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On Entertainment – Folk-bluegrass band

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THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF THE WEST BEACH BANDSHELL

ONCE FILLED WITH MUSIC FROM A 22-PIECE BAND LED BY ROCCO PLANTAMURA THAT DREW HUGE CROWDS, PLAZA DEL MAR’S BANDSHELL HAS LAIN DARK FOR MANY YEARS. (STORY STARTS ON P. 23)

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4 YEARS LATER January 9

As we reflect on the tragedy that took place on January 9, 2018 and honor those who lost their lives, we feel immense gratitude to our first responders, volunteers, friends & family that have helped and supported us along the way. We have never been more grateful for the community that we call home.

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Guest Editorial – Summerland Citizen Association Chair Pam Scott lambasts the SCA Board and BAR for their behind-the-scenes approval of a gas station remodel

Brilliant Thoughts – Ashleigh Brilliant asks: Is there any point in feeling sorry for things we can no longer do anything about?

Montecito Miscellany – William Dalziel releases his second children’s book called Charlie’s Dream, a sequel to Ulma, The Kidnapped Tree, which was published two years ago

Hot Topics – Montecito Fire shares its 2021 Annual Report and a heartfelt message from Fire Chief Kevin Taylor

I n the News – Remembering the victims of the 1/9 Debris Flow; SB Unified School District mandates COVID testing for students and staff; Highway 101 updates; and Gabe Escobedo throws his hat in the ring for State Assembly

anta Barbara by the Glass – Miller Wine Company launches Hand on Heart S wines, a collection of alcohol-free rosé, chardonnay, and cabernet sauvignon

alendar of Events – From a new exhibition at Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum C of Art to Shape Shifters at SOhO, a look at what’s going on around town in the upcoming week

On Entertainment – UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Punch Brothers at Campbell Hall, and more entertainment news

etters to the Editor – For county schools, the new year brings a sense of gratiL tude – and new challenges Tide Guide

I n the Know – Laura Capps sits down with Janet Garufis, who was just awarded Fielding Graduate University’s Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Humane Letters

Montecito Moms – Talina Hermann to open Montecito Wellness Clinic in the Upper Village

Village Beat – Montecito Association Board of Directors holds annual meeting, and a local news roundup

ar Flung Travel – Chuck Graham gets a glimpse of a wide variety of bird speF cies on Santa Cruz Island

Environment – Now that White Buffalo Land Trust owns the Jalama Canyon Ranch after a successful $6 million campaign, the work has begun to build its regenerative agriculture program

Our Town – Volunteers help prune roses at the A.C. Postel Memorial Rose Garden; plus, some tips from Master Rosarian Dan Bifano

erspectives by Rinaldo S. Brutoco – It is the Best Possible Year For… A Time P for Personal Bravery The Optimist Daily – A look at how sustainable housing may be constructed in the future

he Giving List – Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade creates the Alisal Fire Assistance T Project in the wake of the fire that burned nearly 7,000 acres in October 2021

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

he Way It Was – Hattie Beresford dives into the colorful history of Los Banos T del Mar and its bandshell, which has lain dark for many years

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13– 20 January 2022

Guest Editorial

We Need Sunshine in Summerland! by Pam Scott

’ve lived in Santa Barbara and Summerland for nearly 50 years and while I love our community, the continued lack of transparency needs to end. The current gas station remodeling in Summerland is a microcosm of the darkness that shrouds many Countydecisions. More importantly, it demonstrates how our 1,500-person community is being run: In the shadows! In Summerland, we have a voluntary Homeowner Association (Summerland Citizen Association [SCA]) whose paid membership totals just $150. The SCA board and its informal Board of Architectural Review (BAR) take great pains in billing themselves as the voice of Summerland, yet as its Membership Chairperson, I can assure you they are not! We have learned the gas station remodel was early-on known to certain SCA board members and the BAR who, as we only recently discovered, approved the design/construction while keeping the project relatively secret (perhaps even to a couple of the board members). Dispiriting, but true. Only the SCA board (or at least part of it) along with a few select members knew of this very visible and extensive remodeling project, yet they never disclosed the project at their bylaw-required Annual Meeting, at a Special Meeting, in an Annual Report, or broadly circulated email. Nor did they share any meaningful details at their monthly meetings. They also never circulated Minutes (Minutes are required by the bylaws) of the BAR’s review throughout the more than year-long project-process. And, what about the BAR’s ultimate approval? No, that was never made broadly public either. Who are these people who think Summerland is their own personal fiefdom? Newsflash: Your decisions affect OUR quality of life, OUR community, and OUR homes – wake up! Now, in fairness, while the Summerland BAR can “recommend” a project, said recommendation is advisory as only the County’s BAR (SBAR) can officially provide a greenlight. That said, they will look to the SCA when making their decision. So here we are in the throes of construction because in some smoke-filled room (there are many in Santa Barbara), a micro-fraction of our community “approved” the project. No, this is not right, even in our ever-opaque County. How were we kept in the dark? Unfortunately, when project approval is deemed discretionary, the County only notices through the Santa Barbara News-Press (huh?), and a few neighboring property owners. This gas station permit (in the Coastal Zone) was approved by County P&D “over the counter,” thus there was no lighting, noise, or traffic impact studies, nor the usual review for a project like this – all the more reason for community involvement! With regard to the SBAR hearings, this information was also supposedly known by the certain factions of the SCA “leadership,” but not broadly shared. Thanks! Why do I care? Well, it’s not just the process that bothers: The chimney element on top of the building has now been replaced with a 24/7 lit-roof sign, visible from the 101N just prior to the Evans exit. Of course, roof signs are PROHIBITED by County Ordinance. So how, exactly, did this happen? Well, in the “approved” plans it is referred to as a “wall” sign, which it clearly is not. Did “our” SCA “leadership” catch this detail or, worse still, ignore it? This is precisely why the SCA needs involvement and expertise because, arrogance aside, the SCA is clearly incapable of seeing all the angles, much less playing them. Sorry! In addition, the project has added a canopy above the pumps (there never used to be one), which is extremely tall and not at all in keeping with our town esthetic. Why so tall? Does it have to do with semi-truck accommodation to bring them off the freeway at all hours? And, how about the canopy’s lighting? Well get ready for 24/7 Vegas-west. Now, besides the lit roof freeway sign, Summerland will be treated to eight 28.17 LEDs which is equivalent to about 2,200 regular watts (10:1, per the County Planner). Oh, yeah, the only plans that were ever made public by the SCA show a standard 13’ 6” canopy and no lighting or signage details. Oops! One final thing: Should anyone need a bottle of booze at, say, 3 am then Summerland is your jam because in late September the license transfer was perfected continuing the allowance of 24/7 sales, this time with a freeway sign and lit canopy for all to see. This little tidbit was at least posted on the roadside development sign as – yet again – the SCA never made us aware we had a one-month comment period to discuss whether we wanted another 24/7 alcohol purveyor. So much for honest discussion! Our County needs a lot of things including transparency and ethics reform. Our town of Summerland apparently needs just as much help, so while I don’t question the good intentions of the SCA Board, BAR, etc., we obviously need a change so that this never happens again. In the end, the SCA worked more closely with an experienced gas station operator than they did with their own membership – this is the definition of conflict. Working on behalf of a community is a sacred trust and means INVOLVING the community. Therefore, while it gives me very little pleasure to say this – either the SCA board must go or the SCA must go.

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ontecito artist and general contractor William Dalziel has published his second children’s book, Charlie’s Dream. The latest work is the sequel to his first book Ulma, The Kidnapped Tree, which he launched two years ago. Bill describes his new book as “a story of courage, dreams, and freedom” taking us on a journey of magical events, friendship, and community through a dream that Charlie, a blue jay, has, and with the gathering of a few of his feathered friends they bring the miracle of freedom to Ulma, the Liberty Tree. He spent two years completing the work and one year illustrating it but tells me he has no plans for a trilogy. Bill feels the tale only needs to be told from the perspective of the two best friends. He is currently working on a poetry book Ink and Inklings, as well as illustrations for a friend’s book.

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were able to check out the gorgeous jewels representing decades of classic California design under the watchful eye of plain clothes armed security guards. Included in the collection was a magnificent $2 million diamond necklace Carrie Mott of Orange County thought would make a lovely tiara, and a beautiful South Seas pearl and diamond suite for $250,000 designed for Rick Caruso’s tony hostelry and aptly named The Waves of Miramar. Among those ogling the bounteous bling and being sprayed with the company’s new Montecito fragrance were hotel magnate Pat Nesbitt, Peter Hilf, legal eagle Robert Lieff and his wife Susan, Malibu marketing

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tested positive for the virus on campus. The district has also been focusing efforts on providing vaccinations to students, staff, and the community, hosting a free vaccine clinic on January 8 at McKinley Elementary that saw more than 800 people get shots, inclusive of the flu vaccine. The January 8 clinic, a cooperative effort between SBUSD and SBCPH, was a product of weeks of planning, led by SBUSD’s Lead Family Engagement Coordinator and Santa Barbara City Councilperson Alejandra Gutierrez, as well as McKinley Elementary Interim Principal Suzette McCormick and throngs of volunteers.

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N Montecito Fire lit 23 candles in memory of the 23 debris flow victims

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n January 9, a community-building memorial was held across Montecito to remember and honor the victims and survivors of the 1/9 Debris Flow. A partnership between the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade, Montecito Association, Montecito Fire Protection District, and Westmont organized the event — and it followed the template the organizations created in 2021, for safety during the pandemic. During the test before the event, the searchlight was lining up perfectly with the moon: It felt like a nod of benevolence. A similar thing happened at the first memorial, held in 2019 in Manning Park. The rain had come down all night, and day, and we worried we’d have to cancel. But a double rainbow broke out over Manning Park around 2 pm, and the volunteers all felt in that moment that we were being encouraged to go ahead. Sunday’s event opened at 6:30 pm live on Zoom, YouTube, and KEYT with Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor delivering a compassionate and inclusive speech to commemorate the experience of the Montecito community and its losses on that morning. He noted how we’ve come together since then, that “2018 taught us that solidarity, cooperating, caring, and compassion are the cornerstones to rebuilding a resilient community in the wake of tragedy; this remains true today.” He closed with an uplifting message that we are loved and cared for in our Montecito community. Montecito firefighters then lit and placed 23 candles, for each of the 23 individuals that lost their lives that morning in the Debris Flow. The Chief then called for a moment of silence. Afterwards, the night sky was filled with a searchlight shining up from Montecito Union and the sounds of bells ringing across the community. Montecito Fire, Montecito Union School, All Saints-by-the-Sea, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Cold Spring School, and El Montecito all rang their bells 23 times in honor of those lost the morning of 1/9. Remembrance events can bring up difficult emotions. There is support for you from the county’s Community Wellness Team. If you’d like to talk to someone, please call (805) 364-2750. You can watch the event video on Westmont’s YouTube channel or on KEYT’s live streaming site.

Santa Barbara Unified Mandates COVID Testing by Nick Masuda

ith COVID-19 numbers skyrocketing all over Santa Barbara County, mostly due to the Omicron variant, the Santa Barbara Unified School District installed mandatory testing for students and staff on January 10. While the county deals with an overall shortage of tests, SBUSD indicated that it had plenty on hand to test every student (roughly 13,000) and staffer. According to Superintendent Hilda Maldonado, the district had seen an influx in cases following the return from Winter Break and ultimately consulted with Santa Barbara County Public Health to devise a plan. With the goal of keeping healthy children in brick-and-mortar classrooms, SBUSD and SBCPH decided to put a pause on contact tracing and instead test students to get a complete picture of the status of the virus in schools. It also put a temporary pause on all extracurricular activities, including athletics. In the first week back at school, SBUSD said it had roughly 1,900 absences, although not all were directly attributed to COVID-19, indicating that just more than 150 students

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ot that the unpredictable traffic is any secret at this point, but there are more important updates on the Highway 101 Project via the latest construction update that covers January 9-22, 2022. There are a pair of lane shifts that could cause drivers a bit of a surprise between Romero Creek and Sheffield Drive, including: • Northbound: On the night of January 11, north of Sheffield Drive, crews shifted lanes onto new pavement. • Southbound: On the night of January 10, north of Sheffield Drive, crews shifted lanes onto the new southbound lanes. In addition, the off-ramp at Sheffield Drive has an anticipated reopening of January 18, but until the ramp opens, drivers can use the southbound off-ramp at San Ysidro Road. According to a news release, when the southbound off-ramp at Sheffield Drive reopens, crews will stop flagging on San Ysidro Road as a detour will no longer be adding traffic to the intersections. After the Sheffield Drive off-ramp reopens, work will shift to the Evans Avenue off-ramp, anticipated to close on January 23. For more, including updates on road projects, visit sbroads.com.

Gabe Escobedo Announces Assembly Run by Les Firestein

hanks to redistricting, Santa Barbara will be getting a new State Assembly seat and of course a new assemblyperson to go along with it. At the Courthouse Sunken Gardens in Santa Barbara on January 11, throwing his hat in the ring was 33 year old Gabe Escobedo, most recently chairman of the Santa Barbara Planning Commission and with a host of other impressive jobs (and impressive achievements) before that within the UC system including at our own UCSB. Escobedo is an interesting candidate whose passions seem in Gabe Escobedo announces he’s running for Assembly in Santa alignment with Santa Barbara’s: Barbara’s redistributed 37th Assembly District Escobedo cares deeply about climate resilience, about creating adequate housing, and of course dealing with our homelessness crisis. Escobedo could be particularly insightful finding solutions to our homelessness crisis because he spent much of his youth housing insecure himself with a father, a drug abuser, who was in and out of prison. Escobedo says his dad’s experiences with the law and incarceration gave him a front-row seat to ways in which our penal system could do better. In fact, Escobedo already used his hard-won knowledge of the interface between law enforcement and the prison system as Chair of the Santa Barbara Community Formation Commission, a civilian review committee providing oversite (and recommendations) regarding Santa Barbara’s Police Department. The primary for California’s 37th Assembly District will take place on June 7 and, if he makes it, Escobedo would join Steve Bennett as the two assemblymen from this area. One of the important responsibilities of the State Assembly is to prioritize how California spends its $31 billion budget surplus. It’s particularly relevant for Santa Barbara, which has the third worst child poverty rate of the 58 counties in California, surpassed only by Los Angeles and Orange counties. A person like Escobedo who has left poverty behind should definitely have interesting insights.

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For County Schools, the New Year Brings a Sense of Gratitude — and New Challenges

s schools across Santa Barbara County reopen following the winter break and prepare for a successful return, I wanted to take a moment to reconnect with our community. We are welcoming our students back at a time when surging COVID-19 case rates have created new layers of uncertainty and concern for our schools. From interpreting new COVID-19 guidance to addressing increased testing needs, we find ourselves navigating through challenges, yet again. At the same time, we are filled with gratitude that our students are able to return to school in person, which, for the majority of students, is the best and safest place for them to be. Although full in-person status could be compromised in the future by increasing COVID-19 cases, as of today, all Santa Barbara County schools are returning from winter break to in-person instruction. We are equally grateful for our teachers and school staff as they continue to educate and care for our students. As I visit classrooms and programs, my appreciation for our education community grows exponentially. School teams collaborate to deliver innovative, meaningful, personalized instruction for their students. Staff connect youth and families with invaluable and available mental wellness support in and out of schools. Early childhood educators read books to infants, assist children as they count dollars earned in their imaginary spaces, and transform energetic classrooms into quiet zones by singing a special song. Thank you, educators and school teams, for the monumental effort and energy you put into building relationships, educating our children, and supporting our communities by tending to the health, safety, and well-being of all youth and students.

