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On Entertainment

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5

Guest Editorial Five creek channels remain at risk for another debris flow; why Carpinteria was saved from disaster; Partnership for Resilient Communities raises money for flexible ring nets 6 Miscellany

David Bolton awarded Knighthood from Spain; Alzheimer’s Association’s Your Brain Matters lunch; Carl Boggs ties the knot with Laurie Nalepa; United Way fete; Westmont’s Christmas Festival; Fire and Ice party at Polo Club; Bal des Debutantes; American Theatre Guild’s Cinderella; Evan Shinners plays Bach; Ellen DeGeneres comes in second on Forbes list; Head Over Heels to close; Princess Diana gown sells; Oprah’s mother passes; Tita Lanning remembered; sightings

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Letters to the Editor

Hadi Makarechian wants to fix Channel Drive; Gloria Hebert says goodbye to Montecito; Christie Jenkins’ card; James Paul Brown’s painting; Barbara Burger looks forward to Nutcracker; United Methodist Church presents Annual Living Nativity Complete; Thomas Carlisle on the phrase “enemy of the people”; Judy Pearce’s idyllic Montecito childhood; Tom Farr responds to Ray Winn; Steve King finds the fatal flaw in progressive taxation

10 This Week

Poetry club; 2nd Annual Christmas Market at Arlington Plaza; insurance workshop; Tree at the G; walk and roll to school; book club; tree lighting on Coast Village; book signing; Master Yun opens; Cold Spring School board meeting; MA meets; MUS board meeting; New Yorker discussion group; children play at Montecito Library; MERRAG event; MBAR; Carpinteria bird count

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Revised Debris Flow Risk Map released; Coast Village Association hosts festive shopping and tree lighting event; updates on major construction areas in Montecito; Los Arroyos opens location in Solvang

14 Seen Around Town

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32 Our Town

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34 On Entertainment

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja makes her Santa Barbara debut; classical events around town; three questions with ETC’s Jenny Sullivan; Rubicon presents South Pacific; SOS wraps final season; Santa Barbara Literary Journal debuts second volume

42 The Curious Traveler

Jerry Dunn hops on The Canadian, a sleeper train that travels from Toronto to Vancouver

44 Spirituality

Anti-Defamation League’s Festival of Lights and Santa Barbara Sacred Spaces book signing during 1st Thursday; Consciousness Hacking Santa Barbara returns; Yoga Soup sessions; Foundations of Yoga class at DiviniTree; Jacob Duran at SB Yoga Center

45 Ernie’s World

Ernie continues his Bavarian exploration, this time stopping at a monastery to have some beer

48 Calendar of Events

Ending this week; JFC comedy; UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 2018 Fall Dance Concert; Downtown Holiday Parade; Ugly Christmas Sweater parties; Carpinteria Holiday Tamale Festival; Nutcracker at Arlington; Santa Barbara Jazz Society’s annual holiday jam; “An Irish Christmas” at Lobero

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Guest Editorial

by Bob Hazard Mr. Hazard is an associate editor of this paper and a former president of Birnam Wood Golf Club.

Flood and Mud Preparedness: 2019

While keeping a wary eye on the weather this winter, residents of Montecito are watching their rainfall charts, fearful of a repeat of heavy storms and mandatory evacuation notices. Seared in our minds are personal memories of the 1/9 disaster when a massive debris flow destroyed or damaged 470 homes in Montecito, and brutally took the lives of 23 of our friends and neighbors.

The Five Creeks that Define Montecito

Montecito has five creek channels that were unprepared for the 1/9 deluge; all remain at risk. Residents along the Montecito Creek suffered the most.

Montecito Creek is protected by two small debris basins. A 12,775 cubic yard Cold Spring Debris Basin was constructed in 1974 after the Coyote Fire. In June 2017, the County designated the existing Cold Spring Basin as “scheduled for removal” to protect the two endangered steelhead trout that have not been sighted for the last 45 years.

A second Montecito Creek Debris Basin was added in 2002 by the County, just east of Olive Mill Road and south of the Casa Dorinda retirement facility, with an undersized capacity of 5,500 cubic yards. It was largely ineffective during the 1/9 debris flow.

Despite heroic efforts by County Flood Control to clear the channels and the debris basins before the unexpected deluge, the 1/9 debris flow wasted bridges on Mountain Drive and East Valley; devoured residences in Riven Rock; and obliterated both homes and lives at Parra Grande Lane and East Valley Road.

Montecito Creek spared Casa Dorinda, but annihilated homes near Hot Springs and Olive Mill, before pounding the Montecito Inn on Coast Village Road and engulfing the Montecito Oaks neighborhood. The river of mud and debris crossed the 101 to overwhelm the Bonnymede beachside community and close the Four Seasons Biltmore Resort.

The second worst disaster area in Montecito was the engorged San Ysidro Creek, which damaged the San Ysidro Ranch and Casa de Maria before snuffing out homes and lives north of East Valley on Randall Road and south on Glen Oaks Drive and East Valley Lane. It then wasted the woodlands of Ennisbrook; crossed San Leandro Lane near the Crane School; and finally buried the Tiburon Bay community in a river of mud and debris.

The San Ysidro Creek Debris Basin, built in 1964 by the U.S. Corps of Engineers after the Coyote Fire above Park Lane, has an undersized capacity of 7,945 cubic yards. It was maintained annually until 1987. In June 2017, Santa Barbara County designated the existing San Ysidro Debris Basin as “scheduled for removal.”

Less hard hit, but still destructive, was the flooding of Buena Vista Creek, which took out a bridge on East Valley and attacked homes in Birnam Wood.

The Romero Creek, with its 15,570 cubic foot Debris Basin, smashed its own bridge on East Valley, flooded Valley Club and closed Sheffield Drive. The Toro Canyon Creek, which took out two bridges on East Valley (192) has two debris basins – the undersized East Toro Canyon Debris Basin with its inadequate 4,805 cubic yard capacity and the Upper West Debris Basin with its slightly larger 8,750 cubic yard capacity.

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Carpinteria Saved; Montecito Not So Much

While Montecito awaits the next storm and wonders what may happen next, Carpinteria has been spared our angst. Why? The Santa Monica Debris Basin above Carpinteria has been dubbed the “Crown Jewel” of County preparedness. That basin, just north of Foothill Road, was built in 1977 by the USDA Soil Conservation Service as a result of the heavy damage to Carpinteria in the floods in 1969.

The massive Santa Monica Debris Basin is designed to trap 208,000 cubic yards of flood debris. To put that in perspective, a typical dump truck holds about 10 cubic yards of debris. All of the Montecito debris basins combined total 55,345 cubic yards, which is slightly more than a quarter of the capacity of the single Santa Monica basin.

During the deluge of January 9, 2018, there was no flooding in Carpinteria from either the Franklin or Santa Monica Creeks. The Santa Monica Debris Basin successfully captured more than 155,000 cubic yards of debris, including

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Monte ito Miscellany

by Richard Mineards

Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, gossip on The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, a commentator on the KTLA Morning News and Entertainment Tonight. He moved to Montecito 11 years ago.

A Knight’s Tale

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onight’s the knight for David Bolton, Santa Barbara-based executive director of the California Missions Foundation, which is involved with the restoration and preservation of the state’s missions from San Diego to Sonoma.

Dashing David has been awarded the Royal Order of Isabel la Catolica, which is granted in recognition for services that benefit Spain.

The country’s monarch, Felipe VI, is the Grand Master of the order, which dates back to 1847, and previous honorees have included Queen Elizabeth’s children, Prince Andrew and Princess Anne, tenor Placido Domingo, and former presidents of Mexico Felipe Calderon and Enrique Pena Nieto.

“It all came as a great surprise,” says

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David, who attended Montecito Union and Santa Barbara High schools. “I was barbecuing turkey for the downtown Boys & Girls club for the Thanksgiving community meal when I received a phone call from the Spanish Consul General in Los Angeles informing me he had received the official letter from Madrid that I am being knighted at the commander level.

“Spain allows the recipient to select the ceremony location and date, when I will be presented with a yellow and white neck ribbon adorned with the order’s medal. The call was a shock and it took a few minutes to register.

“I am most proud that a kid who grew up in our rather small community could be recognized by a foreign

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

Fixing Channel Drive

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few months before the fires and the terrible mud slides in Montecito, I wrote to Santa Barbara County South Coast Maintenance Superintendent Randy Carnahan and attached a picture of the cracked asphalts on the surface of Channel Drive and asked that it be repaired. He responded that he would place it on the repair schedule for 2018.

We are almost to the end of 2018.

Considering the work being performed on the bridge over 101, the additional extensive damage to Olive Mill Road leading to Channel Drive as well as the damage to Channel drive itself due to excessive truck traffic with heavy loads removing mud and debris all the way to Butterfly Lane, I also asked when the county would be repairing and resurfacing these two roads.

The surface condition of these roads, the median markings, as well at the potholes etc., are embarrassing and damaging our cars, as well as are safe-

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ty concerns to pedestrians and bikers.

Here was Mr. Carnahan’s response: “Thank you for your email. Actually I notified you in June that our Road Plan had already been finalized for our 2018/2019-budget year and Channel Drive was not part of that plan. We filled out a Project Initiation Request (PIR) for you and will notify you when we have our planning meeting for the 2019/2020 Road Plan.

That will give you the opportunity to voice your concerns. My records indicate the road was slurry sealed in 2005. Channel Drive was patched after the debris flow and we continue to monitor. I will have the field supervisor check for potholes or any patching that is required. Channel Drive continues to remain on our radar.”

So, I wrote back: “Dear Mr. Carnahan, thank you for your speedy response. I live on Channel Drive and other than random filling of the crack with tar – at least 13 years ago,

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This Week in and around Montecito

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 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

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) 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, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 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 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 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 Walk & Roll Montecito Union School students, teachers, and parents walk or ride to school, rather than drive.

When: 8 am Where: Via Vai, Ennisbrook, and Casa Dorinda trailhead Info: 969-3249 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 Montecito Library Book Club New members welcome; this month’s title: Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family

by Amy Ellis Nutt When: 11 am to noon Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Coast Village Road Tree Lighting The Coast Village Association presents a day of shopping local and getting into the holiday spirit, culminating with a Holiday Tree Lighting at 1187 Coast Village Road (in front of Renaud’s). Businesses along the road will offer special sales and incentives, and Santa will be at the Berkshire Hathaway offices at 1255 Coast Village Road for a fun photo opportunity. During the tree lighting, local school kids will sing holiday songs.

When: Shopping event 12-4; Santa 2-5, Tree lighting 5 pm Where: Coast Village Road Info: www.coastvillageroad.com

Book Signing at Tecolote Doyle Hollister signs her first book, I Only Went Out for a Walk: Finding My Wilderness Soul on a California Ranch, detailing her upbringing as well as the history of her family’s ranch, Hollister Ranch When: 2 to 4 pm Where: Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 East Valley Road Info: 969-4977 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 Opening Party Opening celebration for new school, Master Yun Traditional Tai Chi & Kung Fu. The event will feature demonstrations of Tai Chi, Xing Yi, Bagua, Praying Mantis Kung Fu, Tong Bei, Traditional Weapons, and more! There will be free introductory classes, food, and a chance to talk with Master Yun and his students.

Children welcome.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Montecito Union School Board Meeting When: 4 pm Where: 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker When: 1 pm to 2:45 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road After School at Montecito Library Come play on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month; activities include tech toys, arts and crafts, Legos, and more. Children under the age of eight must have an adult present.

When: 3 to 4:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Emergency Preparedness Meeting The community is invited to hear new information and view the revised risk hazard and evacuation map. Spanish interpretation is available, and the meeting will be televised at www. youtube.com/user/CSBTV20.

When: 5:30 pm Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: www.readysbc.org THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13

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Biltmore, followed by a presentation of the slate of officers for 2019, approval of 2019 budget, and a special award presentation.

Following the business meeting, guest speakers from the Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue, who participated in the mud/debris flow search and rescue operations in Montecito, will talk about their work in the various disaster locations throughout California. RSVPs are helpful, but not required.

When: 10 am Where: Four Seasons Resort the Biltmore, 1260 Channel Drive Info: (805) 969-2537 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito When: 1 pm Where: Country 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 When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 Carpinteria Christmas Bird Count Beginning on Christmas Day, 1900 ornithologist Frank M. Chapman proposed a new holiday tradition: a “Christmas Bird Census” that would count birds during the holidays rather than hunt them. Since then, each year tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas brave snow, wind, or rain, and take part in the effort. Audubon and other organizations use data collected in this long-running wildlife census to assess the health of bird populations, and to help guide conservation action.

The data collected by observers over the past century allow Audubon researchers, conservation biologists, wildlife agencies, and other interested individuals to study the long-term health and status of bird populations across North America.

When combined with other surveys such as the Breeding Bird Survey, it provides a picture of how the continent’s bird populations have changed in time and space over the past hundred years.

The long-term perspective is vital for conservationists. It informs strategies to protect birds and their habitat, and helps identify environmental issues with implications for people as well.

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Village Beat

by Kelly Mahan Herrick

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

More on the Map

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ast week we reported on the impending release of a revised Debris Flow Risk Map, which includes revisions to evacuation zones. The release of the map precedes three scheduled community meetings in Montecito and Carpinteria this week and next; the map went live on Monday, December 3, and all residents are strongly encouraged to check and see if their debris flow risk status has changed.

The new map replaces an earlier iteration released in October, which showed 2,496 parcels in Montecito were in a debris flow risk zone, and would be under evacuation order during heavy storms. The new map takes into account a thorough study of our burned watershed, and includes extensive data collection, field reconnaissance, and scientific modeling based on new topography and clear debris basins and creek channels.

The County utilized FEMA Hazard

Mitigation Grant funds to cover 75 percent of the $124,000 total cost of revising the interactive map.

The map removes 959 parcels from the “red zone” from Montecito to Highway 150, roughly two-thirds of those homes are in Carpinteria, with the rest located in Montecito. Montecito Fire’s Division Chief of Operations Kevin Taylor explained that most of the removed parcels are on “the shoulders and perimeter” of the debris flow risk area. Many of those parcels are located near Westmont College and Sycamore Canyon Road. “This map represents refinement,” Taylor said, “And is based on the most scientific evidence we have.”

The map also adds 199 new parcels to the risk zone that were not identified on the old map. Two-thirds of those are in Montecito, mostly along the San Ysidro drainage in the Hedgerow.

