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Fairy Magic– A fairy tale wedding but then

the Magic Castle comes to the Lobero, P.14 Westmont Chemistry– After a decade Securing Home– Details and practical advice of work, Westmont has an accredited to protect your home from theft, P.10 chemistry department and future plans, P.28

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The Dream Foundation delivers Dreams to those who need them, p. 36

BLISSFUL LIVING After 10 years of planning (and unplanned delays), the Bliss Expansion is now open at Casa Dorinda with new residences, dining options, and facilities that would make Ms. Anna Dorinda Bliss proud (Story starts on page 5)

101 Beats

The 101 widening project is given further details on plantings, roadside aesthetics, and the gore area, page 6

Mission Nosh

Santa Barbara Rescue Mission is giving people a second chance with a side of culinary skills, page 18

Sandy Views

The natural and interpretive works of Sandy Ostrau come to the Thomas Reynolds Gallery to celebrate its First Anniversary, page 32

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Blissful Living – With luxurious new residences and more dining options among other amenities, Casa Dorinda is expanding on its blissful lifestyle

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Village Beat – The 101 expansion talks are rounding up, the Cold Spring School expansion details, and a new dentist is in town

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Montecito Miscellany – Bloom heads to the Ukraine, Sir Rattle shakes, the Opera As One, plus Montecito in France

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Local News – Lt. Arnoldi gives some sage and safe advice on protecting your home from theft Tide Guide

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Letters to the Editor – Water should be a public right, what to learn from Russian politics, and thoughts on the Journal’s balance

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Seen Around Town – A fairy tale wedding, magic at the Lobero, and celebrating the Carpinteria’s Children Project

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Dear Montecito – Texting in school is okay when it’s to peer-support group, Lean on Me

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Nosh Town – The Santa Barbara Rescue Mission culinary program is helping its students learn life and kitchen skills

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On Entertainment – Al Franken talks government, comedy, and his upcoming tour; Music Academy of the West is set to celebrate 75 with a summer fest

by Rinaldo S. Brutoco – “Fortress America”: Electrical Grid 22 Perspectives Vulnerability

The Optimist Daily – The many health benefits of okra and its ability to gumbo microplastics

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Brilliant Thoughts – Ashleigh rides on the horns of a dilemma Robert’s Big Questions – What is the cost of driving these days? And is that really its cost?

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Community Voices – Community member Jeff Giordano is back with his thoughts on the death of local political competition Ernie’s World – The shortcomings of not being tall enough

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Your Westmont – The chemistry department earns top approval; upcoming talk will explore problems with white Christian nationalism; and two win national women’s basketball honors

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Our Town – Painter Sandy Ostrau on paradise, art, and her upcoming show at Thomas Reynolds

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Calendar of Events – Spring singing, a Pivot! to dance, then some bluegrass before the children flock the zoo

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The Giving List – Dreams can come true with a little help from the Dream Foundation

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Mind-Body Matters – Looking at wellness through the lens of Ayurveda and what it says about our body and health

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Far Flung Travel – Thumbs are up and the road (and water) is rough on this trip through Point Reyes

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

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Mini Meta Crossword Puzzles Local Business Directory – Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they need what those businesses offer

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Casa Dorinda Broadens Its Luxe Offerings With the New Bliss Expansion Leisure, food, and friends await at Casa Dorinda and its new Bliss Expansion

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ourists, newcomers, and longtime residents – we all love Montecito. Over the years, we have enjoyed watching our small town develop and grow while staying true to its Spanish revival sensibilities and dedication to community.

Today, the latest in local renovation comes in the form of the Bliss Expansion at Casa Dorinda.

Established in 1918, Casa Dorinda was the pet project of Ms. Anna Dorinda Bliss.

Ever-busy, Ms. Dorinda Bliss was not only known for being a world-class hostess – entertaining a sophisticated pantheon of guests on the Dorinda Bliss estate including King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium – but also a titan of philanthropic and cultural efforts. Her contributions can be seen everywhere from the floors of the American Museum of Natural History to the paths of local favorite, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Of course, Ms. Dorinda Bliss’ lasting contribution nests itself in the inviting community of Casa Dorinda, which opened its doors as a retirement campus in 1975.

For 47 years, Casa Dorinda has provided the highest quality of retirement care to their community of residents, a quality that Executive Director Brian McCague attributes to forward thinking. A constant desire to improve and upgrade has inspired Casa’s most recent endeavor: The Bliss Expansion.

Originally incubated over 10 years ago, the Bliss Expansion represents an ambitious renovation that has added new luxury living space, more options for dining and entertainment, and state-of-the-art medical care on the Casa Dorinda estate. But between the demands of the project and our local challenges from the last few years, it has been

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Village Beat

More 101 Design Details

A rendering of the guardrail to be used in several places throughout the Montecito corridor in order to accommodate water flow during a flooding event

Before/after renderings of the freeway widening from North Jameson looking northbound toward Olive Mill Road. Project designers have now included plantings and vines to better screen the freeway from the frontage road.

by Kelly Mahan Herrick

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ast week, Montecito Board of Architectural Review looked at several more design components of the 101 widening project through Montecito, potentially the last of a series of conceptual review meetings before

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the project comes back for preliminary approval once Caltrans’ application for the project is deemed complete by Santa Barbara County.

As we’ve reported, four proposed sound walls – three on the north side of the freeway between Olive Mill and the Romero Creek bridge, and one on the south side between Olive Mill and San Ysidro roads – have been removed from the project

after County Flood Control required project reps to analyze if the sound walls would create a rise in flood waters, based on Recovery Mapping that was adopted in 2018 in response to the 1/9 Debris Flow. MBAR members are tasked with considering the aesthetics of the design components of the project; the sound wall removal and the impact of sound was not part of last week’s review.

At the last MBAR meeting in February, the Board took issue with the aesthetics of a portion of the frontage road on North Jameson northbound to Olive Mill, in which there was no room for plantings on either side of the freeway fencing. Project manager Fred Luna showed a revised rendering for the area,

saying that designers were able to shift a small retaining wall closer towards the freeway, allowing for some shrubbery and vine plantings on the chain link fence in which to screen both the fence and the freeway from the frontage road.

Designer Zach Siviglia presented renderings and detail sketches of the roadside planters, median barriers, guardrails, contrast surface treatments, and overhead signage. Throughout portions of the Montecito corridor, the northbound and southbound lanes will be separated by a median concrete barrier treatment with a sandstone texture. Similar concrete barriers will be located on the exte-

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Julian Reeve directing the captivated audience in a rap song (photo by Priscilla)

Hamilton by the Sea

Isaac Hernandez (with his donated artwork) and Deborah Bertling with event co-chairs Musette Profant and Sue Adams (photo by Priscilla)

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t was a case of Broadway meets the classics when the 71-year-old CAMA Women’s Board hosted a Spring Sunset by the Sea bash at the newly renovated Cabrillo Pavilion with Julian Reeve, music director of the multi-Tony Award-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda musical Hamilton, talking about his

was back at the show “ten days later!”

“It was an extraordinary time. We sold five and half months of tickets in just 48 hours!” More than 125 guests turned out for the sunset soirée, co-chaired by Sue Adams and Musette Profant, raising around $30,000 for the Community Arts

Music Association, while classical guitarist Chris Fossek strummed along. Among the music lovers turning out were Barbara Burger, Robert and Christine Emmons, Peter and Deborah Bertling, Nina

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NEWS & VIEWS Local News

Don’t be a Burglary Victim Safety Tips From Your Montecito Association and Santa Barbara County Sheriffs

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e discuss Montecito crime statistics at every board meeting, the second Tuesday of every month at 4 pm. Lt. Arnoldi from the Sheriff ’s Office watches trends and keeps us up to date. He also offers the latest tips for how to best protect your home. We take safety seriously here in Montecito!

Break-ins happen a lot during the day, or when people leave for errands or go to dinner.

They rarely happen at 3 am.

1. Install cameras. No one wants to be caught on video! Even fake cameras make a good deterrent.

2. Install and use deadbolts on doors.

You can hide a key next to the door for emergency exits.

3. Got a gate? Give your gate code to the Sheriff ’s Emergency Communications Center. Deputies are happy to do premise checks, but they need to be able to get on and access the property to check around.

4. Set your alarm even when leaving the house for a short period of time. Yep, even to just go out and get coffee. Leave that alarm on!

5. See a strange vehicle parked on the street? No construction project nearby?

Report suspicious vehicles immediately.

People have parked on the street to case a property, and then either burglarize it later, or squat in it, if vacant.

6. Install bright motion sensor lights.

7. Put lights in and around the house on timers.

8. Discontinue newspaper deliveries when you are traveling. Nothing says, “there’s no one home” like a pile of unread newspapers and packages at the bottom of a driveway.

Tuesday at 4 pm. Our Sheriff Lt. Arnoldi is always on, and happy to answer your questions.

Sharon Byrne is the Executive Director of the Montecito Association

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Really important tip: The Sheriff ’s Deputies can only help when informed in a timely manner. So, when something happens, CALL. Don’t wait, don’t vent on Nextdoor, or talk amongst yourselves. Your calls are added to our crime stats. If no one calls, it looks like there are no problems… so call. Call Direct to Emergency Communications Center (805) 692-5743. Santa Barbara County Sheriff does not charge for “false alarms.”

Break-ins happen a lot during the day, or when people leave for errands or go to dinner. They rarely happen at 3 am.

Here are some tips to reduce your risk of burglary:

9. Have your mail person “hold the

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’ve been reading some excellent opinions in the Journal. Writers are challenging the Montecito Creek Water Company’s claim to the wonderful life-giving Montecito Hot Springs. These writers are right, we need to unite for the Earth, everywhere we can. I figure, if we’re taking on one water user, we’re taking on all water users. For simplicity, let’s consider all the private parties using groundwater and surface water for private, non-agricultural purposes. Let’s get some historical perspective first.

In old times, people could get water from public wells. Cities provided fountains and other publicly available water.

Like food, air, and housing, water should be a public good, universally available to those who wish to be civilized. That’s always been the way of the Earth. It was only relatively recently in our species’ history that humans granted themselves carte blanche to terrestrial resources and claimed the habitats of all species for humankind to repurpose.