The Santa Barbara County Education Office (SBCEO) continues to convene regular and frequent meetings with school leaders from across the county and Santa Barbara County Public Health (SBCPH) officials to review and outline COVID-19 safety guidelines. Given the multiple agencies that provide updates like the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CA Department of Public Health (CDPH), and SBCPH, it is critical that we have as much clarity and consistency as possible so that we can communicate with our school communities clearly and accurately. Here is an example of a new update and how it impacts schools: the CDPH provided updated COVID-19 guidance on December 30, 2021. This guidance calls for reducing isolation and quarantine time periods from 10 to five days for the general public, excluding healthcare personnel. The guidance currently only partially applies to TK-12 school settings. To be clear, the updated COVID-19 guidance does not yet apply to any TK-12 school employees. For TK-12 students, only the isolation guidance applies at this time. Further, guidance for youth settings outside of school, and including preschool, is expected to be updated by public health in the coming days. Cal/OSHA regulates school employee policies and the CDPH Schools Guidance provides recommendations for student isolation and quarantine periods. Local public health officers also make decisions for counties based on those regulations. For these reasons, schools rely on updates from Cal/OSHA, CDPH, and local public health officials before changing existing policies in schools.

In addition to keeping track of the changing policies for handling positive COVID19 cases and close contacts for students and staff, we are also mindful of the need and demand for COVID-19 tests. SBCEO is pleased to have partnered with Aptitude Clinical Diagnostics – a local COVID-19 testing provider founded by three PhD graduates from UC Santa Barbara who are serving dozens of local public and private schools, colleges, universities, government agencies, preschools, and childcare centers across Santa Barbara County. Even with in-county testing opportunities for schools, we still have an increased need to access rapid tests. SBCEO is expected to receive a shipment of at-home, rapid test kits for distribution to all county TK-12 public school districts in the coming days. According to this announcement by the Governor’s Office, each TK-12 student will receive one to two test kits (excluding districts that previously received test kits and/ or have other direct sources for at-home test kits). Preschool and childcare centers have also been provided with information about how they may request test kits at no cost from the CA State COVID-19 Testing Task Force. In addition to the tests set to arrive at SBCEO, we are seeking additional tests for private schools, preschools, school employees, as well as future test kit deliveries after this one is complete. In response to frequently asked questions related to booster eligibility for youth, California currently awaits approval from state officials for boosters for youth ages 12-15. (The FDA and CDC have each completed its approval process.) In California, youths 16 and older currently may receive a booster. In Santa Barbara County, as much as we all are committed to keeping schools open, rising COVID-19 cases may impact our ability to fully operate all programs and schools in person; there may be a need to shift to remote learning for some classes or schools at some point in the future. While remaining optimistic, we will also need to be adaptable as circumstances will continue to

change in the days and weeks ahead. To our county’s families, community members, and partners, thank you for caring so deeply about the health and well-being of our youth and school employees, and for continuing to unite in strong support of our schools. Best wishes to all for a happy and healthy 2022. Dr. Susan Salcido Superintendent of Santa Barbara County Education Office

Running Again? America is looking straight into the eyes of a tornado-style political year in 2022, and an even bigger one in 2024. How did democracies in the past handle situations where deeply divisive personalities on the political scene were disruptive to peace and good order? Ancient democracies like Athens and Rome practiced preventative medicine. Their legal systems required that populist demagogues interested in personal rule be sidelined from political activity. Those excitable personalities were actually required to leave their native soil for a number of years until they could remember how to act like good citizens. A famous case of ostracism/ exile was Marcius Coriolanus in Rome. The practice was so important to ancient democracies that even the best leaders who stumbled badly just once were affected. For example, Moses in ancient democratic Israel was excused from the Promised Land when he alienated God and civil society near the end of the Exodus journey in the wilderness. Modern America did a similar thing in the early West. Sheriffs “warned out” disruptive criminals, advising them to leave town and territory or face more severe consequences. Even monarchies like that of Queen Elizabeth I understood the need for wild political figures to be reined-in, or, actually, reined-out. When Sir Walter Raleigh got too rambunctious on British soil, the Queen essentially exiled him to explore the New World. Kimball Shinkoskey

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by Laura Capps “Compassionate, distinguished, and exemplary are three words that embody the many contributions Janet Garufis has made to our community and our university. We are grateful to be able to rely on her wisdom and her commitment to our mission of lifelong learning, social justice, and advancement for individuals, organizations, communities, and society. It is with great honor that we will confer an honorary doctorate of humane letters to signify the immense impact she has had on Fielding Graduate University.” – Dr. Katrina Rogers, President of Fielding Graduate University

n January 15, 2022, Janet Garufis will be awarded Fielding Graduate University’s Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Humane Letters. To mark the occasion, Garufis has created the Janet Garufis Endowed Scholarship in Leadership, supporting students who reside in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in doctoral and master’s degree programs in Fielding’s School of Leadership Studies. During her exemplary service to Fielding as a member of the Board of Trustees, Garufis dedicated her time and compassion, while also providing impactful leadership to many other civic and nonprofit organizations throughout our community. She joined Montecito Bank & Trust in 2004, was appointed President and CEO in 2006 and has served in her current role as the Chairman and CEO since 2017.

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“Words can’t express how thankful we are to the MK group for helping us find our home in Santa Barbara. During an incredibly hot real estate market, Marsha and team were the calm we needed in the storm. As an out-of-area buyer, it was imperative to work with a group we could trust implicitly to see houses for us, understand our needs and ultimately deliver. We know the only reason we were able to secure our home with over 8 offers was because of Marsha’s incredible relationships and rapport with fellow agents and her expert knowledge of every nook and cranny of the Santa Barbara market. We look forward to working with them for all of our real estate needs in the future!” - ANDREA & RIC S.

“Super happy I picked Marsha Kotlyar Estate Group to help with this transaction. I have now both purchased and sold a house with Marsha and her team, and they delivered as promised. My house could not have been sold quicker, and I was super happy with the price realized. The team is professional, wonderful and easily contactable communicators, work well as a team, and are on top of details. Most importantly, they know how to get the job done using their knowledge and negotiating experience to maximize the potential upside yet with respect for the process. A+ for experience, industry knowledge, marketing, intuition, accessibility, and ultimately for delivery!” - MONICA & TIM B.

“Working with Marsha, Allie, and Brittany made our family of five’s move from Los Angeles to Montecito as seamless as possible. Not only did they find us a gem of a property in a very competitive market, but guided us through the process in a supportive and assuring way. Their local knowledge and willingness to connect us to others (schools, service providers, neighbors, etc) continues to help us thrive in Montecito today. Not to mention, we loved supporting a woman-owned and operated business!” - B R I A N & L AU R E L F.

“Marsha and her team’s combination of warmth, tenacity and expertise made us feel beyond lucky to have found them. On multiple occasions we felt like the Kotlyar team truly went to bat for us in a uniquely difficult market and especially challenging time. Could not recommend more highly.” - GREG & CHELSEA S.

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VILLAGE BEAT Montecito Association’s Annual Meeting by Kelly Mahan Herrick

he Montecito Association (MA) Board of Directors held its annual meeting this week, appointing new board members and saying goodbye to several retiring board members, as well as reviewing the Association’s activities in 2021. Association president Megan Orloff and executive director Sharon Byrne reported on Association activities for the past year, which included extensive pandemic and vaccine updates to the community. The Association participated heavily on two major initiatives: defeating/amending SB 9 and 10, and spearheading homeless outreach. The MA hired Hannah-Beth Jackson as a consultant and advocate, and fought for amendments to SB 9 and 10, including the high fire exclusion and owner-occupancy requirements (for more on SB 9, see last week’s Montecito Journal). Members of the MA worked with agencies

throughout California on a statewide strategy regarding SB 9 and 10, and Byrne helped to organize a Santa Barbara South County townhall for 300+ people with Santa Barbara City Councilmembers, League of California Cities, Senator Monique Limón, and Assembly member Steve Bennett on SB 9 and 10 and other bills that would help with housing issues and homelessness. The MA advised SB County and City on emergency ordinance provisions for SB 9, and helped organize signature-gathering for the petition to put an initiative on the November 2022 ballot to reserve local land use decisions for local communities. The MA’s Hands Across Montecito project was in full force in 2021, which included 14 Montecito volunteers who handled multi-camp cleanouts, raised $123,000 for outreach and placement for local individuals experiencing homelessness, and brought the homelessness count in Montecito down from 31 to four. As always, the Association hosted several community events, pivoting as nec-

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essary due to the pandemic. A Village Fourth Parade, small Beautification Day, and first-ever Montecito Holiday Parade were among the highlights. Byrne reported that many MA members and Montecito residents stepped up to volunteer for various activities, or donated money for various causes. “It goes to show what a very special, hands-on community we have,” she said.

New Directors & Retirements

Four seats were up for full three-year terms: returning directors Aimee Miller and Robert Kemp, and new directors Leslie Lundgren and Stan Roden were appointed to fill those seats. Lundgren, a fifth-generation Montecito resident, has a keen interest in history as well as preservation of Montecito’s semi-rural ambiance. Roden is a trial lawyer who has spent most of his life in Santa Barbara and Montecito. Two seats were also up for grabs for one-year terms, as Jeffrey Schlossberg and Marshall Miller left the board before the end of their terms in 2021; Miller is now on the Montecito Planning Commission and Schlossberg stepped down due to time constraints. Appointed to fill those vacancies are Inken Gerlach, a Montecito resident with a background in engineering, and Cheryl Trosky, a longtime Montecito resident with a background in nursing who most recently served on the Citizens Independent Redistricting Commission. Retiring directors include Cindy Feinberg, who once served as president of the Association, and Kathi King, longtime treasurer and Village Fourth co-chair. The 2022 slate of officers was also announced at the annual meeting: Megan Orloff as president, Doug Black as vice president, Houghton Hyatt as second vice president, John Murphy as treasurer, and Penny Bianchi as secretary.

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Santa Barbara County Sheriff Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi reported on crime in Montecito in the last month. In early December there was a boat vessel found abandoned on Butterfly Beach, but the owner was able to remove it within three days thanks to friends and community donations. Later in the month there was a residential burglary on San Ysidro; a forgery on Miramar Avenue; extensive residential burglary on Rockbridge; unlawful entry gained on El Bosque; forgery of six checks on Mesa Road; residential burglary on Jelinda in which two heavy sculptures were stolen; and issues with electric bikes driving too fast on roads and trails. School reps Anthony Ranii and Dr. Amy Alzina reported that both Montecito Union School and Cold Spring School have had positive COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks, both among students and staff. “We’ve had more cases in the last two weeks

“You can get excited about the future. The past won’t mind.” - Hillary DePiano

than the last two years,” Ranii said, saying there have been a total of 27 positive cases on campus. He reported that students are reporting mild symptoms while adults seem to have a flu-like sickness. Dr. Alzina said that there have been nine COVID-19 cases on the Cold Spring campus. She also reported that 30 students have been enrolled for next year’s kindergarten, which means the kindergarten classes are already at capacity and the school will likely need to get creative with finding more classroom space. Dr. Alzina said the students marked the fourth anniversary of the 1/9 Debris Flow by the ringing of bells. The students who were in kindergarten during the 1/9 event are now in fourth grade, and spoke about their six-year-old classmate Pasta Sutthithepa, who was killed in the debris flow. Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor thanked the MA for their participation in last weekend’s Raise Our Light event in remembrance of the 1/9 Debris Flow on January 9, 2018. “It’s super important that we continue to honor and remember the community members we lost,” he said. Chief Taylor also reported that the MFPD’s annual report is now available; visit www. montecitofire.com for more information. Montecito Water’s General Manager Nick Turner said that December’s significant rainfall brought 10 inches of rain to Montecito, eight inches at Lake Cachuma, and 13 inches at Jameson Lake. Despite rainfall being 3x the average in December, the water supply conditions have not changed much due to significant drought. The good news is that customer water use continues to trend down, and desal water deliveries started this year, providing 35% of Montecito’s water supply. The next Montecito Association meeting is Tuesday, February 8. Visit www.monteci toassociation.org for more information.

Local News

Parklets to Stay Longer, Possibly

Santa Barbara City staff is recommending to the City Council to adopt an Economic Recovery Extension and Transition Ordinance, which would provide an additional 22 months until December 31, 2023 for businesses within city limits – including on Coast Village Road – to operate expanded outdoor business facilities and parklets. The ordinance also authorizes the continued closure of downtown State Street to vehicles while regulatory changes and the State Street Master Plan are in development. The current emergency authority allowing for the temporary use of outdoor business areas on the State Street Promenade, on private property, and use of parklets in on-street parking spaces is set to expire on March 8.

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00 Vista Oceano Ln | Summerland | 11.30 ± Acres DRE 01447045 | Offered at $11,950,000 Riskin Partners Estate Group 805.565.8600

888 Lilac Dr | Montecito | 6BD/8BA DRE 01447045 | Offered at $33,500,000 Riskin Partners Estate Group 805.565.8600

1091 E Mountain Dr | Montecito | 3BD/4BA DRE 01348655 | Offered at $3,596,000 Andy Katsev 805.896.2010

560 Toro Canyon Park Rd | Montecito | 6BD/10BA DRE 01447045 | Offered at $26,500,000 Riskin Partners Estate Group 805.565.8600

4160 La Ladera Rd | Santa Barbara | 6BD/8BA DRE 01447045 | Offered at $19,995,000 Riskin Partners Estate Group 805.565.8600

1395 Oak Creek Canyon Rd | Montecito | 4BD/8BA DRE 01447045 | Offered at $19,500,000 Riskin Partners Estate Group 805.565.8600

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1220 Franklin Ranch Rd | Goleta | 3BD/5BA DRE 01463617 | Offered at $12,500,000 Knight Real Estate Group 805.895.4406

1833 Fletcher Way | Santa Ynez | 5BD/6BA DRE 00753349 | Offered at $12,250,000 Carey Kendall 805.689.6262

1010 Hot Springs Ln | Montecito | 5BD/7BA DRE 01421934 | Offered at $10,500,000 Vivien Alexander 805.689.6683

121 Via Del Cielo | Santa Barbara | 5BD/5BA DRE 00895030 | Offered at $10,000,000 Ron Dickman 805.689.3135

146 Loureyro Rd | Montecito | 5BD/5BA DRE 01717947/01262014 | Offered at $6,000,000 McKnight/Dabney 805.637.7772

4815 Sandyland Rd Unit A | Carpinteria | 4BD/4BA DRE 01391451 | Offered at $4,200,000 Lynn Z Gates 805.705.4942

130 Santa Rosa Pl | Santa Barbara | 4BD/3BA DRE 02070430 | Offered at $3,695,000 David Allen 805.617.9311

1356-1358 Plaza Pacifica | Santa Barbara | 2BD/4BA DRE 00907671 | Offered at $3,495,000 Alyson Spann 805.637.2884

7796 Goldfield Ct | Goleta | 3BD/4BA DRE 00907671 | Offered at $3,200,000 Alyson Spann 805.637.2884

2521 Whitney Ave | Summerland | 4BD/3BA DRE 00780607/00520230 | Offered at $2,895,000 Henderson/Edick 805.689.1066

2460 Golden Gate | Summerland | 5BD/3BA DRE 01384768 | Offered at $2,590,000 Farideh Farinpour 805.708.3617

525 Hot Springs Rd | Montecito | 2.01 ± Acres DRE 01447045 | Offered at $5,750,000 Riskin Partners Estate Group 805.565.8600

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1050 Fairway Road 1220 Coast Village Road 546 San Ysidro Road+ 546 San Ysidro Road* 3628 San Remo Drive 1863 San Leandro Lane 950 Andante Road+ 2965 East Valley Road 150 Santa Elena Lane+ 60 Seaview Drive+ 94 Humphrey Road+ 141 Hixon Road 415 Meadowbrook Drive 502 Picacho Lane 1777 San Leandro Lane+ 4625 Via Carretas 680 San Ysidro Road 2148 Piedras Drive 475 Crocker Sperry Drive*+ 525 Las Fuentes Drive 2900 Sycamore Canyon Road 1567 Ramona Lane+ 1101 Alston Road 797 Ashley Road 209 Greenwell Avenue 525 Mclean Lane 1987 Birnam Wood Drive+ 1731 Lasuen Road+ 311 Meadowbrook Drive+ 707 Park Lane* 730 Lilac Drive