“That was the only area that had significant numbers of properties added,

but a few other areas had one or two parcels added,” he said.

Taylor said the recent storms last week were a good indicator of the capacity of the basins and channels.

“They performed flawlessly, and we feel really good about the .8-inch threshold,” he said. Flood Control reps monitored the storm carefully, and report that two creek channels, Romero and Toro Canyon, reached the .8-inch per hour threshold, and any minor debris flows that occurred stayed within the channels.

According to the Office of Emergency Management, residents living below burn areas should refer to the map to see if their residence is in a risk area.

With more storms on the horizon, it is imperative that residents know if they should evacuate if a storm meets the rain threshold. In the event of a rapidly developing storm with little to no warning, residents living in the risk areas should have a plan to protect themselves and their family if it is not safe to evacuate. This can include going to a neighbor who lives on higher ground or sheltering in place.

During evacuations, several schools in Montecito will close including Montecito Union School, Laguna Blanca Lower School, and Crane Country Day School. Cold Spring School, Mount Carmel, and Westmont will remain open. The map will soon

include several Safe Zones, which people may access once a debris flow has occurred.

For those without access to the Internet and the map, they should contact their local fire department. For the Montecito Fire Protection District, call (805) 9697762; Carpinteria-Summerland Fire District, call (805) 566-2450; City of Santa Barbara Fire Department, call (805) 9655254; and in Goleta, call County Fire at (805) 681-5500.

Residents and visitors should also go to www.ReadySBC.org to register for Aware and Prepare emergency alerts and download materials for Storm Ready-Set-Go. Upcoming community meetings will focus on the new map as well as reiterate the County’s evacuation plans. They are scheduled for Wednesday, December 12, at 5:30 pm at Montecito Union School. A meeting hosted in Spanish is also scheduled for Monday, December 10, 5:30 pm, at St. Joseph’s Church in Carpinteria. The meetings will be broadcast live at www.youtube.com/ user/CSBTV20.

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Calm at Heart

The CALM committee Pati Clark, Sara Wilcox, Sherri Ball, and Susan Henry

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For their 7th annual luncheon, the theme was “CALM at Heart: Building Community.” As CEO Alana Walczak said, “We begin when the children are very young to prevent child abuse.”

After a reception by the sea at the Biltmore Coral Casino, we went into the ballroom for lunch. Master of Ceremonies Geoff Green from SBCC Foundation kicked off the program.

He introduced all the sponsors, the CALM staff, and the event committee: Sherri Ball, Sydney Casler, Pati Clark, Bobbi Didier, Jeannette Hahn, Susan Henry, Adele Laufer, Ashlyn McCague, Michelle Reiter, and Sara Wilcox. Board president is Bridget Foreman.

Jennifer Mundy and Frann Wageneck explained to the over 200 at the luncheon that CALM works with

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the schools to address mental health by having trained therapists in the schools to help not only the children but also the teachers. They believe that 20% of the students live with a mental condition. Suicide rates are astounding with the most seen in girls 10 to 14. It is not just a crisis here, but in the nation. Locally, Storytellers was the first school to participate. Now CALM is in all the preschool and elementary schools in Santa Barbara. Girls Inc. has joined in and other schools, too.

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In the words of principal Tracie Simolon, “The events of last school year were unlike anything we could have imagined. However, out of the tragedy we saw the greater community stand together and lift up one another. This was reflected in our school community as well. Our strength of purpose and sense of fam-

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boulders and whole trees.

The difference between communities is that Carpinteria enjoys a life and property-saving giant debris basin, paid for by the federal government while Montecito is saddled with inadequate debris basins, with no County funds budgeted for annual maintenance.

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A concerned group of Montecito residents, known as the Partnership for Resilient Communities, is attempting to raise $5.3 million in private contributions to pay for the installation of 15 flexible ring nets to protect our community from major debris flows. It is hoped that the anchored ring net installation, still mired in California Fish & Game permitting, can be installed before the onslaught of the winter rains. The goal is to install two ring nets in Cold Spring canyon, two in Hot Springs canyon, two in San Ysidro canyon, two in Romero Creek, and seven in Buena Vista Canyon because it is on private land, making it easier and faster to obtain environmental permits. Allegedly, the ring nets would double the holding capacity of Montecito’s inadequate debris basins.

Unfortunately, the cash-strapped County, mired in debt due to its pension and retirement health care obligations, is unable to contribute one dime to either the purchase, installation, or maintenance of the ring nets, despite receiving some $104 million in Montecito property taxes each year.

A New Randall Road Debris Basin

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To its credit, the County has directed staff to start negotiating with Randall Road homeowners to purchase eight one acre-sized lots that were destroyed during the 1/9 debris flow, seven on Randall, and one on East Valley. The plan is to build a future debris basin for San Ysidro Creek. The County is seeking $19 million in FEMA funding with a $6 million County match to fund the purchase. The land is assessed today at about $2 million, but under FEMA rules, homeowners would receive the pre-disaster land value. With private insurance payouts for homes and possessions, the homeowners would come out whole and could move on without the agony of rebuilding in an unsafe location.

The reaction of homeowners has been positive, except that homeowners below Randall Road and East Valley 192, and homeowners near Parra Grande Lane and East Valley, ask why not the same deal for them? A new debris basin could take two to five years to design, permit, and construct. The County has also applied to FEMA for another $5.6 million to expand the capacity of the three existing debris basins on San Ysidro, Montecito, and Romero Creeks, with a $1.9 million County match.

We are a close-knit community. We try to take care of ourselves. What happens to one of us, happens to all of us. But at this point we need all the financial help we can get from the County, FEMA and any other government agency to aid in our recovery and to get back to near normalcy. Meanwhile, let’s hope and pray that the current wider and well-maintained creek channels will save us during the next four months.

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We know that fun is real when it is an expression of this joy, and we believe that from the beginning, children can have the fun of Santa, unseparated from the understanding of the true Joy of Christmas.

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Brilliant Thoughts

by Ashleigh Brilliant Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD. in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara with wife Dorothy since 1973. No children. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000. Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ashleighbrilliant.com

Why? – A Dialogue Why? Why should I do it?

Because.

Because why?

Because They said so.

And who are They?

They are your Authority Figures, in the shape of your parent, your teacher, employer, minister, officer, judge, ruler – or even your spouse (remember that rash promise to “Love, honor, and obey”?).

A powerful bunch, I must say – But what is THEIR authority?

It resides in Laws, Doctrines, Holy Writings, Custom, Tradition – all ultimately backed, if necessary, by the one Authority nobody can argue with – the Big Stick, sometimes fondly known as Brute Force.

But doesn’t all that depend on some kind of suspension of common sense – some system of belief, reverence, faith, submission, acceptance?

Maybe, in the short term. But in the long run, what it depends on is God, or The Gods.

But all I want is what must be behind

everything: a simple Reason Why. Forgive me, but on hearing those words one cannot help being reminded of the Tennyson verse in which they are forever enshrined (or some would say embalmed): “Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die.”

Wasn’t that a poem about a great military blunder?

Yes, but it can also be a great blunder to question commands. As a rule, we all have to assume that whoever is giving orders knows what he’s doing, and – more to the point – knows more than you do about the whole situation.

There are two nasty names for inappropriately asking Why: Treason and Heresy. True, some lucky people do get away with it. Martin Luther, despite openly questioning the authority of the Pope, with his famous List of 95 “theses” nailed to a church door in 1517, managed to live another 29 years, and died in his own bed.

George Washington did even better, defying his King and becoming the “Father” of a whole new country.

Let’s get back to Reason.

Gods (and Generals) don’t give reasons. If you want reasons, you have to go to another God, called History.

Well, what does History have to say about the question of Why? What History says is that, more often than not, the people who ask Why are punished.

What kind of punishment can there be, just for asking Why? It can range all the way from a mild verbal reprimand to the most extremely cruel and painful tortures imaginable.

All of it ending, I suppose, in death?

Yes, strangely enough, death is still considered the worst of all penalties, even though it ends all suffering.

But if asking for reasons is so heavily penalized, surely there must also be rewards for not seeking reasons?

Oh, there are, and they can be very great, in terms of happiness, riches, and acclaim.

And I suppose that means no illness, or aging?

No, I’m afraid it doesn’t work quite like that.

You mean those who question, and those who don’t question, all end up the same way?

History would have it so. That may be why some of the other gods are still so popular.

Such as?

Well, the biggest God on today’s charts

is called Science. Science looks at the question of Why as a matter of Cause and Effect. Every Cause has an Effect, and every Effect must have a cause.

Sounds like the old Chicken-and-Egg problem. But there must be an answer here. There must have been some original chicken – some very first Cause.

Yes, and it used to have some very holy name, like Jehovah, or Allah. But now Science almost flippantly calls it the Big Bang.

So the answer to “Why must I take out the garbage?” has something to do with some explosion a few billion years ago?

Only if you worship the Gods of Science. Otherwise you can pin it on the Gods of the Health Department.

None of this is very satisfying.

Oh, is satisfaction all you want?

Have you tried Love? According to numerous songs, Love is Nature’s way of giving A reason to be living But there are also those who find all the satisfaction they need in such ordinary pursuits as travel, sport, gambling, politics, hobbies – even warfare.

In that case, satisfaction is not enough.

I want an answer to the question of WHY that will put a sensible end to this whole frustrating conversation.

There is such an answer, but you may not like it.

Well, what is it? I can’t take any more of this nonsense. ”WHY NOT?” •MJ

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Hill Road was slurry sealed – to my knowledge, Channel Drive has not been sealed or resurfaced at least for the past 30 years that I have lived there. It’s simple; an inspection of the road will render the correct answer.

“In any case, the potholes, cracks and the unsightly condition of the road exist as I write this note and the road justifiably is in dire need of resurfacing. I appreciate your assistance in advance.”

Any help Montecito Journal can give us would be appreciated too!

Hadi Makarechian A Channel Drive resident (Editor’s note: It does seem that Montecito, which pays more than its “fair share” of taxes to the County of Santa Barbara, gets way less attention than it deserves. But, let’s see how this rainy season goes, as repairs are probably better off being done in April, especially if we experience even more damage. – J.B.)

Goodbye California

It was the summer of 1960 when we arrived in Santa Barbara. As a third-generation Californian, it truly was the perfect choice.

At that time, we were really fortunate to be able to purchase a fine old Montecito wood house in the hilltop property of George Owen Knapp.

Restoration did take much time and effort.

For roughly 25 years, I had a really small antique and art business on Old Coast Village Road. Historically, there were thirteen gas stations on the onemile long road.

Since reality is a daily fact of life, the deeply tragic Montecito mudslide caused me to now live with one of my daughters in southern Oregon.

Montecito, in spirit, is always where my heart is. Sending best wishes to all.

Adios!

Gloria Hebert Montecito, now Oregon (Editor’s note: Wow, we are so sorry to hear about your loss. We’ll certainly miss your regular missives and hope you can return to Montecito at some point. – J.B.)

Montecito resident Isabella Fuentes was cast as Clara for last year’s production in State Street Ballet’s Nutcracker. Unfortunately for her and the rest of the cast, the production was called off because of the Thomas Fire and the evacuation of so many people from Santa Barbara. However, she will get a make-good on her dream with this year’s performances: she will now dance the star role.

This year’s Nutcracker is particularly important to Gustafson Dance students who were so disappointed by the 2017 show cancellations. These students work diligently; many train throughout their elementary and high school years, hoping to dance a featured role. Many other dance students

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(several from Montecito), as well as their supportive families, musicians, singers, and holiday theatre-goers will now have their chance to participate in this holiday favorite.

Three performances at the Granada — December 15 and 16 — feature

State Street Ballet, more than 100 Gustafson Dance students, Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra, and Matilija Junior High Chamber Choir to perform this time-honored classic.

Opulent sets from Russia, a gigantic Christmas tree, elegant costuming, and the Granada’s period-perfect architecture set the stage for holiday magic.

For 24 years, State Street Ballet has been dedicated to outreach and education, and they see The Nutcracker as the ideal production to foster community participation. The company’s dancers team up with talented students to provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for young dancers.

Sharing the stage is a unique and wonderful experience for both student and professional, and creates invaluable learning and mentoring possibilities.

Artistic Directors Rodney Gustafson and William Soleau are proud their company not only fosters local arts outreach, but also serves as cultural ambassadors for the city of Santa Barbara. State Street Ballet performs throughout the country, incorporating local dance students and musicians in many performances, and offering educational opportunities through master classes and community dance lessons. This holiday season, State Street Ballet’s performance in Santa Barbara comes at the end of their Nutcracker tour of Fresno, Spokane, and Durango for audiences ranging from 2,400 to more than 10,000.

Nutcracker performances are Saturday, December 15, at 2 pm and 7:30 pm, and Sunday, December 16, at 2 pm. Tickets are available at grana dasb.org or the Granada box office, 805.899.2222.

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The Holy Family

First United Methodist Church presents its Annual Living Nativity Complete with Live Animals.

Bring the entire family for this wonderful seasonal gift to the community – it’s free! The annual Living Nativity will be held for 3 nights: December 20, 21 and 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. In a tradition begun almost 30 years ago, the grassy area under the redwood tree next to the church is transformed into a rustic stable with silent tableau of the Holy Family, Wise Men, shepherds, angels, donkeys, goats and…. camels!

The 1927 Spanish Colonial Revival style church sanctuary will be open, decorated in seasonal finery including a display of crèches from around the world. Pianist Ann Leatherman will perform live Christmas music all three nights to add to the “awe” factor. Bring your camera and, if you are willing, volunteer to dress up as a shepherd and help tend the flock.

305 E. Anapamu (corner of Anapamu and Garden). Free parking in the church parking lot, enter from Garden Street. For more information call (805) 963-3579 or visit our website, www. fumcsb.org Methodist Church Members Santa Barbara

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In Passing Lolita “Tita” Mitchell Lanning November 21, 1933 to November 18, 2018

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olita Mitchell Lanning, or “Tita” to all who knew her, passed peacefully on Sunday, November 18 at Serenity House in Santa Barbara, with loved ones in attendance. Tita was the daughter of Lolita Armour of the Armour meat packing company in Chicago, IL and Jack Mitchell, who was president and co-founder of Santa Barbara’s Los Rancheros Visitadores as well as a founder of United Airlines.

