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Revised Debris Flow Risk Map; Hospice of Santa Barbara brings Light Up a Life tree to Montecito; History Never Ends released; Roost takes over former Downey’s space
6 Miscellany
Rescue Mission hosts Thanksgiving in refurbished chapel; Noah benShea’s new book; Biltmore lights Christmas trees; West Coast Chamber Orchestra lands at First Congressional Church; SB Symphony kicks off holiday season; Montecito Firefighters’ Charitable Foundation celebration; Dennis Quaid honored; MB&T celebrates anniversary; Organic Soup Kitchen Thanksgiving; Vicenta’s opens; Oprah sits down with Michelle Obama; Goop to expand; Bernie Taupin auctions handwritten lyrics; sightings
8 Letters to the Editor
Judy Pearce clears up misconceptions about Montecito Inn; Lidia Zinchenko states California Dream dead; Steve King on making laws respectable; Denice Spangler Adams implores Mayor Murillo to consider impending Homeless Village’s many flaws
10 This Week
Samira 13 pop-up jewelry shop; Italian conversation; MBAR meeting; Chaucer’s signing; Spanish conversation; fishermen’s market; Carpinteria Arts Center hosts market; SBMC program; Girls Inc. Fundraiser; Julian Nott headlines Channel City Club’s luncheon; tech class; Montecito Community Hall open house; poetry club; Christmas Market; insurance workshop; Tree at the G; walk to school; book club; tree lighting; Master Yun opens; ongoing events
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34 Spirituality Matters
Events to commemorate anniversary of Thomas Fire and debris flow; Interfaith Sanctuary Alliance hosts “Love Your Neighbor” weekend; Dawa Tarchin Phillips launches course; Paradise Found happenings; Elisa Rose facilitates workshop; Mindful Eating author speaks; SB Yoga Center series; Shane Thunder sessions
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n Monday, December 3, the County Office of Emergency Management is set to release a revised Debris Flow Risk Map, which includes revisions to current evacuation zones. The release of the map will be followed by three community meetings in Montecito and Carpinteria in the coming weeks. The County released the current Debris Flow Risk Map in October, with the knowledge that a more scientifically accurate map was being finalized by an engineering firm called Adkins Engineering. “At the time we felt it was incumbent upon us to utilize the best scientific data that we had, in case we saw rainfall that would trigger an evacuation,” said Montecito Fire’s Division Chief of Operations Kevin Taylor, who is part of the team that is currently reviewing the new map before it’s released next week. Taylor explained the new map is based upon data including empty debris basins, cleared creek channels, and the new topography left behind after the 1/9 debris flow. “It’s in conjunction with the current risk map; all that material was combined and utilized to determine today’s debris flow risk. It is the absolute best available scientific data we have,” he said. The new map will likely reduce the number of parcels – currently there are 2,496 – that will be under mandatory evacuation if predicted rainfall totals reach .8-inch per hour. “We are currently reviewing the new map, and going parcel to parcel excluding those we believe are not at risk of debris flow,” he said. In addition, Taylor expects to add parcels to the evacuation zone that are excluded on the current map. “There are a couple areas of our community that are being added because of new topography, or because they were previously affected by the debris flow,” he explained. The new map is similar to the current map in that there are no longer “mandatory” and “voluntary” evacuation zones denoted by “red” extreme risk and “yellow” high risk zones. The new map, like the current map, alters the red area by drilling it down to parcels; meaning that an entire property will be in or out of the risk zone, leaving less room for confusion on whether a homeowner should leave during an evacuation. The interactive map will allow users to type in their address, and if their parcel is located in the red zone, it will be very clear 29 November – 6 December 2018
that the property is under evacuation. Those residents who are not in the evacuation zone are not expected to leave during a predicted storm, but they should know that there is a chance they will be isolated and without utilities. New to the map will be seven Safe Refuge Areas identified, an idea that was developed after a community meeting in October. “If a resident decides to evacuate during, rather than before a storm, and does not feel safe leaving the district, there are a number of places that we consider it safe to travel to,” Taylor said. Those areas include All Saints-by-the-Sea church, Birnam Wood, Cold Spring School, Crane School, the upper village, Mount Carmel, and Vons shopping center. Taylor tells us the newest map was developed with a more surgical approach, with officials scrutinizing each parcel to determine its risk. “It’s important to understand that the areas that we consider at risk for debris flow, when we get .8 inches of rain per hour, are the areas that will be evacuated. Those community members who we feel are not at risk will not be asked to leave, but they can leave if they want to. It’s more appropriate for them to make that decision rather than us,” he said. Once the new map is released, residents whose evacuation status has changed will be able to find out why it has changed. “There will be a way for property owners to learn why their property was included when it was previously excluded, and excluded when it was previously included. We made sure to ask Adkins Engineering for those explanations,” Taylor noted. The County and local authorities will continue to use a variety of methods for notification this winter, including door-to-door knocking, Aware & Prepare alerts, social and traditional media, and WEA messages. It is imperative that all residents sign up for notifications using Aware & Prepare, which can be found at www. readysbc.org. The new map will also be available on that site, by Monday December 3; we’ll have more details in next week’s edition. The community meetings will focus on the new map as well as reiterate the County’s evacuation plans. They are scheduled for Wednesday,
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or some reason the memory of silent-film star Charlie Chaplin is exploited with the fantastical myth that he “built” the Montecito Inn. Totally untrue. In David Myrick’s definitive history (“Santa Barbara & Montecito,” Volumes I and II), he explains the origin of the Montecito Inn in some detail. “Don B. Sebastian and William S. Seamans,” he writes, “Montecito residents, were dealing in real estate loans and insurance when they conceived of the Montecito Inn. For this purpose they formed the Montecito Company to build a hotel at the Olive Mill Road crossing of the Coast Highway, to be leased to an operator.” Ground was broken in August,1927, and the hotel took in its first guests in February 1928. Not long after, the Inn suffered financially from the Great Depression and several changes in management struggled to make a go of it. Around 1938, the Inn was renamed the Montecito Hotel. The title “Montecito Inn” was restored by Avery Brundage when he bought it in 1957. In 1943, the 54-year-old Charlie Chaplin and the 18-year-old Oona O’Neill, daughter of playwright Eugene O’Neill, eloped and headed up to Santa Barbara. A marriage license was issued at the Courthouse and the couple were married by a judge at his home on Maple Avenue in
Carpinteria (now “Roxanne’s, A Wish and a Dream,” a quilting and knitting store). There is no indication Charlie Chaplin was ever even a guest at the Montecito Inn, although Charlie and Oona spent their honeymoon in a house on Summit Road in Montecito. I wonder what Oona and Charlie’s six children would have thought about the bogus claim that their father built a hotel in Santa Barbara County? Some accounts actually suggest actor Fatty Arbuckle was Charlie’s partner. Wow, how do these silly stories get started? Montecito has an exceptionally interesting history, so there is no need to fashion any facts out of whole cloth. My family moved to Montecito in 1898. I grew up next to the Miramar Hotel on property my great-grandparents bought from the hotel in 1907. My interest in history started early because of stories my grandparents and my mother told about “the old days.” My friend, Bunny, and I rode our horses to Mt. Carmel School and to church on Sunday. The church pastor, Father Ozias Cook, built a corral for us to use. In the 1980s I had a column, “Equestrian,” in the Santa Barbara News-Press. I have written about Montecito history in my now-discontinued column, “Montecito Scrapbook,” in the Montecito Journal,
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Pop-Up Jewelry Shop Maison K hosts Samira 13, a collection of pearl, diamond, and chain jewelry When: today through Sunday, December 2 Where: 1253 Coast Village Road Info: www.maisonkstyle.com Italian Conversation Group The Montecito branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library System hosts an Italian conversation group for those who would like to practice their Italian language conversation skills and meet others in the community who speak Italian. Both native speakers and those who learned Italian as a second or foreign language will participate, and new members are always welcome. When: 12:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. On today’s agenda: a new carport on Ayala Lane; new covered porches and retaining walls on Santa Rosa Lane; additions and workshop conversion on Brooktree Road; partial demo and rebuild on Glenview; an update on design from Caltrans; and several other agenda items. When: 1 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 East Anapamu Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in, and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library.
Book Signing at Chaucer’s In celebration of the Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Volume 2, being published, join for a reading and signing by featured authors Stephen T. Vessels, Shelly Lowenkopf, and Max Talley. Stephen is the author of The Mountain & The Vortex and Other Tales, as well as the Door of Tireless Pursuit. Max is the author of Yesterday We Forget Tomorrow, and Shelly is the author of Love Will Make You Drink and Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night. All three authors will be signing both the journal and their own novels. When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics. When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 Fishermen’s Market When: 6 am Where: Harbor Way Info: www.cfsb.info/sat Carpinteria Artists Marketplace The event will be held in the courtyard
Christmas Market Arlington Plaza invites the community to its 2nd Annual Christmas Market. Designed to evoke the nostalgia and experience of a traditional European Christmas Market, Arlington Plaza’s Christmas Market will showcase unique gifts from Plaza merchants and other local brands and retailers, live music by the Dos Pueblos Jazz Choir, seasonal festivities and more. Stroll through the twinkle lights and soak in the holiday cheer, while visiting the unique collective of shops and restaurants, including Carlitos Cafe y Cantina, DIANI Boutique, DIANI Shoes and DIANI Living, the Travel Store, Treat, Blossom Salon, Santa Barbara Fine Art, and Renaud’s Patisserie and Bistro. When: Thursday, December 6 and Friday, December 7, from 4 pm to 9 pm. Where: 1324 State Street Info: Follow Arlington Plaza on Instagram for updates and details on vendors and activities, @arlingtonplazasb of the Carpinteria Arts Center. Join in to celebrate the arts through music and handcrafted art pieces for sale by local artists. When: 10 am to 4 pm Where: 855 Linden Avenue Info: www.carpinteriaartscenter.org Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music. A valued cultural resource in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public. When: 3 pm Where: First United Methodist Church, Garden and Anapamu streets Cost: free An Evening In Bloom Girls Inc. of Carpinteria will host its largest annual fundraiser “An Evening in Bloom” at Girls Inc.’s campus in Carpinteria. This year’s gala will honor the late Dorothy Campbell for her decades of services to Girls Inc. and the Carpinteria community. Campbell had a vision in the early 70s to provide programming for girls in the community whose mothers worked, so they would have a place to go after school. With ten girls in her own home, she started the Girls
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Club, which later became Girls Inc. of Carpinteria. She grew the effort to summer camps and sports programs and in 1978, purchased the first local campus – a small bungalow on Maple Street. Years later, the community rallied together to fund and build a 16,000-square-foot campus on Foothill Road that would serve as a vibrant place for more girls to engage, explore, and express themselves. Today, 25 years later, the Girls Inc. of Carpinteria campus serves 700 girls through research-based programs, empowering them to understand, value, and assert their rights. Campbell moved to Carpinteria in 1969 and worked as a scout for Better Homes and Gardens for 17 years. She lent her talents to many Carpinteria organizations and causes over the years, including the Carpinteria Bluffs and the local League of Women Voters. She was named Carpinterian of the Year in 1982. Campbell passed away on July 20, 2018. An Evening in Bloom will feature a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres hour, red carpet photo reception, plated dinner, hosted bar, entertainment, and dancing. This year’s event co-chairs are Dawn Howard and Lori Pearce. When: 5 pm to 9 pm Where: 5315 Foothill Road Cost: $125 per person Info: www.girlsinc-carp.org
Annual Christmas Luncheon Professor Julian Nott is headlining the Channel City Club’s Annual Christmas Luncheon. The luncheon will be held at the Hilton Beachfront Resort (formerly Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort) and will feature not only Mr. Nott but also Montecito’s most coveted and talented pianist, Gil Rosas, and the entire Montecito Union School Chorus, who together will be serving up a delightful array of Christmas
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tunes and cheer. Julian Nott is a world-renowned balloon designer and pilot, and one of the founders of modern-day ballooning. He has broken and/or established 79 World and 96 British ballooning records, along with a world skydiving record. He designed and piloted the first ever hot-air balloon with a pressurized cabin. He was the first to cross the Sahara Desert and Australia in a balloon. Julian piloted the world’s first solar balloon across the English Channel, among other accomplishments. His planned talk at the Channel City Club Christmas Luncheon will highlight the accomplishments and thrills of his lifelong career obsession with lighter-than-air flight, along with an examination of what may be in store during the next millennium on Earth and across the solar system for us humans. When: 11:30 am Where: 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard Cost: $45 for members, $50 for non-members Reservations & info: www. channelcityclub.org WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 Free Tech Class at Montecito Library iPads and iPhones are versatile devices capable of countless useful functions, but many of these remain a mystery to their owners. The Montecito branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library System will be offering free workshops demonstrating various tips and tricks to help users get more from their Apple mobile devices. Everyone is invited to bring along his or her iPad and iPhone along with any questions. Users of all levels are welcome. When: 1 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: (805) 969-5063 Community Open House First ever Community Open House at the Montecito Community Hall, co-sponsored by the Friends of the Montecito Library, Montecito Association and its History Committee, and the Montecito Library. Light Refreshments will be served. Join your neighbors for some seasonal cheer and togetherness. When: 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-2026 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. Today’s poet: Amy Lowell (1874-1925) When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 29 November – 6 December 2018
1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Insurance Workshop Montecito Association hosts a workshop to help residents who are struggling to get their insurance claims paid completely. Attorneys and experts will be on hand to answer questions. When: 5 pm Where: Montecito Community Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-2026 Tree at the G The Granada Theatre invites the community to Tree at the G, a free holiday event to see the theater in all its holiday glory and kick off the season in style! Guests at Tree at the G will be transported to the Land of Sugarplum Fairies, with special appearances by characters from State Street Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker! Guests can also enjoy festive refreshments, as well as explore the theatre and its transformation into a winter wonderland. When: 5 pm to 7 pm Where: The Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street Cost: free Info: www.granadasb.org
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Hospice of Santa Barbara is celebrating 35 years of its popular and poignant series of tree lighting events, called Light Up a Life. This year, Hospice has announced the addition of a fourth ceremony location: Montecito’s upper village, on the corner green. “We’ve been wanting to add a Montecito location for awhile, and it felt extra appropriate this year to provide special attention to that community,” said Hospice of Santa Barbara CEO David Selberg. “It will be a chance for us to pause for awhile in the heart of Montecito, to give comfort this holiday season.” The first Light Up a Life tree lighting ceremony took place in Santa Barbara in December of 1983, kick-
ing off what would become a cherished local holiday tradition. Since then, the annual event has expanded to include ceremonies in Goleta and Carpinteria. “The feel of the event is intimate and quiet, taking a sort of pause in the middle of a busy season,” Selberg said. “The really wonderful thing about it is that people come together briefly and pause amongst the hectic-ness of the season to honor and remember the loved ones they’ve lost, no matter how recent.” Light Up a Life ceremonies are free to attend and feature special guests and speakers, music, and a memorial tree lighting, including hundreds of sparkling tribute stars hung to commemorate those who are no longer with us. At Montecito’s inaugural ceremony, the choir from Cold Spring School will perform, and the Rev. Aimee Eyer-Delevett from All Saintsby-the-Sea will be the guest speaker. “This is an opportunity for all of us who have lost someone dear to them through the years to have a special ceremony of remembrance. Light Up a
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lows as chronicled in Father John O’Sullivan’s book, Capistrano Nights. He was the pastor from 1910 to 1933. One day, while walking through town, Father saw a shopkeeper, broomstick in hand, knocking down the conically shaped mud swallow nests located under the eves of his shop. The birds were darting back and forth through the air squealing over the destruction of their home. “What in the world are you doing?” Father asked. “Why, these dirty birds are a nuisance and I am getting rid of them!” “But where can they go?” “I don’t know and I don’t care,” he
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tered space.” Dr. Charest’s innerU program uses three tiers in all: 1) Internal youth therapy, which Dr. Charest calls “traditional” treatment to look inside yourself to a more uncorrupted part of your life. 2) Mindfulness sessions: good for anxiety, depression, I.Q, ADHD. 3) The women’s program: meet once a month but venture into the woods four times a year to explore different landscapes of themselves.
