking on BBC Radio’s “Private Passions,” John, who now has two artificial hips, an artificial knee, and a badly infected left big toe, says a reprise is out of the question.

RIP, Charlotte

On a personal note, I mark the move to more heavenly pastures of Charlotte Mailliard, the long reigning chief of San Francisco protocol and unofficial aide to 10 mayors, who has died aged 88 at her Stanford University home.

I first met Charlotte, a Texan, when he was deputy chief of protocol under Cyril Magnin, whose family founded the Joseph Magnin department store chain, when she married real estate developer Melvin Swig, owner of Nob Hill’s Fairmont Hotel, where I used to bunk when I was regular on the ABC affiliate, KGO’s new a.m. show Good Morning Bay Area, flying out from my Manhattan home every ten days.

In February, Charlotte lost her third husband, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, who died at the age of 100.

One of my abiding memories is the time she threw a charity fundraising lunch in the park in Union Square in front of the Westin St. Francis hotel.

The vagrants hanging out did not take kindly to the city’s swells invading their locale and started throwing old soda cans and anything else they could get their hands on.

The likes of legendary Chronicle columnist Herb Caen and I had to flee the scene to avoid injury.

Charlotte was a gracious and delightful lady who did innumerable things for Baghdad by the Bay, her adopted home.

Sightings

Beach Boy Bruce Johnston at the Montecito Country Mart... New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton at the Rosewood Miramar... Winemaker Fred Brander getting his Java jolt at the Pierre Lafond.

Pip! Pip! Be safe, wear a mask when needed, and get vaccinated.

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Mixing Up It

by Ian Wickman

A Stirring Holiday Affair

T

he Martini. The Old Fashioned. The Manhattan. Names steeped in cocktail lore, each a classic, stirred cocktail (despite a famous, suit-wearing movie spy who requests his martini shaken, not stirred). As the temperature dips and the holiday gatherings commence, I find myself reaching for a spirit-forward, stirred sip that livens the tastebuds and hastens the holiday cheer as you gather with friends and family.

The Inspiration

There are so many ways to capture the essence of the holidays. One of my favorites this time of year is a combination of beautiful rye whiskey, walnut, and winter spices woven through. Such an exquisite and warming combination that is perfect after dinner or as an accompaniment to dessert. The key to this drink is nocino, a walnut liqueur, that is a bittersweet delight. I also have it on good authority there are native Southern California Black Walnuts hiding out in the hills behind Montecito.

My mission for next year is to find them and make nocino.

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The Technique

The Walnut, Spice, and Everything Nice

So, back to the task at hand: Why do you stir a cocktail? As with shaking, you want to combine, chill, and dilute the cocktail. If you remember the rule of thumb I gave last time, anything with cloudy ingredients is shaken, which means that a cocktail with only clear ingredients is generally stirred. When you shake a cocktail, you are also aerating it, creating a lot of tiny air bubbles.

Stirring a cocktail accomplishes these tasks without adding air to the drink.

The result is ice cold, silky smooth, slightly viscous, and allows the sultry sip to shine as it slides across your tongue! These are often spirit-forward cocktails, with fewer ingredients, where balance is of utmost importance.

The Tools

The main tools for stirring a cocktail are a mixing glass, a cocktail spoon, and a strainer. A cocktail mixing glass is generally a large cylinder with straight sides and a mouth for pouring and can be sized for one or more cocktails. I prefer a heavier base to make stirring the cocktail more stable. Typically, a julep strainer is used with the mixing glass, which looks like a big spoon with holes in it. This allows the cocktail to pour out smoothly while keeping the ice cubes and chips in place.

The Details

The steps for stirring a cocktail are simple, but may take a little practice until you get the hang of it. The object is to keep the spoon stirring smoothly and continuously for the duration of your stir. First, add all the ingredients to the mixing glass, then add the ice. As with a shake, use a lot of ice, fill up the mixing glass about two-thirds of the way. Add it carefully so that the cocktail ingredients don’t splash out. Next, insert the cocktail spoon down the side of the glass, with the bottom of the spoon touching the side of the mixing glass, sliding it down until it rests on the bottom of the mixing glass. One of the unique features of a cocktail spoon is that all along the shaft of the spoon, the metal twists in one big spiral. This spiral helps maintain the stirring action. Grasp the spiral shaft of the spoon between your thumb and index finger and between your middle and ring fingers. I find it easiest to place not at the tips of your fingers but a little further up while holding it in place with your thumb. Next is the stirring action.

The idea is to keep the bottom of the spoon touching the inside wall and

“You are the sun, Grandma, you are the sun in my life.” — Kitty Tsui

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variations are what keep things interesting and allow for endless riffs on a single cocktail template, especially as you tweak them to your taste.