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2021 CLOSINGS, CONTINUED

867 Lilac Drive* 1398 Oak Creek Canyon 956 Mariposa Lane 1676 E Valley Road 655 El Bosque Road* 416 Meadowbrook Drive 857 Picacho Lane* 424 Meadowbrook Drive 788 San Ysidro Lane+ 645 El Bosque Road+ 321 Ennisbrook Drive 735 Fuera Lane 788 San Ysidro Lane 2080 Birnam Wood Dr 595 Picacho Lane 545 Toro Canyon Road*+ 975 Lilac Drive 745 Ashley Road Picacho Lane* 370 Ortega Ridge Road 1583 S Jameson Lane 2709 Vista Oceano Lane* 1475 E Mountain Drive 605/607 Cowles Road* 1150 Channel Drive 700 Park Lane* 700 Park Lane* 700 Park Lane* 699 San Ysidro Lane Off Market Listing*

$8,900,000 $8,950,000 $9,150,000 $9,250,000 $9,300,000 $9,495,000 $9,500,000 $10,250,000 $10,900,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,250,000 $13,250,000 $14,650,000 $14,900,000 $14,900,000 $14,900,000 $15,975,000 $16,300,000 $16,750,000 $17,900,000 $19,800,000 $19,995,000 $23,500,000 $23,800,000 $27,500,000 $28,000,000 $28,500,000 $34,000,000 $60,000,000

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ENVIRONMENT Building a Regenerative Community on the Jalama Canyon Ranch by Zach Rosen

egenerative agriculture incorporates a variety of pre-modern farming techniques like no-till farming and intensive grazing to help revitalize the surrounding ecology, increase biodiversity, and counteract climate change through carbon sequestration, among many other benefits. While these practices have a noticeable impact on the land, there is still a need for more educational programs and formal research projects to provide the scientific data needed to quantify these effects. The Jalama Canyon Ranch is just the latest extension of the impactful work in regenerative agriculture already done by the White Buffalo Land Trust (WBLT) since its founding in 2018. After a successful $6 million campaign to acquire the property in

April of this year, the White Buffalo Land Trust has already begun to put the land to good use. Filled with this area’s distinctive oak woodland, this 1,000-acre ranch has grazing lands, a vineyard along with other areas for orchards and crops, plus a range of structures on site including several cabins for staff and visitors. These facilities also help house their Center for Regenerative Agriculture where research and hands-on education can take place. The grounds are overseen by Jesse Smith, Director of Land Stewardship for White Buffalo, who lives on the ranch with his wife and WBLT Project Director, Ana Smith. “We really were working to clearly articulate to the multitude of stakeholders that contributed, the values and many different doors in which this property would open up opportunities for students of all ages: from farmers and ranchers to food service

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providers, educators and policy professionals, to healthcare providers,” said Smith. “All of which saw that the intersection of their work, health, and lives were linked to agriculture and there was some aspect of that needed to be regenerative. The Center for Regenerative Agriculture here at Canyon Ranch is really an opportunity for all to engage in this field of work.” The ranch’s blend of oak woodland, grazing lands, and potential crop plots make it the perfect pilot project for studying how these techniques done on a large scale affect the micro processes taking place in the soil and surroundings. Aarushi Jhatro, the new ecology and GIS manager for White Buffalo, said that Jalama Canyon Ranch is a watershed, meaning that all of the water that falls and flows within the ranch comes out through one point. This provides a great opportunity to study the impact on the water cycle that these regenerative practices have.

“Stream flow is kind of the ultimate expression of all the hydrologic processes in the background,” Jhatro said. “We’re also looking at soil moisture, which overlaps with carbon sequestration. There is a lot of relationship between organic carbon in the soil and how the soil then acts as a sponge for water. So, we’re going to be measuring our carbon sequestration in grasslands that we’ll be tracing through this holistic management.” With the land only recently coming under their stewardship, the first task is to establish baseline data for the property. In addition to the field measurements, they will be taking, Jhatro is helping incorporate satellite data to provide details on the macro scale. By knowing where the land stands at the moment numerically, they can track the effect that different practices have on the ranch.

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Jalama (Continued from page 18 18)) “We’re collecting data with three prime objectives. One of them is to inform our management,” Jhatro said. “A second one is to actually do deeper insights and gain an understanding of what the outcomes of the practices are — and why they are the way they are — and then the third is free data for public facing content.” This infield data and satellite information will be combined into an integrated geospatial information system (GIS) accessible to the public. This data will go to not just help inform their own best practices, but will assist in communicating to other parties the impact and benefit of regenerative agriculture practices with quantifiable metrics to support their message. “The goal is to have all of that [data] streamed to the GIS platform so we have a way for us at White Buffalo, our stakeholders and the public to be able to access this data and look at it in a spatially variable manner, looking at how certain parameters change through time at different places in the ranch,” Jhatro said. “It gives us the ability to also look at the variability in practices with variability in factors like topology and vegetation.” This data model can assist researchers as well as other land stewards trying to adapt these practices to the specifics of their own land. The organization’s new Director of Education and Research Ann Close explained, “We really want to quantify these practices. Some of these things are just too abstract. If we’re doing better, are we doing 20% better? Five percent better?” After 25 years as the Associate Director at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies at Catalina Island, Close was getting ready for retirement when she discovered this opportunity, and it was too good of a project to pass up. For her it was a natural transition from focusing on carbon sequestration in the ocean to that in land since these systems are all interlinked in the planet’s water cycle. In addition to guiding the onsite projects, one of Close’s roles is to help build the relationship between the ranch and researchers. While speaking with the marine biology department at UCSB, she learned that one of the biggest hurdles to researching holistic practices is access to land. The Jalama Canyon Ranch can serve as this access point to public and private universities, serving as a research site for projects other than its own. With the academic partnerships still blossoming, their own work has already begun on the ranch. In the vineyard, they have switched to a no-till plan, using an organic system of groundcover to combat weeds and pests that leaves the soil less perturbed and is thought to help with nutrient retention and water infiltration in the soil. They have begun to look at soil nutrient availability and the irrigation water profile, tracking these characteristics in tissue samples as they move the soil through the plant and into the leaves. By monitoring the vineyard, they will be able to understand what the vine needs, but also quantify the impact these practices have on the plants.

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“It’s a little daunting sometimes — when you think about all those moving parts — but really what you’re talking about is just doing the job of stewardship, doing what’s best for the land, what’s best for the community at any given time, and then it yields these byproducts, which aren’t necessarily things that need constant oversight.” — Brian Hightower

Another project will be to monitor oak health, looking at how understory management affects the trees. With around 400 acres of the ranch being grazing lands, one of the largest data monitoring and collection points will be the tracking of holistic livestock management techniques like intensive grazing. With all of these projects, the goal is to develop practices that help shift the land to be more drought (and hopefully fire) resilient. Jesse adds, “We are very excited to demonstrate what the potential of this property is under our land stewardship, but the purpose and the impact of our work here – both through our land stewardship, as well as our education and our training and programs – is so that we can help influence acres and communities, other organizations and entities, beyond the boundaries of this property and of White Buffalo Land Trust as an organization.” That is what the 10-day Holistic Management Intensive recently held at Jalama Canyon Ranch is doing. While White Buffalo has offered this annual course several times in the past, this is the first time they’ve been able to host it on a property under their direct stewardship. This class is also accredited by the Savory Institute, which helps promote holistic management and regenerative agriculture on the global scale. The intensive blends classwork with outdoor, hands-on learning, covering everything from financial and land planning to the ecological monitoring of their property, with a holistic approach that guides students to decisions that are economically, environmentally, and socially sound. Over the years, this course has helped teach local ranchers and farmers, but also those who work with policy at the county level, or even from that outside of the region. Brian Hightower, who attended the intensive this year, is from the Aspen Valley Land Trust, a 46,000-acre preserve in Colorado. He recently changed from being their Education Outreach Director to helping manage Coffman Ranch, a 140-acre ranch acquired by the land trust earlier this year. He discovered regenerative agriculture and this course through the

The 1000-acre Jalama Canyon Ranch will provide a site for White Buffalo Land Trust to monitor and document the impact and benefits of holistic land management

Savory Institute during his due diligence. Since Hightower does not come from a ranching background, he was looking for guidance on the practicalities and specifics of running a ranch like animal concentration and stocking rates. “It’s a little daunting sometimes — when you think about all those moving parts — but really what you’re talking about is just doing the job of stewardship, doing what’s best for the land, what’s best for the community at any given time, and then it yields these byproducts, which aren’t necessarily things that need constant oversight,” Hightower said. Hightower views land stewards as community builders. Healthy microbial communities in the soil help build healthy crop communities which support the surrounding ecological and animal communities. All these work in tandem to give back to the public, supporting it by putting calories, and even potentially jobs, back into the community. This course has provided him and the other students an opportunity to build another type of community. “One of the hardest things to do in any profession is to create a resource base of people that you can lean on when you run into a brick wall, or when you run out of options or ideas,” Hightower said. “To have industry professionals and some of the most prominent people in the regenerative agriculture landscape here is really great for everybody involved. I’ve now known Jesse and Ana for four days and I just can’t think of anyone better to execute the vision here than those two. It’s just such an absolute power couple.” On this day, the students had just come down from the large barn on the property, its second floor having been converted to a comfy classroom setting. Their morning lesson had covered holistic financial planning, looking at the economics around everything from land purchasing, easements, and upkeep costs, to crop viability and business opportunities – this was a new particular point of interest for Hightower. He notes that a holistically managed property still needs to be economically viable. This way it can be an additive resource for the com-

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” — Joseph Campbell

munity that also preserves and revitalizes the land. The students paused for a lunch of Buddha Bowls and warm drinks on the cool, grey day. After the meal, everyone made their way up a trail to one of the property’s peaks. Standing on the windswept hilltop, Smith pointed out the different water sources and storage tanks surrounding us as the ranch dogs frolicked for pets between the students. This is the kind of hands-on experience that the students sign up for and the property is perfectly set up for this kind of immersive learning. As Smith puts it, “We feel like this is a place of gathering, a base of community building, and a place where we can catalyze action beyond our own organization.” With Jalama Canyon Ranch under the White Buffalo stewardship for less than a year, this course marks the first of their educational programs they will host onsite. “This intensive is just one of the programs that our organization has planned for different education and training offerings for a diverse cross-section of our community, going into, not only the next calendar year but also looking out into the future,” Smith continues, “This is everything from the more focused kind of training and education around livestock, viticulture, riparian restoration, mushrooms and mycology, the culinary arts and wild foraging, as well as how we monitor and collect data in service of a deeper understanding of our ecology and ecological functions.” With so many projects already taking place, as Jalama Canyon Ranch continues to grow, so will its impact on the community.

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It is the Best Possible Year for… A Time for Personal Bravery by Rinaldo S. Brutoco

ho was Martin Luther King, Jr? Why do we celebrate a “MLK Holiday” and is he still relevant in 2022? All great questions. Joyfully, the research to explicate those answers took a full day that I will be grateful for the rest of my life. Many of us grew up in the civil rights era. To the Black community, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a powerful voice of inspiration. To the large majority of white Southerners, he was the dark force they feared would upend their Jim Crow world who must be stopped by any means. To J. Edgar Hoover he was “the most dangerous Negro man alive.” By the time of his death, the majority of Americans saw a man who inspired Blacks and whites alike with his soaring rhetoric, his total conviction to non-violent change, and his willingness to put his own life on the line. He proudly walked in the footsteps of historic civil rights activists like Abraham Lincoln who was shot for the same reason as King: he wanted people of color to be equal and free. Dr. King motivated tens of thousands of us to take a stand on principle even when it could, and did in many cases, cost us dearly, including persistent violent beatings and even death. He simply was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist preacher born in Atlanta who devoutly believed in his Christian faith and the principles of non-violence as articulated by his mentor, the extraordinary Mahatma Gandhi. He said his inspiration came from Jesus Christ, and his “tactics” from Gandhi. He fervently worked until the moment of his death, at the young age of 39, to create what he called the “Beloved Community.” That term, first coined by philosopher-theologian Josiah Royce, represented no lofty utopian goal but rather a “…realistic, achievable goal that could be attained by a critical mass of people committed to and trained in the philosophy of and methods of nonviolence,” according to the King Center website run by his youngest child, Dr. Bernice King. Quoting further, it’s explained that the “Beloved Community was a global vision in which all people can share the wealth of the world… where poverty, hunger, and homelessness will not be tolerated because international standards of human decency will not allow it.” What a vision! What a dream! Yes, it’s good

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to stop and realize that Dr. King stood for, and accomplished far more, than leading the civil rights movement. He was a moral force. A force we need, now more than ever, to heed. Dr. King was more than an abstract theorist. He knew what was required for us to conquer what he termed the “Triple evils of Poverty, Racism, and Militarism.” For King, the only thing new about “poverty” was we could now end it; “racism” stood for all kinds of prejudice – from sexism to apartheid; and “militarism” stood for all the ways one person seeks to impose their will on another through violence – from war to child abuse. To defeat these three evils, he said, takes a nonviolent frame of mind achieved by living his “Six Principles of Nonviolence.” With the Insurrection of January 6, 2021, fresh in our collective memory, it is worth our time to repeat his Six Principles here: PRINCIPLE ONE: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people PRINCIPLE TWO: Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding PRINCIPLE THREE: Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice not people PRINCIPLE FOUR: Nonviolence holds that suffering for a cause can educate and transform people and societies PRINCIPLE FIVE: Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate PRINCIPLE SIX: Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice This last principle gave rise to that most famous of Dr. King’s speeches from 1968 at the National Cathedral entitled “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution,” where he re-phrased the 19th century abolitionist and Unitarian minister Theodore Parker, holding that “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Dr. King described the “Six Steps of Nonviolent Social Change” to actualize the nonviolent revolution as follows: 1) Information Gathering, 2) Education, 3) Personal Commitment, 4) Negotiation, 5) Direct Action, and 6) Reconciliation. The reason we celebrate MLK Day as a National holiday on January 17 this year isn’t because Ronald Reagan signed it into law in 1983. It’s because it’s the only solution to the national crisis we currently face that might end in a second Civil War. It is time for the nation to refocus on Dr. King’s wisdom and begin the process of healing and reconciliation.

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he roofs of the future may be made entirely out of solar panels. At least that’s the goal of GAF Energy, which has recently launched a new solar roof that it believes can revolutionize the future of the roofing industry by making it an integral part of our green energy transition. The company’s new design is called Timberline Solar and consists of solar cells built into standard roof shingles. The shingles are both waterproof and fireproof, as well as durable enough for workers to walk on if needed. Additionally, the engineers worked to find the right material and shape to let light through, so the solar cells inside the roofing could generate green energy. One of the main selling points of GAF Energy’s solar shingles is the fact that they can be quickly and easily installed with a nail gun. As reported by Fast Company, the installation takes about two days rather than the weeks required for other solar roofs, which means that it’s also much less expensive. What’s more, the solar shingles are aesthetically pleasing, and the savings generated from transitioning to renewables can also cover the costs of buying the new roof. Covering the same area, the solar shingles can generate as much energy as conventional solar panels.

