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“It was twenty years ago today,” the Beatles sang on their 1967 “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album; the song may well have been written for what is now the Rosewood Miramar Beach Hotel and Resort, which closed twenty years ago and has – finally – been reopened (story begins on page 12)
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5 Guest Editorial Steel nets, reliable potable water, and underground power lines and phone antennas are three issues Montecitans are facing today and Bob Hazard has ideas on how to fix them 6 Montecito Miscellany The Arabian Caper released; Wildlife Care Network “friend raiser”; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra plays Granada; Ivan Reitman’s house for sale; 7 Fingers; Death of a Salesman at New Vic; CADA event; Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation meeting; Nikki Slater joins Polo Club; Rob Lowe embarrassed by SBCC; Michael Douglas realizes our time is limited; Restaurant Week; Goop comes to Netflix; Chateau Marmont celebrates 90th birthday; Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom make pottery; SB Symphony board gains three members; Miscellany marks ten years; sightings 8 This Week in Montecito A list of local events happening in and around town 10 Letters to the Editor A collection of communications from local residents Martha Blackwell, Sigrid Toye, Danny Eades, J.W. Burk, Larry Bond, Irv Beiman, Gene Tyburn, Bruce Kirkpatrick and Phil Mayes, Steve King 12 Village Beat Miramar opens doors for soft opening after long last; latest Montecito Association meeting 14 Seen Around Town Glenn Close receives award at SBIFF; Friendship Center’s “Festival of Hearts”; Tiara Ball 18 Spirituality Matters Kiaora Fox hosts 5Rhythms Workshop at Yoga Soup; two-day Sanskrit Sound Partitions and Mantra Chanting workshop; David Kennet’s Valentine’s Resonance Immersion; sound bath with Aviva Chernick; Meditation with Sound experience; Lanny Kaufer hosts herb walk; Gen Kelsang Rigpa lecture 20 On Entertainment UCSB Arts & Lectures presents New York Polyphony at Music Academy of the West; The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 premieres at UCSB’s Performing Arts Theater; five questions with Babysplitters’ writer-director Sam Friedlander 23 Brilliant Thoughts Ashleigh Brilliant ponders all the ways humans can fall Ernie’s World Ernie tries – and fails – to clean out his garage 34 Calendar of Events Westmont Orchestra dinner concert; Randy Houser visits Chumash; Hector Sanchez performance; two Santa Barbara Symphony concerts; UCSB’s Opera Theatre program presents The Mock Marriage; Marley’s Ghost play Alcazar; Nerf Herder show; Emmet Cohen and Emmet Cahill concerts; Evita at Granada 32 Legal Advertising 38 Classified Advertising Our own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales 39 Local Business Directory
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Montecito donations for six Geobrugg steel-mesh ring nets to be strategically installed in three high-risk canyons – Cold Spring, San Ysidro and Buena Vista – have now passed the $4.0 million mark. If you have not done so already, please get out your checkbook. Another $1.4 million is urgently needed. Prove that this community has the backbone to help save itself. The first responsibility of government at every level is the safety and security of its residents. When government cannot or will not find the resolve or resources, it is up to us to raise the money to protect ourselves. Installation of the customized ring nets has been delayed by a permit provision that prohibits any work on the nets during a rain event. This has set back anchor bolt installers and helicopter drops of the nets from late February to mid-March. The plan to install the nets was conceived by members of the The Partnership for Resilient Communities on the back of a napkin a year ago by a tiny group of individuals visiting injured friends at Cottage Hospital. Ordinary people with an extraordinary sense of purpose chose community safety as their cause. By early March, six steel mesh nets, anchored by pilings drilled into the canyon walls, will act as debris strainers, absorbing the shock of rolling boulders and trees while letting water and mud pass downstream. This privately
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(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 MERRAG Meeting and Training Network of trained volunteers that work and/or live in the Montecito area prepare to respond to community disaster during critical first 72 hours following an event. The mutual “selfhelp” organization serves Montecito’s 13,000 residents with the guidance and support of the Montecito Fire, Water, and Sanitary Districts. This month, CERT Course on Disaster Psychology. When: 10 am to noon Where: Montecito Fire Station, 595 San Ysidro Road Info & RSVP: 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. On today’s agenda: an ADU on Hot Springs; outdoor fireplace and carport doors on Parra Grande; addition and trellis on Coyote Road; new single family home on Oak Grove Drive. 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 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Sweetheart Dance Gavin Roy Presents: DJ Darla Bea
at the Biltmore for cocktails, dinner, and dancing. Enjoy a post-Valentine’s Day night out in Montecito with your sweetheart for three hours of love songs and dance music spun by DJ Bea. When: 7 pm to 10 pm Where: Inside the Ty Lounge at the Biltmore, 1260 Channel Drive Cost: free SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Lecture & Luncheon The Santa Barbara Republican Club announces its February luncheon to be held at the La Cumbre Country Club. The speaker will be Richard Auhll, the founder and chairman of Circon Corporation. He is the holder of degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and Stanford, as well as a Master’s degree in Business from Harvard. He will be discussing a subject that is very much in current news and public discussion: “The Science, History, and Myths of Climate Change.” When: 11:30 am Where: 4015 Via Laguna RSVP & Info: (805) 684-3858 Introduction to Tai Chi & Qigong Learn why more and more doctors and physical therapists are recommending Tai Chi and Qigong as the ultimate exercises. Slow movements calm the mind and quiet the heart. Tai Chi improves balance, memory, and focus. Easy Qigong exercises boost the immune system, improve breath and circulation and gently stretch the body. Both practices instill peace of mind. Jessica Kolbe is a Qigong and Tai Chi instructor in the Santa Barbara area and is a Senior Teacher trainer for the Institute of Integral Qigong
Hiking & Backpacking on the Channel Islands A free slideshow with Q&A. During the last ice age, the four islands off our coast, Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel, were all part of a single, larger island called Santarosae. This talk will highlight the hiking and backpacking opportunities on these four islands today, as well as describe an imagined traverse of the now submerged super island of Santarosae. Join local author James Wapotich as he shares images and stories from hiking, backpacking, and camping on the four islands off our coast. James has hiked many of the trails on the islands and has visited all five islands within Channel Islands National Park. He is an experienced backpacker, trail guide, and author of the Santa Barbara News-Press hiking column, Trail Quest. When: 6:30 pm Where: Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu Street Info: (805) 729-4250
and Tai Chi. She has been practicing Qigong, Tai Chi, and meditation for 20 years. When: 1 to 4 pm Where: Carpinteria Woman’s Club, 1059 Vallecito Road Cost: $45 Contact: Jessica@jessicataichi.com TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 MUS School Board Meeting When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249 Global Citizens Club Meeting The World Business Academy’s Global Citizens Club is hosting a meeting titled “2019: The Year for Climate Mobilization.” The event features a video statement from Climate Change icon Bill McKibben and a panel discussion with climate activists and local experts discussing grassroots mobilization. Club members and the public are invited to attend this free event, which is co-sponsored by the Santa Barbara Standing Rock Coalition and inaugurates the Santa Barbara chapter of The Climate Mobilization, an organization dedicated to initiating a massive, economy- and society-wide Climate Mobilization to restore a safe climate. The World Business Academy formed
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Book Signing at Chaucer’s Author and criminologist Marcia K. Morgan shares her new book entitled GO! How to Get Going and Achieve your Goals and Dreams – an empowering, emboldening book for women and girls. Marcia Morgan has worked in the criminal justice field over 40 years helping to give women a voice. She is a criminologist, author of numerous books and journal articles, and a consultant on crime issues to organizations such as the U.S. Department of Justice and the Pentagon. With an expertise in gender and crime, she spends a lot of time in prisons, examining culture and sexual misconduct issues. She was also selected to represent the United States in Italy at the international NATO conference on “Victimization.” While in law enforcement years ago, Marcia and a colleague developed the original “Anatomical Dolls” now used worldwide in forensic interviews with child sexual abuse victims. She and her husband live in Bend, Oregon. When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: (805) 682-6787 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 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 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is
for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics. When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: (805) 969-5063 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Treasure Hunt in Carpinteria Seventy-five vendor stalls will overflow with treasures and merchandise at the Museum Marketplace on the grounds of the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History. This popular monthly fundraiser features antiques, collectibles, hand-crafted gifts, plants, and great bargains on gently used and vintage goods of every description, including jewelry, furniture, housewares, clothing, books, toys, and much more. When: 8 am Where: 965 Maple Avenue in Carpinteria Info: 684-3112 Art Exhibition All you need is LOVE! An art exhibition inspired by love for The American Heart Association. When: 5:30 to 7:30 pm Where: Letter Perfect Summerland Gift & Gallery, 2346 Lillie Avenue
survivable space around the property and to reduce the overall community threat from wildfire. The District’s Wildland Specialists offer property inspections to educate the residents on ways they can improve the defensible space around their home. Upcoming schedule: 2/25/19 for the El Bosque, Bolero, Hodges, Periwinkle, Juan Crespi, El Dorado, and Live Oaks neighborhood MONDAYS Meditation in Movement Nurture your heart, soul, body, and mind with yoga teacher Dawn O’Bar who teaches every Monday at Montecito Covenant Church; childcare provided When: 8:45 to 9:45 am Where: 671 Cold Spring Road Cost: donations accepted Contact: anna@mcchurch.org Connections Brain Fitness Group Brain program for adults who wish to improve memory and cognitive skills. Fun and challenging games, puzzles, and memory-strengthening exercises are offered in a friendly and stimulating environment. When: Mondays, 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50 (includes lunch) Info: 969-0859
MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call. Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 TUESDAYS Story Time at the Library When: 10:30 to 11 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 THURSDAYS Casual Italian Conversation at Montecito Library Practice your Italian conversation among a variety of skill levels while learning about Italian culture. Fun for all and informative. When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Carpinteria Creative Arts Ongoing weekly arts and crafts show with many different vendors and mediums When: every Thursday from 3 to 6:30 pm in conjunction with the Carpinteria farmers market. Where: intersection of Linden and 8th streets Information: Sharon at (805) 2911957 •MJ
ONGOING Fire Prevention Cleanup The Montecito Fire Protection District will conduct its annual neighborhood fire prevention cleanup program starting the week of February 25, 2019. The program is offered to residents in the community to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation in order to create a more defensible and
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ast week, Montecito Journal’s front-page photo of the Romero debris catch basin filled with tons of rocks, coupled with your words stating Montecito had fared the last major storm “very well,” left me wondering why you are still writing about the installation of several steel nets. If what we have in our existing debris basins and widened creeks is doing a sufficient job, and the plan is for county crews to continue clearing and maintaining these creeks and basins, then why do we need to raise and spend up to $7 million on temporary nets? One of the main arguments for the nets noted on the Partnership’s site is that this current rain season was forecasted to be an El Niño with higher-than-normal levels of rain. Thus far, the forecasts have been correct. However, Montecito is riding the storms quite well. While not a scientist of any sort, I have thought, ever since the January
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9 disaster, that much of the reason for the brief intense rains – with rates somewhere between 4” to 6” per hour – that triggered the massive debris flow was a tragically freak situation difficult even for Mother Nature, who should never be underestimated, to recreate here in Montecito (these rates of rains have occurred in other places, namely deserts). Please hear me out. The areas of the Front Range where the debris flow occurred, those from Romero over to Cold Spring, were the final areas of the Front Range to burn in the Thomas fire, and they burned abnormally hot. The vegetation was not only stripped, it was decimated in most areas. While the fire had been extinguished in these canyons for a little more than one week, there must have been hot spots still smoldering and, in general, the soil, in its newly and unnaturally amended state, virtually one of ash, had to have been significantly warmer than normal. Additionally, there was a huge concentration of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere from all the burned vegetation, which, as we all know from climate change, has a dramatic warming impact on the immediate atmosphere. Along came a cold storm front off the Pacific. The rising warm air off the mountains hit the cold air above, creating a very unsettled front directly on top of the burned scars. The ensuing cloud formations from that front were then exposed to the abnormally high levels of dust and smoke particles floating in the immediate atmosphere following the fire. This, in turn, allowed for the clouds to grow even heavier as the water vapor had an overabundance of particles to grasp, which is how rain is formed, creating extra-large rain drops, if you will, and lots of them, and then, wham – we experienced something that, as noted above, typically happens in deserts where monsoons do occur, and the hot-cold-lots of dust particles conditions also prevail. It should also be noted that at the time of the debris flow, the debris catch basins were nowhere near being cleaned out. It is my understanding that two of them had been practically abandoned and were completely filled and overgrown. That is my theory for why the debris flow happened as intensely as it did. Please, I invite all of the true scientific criticism out there.
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In any case, it seems to me that Montecito is making it through this rainy El Nino season thus far. Perhaps we might continue to sit back, let it rain (as if we have any other choice), and then revisit the idea of these steel nets next summer rather than continuing to push toward a very expensive, and possibly quite invasive, solution whenever what we have going for us seems to be doing a solid job, even in this El Niño year. Martha Blackwell Montecito (Editor’s note: Wow. For a non-scientist, you sure explained that weather phenomenon beautifully. In regards to your question about the wisdom of spending $7 million on the flexible steel nets, that’s an easy question to answer. If I can backtrack a little, after the rains of 1992 that broke an earlier drought here, many people in Montecito dropped the idea of continuing involvement in Santa Barbara’s desalination plant. Even Santa Barbara residents eventually turned their backs on the project and it was mothballed, with some parts being sold to, I believe, Saudi Arabia. Let’s not let that happen again. My wife and I recently returned from a threemonth European trip and during that trip I observed similar steel nets all over Switzerland, as well as in Montenegro and other vulnerable places. They are not “invasive,” nor are they particularly unattractive. After a year or so, they blend into the background and are barely noticeable. As far as our basins and deeper creeks “doing a solid job,” that is true, but had those recent rains been just a little more intense, well, anything could have happened. Besides, our local representatives allowed the deterioration of the basin system to take place. There is no reason to take a chance of a recurrence, especially now that we are nearly at the point of installation. The following letter also points to the wisdom of the nets and/or anything else that may prevent another tragedy. – J.B.)