So, without further ado, let’s mix up a cocktail:

Walnut, Spice, and Everything Nice

Stirring your cocktail is an artform

cocktails because a little extra sweetener, higher proof alcohol, or too little dilution results in a cocktail with the balanced skewed one direction or another. It also may require a little practice if you are substituting brands or ingredients in a recipe. These little

As with shaking, you want to combine, chill, and dilute the cocktail.

If you remember the rule of thumb I gave last time, anything with cloudy ingredients is shaken, which means that a cocktail with only clear ingredients is generally stirred.

1 3/4 oz Rye Whiskey (Michter’s) 1 1/4 oz Nocino (Haus Alplenz) 1 bar spoon Benedictine 3 - 4 drops Black Walnut bitters Garnish: Cocktail Cherry (use a high-quality one like Luxardo) Directions Add all the ingredients except the

cherries to a mixing glass. Add ice to the mixing glass. Stir until chilled and diluted, about 20 seconds or more. Strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with a cherry or two.

•MJ

bottom of the mixing glass and to get it to stir all the way around repeatedly without losing contact. To accomplish this the spoon can’t be grasped tightly but with a looser hold that will allow it to turn while keeping light pressure downwards and outwards so it can stir the contents without clanking the ice around.

The amount of time required for stirring is typically a little longer than shaking, as the contact with the ice is less vigorous. Usually, to get good chilling and dilution, I stir my cocktails for around 20 seconds or so.

As I mentioned briefly, balance in the ingredients is crucial for stirred

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The Giving List (Continued from page 18) the museum a couple of weeks ago for December’s 1st Thursday event, the monthly art and culture walk in downtown Santa Barbara.

“The exhibitions and installations in the galleries were busy, Santa Barbara Opera performed in the galleries, and SBMA Teaching Artists led activities in the Elements of Art Studio in the Museum’s Family Resource Center. It was great.”

The current mission is to get the museum’s membership numbers back up to at least where they were before the renovation project had kept the museum “essentially closed for almost six years. Membership is a priority,” Bradley said. Unlike the big capital campaign that provided for the renovations, which was largely funded by major donors, the museum now wants to appeal to people on an individual basis.

“We’re not asking for money at the moment. It’s about joining and becoming a member to be a part of a community that supports the arts and supports the museum as a hub for the arts in town.”

The annual fee is not just a donation. As the old American Express ad campaign used to go, membership has its privileges, among them free admission all year long, not just on Thursday evenings when the museum is open for free to everyone. Art lovers

who become members also receive discounts on programs, lectures, and workshops as well as shopping at the museum store.

Free entry means multiple visits to view such exhibitions as “Santi Visalli at 90: Una Storia,” which opens at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on Sunday, December 19, and features 29 photographs by the famed Sicily-born Santa Barbara resident Santi Visalli whose work appeared regularly in The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News & World Report, Paris Match, Oggi, and Stern, among others.

The Santelli show runs through March 13, which is two weeks after the opening of the museum’s most ambitious and anticipated exhibition in memory: “Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources,” which will immerse viewers in the visual imagination of one of the most beloved artists in the world. Twenty works by Van Gogh will hang alongside 75 others that were selected to reflect the varied art that he most admired, connecting Van Gogh to his late 19th-century context. Museum members will enjoy an entire day to exclusively view the works of wonder during special hours.

The Van Gogh exhibition will also be the anchor point for a multitude of collaborative programming with several additional arts and other orga-

SBMA is looking to increase its membership levels to those prior to the extensive renovations

nizations in town, including dance, music, and theater.

“It is wonderful to be fully open and back as an arts hub for the entire community,” Bradley said. “Through Vincent’s Eyes has given us the opportunity to partner with local businesses and nonprofits, even other museum and gallery installations, a virtual reality experience, and participative art classes.”

Classes, by the way, are a cornerstone of SBMA’s educational mission — that the museum serves as a learning center for students across the region is one of the lesser-known facts, and with the reopening, the Educational Center is once again fully functioning.

“People are amazed when I tell them we work with 25,000 students a year,” Bradley said. “It’s great to have the students back in the galleries. It’s a beautiful thing to see a group of chil-

dren with a docent gathered around a piece of art. They are so happy to be in the museum and it’s a joy to watch them. It just warms my heart.”

Bradley added that, despite all of the museum’s renovations and newly dedicated galleries, she’s partial to an unofficial one: the one the kids call the Going Up Gallery — actually the spacious elevator which features artwork by the children.

“Our teaching artists do so much with them and the art the children create is incredible. It’s spectacular to get on the elevator and see what they’re showing.”

From Dutch masters to dedicated docents to kids creating artwork for the elevators — the Santa Barbara Museum of Art has got you covered.

Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s website is www.sbma.net. Contact Susan Bradley at (805) 884-6427 or www.sbma.net/support.

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