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Investing in floating communities is just one way the Dutch are coping with rising sea levels and floods, and their success has inspired other flood-prone nations like French Polynesia and the Maldives. Floating neighborhoods don’t just offer safe shelter for the residents, but their presence along coastlines can also offer communities vulnerable to the rising swell of the ocean defense against floods. Plus, floating homes that don’t require land can be a potential solution to housing shortages. A floating home can be erected on any shoreline and can adapt to changing sea levels and rain-induced floods because they float atop the water’s surface. Floating homes should not be confused with houseboats, which aren’t stationary but can be easily unmoored to sail off to a new location. Instead, floating homes are fixed to the shore by the steel poles that they rest on. These homes are usually connected to the local sewer system and power grid and resemble homes constructed on land. The civil rights movement Dr. King led only succeeded to the extent it did because tens of thousands of people had the courage to demand the political system fix what was “broken” in America’s deeply racist experience. The “demand” for change was accompanied by massive civil disobedience. It was punctuated by sit-ins, starting with the first in 1960, and involving more than 70,000 of us by that year’s end; by the 13 initial brave Freedom Riders, led by John Lewis; by the jailing and beating of too many to count; and by the infamous March from Selma to Montgomery culminating in the bloody police riot on the Edmund Pettus Bridge where Lewis, again in the lead, was nearly clubbed to death while doing nothing to resist arrest. Were Dr. King alive, he would say it is time for the personal commitment for millions of us to risk injury or even death in nonviolent “direct action.” He would remind us that

“Make New Year’s goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year.” — Melody Beattie

the civil rights movement was not successful because some feared injury and death. It was successful for the same reason Gandhi was able to nonviolently liberate India from the British. It was the moral arc bending towards the light of justice. If we are going to liberate America from Minority Rule, the time is again upon us. We must take to the streets by the millions to preserve our 250-year-old Democratic Republic from becoming an autocratic, despotic banana republic. That’s why Dr. King is so very relevant. That’s why we celebrate this holiday. Yes, it is the best possible year to remember we cannot survive as a nation of merely “sunshine patriots.” Rinaldo, an entrepreneur, is the founding president and CEO of the Santa Barbara-based World Business Academy and a co-founder of JUST Capital

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The Way It Was

Plaza del Mar and the Bandshell

In the 1880s, the area of the first three blocks of Castillo Street was an estero overlooked by the Dibblee mansion, the site of today’s City College (Courtesy Edson Smith Collection, Santa Barbara Public Library)

By Hattie Beresford

n 1886, the Santa Barbara waterfront was connected to three, often odiferous, esteros and littered with dilapidated shacks and the detritus of the hide and tallow industry. Despite the fact that there were several crude wooden bathhouses, the area was generally a “wild waste of sand, tin cans, and dead animals,” according to historian C.W. Gidney. In 1890, local promoters began advocating improvements for the beach on the west side of State Street. They wanted a public plaza, a road around Castle Rock, and a grand boulevard. The expenditure would soon pay for itself, they claimed, due to the fame it would bring to the city. Committees were formed. In 1891, Henry Chapman Ford, a committee member and reputedly Santa Barbara’s first resident artist, created a watercolor rendering of tentative plans for the area of West Beach. After plans were adopted in October, civic promoter Thomas B. Dibblee, who owned the estate on the hill above the beach, donated his lands at the foot of the bluff for the plaza. When the plaza was completed in April of 1893, there was an immediate call for summer Sunday concerts. Also immediately, City Council passed Ordinance #259, making it illegal to sell liquor or establish saloons within 1,600 feet of Plaza del Mar. Penalties began with a fine of $100 and progressed to jail time for repeated offences. Plaza del Mar had been laid out in front of Fred Forbush’s wooden bathhouse, and in exchange for the looking after the plaza, he was granted permission to use the water there. Neat white fences surrounded the plaza, which was laid out with sections of lawn lined with wooden benches. A bandshell anchored the north end, and the streetcar line ran along the concrete boardwalk. The plaza was an immediate hit with the populace. Mirth and Music capped off that first season of the band concerts, given by Professor J.E. Green’s band of local musicians. An enthusiastic reporter described people flocking to the wharf, the beach, and the boulevard armed with picnics and good cheer. The mule-drawn trams were overloaded with passengers and rushed to deliver their cargo. By the time the concert started, the Plaza was choked with well-dressed people. Professor Green’s young musicians received roaring applause and multiple demands for encores. After the musical program ended with “Auld Lang Syne,” a special surprise awaited the audience. A monster balloon rushed skyward carrying a daring young man with a parachute. As the balloon rose higher and floated seaward, the moment came when the aero-

Plaza del Mar circa 1895 with its bandshell on the north side (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

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Circa 1898, a mule-drawn tram trudges up the dirt Boulevard while other horse-drawn carriages prefer the beach. Castle Rock, seen in the distance, no longer anchors the point of today’s Shoreline Park. (Courtesy Edson Smith Collection, Santa Barbara Public Library)

naut released his hold and dropped down like a shot until he engaged a double parachute. Amidst the gasps of the onlookers, he floated gently down to the sea where he was picked up by a waiting boat. Quite the end to a successful first summer season at Plaza del Mar.

Los Baños del Mar In 1899, the lands bordered by the extension of Mason Street, Castillo Street, the Dibblee bluff, and Plaza del Mar were added to the city park system. As a consequence, there was a renewed push for a better bathhouse. A campaign of letters to the editor peppered the newspapers. When the Chamber of Commerce took up the project, they negotiated with United Electric Gas and Power Company to build a powerhouse for the city and a bathhouse on property recently acquired west of Plaza del Mar, thanks to funds donated by a group of civic-minded citizens. Completed in 1902, the Mission Style bathhouse was touted as the “pride of Santa Barbara.” It featured two plunges, 150 rooms with baths, including a number for hot salt water baths. The water was heated and changed several times a day. There was also a bowling alley with four lanes, a pleasure pier, and a second story bandshell. At night it was brilliant with electric lights shining from arches, domes, and windows. Band concerts became even more popular. When the Italian heartthrob Caesar LaMonaca and his band were brought to town by a group headed by Mary Miles Herter (the widow of Gilded Age furniture maker Christian Herter and mother of artist Albert Herter and the future Secretary of State Christian Herter), the musical community seemed to have reached its zenith. In March of 1913, the bathhouse burned to the ground in a fire of unknown origin, but suspected, ironically, to have been caused by faulty or worn electric wiring. Now called Southern California Edison, the electric company planned to rebuild. In the meantime with the death of Mary Miles Herter in 1913, LaMonaca’s band played a final farewell concert in December. World War I burst on the scene in 1914, nevertheless, a new bathhouse was constructed.

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Henry Chapman Ford’s rendering of what the new Plaza del Mar and Boulevard could eventually look like depicts the Dibblee mansion atop the bluff and bathhouses and other public buildings at the base of Castillo Street. He painted a variety of trees to line the Boulevard where eventually the stately palm won out. (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

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ife would be very empty, if we had nothing to regret. The most celebrated song of Edith Piaf, France’s most famous singer-songwriter, was “Non, je ne regrette rien” (“No, I regret nothing”). But sadly, she had plenty to regret, dying in 1963 aged only 47, after many years of alcohol and drug abuse. Does the criminal regret the crime? Not usually, unless he gets caught. Did Japan regret Pearl Harbor? Does the U.S. regret Hiroshima and Nagasaki? And what about Germany and the Holocaust? Nations do all kinds of regrettable things. But sometimes (usually when it’s too late to do much good) they do apologize. It took America nearly 50 years to formally acknowledge and regret its internment of its own Japanese-American citizens during World War II. $20,000 was finally paid to each surviving victim of that hysteria. The threat of regret is often used as a selling device, or in other forms of persuasion: Buy this, do that. You’ll be glad you did – or sorry, if you didn’t. The Bible is full of regrets. God himself, we’re told in the Book of Genesis, at one point, considering human depravity, regretted that he had made man. (Hence the Great Flood, survived only by a non-depraved Noah, and those whom he took with him in the Ark.) In the Lord’s Prayer we pray to be forgiven for our sins. Practicing Jews annually devote one whole day – considered their holiest day of the year – to fasting and Atonement. (It is assumed that everybody has something to atone for.) It also used to be assumed that those who offend society by breaking its laws needed, first of all, to repent. And when new prisons were built, and run under a very harsh regime, they were known as penitentiaries. And yes, I do have my own regrets: When I was still a teenager, living at home in England, my father and I didn’t have a very close relationship. But once (as I remember it), in the course of a private conversation, he revealed to me a personal weakness – the fact that there was something he’d always found repellant, even to think about. It was CHICKEN FAT. So how did I take this intimate revelation? I immediately started teasing him about it, repeating the expression, taunting, and making fun of him. I don’t remember any more details, not even how my generally mild-mannered father reacted – but I have always recalled that incident with a sense of profound regret, and shame. When someone confides in you concerning some delicate sensitivity, it gives you a sense of power over them – and this was

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” — Socrates

a case in which a thoughtless teenager immediately seized on the opportunity to misuse that power. There was another incident, at about that same period in my life, this time at school, when I allowed myself to be egged on to fight a schoolfellow over some minor grievance. The fight ended when, by twisting his arm, I forced him to give up. Somehow, I got the idea that I had seriously damaged his arm, and caused him to be hospitalized – and I spent most of the rest of my life recalling that episode, and regretting it. Not until just a few years ago, at a school reunion, did I next encounter that supposedly injured classmate. When I brought up the subject of that fight, he couldn’t remember it at all, but was sure his arm had suffered no great hurt. Is there any point in feeling sorry for things we can no longer do anything about? H.L. Mencken, a celebrated journalist and social critic of the early twentieth century, was quoted as saying that “I never regret doing anything, even although I may be convinced that I was wrong. Once it is accomplished, I dismiss it from my mind.” But it’s not always that easy. Maybe personality types have something to do with it. Some of us are endowed or burdened with a faculty called conscience, which Hamlet famously soliloquized “doth make cowards of us all.” In his case, however, he was contemplating future regrets, in a world to come – for something he hadn’t even done yet. This calls to mind the blessing and advance forgiveness which Pope Pius 11 is said to have bestowed upon the Italian Fascist troops who were about to invade Ethiopia in 1935. Nevertheless, as some Brilliant thinker once wrote: “Having no regrets is such a good idea, I’m sorry I didn’t think of it sooner.” Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara since 1973. No children. Bestknown for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots,” now a series of 10,000. Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ash leighbrilliant.com.

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The Way It Was (Continued from page 23 23))

The 1907 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map shows the first Los Baños del Mar, its Pleasure Pier, the Plaza, the parkland, the Electric Company plant, and Athletic Park, which held the baseball fields (Library of Congress)

Completed in 1901, the first Los Baños del Mar bathhouse had a second story bandshell from which Caesar LaMonaca conducted wildly popular Sunday concerts (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

Designed by H. Alban Reeves of Los Angeles and Russell Ray of Santa Barbara, it opened in April 1915. It lacked a bandshell, however, so a freestanding one was placed nearby. Attempts were made and subscribers recruited but no municipal band was found for the summer season. An amateur Italian band formed in town, however, and offered free Sunday concerts late in the season. There was, however, a problem with the bandstand at the plaza, and soon concert patrons were demanding a new bandshell that would make the music audible. One letter writer to the Morning Press said the bandshell was “a receptacle for the full strength of the ocean breezes that blow straight into it and raise havoc with the sweet strains of music.” Another wrote that more people would attend the concerts if the bandstand weren’t “as poor an excuse for a thing of its kind as could be provided and is an exasperation for both players and listeners.”

Superintendent Ralph Tallant Stevens of the park commission. Turf was replaced by a graveled semi-circle to accommodate the benches, and trees obstructing the view of the stage were replanted behind it. Having provided for the band, the Chamber of Commerce asked that the city buy the bandshell because they did not have money to complete payment for its construction. The estimated cost of $2,000 had grown to nearly $4,000. Many meetings passed before the contractors received the remainder of their fees. In 1919, conductor, ethnomusicologist, and co-founder of the national Community Chorus movement Arthur Farwell was enticed to come to Santa Barbara to establish a community chorus. Practicing for several months at the Recreation Center, on November 13, the Chorus gave its first concert at the new bandshell of Plaza del Mar to an audience of 2,000 people. Everyone was urged to take part. “Those who had come merely to listen,” reported the newspaper, “found themselves drawn-in irresistibly to the current of the music.” “It was in every sense a Pan-American gathering,” continued the reporter wryly, “the voices of the chorus rising in lusty and good-humored competition with the enthusiastic rooters for the baseball game then in progress down the block... It is apparent that the chorus is going to become a powerful rival of the Great American Game.” On December 28, Farwell led the chorus in a program that was accompanied by 30 musicians from Los Angeles. Comprised of Spanish songs, Christmas carols, and the works

A Proper Bandshell After World War I, a reinvigorated Chamber of Commerce stepped to the forefront and formed a municipal band committee. They raised subscription monies to hire Rocco Plantamura to assemble a 22-piece band to furnish music for a concert program at Plaza del Mar and elsewhere. Plantamura was no stranger to Santa Barbara; he had been part of LaMonaca’s band for several years past. And best of all, his first concert was to be played on Sunday, May 4 in a new bandshell designed by architect Winsor Soule. Though the shell wasn’t quite finished, the concert was a rousing success. Nearly 5,000 people crowded into the park and came away pleased and impressed with the ease and grace of the new conductor who brought out the beauty of each selection. Encore after encore ensued, and Plantamura varied his classical score with more popular tunes and even threw in a little jazz. The area around the bandshell continued to be improved under the supervision of

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On December 28, 1919, Arthur Farwell and the Community Chorus gave a concert in the new Winsor Soule designed bandshell. The audience filled the park and stretched all the way to Castillo Street. (Courtesy University of Rochester)

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Today, the historic bandshell has lain dark for many years (Author photo) Plaza del Mar’s bandshell continued to draw large Sunday crowds in the mid 1940s (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

of Handel, Haydn, Wagner, and Gounod, the concert played to a packed park as seating stretched all the way to Castillo Street. The band concerts continued, but in July 1920 something new was afoot. A fledgling Community Arts Association brought Samuel Hume and Irving Pichel of the theatre department at Berkeley back to Santa Barbara after their earlier staging of La Primavera in April. Hume and Pichel organized the populace to take roles in The Quest, a masque written by Berkeley graduate Sidney Coe Howard and first performed at the Cranbrook estate in Michigan by Hume and Pichel. Hoping to lay the foundations for an outdoor community theater in the parkland of Plaza del Mar, the organization had the trees shielding the slough and hillside from the park cut down. The slough was drained and filled with seawater to form a lagoon. Kem Weber, later a famous architect and noted designer of modern-style furniture, built the stage in a curve of the hillside. The road winding down the hillside from the Leadbetter (former Dibblee) estate was utilized to bring parades of costumed actors to the stage while other actors approached by boats in the lagoon.

The Quest ran for three nights starting July 15, 1920. Though lauded by those who saw it, it was not largely attended and the idea for an outdoor community theater was abandoned, though the Community Arts Association became established as an organizing and driving force for the arts in Santa Barbara. (See the upcoming Noticias of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.) Raising sufficient monies for band concerts were a yearly concern, but in 1921, a writer to the Morning Press was able to say, “Cheers for the city council! Three cheers — and many more — and tigers and hip-hoorays! Councilmen announce that beginning soon, beach Sunday concerts will be resumed!” A small fund was able to pay for one concert a week, played on alternating Sundays by the American Legion and Father Villa’s Boys’ bands. “For these many months,” lamented the writer, “Sunday at the beach has been everything that blue-spectacled, Puritanical joy-killers could wish. With nothing but the soughing of the sad sea waves to break the funereal stillness, those who had gone to the beach because it was the only place to go have sat like mourners, sleepily nodding, listlessly waiting and wishing the close of the day and time to go home to supper…. A note of musical cheer will make the beach another place. So cheers for the councilmen!” The second Los Baños del Mar was destroyed by the 1925 earthquake and not rebuilt. Instead, a simple plunge was constructed on the beachside of Cabrillo Boulevard, which was later extended up the bluff as Shoreline Drive. The 103-year-old historic bandshell has lain dark for many years now and awaits restoration and new performers to provide us with that note of musical cheer. (Sources: Contemporary news articles, University of Rochester, “The Quest” by Mary Morris.) Hattie has been writing a local history column for the Montecito Journal for more than a decade. She has written two Noticias and coedited My Santa Barbara Scrap Book, the memoir of local artist Elizabeth Eaton Burton, for the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. Her book, The Way It Was ~ Santa Barbara Comes of Age, is a collection of a few of her nearly 400 articles written for the Journal. She is the researcher and author of Celebrating CAMA’s Centennial, a chronicle of the Community Arts Music Association’s 100-year history.

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Miscellany (Continued from page 6) The Laykin family

I last saw Art Garfunkel sing with his then seven-year-old mini-me lookalike son when Princess Yasmin Khan, daughter of the late actress Rita Hayworth, invited me to her Alzheimer’s Association gala at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria in 1997. It was quite a show...