Clear The Creeks... Now!
Seems like another big event has swept passed the California coastline and left the state drenched but looking like the snowy European Alps from the Oregon border to San Diego. At least that’s what I’m told. Unfortunately, I haven’t been anywhere near the coastline for almost two weeks as I’m stuck at home unable to get around for the next little while despite evacuation orders until I’m ready for prime time again. The sun is shining today which sends my thoughts out and about nonetheless! What I can do however, is to give you a report about the area where I am situated which is not far from the creeks doing their best to send
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n Monday, February 11, Rick Caruso’s Rosewood Miramar Beach Hotel and Resort was teeming with hundreds of employees awaiting the arrival of the first guests to stay at the reimagined property. The resort, which held its “soft opening” in order to accommodate a limited number of guests who had made reservations months ago, will be fully open to the public on March 1. The reopening of the long-awaited resort is nearly twenty years in the making; the original, more modest hotel shut its doors in 2000, after Ian Schrager purchased the property. Five years later he sold it to Ty Warner, who then sold it to Caruso in 2007. For the past 12 years Caruso has tirelessly battled the County for permits for everything from the demolition of the old hotel in 2012 to multiple iterations of the rebuild; the current plans were granted final approval in 2015 by the Montecito Planning Commission, but then Caruso himself appealed the approval, asking for more leniency on the number of beach club members and event attendees. Countless meetings followed with MBAR to finalize the design of the project; Caruso broke ground on the property in 2016. “It’s an exciting time, and I’m looking forward to welcoming everyone to the property when we officially open,” Caruso told us on Monday, while walking his dog Dodge through the dog-friendly property, flanked by several members of his team. The Manor House, the property’s centerpiece, was “inspired by a residential home, and set up to exude comfort and warmth,” said Caruso Senior Vice President Corporate Relations Rick Lemmo. The building,
Rick Caruso (left) and Rick Lemmo greet guests during the soft opening of the Rosewood Miramar Beach Hotel and Resort
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he show business adage is never follow children or a dog. Glenn Close was definitely up staged by a dog at her tribute during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF). I’m sure she didn’t mind since it was her own dog, Pip, who sneaked out of the green room and came prancing out on stage looking for his owner. When Glenn called to him, Pip ran across stage and jumped in her lap, kissing her profusely. Then he promptly lay down on her lap and listened to the rest of the Q and A with Leonard Maltin, long time SBIFF moderator and renowned film critic. Pip took another bow at the end when SBIFF executive director Roger Durling was presenting Glenn with the Maltin Modern Master Award for her work in The Wife. In the middle of her serious thank you speech, Pip rolled on his back, and rocked back and forth several times to scratch his back. The audience was in gales of laughter and when he’d finished, we all applauded. Glenn declared, “I don’t remember where I was.” Roger told Glenn that when he and his father went to New York when he was young so Roger could see six Broadway plays in a week, his Dad wasn’t a fan and would fall asleep. The exception was when Glenn was in one of them. He was her fan. Roger asked Glenn, “Would you accept this award in honor of my dad who passed away last year of Parkinson’s disease?” Ms Close has been nominated six times for an Academy Award and has worked in every medium from stage to television and many movies. She admitted, “When my mom found out I wanted to be an actress, she said I’d better learn shorthand.” Obviously, that wasn’t necessary.
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SBIFF executive director Roger Durling with Leslie Zemeckis at the after party for Glenn Close
Regarding directors, Glenn complimented Ron Howard on always being prepared and running a smooth shoot for his cast, perhaps because he is an actor himself. Glenn loves witches and adored playing Cruella in 101 Dalmatians. She made her character even more evil than the script said. Ms Close is proud to have co-founded the charity Bring Change to Mind, which addresses the stigma and misunderstanding around mental illness. It was this reporter’s 34th Film Fest and “we’ve come a long way, baby!” It began with just one celebrity tribute and few attendees. Today it attracts 14 – 21 February 2019
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Lisa and actor Christopher Lloyd at Glenn Close’s after tribute fête
90,000 visitors and offers eleven days of more than 200 films, tributes, and panels. Not to forget all the educational programs it provides and its acquisition of the historic Riviera Theatre. It is now a state-of-the-art year-round home, which shows new international and independent films every day. Kudos to executive director Roger Durling who took his childhood passion for film and turned it into a full-time job. I still have fond memories of his coffee shop the French Bulldog in Summerland before his film festival days.
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Friendship Center’s 20th annual “Festival of Hearts” was held at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort February 9. Several days prior to the event there was a display of many of the decorated hearts for the public to see. The showcase windows at Charleston Shoe Co. at 1017A State were chock a block full of dozens of Valentine inspired designs. This year’s artists reception was held there too with wine and goodies for all prepared by the event committee and staff. Store manager Vanessa Anderson greeted me saying, “During the preview time 20% of the sale of items in our store will go to Friendship Center.” That was extremely generous. The Charleston shoes are hand made in Mexico and are touted as the “cobblestones to cocktails” shoe. The owner of the chain of stores is Neely Powell who lives (where else) in Charleston, South Carolina. I think I’ll be going back to shop! The one in charge of all these valentines is Heart Wrangler Sharon Morrow. She told me, “One is already bid up to $4,000.” Artist and board member Matt Lum created it with mother of pearl and jade, which he
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and La Grenouille, and she would regale me about her adventures with the senior Yamani, best known for his role in the 1973 embargo when he spurred OPEC to quadruple the price of crude oil. She would also send regular “care packages” of luxurious chocolate truffles from the Du Rhône Chocolatier, situated on Geneva’s version of Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. But, according to Peter’s book, Della’s lifestyle was all part of a daring scam perpetrated on one of the most influential and powerful families of Saudi Arabia. It is a fascinating tale worthy of John le Carre, with Della, who purported to be a doctor, eventually dying of ovarian cancer at her home in London’s Chelsea, taking many secrets of the rich and famous, including the fabulously wealthy Sultan of Brunei, with her. The book is available on Amazon.
Wild About Wildlife Montecito animal activist Gretchen Lieff and Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner’s luxury beachside club, the Coral Casino, hosted a boffo bash for the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, which last year helped 3,297 animals in distress. The event, Love Our Wildlife, was a “friend raiser” to also help garner funds for the 31-year-old organization’s busiest time of the year between March and September, known as “baby season,” when young animals are rescued and helped to survive. Last year 2,400 newcomers of 170 different species were saved in this way. Before the event, two Western gulls, which had gotten entangled with fishing lines, were released on nearby Butterfly Beach after three weeks of rehabilitation. Among the 100 supporters were club manager Kevin Speer, Roger Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network gull release (photo by Isaac Hernandez)
Roland Bryan, Ariana Katovich, Gretchen Lieff, Kevin Speer, Beno Budgor, Kandy LuriaBudgor, and Anne Towbes at the Wildlife Care Network event (photo by Priscilla)
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Elaine Ibarra, Carol Marsch, Dennis Phelps, Susan St. John, and Martin Mielko at the Coral Casino (photo by Priscilla)
Scott and Christine Smigel, Kat and Peter Halper, Roland Bryan, Susan and Palmer Jackson, Gretchen Lieff, and Kevin Speer (photo by Priscilla)
and Sarah Chrisman, Tom Mielko, Miles Hartfeld, Penny Bianchi, Judi Weisbart, Carole Ridding, Susan St. John, Anne Towbes, Tom and Heather Sturgess, Jeff and Margo Barbakow, and Barbara Woods. Successful Stand-In Health problems caused scheduled violinist Rachel Barton Pine to cancel her appearance with the 38-year-old San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, under conductor Nicholas McGegan, in its debut at the Granada, part of the Community Arts Music Association international series. Instead Alana Youssefian, a Juilliard honoree, made an excellent last minute replacement playing Beethoven’s Concerto in D Major with considerable depth. The sold-out concert, with the talented musicians playing authentic early
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Who You Gonna Call? Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman has put a two-bedroom, one-and-ahalf-bath 1,904 sq ft property, set on 13.75 acres, the last remaining parcel of the 70-acre El Mirador estate, up for sale for $15 million. The original two-story Mediterranean-style gate house, built in 1918, also includes an approximately three-acre building site “suited for a grand custom-designed estate,” according to the sale particulars provided by my man with the martini... All Hands on Deck Montreal’s 7 Fingers contemporary arts collective gave a highly entertaining 90-minute show with amazing acrobatics and life-affirming theatricality at the Granada, part of the popular UCSB Arts & Lectures program. The show Reversible was highly creative, full of innovation and extremely well performed as the performers jumped in and out of scenic windows and doors, with two showing dazzling see-saw abilities, while others impressed juggling dexterously with
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instruments, launched with Mozart’s familiar Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, wrapping with Schubert’s Symphony No. 6 in C Major, which the Austrian composer did not get to hear played in public, dying at the age of 31 in November, 1828, the month before it was performed by a professional orchestra at his memorial. A delightful evening...
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Spirituality Matters by Steven Libowitz “Spirituality Matters” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area spiritual gatherings. Unusual themes and events with that something extra, especially newer ones looking for a boost in attendance, receive special attention. For consideration for inclusion in this column, email slibowitz@yahoo.com.
Fox’s 5Rhythms: Dance as Medicine
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iaora Fox came to 5Rhythms in installments. While she had studied body mechanics and the movement of energy since childhood and was raised with a wide array of healing arts and mindfulness tools in the Gurdjieff mystic lineage, Lakota Sioux traditions, and Huna philosophy, among others, she only came across 5Rhythms at age 18 when a family friend gave her videos by the dynamic movement practice’s founder, Gabrielle Roth. “I didn’t quite understand what I was getting into partly because I was in my living room dancing by myself,” Fox said. A couple of years later, now living in Maui, Fox met an older woman and 5Rhythms devotee “who was so obviously in her skin that witnessing that just pulled me in.” But the practice still didn’t fully stick. That came a decade later, a little over six years ago, at the end of a five-hour meditation following a friend’s suicide. “Out of the darkness came the 5Rhythms, whooshing across the screen of my empty mind,” Fox recalled. That was right after Roth had passed away, but it turned out that Lucia Horan, one of Roth’s personally-trained teachers, was coming to Santa Barbara for her first local workshop. “I knew I was meant to teach dance, but not in a choreographed way, which actually teaches shame and creates an inner dialogue of not doing it right, or not looking good enough,” explained Fox, who had already been teaching yoga and Pilates for more than a decade. “I wanted to help people connect to their spirit in their body. Halfway through that first workshop, she danced the 5Rhythms, and I started crying. I just knew I wanted to dive in. I’d been teaching yoga for fifteen years, and I felt like I finally found the right shoe.” The 5Rhythms – Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, and Stillness – correspond to emotions, states of being and stages in the life cycle, with music and intentions to match each energy, but no specific steps or choreography. The practice also sparked the growth of the ecstatic dance movement, which often offers its musical journey to match the rhythms of the practice. It took four years for Fox to complete her training – “The schooling process takes so long because it’s about embodying the work, not talking about it,” she explained. She has been leading workshops, dancing, and employing 5Rhythms, and DJ’ing at Santa Barbara’s most popular ecstatic dance community known as Dance Tribe via the practice ever since. “It helps you see areas that you are not habitually comfortable with,” Fox said. “It’s a fun way to meet your edge… Going into 5Rhythms and learning how to embody things physically that don’t come to me naturally has been very valuable. Creating a new movement pattern creates a new pattern in my brain, and that helps me to see how I can grow.” Fox – whose first name comes from the indigenous Māori language for “hello” but also, and most appropriately, means wishing the essence of life upon others – is launching a new 5Rhythms series this Saturday, February 16, from 1:30-6:30 pm at Yoga Soup, with a focus on exploring Connections through the dance. Upcoming themes include “The Rhythm of Our Breath” on March 23 and “Aum State: A Reset Meditation and 5Rhythms Workshop” on March 30. She’ll also lead the new weekly Movement Lab Collaborative at Yoga Soup on March 6, April 10, and May 8. Still, it’s not a certainty that the 5Rhythms “shoe” fits everyone, although anyone with a body can do it, but Fox’s belief is that all can benefit from a practice that both induces endorphins from exercise and a spiritual and emotional uplift. “It’s a study of how energy moves in a movement meditation practice so that we can embody those energies,” she said. “It lets you enjoy dancing through life instead of struggling with the energy that might confront you in the moment… This is a conscious way to meet playing with the body without getting it wrong, and have some upshifts. Meditating with the body’s movement invites the integration between body, mind, and spirit to happen quickly.” 5Rhythms: Connections costs $70 in advance, or $85 day-of. Visit http://kia orafox.com, or www.yogasoup.com.