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Although Dr. Charest uses her expertise in clinical psychology, family counseling, and transpersonal psychology, the doctor is also a Shaman trained by the Eskimo Kalaallit tribe of the far north Greenland. The practice of Shamanism is an ancient healing tradition, a way of life, a way to connect with nature and all of creation. The tribe gave
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ne of our favorite subjects – physicist, friend, balloonist extraordinaire, and all-around good fellow, Professor Julian Nott – is headlining one of our favorite annual events: Channel City Club’s Annual Christmas Luncheon. The luncheon will be held at the Hilton Beachfront Resort (formerly Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort) on Monday, December 3, and will feature not only Mr. Nott but also Montecito’s most coveted and talented pianist, Gil Rosas, and the entire Montecito Union School Chorus, who together will be serving up a delightful array of Christmas tunes and cheer. Julian Nott isn’t just a friend; he also happens to be a world-renowned balloon designer, an experimental test pilot, and a scientist of unparalleled accomplishment and curiosity. He is, lucky for us, in addition to all that, a gifted (and often humorous) speaker. His subject and theme: “Intellectual Courage 2.0; Continuing Adventure, Exploration and Discovery.” Julian is one of the founders of modern-day ballooning and has broken and/or established 79 World and 96 British ballooning records, along with
Physicist and record-breaking balloonist Julian Nott is featured speaker at the Channel City Club’s Annual Christmas Luncheon on December 3 at the Hilton Santa Barbara, where he will be joined by the Montecito Union School Chorus and pianist Gil Rosas
This balloon was designed by Julian Nott and is meant to fly in Titan’s 95% nitrogen and 5% methane frozen atmosphere (photo by Tibor Ballint)
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Real Estate
by Mark Ashton Hunt
2080 East Valley Road: $3,495,000
Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are real estate agents. His family goes back nearly 100 years in the Santa Barbara area. Mark’s grandparents – Bill and Elsie Hunt – were Santa Barbara real estate brokers for 25 years.
Newer Montecito Listings
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e have seen slower sales (only five closed escrows in Montecito during the first three weeks in November), and fewer new listings. Whether this is seasonal or an overall slowing market trend in higher end communities only time will tell. For now, we are happy to see prices staying strong overall, regardless of the number of sales. While much of the existing housing inventory in Montecito has been on the market a few months or more, there are newer listings that pop up every week or so. In this column, we are featuring four of those newer listings (on the market a month or so or less), and to add interest, these listings compare well in price per square foot, their amenities, lot size, and location.
2728 Macadamia Lane: $2,275,000
This two-story home is in the eastern end of Montecito and rests on a country lane, behind a privacy hedge. It comes complete with mountain views, a pool, spa, and a bocce court (one of the more popular attractions among area residents these days). The flexible floor plan offers over 3,000 sq ft of living space. The home includes a kitchen with Viking appliances and walk-in pantry. The living room has a gas-log fireplace and picture windows to enjoy the surrounding landscape and mountain views. There are wide-plank hardwood floors throughout and storage areas on both levels. Upstairs are four bedrooms including two spacious master suites on opposite wings. The downstairs bedroom suite with its own private entrance could also be used as an office. Additionally, there is an oversized double garage and a motor court for guest parking. This listing is not located in either of the Montecito school districts but is within the 93108 area code and is on a half-plus acre lot.
If you are looking for a larger home on a spacious lot that is also close to town, school, and shopping, this updated Ketzel and Goodman-designed colonial rests on 1.3 oak-studded acres and offers over 4,600 sq ft of living space on two levels. The five-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom home features an open chef’s kitchen with honed Carrera marble countertops, breakfast area with a built-in desk, family room with a natural hand-hewn stone fireplace, formal living room with a fireplace, formal dining room, laundry room, office, detached two-car garage, and a bonus room. Detailed finishes include wide-planked hardwood floors, crown moldings, coffered ceilings, French doors that open to covered, brick-paved verandas and second-story views of Birnam Wood Country Club and the Pacific Ocean beyond. This property is in the Montecito Union School District.
240 Middle Road: $5,399,000
1060 Golf Road: $3,295,000
Situated on 1.28 gated acres, near the end of a cul-de-sac, find this Bermuda Style plantation house that overlooks the newly renovated Montecito Country Club. The over-4,300 sq ft home offers some ocean views, two master suites, one on each level of the home, along with tall ceilings, a chef’s kitchen, marble, granite and hardwood floors, expansive gardens, and is surrounded by a number of more expensive homes. The upstairs master suite features a his-and-her bath, walk-in closet, south-facing French doors to the huge deck and offers glimpses of the ocean and islands beyond. The first-level master suite has a gas fireplace, walk-in closet, and opens to a rear patio. The kitchen features 11’ ceilings, granite countertops and a wall of French doors. The living room, with its 14’ ceiling and hardwood flooring has a southern exposure, fine finish details and crown molding throughout. French doors are in every room and there are decks for every bedroom. The gardens offer mature specimen trees and privacy. This home is located within the Montecito Union School District.
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Known as El Hogar, this was the first home designed by George Washington Smith for his own personal residence and studio. This historic 1918 home offers over 5,300 sq ft and sits on a .66-acre lot in the prime Middle Road area, just blocks from Coast Village Road and the beach. The home has six bedrooms, 4.5 baths, and eight fireplaces. The living room, family room, dining room, and master suite all open to the stunning G.W. Smith-designed (Eric Nagelmann-enhanced) gardens, complete with pool, patio, and dramatic mountain views. The grounds include specimen trees, fruit trees, benches covered in decorative glazed tile, boxwood hedges, roses, and a large brick patio with a central fountain. The oversized kitchen boasts top-of-the-line appliances including a Wolf range, SubZero refrigerator, Bosch dishwasher, a large island, and an eat-in breakfast nook with fireplace. This historic property is being offered for the first time in 25 years and is also located in the Montecito Union School District. ••• Please feel free to contact me regarding any Real Estate needs or to set up a showing with the listing agents of any properties featured here: Mark@Villagesite.com or call/ text 805-698-2174. Please view my website, www.MontecitoBestBuys.com, upon which this article is based. •MJ
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Bob Hazard Mr. Hazard is an Associate Editor of this paper and a former president of Birnam Wood Golf Club.
Pilgrim’s Progress
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early 400 years ago on August 5, 1620, two wooden sailing ships, the Mayflower and the Speedwell, set off from England headed for the New World. Unfortunately, the Speedwell leaked at 300 miles out, forcing both ships to turn back to England. The Speedwell’s passengers were rapidly transferred to the already overcrowded Mayflower, which finally set sail from Plymouth England on September 6, 1620, with 102 passengers and 30 crewmembers. The voyage, which today can be traversed in 6 1/2 hours by commercial jet, took 66 long days at sea. Cape Cod was sighted on November 9, 1620.
The Mayflower Compact
To quell a passenger dispute over future governance, while anchored in the Provincetown harbor on November 11, 1620, the male members of the ship’s company, including half Pilgrims and half non-Pilgrim tradesmen and colonists who were not indentured servants nor the ship’s crew, agreed to a Compact, written by William Brewster, that set the Colony rules for self-governance. It established the principle, later embedded in both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, of a government formed by the consent of the governed.
The First Year of Hardship and Death
Colonists went ashore from the Mayflower and selected New Plymouth as the place to begin construction of log homes with thatched roofs, dirt floors and fireplaces for warmth and cooking. Many remained on the Mayflower that first winter, suffering from scurvy, pneumonia, or tuberculosis. By spring, nearly half of the original passengers and crew of the Mayflower had perished. Only four of the 20 women who had set sail in September were still alive, along with 49 surviving men and children.
The First Thanksgiving
Legend dates the “First Thanksgiving” to October 1621 when the colonists, after signing a non-compete alliance with the Wampanoag tribe, invited some 90 Native Americans to celebrate the Plymouth Colony’s first harvest with the
53 remaining colonists. The menu is said to have included five deer supplied by the wary Wampanoags, plus wild fowl (but not turkeys), clams, berries, and squash from the settlers. The first Thanksgiving was not a feast, but a brief respite from famine. In November 1621, the Fortune arrived with 35 more men to help with labor, but without supplies. Rations were cut in half to feed the new arrivals. In the summer of 1683, two more ships, the Anne and the Little James arrived with about 100 new colonists, including more women and children.
The Real Lesson of Thanksgiving
The Colony barely survived the first two bitter New England winters. Despite help from Native Americans who may have taught the Pilgrims to fish, hunt and plant corn, the settlement suffered from near starvation and discontent. The freemen who came to Plymouth first established a socialist communal system. Everyone had to pool whatever they hunted or grew on their lands to repay the English merchant investors who had funded the Mayflower voyage. The system failed, and famine ensued. By 1623, unable to raise enough food to sustain themselves, the Colony, under the practical Governor William Bradford, abolished its communal system and gave each family its own parcel of land to plant its own crops and trade the surplus. With private property to call their own, the Pilgrims suddenly became industrious and found themselves with more corn than they knew what to do with. The famine that nearly wiped out the Colony before 1623 gave way to a period of abundance enabling its citizens to set down permanent roots in the New World.
Why Do We Celebrate Thanksgiving Today?
The Pilgrims did not extend their Thanksgiving tradition. President George Washington declared November 26, 1789, “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to God Almighty, our Creator,” but it was not until 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln, after two years of Civil War, proclaimed a national day of “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens” to be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of each November. Since then we have evolved, over time, to a more non-religious view as expressed by the great Miami Herald humorist, Dave Barry, who opined that “Thanksgiving is a time when we pause to remember the courageous sacrifice of numerous turkeys, without which all Americans would weigh at least 15 pounds less each year.” •MJ
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On Entertainment
Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than 10 years.
by Steven Libowitz
Banned Camp: Kronos Quartet Sounds Off
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Kronos Quartet presents “Music for Change: The Banned Countries” at UCSB’s Campbell Hall on Tuesday, December 4
he Kronos Quartet has never shied away from controversy. Over the course of its 45-year history, the ensemble has exploded any previous notion of the limitations of the string quartet, embracing everything from ultra-modern composers and unfamiliar sounds to wildly unexpected and some would say edgy collaborations, most recently with “Sight Machine,” a multimedia piece that visualizes a performance in real time using Artificial Intelligence. Before Kronos Quartet even had its first rehearsal in 1973, founding violinist David Harrington asked his friend and former teacher Ken Benshoof to compose a string quartet for the new ensemble, the first of what has become more than 1,000 commissions, many of which have challenged even the most devoted fans of the very
avant-garde quartet. But nothing they’ve done has been as blatantly political as “Music for Change: The Banned Countries,” its brand new program created in response to President Trump’s early 2017 executive order limiting travel to the U.S. from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Music for Change, which highlights composers from the original seven “banned countries” and others, includes newly-commissioned works (Aftab Darvishi’s “Winds from South” and Dur-Dur Band (arr. Jacob Garchik)’s “Dooyo”) as well as pieces from the existing Kronos repertoire, plus a closing collaboration with Iranian vocalist Mahsa Vahdat. The evening has only been performed once before, at Stanford, prior to arriving at UCSB’s Campbell Hall on Tuesday, December
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4, but the feisty foursome has plans to bring it around the country and overseas, as well as seeking context around the performances by involving Islamic Studies, History, Political Science, and other departments at various academic presenting institutions. The larger goal is to foster connections between communities through cultural experiences, evoking exploration of the musical works to uncover the links between races, religions and countries rather than our differences. Harrington talked about the project and other Kronos chronicles over the phone from his San Francisco home earlier this week. Q. How did the concept for this program arise? A. We were at a festival in San Francisco shortly after the first of Trump’s travel bans. That very night we were playing music from Sudan, Iran, and Syria. I got the idea to make an entire concert of this music. It’s taken a year and a half to put together, with a great deal of listening involved,
Can you talk about the construction of the program? I advise our audience to get there early and absorb the music from the pre-show, when there will be all kinds of incredibly interesting sounds from Northern and Western Africa, the Middle East, Western China, all incredibly interesting. And then at a certain point the concert begins, the music just emerging from the pre-recorded sounds. We start with a piece written for us in the early 1990s by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh of Azerbaijan. We’re trying to take our audience through an experience, telling a story without any words, just through the sounds and the instrumental colors, the sounds of cities, calls to prayer from a number of different sources, voices of children and elders. It’s very tactile. We put it together with the idea of allowing our imaginations to take over. Hopefully the experience will let the audience simply absorb it, and not even worry about where we are in the program, which piece is next. Just let it happen, and exist in time. What do you think doing a program like this does for the audience? Is it meant to incite a response? It will be great if people who hear our concerts feel energized and motivated by the elements that might be new for them. I wanted to create a counterbalance to the very shortsighted-ness and hatefulness coming at us right now. Musicians throughout the millennia have done exactly the same thing. They just didn’t have as much opportunity, their societies weren’t as open as ours. But there are things to celebrate even in our darkest hours. This is our way, to play music
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but it was important because as the travel ban has evolved and expanded, it’s become something so hateful, in my opinion, and a real detriment to American society. So every sound you will hear in the concert is from a Muslim-majority country. All of the interstitial music, the pre-show music, everything comes from elements from those countries. We’re trying to make it an immersive experience in sounds that most Americans have never had a chance to hear before.