If our homeworld is going to survive the scourge that humans have become, it won’t be by continuing that shameful history. This suggests a more honorable context from which to view questions of land use and resource allocation. Humans are wrecking Earth by taking more than our fair share. It’s nigh impossible to live here in Santa Barbara without doing so. We need to rethink our fundamental strategy and redirect ourselves from “human progress” to planetary survival.

In this light, we need to engage a long process of giving back. Our species has been taking from the Earth for millennia, and it’s going to take a long time to begin to settle our accounts. Returning water to the creek beds is one place we can do this work here at home. The health of our local creeks has improved, but streamflows are still pitiful compared to the 1960s. We should return the waters of the Montecito Hot Springs to the creek that is their home. Ceasing to use well water will be another major improvement. This is our local duty, and it will help turn the tide on the resource extraction mindset that has the world staring down a long dry future of water bankruptcy. Let’s join together and learn to be good stewards!

Leo Raabe

Putin and Minions Isn’t it about time Americans understand how Putin invaded Ukraine so easily? Russians follow his orders because Putin has his hands on the means of com31 March – 7 April 2022

munication (news and education agencies) and also on the means of force (the regular police, and the secret police).

When Putin says, “Ukrainians started this,” his political minions put it out as truth and the people believe it. We have many adult children in America today who follow their leaders to the edge of dangerous cliffs every day.

Putin also talked his country into allowing him to stay in power for 22 years. In a real democracy, there are always short-term limits that are enforced like the nation’s life depends on it. Not in Russia or China.

Our Representatives and Senators are not telling this story because they are well along the path of accumulating corrupt lifetime power themselves. America is already partially Putinized.

True democracies put government into the hands of a constitutional law decided upon by all of the people. The people only know what to put into that law when they have thoroughly versed themselves in their own history and the history of other nations.

We have already disarmed our minds, so our liberties are quickly melting away.

Kimball Shinkoskey

Like food, air, and housing, water should be a public good -

Balance in Time Ms. Thorn complains about the alleged liberal bias of the Montecito Journal “under new ownership.” Apparently, she was more than satisfied with the extreme right-wing bias under the previous owner, James Buckley. Does she remember Mr. Buckley’s annoying habit of personally responding to every letter that challenged his or the Journal’s previous extremist, far-right agenda?

Mr. Buckley has found a new home at the local daily paper. He is joined

by Andy Caldwell, Bonnie Donovan, John Stossel, Brent Zepke, Heinz Schulte, Michelle Malkin, and Josh Hammer. No doubt, Ms. Thorn considers this fair and balanced. This might be true if one considers providing a public forum to the far-right, extreme far-right, and neo-fascist far-right as balanced. Fortunately, the Montecito Journal provides a balance to their nonsense. Thanks.

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Bliss (Continued from 5)

Scott Schonzeit and the kitchen crew cook up fine dining and world cuisine right from The Grill

no small matter finishing this renovation.

Sizeable breaks have punctuated construction on the Bliss Expansion, some interruptions unplanned, such as the evacuations in response to the Thomas Fire and the mudslides, and some interruptions as a consideration for residents. The Casa Dorinda team made a tremendous effort to minimize the effect of construction on residents’ daily life. This meant limiting construction crew hours, as well as keeping noise pollution to a minimum. It was

Resident Profiles: Kay and Mark Egan Marin County transplants Kay and Mark Egan moved to Casa Dorinda in 2017, excited about Santa Barbara not only because this town has no shortage of activities, but also because it is usually 10 degrees warmer than their previous home. They take advantage of the year-round good weather to hike with their dog, explore Santa Barbara’s cultural scene, and enjoy Casa Dorinda’s outdoor space for a variety of games. High on the list of competitive fun include bocce, bridge, and dominos – Mark’s own contribution to the Casa lifestyle. When he’s not organizing the weekly domino game, Mark and Kay can be found enjoying lunch at The Grill or possibly telling their kids to postpone their visit until next week. After all, there’s so much to do at Casa! But if you ask Mark and Kay, that’s the best thing: “We have East Coast children and West Coast children – they don’t have to worry about us. And that’s a big deal.”

There are plenty of drinks and chill at The Grill

a process that required both patience and first-rate organization. But in November of 2021, the Casa Dorinda team finally got to see their undertaking realized, and for the last five months, residents of Casa Dorinda have been enjoying all that the Bliss Expansion has to offer.

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ovations. Residents moving into independent living apartments will enjoy peaceful views of the gardens, ocean, and the Oak Woodland Preserve. Those interested in free-standing accommodation may be interested in a cottage or villa, which offer seclusion as well as a variety of amenities – from attached garages to fully outfitted kitchens. But if you’re not in the mood to cook, you can trust Scott Schonzeit to take care of you.

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airy tales really can come true, at least according to Deborah Richards. She says, “Cinderella found her prince,” and we were invited to celebrate her marriage to John M. Hillis at the Montecito Club. Only princes and princesses needed to RSVP. We were to wear ball gowns and tiaras, princely attire for the guys, and be ready to dance, storybook style.

The couple took over the entire club with a combo of Tom Snow, Maitland Ward, and Suzie Gee playing during a cocktail hour for 120 guests. Then into the dining room for a stately dinner and a choice of wine. And of course, dancing the night away with DJ Darla Bea. Deb and John are at home, not in a castle, but in a polo field condo with a horse nearby.

Love is in the air!

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The bride and groom, Deborah Richards and John Hillis at the Montecito Club

“In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.” – Mark Twain

One of many “king and queens” at the wedding, Kelly LeBrock and Dr. Patrick Johnson

It’s Magic!

Who doesn’t like magicians and their tricks? The Lobero Theatre was recently filled with curious kids and their parents waiting for the curtain to rise to reveal the curiosities of six magicians.

They didn’t disappoint – what with sawing people in two, cutting ropes that wouldn’t stay cut, tearing up paper that wouldn’t stay torn, and pulling out six birds one at a time from some mysterious place inside the magician’s suit. These were top illusionists direct from Hollywood’s Magic Castle, Las Vegas, and exotic showrooms around the world. Producers were Terry Hill and Milt Larsen. It’s billed as America’s longest running magic revue and it comes to Santa Barbara once a year.

Milt Larsen and his wife, Arlene, have lived in town for many years, commuting to the Magic Castle in Hollywood.

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accessibility, we’ve got to ask ourselves: How many people can actually use this resource? Sometimes it comes down to something like insurance or citizenship. I myself am a first-generation student, and I’ve learned that all the red tape to accessing mental health resources is very intimidating, especially for people of color and other first-generation students – having to fill out all the forms, finding out there’s a waitlist, learning what a co-pay is. But with Lean on Me, people can just text in and ask how to get started. That’s why it’s important to have these peer-run services; there simply aren’t the same barriers.

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What has your experience been working with Lean on Me? I love it. I think it’s just a great resource in general to have on campus, especially since mental health resources in general aren’t super accessible. Lean on Me serves as a step towards mental health resource access, especially for people who don’t have a therapist or don’t know how to take the first step on their own. I also think Lean on Me is a good starting point for other types of conversations, not necessarily those you would be having with a

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therapist. A lot of what we talk about on the line is relationship based, sometimes people just wanting to rant about their significant other, or expressing concern about passing Chemistry 101. I really like having these conversations, which makes this a very rewarding experience for me, but I also enjoy being able to guide people to longer term mental health resources.

In your mind, why is it important to have a student-run service?

I think there’s something about having people your age who get it. I feel like it’s easier for peers – we understand how hard it is, and a big part of our generation is very open about mental health; we know it’s a thing we should talk about.

Also, complaining to your mom about Chemistry 101 isn’t going to mean much, but it is so, so relatable to someone who’s recently done it.

What would you like to see in terms of counseling services in general in California colleges?

I’d like to see more of it. I think California has a foot forward in terms of mental health service accessibility, but we still need more.

Why have a peer-run service when you could have a university managed one?

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Q. How did you get involved with Lean on Me? A. Our UCSB chapter was established in 2018, and I got involved in 2019. Funny enough, one of our chapter founders lived just down the hall from me in my freshman year. I guess once you have the desire to be in the mental health field, you all kind of want to build connections with each other, so I decided to interview. I’ve been in it for almost three years now.

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2007 study from the Community College Journal of Research and Practice noted that 87% of students surveyed were experiencing moderate to high levels of stress. To cope, students reported enjoying exercise and talking to friends, but cited that they would often use alcohol, cigarettes, and hard drugs to self-medicate. Given our understanding of the role public stigma plays in students’ willingness to seek counseling, this is not surprising.

But these results tell us something else: College students want to help themselves. They care about improving their mental health. Therefore, if they’re not seeking out counseling, it is clear that we need to make these services easier to access. And that is exactly what a motivated group of MIT students aimed to do when they created Lean on Me. Lean on Me is a peer support network that runs over text. Established in 2015, Lean on Me has spread to 11 other universities nationally, including the University of California, Santa Barbara.

To learn more about the peer support network and its operations, I spoke to chapter president, Jamie Osuna.

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What else should people know about Lean on Me? We’re not a crisis line. We call it a warm line, that’s our cute little name for it.

We’re not therapists, and we don’t want to overstep any kind of boundary. What we can do is offer grounded support, which is totally anonymous. We’ll never know you or judge you and you’ll never know us.

And if you’re ready to access help from a

counselor, we can help guide you.

Call centers and peer support networks like Lean on Me represent the frontline in the mental health support spaces. These organizations play an important role in the lives of many young people, especially those in college. If you’re a UCSB student or know someone who needs to talk, the peer support hotline is available via text at (805) 874-5888. To donate to Lean on Me or to learn more, you can visit their website at lean0n.me

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ick H. is getting a second chance to make it right. The Santa Barbara Rescue Mission (SBRM) resident, whose full name is being withheld to protect his privacy, stands over a cutting board slicing pan-seared chicken breast.

He neatly places slices on a pool of tomato feta sauce before garnishing them with chopped sautéed peppers. He adds a medley of sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, and seared asparagus, then dresses the dish in a spicy tomatillo chimichurri sauce.

Rick had already begun acquiring culinary skills before coming to the Mission.

He took classes at Santa Barbara City College then moved to Maui, where he worked in the kitchens at Tommy Bahama and the Fairmont Kea Lani. “It was a culinary adventure out there,” he said. “I was living the best life I could in the kitchen.

I discovered new cuisines like Asian fusion and was serving flavorful proteins with all kinds of vegetables.”