A Chance for Chanting
Self Enquiry Life Fellowship’s spiritual founder HH Swami Vidyadhishananda, a Himalayan monk from the combined heritage of rishi sages and nath yogis, leads a two-day workshop in Sanskrit Sound Partitions and Mantra Chanting this weekend. Participants will learn chanting by directly listening and orating
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the Sanskrit sound partitions, to see how mantra chanting falls into place upon understanding the basics of syllables. All 16 vowels, 33 consonants, and three composite sounds will be taught. Practitioners will experience how the recitation of juxtaposed sound syllables produces an actual physical vibration, which awakens a spiritual energy and thus brings about a distinct state of awareness. This workshop is suitable for beginners as well as those already fluent with mantra chanting. A recording link for self-guided practice will be provided along with a pronunciation guide on how to relate with the sound partitions of Sanskrit language. The workshop takes place 4 to 9:30 pm on Saturday, and 10 am to 2:30 pm on Sunday, February 16-17, at Hansavedas Meditation Centre, 1807 East Cabrillo Boulevard, Suite D. For further information please visit www.hansavedas.org or www.meetup.com/hansavedas, or call (909) 543-6003.
More Sound, and So On
David Kennet’s Valentine’s Resonance Immersion, slated for 4 pm on Sunday, February 17, at the Salt Cave, is a sound voyage that employs voice, drum, flute, and Tibetan and crystal singing bowls to help people reconnect with the heart center and melt away perceived limits and obstacles. During the ceremony, everyone will receive a customized personal sound healing and also learn practical science-based ways to use sound as medicine in your own life, empowering you to awaken your innate healing dynamism. Admission is $40. Call (805) 963-7258 or visit www.soul-sounding.com. A sound bath with international vocal artist Aviva Chernick is part of “Shabbat Yoga: Welcoming the Beloved” from 7 to 10 pm on Friday, February 15, at Yoga Soup. The community celebration, supported by Rabbi Alyson Solomon and wellness healer Ninaya, includes Shabbat blessings and challah in the $36 fee. Visit www.thisisras.com/events/shabbatflow. The next Meditation with Sound experience featuring crystal and Tibetan singing bowls and gongs from Music of the Spheres’ Izumi Asura Serra takes place 6 to 7 pm on Sunday, February 17, at Santa Barbara Dance Arts, 531 East Cota Street. Admission is $20 at the door. Visit www.musicofthespheressb.com.
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Ojai herbologist and native plant guide Lanny Kaufer will make his annual visit to his favorite Santa Barbara front-country trail on San Antonio Creek out of Tucker’s Grove County Park for a three-hour Herb Walk at 9:30 am on Monday, February 18. With all the recent rain, water has returned to the creek along with Miner’s Lettuce and other native and non-native edible greens. On the family-friendly walk, Kaufer will identify, demonstrate, and discuss the many uses of wild plants by foragers, herbalists, and naturalists seeking out plants for food, first aid, home remedies, survival, crafts, ceremony, and more. Kaufer will also discuss humankind’s role in the ecological balance, Chumash plant uses, and other topics generated by the participants. The cost is $25 for adults, $20 for full-time students and seniors 62-plus, free for kids ages 5-12. Register at www.HerbWalks.com or call (805) 646-6281.
Mahakankala on Managing Perfectionism and Depression
“Overcoming Perfectionism, Self-Criticism, & Discouragement,” which takes place on Friday, February 15, at Mahakankala Buddhist Center (508 Brinkerhoff Avenue), features a lecture by the visiting American Buddhist monk Gen Kelsang Rigpa. The Western US National Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU and the Resident Teacher at KMC-Hollywood, Gen Rigpa will address the human tendency to set up an all or nothing approach to success, with the only choices being perfection or failure. That mindset can lead to excessive self-criticism and discouragement, blocking our capacity for learning and authentic spiritual growth. Gen Rigpa will talk about how Buddhist psychology can help people to gain insight into this process and learn practical methods to accept who and where we are at present, and make progress towards becoming the person we wish to be. Admission to the 7 to 9 pm event is $20. Gen Kelsang Rigpa also leads a three-hour workshop called “Shifting Away from Depression: A Buddhist Perspective” from 10 am to 1 pm at Mahakankala Buddhist Center North in Lompoc on Saturday, February 16, when he will talk about how, in the Buddhist perspective, the experience of depression comes about due to uncontrolled and painful states of mind known as delusions. Gen Rigpa will focus on Buddha’s illuminating teachings regarding these painful minds and how to overcome them and share how practicing methods he will offer, people can learn to experience a deep and satisfying emotional freedom. Admission is $20. Call (805) 563-6000 or visit www.meditationin santabarbara.org. •MJ
“Love is sharing your popcorn.” – Charles Schultz
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the rainfall down the mountains into the sea. For two very vital creeks this is not happening as it should: San Ysidro and Romero. The water flow from San Ysidro creek, as an example, flows like an upside down ‘V’ (from above the 192) from broad to narrow… very narrow, as it passes under the road and freeway, with houses on either side within several yards of its perimeters. When the water hits the narrows the velocity increases and the creek overflows, spilling onto the 101 freeway and the side roads, stopping traffic as it did last weekend. All known facts. The problem: San Ysidro creek should be at a depth of 8-9 feet to accommodate the flow, but is presently at a level just below the roads on either side, at about 2 to 3 feet. The 2018 clean-out did not go anywhere near the appropriate depth for a seamless flow to the ocean. This is a disaster waiting to happen! The next deluge will once again cause interstate traffic to come to a halt and continue to flood the surrounding areas, endangering lives and property. And this is just San Ysidro Creek with Romero in a similar situation. On the Santa Barbara County website I have read that funds to clear the vulnerable creeks has been requested but so far with no response. My question is: does Santa Barbara County have the luxury to wait for those funds? I have tried to call the County. No one answers and the call is disconnected. These two creeks need immediate attention with large equipment while the sun shines. It would be unfortunate to have the Los Angeles Times once again report unfavorably about the work done here in Santa Barbara. Is there anything that can be done…. now? And what gates need to be accessed in order to receive information? Within several hours after sending this commentary to the Santa Barbara County Supervisors, I received an email from Das Williams, for which I was most grateful – especially for his speedy response. He placed me in contact with a gentleman from the Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District who addressed one of my concerns and assured me that there were equipment and hauling operations underway. The question of the narrow creek bed was not specifically addressed. I was provided with his contact number, much appreciated, for a continuing conversation. The clearance of the creek is more complicated than just the narrows, a fact of which I am aware, including illegal barriers impacting water flow. But in the final analysis the narrows 14 – 21 February 2019
where both San Ysidro and Romero Creeks approach the freeway on their way to the ocean is where future damage and/or delay is most likely to occur impacting statewide travel, mandating evacuations, and isolating the area with rainfall far less intense than last week’s deluge. It would be unfortunate to once again have the County held responsible in the public forum clouding all the good work that has been underway since the January 2018 mudslides. Sigrid Toye Montecito (Editor’s note: Thank you for the update and here’s hoping you heal well and quickly. To your point, our local representatives – First District Supervisor Das Williams, and U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal – have both been pretty much missing in action. Luckily, Montecito has the capacity to raise the kind of money it takes to protect itself, but one would think that Montecito – being the cash cow that it is for Santa Barbara County – would have at least one governmental cheerleader who would put himself in the forefront of a countywide solution that wouldn’t strictly depend upon the deep pockets of its residents. Without the real-estate taxes thrown off by Montecito, this county would be a poor place indeed. It seems to us that protecting that cash flow would be more in the county’s interest than it has shown. – J.B.)
Surcharge Still Necessary?
As a resident of Montecito and a consumer of Montecito Water, I recently received an email from the water district informing me that Lake Jameson is almost at capacity. I have also been evacuated three times in the last few months because of “excessive rain.” Does this mean that we will finally be getting rid of the WSE surcharge from Montecito Water District? Danny Eades Montecito (Editor’s note: Good thinking, Mr. Eades. The Montecito Water District is always worried about its finances, so that surcharge will probably stay. – J.B.)
sentence you in two days. No matter your deepest apologies or the decades of positive contributions to your community, your life is now defined by this dishonorable act. “Are you now or have you ever been… stupid?” Is this what American society has degenerated to? Is this the ”Sovietski” environment we now live in, where suspicious friends or vindictive relations mix in with the truly offended? I do not know the answer but empathy, mercy and rebuilding a life used to be part of our highest virtues, not destroying a person’s life. I am not a religious person but I think, “Judge not, lest ye be judged” is apropos here. J.W . Burk Santa Barbara
Dems in Lockstep
When one looks at the television and sees an extraordinary long line of people, one is compelled to stay tuned to find out whether it is yet another caravan from Central America trying to get into the country, the great California Exodus of people trying to get out of the state, or the Democrats waiting line for Presidential wannabe sign-ups.
However, out of all of those, the person garnering the lion’s share of media coverage these days, is Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, or AOC as she likes to be called, is not one of the Presidential aspirants, at least not at this time. If you don’t know which one she is, I’ll try to describe her. She’s the youngest media darling of the moment. She has a habit of baring all her teeth, flaring her nostrils, and showing off the whites of her eyes. She reminds me of a horse that’s been spooked by a rattlesnake. Despite that habit, she’s not bad looking. She also lays a claim to some sort of minority status. I have not kept track of exactly how many are running for President, as the cast increases almost hourly, but out of all of them I have yet to hear what I could consider to be an intelligent proposal as to how they would improve the lot of the working class over what Trump has done, or explain why they are opposed to making America great again. Has Trump lived up to my hopes? No, but I don’t see a better alternative being offered by the Democrats, who need to do a lot of soul search-
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New York Polyphony Presents “Faith and Reason”
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aritone Christopher Dylan Herbert was one of the few Music Academy of the West vocal fellows to span the changeover from Abravanel to Hahn halls in 200708, and his approach to his own career underwent a simultaneous metamorphosis during his MAW tenure. Sure, Herbert found his time on Mirafloras campus “enjoyable and fun” and made a lot of lasting musical friendships, and found that it “helped me grow as artist.” “But it challenged me both positively and negatively,” he said recently. “It pushed my boundaries as a singer, which was great. It’s changed, but the focus back then was a little myopic, as if opera was the only way you could make a career as a singer. What it proved to me was that opera wasn’t going to be most of what I did, which I realized my second summer, like I was trying fit a square peg into a round hole.” Thank goodness Herbert followed his heart to pursue work as a “vocal explorer” as within three years he had joined New York Polyphony, the twotime Grammy-nominated vocal chamber ensemble that has carved a sizeable niche nudging early music from the 15th and 16th centuries with so-called modern sensibilities. “One of our missions is to bring music from our genre into the mainstream classical world, and combat the ghetto-ization of early music,” Herbert explained. We’re evangelists for the cause.”
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.
Hence Herbert’s return for his first public appearance at Hahn when New York Polyphony makes its Santa Barbara debut on Wednesday, February 20, with the fascinating program “Faith and Reason” in which the all-male quartet will perform Thomas Tallis’ Mass for Four Voices followed by Gregory Brown’s recent NYP-commissioned Missa Charles Darwin, which honors the conventions of its musical antecedents but replaces sacred texts with excerpts from Darwin’s writings. “There’s an objective quality in the early music; it doesn’t tell you how to feel,” Herbert said. “I love the democracy in terms of line and balance. Tallis always writes gracious vocal lines where everything makes sense and feels healthy to sing. Historically, he had to be a chameleon because he lived through the Restoration, and had to switch from Catholicism to Anglo-ism and back. We’re doing a Catholic mass in an English framework, so there’s a political component.” Far more fascinating is Brown’s Darwin piece, commissioned because,
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ing, especially when it comes to killing of the unborn American babies, which they have now extended to “As good as born.” And please don’t insult my intelligence by telling me it’s for “women’s health.” It is no coincidence that all Democrats are in lockstep when it comes to killing American babies and are also in lockstep when it comes to replacing them with foreign imports. Larry Bond Santa Barbara
We Are At Risk
In an Editor’s note following a letter to the editor titled “EPA’s Strict Guidelines?” (MJ # 25/4), Mr. Buckley chose to attack the character and intelligence of the writer, rather than engaging in her concerns about the EPA’s lack of oversight regarding the toxicity and contamination resulting from drilling. Let’s get real. AERA, ERG, and PetroRock propose to use extreme extraction methods to penetrate our groundwater to reach oil in Cat Canyon. That oil is so thick and deep underground that it requires steam injection and acidizing to bring to the surface, along with millions of gallons of toxic liquid that must then be sent back underground via wastewater injection wells, endangering the health of our water supply, as well as our air. These issues are nowhere addressed by Mr. Buckley. We are already at risk for air pollution in Cat Canyon as a result of drilling. In December 2018, I accompanied an investigator through Cat Canyon. Using a mobile air quality sensor, I obtained hazardous air quality index readings [AQI] for PM2.5 and PM10. A month later, with a representative of our county’s Air Pollution Control District [APCD], I stopped at six entrances to oil field operations. In these two trips, I obtained a total of sixteen different hazardous particulate air quality readings, the range of which was from the low 100’s to above 350, that is, hazardous air quality. These readings are worse than Beijing on a bad day. Adverse health impacts associated with these readings include premature mortality, increased hospital admissions for heart or lung causes, acute and chronic bronchitis, asthma attacks, respiratory symptoms, and restricted activity days. PM2.5 is associated with the greatest proportion of adverse health effects related to air pollution, based on the World Health Organization’s Global Burden of Disease Project. Short-term exposures to PM10 have been associated primarily with worsening of respiratory diseases, including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary
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disease (COPD), leading to hospitalization and emergency department visits. Long-term exposure to PM2.5 has been linked to premature death, particularly in people who have chronic heart or lung diseases, and reduced lung function growth in children. Consider public health costs and the tragic consequences of illness and disease that arise from hazardous air pollution. Now, combine that with multiple chemicals in our county’s drinking water as a result of cyclic steam injection, and you have a silent health bomb lurking in the shadows, a major cost to taxpayers and a tragedy that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. It’s time for Santa Barbara County to continuously monitor air quality in the oil fields and in the communities that are downwind from those fields. It’s time to evaluate the incidence of illness and disease in the communities that surround the oil fields. It’s time to look at the real costs of drilling in our county. Then we will have the information we need to identify and protect ourselves from serious risk. Irv Beiman Santa Ynez (Editor’s note: For the record, I neither attacked the character nor the intelligence of the writer. I, in fact, referred to her letter as “thoughtful.” I merely suggested that it would be better to have American oil companies operating in the U.S. drilling for oil rather than importing our energy needs from a number of other less environmentally aware oil-producing nations. I did express skepticism with her belief that developing an alternative energy infrastructure would “increase local jobs eight-fold,” among other things. Readers should know that Mr. Beiman informed us that he is a retired management consultant, and that his consulting experience over a period of more than three decades includes a three-year risk management project funded by the Department of Energy at the Hanford Nuclear Facility in Washington State. And, that he has been researching oil, water, and air in SB County for the last four years on a pro bono basis. Based upon his letter, we can only surmise that he believes no drilling should take place on the Central Coast. If so, it is an opinion with which we disagree. – J.B.)