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Scruples
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s far as I know, God never bothers about what’s right and what’s wrong. Even so, we’ve always been gifted with self-professed intermediaries, from the days of Moses descending Mount Sinai bearing holy commandments inscribed on tablets of stone, all the way to the “televangelists” of today, telling us in no uncertain terms how God thinks and what God wants. And these notions of divine will lie at the basis of all our laws, to say nothing of what we call our ethics, morals, conscience, and – yes – scruples. They even underlie what we’re pleased to identify as our “common sense.” So let’s get down to it. Stripping away all the ignorant garbage which passes for “wisdom,” what really is right? – or maybe it would be easier to establish what is wrong, and then right will be whatever’s left over. The trouble with Wrong, all by itself, is that it comes in two distinctly different flavors. There is the bad, evil, sinful Wrong – the cruel, wicked, nasty variety. But there is also the mistaken, incorrect, totally unintentional Wrong, like the wrong answer to a puzzle. I suggest we simplify things by concentrating on the first, the totally unacceptable Wrong. OK, since it is not to be accepted, all we have to do is identify and reject it. What makes that a difficult matter is not knowing where to begin. Let’s take as an example what was probably one of the most momentous decisions any single human being ever had to make – Truman’s decision in 1945 to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. Knowing everything we know now, if I could have had the President’s ear, my impulse would be to say “Harry, don’t do it!” But you can’t take that critical moment in a vacuum. And it’s no good knowing what came after, if you aren’t equally aware of all that happened before. If it would be wrong to drop the bomb, wasn’t the whole war wrong, and full of wrongs, on all sides? And, by bringing a quick end to the war, wouldn’t you at least be preventing any number of further wrongs—at least in that particular conflict? How, at a time like that, could you apply such maxims as “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”? And what good is it, or would it have been, to say, “We should never have got into such a terrible situation in the first place”? 29 November – 6 December 2018
You may like to know that Truman always said he never lost any sleep over his decision. But rather than considering major, literally earth-shaking decisions, perhaps we should go to the other end of the spectrum, and think about the everyday types of choices with which most of us are confronted. Fortunately or unfortunately, these kinds of wrongs are not carved in stone. In fact, what was OK a generation ago may be strictly taboo today. I’m thinking of such matters as “sexual harassment,” “offensive” language, and “questionable” clothing. But it’s not only time which can turn things from right to wrong. It’s also geography. Even within the United States, let alone going from country to country, simply crossing a border – “a line in the sand,” so to speak – can suddenly make it wrong, under certain conditions, to gamble, to hunt or fish, to smoke, to practice medicine or any number of other occupations, or even to marry.
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That being the case, it’s no wonder that people cling to simple codes of conduct, such as the celebrated Ten Commandments – no fewer than eight of which are specific “Thou Shalt Nots,” i.e. spelled-out Wrongs. Never mind that even these barebones injunctions are subject to endless scholarly analysis and debate (although, since God himself was supposedly the author, there can hardly be a process of “peer review”). It’s also no wonder that other, more independently minded people prefer to abide by their own conceptions of morality. As Ernest Hemingway put it, “I know only that what is immoral is what you feel bad after.” With that in mind, I can’t help wondering, what did Hitler feel bad after? Nevertheless, it’s comforting to find at least one moral area on which we all agree to leave wrong out of the picture. I mean our basic traffic rules, particularly the rule that we all keep to the same side of the road. Because (depending again on geography) that is a simple matter, not of right or wrong, but of right or left. •MJ
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from places that none of us have ever visited except in our imaginations, hand-written by people who are being called our enemies, practitioners of a religion that has been called evil. To do that inspires us and makes us feel more alive and vital… We don’t need to hit anybody over the head with slogans. I’m thinking about something you said elsewhere about that in the early years of Kronos, you had a goal to create music that will protect people from harm. You called it “Bulletproof music.” Is this a step in that direction, or an expression of frustration that you haven’t found it? I guess I am frustrated that I haven’t found that music I’ve been looking for but which I know can exist. It might not set up a wall between us and harm, but music itself, if you find the right note at the right moment, it can totally change your life. I know that because it’s done it for me, going to back to 1973 when I first heard George Crumb’s “Black Angels” on the radio. It can bring about new viewpoints, and in that way it might be even stronger than a bulletproof shield. Speaking of notes, you’ve been quoted as saying that “No matter if notes are the same on the page, I believe they should not sound the same. They need to reflect where
you are at this point in life and where you are coming from.” Can you expand on that concept? Each note we make is a result of the ones that we’ve already made before. The note reflects what we know about life at any moment. We’re always striving to make better notes, and for me, what that means is to have what comes out of my instrument be increasingly aligned with my inner world. And that’s constantly evolving and growing and mutating, influenced by what I hear, or read, or seen in a movie, or discovered in a conversation. Music absorbs everything. Stepping back into the bigger picture of Kronos and string quartet music, what keeps you enthralled with, as you once put it, “the magic” of two violins, viola, and a cello? I’m not sure I know the answer to that. Some of us don’t know ourselves what it is that pulls us in. I’ve loved the sound of the violin since I was a little kid. When I first heard Beethoven’s Opus 127 quartet when I was 12, it just did it for me. And it still does. I love both the intimacy and the massiveness. What else can I say? Finally, what can we expect at your free Listening Party on Monday night, December 3 (7 pm at Santa Barbara Wine Collective)?
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I’ve got a lot of music I find inspiring, and other sounds that I like to share with people. I do these sessions once in a while, just a free-form experience playing lots of different things. People respond and we talk about it together, like with friends in your living room. You might be hearing seals from Antarctica or insects from Cambodia, music from anywhere. I’m not sure what I’ll be doing until I get there.
Camerata Centerpiece
Beethoven may have been a jumping off point for the Kronos Quartet to seek a new idiom for the string quartet genre, but the composer was also the great innovator of his own time, particularly in his late quartets, still considered among the most masterful of the medium. Indeed, Beethoven’s late string quartets, Opus 127-135, were the very inspiration for Camerata Pacifica’s ambitious two-year “Why Beethoven?” project, which launched in September with some of his earliest works, including Opus 1, No. 1, and Opus 18. The programming of Opus 135 also marks the first occasion to welcome The Calder Quartet to the Hahn Hall stage on Friday night, November 30, when the much-lauded foursome will also anchor Arensky’s 2 Cello String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 35, and Mendelssohn’s Op. 20 String Octet, aided by Camerata’s cellist Ani Aznivoorian, violinists Kristin Lee and Jason Uyeyama, and violist Richard O’Neill. Tickets are $58. Info at (805) 884-8410 or www.cameratapacifica.org.
A Hitch in Time
Composer Nico Muhly’s second new opera for the Met is a gripping reimagining of Marnie, Winston Graham’s novel about a beautiful, mysterious young woman who assumes multiple identities that also was the basis for one of famed director Alfred Hitchcock’s movie mysteries. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, a 2005 alumna of the Music Academy of the West, stars in the title role, taking center stage in the exhilarating story of denial and deceit, while baritone Christopher Maltman plays the
man who pursues her with disastrous results. Robert Spano conducts and Michael Mayer directs the production that screens as an encore in the Live in HD series at Hahn Hall on Sunday morning, December 2. The re-simulcast also serves as a partial preview of the 2019 MAW summer festival, when the Grammy-winning Leonard – who The New York Times praised for “acting and presence (in Marnie) would do Maria Callas proud” – returns to Miraflores to serve as a Mosher Guest Artist. Tickets and details at www. musicacademy.org/marnie.
OSB Opportunities
Speaking of the Met, Alexander Elliott, who played Figaro last year in Opera Santa Barbara’s Barber of Seville, made his rather unexpected Met debut last month when he stepped in to replace an ailing Mariusz Kwiecien as Zurga in The Pearl Fishers halfway through the show. “Elliott tore into the music with heated intensity, his voice a beguiling timbre of mahogany carried by boyish ardor,” The New York Times reported, adding, “When he was done, the audience cheered.” Local residents get their chance to witness something unusual when OSB Operacurious event pairs wine tasting with Marco Lucchesi, founder and winemaker at Section Wines, at 10 West Gallery, followed by an intimate concert of Italian art song featuring the company’s local singers. Email info@operasb.org for details on the Tuesday, December 4, event. Finally, Opera Santa Barbara has announced auditions for next year’s crop of Chrisman Studio Artists, the young singer who perform and cover roles in OSB’s mainstage productions, conduct educational and outreach programs such as Noontime Concerts, and coach with artistic director Kostis Protopapas. Live local auditions by invitation only take place January 12-13. Deadline for materials is December 21.
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Life has made such an impact on those will be chairs for those unable to stand grieving during the holiday season, through the short program. and we’re looking forward to expandTo purchase a star or for more inforing this annual tradition to give more mation about Light Up a Life, call people in our community a chance (805) 563-8820 or visit www.hospi to honor their loves ones,” Selberg ceofsantabarbara.org. said. Stars are available online and will also be available at each ceremony for a suggested donation of $15 or more for those wishing to personalize a star After years of preparation and to hang on the tree. Hospice of Santa research, the third and final volume Barbara will record the names being of historian David Myrick’s History of honored and remembered into the Santa Barbara and Montecito series is set Book of Life, which will be available to be released next week. Published by in perpetuity online. The trees will be the Montecito Museum, the non-profup through the holiday season, and it in charge of Myrick’s personal tended to by Hospice personnel. All archives following his passing in 2011, proceeds will benefit Hospice of Santa this volume, titled History Never Ends, Barbara programs. brings the history of the region forThe local ceremony locations ward from 1940 to the present, includand time are as follows: Saturday, ing the Thomas Fire and 1/9 debris December 1, 5:30 pm at Casa de la flow events. Guerra, 15 East De La Guerra Street in The writing of the book was orgaSanta Barbara; Sunday, December 2, nized and overseen by Museum Board 5:30 pm at Camino Real Marketplace, President Dana Newquist, who was Storke & Marketplace Drive in Goleta; a dear friend to Myrick during the Wednesday, December 5, 5:30 pm at final years of his life. “Since the 1991 the Montecito upper village green, publication of Volume II, David had corner of San Ysidro and East Valley discovered enough new information Road; and Saturday, December 8, 5:30 to justify a third book in the series. By pm at the Seal Fountain at Linden 2011, he asked me to take his manuPlaza, Linden Avenue in Carpinteria. script for Volume lll. His final request Everyone is invited to arrive at 5 pm was to ‘bring the book forward,’” ISBN 978-0-692-19893-3 to hang their personalized stars on the Newquist said. “This has been accomtree before the program begins; there plished by including contributions by
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H i s to ry N e v e r e N d s By David F. Myrick History Never Ends is the third volume of David Myrick’s series on the history of Montecito and Santa Barbara. It will be released next week.
a wonderful variety of local authors, sections that bring the book to date in History Never Ends.” Myrick was an expert historian of our area and beyond, as well as an author, lecturer, and cartographer; his books reflect his insight into history, supported by thoroughly researched significant detail. Myrick’s grandparents first visited Santa Barbara in 1899 and, during the first part of the 20th century, when the family lived in Santa Barbara, his father enrolled in the Blanchard-Gamble School. Myrick was born in Santa Barbara, and attended a day school in Montecito before going away to college. For many
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years, when Myrick was a resident of San Francisco, he was a regular visitor to Montecito and Santa Barbara, and he eventually purchased a home in Montecito. His writings include histories of railroads and mines in Nevada, Eastern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Bolivia, as well as a history of San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill. Long interested in history, Myrick was a Board Member Of National, State, and local historical societies in California, Nevada and Arizona and authored eighteen books. History Never Ends is the third volume in the series on the history of Montecito/Santa Barbara. Contributing authors include Newquist, Judy Pearce, Rick Closson, Mindy Denson, Barbara Doran, James Buckley, and others. A book signing is scheduled for 3 pm on Wednesday, December 5, at Tecolote Book Shop in the upper village.
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Spirituality Matters by Steven Libowitz
Energy Healing for Fire Remembrance
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s the one-year anniversary of the Thomas Fire and Montecito debris flow approach, we’re imagining there will be several local events to commemorate the milestones of the twin tragedies. Ojai, which was hit early and hard by the fire, as the village’s Community Healing Sanctuary – a collaborative group that has hosted such events as cacao ceremonies and manifestation fires – teams with Ventura’s Soul Infusion to offer a special free Energy Healing Event. Slated to take place 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday, December 1, at Ojai Libbey Bowl (201 Signal Street) – the home of the annual Ojai Music Festival, Bowlful of Blues, and many pop concerts and other events – the event serves as a Healing Village, where practitioners of many modalities will be on site to support individuals still suffering any ill effects of last winter’s tragedies. Reiki, Acupuncture, Somatic Trauma Release, Energy Healing, Grief Release and Intuitive Readers are among the healing modalities that will be offered. All donations go toward fire victims both from Thomas and the recent fires that have plagued Southern California this fall. Visit Community Healing Sanctuary on www.meetup.com for more information.
Love Your Neighbor Weekend
The Interfaith Sanctuary Alliance (ISA) hosts a “Love Your Neighbor”-themed weekend from November 29 through December 2, with an expressed purpose of promoting awareness and care for Santa Barbara County’s immigrant community through a faith community-led campaign of compassion. Activities get underway at 5:30 pm on Thursday, November 29, at De La Guerra Plaza, where a candlelight vigil forms before moving over to State Street to line the downtown thoroughfare with candles in solidarity with immigrant neighbors. From Friday, November 30 through Sunday, December 2, faith communities all over Santa Barbara have signed up to incorporate the “Love Your Neighbor” theme into their weekly services. Participating faith communities have been given resource packets, complete with relevant passages from sacred texts, liturgies, and songs, to employ over the weekend. The event comes to a close with a special “Love Your Neighbor” Festival
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slated for 2-5 pm on Sunday, December 2, held at Harding University Partnership, 1625 Robbins Street on Santa Barbara’s Westside, and comprised of a community-centered afternoon filled with music, food, speakers, and more in celebration of our immigrant neighbors and the community we share together. Festival proceeds will be to go toward the Immigrant Legal Defense Center, a Santa Barbara County nonprofit working to recruit and train volunteer attorneys to represent immigrants in removal proceedings. For more information, or to take the “Solidarity Pledge,” call 805-259-4692 x105 or visit www.loveyourneighborsb.org.