It was a chef ’s dream. He prepared fresh fish daily: ono, ahi, mahi. Fishermen in flip flops would drive up to the dock and carry the daily catch from their boats into the restaurant, he said. “We didn’t want to overcook it; we tried to respect the fish as much as possible,” he said. “We wanted to bring out the natural flavors of the fish. We used grilling techniques but mostly pan-seared it, and we served raw fish as well.”

When Rick returned to the mainland after seven years living on Maui, he had a difficult time adjusting to the move and things took a different turn. “I had difficulty dealing with life on life’s terms,” he explained about his struggles with sub-

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stance abuse. “I had unresolved issues that I needed taking care of. I needed to seek help to better my life for myself and the people around me.”

For Rick, the road to sobriety wasn’t just a culinary path, it was also a spiritual journey. He was referred by a friend to Santa Barbara Rescue Mission and immediately embraced the ideals of the program. “As daunting as it was at the time, I was committed to changing my life for the better,” he recalled. When Rick finishes the program in nine months, he’ll be ready to start a culinary job search. He is one in a handful of graduates hoping to earn a living in a local kitchen or restaurant.

The Kitchen Crew On a recent afternoon the lively sounds of a busy kitchen fill the air: dishes clattering, food sizzling in sauté pans, and men chatting jovially. With so much to do, the men quickly get comfortable and get to work, and that’s all part of the plan. SBRM offers a year-long residency for 30 men in its recovery and sober living program.

They’re not called patients or residents, they’re referred to as “clients,” and what they all have in common is the strong desire to get their lives back on track.

The program is separated into four phases of treatment. During the first three phases, the men adhere to a rigorous schedule of daily meetings and group sessions as well as counseling. During the first nine months of the program, they’re responsible for all kitchen duties, which include feeding three meals daily to 40 program members and staff as well as providing some 225 meals for the mission’s

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ou can count on one finger the people who have shifted from a soaring career in comedy to a pinnacle of political power, and somehow, shockingly, back again. Maybe Ukrainian president Zelenskyy, although the former comic is a bit busy fending off the Russian invasion to find anything funny these days – So that leaves Al Franken.

Franken was one of the original writers, and later performer, on Saturday Night Live and won five Emmys during his 15 seasons with the seminal sketch show. He was also the author of three No. 1 New York Times satirical bestsellers (including Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations and Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right) before he served Minnesota in the Senate from 2009 to 2018, the first winning election by just 312 votes.

But Franken was forced to step down in 2018 amid allegations of sexual misconduct when many of his Democratic colleagues called for his resignation before any investigation could take place. Now, nearly four years later, Franken has a selfnamed Top-10 politics and public affairs podcast, and has headed out on the road for his first-ever series of solo stand-up satirical comedy appearances, appropriately titled The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour Tour. Franken talked politics, purpose, and humor in advance of his serving up the funny and skewering the Senate at the Lobero on Friday, April 1.

Q. You had a hand in so many memorable moments on Saturday Night Live, from the Stuart Smalley self-help character to several hilarious “Weekend Update” segments, to co-writing the famous sketch where Dan Aykroyd portrayed Julia Child in a kitchen accident. What still resonates from that time?

A. Just how much fun it was. My fondest memories are those Tuesday nights writing the show with other writers or cast members, and you’re just falling on the floor laughing at three in the morning. When you’re doing live TV, you never know exactly how the thing’s going to work. So when something clicked on all gears, like the Julia Child piece, that’s pretty thrilling, too.

“Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.” – Luther Burbank

Al Franken is ready to bring his wit and insight on politics to the Lobero on April 1 (Note: not an April Fool’s Joke, although you may laugh anyway)

When you got to the Senate after never having served in any other elective office, how tough was the transition to such a serious place where it wasn’t about being funny? Did the comedy leak in?

I actually talk about that quite a bit in the show. I knew why I was there, which was to get things done. My team said to let everyone know that you’re putting your head down, do your work, and don’t be funny. So that’s what I did, but it was a real challenge at first. Because if you’re someone who has been doing comedy for your career, it’s second nature. I mean, you can’t just turn it off. I would see stuff happening and I’d have a sketch in my head. But I didn’t have anywhere to go with it, so I’d just think to myself “If I were doing SNL now, this is what I would do.”

You were considered one of the toughest interrogators at committee hearings, willing to speak pointedly but also on point in a way most senators don’t. You’re credited with pinning down Jeff Sessions, so he had to recuse himself from the Russian investigation. What are you most proud of in your time in the Senate?

The piece of legislation I think of first is about setting up a study to determine the cost-benefit analysis of pairing vets with PTSD with service dogs. It was supposed to last for three years but it took 10 because the VA kept screwing it up one way or another.

So I was gone when it finally finished.

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great many things about the Russian invasion of Ukraine bother us, as well they should: the genocide, the war crimes, the images of starving children intermingled with dead bodies and urban wreckage that hasn’t been seen in Europe since the bombing of Dresden. Through it all, we in the U.S. have imagined ourselves tucked safely far away from Europe in what, during World War II, we called “Fortress America.”

This last century idea holds that the fighting and dying was occurring “over there” and that we, safely behind two oceans and non-threatening neighbors like Canada and Mexico, could go to bed every night without fear of being swept up in the insanity of war. The theory was that we, in the good ole US of A, could remain safe even if all our allies fell to autocrats like Tojo Hideki and Adolf Hitler.

Since mid-March we’ve begun to wisely question just how safe we are—and how that safety could be abruptly upended. A report issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on March 18, and substantiated by President Biden on the 22nd, was widely disseminated by the media last week, resulting in headlines like this one from CBS: “Russia exploring options for potential cyberattacks on U.S. energy sector, FBI warns.” The story featured Mr. Biden’s deputy national security adviser for “cyber and emerging technology” who shared with reporters that U.S. officials were tracking “preparatory work” linked to “nation-state actors.” CBS also reported that the FBI had identified “140 overlapping IP addresses linked to ‘abnormal scanning’ activity of at least five U.S. energy companies, as well as at least 18 other U.S. companies spanning the defense industrial base, financial services, and information technology.”

You can confidently conclude they are referring to several “bad actors” and that Russia definitely is in the group. This should come as no surprise when we stop to consider that the Ukrainian government has suffered over 3,000 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber-attacks that swamped government websites with overwhelming traffic. No surprise, as a pair of Russian-linked cyber-attacks in 2015 and 2016 knocked power totally out in parts of Ukraine. Engineers in Ukraine have attempted to protect their electricity from Russian cut-offs by just last week connecting their country to the European wide grid.

That’s a good start for emergency protection against the loss of their nuclear generating capacity, but doesn’t solve the basic issue of grid vulnerability. A grid connected to anything is still a grid that can be taken down remotely through cyber warfare. The Ukrainians remain vulnerable to that.

We know the Russians have done Ukrainian-style electrical cyber-sabotage, and much worse in other places, so we are wise to be concerned that they could bring our electrical grid down too. For example, Russian hackers “crashed” the Colonial Pipeline on May 7, 2021, and left the East Coast starved for jet fuel and gasoline for more than a week last year. Oops, it looks like the “Fortress” in “Fortress America” isn’t so impregnable after all. If our liquid fuel can be shut off so easily, we’ve got to realize that our most vulnerable piece of infrastructure is the even more vulnerable electrical grid.

However, as will become clear, a malicious unprincipled enemy like Russia isn’t even our biggest concern for electrical grid integrity. Back in 2012, the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council published a declassified report prepared in 2007 for the United States Department of Homeland Security that highlighted the vulnerability of the national electric grid, specifically from potential damage to high voltage transformers.

The report’s findings were not immediately acted upon, and on April 16, 2013, an attack against PG&E’s Metcalf transmission station in Coyote (near San Jose, California) was carried out by gunmen who fired on 17 electrical transformers resulting in $15 million worth of damage and almost brought the substation down.

The Metcalf attack, unfortunately, served to inspire a group of self-avowed Neo-Nazis in 2020 to actively plot to sabotage the grid in Utah, and then the entire Northwest grid all the way to California. An Indiana cop, Joseph Zacharek, participated in planning the activities. He was arrested just last October on gun running charges, and the authorities were able to uncover the plot that grew out of a neo-Nazi message board operated by the Nazi “Atomwaffen Division.” Lest you think these were cyber “sophisticates,” they weren’t.

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The Mighty Powers of Okra

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long with its inclusion in a variety of dishes, the tenacious green okra fruit has a stellar health profile. Here are some of its benefits: Rich in nutrients – This unique fruit is packed with protein, rich in vitamin C and K, and it gives you a large amount of your daily recommended magnesium.

Packed with antioxidants – The main antioxidants okra contains are polyphenols, such as flavonoids and isoquercetin. Studies have shown these can improve heart health, brain function, and protect against inflammation. Reduce the risk of heart disease – Okra has incredible powers of clearing up your blood vessels and gut by reducing cholesterol lurking there. Potentially protects against cancer – The substance lectin has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells by 63 percent in a test-tube, and luckily okra is packed with lots of lectin. Although no conclusive studies have been carried out in a more complex human model, preliminary findings make a strong case. May lower blood sugar – Studies have linked okra with blood sugar control, which could potentially help people with diabetes. Helps healthy fetus development – Folate, or vitamin B9, is extremely important for a developing fetus’ brain and spine development. Just one cup of okra provides pregnant women with 15 percent of their recommended daily intake.

Okra: a new hero in the fight against microplastics

According to new research from scientists at Tarleton State University in Texas, okra is a valuable weapon in the fight to get microplastics out of our drinking water. Currently, water treatment plants typically remove microplastics from municipal water supplies by adding flocculants to the water. Flocculants are chemicals that plastic particles stick to.

When flocculants are added to plastic-polluted water, they form clumps of microplastics that get big enough to be removed, taking the particles with them. The problem with flocculants is that they can become toxic too. This is why Dr. Rajani Srinivasan and his colleagues at Tarleton State University decided to look for safer alternatives by investigating compounds extracted from several food-grade plants. The team found that, depending on factors such as the ratio of the polysaccharides and the water source, okrabased flocculants did just as well or even better than the chemicals that are currently in use. As an added bonus, the okra compounds can be used in existing water treatment

plants, without any expensive modifications to the facilities or processes. a currently serving Marine, and an enlisted National Guardsman armed with rifles. Had they succeeded, their next “gig” was a plan to target power transformers using homemade explosives. The materials they planned to use are widely available to the public and can burn at temperatures high enough to destroy metal transformers. Yes, as these five “nut jobs” have shown, you don’t need to be a genius to bring down the grid.