Who’s In Charge?
I’m really ticked off when I see all this water pour into the sea and then every year we experience another water crisis. The people who run the county of Santa Barbara must be brain dead... and this is not brain surgery. Why, oh why is there not someone in charge who can think ahead? Why didn’t
someone put a few bulldozers into the nearly empty Lake Cachuma (Ed. note: Cachuma is nearly at 60% capacity as of this writing) and dig out hundreds of thousands of pounds of dirt and pile it up so it would accumulate and hold millions more gallons of water? If they did, we wouldn’t be in another water crisis again next or have to drink the reclaimed salt water that tastes like crap. Who is in charge? Who has foresight? Who has a brain that will have the courage to do the very obvious? Gene Tyburn Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: UCSB Environmental Studies grads pretty much run this county, so unless and until they as a group agree upon the desirability of an expanded reservoir, good luck with that idea. – J.B.)
tion that helps us understand one another a little better. The goal will not be to convince anyone to change their mind, but to gain a deeper understanding of what drives each of us, and what experiences have helped to form our viewpoints. The workshop will be moderated by former MJ columnist Randy Lioz, who serves as the Southern California state coordinator for Better Angels, and Matthew J. Long, a Santa Barbara attorney and mediator. There are still a few spots available to participate, but we also welcome anyone who would just like to observe. We encourage you to reach out to us for information at the following email addresses: bruce@bkirkpatrick.com or phil@philmayes.com. Bruce Kirkpatrick Phil Mayes Santa Barbara
Better Angels
No More Drug Wars
There is great concern among Americans that we have lost the ability to talk to one another across the current partisan political divide. While this phenomenon didn’t start with the 2016 presidential election, that contest certainly served to draw into stark relief the scale of the issues we face, with each side coming more and more to believe that those with whom they disagree are not just misguided and uninformed, but even perhaps evil. We have increasingly placed ourselves within segregated bubbles, consuming different media that draw upon different sets of facts, not just by choice, but now due to the vagaries of marketing tactics that choose to serve us only information that will reinforce our existing views. Fortunately there are many organizations emerging around the country that agree on a basic principle: if we once again commit to talking with one another, rather than just at or about one another, we’ll realize that we share much more in common than we thought, and that our basic values and hopes are largely similar, regardless of the media narrative that is being fed to us. One of those groups is called Better Angels, and its name refers to Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address, in which he proclaimed, “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.” He implored us to allow “the mystic chords of memory” to be touched “by the better angels of our nature.” On Saturday, February 23, we will be hosting a Better Angels RedBlue Workshop in downtown Santa Barbara that brings members of each group together to have a conversa-
“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.” – Sarah Dessen
I’m for ending the drug war. I believe it’s been as counterproductive as was Prohibition. More crime and ruined lives, not less. Substance abuse is a problem individuals and society must overcome, not the iron fist of the state. I don’t doubt cannabis has great medicinal properties, so should be legal along with any other drug, legal or otherwise. However, like alcohol and most any other mind-altering, recreational drug, cannabis can have very adverse side effects, not the least of which is addiction and/or dependence. I believe it’s been scientifically proven that a certain percentage of consumers will fall into the “problem” category for each type of drug (or alcohol). Hopefully, if one chooses to partake, they will fall into the “no problem” category. However, if one falls into the problem category, damage to addicts/dependents and their contacts can be catastrophic. Abstinence is no doubt the best choice, but if one must partake, extreme caution and awareness must be exercised when using any drug or alcohol so that social and behavioral problems that might arise may be addressed immediately. Of course, that’s no fun, so one usually ends up wrecked someplace, but a war on drugs isn’t the answer. On another note, I look forward to reading Ashleigh Brilliant. He is both witty and inspiring (I hope I can stay nearly as sharp with age). Hattie Beresford always provides interesting historical pieces. She may be related to Sam and Rose Beresford who once lived here in Carpinteria. Sam and his son-in-law, Jerry, did a lot of backhoe work for me back in the day. Lovely folks, all. Steve King Carpinteria •MJ 14 – 21 February 2019
Ernie’s World
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A Chicken in Every Pot and a Car Outside Every Garage
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here are some words a husband never wants to hear his wife say, like: “I’ve decided we should go vegan. Here is your lettuce-wrapped mushroom burger and beet fries.” Or: “Why is there a charge on this credit card from the Spearmint Rhino?” Or, worse, “I think it’s time to clean out the garage again.” “Ahhhhhhhhhh!” I have a theory about garages. They want to be full of stuff. Seriously. Have you ever seen a garage with nothing in it? It looks sad, right? Like the people living there don’t trust it with their things. Or they rent a cold, unfeeling storage unit somewhere. Or, gasp, they gave all their treasures away. “Nice theory. You actually made me tear up a little.” “Really? So, we don’t have to clean the garage?” Pat blew her nose. “Nah. I’m better now. Let’s go. Bring your beet fries if you like.” We have an “efficiency” garage. Very few folks in our complex actually put a car in their garage – unless they have a sunroof to climb out of. Pat knew it could be done, though. She is well above average intelligence – she married me, after all. But even with our Honda Civic compact, the passenger had to get out before the car went into the garage and the driver had to shed the majority of their clothing before trying to squeeze through the partially opened driver’s side door. The neighbors gathered around once to watch. “Nice underwear,” one of them remarked. “My grandson loves Sponge Bob SquarePants.” “Thanks,” I said. But happy garages fill up. And presently ours was very full. Matter of fact, there was not even enough room to park a Harley Davidson, which is okay because, sadly, I don’t own one. “There you go! Once we have the garage cleaned out, and with the money we save from not buying meat, you can get that Harley you’ve always wanted.” “Let’s see, if we save two bucks a week, I’ll only need 12,500 weeks.” “Excellent, now we both have a goal.” Pat handed me a plastic bin that said “Ernie’s Stuff” on the side. I blew off the dust. “These are my client file discs.” “You haven’t had any clients in years.” 14 – 21 February 2019
“Yeah, but what if one calls and wants me to rerun a campaign?” Pat pulled out a thing that looked like a flimsy CD. “This is a floppy disc. There is probably not a computer left in the world that will open this.” “Floppies could come back. Bell bottoms have made several comebacks, you know?” “Good point.” Pat handed me a box containing half a dozen pair of bellbottoms. “Will your size 32 waist be making a comeback?” I opened the box. Thirty-seven very fat moths flew out. Begrudgingly, I tossed the bellbottoms, flower-power iron-ons and all into the trash. Pat raised her arms over her head as if she’d just scored a touchdown. Then: “What are those stacks of yellowing newspapers?” “That’s every single issue of every newspaper my column has appeared in for the last 20 years.” “Aren’t they also on your computer?” “Yes.” “And on your back-up drive?” “Yes?” “And your back-up back-up drive?” “Yes, but some future genealogist, who decides to write a series of books about my extraordinary life, might need original copies.” “Ah.” She hesitated. “I see your point.” It was my turn to raise my arms high over my head and to do my patented success shuffle. Pat pointed at something else on that same shelf. “What the heck is that?” “My portfolio from when I went to Brooks Institute of Photography in 1982.” “Why is it wrapped with a bungee cord?” “Zipper broke?” “When?” “1983.” I cuddled it in my arms, then headed into the house as Pat grabbed a box with her name on it and started tossing things into the recycle bin. She had a maniacal grin. It scared me. She was still working when I returned. I handed her the portfolio. “Toss it,” I said. “Yay! Wait, what’s that huge box?” “I triple-copied everything that was in it. Oh, and your printer is out of ink. And paper. Still need my help?” “No. I give up.” I felt bad. Really. But all around me, I could feel the garage smiling. •MJ
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
All Fall Down
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e fall in love. So why don’t we fall in hate? But we all know that “falling” is much more complicated than that. There is, for instance, a big difference between a “fallen soldier,” and a “fallen woman.” Slipping and Falling too is acknowledged to be a major cause of death and injury, especially among the elderly. There is indeed a horde of attorneys who specialize in lucrative “slip and fall” cases, where some entity with deep pockets can be accused of responsibility. It must all go back to Adam and Eve. Presumably they were in some kind of love relationship. (After all, there was no competition.) But their fall (we are told) was the origin of all human evil. As the old “New England Primer” (America’s first home-grown text-book) taught, illustrating the first letter of the alphabet: In ADAM’S fall, We sinned all. But since infancy, we have been plied with tales of tumbling, stumbling, and falling down, from Jack and Jill who fell down the hill, to London Bridges falling down, to Alice falling down the rabbit hole – to say nothing of Baby’s precipitous descent from the tree-top, “cradle and all.” And of course there was Humpty Dumpty, who sat on a wall and “had a great fall.” (But there is some uncertainty about this. Traditionally he was an egg whose fall shattered him irretrievably – but in Lewis Carroll’s kindlier “Looking-Glass” version, he only looks like an egg, and although “all the King’s horses and all the King’s men” couldn’t put him back up on the wall, he apparently survives the fall, and is able to have a prolonged and very intellectual conversation with Alice.) But the same theme of falling also resonates throughout serious adult literature. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar makes it central to the entire plot. In an early scene, we are told that Caesar has epilepsy, which was known as “the falling sickness.” But this is just a foretaste of his fall from power, in which he literally falls and dies in the heart of Rome, when stabbed by the Conspirators. Then comes Mark Antony’s famous speech, in which he goes from conciliating the Conspirators to rousing the mob against them. When he comes to
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the killing of Caesar: O, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish’d over us. But falling can also be a long, slow process, happening over centuries, as chronicled by Edward Gibbon in his magnificent history of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. However, it’s not only mortals who are subject to involuntary descent. Milton taught us that even angels fall. Satan, also known as Lucifer, is an angel fallen from Heaven, and is the main character of “Paradise Lost.” Some critics have actually complained that he seems more heroic than satanic. And let us also acknowledge that the very sensation of falling can be extremely pleasant – hence the whole cult of “sky-divers,” not to mention the scores of amusement park “rides,” from roller-coasters to “drop towers,” based on the same thrill. Scientists have indeed found that one of the first experiences babies seem to enjoy is that of being dropped – and then caught. At the same time, there is a sadness, exemplified by what we call the “Fall” of the year, that autumnal “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,” as Keats called it – the time when leaves fall from trees, when ice and rain make people more likely to fall quite literally, and (at least in our own questionably enlightened society) even the clocks fall back. The words of many melancholy songs echo that theme, from “Autumn Leaves” – in which “I miss you most of all, my darling, when autumn leaves start to fall,” – to the allegorical “September Song” whose days, in the autumn of life, “dwindle down to a precious few.” And in many ways, we like to watch things fall – particularly water, in enormous quantities, falling great distances, over one or a series of rocky precipices. You find such “waterfalls” in nearly every well-watered land. The most famous, in our own part of the world, is called Niagara, and has, for some reason, become traditionally attractive to lovers. It is also strangely attractive to “daredevils,” such as those who would walk over the Falls on a tightrope, or tumble over them in a barrel. This somehow brings us back to where we started – the death-defying feat of Falling in Love. •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL
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financed plan will make our community stronger and safer by more than doubling the capacity of our woefully inadequate debris basins. Invest in our community now. Write a check today, no matter what size.