Facing Our Fears
About a month after finishing up Santa Barbara Bodhi Path’s first ever online offering, resident teacher Dawa Tarchin Phillips has finally returned from his travels to launch a new on-site three-week course. “Overcoming Fear” will begin by tackling the obvious question, “What is fear?” before examining how spiritual practitioners through the ages have been able to see through, release and overcome the often debilitating experience that gets in the way of success or, sometimes, even the ability to just enjoy life in the present moment. The course focuses on practices, tools and techniques to handle fear in your own life, drawing on examples from the stories of great masters of the past. The goal is to be able to move your personal practice “on the cushion” in meditation, in relationships, in work, and in life itself, beyond the shackles created by fear. “Overcoming Fear” takes place 7-9 pm on three successive Thursdays, November 29-December 13, at Bodhi Path Santa Barbara, 102 W Mission Street. No set admission fee, but donations are appreciated. Call (805) 284-2704 or visit www.bodhipath.org/sb.
Double Dose of Paradise
Barely half an hour separates two special events taking place next Thursday, December 6, at Paradise Found, the metaphysical bookstore and boutique located at 17 East Anapamu Street, directly across the street from the Central Library. Clifton Harrison, a homeopath, aura reader, and crystal healer who specializes in auric healing and heart repair to create the space for new love to enter, returns to the space to offer complimentary Aura Cleansing and Diagnosis all afternoon. The creator of the Botanical Alchemy Flower Essences (www. botanicalalchemy.com) and the Isis Temple Aura Cleanser will be offering free sessions from 12 noon to 4:30 pm. Call (805) 564-3573 to reserve a space. Then at 5 pm, Paradise Found joins in the monthly 1st Thursday event by turning the space over to a creative, inspiring soirée with Oceanna, the artist and illustrator of Gaia’s New DreamCoat: A Faerie Guide to Gaia’s Greening. Ariel Spilsbury’s book is a story that unfolds simply by asking the wise shepherds of the Earth in the Devic and Faerie Realms to assist us in learning how to transform Earth and ourselves, all to awaken us to our powers and our roles in protecting Gaia, our Mother Earth. Gaia’s New DreamCoat draws its wisdom from lore of elves, faeries, gnomes, mermaids, and the elements of the Earth. Oceanna will be sharing her illustrations, from cosmic dragons and luminous magical scenes to impish whimsical creatures and more. Prints will be available for purchase or special order. Visit www.paradisefoundsantabarbara.com.
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Elisa Rose, a musician, yogini, ecstatic dancer and modern mystic, facilitates an evening workshop that serves as a journey into the bliss of being and connecting to the power of your voice, the intelligence of your body, and the creativity of your essence. Weaving together somatic movement, sensory sensitization (including blindfolding), dance, vocal opening, and a spirit of playful wonder, Rose invites participants to engage in the journey from profound stillness to full body celebrating, using her Embodiment Alchemy process to expand the palette of color from which you paint your life. Ojai native Rose, who has studied the ways of council circle, silent meditation retreats, group dynamics, shamanic initiations, 5 Rhythms facilitation, and more, is also a certified “Big Leap Coach” by The Hendricks Institute and a graduate of their two-year Leadership & Transformation Mastery Program. She is a certified Chakra Yoga Teacher and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) practitioner. Admission to the 7-9 pm workshop on Saturday, December 1, at Yoga Soup, is $20 in advance, or $25 day of. A demon can be perceived as anything that drains your energy and blocks you from being completely alive and awake. Examples include fear, illness, trauma, depression, and anxiety, to name just a few. But there’s good news! We can learn how to transform our relationship with demons from one of resistance to one of curiosity, understanding and cooperation through a dynamic approach offered in a workshop co-facilitated by Suzanne Marlow, M.A., LMFT, and Hannah Fries, LA.c. Participants in the “Embracing Your Demons” workshop will employ meditation, visualization, and creative psychosomatic processing as well as optional acupuncture to deepen and enhance the prac
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tice and facilitate the integration of new insights that may arise through this transformative experience aimed at integrating the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Chod through Lama Tsultrim Allione’s method, Feeding Your Demons. The 1:30-4:30 pm workshop at Yoga Soup on Sunday, December 2, costs $30. Yoga Soup is located at 28 Parker Way. Call (805) 965-8811 or visit www.yogasoup.com/category/events.
Kronos Quartet with Persian singer Mahsa Vahdat Music for Change: The Banned Countries
Tue, Dec 4 / 8 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall Tickets start at $25 / $10 UCSB students
Navigating Holiday Eating with Mindfulness
Last issue we wrote about Mindful Eating Santa Barbara, a MeetUp that began in October that is based on the premise presented in “Eat Here Now: a bite-sized guide to ritualize your life, nourish your body, and feed your spirit,” published last year by Britta Gudmunson (aka Britta GreenViolet), a holistic wellness coach, yogi, and musical medicine woman. This weekend offers the opportunity to hear about the approach in an afternoon with the author. Gudmunson is getting together a “fail-proof plan” for avoiding the same old traps of stress, anxiety and overeating – especially of the massive sugar consumption and overindulgence in food many of us find ourselves doing during the holidays. Participants will learn practical mindfulness techniques to aid in staying sane, finding peace, and even thriving as we move into the new year. Bring paper and pen to take notes, wear comfortable clothes, and be prepared to ask specific questions or express concerns you’d like solutions for during the two-hour event, slated for 3-5 pm on Sunday, December 2, at Yoga Soup, which will also include moving around the room, light pranayama (breathing) practice and even some mindful chewing. Admission is $15 in advance, $20 day of. If the spirit moves, feel free to stay for Britta’s “Revive & Restore” yoga class from 5:45-7 pm, which features aromatherapy, a combination of restorative poses with gentle movement, and live music provided by Gudmunson and her husband, Ben Gould, who are also the co-creators of the inCourage Chorus, which winds up its current season with a community concert later this month.
Getting “Center”-ed
Although Yoga Soup would seem to have a near monopoly on hosting special events in its spacious studios and warmly inviting lobby, the more venerable Santa Barbara Yoga Center hasn’t completely given up the ghost in generating goodwill with its own offerings. Case in point: Lalli Dana Drobny’s final of a four-part Resourcing Wholeness series combining mindfulness practices and therapeutic yoga to help participants relax, deepen awareness, and trust inner wisdom. Learn how simple self-nurturing practices strengthen focus and allow us to better respond to opportunities and challenges with more balance, creativity, and ease. The 2:15-4:30 pm workshop – each stands on its own – costs $30, or $25 by Thursday, November 29. Meanwhile, next Saturday, December 8, marks the return of kirtan with Jacob Duran, a highly accomplished kirtan artist, musician, composer, and astrologer, who has 20-plus years of study in Sanskrit, Indian classical music, and Yoga philosophy. His presentations range from performing traditional Kirtan, to improvising mantras and sacred sound vibrations over ambient electronic music that he creates live. The Santa Barbara resident has shared his sonic gifts from the main stage at both the Bhakti and Shakti Fests as well as at spiritual workshops and retreats. Admission to the 7-8:30 pm kirtan costs $20, although no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Santa Barbara Yoga Center is located at 32 East Micheltorena Street. Call (805) 965-6045 or visit www.santabarbarayogacenter.com.
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Program Bartók: Violin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 Poulenc: Sonate pour violon et piano Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 3, op. 25 Ravel: Tzigane
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Santa Barbara-based sound healer Shane Thunder (born Chunephisal) has a busy weekend of sessions coming up as the calendar moves from November to December. His first evening of restorative acoustical alchemy takes place at 7:30 on Friday, November 30, at Yoga Soup ($20 in advance / $25 day-of), as he employs gemstone and Tibetan singing bowls, chimes, drums, aromatherapy, and guided meditation to take visitors into a deeply meditative and rebalanced state… The following evening, Shane adds another, ahem, element to his 432hz Spirit Metacine Sound Bath, as he brings the ancient art of vibrational healing to align the chakras and cleanse energy to the Salt Cave in downtown Santa Barbara, where the misting Pink Himalayan crystals interact with the sound waves beginning at 5:30 pm… Then on Sunday, Chunephisal – who brought together other SoCal sound healers for a big benefit for fire victims in Los Angeles recently – facilitates another aural meditation to mobilize the #metoo and #healmetoo movements in his hometown with a 7 pm session around the corner at DiviniTree Yoga. Proceeds from the donation-based 432hz Spirit Metacine Sound Bath event support the Standing Together to End Sexual Assault (formerly Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center), which has been serving Santa Barbara’s community for over 41 years. •MJ 29 November – 6 December 2018
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and have written history columns for Montecito magazine as well. I recently contributed to David Myrick’s History Never Ends, Volume III in his trilogy of historical books about Montecito and Santa Barbara. Judy Pearce Carpinteria (Editor’s note: Thank you, Ms Pearce. I’ve been out of the country for the past three months and consequently failed to catch or edit that misinformation. Mr. Chaplin and his young bride did indeed spend their scandalous “honeymoon” in the handsome 100-year-old house just across from mine on Middle Road (at Summit). It seems likely that film actor Ronald Colman – one of United Artists’ biggest stars – may have been the instigation for the Charlie Chaplin connection, in that Colman built a house adjacent to the San Ysidro Ranch on East Mountain Drive, spent a lot of time in Montecito, and in fact died here in 1958. Charlie Chaplin, along with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mary Pickford, D.W. Griffith, and others, founded United Artists; Fairbanks and Chaplin were the best of friends and may well have hung out together at the Montecito Inn, which featured one of Montecito’s favorite watering holes at the time. It’s likely Colman joined them often, too.) – J.B.)
Randall Road Revisited
I read that the County is seeking $25 million to purchase eight properties on Randall Road for a debris basin. I scratched my head. Kelly Mahan’s “Village Beat” column in last week’s issue seems to confirm those numbers... but I must be misunderstanding. Eight vacant lots that should never have been built on in the first place... and should never be built on again. $3-million+ average per creek-bed lot! I am pretty confident they weren’t worth that much when considered viable building lots. If this is in fact the proposed plan, the eight Randall Road property owners must have all fingers and toes crossed and the politicians involved in this proposal need a talking to. What am I missing? Please don’t use my name Montecito (Editor’s note: Montecito could certainly use another debris basin and what was once Randall Road seems an appropriate location. We also support the idea of making people whole or at least mostly whole after the January disaster. We suspect, though, that $25-million figure has probably been inflated by those representing property owners and will likely be scaled back before an agreement is reached. – J.B.)
Cosmic Carbonation
Re: Ray Winn’s letter in last week’s issue (“Weather or Not,” MJ # 24/47).
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Yes, 21st Century climatology remains a crapshoot, not an exact science. And carbon dioxide is not only essential for the greening of plant life, CO2 is also essential for the reddening of human life. Oxygen is a two-edged sword. Without carbon dioxide, oxygen would obliterate all life on Earth. A peewee percentage of living creatures can actually live without oxygen, but no creature can live without carbon dioxide. Excess oxygen blitzes the brain. Be aware of that if any of your relatives or friends are hooked to an oxygen tank. Pure oxygen zaps brain cells. According to “Imaging Study Reveals How Pure Oxygen Harms The Brain” (Science News, May 24, 2007), “’Several brain areas responded to 100 percent oxygen by kicking the hypothalamus into overdrive,’ explained [Ronald] Harper [professor of neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA]. ‘The hypothalamus overreacted by dumping a massive flood of hormones and neurotransmitters into the bloodstream. These chemicals interfere with the heart’s ability to pump blood and deliver oxygen — the opposite effect you want when you’re trying to resuscitate someone.’” Holding One’s Breath Scientists are reinventing the wheel. The Buteyko Breathing Technique has been around since the 1950s. Nasal breathing and breath-holding (CO2 retention) provide numerous health benefits. Konstantin Buteyko (19232003) noticed the benefits of restricted breathing in the late 1940s, and his techniques were eventually widely used in Russia under the name of Voluntary Elimination of Deep Breathing (VEDB), and virtually ignored as woo-woo pseudo-science in the U.S. under the name of the Buteyko Method. But, guess what? Dr. Buteyko was also reinventing the wheel. The health benefits of restricted breathing were widely known by the American Indians. (I refuse to use the lame term, “Native American.” If “American Indian” is good enough for the American Indian Movement (AIM), it works for me too.) American artist, author, and traveler George Catlin (1796-1872) wrote extensively about it. His book, Shut Your Mouth and Save Your Life, was published in 1891. Ray Peat (Aging Eyes, Infant Eyes, and Excitable Tissues, 2006) wrote, “Although Yandell Henderson had already, in 1928, explained the need for carbon dioxide to be used with oxygen for resuscitating infants or adults, medical researchers and hospital workers could never accept the idea, probably because of a fundamental misunderstanding of the Henderson-
Hasselbalch equation. Animal experiments show that supplemental oxygen, without carbon dioxide, causes vasoconstriction, reducing the tissues’ supply of glucose as well as oxygen. In combination with too much light, especially blue light, it damages the retina. At hyperbaric pressure, oxygen causes seizures, as well as damage to the lungs and other tissues.” Welcome, Global Warmer Many “carbon dioxide Armageddon” studies (including those at Harvard and NASA) are aimed at viewing carbon dioxide a metabolic waste and poison — as well as an IQ exterminator — but the exact opposite is truer. Breathing 5% CO2 increases blood flow to the brain by 60%, and breathing 7% increases blood flow to the brain by 100%. Carbon dioxide not only provides the sparkle in your soda pop; it gives rise to the luminescence in your brain cells too. Permissive hypercapnia is a ventilation strategy that substitutes for “get-smart pills” and, incidentally, for ... Viagra and Cialis. Long story short, if there were such a terrestrial event as “global warming,” I would welcome it with open arms and a discriminating respiratory system. According to my mentor, Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty), “Oxygen is consciousness. Hydrogen is craving for geometry. Nitrogen holds the geometry together. Carbon dioxide creates the Diamond Body.” My favorite method of carbon dioxide retention (aside from sleeping under the covers and breathing into a paper bag) is extended pandiculation — yawning and stretching beyond the six seconds allocated to it by most people. Atom Bergstrom Montecito (Editor’s note: Just a word of advice from Montecito Journal’s editorial board: Don’t hold your breath waiting for any significant acknowledgement of carbon dioxide’s upside from the “Armageddon is Here! Now! We’re all gonna die!” crowd. – J.B.)