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In the Market A duo of Montecito duos have bought the Santa Barbara Public Market and an

adjacent space in downtown for a total investment of more than $10 million. The family partnership of Ralph Alastair Winn and his wife, Ann, have coupled with Travis Twining and his wife, Amanda, in the purchase of the West Victoria Street property opposite the New Vic for $7.65 million, with a vacant commercial condo snapped up for $2.25 million. A liquor license was transferred with the sale, bringing the deal’s value to above $10 million. The two families have hosted a number of charity events at their Winn-Twining estate, near the home of TV talk show titan Oprah Winfrey, one of the most recent being for local nonprofit One805. Alastair Winn and Travis Twining are

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Despite the deepening personal rift between Montecito-based Prince Harry and the British Royal Family, his father, Prince Charles, has clearly offered the Duke of Sussex an olive branch of sorts. The Prince of Wales says he is “proud” that Harry, 37, along with his brother, Prince William, 39, have recognized the threat of global warming and commended their commitment to green causes. Charles, 73, made his comments in an essay about climate change in Newsweek. “My younger son, Harry, has passionately highlighted the impact of climate change, especially in relation to Africa, and committed his charity to being net zero.”

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Setting the Bar High

The Sound of Silence pervaded the venerable 1,500 seat Granada Theatre when the Theatre Guild staged the highly entertaining Simon & Garfunkel Story. Creatively staged with videos and photographic backdrops from the 1950s to the 1980s, two talented doppelgängers, Taylor Bloom as Paul Simon and Ben Cooley as Garfunkel, played the dynamic musical duo, who started life as Tom and Jerry, in the late ‘50s, to perfection. The sell-out show was created eight years ago by Broadway actor Dean Elliott, who played Simon for the first 18 months of the production. During their meteoric careers, which started when they met both playing characters in a school play of Alice in Wonderland as children, the tony twosome sold more than 100 million albums before splitting in 1970 and reuniting for a concert on Central Park’s Great Lawn in New York watched by more than 500,000 fans in 1981. The two hour-long show contained all the favorites including “Mrs. Robinson,” “Cecilia,” “Scarborough Fair,” “Homeward Bound,” and wrapping with “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”

Carpinteria Oscar-winning actor Kevin Costner’s series Yellowstone has set new ratings records with its fourth season finale, netting more than 11 million viewers. The drama takes a break from the usual New York City and Los Angeles locales to focus on a real American family in Montana who are fighting to protect their cattle ranch from land-grabbing interlopers. The Paramount series, which first aired in 2018, has beaten cable TV mainstays with an average of more than seven million viewers last month. On January 2 it became the best watched show on TV since The Walking Dead Season 8 premiere on AMC in October 2017, which drew 11.4 million viewers. Yellowstone’s finale was watched by 10.3 million people, while the Paramount Network’s encores brought the figure to more than 11 million viewers — 81% higher than the Season 3 finale of 5.2 million.

RIP, Desmond On a personal note, I remember Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and

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Columnist Richard Mineards with the late Desmond Tutu

LGBTQ rights, who died at his home in Cape Town aged 90. I met the Anglican Archbishop in 2011 at a reception at the beachfront Montecito home of the late Nancy Koppelman and found him unfailingly charming. An uncompromising foe of apartheid, he worked tirelessly, though nonviolently, for its downfall. A buoyant, blunt spoken clergyman of great charisma and faith.

A Memorable New Year Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry, 37, whose $168 million residency debut I watched at Resorts World in Las Vegas last month, welcomed 2022 in grand style with a psychedelic Playland bash with sharks and dancing toy soldiers. She was joined in the fun by Nicky Hilton Rothschild and fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg at Wally’s in the $4.6 billion hotel and casino complex. When the clock struck midnight, 50 confetti cannons marked the moment with her fiancé British actor Orlando Bloom, 44, giving her a big smooch having just come out of a 10-day quarantine at their Montecito estate after being diagnosed with COVID.

A New Venture Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow is broadening her empire and partnering with athletic-wear brand Copper Fit. The 49-year-old Oscar winner just posted a video for the company in which she performs some of her favorite stretching and workout routines. The Iron Man star says the line she is creating with the brand is her “personal take” on a line of copper-infused compression products. “They’ve really inspired me to support the way women work and live,” she twitters.

Making a Return Former Santa Barbara actor Michael Imperioli is returning to the cable TV giant HBO more than two decades after his breakthrough role on The Sopranos. Michael, 55, has signed on for another series regular role in Season 2 of The White Lotus, a social satire series set in Hawaii. During his time in our Eden by the Beach 13 – 20 January 2022

he was a regular volunteer at the Rescue Mission’s Thanksgiving Feast, along with yours truly and loyal lenswoman Priscilla.

Remembering Sidney I remember Sidney Poitier, the first black actor to win an Oscar, who died at his Los Angeles home aged 94. Over the years I met him many times, particularly at La Goulue, a Eurofluff eatery on Madison Avenue near my Manhattan apartment opposite artist Andy Warhol’s townhouse and at the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel. We last met at Wolfgang Puck’s achingly trendy Beverly Hills eatery Spago, when he was dining with another old friend, Barbara Davis, widow of oil tycoon Marvin Davis, who John Forsythe played in the hit TV series Dynasty. Poitier was an elegant and distinguished man, who in 1974 received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth and the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2009 and will forever be known for his roles in films like In The Heat of the Night, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner with Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and 1967’s To Sir, with Love. A Hollywood legend not to be forgotten.

Sightings British singer Adele, who just bought Sylvester Stallone’s Beverly Hills estate for $58 million, shopping up a storm at Peregrine Galleries on Coast Village Road... Actor Ryan Gosling checking out the Montecito Country Mart... Oprah’s beau Stedman Graham picking up his Montecito Journal at Pierre Lafond. Pip! Pip! Be safe, wear a mask when need ed and get vaccinated.

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Montecito Fire Protection District Presents 2021 Annual Report By Christina Favuzzi

s we step into 2022, Montecito Fire would like to share with the community our 2021 Annual Report. In it, we detail our successes and challenges in all aspects of our organization, from day-to-day operations to wildfire prevention work and community engagement. We encourage you to learn more about your Montecito Fire Department by reading our 2021 Annual Report, available now at montecitofire.com. The Annual Report opens with the following message from Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor: On behalf of the Montecito Fire Protection District, it is a pleasure to present our 2021 Annual Report to the community. The past year provided our organization with challenges, opportunities for improvement, and meaningful accomplishments that we are happy to share with you. In the year following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, your Montecito Fire Department continued to adapt and prog-

ress, to maintain our exceptional emergency service to our community while still being mindful of the ongoing health crisis. Our committed and dedicated personnel strived for excellence in service to our community every day, regardless of pandemic factors. It is a commitment we will renew in 2022 and every year that follows, no matter what obstacles may come our way. Our partnerships with our neighboring fire departments, emergency management agencies, local government entities, and community organizations are stronger than ever. This spirit of collaboration has resulted in solutions to issues our community has faced. In 2021, the fire chiefs of all Santa Barbara County agencies came together to champion the development of a Regional Fire Communications Center. The goal: to optimize dispatching operations and response times, while also utilizing taxpayer dollars more effectively. We are grateful to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors for their unanimous approval of the Regional Communications Center and to our fire service peers for working together to provide our community members across the

county with not only the best but also the fastest emergency response service. This decision will be a catalyst for change within the Montecito Fire Department. Our South Coast Dispatch Center will ultimately dissolve and become part of the Regional Fire Communications Center. While bittersweet, it is our Mission Statement to be a “progressive organization” that provides “professional and timely response to the needs of the community.” The decision to consolidate dispatch services will allow us to better achieve that mission. Four years have now passed since our greatest disaster, and we remain mindful of debris flow risk. Our Storm Impact Consideration Map was recently updated by our professional engineering firm and shows a significant reduction in at-risk properties from prior years. Our takeaway from this latest analysis is that we are still at some risk for debris flow and we will be for at least five years after the Thomas Fire, due to our community’s long history of flooding. However, with the recovery of the watershed and continual mitigation efforts to our flood control system, including the development of the Randall Road Debris Basin, we are at less risk than years prior. Our Fire Prevention Bureau accomplished great work in 2021 to bolster Montecito as a wildfire-resilient community. In addition to our successful Neighborhood Chipping Program, roadside vegetation removal, and fuel treatment network improvement efforts,

we launched the Vent Retrofit Program. Our Wildland Fire Specialists secured a home-hardening grant to enable us to help community members replace old vents in their homes with specially engineered, ember-resistant vents. This program makes our whole community safer by reducing the possibility of house-to-house ignitions during a wildfire. We look forward to providing the Vent Retrofit Program again in 2022 and hardening many more homes in our community. While many businesses and industries have struggled to rebound from the fiscal impacts of the pandemic, the Montecito Fire Protection District has remained financially sound thanks to our community’s great foresight in establishing our organization as an independent fire district. We are grateful to our independent, elected Board of Directors for their guidance and prioritization of funds to empower your fire department to offer outstanding emergency response and fire prevention services. It is our greatest honor, duty, and privilege to serve this community. We promise to be steadfast in our commitment to you in 2022 and deeply appreciate your endur ing support. The Montecito Fire Protection District 2021 Annual Report is available to read now on montecitofire.com. Christina Favuzzi is the Montecito Fire Public Information Officer

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In The Know (Continued from page 11 11)) Below are excerpts from a recent conversation with Garufis about her experiences as a lifelong learner and her insights for today’s graduating students. Q. Given all the causes and organizations you are a part of — why did you choose to devote your time to Fielding Graduate University? And why has education been a focus for you? A. As a lifelong learner, I deeply value the transformative power of education. Over my lifetime, when I felt the need to make change, education provided an opportunity to reevaluate my goals, reframe my thinking about what was possible, and basically, to reinvent myself. When you reach a point in your life when you’re feeling stuck or when your work no longer provides sufficient emotional reward, educational opportunities can open whole new worlds. Education can provide the curious mind unlimited outlets for discovery and experimentation. When Fielding approached me to join their Board of Trustees, they were seeking a community member who could help them establish stronger ties to the Santa Barbara community. I was very intrigued by the Fielding distance learning model that provided mid-career professionals an avenue to continue their education. Because of my interest in education, my recent experience as a returning graduate student and my community experience, it felt like a very good fit and a way I could add value. How has education impacted your life? The impact of education begins with my mother’s story. She was the youngest of seven children from a family of very modest means. At the age of 16, during her junior year of high school, she contracted polio. Thankfully, she was a survivor but after months of rehabilitation, she had some residual challenges. My grandmother, who had a sixth-grade education, decided that given her daughter’s disability she couldn’t count on marriage and needed to be able to make a living to support herself. Her brothers were college educated during their years in seminary. A college education was the answer. She wrote a letter to the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart College, emphasizing that they were a good Catholic family, and made the case for her daughter to attend on a full scholarship. The good Sisters agreed. My mother earned a degree in sociology which led to a successful 48-year career as a social worker, culminating with her service as the Deputy Director of the Department of Public Social Service in Los Angeles. And along the way, she married and had a family. For me and my sister, college was always part of our expected educational path. I put myself through school, working as a teller for Security Pacific Bank, and had planned on graduate school and becoming a college literature professor. But when I graduated from college, those jobs were impacted and nearly impossible to count on. So, I interviewed for the Security Pacific Management Training program and took a different path. When I decided I would make banking my career, I had the opportunity to attend the Pacific Coast Graduate School of Bank Management in Seattle (which I managed to complete shortly after my second child was born). Fielding’s distance learning model would have been so much more accommodating than the annual two-week on campus immersion program over three years. Later, as the banking industry continued to evolve away from the relationship-based business that I had spent more than 30 rewarding years enjoying, I decided it was time for a change. I retired early and my interest in literature guided me to return to grad school to earn a Master’s in English and then ultimately to move to Santa Barbara to pursue a doctoral degree. After completing my program of study and before I submitted my dissertation proposal, my family circumstances required that I put my studies on hold and return to banking to support my husband who had become seriously ill. Although I didn’t earn my Ph.D., my pursuit of education here in Santa Barbara put me on a path that has become the great reward of my career as the Chairman and CEO of Montecito Bank & Trust. My work allows me to not only use all of my business and leadership experience but also to be a part of our extraordinary community in so many rewarding ways. As I think about my story, I saw coming to Santa Barbara to earn a Ph.D. and teach as

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the opportunity for me to reinvent myself for the next chapter of my life, a new career, and a new way to hopefully bring value to my work and the people I was working with. I worked hard to build that path and was disappointed when it didn’t work out as I had planned. And yet, I have the most rewarding work I have ever done; I feel that I am able to add value in so many ways, and now, coming full circle, I am so honored to be acknowledged in this extraordinary way by Fielding. This honorary degree is not the way I’d planned to earn a Ph.D., but it is, in many ways, all the more meaningful to me – to be recognized for doing what I love to do. If you could wave a magic wand and pursue a degree from Fielding, which area of study would you choose? I would definitely choose a degree in psychology. I am eternally fascinated by people, their behaviors, the choices they make, and why they make those choices.

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Why is it important to you to establish a scholarship for students in Fielding’s School of Leadership Studies? Making a scholarship possible is a way to invest in the potential of a deserving student and provide a huge vote of confidence in their ability to succeed. I was a scholarship student from a middle-class family. Both my parents worked, which allowed my sister and me to attend Catholic schools instead of public. I expected to attend the local Catholic high school, but, as an eighth grader, my teacher encouraged me (and my parents) to pursue a path I didn’t even know existed. After taking the entrance exam to a private girls’ college preparatory school and interviewing with the principal, I was granted a four-year scholarship to attend Marymount High School in Los Angeles. To earn that privilege, I needed to maintain a B average. As a shy, young girl, Marymount gave me a safe space to explore what was possible and to begin to build confidence in my ability to excel as a scholar and to lead others. It also exposed me to experiences, people, places, and opportunities that I would likely never have otherwise known. I will never know the generous people who made my high school education possible, but I feel certain that they believed deeply in education as empowerment and opportunity, and I will always be grateful. For me, the scholarship I received meant that I couldn’t let those generous donors down. It motivated me to keep pursuing my education, to keep being the best I could be Laura Capps is the founder because somebody I didn’t even know made of Capstone, a public affairs it possible for me to be there. I believe that’s firm providing strategic true for all recipients of scholarships: to know hands-on support to orgathat there are people out there who believe nizations, businesses, and that “you can do it,” can make all the differleaders. She served as a ence. White House speechwriter, U.S. Senate communications director and has led national nonprofits. Laura is a SBUSD board member.