Reliable Potable Water
Last week, while traveling the backroads of Route 192 through rainstorms of varying intensities, weaving through canyons, sloshing through giant car puddles, with music humming to the beat of our windshield wipers, I have never seen the vegetation of Montecito look so lovely. Weeks of luscious rain have turned our landscape into 50 shades of forgotten green. Our plant life is alive. Our landscaping looks spectacular. A giant rainbow formed against the mountain backdrop through a light mist, creating a vision of incredible community beauty and renewed hope. Recent rains are a sign of renewal and rebirth. Nature’s greenery adds beauty and charm to the soul. All it takes is ingenuity combined with willpower to create a permanently secure, reliable water future. After years of imposing mandatory water rationing with its punishing penalties, and dependence on unreliable imported water, the Montecito Water District (MWD) is reinventing itself. It is rapidly transitioning from a water company that imports 85% of its water from the other side of our mountains into a District that generates 85% of its water locally. A year’s worth of emergency water for Montecito is being saved and stored underground in the Semitropic Water Storage District, an underground water bank with a capacity of 1.65 million acre-feet (AF) of water. That water serves as an emergency storage bank for Montecito, providing protection from overdraft of our groundwater basins. At its January Board meeting, MWD approved a negotiated term sheet for a water supply agreement with the City of Santa Barbara for a 50-year supply of up to 1,875 AFY (or 42% of Montecito’s 4,500 AF used per year). The City needs financial help to pay for its costly desalination plant; Montecito needs a reliable local source of water, independent of rainfall – it’s a win-win for both. More can be done to reduce the cost of water. With 1/3 of all the world’s water sitting in a gigantic, no-cost Pacific reservoir right on our front doorstep, it is bureaucratic insanity for the residents of Montecito, or Goleta, or Santa Barbara, or Carpinteria to continue to steal precious water from inland farmers and ranchers for urban coastal use.
Water is not a consumable commodity like oil or natural gas that when used is gone forever. Rather, the water we use today is the exact same water that our ancestors used. Water that falls as rain soaks into the earth as stored groundwater, or it is ingested into our bodies (water is 85% of our brain and 70% of our bodies), or it runs off as stormwater into rivers and creeks, or it is discharged into the ocean as treated wastewater, where it is recycled again for its repeated use and return to the sea. Think of desalination as simple environmental recycling. The greatest obstacle to desalinated water is California’s costs. How can we recycle ocean water at the least possible cost into potable water for human and plant use before returning it to the ocean? It is absurd that desalinated water costs twice as much in California as it does in Israel. Why? Humongous permitting, energy, and labor costs... in a process that should be 95% automated. Your support is needed to convince elected officials to lower the cost of desalinated water with less expensive energy, lower permitting costs and state and federal funding. Rather than spending billions on more dams and surface reservoirs, subsidize and lower the cost of desalination. Expanding the existing City of Santa Barbara desalination plant by increasing the number of RO trains from the current three train configuration (3,125 acre-feet of desalinated water) to 4, 5, or 6 trains (7,500 acre-feet) drops the cost of desalinated water significantly for all ratepayers in both the City of Santa Barbara and possibly Montecito. There must be leaders who can envision ways to cut desalination costs dramatically. Instead of charging oil companies a billion dollars per drilling platform for removal, there is probably a smarter way to recycle those abandoned oil and gas platforms in the channel with their existing conveyance pipelines to the shoreline into efficient offshore freshwater factories, powered by existing natural gas or wind energy turbines, making low-cost fresh water to sell to the world. Unlike oil spills, clean water spills are welcomed.
Go Underground
Currently missing from our community renewal and recovery plan is a serious proposal to address the escalating visual pollution from Southern California Edison (SCE), Cox Cable, cell phone antennas, and other wireless companies that have created visual blobs of overhanging telephone lines, vulnerable power lines, unacceptable power outages and fire safety hazards. Stringing utilities from pole-to-pole is so 19th-century. It is also incredibly ugly. SCE’s infrastructure is nearing the end of its lifespan. Wooden poles with crossbars, designed to last for 40 to 60 years, are now celebrating their 100th birthday. Now, even uglier steel poles are replacing our traditional 19th century woodpecker-prone power poles. Fire-related lawsuits have forced SCE to set aside $582 million for “wildfire mitigation and grid improvements” from exploding transformers and downed power lines that scorched 281,000 acres in the Thomas Fire. How much of that $582 million is destined for Montecito? Where are our leaders who see catastrophes as opportunities for community improvements? Rather than banning straws, ban power poles in Montecito by 2025. What’s needed is a community coalition of engineering and financing experts to put together a reasonable package to underground utilities without putting the entire cost on the backs of the residents.
Problem Solving
The Partnership for Resilient Communities has illustrated the value of strategic planning. When scientists can measure and describe natural disasters or other problem areas in mathematical terms, engineers and innovators can model options and suggest innovative new solutions. Emboldened administrators can then incorporate selected solutions into community plans, replete with funding requests. It is up to us to rid ourselves of our natural proclivity to either meekly accept the status quo, or go with a new philosophy: “If it ain’t broken, break it – and fix it now!” •MJ
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Herbert said, “We sing so much sacred religious music, we had an idea to focus on elevating scientific ideas. And ‘Origin of the Species’ is just as influential on human culture as the Bible.” Besides the lyrical change, the work also incorporates Darwin’s studies in the musical composition, Herbert said. “Brown took part of the DNA sequence of the Darwin Finch from the Galapagos Islands, and turned that into the melody which became the building block for the little melody that mutates and changes for the mass.” Apparently animals also have an appeal for the baritone. When New York Polyphony premiered Missa Charles Darwin in Berlin, with Darwin’s great granddaughter in attendance, Herbert’s attention was drawn elsewhere. “The coolest part for me was that we got to sing underneath the largest mounted dinosaur skeleton in the world. I was just like every little boy who dreamt of being a paleontologist.”
West Helps Launch Pad Head South
Playwright Cheryl L. West had a lot of reasons to adapt The Watsons Go To Birmingham – 1963, the award-winning children’s book by Christopher Paul Curtis, into a theatrical work. She wasn’t familiar with it before the
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artistic director at Chicago Children’s Theatre suggested it might be a fit for a new show, and West found herself “very moved” by the “wonderful family at the heart of the story” when she finally read the 20-year-old book. “The author writes with a strong sense of both humor and love and compassion for his characters,” she said. Then, UCSB’s 15-year-old new play development program known as Launch Pad was contemplating a collaboration with the Seattle Children’s Theatre – where local resident West has previously produced works – and asked the playwright if she had any ideas. Watsons was immediately agreed upon. “All three of them getting on board felt like a vote of confidence,” West said. But even stronger was West’s resonance with the story about a Michigan family that, seeking a change of environment for its troubled teenager, drives down to their former family home in Alabama in the summer of 1963 arriving just in time for the Birmingham campaign, the massive nonviolent direct action attack on the city’s segregation system via putting pressure on the city’s merchants, led by Martin Luther King Jr. in one of the civil rights movement’s biggest events. “Our family is from Mississippi so I related to that idea,” West explained, noting that the ‘60s were only a gen-
eration away from the migration of black families from the Deep South to northern states. “Just like the Watsons, I wanted to go to the south to visit my great grandparents, but it has its own set of rules. Even in my day, families would send a troubled kid to get a bit of raising in an environment that was tougher and they had to work harder. It can really affect a kid to see another way of living and a deeper insight to where they come from.” Kenny, the Watsons’ 10-year-old son, gets much more than that, as he is exposed to violence amid the protest. West – whose previous plays have been seen on and off-Broadway and who counts TV and film projects for Disney, Paramount, MTV Films, Showtime, TNT, HBO, and CBS among her credits – decided to focus on his story as a way to condense the book while staying true to the writer’s intention. “To me, the timeliness was this young child witnessing a world event that is traumatic – the same kind of thing that happens today in Charlottesville or Chicago. How does a child deal with the climate that we are living with now, things like families being separated at the border? How do we prepare a child to meet the world as it is but not be damaged by it?… How can a loving family help you get through anything?” West will be working alongside director and Launch Pad founder Risa Brainin when The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 has its premiere this weekend at UCSB’s Performing Arts Theater, with UCSB BFA acting students playing all the roles. The young actors are a plus, West said. “It’s great because they’re not cynical yet. They come to the project so open and available and are always asking questions which is great for working on a new piece.” Indeed, Watsons has been in development for a while now, with an initial workshop production with professional actors in Seattle followed by a Launch Pad preview presentation with students on campus last year. “It’s given me time to keep working on the text because we tell the story in a non-linear way, which is challenging. I’m glad I get to figure out what my subconscious was trying to do.” Also new since last summer is the addition of three new songs in the 1960s fame by Paris Ray Dozier, the son of songwriter Lamont Dozier of Motown fame, which will emanate from the car radio during the show. The theater piece, which appeals to both children and adults, is meant to induce conversations among families members – and elsewhere, as UCSB is also sponsoring a symposium titled “Timely Intersections: Black History on the Stage and Page” on Friday, February 15 – to discuss the play’s themes. “We hope families will come and
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experience it together, and talk about what it means, how what happened then resonates in today’s world,” West said. “What decisions would their children make in a similar situation?” (The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 will be performed February 14-24 at UCSB’s Performing Arts Theater. Tickets cost $12-$20. Call 805-893-2064 or visit www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu.)
5Q’s: SBIFF Award Winner Splits the Difference
Babysplitters offers a decidedly fresh take on the age-old struggle of couples coming into agreement about having children. The film, which had its world premiere earlier this month at SBIFF, dives headlong into unforeseen and decidedly risky territory as two couple who are close friends choose to have a single baby and split custody and caretaking duties. The comedy – which splits sides even more than offspring, especially in an uncomfortable, squirm-inducing extended sex scene – stars Danny Pudi (TV’s Community) and Emily C. Chang (Total Recall, The Vampire Diaries) as one of the married pair. Babysplitters won SBIFF’s Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema at the 34th annual festival, and will screen one more time for free at 7:30 pm on Sunday, February 17, at SBIFF’s Riviera Theatre. (Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story, winner of the Best Documentary Award, and In Love and War [I krig & kærlighed], which claimed the Audience Choice Award, screen at 7:30 pm on Friday and Saturday, respectively.) Writer-director Sam Friedlander talked Babysplitters and beyond over the weekend. Q. Where did you get the idea for the film? A. It draws upon personal experience, including conversations I had with my wife and discussions with others about having children, and an amalgam of issues in previous relationships. I wanted to find a fun concept to explore the disagreements in a couple around children and even among couples. I’m 40, and I had watched my friends divide into these camps – those who have children and those who don’t – and they just get polarized more as time goes on. As strange as it is, I was also amazed that I’d never heard of that concept in a book or movie or anything before. Me too. I was so worried that someone must have done it before. But I researched and asked all my friends in the business and I couldn’t find anything at all where the idea had been executed. 14 – 21 February 2019
SBIFF’s Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema winner Babysplitters plays for free at the Riviera Theatre on Sunday, February 17
Did the process of making the movie help you get clarity for yourself in that area? The characters are going through their own journeys, and there’s a little bit of me in each one – I’m too scared, it looks like fun, and other specific fears. So I wrote each of the characters from a different place within me. Making it definitely helped me. Part of the process of writing the script was to come to terms with what I wanted, and getting past the fears. So you’re having kids? I have one now. We made the decision to see what would happen if we stopped trying not to have a kid. And it happened. So I have a 10-week-old baby. That’s the funny part: I found out
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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 12) A beachfront guest suite at the Rosewood Miramar
suite across the 16-acre site, including the freestanding bungalows, features a fully furnished terrace or balcony with views of the ocean, mountains, or landscaped gardens. The property features six bars and six restaurants, including Caruso’s, the resort’s more formal restaurant located above the sand with expansive ocean views. Led by executive chef Massimo Falsini, the eatery will offer al fresco seating; lunch will be offered for guests with “sandy feet,” while dinner will be a bit more upscale. There is also the Miramar Beach Bar, the al fresco, oceanfront bar made to feel as if one is on a sailing vessel. Inside the Manor House is
the Manor Bar, which will eventually offer nightly music around a grand piano. Also within the Manor House is the more casual all-day restaurant, Malibu Farms at Miramar. A poolside eatery, Scoop Shop, offers ice cream, sandwiches, and other fare. There are two pools on the premises: the family friendly Manor Pool, with a maximum depth of four feet, as well as the adults only Cabana Pool. The infinity edge pool was modeled after a pool Paul Williams designed at the now closed Arrowhead Springs Hotel, once a mecca for celebrities during Hollywood’s most glamorous era. The resort’s spa, which is still getting its final touches, will feature
The back of the Manor House at the Rosewood Miramar
six treatment rooms and an array of services, including a full-service hair and nail salon. A fitness center overlooks the grounds, which also include a bocce court, koi pond, and fire pit, and many seating areas. “We hope this will be known as the center of town,” said Caruso rep Jessica Wong. Future plans call for bocce and croquet leagues and a plethora of kids’ activities. Guests can also request to be taken off property in one of four 6-seater vintage Fiat Jollys; drivers will take guests to Montecito’s shops and restaurants on Coast Village Road, the upper village, and beyond.
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This February the Santa Barbara Symphony returns to a work it co-commissioned more than a decade earlier, acclaimed composer Joseph Schwantner’s enchantingly delicate Chasing Light. The evening continues with Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, featuring three stellar musicians with a rich history of performing locally: violinist Paul Huang and cellist Ani Aznavoorian, both of Camerata Pacifica, and pianist Gilles Vonsattel, who regularly performs with the celebrated ensemble. Closing the evening will be Robert Schumann’s popular five-movement Symphony No.3, which is said to have been inspired by the history and spirit of Europe’s mighty Rhine river.
