Mule Train

Creative Waves 22 - 29 October 2020 Vol 26 Issue 43

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Mule Train

For Sale

Ellen DeGeneres puts Bali-esque Montecito spread on the market for $39.9 million, p. 12

“At this stage in life I am all music,” says legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd, p. 14

Montecito Trails Foundation and Los Padres Outfitters Team up for Phase Two of San Ysidro Trail Restoration Project (story begins on page 6)

Purely Political

Reagan biographer Lou Cannon on life in Summerland, cannabis, and politics in the age of Trump, p. 22

Montecito on the Move

State stakeholders tackle newest nagging issue: homeowner’s insurance in historic wildfire seasons, p. 10

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5 Editor’s Letter

It’s simple: Vote.

6 On the Record Controversy over Cold Spring School’s proposed bond measure explodes following a qualified endorsement in the Journal; MTF mule train hauls ass on phase two of San Ysidro Trail restoration project 8 Letters to the Editor Readers write in about Cold Spring School’s Measure L2020, Montecito Sanitary District endorsements, Prop 23, and more 10 Montecito on the Move Reports from the latest marathon virtual hearing on California’s newest nagging problem: getting homeowner’s insurance in the age of wildfires 12 Montecito Miscellany Ellen puts mansion on the market; Prince Harry and Meghan’s Montecito estate once listed as rental; Santa Barbara Symphony’s “Cabaret with Kabaretti”; Ensemble Theatre Company launches new fundraising campaign 14 In Concert Steve Libowitz catches up with legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd, who performs at the Lobero on Friday 15 Community Voices Superintendent and Principal of the Cold Spring School District Amy Alzina seeks to clear up misinformation spread about Measure L2020 16 Seen Around Town Santa Barbara Rescue Mission’s annual fundraiser, “The Bayou Derby”; Girls Inc. of Carpinteria hosts “An Evening in Bloom” 20 Dear Montecito Walker Kemp went out of his comfort zone to Indiana to do what he loves most: working on race cars 22 Purely Political Leslie A. Westbrook talks to venerable journalist and Reagan biographer Lou Cannon about life in Summerland, cannabis, and politics in the age of Trump 26 Perspectives by Rinaldo S Brutoco

Gerontocracy: wise leadership or a failed system?

The Optimist Daily Feeling down? Try hugging a cow. Want to help protect your planet? Feed insects to chickens.

27 The Great Barrington Declaration James Buckley asks: shouldn’t the efficacy of current COVID-19 strategies be discussed?

28 In Passing In loving memory of Margaret Dyruff, world traveler and event organizer; Jon Vreeland, a poet, author, and journalist; and Paul F. Glenn, commodity trading extraordinaire 30 Our Town In Part 12 of Arts in Lockdown Series, artist Paulo Pereira Lima finds refuge in his studio 33 Your Westmont The college wins prestigious website award; pandemic inspires the theater’s Small Enchantments; and the orchestra performs under the Big Tent 34 Brilliant Thoughts Ashleigh Brilliant on the birds, the bees, the owl and the pussycat and all things irrelevant to his honeymoon People of Montecito Marlene Vitanza has owned Peregrine Galleries on Coast Village Road for 37 years 37 Nosh Town The united colors of fall menus compliments of Lucky’s Steakhouse, Ca’ Dario Ristorante, Stella Mare’s and Intermezzo 42 On Entertainment NIVA’s Save Our Stages Fest; bands reunite to play for cars; Westmont With Winds; State Street Ballet; focus on film; Virtual virtues; and more 46 Classified Advertising Our own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales 47 Local Business Directory

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Editor’s Letter

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On the Record

by Nicholas Schou

Nicholas Schou is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of several books, including Orange Sunshine and Kill the Messenger. If you have tips or stories about Montecito, please email him at newseditor@montecitojournal.net

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fter an almost monthlong closure aimed at preventing new fires in what is already one of the busiest fire seasons in California history, the National Forest Service reopened the Los Padres National Forest on October 9. At just after 9 am that morning, 13 mules and a horse led by a trio of wranglers hired by the Montecito Trails Foundation (MTF) headed up the San Ysidro Trail to begin work on the second and most complicated phase of restoring the trail.

Led by Graham Goodfield of Los Padres Outfitters, the mule train consisted of one horse and a baker’s dozen of asses: Darryl, Beyonce, Rainy, Sophie, Louisa, Jethro, Willie, Prince, More Heart, Jalama, Tucker, Eli, and Paychecks. Our heroic, fourhoofed friends packed supplies and

provisions including 90 wooden posts up the mountain, all of which will be used to shore up the last remaining work on Montecito’s most challenging trail, which was extensively damaged during the 2017 Thomas Fire and 2018 debris flow.

In a fitting tribute to the historic, pack animal-oriented origins of Montecito’s trail network, MTF hopes to wrap up the remaining work on the San Ysidro trail this winter. The first phase of the project wrapped up earlier this year with the restoration of the so-called “Psycho Slide,” where postfire erosion had obliterated a 10-yard stretch of the trail near the apex of the climb.

Whereas work crews on Phase One of the project were able to hike down-

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Letters to the Editor

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

Cold Spring School: Just the Facts, Ma’am

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first learned about Measure L2020 a little over a month ago from the front page of this very publication. Little did I know that when I posted about it on NextDoor, I would spark a debate that has both divided and united various members of our community. I have learned a lot about different people whom I have never met, including a District employee who threatened me with a lawsuit via NextDoor private message because I questioned the appropriateness of his serving simultaneously as Chief Business Officer and General Counsel at Cold Spring School. So much for claims that the District wants to hear what the community thinks!

A lot of concerns have been raised about the proposed bond and the school leadership. A lot of claims have been made in defense of the bond and the District. Since nothing was adding up, I reached out to a few people who had posted information about board minutes and asked them to show me where I could get “just the facts, ma’am.” This is what I found out.

I started with the claims that Superintendent/Principal Amy Alzina and the Governing Board had built up the school reserves to $1 million. While this appears to be true, what is interesting is that the board minutes show that the school accepted $823,677 in funding through one-time donations, grants, and fundraisers starting in 2018 (in response to the challenges of the Thomas Fire and the mudslides) and continuing through the spring of 2020. The majority of the money, $698,667, included donations from Katy Perry, the United Way, and even $1,635 from the Mountain View Elementary PTA (maybe that should be sent back?). The remaining $125,000 was donated in response to the Superintendent/Principal’s plea for COVID-relief money this past spring. And this $823,000 is on top of the $125,000 a year the school regularly gets from the Cold Spring Foundation.

So, while the District leadership brags about their ability to build up the reserve for economic uncertainties, they fail to mention that they were only able to do so because of the one-time flood of support and generosity of the community. It certainly wasn’t because of responsible money management. I found it curious that in last week’s letters to the editor, Governing Board member Mr. Marino went on and on describing how the school buildings had been neglected and required immediate repair, while at the same time noting that the school has $1 million in the bank. Sounds to me like you guys already have the money to do the necessary repairs. I also fail to hear him or any other person in charge up there taking responsibility for the lack of upkeep and deferred maintenance that should be part of the annual budget. If my house starts falling apart, I don’t ask my neighbors to pay for it. I figure out how to pay for it myself.

The other issue that has bothered me from the start is the fact that the Chief Business Officer is simultaneously serving as the District’s General Counsel. If you Google Mr. Yuri Calderon you will find a number of articles from Calexico, Oxnard, and Sweetwater school districts that indicate a history of what appears to be self-dealing by Mr. Calderon. Looking at the Board minutes, one will find that when other Business Managers/CBOs were hired, multiple candidates were interviewed. Not with Mr. Calderon. While he was serving as District General Counsel, he was invited to write his own contract for a part-time 60 percent position which was presented to the Governing Board for consideration at the April 15, 2019 meeting. The public was given only 72 hours notice that this particular person was being considered for this very important position. There is no mention of an interview process or salary negotiations and no record of the CBO position being publicly posted. It’s also troubling that his salary plus benefits are $100,000 more than the previous Business Manager, who was full-time.

But the issues of self-dealing don’t end there. While working for the District as General Counsel, Mr. Calderon’s construction management/consulting firm, MillerCalderon, was awarded a $10,000, no bid flat fee contract to oversee the installation of furnaces and thermostats and other energy saving projects using Prop 39 grant money that the District received from the state. The month before he was formally hired as the CBO/General Counsel, MillerCalderon billed the District for the final amount of the contract – to exactly $9,999, in an attempt to allay concerns about the appearance of a conflict of interest. What are the odds?

The Administration and the Governing Board continue to claim that Mr.

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Montecito on the Move

by Sharon Byrne, Executive Director, Montecito Association

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Revelations From the California Insurance Commissioner’s Marathon Virtual Hearing California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on a recent mega virtual hearing with state stakeholders

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he good news from the pandemic: the state has learned how to do Zoom. We no longer have to trek to Sacramento to work with state officials; we can now do it from our living rooms. Direct democracy in action!

We met Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara last year when Assembly Member Monique Limón brought him here to meet with us because we were starting to experience the newly emerging statewide problem of non-renewals tied to high wildfire risk. Fast forward to today – after 4.1 million acres just burned.

Insurance Commissioner Lara scheduled a mega virtual hearing with homeowners, fire chiefs, consumer advocacy groups, and insurers on the problems of non-renewal, under-insurance, Fair Plan, and climate change mitigations. Here are the highlights:

1. Several fire chiefs spoke, including our own Chief Kevin Taylor, who did a great job! The message was pretty consistent: we’re fire-proofing around here.

We have a Fire Safe Council, a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (Montecito was the first to file one in Santa Barbara County). There are sheep eating brush off the mountain, wood-chipping and brush-clearing activities. Homeowners are hardening their homes and creating defensible spaces.

2. Prop 103 regulates insurance company rate increases. They can file rate increases of up to 7 percent with no public hearings. Above 7 percent, it triggers public review, which are called “interventions.” Members of the public can push back against the rate increase, and extend the time for approval. To avoid interventions, many insurers game the process.

Homeowners who live in a fire risk area will pay higher premiums. A rate filing for a request of 6.9 percent could result in 30 percent reduction for one home in a zero fire risk area, and an 80 percent increase for a homeowner in high fire risk area.

3. Several insurers presented their case. They wanted easier paths to rate increases. Denied those, and facing higher risks in wildfire areas, they largely decided to abandon writing policies in those areas. If the insurance companies can’t increase premiums outside the Prop 103 process that triggers public review, according to State Farm, the largest carrier in the state, to the level needed to cover risk, they can’t succeed. Every week’s delay in a rate increase request of 6.9 percent equals $1.6 million they aren’t getting in premiums to

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4. Several advocacy groups weighed in on climate change, calling for different risk models that reflect the world we’ve known in the past three years, rather than the past 20. In 2016, some consumer groups said wildfire rates were going down, so premiums should drop. We know how that turned out. Insurance companies were pushed to use better replacement cost estimator tools, widely known to lowball the actual cost of replacement items, and leave you underinsured, while you believed you were fully insured. I asked, as did other communities, on what about climate change mitigation? What about communities that underground utilities, reduce their community-wide risk of fire, harden their infrastructure – is any of this going to matter in insurance companies’ calculations when they don’t send assessors in to evaluate those mitigations?

The insurers maintain their costs are regulated by the California Department of Insurance and don’t allow for assessments of mitigation strategies. Local land use codes need updating for building / rebuilding in the WUI to force mitigations on homeowners.

5. All of this has driven many desperate homeowners to the California Fair Plan, which has plenty of its own problems, including refusing to underwrite some homes, underinsuring others, and not having large enough limits to cover many properties. Here is the effect of non-renewals from voluntary insurers on the uptake of the Fair Plan.

Closing Statements

Commissioner Lara said he appreciated that homeowners and communities had done so much work to harden against ember spread. But the sacrifice should not all be on the homeowners’ side. We need greater partnership with our insurers. Today we’ve seen evidence insurers game the system to fly under the radar of public scrutiny. If the insurance industry wants higher rates, they need to maintain the solvency of the industry. We need insurers to stop cherry-picking some homeowners while abandoning others. Home ownership serves as a primary source of wealth accumulation in California. Not being able to get affordable insurance, and not being able to access resources to harden your community can lead to a downward spiral in our state’s housing market. When people have taken steps to harden their homes and communities, it should be taken into account in premiums. It’s time to show our resolve and commitment to these protective measures, and for insurance carriers to work with us. We know there are updated models that can take recent events into account to better assess risk, and we want to pursue incorporating those that are proven. We also want local land use authorities to update their codes to push risk mitigation strategies.

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Monte ito Miscellany

Ellen DeGeneres is flipping her Balinese style Montecito property for $39.9 million after purchasing it for $27 million last year

by Richard Mineards

Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, gossip on The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, a commentator on the KTLA Morning News and Entertainment Tonight. He moved to Montecito 13 years ago.

Ellen Puts Estate on Market

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V talk show host and serial real estate flipper Ellen DeGeneres and her longtime wife-actress Portia de Rossi have put on the market their latest acquisition in our rarefied enclave for $39.9 million.

They purchased the bulk of the Bali-esque Montecito spread last year for $27 million, but since then have expanded the complex, which boasts four distinct structures, with the $1.9 million purchase of an adjacent property, bringing the estate to a total of 9.3 acres.

The tony twosome have also made numerous design and building upgrades, including the installation of a new 400-square-foot security hut for a full-time bodyguard.

Christened Salt Hill, the primary portion of the gated compound was completed in 2011 by its previous owner, a local philanthropist.

The main house boasts nearly 8,200 square feet, with just three bedrooms and four and a half baths. There is also a 1,400-square-foot guesthouse, a detached cabana-gym with 721-square-foot and another full bathroom.

The sprawling grounds, which offer dazzling Pacific views, include ancient oaks, acres of native plantings, a koi pond, multiple patios, tall thickets of banana plants, and hundreds of mature trees.

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With the virulent coronavirus pandemic sweeping the nation impacting innumerable cultural programs, the orchestra, under veteran maestro Nir Kabaretti, has not been deterred in any way whatsoever and has launched a series of seven virtual concerts to sate the appetites of its many local fans.

Last week I was at the cavernous Granada Theatre where I have seen every concert performed by the talented musicians over the past 13 years, but it was definitely a show with a difference.

The 1,250-capacity venue was eerily empty as I sat in the loge with board chair Janet Garufis and interim CEO Kathryn Martin as 27 socially spaced players, instead of the normal 67, were filmed by innumerable cameras for the season’s virtual debut show “Cabaret With Kabaretti,” hosted by singer-actress Leslie Zemeckis, wife of Montecito film director Robert Zemeckis, with soprano Lisa Vroman, whom I last saw at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway in 1990 in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Aspects of Love with Michael Ball.

She also sang in Phantom of the Opera on the Great White Way for two years and then continued the role in Baghdad by the Bay for five years.

The show, the Granada’s first live event since March, was expected to raise around $200,000 from the series to be split between the orchestra and the theater, with Vroman singing a selection of works by Irving Berlin, Webber, George and Ira Gershwin, and other favorites from the Great American Songbook.

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In Concert

by Steven Libowitz

Charles Lloyd at the Lobero: Surfing the Creative Wave

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nterviewing Charles Lloyd can be almost as enjoyable an experience as attending one of the legendary saxophonist’s concerts, which are always journeys into the ever-in-the-moment confluence of man, musician, and his muse that can veer from riveting to soul-stirring to spiritual near-bliss. That’s because Lloyd, who has lived in the hills of Montecito with his photographer wife Dorothy Darr for decades, seems equally spontaneous in conversation, and perhaps even a bit less confined by the boundaries necessary for a collaborative concert.

Alas, we had to resort to an email chat this time around, but at times, reading his responses to my questions almost felt like we were actually talking in person. I bring this up because Lloyd has now joined the ranks of the local musical luminaries lending their talents to the ongoing Live from the Lobero’s series of streaming shows, inexpensive payper-view concerts that benefit both the

theatre and the National Independent Venue Association, which is comprised of nearly 3,000 independent venues, clubs, theaters, festivals, performing arts centers, and promoters struggling to survive the pandemic’s financial fallout. It’s hard to tell in advance whether the jazz giant’s virtues will come through intact in the virtual world, but if anyone can transcend the medium’s mucking up of the message, Lloyd would be a leading candidate.

Indeed, Lloyd has been a boundary-busting expectation-defier since early in his career that saw the well-educated Memphis-born musician embrace the era in San Francisco in the mid-’60s, when he shared bills at the famous Fillmore with Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane et al. and became one of the first jazz artists to sell a million copies of an LP with 1967’s Forest Flower. Not long afterward, he walked away from performing, and perhaps the fortune and fame befitting a jazz superstar to hunker down in Big Sur,

the better to be closer to nature and feel more of the essence of inspiration that transcends the physical that still inspires him today.