Bright Blue California
In response to Bob Hazard’s guest editorial (“California Blues,” # 24/47) I would like to give you the facts about our California Golden State. California’s economy has surpassed that of the United Kingdom to become the word’s fifth largest, according the new federal data. California’s gross domestic product rose by $127 billion from 2016 to 2017, surpassing $2.7 trillion, the data said. This isn’t just about a mythical scorecard showing the huge scope of the state’s economy. The business climate have stunned by doubters. Has created job opportunities, boosted salaries, overheated real estate markets
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and lifted numerous Californians out of poverty. To find out what economic sectors influence California’s economy in high gear, I filled my trusty spreadsheet with some detailed GDP stats from the past five years. I learned the state’s overall economy grew by $429 billion – after inflation – to $2.75 trillion. That’s an average 3.5 percent annual expansion pace since ‘12 vs. negligible 0.1 percent-a-year increase during the recession-scarred 20072012 period. So, here are five California business output trends you should know, based on slices of the state’s economy and after-inflation growth. (That’s “chained” or “real” GDP for economics students!) 1) Private industries powered the turnaround by upping their contribution to California output by $404 billion in the past five years – that’s growth at a 3.7 percent annual rate – to a $2.42 trillion, or 88 percent of the state economy. The output of various government enterprises jumped by $24 billion since 2012 – or 1.5 percent annual growth – to $329 billion, or 12 percent of California GPD. 2) California’s largest sectors were in growth mode. Its biggest trade is the real estate business – that’s selling, renting and managing property assets – with $467 billion of output in 2017. That’s up 3.4 percent annually since ‘12. Next comes manufacturing at $300 billion in ‘17, up at a 4.1 percent yearly rate. Information – such as the geeks who run Google and Facebook – was a $240 billion industry, growing at a 9.2 percent yearly speed since ‘12. The white-collar office crowd – aka “professional, scientific, and technical services” – created $227 billion in value last year, after rising 2.7 percent a year since ‘12. And health care and social assistance was good for $172 billion and averaged 3.7 percent gains the past five years. 3) Which niches gave the largest boost in dollars? Tops were the information trades, which boosted output by an inflation-adjusted $85 billion. Second was the real estate trade, up $72 billion since 2012. Next was California’s factories. Yes, manufacturing added $54 billion. Then come healthcare-social assistance and the professional-scientific-technical services – each adding $28 billion. 4) Which industries grew at the highest average annualized rate since 2012? No.1, again, was information at a searing 9.2 percent yearly pace – basically, triple the state’s overall expansion pace. No. 2 was the boss word – “management of companies and enterprises” – up 6.4 percent a year. Next come the farms – “agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting” – jumping 5.8 percent per year. That delayed-but-need building boom added up to construction growing 5.2 29 November – 6 December 2018
percent annually. And the revival of our tourism culture boosted “accommodation and food services” output by 4.8 percent a year. 5) It’s not just GDP: Other California business metrics displayed equal improvements during the past five years. Bosses statewide added jobs at a 2.6 annual pace so the jobless count was halved by 997,000. Per-capita incomes rose at a 3.8 percent annual pace. Home prices soared 9.5 percent per year. Meanwhile, the state’s population grew at a 0.8 annual pace since 2012. And the so-called “supplemental” poverty rate – math that includes regional variances in the cost of living – shows 997,000 fewer Californians living below the poverty line in 20142016 versus what was reported for the 2010-2012 at the Great Recession’s end. I feel these categories of economy are the most important in determining the success of a government. I don’t know about the rest of you but I would certainly much rather live in California blue America. Leoncio Martins Montecito (Editor’s note: We have no idea if your figures are real, but we’ll accept that they are and that’s all to the good. By importing poverty from Mexico and Central America, California has held down business labor costs, producing terrif-
ic year-over-year profit gains for business. That’s good too, though not so good for middle-class workers already here. Via its “Affordable Housing” programs, California has made those of us who own homes even richer. Kudos. We can only observe that China’s economy has done even better during that same time period, leaving us to ask: And? – J.B.)
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An old photograph of the Del in their lobby
The Glorietta Bay Inn, formerly the Spreckels mansion
A favorite destination for 100 years
Del. The smallest unfurnished tent was 8 by 10 feet and started at $1.50 per week without a floor and $2.50 with a floor. The hotel had been built in 1888. Their rooms started at $3 per day – a definite class distinction. Sometimes they mingled with hotel guests attending a tent city concert or the tent people having breakfast or lunch for 50 cents at the hotel. When the Del was built, it was thought to be one of the largest buildings in the U.S. to electrify. In 1885 two businessmen, Babcock and Story purchased the entire “Island” of Coronado for $110,000, forming the Coronado Beach Company. It is technically a peninsula connected by a thin spit of land called the Silver Strand. By 1886, the establishment of Coronado was well underway and a land auction was held. Six thousand folks came, and after one day they’d sold $1 million in lots. Babcock and Story could begin their hotel.
We heard stories of moguls and movie stars, Navy pilots, and SEALS. In my day, the Mexican Village restaurant was famous as a hangout for the bachelor pilots and its salad dressing was known throughout the island. On our walking tour, we had plenty of time to look in all the nooks and crannies of the Hotel del Coronado. You may remember the movie Some Like It Hot with Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe was shot there. On April 7, 1920 Edward, Prince of Wales was feted at the Del. Oddly, his future wife, Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson, a Coronado socialite, was living there at the time. She was married to her first husband, lieutenant commander Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr. She eventually divorced Spencer to marry her second husband, Ernest Simpson. She then moved to England and befriended Prince Edward, who had to abdicate as king in order to marry the twice-divorced Wallis.
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That familiar tower which never burned, as did most hotels of its era including the Potter Hotel in Santa Barbara
Ronald Reagan is said to have made the decision to marry Nancy during a visit to the Del, where she was on hand to hear him speak at a Junior League convention. Another interesting person on the guest list was San Diegan Theodor Geisel, America’s Dr. Seuss. He was a fan of the hotel and attended their 100th birthday party. On our tour, there was also time to sit on the veranda overlooking the grand beach filled with tourists.
Spreckels’ Island
A few centuries ago, Cabrillo claimed the area for Spain. He then broke his leg and died. For many years, there was no fresh water to appeal to settlers. Spreckels first saw the small town of San Diego from his yacht when he sailed into San Diego Harbor in 1887. Local residents convinced him at age 34 to invest in the community. He bought a utility company, streetcar system, water company, and established a railroad. He spent time in San Diego, but he loved Coronado. He invested $500,000 in the Coronado Beach Company, which had developed the Hotel del Coronado. By 1890, he held controlling interest in the hotel and soon owned all but five parcels of Coronado and North Island. And there he built his
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dream home on five acres overlooking Glorietta Bay across from the Hotel. In the beginning, there were six bedrooms and three baths, parlor, dining room, and library at a cost of $35,000. It had many unique features such as electric lights and a tunnel connecting the home’s water and electric to the Hotel del Coronado’s generator. The house was built with rebar. After all, Spreckels had lived through the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Spreckels also loved sailing and music. It was a short walk to the water where he kept his yacht and he built a music room in his home for his 41-rank Acolian pipe organ, one of only three in the world. There was also a solarium added for views of the Pacific. After Spreckels died in 1926, age 73, the mansion changed hands three times and additional buildings were added to accommodate guests. The music room was floor-to-ceiling storage, and it was brought back to its original glory. The breakfast patio, hidden beneath plywood, was restored. The renovation became a true restoration the way it was 90 years ago. Down the strand, which connects Coronado to the mainland, they even have an authentic gondola with gondoliers, guitars, the works. The canals are called the Cays. If you don’t look 29 November – 6 December 2018
A sand castle on the beach at the Del
too closely, you might imagine yourself in Venice. Well, maybe not – but it was fun drinking prosecco and paddling along. Remember, when I lived there, there was no bridge. We took a car ferry back and forth unless we were too broke and had to drive around. It happened once. One day, we took the Old Town Trolley Tour, which takes you all over downtown San Diego. You just hop on or off at any stop. There’s Balboa Park, home to 17 museums including the Timken Museum of Art, all built in
1915 for the World’s Fair and influencing architects in the Spanish Colonial style. There’s Horton Plaza and Old Town. We spent two hours just riding around. One evening, we attended Lambs Theatre on Orange Avenue (main street) where their little theatre production kept us in stitches – a comedy performance called Noise Off. The fourth day, it was time to get back to real time. This trip we were in first class on the train for a lovely ride up the coast and a box lunch
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The gondola filled with folks from our tour on the Coronado Cays
to top it off. Looking back was easy, partly because Coronado still has the same population as those many years ago. The main difference is there is now a bridge, which doesn’t seem to spoil anything. Franklin Roosevelt turned North Island into a Navy base, which at the time was second only to Pensacola. It is the home of the Navy SEALS and birthplace of naval avi-
ation. There’s nothing more exciting than when a Navy carrier returns from a seven-month cruise. The greetings from wives and children for their long-gone men belong in a movie. I’ve done it. And so, I come to the end of my “Then and Now” saga of Coronado. If you’ve never been, I think you’ll love it, too. •MJ
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“did not expect” snow every winter so the people of Moscow suffered with the total collapse of all city infrastructure in the capital of Russia for many years of his rule. At the same time his wife was running a construction business that somehow “won” all the bids for major municipal construction projects, while he was busy pushing weird and unnecessary laws like the one that supported “houses for bees” (he thought bees must have homes, a sentiment that was very touching, particularly when millions of people in Moscow lived in shabby communal apartments). He would hire his wife’s company to rebuild some old buildings in Moscow, but if the engineers told him those buildings did not require immediate work, strangely those buildings would catch on fire and consequently be assigned to his wife’s company for suddenly newly needed reconstruction. Of course not only his wife’s but multiple companies owned by his close friends also received municipal contracts. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? As we know, here in California our government constantly comes up with “very important” initiatives like giving money to people living here illegally to fight deportations, or banning plastic straws. How many more years of these publicity stunts and new-voter creation tricks will it take for the people to realize how much damage is being done to our state long-term by the Democratic Party? Anyway, it’s November again and even though the memories of the Thomas fire are still alive and disturbing, we’ve just had new fires that started almost on the dot a year after the Thomas fire that scorched 280K+ acres. The new fires hit the state with several deadly strikes at the same time. Of course, just as the Moscow mayor was constantly “surprised” by the Russian winter, it appears that nobody in California government had expected these fires. And, if they did expect them, why did nearly one hundred people die (hundreds are still missing in one of the most “progressive” and EARTHQUAKE RETROFITTING 50 + YEARS EXPERIENCE - LOCAL 35+ YEARS
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until the state government starts thinking about its own people first, making them safe and secure and fireproof before spending time, effort, and our money on global pollution problems, social justice for foreigners living here illegally, and other nonsense. California must start thinking small and direct every effort it can afford to rebuild its infrastructure that will help its people live the safe and happy lives, that was one day a dream of the whole world: the California Dream! Lidia Zinchenko Montecito
State of Injustice
Hate crime laws are an example of politically motivated injustice. Rather than crime victims being treated equally, a wholly subjective system of law and justice has been created to cater to select groups within society. Leave it to judges and/or juries to consider extenuating circumstances in meting out punishment rather than create an unjust body of law solely for political gain. Affirmative action falls into the same unjust category: pandering, unfair to excluded classes, less qualified professionals, and demeaning to those who may benefit. In regard to such laws, F. Bastiat wrote (circa 1850) in “The Law”: “While society is struggling toward liberty, these famous men who put themselves at its head are filled with the spirit of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. They think only of subjecting mankind to the philanthropic tyranny of their own social inventions. Like Rousseau, they desire to force mankind docilely to bear this yoke of the public welfare that they have dreamed up in their own imaginations. “Now this must be said: When justice is organized by law — that is, by force — this excludes the idea of using law (force) to organize any human activity whatever, whether it be labor, charity, agriculture, commerce, industry, education, art, or religion. The organizing by law of any one of these would inevitably destroy the essential organization: justice. For truly, how can we imagine force being used against the liberty of citizens without it also being used against justice, and thus acting against its proper purpose? “The safest way to make laws respected is to make them respectable.” Steve King Carpinteria
Village for the Homeless
Thank you Mayor Murillo for your agreement to organize a hearing possibly on November 29, for the greater community to comment
Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow. – Steven Wright
on the approved 40-unit Homeless Village for Carrillo and Hwy 101 after City Council approved it (5-2). Your prompt response to my testimony and written inquiry is appreciated. Reps Jason Dominquez and Randy Rowse are to be applauded for their comments and “No” votes. A village of tiny houses at the entrance to our City for 40 lucky “hard-core homeless” is not how to best meet anyone’s needs, particularly Santa Barbara’s or Montecito’s. This planned Homeless Village will attract hundreds, if not thousands more. Announcements are being circulated as I text: “Come one, come all.” The “homeless” know their rights. What are the rights of taxpaying residents? The chosen City Parking Lot location at Carrillo and 101 is an easy walk from both the bus and train stations. What’s next? The City property on Old Coast Highway along 101 to Hot Springs Road? Did it occur to highly paid staff to take even an hour to research, or contact our homeless service provider PATH? Or to call our former Mayor Helene Schneider, who is now an employed Homeless Czar? There’s a reason why other beach communities – Redondo, Manhattan, Hermosa – don’t have a problem: they coordinate regionally to problem solve. Furthermore, PATH, which is under contract to Santa Barbara, also serves the aforementioned beach communities without a problem. If staff did even an hour’s inquiry, creation of a Homeless Village on Carrillo at 101 would not have been on the radar. Rather, staff would be focused on getting the County to do its job. Build on County property near County Admin a supervised Community Health Facility (CHF) plus more assisted-living non-religious beds to save our community from the recent 9th Circuit court decision. Dick Berti and other private citizens offered $100,000 each to get such a project built. Council ignored their generous offers. Council again demonstrated its collective ignorance of the evolution of mental health law and homelessness on Tuesday. The LantermanPetris- Short Act (LPS) passed in 1967 (Governor Ronald Reagan), went into full effect in 1972, with the Wisconsin civil rights decision thereafter, changing commitment laws, rights to refuse treatment (1987), and to be housed in the least restrictive environment. Over 40 years ago, Governor Jerry Brown was in his first term. All but five state hospitals were closed. Nearby Camarillo State Hospital closed in 1997. The legislated plan was for every County to build Community Health 29 November – 6 December 2018
Facilities (CHFs) for the mentally ill, something less restrictive than a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF or ICF). As you know, Mayor, I commuted weekly to Sacramento, to work in health care, housing, and public policy. I witnessed it, and for decades our County’s failure to respond along with most every other of California’s 58 counties. Then the tsunami hit of homeless, the old-old, the released “unrestricted” mentally ill, and higher housing costs. The County is now attempting to unload its responsibilities via a meager $4-million 30-month temporary grant by dumping an urgent political hot potato onto the City. The City’s survival depends in large part on “solving” the homeless crisis originally created in part from closure of Camarillo State Hospital and legislative mandate. Don’t let the County off the hook. Hold the County accountable to construct a CHF, plus more supervised tiny room beds up on County property with easy access to County Health Clinics, Social Services, and Veteran’s services. Allow homeless 24-hour access to a tiny 10’x 7’ room. Tell Sacramento only County residents will be served with proof of 2-3 years residency as evidenced by auto registration address, school records, utility bills, tax returns, pay or SS Disability stubs or whatever is deemed reliable proof they belong here. Take our right to only care for our own all the way to the Supreme Court, if we must. Local needs exceed our ability if we don’t get creative. Our medically helpless, our most vulnerable need a safe bed. Our working poor living in their cars need a safe place to park or a bed with hygiene facilities. Our old, frail population who have outlived their resources need a tiny safe room with hygiene facilities costing under their monthly Social Security check. We are compassionate extending a helping hand to those in serious need. The County’s psychiatrists and “pros” know who is who: who needs long-term protective shelter, as compared to who can be functional, if taking their meds and provided a supervised safe space with a bed and hygiene facilities at a low monthly cost. Elected City and County have even been provided numbers of how many in each category of homelessness. Gypsies, vagrants and others choosing a homeless lifestyle must be differentiated as Council and BOS have been told by their experts. They comprise over 50% without a right to camp on public streets if a bed is available anywhere. A regional discussion could possibly lead to allocation of “remote, isolated land for their encampment” as free people. Otherwise commercial 29 November – 6 December 2018