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On-premise shopping includes Goop Sundries, the first resort location of Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle shop. The Gate House is the other retail destination on site, offering home and clothing finds by designer James Perse. One of the design challenges Caruso faced while planning the hotel property was the fact that train tracks are located on site. The tracks, which are protected with aesthetically pleasing fences and gates, are monitored by a 24-hour crossing guard, who gets plentiful notice that a train is approaching. The area was supposed to have been designated a “quiet crossing” by Union Pacific, but that, so far, has not come to fruition. “We’ve also used cutting edge sound mitigation for the guest rooms,” Wong said. “We want to embrace the train, and celebrate it,” she added. The Resort will be open for a few select events, including two weddings, in the coming weeks until the official opening on March 1. From the intimate Founder’s Dining Room, to the expansive Great Lawn, to the glittering Chandelier Ballroom, the property boasts over 27,000 sq ft of meeting and event space. The Chandelier Ballroom features 12 custom-made Baccarat chandeliers featuring a row of subtle “Miramar blue” crystals. “There are so many details throughout the resort that pay homage to the former Miramar,” Lemmo points out. “I can’t wait to welcome everyone here,” Caruso says. For more information about the opening of the resort, which will be marked by a community-wide ribbon cutting, visit www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/mira mar-beach-montecito.
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hoops and balls. The 7 Fingers deserved a big hand! Just 48 hours later it was time for Kodo, the internationally-acclaimed taiko performing arts ensemble to shine with its Evolution show, featuring Japanese barrel drums vigorously showcasing 11 classic and contemporary works. A rousing whirl of energy that was hugely entertaining...
Justin Fox, Earl Minnis, Andria Kahman, and John Savrnoch at CADA’s annual gratitude lunch at the Biltmore (photo by Isaac Hernandez)
Death Gets New Life
Gigi Bermingham and Henry Woronicz star in Death of a Salesman (photo by David Bazemore)
Arthur Miller’s classic Pulitzer Prize-winning play Death of a Salesman, which debuted on Broadway 70 years ago, has been given a sparkling makeover in the revival by the Ensemble Theatre Company at the New Vic. The production from founding director Joe Hanreddy is set in Brooklyn, New York, in 1949 with Willy Loman, wonderfully played by Henry Woronicz, dealing with his family and career travails. Using a new score by Barry Funderburg and a great supporting cast, including ETC veteran Michael Bernard, Gigi Bermingham as his wife, Trevor Peterson and Alex Nee as his sons, John Connolly, Sergei Robles and Paul Michael Sandberg, this show hits all the right notes. It runs through February 24... CADA Celebration CADA – Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse – held its 8th annual gratitude lunch at the Biltmore, with more than 80 guests raising nearly $100,000 for the nonprofit’s 24-year-old mentor program, which matches fourth and
eighth graders with adult help. Ed Stonefelt, president and CEO, described the 25-year-old program, which has helped more than 3,400 youngsters over the years, as “a matter of time, patience, and love” with 75 percent of children showing significant improvement at school and 92 percent resilience to substance abuse challenges. Founder of the KEYT-TV mentor marathon Anne Towbes, chairman of Montecito Bank & Trust Janet Garufis, and Santa Barbara Man of the Year non-profit veteran Ernesto Paredes spoke at the bustling beano with Jai Ranganathan presented with the Penny Jenkins’ Mentor Champion of the Year Award. Among the supporters turning out were Catherine Remak, Gerd Jordano, Diana MacFarlane, Perri Harcourt, Marybeth Carty, Michael Baker, Mark Danielson, Geoff Green, Alixe Mattingly, George Leis, Natalie Noone, Terry Ryken, David Edelman,
CADA CEO Ed Stonefelt with event founder Anne Towbes (photo by Isaac Hernandez)
Awards at the Presidio Chapel Community awards were the highlight of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation’s 56th annual meeting in the Presidio Chapel. The Sue Higman Volunteer of the Year award went to Kyle Slattery, with the Life Honorary Director Award to John Poucher, the Pearl Chase Historic Preservation and Conservation Award received by Judith Dodge Orias, and the George and Vie Obern Award awarded to Robert Harry Lovejoy.
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Dream recipient LeeAnne and husband Jim.
The Dream Plaza at Hotel Californian.
C E L E B R AT E YO U R L O V E W I T H A G I F T T H AT W I L L L A S T A L I F E T I M E AND GIVE LIFE TO FINAL DREAMS The Dream Plaza is a beautiful oasis in front of downtown Santa Barbara’s historic Hotel Californian. It’s a place to linger and dream, and every contribution to this beautiful plaza will support Dream Foundation programs and bring thousands of Dreams to life.
Learn how you can be a part of Conde Nast Traveler’s 2018 Best Hotels in the World, all while supporting end-oflife Dreams. Please contact Dream Foundation by phone at 805-539-2208 or email
Set your love in stone. Dedicate a stone in the Dream Plaza. Give them a gift that can’t be found in any store. Give them something truly original. And help bring final Dreams to life. Choose from four sizes of stone to be elegantly engraved in this one-of-a-kind gift opportunity. Every stone purchased is eligible for a tax-deductible contribution. Dream Foundation is the only national dream-granting organization for terminally-ill adults.
plaza@dreamfoundation.org.
D R E A M F O U N D AT I O N . O R G / P L A Z A Dream recipient LeeAnne and husband Jim.
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SEEN (Continued from page 15) Heart wrangler Sharon Morrow and Charleston Shoe Co. store manager Vanessa Anderson at the hearts reception
President/CEO Ron Werft and wife Mary with Tiara Ball chair Alex Nourse and husband, Bob
Ann Ainsley and outgoing Cottage board president Steve Ainsley with Betsy and Chip Turner at the Tiara Ball
help treat thousands of children and adults who are critically ill or injured. You help ensure that no one is turned away who needs these lifesaving services.” Thanks to Leslie Ridley-Tree, 26 caregivers were invited to attend the fête. There was no silent auction so guests could have cocktails and conversation prior to dinner. Thanks to 12 ladies and one brave man who made up the committee we all had a wonderful time. They were: Gina Andrews, Virginia Barkley, Katy Bazylewicz, David Dietrich, Lisa Iscovich, Lynn Nakasone, Cathy
Heart artists Lori Call, Pali X-Mano, and Raven Wylde at the reception
collected while diving, and with feathers from his own pheasants. That is a most unique heart since the majority are very affordable. Local artists and celebrities do the heart art. I know there is one by Julia Louis-Dreyfus and another by Jeff Bridges. The theme of this year’s luncheon was The Emerald City so guests could dress as their favorite Oz character. A portion of the proceeds from the event subsidizes HEART (Help Elders At Risk Today), which is the cost of adult day care services for low-income aging and dependent adults and their families. If you’d like information call 805.969.0859. More news about the Heart luncheon at the Hilton next issue.
Tiara Ball 2019
They called it the “Party of the Year” held at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara to benefit critical care services at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. It was a sellout with 511 attendees in spite of the rainstorm. The gentlemen were elegant in black tie and the ladies with long gowns, many topped with tiaras. Wearing a tiara must make you feel like a princess. The ballroom decorations were fit for a princess. All the walls had been draped with red and gold fabric as had 14 – 21 February 2019
Quijano, Leslie Ridley-Tree, Robin Sonner, Magda Stayton, Esther Takacs, Betsy Turner, Mary Werft, and Margaret Wilkinson. The board of directors chair Gregory F. Faulkner would like us to know Cottage is a not-for-profit, community teaching hospital and is committed to the principle that no one will be turned away because of an inability to pay. This gala supports an extensive remodeling and expansion of the emergency department. If you would like to learn more about Cottage Health please call 805.879.8980. Cottage has been there for us for 125 years. •MJ
Thomas M. Cole Cole Construction & Structural General Contractors Tammera Gilman and chairman of Cottage board Greg Faulkner at the Tiara Ball
the tables. They were centered with three-foot tall floral arrangements of white tulips and the band was playing. Because of the 101-freeway closure the scheduled band couldn’t get here from Los Angeles. Luckily the committee at the last minute rounded one up, Area 51 from Santa Ynez. Both event chair Alexandra Nourse and president and CEO of Cottage Health Ron Werft spoke to thank the audience for all their help. “Since 2005 the Tiara Ball has raised $4,970,896 to
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ORDINANCE NO. 5870
ORDINANCE NO. 5871
ORDINANCE NO. 5872
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO. 5855, AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE WATERFRONT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH SANTA BARBARA FUEL DOCK, INCORPORATED, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, TO OPERATE THE FUEL DOCK FACILITY IN SANTA BARBARA HARBOR, FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS WITH FOUR, FIVE- YEAR OPTIONS COMMENCING UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ENABLING ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
SANTA BARBARA AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A POWER
AMENDING SECTION 5.62.040; SECTIONS 26.30.020 AND
PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH ACTION ENERGY TO
26.30.030; SECTION 9.126.020; SECTION 9.130.020; AND
DEVELOP, OWN, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A SOLAR
CHAPTER 9.132 PERTAINING TO NONDISCRIMINATION
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on February 5, 2019.
PHOTOVOLTAIC
GENERATING
SYSTEM
AT
FIRE
STATION 4, FIRE STATION 5 AND THE EASTSIDE LIBRARY, AND SELL ALL POWER GENERATED TO THE CITY
AND HARASSMENT PROVISIONS The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on February
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular
5, 2019.
meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on February
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the
5, 2019.
provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter
provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the
as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be
obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,
provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter
obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,
California.
as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be
California.
obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,
(Seal)
(Seal)
California. (Seal)
/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 5870
ORDINANCE NO. 5871
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance
) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
was introduced on January 29, 2019, and was adopted by
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance
ORDINANCE NO. 5872 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on January 29, 2019, and was adopted by
the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on
was introduced on January 29, 2019, and was adopted by
the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on
February 5, 2019, by the following roll call vote:
the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on
February 5, 2019, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
February 5, 2019, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Eric Friedman, Randy Rowse, Kristen W. Sneddon, Oscar Gutierrez; Mayor Cathy Murillo
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTENTIONS:
None
Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Eric Friedman, Randy Rowse, Kristen W. Sneddon, Oscar Gutierrez; Mayor Cathy Murillo
NOES:
AYES:
Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Eric Friedman, Randy Rowse, Kristen W. Sneddon, Oscar Gutierrez; Mayor Cathy Murillo
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTENTIONS:
None
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTENTIONS:
None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara
on February 6, 2019.
on February 6, 2019.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on February 6, 2019.
Published February 13, 2019 Montecito Journal
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) has (have) abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Bridal Bootycamp, 1 North Calle Cesar Chavez Street, Suite 110, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Elizabeth Alexander, 421 West Anapamu Street Apt C, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was originally filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 3, 2016. 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, filed February 5, 2019. Original FBN No. 2016-0000668. Published February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 2019.
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/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on February 6, 2019.
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on February 6, 2019.
BUSINESS The following
person(s) is/are doing business as: Villa Maria Post Acute, 425 Barcellus Ave, Santa Maria, CA 93454. Santa Maria Healthcare, INC., 27101 Puerta Real, Suite 450, Mission Viejo, CA 92691. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 5, 2019. 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. 2019-0000301. Published February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Club, 920 Summit Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Montecito
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor Published February 13, 2019 Montecito Journal
Published February 13, 2019 Montecito Journal
FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT:
on February 6, 2019.
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) has (have) abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Glow Fitness, 421 West Anapamu Street Apt C, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Whitney Eves, 1395 Virginia Road, Santa Barbara CA 93067. Elizabeth Alexander, 421 West Anapamu Street Apt C, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was originally filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 27, 2014. 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, filed February 5, 2019. Original FBN No. 2014-0003057. Published February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 2019.
hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara
Country Club, LLC, 920 Summit Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 28, 2019. 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. 2019-0000234. Published February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Association, 1469 East Valley Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Montecito Protective & Improvement Association, INC, 1469 East Valley Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa
Barbara County on January 29, 2019. 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 Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 2019-0000243. Published February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Uncorked Wine Tasting & Kitchen, 432 E. Haley, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Crush Santa Barbara, LLC, 25 S. Salinas, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 1, 2019. 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
“Being a good husband is like being a stand-up comic. You need 10 years before you can call yourself a beginner.” – Jerry Seinfeld
the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2019-0000269. Published February 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mc Bree Frances; Music Canyon, 1070 Fairway Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Marko Srdanov, 14 E. Islay Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Erland Wanberg, 623 Romero Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 28, 2019. 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,
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Notice Inviting Bids LA COLINA FORCE MAIN NO.1 REPLACEMENT Bid No. 5705 1.
2.
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its La Colina Force Main No. 1 Replacement Project (“Project”), by or before March 20, 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.
2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: one hundred and sixty (160) calendar days. 2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $800,000. License and Registration Requirements. 3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): A General Engineering Contractor. 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: planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?Company ID=29959. A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from Cyber Copy 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 10 percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’s issuance of the notice of award of the Contract, the bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and all other documentation required by the Contract Documents.
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.
Bidders’ Conference. A bidders’ conference will be held on Wednesday February 27, 2019 at 1 p.m., at the following location: La Colina Pump Station located near 4000 La Colina Street for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. The bidders’ conference is non- mandatory.
12.
Specific Brands. Pursuant to referenced provision(s) of Public Contract Code section 3400(c), City has found that the following specific brands are required for the following particular material(s), product(s), thing(s), or service(s), and no substitutions will be considered or accepted: Item:
Required brand:
Plug Valve Worm Gear
Dezurik
By: ___________________________________ General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) Feb. 13, 2019
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Home-TKR, 14 Parker Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Lisa Knutson, 9445 Asuncion Road, Atascadero, CA 93422; Lynsey Trueman, 5451 Thames, Goleta, CA 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa
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DUE DATE & TIME: March 1, 2019 UNTIL 3:00P.M.