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Santa Barbara’s Miller Family Launches Alcohol-Free Wines

Hand on Heart wines, just launched by Santa Barbara’s Miller Wine Company, include a rosé, a chardonnay, and a cabernet sauvignon, all of which are alcohol-free

by Gabe Saglie

ne of Santa Barbara’s most prolific wine producers just expanded its impressive portfolio. Miller Family Wine Company, with brands from high-end Bien Nacido to mainstream Butternut, premiered the Hand on Heart label earlier this month. What makes these wines unique is the alcohol – there isn’t any. Hand on Heart inaugural wines, with a launch that coincides with Dry January, include a rosé, a chardonnay, and a cabernet sauvignon, all made with grapes grown throughout California, all from the 2020 vintage, all under screwcap and all priced at $15. “Our target audience are those I call the sober curious,” says marketing director Tommy Gaeta. It’s the regular drinker, actually, but who may be trying to cut back on drinking, who might be on a wellness kick, or who might just be looking for something different. As we recalibrate our approach to wine and to drinking overall, “more important than the buzz is the ceremony of it all, the ritual,” continues Gaeta. “There’s a functional benefit to wine, yes, but there’s an emotional benefit, too. Having wine with dinner is part of a routine, an emotional signifier.” To that end, the Hand on Heart wines do fit the bill. Winemaker Jonathan Nagy approaches these wines as carefully as the myriad other labels he directs. “If too much alcohol in a wine is seen as a flaw,” he says, “then absence of alcohol, if apparent, is also a flaw.” And therein lies the real challenge in making a wine that has no booze but also has merit. Alcohol adds complexity to wine. “It’s amazing how much alcohol provides to the flavor and the palate-feel of a wine,” insists Nagy. “We really needed to work on flavor

and acidity and mouthfeel.” There were myriad iterations, actually, and over several years. The Millers already were contemplating alcohol-free wines when Nagy – formerly at Byron – joined the company in 2019. “We did do a lot of variations, a lot of trials,” he recalls, “and finally we did get to a place where we were comfortable that they were wine-like.” The process of removing alcohol from wine is an interesting one. Nagy makes the real wines first – the rosé, chard, and cab were all aged in oak barrels for 10 months – and then ships them to BevZero in Santa Rosa, a beverages solutions company that uses state-of-theart equipment to de-alcoholize wine. Their spinning cone column operates at high pressure and low temperatures, and it basically takes the wine apart. Inside the tall column, dozens of upside-down cones repeatedly spin the wine as it falls. As the “body” of the wine falls, vapor that contains aroma and flavor molecules rise up. That vapor is condensed into a clear liquid and separated out. Alcohol is separated out in the process, too. And with that alcohol gone, the condensed vapor is added back into the “body,” basically recreating the original wine, minus the booze. So what is the experience of that new wine, with flavors and aromas, but with no alcohol, like? My experience was that the flavors are the biggest deviation from the original. The chardonnay and the cabernet sauvignon don’t have the typicity of flavor that I would associate with those varietals. That’s just me. Both are zingy, with citrus notes on the chard and a plum compote aspect to the cabernet. Where there’s real merit here is in the aromas, especially with the chardonnay, which gives off lots of apricot and white peach; the cab nose is more muted, but there are jammy overtones. The mouth feel is a win, too – both are supple yet bouncy. And the structure of the wines makes them a solid match for a meal. That food angle, actually, is one that the Millers are really pushing, and one that they are emphasizing with an endorsement from restaurateur, TV chef, and Santa Barbara resident Cat Cora. The gourmand, who describes the wines as “vibrant” and “complex” in a press release, provides recipes online to match each wine: garlic mushroom pasta and lamb chops to match the cabernet sauvignon, cedar plan salmon and paella for the chardonnay, and Greek stuffed eggplant and a peach panzanella salad with burrata and bacon with the rosé. Find them at handonheartwine.com. By my account, this is the second foray into alcohol-free wine in Santa Barbara County. We reported last May that Dave Potter, the winemaker behind the Municipal Winemakers and Potek labels, launched January Zero Percent Drinks, also to offer wine drinkers an interesting alcohol-free alternative. The Juniper Grenache is made with grenache grapes and infused with juniper berries, laurel leaves, black tea, and angelica root. The Manzanilla Chardonnay is steeped in chamomile flowers, Meyer lemons, cinnamon sticks, and red peppercorns. Potter’s technique to avoid booze is different: he cold-presses the grape juice at below 32 degrees to prevent fermentation. Both beverages retail for $17 at municipalwinemakers.com. Cheers! Gabe is the wine columnist for the Montecito Journal and has been covering the Santa Barbara County wine and food scene for more than 20 years. His storytelling approach aims at making the culinary industries more accessible to consumers and at highlighting the personalities behind the labels. A former morning weatherman for Santa Barbara’s KEYT-TV, Gabe is also the senior editor for the global travel media company Travelzoo, covering destinations and travel trends as a contributor for network TV stations, radio, and major print publications across the country.

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by Steven Libowitz THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 ‘Amplifying the Between’ — Veteran Santa Barbara artist Marie Schoeff explores her relationship with nature and spirituality in a new exhibition that opens today at Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art here in Montecito. Schoeff, who taught at UCSB, Santa Barbara City College, and Westmont College over the span of more than 30 years, focuses on imagery that is rooted in drawing to extend her strong sense of physical place into the ethereal and the spiritual realm. Her work is also strongly influenced by the writings of Carl Jung and his theories on archetypes, dreams, symbolism, and the collective unconscious as well as her own experiences as a woman, daughter, and mother. The new show, “Amplifying the Between,” features a selection of her recent multi-sheet prints and other works that were begun in 2014. WHEN: 10 am-4 pm weekdays, 11 am-5 pm Saturdays, today through March 26 WHERE: Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, 955 La Paz Rd. COST: Free INFO: (805) 565-6162 or www.westmont.edu/museum SATURDAY, JANUARY 15 Fiery Fandango’s First SB Showcase — It was just six months ago that Anne Akiko Meyers played the initial performance of “Fandango,” written specifically for the violin superstar by Mexican composer Arturo Marquez, at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (whose own annual CAMA concert takes place later at the end of January). Now Akiko Meyers, who regularly performs on the world’s leading stages and has made close to 40 recordings, will fire up the piece again on the 1741 Ex-Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesù for the Santa Barbara Symphony twice this weekend. Márquez’s concerto is inspired by the lively Spanish dance of the same name that involves foot-stomping and improvisation, perfect for a high-energy modern piece of classical music. The new violin concerto showcases the fireworks of Akiko Meyers’ dynamic playing style with the rhythmic movement and Latin sound Marquez is famous for. The violinist is no stranger to the orchestra and the Granada stage, where, coincidentally, her younger sister, the Santa Barbara ophthalmologist Dr. Toni Meyers, who is also an amateur musician, also appeared as a soloist as part of the symphony’s tribute to local healthcare professionals that streamed live last February. Marquez will also be in the audience to hear his “Fandango” as well as the composer’s most famous piece, “Danzon No. 2,” which showcases the Mexican and Latin American musical traditions that inspire him. Selections from Bizet’s “Carmen Suite” and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio Espagnol,” which weaves in Spanish folk themes and showcases the dexterity of the strings via the “quasi guitara” style that sounds like guitars, rounds out the program, dubbed “Fandango Picante.” WHEN: 8 pm tonight, 3 pm tomorrow WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street FRIDAY, JANUARY 14 & SUNDAY, JANUARY 16 Mortals and Movie Moguls Clash at Lobero — Montecito-raised soprano Jana McIntyre sings the title role of Semele, a mortal who is in love with the god Jupiter, sung by Robert Stahley, in Opera Santa Barbara’s production of Handel’s opera that moves the mythical tale from Mt. Olympus to Hollywoodland in the Roaring ’20s. Joining the leads in making their theatrical OSB debuts are countertenor Logan Tanner as Athamas, Semele’s mortal betrothed, and mezzo soprano Sarah Coit, singing the part of goddess Juno, the spurned wife of Jupiter. Director Sara E. Widzer, conductor Emily Senturia, lighting designer Helena Kuukka and projections designer Yuki Izumihara comprise the all-female team behind the journey of love, lust, jealousy, and revenge. WHEN: 7:30 pm tonight, 2:30 pm Sunday WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $99-$159 (discounted “You Decide” tickets also available) INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

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Gypsy Jazz Jamming — Were it not for the pandemic, SOhO would have devoted more than 10% of its entertainment calendar to the fast and swinging style of jazz popularized by Django Reinhardt during the guitar great’s actual birthday month. COVID concerns created cancellations by both John Jorgenson’s quintet and the local acoustic jazz ensemble Souriez (although the latter did squeeze in an outdoor appearance at the Roar & Pour series in front of the Granada for 1st Thursday last week). That perhaps saves the best for last, however, in Stephane Wrembel, who is one of the most highly regarded guitarists in the world who specializes in Gypsy jazz. Raised in Reinhardt’s hometown of Fontainebleau, France, Wrembel learned his craft among the gypsies at campsites in the French countryside before launching a remarkable career that has encompassed 16 albums under his own name and The Django Experiment. Wrembel’s original compositions have been featured in two Woody Allen films — “Big Brother” for Vicky Cristina Barcelona and “Bistro Fada” for Midnight in Paris — and he composed the complete score for Allen’s Rifkin’s Festival, which is set for American release later this month. Since 2003, Wrembel has also produced the Django a GoGo Festival, bringing together some of the finest musicians in the world to celebrate the Sinti guitar style of gypsy jazz performing in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall and The Town Hall. Tonight, Wrembel fronts a quartet for a finer focus on the guitar. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St., upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 INFO: (805) 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

COST: $31-$156 INFO: (805) 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org MONDAY, JANUARY 17 SB’s MLK Day on the Lawn — The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara hosts its 15th annual program to honor the slain civil rights leader on the day of the official holiday, but continuing COVID concerns have forced all activities to a single location outdoors. But at least that allows for an in-person gathering for the programs that were offered only via streaming last January, with activities including music, dance, readings from the two dozen winning students from the Santa Barbara Unified School District in the youth essay and poetry contests, plus a keynote address by Guy R. Walker, the immediate past president of the Endowment for Youth Community. WHEN: 10 am-1 pm WHERE: De La Guerra Plaza, 18 E. De la Guerra St. COST: Free INFO: (805) 259-5782 or https://mlksb.org THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 Shape Shifters at SOhO — The band playing the upstairs club tonight is not to be confused with the one fronted by Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant since the mid-2000s, but on the other hand this new conglomeration of local luminaries should also not be thought of as lightweight of any kind. Indeed, the core band of drummer Austin Beede, bassist Randy Tico, keyboardist Mitchell Yoshida, and guitarist Dave Zeiher collectively have a list of impressive credits that would take up this column’s entire word count and then some. The quartet not only promises a musical melting pot featuring a fusion of soul, rock, blues, Americana, jazz, and Latin done up Santa Barbara style, but also a number of surprise special guests that are sure to be of equal caliber. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St., upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $10 in advance, $12 at the door INFO: (805) 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

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Ballet Hispánico Noche de Oro: A Celebration of 50 Years Fri, Jan 21 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre Ballet Hispánico celebrates diverse artists and ignites cultural pride with this 50th anniversary program featuring choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano and Vicente Nebrada.

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Andrea Elliott Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in an American City Thu, Jan 20 / 7:30 PM UCSB Campbell Hall One of The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2021

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John Leguizamo Wed, Feb 2 / 8 PM UCSB Campbell Hall Emmy and Tony Award winner John Leguizamo brings his irresistibly irreverent brand of comedy to a new evening inspired by his life story.

“With compassion and curiosity, [Elliott]... makes visible the cycles of poverty, inequity, and resilience that plague families across the United States.” Publishers Weekly Justice for All Lead Sponsors: Marcy Carsey, Connie Frank & Evan Thompson, Zegar Family Foundation, and Anonymous Presented in association with CALM, Family Service Agency, and the Santa Barbara Public Library

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Punched-Up Tribute to Tony Rice

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Punch Brothers on Tuesday, January 18 at Campbell Hall (photo by Josh Goleman)

By Steven Libowitz

ll of the five virtuoso string musicians who comprise the Grammy-winning folk-grass band Punch Brothers were fervent fans of Tony Rice. The Brothers – who are led by the MacArthur “Genius Grant’ Award fellow Chris Thile on mandolin and includes bassist Paul Kowert, guitarist Chris Eldridge, banjoist Noam Pikelny, and violinist Gabe Witcher – have been stretching not only the boundaries of their instruments but also approaches to acoustic music for more than a decade. But Rice’s guitar work – whether in stripped-down solo acoustic performances and recordings, as a member of David Grisman’s band during the dawning of Dawg Music or in collaborations with Norman Blake, J.D. Crowe, or Jerry Garcia – has had an outside influence on the Punch players individually and collectively. Perhaps none more than Eldridge. The youngest son of Ben Eldridge, the banjoist and co-founder of legendary East Coast bluegrass band The Seldom Scene, Chris grew up not only listening to Rice’s records, but also frequently in his company as the guitarist would crash on the family’s couch whenever he was in town. “Tony was always around, but I was really young so it didn’t mean that much to me until I got to be a little older and started playing guitar a little more seriously,” Eldridge recalled last week. “But his music was a real constant in my life, the soundtrack of my childhood. And I was pretty gobsmacked later when I opened my ears a little bit and just listened to how he played and the powerful sound and incredible impact he would make.”

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Later, in his college years at Oberlin, Eldridge, by then “obsessed with bluegrass and string band music,” designed an independent study that involved spending a couple of weeks with Rice in North Carolina studying at the master’s knee. “Mostly I just hung out with him and we talked about music, listened to music, and discussed music and philosophy,” Eldridge said. “It wasn’t very hands on, almost no guitar playing, which turned out to be really great. I grew a lot… I came down there wanting to be an amazing guitar player and blow people’s minds. But he instilled the idea that the highest calling is to just make music that allows people to step outside the normal and be touched with the moment of transcendence or beauty. There’s nothing greater that you could aim for as a musician.” Indeed, that approach of having chops enough to appreciate zooming out for the overview of music and its expression fairly typifies Punch Brothers’ oeuvre that involves organically expanding bluegrass and folk music often via deconstruction and improvisation that exhibits skill, connection, and humanity. “We love the technical aspects of music, and some of the headier things appealed to all of us when we were kids,” Eldridge said. “But at the end of the day, we are a band of serious music lovers with a goal to come together as an ensemble, be imaginative and fill a space with music we’re not hearing anywhere else.” So the idea of making a tribute album to Rice for Punch Brothers’ next release, while admittedly borne out of restriction on gathering together due to the pandemic, also fulfilled a desire to pay respects to the guitar great by recording a track-by-track reimagining of Church Street Blues, Rice’s

seminal 1983 record that itself is comprised of covers of folk and bluegrass songs. Punch Brothers’ Hell on Church Street comes out on January 14, just four days before the band is set to play at UCSB’s Campbell Hall. “Tony took all of those songs and made them his own even in a really skeletal form, just him and his guitar,” Eldridge said. “We saw it as a great opportunity to interact with this music, flex a different creative muscle, focus on core ideas that seemed ripe for exploration, and reimagine how it could go through our perspective, using a spirit of creativity and imagination to come up with something interesting.” Mission accomplished. Hell on Church Street ranges from fairly straightforward bluegrass arrangements to quirky, eerie, and ethereal soundscapes for such familiar songs as Ralph McTell’s “Streets of London” and Tom Paxton’s “Last Thing on My Mind,” lending fascinating and soul-stirring new perspectives on the chestnuts. “We just love playing this music,” said Eldridge. “There would be no Punch Brothers without Tony Rice, so this is just our small way of giving back.”

SBDT: Whited Projects a New Approach to Dance Santa Barbara Dance Theatre’s new artistic director Brandon Whited only officially took over the professional dance company in residence at UCSB late last spring, but he’s wasting no time moving the 45-yearold organization in a new direction with SBDT’s first public performances in two years this weekend. Whited’s work has previously been seen in town as a guest dancer and choreographer for the company under the previous AD Christopher Pilafian as well as via his curation of the four-day Re-Emerge Dance Festival at Center Stage Theater last June. Now he’ll be both presenting two new pieces and his project-based approach to the company at the same venue over four shows Thursday to Sunday. Partially due to COVID concerns, the company is down to just four core dancers – Nicole Powell, Paige Amicon, Miche Wong, and Calder White – plus undergraduate dance major apprentice/understudy Riley Haley, each of whom will get a chance to shine in both solo and ensemble pieces. “It’s a new chapter for the company where the season dictates who the dancers are, which mirrors what’s happening in the professional world of dance,” Whited explained. “It allows me to work in a more concentrated period of time to develop material.” For the upcoming concert, Whited had oodles of time, as the pandemic forced postponement and reimagining of the evening’s longest piece, “to Harbor…”, which he called “an abstraction of an aesthetic and atmospheric mood-based ideas” with

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inspiration and intentions that were altered by the extended delay. “With so many things shifting in my own life it definitely evolved. But it’s still based on an image of a rocky cliff in a stormy New England harbor setting with the notion of coming to a new place, exploring the undiscovered and unfamiliar and then finding community and grounding. I’m examining the connection between the dancers as a group. For me there are a lot of connotations, but I like for people to soak in it and find what it is for them.” The title of Whited’s other new work, “ARENA, or 1 of 4 & 4 of 1,” is also meant to evoke extra meanings, although some of its choreography had to undergo a quick change when UCSB delayed the start of the winter term, necessitating a move downtown where a planned in-the-round staging for a four-sided theater had to be quickly adapted to CST typical proscenium. “It’s a much more playful piece with connotations of arena being a place for joyful but energetic competition,” he said. The SBDT show also features two solos by Nancy Colahan excerpted from the Pandemic Suite, which was created via Zoom last year, and a re-staging of a duet called “I Don’t Exist Anymore,” by local choreographer Weslie Ching. “These smaller format works not only create range in the program and showcase different aesthetic voices, but also introduce the dancers as artists on their own,” said Whited. Performances are 7:30 pm January 13-15, and 2 pm January 16, followed by a complimentary reception with the audience. The January 14 and 16 performances will also be livestreamed, and a video will be available to view on demand starting January 24. Visit https://centerstagetheater.org, or www. sbdancetheater.org.