business areas will be abandoned by the paying public, as evidenced locally. Your informed leadership is critical. Property and State Taxpayers are watching how government is wrongly spending money beyond general mismanagement. Lastly, I’d like to know, whatever happened to Work Inc. on Gutierrez Street to help place those wanting daily work or training? We need a number to call to schedule pickup day laborers. Mayor Murillo you are indeed accessible, welcoming, and responsive. It’s results we seek. Denice Spangler Adams Montecito
The Greatest Gift
It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart. Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are close together calendar wise. Both are occasions for us to appreciate our good fortune to be American citizens. We live in a land of freedom and opportunity. We can worship and speak freely. We can choose our government and expect it to govern in accordance with our wishes. Justice is a right for all, as is privacy. But as you read this, do you feel somewhat cynical? Are you saying to yourself it isn’t quite like that anymore? What has changed? This beautiful season is not the occasion to particularize about what has deteriorated in America over the last thirty years. It is the opportunity for us to remind ourselves that if we perceive that America is not morally what it was in the not too distant past…we probably have ourselves to blame. If we centralize our efforts on the values that made America great; fundamental things like encouraging our children to read, to enjoy the arts, to be clean, to dress with some dignity, to be kind to others, to compete fairly, to be polite, to respect all property and the personal values of those we may not fully understand. If we can learn to rekindle the love and affection of matrimonial normalcy with a genuine regard for moderation and decency in all things pertaining to life, we will quickly rectify the social problems that beset us today. The true spirit of Thanksgiving and Christmas lies not in what we are about to receive, but in what we are willing to give to our families, our friends, our neighbors, our countrymen, and the world. Love thy neighbor as thyself; and above all…love thy child enough to teach right from wrong. The world will be a better place, and we will all have much more to be thankful for, and our rejoicing will be heartfelt. Harry Wilmott Goleta •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 Adds Four-Year Engineering Major Students will be able to earn a bachelor’s degree in engineering next fall
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estmont will offer a Bachelor of Science in engineering with a concentration in mechanical engineering beginning in fall 2019, blending a mix of courses in engineering, physics, mathematics, and chemistry and grounding the program in the college’s liberal arts tradition. The new major continues Westmont’s tradition of cultivating innovation, collaboration, problem-solving, and moral discernment in graduates. “Through the ages, the greatest minds have possessed the unusual capacity to make connections across every discipline and in every sphere of life and thought – in the arts and sciences, in the humanities, in technology and industry, and in the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning,” says President Gayle D. Beebe. “We seek to make this remarkable capacity – the genius to find innovative solutions to enduring problems – a hallmark of our engineers.” The launch of the new program coincides with Westmont’s capital campaign to raise $250 million for new academic programs, student scholarships and long-term financial stability through endowment growth. “As educators and leaders in our world consider local and global challenges, more of the solutions and strategies require insights from engineers, especially when addressing social mobility, caring for the environment, reducing poverty, and promoting human welfare,” says Provost Mark Sargent. “Blending voices from engineers in discussions with economists, theologians, ethicists, historians, sociologists, and other experts in the arts and sciences can enrich the ability of a Christian liberal arts community to cultivate justice, pursue peace, and foster human flourishing.” Westmont responds to an invitation from the National Science Foundation challenging schools to prepare adap-
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tive engineers committed to blending science, engineering, and the arts. “The new engineering program offers a great opportunity to students who are technologically inclined but eager to ground their training in a rich Christian liberal arts tradition,” says Eileen McMahon McQuade, professor of biology and associate dean of faculty. “Our engineering graduates will benefit from thorough technical and scientific training as well as an interdisciplinary sensitivity and moral imagination that the Christian liberal arts can nurture.” “If we truly want to attract and retain the best, brightest, most diverse, and most innovative students in the U.S., we (colleges and universities in the U.S.) must invest in, and actively offer, the highest-quality engineering education filled with integrative courses in engineering technology, humanities, and the arts,” writes Domenico Grasso in “Dispelling the Myths of Holistic Engineering” for the National Society of Professional Engineers. “Technologically-based engineering training can be outsourced; engineering creativity and innovation, married to technological excellence, cannot.” Engineering continues to be one of the most rapidly growing majors in the country, with demand in the job market for engineers soaring. With many industries employing mechanical engineers in Santa Barbara County, Westmont engineering students will find a rich source of internships during college and jobs when they graduate.
$1M Grant Helps Westmont Support Pastors
Westmont has received a $1 million grant to help establish Frontiers, offering opportunities for retreat, mentoring, intellectual and social engagement, and spiritual discernment to
pastors just starting out in ministry or undergoing significant professional changes. The grant is part of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Thriving in Ministry, an initiative that supports a variety of religious organizations across the nation as they create or strengthen programs that help pastors build relationships with experienced clergy who can serve as mentors and guide them through key leadership challenges in congregational ministry. Lilly Endowment is making nearly $70 million in grants through the Thriving in Ministry initiative. The first dimension, New Frontiers, serves pastors during the first years of their professional lives. It seeks to widen their vision for their work and strengthen their commitment to the calling of ministry. The program will be led by Westmont’s Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts. The second, Next Frontiers, focuses on mid-career pastors who seek renewal and wisdom as they consider new possibilities for service, whether in new or current positions. This program will be guided by Westmont’s Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture. Both dimensions of Frontiers offer inspiration and resources that will sustain ministers in the long obedience of their profession. For more information, please email frontiers@westmont.edu. “We share Lilly Endowment’s concern that, while the life of ministry is a crucial calling, pastors face a unique set of pressures as they seek meaning and balance in their professional, spiritual, and personal lives,” says Westmont President Gayle D. Beebe. “We’re grateful for the chance to join with the Endowment in the work of addressing the challenges of ministry, extending the college’s resources to provide deep relationship, intellectual enrichment, and spiritual refreshment to pastors in transition.” Westmont is one of 78 organizations located in 29 states taking part in the initiative. The organizations reflect diverse Christian traditions: mainline and evangelical Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox. Thriving in Ministry is part of Lilly Endowment’s grantmaking to strengthen pastoral leadership in Christian congregations in the United States. This has been a grantmaking priority at Lilly Endowment for nearly 25 years. “Leading a congregation today is multi-faceted and exceptionally demanding,” said Christopher L. Coble, Lilly Endowment’s vice president for religion. “When pastors have opportunities to build meaningful relationships with experienced colleagues, they are able to negotiate the challenges of ministry and their leadership thrives. These promising programs, including Westmont’s Frontiers, will help pastors develop
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these kinds of relationships, especially when they are in the midst of significant professional transitions.” Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based private philanthropic foundation created in 1937 by three members of the Lilly family – J.K. Lilly Sr. and sons Eli and J.K. Jr. – through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly & Company. While those gifts remain the financial bedrock of the Endowment, the Endowment is a separate entity from the company, with a distinct governing board, staff and location. In keeping with the founders’ wishes, the Endowment supports the causes of community development, education, and religion. The Endowment maintains a special commitment to its hometown, Indianapolis, and its home state, Indiana. Its grantmaking in religion focuses on supporting efforts to strengthen the leadership and vitality of Christian congregations throughout the country and to increase the public’s understanding of the role of religion in public life.
Exhibition, Sale the Work of ‘Creative Hands’ Beth Schmohr’s “It’s the Dance”
More than 30 talented members of the Westmont Art Council will exhibit and sell their artwork at “Creative Hands: Highlights from the Westmont Art Council” Nov. 29- Dec. 22 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum. An opening reception and holiday art sale is Thursday, November 29, from 4-6 pm at the museum. “We are so grateful to our many artists as well as our lucky buyers,” says Judy Larson, R. Anthony Askew professor of art history and museum director. All of the pieces, which include paintings, prints, and different kinds of sculpture, are for sale and benefit future exhibits at the museum. Artists include Connie Connally, Kerrie Smith, Nicole Strasburg, Susan Savage, Nancy Gifford, Garrett Speirs, and Tony Askew. The sale will run Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm, and Saturday 11 am to 5 pm until January 22. Westmont student artists will have their holiday art sale Thursday, November 29, from 12 to 6 pm on the Mosher Foundation Terrace outside the museum. •MJ 29 November – 6 December 2018
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Jim Mishler, a familiar face at Paradise Café for over 30 years, has opened his own restaurant, Roost, in the location formerly occupied by Downey’s
both lunch and dinner. Mishler has been a mainstay in the local restaurant scene for decades, working at Paradise Café for 31 years, and as its general manager for the last 25. “I’d been looking to open my own place for awhile, and everything seemed to line up when John and Liz [Downey] decided to retire last year,” Mishler told us during a recent visit to the restaurant. The eatery is in a prime location in Santa Barbara’s theater district, surrounded by thriving businesses that draw foot traffic from visitors as well as professional offices and non-profits. The name Roost was chosen to signify a space where people want to hang out and where they feel welcome, Mishler said, adding that it doesn’t have to do with chickens, despite having several chicken dishes on the menu. “I just wanted to do really good, fresh, clean food. What I do here is what I do at home,” he said of the seasonal and mostly organic menu. “If you start with great ingredients, you don’t have to do much to it,” he said. Head chef Craig Lingham is the former chef at Succulent Café in Solvang, as well as The Bear and Star in Los Olivos and Root 246 in Santa Ynez. “He’s really talented, and I’m excited about the changes he’s made to the menu,” Mishler said. Lunch includes an array of soup, chili, salads, sandwiches, and tacos plates, with a variety of authentic fillings. Dinner features small plates and salads, as well as sustainably sourced 29 November – 6 December 2018
proteins and farmer’s market vegetables. Dessert offerings include shortbread cookies with homemade lemon curd, “a chocolate something,” and a house-made cheesecake. The wine list has local wines as well as offerings from Oregon, Italy, France, and Spain, and Roost offers mostly local craft beer. Mishler found that the space, which was ripe for a remodel, had beautiful architectural elements that he could utilize in the aesthetics of his new restaurant concept. Pristine red brick walls were hidden under plaster walls, smooth concrete floors were revealed once the burgundy carpet was pulled up, and the exposed beams were stripped of their paint, uncovering a rustic wood beam framing the kitchen entry. “It was exciting to find all this beauty in here,” he said. He added dark oak tables and cross back chairs, custom banquettes for a cozy feel, and a custom bar in the back of the restaurant. The walls feature the neutral art of a former Paradise Café server turned artist, Hannah Henderson, who now lives in Australia. “I feel that her art perfectly complements this casual yet elegant space,” Mishler said. Roost is open for lunch Monday through Friday from 11:30 am to 2 pm, and for dinner Monday through Saturday beginning at 5:30 pm. Closed Sundays. The restaurant is located at 1305 State Street. For more information visit www.roostsb.com. •MJ
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10,000 meals between now and the end of the year. In 2016 the organization served 143,051 meals and provided 51,627 safe nights of shelter for individuals with no place else to turn. A great deal to be thankful for...
North Pole mailbox. Christmas has officially begun...
Author Noah benShea launches latest book
Location, Location, Location! After performing variously at the Presidio Chapel, Trinity Episcopal Church, and the First United Methodist Church over the years, the West Coast Chamber Orchestra found the ideal venue for its Mozart and Facebook Friends concert at the First Congregational Church with its excellent acoustics. Westmont professor Michael Shasberger, artistic director, conducted the musicians, including the Avanti String Quartet, while conductor emeritus Christopher Story watched from the front row. The program featured eclectic works by Mozart, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, son of Johann Sebastian, Michael Haydn, younger brother of Franz Joseph, and George Wagenseil, featuring Michael’s cellist daughter, Rebecca. A thoroughly enjoyable concert...
Santa Barbara philosopher and prolific author Noah benShea has just published his 27th book, Jacob’s Ladder: Wisdom for the Heart’s Ascent. The 165-page work, which talks about life, wisdom, and parenting, took the poet and scholar five years to write, he told me at a bijou book bash at Tecolote, the lively literary lair in the upper village. The book is part of Noah’s bestselling series about Jacob, a baker and sage.
Pops Kicks Off Santa Barbara Symphony kicked off the holiday season in a most festive performance with its first Holiday Pops concert with Broadway singer and actress Capathia Jenkins joining maestro Nir Kabaretti on the Granada stage. Seasonal favorites such as “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,” and “O Holy Night,” couldn’t fail to please. A new tradition is born...
Let There be Light The imposing lobby of Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner’s Biltmore was packed with parents and children when the Four Seasons hotel held its colorful annual Christmas tree lighting by two of its front desk staffers, Laura Bae and Matthew Escarcega. A dozen members of the Santa Barbara High School Madrigals, suitably attired in Dickensian costume, sang carols before the 16-foot high Noble Fir – which had been trucked
A Community of Heroes The Coral Casino suffered major social gridlock when the Montecito Firefighter’s Charitable Foundation threw its 101st anniversary Thanksgiving celebration with the 250
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Matthew Escarcega with Aus Zele (and daughter Emily on his shoulders) and Laura Bae (photo by Priscilla)
Aaron Ide on the sleigh with Emmie Lensander, Dash Lilienstein, Lana Lilienstein, and Laura Bae (photo by Priscilla)
Joanna, Claire, Georgette, Chanel, and Jan Von Yurt celebrating Santa’s visit to the Biltmore (photo by Priscilla)
from Oregon and decked with 800 ornaments and lights by Caroline Doiron from Montecito’s Village Gardener and her industrious team of “elves,” starting at 2 am and finishing Families, parents, and children delighting in the Christmas atmosphere at the The Biltmore (photo by Priscilla)
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Aaron Ide with his family (photo by Priscilla)
At the Biltmore’s North Pole Mailbox are Dana Zertuche with her children Kaianna, Kanani, and Koa (photo by Priscilla)
just before lunch – was illuminated. As adults sipped champagne, hot cider, and egg nog, wide-eyed youngsters drank hot chocolate before repairing to a room nearby to have photos taken with a very realistic looking Santa Claus in his sleigh. They were also able to write letters to the man himself, posting them in a
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guests raising more than $150,000. Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner, who owns the oceanside venue, was honored with a community hero award, as were Abe Powell of the Bucket Brigade, Taiana Giefer of the Recovery Store, Travis and Amanda Twining, and Griffin Construction. The ubiquitous Geoff Green con29 November – 6 December 2018
Shawn Whilt, Daniel Arnold, Lucas Grant, and Aaron Briner with honoree Abe Powell at the Montecito Firefighter’s Charitable Foundation Thanksgiving event (photo by Cherry Thomas)
Lucas Grant and Alex Broumand with emcee Geoff Green (photo by Cherry Thomas)
ducted the auction, which included a day in the life of a firefighter, an adult fire station dinner for eight, and I threw in my historic cottage in Cornwall, England, with near neighbors including dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, and David Cornwell,
better known as novelist John Le Carre, which raised $8,000. Then another bidder offered $10,000 for another week, which I was happy to oblige. A handsome $18,000 in total.