Here in California, we’ve come to learn that Mother Nature is the most effective continuing threat to the power grid. As we all know, our power outages have been increasing each year. One recent study showed 25,281 blackout events occurred in 2019, which was a 23 percent increase from 20,598 in 2018. The total of affected customers jumped 50 percent in 2019 to 28.4 million from 19 million in 2018.

Just this past October, millions of us, including here in beautiful Santa Barbara, lost power from intentional blackouts, the “de-energization events” utilities declare as Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPSs). The utility usually triggers these during hot, dry days with sustained winds or strong gusts to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires and threatening human lives and property. They declared that PSPS events can last from three to five days, or as long as the dangerous weather conditions are deemed to persist. Given all current projections for climate change, the frequency and duration of these power shutoffs will only increase.

So, there you have it: our grid is vulnerable to cyber-sabotage; neo-Nazis and other saboteurs for whatever crazy reason they deem sufficient; wildfires; and utility contrived PSPS events to reduce their liability for operating an antiquated, inherently defective energy distribution system (the grid) that has failed in the past and certainly will fail with increasing frequency in the future. That’s the problem. Next week in this space we’ll explore the far less expensive, totally resilient, and totally reliable replacement for the grid, which will

protect us in the future. Until then, just remember… the problem isn’t just Putin.

“Spring won’t let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.” – Gustav Mahler

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Robert’s Big Questions

by Ashleigh Brilliant

by Robert Bernstein

Dilemma

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ou’ve probably heard of someone being “on the horns of a dilemma.” It’s a particularly apt expression, because a dilemma, by definition, involves having to choose between two alternatives, neither of which is attractive. And, with certain exceptions, (such as a rhinoceros or a unicorn), most creatures who have horns have two of them – and, in many cases, they are pointed.

But let’s get one thing straight: Being on the horns of a dilemma is not the same as being confronted with a Hobson’s choice. In fact, they are almost opposites. In a case of Hobson’s choice, the whole point is that you have no choice at all – you’ve got to take what you get – or get nothing.

Thomas Hobson had a livery stable in Cambridge, England, in about the same era when Shakespeare was writing plays in London. The large stable held many horses – but customers were not allowed to pick and choose.

Hobson had a rule that you had to take the horse nearest the door. Your only choice was to take it or leave it. (This seems to be the only laurel on which Hobson’s reputation rests. I don’t know how he got into the British National Portrait Gallery in London – but in that particular matter, he probably had no choice.)

However, getting back to Dilemmas, they are frequently of an ethical nature.

In fact, many schools offer whole courses in “business ethics.” I know very little about this subject (although I’ve been the “sole proprietor” of a small business for many years), but one story lingers in my memory from childhood, when I was very fond of joke books.

A man is explaining business ethics to a friend: “Someone I don’t know comes into my store and buys something from me for a dollar. But, by mistake, instead of $1, he leaves a $100 bill on the counter, and walks out. Well, here’s the big ethical question: Should I, or should I not, tell my partner?”

But, getting back to horns – what are these excrescences which so many creatures have protruding from their heads? Presumably, the original idea was for them to be some kind of offensive or defensive weapons. But Evolution twists and turns in some very strange ways – and indeed we find horns on different animals twisted and turned beyond any apparent functional value. Indeed, it has often been humans, rather than the horned creatures themselves, who have found good uses for them. One obvious example is the sound-producing quality of certain 31 March – 7 April 2022

horns, if properly and skillfully blown into – making sounds which can sometimes be heard at a greater distance than the human voice. Particularly well-known, since early Biblical times, has been the Shofar, usually made from the horn of a ram, which is still part of many Jewish ceremonies. But from such antecedents, we have a myriad of sound-making instruments called horns, from the French Horn to the fog-horn to the automobile horn.

And of course, the very horn shape has given us geographical names, such as the Horn of Africa, a peninsula which is actually the easternmost portion of the African continent, and the Horns of Hattin, two adjacent peaks in the north of Israel, of strategic importance, and therefore repeatedly featured in both ancient and modern History.

Those boney cranial projections have other significance in human folklore.

In particular, we have the rather strange notion that a husband whose wife is being unfaithful has horns growing out of his head. We have to thank the animal kingdom for these insights.

The deceived husband is known as a cuckold, a word derived from a bird – the cuckoo – which notoriously lays its eggs in other birds’ nests. As for the poor man’s horns, these, we are told by experts in such matters, are a somewhat ironic allusion to the mating habits of stags, who forfeit their mates when they are defeated, in horn-tohorn combat, by another male.

But probably the most common association we have with horns comes from their function as a weapon, particularly as demonstrated in the so-called bullfights, which for centuries have been so much a part of Hispanic culture. The very real danger is part of the show. I can’t resist concluding this article with a story concerning the ultra-sophisticated Noël Coward – who was told that an aficionado friend had been badly gored in a bullfight in Spain: “He was what?” asked Coward in alarm.

“He was gored!”

“Thank heavens. I thought you said he

was bored.”

Ashleigh Brilliant born England 1933, came to California in 1955, to Santa Barbara in 1973, to the Montecito Journal in 2016.

Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots,” now a series of 10,000. email: ashleigh@west. net. web: www.ash leighbrilliant.com.

Driving is Subsidized?

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o you know how much private motor vehicle use is subsidized in the U.S.? Here are examples of motor vehicle expenses not paid adequately by user fees: “Free” parking. Climate impacts. Land used for roads. Road maintenance. Pollution deaths and illness. “Barrier effect” of blocking access to pedestrians and bicyclists.

Military expenses to maintain global oil flow. Congestion delays that affect other road users. Medical expenses for collisions.

The U.S. Office of Technology Assessment last estimated these costs in 1994 at one to two trillion dollars each year in the U.S. This is the equivalent of paying motorists 10 to 20 dollars per gallon. We now know the numbers are far higher due to climate impacts.

Fuel prices are now rising mostly due to Putin’s brutal attack on Ukraine and the resulting boycott of Russian oil. People are complaining that they can’t afford these increased costs. But they have no idea how much they were already being forced to subsidize driving, even if they never drove at all.

Pandering politicians are suspending the minuscule fuel tax that doesn’t even pay to pave the roads. This is an economic lose-lose.

Prices at the pump are set by supply and demand. If you cut the fuel tax, the price stays the same, but the money goes to the oil company instead of to public funds.

Governor Newsom instead is offering a flat $400 allowance per vehicle. Why stop there? If we are going to have trillion-dollar subsidies for transportation, why not just give that out as a cash payment to everyone?

Which would be about $6,000 per year.

And then charge the true cost of driving.

Do you think this would change our transportation and land use system in the U.S.?

Sometimes a problem is so huge that it is invisible. After you read this article, you will probably dismiss it and get on with your life.

We take it for granted that it is “normal” for driving to be cheap enough that Americans drive 14,000 miles a year on average. But this is almost twice what the average European drives per year.

No. Eurasia is bigger than North America.

It is because they pay more of the true cost of driving and their land use and public transportation system reflects that cost. Instead of sitting in traffic jams that move at a crawl, they can ride modern, high-speed rail.

As I noted in my previous article, how are we ever going to make these improvements to our transportation system if we keep making driving artificially cheap? As it is now, pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users have to beg each year for scraps. They pay far more into the system than they get back. Yet, the perception is exactly the opposite! After all, don’t motorists pay fuel taxes and registration fees? Yes, but they are pathetic in comparison to the subsidies given to motorists.

Consider the barrier effect. In the four decades I have lived here, almost every freeway crossing has become hostile to pedestrians and bicyclists. Double turn lanes have been added to move cars quickly. But somehow there is never enough money for even one new bike or pedestrian crossing.

Shouldn’t freeway users pay for crossings of the barrier they have created that divides our region?

The U.S. subsidizes home ownership with a mortgage tax deduction. This favors suburban sprawl. Why not give a subsidy instead to urban apartment dwellers who have lower environmental impact?

Employers give “free” parking to motorists.

Why not give a “cash out” of that subsidy to employees who refrain from driving most days? What would you do with that $2,000 cash? Twenty to 30% of employees in fact will switch from driving.

Can we at least change from fixed costs of insurance by use? Charging for basic liability insurance at the pump is a win-win. Everyone is covered and if you don’t drive one day, you don’t pay for insurance that day.This has been proposed in Colorado and in California, but never gets approved. Why? Because when you look at the price at the pump it looks so high! About $1/gallon for the bare liability minimum in California. $3/gallon for full coverage. If you hide it in the form of subsidies and fixed costs, you can put it out of sight and out of mind. Just as you

will probably do with this article.

Visit swt.org/subsidy to see the numbers

Robert Bernstein holds degrees from Physics departments of MIT and UCSB. Passion to understand the Big Questions of life, the universe and to be a good citizen of the planet.

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Arlene Larsen at the Lobero

Milt is going on 90 years old and is still going strong. He is an American actor, writer, performer, lyricist, magician, entrepreneur, speaker, and the creator of the Magic Castle, a private club for magicians and enthusiasts. Milt and his brother Bill Larsen Jr. were both in television, growing up in a family of magicians. Their father William was a defense attorney and a performing magician. Their mom Geraldine was a pioneer children’s entertainer called The Magic Lady.

In 1936, the parents began publishing Genii, The Conjurors’ Magazine, which is still in publication. The Larsen brothers’ dad died in 1953, but he always dreamed of a place for magicians to gather and swap trade secrets. Milt had a chance to lease a French Chateau mansion in Hollywood and turn it into a club. His brother Bill was a producer for the Danny Kaye Show and helped promote the magic club. They started with 50 members in 1963 and now have 5,000 internationally.

Among many credits, Milt was a writer for the Ralph Edwards audience participation TV show Truth or Consequences starring Bob Barker. He met his wife, Arlene, at that time. She was a professional costume designer and still to this day can create incredible costumes. Milt worked with The Sherman Brothers throughout the years who wrote songs like “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” “It’s a Small, Small World,” and my favorite “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” – garnering them two Academy Awards.

Richard Sherman and Milt wrote a one-man stage play about United States President Harry S. Truman starring James Whitmore. They did many satirical songs like “The Palin for President Polka” and “The Fracking Song.” Some of you may remember the musical they wrote called Pazzazz! It was the first musical production to go on stage at the multimillion-dollar restoration of the Granada. And the list of credits goes on for several pages.