The Lobero show, which will be available for three days beginning Friday, October 23, also serves as a replacement for a canceled live concert slated for October 25 that had already been postponed from April. That would’ve been with The Marvels with whom he recorded his most recent record at the venue, a much-lauded double disc. Last month, Lloyd did his first streaming concert in Europe for the Healdsburg Jazz Festival with tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain and guitarist Julian Lage. But Friday’s concert features yet another configuration, boasting four-time Grammy-nominated pianist-composer Gerald Clayton, a Lloyd favorite in recent years, and guitarist-composer Anthony Wilson in their first-ever performance.

Reason enough to stream the show.

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Q. You’ve said many times that the Lobero is one of your favorite places to play. What is it about the venue that feels right to you, and how does that show up in your performance, if at all?

A. Adobe walls, Jose Lobero, opera, Lutah Maria Riggs, Marian Anderson, Jonathan Winter, Odetta, my friends Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Roy Haynes, and so much more. I love the use of adobe for homes and architectural spaces – it embodies the concept of “terroir” in the purest form. Created from the earth it stands on, made malleable by water and fortified by the sun. I am endeared to Jose Lobero for wanting to create a place for opera, and to Maria Lutah Riggs for her work on it many decades later. Jonathan Winter was a Montecito neighbor, who along with his wild humor had a love of jazz.

I knew he loved Lord Buckley – we had deep conversations when we ran into each other in the village. When I was a boy growing up in Memphis, struggling with the oppression of the South, Marian Anderson lifted us up and gave us such elevated inspiration.

I have performed at the Lobero something like 17 or 18 times. Todd Jared, who heads up the production team, knows me backward and forward, so it is always a relaxed setting.

On top of all of this, I don’t have to get on a plane or check into a hotel to perform there!

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Community Voices The Facts About Measure L2020

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by Amy Alzina, Ed.D.

or those of you who don’t know me, I am the Superintendent and Principal of the Cold Spring School District. I am a resident and member of the Cold Spring School Community. As of last year, I was also a parent at Cold Spring School. In all of these capacities, I have dedicated myself to ensuring all children receive the best public education possible in a loving and supportive school environment.

It is unfortunate that a very small group of individuals, dead set on being destructive to our elementary school community, has been so relentless in spreading disinformation and venomous lies about our teachers, staff, parents, educational program, and our school. Some of these individuals were the same individuals that fought hard to keep us from re-opening our school to in-person learning. It is time to set the record straight.

Everything we do is laser focused on meeting the individual needs of our students. We are a relationship-driven school. We have a team that is extremely dedicated to serving the hearts, minds, and souls of our children. Serving our children comes first in everything we do! All of our teachers work around the clock for our students, including our specialist teachers. As a result, we have been the highest performing district in the state for two consecutive years and a 2020 California Exemplary Arts in Education school.

Cold Spring School has a strong culture of providing students with an enriching environment where creativity and curiosity are fostered. Music, Drama, Art, STEAM, and PE have been foundational programs of the Cold Spring student experience – allowing students to find and follow passions through exposure to a variety of learning models.

Science, Technology Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM), one of our newest additions to the specialist program, is an integrated class that weaves the learning of core curriculum into hands-on engineering and design projects. Students work in collaborative teams to tackle real-world problems that have no prescriptive solution. Through these challenges, students apply content knowledge that is concurrent with classroom instruction. The outcomes are far more substantial than simply deepening math and science skills. By working through open-ended projects, students become resourceful and strategic.

Since launching the STEAM program, Cold Spring students have built and installed bat boxes and birdhouses; they’ve built custom ukuleles, programmed homemade robots, planted a native garden, and designed a chicken coop for our hopeful campus food forest. The list of student projects is dynamic, and it adapts to the interests and passions of each cohort. Our STEAM program is one that is vested in our community and recognized throughout the State. The District partners with Westmont College to provide a dynamic experience for both Cold Spring and Westmont students. Last year, the District taught a cohort of students from Cleveland Elementary. We are currently planning to do the same this year. It is our vision to expand upon these partnerships to serve the greater Santa Barbara community.

To accomplish this vision and address other essential school facility needs, the Board, on June 22, passed a resolution calling for a general obligation bond to be placed on the ballot in November. The ballot measure, Measure L 2020, seeks $7.8 million dollars, the amount calculated to meet the essential facility needs of the District for the next 30 years. The general obligation bonds would be repaid through an assessment on property owners ad valorem property tax ranging from $11 to $14.00 per $100,000.00 of assessed value annually. The tax is estimated to be levied for 30 years.

This bond program is not a new program. It has been a part of the facilities planning effort of the District since long before I was hired by the District. The program has been a part of our regular board agenda meetings since my arrival.

The District’s Facilities Master Plan dated April 10, 2006, addresses the needs of the District and proposes the construction of a permanent building to replace the portables. This report is fourteen (14) years old. The report also addresses the site circulation issues and the need to move the administrative offices to the front entry of the school for security purposes. We agree with the recommendations made in 2006.

The measure was placed on the agenda only after FM3, a survey consultant, conducted an exhaustive survey of the community. FM3 attempted to reach out to the majority of the households in our community. Admittedly, the response rate was low. This has to do with our community’s willingness to participate in surveys, not any fault of district staff or FM3. FM3 attempted phoning, emailing, and texting the community to secure participation. Those that participated in the survey were 22 – 29 October 2020

overwhelmingly supportive of the general obligation bond (71% in favor).

Our core school building was built in 1927. Five additional classrooms were built in the early 1950s. The four classrooms in the upper courtyard were built in the late 1990s. The majority of our campus is over 70 years old. The District has worked hard to maintain our facilities. In the last year, the District has invested $350,000.00 on much-needed improvements to the campus. Those include replacing inefficient furnaces, replacing skylights that were non-functional, replacing lighting in the classrooms, new door hardware to provide additional campus security, replacing aging projectors, replacing aging furniture in the classrooms, replacing a leaking roof, and many, many other improvements. All of these improvements are funded from operational and categorical (grant) revenues that are simply inadequate to address the larger more long-term problems facing the District.

Measure L2020 would allow the Cold Spring School District to replace the remaining portable buildings with new permanent classrooms to house the specialist program and incorporate flexible, collaborative learning spaces for Cold Spring students.

What will Cold Spring do with the $7.8 Million Dollars?

Measure L2020 would allow the Cold Spring School District to replace the remaining portable buildings with new permanent classrooms to house the specialist program and incorporate flexible, collaborative learning spaces for Cold Spring students. The Bond proceeds specifically will fund: • Replace two aging relocatable/portable buildings with the construction of at least three new permanent classrooms and student support spaces • The three new classrooms would support the Cold Spring School District specialist program including a new Science, Engineering/Mathematics and Technology and Maker laboratories, a new Art classroom • Repair and renovate historical classrooms and buildings • Repair aging water/sewer lines and other aging infrastructure • Replace aging fire alarms and school-wide communication systems, including improvements to campus security and emergency communications • Improve campus circulation and safety • Repair and replace aging roofs throughout the campus • Repair and replace existing restrooms and plumbing • Improve, renovate and repair the library, including construction of a state-of-theart media arts installation • Upgrading and improving educational technology infrastructure and wiring to meet modern technology demands • Improve electrical wiring throughout the campus All the Measure L2020 funds would be spent at Cold Spring School.

How will we ensure that the money is spent on these projects?

The General Obligation Bond proposed by the Governing Board is a Proposition 39 school bond. These bonds require the Governing Board to form a Bond Oversight Committee. The Committee must consist of at least seven (7) members that each serve for a term of two (2) years without compensation and for no more than two (2) consecutive terms. Upon passage, the District will open an application process for any community members interested in serving on the committee.

The Committee may not include any employee or official of the school district or any vendor, contractor or consultant of the school district. The District’s auditor must also perform an annual independent financial and performance audit of all bond expenditures. The audit is presented to the Oversight Committee and to the Governing Board of the District. Finally, no funds may be expended for any teacher or administrative salaries or other school operating expenditures.

I encourage the community to seek the facts by visiting our website https:// coldspringschool.net. We encourage you to see through the misinformation and recognize the hard earned accomplishments of our District. We invite you to be a part of the vision and our deep desire to continue to move forward for our children and those of our greater community.

If you have any questions, I encourage you to reach out to me directly at aalzina@ coldspringschool.net or (805) 969-2678. I welcome the opportunity to connect with those who seek to understand and support the children we all serve.

•MJ

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They’re Off and Running!

by Lynda Millner

Alden Fairbanks, Judy Sturgeon, Carol-Anne Lonson, and Bob Seagol delivering the Rescue Mission dinner to my home Ms Millner is the author of The Magic Makeover, Tricks for Looking Thinner, Younger and More Confident – Instantly. If you have an event that belongs in this column, you are invited to call Lynda at 969-6164.

Santa Barbara Rescue Mission board chair Joyce McCullough, graduate Melissa Ortiz, president Rolf Geyling, chief of police Lori Luhnow, and District Attorney Joyce Dudley

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others celebrated separately.

Our dinner came via a fabulous 1932 Cadillac convertible with a crew of Alden Fairbanks, Judy Sturgeon, Carol-Anne Lonson, and Bob Seagol.

They were all decked out and served us champagne. There was a racing centerpiece for the table and four bags of delicacies from Lorraine Lim Catering: shrimp cocktail, a peach and

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heirloom tomato salad, pulled pork sandwich on a brioche bun, potato salad, jalapeño cornbread, and chocolate walnut pie with berries. Not to mention wine for all.

Rebecca Weber, the director of com-

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Girls Inc. Bloom committee Karla, Katie Convoy, and Dulce host the wrap party The delivery vehicle for our dinner was this 1932 Cadillac

140 sworn officers and 90 civilians.

Before that, she was in San Diego for 27 years.

Melissa Ortiz touched us all with her story of recovery from addiction and graduation from the 12-month program. She has a new life and others will too from the $489,585 raked in by the fundraiser.

“I trust you were touched and recognized the critical role the SBRM has played in our community for more than 50 years,” Rolf Geyling, the Rescue Mission’s president said. “We want to make sure people struggling

with homelessness and addiction will have a place to turn for decades to come. While only 21 percent of those completing treatment programs nationally maintain their sobriety beyond five years, we are proud that 54 percent of our graduates remain in recovery over this same period.”

Some of the Rescue Mission’s movers and shakers are board chair Joyce McCullough; women’s auxiliary president Kim Schuck; Bayou event co-chairs Susan Hughes, Kim Mullen and Joan Wimberly; decorations chair Dianne Davis; silent auction coordi-

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nators Rose Hodge, Terry Foil, and Katie Pointer. The Idiomatiques provided music.

The Santa Barbara Rescue Mission was established in 1965 and brings physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual resources to individuals and families in need. It is the only organization between Oxnard and Santa Maria that provides hot meals and overnight accommodations to homeless guests 365 days of the year. It offers men’s and women’s 12-month residential recovery, treatment, family support, relapse prevention, men’s sober living, academic instruction, and job skills training. Its residential drug and alcohol program has won national recognition for its extraordinary effectiveness. The Mission receives no government funding. For more information call 805-966-1316 ext. 105.

It will hold its next graduation, Tribute to Recovery, Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 1 pm. They will livestream the ceremony on Facebook so you can watch from home. Your heart can’t help but go out to the graduates who have accomplished so much.

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Girls Inc. of Carpinteria hosted its eighth annual “An Evening in Bloom” but with a different twist this year and the community “showed” up. Their bold goal was $250,000. So far they are just over $230,000 and still counting!

The usually elegant affair at the Girls Inc. campus was quiet this year because of the “Challenge for Change” competition with local teams competing to raise money. CARP Growers was the winner, raising $87,000.

The month-long challenge ended with a virtual wrap party the end of September via Zoom. There were about 55 community members attending the virtual event which included a live auction and more.

Girls Inc. of Carpinteria trustee Kati Convoy and local members Dulce (eighth grade) and Karla (fifth grade) hosted the event from Westerlay “Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.” – Steve Martin

Girls Inc. executive director Jamie Collins speaks during the virtual wrap party

Orchids. Ever faithful longtime supporters and advocates of the organization Win and Ed Van Wingerden were the auctioneers.

The wrap party included a special tribute to Mary Crowley who had been a longtime supporter and board member, passing away in January 2020.

The video recognized Mary with kind words from her family and friends.

Clyde Freeman said, “You could just see the fire and dedication in her eyes whenever Girls Inc. came up.”

Clyde’s wife echoed, “Looking at Girls Inc. today I see Mary everywhere. She was always saying ‘strong, smart, and bold’—and that was Mary too.”

“Mary left an inspirational legacy that enables us to continue our work delivering life-changing programs to local girls and teens. She dedicated years of service as a trustee and was heavily involved in our Taste of Carpinteria event,” said the executive director Jamie Collins.

Girls Inc. of Carpinteria reopened its doors on June 1 with new protocols and safety measures in place.

The organization provides distance learning support to girls in coordination with each school, classroom, and teacher as much as possible in addition to offering out-of-school programming in the form of its early literacy program, homework assistance, and a STEM-focused curriculum. They are doing remote work as well.

For more information call 805-6846364.

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Dear Montecito

Walker Kemp takes apart a clutch in between rounds of the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway

by Stella Pierce

Montecito Alumni Write Letters from Life’s Front

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onfession of the week: I didn’t know what a drag race was.

I thought it was the highly demanding sport where large groups of men spend months work-shopping their bodies and paint jobs, preparing for their minute on the fashion runway. It was only recently I found out that not all drag racing is hosted by RuPaul. (Rev your engines, boys!)

I couldn’t tell you exactly when I learned that there is more than one kind of drag racing, but for the purposes of today’s letter, let’s say this revelation happened before I reconnected with my old classmate, Walker Kemp. Walker is a sophomore at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, where he is pursuing a degree in motorsports engineering. When not in the classroom, or on the track, the multi-talented Montecito Union alum enjoys photography, graphic design, and playing the guitar. But one of the crowning achievements on his résumé must be his work with the top fuel drag rac-

ing team, Lex Joon Racing. Whether you’re a time-weathered expert, or a less informed but eager fan of the high performance sport, please enjoy a snippet from the life of Walker Kemp, undergraduate and drag race rising star.

Dear Montecito,

I cannot understate my gratitude for being one of the few people on this earth granted the privilege of growing up in sunny, beautiful Montecito, California. It was not until recently, after having moved away for college and seeing more parts of this country, that I began to realize how special my hometown is.

Currently, I make my home in Indianapolis, Indiana. There are many things I miss from back in Montecito, and although I am far from the perfect person to represent all the great things our little corner has to offer, I have experienced the many illustrious wonders of our little beach town my

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entire life. I knew it was time for a change, and when I realized what I wanted to study, I knew where I needed to go to make that change.

I certainly understood from a young age that I wanted to pursue something mechanical. And when I discovered racing a few years ago, I realized I had never been fascinated with a machine as I was with racecars of Formula One, IndyCar, and other motorsports.

I entered Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and started my degree in motorsports engineering. As my time at IUPUI continued, my fascination with motorsports only grew. I knew I wanted to learn as much as I could about designing, fixing, and running these machines.

This summer I was a technician for Lex Joon Racing, a top fuel drag racing team based here in Indianapolis. And just this past weekend I was a crewmember of TechSport Racing, a touring car race team here for a weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

I miss the waves, the mountains, Knowlwood Tennis Club, driving past the gorgeous Montecito homes, I really do. More than all that though, I miss my friends and family. Going back home for winter and spring break made me realize how much I took these things for granted before I left for college. However, I must be honest, I don’t miss these things as much as I think many of my friends would if they were in my situation. I am living 2,000 miles away from home, in a

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space that gets very cold in the winter (imagine that!), hot in the summer, elevation changes are a scarce commodity, and the political climate is well, different. Many of my new friends here were quite surprised to hear that I voluntarily came to Indiana from Southern California. But I am exactly where I need to be at this point in my life: in the pursuit of racing.

If there was some piece of advice I could give the high school students who are weighing the decision of where they want to go to college or if they want to go at all, I would advise them to consider this: Don’t be afraid to venture beyond your comfort zone.

I was making a similar decision to you not that long ago, and I’m so glad I chose the way I did. I didn’t let the distance from home or the different culture here hold me back from the pursuit of my passion. You shouldn’t either. I am in the best location possible for me to be on the path to doing what I love.

All that said, Montecito, I am beyond excited for the next time I come home. I also cannot wait to bring my girlfriend Katie, who has never been west of Missouri, to our corner of the world.

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

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Purely Political

Journalist and Reagan biographer Lou Cannon, 87, still writes regularly for the State Net Capitol Journal and for other outlets from his home in Summerland

by Leslie A. Westbrook

A Matter of No Party Preference

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n the newsroom of the Washington Post, Lou Cannon cultivated a reputation as a “reporter’s reporter.” Concealing his political loyalties was as much a matter of professional integrity as it revealed his facility to see both sides. “I’ve been a Democrat and I’ve been a Republican,” Cannon revealed during a recent Zoom conversation just before the first presidential debate. “I was an independent voter when I lived in North Virginia, but registered Republican to vote for Lagomarsino when Michael Huffington ran against him here in Santa Barbara. Lagomarsino lost. A lot of people I voted for lost.”