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David Debin, Leslie Von Wiesenberger, Melinda Goodman Kemp, Maria Black, Beverlye Hyman Fead, Cathy Link, Berna Keiler, Diane Boss, and Nina Terzian (photo by Cherry Thomas)
Geoff Green, Ashleigh Davis, Janet Garufis, Alana Walczak, Natalia Stevens, and Annmarie Cameron at Montecito Bank & Trust’s Community Dividends Awards (photo by Clint Weisman)
Leo Basica, boyfriend of honoree Taiana Giefer, and Jessica and Abe Powell (photo by Cherry Thomas)
A short film, “A Community of Heroes,” made by Stan Roden and Phyllis De Picchoto, was shown and Santa Barbara Youth Ensemble Theater entertained. Among the hoard of supporters were Fred Brander, Scott Brittingham, Richard and Annette Caleel, Tom Cole, Beverlye Hyman Fead, Joanne Holder, Keith and Mary Hudson, George and Shari Isaac, Peter and Gerd Jordano, George and Laurie Leis, Gretchen Lieff and Miles Hartfeld, Mitchell Kriegman, Bob and Val Montgomery, Charles and Betsy Newman, Maxine Rutledge, Nina Terzian, Anne Towbes, Leslie Von Wiesenberger, Harry Weisbart, and Das Williams. Commending Quaid Actor Dennis Quaid, who was in our Eden by the Beach for the FestForums annual conference at the Hilton, took time out after receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award to tour the ShelterBox tent and talk at length with chief honcho, Kerri Murray. “He is very passionate about helping kids and vulnerable children
around the world,” says Kerri. “He really wanted to know about global work to bring shelter to families made homeless by disaster and conflict.” Quaid is also an accomplished musician, performing with his band, The Sharks, for the past 18 years. They have just released their first album, Out of the Box. Community Dividends Awards Montecito Bank & Trust celebrated the 16th anniversary of its Community Dividends Awards, with 188 non-profits sharing $1 million, at the Coral Casino. The program, started by the bank’s founder and philanthropist Michael Towbes, has donated $16 million since its inception. Mike, who died two years ago, used to describe it as “my favorite day of the year.” Bank CEO Janet Garufis was especially thankful in the aftermath of the twin disasters that impacted our rarefied enclave nearly a year ago. “The collaboration we’ve seen among local nonprofit agencies over the past year has been nothing short of incredible. We can and should use Actor Dennis Quaid with Kerri Murray and ShelterBox staffers
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Steve Ortiz, Jennifer Strong, Linda Le Brock, and Eric Harrison (photo by Clint Weisman)
George Leis, Anne Towbes, and Janet Garufis (photo by Clint Weisman)
that momentum and the lessons we’ve learned to help our neighbors and friends through the latest fire disasters in Ventura and Los Angeles counties.” The bank, which has 13 branches and $1.4 billion in assets, is always oversubscribed with applications for help, including groups with missions that serve the arts, youth, education, social welfare, and medical and health service sectors. Among those checking out the luncheon largesse were Anne Towbes, Michael and Nati Smith, George and Laurie Leis, Rona Barrett, Roger Durling, Geoff Green, Kevin Marvin, Michael Baker, Tom Reed, John Palminteri, Peter Jordano, Steve
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Ortiz, Rolf Geyling, Kurt Ransohoff, Ana Papakhian, Elsa Granados, David Bolton, Greg Gorga, David Selberg, Joan Rutkowski, Ellen Goldstein, Anais Pellegrini, Caren Rager, and Tom Reed. Saved the Day With the cancellation of the annual Organic Soup Kitchen Thanksgiving lunch at the Veteran’s Memorial Building, culinary whiz Michael Hutchings and his baker wife, Christine Dahl, stepped up to the plate cooking lunch for 200 guests at the Unitarian Society.
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Diners were also able to make quite a splash when Showers of Blessing, a mobile hygiene ministry, provided facilities for them to wash before or after noshing. “Everybody involved deserves a big shout out for all their earnest and extravagant efforts,” says Wade Anders Volk of the charity. Vamos to Vicenta’s
The 160-seat Mexican restaurant in Goleta was quite bustling when I went for lunch with my trusty shutterbug, Priscilla, and dined on a selection of chicken and fish dishes washed down with Treana, a delightful 2016 cabernet sauvignon from Paso Robles. If you’re a sports fan, Vicenta’s will give you a ten percent discount if you’re wearing a Gauchos hat or jacket.
Dining at the newly opened Vicenta’s are Salvador and Christina Munoz with Olesya and John Thyne, being greeted by Daniel Sanchez and Mike Casas (photo by Priscilla)
Vicenta’s is the latest eatery from prolific restaurateur Carlos Luna, who opened his first nosheteria in 2008 aged just 27, and now includes five branches of Los Agaves and Santo Mezcal on State Street.
Becoming Michelle Montecito TV talk show titan, Oprah Winfrey, has interviewed former First Lady Michelle Obama for the cover story of Elle magazine. The sit-down, to promote Obama’s
ENTERTAINMENT (Continued from page 30) faculty violinist Glenn Dicterow and violist Karen Dreyfus – who formed the chamber music threesome with cellist Inbal Segev back in 2009 while they were still with the New York Philharmonic – are heading up to Ojai for an appearance at the Chamber On The Mountain series. The Amerigo, which has earned raves at virtually every performance, will play Beethoven’s String Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 3, and Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (with pianist Bernadene Blaha) on Sunday, December 2, at the Logan House, which is adjacent to the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts. Details at www. chamberonthemountain.com.
Classical Corner
Westmont’s 14th annual Christmas Festival, a retelling of the Christmas story by weaving narration with music from the Westmont Orchestra, College Choir, Chamber Singers, and Choral Union, takes place Friday through Sunday, November 30-December 2, at First Presbyterian Church, 21 East Constance Avenue. Details and tickets for this year’s event, “Gloria in Excelsis Deo: The Song of the Angels,” at www.westmont.edu/christmasfestival…. First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu, hosts the Saturday, December 1, free Santa
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Barbara Music Club concert, featuring works that “reconcile old and new, nostalgia and progression,” including Bach’s Sonata in D for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1048; Schumann’s Piano Quartet in Eb, Op. 47; and Alexander Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances arranged for two pianos. Info at www.sbmusicclub.org.
Theater on the Edge
Two venerable pieces of literature get fresh perspectives via two local theater companies, one a well-respected professional outfit in its 26th season, the other a brand new one born out of an acting class at SBCC Continuing Education. In Lit Moon Theatre Company’s innovative staging of Tennessee Williams’ American masterpiece, The Glass Menagerie – a re-mounting of its acclaimed 2016 production that runs November 29 to December 2 at Center Stage Theater – director John Blondell has once again cast 70-something company member Stan Hoffman as Tom, a character usually played by a man in his twenties. But the departure more than makes sense as the semi-autobiographical work that catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame in 1944 is actually a memory play, narrated by Tom. And Blondell has given it the usual Lit Moon emphasis on
best-selling autobiography, Becoming, included her whirlwind life in the White House, and how drastically things have changed since she and her family left. Michelle, 54, received part of a $65 million advance for the memoir, part of a joint book deal with her husband, former president Barack Obama. Goop Grows Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle website Goop is heading to TV! The Montecito actress hinted as such at a Wall Street Journal tech conference in Laguna Beach, but she did not elaborate on any specifics. She also revealed Goop, her $250 million wellness and lifestyle brand, which recently launched its first international pop-up in London as part of a European expansion, will next move into the Australian market. Gwynnie has also launched her Christmas gift guide, but it is not for the faint hearted, as she dubs it “ridiculous, but awesome,” including an Aston Martin, Louis Vuitton pajamas, and even a $7,700 Hermes surfboard for the beach bum who has everything. Other gifts include a Surf Air private plane membership for $1,950 a month, a Four Seasons Hawaii volcano adventure costing $39,500 for four character, dialog and emotion. “Ours is a ‘full-bodied’ production,” Blondell said in the press release. “It has psychological fireworks one minute, and beautiful fragility the next. This is a loud, messy, passion-filled dysfunctional family. Yet each retreats into their own imaginations in ways that are heartrending and heart breaking at the same time.” Meanwhile, Theatre Eclectic, the brainchild of veteran acting teacher (San Marcos) and actor Philip Levien (whose credits include appearances in more than 100 films and TV episodes), is undertaking a series of initial public performance. The company, which has the mission of “bringing together underrepresented artists to perform for underserved audiences in order to create a sense of community through theater,” is mounting Devising America: Spoon River and Beyond, an original work that takes a look at small town America, both past and present. “It pokes around some of the dark edges and tries to show us the pitfalls to avoid,” Levien explained in an email missive. “It also seeks to inspire us to rise above the challenges of daily life. In today’s fractured society, one in which we are isolated by technology and a tribe mentality, Devising America examines the concept of community, when it fails and when it succeeds. Through an eclectic mix of classic texts (by such
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people, and a $3,000 a night stay at the Brando Resort in Tahiti. His Songs Santa Ynez resident Bernie Taupin, the legendary lyricist for Sir Elton John, is front and center at a New York sale. The Manhattan auction house, Bonham’s, is selling a slew of rock and roll memorabilia, including the original signed handwritten lyrics to Elton’s early hit “Your Song” written in 1967 when the singer was an office boy for a London publishing firm and Taupin was 17. The auction also includes a suit worn by George Harrison, an autographed Beatles album, a signed Johnny Cash guitar, and the original demo tapes of Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror.” Sightings: Actor Don Johnson noshing at The Monarch... Bo Derek at the Bacara... Dennis Franz lunching at Tre Lune Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal. To reach Priscilla, email her at pris cilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 969-3301. •MJ greats as Edgar Lee Masters, Thornton Wilder, and John Updike) and diverse texts of modernity, this production strikes a positive note, ultimately, of what life in America can be.” The cast, members of Levien’s tuition-free “Urge to Act” class through SBCC’s School for Extended Learning, have wide levels of experience, but have been rehearsing and performing scenes at retirement homes over the last couple of months. It opens and closes at the same place and time where the class meets, 7 pm Thursdays, November 29 and December 6, at the Schott Campus Theater at 310 West Padre Street, with additional performances at Maravilla Retirement Community Clubhouse (5486 Calle Real, Goleta) at 2 pm December 1, and at Wake Campus Theater (300 North Turnpike), at 7 pm December 4. Admission is free. Visit www.theatreeclectic.com for details.
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For something more traditional, Carpinteria is performing their annual take on A Christmas Carol from November 30-December 9 at the Alcazar Theatre. Asa Olsson directs the all-local cast in the classic tale of greed and redemption. Tickets cost $5-$15. Visit https:// nightout.com/events/a-christmas-car ol/11-30-2018/tickets. •MJ 29 November – 6 December 2018
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C ALENDAR OF Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and entertainment events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next seven days or so. It is by no means comprehensive. The reader is advised to also peruse feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, please submit information (including digital artwork) by 12 noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date, to slibowitz@yahoo.com.