Tita was born in New York City, and was adopted by Jack and Lolita Mitchell. She spent her early years between Chicago and Santa Barbara, growing along with the then small village of Montecito. Tita and her family lived at El Mirador estate in Santa Barbara. Purchased by her grandmother Lolita Sheldon Armour in 1914, the property was well known for beautiful Japanese and Italian gardens, and is one of the renowned garden properties in Montecito along with Lotusland, owned by Ganna Walska.

Throughout her topsy turvy life, Tita was friends with some of the most famous people of the day, including Walt Disney, who gave her a pony named Minnie, Barnaby Conrad, Julia Child, Leo Carrillo, Charles Lindberg, Shirley Temple, the Wrigley family of chewing gum fame, and many others. Tita was a good friend of Ganna Walska’s niece, Hania, and she wrote about Walska, the Meekers, and other early Santa Barbara families, and many other adventures in her memoir, The Wit to Win. In addition to being a published author, Tita was a life-long advocate for animals – especially dog rescue, providing a home to rescue dogs for over 62 years. Tita was also known for her philanthropy, her generosity, and gregarious nature. She volunteered her estate, El Mirador, for events as diverse as the Santa Barbara Writers conference to the Hillside House Sunset Soirees to lunches and picnics.

Her death is truly the end of an era.

Tita had the joy of reuniting with her biological family, the Dodsons, in the late 1980s. She is survived by her brothers, her four children, and four grandchildren.

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tion with local businesses and property owners, are hosting a festive shopping and tree lighting event on Coast Village Road. “We wanted to ‘go big or go home’ this year, given the events of the last holiday season,” said Board President Bob Ludwick.

The day of shopping local includes special offerings and refreshments from many retailers, a Santa photo opportunity at 1255 Coast Village Road, and a chance to enjoy the festive décor of the season. “We need this opportunity to feel whole again,” Ludwick said, adding that the CVA, with the help of several generous sponsors, are decorating the trees in the Coast Village Road median.

Serendipitously, there are 23 trees to cover in lights, the same number of Montecito residents lost in the mudslide in January. “When I realized that, I knew we had to do it,” Ludwick said of the lighting.

The shopping event is from noon to 4 pm, followed by entertainment and a tree lighting ceremony. Kids from Mt. Carmel, Montecito Union School, and Cold Spring School will offer their musical talents and voices prior to and after the special tree lighting ceremony at 5 pm. A large 16-foot community holiday tree will be up in front of Renaud’s Bistro, and center stage for the event will be the newly expanded

patio at Coast Village Plaza, directly in front of Giovanni’s Pizza and Here’s the Scoop, whose owners have generously donated discount “Scoopons” to all of the nearly 150 student performers. The parking aisle in either direction will be closed to traffic and transformed into a gathering area for the community to view these performances and enjoy the festivities of the season.

“The CVA board welcomes and encourages our community to come out and support the businesses of Coast Village Road, and to enjoy the beautiful decorations retailers have installed to enhance the joy to the street as it comes to life for these holidays,” Ludwick said.

Sponsors of the event include the owners from Olive Mill Plaza, CAVA, Calcagno & Hamilton, Coast Village Plaza, Montecito Journal, Four Seasons Resort the Biltmore, Energy Freedom, K.Frank, and the City of Santa Barbara.

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Caltrans Updates

Earlier this week, Caltrans released updates on the major construction projects currently underway in Montecito, all related to repairs following the 1/9 debris flow.

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Anne King, The Olive Mill Bridge will be reopen to traffic after this weekend, following a nearly four-month detour and partial closure

According to project manager Jason Kline, the project to replace the bridge rails on the Highway 101 overcrossing at Olive Mill Road is nearing completion; the installation of bridge rails on the western side of the bridge is currently underway, with the bridge rails on the eastern side already completed.

The traffic control and detours on Danielson Road are expected to end this weekend, weather permitting, when the sidewalk will re-open and Olive Mill returns to its full width for everyone. K-Rail will still be on site until the project is completely finished, and the supporting false work below the bridge on Highway 101 will be removed in early January, Kline said. The project is estimated to cost $1.5 million, and is being finished ahead of schedule.

Kline would like to remind Montecito residents that come Monday morning, there will no longer be flaggers at the intersection of North Jameson and San Ysidro, who were controlling traffic during the school drop-off hours.

“We’ve been alleviating traffic there for months to help the congestion, but that will not be the case anymore,” he said. “Drivers should use extra caution when using that intersection in the mornings.”

A ribbon cutting ceremony for the finished bridge is slated for later this month.

This week, motorists on Highway 101 can also expect alternating lane closures due to the resurfacing of both lanes in each direction of the freeway between Hermosillo Road and Evans Avenue. The work began earlier this week, and will continue for roughly two weeks, weather permitting.

Caltrans also continues to rebuild and repair six bridges along State Route 192 following the 1/9 debris flows and flooding. The bridge repair and replacement are expected to cost $30 million, and are expected to be finished early next year.

Montecito Creek Bridge: Abutment work has been completed, and construction continues seven days a week from 7 am until 6 pm, weather permitting, to maintain the integrity of the construction site and surrounding area during the rainy season. This bridge is expected to be re-opened to traffic with some restrictions in mid-

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San Ysidro Creek Bridge: Bridge rail work has been completed, crash cushions, guardrail, and bike rail work is continuing. Both lanes remain open during construction.

Romero Canyon Creek Bridge: Structure work has been completed with roadway and utility work continuing. This bridge is expected to be re-opened to traffic by mid-January.

Toro Creek Bridge: Bridge rails have been poured on one side of the bridge with the other side to be poured following the relocation of water lines in December. Roadway and utility work is ongoing. This bridge is expected to re-open without restrictions by the end of February. The bridge remains open to one lane of traffic until complete.

Highway 192 remains closed at multiple locations between Sycamore Canyon/Camino Viejo Road and Cravens Lane. Caltrans reminds motorists to move over and slow down when driving through highway work zones.

Los Arroyos Opens in Solvang

Earlier this fall, one of Santa Barbara and Montecito’s most popular restaurants expanded north, opening a location in Solvang in the Santa Ynez Valley. “The Valley has needed a Los Arroyos for years, and we are happy to finally have made it happen,” said co-owner Maria Arroyo, who sat down with us recently to show us the new space, which opened in September.

Maria and Tony Arroyo opened the original Los Arroyos in Santa Barbara on Figueroa Street in 1999, followed by the Montecito store on Coast Village Road in 2004. After their divorce, the pair went their separate ways, and Tony went on to open restaurants in Camarillo, Goleta, and Indiana. Maria and her husband Todd Mehl moved to Santa Ynez Valley a few years back, and it wasn’t long before Maria, who was helping with marketing the Los Arroyos restaurant brand, approached Tony about opening a Solvang eatery.

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and tends to lean to the right. They showed a clip from two years ago where President Trump said he was going to be “a voice of the people.”

Great!

The President now pontificates that the Press (mostly liberal, but some conservatives) are an “enemy of the people,” which most from the left and right disagree with.

My point is if the President continues this rhetoric he himself may find he’s the enemy of the people, or does he even care? It won’t be fake news either.

Thomas Carlisle Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Yeah, we hate the phrase “enemy of the people” too. Even though President Trump says “Fake News” is the enemy of the people, and not all the Press, the context is just too close to the kind of verbiage dictatorial regimes often use. We too hope he stops using those words. – J.B.)

Laid Back Montecito

Thanks for publishing my letter (“Poor Old Charlie,” MJ # 24_48). My husband thinks I’ll get blowback from it. Truth is truth so I don’t care; the information needed to be expressed although I bet it doesn’t change the myth. In today’s Coastal View “Throw

Back Thursday” has an article about the Chaplin wedding and a photo of the judge’s home on page 20. It tells about the mad dash through Montecito when a News-Press reporter and photographer followed Charlie Chaplain and Oona O’Neill from the courthouse.

Many years ago Martha Clyde told me about it; her husband, George, was the reporter (later our County Supervisor for Montecito). In the 1950s when Ronald Colman and Al Weingan (later a State Senator) owned the San Ysidro Ranch, we local kids with our own horses had a Pony Club at the stables. The Colmans’ daughter Juliette was a member and we all had great fun riding together. As a special treat, Mr. Colman would have movies sent up from Hollywood and we’d watch them (at night) in the hotel lobby.

We went to a neighbor’s big home to watch Lost Horizons and Mr. and Mrs. Colman sat there with us. What a huge treat to see Juliette’s dad in a movie! Mrs. Colman and Juliette’s governess, Chrissy, came to the stables and painted two rooms that had been used for tack so the riding master could live there. They also made prizes for our horseback games.

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More Than a Trace

Mr. Ray Winn is once again using his cherry-picking skills to defend his political conclusions regarding climate change (“Weather or Not,” MJ # 24/47). He portrays CO2 as a ‘trace gas’ implying it has no effect. Cyanide is also a ‘trace gas,’ so what’s his point? As I explain in my Planetary Exploration class at SBCC, CO2 is an important greenhouse gas because it absorbs thermal IR radiation emitted by the warm Earth. Thus, as we’ve doubled the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere, the amount of heat retained by CO2 has also doubled.

Venus is a good example of a ‘runaway greenhouse.’ Its atmosphere is 90% CO2 and its surface is hotter than the innermost planet, Mercury.

But I agree with one point Mr. Winn makes: Earth needs some CO2 and the mild greenhouse it provides. If there were no CO2 in our atmosphere, Earth would be a very cold place.

The other important aspect of CO2 which makes it more effective than water vapor (another greenhouse gas) is that it’s ‘well-mixed,’ meaning that once it gets into the atmosphere, it disperses and takes a long time (centuries) to leave. Water vapor concentrations are continually evolving (though rain has been rather sparse lately) and is not increasing steadily as CO2 is. Mr. Winn undoubtedly knows all this, but it apparently doesn’t fit his ‘political party affiliation.’ He also knows the difference between weather and climate. And while weather forecasting has benefited from the use of new observations and atmospheric models and supercomputers on which to run them, climate models are different and have progressed markedly.

But even disregarding our ability to perfectly predict weather and climate, it’s common sense that if we double the amount of heat stored by CO2 in the atmosphere, something is going to happen.

Mr. Winn concludes his letter with a plea for us to use the best science to “rationally draw the best conclusions.” Again, his party affiliation may have kept him from noticing that it’s been done. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (https:// www.ipcc.ch) made up of thousands of scientists has released several reports and the Fourth US National Climate Assessment was just released (https://nca2018.globalchange. gov). Its first summary conclusion: “Climate change creates new risks and exacerbates existing vulnerabilities in communities across the United States, presenting growing challenges to human health and safety, quality of

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Progressive taxation I believe the only way a voting democracy can succeed, is when every voter contributes nearly an equal amount to government funding. Otherwise, folks will tend to vote for anything they see as a personal benefit to themselves, with little or no concern for those providing the funds.

How does progressive taxation tally with the 14th amendment equal protection clause? “Another argument raised is that because the federal income tax is progressive, the discriminations and inequalities created by the tax should render the tax unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law.”

But of course, government courts, in on the fix, “have ruled such arguments have been ruled without merit under contemporary jurisprudence.”

Right, right, right. Other arguably valid constitutional arguments (1st, 5th, 13th, 16th, 17th), have likewise been swatted down by the courts whose employees thrive on lordship and taxation.

This is the fatal flaw with progressive taxation.

30 children on a bus decide to vote whether to go to Disneyland or head home. Fifteen children will not have to pay. Ten children will get in at half price. Five children will pay the rest of the bill. Majority rules.

How do you think the vote will go?

Steve King Carpinteria (Editor’s note: “Progressive” taxation was a favorite scheme of Karl Marx, and unfortunately, it has taken hold in virtually all Western style democracies, none more so than here in the U.S., where nearly 50% of the population pays nothing and regularly votes for more taxes anyway.

Everyone should pay something. – J.B.)

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Regarding Bob Hazard’s Legal Revolution remarks, I’m all for eliminating as many lawyers as possible (and their often unconscionable fees, usually accompanied with no guarantee), however, how’s Watson ever gonna be admitted to the Bar? More seriously, an attorney told me a premier, I guess, general law look-up site is FindLaw.com if one can’t hire the doctor.

Ben Burned Montecito P.S. I’m still interested in hearing where the Thorns in Carpinteria pick up their political beliefs (I’ll bet Alex Jones fits in there somewhere).

(Editor’s note: If the Thorns are reading this they’ll probably respond in an upcoming issue – J.B.) •MJ 6 – 13 December 2018

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Proudly supporting the Alzheimer’s Association is Leslie Ridley-Tree with Katina Etsell and Sarah Rafferty (photo by Priscilla)

Andrea and Dana Newquist attending the Your Brain Matters Luncheon with Rhonda Spiegel (photo by Priscilla)

David Bolton with King Felipe and Queen Letizia, awarded Spanish knighthood

government and reigning monarch in this way.”

The impressive ceremony, with consul general Javier Vallaure de Acha, will be held April 24, fittingly enough, Santa Barbara founding day by the Spanish in 1782, at the historical museum, followed by a candlelit dinner at the Presidio Chapel.

Mind Over Matter The Alzheimer’s Association held its fifth anniversary Your Brain Matters lunch at the Hilton, with a special

tribute to longtime supporter, sweet Swede Gerd Jordano, co-founder of the Alzheimer’s Women’s Initiative.

The boffo bash for 500 guests, chaired by Leslie Ridley-Tree, raised around $250,000 and honored actress Sarah Rafferty, who co-starred with Meghan Markle – now the Duchess of Sussex – on the USA network’s Suits, with the Alzheimer’s Leadership Award, with a special caregiver award to Bob Linscheid.

Heather Snyder gave research updates on the brain disease

Mitchel Sloan, Rhonda Spiegel, Kiersten Hess, Ashleigh Davis, Lynne Andugar, and Richard Mann at the Your Brain Matters lunch (photo by Priscilla)

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that affects more than 5.7 million Americans, two thirds of them women, while auctioneer Vinny Zapien conducted the auction, which included a two-night stay at the new Rosewood Miramar Beach hotel, which went for a hefty $8,250.

“Alzheimer’s is the third leading cause of death in California and the fourth leading cause of death in Santa Barbara County alone,” says Rhonda

Spiegel, CEO of the organization’s Central Coast chapter.