Now 87 years old and still living in Summerland, the venerable journalist and Ronald Reagan biographer is more candid today about his political views. He had been a Republican but with Donald Trump, his status has shifted to nonpartisan.

“I am now no party preference,” he says, “as I was when I covered Reagan when he was in the White House.”

Lou Cannon and I covered a lot of ground, from his personal heroes to cannabis in Summerland to politics in the age of Trump. The parts of our conversation that pertain to current day political affairs, including his preference for Joe Biden to Donald Trump, follow.

Q. Where do you stand on the current election?

A. I’ve become more bullish on Biden’s chances since tracking the election on the Cook Political Report,

always fair and non-partisan. It’s clear from polling that Trump hurt himself in the debate and with his inconsistency since he got COVID. Trump makes himself a laughingstock when he tweets that Biden is “against God” while he’s attending mass. That was offensive to Catholics, including me.

It’s telltale that endangered Republican senators are no longer aligning themselves with Trump. Someone looked at 46 ads they did over the weekend. Trump isn’t mentioned in any of them. Trump has been pulling these senators along throughout the campaign; now he may be hurting them.

I’m talking about North and South Carolina, Georgia, Iowa, and Kansas.

I think Biden will win; wouldn’t hazard a guess about the Senate, which could wind up anywhere from one to seven net Republican losses. Dems will lose Alabama and possibly Michigan, where the incumbent senator is running 9-10 points behind Biden. Dems need a net gain of three seats if Biden wins.

Do you see any similarities between Ronald Reagan, once a movie star, and Donald Trump, a former reality TV star?

I don’t think people in political life get how attached people become to a television personality or movie star.

Trump, in a way, was like Reagan, but to me he is the anti-Reagan because he is different in every way. Reagan was a very gentlemanly man, he would never say the things that Trump says.

Both of them started with tremendous name recognition. People who are in show business or are entertainers or are well known start with an advantage that ordinary politicians don’t have.

Reagan was politically involved as an actor. Many in those days were not.

He’d been an active Democrat who was always interested in issues. It wasn’t like, here’s a guy who woke up one day and thought: ‘People know who I am, I’m going to run for governor.’ People wanted Reagan to run.

I think it’s very different with Trump

– with one exception. The person who wanted Trump was Trump. There were a lot of people who wanted Reagan.

I think his opponents on the Republican side, and Mrs. Clinton as well, in the general election, people didn’t realize how well known you become, as in his (Trump’s) case, as a television celebrity, which would have been the equivalent of a movie actor in Reagan’s day. Trump, in a sense, played the role of himself. It’s not very heartwarming. What Trump did was fire people on television and created dissention. He created a narrative of ‘You’re up to it or you’re not up to it,’ even though I don’t think he meets his own narrative, that’s the kind of president he’s been – a divisive president.

Most people think well of the people they’re watching on a television or reality show or they wouldn’t be watching it. Most people do not think well of politicians as a class or as a group.

Reagan would always get annoyed with me in conversations – he mentioned this a couple of times when I’d refer to him as a politician. I’d refer to him as a good politician. He told me afterwards he didn’t want to be called a politician, good or otherwise, because people don’t like politicians.

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tician, and one of the best. When he ran for governor he compared himself to Cincinnatus, the Roman who left his plow to go run an election and straighten out Rome and then return to his plow. That’s how he wanted people to see him and I think, at first, that’s how he saw himself.

What about another California governor who came from Hollywood?

Arnold Schwarzenegger – if you watched the Terminator movies – came in as a guy who could get something done. He also gained from the fact that he didn’t seem like a politician.

Governor Schwarzenegger, whom I liked in a lot of ways, led us into the era of taking climate change seriously.

He made it possible for Jerry Brown and our present governor to build on what he did on climate change.

He was a person who didn’t quite succeed; he never did quite learn the nuts and bolts of politics. I don’t think Trump has either.

Do you think Trump is as talented of a politician as Reagan was?

No matter how much you dislike Trump, he has really mastered Twitter.

Every day, if I say the method you are using to vote is unreliable, then in six months’ time, you are going to wonder. A substantial number of people still believe that Obama wasn’t born in the United States of America, which was a rumor he started.

Ronald Reagan had the most self-deprecating sense of humor of any politician I’ve ever known and he was funny. He’d say things like, “I know hard work never killed anyone, but why take a chance?”

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after we hear his voice on the Bob Woodard interview where he admits that he knew this (COVID-19) was dangerous but he was trying to play it down, Trump gives himself an A-plus on the way he handle the virus.

Reagan was 70 at the time of his first term as president. Does age matter for either of the current candidates?

Before the death of the great, great lady Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Trump, 74, was trying to portray Biden, 77, as someone who wasn’t up to the job. I look at Biden and Trump – I don’t make any secret that I prefer Biden to Trump – age really isn’t an issue in this election. It seems obvious to me that both of them are able to function and do what they do. It’s a question of, do you like what they do?

I don’t like what Mr. Trump has done.

If I have this right, Reagan was the oldest president when he was running for president. He turned 70 soon after he was sworn in. I asked him if his age would be a factor? He said, ‘Lou, if I act old, it will be a factor. If I don’t act old…’

He didn’t act old.

Speaking of Ginsburg, what do you make of the effort to swiftly replace her with Amy Coney Barrett?

This is a boon for President Trump.

It is because he badly needs to change the subject away from the coronavirus. The number of people who think he’s handled the COVID-19 well is down in the 30s. That means people are going to go vote for him because he consistently polls in the low to mid 40s.There are people who are going to go vote for him who don’t think he handled the coronavirus well and well it’s obvious he didn’t. So almost anything that would enable him to change the subject.

I think the Trump voters are more enthused than the Biden voters. The polls show that, although it’s not a great margin. You can’t vote twice – although Trump seems to think you can in North Carolina – if you’re already enthused you’re enthused.

Maybe if the (Supreme Court) nominee seems a threat to people on the other side – particularly on Wade vs.

Roe – that might prod Democrats.

What about moving forward with the nomination?

[Senator Mitch] McConnell is clearly a hypocrite. I don’t think there’s something wrong in moving ahead. I thought there was something

he’s been ahead in the battleground states. Trump has been holding some rallies; apparently it gives him a warm and fuzzy feeling to hold them.

Before Justice Ginsburg died, if you’d ask me how the Supreme Court played into this, I’d have said it wouldn’t play very much into this.

For conservatives, I think this does give them a rationale for voting for Trump even though they don’t like his crudeness and fanaticism and his mangling of the facts. He promised that he would put conservative nominations on the court. And I think you have to say, if you are being fair to Trump, he has chosen solid, conservative justices.

“Most people think well of the people they’re watching on a television or reality show or they wouldn’t be watching it. Most people do not think well of politicians as a class or as a group.”

– Lou Cannon wrong in not giving Obama’s nominee a hearing. But I don’t know how many people really care about that.

So, Senator McConnell is a hypocrite who says one thing and does another?

Many people think that’s what politicians do.

What do you think the October surprise will be?

This September surprise (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing) is enough for me! I still think that Biden is most likely to win. He’s been ahead steadily not only in the overall poll (Hillary Clinton has shown you can win the popular vote, but lose) but

I’m curious about this choice and I wonder whether Judge Amy Coney Barrett – she’s had seven children, been at Notre Dame, very outspoken, not only on the question of pro-life

– also casts doubt on the value of precedent. For the liberals that must send a chill down their spine. Chief Justice Roberts shows a great respect for precedent and it’s why people who want Roe to survive have come to trust him.

You’ve taken a strong stance against a cannabis dispensary in Summerland. Can you elaborate?

I’m opposed to a cannabis store in Summerland. It’s the right of anyone to use cannabis, but we don’t even have a grocery store in Summerland.

People have to go out of town to buy their groceries, and cannabis users can do the same. There’s a cannabis store on Milpas Street in Santa Barbara, the same street with Trader Joe’s and the recently opened Sprouts, both of which we like. A survey by the Summerland Citizens Association found that more than 90 percent of respondents oppose a cannabis store in Summerland. More than 25 percent of Summerlanders responded to the survey, a large response in a town with so many absentee owners.

Supervisor [Das] Williams has said he will listen to the wishes of communities before choosing sites for additional cannabis stores. If he does – and I believe he will – he will not put a cannabis store in Summerland. •MJ

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2013 when Jason Moran had to stay home with his young twins. Later that same year, I took Gerald with me to Poland where I had been commissioned to write a new suite of music “Wild Man Dance,” for the Jazztopad Festival in Wroclaw. Gerald revealed a very sensitive poetic side of himself in that performance, which was released on Blue Note Records in 2015. Since then, he has toured and performed a lot with me in quartet, quintet as we did at my 80th birthday at the Lobero, trio, duo and symphony orchestra.

Each time we get together, I hear the expansion in his approach to the music. It is edifying to witness. Gerald was born in Holland, but loves to surf and has chosen California as his home – it’s great to know he is just down the road a piece in Hermosa Beach.

Anthony Wilson is new to you. What drew you to him, and what makes him a good fit for the Ocean trio?

His father Gerald Wilson was the great composer, arranger, and bandleader, a messianic kind of guy who had written for Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, and was also a ghostwriter for a lot of Hollywood film scores. When I was a student at USC I was in his big band. There were a lot of great musicians in the band – Ornette (Coleman) was there for a while, Don Cherry, Horace Tapscott, Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan, Lester Roberston. We rehearsed a lot and at one point we went to Las Vegas for six weeks to play at the Flamingo Hotel. We drove up from L.A. and stayed in rental houses along roads across the tracks in the Las Vegas ghetto. Segregation was still very much in effect.

Many years later, I met Anthony through my tone poet friend, Joe Harley, who was keen to hear Anthony play with me. Last winter I had a

gig in L.A. and invited Anthony to be part of it. I could hear something special in his playing, so when we started planning for this concert in the midst of COVID and with travel extremely limited, I invited Anthony to join me and Gerald at the Lobero.

Speaking of which, I’m curious about the name for the group: “Ocean Trio” to me evokes a sense of rhythm, power, and flow. What resonates for you?

Fluidity. All of that – and the great expanse and openness of the sea.

Being that the Lobero performance was already recorded, can I ask: How did it go?

What surprised you? Did you find those transcendent moments that make your concerts so compelling? And were you able to feel fully expressed even without an audience? (I imagine so, as you often perform for extended periods with your eyes closed.)

I think the three of us were riding a wave of joy just to be in the same space and making music together. We were focused and it just flowed. Before we knew it, two hours had gone by and they told me we had to stop because they ran out of space on their storage drive. The beautiful thing about the “now” is that it defies the concept (of time). We had no idea two hours had gone by.

When people share their wonder that you are still working so creatively, trying out new configurations, working with new material, seemingly endlessly innovating – what does that bring up for you? Your own sense of wonder? Perhaps frustration that people are surprised? Gratitude? Or something else?

Every day I marvel at my blessings in life – I think you know I have nearly checked out a couple of times. The creator keeps restoring my health – there

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must be a reason. I can’t take it for granted.

This COVID has taken several dear colleagues. It has been heartbreaking. It has underscored the need for sages, not politicians. I am doubly blessed to live where we can walk around freely outside and get fresh air. (Wife) Dorothy (Darr) has been growing our fruits and vegetables for many decades. God willing, we will get through the fall and winter without any other disasters to complicate things.

What’s been your experience of coping with COVID and our “new reality.” I know you live in an area as remote as Montecito gets, and have cultivated a “friendship with solitude” over the years.

Does your experiences with the pandemic in the last seven months show up in your creativity, your music?

There has been an ebb and flow of anxiety, frustration, and appreciation.

Anxiety and frustration over the slow response of this country and the toll it has taken on every aspect of each of our lives. For us, as musicians, it is unknown as to when our normal performing lives will return – or whether the great venues large and small in the world will even be able to survive the financial devastation of such a long closure. This didn’t have to be. On the other hand, I appreciated big time not having to run out to the airport at 4 am to catch a flight to connect to a bigger plane to fly to Europe or Asia and then go through all the toll booths required to enter a country and check into a hotel. I don’t miss that at all. I have done a lot of playing outside in nature with the frogs, bees, birds, and my cat, Cochise. That has been grounding.

It is great that the Lobero embarked on presenting live stream concerts.

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” – Steve Martin

Even without an audience, there are enough vibrations in those hallowed adobe walls to feel the presence of so many great spirits – and that helped us navigate those waters.

What drives or inspires you now, and how is that perhaps different from 10 years ago, or 50 years ago?

A great inner joy and deep gratitude fills my life. I sometimes ask myself how I could be so blessed. Yes, I am angry about the condition of the condition – things that I never thought I would see again in my lifetime. And things I have never seen in my lifetime. To our work we have a right, and while I am still here and still able, I will continue to try and make a contribution through my music that will uplift, inspire, and console as music has always done for me.

There’s a recent quote from Clayton about how when you play, he can hear Howlin’ Wolf, the Beach Boys, the Grateful Dead, and Keith Jarrett – not to mention Bird and Bach. It seems that comes from having your curiosity about music remain intact, and a willingness and the humility to continue to be impacted. Does that fit for you, or does it resonate in a different way?

Beginner’s mind, Prez. Gerald has big ears and can hear around a corner.

Your music always seems to me to be a search for a place between seeking the truth and expressing it. How do you find that balance between truth-seeking and truth-telling?

We are reporters living in this world – what we report is based on experience. I have the benefit of a long life to draw from. I try to maintain Beginner’s Mind. At this stage in life I am all music.

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by Rinaldo S. Brutoco

Rinaldo S. Brutoco is the Founding President and CEO of the Santa Barbara-based World Business Academy and a co-founder of JUST Capital.

He’s a serial entrepreneur, executive, author, radio host, and futurist who’s published on the role of business in relation to pressing moral, environmental, and social concerns for over 35 years

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hink about it. In 2017, Donald Trump was inaugurated at the age of 70, making him the oldest person to assume the presidency.

He is running this year against Joe Biden, who will be 78 if inaugurated in 2021, while Trump will be 74. In a campaign where there are massive differences between “the Donald” and Joe, their age is the one thing they have in common. They are both fairly old to be running for the highest office in the land. And, while we might not want to do anything to restrict someone from running for president, given their age it is somewhat problematic they will survive a full term in office. Let’s hope not, but the possibility is very real that either Donald or Joe will not make it a full term. That makes the race for Vice President far more important. Joe’s health records appear to show he’s in very good shape, and he clearly intends to stay that way with a good exercise regime and healthy diet.

Donald, on the other hand, is obese, delights in a diet of Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald’s hamburgers, gets absolutely no exercise at all, recently contracted COVID-19, paid a mysterious emergency visit to Walter Reed Hospital a couple of months ago for unknown reasons, and continues refusing to release a credible report of his basic medical records. Viewed this way, even though he is three years older than Trump, Biden probably has the far better chance of surviving a full term. Nonetheless, a vote for Trump should probably be considered a vote for Mike Pence as he would step in if Trump’s health or mental stability were to fail.

A fundamental question is why are so many of our society’s leaders so old? Should anything happen to Trump and Pence, the next in line for succession to the Presidency is Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who is already 80 years old. And, God forbid, if anything happens to her the next in line is Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley, who is already 87 years old! What’s going on here?

California’s own Senator Feinstein is 87, and the incredibly powerful Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, is 78! In fact, seven U.S. Senators are over the age of 80, and 14 more are above the age of 75. As a

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group, more than half of all Senators, and 15 state governors, are over the traditional retirement age of 65.

I’m delighted that Ruth Bader Ginsburg served her country until her dying day at the ripe old age of 87. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is already 82 and Clarence Thomas is 72, and Justice Samuel Alito is a relatively “youthful” 70!

And, more than 147 members of the House of Representatives are over the age of 65. Has the United States become a gerontocracy? Merriam Webster defines that as “a form of social organization in which a group of old men or a council of elders dominates or exercises control.” It is literally an oligopoly (power shared by a small group) of leaders who are older than most of the adult population. Given that the average American is only 37.9 years old, we clearly have a gerontocracy happening. Is that good or bad?

The ancient Greeks felt that older men (not women) were better at ruling than younger men so they wanted a gerontocracy. Given how well Athens did for so long, one could make the argument that an older leadership would be more experienced and possess calmer emotions more suitable for governing than younger folks. Maybe so. On the other hand, in a world as complex and fast changing as ours is today, I think the better argument is that we should be ruled by leaders who are not that much older than the rest of us, say one generation or so above the mean. That would mean our leadership on average would be in their late 60s to early 70s which, I believe, would make it more likely they would be more closely in touch with the issues that matter to the vast majority of our citizens. They would also have a better chance to engage our citizens in a more active manner.