Pie in the Sky Role for ‘Waitress’ Star Actress Jisel Soleil Ayon never suspected the casting directors were considering her for the lead role of Jenna when she auditioned for a part as a member of the ensemble for the musical Waitress last year. “I went through the entire process, from Zoom to my last call back in person, thinking I might at best get to be the understudy,” recalled Ayon, who had never been part of a touring company let alone its star. “It was only when my agent called to congratulate me that I realized they wanted me to play Jenna.” But since then, things have been a whirlwind for the Long Beach-raised actress and singer, who got to spend time with and sing two of the show’s songs for pop star Sara Bareilles, who wrote the music and lyrics for the musical adaptation of the movie about a waitress who dreams of a way out of her small town and turbulent marriage that finally comes via her sister waitress pals and her prowess at making pies. “It is not about trying to find a man to be

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the center of someone’s happiness, which is such a refreshing notion,” Ayon said. Ayon’s bubbly personality and abundant supply of energy – she’s off-stage only a few minutes in the 150-minute show that plays the Granada Theatre January 18 and 19 – bring a welcome spirit to a story that she said can sound like a downer in a short synopsis but actually “ends up as uplifting because of how low it takes you throughout the show. The shiny, lovely moments between Jenna and her two waitress friends, and the moments of joy that she has with the doctor, stand out so much more because of the low places. It’s like life: you cannot be happy all the time or else you never know the real feeling of happiness.” And while the actress hasn’t suffered an abusive relationship or wrestled with an unexpected pregnancy, she is able to channel a lot of her own personality into her performance, she said. “I don’t have much in common with her, but I am so much myself on stage, because I don’t think I could do it any other way. And obviously they liked that I brought that in the audition.” That mirrors in a way Ayon’s own approach to her career that blossomed soon after she realized that acting was a passion, not a hobby. “I can’t live without it. This is what I was put on this earth to do.”

program for whom the pandemic precluded planned in-person immersions with the LSO in London. The March 24 concert co-presented with CAMA features music by Berlioz, Ravel, Sibelius, Bartók, and Women of the Future Award-winner Hannah Kendall. “How to Build an Orchestra,” one of the LSO’s signature family concerts, is composed of typical children’s concert fare plus music and arrangements by LSO Animateur Rachel Leach, who will present the program on March 26. The residency concludes with a major event to mark the Academy’s milestone anniversary next year. The closing concert the following night not only boasts more than 150 musicians in a pairing of works by Grainger with Bruckner’s “Romantic” symphony, but also serves to launch MAW’s 75th anniversary season. All tickets for the final two concerts are just $10, representing the Academy’s continuing commitment to community access. Visit musicacademy.org and www.granadasb.org.

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The LA Phil returns to CAMA under the baton of the exciting young conductor Elim Chan (Chief Conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra) joined by the phenomenal pianist Igor Levit named Musical America’s “2020 Recording Artist of the Year” and “one of the most important artists of his generation” by the New York Times.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received at the Santa Barbara Golf Club on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened and posted for: DUE DATE & TIME: January 19, 2022 UNTIL 5:00 P.M. TREE WORK Scope of Work: Tree Removal and Stump Grinding Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the Santa Barbara Golf Club and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained through email by contacting Santa Barbara Golf Club at 408-482-4156 or mpennington@lagunasecagolf.com The Santa Barbara Golf Club has been contracted to run the City of Santa Barbara’s municipal golf course and is required to use all City of Santa Barbara purchasing guidelines. Those guidelines are available at the following City website: www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp or by contacting the Purchasing Office at (805) 564-5349. FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. The Contractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code. BONDING In accordance with Civil Code § 9550, if the bid exceeds $25,000.00, the Successful Bidder shall furnish within ten (10) consecutive calendar days after written Notice of Award, a Payment Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount of the bid. LIVING WAGE Any service purchase order contract issued as a result of this request for bids or quotes may be subject to the City’s Living Wage Ordinance No 5384, SBMC 9.128 and its implementing regulations. If there is a difference between the City’s Living Wage rate and Prevailing Wage rates for similar classifications of labor, the contractor and his subcontractors shall pay no less than the highest wage rate. PREVAILING WAGE, APPRENTICES, PENALTIES, & CERTIFIED PAYROLL In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code § 1773.2, the Contractor is responsible for determining the correct prevailing wage rates. However, the City will provide wage information for projects subject to Federal Davis Bacon requirements. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rates of wages and employer payments for health, welfare, vacation, pensions and similar purposes applicable, which is on file in the State of California Office of Industrial Relations. The contractor shall post a copy of these prevailing wage rates at the site of the project. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and its subcontractors hired to pay not less than the said prevailing rates of wages to all workers employed by him in the execution of the contract (Labor Code § 1770 et seq.). Prevailing wage rates are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/PWD/index.htm It is the duty of the contractor and subcontractors to employ registered apprentices and to comply with all aspects of Labor Code § 1777.5. There are penalties required for contractor’s/subcontractor’s failure to pay prevailing wages and for failure to employ apprentices, including forfeitures and debarment under Labor Code §§ 1775, 1776, 1777.1, 1777.7 and 1813. Under Labor Code § 1776, contractors and subcontractors are required to keep accurate payroll records. The prime contractor is responsible for submittal of their payrolls and those of their subcontractors as one package. Payroll records shall be certified and made available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of the contractor/subcontractor pursuant to Labor Code § 1776. The contractor and all subcontractors under the direct contractor shall furnish certified payroll records directly to the Labor Compliance Unit and to the department named in the Purchase Order/Contract at least monthly, and within ten (10) days of any request from any request from the City or the Labor Commissioner in accordance with Section 16461 of the California Code of Regulations. Payroll records shall be furnished in a format prescribed by section 16401 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, with use of the current version of DIR's “Public Works Payroll Reporting Form” (A-1-131) and “Statement of Employer Payments” (DLSE Form PW26) constituting presumptive compliance with this requirement, provided the forms are filled out accurately and completely. In lieu of paper forms, the Compliance Monitoring Unit may provide for and require the electronic submission of certified payroll reports. The provisions of Article 2 and 3, Division 2, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code, State of California, are made by this reference a part of this quotation or bid. A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently licensed to perform the work and registered pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5 without limitation or exception. It is not a violation of this section for an unlicensed contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. CERTIFICATIONS In accordance with California Public Contracting Code § 3300, the City requires the Contractor to possess a valid California C27 Landscaping or C61/D49 Tree Service contractor’s license at time the bids are opened and to continue to hold during the term of the contract all licenses and certifications required to perform the work specified herein. CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE Contractor must submit to the contracted department within ten (10) calendar days of an order, AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK, certificates of Insurance naming the Santa Barbara Golf Club as Additional Insured in accordance with the attached Insurance Requirements. Published: January 5 and 12, 2022 Montecito Journal

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Owner: Montecito Union School District

Project name: 2122-1 Library/Media Center Project Location: 385 San Ysidro Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108

Project name: Building D Windows And Doors, Phase II #2122-2 Project Location: 385 San Ysidro Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: REMOVAL OF EXISTING BOILER/CHILLER HVAC AND INSTALLATION OF VRF HVAC IN THE MEDIA CENTER. ASSOCIATED UNINSTALLATION AND REINSTALLATION OF CEILING AND WALL FINISHES REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION. REMOVAL OF EXISTING CONCRETE MECHANICAL CURBS AND REPLACEMENT WITH NEW CONCRETE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT CURBS. Approximate Start Date is (TBD)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: REPLACE EXISTING SINGLE-PANED WOOD WINDOWS WITH DOUBLE-GLAZED CLAD WOOD WINDOWS AND EXISTING SINGLEPANE GLAZED WOOD DOORS WITH DOUBLE GLAZED CLAD WOOD DOORS AND EXISTING PANEL WOOD DOORS WITH CLAD WOOD PANEL DOORS AND MATCHING METAL TRIM. REINSTALL EXISTING DOOR HARDWARE TO MAXIMUM PRACTICAL EXTENT, INCLUDING EXISTING WIRELESS CARD READER ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM. Approximate Start Date is (TBD)

Bid Deadline: Bids are due on February 15, 2022 no later than 2:00 p.m. PLACE AND METHOD OF BID RECEIPT: All bids must be sealed. Personal delivery, courier, or mailed via United States Postal Service and addressed to Montecito Union School District, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. ATTN: Leo Perez PLACE PLANS ON FILE: Montecito Union School District, Business Department, Second Floor, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, www.tricoblue.com MANDATORY JOB WALK: Meet at Montecito Union School Front Office, on January 27, 2022 at 9 a.m. Attendance is mandatory and will begin promptly at 9 a.m. Failure to be on time and attend the entire job walk will disqualify your bid as non responsive. Owner will require sign in / sign out signatures. This is a prevailing wage project. Owner has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute this contract. These rates are on file at Owner's office, and a copy may be obtained upon request, or at www.dir.ca.gov. Contractor shall post a copy of these rates at the job site. ALL PROJECTS OVER $1000 ARE SUBJECT TO PREVAILING WAGE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT BY THE LABOR COMMISSIONER It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded (CONTRACTOR), and upon any SUBCONTRACTOR, to pay not less than the specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract.

Bid Deadline: Bids are due on February 15, 2022, no later than 2:00 p.m. PLACE AND METHOD OF BID RECEIPT: All bids must be sealed. Personal delivery, courier, or mailed via United States Postal Service and addressed to Montecito Union School District, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. ATTN: Leo Perez PLACE PLANS ON FILE: Montecito Union School District, Business Department, Second Floor, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, www.tricoblue.com MANDATORY JOB WALK: Meet at Montecito Union School Front Office, on January 27, 2022 at 9 a.m. Attendance is mandatory and will begin promptly at 9 a.m. Failure to be on time and attend the entire job walk will disqualify your bid as non responsive. Owner will require sign in / sign out signatures. This is a prevailing wage project. Owner has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute this contract. These rates are on file at Owner's office, and a copy may be obtained upon request, or at www.dir.ca.gov. Contractor shall post a copy of these rates at the job site. ALL PROJECTS OVER $1000 ARE SUBJECT TO PREVAILING WAGE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT BY THE LABOR COMMISSIONER It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded (CONTRACTOR), and upon any SUBCONTRACTOR, to pay not less than the specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract.

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

Pursuant to the provisions of Public Contract Code Section 22300, CONTRACTOR may substitute certain securities for any funds withheld by OWNER to ensure CONTRACTOR's performance under the contract. At the request and expense of the contractor, securities equivalent to any amount withheld shall be deposited at the discretion of OWNER, with either OWNER, or state or federally chartered bank as the escrow agent, who shall then pay any funds otherwise subject to retention.

Securities eligible for investment shall include those listed in Government Code Section 16430, bank and savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed to by CONTRACTOR and OWNER. CONTRACTOR shalle the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for funds withheld and shall receive any interest on them. The escrow agreement shall be in the form indicated in the Contract Documents.

To bid on or perform the work stated in this Notice, CONTRACTOR must posses a valid and active contractor's license of the following classification B No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor shall be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of 4104 of the Public Contract Code, for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless currently registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code 17225.5 No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded after April 11, 22015) unless registered with the DIR. DIR's web registration portal is: www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/Contractor.html.

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

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

The contractor must follow the Davis-Bacon regulations and the provisions of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act may also apply to the DBA-covered contract.

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

This Project does not require prequalification pursuant to AB 1565 of all general contractors and all mechanical, electrical and plumbing subcontractors.

BID PACKET will be available at www.tricoblue.com and provided at the job walk to attendees.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Villa Fontana Apartments, 503 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA , 93101. Berti Fontana, LLC, 4581 Via Benditat #B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; PFH Holdings, LLC, 503 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA , 93101; Carole Fontana, LLC, 241 Middle Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Alex Pananidas, 503 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 17, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2021-0003396. Published January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2022. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Golden Ginkgo Wellness, 32 E. Micheltorena St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Jacquelyn L Sugich, 236 West Victoria St #3, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 27, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2021-0003446. Published January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2022. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Marstrand Property Services; Marstrand; Marstrand Property Management, 230 California Street, Santa Francisco, CA , 94111. John A Morais, 2531 Borton Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 8, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2021-0003300. Published January 5, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

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Montecito Moms

A Way to Wellness — In Our Backyard

Talina Hermann

The Hermann family

by Dalina Michaels

here’s a Montecito mom who is challenging Montecitans of all ages to reclaim their health and wellness with her new wellness center in the Upper Village. You need to see Talina Hermann before you get sick — it’s a novel idea to most, but for Hermann, it’s the smarter and better way to take care of yourself and your family. Hermann is hoping her new wellness center will offer members of our community a chance to optimize their health — without getting on the 101. In Montecito, we love easy. We love less

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traffic. And most of all, we love not having to leave the Upper Village unless necessary. Of course, for most of us, taking a trip to a specialty store or doctor is par for the course — but how nice would it be to grab a sandwich from Village Wine and Cheese and then pop into a new wellness center? Well, if you are considering a change in the way you handle your health — it is the start of a new year, after all! — and want to try something different, the Montecito Wellness Clinic might be just the ticket. “Right now, we look at health care backwards,” explains Hermann. “We go to the doctor when we are sick and hope they can make us better. In our center,

our goal is to look at clients when they are healthy and well, so we can optimize their health and have a proper benchmark to start with.” Hermann’s vision for helping others stay healthy comes from her own childhood. “Growing up in the Ukraine, I was always sick. It was after the Chernobyl blast of 1986 (considered the worst nuclear disaster in history); so many of my friends and their families had illnesses or sickness due to radiation exposure.” Eventually Hermann moved to the United States and completed a degree in business and design, working in lifestyle and womenswear in Los Angeles for several years. However, she always wanted to get back to her concern for health and wellness. “While I was running my business and having children, I started getting burnt out mentally, emotionally, and physically. I struggled because conventional medicine didn’t seem to have answers for at the time. All my tests were coming back ‘normal’ and yet I felt anything but normal.” So, she decided to look for the answers herself. After endless hours of workshops, seminars, and evening classes, she decided to focus all her energy on health and wellness. “I closed my design business and began exploring holistic medicine, functional medicine, clinical herbal medicine, lifestyle nutrition, acupressure, and spiritual psychology.” She recently completed a four-year program in integrated medicine. “I truly believe we can do better for ourselves. Our country spends trillions in annual health care expenditures for people with chronic and mental health conditions. These statistics are astonishing! It is time to shift our focus from managing the symptoms and start looking into the root cause of what is causing our symptoms. The majority of our chronic diseases are preceded by long-term disturbances in functionality.” Hermann hopes that her new holistic

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clinic will resonate with residents here and elsewhere, who are looking for something different: “My intention is to create and hold a sacred space for women and their loved ones to heal and to become empowered on their wellness journey. Our clinic blends the wisdom of ancient medicine and science to honor the unique nature of each patient.” Hermann has lived in Montecito for the past 12 years with her husband, Steve, and two daughters, Laurel and Elle. She spent months looking for the perfect location — and then one came up, right next to Via Vai in the Upper Village off East Valley Road. “I feel very fortunate to have found a wonderful space — the medical office run by the incredible orthopedic doctor, Dr. Fareed, who helped so many patients.” Hermann makes no claims that she is the end-all, be-all. But her hope is to help clients by supporting them: “The bottom line is that almost everyone seems to have a chronic condition and is on some sort of medicine. I am not saying we have a magic pill. What we offer is cumulative health care support.” Hermann shares an analogy: “When you go to the gym, you don’t just go one time and lose 20 pounds and feel amazing. It’s cumulative. You go every week, and you do that for months and you start to see results.” Her vision for her Wellness Center is to meet each patient where they are: “A lot of times, we are the last stop for people. They are tired with Western medicine and desperate for answers. We don’t treat diseases; we are here to support the patient.” This means offering one-on-one personalized care and coming up with a plan that treats the whole person. Hermann has one simple piece of advice that everyone can use if they want to start better understanding their own health: Keep a journal. “The majority of our diseases originate in the gut. So if you can keep track of what you eat and more importantly, how you feel afterwards, it will help you to see if there is a pattern.” She is as hopeful for each patient as she is practical: “I can’t tell someone who is living on coffee and donuts to stop cold turkey. That would never happen. However, I can encourage them to make small weekly changes to their diet that will gradually improve their lifestyle.” So, what is a perfect day for this Montecito mama? “Right now, we are readying our space to open so I am swamped! But I love dinner at the San Ysidro Ranch and loading up on healthy snacks and remedies at Montecito Natural Foods store.” To learn more and to get on their mailing list, check out: www. MontecitoWellnessClinic.com In this column, we feature Montecito Moms with interesting and unique careers. If you have a mom you think would like to be featured, email dalina@ gmail.com

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Village Beat (Continued from page 14 14)) Randy Rowse was sworn in as Santa Barbara Mayor on Tuesday, January 11 (photo by Sharon Byrne)

Parklets on Coast Village Road could be allowed to operate until December 31, 2023 (photo by Nick Masuda)

According to staff, Santa Barbara has a robust food service industry, and the allowance for businesses to expand temporarily outdoors (adopted in May 2020) was a critical response to keep those businesses operational. The extension to continue to allow businesses to operate expanded outdoor facilities will help ensure their continued success. More than 150 businesses have benefited from temporarily expanding the business areas outdoors. Additionally, the creation of the State Street Promenade has been warmly embraced by the community and has added to the vibrancy of downtown. The Council Ordinance Committee will review, and Council will consider adopting the Economic Recovery Extension and Transition Ordinance on January 25.