Why not take a little trip south to see “the most unusual private club in the world,” The Magic Castle? Only members and their guests are allowed entrance, though courtesy invitations can be obtained. During an evening there are numerous magic shows, historic displays, and a full-service dining room with numerous bars. And there is a strict dress code. Many celebrities have performed at the Magic Castle including Orson Welles, Johnny Carson, Steve Martin, and Neil Patrick Harris.

The Larsons are trying to open a Magic Castle Club here in Santa Barbara, across from the Bird Refuge but are having permit trouble. Keep your eyes open for the opening.

For information email zamagic@aol.com and Arlene will call you back.

CCP Executive Director Teresa Alvarez at the fundraiser breakfast with Alan Koch, last year’s honoree and current board chair of the Lynda Fairly Art Center in Carpinteria

Carpinteria Children’s Project The other day I was invited to a breakfast in Carpinteria at 7:30 am. Really! I’m so glad I went because I learned about Carpinteria Children’s Project (CCP). It began in 2009 when only 15% of kindergarteners in Carpinteria were rated ready for school. Last year, 49% were ready, with another 37% close to ready. They occupy a school building at 5201 8th Street, Suite 100. Coaches help parents recognize both their child’s strengths and risk factors as part of family classes.

The breakfast was for the community to benefit CCP families. The virtual speaker was Kris Perry, Deputy Secretary of Early Childhood Development for the State of California. She highlighted the local critical issues, efforts to support children and families, and what a difference these are making in Carpinteria.

CCP Executive Director Teresa Alvarez told how two years ago they were readying for their fundraiser when COVID closed everything down.

What’s new in 2022? Preschool enrollment continues to grow. Family classes and groups happen weekly. Monthly family field trips take the children, parents, and teachers to explore the Central Coast. One recent successful free trip was to an ice-skating rink.

There are plans for a new preschool playground and they will launch dual language immersion in conjunction with their key partner, the Carpinteria Unified School District. CCP is a place for toddlers and preschoolers to learn and grow. There are after school classes at three campuses. Last year 85% of children received some type of financial aid, like scholarships the community provided.

There is also the Family Resource Center which helps them with resources and referrals. Over 500 families were coached or connected to resources for basic needs, mental health, or parenting skills, which helps reduce child abuse and stress. All Carpinterians are welcome at the CCP dance classes, parent and child yoga, family swim, grandparent support groups, or English language classes.

As Teresa says, “We’re happy to give you a tour. Please give us a call at (805) 566-1621 to see our campus and learn about current needs or to volunteer.”

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Village (Continued from 6) rior of the freeway, save for several areas where “natina” stained guardrails will be placed in order to accommodate excess water in a flooding event. Siviglia also touched on the aesthetics of the gore area of the freeway, which is the triangular area between the lanes and the entrance and exit ramps. That area is required to have a smooth surface in case vehicles miss their exits and need to traverse the triangle to get off the freeway. “There are very strict standards what can be placed here,” Siviglia said. The gore areas will be covered in grouted cobblestones, which will accommodate vehicles if necessary. Overhead signage was also presented, with designers combining signs to limit the number of overhead structures throughout the corridor.

After MBAR members gave their lackluster comments, Chair John Watson surmised that five out of the six members of the Board find the design of the freeway “unfortunate and regrettable,” acknowledging that there are serious design constraints due to the limited right-of-way. Luna commented that had Caltrans set out to acquire more public right-of-way, it would have been even more detrimental to the community. “All along the goal was to stay in the public right-of-way,” he said. “The design constraints don’t allow us a lot of flexibility.”

He lamented the fact that the years and years of good design work on this project seem to be overshadowed by the removal of the sound walls.

With all design components now seen by MBAR, it’s expected that the project will next be seen by Montecito Planning Commission before heading to the County Planning Commission, which is the decision maker for the project approval.

For more information about the freeway widening project, contact the project team at (805) 845-5112 or info@sbroads.com or visit the project website at SBROADS.com

School News, Part II (The following is the second installment of an interview with Cold Spring School Foundation President Holly Kane. The previous installment can be found in last week’s edition, MJ Volume 28 Issue 12.)

Q. We’ve been reporting on the school’s new cross-curricular building on campus.

Tell us about it.

A. We have a beautiful yet aging campus that fits in well with the semi-rural character of the neighborhood. The majority of our campus is nearly 70 years old. The core school building was built in 1927 – nearly 100 years ago!

Five additional classrooms were added in the 1950s and four more in the 1990s.

It is important to all of us that the new building maintains the same feel. We are thrilled that the same firm, 19six Architects, that helped build the school nearly 100 years ago is on board to help

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us now. They are fully committed to the vision of blending in the new with the old. The new classroom building will be constructed along the Cold Spring Road side of the campus next to the existing portable structures.

Public schools in California are not offered state funds for school buildings and facilities so most rely on bond measures to pay for needed projects. Phase 2 will require the approval of a future bond measure.

What will the new classroom be used for?

At Cold Spring we offer cross-curricular teaching, which means a conscious effort to apply knowledge and principles to more than one academic discipline simultaneously. The new building will give us more space to do so by encompassing two classrooms with a workshop feel to teach science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM). The building will be sustainable, eco-friendly, and economical. The physical structure will utilize retractable, sliding barn doors that will allow the two classrooms to easily interact with each other. We’re being economically strategic with this design.

Rather than building two traditional classrooms that are more costly due to regulations, we are adding this workshop space for all grades to use.

Are there plans for further expansion?

Yes. The new building is the first phase of a two-phase addition to the campus.

This building was envisioned as part of our facilities master plan adopted in 2006, when district leadership first saw this need to improve our aging infrastructure. This plan has been guiding our decisions since its adoption. That was over 15 years ago.

The project is a long time coming.

What will the Phase 2 building provide?

Why is it needed?

I know you have seen the aging portable buildings at the front of the school…

Phase 2 will replace those once and for all. The plan is for the administration office, now located in the middle of campus, to move to the entrance of campus on Cold Spring Road to provide a secure entryway to campus with an enhanced check-in process for visitors. Phase 2 will also provide a third classroom and student support area.

History buffs may like to know that in 1927 the original entrance to campus was on Sycamore Canyon Road before it became Highway 192 and far too dangerous to have a school entrance on a busy street.

The school and its administration have

taken heat recently for moving forward with an expansion project following a failed bond measure. What would you like the neighboring community – and Montecito in general – to know about Cold Spring School?

Our campus is purposefully welcoming – we invite everyone to visit our neighborhood school. We welcome the support of the community as we build the resources to fund these necessary facility projects. Studies show that children learn better in environments that are conducive to learning. We are proud that our district leadership fully understands that and has strategically set aside one million dollars in reserves that are earmarked in a facilities fund. This fund is the basis of the project and gives us the momentum we need to make Phase 1 a reality and relieve the immediate overcrowding of our students. We are fundraising from individual and corporate donors, and welcome additional support. Our nonprofit accepts one-time or monthly donations as well as stock gifts as some community members prefer.

Public schools in California are not offered state funds for school buildings and facilities so most rely on bond measures to pay for needed projects. Phase 2 will require the approval of a future bond measure. We are laying the groundwork now (so to speak!) for the time when we will engage the community in supporting a bond measure on the ballot. Our goal is for the community to understand that our school requires improvements to better serve our students. We’re a strong community that is committed to moving forward in a positive direction. That means taking care of our school and supporting our students for generations to come.

To learn more about the Classroom Expansion Project, email coldspringschoolfoundation@gmail. com or visit coldspringfoundation.com

Montecito Welcomes New Dentist Mahmood Loul, DDS, has purchased the dental practices of Dr. Ronald Dinning and Dr. David Cowan, located in the Las Aves complex on the corner of Cabrillo Blvd and Los Patos Way. While Dr. Dinning has moved out of state, Dr. Cowan is still seeing patients and working together with Dr. Loul.

Dr. Loul hails from the Bay Area, most recently Berkeley, where he worked in a high-end dentistry practice. Originally from New Jersey with Syrian-born parents, Dr. Loul began his dental studies in Syria and continued his schooling in Guyana, South America. He then moved back to the United States, specifically California, to begin his schooling at the University of the Pacific. He has traveled to many different countries – including Greece, Turkey, Guyana, and Jamaica – in order to provide free dental care on humanitarian missions. “Living in different countries and working in different dental settings gave me invaluable perspective related to

“That is one good thing about this world… there are always sure to be more springs.” – L. M. Montgomery

Dr. Mahmood Loul – seen here with his emotional support dog, Zull, sitting with a patient – has taken over the dental practice at the Las Aves complex

oral health care,” he said.

Seeking to buy his own practice for several years, when he heard that Dr. Dinning, who has practiced dentistry in Montecito for decades, was looking to sell his practice, Dr. Loul knew it would be the ideal location. “It was a good fit.

We vetted each other, and Dr. Dinning knew I would be a good fit for his patients,” he said. Dr. Loul also sought to buy Dr. Cowan’s practice, in order to manage the entire practice into one cohesive, state-of-the-art dental studio.

There are immediate plans to add more technology, including 3D printing and imaging, and digitize every patient chart.

“I practice dentistry in a sustainable way.

No impressions and no paper charts,” he explained, adding that the seven-room office will be refreshed over time.

From routine dental care, cleanings, and aesthetics, Dr. Loul says his goal for the practice is to remain patient-centered, and to provide the highest quality dentistry. “From the minute patients walk in, to the minute that they leave, we make sure they are comfortable,” he said.

Dr. Loul has a team of three hygienists, four assistants, and three front desk staff to help both him and Dr. Cowan. A very important member of the team is Zull, Dr. Loul’s Weimaraner, who is trained as an emotional support animal. “About half of my patients ask to have him on their laps during their procedures,” he explained. “It calms them immediately and takes their focus from their mouths to the cuddly dog sitting on their lap.

They really love it.”

Dr. Loul, who officially took over the practice in January, says he looks forward to meeting new patients and getting to know the Montecito community. “I’m very happy to be here, and I know my dentistry and attention to detail will be appreciated,” he said.