Without a doubt, a more youthful leadership would be far better at understanding the advantages and perils posed by our rapidly advancing technology. Does an 80-year-old really understand what matters to most of us, or even how to find out that answer given how complex our technology has become? Does a 75-year-old understand the stresses and joys of people two and three generations younger who grew up in radically different times, with rad-

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oga, journaling, and mindfulness may be great options for boosting your mental health, but if you’re looking for something that is, well, different, consider a rural wellness trend out of the Netherlands: Koe knuffelen, which translates to cow hugging.

The practice revolves around the inherent healing properties of a good human-to-animal snuggle. Cow cuddlers take a tour of a farm before resting against one of the cows for two or three hours.

Cow cuddling is thought to reduce stress by boosting oxytocin in humans, which is a hormone released in social bonding. The calming effects of curling up with a pet or emotional support animal, it seems, are accentuated when cuddling with larger mammals. Another beautiful aspect of cow cuddling is that the cows enjoy it too. In a 2007 study featured in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science, researchers found that cows show cues of deep relaxation, stretching out, and allowing their ears to fall back when massaged in particular areas of their neck and upper back.

If you want to enjoy some “koe knuffelen,” you don’t need to travel to the Dutch countryside. In fact, farms in Switzerland and even the United States are offering cow-hugging sessions. Happy cuddling folks!

Why more farms should feed maggots to chickens rather than soy

Watching chickens peck around for insects should be an utterly normal experience, but in this day and age, most hens are kept indoors where they are forced to eat a grain and soy-rich diet.

Farmers opt for soy because it is pound for pound the best source of protein—and it’s cheap. The problem, however, is that this over-reliance on soy is leading to mass deforestation.

In the UK, one farm is showing chicken farmers a better, more sustainable alternative to soy: insects! Rich in protein and essential micronutrients, insects require less space, produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and have a high feed conversion rate.

According to farmers, maggot diets have been unequivocally positive as the chickens actually display excitement when the maggots arrive.

They’ve worked out the time of the day when blue containers of maggots, rather than ready-made feed arrives, and start bustling when they see them coming. It’s also encouraged the hens to carry out natural foraging behaviors, says farmer Charles Mear, who has noticed that as a result, they seem less inclined to peck other birds.

Beyond the visual cues of happiness, live insects have also been found to have a positive effect on the birds’ immune systems. The farmers haven’t had to use antibiotics on their farm, showing how maggots offer the potential to reduce antibiotic use across the poultry sector. Who would have thought we could appreciate maggots?

•MJ ically different cultural moorings?

Do all those old leaders really understand the pace of life experienced by the under 30 generation, or even the deep concerns over the climate and other sociologically important challenges they face? I sincerely doubt it.

So what should we do? How about we start with a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices of 75? How about term limits on the Congress like we have here in California that keeps moving older politicians out and younger ones in? How about having mandatory judicial retirement ages as 32 of our 50 states already have? After all,

“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.” – Steve Martin

we require pilots to retire at 65, air traffic controllers at 56, military personnel at 62 except for “flag” officers (i.e. the rank of General), and FBI field officers at 57. These age restrictions are not age discrimination, they are basically safety precautions.

Wouldn’t our society be “safer” if the gerontology oligopoly which makes most of our life-threatening decisions gave way to shared power with younger men and women who more closely relate to the people being governed? That’s my opinion and I’m 73. I hope you’ll write in to share your thoughts – particularly if you are over 70.

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f any sentient being has been in doubt as to which side virtually all the major media and social media companies are on, non-coverage of both the Hunter Biden laptop e-mails and the Great Barrington Declaration should be proof positive of which side they’ve taken. When presidential candidate Joe Biden tells the debate moderator (in this case, Chris Wallace of FOX News) that the story surrounding Hunter Biden’s $83,000-a-month payment on the board of directors of Burisima, a Ukrainian energy company, has been “debunked,” it sure gives “debunked” a brand-new meaning other than exposing the falseness of a belief, since exposure has yet to take place.

But, let’s get to the Great Barrington Declaration.

“As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists,” the public pronouncement begins, “we have grave concerns about the damaging physical, and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies.”

The Declaration goes on to “recommend an approach we call Focused Protection,” and then outlines some of the damaging results of current lockdown policies, including “devastating effects on short and long-term public health… lower childhood vaccination rates, worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes, fewer cancer screenings and deteriorating mental health – leading to greater excess mortality in years to come, with the working class and younger members of society carrying the heaviest burden.”

The Declaration also suggests that “keeping students out of school is a grave injustice,” and that keeping

such measures in place until a vaccine is available “will cause irreparable damage, with the underprivileged disproportionately harmed.”

Another tidbit worth chewing over: “We know that vulnerability to death from COVID-19,” it says, “is more than a thousand-fold higher in the old and infirm than the young. Indeed, for children, COVID-19 is less dangerous than many other harms, including influenza.

The signing doctors and scientists encourage “herd immunity,” along with opening up businesses of all kinds, sending children back to schools, and most importantly, taking additional measures to protect the most vulnerable as the central aim of the public health response to COVID-19.

The Declaration’s final paragraph says it all: “Those who are not vulnerable should immediately be allowed to resume life as normal. Simple hygiene measures, such as hand washing and staying at home when sick should be practiced by everyone to reduce the herd immunity threshold. Schools and universities should be open for in-person teaching. Extracurricular activities, such as sports, should be resumed.

Young low-risk adults should work normally, rather than from home.

Restaurants and other businesses should open. Arts, music, sport and other cultural activities should resume.

People who are more at risk may participate if they wish, while society as a whole enjoys the protection conferred upon the vulnerable by those who have built up herd immunity.”

The Declaration was authored and signed on October 4, 2020 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts by: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor at

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The Declaration had garnered support from over 10,000 other doctors and scientists and even Elon Musk.

Wow! One would think that such a declaration, signed by leading health professionals from around the world, would at the very least set off a series of discussions debating the subject.

One would be wrong.

The Declaration was given short shrift by the same crowd that actively stifles any news of alleged Biden family corruption and other news that may negatively affect their candidate. The Declaration has been “Shadow Banned” by Google, cen-

sored by Reddit, and mocked by The Guardian, which chose to point out a couple dozen fake names on the nowover 15,000 signatories; fake, mainly because the online Declaration invites anyone to sign on, and some of those who’ve signed on have used phony (and sometimes funny) names.

A publication called ScienceBased Medicine has compared Great Barrington Declaration supporters to “creationists,” “HIV/AIDS denialists,” “climate science deniers,” and has called the doctors “grifters.”

Much like the current (and the 2016) presidential campaign, there is apparently just one opinion (or candidate) one can take (or choose). Anything else – anything and everything – is obviously beyond the pale, not worthy of consideration, evil, reprehensible, and… just fill in the blank.

Personally, I’m pretty much in agreement with the Great Barrington Declaration, Elon Musk, and President Trump’s Covid Health Adviser, Dr. Scott Atlas, but I don’t feel those who disagree with that sentiment are evil, out to destroy the planet, or anti-science flat-earthers.

On that point, shouldn’t the efficacy of current COVID-19 strategies be at least a topic of discussion, rather than, as it now seems, a cause for charges of apostasy or worse?

Just asking.

•MJ

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In Passing Margaret Jane Dyruff,

December 27, 1927 – October 7, 2020

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argaret Jane Dyruff (née Stivers), age 92, died peacefully of natural causes at home on October 7. She was born on December 27, 1927, in Ripley, Ohio to the late AJ Stivers II and Eliese Bambach Stivers.

“Baby Jane” was the middle of five children, and was an active 4-H member and Girl Scout camper.

She attended Ripley High School and graduated in 1946 from Grier School in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, where she learned to solo pilot a yellow Piper Cub. She attended the University of Cincinnati, and at the request of her father, she joined a sorority. It was through Alpha Gamma Delta that Jane met her lifelong friend Erma Duppstadt.

Jane and Erma decided to move to San Francisco together in Jane’s green Pontiac, a wayward road trip that took them to Denver, Salt Lake City, Margaret Jane Dyruff led an adventurous life of and even to a bullfight in Tijuana, travel, organizing events for the Channel City Club Mexico. In San Francisco, Jane met and volunteering the late Robert Dyruff, the love of her life. The two were engaged after a six-month romance and their wedding was heralded as the most beautiful ceremony in Ripley.

She raised four children and took in two nieces in their teens, which made for a very busy household. She often said she had no idea how she could cook for that many people every day! Her mac n’ cheese recipe became a family favorite, as did her chocolate birthday cakes.

In Montecito, Jane worked with the Channel City Club for nearly 20 years organizing community speaking events. She served as a trained volunteer with the Montecito Emergency Response & Recovery Action Group, and during the 2008 Tea Fire she helped coordinate fire engines coming into Montecito from all over California to park at Lower Manning Park. On her 90th birthday, MTO firefighters joined in celebrating with her, much to her delight.

Her life was adventurous and her passport full. She took solo trips to New Orleans and the Bahamas, vacationed with friends in Cuba and Hawaii, and travelled with the Committee on Foreign Relations to China, Russia, Georgia, and Cuba with the Art Museum, among other places. Most recent trips include an exploration of Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland and a theater tour of England with her family. At age 70, she gleefully added skydiving to her long list of exploits.

Jane was a lifelong learner, and took lessons in jewelry making and lapidary at Santa Barbara City College’s Continuing Education Division. Her projects included bronze busts of two grandchildren, a jack-in-the-pulpit carved from alabaster stone, and her son-in-law Jeff’s wedding ring. She also attended masterclasses at The Music Academy of the West, and especially enjoyed the percussion courses. She was a proud docent at the historic Casa del Herrero for 25 years, which she helped shepherd to its landmark status. She led workshops, tours, and completed a years-long inventory project with fellow volunteer and friend Joyce Johnson.

When her parents passed away, Jane and her sister donated the family home in Ripley, Ohio to the town to become a museum. The Ripley Heritage Museum is a 10-room, 1850s Federal-style house filled with historic artifacts and Civil War memorabilia from Ripley.

Jane was an independent woman up until the very end and instilled that sense of autonomy to her children and grandchildren. She was the matriarch of her family and the pillar of all holiday gatherings. Left to glean her lessons are daughter Victoria Harbison and her husband, Jeff, of Santa Barbara; and sons Bradley Dyruff and wife, Karen Roberts, of Montecito; Grant Dyruff and wife, Jill, of Montecito; and Whitney Dyruff of Lake Tahoe; and nieces Zua Stivers of Olympia, Washington, and Sheree Stivers of Portland, Oregon.

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Her beloved grandchildren – Sarah Ashton and her husband, Jeff, of Goleta; Graham Harbison of San Francisco; Crosby Harbison and his fiancée, Allison Considine, of New York City; and Nicholas Dyruff and Lauren Dyruff of Montecito – will carry her memories onward.

In her final days, family tended to her with hand holding and virtual serenades on the piano. Jane always said that “getting old is for the birds,” and that that’s why she put it off as long as she did. She left this world a better, brighter place.

The family wishes memorial contributions be made to any of the following: The Ripley Heritage Museum 219 North Second Street Ripley, Ohio 45167, USA Music Academy of the West Scholarship Program 1070 Fairway Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Casa del Herrero 1387 East Valley Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108 M.E.R.R.A.G. 595 San Ysidro Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108

Jon Michael Vreeland,

July 13, 1979 – September 15, 2020

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by Alycia Vreeland

on Michael Vreeland, a poet, author, and journalist, died at the age of 41 in Santa Barbara. Jon was born in Huntington Beach on July 13, 1979 to two loving parents, his mom Alyson Vreeland and his dad Jon Vreeland.

Jon is the author of The Taste of Cigarettes: A Memoir of a Heroin Addict and he was a former journalist for the Montecito Journal and the Sentinel. He envisioned himself as a modern day Hemingway with the influence of the unabashed vulgarity of Charles Bukowski.

He wrote with such brazen honesty. He battled with drug addiction throughout his life and it was often a muse for his writing. He liked to shock the read- Jon Michael Vreeland, a poet, author, and journalist er in the hope of scaring them straight, as exemplified by the graphic nature of his memoir.

He was very passionate about helping students find the truth in their voice through storytelling while working in the English department at Santa Barbara City College.

Hunter S. Thompson inspired his journalistic style. I often got the opportunity to share in his love for writing and journalism, going on assignment as his gonzo photographer.

I met Jon through the love of his girls, I happened to be sneaking a peek over his shoulder at a church meeting, as he was admiring photographs of them on his phone. I commented on how beautiful they were. He turned around with a great big smile with such pride and joy and informed me they were his precious daughters.

His memory lives on for me through his literature and our love of the countless creative adventures we shared together. You are so missed by many, my sweet.

“Death has eyes of ruby mirrors, skin of sapphire junk.” J.V., Poet He is survived by his wife Alycia Vreeland, daughters Mayzee Vreeland, Scarlett Vreeland, stepson Preston Towers, and sister Christa Vreeland Bailey.

“Writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.” – Steve Martin

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Paul F. Glenn, 1930 – 2020

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aul F. Glenn was well known among commodity traders and medical researchers. He deftly handled the double-edged sword of long and short positions in volatile commodities markets, which enabled him to reach another of his goals beyond financial success: philanthropy in medical research.

Paul Foss Glenn was born and raised in Sharon, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy (1948), Princeton University (1952) and Harvard Law School (1955).

Although he passed both the New York and Pennsylvania bar exams, Paul had already decided he wanted to trade commodity futures rather than practice law. As a co-founder of the Bull and Bear Club of Harvard Law School, Paul F. Glenn, commodity trading Paul had become increasingly interested in extraordinaire, passionate gardener, investing. In 1956 he joined Dean Witter & Co. avid golfer, singer, and philanthropist launching a career spanning almost six decades trading commodity futures.

He became a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and other commodity exchanges, and played a key role in the creation of several commodity trading firms. With his success, Paul broadened his investment activities to include oil and gas exploration, venture capital and other areas; co-founding Cycad Group, a venture capital firm in Santa Barbara, California.

Paul was a passionate gardener, creating a widely recognized garden of almost four acres at his Montecito home largely devoted to cycads, succulents, palms, and araucaria among the native coastal live oaks. He was an avid golfer and member of several golf clubs during his life, including Winged Foot Golf Club, and Paradise Valley Country Club, and was a member of both Birnam Wood Golf Club and The Valley Club of Montecito at the time of his death. Paul often lamented that the hundreds of golf clubs he owned were defective and were his real handicap. Typically dressed in particularly colorful shirts and one-of-a-kind trousers when he played, he claimed they helped to distract opponents.

He enjoyed watching movies, ranging from Godzilla to The Godfather to Singin’ in the Rain. Together with three law school classmates he formed a barbershop quartet that performed as the Dodos, cutting an album and singing at events throughout the greater Boston area. Paul’s knack for timing and humor was as great as a stand-up comic’s.

As a philosophy major at Princeton, Paul developed strong opinions supporting the moral arguments for property rights, rule of law, capitalism and individual responsibility. Early on he decided he wanted to improve the human condition in some significant way, and to leave the world “in a bit better shape than I found it.”

An only grandson of aging grandparents, Paul witnessed the challenges of aging and age-related diseases first hand. The experience left an imprint that formed the basis of his future philanthropic focus. In 1965, he founded the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research with the mission “to extend the healthy years of life through research on mechanisms of biology that govern normal human aging and its related physiological decline, with the objective of translating research into interventions that will extend healthspan with lifespan.” His financial support allowed the Glenn Foundation to establish Paul F. Glenn Centers for the Biology of Aging Research at Harvard, Stanford, MIT, the Salk Institute, the Mayo Clinic, Princeton, Einstein College of Medicine, University of Michigan, and the Buck Institute. Through these Centers and other programmatic activity, the Glenn Foundation has funded more than $100 million in basic research.

As Paul liked to remind us, he was the youngest member of the American Gerontological Society when he joined. Paul served on the Advisory Council of the National Institute on Aging and was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the American Aging Association, American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), and a founding Trustee of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.

In recent years, Paul was a resident of Casa Dorinda, a retirement community in Montecito, California. He died on September 29, 2020 at the age of 89. Paul was fond of referencing the epitaph on the tombstone of an old Arizona cowboy: “Jack Slade. Done His Damndest,” and then pointing out “Paul F. Glenn done his damndest too.”

Above all, Paul F. Glenn was a gentleman – kind, generous, and compassionate. He will be missed by all who knew him.

Paul has endowed the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research to carry on its mission in perpetuity.

Due to COVID-19, an event celebrating Paul’s life will take place at a later date.

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by Joanne A. Calitri

Joanne is a professional international photographer and journalist.

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Arts in Lockdown Series Part 12

Artist and Art Teacher Paulo Pereira Lima Joanne Calitri with artist Paulo Lima at his yurt studio with his latest works selected for a show at Sullivan Goss

Artist and university teacher Paulo P. Lima has an overtime schedule creating art and teaching online during COVID-19. He has a studio at Fairview Gardens in Goleta where he creates art and pays homage to his ancestors. Works from the series were selected by Sullivan Goss Gallery for their “Summer Salon” group show in August, with COVID-19 precautions for in-person viewing.