Among the tony throng making the fete a memorable occasion were former mayor Helene Schneider, Rona Barrett, Anne Gersh, Caroline Thompson, Steve Ortiz, George Leis, Christine Emmons, Sigrid Toye, Peter Jordano, Dana and Andrea Newquist, Catherine Remak, Teresa Valko, Hiroko Benko, Stan and Betty Hatch,

Judi Weisbart, Val Montgomery, Paul Didier, Mark Danielson, Beverlye Hyman Fead, Diana MacFarlane, Penny Jenkins, Katina Etsell, Alixe Mattingly, and Rhonda Henderson.

Wedding Bells It was quite the wedding at the Montecito Inn when prolific author Carl Boggs tied the knot with Laurie Nalepa, a dean at Los Angeles Valley

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by Ford Roosevelt, grandson of FDR. Carl, who has written 23 books, spent much of his childhood in our rarefied enclave, just a tome’s toss from Miramar Beach.

Among the guests checking out the nuptials were author Peter McLaren, L.A. Weekly founder Jay Levin, best

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he UCSB Jazz Ensemble combos directed by Dr. Jon Nathan held a three-hour jazz lunch concert at SOhO on Sunday, December 2. The jam was sold out, with standing room only the entire time. Kudos to SOhO for packing the club on a busy Sunday afternoon during the holidays.

The gig started off with the Grad Group of Tanner Cassidy on alto sax, Jon Nathan on drums, Jacob Acousta on bass, Josh Sheltzer on tenor sax, Chris Villarino on guitar, and Sinan Isik on piano, performing five standards including “Boogie Stop Shuffle,” and “Grand Central.”

The Supersax Ensemble was next, doing various arrangements of the jazz classics, “Confirmation,” “Doozy,” and “Roc Bottom,” but sealed it with “Au Privave” by Charlie Parker. Musicians: Elijah Castro alto sax, Benito Gonzalez alto sax, Justin Surnami tenor sax, Blake Reader tenor sax, Mikey Zhitnitsky baritone sax, Jalaal Ahmad guitar, Aidan Monousos piano, Harry Smidt bass,

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Next up was the Danny Toomey Combo of Danny on guitar with green nail polish, Nathan Kruse piano, Nathan McCall bass, Charlie Prindle drums, Cole Williams vibraphone, Andrew Zakoor alto sax, Khalil Droubi trombone, and Jalen Choy trumpet. They started with “Nightwalk” [Rick Braun], a technically challenging song for horn.

Toomey slid in with a guitar solo on “Invitation” [Bronisław Kaper] and “The Egyptian,” both songs made most famous by the irreplaceable Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and now more interesting by his interpretations. Their set ended with a Toomey original titled “Ipanema Contract” where saxist Andrew gave it all he got.

A 13-member big band, loosely called the Paich/Aldcroft band, with Jon conducting performed “Breakfast Wine,” “What’s Your Story Morning Glory” sung by Kristina Tsanova,

Super blues singer Kennedy Didier with bassist Harry Smidt

“Just by Myself” as arranged by the legendary jazz tenor saxophonist Benny Golson featured Angel on trumpet. The set finale was Charlie Parker’s “Anthropologie” a la Art Pepper. Musicians were Ian Kligman clarinet, Max Roberts sax, Blake Reader tenor sax, Mikey Zhitnitsky baritone sax, Joey Sakoi trumpet, Angel Hernandez trumpet, Cecelia Bell trombone, Sriram Ramamurthy trombone, Nick Masuk bass trombone, Chris Villarino guitar, Reno Behnken piano, Nathan McCall bass, Charlie Prindle drums, and Kristina Tsanova vocals.

Three female vocalists then performed: freshman Amy Jiang, graduate student and classical violinist Kristina Tsanova from Bulgaria, and everyone’s favorite blues singer graduating this year Kennedy Didier.

Jiang’s attempt at the Chet Baker hit, “I Fall In Love Too Easily,” receives a nod. Tsanova with English as her

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second language and this show her first at jazz, shone a new light on the complex melodies and vocal variations in the song “All God’s Chillun’ Got Rhythm/Little Willie Leaps” in the key of C, her timing and pitch on point. She followed with a switch in tempo with the haunting “Skylark” in B flat, proving her range. Kennedy did not disappoint jumping in with her a capella – save electric bass by Harry Smidt on “Humdrum Blues,” followed by “Old Devil Moon,” where she switched tonalities lending a Les Paul era singer style. Chops indeed.

The jam ended with drummer Matt Perko’s group with Harry Smidt electric bass, Reno Behnken piano, Selim Karahan alto sax, Sriram Ramamurthy trombone, Kinamee Rhodes trumpet, and Lucas Brooker guitar. Their sound was very flawless and in tune with the music and each other as a band, a clearly well-rehearsed troupe.

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by Steven Libowitz

Fiery Fiddling from France

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ot surprisingly, the Moldovan-born virtuoso violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja turned out to be one of the most ambitious and active music directors of the Ojai Music Festival when she headed up the venerable classical music festival this past summer. Her four-day visit to the mountain village veered from a solo performance unplugged in Libbey Park to the vitally visceral “Dies Irae” theatrical suite, with stops at Ligeti’s Violin Concerto and the suite version of Stravinsky’s “The Soldier’s Tale.”

The Grammy Award-winner who excels at both the classical repertoire and new commissions and reinterpretations of modern masterworks has been hailed as “dizzyingly unpredictable and almost unbearably exciting”

by Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times, and praised as “a player of rare expressive energy and disarming informality, of whimsy and theatrical ambition” by The New York Times.

Now, just six months after Ojai (an experience she termed “just heaven”), Kopatchinskaja makes her Santa

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.

Hall. The violinist discussed Ojai, the recital, and more in an email interview.

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja makes her Santa Barbara debut (photo by Julia Wesely)

Barbara debut performing in recital with frequent collaborator pianist Polina Leschenko in a program featuring mostly French works by Poulenc, Ravel, Enenscu, and Bartók, this Tuesday, December 11, at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn

Q. You brought “Dies Irae,” the recent composition about, in your words, “our biosphere and civilization being doomed by global warming,” to Ojai. I have a few questions about the implications of the piece: First, having just done an interview with David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet about their banned countries project, I am curious about the question of musicians actively engaging in the political/social debate. (Sometimes to me it seems like classical musicians are the nowadays revolutionaries, akin to folksingers in the 1960s).

A. I am not one of these artists who think that they are so terribly important as to have their say about everything. So this is not about a “political/ social debate.” It’s about all serious scientists of this world – also those of the Trump administration – telling us that we are on a path of collective and accelerating suicide. We are the

first generation who has the chance to realize this, and the last one who has a chance to do something. We have an actionable window of a couple of years and we are basically doing nothing.

Do you feel you are having an impact in some way, or are you satisfied with purely having the outlet for artistic expression, or is it something else?

How could I be satisfied? No, I’m desperate and panicking. There is no impact at all. The prayers of the right are as useless as the electric cars, and the Paris Agreement is basically a political fig-leaf, insufficient, non-binding, and not followed even by those who did not leave it.

Would you talk about your commitment and devotion to playing new music? Why is it important to you?

Is it art if we repeat the always same core repertoire of classical music? This reminds me of the small town in China where everybody paints van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” to hundreds each month for sale. Or do you have the habit of reading the journals of 1850? Or should universities repeat the experiments of the 20th century?

Having studied composition and having composed myself I am just curious what happens today. Isn’t this the most natural thing of the world? Or

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do I need a psychiatric assessment?

Turning to the upcoming recital here in Santa Barbara, you are performing with pianist Polina Leschenko, who I know you see as much more than an accompanist, and who has been described as being as “extremist” as you are. You’ve also been quoted as saying you had a lot of fun in the studio making your new record together. It seems you have risk-taking and boundary-pushing in common. How do you describe your connection? Do you feed off it? And in what ways to the lines between musical and personal intersect in your working together?

If you hear Polina, you will know immediately: What incredible virtuosity, what elegance, what refinement, and how she brings out edges and harmonies you never knew they existed even in known pieces like “Ravel’s Tzigane.” She seems a caressing pussycat, but suddenly she shows the claws of the tiger.

I noticed that there aren’t any very contemporary works on the program as announced. This seems contrary to your desire to further modern music. Would you explain your choices?

Well, all the pieces played are less than a hundred years old; that’s better than most concerts. This program has its origins in the Paris between the wars: Bartok played his first sonata

in a private concert with his muse violinist Jelly d’Aranyi, while Ravel turned the pages for him and Poulenc turned the pages for Jelly. After the performance Ravel told Bartok that he would write a Hungarian rhapsody – the “Tzigane” – for Jelly. This was an outright and cheeky provocation because Bartok had just written in the Parisian Revue Musicale how much he abhorred Liszt’s Hungarian rhapsodies and the Hungarian dances of Brahms. And Jelly tried to extract a violin sonata from Poulenc but to no avail. It was only the brilliant violinist Ginette Neveu which succeeded to have a sonata during the German occupation of Paris in WWII. In every movement Poulenc quotes the jazz-standard “tea for two“, which was forbidden by the Nazis and the sonata was dedicated to the poet Federico Garcia-Lorca, who had been murdered by the fascists. Enescu was also part of this Parisian Galaxy. In 1927 he premiered Ravel’s violin sonata with the composer at the piano, and in the same year he also premiered his famous third sonata, “Dans le caractère populaire Roumain,” one of his best pieces.

Changing directions, I loved where I read in another interview that one of

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the ways you see yourself as a musician is to try to “make myself as empty and receivable as possible, so that every piece at any point can find the best place in my brain, my heart, and my hands.” I’m curious how you balance that idea of being an empty vessel with bringing your own emotions, intellect, and passion to the pieces?

Being empty means above all, to forget everything what you had heard and were taught about a piece, and then build a fresh, personal, and authentic encounter with all your faculties, this meaning that you have to invest yourself totally, that’s what I mean if I say that “You have to become the piece.”

Classical Corner

Hallelujah! Cartwright commands Christmas: The Santa Barbara Choral Society’s annual The Hallelujah Project concert has become a cherished Christmastime tradition after just five years. This year, the Goleta Valley Junior High Chorus and baritone soloist Tyler Reece join the society’s orchestra and singer for a program featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Fantasia on Christmas Carols,” “White Christmas,” and other holiday chestnuts, for the Saturday-Sunday, December 8-9, shows at the Lobero.

The re-telling of the classic “Twas the Night Before Christmas” set to orchestration features narration by Angela Cartwright, best known for her roles opposite Danny Thomas in Make Room for Daddy, as Brigitta Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, and as Penny Robinson in Lost in Space.

‘Seasons’ for CAMA centennial: Avi Avital, the first mandolin soloist to be nominated for a classical Grammy, serves as featured soloist for Vivaldi’s famed “The Four Seasons” in the centerpiece work of the free community concert starring the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra performing an all-Vivaldi program at the Granada Theatre at 8 pm on Tuesday, December 11. The Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) concert, which also features the composer’s Concerto for Two Violins in G Minor and Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor, is a gift to the community in celebration of CAMA’s 100th season.

Strings and things: Santa Barbara Strings’ free Winter Chamber Recital combines the educational program’s The Honors Quartet, Piano Quartet, Piano Trio, String Quartets, String Trio, and Cello/Piano Duo in a program of works by Brahms, Mozart, and more, at 3 pm Sunday, December 9, at The Samarkand Mountain Room, 2550 Treasure Drive.

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Ensemble Theatre Company presents The Legend of Georgia McBride, directed by Jenny Sullivan

3Qs for ETC’s Jenny Sullivan

Long time Southern California and frequent Ensemble Theatre Company director Jenny Sullivan doesn’t want people to make same mistake she did, which was to wait until the last performance of The Legend of Georgia McBride when it ran at the Geffen Theater in LA in spring 2017. “It was so funny and so moving. I just adored it,” she said over the phone last week.

“But I was frustrated because I really wanted to see it again.”

So she was an immediate yes when ETC head Jonathan Fox asked Sullivan if she wanted to direct the Dealer Logo company’s production of the play

by Matthew Lopez – whose previous works include the Civil War-era drama The Whipping Man and the gaygrief piece Reverberation – that runs December 6-23 at the New Vic. “I just howled!” she said.

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Q. How is Legend similar or different from other straight man to drag plays?

A. It’s people who you would never think would have a connection finding each other. But that’s true of every character in the play; it’s a journey for all of them. There are real heartfelt emotions that arise through the relationships. I found myself laughing and then crying at the Geffen, and it’s still happening in our rehearsals.

I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food. – W.C. Fields

That’s the goal of great theater in general. How does it work here?

It’s about a guy learning how to grow up and be honest in his relationships, authentic in himself, and more accepting of other people, as well as what it is to be an artist. He’s doing Elvis for fun, being a drag queen was never on his radar. But once he lands in it and becomes “legendary,” it’s really moving. What happens to him and his wife is the journey that forms the heart of the play. The characters come from a very real place; it’s not just a great dress or a big wig, but three-dimensional characters taking risks.

I would think, then, that the casting is almost everything. All the actors are new to ETC. Were you familiar with them?

I knew some of them from over the years, but had never worked together. I’ve seen Steven Spencer in lots of Shakespeare up in Ashland. He’s a real guy’s guy, so it’s fun to see him go through the transformation. Both of the actors who put on the high heels and do an art form that takes years for professionals to figure out have been very courageous, doing their research but also just diving into the deep end. It’s a real pleasure to watch them.

RTC’s ‘Pacific’ Pride

Just shy of 70 years after South Pacific premiered on Broadway, collecting eight Tony Awards (including best musical and all four acting categories) and receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Drama – and 10 years after the Broadway revival earned seven more Tonys – Rubicon Theatre Company closes out its 20th season with a two-piano version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s soaring musical epic set on an exotic island during World War II. Katharine Farmer directs a cast of 28 led by Tony honoree Ben Davis (Baz Luhrmann’s La

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SEEN (Continued from page 15) Mount Carmel event co-chairs Ruthann Morrison and Mary Pat Whitney on either side of principal Tracie Simolon, taken at the school

Group Teri Green, Andra MacLeod, Mary Pat Whitney, Audrey and Alan Nafsiger and Ron MacLeod and the Evening of Gratitude (photo by Mary Pat Whitney)

Revered John P. McGarry, S.J. with Maribel Jarchow and Father Lawrence Seyer at the Mount Carmel fundraiser

ily carried us through many trials.