Loul Dental Studio is located at 1805 East Cabrillo Blvd, Suite A. For more information, visit louldentals tudio.com

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Lone Elects Political Competition is Dead in SB

by Jeff Giordano

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ublic trust in government is at a 50-year low. According to an ambitious Harvard Business School study, the problem in our contentious duopoly is the lack of competition and resulting lack of accountability. Santa Barbara is the poster child for what this study raged against — a system that no longer focuses on the public good but is instead a private enterprise that sets its own rules for its own gain. Allow me to explain: With respect to competition, let’s start with our five-person Board of Supervisors. Never forget that this Board controls all County departments, our executive suite, our 4,300 employees and our entire $1.35B annual budget. FACT: Very soon, three of our five Supervisors (Capps, Nelson, and Lavagnino) will be serving without ever being part of a contested election. Indeed, this is happening across the County: Harry Hagen, our Treasurer-Tax Collector; Betsy Schaffer, our Auditor-Controller; and John Savrnoch, our newly anointed District Attorney (interesting that Ms. Dudley announced her retirement so close to the “intent-to-run” filing deadline), are all “running” unopposed.

This is not about party politics; this is about the battle of local (always local!) issue-solving ideas and accountability.

So, let’s talk about some of the questions that the unopposed should be asked to answer. Mr. Hagen was kept from the discussions (really!) that led our County to decide that cannabis should be taxed on “Self-Reported” (huh?) revenue rather than on an easily verifiable and guaranteed squarefoot-grown basis. This year alone, this decision cost Santa Barbara about $70M in lost revenue! Now, cannabis taxes are a micro-spec (around 1%) of our budget but, that said, 80 acres in Monterey County will generate $20M guaranteed while, under our

tax scheme, 300 acres in Santa Barbara might yield $13M. So, will Mr. Hagen continue to leave tens of millions of dollars on the table? Or will he address the note in this year’s budget: “Board members [stated] it would be helpful to hear alternatives to our cannabis revenue [tax scheme].”

Ms. Capps will bring much needed grace and decorum to the Board, which often times is rudely flippant and downright arrogant (traits that scream “unaccountable”). Her Good Government platform — a platform that, regardless of your politics, this County desperately needs — will serve us well if (big “if ”) she can push it forward. You should dig into the details because when it comes to rules of ethics and campaign finance, Santa Barbara County is like no other county in the state.

Finally, we need to begin asking hard financial questions. We spent a mere $300K to support the Office of Arts & Culture, yet increased County salaries by $36M to $700M. We received $130M in COVID relief — a windfall — yet paid down just $10M against our $471M in deferred maintenance (we are crumbling!). We approved $80M to build a new North Branch jail that will ultimately cost $120M with operating costs that were not nearly anticipated. And, oh yeah, we still need to spend $21M to refurbish our Main Jail, as well. Our individual generosity will continue to be called upon far too often unless and until we begin to ask: “WHY?” We live in a news desert where no single publication in our 400,000 resident County reaches more than 25,000 readers. This allows unprecedented darkness deeply exacerbated by a lack of competition and investigative journalism (other than the MJ). This means one thing — we all need to do more and, yes, we all need to ask the tough questions!

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A (Mostly) Truthful Tall Tale

by Ernie Witham

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’ve always wanted to be taller – I still remember getting measured for my high school graduation robe. “Five feet, eleven and three-quarters inch,” the gown guy yelled out to the gown sizing note taker.

“Come on,” I said. “Put me down for six feet, willya?” But no. Gown measuring administrators take their measurements seriously. Heaven forbid that my Sachem’s gown might be a quarter-inch too long. Sachem? You ask... That’s right, we were the Laconia High School Sachems. Sachem is the Iroquois word for the chief of a tribe. Still, chief or no chief, the robe people held fast. So, I showed them my driver’s license, which stated my height as six-foot, zero inches.

In their eyes I could see: “Move along Shorty.”

Ironically, they listed me as tall under my senior photo in the Laconia High School yearbook, which came out a few weeks later. Actually, they listed me as tall and dark. Not tall, dark, and handsome. Just tall and dark. There’s probably an Iroquois word for tall and dark that means one who can hide behind a thin, not-all-that robust bush at night.

I was dealt another belittling blow later on in life when I went for a yearly physical and the physician’s assistant who weighed me and checked my height said: “Five feet, ten-and-a-half inches.”

“Wait? What? I’m six feet tall.”

He checked it again. It came out the same. “Let me put my shoes on.”

“You already have your shoes on. You know, a lot of people shrink a bit when they get older. Could be your spine is compressed.” His scale-side manner left something to be desired.

The final blow in life came when my two stepsons, Jon and Patrick, hit their teens and soared to six feet, four inches tall. I used to stand on my tip toes in family photos, until my ankles gave out.

“A lot of people’s ankles give out when they get older,” I read on WebMD. “Knees, too. And hips.” Swell.

I used to be more coordinated than I am today, too. As a kid I played baseball, football, tennis. No, not much basketball, of course, but thanks for asking.

I also used to climb trees when I was still in my formative years. They grow close together in New Hampshire, so I would climb as high as I could, walk out onto a branch and jump to the next tree. Sometimes, I could go six or seven trees, before “coming up short” and crashing to the forest floor covered in broken branches and pine pitch.

But I have had a bit of an upswing in the height department. Terri thinks

I’m tall. “You must be at least six feet,” she said one day at Lotusland. I was tempted to show her my old New Hampshire paper driver’s license, but every time I take it out of my wallet, I release another moth, so I just adjusted my hat to sit a little higher on my head, lifted my heels off the ground a bit, and smiled.

Ironically, they listed me as tall under my senior photo in the Laconia High School yearbook, which came out a few weeks later. Actually, they listed me as tall and dark. Not tall, dark, and handsome. Just tall and dark.

Terri has been working in Lotusland’s amazing Japanese Garden since the early days of its creation. She knows every tree, plant, stone, and drip line.

She has been teaching a group of us the art of pruning niwaki – Japanesestyled pines, junipers, and maples – as well as shaping everything else in the Japanese Garden in a traditional style.

At first, she was a bit skeptical of my talents.

“I do a lot of bonsai pruning, and I have only killed a few of them,” I told her with pride. “Some of them have ended up missing a limb or two, of course.”

So, at first I was mainly weeding and raking, but slowly I proved myself.

Now Terri often gives me the tall trees to prune. There are ladders, but after tripping over a deer statue and sliding down the slope to the pond a few times, Terri suggested I remain earthbound. I was tempted to tell her about my former days of jumping from tall tree to tall tree as a possible pruning technique, but thought maybe that story was better left unsaid. For now, I’ll try to stand straight, reach as high as I can, buy

thicker shoes, and dream big.

Ernie Witham has been writing humor for more than 25 years. He is the author of three humor books and is the humor workshop leader at the prestigious Santa Barbara Writers Conference.

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Talk Examines White Christian Nationalism

Chemistry Department Earns ACS Approval

The chemistry department earns ACS approval (photo by Brad Elliott)

by Scott Craig

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fter a 10-year process, the American Chemical Society (ACS) Committee on Professional Training voted in January 2022 to include Westmont College on the list of institutions approved by ACS. Effective immediately, the society will certify the degrees of Westmont graduates who complete the requirements of the college’s Professional Track for Chemistry.

The chemistry department first applied for the ACS certified degree in 2012. The society declined approval, citing some concerns about staffing, resources, equipment, and course content. In response, the department hired a fifth full-time professor, adapted the curriculum, and received a major gift from the Matthias family to endow an instrument repair and replacement fund.

The college applied again in October

2019 and moved smoothly through the five-stage process. ACS noted, “The chemistry program is committed to providing their students with a relevant and up-to-date chemistry education in preparation for the workforce, graduate school, or professional school. Specifically, the department has a strong commitment to providing a rigorous laboratory training program for the ACS certified degree that includes undergraduate research supported by an endowment.” ACS also commended the faculty mentoring program for new faculty members, staff support for professors, and “outstanding” efforts to improve safety.

“ACS approval immediately communicates that we have the resources and systems to offer a high-quality education in chemistry,” says Professor Michael Everest, who chairs the department. “It communicates the quality of our program to employers and graduate programs.”

Award-winning scholar and teacher Samuel L. Perry examines the type of white Christian nationalism displayed at the U.S. Capitol attack in a free, public lecture Monday, April 4, from 7-8:30 pm at Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. The talk, “A House Dividing: Why White Christian Nationalism is Everyone’s Problem,” will use data from national surveys and experiments to show that white Christian nationalism is more mainstream than many realize.

“For many, the shocking events on January 6, 2021, were rendered even more shocking by the pervasive Christian images at the scene: impromptu worship sessions, wooden crosses, Christian flags, and a prayer in Jesus’ name in the Senate Chamber,” Perry says. “I’ll explain white Christian nationalism, which is far from being a fringe movement, and will discuss how social scientists measure it and where it seems to be headed.”

Perry, an associate professor of sociology and religious studies at the University of Oklahoma, is among the nation’s leading experts on conservative Christianity and American politics, race, and sexuality. He has written or co-written more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and four books, including Taking America Back for God and The Flag and the Cross. He is working on a book about why the scientific study of religion benefits all society. The Westmont departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Political Science, and Communication Studies are sponsoring the lecture.

and Lyree Jarrett have been named NAIA Women’s Basketball First Team All-Americans. This is the second time Berberabe and Jarrett have won first team honors. Last year, Berberabe was honored as the NAIA Player of the Year in addition to being included on the first team, while Jarrett was named to the first team in 2020 and the second team in 2021.

“Stef and Lyree each have unique styles of play to their games and within those skill sets they have found ways to profoundly impact the game,” said Westmont head coach Kirsten Moore.

“At the heart of their success is a love for the game and for their teammates that is evident from the joy with which they compete and the way they set their teammates up for success.”

Berberabe averaged 15.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game this season while Jarrett recorded 15.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per contest. Jarrett is the third alltime scorer for the Warriors with 1,415 career points. She ranks second in career points per game at 13.1. Berberabe is seventh on the all-time scoring list with 1,296 points and fourth in career scoring average at 12.3.

The Warriors finished the 2021-22 season with a record of 27-5 and reached the Round of 16 in the NAIA National

Tournament.

Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

Berberabe and Jarrett Win NAIA All-Americans Senior guards Stefanie Berberabe

Lyree Jarrett and Stefanie Berberabe are NAIA Women’s Basketball AllAmericans (photo by Brad Elliott)

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Residents’ Council President Barbara Hadley and abstract artist Penny Arntz enjoying a day of flowers and fun

Scott Schonzeit started as the Director of Dining Services at Casa Dorinda in 2013, where he has spent the intermediate years dedicated to clean food that meets the sophistication of the residents.