Modification of 2 existing valves Drawing C10 and Specification Section 15116
2) Feb. 20, 2019
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The
Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award.
________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: February 13, 2019 General Services Manager Montecito Journal
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for: BID NO. 5727 DUE DATE & TIME: March 6, 2019 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Custodial Supplies for Airport Airline Terminal The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.
The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.
Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award.
Embrace, 616 Rolling Brook Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Carole Duby, 616 Rolling Brook Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 25, 2019. 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 Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN No. 2019-0000219. Published
________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: February 13, 2019 General Services Manager Montecito Journal
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. 2019-0000221. Published January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 2019.
Date: _________________________
Barbara County on January 17, 2019. 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 Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 2019-0000133. Published January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 2019.
The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp. The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.
Reference:
END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS
County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 2019-0000232. Published January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 2019.
BID NO. 5728
Three New 2018 or Newer All Electric Sedan Vehicles
Project Information. 2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located in the City of Santa Barbara extending from the La Colina Lift Station along La Colina Road to N. La Cumbre Road with discharge to a transition MH on N. La Cumbre Road at Via Lucero. The Work consists of construction of a new force main of approximately 3,250 linear feet using fused HDPE pipe. If traditional trenching methods are employed, the work includes the removal of the existing force main which is comprised of 8-inch cast iron (CI) and ductile iron (DI) pipe. The existing piping contains sewage sludge, which will require proper disposal. Thrust control at bends of the new HDPE pipe shall not be with thrust blocks, however, it is most likely that the existing force main has thrust blocks that will require removal during trenching. The project also includes Traffic Control for all of the associated work and coordination with summer recess at two local schools. The Contractor shall be responsible for maintaining control of odor and noise. In addition, the work includes all repair and reconstruction of existing improvements affected by the Work, including removal and replacement of any damaged utility lines. In addition, the work requires the modification of two existing plug valves, located in the valve vault at the La Colina Lift Station.
3.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for:
January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 2019. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Becker Construction; Becker Studios, PO Box 41459, Santa Barbara, CA 93140. Becker Inc., 412 E. Haley Street Studio #3, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 25, 2019. This statement expires five years from
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Venice Sky Productions, PO Box 41628, Santa Barbara, CA 93140. Dale Griffiths Stamos, 209 E. Mountain Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 8, 2019. 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. 2019-0000063. Published January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 2019.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 19CV00469. To all interested parties: Petitioner Lisa Ann Rood filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Lisanna Rood. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed January 30, 2019 by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: April 17, 2019 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, 2/27
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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, FEBRUARY 14 Valentine Overtures – While we’re sure many couples (and wannabe’s) will be wooing their lovers tonight, the Westmont Orchestra will instead be performing a romantic dinner concert full of musical overtures and other selections. The colorful, melody-filled program features music from “Tannhäuser” by Richard Wagner, “Magic Flute” by Wolfgang Mozart, “Nabucco” by Giuseppe Verdi, “The Moldau” by Bedrich Smetana and movie music from the animated hit Up by Michael Giacchino. The optional fundraiser dinner will find members of the Westmont College Choir serving the tables set up at Santa Barbara Community Church, while a live silent auction, prepared by the students, will be held throughout the evening. The event also serves as a kickoff to the orchestra’s annual tour, which will take the ensemble to Redlands, San Diego, and Long Beach, California, plus Tempe and Cave Creek, Arizona, from February 15-18. WHEN: Dinner 6 pm, concert 7 pm WHERE: 1002 Cieneguitas Road COST: $30 general, $25 seniors ($50/$40 for two; $10 for concert only) INFO: www. westmont.edu/music FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Visions of Dance – Hector Sanchez, the near-ubiquitous local ballroom/aerial dance performer/ teacher, has titled his upcoming slate of evening performances “Envision:
Humanity” to evoke a theatrical representation of today’s changing world with a desire to entertain, inspire, and educate audiences of all ages. The collaborating artists will weave intricate stories about life and society and highlight social movements in a multimedia presentation that intricately blends contemporary aerial and dance with imagery and music. Performers include Lauren Breese and the AIREDANSE Collective, plus Aurora Moon Tribe – Krischana Thompson, Selah Dance Collective – Meredith Cabaniss, Yulia Maluta, Vasily Golovin, Jatila van der Veen, and others. Special guest Nathaniel Gray will also speak about The Santa Barbara Project, his community photography book and project that features photos of, and words by, more than 200 people from all walks of life who call Santa Barbara home. WHEN: 7:30 pm tonight & tomorrow WHERE: Center Stage Theater, upstairs in the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center, at the intersection of Chapala and De la Guerra streets COST: $33 general, $28 students and seniors INFO: (805) 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Bridge to Beethoven – There are a couple of extra local angles in connection with the Santa Barbara Symphony’s pair of concerts this weekend, beginning with returning to a work it co-commissioned as part of the Ford Made in America partnership program of the League of American
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Houser in the House – Singer-songwriter Randy Houser is among the many country singers who first made a living co-writing singles with other musicians for established country stars – his hits include “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” by Trace Adkins, “Back That Thing Up” by Justin Moore, and “My Cowboy” by Jessie James. A recording artist for just over a decade, Houser’s No. 1 hits include “How Country Feels,” “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight,” and “We Went,” and now the platinum-selling Houser is touring in support of his latest album, Magnolia, out just last month and named for his home state of Mississippi, aka the Magnolia State, where the singer-songwriter has been cultivating a homegrown, organic sound over the past two years. Magnolia is also the title of a new concert film that features live performances by Houser and follows a storyline that embodies the sentiment of the album’s lyrics. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom, 3400 Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $39-$59 INFO: (800) CHUMASH or www.chumashcasino.com
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Orphan Opera’s Timely Resurrection – Franz Lehár’s The Mock Marriage (Die Juxheirat) ran for just 39 performances upon its 1904 premiere in Vienna before being overshadowed by the composer’s wildly popular Merry Widow less than a year later. The operetta was not staged again for more than a century, only emerging in 2016, when it was produced for the Lehár Festival in Bad Ischl, Austria. Now, UCSB’s Opera Theatre program is giving the work its North American debut at the appropriately historic Lobero Theatre. The revival couldn’t be much more timely as The Mock Marriage focuses on women’s rights and the growing feminist movement in the early 20th century. Set in Newport, Rhode Island amongst the well-to-do of American society, the plot primarily revolves around a recently-widowed daughter of a billionaire who has vowed to never marry again and has established a feminist organization, “Los vom Manne,” or “Get away from all men.” Not surprisingly for the long-before#MeToo movement era, her father attempts to arrange a marriage with his business associate, and the plot thickens via a complicated scheme involving cross-dressing and manipulation. While the cast features both graduate and undergraduate students from the UCSB Voice Program, the creative team is a powerful pack of professionals led by director Steven Daigle, Professor of Opera and Artistic Director of Eastman Opera Theatre at the Eastman School of Music, who will be supported by UCSB faculty members Benjamin Brecher (producer), Maxim Kuzin (conductor), and still-thriving soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian (music preparation), plus set design by San Diego Opera veteran Yuki Izumihara, and choreography from Westside Dance community ballet school owner Jennifer Phillips. The performances also represent an unprecedented collaboration, with UCSB Library, which houses the piece as part of its Michael and Nan Miller Operetta Archive. WHEN: 8 pm tonight, 2 pm tomorrow WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $35 adults, $13 students, $8 children under 12 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com
Orchestras more than a decade ago – Joseph Schwantner’s “Chasing Light.” The piece was inspired by the “brilliant and intense early morning sunrises” he experiences as a resident of rural New Hampshire, drawing “its spirit, energy and inspiration from the celebration of vibrant colors and light that penetrate the morning mist as it wafts through the trees in the high New England hills.” The program continues with Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, with exquisite solo lines coming from Camerata Pacifica principal violinist Paul Huang and cellist Ani Aznavoorian, plus pianist Gilles Vonsattel, who regularly performs with the Santa Barbara chamber music ensemble. The symphony then closes the concert by returning to the nature theme via Robert Schumann’s Symphony No.3, which is said to have been inspired by the history and spirit of Europe’s Rhine River. WHEN: 8 pm tonight, 3 pm tomorrow WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $29-$135 ($20 for ages 2029, $10 all students) INFO: 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org Ghost Goes Gospel – Seattlebased Marley’s Ghost has clung to an all-encompassing eclecticism since early on in the band’s life,
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which goes back more than three decades and has resulted in a broad repertoire that defies categorization other than, perhaps, under the Americana umbrella. The band’s 13th CD, Travelin’ Shoes, out just eight days, adds a new focus to that long reaching oeuvre, a 12-song selection of traditional gospel tunes delivered with the rich, dynamic, vibrant instrumentation and tightly locked harmonies that have characterized Marley’s Ghost all along. The album was produced by Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan, Levon Helm), who also helmed their vastly different 2016 album The Woodstock Sessions, and raises the bar just a bit further. Meanwhile, while the rest of the boys will have to travel a bit to arrive at the Alcazar Theatre CD-release show tonight, Jon Wilcox (mandolin, guitar, bouzouki, vocals) could just about walk there, as the veteran has long lived in Montecito. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria COST: $20 INFO: (805) 684-6380 or www.thealcazar.org Adolescent Attack – Teenagersat-heart are throbbing with the news that Nerf Herder, the self-described nerd rock pop band that took its name from the original Star Wars 14 – 21 February 2019
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Tale of Two Emmet C’s – Jazz pianist Emmet Cohen and Irish tenor Emmet Cahill would seem to have little in common other than both appearing in Santa Barbara rather coincidentally on the same Sunday in mid-February. But dig a little deeper and it’s also clear that both musicians have risen rather quickly to command attention and accolades in their chosen genres while still in their 20s. Cohen – who will perform with his trio featuring Late Show with Stephen Colbert bassist Russell Hall and Wynton Marsalis tour veteran drummer Kyle Poole in a return to SOhO via the Santa Barbara Jazz Society – has been praised by Downbeat Magazine for a “kaleidoscopic sense of musical narrative,” which took note of his ambitious stylistic juxtapositions, including the melding of stride, blues, church, swing, bebop, free, and contemporary. The title of their just released CD, Dirty in Detroit, indicates a gritty urban adventure for the Harlem-based piano phenom who has played at the Newport, Monterey, Edinburgh and New Orleans Jazz, the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia, and such clubs as the Village Vanguard, the Blue Note, Birdland, Jazzhaus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, and the Kennedy Center. Later tonight, Cahill’s concert at Trinity Episcopal Church represents the local recital debut for the classically trained Irish tenor who is also a member of the popular Celtic Thunder group. Cahill saw his orchestral debut album, Emmet Cahill’s Ireland, released last year on the Sony Music USA label, soar to No. 1 on the Amazon, iTunes and Billboard World Music charts. He’ll perform traditional Irish songs, beloved church hymns and Broadway favorites, along with his ever-popular “request medley,” which often induces some surprises from the audience. Cahill, who sold out his debut at Carnegie Hall in March 2018, will also share stories from his homeland. WHEN: Cohen: 1-4 pm; Cahill: 7-8:30 (pre-concert meet-and-greet at 5:30 pm) WHERE: Cohen: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court; Cahill: Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street COST: Cohen: $25 general, $15 SBJS members, $7 members who are local professional jazz musicians or full-time students; Cahill: $30 general, $45 with meet-and-greet INFO: Cohen: (805) 962-7776 or www.sohosb. com; Cahill: https://emmetcahilltours.ticketleap.com
movie, are doing a rare local show. The trio’s unassuming self-titled 1996 debut album featured “Van Halen,” a hilarious tribute/biting indictment of the band’s David Lee Roth/Sammy Hagar eras, which somehow became a monster hit, bringing national attention to such silly local ditties as “Haley Street.” After recording the theme song for the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and putting out two more records, the furor died down. Singer-songwriter/guitarist Parry Gripp returned to his family’s orchid business but then also found another surprising second life in music via his videos on YouTube, including “Nom
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Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom,” “Raining Tacos,” and “Baby Monkey (Backwards on a Pig),” all of which have received more than 25 million views. But live Nerf Herder is still more fun and the next incarnation of the adolescent attack will arrive acoustically in a special show tonight at the already retro Mercury Lounge. Jeff Whalen, the former leader of Tsar who yesterday released his debut solo album Ten More Super Hits, opens the show. WHEN: 9 pm WHERE: Mercury Lounge, 5871 Hollister Avenue, Goleta COST: INFO: 967-0907 or www.facebook.com/ events/1656492411163509 •MJ
Don’t Cry for Them – Broadway superstar composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (The Phantom of the Opera, Cats) scored another huge hit with the 1970s musical Evita, which follows the rise of the ambitious and ruthless Eva Peron through the eyes of the future revolutionary leader Ché Guevara as she becomes the beloved Argentinian iconic First Lady, worshipped by her people. Winner of seven Tony Awards, plus a Grammy for its score that combines Latin music, pop, jazz, and musical theatre styles, Evita boasts many memorable numbers that feature a highly involved and meaningful chorus, not to mention a compelling story fashioned by Webber and his frequent early lyrics partner Tim Rice (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar). The ambitious production at the Granada is part of the Broadway in Santa Barbara Series. WHEN: 7:30 pm tonight & tomorrow WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $44-$88 INFO: (805) 899-2222 or www. granadasb.org
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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 29) Sheila Lodge, Judith Orias, Louise Days, William LaVoie, and Debby Aceves (photo by Priscilla)
After the meeting guests adjourned to the nearby Alhecama Theatre to snaffle the canapés and quaff the wine… SB Gains an Ace Nikki Slater joins the pro staff at SB Polo & Racquet Club
Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club has added a new tennis pro to its talented staff. Born and raised in Scotland, Nikki Slater grew up playing with Wimbledon champ Andy Murray and his brother, Jamie, as her coach was the ace racketeers’ mother, Judy. She graduated from Florida State University where she was number one in both singles and doubles, with a national ranking of 55 and a WTA career high ranking of 165 in the world. Nikki also made two Grand Slam appearances at Wimbledon. A nice addition to the ranks... Lowe Down Dirty Shame Rob Lowe, a resident of our rarefied enclave for many years, says he felt “humiliated” by Santa Barbara City College’s decision to scrap reciting the Pledge of Allegiance because of its links to “white nationalism.”