Our students learned lessons in compassion and resilience that cannot be learned from a textbook. The faculty

and staff showed perseverance in the face of adversity and lived out their vocation to educate and support the whole child.”

John Palminteri receiving his award from principal Tracie Simolon (photo by Mary Pat Whitney)

KEYT reporter John Palminteri was the honoree. He is a dedicated parishioner and reporter. Among the many accolades is an Emmy Award in 2016 for KEYT News Channel 3’s coverage of the Refugio Oil Spill. And of course, for the coverage of the fire and debris flow.

Master of Ceremonies Gabe Saglie introduced his friend John. In fact, John introduced Gabe to his wife.

After many glowing words, John joked, “You said everything I wrote for you.”

During the reception, there were many goodies to bid on including those made by various grades in school. Auctioneer Matt Chung ended the evening with a variety of live auction items such as a dinner for

six with Father Lawrence in the rectory. Or you could cheer on the Los Angeles Kings when they play the Edmonton Oilers in January traveling in a luxury limo. How about a flight in a North American AT6 trainer plane?

Will Kalbermatter will help you soar.

The co-chairs Ruthann Morrison and Mary Pat Whitney had us mingling amid lanterns entwined with roses and candles. Their hardworking committee was Michelle Damiani, Eric Lovette, Natalie Strahl, Maureen Wooten, Meredith Sodomka, Angela Lopopolo, Melinda Trembly, Angela Groeninger, Megan Hubbs, Tanya Masterson, Rachel Trautwein, Kim Lanford, Dianne Duva, Kasia Brand, Alia Porinsh, Karen Bell, Billy Mandarino, Kyla Rightmer,

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Me Too Movement

Arts & Lectures from UCSB recently presented a long-time worker for the “Me Too” movement, Tarana Burke.

She is from the Bronx, New York and the movement isn’t new to her. She’s been working in the social justice field for 25 years, particularly with girls who are brown and black and have suffered sexual abuse and assault. As Time 100 said, “the stage will be bigger and the microphone turned all the way up” because of all the publicity this last year. And so Tarana now travels all over the United States doing her work.

Tarana attended a reception with primarily UCSB students before her talk at Campbell Hall. She generously offered her time there for a Q & A and there was no shortage of questions.

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Their Eyes Were Watching God. She admitted that she had also read all of Shakespeare. When asked how she recharges, she told how close she is to her daughter and they get together and also her faith is very important.

Tarana said she loved being black and advised the students to find their “thing.” Tarana was working with a non-profit at age 13. She usually worked behind the scenes and believes that power is not the story of abuse but how you survived. She rarely tells her own story and prefers to dwell on how she got through the ordeal. A mentor once told her at age 14, “You have power now. You don’t have to wait. You are worthy just because you exist.”

Tarana learned from Maya Angelou that the body can hold both pain and joy at the same time. Tarana says the number of people with a story is staggering. Probably more than half of the student body. She created the “Me Too” campaign at her youth organization, Just Be, in 2006 to help survivors. Actress Alyssa Milano amplified the phrase in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal. Time magazine named Tarana a 2017 Person of the Year and she received the 2018 Ridenhour Prize for Courage.

Miller McCune Executive Director Celesta M. Billeci reminded us that Arts & Lectures is 60 years old. She thanked the crowd for sustaining our vibrant cultural life and 2018 and 2019 will be no exception.

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South Pacific runs December 8-23.

Holiday Heroes: SOS Gets More ‘Personal’

It’s nothing personal, but Speaking of Stories’ 25th season of performances will also be its last. It seems the popularity of the format featuring short stories read out loud by actors and others has waned over the last several years to the point where it’s no longer financially feasible to mount a full season’s slate of shows.

“It’s just an evolution of time and space,” explained Teri Ball, SOS executive producer of the series since it shifted to Center Stage Theater after almost a decade at the Lobero.

“This format is a great one, and we have a small and loyal audience that loves us. But it’s not large enough.

Having a live experience in a shared space is probably even more important as people spend more time at

home (watching Netflix or otherwise online), but we have to face reality.”

So, following the annual humor-only weekend Nothing But Laughs on April 28-29 and the regular opengenre Celebration of Stories May 19-20 featuring performances by actor Joe Spano and Montecito’s own T.C. Boyle, the series will grind to a halt. But the two presentations that comprise the other half of the final season will soldier on, as those events – which find local actors and writers sharing their own first-person true tales drawn from their own private lives – are actually growing in popularity, both in submissions and subscribers.

“It’s a format that seems to really speak to people,” Ball said. “Your friends and neighbors have incredible stories to tell, and we love hearing them share them live on stage.”

So the SOS season kicks off December 6-9 with Holiday Memories, a brand-new entry that extends on the four-year run of its Personal Stories presentation, based on the radio program/stage show “The Moth,” with the difference that all of the stories are actually fully written and rehearsed rather than improvised in the moment.

Twenty new tales covering Christmas and other Yule-time yearnings will be delivered by their

Santa Barbara Literary Journal publishes second volume

authors in two completely different programs each presented twice over the weekend, with the performers including several well-known Santa Barbara actors (Michael Bernard, Ed Giron, Cami Helmuth) and well-published local writers (Gerald DiPego, Linda Stewart-Oaten, Julia McHugh) as well as relative newbies to both endeavors.

The stories range from memories from a senior who served as a POW during WWII to a 20-year-old’s tale of the transformation of his relationship with his mother, and from creating a new connection a few days before a parent passes to having Christmas “ruined” by a fourth grader, not to mention the Christmas monkey.

“The stories are all over the place,” Ball said. “Touching, heartwarming, hysterical, or all three.”

What you won’t hear, it turns out, are any tales about the twin tragedies that struck Santa Barbara last holiday season. “I thought we would get some of those, either for the holiday stories or the regular Personal Stories show in February, but it hasn’t come up at all. I haven’t seen any.”

But Ball and team are pleased to be making a valuable contribution to local literature that wasn’t in the picture when SOS began a quarter-century ago. “It’s cool to know that some of these stories are written specifically for these shows, and wouldn’t exist otherwise,” she said.

“I love knowing that we’ve provided an opportunity for people to write, and then get to share their experiences live on stage.”

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The Santa Barbara Writers Conference has birthed a lot of books and other published works in its decades-long history, including Montecito author Fannie Flagg’s Fried Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg before it is broken. – M.F.K. Fisher

Green Tomatoes. This year, SBWC can claim another new offspring via the Santa Barbara Literary Journal, a fully bound volume that debuted this summer and has just published its second volume of poetry, etc.

The idea for the journal grew out of writing prompts at an early morning Sci-Fi fantasy flash fiction workshop at SBWC 2017, according to Angela Borda, who goes by the pen name Silver Webb in her role as “editrix” of the LitJo (a title chosen because it seemed a “more fun way to represent that writing is joyous”). “All these writers who get together once a year are very talented, but it’s almost impossible to get published on your own,” she said. “The Journal is a way for writers to have something tangible on the shelves and in their hands that they can say ‘I’m a part of that.’ It’s important for your work to get out in the world.”

Borda expressed doubts about the potential connotations of the word “literary,” noting that it might make people think that the pieces are “terribly dry and boring, and only for rarified readers.” But, she said, any writing done well can be literature. So the SB LitJo features a range of works, including sci-fi and fantasy as well as song lyrics amid the short stories, poems, and essays.

Volume 2 carries the theme of “Cor Sepentis” (Heart of the Serpent), and many of the works makes allusions to that image, one way or another.

“It really works to unify the journal,” Borda said. “I’m really proud the way it turned out.”

The new Literary Journal will have its official release party at 1 pm on Saturday, December 8, at Karpeles Manuscript Museum, where all of the contributors have been invited to read, or, in the case of the lyricists, sing a song. Refreshments will be served at the event, which also features a presentation of the Black Cat Award. Admission is free. Visit www. sblitjo.com for details.

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the curious traveler

by Jerry Camarillo Dunn, Jr.

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Across Canada by Train: The Brochure vs. the Reality

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The Canadian - en route

t was ten at night, and two weary travelers stood at Track 17 at Toronto’s Union Station, waiting to board The Canadian. The brochure for this flagship of Canada’s VIA Rail system had promised “comfortable accommodations” in “superior sleeper cabins,” and we were filled with the anticipation of looking out our window as the train glided past “gentle

prairie fields, rugged lake country, and picturesque towns to the snowy peaks of the Rockies . . . with ease, comfort, and exceptional service.”

Then my wife, Merry, and I climbed the metal steps up into Car 113, opened the door of Compartment C, and saw a room for which the word “small” didn’t begin to cover it. Our superior sleeper cabin was a box that measured seven feet, three inches on a side.

I’m 6’6” just by myself.

The friendly car attendant, Marty Duclos, had let down our stacked upper and lower bunks and made them with crisp white sheets. The bunks, however, left only enough space in the compartment for one person to sidle sideways. With two of us in the compartment, to get to the sink or window we had to plan strategic moves. It was like one of those little puzzle games where you slide one tile

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over and one tile up.

Whoever had shot photos of our Sleeper Plus Class cabin for VIA Rail’s glossy brochure must have stood out in the hallway with a wide-angle lens.

Marty opened the door to our private commode, helpfully explaining how to flush: We were to push the “WC” button, not the call button for the attendant. “There are a lot of things I can help with,” he said with a twinkle, “but usually that’s not one of them.”

The Canadian’s cars date to the mid1950s, the era of silver streamliners.

They’ve been preserved, if not much updated. Marty advised: “Close the sink drain at night. It sounds silly, but it reduces the noise from the tracks below.”

I wondered where to stow our two carry-ons, given that the closet was a slot in the wall maybe five inches wide. I managed to slide Merry’s suitcase under the lower bunk. Mine went on a shelf high above the sink.

Soon we’d be wrestling stuff out of these bags – toothbrushes, nightgown, Kindles – and I’d climb the ladder to the upper bunk for the night.

First, though, we had a laugh taking a photo of me lying on the lower bunk with one foot straight out and the other foot stuck through the rungs of the ladder, my legs splayed. In the tiny cabin, Merry couldn’t stand far enough back to fit all of me in the camera frame. She had to take three pictures and make a panorama.

After a decent night’s sleep, I turned my thoughts and eyeballs toward the

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scenery of Canada. For three days and nights we’d roll westward. The Canadian travels from Toronto to Vancouver, a journey of 2,775 miles.

(Merry and I would get off, though, around the three-quarter mark, at Jasper in the Canadian Rockies.)

Riding the train is a great way to make sense of a country as huge as Canada. As landscapes appear and change out the window, and change again, you get a first-hand geography lesson. And trains run through the back country, far from highways, giving you rare views of hidden territory. In small towns, you see the backyards and alleys that often reveal more about a community than the tidy main street.

At 6:30 the next morning, we awoke and undertook some assembly of our persons – i.e., grabbing my rolled-up jeans from above the sink and tugging them on as I lay on my top bunk.

Then we headed to the dining car for breakfast. (Meals are included with sleeper tickets. The food is good, and the menu changes daily.)

The entrance to the dining car was handsomely decorated with etched glass panels depicting birds, like Audubon prints. Our breakfast – mushroom omelettes, muffins, orange juice, coffee – was presented on white china and white linen. We were joined by a woman who lives on a Saskatchewan farm. Her husband, inexplicably, was sitting in another car in an economy seat. (Apparently she’s not that fond of him.) She told us that each year their bees produce 84,000 gallons of honey, enough to fill two semi tractor-trailers. Such are the stray facts you pick up from fellow passengers on a train.

During the night we had crossed onto the Canadian Shield, a region of exposed, billion-year-old bedrock that covers the whole of Canada between Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes.

Mining is a major industry, and we’d passed Sudbury, “The Nickel Capital of Canada” (the metal, not the fivecent coin).

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COMPASS POINTS

TRAIN INFORMATION: www.viarail.ca; 888-842-7245.

The Canadian runs in both directions between Vancouver, British Columbia, and Toronto, Ontario.

Rates and departures vary by season; check for discounts (families, seniors, etc.).

Prestige Class cabins for two include an L-shaped couch, folddown double bed, large window, private shower, flat-screen monitor and videos, concierge service, complimentary beverages, all meals. Double occupancy from CAN$4,156-$4,750 per person, less for partial travel.

Sleeper Plus Class cabins for two include two armchairs, retractable stacked bunks, private toilet, shower down the hall, all meals. Double occupancy from CAN$1,623-$1,982 per person, less for partial travel.

Tips: Cabin space is severely limited; check large bags and carry on a small overnighter. The train has no wi-fi and only spotty cell phone service. Because of possible delays, don’t arrange activities or continuing travel for the day of your arrival.

The Canadian - Dome car

Returning to our cabin, we found that the attentive Marty had set us up for daytime, stowing away the bunks.

We sat in armchairs and looked out the window as sublime scenery drifted past – lakes and ponds, forests of evergreens and yellow-leafed birches.

It was late autumn, with light snow on the ground and ice on the water. (“It’s two degrees Celsius out there,” Marty told us.) It was lovely to float through the frozen world, yet be wrapped in warm comfort.

The train reached Hornepayne, a small town whose plywood mills and piles of logs alongside the tracks announced the main industry. Later came Longlac (Long Lake), on the historic route once plied by fur traders.

I learned most of these facts from a printed folder in our compartment.

Although VIA Rail advertises that Sleeper Plus passengers will enjoy “cultured on-train personnel who provide information about sites along the way,” there were no such personnel, cultured or otherwise, aboard the train.

Similarly, the Skyline parlor car was said to be filled with fun and games for all ages. These turned out to be two worn jigsaw puzzles (probably missing pieces) and a ratty deck of cards. No one seemed to be availing themselves of these delightful entertainments. The “wine tastings and presentations” VIA Rail promised never materialized either.

Scheduled for the first seating at lunch, we ordered a salmon salad and a veggie burger, both good. We were joined by a woman from Philadelphia who began talking about herself and didn’t take a breath for forty-five minutes. We heard about her husband, her kids, her kids’ friends by name, her personal religious history, her biochemistry work, her parenting philosophy, and her itinerary in excruciating 6 – 13 December 2018

detail. By the time we’d finished our lunches and desserts, she was still waving her uneaten sandwich in one hand. She confided that “My husband tells me, ‘Shut up and eat!’” We kept our lips zipped.