As Schonzeit points out: “Baby boomers have traveled all around the world.

They’re the ones who brought international cuisine to America.”

While Casa Dorinda has been celebrated for its elegant dining room, the Bliss

Resident Profiles: Barbara Hadley If you’re looking for a tour guide of Casa Dorinda, there is no better person than Barbara Hadley. Not only is Barbara a second-generation resident (her mother lived at Casa for 20 years), she has also served as the Residents’ Representative to the board of directors, was elected Residents’ Council President, and worked on the Bliss Expansion. Some of her favorite activities include excursions into the surrounding hills of Santa Barbara for a hike and spending an afternoon on the Casa Dorinda bocce courts. But if she challenges you to a game, watch out – Barbara is the reigning champ!

Expansion has expanded its services with The Grill – a fun, new dining space that offers residents a more casual option.

With a full bar and extended hours, The Grill was designed to be a place where residents could dress up as much or as little as they wanted, spending the afternoon watching the game while enjoying

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feel comfortable and happy. And a quick look around will tell you that there are two ingredients in the Casa Dorinda special sauce: plenty of activities and good company.

For 47 years, Casa Dorinda has provided the highest quality of retirement care to their community of residents, a quality that Executive Director Brian McCague attributes to forward thinking.

A constant desire to improve and upgrade has inspired Casa’s most recent endeavor: The Bliss Expansion. this inviting, family-style community in more ways than one.

According to Executive Director Brian McCague, Casa Dorinda feels so much like a family because everyone, staff and residents, are familiar with each other.

McCague revealed that many staff members have been a part of the Casa team for 20 or 30 years, with the longest employed staff member celebrating over 35 years. Likewise, many residents are second-generation, meaning they decided to move in after seeing how happy their parents were at Casa Dorinda. It’s an environment where everyone on the estate is invested in the institution of Casa Dorinda, somewhere residents can

“It feels like I’ve gone full circle,” says resident Barbara Hadley. “I was 17 with all my friends on the Scripps campus, and now we’re 80 on the Casa campus.”

In fact, many residents describe moving into Casa Dorinda like going to college. Originally, some feel nervous about finding like-minded people, perhaps even concerned with what Santa Barbara will be like if they moved from out of town. But just like college, Casa Dorinda has intellectual enrichment in the form of their cultural lectures, a range of sports, fitness classes, and competitive activities, an opportunity

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Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry’s British actor fiancé, Orlando Bloom, has traveled to the Ukrainian border, where he’s on the ground supporting refugees fleeing the country following Russian president Putin’s invasion in February. The Lord of the Rings star, 45, is spending time in Moldova, a short distance from the war-torn country, helping families as part of his efforts with UNICEF. Orlando took to his Instagram account to share some heartbreaking photos of the moment he met a mother of three who evacuated Ukraine with her youngsters after their neighbors’ home was attacked.

Writing to his 5.7 million followers, he said, “They don’t know where to go next, but Mum just wants her children to be safe.” Orlando, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2019, says the supporters of the international nonprofit “are united for children and families seeking protection.” Bloom-ing good work...

As One Moves Opera Santa Barbara, under artistic director Kostis Protopapas, brought a new dialogue to an old artform with its latest production, As One, at the Lobero.

Evan Bravos and Ashley Kay Armstrong at the conclusion of As One singing the Ukrainian national anthem (photo by Priscilla)

The innovative 75-minute production, featuring baritone Evan Bravos and mezzo soprano Ashley Kay Armstrong, both Chrisman student artist alumnae, as the transgender characters before and after transitioning. An on-stage quartet under conductor Alexandra Enyart, who also participates in the show, provided the music with Amy Hutchison as creative stage director.

Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Awardwinning Mark Campbell and filmmaker Kimberly Reed were co-librettists, with Laura Kaminsky composer. Timothy Accurso was principal pianist. As the show concluded, a giant screen image of the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag appeared with the two soloists joining in a moving rendition of the beleaguered country’s national anthem. A moving show, a most moving moment...

A London Rattle

After the pandemic played havoc with plans for the 118-year-old London Symphony Orchestra to perform in Santa Barbara, not to mention scrapping well laid plans for Music Academy of the West fellows to perform with the U.K. musicians at their home in the Barbican, the two major institutions are back in action in a big way. Under longtime maestro Sir Simon Rattle the world-famous orchestra performed three sold-out programs at the Granada, two of which I was lucky enough to attend.

The first, co-presented with CAMA, featured “Le Corsaire” by Berlioz,

Nicholas Burtlett and Kostis Protopapas at the Lobero (photo by Priscilla)

The London Symphony Orchestra excels (photo by Mark Allan)

“Symphony No.7 in C Major” by Sibelius, Bartok’s “The Miraculous Mandarin,” Ravel’s “La valse, poème chorégraphique pour orchestre,” and Hannah Kendall’s “The Spark Catchers.”

Sunday’s evening show, a community concert marking the Music Academy’s 75th anniversary season, paired 36 Keston MAX “All Stars,” winners of the competition over the past four years, playing works by Percy Grainger before concluding with Bruckner’s “Symphony No. 4, Romantic.” Rattling good performances both...

Arod Around Again After two years of pandemic restrictions, the Mary Craig Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art echoed to the strains of music again when the Paris-based Arod Quartet, a Fab Four of players in their 20s, entertained. They shot to global fame – winning the coveted first prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, having already taken first prize at the Carl Nielsen Chamber Music competition in Copenhagen.

Three years ago, the talented musicians undertook their first U.S. tour, which featured its inaugural Carnegie Hall, New York, performance – one of the only European chamber ensembles to make its debut at the hallowed venue on their first trip to America. With a pro-

gram including Mozart’s “String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, Dissonance,” Bartok’s “String Quartet No. 1 in A minor,” and Ravel’s “String Quartet in F Major,” they couldn’t fail to please.

Ukrainian Support Carpinteria dynamic duo Ashton Kutcher, 44, and Mila Kunis, 38, who have raised around $35 million for Ukrainian refugees, were lauded for their efforts by the country’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a video call.

Zelenskyy, 44, thanked Kunis, who was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, and Kutcher for launching a GoFundMe campaign to help transport supplies to refugees across Europe, with Airbnb providing free, short-term housing. The president said he was “very grateful” for their support and “impressed by their determination.”

The Hollywood twosome aren’t the only Carpinteria residents doing their bit. Clio, 13, and Lyra, 9, Spiegel, the granddaughters of Court of Appeals justice Frances Rothschild, who have been selling their jewelry – bracelets and earrings – made from semi-precious stones at the Laughing Buddha Thrift Shop, have now been donating all the profits to the war-torn nation, raising more than $1,050 in just three days. “Since June of last year, they’ve given away more

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track of time, it’s a Zen experience of total focus. That was very therapeutic and beneficial for me. And that is a key thing for your mental health during this time. I say, “Make yourself do it! Eke out a little space in your house to do you work.” You want to keep moving forward, it’s a challenge and motivating and exciting.

The Essence of Paradise Paradise Revisited Exhibit Opens April 2 with Artist Sandy Ostrau

by Joanne A Calitri

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pril 2 is the opening of an exhibit titled Paradise Revisited, by artist Sandy Ostrau, at the Thomas Reynolds Gallery on State Street downtown Santa Barbara. Ostrau, an abstract artist of 40 years and exhibiting for 15 years, graduated UCSB in 1982 with a Liberal Studies Degree comprised of art history, sociology, and economics. She writes that her time at UCSB, along with a summer abroad via the American Institute of Foreign Studies, strongly led her to be an artist, and she is looking forward to coming to town for her new gallery show.

We Zoomed on Saturday while she was moving her art studio back to Mountain View, from her house garage in Palo Alto, where she spent the last two years due to the lockdowns. She was upbeat, sharing openly about her art journey, love of painting daily, and reading and collecting art books. “I really respond to work produced by the Society of Six,” said Ostrau. “They painted outside, very fast and fluidly. I like Nicolas de Staël, a Russian painter who lived in France, and his dynamic thick paint application in simple compositions that contain a lot of information, and Bay Area abstract expressionists Richard Diebenkorn and Elmer Nelson Bischoff, and San Francisco artist Joan Brown.”

Reviewing Ostrau’s art, one finds similar characteristics found in ancient Egyptian art – the use of dynamic lines, block shaped background areas, and simple figures. The works appear very barren. Colors are as broad and strong as the paint strokes with a deep textural component. Themes of humanity in her

figurative work stylistically imply solace, as the placement of the figure is on a singular path in the midst of rectangular color-boxed landscapes, viewed from behind or from the side, and usually alone or counter placed to another, as seen in Ebb Tide, Surf Watch and Sifting Sands. Even figures “glued” at the hip read apart, as in, Hip Synch. The work Intimate shows two people from behind sitting on bright red chairs facing large rectangular areas painted in beige tones – Where are they? What are they talking about? – you get to decide, she says.

Here is what else she answered: Q. What period are you in as an artist at the moment?

A. I have the great fortune to live on the Sonoma coast, and the view changes daily. I find inspiration in my environment – and every day is different! My path has not really changed. I don’t have a desire to change from abstract work. I am challenged and inspired to take the figurative into a landscape setting, both interior and exterior. I get bored with local colors, so really, does the tree have to be green, and the sky blue? My palette shifts seasonally, and recently I am obsessed with yellow.

What are your preferred mediums, colors, and techniques?

I prefer wood panel in custom made sizes. In large scale work, they are heavy, so I paint on stretch canvas. I like wood panel as I’m tough when I paint. I scrape, work in many layers, and am hard on it.

And wood requires a lot of layers.

I use a limited palette I mix myself; there’s a little bit of every color in your palette that way. The choices are cool

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Artist Sandy Ostrau in her studio (photo courtesy of Ostrau)

and warm with values from dark to light.

I work exclusively in oils, occasionally in acrylics and gouache.

For my technique, I am classically trained. I do not work off of photographs. I go out with a sketch pad, map it out, and paint it. I paint relatively quickly and think of the whole painting while I’m working. I start by laying out a composition, do a monochromatic painting that lays out the values of the scene and composition. This technique allows you to add color, value, temperature and texture to get to the essence of what you want to say as an artist.