Paulo teaches at Loyola Marymount University and at California Steate Polytechnic Institute, Pomona. His classes are Diversity in American Drama at the LMU Theatre Department, and Costume History and “Through an Artist’s Eyes” at CSU. He holds a master of fine arts in costume design at California State University, Long Beach (2009) and a doctoral degree in theater and performance studies at UCLA (2014). He has been an artist for more than 20 years and has exhibited for 11. His mediums are sand, wire, papier mâché, cloth, air-dry clay, glue, and acrylic paint. In addition to creating works and teaching, he is writing short stories based on his family history.

I interviewed Paulo, masked and socially distanced, at his Santa Barbara yurt and again via Zoom, where he was at his Los Angeles office after casting his votes in the 2020 election. Here is our interview: Q. During lockdown, is being an artist and an art teacher a plus or minus for you?

A. Being an artist and an art teacher is a plus for me. My practice as an artist

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offers me new ways of seeing the world, which I explore and share with my students. I view teaching as an opportunity to learn and to develop myself as a human being. My artistic “eye” is a response to the relationships I have, to the materials I work with and the environment – social, political, and economic – that I live in. Being an artist is the way I find to engage with my new realities, social distancing and the virtual world. Teaching online is a challenge that forces me to be creative in various ways. They are both creative processes. While working in my studio, I am focusing more on my feelings, the materials I am using, the space itself. Art in my studio is done pretty much in solitude, accompanied by music, some incense, and the lovely company of my dog. When quarantine started in Santa Barbara, I found refuge in my studio, and I took the opportunity to be creative, with some moments of anxiety and the uncertainties of the times (exhibitions, sales, money). Teaching art at the university is more of a collaborative effort. I challenge my students to use this moment of uncertainties and social distance to create art as a response. University students are eager to learn and to explore new ideas, and this exchange always rejuvenates me.

What are LMU and Cal Poly admins’ concerns for online teaching?

The universities are worried about the quality of the courses and how qualified the teachers are to teach online. They have offered important resources for faculty and students about online teaching and learning. Both my universities provide mental health resources for students and health guidelines for those living on campus. All efforts are made to ensure quality education, maintaining a healthy environment and academic success. Another big impact is that libraries have been closed for seven months, which limits students’ access to resources such as computer labs and physical books. Most research has to be conducted online. However not all materials are available in digital format.

Talk about teaching online.

My journey teaching art virtually started in March when both of my universities decided to take their classes online. It has been a tremendous effort to transition from face-to-face engagement with my students to virtual teaching. They are both creative processes, but extremely different. I like to respond to the energy of the classroom, to move around and occupy the space as if an invitation for my students to speak up. Online, I miss that movement part. Now I have to create other forms of engagement, either by having them work in smaller groups aka “breakout rooms” or having them participate in discussion boards.

What do your students think about online learning?

Some of my students are struggling to take classes online. Many of them have complained that they are not receiving the kind of education they were promised when they enrolled at the university. My students miss the personal relationships and extra-curricular activities that could have been formed while experiencing life on campus. I do not blame them. College experience is about sharing spaces, creating communities, finding like-minded people to bond and to grow as people, away from parents and their local communities. I have insist-

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Lure Digital production company films the concert behind the scenes (photo by Priscilla) Santa Barbara Symphony’s virtual performance of “Cabaret with Kabaretti” (photo by Priscilla)

low the many other organizations that have gone dark, but that never crossed my mind,” says Nir. “We are deeply committed to this community, to our many loyal supporters, musicians, Broadway star Lisa Vroman performs on stage at the Granada (photo by Priscilla) staff, and audience.”

While Janet summed up the unusual experience as “a virtual hour that transported us back to happier times.”

It was undoubtedly a show of considerable note...

Harry and Meghan’s Riven Rock Estate on Giggster

Santa Barbara Symphony’s interim CEO Kathryn Martin, Granada Theatre Executive Chairman Palmer Jackson, and Symphony Chair of the Board of Directors Janet Garufis (photo by Priscilla)

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During the filming the orchestra took breaks every 30 minutes to allow the theater’s air handling system to full replace the oxygen, another major safety precaution, along with temperatures being taken at the stage door and face masks being de rigueur for the limited number in attendance.

With tickets at $43 for all seven events, more than 1,000 patrons were expected to tune into the concert which aired on Saturday and Sunday.

For an additional cost, Duo Catering provided dinner and a signature cocktail to accompany the one hour and 20 minute show.

Future concerts on the schedule include Beethoven’s 250th birthday and a celebration of Black composers.

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The Riven Rock estate Prince Harry and Meghan Markle bought for $14.5 million had been listed for rent on the website Giggster. The listing, which was taken down on Sunday after media reports, advertised the nine-bedroom, 16-bath property on 5.4 acres for $700 an hour.

The listing said the lush estate could be used as backdrop for photo shoots, music videos and other engagements, and could accommodate a crew of 15 people and has private parking for 50. The Riven Rock estate Prince Harry and Meghan The listing had been posted before Markle bought for $14.5 million had been listed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for rent on the website Giggster bought the property and featured never-before-seen photos of the lush interiors.

The mansion had been listed as an “Italian villa” and could be rented for a minimum of 10 hours, with no pets, no smoking, no alcohol, and adult filming banned, according to the London Daily Mail.

Extraordinary Times

Ensemble Theatre has launched a new Extraordinary Times Campaign, a $400,000 fundraising effort that will enable the popular Santa Barbara theatrical company to remain open and active during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funds generated from the campaign will support video and live-streamed performances, collaborations with theater artists to create new material, continued presentation of its education programming – both online and in safe outdoor settings – and to affect measures needed to bring its venue, The New Vic, up to new safety guidelines, including an upgrade of the HVAC and air filtration systems.

ETC has, to date, raised more than $300,000 towards its $400,000 goal, including a commitment of $100,000 from the theater’s board of directors.

To raise the remaining monies, Joan Rechnitz, a generous patron of ETC, has pledged a challenge grant of $100,000, which will match dollar-for-dollar all gifts to the Extraordinary Times campaign up to $100,000.

“We are all inspired and grateful to ETC’s many supporters who have taken part in this critical endeavor,” says Jonathan Fox, artistic director. “This support will enable us to explore new avenues of creating theater and serving the community, while remaining on solid financial footing.”

Pip! Pip! Sightings: Prince Harry and wife Meghan masticating at Lucky’s with music man David Foster and his pregnant wife Katharine McPhee... Actor Orlando Bloom getting his Java jolt at Pierre Lafond... Warbler Katy Perry expanding her wardrobe at Wendy Foster •MJ

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Your Westmont

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

Westmont’s New Website Wins Award

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he Westmont College website, which has undergone a five-year overhaul, won the Web Marketing Association’s 2020 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Best Faith-Based Website. A select group of independent judges from around the world selected Westmont’s website for setting the standard of excellence in website development.

In 2015, Westmont began crafting new brand guidelines, messaging, visual style, and communication flows.

The following year the college rolled out a vastly improved homepage and admissions site that works equally well on desktop computers and all devices including smartphones.

“We embarked on a journey to create a finished product that effectively communicates what is so special about Westmont,” says Reed Sheard, vice president for advancement and chief information officer. “These redesigned webpages reflect elements of the updated style that will serve the The Westmont College website won the Web college well into the future. Over the Marketing Association’s 2020 WebAward for last few years, we’ve received valuable Outstanding Achievement in Best Faith-Based data that has informed and helped us Website perfect the final work of a completely revamped Westmont website.”

The college overhauled the entire site with a new sitemap, expanded tools for content creation, and a change to Drupal as its new content management system.

“We’ve increased our branding efforts and reach through content features that provide high touch and engagement. We’ve been training faculty and staff on the new technology, offering assistance to update their appropriate webpages so they’re relevant and appealing,” says Irene Neller, vice president of enrollment, marketing, and communications. “We track and measure all web activity and user navigation so we can maximize our opportunity for a more robust, comprehensive and user-friendly westmont.edu. It’s all about experiencing the Westmont story through your device of choice online.”

Pandemic Inspires Theater’s ‘Small Enchantments’

In a time of challenge, conflict, and difficulty, the Westmont Theater Arts Department stages Small Enchantments, a fairy tale-inspired play of change and wonder on Tuesday, October 27, at 7 pm at westmont.edu/2020-2021-theatreart-events and Friday, October 30, at 7 pm on Facebook Live (facebook.com/ westmonttheatre).

“I wanted to work on something with our students that enacted and presented enchantment, hope, and possibility for renewed life rather than an immersion in the desperation and uncertainty of the present moment,” says director John Blondell.

Small Enchantments, a new creation by playwright Lila Rose Kaplan, includes the collaboration of Yulya Duchovny (visual artist) and Jonathan Hicks (lighting design and technical direction), and features 12 Westmont women actors.

“What a great team to make something unique, revelatory, innovative, important, and beautiful,” Blondell says.

Kaplan’s piece is inspired by The Twelve Dancing Princesses, in Grimms’ Fairy Tales, and draws on several other cultures and traditions. In this story, a king keeps his 12 daughters locked away, but they escape every night to dance in the forest.

“Lila Rose says that she likes to write stories that people don’t tell about women, so she decided to use this material as a jumping off point for a variety of transformational stories,” Blondell says. “The final creation is part Zoom 22 – 29 October 2020

performance, video collage, artistic immersion, toy theatre, live theatre, meeting, and something that doesn’t have a name yet.”

Working in a webinar format has proved to be a challenge for Blondell, but he says he also finds it “interesting, provocative, and ultimately meaningful.”

Instead of producing a pre-COVID-19 show and putting it on Zoom, Blondell In Lila Rose Kaplan’s Small Enchantments, director has leaned into new possibilities and John Blondell has reimagined theater via Zoom opportunities to create something unique.

“Early in the pandemic, I was inspired by a politician who said we could not just reopen, we had to reimagine,” Blondell says. “This has created an opportunity for us to innovate, change, and dream of new ways, since the old ways are no longer available to us.

“Working with the entire company is an absolute joy – the entire team is talented, encouraging, demonstrative, supportive, and creative. Everyone is doing beautiful, never-before-seen or experienced work. This is going to be an amazing experience.”

Concert Offers Orchestral Sampler

The Westmont Orchestra, masked up, socially distant, and with bell covers over their instruments, will perform “An Orchestral Sampler” on Friday, October 23, at 7 pm. The event, which is being recorded live outdoors, will be available for free viewing at vimeo. com/showcase/westmontmusic.

Michael Shasberger, Westmont Adam’s professor of music and worship, will conduct the orchestra behind a face shield. “Our great delight in presenting these video programs is the opportunity to be together to make music, even outside in a tent with The Westmont Orchestra offers a concert under crickets chirping, wind blowing, a the Big Tent range of temperatures and cars passing by,” Shasberger says. “Working remotely with various online platforms for the first month of school was challenging in many good and difficult ways. We learned a great deal, particularly the value of being together!”

The concert will include Felix Mendelssohn’s “Fingal’s Cave Overture,” Mary Watkins’s “Soul of Remembrance,” Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor Movement No. 3 with sophomore Emma Mitchell on piano, and Philip Stern’s “Arches Over Water.”

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Brilliant Thoughts

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

Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000.

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People of Montecito

by Megan Waldrep

Megan Waldrep is a writer for regional and national publications who lives with her fiancé in a 22’ airstream. She writes a weekly blog about being the partner of a commercial fisherman and authors a relationship column under the pen name Elizabeth Rose. Learn more at meganwaldrep.com.

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ou’ve all, no doubt, been eagerly waiting for me to write something about Sex – so, here it is: Has it ever occurred to you that “sex” spelled backwards is “xes,” which might be pronounced as “excess,” which, of course, means “too much.” Such considerations make me hesitate to go any further into this subject, for fear of being called some kind of extremist. But we all know that sex has something to do with “the birds and the bees,” so that ought to be a pretty safe area to start with. But then, you have to wonder, just what do birds and bees see in each other? Any bird who got involved with a bee might justifiably be regarded with suspicion by its feathered fellows.

Speaking of bees, however, I’m reminded of their chief product, which of course is honey. And why do lovers so commonly call each other by that name? Because it connotes sweetness, and anything sweet is desirable – right?

But I’ve never heard anyone call their inamorata “jam,” or even “syrup.”

As for the birds, there’s something about cooing which evokes thoughts of wooing – and of course “dove” not only rhymes with love, but has become a symbol of it.

But getting back to honey, there is also the honeymoon, which we all know is the period after marriage, before reality sets in. Often, it’s accompanied by travel to some locale relatively remote from customary intrusions. As the song says, “Nobody near us, to see us or hear us, No friends or relations on weekend vacations, We won’t have it known, dear, that we own a telephone, dear.”

In view of this, you may be interested to know about my own honeymoon, which of course was with my bride, Dorothy née Tucker. We wanted it to be unusual – but, if I may modestly make the assertion, it took a stroke of genius on my part to arrange for our post-nuptial rendezvous to take place on the Farallon Islands. Those rocky crags are only 30 miles offshore from San Francisco, where we were then living. They were at that time (1968), and still are, closed to the public. But I discovered that exceptions might be made for people engaged in legitimate research. The U.S. Coast Guard had a vessel which went out there regularly, and it was for them to decide whom they might take along as passengers. Most of the “research” being done on the Farallons had to do with the wildlife, e.g. the birds. I don’t know whether any bees were involved – but in any case, I could hardly claim any credentials in those areas.

What I could claim, however, was a shiny new Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. True, my degree was in history – of which the Farallon Islands were rather deficient – and it was hardly likely that much would be accomplished in the way of research in the scant “one to two hours” which we would be allowed ashore (the time necessary, according to our letter of permission from Commander W.H. Wilmot of the Twelfth Coast Guard District “to complete transfer of supplies and personnel”). But there was no way we could admit that our real purpose was to celebrate our honeymoon.

Our wedding had taken place in Tijuana, Mexico, on March 18, 1968, and just two days later, we sailed from the Coast Guard Station on Yerba Buena Island, in San Francisco Bay, on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter “Red Birch” under Captain Sharkey, at “0800 hours.”

We were the only passengers, and were very hospitably treated by the crew.

The sailing was pleasantly smooth. The process of getting off the ship, and then back on, was an experience in itself – because there were no Farallon Island docking facilities, and we had to be lifted from ship to shore, then back again, in a lifeboat, by a crane.

Once on the rocky shore, there was precious little time to enjoy our honeymoon, while affecting to be doing historical research into such topics as the egg trade, the sealing industry, and the navigational hazards of the approaches to San Francisco. We did of course take a few pictures, while complying with Commander Wilmot’s strict injunction to cause “no disturbance to the island wildlife.”

The whole honeymoon was over all too soon. But allow me to claim that, unless you count The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, this voyage must be unique in the annals of connubial navigation.

•MJ

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Marlene Vitanza has owned Peregrine Galleries on Coast Village Road for 37 years

’ve been in this location for 37 years. My deceased husband and I had a shop in Santa Barbara 10 years prior to this. One morning, (my friend) called to say there was a little shop available in Montecito and maybe we would want to move out here. So, I proposed the idea to my husband and his response was, “Why would we want to move to Montecito when we have established ourselves in Santa Barbara?” My thought was, people who live in Montecito don’t go to Santa Barbara (and vice-versa). I kept bugging him and bugging him. Finally, he said if I wanted to do it, then do it but he didn’t want any part of it. We kept our Santa Barbara shop until he got ill many years later. We had a great marriage and a great life having the one shop, and little did I know, this would work out perfectly. It was neat because he could make his own decisions with that shop and I could make my own decisions here.

Marlene Vitanza, Peregrine Galleries

What’s your Montecito Story?

“All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.” – Steve Martin

I was born here.

My dad made wine here. All varietals but he specialized in Cabernet and Zinfandel, his two favorites. My job in the operation was all of it. You pick the grapes, you wash the bottles – winemaking isn’t as glamorous as the media makes it look. It’s hard work. We have a lot of hardworking local winemakers. And these guys are important to the local economy and we like supporting them.

Brian Brunello, co-owner of Liquor & Wine Grotto •MJ 22 – 29 October 2020

Our Town (Continued from page 30)

Paulo Lima, pre-COVID-19, with his costume craft class students and their final projects at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Photo courtesy of Paulo Lima) Paulo Lima pre-COVID-19 with his Diversity in American Drama students at Loyola Marymount University (Photo courtesy of Paulo Lima)

ed to my students that this is the time to find communities and opportunities virtually, and to expand on those relationships formed if they were on campus before the pandemic.

What is the world feeling like now?

It feels like a big bubble ready to burst! There is so much energy all around, but everything seems to be contained, restricted. Our movements, the freedom to come and go are hindered and minimized. I see people I love and I feel like hugging them, but I can’t. I have all this art stored in my studio that I want the world to see, but the opportunities to have them on display is very limited. I remain hopeful!

The various bubbles are somewhat connected and reenergized by how creative people have been to communicate, to explore new ways to share their talents online.

Do you want a change?