Later we’d meet a warm, funny couple from northern England – our peeps! – and arrange to meet them for meals. Jean said she hadn’t slept well on the top bunk, since the train does a lot of rocking, so that night would climb in the bottom bunk with her husband, Mark.

We also joined other passengers in the 360-degree-view dome car. As snowflakes flew, we all looked out at frozen ponds and forests across the vast province of Ontario. The train stretched ahead of us like a winging silver arrow.

By next morning we’d reached Manitoba and its capital, Winnipeg.

Passengers could get off and stretch for an hour, so we walked to the nearby public market, The Forks, for coffee and pastries.

The train proceeded across the “breadbasket of Canada,” an endless, level expanse of farmland. We were in the latitude of flatitude. Miles and miles of miles and miles. Now that wheat and other crops had been harvested, the land looked as stubbly as my beard. (Most men, I noticed, didn’t shave on the train.)

On we rolled across Manitoba and Saskatchewan, passing cities like Saskatoon – place names I hadn’t thought about since sixth-grade geography, when we made maps of Canada using paste and Shredded Wheat.

On the outskirts of Edmonton, the train sat motionless for two hours to let freight trains pass, since they have the right of way. (This often makes The Canadian late, by hours or even days.)

Some of the freights looked a mile long, and I realized how much stuff –

crops, machinery, ore – is on the move across Canada day and night.

Rolling on again, we passed vast industrial yards filled with shipping containers, oil pipes, wire drums, RVs by the hundreds, junk, truck bodies, stacks of plastic containers, shiny new cars.

After lunch we saw towering mountains ahead, heralds of the spectacular Canadian Rockies that stretch from Montana to northern British Columbia. At four in the afternoon, right on time (!), The Canadian pulled into the little town of Jasper and its charming 1925 station. We said our goodbyes and swapped addresses with our British pals.

Snow had powdered the peaks around us; evergreen forests stood against a crisp blue sky – all in all, a scene from a travel brochure that was actually, really, true to life.

On a train, your stop is also the start of a new adventure. We inhaled MontJournal_December5th'18:Layout the fresh mountain air, and off we1 went.

•MJ

WHERE TO STAY

TORONTO: The Royal York (www. fairmont.com/royal-york-toronto) is a classic 1929 chateau-style hotel across from Union Station.

JASPER: The Jasper Park Lodge (www.fairmont.com/jasper) is a 700-acre resort set on a lake inside Jasper National Park. Top-rated golf course. Book a log-cabin luxury suite.

VANCOUVER: On the harbor, the sleek white Pan Pacific (www. panpacific.com/vancouver) offers rooms and suites with spectacular water and mountain views; rooftop 11/30/18 10:50 AM Page 1 heated pool.

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Spirituality Matters

by Steven Libowitz

Finding Spirituality at 1st Thursday

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he monthly downtown art-andculture tour is generally focused on visual art, performances and imbibing glasses of wine, not so much on seeking meaning and higher connection. But the holiday season brings time of reflection, so the December event, which takes place on December 6, has a couple of choices that might be a bit uplifting.

The Impact Hub at 1117 State Street invites everyone to join the AntiDefamation League for Festival of Lights, a free event to learn about different “celebrations of light” recognized by the many cultures within our community. Representatives from various faiths will give interactive presentations about their traditions. Meanwhile, also on display is an exhibit of art that would seem somewhat connected to the theme: “We Were Strangers, Too,” a collection created by local refugees.

Over at Santa Barbara Arts, 1114 State Street #24, Genevieve Antonow will be on hand for an author’s reception and book signing in celebration of the recent publication of Santa Barbara Sacred Spaces, her beautiful and comprehensive guide that celebrates in both words and photos an intriguing and often surprising side of the city and surrounding areas. Both events take place from 5-8 pm, with free admission.

Sacred Suggestions

Speaking of Sacred Space – the so named Summerland store where many of the crafts and artifacts come from underdeveloped nations and which also serves as a gathering space and sponsor of lectures and courses on meditation, personal growth, love, religious studies, health, music, planetary welfare, and friendship – sent out a moving missive last week, entitled “Giving From Your Heart.” Among the excerpts are a quote from Maya Angelou: “I’ve

learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

In that spirit, the SS staff suggests we “please practice speaking to the people in your life without being distracted by an electronic device, a meeting, or something less important than being present with those closest to you.” And rather than suggest available books, educational media, or other items as gifts, the message advises to “do things that inspire inner joy in your relationships versus the short-lived amusement from the latest item. Inspire morality in your family; focus on your place in the universe and the wonder and mystery of the meaning of life and death.”

Skipping seasonal shopping is sounding better all the time.

Conscious Premonitions

Consciousness Hacking Santa Barbara was founded last January as part of a global community exploring technology as a catalyst for psychological, emotional, and spiritual flourishing. Offering an inside-out perspective on how technology can serve us by changing our relationship to the world, rather than the world itself, the MeetUp began as a monthly soirée blending spirituality, consciousness-exploration, neuromodulation and the pursuit of the Evolved Self. Meetings were held at Fishbon Pescadrome through April covering the topics “Recruiting Reflexive Insight,” “Frontiers in Neurostimulation,” “The Middle Way: The Balance Between Mindfulness and Mind Wandering,” and “The Future of Communication: Biosensors, AI and Augmented Humans,” before going on hiatus for the better part of three seasons.

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Consciousness Hacking Santa Barbara returns at a new location this Sunday, December 9, with an intriguing gathering about “The Premonition Code.” Have you ever correctly predicted something would happen even though you didn’t have a reason? Are these experiences simply a matter of luck or completely subconscious? Or do people actually have the capability of sensing the future? Julia Mossbridge, MA, PhD, a futurist trained in cognitive neuroscience, the guest speaker for Sunday’s event at Yoga Soup, operates at the cutting edge of exploring precognition, and her findings may fundamentally change the way you view reality. Mossbridge co-authored “Premonition Code” as well as “Transcendent Mind: Rethinking the Science of Consciousness,” the latter published by the American Psychological Association in 2017.

Her talk, we’re told, will be at least half experiential, including individual and group precognition exercises as participants learn what you need to start experimenting with “controlled precognition” for yourself. Admission to the 7-9 pm event is $20. Visit www.eventbrite.com or check out https://thepremonition code.com for online resources.

Sessions at the Soup

Yemaya Renuka Duby, who has been working in the field of human potential, somatic healing, trauma recovery and yoga for over 25 years, returns to Yoga Soup to present “Healing Our Bodies’ Buried Stories.” The 1-6 pm workshop on Saturday, December 8, is an experiential, hands-on afternoon based on her Bones of Freedom method that serves as a “somatic journey to the heart of the matter.” The extended version from her offering last May allows for participants to deepen their inner healing experience while healers can access unique and powerful tools to bring back to those they serve. Cost: $75 in advance, $95 day of.

Montecito author (Writing for Bliss) Diana Raab’s Mindful Writing for the Holidays helps participants use journal writing to maintain a sense of calm and peace during this busy and often stressful time of year.

Using meditation, writing tips, writing prompts, and discussion, the workshop aims to help you uncover your authentic voice and inspire the writer inside of you, resulting in leaving the workshop glowing with inspiration while toting snippets of original writing and writing ideas for home. The 2-5 pm workshop on Sunday, December 9, costs $30 in advance, $35 day of.

Naturopathic Remedies to Relieve Holiday Stress, from Dr. Lynn von

Humor keeps us alive. Humor and food. Don’t forget food. You can go a week without laughing. – Joss Whedon

Schneidau, ND, is a free introduction to herbs, homeopathy, essential oils, and relaxation techniques to ease on down the December road. Dr. Lynn, a UCSB alum who has been a primary care doctor and Naturopath in Washington State for the past 16 years, will discuss ways to identify the signs of physical and emotional stress and learn tools to help calm your nervous system, balance your hormones, strengthen your immune system, lift your spirit, and calm your soul through the holidays and beyond. Relaxation techniques, herbal teas, homeopathy, and essential oils are among the areas covered in the 7 pm talk on Wednesday, December 12.

December’s First Fridays Ecstatic Dance – a barefoot, substance-free, live DJ get-down dance party – takes place 7-9:30 pm on December 7, beginning with a one-hour Contact Improv Warm-Up followed by the dance where the music will loosely follow an ecstatic dance 5-Rhythms “wave” with slow and mellow music building to chaotic intensity and then returning to stillness at the end.

Guest DJ is Ean Golden, a 20-year veteran of clubs and festivals whose online videos have reached over 50 million views but now only plays at conscious events that are aligned with his personal values. Admission is $15.

Details and registration for all Yoga Soup workshops are available online at www.yogasoup.com/cate gory/events.

Yoga 101

Sierra Noland teaches a Foundations of Yoga class at 4 pm on Sunday, December 9, at DiviniTree Santa Barbara. The class is designed for first-timers/beginners or those who want to dig deeper into the yoga tradition and fine-tune their primary yoga asanas (poses). The two-hour session provides a non-intimidating environment to ask any questions you have about yoga – the poses, history, philosophy, breathing, meditation, and more – so you can maximize the benefit and understanding of the practice. The “Community Class” costs just $12 (free for studio members), and is limited to 15 people.

Pre-Christmas Kirtan

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, including main stage appearances at both Bhakti and Shakti Fests, returns to Santa Barbara Yoga Center for a 90-minute session of call-and-response chanting at 7 pm Saturday, December 8. Admission is $20, or by donation.

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Just Another Day in Bavaria

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runhilda did not like our diversion, “Make a u-turn, Dummkopf!!

A u-turn.”

German GPS units can be quite touchy.

We were on our way to Linderhof in the Bavarian countryside to see one of King Ludwig II’s many palaces. Ludwig was known as der Märchenkönig – the Fairy Tale King.

He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Duke of Franconia, Duke of Swabia, and Crazy Ludwig. The last title bestowed upon him by Bavarians who watched him spend gazillions building “castles in the sky.” These huge “mistakes” are now some of the largest tourist attractions in Bavaria.

It was a small sign that caused Pat to turn left instead of right onto the narrow country road, sending Brunhilda into a tizzy. The sign said: Andechs Monastery.

“Feeling the need for some religion?” I asked.

“Nope, beer.”

“That’s the same thing!”

Andechs Monastery and church was built in the 1400s on a “Holy Mountain” where lengthy pilgrimages have been going on since the 1100s.

All on foot, with no iTunes or earbuds. Benedictines took over in 1455 and began saving souls and brewing beer. They are still doing both today.

“Should we drink first or climb the steeple?” Pat asked.

I looked up at the 14-story tower that I was reasonably sure did not have an elevator. “Maybe we’d better tackle it sober.”

Remember the scene in Mel Brooks’ movie, Blazing Saddles, when the sheriff and posse are riding through the sagebrush and come upon a small tollgate that says they must pay 10 cents to pass? No one has a dime so they can’t pass until someone goes back to town to get a bunch of dimes (rather than just go around!).

Well, we climbed the first flight

of stairs of the steeple and came to a turnstyle. It was one euro to continue. Neither of us had a euro.

Wonder what the penalty is for jumping a Benedictine Monastery turnstyle? Damnation? Or worse, no beer.

Guess they must have seen the movie because they had a change machine nearby.

Ten stories of winding stairs later, the way up had gotten much narrower and steeper and we were practically going hand-over-hand. We thought about quitting but I was determined to get my whole euro’s worth. Finally, we reached the top, sure that not many others could have completed such a pilgrimage. That’s when we saw the guy holding a heavy-looking six-month-old baby. He wasn’t even breathing hard!

We looked out the small windows, three of which were covered with mesh, I guess to prevent someone who thought it too much work to go back down the traditional way from jumping. The fourth window had a telescope. I looked down on the courtyard. There were people milling about, trying to decide whether to climb the steeple. If they asked, I was going to tell them it was a piece of cake.

I took some photos and we climbed back down, backwards for the first few floors, then went to a huge bier-

garten and had monk-made Dünkle bier. It was heavenly.

They also had huge fried pig knuckles with skin attached or platter-size thick slices of ham with sauerkraut and dumplings and full liters of beer!

We didn’t have time to gnaw, so we opted for kraut salad, kartoffelsalat and a pretzel.

We made two more stops, one at another Benedictine Abbey at Ettal with an amazing church that didn’t require climbing, and we had cheesecake and café at a cheese factory.

Then we drove on to Ludwig IIs Versailles at Linderhof just in time for the last tour. It was beautiful, but had two large cranes behind it, ruining every photo. Ludwig lived at Linderhof by himself (and 200 servants, of course). He never married, lived by candlelight, even though there was electricity available. He had a dining room with a table that could be lowered to the kitchen below, filled with food and raised for a banquet – of one. He also had a mirror room that you could see dozens of yourself in, I guess so he could stare at himself and say: “Why do they call me crazy?”

We headed back to the car and told Brunhilda she could lead now. She seemed skeptical, but took us safely home.

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pagne and noshing on the canapés from Rincon Catering were president Steve Ortiz, Jean Schuyler, Maryan Schall, Natalie Orfalea, Lilian Lovelace, Nancy Schlosser, and Marty and April Riessen.

Yuletide Spectacular With dozens of

participants,

Shasberger, Grey Brothers, Steve Hodson, and Nichole Dechaine, the talented young musicians put on a beautiful display of classical music, including a rousing rendition of the medieval carol Gaudete and Ngokujabula! sung in Latin and Zulu, wrapping up the sold-out concert with favorites like Ding Dong Merrily

Tom Pollard, Laurie Nalepa, Ford Roosevelt, Carl Boggs, and Maureen Flaherty at the nuptials

Anne King, Laurie Nalepa, and Carl Boggs at the Montecito Inn Westmont College’s annual Christmas fest delights

Westmont College’s 14th annual Christmas Festival at the First Presbyterian Church was undoubtedly the hottest ticket in town, with four performances staged to cater for the demand.

With the full arsenal of the Montecito college’s music talent on display, including the orchestra, women’s and men’s chorale, and the chamber singers, the two-hour Yuletide spectacular was a glorious blend of traditional carols and other festive works.

Under the capable batons of Michael

man writer Tom Pollard, and famed medical physicist James Roseboro.

Ocean-Side United Way board member Bob Hollman and his wife, Joan, opened the doors of their beautiful Montecito Valley Ranch home for VIP supporters for a festive fete, with Ocean’s Eight producer Susie Ekins regaling guests with Hollywood dish.