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The college says it decided to “discontinue the use” of the pledge to the American flag at meetings for reasons related to its history and symbolism. The board then reversed the decision as members had “First Amendment Rights” to comment, which had to be respected. Despite the U-turn Rob, 54, took to Twitter to express his strong disapproval of the initial decision. “Humiliated for Santa Barbara City College making national news for their idiocy,” he thundered. Our Days Are Numbered Former Montecito resident actor Michael Douglas, 74, says that now that he is older he plans his life better because, as he puts it, “time is finite now.” “There is much more planning your time because you don’t have this infinite amount of time,” says the Oscar-winning son of acting legend Kirk Douglas, who celebrated his 102nd birthday in December. Michael, who is married to Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, 49, also says surviving stage IV throat cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2011, was a “rebirth” when he was declared cancer-free in 2013. “You see priorities differently,” he tells London’s Daily Mirror. “You have a much deeper appreciation of marriage and your children. You see everything a little bit clearer, a little brighter.” Tasting the Town Santa Barbara’s second annual Restaurant Week blasts off on Friday,
February 22 for ten days of miserly mastication. The event is designed to showcase the culinary delights of our Eden by the Beach crafted by our tony town’s finest eateries. For more than 20 years Restaurant Week founders Tim Zagat and Joe Baum orchestrated a four-week celebration of New York’s finest food, making the gastronomic dining experiences accessible to all. And in 2018 the Santa Barbara event founders brought the foodie phenomenon to the American Riviera, showcasing the best of our city’s more than 450 nosheterias. This year’s local event will benefit the California Restaurant Association Foundation’s ProStart, a two year culinary arts and hospitality management program, that reaches more than 9,000 students at 127 public high schools. Each participating restaurant, including Olio e Limone, Lucky’s, Tre Lune, Convivo, Bella Vista, The Monarch, Los Arroyos, Bluewater Grill, Loquita, Blackbird, and the Little Door, will offer a prix-fixe menu that includes a $25 two-course lunch and a $40 threecourse dinner. Food for thought, indeed... Goop in Your Living Room Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow is taking to her lifestyle and fashion website Goop to Netflix. The 46-year-old Oscar winner will premiere a docuseries on the streaming service in the fall consisting of 30-minute episodes hosted by her and Elise Loehnen, her chief content officer. The dynamic duo will use doctors, experts, and researchers on the show to discuss issues in the field of spiritual and physical wellness, according to Variety. Celebrating the Chateau The storied Chateau Marmont, where I used to bunk before moving to Hancock Park in Los Angeles permanently in 2001 after nearly 25 years in Manhattan, is celebrating its 90th birthday. The Sunset Boulevard institution, built by attorney and developer Fred Horowitz and now owned by an old New York friend Andre Balazs since 1990, is now the subject of an HBO mini-series and a new book The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal by Shawn Levy, being published by Doubleday in May. I used to stay in penthouse 64, a favorite of magnate and moviemaker Howard Hughes, with its sweeping views of the Sunset Strip and the hotel’s pool, locale to the cottage where comedian John Belushi, aged just 33, died in 1982 of a lethal drug cocktail. Soon after I moved to the Big Orange from the Big Apple, affable hostelry manager Philip Truelove took the reverse journey becoming manager of
“A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears.” – Les Dawson
the equally trendy Mercer Hotel in SoHo, also owned by Balazs. Truelove, who started his career at London’s Ritz Hotel in 1970, is now manager of the 88-room Greenwich Hotel, a former Tribeca warehouse transformed by actor Robert De Niro. Fond memories... Pottery Pair Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry got creative for the Super Bowl. The 34-year-old Dos Pueblos High student and her British actor beau Orlando Bloom spent the Big Game flexing their artistic muscles at a pottery studio, Color Me Mine, in Los Angeles. Orlando, 42, was busy painting a ceramic jar for dog treats, while Katy was filming him and herself in action. Influential Trio Dan Burnham joins Santa Barbara Symphony board
A tony triumvirate – Montecito Bank & Trust chairman Janet Garufis, former chairman of Raytheon Dan Burnham, and Sarah Chrisman, a co-founder of a Silicon Valley telecommunications company – has joined the board of the Santa Barbara Symphony. “Their experience and commitment to the arts in Santa Barbara is unparalleled,” says executive director Kevin Marvin. “They will be essential in guiding our vision for the future.” The 66-year-old organization is clearly in good hands. Talking our Tony Town for Ten Years This issue marks the tenth anniversary of Miscellany in this illustrious organ. More than 500 columns, some 2 million words, judicious wordsmithing, an avalanche of alliteration, and a plethora of punnery. On to the next decade... Sightings: Miramar developer Rick Caruso noshing with friends at the Honor Bar... Singer Pink at the Goodland Hotel’s Outpost restaurant... Actor Christopher Lloyd checking out Pierre Lafond Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmineards@ verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal. To reach Priscilla, email her at priscil la@santabarbaraseen.com or call 9693301. •MJ 14 – 21 February 2019
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about the Resort, which had its soft opening on Monday, February 11. “Thank you for working with us over the years. It’s come a long way and we’re grateful to be official members of the community,” he said. Montecito Water District General Manager Nick Turner gave a presentation about several items the District is currently working on. The District serves 11,400 people through 4,612 service connections, with an annual revenue of $19 million. The MWD infrastructure was heavily damaged in the 1/9 debris flow, including 9 transmission pipeline breaks, 15 distribution pipeline breaks, 25 shearedoff fire hydrants, and over 290 damaged service connections. “Permanent or temporary repairs were completed and the water system was restored in under three weeks,” Turner said. “It was really incredible.” The District continues to work on four highline crossings, the bridge at Parra Grande, and lost structures at Jameson Lake. The total cost of the damage was $8.1M; the District was able to recoup $5.2M from FEMA and $2.3M from insurance. Diversification has long been a goal of the District, which includes achieving 85% local and “drought proof” water supplies by 2025. “We want to rely less on unreliable water supplies,” said Turner, explaining that our larg-
est water sources of Lake Cachuma and Jameson Lake are rainfall dependent and unreliable. Initiatives include groundwater banking, desalination, and recycled water. A desalination agreement with the City of Santa Barbara is expected to be completed by June 2019. The governing principles of the agreement include the following: The City would own and operate the plant and conveyance pipe; the City will deliver and MWD will pay for an annual supply of water irrespective of the hydrological conditions; the District’s cost of water includes reimbursement for a portion of the expenses that the City has spent on maintaining the plant since 1995; the City has the right to supply the District with water from any of the City’s potable water supplies, but agrees to maintain the plant’s ability to produce water; the agreement would be for 50 years, and allow 1,430 acre-feet of water per year, ranging in price from $2,637 and $3,000. Deliveries of the water could start as early as January 2021. The District also continues to work on a recycled water plan; the feasibility study was completed in November 2018 and the District is currently in Phase 1 for the majority of the year. Phase 1 includes multiple technical studies; Phase 2 will include predesign, CEQA studies, and funding/
financing studies. Phase 3 will include final design and funding, and Phase 4 will be construction of recycled water facilities. “This water won’t be delivered to single family homes, it will be used for large irrigation uses such as the cemetery and golf courses,” Turner said. “Additional technical studies are needed to refine the project.” The estimated unit cost for recycled water is $3,300-$3,700 per acre-foot. The District will also be conducting a rate study this year, with a target completion expected by the 2nd quarter of this year. For more information, visit www.montecitowater.com. During Community Reports, Montecito Fire Chief of Operations Kevin Taylor reminded the community that there will be a stakeholder meeting next week to discuss the amendments to the District’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), following lessons learned from the Thomas Fire in 2017 as well as findings from the recently released “A Defensible Community: A Retrospective Study of Montecito Fire Protection District’s Wildland Fire Program During the 2017 Thomas Fire” report. The amendment provides guidance as to how the District may best move forward given the new environmental conditions that the Thomas Fire and ensuing debris flow created. The District is seeking community input, and will hold a
meeting at Montecito Fire Station 1, 595 San Ysidro Road on Wednesday, February 20, at 5:30 pm to discuss the amendment. The meeting will offer a positive, solution-oriented environment in which to address the future wildfire threat to our community. All stakeholders including property owners, residents, local agencies, organizations, associations, business owners, community leaders, and interested public members are encouraged to attend. Both school superintendents reported that improvements will be made to both campuses in the coming months: roof renovations and ADA updates during the summer at Montecito Union School, and heating and lighting system upgrades during spring break at Cold Spring School. Diane Gabriel with Montecito Sanitary District reported that the recent rainstorms caused an increase in flow into the treatment plant, which means there are private property connections that are sending water to the District’s systems. Montecito Sanitary District offers free inspections on your property to ensure your drainage is not connected improperly. For more information, visit www.montsan.org. Next week we’ll have more info on the District’s local lift stations. The next Montecito Association board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 12. •MJ
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Project Information. 2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at various City of Santa Barbara fire stations and is described as follows: INSTALLATION OF FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM 2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 40 working days after Notice to Proceed 2.3 Estimate. The estimate for this Project is: $66,000.00 2.4 Bidders’ Conference. A MANDATORY bidders’ conference will be held on February 28, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksites. NOTE: Bidders will meet at 121 W. Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (Fire Station 1). From there, the group will vanpool (based on capacity) or caravan to the 8 additional locations outlined in the Scope of Work. There will be a sign-in sheet at the beginning and a sign-out sheet after the walk through is completed. Bidder must complete the on-site walk to all 9 locations to qualify to participate in this bidding process. Allow 6 – 8 hours, bring water and a lunch. Bids will not be accepted or considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory walk-through. Bidders are requested to RSVP through the PlanetBids portal no later than close-of-business the day prior to the scheduled bid walk.
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3.2 DIR Registration. City will not 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.
Bid Security. No bid security is required for this project.
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Prevailing Wage Requirements. 5.1 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. 5.2 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.
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5.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code section 1771.4. 6.
Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide separate performance and payment bonds for 100% of the Contract Price regardless of contract dollar amount.
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Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code section 22300.
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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.
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Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.
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Retention Percentage. The percentage of retention that will be withheld from progress payments is five (5) percent.
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License and Registration Requirements. 3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification: C-7 Low Voltage Systems OR C-10 Electrical Contractor
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William Hornung CPM, General Services Manager Publication Date: 2/13/19 & 2/20/19 Montecito Journal END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS
14 – 21 February 2019
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$3,495,000 | 1479 Bonnymede Dr, Montecito Lower | 2BD/2½BA Anderson & Hurst / John Comin | 805.618.8747 / 680.8216 / 565.4007 | Lic # 00826530 / 01903215 / 00662357
$2,850,000 | 1284 Coast Village Rd, Montecito | 2BD/2½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896 | Lic # 00976141
$13,750,000 | 4225 Cresta Ave, Hope Ranch | 6BD/7BA Jason Streatfeild | 805.280.9797 Lic # 01834496
$13,500,000 | 1050 Cold Springs Rd, Montecito | 7BD/8BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233 Lic # 01209514
$11,750,000 | 848 Park Ln, Montecito | 5BD/4+(2)½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896 Lic # 00976141
$8,900,000 | 700 E Mountain Dr, Montecito | 6BD/6½BA + PH MK Properties | 805.565.4014 Lic # 01426886 / 01930309
$7,495,000 | 1570 E Valley Rd, Montecito | 5BD/6½BA Cristal Clarke | 805.886.9378 Lic # 00968247
$7,495,000 | 4219 Cresta Ave, Hope Ranch | 4BD/3BA Team Scarborough | 805.331.1465 Lic # 01182792 / 01050902
$5,795,000 | PadaroCottage.com, Carpinteria | 2BD/3BA Kathleen Winter | 805.451.4663 Lic # 01022891
$5,250,000 | 5368 Rincon Beach Park Dr, Ventura | 3BD/3(2)½BA MK Properties | 805.565.4014 Lic # 01426886 / 01930309
$3,700,000 | 595 Freehaven Dr, Montecito Upper | 5BD/5½BA Ken Switzer | 805.680.4622 Lic # 01245644
$3,195,000 | 299 Sheffield Dr, Montecito | 5BD/4½BA Cristal Clarke | 805.886.9378 Lic # 00968247
$2,795,000 | 330 E Mountain Dr, Montecito Upper | 3BD/5BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233 Lic # 01209514
$2,195,000 | 168 Canon View Rd, Montecito Upper | 5BD/5BA Jason Streatfeild | 805.280.9797 Lic # 01834496
MONTECITO | SANTA BARBARA | LOS OLIVOS
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