I want people to be more open-minded and loving towards each other. I teach diversity classes at LMU and at CSU Pomona, and in both universities, I feel that my students are ready to have this conversation. Their desire to learn from the various groups we study in my classes, tells me I am heading in the right direction. I do not expect everybody to change, but if I can offer new ways of seeing and if those new ways of seeing change the world of one person for better, I am happy.

Any issues influencing your art?

My art has been highly influenced by my own history. My upbringing in Brazil, my sexual orientation, my beliefs in Buddhism, my encounters with the Orixás and their dress during my doctoral research at UCLA, my travels and materials I collect from all over the world. Our social and political world, especially the recent acts of violence against communities of color, has shaken me to the core.

This is the moment to have our voic22 – 29 October 2020

es heard and to make a statement, big or small. I love using my racial and ethnic background when relating to my art. Who are my ancestors?

How can I pay homage to those men and women whose memories I do not have access to because there is no documentation that allows me to know who my ancestors really were.

I can only go back two generations in one side of my family – there is not a genealogical tree I can refer to. I insist in dedicating my art to my limited references. Instead of limiting how I could express myself, my imagination pushes me forward at the same time that I look back. The image I have is that of the mythological Sankofa bird, a bird with her head turned backwards while her body is moving forward. The familiar sensation of being stuck propels me to reach out to other artists and art enthusiasts, as if to find the inner strength that, at times, vanishes through my fingers like sand from a broken hourglass.

Giving back/paying forward?

My husband and I are supporters of organizations and not-forprofits in Santa Barbara, such as the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Lotusland, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, and the Ensemble Theatre Company. I have donated artwork for auction at the Pacific Pride Foundation Gala and the Santa Barbara High School’s Visual Art &

Design Academy (VADA) in 2019.

At my studio space at the Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens in Goleta, my contribution is recreating the garden space surrounding my studio.

What’s next for you?

To continue working in my studio to finish my new collection of figures and find a place where I can show them. I am looking forward to teaching my diversity classes online in the spring, and two exciting classes: costume design and costume craft (sewing). I want to learn more about 3D printing and buy a printer. It is a passion I discovered last year working with students in the maker space at CSU Pomona.

Any advice for artists?

Keep working and producing your art. This pandemic shall pass, and we will be looking at this moment as an opportunity to grow as people and as artists. I am trying to keep a positive vibe and to keep myself busy (with many naps in between). Creativity in times of stress and disillusion may serve us to dig deep and to find the strength and response we need to move this world forward. It is not easy.

At times, I have to regroup, take deep breaths, and continue sculpting, painting, drilling, sanding, and planting succulents in my garden. I am trying to find peace in my times of solitude.

We, as artists, have the responsibility to respond to our contemporary times, but I do not feel pressured to make big

And for students?

Be curious and be kind to yourself!

Read more! Love more! Worry less!

Explore your feelings and how you are “seeing” the world right now.

There are ways in which you can, and should, express yourself that reflect your difficulties to personally connect to other people. Use that! Maybe in a few months, or in a couple of years, we will be looking at this moment in history and find out that we responded to these issues with the best of our abilities, given the circumstances. Be positive and kind to yourself and others.

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On The Record (Continued from page 6) Montecito Union School unsuccessfully sought to raise $27 million for Los Padres various campus improvements, an Outfitters effort that collapsed under the weight Mule Train of criticism by property tax paying in Action (photo cour- opponents who viewed it as excestesy Ashlee sively grandiose.

Mayfield) The most recent example of the complicated nature of tying classroom infrastructure to local property taxes is Measure L, a $7.8 million bond proposal by Cold Spring School District to replace three temporary structures (one of which no longer exists) with permanent classrooms.

Two weeks ago, the Journal gave a “qualified” endorsement to Measure L, which declared that the infrastruchill to the Psycho Slide from East ture upgrades were worthy of funding Camino Cielo, Phase Two involves but that the district’s past record of shoring up walking paths starting at fiscal mismanagement, which largethe San Ysidro Waterfall and continuly predate the current administration ing up roughly 1.5 miles and 1750 feet and Board, had led to “valid” conof vertical escalation up to the same cerns as well as certain “reservations area. Hence the mules. and ambivalence on the part of some “With the Los Padres National Forest community members.” reopening, we launched ass first into And when Cold Spring School Phase Two of the restoration,” said Superintendent and Principal Amy MTF President Ashlee Mayfield, Alzina made her pitch on behalf who helped organize the mule train. of Measure L to the Montecito “Honoring the long history of the San Association Board of Directors during Ysidro Trail and its rugged nature, we its monthly Zoom meeting on October have been carefully restoring it piece 13, the response was somewhat less by piece.” than effusive. Following a brief preUltimately, the decision to use sentation by Cold Spring parent and mules rather than using helicopters on Measure L advocate Dylan Johnson, Looking down San Ysidro trail (photo courtesy Ashlee Mayfield) one extreme end of the spectrum, or as well as a two-minute public human labor on the other, came from comment rebuttal by local resident Bryan Conant, the lead trail builder and anti-Measure L activist Denice and project leader in the original conSpangler Adams, the 10-member struction of the trail. Conant arranged board handed Alzina a resounding for Goodfield of Los Padres Outfitters shrug in the form of three yes votes to lend his wrangling expertise to the and seven abstentions. planned depot operation. Packing all According to Sharon Byrne, the posts and materials from the trailMontecito Association’s executive head past the waterfall, and up an director, the board’s refusal to endorse additional 1.5 miles and 1750 feet, Measure L was somewhat of a shock. ended up taking two days.

“I was very taken aback by it,” According to Mayfield, the mules Byrne said. “Some of the board memwere able to pack all the posts and bers don’t live in the Cold Spring other trail supplies to their various School District so their feeling was locations, where they will remain until they shouldn’t be endorsing a parcel construction work begins. “The instaltax in an area they don’t live in. Other lation process will take place over the people don’t have children in the winter, so we are really staging it right school district and felt they weren’t a now,” she said. “We were really lucky stakeholder and other people didn’t to have Graham help us out, since he know enough of the pros and cons to usually does all these amazing adven- Temporary classrooms at Cold Spring School make an endorsement,” she said. tures and beach walks.”

Several residents told the Journal In lieu of MTF’s annual barbecue, the group is hosting a pop-up on the grass they didn’t know about Measure L until they read about it in the newspain front of Via Vai in Montecito’s Upper Village this Friday from 10:30 am to 2 per two weeks ago. One of them, Don Miller, posted a photograph of it on pm. To raise funds for trail restoration, the group will be selling MTF merchan- Nextdoor.com. “It got a pretty big response and evolved in a direction that dise, including trail maps and other gear.

I had no idea where it was going,” Miller said. “It took on a life of its own.”

“We have a lot of new trail users due to COVID, and the population of our Adams, a long-time critic of Cold Spring School’s administration, was little town is exploding,” Mayfield said. “Right now the trails are one of the best the only member of the public to address Measure L during the Montecito places to meet people, with masks and social distancing. This year, we really Association’s meeting. During her allotted two minutes of public comment, wanted to do something where we could connect with the community and she incorrectly accused the group of violating the Brown Act (as a non-govsmile with our eyes at each other.” ernmental agency, the group isn’t subject to it) and also prophesied that the Journal would publish a Measure L expose that would shame any member of the board who voted to endorse the initiative.

Following a “Qualified” Endorsement by Montecito Journal, “I think the community is about to be duped and about to be conned,” Controversy Erupts Over Cold Spring School District’s Measure L Adams told the board before being cut off after her two minutes expired.

There’s a long history in Montecito of well-intentioned yet pricey local “Eighty-seven percent of the communischool bond measures that have failed to win at the ballot box. In 2012, ty were not informed. We will be asking On The Record Page 384 384

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“You kill me and I’ll see that you never work in this town again.” – Steve Martin

22 – 29 October 2020

NOSH TOWN

by Claudia Schou

WITH AUTUMN, CHEFS EMBRACE THE SEASON’S BOUNTY

Chefs Schwartz and Gonzalez are curing duck legs for confit in the kitchen’s walk-in refrigerator. “The legs need to cure another week or so,” Schwartz said. “When the duck legs are ready, we will do a dish we call duck breast and leg, port and dried cherries, goat cheese croquette.”

The quail dish, which will be available in early November, sounds equally tantalizing. The bird is marinated in rosemary, extra virgin olive oil and garlic, then grilled and served on a bed of grilled radicchio and endive and finished with fig balsamic vinegar reduction.

“The duck is more of a French-style dish, while the quail will be more Italian in nature,” Schwartz explained. “The richness of the flavor of the quail works against the slight bitterness of the grilled veggies. The fig balsamic brings the whole thing together.”

(An aside: For game meat lovers who want to stock their freezers for the season, The Wild Meat Co. in the UK offers venison, game birds, rabbit, and even squirrel entirely from farms and estates in east Suffolk.)

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At Lucky’s, a chicken pot pie with roasted chicken, sautéed morel mushrooms, carrot, celery, onion, sweet peas, pearl onions, and chicken velouté (lightly thickened chicken broth) enveloped in a butter puff pastry ($42)

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all is here, and restaurant chefs in town have begun introducing new dishes that aren’t just inspired by the traditional flavors we associate with fall – such as root vegetables and wild game – but also the bounty of area farms for their autumn-inspired dishes.

The timing couldn’t be better, with COVID-19 cases slowing down in Santa Barbara County, which has moved into California’s red tier of restrictions. Restaurants are reopening with exciting fall menus in place. For diners who are not quite ready to eat out, chefs are devising special items for carry out.

Some of the best comfort foods are traditionally served during the fall and winter months: Roasted meats, hearty stews, rich and creamy sauces, potatoes (any style), all things baked or grilled in butter, imported cheeses, and decadent desserts.

This season, Montecito and Santa Barbara chefs rise to the occasion – pandemic or no pandemic.

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t Lucky’s Steakhouse, executive chef Leonard Schwartz and chef de cuisine Rene Gonzalez have introduced autumn-inspired dishes that highlight seasonal produce from local growers.

Several vegetable dishes are served as stand-alones, or family style, while others as delicious sidekicks to meat, seafood and poultry, Schwartz said. “For fall, we try to feature vegetables as sides that are at their best, such as beets, Brussels sprouts, and butternut squash,” he added.

Among Lucky’s new dishes: braised short ribs with pan-roasted root vegetables dressed in a red wine sauce ($46) and a chicken pot pie with roasted chicken, sautéed morel mushrooms, carrot, celery, onion, sweet peas, pearl onions, chicken velouté (lightly thickened chicken broth) enveloped in a butter puff pastry ($42). There is also a filet mignon stroganoff with butter noodles ($40) and a “Braised Special” on Sundays that sounds intriguing and undoubtedly delicious; it’s designed to highlight the freshest ingredients available that week.

Notably, October is the beginning of game season, a popular time for serving winter meats such as venison, pheasant, guinea hen, and rabbit legs. Finding these specialty meats locally isn’t easy. A few chefs said they’ve tested game on their menus but ultimately diners weren’t drawn to them. “I personally love gaming meats,” said one chef who asked to remain anonymous. “[Game meats] have a distinct flavor that most Southern California Certified Californians are not familiar with because they’re not part of our everyday diet. In my General Appraiser experience they either sell like hot cakes or Serving Santa Barbara County they don’t sell at all.” and beyond for 30 years Instead of venison or rabbit, local chefs are leaning heavily on selections of fowl, poultry, V 805-650-9340 and specialty cuts of beef. Lucky’s will highEM gb@gregbrashears.com light duck and quail on its chef’s menu this fall/holiday season.

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a’Dario Ristorante is serving a seasonal menu made up of hearty and comforting cuisine, according to executive chef and owner Dario Furlati.

Chef Furlati, who hails from Tuscany, takes his cue from the Northern Italian countryside’s rustic cuisine. Look for butternut squash tortellini with creamy mascarpone sauce, sage and walnuts ($24), arugula and gem salad with persimmons, fennel, pomegranate seeds, goat cheese and aged balsamic vinegar ($16) and a simple fettuccine with olive oil and shaved white truffles ($60).

As temperatures drop, appetites warm up for soup. Ca’Dario offers a heart-warming cioppino-style fish stew made with fresh clams, mussels, and shrimp in a creamy tomato saffron broth ($18).

Equally satisfying, Lucky’s fall menu features a variety of tasty soups including French Onion prepared in the classic style Ca’Dario offers a heart-warming cioppino-style with plenty of gruyere and parmesan; matzo fish stew made with fresh clams, mussels, and shrimp in a creamy tomato saffron broth ($18) soup with its classic chicken broth base and light and fluffy matzo balls and the chef’s special, roasted butternut squash soup garnished with tart Granny Smith apples. ($16)

FALL EN FRANCE

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On The Record (Continued from page 36 36)) for a forensic audit of the school. Please, I urge you not to take a position on it... You will regret it!”

The Journal did in fact explore the controversy over Measure L, interviewing several local residents, as well as current and former parents of Cold Spring School students. While none of them claimed to have any specific gripes over the goal of Measure L – i.e. improving the aging infrastructure of a century-old campus – they blame the controversy on a pattern of lack of community engagement going back well before the tenure of Alzina, who joined the school three years ago.

Part of the problem, critics say, is the fact that many residents who are being asked to pay for the bond package – an annual homeowner’s tax amounting to $100 per $100,000 of each parcel’s assessed value – are essentially absentee landlords who neither have children at the school nor have received any notice whatsoever of the proposed tax.

“There is an aspect of people finding out about this who are pissed off that all of a sudden they are being asked to pay $7.8 million,” said Kathy Davidson, a former Cold Spring parent and district trustee who opposes Measure L. “The school regularly communicates with the parent body but does not communicate with the 87 percent of the electorate who does not currently have kids at the school.”

Davidson said she resigned her position on the school board after her complaints about lack of community engagement went unheard. “I served on the board for two and a half years and it got too much for me,” she said. “There were too many conversations and decisions happening outside the public eye, and I was made to feel that, by asking questions, I was being disrespectful and mucking up the works.”

Amanda Rowan, a school parent and Measure L critic, said her concerns about Cold Spring School go back years. She said her good-faith effort to address policy questions and other decisions led to her being ostracized by Cold Spring officials. “People were coming after me, threatening me,” she said. “I didn’t go to school for two months because I was sure they were going to harass me.”

After Alzina became principal and superintendent of Cold Spring School, she hired a survey company to ask local residents if they were in favor of a bond measure to fix the problem, which reported 71 percent support for the spending. “It was overwhelmingly positive,” Alzina said. “We have a genuine need for these classrooms to be replaced.

They are on their last legs.” Alzina laments that the debate over Measure L has devolved into personal attacks.

“It’s unfortunate that a small handful of people can be so toxic that they try to hurt their neighborhood school. It’s extremely hurtful, but we rise above. I will always put myself out there to do what’s best for our kids.”

•MJ

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his month’s meta challenged solvers to find a British pop hit from the ’80s. There are no obvious theme entries, with the exception of the central 15-letter entry TRIPLE EXPANSION. What now?

For the solvers who took the central entry as a hint to look at all the three-letter words in the puzzle, the journey to the meta answer was pretty straightforward. If you were one of them, congrats! If not, don’t feel bad – you have a lot of company. Many people expressed surprise that such a simple device was very hard to find.

To solve the meta, one needs to “expand” the three-letter entries in the grid as follows (and in order): MOR / ORE / RET / ETH / THA / HAN / ANT / NTH / THI / HIS. From there, it’s not too hard to find More Than This, a popular song by Roxy Music, and this month’s meta Click here to see the answer to the meta answer.

Tune into https://pmxwords.com/oct20solution to see Pete perform his rendition of More Than Music This. Meta October 2020 Muller Monthly

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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 as well as a separate Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total.

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.

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

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

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Published: October 21, 2020 Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Carla’s Cottages, 2126 East Valley Road, Montecito, CA, 93108. Carla Case, 2126 East Valley Road, Montecito, CA, 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 14, 2020. 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. 2020-0002569.

Published October 21, 28, November 4, 11, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Traci Can, 2126 East Valley Road, Montecito, CA, 93108. Traci M. Weeks, 2126 East Valley Road, Montecito, CA, 93108.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 16, 2020.

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. 2020-0002587. Published October 21, 28, November 4, 11, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Aquareon Publishing, 1240 Estrella Drive, Santa Barbara, CA, 93110.

Glenys L. Archer, 1240 Estrella Drive, Santa Barbara, CA, 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 2, 2020. 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.

2020-0002504.

Published October 14, 21, 28, November 4, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: INB Productions, 126 E. Haley Street A15 Second Floor, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. John Markel, 3214 Campanil Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93109.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 1, 2020.

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. 2020-0002492.

Published October 14, 21, 28, November 4, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Deep It Management, 919 Linden Ave, Unit B, Carpinteria, CA, 93013.

Deep It Management LLC, 919 Linden Ave, Unit B, Carpinteria, CA, 93013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 8, 2020. 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. 20200002281. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Daum Commercial Real Estate Services; Daum Property Management Services, 801 S. Figueroa St. Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA, 90017.