Ekins was also executive producer for Ocean’s 10, 11, 12 and 13!

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on High and Angels From the Realms of Glory.

Always an exuberant and festive kickoff to the holiday season...

Weatherproof Winterland It was running hot and cold when the Santa Barbara Polo Club hosted a sold-out Fire and Ice party.

More than 185 guests scoffed and bopped the night away when temperatures dropped into the 50s, the winds blew and the rain, briefly, poured.

Fortunately a tent, with heat lamps,

Susan and Palmer Jackson, Jr. at the United Way benefit

Hosts Bob and Joan Hollman with Susie Ekins and Steve Ortiz

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Welcoming “Fire and Ice” attendees are David Sigman and Debbie Bernal (photo by Priscilla)

Fire and Ice revelers are Glen and Valerie Alger, Paulette and Arthur Posch, Carol Marsch, Jim and Gunilla DeArkland, Alison and Lance Kronberg, and Paul Clay (photo by Priscilla)

Nolan Walker with Cindy and Joe Sapienza (photo by Priscilla)

had been erected a few feet away from the club house that was decked out like a winter wonderland with an allwhite decor and ice sculptures, while ice blue and fiery red lighting lit up the club’s facade.

A fire juggler added to the hot event.

After the salmon and tri-tip dinner, more guests arrived for the after party.

Among the revelers were Justin and Luke Klentner, Amanda Masters, Charles Ward, David Sigman, Nigel Gallimore, Chris and Mindy Denson, Tara Gray, Chuck and Margarita Lande, Rhys Williams, and Andrew and Amza Bossom.

Debutantes in the City of Lights Montecito cell phone billionaire Craig McCaw’s daughter, Julia, was the belle of the ball at the 26th annual Bal des Debutantes at the five-star Shangri-La hotel in Paris.

Former Cate student Julia, who was escorted by the late actor Gregory Peck’s grandson, Harper, joined 18 young women, aged 16 to 22, who donned stunning designer ballgowns and danced alongside dashing, and sometimes royal, dates as their parents presented them to society.

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

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 1st Thursday – It’s ho-ho-holiday time in downtown Santa Barbara as the monthly art-and-culture walk welcomes shoppers as well as art lovers to a bevy of activities on lower State Street and nearby. Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery (11 East Anapamu Street, 805-730-1460) celebrates the 10th anniversary of its most popular show of the year, “100 Grand,” which features 100 original works of art for $1,000 or less. Also opening is an exhibition of work by the faculty of Westmont College. Other seasonal favorites include the pop-up The Yes Store (101 Paseo Nuevo, next to Nordstrom, 805-966-9777), which brings together craftspeople offering handmade one-of-a-kind gifts for holiday shoppers, and a visit from The Junk Girls, whose annual trunk show featuring original lighting and art plus hand-stamped goods occupies Plum Goods (911 State Street, 805-8453900), while 10 West Gallery (10 West Anapamu Street, 805-770-7711) hosts a second annual appearance of Mata Ortiz pottery, pit-fired pottery brought from a small village in Mexico, which complements twenty 10 West artists in an all-member showcase exhibition.

There are also special holiday gifts available at Youth Interactive 1219 State Street, 805-617-6421), where the items have been specially crafted

by the student entrepreneurs at the new location, which will boast student carolers and holiday cheer… Elsewhere, the new Santa Barbara Art Works (28 East Victoria Street) holds its second 1st Thursday artist reception, “Horizon Lines,” with an array of paintings and handmade gifts, plus live jazz by Dos Pueblos Jazz Combo, hors d’oeuvres, and wine tasting from Melville winery.

Also, Glenn Dallas Gallery (927 State Street) presents “Gun Etiquette,” an interactive game show and discussion with artist Dana Zurzolo, whose performance art piece evaluating how guns impact people on personal levels will likely spark some feedback… In the performance art arena, three regular December performers once again deliver the seasonal sounds. The Santa Barbara Trombone Society, an alliance of trombonists comprised of educators and their students (including SBCC, Westmont College, and UCSB) and community members of all ages from throughout the county, get brassy with Christmas music at the corner of State & Anapamu streets; the Santa Barbara Youth Opera and Santa Barbara Quire of Voyces perform in the galleries at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (1130 State Street, 805-963-4364); and Santa Barbara Revels previews beloved traditional melodies and lively dances from its upcoming “The Christmas Revels: An Irish Celebration of the Winter Solstice” on Marshalls Patio (900

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 Downtown Holiday Parade – Last year’s 65th annual massive State Street stroll celebrating Christmas was held in the haze of smoke from the everencroaching Thomas Fire. Now a year later, the theme of Santa Barbara Shines is meant to honor strength and survival, but is also inspired by anything uniquely Santa Barbara or Goleta, bright lights, shimmering colors, glitter, gold, and silver hues. So it makes sense that the marchers will see six heroic rescue dogs of Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue (SBCSAR) serving as the 2018 Holiday Parade Grand Marshals, paying tribute to the SBCSAR human handler team and their hardworking dogs. The Holiday Prince & Fairy – eight-year-old Bianca Paterson and her brother Kai, 10, will light up the community Christmas tree on their way down the parade route, wearing Nordstromdonated holiday attire and riding in a white 1969 Mustang. They’ll be followed by a colossal contingent of high-stepping marching bands, fabulous holiday-themed floats, giant balloons, spectacular performance groups, a long list of local personalities and, bringing up the rear, Santa Claus in a custom-built float created in partnership with the seasonally-opposite Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Celebration. Join Santa prior to the parade as he greets families in Paseo Nuevo Center Court for “Photos with Santa” from 4:00-5:30 pm. WHEN: 6:30 pm WHERE: State Street from Sola to Cota Streets COST: free INFO: (805) 962-2098 or www.downtownsb.org/events/ downtown-holiday-parade

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by Steven Libowitz

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 Carnitas for Christmas in Carp – The seaside city south of Montecito hosts the debut of a planned annual celebration as the Carpinteria Holiday Tamale Festival sends off Santa with a South of the Border feel. Chow down on tamales from Reynaldo’s and Oaxaca Fresh and sip hot cocoa, beer, or wine from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and Island Brewing, then enjoy all sorts of entertainment, including sing-along holiday songs with The Yules, a capella singing from Cate School’s Camerata, and rock with Superstoked. Kids crafts, a visit with Santa round out the family activities. All proceeds from beverage sales go to the Carpinteria Arts Center’s programs. Also happening in Carp today are the Holiday Spirit Parade at 3 pm, the Festival of Trees from 11am to 8 pm, and the Tree Lighting at the Seal Fountain at 5:30 pm. WHEN: 12 noon to 9 pm WHERE: 855 Linden Ave., Carpinteria COST: free INFO: (805) 684-7789 or www.carpinteriaartscenter. org/calendar/9452-1st-annual-carpinteria-holiday-tamale-festival

State Street). Meanwhile, The Granada Theatre open its doors to the community for Tree at the G, where guests will be transported to the Land of Sugarplum Fairies, with special appearances by characters from State Street Ballet’s upcoming production of The Nutcracker.

WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: (805) 962-2098 or www.downtownsb. org/events/1st-thursday Holi-daze at the JFC – Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara’s Teen Comedy Club hosts its annual Hanukkah & Hilarity Comedy Night.

Latkes are served along with the laughs – hot, fresh, gluten free, browned in pure grapeseed oil and topped by sour cream and/or apple sauce, plus mini jelly donuts and other refreshments.

Emcee Louise Palanker, who is the Comedy Club instructor, opens the family-friendly show and is joined by her JFC students before a closing set from professional comedian Virginia Jones, a former Portlandia actress who has performed at the Santa Cruz Comedy Festival and whose album, Gothic American, made the Top 10 on iTunes… On Saturday night, December 8, the same space gives way to the 12th annual Vodka Latke Young Adult Holiday Party. The rhyming good time to celebrate the Festival of Lights combines an open bar, interactive games, DJ spun music, and tasty latkes and jelly donuts.

WHEN: Comedy: 4:30-6 pm tonight; Vodka: 7-10 pm Saturday WHERE: Bronfman Family Jewish Community Center, 524 Chapala Street COST: Comedy: $10 general, $8 students & seniors Vodka: $20 in advance, $25 at the door: INFO: (805) 957-1115 or www.jewishsantabarbara.org Origin/Evolution - José Limón, Shen Wei, Valerie Huston,

You are what you eat eats. – Michael Pollan

Monique Meunier, Kelly O’Connor, and Christopher Pilafian are the choreographic contributors for the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance 2018 Fall Dance Concert, featuring premieres of new works and reconstructions by new and established faculty members plus a member of the emeritus faculty, and a senior BFA capstone project from a student, which is the only departure from a rare all-faculty program. Among the six pieces are Huston’s “Coloratisse,” a witty conversation about art and life, and the interplay of visual arts and media technology with dance performance that draws inspiration from the coloratura songstress and the canonical visual art contributions of Henri Matisse. “Anemone,” inspired by the eponymous floral muse known as the “wind flower,” represents dance’s reliance on lineage as Santa Barbara Dance Theater artistic director Pilafian’s choreography has been reconstructed

by Nancy Colahan, who was the original soloist in 1998, and will be performed by UCSB Dance Alumna and SBDT Company member Lauren Serrano. Limón’s 1971 work “The Unsung” features an all-male cast evoking the lives and dancing of Native American tribes who lived in harmony with their vast landscape, with the dancers also serving as musicians, using their bodies and the ground to emphasize our connection to the Earth.

WHEN: 8 pm tonight and tomorrow, 2 & 8 pm Saturday WHERE: UCSB Hatlen Theater COST: $20 general, $12 children & seniors INFO: 893-2064 or www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 Seasonal Sartorial Splendor – Ugly Christmas Sweater parties are all the rage in downtown Santa Barbara 6 – 13 December 2018

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 Get ‘Crack’-in – A classic E.T.A. Hoffmann tale. An iconic score from Tchaikovsky. A full, live orchestra conducted by Elise Unruh. Santa Barbara Festival Ballet Company Dancers, UCSB Dance Company, community members, student dancers, and special professional guest stars comprising a cast of near 100 characters. Yes, it’s Santa Barbara Festival Ballet’s annual Nutcracker at the Arlington, the biggest dance event of the year in the biggest indoor venue in Santa Barbara.

The magical journey full of wonderment and surprise as Clara and her Nutcracker Prince watch as Herr Drosselmeyer’s Clock Work Dolls dance to life, a giant Christmas Tree grows beyond the stage, and the Kingdom of Sweets reveals Dancing Snowflakes, enchanted Waltzing Flowers, and perennial audience favorite Mother Ginger. Misa Kuranaga, a Boston Ballet Principal Dancer, plays the Sugar Plum Fairy while San Francisco Ballet principal Angelo Greco is her Sugar Plum Cavalier headlining the cast for the Aimee Lopez-directed 44th annual show. WHEN: 2:30 & 7 pm tonight, 2:30 pm tomorrow WHERE: Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St. COST: $25-$55 INFO: 963-4408/www.thearlingtontheatre.com or www.axs.com

on two successive Fridays, with Imagine X Functional Neurology hosting their 4th annual party today right after the Downtown Holiday Parade passes by a block away. The red carpet-style soirée features photo booths, holiday cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, music, karaoke, a raffle and silent auction, plus prizes for the ugliest and most creative of the Ugly Sweaters. Proceeds benefit a good cause that connects to Imagine X’s mission in the Jodi House Brain Injury Support Center of Santa Barbara. Next week: SOhO! WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 804 Anacapa Street COST: free admission INFO: (805) 962-1988 or www.facebook.com/ events/1802019553181354

make the world a better place, and to build a sense of community together – forgoes its normal admission charge in favor of asking the audience to bring non-perishable food items, new toys, new clothing and/or cash, all of which will be donated to the Unity Shoppe, which serves more than 22,000 people a year distributing over $2 million in merchandise to our neighbors in need. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Cambridge Drive Community Church, 550 Cambridge Drive, Goleta COST: see above INFO: (805) 9640436 or www.cambridgedrivechurch. org

Songs on a Midwinter’s Night– The Cambridge Drive Concert Series annual Christmastime show features some of the best singer-songwriters and acoustic musicians in the greater Santa Barbara area gathering for an in-the-round style performance, including Jackie Morris, Steve Werner, Robert Postel, Dennis Russell and Laura Hemenway, plus touring singer-songwriter Jen Hajj, and surprise guests. The concert – which underscores the connections we all have with one another, the responsibility of art and music to

Step it up, Santa – Take a journey through Christmas in Ireland with an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by Caterina Coyne (Principal dancer, Riverdance), World Champion dancer Tyler Schwartz, and Connor Reider (Principal dancer Celtic Fyre, St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland, The Chieftains) present “An Irish Christmas” at the Lobero. Also performing are members of the Kerry Dance Troupe, The Kerry Voice Squad and the Kerry Traditional Orchestra.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre COST: $34-$65 •MJ

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THE NUTCRACKER SAT DEC 15 2 & 7:30PM SUN DEC 16 2PM

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DANCING IN THE STREET: THE MUSIC OF MOTOWN AND MORE MON DEC 31 8:30PM KIDS HELPING KIDS

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 Jolly jazz jam – Pianist Debbie Denke, bassist Kim Collins, and drummer James Antunez provide the rhythm section as the house band for the Santa Barbara Jazz Society’s annual holiday jam. Professional and closet vocalists and musicians alike are invited to show their stuff on stage for a song or maybe two. Just be sure to bring your instruments and/or charts.

The Santa Barbara High School Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Dylan Aguilera, will also be on hand to spell the jam session while accepting a check for $1,000 from the Jazz Society’s Scholarship Fund. WHEN: 1-4 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $10 INFO: 962-7776/www.sohosb.com or 6877123/www.sbjazz.org

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Julia, whose mother Susan was U.S. ambassador to Austria, joined a bevy of affluent beauties, including petro-chemical billionaire David Koch’s daughter, Mary Julia, Motown mogul Berry Gordy’s granddaughter Juliet, and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker’s daughter True, who was escorted by Giacomo Belmondo, grandson of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo.

The fab fête also included Julia’s Cate-educated brothers, Chase, who escorted Kayla Uytgensu, and Reed, who did the honors with Alice Maxey, looking dashing in white tie and tails.

The bustling bash raises money for two charities the Seleni Institute, which supports teen mothers’ reproductive and mental health, and Enfants d’Asie, which promotes the education of girls in Southeast Asia.