ENDING THIS WEEK UCSB Music – The school’s ensembles conclude their quarterly concerts this week beginning Thursday, November 29, with the Wind Ensemble, as Paul Bambach directs “Bookends,” so named because William Schuman’s George Washington Bridge and Chester Overture begin and end the concert. The program also includes Robert Jager’s Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Béla Bartók’s Petite Suite, François Gossec’s Military Symphony in F, and Frank Ticheli’s Wild Nights, and Samuel Hazo’s Sevens… The 30-year-old Middle East Ensemble, still directed by its founder Scott Marcus, takes over on Saturday, December 1, for a program boasting five major Arab art songs from the second half of the 20th century, plus three Armenian songs, two Sephardic songs from Morocco, and one from Jordan. The Ensemble’s Dance Company takes on the Armenian, Egyptian, and Persian cultures with choreographies by Cris! Basimah, Shahrzad Khorsandi, and Jatila van der Veen… The UCSB Jazz Combos leave the seaside campus for a concert at SOhO at 1 pm on Sunday, December 2, when the Jon Nathandirected program will feature jazz standards as well as original songs and arrangements by some of today’s most innovative composers… Back
on campus on Monday, December 3, Maxim Kuzin leads the Chamber Orchestra in performances of Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D.759 (“Unfinished”) and Gioachino Rossini’s overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia (“The Barber of Seville”), while Robert Koenig directs winners of the quarterly UCSB Chamber Music Competition performing as the UCSB Chamber Players, playing Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10, Antonín Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 (“American”), and John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction for two pianos… The semester concludes next Friday, December 7, with Pastor Victor Bell directing the UCSB Gospel Choir in a program of traditional and contemporary songs drawn from African American religious traditions. Unless otherwise indicated: WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB campus COST: $10 general, $5 students INFO: (805) 893-7194 or www.music.ucsb.edu THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Jake it Up – Speaking of SOhO, the upstairs downtown music club was the first venue in town to host Jake Shimabukuro, booking him shortly after the Honolulu-born ukulele player became an international phenomenon when a video of him performing the
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Quant-um rhythms – Singersongwriter Pete Muller has put out a few records and played his piano in such prestigious places as the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. But he’d be doing OK financially even if his music career didn’t turn out at all. That’s because he’s also a quant investing pioneer, a former hedge fund manager and trader who founded PDT Partners in 1993 as part of Morgan Stanley’s trading division, and spun it out as an independent business in 2012. In the early days, however, he could be found busking in New York City’s subways. Muller’s musical projects these days are almost always some sort of partnership, including one with the Berklee College of Music on the revitalization of New York City’s storied Power Station recording studio. His latest endeavor in connecting with others to share a positive vision for the future is a benefit for Surf Happens, a nonprofit providing free surf programs and environmental awareness education to local youth in the Santa Barbara region right here in Muller’s home. Muller’s musical friends include the reggae-inflected singer-songwriter David Segall, while tonight’s show, emceed by Brad J of KTYD 99.9 FM will also feature sets from Haddon Cord and Keet & The Casto’s. Meanwhile, Muller is currently recording his fourth album with Grammy-winning producer Rob Mathes for a Spring 2019 release. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 INFO: (805) 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com
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EVENTS by Steven Libowitz
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 Seasonal Sonorous Seduction – As childhood friends growing up in Denver, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing were always exploring the outdoors, from rafting down their neighborhood creek to discovering hiking trails through the Rocky Mountains. Still good buddies years later, as the Grammy Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers they have put this passion for the outdoors at the heart of their Americana-roots folk music. The four-time Parents’ Choice Award winners have earned accolades all over the country as the duo records and performs family music that motivates kids to gain a greater respect for the natural world, their communities, and themselves. Following their critically-acclaimed Adventure Album Series featuring Can You Canoe?, Through the Woods, and Saddle Up, The Okee Dokee Brothers just released Winterland, an exuberant yet introspective collection of 16 original songs exploring the wonders and beauty of the season. With winter just three weeks away, UCSB Arts & Lectures’ brings the Brothers to town as part of its popular Family Fun series. Come an hour before the show for face painting, crafts and more. WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $20 general, $14 children (12 & under) INFO: (805) 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
George Harrison song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” went viral on YouTube. The club kept bringing him back, even as his star quickly rose as Shimabukuro showed that the uke’s humble four strings and modest twooctave range is an instrument limited only by the imagination and creativity of the person playing it. His solo uke arrangements of such varied pieces as Schubert’s “Ave Maria,” Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” and Queen’s once-again current rage “Bohemian Rhapsody” – along with his own original compositions – propelled Jake beyond SOhO’s capacity, and the uke-star went on to collaborate with such artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Jimmy Buffett, Bette Midler, Cyndi Lauper, Jack Johnson, Ziggy Marley, Dave Koz, Michael McDonald, and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, among others. Shimabukuro’s latest album, The Greatest Day, is evenly divided between originals and epic arrangements of the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” and Jimi Hendrix’s “If 6 Was 9,” both of which feature Jake trading licks with dobro legend Jerry Douglas. His fiery playing should easily provide the heat for a late autumn evening when Shimabukuro’s quartet returns to Campbell Hall, which boasts more than twice SOhO’s capacity. Want to see if you’ve got what it Jakes? Shimabukuro is also conducting an hour-long master class for intermediate to advanced ukulele players at 5 pm at Campbell Hall for $100. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $40-$55 INFO: 8933535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB. edu
There are only so many tomorrows. – Michael Landon
Fast & Curious – The next edition of the lecture series “Fast & Curious: ED Talks from UCSB’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education” brings four faculty members, one graduate student, and one alumnus downtown to the Faulkner Gallery at the Santa Barbara Public Library tonight for a series of talks about their research or work that is shaping education. Among the topics for the talks that each last no more than eight minutes are preventing ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences, so prevalent there’s an acronym), “A Tree Grows in IV: 20+ Years of Community Work,” and demystifying the notion that new teaching standards have birthed a new math. The series is the brainchild of Professor Jeff Milem, who became Gevirtz in July 2016 and wanted to create a way to see the academics’ desire to have their research matter. “This series is a very direct – and fun – way for faculty, alumni, and eventually our students to share their insights with the local community.” WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 40 E. Anapamu Street. COST: free INFO: (805) 564-5641 or www. SBPLibrary.org Family Fueled – It’s been almost half a century since Los Tigres del Norte was formed by Jorge Hernández (lead vocals and accordion), his brothers Hernán (bass), Eduardo (accordion, saxophone, bass), Luis (guitar), and his cousin Oscar Lara (drums). Their 1972 hit “Contrabando y Traición” marked a milestone in corridos, as it was among the first of the romantic ballads to touch on illegal immigration and the cross-border drug trade – yes, 29 November – 6 December 2018
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 Security sound bites – Jeh Johnson served as President Obama’s last U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, running the cabinet department, formed in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, from December 2013 to January 2017. As head of the third largest department of the government, consisting of 230,000 personnel and 22 components, including TSA, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Services, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and FEMA, Johnson’s responsibilities included counterterrorism, cybersecurity, aviation security, border security, port security, maritime security, protection of our national leaders, the detection of chemical, biological and nuclear threats to the homeland and response to natural disasters. Among his other government positions are stints as General Counsel of both the Department of Defense and the Air Force, and Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Johnson is now back at the law firm he first joined in 1984 but has also testified before Congress three times during the Trump Administration, and is a frequent commentator about national and homeland security issues on ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, and other news outlets. He will provide his unique insight into U.S. policies on immigration, the border, and other security matters in a public lecture titled “National Security: Challenges and Opportunities” this afternoon at UCSB. WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $10 INFO: (805) 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
it was a hot topic back then, too – featuring a pair of lovers trafficking marijuana across the border. This modern twist on a traditional Spanish ballad has propelled Los Tigres del Norte ever since, the group portraying tales of life, love, and the struggle to survive in a manner that strikes a chord with people across the Americas, along the way turning Norteño music into an international genre, infusing it with bolero, cumbia, rock rhythms, and waltzes. Los Tigres del Norte – who have released more than 50 albums, recorded more than 500 songs and won seven Grammy Awards, including one in 2015 for Best Regional Mexican Music Album – get a well-deserved but rare multiple-night stand at The Samala Showroom in Santa Ynez. WHEN: 8 pm tonight & tomorrow WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $59-$89 INFO: (800) CHUMASH or www. chumashcasino.com FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Great Scots – Folk Orchestra
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of Santa Barbara plays its final concerts of the season at the Presidio this weekend, focusing on an old favorite – well, as old as an ensemble less than two years old can claim – Scottish music. Among the works to be performed by the 25-strong orchestra comprised of some of Santa Barbara’s best musicians playing a rich amalgam of folk and classical music in unique arrangements from founder/ music director Adam Phillips are “The Skye Boat Song“ (Outlander Theme), “Red Red Rose,” music from the Academy Award-winning film Braveheart, “Loch Lomond,” “The Gael” (Last of the Mohicans), “Ca the Yowes,” and many others. Included in admission: a tasty beer from Telegraph Brewing (where the Folk Orchestra rehearses nearly every Thursday evening) served in the beautiful courtyard during intermission. WHEN: 7:30 pm tonight; 3 pm Sunday WHERE: The Chapel at El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park, 123 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $35 INFO: (805) 260.3223 or https:// folkorchestrasb.com •MJ
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 Buddy Pictures – Lyle Lovett’s previous collaborations with the likes of John Hiatt and others were fun and fruitful, but, as the Philadelphia Inquirer noted, his current partnership with fellow Texan Robert Earl Keen excels in both musical and personal connection. Lovett, the four-time Grammy Award winner, is a wry troubadour with a rich and eclectic body of work, while Keen has become an Americana cult hero with a raspy voice and a reputation as one of the nation’s finest musical storytellers. Those mutual skills were first honed during their days as college buddies swapping songs on the front porch, and their acoustic roadshow finds the old friends segueing between stripped-down songs and humorous and heartwarming stories. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $55-$125 INFO: (805) 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures. UCSB.edu
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ORDINANCE NO. 5861
Notice Inviting Bids MEASURE A CYCLE 3 SIDEWALK INFILL PROJECT Bid No. 3887 1.
Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept bids for its Measure A Cycle 3 – Sidewalk Infill Project (“Project”), by or before December 13, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., through PlanetBids. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is uploaded to PlanetBids on time. The digital time stamp on PlanetBids will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Paper copies of bids at the Purchasing Office will not be accepted.
2.
Project Information.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING SECTION 30.11.040 OF CHAPTER 30.110 (WESTMONT COLLEGE SPECIFIC PLAN) OF THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE, APPROVING THE WESTMONT AMENDED AND RESTATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular
2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located on La Cumbre Street between Professor Way and Pemm Place, and Old Coast Highway from Salinas Street to 441 Old Coast Highway,and is described as follows: Installation of approximately 630 linear feet of sidewalk on Old Coast Highway, 270 linear feet of sidewalk on La Cumbre Road, reconstruction of six driveway aprons, construction of six curb ramps, reconstruction of four existing retaining walls and two new retaining walls on Old Coast Highway, construction of two new retaining walls on La Cumbre Road, construction of bio-retention basins, modification of one catch basin and installation of underground stormwater storage chambers, and signage and striping.
meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on November 20, 2018. The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter
2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 70 working days from the effective date of Notice to Proceed.
as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,
2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $835,000 3.
California.
License and Registration Requirements.
(Seal)
3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): A. /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
3.2 DIR Registration. City will not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder and its Subcontractors are registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work under Labor Code section 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions. 4.
5.
6.
ORDINANCE NO. 5861
Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: www.planetbids.com/portal.cf?CompanyID=29959. A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of 10 percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’s issuance of the notice of award of the Contract, the bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and all other documentation required by the Contract Documents.
was introduced on November 13, 2018, and was adopted by
Prevailing Wage Requirements.
the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on
6.1 General. This Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.
November 20, 2018, by the following roll call vote:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance
6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half. 6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code section 1771.4. 7.
Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bond for 100% of the Contract Price regardless of contract dollar amount.
8.
Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code section 22300.
9.
Subcontractor List. Each bidder must submit, with its Bid Proposal, the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.
10.
Publication Dates: 1) November 21, 2018
None
ABSENT:
Councilmember Eric Friedman
ABSTENTIONS:
None
on November 21, 2018.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on November 21, 2018.
Date: ________________ /s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor
2) November 28, 2018
November 7, 2018. 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) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2018-0002960. Published November 21, 28, December 5, 12, 2018.
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hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara
Published November 28, 2018 Montecito Journal
END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: W-3 International Realty, 525 San Ysidro Road STE D, Santa Barbara, CA 93018. Robert Pavloff, 525 San Ysidro Road STE D, Santa Barbara, CA 93018. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on
Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Gregg Hart, Randy Rowse, Kristen W. Sneddon, Oscar Gutierrez; Mayor Cathy Murillo
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my
Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.
By: ___________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M General Services Manager
AYES:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: International W-3, 525 San Ysidro Road STE D, Santa Barbara, CA 93018. Robert Pavloff, 525 San Ysidro Road STE D, Santa Barbara, CA 93018. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on
November 7, 2018. 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) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2018-0002958. Published November 21, 28, December 5, 12, 2018.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: W-3 International, 525 San Ysidro Road STE D, Santa Barbara, CA 93018. Robert Pavloff, 525 San Ysidro Road STE D, Santa Barbara, CA 93018. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on
If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it. – George Bernard Shaw
November 7, 2018. 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) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2018-0002959. Published November 21, 28, December 5, 12, 2018.
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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) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2018-0002890. Published November 21, 28, December 5, 12, 2018.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Riviera Pest Control, 736 Calle de Los Amigos, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Gabriel Wishingrad, 1647 Range Road, Oxnard, CA 93036. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 23,
2018. 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) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2018-0002844. Published November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 2018.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Paradise Finishes, 1166 Vallecito Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Joseph Paul Caudillo Sr, 1166 Vallecito Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on
November 9, 2018. 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) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2018-0002974. Published November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 2018.
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• The Voice of the Village •
MONTECITO JOURNAL
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LUCKY’S . . . for lunch • Smaller Plates and Starter Salads •
• Main Course Salads •
Iceberg Lettuce Wedge ....................................................................10 roquefort or thousand island dressing
Sliced Steak Salad, 6 oz................................................................... 27 arugula, radicchio, endive, sautéed onion
Arugula, Radicchio & Endive, reggiano, balsamic vinaigrette.... 12 Caesar Salad..................................................................................... 12 Farm Greens, balsamic vinaigrette................................................. 12
Seafood Louie ....................................................................................32 two shrimp, 4 oz. crab, egg, romaine, tomato ,cucumber, avocado
Jimmy the Greek Salad, french feta ............................................... 12 Giant Shrimp Cocktail (3 pcs)........................................................ 18 Grilled Artichoke, choice of sauce.................................................. 12 Burrata, tomatoes, arugula, le sorrelle’s evoo................................15
Cobb Salad, roquefort dressing .......................................................20 Chopped Salad ...................................................................................18 arugula, radicchio, shrimp, prosciutto, beans, onions Charred Rare Tuna Nicoise Salad................................................... 27 Old School Chinese Chicken Salad ................................................20
French Onion Soup Gratinée ......................................................... 12 Matzo Ball Soup or Today’s Soup ..................................................10 Lucky Chili, cheddar, onions, warm corn bread............................14
Chilled Poached Salmon Salad of the day .....................................22
Fried Calamari, two sauces ............................................................. 12 Lucky Meatballs, tomato sauce, grilled ciabatta...........................15
• Sandwiches •
Lucky’s Salad .................................................................................... 19 romaine, shrimp, bacon, green beans, avocado and roquefort
Fries, Farm Greens or Caesar
• Tacos and other Mains •
Lucky Burger, choice of cheese, soft bun or kaiser ...................... 20 Range Free Vegetarian Burger, choice of cheese ......................... 20 soft bun or kaiser (burger patty is vegan)
Chicken, Swordfish or Steak Tacos .................................................22 beans, guacamole, salsa, tortillas
Sliced Filet Mignon Open Faced Sandwich, 6 oz. .......................27 mushroom sauce
Fried Chicken Breast, boneless & skinless, coleslaw and fries ...... 19 Chicken Parmesan, San Marzano tomato sauce ............................22 imported mozzarella, basil
Reuben Sandwich, corned beef, kraut & gruyère on rye ............. 20 Pulled Pork Sandwich, Carolina bbq sauce ..................................19 topped with slaw, D’Angelo Roll
Salmon, blackened, grilled or steamed ...........................................22 lemon-caper butter sauce, sautéed spinach
Chili Dog, onions, cheddar & kraut - all on the side ....................14 Maine Lobster Roll, warm buttered D’Angelo roll ..................... 29
Sautéed Tofu, Japanese vinaigrette, green onions, shiitakes ..........18 Sliced Prime NY Steak Frites, 7 oz. ...............................................29 red wine shallot or peppercorn cream sauce Smoked Scottish Salmon, Toasted Bialy or Bagel .........................20 cream cheese & condiments
• Sides • Skinny Onion Rings or Herbie’s Potato Skins ................................9 Lucky’s Home Fries or Fried Sweet Potatoes ..................................9 Lucky’s Half & Half .......................................................................... 10 Sautéed Spinach or Sugar Snap Peas ...............................................9
Our Corkage Fee is $35 per 750ml bottle with a 2-bottle limit per table • 20% Gratuity added to parties of six or more