D/AQ Corporation, 801 S. Figueroa St. Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA, 90017.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 9, 2020.

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This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20200002302. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nalaya Healing, 1021 Neil Park Ave, Santa Barbara, CA, 93103. Willa Kveta Photography, 1021 Neil Park Ave, Santa Barbara, CA, 93103.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 29, 2020.

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. 20200002462. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nalaya Healing, 1021 Neil Park Ave, Santa Barbara, CA, 93103. Willa Kveta Photography, 1021 Neil Park Ave, Santa Barbara, CA, 93103.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 29, 2020.

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. 20200002462. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Mission Group Property & Estate Management, 1435 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara,

CA, 93101. Shane M Amburn, 1435 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 25, 2020. 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. 2020-0002451.

Published September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Gadzooks Brands, 327 W Figueroa St, Unit B, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Nathan Silverglate, 327 W Figueroa St, Unit B, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 24, 2020. 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. 2020-0002433.

Published September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Fog City Investments, LLC, 4141 State Street Suite E2, Santa Barbara, CA, 93110. Fog City Investments, LLC, 4141 State Street Suite E2, Santa Barbara, CA, 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 23, 2020. 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. 2020-0002428.

Published September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 2020.

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Letters (Continued from page 8) Calderon will not be managing the bond monies because he is a District employee. However, documents in the Board minutes, Board packets, and a District webinar presentation on October 7 strongly indicate that MillerCalderon is already serving as the Bond Manager.

You can see for yourself in the February 18, 2020 Board packet: on page 45 there is a letter addressed to the Superintendent/Principal from Nixon Peabody, the Bond Counsel firm that the District hired, that states, “We understand that MillerCalderon, Inc. will assist the School District with preparation for the election (the Program Manager).” The letter goes on to refer to MillerCalderon’s role as the Program Manager of the bond. While it may be true that Mr. Calderon may not personally manage the bond monies, it appears that his firm will – and as the President and CEO of MillerCalderon, he would certainly personally benefit from such an arrangement.

That isn’t the only place MillerCalderon shows up related to the bond. Some of us also spotted their name on the PowerPoint presentation about the bond that was part of the District’s webinar on October 7th. Stone Creek Engineering had prepared a report that estimated the costs for each of the proposed projects that the bond monies would potentially pay for. The report was prepared for MillerCalderon and the project is identified as the Cold Spring School District Bond Program Budget. Why the heck is the estimate being prepared for MillerCalderon and what is this “bond program budget”?

There is nothing in the Board Agendas, minutes, or Board Packets referring to a contract with MillerCalderon to serve as Project/Program Manager for the District. Yet, evidence exists that clearly indicates that MillerCalderon has definitely taken on that role. Where is the contract? How much money has MillerCalderon collected to date in this role? Who signed the contract on behalf of the District? Why hasn’t it come before the Governing Board for consideration during a public meeting? What other firms were considered for this service? What percentage fee did the District agree to pay MillerCalderon for their services? Did the Governing Board have their District legal counsel review the contract? Oh wait, Mr. Calderon is the legal counsel.

We are tired of having public comments cut off in board meetings and having our serious questions ignored. The only thing that will clear this up and get the answers taxpayers deserve is a forensic audit conducted by the state. If the administration is so sure that they are clean, they should welcome the scrutiny. Because we all know an innocent man would be begging for a DNA test if he wasn’t at the crime scene. Dr. Alzina, it’s time for just the facts, ma’am.

Don Miller (with a little help from his friends)

Why I am Voting Yes on L2020

I am voting ‘yes’ on L2020, and I hope you will too.

The main reason I am voting ‘yes’ is because there is an undeniable need.

Regardless of whether L2020 passes or not, the portables have to be replaced and the smaller infrastructure projects have to be completed. The question is how.

If these projects are completed without a bond, then we will get another set of portables and the other projects will be spaced out and kicked down the road. I don’t think that this is in the best interest of the kids, teachers or our community.

The portables were originally put there with the intention and hope to be replaced with real classrooms. This has been in the facilities master plan since the early 2000’s. The intent and need for portable replacement is now larger than ever. In addition, now is the time to take advantage of low interest rates. The $130-140 annual cost per million dollars of tax assessment is very low for $7.8 million.

If the bond passes, then our local school district would have real classrooms in a safe building and the other projects will be completed so that our teachers and administration can focus their efforts on the most important aspect of their job: the education of the children. And what a great job they do! Does Cold Spring deserve our vote? Yes! The administration, teachers, and parents at Cold Spring school work tirelessly to ensure that our children get an amazing education. We are a small district so almost everyone has multiple roles in order to keep the parts moving. That is how Cold Spring works. Everyone pitches in and everyone cares. The fact that our test scores make us the number one school district in California prove that something is working right.

Why doesn’t Cold Spring have money for the buildings?

Contrary to what some may believe, funding for new facilities needs to come from a local bond. The revenue Cold Spring receives from taxes is used for operational expenses and general maintenance. To expect any school district in California to build facilities from their operating funds is unrealistic. Yes, Cold Spring receives a higher revenue per student than some other schools in Santa Barbara. The district spends this money frugally with student education as its only goal. The increase in revenue allows the district to have a teacher and an aide in each classroom, lowering the student:adult ratio. It also allows the district to offer music, art, PE and STEAM. Instead of thinking that Cold Spring should

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be like other schools, consider that Cold Spring is an example of what EVERY school in California should be. The district is proving the value of better funding for all schools in California. Our administrator, Dr. Alzina, is taking the success of our school and our vision to serve all children throughout the state. According to Tim Taylor, Small School Districts Association executive director, “Dr. Alzina is an exceptional student centered leader focused on serving not only the students at Cold Spring but throughout the state. Most recently, her leadership expertise has assisted districts throughout the state with their reopening plans. Her vision to replace the portable classrooms with a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Music (STEAM) classroom that will serve the Cold Spring students and students throughout the state is exactly the type of leadership our country needs.”

Our community has the extraordinary advantage of having an amazing gem of a school that has become a model for other schools. I hope you will consider voting “YES” so that the District can build the necessary classrooms and facility improvements to match the quality education that is happening inside. Please consider your information sources!

I have been dismayed and concerned about the misinformation posted on a social media platforms. Those posts are not monitored for accuracy and it seems that many of the posts have been false or misleading at best. Cold Spring School District has been transparent about information regarding the bond through mailed flyers, our website, a Webinar, and of course public discussion at our Board meetings, with minutes available on our website. If you have any questions about the Bond, please call Cold Spring School. They would love to answer any questions.

Jennifer Miller Parent/volunteer Cold Spring School

Now is Not the Time

I am the father of two daughters who attended Cold Spring School from 2007 to 2015. I am a professor at Santa Barbara City College, and a local environmental consultant. This opinion is solely my own and not representative of my workplaces.

Measure L2020 asks for $7.8 million for replacement of older buildings and renovations at Cold Spring Elementary School (CSS). However, my daughters experienced more than adequate facilities and resources and received an exemplary education at CSS. Given CSS’s high academic ratings and already large resources, Measure L2020 is hard to endorse. These children are already privileged beyond most others in the county. At a time of rising awareness over long-standing social inequities and significant environmental threat from global warming, it seems poor timing to ask for unnecessary new buildings and renovations that would have a large carbon footprint, and create even more disparity between socioeconomic classes in Santa Barbara.

I am a teacher and I understand the desire for newer facilities, technology and classrooms. The desire to improve curriculum and equipment is laudable and displays dedication and ambition, which typifies most of the CSS teachers.

However, the time is not right to promote a measure that would give more to those who already have more than enough, while neighbors and fellow townspeople are hurting. Too many people have lost their jobs recently from COVID19 restrictions and if the economy doesn’t pick up in the next few months they will lose their homes as well.

The times we are in are calling for us to act and vote upon deeper principles than competition, but cooperation and altruism. I advocate for using a socioeconomic and cultural triage as a framework in which to make resource-distribution decisions: The first line of support should be given to those who are the most negatively affected by COVID-19, the most discriminated against by racial injustice, the most underprivileged, and the least represented. Bond measures to improve the lives of homeless, financially strapped, and historically devalued classes, and their children, are more efficient ways to improve the greater good in our region, rather than proposals like L2020, which would push more resources to already resource-rich locations.

In natural systems there is an open metabolism of resources: nutrients, water, energy and mass are openly shared. One tree or deer does not hoard resources and save them in perpetuity. In locations of accumulated abundance, like highly fertile soils and large organisms, these resources are disseminated relatively quickly, or ‘shared’ – large trees fall and decompose, water and carbon dioxide are constantly cycled – nothing gets hoarded for long in nature. The latest forest ecology research demonstrates that trees share nutrients by shunting a disproportionately higher amount of water and nutrients to the individual trees in the forest that are nutrient and water poor. This reciprocity between trees of the same species and trees of different species stabilizes the forest and increases resilience in the overall ecosystem. Human societies are no different: We are stronger, more resilient, and more stable when ALL lives are valued equally, and when abundant and excess resources are disseminated freely throughout

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the entire community. We are weaker when one sector or class within in our greater community amasses too many resources. We become top heavy and unstable, and are more vulnerable.

To share our privilege and wealth, Cold Spring School parents, including alumni-parents like myself, should opt to run their own private, fund-raising drive expressly to support the underprivileged neighbor school, Cleveland, to help purchase the basics, like textbooks and paper. This would be a more democratic way to lift up our community, build bridges with neighbors, reduce unneeded environmental damages, and create a more just world that all our children would benefit from. Further, we’d be creating a more stable and resilient community, like a stronger, diverse ecosystem, better able to face the challenges to come. Think of the example this would set: Privileged parents, myself included, advocating for sharing their privilege instead of competing for more.

I would be the first to donate to such a cause.

Michael Gonella, Ph.D.

A Welcome Change

We are excited to write this particular letter. We (the people of Montecito) have a chance to elect three superb Directors to the Montecito Sanitary District.

Dorinne Lee Johnson: she currently chairs the Montecito Association’s Land Use Committee, where she’s tackled huge subjects like debris basins, roundabouts, under-grounding utilities and the Montecito Sanitary District’s buildings and permitting missteps. She is well qualified as an engineer and entrepreneur.

Dorinne is all about serving our Community.

Don Eversoll: the former head of the Nature Conservancy Of New York. Don knows all about Sanitary Districts and recycling facilities, he’s built them. We would be extremely fortunate to have his technical expertise coupled with his innate boardroom skills. With recycling of water being our priority, Don’s experience and environmental background will hasten our progress.

Edwin Martin: As an attorney, Ed defended victims in toxic environmental cases. Because of his legal investigative mind, Ed is able to slice through documentation to get to the heart of an issue and make his case. Edwin is a big fan of good governance and transparency, both of which will be extremely valuable to our sanitary district and community.

As your elected Directors, these three candidates have our full endorsement.

With your help, we will be excited to get them on board to make scalable recycled water a reality, end ocean discharge to protect our environment, focus on the District’s priorities and convert as many septic properties to sanitary service as possible; again protecting our environment. They’ll bring strong fiscal responsibility and open government practices. With Dorinne, Don and Edwin on our Sanitation Board, all criteria required for the variety of expertise will be met!

We urge you to vote for Johnson, Eversoll, and Martin. Thank you.

Dana Newquist & Woody Barrett

Give Us a Break

Many young adults like myself are cynical about politics because too often candidates think voters are dumb. They think they can pretend to be things they aren’t. In our local politics, we have two candidates who are quite extreme in their conservative beliefs, yet are backed by a mysterious and illegal Political Action Committee – Impact Education, a new iteration of Fair Education – that tries to paint a different picture. Elrawd McLearn and Brian Campbell oppose an inclusive approach to education that is widely supported here in Santa Barbara, such as bilingual education for those who choose it (which passed by nearly 70 percent in this county), ethnic studies (which has been a growing movement for over a decade) and medically-based sex ed that families can opt out of. Yet the PAC that supports them speaks only of “inclusivity” and “transparency.” This group is in clear violation of campaign finance rules: none of its donors is known to the public, as is required. Mr. McLearn took over $5,000 from the PAC yet claims he knows nothing about it. Meanwhile, on a right-wing radio show hosted by a devoted Trump supporter, McLearn speaks of fighting Marxism and accuses the Black Lives Matter movement of promoting anarchy. McLearn and Campbell have cynically been trying to distance themselves from Fair Education, yet their ads are all funded by Impact Education. Give us a break. Voters are smarter than you think.

Jonna Wallin

Words of a Third Grader

If you ask me, the specialists of art, music, steam, and PE are something special.

For me, they can help see that even if your work is not what you wanted, it’s still special because you’re the one who made it.

Each of us students have a little light that shines within us that make us special in our own way. We all see things differently, and that is what makes us unlike anybody else. All schools are special, all grades are special, but most importantly, all the students are special.

I noticed during Zoom school, that our art specialist had to work in a small, tight space, barely big enough for her and her supplies. Measure L would provide money for the school to build more classrooms and fix problems like flooding in the portables.

If you are willing to help our school stay strong even when it seems impossible, we would love it if you’d consider supporting the Cold Spring School bond.

Amelia K. •MJ

Enforce the Law

My concerns regarding leaf blowers are based on the experience of an emergency-room physician who asserts that the allergens, toxins, and small particles that become and remain airborne when leaf blowers are used cause people with respiratory conditions to become more ill. These particles may remain in the air for hours or days after the leaf blower is used, including possibly viruses.

Citizens of Santa Barbara outlawed leaf blowers with the initiative process many years ago. When the police are notified of a leaf blower being used, they consider it low priority and usually arrive long after the operator has finished and left. The proper number to call the police is 882-8900 in the city of Santa Barbara, 683-2724 for county enforcement. Please call and report one today!

If you are someone with respiratory ailments living in or around Santa Barbara, consider suing the City for its failure to protect your health if your condition worsens. All the City has to do is enforce the law that the citizens passed to protect you, and it has chosen not to do so!

Sincerely yours, Rowland Lane Anderson

Vote ‘No’ on Prop 23

The vast majority of state newspapers recommend voting ‘no; on 23. MJ may be unaware that there are not anywhere near enough MDs in the state to meet the demand this proposition would create. Medicare that regulates and pays for most dialysis across the country does not require MDs to be located in the clinics.

As a kidney recipient and Ambassador for Donate Life California, I ask that you please vote ‘no’ on Prop 23.

Thanks W. Scott Burns Santa Barbara 22 – 29 October 2020

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On Entertainment Never say NIVA

by Steven Libowitz

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eyond our shores, the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) recently hosted its Save Our Stages Fest as a benefit for its NIVA Emergency Relief fund, which helps some of the most at-risk venues from closing permanently as the organization waits for Congress to pass the Save Our Stages Act. Recordings of the concerts featuring 35 artists and dozens of iconic venues, including Miley Cyrus, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews and Reba McEntire, are available at SOS’s website (www.saveourstages.com) where you can also make donations.

film by Bryan Forbes, the Séance plot takes viewers deep into the world of medium Myra Foster (sung by soprano Lauren Flanigan) who is aided by her reluctant but devoted husband Bill (Kim Josephson) in manipulative moments that turn to mayhem and the macabre. The video streams for free for a week beginning on Tuesday, October 27. Meanwhile, OSB is planning to open Little Women as an in-person performance in mid-January. Visit www.operasb.org for info, a preview video and to register.

State Street Ballet State Street Ballet will air a video-only event on YouTube and Facebook sans real-time commentary

Pop Notes: Rock and Wheels

The Beach Boys, straight off a controversial performance at President Trump’s fundraising concert in Orange County last weekend that had founders Brian Wilson and Al Jardine disavowing the appearance by the touring outfit led by former Santa Barbara resident Mike Love, return to a favorite stomping ground at the Ventura Fairgrounds on Friday, October 23. The nearly 60-year-old group that scored an unprecedented string of hits in the 1960s will still be performing outside at the venue, although it’ll be in the parking lot rather than a stage at the raceway, and the audience will be limited to viewing from their autos as the show is part of the ongoing Concert In Your Cars series. The show features Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath and longtime Beach Boys buddy John Stamos – who teamed with the band for a remake of “Do It Again” back in 2017 – as special guests.

The following night, Saturday, October 24, brings original 1980s and ‘90s-era Oingo Boingo members Johnny “Vatos” Hernandez, Sam “Sluggo” Phipps, Carl Graves, Steve Bartek, and John Avila – who tour under the unwieldy if descriptive name “Oingo Boingo Former Members” – for a “Halloween Jam” show at the car-centric series, where they’ll play such hits as “Dead Man’s Party,” “Weird Science,” “We Close Our Eyes,” “Only a Lad,” “Just Another Day,” “Stay,” “Who Do You Want To Be,” “Gratitude,” and “Private Life.” Visit www.concertsinyourcar.com.