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo

Think Outside the Bach A grant of $20,000 from the Music Academy of the West has enabled pianist Evan Shinners, who attended the Miraflores campus in 2009, to put his keyboard talents to good use with a pop-up shop in Manhattan offering Bach prelude, fugues, and even condoms.

The Juilliard-trained pianist has been playing five hours of Bach each and every day on his Yamaha grand piano for more than 30 straight days, even on Thanksgiving, behind the plate glass windows of a former bank branch on the Big Apple’s Upper Westside, just a tiara’s toss from the stage door of Carnegie Hall.

The Bach Store, as it is known, is both an effort to make live Bach more accessible and available, but is something of an inward journey for the 32-year-old musician.

There is also merchandise, including T-shirts, cigarette lighters, and

Evan Shinners goes window bopping

It was certainly a magical evening when the American Theatre Guild staged Rodgers and Hammerstein’s enchanting musical Cinderella at the Granada.

With Kaitlyn Mayse as Ella and Lukas James Miller as the handsome prince, Topher, it was a production for all ages, with some ingenious costume changes by both the fairy godmother and Mayse as she magically changed outfits from a scullery maid in readiness for the grand royal ball in the blink of an eye.

The pumpkin morphing into a carriage and the mice into horses was equally well done, and needless to say the Ugly Sisters were an absolute hoot.

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even condoms that note on the wrappers that Bach fathered 20 children.

Shinners says the marathon was partly inspired by an experience he had seeking the tutelage of the French harpsichordist and great Bach interpreter Pierre Hantai, who rebuffed him with a deep, two-page letter dismissing gimmickry that he wound up taking very much to heart.

TV Personality Toppers Montecito comedienne and serial real estate flipper Ellen DeGeneres is second in the latest Forbes list of the highest paid TV hosts with $87.5 million, including $20 million she made for a Netflix stand-up special.

Combined with monies she earns

hosting her eponymous Burbankbased show and millions more in producer salaries – Little Big Shots, Splitting Up Together – and licensing fees – PetSmart, and Bed, Bath and Beyond – this is her most lucrative year yet.

Topping the list is TV judge Judy Sheindlin with annual earnings of $147,000,000, who sold the rights to the 5,200-episode library of her popular Judge Judy show for an estimated $100 million.

She has been on the air for decades and earns $47 million annually, as well as production royalties for her other show, Hot Bench.

Dr. Phil McGraw with $77,500,000 is third, with American Idol host Ryan Seacrest fourth with $74,000,000 and Steve Harvey, host of Family Feud, with $44,000,000.

Not So Head Over Heels Not everything Goop goddess Gwyneth Paltrow touches turns to gold.

The Go-Go’s musical she produced, Head Over Heels, is closing in January after struggling at the box office, while other shows on the Great White Way have had booming sales.

The show that marked the Montecito Oscar winner’s producing debut oddly paired music by the 80’s band – who I once saw perform at the Rockefeller Center studio for NBC’s Saturday Night Live – with a story inspired by a 16th century prose poem.

It will have played just 188 regular performances when it brings down the final curtain.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the show posted a weekly gross of more than $300,000 only twice during its ill-fated run. Box office stats from the Broadway League reflect it was only playing to 46 percent of capacity the week of Thanksgiving, when others were hitting record sales.

Reps for the show says that under lead producer Christine Russell, the production will explore a U.S. tour as well as regional productions and professional licensing.

Uncovered Treasure I can’t believe it is more than 21 years since I covered Princess Diana’s auction of 79 of her dresses at Christies in New York for ABC and CNN. The gowns raised a hefty $3.25 million for cancer and AIDS charities. It was also the last time I spoke to her at a socially gridlocked reception the day before the sale.

But the Diana effect is still clearly alive and well with a shimmering white gown she wore at a state banquet in Bahrain in 1986 expected to sell for $130,000 at a London auction.

Designed by her wedding dress creator, David Emanuel, to cover as much of her body as possible to con-

Wait. Why am I thinking about Krispy Kremes? We’re supposed to be exercising. – Meg Cabot

form with local customs in the Gulf states, it was discovered in a second-hand store.

Rest in Peace My condolences to former TV talk show titan Oprah Winfrey whose mother, Vernita Lee, has moved to more heavenly pastures aged 83.

She died at her home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Thanksgiving and a private funeral has already been held.

Remembering Tita

Tita Lanning R.I.P.

On a personal note, I mark the passing of Tita Lanning, chatelaine of Montecito’s historic El Mirador estate, just three days before her 85th birthday.

The sprawling property was bought by her grandmother, Lolita Sheldon Armour, in 1914 and was known for its beautiful Japanese and Italian gardens.

Tita, the daughter of Lolita Armour of the Armour meat packing company in Chicago, and Jack Mitchell, a founder of United Airlines, knew everybody, having been given a pony as a youngster by Walt Disney, and including among her friends Charles Lindbergh, Shirley Temple, and Julia Child.

She was known for her philanthropy and volunteered the estate, which was formerly 70 acres, but eventually sub-divided and parceled off, for events as diverse as Hillside House, where we first met, and the Santa Barbara Writers Conference.

Sightings: Oscar winner Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones noshing at Olio Pizzeria... Billy Baldwin checking out The Monarch...

Carol Burnett at the Bacara 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 priscil la@santabarbaraseen.com or call 9693301.

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only a matter of time before I would be back.”

The eatery features the same quality menu items as the rest of the restaurants, offering a fast casual, homemade Mexican food option in the Valley. The restaurant features more traditional offerings such as Pozole, enchiladas, sopes, alambres, and burritos, as well as an array of fresh salads, taco plates, fajitas, daily specials, and more. The restaurant also has a Los Arroyos staple: a plentiful salsa bar, featuring homemade salsas and other traditional condiments.

With its wine country location, the wine and beer menu is a big focus at the restaurant. Maria has used her relationships with local vendors to offer an array of local wine and beer including Melville, Palmina, SB Winery, Margerum, and Stolpman, as well as Fig Mountain and Firestone

Maria Arroyo and her staff have opened Los Arroyos in Solvang

The eatery offers a fast casual atmosphere with authentic Mexican food and a rustic yet modern interior

805 craft beer. The menu also offers a “margarita” made from Sabe, a tequila-like agave wine. A “grab and go” fridge also offers patrons the options of grabbing a bottle of wine or beer

when they take their food to go.

The space was designed by Santa Barbara based interior designer Sarah McFadden, and built by Bottenfield Construction, who has done several restaurant build-outs in Santa Barbara’s downtown and Funk Zone neighborhoods. Maria says she was going for a “rustic, modern Mexican” ambiance, with smooth concrete floors, bold tile, and leather and wood accents. Wall art is by Pedro de la Cruz, who gained popularity with his Montecito Strong

imagery following the Thomas Fire and 1/9 debris flow. A large bar is adjacent to the ordering area, in addition to banquette seats and tables that line the main part of the restaurant. The space seats 58 diners, which includes a sunny patio area.

The restaurant is open everyday from 11 am to 9 pm, except for an 8 pm close on Sunday. The restaurant is located at 1992 Old Mission Drive, at The Merkantile. For more information, visit www.losarroyos.net. •MJ

93108 OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY

SUNDAY DEC 9

If you have a 93108 open house scheduled, please send us your free directory listing to realestate@montecitojournal.net

ADDRESS

TIME

$

#BD / #BA AGENT NAME TEL #

1140 Glenview Road

2-4pm

$5,450,000

4bd/6ba

Randy Haden

880-6530

770 Hot Springs Road

12-2pm

$5,399,000

6bd/4.5ba

Sally Hanseth

570-4229

1422 East Valley Road

By Appt.

$4,995,000

6bd/5.5ba

Patricia Green

705-5133

1567 East Valley Road

1-3pm

$4,995,000

6bd/7ba

Lisa Scibird

570-9177

1107 Clover Lane

1-3pm

$2,950,000

5bd/3ba

Debbie Lee

637-7588

537 Periwinkle Lane

12:30-3:30pm

$2,399,000

3bd/2ba

Hutch Axilrod

637-6378

2777 Macadamia Lane

1-4pm

$2,349,000

3bd/2ba

Ann Scarborough

331-1115

2728 Macadamia Lane

12-3pm

$2,275,000

5bd/4.5ba

Cindy Campbell

570-4959

230 Sierra Vista Road

1-4pm

$1,999,500

4bd/4ba

James Sanchez

448-1148

715 Circle Drive

1-3pm

$1,550,000

3bd/3ba

Mark Schneidman

452-2428

966 Chelham Way

1-4pm

$1,075,000

3bd/1ba

Marilyn Moore

689-0507

1034 Fairway Road

12-3pm

$940,000

1bd/1ba

Katinka Goertz

708-9616

925 EL RANCHO ROAD

2-4PM 1404 GREENWORTH PLACE

1:30-4PM

1158 DULZURA DRIVE

1-3PM 1107 CLOVER LANE

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Notice Inviting Bids CDBG 2018-2019 OAK PARK SIDEWALK ACCESS RAMPS PROJECT Bid No. 3937 1.

Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its Oak Park Neighborhood Sidewalk Access Ramps Project (“Project”), by or before January 3, 2019, 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.

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at various locations within the Oak Park Neighborhood in Santa Barbara, CA. It includes 15 access ramps at seven intersections (see Project Location map) and is described as follows: The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to construct and deliver a finished sidewalk access ramps project, including but not limited to mobilization, bonds, insurance, traffic control, surveying, saw cutting, removal of hardscape, subgrade preparation for the construction of concrete curbs, gutters, sidewalks, approximately 15 access ramps, spandrels, and hot mix asphalt concrete conform, pavement delineations, sign relocation, cleanup, public notices, incidentals, and completing the work as specified in these Special Provisions, City Standards, and Project Plans & Specifications.

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is 30 working days from the effective date of Notice to Proceed.

2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $215,000 to $230,000.

3.

License and Registration Requirements.

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

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/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959. A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155.

5.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of five 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.

6.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

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.

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.

Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the county in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this Project, available at the City of Santa Barbara, General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and available from the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. The Federal minimum wage rates for this Project as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor are set forth in the specifications and in copies of these specifications that may be examined at the offices described above where project plans, special provisions, and bid forms may be seen. Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of these specifications. Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates.

Attention is directed to the Federal minimum wage rate requirements in the specifications. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. The City of Santa Barbara will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage determinations. This includes "helper" (or other classifications based on hours of experience) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations. Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage rate determination otherwise available for use by the Contractor and subcontractors, the Contractor and subcontractors shall pay not less than the Federal minimum wage rate, which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question.

This is a federally-assisted project and Davis-Bacon (DBRA) requirements will be strictly enforced. Federal Labor Standards provisions HUD-4010 will be incorporated into the successful bidder’s contract and is attached hereto as Attachment A. Contractors, including all subcontractors and apprentices, must be eligible to participate. Federal Wage Determination #CA160023 dated 11/2/18 is incorporated herein and is attached hereto as Appendix G. However, actual prevailing wage rates will be determined as of the bid opening date. If any modifications have been issued to the wage decision, the contractor must adhere to the modified wage decision. Additional CDBG requirements are described in Appendix G: Attachments C-U.

11.

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

By: ___________________________________ Date: ________________ General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) December 5, 2018

2) December 12, 2018 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Lucinda Nash Jewelry; Winters Wonderland Art Company, 755 Romero Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Lucinda Winters Nash, 755 Romero Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 27, 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 Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2018-0003079.

Published December 5, 12, 19, 26, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ke-Nekt; Ke-Nekt Technologies, 1117 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Evolution Sustainable Industries Incorporated, 27 West Anapamu #454, Santa Barbara, CA 930101.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 5, 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. 2018-0002934.

Published December 5, 12, 19, 26, 2018.

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 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.

What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. – A.A. Milne

Published November 21, 28, December 5, 12, 2018.

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 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.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Max Relax, 1108 Casitas Pass Rd, Carpinteria, CA 93013.

Xiaodong Mei, 762 Pontoon Way, Oxnard, CA 93035.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 30, 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. 2018-0002890.

Published November 21, 28,

6 – 13 December 2018

Notice Inviting Bids Bid No. 5616A 1.

Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its Wastewater Main Rehabilitation FY 2018 Project (“Project”), by or before Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at 3:00 p.m., at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually delivered to the Purchasing Office. The receiving time at the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

2.

Project Information.

2.1

Location and Description. The Project includes rehabilitation or replacement of 20,760 linear feet of damaged sanitary sewer main at 83 locations throughout the City. The damaged mains consist of 6-inch, 8-inch, 10-inch, 12inch, 18-inch, 20-inch, and 21-inch diameter sewer main and will be rehabilitated utilizing trenchless repair methods, cured-in-place pipe liner (CIPP) or spiral wound PVC methods, along with traditional open trench excavation methods (point repairs, removal and replacement, and new lateral construction). Additional work to be completed includes reinstatement of sewer laterals; pre-rehabilitation and pre-repair sewer main cleaning-flushing; pre- and post-rehabilitation and repair closed-circuit television (CCTV) inspections replacement of existing sewer cleanouts with precast manholes; manhole rehabilitation and lining; manhole channel repair; restoration of site conditions to pre-construction conditions, including pavement, landscaping, retaining wall repair, or other repairs; traffic control as necessary to protect public safety; sewer bypassing as necessary to construct repairs; implementation of erosion and sedimentation control measures to meet City requirements for protection of water quality; and all necessary permits and utility coordination as necessary to perform the work. This Work includes and is not limited to mobilization, bonds, insurance, and traffic control.

Publishing Rates: Fictitious Business Name: $45 $5 for each additional name

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is 265 calendar days.

2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $2,511,400 (Bid Schedule A + Bid Schedule B).

3.

License and Registration Requirements.

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

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: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. 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.

5.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’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.

6.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

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.

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.

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

11.

Mandatory Bidders’ Conference. A bidders’ conference will be held on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 11:00 a.m., at the following location: 630 Garden Street, Public Works Main Conference Room for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. The bidders’ conference is mandatory. A bidder who fails to attend a mandatory bidders’ conference will be disqualified from bidding.

By: ___________________________________ William Hornung, General Services Manager

Date: ________________

Publication Dates: 1) December 5, 2018 2) December 12, 2018 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

December 5, 12, 2018.

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

6 – 13 December 2018

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.

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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