Fred Bradley Joins Anderson Hurst Associates

Ashley Anderson and Paul Hurst have welcomed esteemed veteran Realtor Fred

Bradley to Anderson Hurst Associates, the award-winning real estate partnership at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties in Montecito. Bradley joins the team as Senior Associate, bringing a 40-year track record and a distinguished reputation as a top producer with record-setting sales. As a Santa Barbara native who grew up in Montecito, Fred has intimate knowledge of the area and insights into the particular advantages of each neighborhood. With a degree in art history from Williams College and an emphasis in architectural studies, Fred has gravitated to the unique and historical designs of real estate found in the prestigious beachfront and foothill locales of Montecito, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria. Anderson Hurst Associates consistently ranks in the Top 1% of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices – a worldwide network of over 50,000 agents – and is a recipient of the prestigious Legend Award acknowledg-

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Randy Rowse Sworn In Nearly 200 Santa Barbara and Montecito residents gathered downtown Tuesday to celebrate the swearing-in of new Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse. The outdoor ceremony, which would normally take place within City Hall, also touched on the work of outgoing Mayor Cathy Murillo, and served to also swear in council members Kristen Sneddon – who represents, in part,

Coast Village Road –, Meagan Harmon, and Eric Friedman. During his swearing-in speech, Rowse said his main objectives as mayor are to help revitalize local businesses and support law enforcement and public safety efforts. He said his approach to leading the city will be “nonpartisan.” 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.

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Far Flung Travel

In the absence of suitable homes created by ground squirrels, prairie dogs and desert tortoises, burrowing owls will resort to nesting in PVC pipe and other lairs provided by humans. Fortunately, none of that goes on out on Anacapa Island, where they feast on endemic deer mice and a throng of insect species. This burrowing owl had no fear of just a few of us humans who knew of its whereabouts. It came out of its dark lair every time it knew one of us was around. It would simply hangout and roost in the sinkhole and survey the skyways like only a burrowing owl can, it’s head and big yellow eyes seemingly on a swivel.

Migrant Trap

It’s All About the Eyes

A burrowing owl

A red-breasted nuthatch

by Chuck Graham

was sitting patiently on a hillside within Scorpion Canyon on Santa Cruz Island, the most biodiverse isle in the Channel Islands National Park. It was mid-morning, and all was quiet in early November 2021. It was dry and warm, and the deer flies were having their way with me, as I overlooked a fruitful fig tree left over from the island’s ranching era 100 years prior.

Suddenly though, there was a flash of red, and I forgot all about those pesky insects. A red-naped sapsucker flew in from who knows where. However, that is one of the many beauties of the Channel Islands. During fall and spring migrations, with Audubon Christmas Bird Counts smashed in between, there’s lots to look for, especially when considering the volcanic archipelago as a migrant trap, a stopover for avian species getting blown off course and those craggy isles serving as a pelagic sanctuary to those needing a break from another arduous migration.

Scorpion Anchorage I spend on average 125 to 160 days a year in the broad-mouthed canyon, mostly leading kayak tours, sea caves being the main draw, but you never know what you might come across on the open ocean or on foot. It is extremely rare for me to be without my camera gear. I don’t consider myself even a serious birder, but I need to be outside. I love all things wild as they should be, and I love photographing wildlife in wild places. So, I get pumped when fall and spring roll around, and for the last several years there’s been a wide variety of bird species enjoying the diversity of Scorpion Canyon and its wave-battered anchorage.

A red-naped sapsucker

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It’s a gratefully lonely, seven-mile hike from Point Bennett on San Miguel Island, heading east back to the ranger station. I typically stay at Point Bennett all day at the largest seal and sea lion rookery in the world, and then walk back in the dark. Headlamp burning bright, It’s the best way to find the endemic island fox on the windswept isle. Last October, I was on a roll and spotted seven island foxes on that nocturnal hike, curious eyes bobbing and weaving in the coyote bush and island buckwheat. Just east of San Miguel Hill, I spotted what I thought was a low-lying island fox in the narrow trail. When I tried to focus manually with my camera, I became confused at what I was peering at. As I crept closer, I was surprised to find a Poorwill probably soaking in the last bit of warmth on an early fall evening. I was so thrilled to see one for the first time. I fired off a few frames, looked at my screen to see if I got anything, looked up, and the Poorwill was gone. It was less than a minute with a rare sighting of a nocturnal species on the most remote islet in the Northern Chain. A moment that was fleeting, but a memo ry that will be everlasting.

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

For whatever reason, burrowing owls like to hang out for the fall and winter on craggy Anacapa Island. There’s a small, rocky sinkhole on the southside of East Anacapa Island. It turned out to be the seasonal home of one very unafraid burrowing owl. Within the sinkhole was a readymade burrow cloaked in lichen, ideal cover for a wintering burrowing owl.

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Just between the back end of the lower campground to the anchorage has always proven fruitful. That’s maybe less than a mile in length, and even as an inexperienced birder, I get really interested when species arrive that I haven’t seen in a while or are flat out a first sighting for me. Some of those include the Pacific loon, American redstart, ovenbird, red-breasted nuthatch, mountain bluebirds, and the black-throated blue warbler. Every now and then very good birders show up at Scorpion Anchorage. Typically, they are helpful divulging information. They’re easy to locate carrying around big lenses and binoculars. I always hit them up with, “see anything good?” I’ll take a mental note of where and when, and then try to track that species down later in the day. One of my favorites was the sage thrasher that showed up near the beach at Scorpion Anchorage three years ago. The word was the sage thrasher moves around a little bit like a roadrunner. Sure enough, after leading a tour, I ran back to the beach at the bottom of the seasonal arroyo, and there it was, the sage thrasher hopping around happily in the saltbush. I think more than anything though, I just like saying sage thrasher.

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Our Town

Pruning the Rose Garden

Ramiro ‘Beto’ Arroyo with volunteers Carolyn Hornberger and Michael Perry (Photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Master Rosarian Dan Bifano training volunteers at the annual Postel Rose Garden pruning (Photo by Joanne A Calitri)

by Joanne A Calitri

n January 8, more than 80 town residents of all ages came to volunteer to provide a much-needed loving hand to Ramiro ‘Beto’ Arroyo, Santa Barbara Parks & Recreation supervisor, and his team, along with Master Rosarian Dan Bifano and the Santa Barbara Rose Society President Bud Jones and wife, Kay, to do the annual pruning of the A.C. Postel Memorial Rose Garden, located across from the Santa Barbara Mission. Training throughout the morning, pruning handouts, trimmers, and snacks were provided. And thanks to Arroyo, his team was there to clean up the garden trimmings post pruning.

A Bit of History Established in 1955 with 500 plants, the Postel Rose Garden grew to be widely known as a favorite tourist and wedding

portrait destination. It currently has 1,500 plant “sits,” 150 varieties of roses and is one of more than 130 recognized U.S. competitive demonstration rose gardens. The garden hosts several All-America Rose Selections (AARS) winner roses and rose “cultivars” — roses bred specifically for certain characteristics — such as the Iceberg, Just Joey, Over the Moon, Peace, Perfume Delight, Henry Fonda, and Julia Child, along with ancient varieties. Known more for their beauty, fragrance, and herbal medicinal benefits, it is of note that roses are the National Floral Emblem of the U.S., by Proclamation 5574 signed on November 20, 1986 by President Ronald Reagan. It is said President George Washington was a rose breeder, naming the “Mary Washington” rose for his mother, grown at Mount Vernon for more than 100 years.

Bifano’s Rose Tips Dan Bifano is well-known in Montecito

as an expert on roses and gardening, designs gardens for clients from Montecito (Oprah Winfrey is one) through Malibu and Bel Air, and has served on the Lotusland Board since 2014. “I have always had roses in my life, growing them for more than 60 years. I have been a rosarian for nearly 40 years, and am one of three people in the southwestern states given the designation at its inception. My knowledge comes mostly from doing.” His super insider tip of the day is the “Dan Bifano Cocktail” mix for roses, which can be found at Island Seed and Feed Goleta. Other tips he provided were: - Pruning activates roses to grow; it forces a much needed rest. Two weeks after pruning, they will bud and flower brilliantly. - It is important to trim away all the leaves and down the canes, but watch for any buds. Cane colors go from burgundy (young) to gray (old). Leave at least five canes from the crown. Once the crown gets woody, it will not sprout. Check closely on the crown for buds. - The Postel Garden has Crown Gall bacteria at the base of it and it has to be dug out. - After you are done pruning, loosen the mulch and spray the plant and ground with a combination of Neem oil to prevent bugs and eggs mixed with copper to prevent fungus and spores. - Prune in winter and fertilize in March; use organic fertilizer to maintain the soil. - Overly wet rose bushes without drying get rust and black spot disease on the leaves. When you water roses, make

certain there is enough sun to dry them. - The nitrogen in the rain makes the roses pop and grow.

Volunteers Needed Year Round

“I love roses! This garden brings so much joy to people, especially during lockdown; it has been so packed these past two years,” Arroyo shared, “This year I have 12 volunteers who work one hour per week on the honor system. We really need 40 to 60 volunteers annually to maintain this garden to its full potential. Even though there is the annual $5,000 grant from the Virginia Firth Wade Endowment Fund to the Santa Barbara Parks & Recreation Department to maintain the garden, the city staff and funding cutbacks have impacted the garden in the past year. 1,500 plants is a lot and we are asking the community for help.” 411 To volunteer in the garden, call 805-564-5433 or email Ramiro Arroyo at rrarroyo@SantaBar baraCA.gov

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Bucket Brigade: Building a Foundation for Local Resilience

Bucket Brigade volunteers help to clean up debris created from the Alisal Fire

In October 2021, the Alisal Fire burned nearly 7,000 acres

by Steven Libowitz

he Santa Barbara coastal region has largely escaped any major disasters in the past year, save, of course, for the ongoing crisis with COVID-19. There haven’t been any major fires striking between Carpinteria and western Goleta, and no serious flooding despite the recent record-setting string of rainstorms. On the other hand, some folks out by Gaviota haven’t been so lucky. The Alisal Fire, that started on the afternoon of October 11, 2021, near Alisal Lake within Refugio Canyon, about 20 miles northwest of Santa Barbara, burned nearly 7,000 acres. The blaze also destroyed 13 structures, but in this new era of so-called megafires, the Alisal Fire was deemed to be too small to receive a State or Federal disaster declaration. Without that designation, the public funding, grants, loans, and other resources typically offered post-disaster to those who have been affected are not available to the survivors of the fire. To make matters worse, many of the survivors lost their insurance coverage after the Thomas Fire, then lost their homes and all of their possessions to the Alisal Fire and are suffering financial distress. At the same time, there are toxic concerns about the ash and debris left in the wake of such a structure fire, where materials such as asbestos, heavy metals, and dioxin represent a health hazard to the property owners, their neighbors and the surrounding community. Removing the debris as quickly as possible to safeguard against wind and winter storms spreading the toxins into the creek, the local water supply and the ocean is also an urgent

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matter. That situation is just the sort of thing that creates a clarion call for the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade (SBBB), the Montecito-based nonprofit formed in early 2018 to create an organized community response in the wake of the Thomas Fire and Debris Flow. The award-winning grassroots humanitarian organization joined with Heal the Ocean, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and other local community nonprofits to create the Alisal Fire Assistance Project (AFAP), a public fundraiser to raise the money needed to complete this cleanup work and assist the survivors and owners of the damaged structures. Now, Bucket Brigade co-founder and CEO Abe Powell is calling on Montecito and Santa Barbara to help out their neigh-

bors, much as the community came together to help dig out and restore Montecito following the fire and flows that destroyed many neighborhoods in the village and claimed 23 lives. “I’m hoping that folks in Montecito will be willing to help other people after a natural disaster, much as they were helped four years ago,” Powell said earlier this week, the day after the fourth anniversary memorial that was streamed online last Sunday. “It’s important that people get involved and let them know that the community is there for them when they need us.” SBBB itself has lent a literal helping hand from among its core of volunteers drawn from the total of more than 4,000 individuals working with the nonprofit since its founding, Powell said. “We’ve had volunteers out there sandbagging before the recent rainstorms, and we’ve been helping to stabilize the hillside around the properties doing work on erosion control to prevent the debris from washing down into the creek. I’m going up there again tomorrow.” The Alisal Fire Assistance Project is merely one of the ways that SBBB is still in the trenches long after the lights from the TV cameras have faded and celebrities disappeared from the work sites that were all over the news in the winter of

2018 in the aftermath of the Montecito debris flows, when teams of volunteers used shovels, bulldozers, and bare hands to remove mud from homes and search for personal effects that had washed away. In the four years that have followed, the Bucket Brigade has crystallized its mission to address the need for an organized community response to natural disasters and crises, recognizing that a cooperative community is the foundation of local resilience. The Bucket Brigade’s work representing its ethos of volunteer training, coordination, and deployment has included Ennisbrook and Casa Dorinda trail and habitat restorations, the Safe Routes to School Trails Network that has defied Montecito’s infamous resistance to change, the “Make Masks Save Lives” program that encompassed more than 300 volunteers sewing 40,000 cloth masks remotely to combat Covid when PPE was in short supply in 2020, and the Growing Community Project that included delivering home pandemic-proof grow-your-own-vegetable “victory garden” kits to residents throughout the county in 2021. There have been astounding improvements in local access and safety, resulting in SBBG not only winning a number of prestigious awards – from two Local Hero designations to California Nonprofit of the Year to, most recently, recognition from Google on National First Responders’ Day last October – but also served as a framework for other communities. “Training people with the skills and tools to responsibly respond to crises and natural disasters that are continuing to increase exponentially everywhere is about moving our community from survivalism mode to one of resilience and cooperation,” said Powell. “Please either volunteer or donate – but do something for your neighbors.” Donate to the Alisal Fire Assistance Project at www.sbbucketbrigade.org/afap. Connect with the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade at (805) 568-9700 or www.sbbuck etbrigade.org.

The Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade was formed in early 2018 in the wake of the Thomas Fire and Debris Flow “Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity.” — Francis Bacon Sr.

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