In the streaming center: Iration, the Isla Vista-born band that last appeared in town at the Santa Barbara in summer of 2019 and are due back at the big outdoor venue next August 29, have two live stream shows from Malibu available online. The performances – an October 18 one is already in the can, while a completely different show from the reggae-rock band is set to premiere on October 22 – are meant to promote Coastin’, Iration’s seventh studio album, released during the Summer of COVID. Visit www.irationmusic.com.

Westmont With Winds

The Westmont Orchestra Friday Night Concert series continues with its most ambitious program to date as the show, recently recorded live, features the student-fueled ensemble playing outside in an open-air, element-influenced tent while masked up and socially distant with bell covers over their instruments. “An Orchestral Sampler” program, which begins streaming at 7 pm on Friday, October 23, www.vimeo.com/showcase/westmontmusic, features Mendelssohn’s “Fingal’s Cave Overture,” Mary Watkins’ “Soul of Remembrance,” Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor Movement No. 3, and Philip Stern’s “Arches Over Water.”

Opera Goes Dark, Twice

Opera Santa Barbara’s attempt to concoct an end run around current local COVID regulations by hosting Opera in the Park in Godric Grove at Elings Park last weekend got shut down a few days before the planned safety-conscious socially-distant show. It was an understandable effort, given the perhaps absurd set of restrictions that allow indoor movie screenings, religious services, and gym workout among other seemingly more virally dangerous activities but prohibit performances of any kind anywhere, even outdoors. A Facebook thread from local arts folks sported a lot of running commentary on the inconsistencies earlier this week. But if the opera’s outdoor offering was forced to go dark, the company’s back-to-streaming broadcast of perhaps the darkest work in its history can’t be canceled by coronavirus concerns. Opera Santa Barbara will raise the “virtual” curtain for a first-ever videotaped view of its 2009 world premiere commissioned production of Séance on a Wet Afternoon, the first and only opera to date created by award-winning composer Stephen Schwartz, known for his Broadway powerhouses Wicked, Godspell, and Pippin.

Based on the novel by Mark McShane and the screenplay to the 1960s noir

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State Street Ballet was the first arts organization in town to perform the pandemic pivot as the statewide orders that shut down audience events came just two days before their planned premiere of Sleeping Beauty back in March, forcing the company to come up with a new approach quickly, resulting in a studio rehearsal version streamed on Facebook Live. Soon after, State Street Ballet adapted to COVID regulations by making streaming videos of previous productions something more immediate by turning them into interactive online events, where choreographers and dancers engaged in conversations and Q&A with the audience as each show progressed.

Now the ballet is pirouetting once again, this time airing a video-only event on their YouTube channel and Facebook page sans real-time commentary. But the good news is virtually all of what we’ll see on “Art While Apart: A Celebration of Dancing While Distanced” is brand new, post-lockdown material actually produced for virtual viewing. Created and co-produced by eight-year veteran SSB dancer Anna Carnes along with the ballet’s Library Dances director Cecily MacDougall, the event should serve as a cross between the ballet’s Modern Master event, studio shows known as Evenings, and the genre of dance film.

The show is an ambitious attempt to keep audiences clued in to the whirlwind of activities that the ballet community has been pursuing alone at home and beyond, Carnes explained.

“Just like everyone else, we’ve been going through this crazy, challenging time where the arts have been impacted in a big way, and it seems we’re not going to be able to be in our regular theaters anytime soon,” said Carnes, who trained at LINES Ballet and whose credits include dancing onstage at the Hollywood Bowl, on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, and at the MTV VMAs. “But professional dancers all over the world looked around their house and tried to figure out what they could use as a ballet bar to continue training and how they could keep taking class during quarantine and see how to work from home.

When I go online, I see so many dancers creating inspiring video projects, and I knew a lot of us (at SSB) were doing that too. I wanted to show our audience what we’ve been up to and how we’ve continued to create during this time.”

To that end, the streaming event includes everything from clips of dancers working from home and exploring new movement ideas in a studio or outdoors to professionally produced video projects that were shot in iconic locations around Santa Barbara. Also included are snippets of Stewart’s collaboration with Laguna Blanca School filmed by Andre Yew and a special focus on two of the SSB dancers who are back in quarantine in their native Japan. There are also interviews and discussions with the dancers, directors, and collaborators, and a series of short solo pieces choreographed by Ariana Harkin that were filmed at SSB’s studios following strict safety protocols.

The latter vignette, titled “Serenity vs. Solitude,” is Harkin’s response to coping with COVID. “They’re beautiful, classical pieces that have a kind of pensive feel to them,” Carnes said. “It very much speaks to that experience.”

So does one of Carnes’ own contributions, part of a clip filmed back in the spring for a Visiting Nurses Association benefit that she filmed on her iPhone, just propping it up against a succulent planter, she said.

“It was during those first few weeks of quarantine, when it was so surreal,” she says. “It was about whatever comes out in your movement and expressing through your dancing to embody that experience.”

“Art While Apart: A Celebration of Dancing While Distanced” closes with an ensemble work set to Buddy Holly’s “Every Day.” “All of the dancers in our

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company contributed a little something, maybe a few seconds, to create a dance chain effect. It’s a sample of what we might be doing in the near future when it will be more virtual as we adapt and jump into new roles. It’s a fun little finale.”

“Art While Apart” will also be augmented by a week-long auction featuring one-of-a-kind items such as Carnes choreographing a commissioned work based on the winning bidder’s ideas and inspiration, which will run as part of the virtual version of Evenings due in early December.

“I like the idea of involving the audience in the collaborative process, although it might be a little challenging,” she said. “But I’m excited to take it on.”

(State Street Ballet’s “Art While Apart: A Celebration of Dancing While Distanced” streams at 7 pm Thursday, October 29, on YouTube and www.face book.com/statestreetballet. Free.)

Focus on Film: Women in the Water She is the Ocean is an in-depth exploration of the lives of nine women from around the world who share a love for the sea

She is the Ocean, the new documentary from Inna Blokhina, the director of the award-winning film On the Wave, is an in-depth exploration of the lives of nine women from around the world who share a love for the sea so profound that they have chosen to make the ocean the center of their physical, philosophical, and professional lives.

In a unique concept, Blokhina selected the women, ranging in age from 12 to 83, to create a portrait of what could be a metaphor for one woman’s ocean life through all her ages. Starting with three women who engage in the thrill of ocean sports, moving on to a famed scientist who plunges into the deepest depths on the edge of human survival, and a cliff diver who is hailed as “The bravest woman in Germany,” the film captures the common thread that bonds them together. Shot in 4k cinematography, the film captures the ocean stories in an immersive way, bringing to life every ocean encounter in breathtaking fashion, from free-swimming with sharks far below the surface to surfing the top of the world’s biggest waves.

Santa Barbara Maritime Museum hosts the local premiere of She is the Ocean at 7 pm on Thursday, October 22, when the online screening will be followed by a panel, moderated by Greg Gorga, the museum’s executive director, featuring director Blokhina and special guests including Holly Lohuis, a marine biologist who works with Jean-Michel Cousteau and teen surfing prodigy Cinta Hansel; and her father, pro surfer Michael Ho, who both appear in the film. Visit sbmm.org.

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New Beginnings’ annual fundraiser eschews the online format in favor of a live event from 6 pm to 9 pm on Thursday, October 22, at the West Winds Drive-In. The centerpiece is a screening of the 1991 comedy-drama film The Fisher King, which stars Montecito’s own Jeff Bridges as a radio shock jock who tries to find redemption by helping a man whose life he inadvertently shattered.

The counseling center chose the film as it “conveys the compassion and hope that aligns beautifully with our work and will help community members reflect upon how trauma and mental illness impacts each one of us,” according to a statement.

The event also features screenings of the short films “Hair Love” and “French Roast,” a videotaped panel interview with the actress Mercedes Ruehl and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese that was specifically produced for the evening, and a raffle for prize giveaways. Admission is by donation of $50; a late night screening of the film costs $5. Visit https://sbnbcc.org/drive-in.

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The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin’s first feature-length film with dialogue, which began production just six days after the outbreak of World War II, and yet remains somehow ridiculously relevant, screens as the next offering in the 22 – 29 October 2020

Carsey-Wolf Center’s Subversives series. The Little Tramp plays dual roles as a kindhearted Jewish barber and a heartless dictator in satirizing fascism and antisemitism in a plot that takes aim at the escalating power of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. The Great Dictator was controversial in its time and continues to invite debate during our current times over the effectiveness of its deployment of comedy to critique the cruelty of fascism.

University of Minnesota Cultural Studies professor Maggie Hennefeld, author of Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes, will join moderator UCSB film professor Miguel Penabella for a Zoom discussion 4 pm screening on Thursday, October 22. (See the movie on Amazon Prime or via Kanopy.)

Also from CWC: The 2019 film Women of the Gulag, which tells the compelling stories of six female survivors of Soviet labor camps as a sort of female focused companion piece to Solzhenitsyn’s classic book Gulag Archipelago by allowing the women to tell their own accounts of their experiences. Director-producer Marianna Yarovskaya and author-producer Paul Gregory join Alexandra Noi (UCSB History Department) for a virtual discussion of the documentary following the 7 pm screening on Tuesday, October 27.

Talk Talk Talk: Virtual Virtues

Roshi Joan Halifax, the founder and head teacher at Upaya Zen Center, a Buddhist monastery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, returns to town, albeit via streaming, at 6 pm on Thursday, October 22, to launch Hospice of Santa Barbara’s new “Illuminate” speaker series. Halifax, who is also director of the Project on Being with Dying, will explore the necessity of integrity as we care for others, care for the world, and care for ourselves – a topic critical for these challenging times. She will also look at essential aspects of moral suffering and how to cultivate moral resilience, which supports us in facing uncertainty, suffering and loss. Radhule Weininger, Ph.D., the local clinical psychologist and, teacher of deep mindfulness and compassion meditation, moderates the Q&A portion of the free event. The series continues with Frank Ostaseski in November, Katy Butler in January, Sharon Salzberg in February, BJ Miller in March, and Sunita Puri in April. Register at hospiceofsb.org.

Dr. Samuel Woolley, author of The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth, talks with Paul K. Chappell, director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s Peace Literacy Institute, in the 19th annual Frank K. Kelly Lecture on Humanity’s Future at 6 pm on Thursday, October 29.

In a free event entitled “The Next Abnormal: Why the Next Tech Revolution Requires a Peace Literate World,” Woolley and Chappell will discuss emerging technologies, how they’re impacting our lives today, what they mean for the upcoming election, and our future more broadly. Visit www.wagingpeace.org/ programs/public-events/kelly-lecture for details and registration link.

House Calls’ Conversations

Vivek H. Murthy, MD, the 19th Surgeon General of the U.S., began to focus his attention at the end of his tenure in 2017 on chronic stress and isolation as problems that have profound implications for health, productivity, and happiness. The author of the prescient book, Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World participates in a fireside chat at 5 pm on Friday, October 23, followed by a Q&A moderated by Rachael Steidl, founder and executive director of the Santa Barbara-based YouthWell nonprofit.

Barbara Kingsolver, author of The Poisonwood Bible, Animal Dreams, The Bean Trees, and nearly a dozen other bestsellers, sits down for a rescheduled virtual chat with local writing celeb Pico Iyer on human resilience in trying U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, author of times as part of the Speaking with Pico Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection Series at 5 pm on Monday, October 26. in a Sometimes Lonely World, takes part in a fireEvent No. 2 in UCSB A&L’s Race to side chat on October 23 Justice series brings decorated attorney and activist Brittany K. Barnett to your screen to talk about dismantling the flawed American criminal justice system as discussed in her memoir A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom at 5 pm on Tuesday, October 27.

Admission to all of the UCSB A&L events is $10. Visit https://artsandlec tures.ucsb.edu.

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Nosh Town (Continued from page 37 37)) expansive outdoor dining area for 50 guests.

Open at 25 percent occupancy, the French country bistro serves classic and seasonal dishes with French and American wines inside a gracious 1872 Victorian whaler’s home, with secluded alcoves, private dining rooms and a greenhouse. As part of its pivot, the eatery created a few semi-private outdoor dining areas to match the charm and ambiance inside.

“I’m a little bit nervous about what’s going to happen when the weather gets colder, but our motto is to take it one day at a time,” said executive chef Roth Ironside.

Chef Ironside wasted no time devising a fall menu to celebrate the restaurant’s reopening. New menu items include a crispy skin duck breast with parsnip mousse, butter braised broccoli, charred red wine braised shallots, candied orange zest and orange gastrique ($29.50), pan-seared Atlantic At Stella Mare’s, new menu items include a crispy salmon with purple cauliflower purée, roastskin duck breast with parsnip mousse, butter braised broccoli, charred red wine braised shallots, ed haricots verts, cauliflower florets and candied orange zest, and orange gastrique ($29.50) brown butter roasted almonds, dressed in a

sweet carrot vinaigrette ($29.75) and a vegetarian entree of pan seared king trumpet mushrooms, roasted almond couscous, wilted spinach, purple cauliflower florets, and sweet carrot vinaigrette ($27.75).

Here, filet mignon is flame-broiled to order and served with ratatouille and choice of potato styles including Yukon potato purée, roasted potatoes, or French fries. Diners may also choose from a variety of delectable sauces on the stove: Cognac green peppercorn sauce, béarnaise sauce, bordelaise, or nasturtium sauce vert ($35.95). There is also the cabernet braised beef short rib with mushrooms, carrots, lardons, pearl red onions, and potato baton – a fun play on the classic boeuf bourguignon ($29.95).

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nother notable restaurant to reopen this month with a handful of autumn-inspired dishes is Intermezzo by Wine Cask in downtown Santa Barbara. Formerly known as The Wine Cask, the popular upscale eatery closed its doors on March 15, and began a renovation, updating the physical space as well as the concept before quietly unveiling its new look on October 9.

Proprietor John O’Neil unveiled an impressive renovation for the 7,500-square-foot space with lively Old World glamour. He’s added a martini bar and expanded the outdoor space in the historic courtyard. Diners can sip wines and nosh on an array of small and large globally-inspired plates created by executive chef Josh Brown.

Closing during the pandemic provided time for O’Neil and his team to carefully plan and execute a new kind of experience for pandemic diners.

“We’ve reorganized the front Anacapa patio and Wine Cask courtyard to be our two dining areas,” explained O’Neil. “All tables are generously spaced six feet or more apart, and we are currently only seating the outdoor spaces. All tables have individual hand sanitizer pumps and no menus are re-used.”

Intermezzo’s new menu is playful and craveable with farmers market ingredients, local seafood, and delicious wood oven pizzas made from slow fermented dough.

Stand out items include a farm-style paté served with grain mustard, pickled farmers market vegetables, apricot moustarda, gherkins, frisée, chargrilled ciabatta with marrow butter ($18) roasted red and gold beets served with watercress, toasted hazelnuts, chèvre, and sweet basil pesto ($16); Faroe Island salmon served with root vegetable, butterbean ragout and chive aioli ($28); and a fire-roasted mushroom truffle pizza made with gouda garlic cream, maitake and white beech mushrooms, fingerling potatoes, and fontina cheese ($20).

Intermezzo offers a nice selection of hand-crafted cocktails such as a blueberry shrub made with vodka, lemon syrup and mint leaf, or an effervescent Scotch whiskey spritzer with lemon, Earl Grey, ginger honey, Laphroaig spritz, and candied ginger to ease your pandemic woes.

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t is easy to get lost among the winding hills and sprawling oak trees native to Santa Barbara County, but when you do, you might happen upon a few hidden gems. Nestled into the hillsides of Ballard Canyon lies a vineyard site unique in the Central Coast wine region, The Stolpman Family Vineyards.

Tom Stolpman acquired the property in 1990, searching for the perfect plot of limestone near the ocean and with much patience; he found what he was looking for. Fast forward to the present day, the Stolpman family has exploded in notoriety for the vinification of Rhône varietals due to its unique terroir and farming methods.

Among these methods is incorporating a talented vineyard team they affectionately call “La Cuadrilla” which roughly translates to “the crew” or “the helpers.” The Stolpman family has never Try the 2018 Stolpman “La Cuadrilla,” says believed in migrant work and as a result, they Wyatt Davidson, the manager at Santa employ La Cuadrilla year-round which, over the Barbara Wine Collective many harvests, cultivated a family vibe as well as a pride of ownership between the Stolpman Family and La Cuadrilla team.

Outside the crew’s prowess in regards to viticulture, they have also been given the great honor and responsibility to cultivate, maintain, and produce the Cuvee that is bottled and labeled as a tribute to “La Cuadrilla.” The wine is a boisterous red blend of predominantly Syrah followed by equal parts Sangiovese and Grenache.

In light of the ripe and vibrant 2018 harvest season, this wine shows a profound richness, esoteric red fruits, and savory tannin balanced by a whimsical hint of freshness. The Stolpman family accurately describes this wine as “not only a crowd-pleaser but a crowd stimulator to smile, toast, and enjoy.” The richness in the glass pairs well with the warming spices of fall, the sweetness of autumn squash, and the savory smell of Grandma’s apple pie.

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