My style is very known. A lot of my work is reducing elements to help tell my story. The message I want to be very clear.

I take as much stuff out to keep it as simple as possible and still have the message.

It is actually harder this way, like how many tree branches can be taken away and still be a tree? I make very educated choices so it’s not cartoonish. My figures are general and not descriptive, so the viewer will put themselves in the piece.

Gesture is important in the work, and I don’t want to tell the viewer what the figure is doing. Often the figures are in the landscape and architecture.

Your advice for artists as we are getting out of lockdown?

I paint every day. During lockdown I had to move my studio from Mountain View to back home into our garage. I worked really hard there; it was not my usual space and much smaller, and I had a show to produce of large-scale pieces.

During that time, I found that when I was painting, it was the one time during the day that things felt normal. When I paint, I put my full attention there, I lose

Who are your art teachers?

Master figurative artist Jim Smyth – faculty at the College of San Mateo, and Brigitte Curt, a plein air landscape artist from the South of France. Smyth and Curt founded the California Academy of Painters in Redding, California. We would paint a few times a week for years. From them, I dove more into oils and learned the classical constructs of art – from sketching the work to mixing a palette of colors that in themselves represent all the colors available, materials management, using sketches of a model, and plein air work.

Do you teach art classes?

I teach as a guest lecturer at the University of Santa Clara, and I teach three to four workshops a year, and do private tutoring in my studio weekly. The classes are for painters who want to move their work forward in a way, express what they want to, be clear about their message.

There are a lot of things you can teach people to enhance their visionary expression. There are a lot of people flailing around without training. Making art is a process, there are steps, a visual language people can learn. I enjoy teaching because you really need to disseminate your process to teach it, it gives you a lot better understanding of yourself. I was scheduled to give a talk at UCSB about my recommendations for students on being a professional artist, but it was cancelled due

to the lockdown. I hope to do it.

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by Steven Libowitz THURSDAY, MARCH 31 The Full Nelson – Maggie Nelson, the highly-decorated, genre-busting, classification-defying author whose previous book The Argonauts blended philosophical theory with a personal memoir, returns to Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Parallel Stories with a reading and discussion of On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint. The new book is another boundary-pushing and provocative work, this time exploring the notion of freedom through the lenses of art, sex, drugs, and the climate. Over the course of her 20-year, 10-book career, Nelson has been the recipient of a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship in Nonfiction, a 2011 NEA Fellowship in Poetry, a 2012 Creative Capital Literature Fellowship and the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, plus a prestigious 2016 MacArthur Fellowship, aka the “Genius Grant.”

WHEN: 5:30 pm WHERE: Mary Craig Auditorium at SBMA, 1130 State Street (entrance in the rear) COST: $10 general, $5 museum members INFO: (805) 963-4364 or sbma.net Pivot! to Dance at Center Stage – Meredith Cabaniss of Selah Dance Collective and Katelyn Carano of Seventh Dimension Dance & Elemental Aerial Arts are teaming up to produce a weekend series of aerial and dance performances by local artists. Each work represents a different facet of the work that Selah supports in the community, versatile pieces spanning several dance mediums, all meant to challenge the audience and dancer to take an introspective approach to questions about human nature. Selah itself will preview a selection from the collective’s newest evening-length work, an adaptation of Rite of Spring, originally performed in 1913 in Paris by the Ballets Russes with choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky. Over the past few months, Cabaniss has developed a new and refreshing take on the revolutionary 1913 ballet with her distinctive blend of athleticism and heart, featuring dancers from Selah, State Street Ballet, and the greater Los Angeles area in collaboration with UCSB’s Dance undergraduate program.

WHEN: 2 & 7 pm today, 2 pm tomorrow WHERE: Center Stage Theater, upstairs in the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center, at the intersection of Chapala and De la Guerra streets COST: $20 INFO: (805) 963-0408 or centerstagetheater.org

FRIDAY, APRIL 1 ‘Spring Sing Bounces Back to Bowl – After two years of the pandemic pummeling Westmont College’s annual student showcase, it is returning to the Santa Barbara Bowl. The college’s longest-running tradition finds students from each residence hall to produce Broadway-style skits, competing for prizes and bragging rights.

The event involves more students than any other Westmont activity, as performers in Spring Sing use song, dance, theatrical devices, and even an occasional faculty or staff guest to tell a story about the year’s current theme. For 2022, that theme appropriately is “And We’re Back!” which easily provides a wide scope for the individual halls to uniquely shape and incorporate it into their skits, delivering a creative interpretation of a story that incorporates a return to that which once was through a fast-moving, comedic lens. While it’s produced by the Westmont community, the show more than welcomes audience members from the entire community.

WHEN: 6:30 pm WHERE: 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $40 reserved seating ($19 for children under 12), $30/$16 for general admission INFO: (805) 962-7411/ sbbowl.com or (805) 565-6826/ westmont.edu

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Thomas Turns One – The Thomas Reynolds Gallery, which relocated to State Street last year after a quarter-century in San Francisco, is celebrating its first anniversary with a special exhibition from an artist who did the geographic journey in reverse. Sandy Ostrau: Paradise Revisited is a solo show of paintings by the 1982 art history graduate of UCSB – who also played on the fabled women’s soccer team and worked as a waitress at various restaurants on State Street back in a quainter time in town. Now working from her studios at Sea Ranch and Mountain View in Northern California – the latter adjacent to her childhood home in Palo Alto – Ostrau captures the strong shapes and bold colors of the California coast and the people who live nearby featuring abstracted, texture-rich landscapes and interiors.

WHEN: Artist reception 3-5 pm today, exhibit continues through May 31 WHERE: 1331 State Street COST: free INFO: (415) 676-7689 or thomasreynolds.com

TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Punch-ed Up Bluegrass – Continuing issues with the COVID pandemic caused the band’s original date of mid-January to be pushed back a couple of months. So now instead of catching the Grammy-winning Punch Brothers just after the release of their pandemic-coping 2020 album Hell on Church Street – the band’s expansive track-by-track reimagining of the late bluegrass great Tony Rice’s landmark solo album Church Street Blues – we get to see them on a special one-off concert prior to their summer festival tour. All of which makes the evening of music from mandolinist-vocalist Chris Thile and his merry all-stars who thrive on mashing up bluegrass, pop, folk, and classical an even more special event capping a season that has already seen several stalwarts of the genre perform in town.

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $55 (livestream viewing option available) INFO: (805) 893-3535 or ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu In-Person Again at the Pollock – The Carsey-Wolf Center finally returns to live film programming at the Pollock Theater with a pair of special screenings followed by discussions. Death in Venice, Luchino Visconti’s celebrated 1971 adaptation of the classic novella by German author Thomas Mann, kicks off the series for the spring quarter tonight with a big-screen viewing of the film that ponders the relationships between art, beauty, obsession, and death. The film was directed in Panavision, filmed in Technicolor, and set to the lush music of Gustav Mahler, all of which will be addressed by Joan Ramon Resina, Iberian and Latin American Cultures & Comparative Literature professor at Stanford University and the author of Luchino Visconti: Filmmaker and Philosopher with UCSB French and Italian prof Stephanie Malia Hom… On Thursday, April 7, Pollock hosts the 2021 documentary Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust, a portrait of the place and its people who have been a part of the painful history of California’s Owens Valley, from colonization to water rights. Capturing the intersectionality of the region, the award-winning film chronicles the efforts of an unexpected alliance of Indigenous, environmental activists, and Japanese American World War II incarceree women as they defend their water, history, and culture against Los Angeles’ endless thirst. Kaneko joins UCSB film department’s Kelsey Moore for a post-screening discussion.

WHEN: 7 pm each night WHERE: Pollock Theater, UCSB campus COST: free (reservations recommended) INFO: (805) 893-5903 or carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Folkies Forest & Furtado – Fiercely independent progressive folksinger Forest Sun, who has released more than a dozen albums since founding his own label

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Featuring Lotusland Research Associate Rose Thomas to retrace Madame Ganna Walska’s footsteps in Paris, and Bixby California Ranch Historian Alison Bruesehoff to discuss the Bixby family legacy on California’s Central Coast.

Children’s Day at the Zoo – “El Dia del Niño,” traditionally one of the more popular celebrations at the Santa Barbara Zoo, recognizes the importance of children not only as regular and enthusiastic visitors to zoos around the world, but also as members of our society. Events of the day include a performance by Latin music band El Pecas, a children’s talent show, booths, and activities with community partners such as parent group PEP and the Police Activities League, special foods for kids and other fun programming. Online reservations and timed entry are required per the Zoo’s current COVID policy.

WHEN: 10 am - 4:30 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Zoo, 500 Niños Drive COST: Free with regular Zoo admission of $15 – $20 INFO: (805) 962-5339 or sbzoo.org

TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2022 6 PM UNIVERSITY CLUB 1332 SANTA BARBARA STREET SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101 Admission is free with a donation to the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission. For more information or reservations, please call 805-403-7053. Seating is limited.

Painted Sun Records in San Francisco in 1999, shares the stage with frequent Santa Barbara visitor Tony Furtado as the Tales from the Tavern singer-songwriter series marks its 20th season back in person at the Maverick Saloon. Sun’s 2021 album Stubborn Breathing Heart, was praised by Paste magazine, which said the record “swings gracefully from gospel to folk and soul to reggae and back again,” while Noteworthy Music said that Sun created “a soulful and heartfelt album with a real and accessible understanding of the complexity of being human.” No doubt, though, the singer-songwriter will be focusing on material from his new album Follow the Love, which was slated to debut on April 1. Furtado, who grew up in Pleasanton but now lives in the singer-songwriter hotbed of Portland, has been a mainstay on the acoustic musical map since winning the National Bluegrass Banjo Championship back in 1987. A former member of Laurie Lewis’ band Grant Street, Furtado – who added slide guitar to his repertoire in the early 1990s – made six albums with Rounder Records, and has collaborated with some big names in the genre, from Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas to Tim O’Brien, Stuart Duncan, Kelly Joe Phelps, and Mike Marshall.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: The Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez COST: $34.16

INFO: 688-0383 or talesfromthetavern.com

TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Of Mice and Montecito – Mystery, humor, romance, and vermin come together in Pest, the Young Adult novel that represents Santa Barbara author Elizabeth Foscue’s book debut. The coming-of-age tale follows high school senior and parttime pest control technician, Hallie Mayhew, as she stumbles through the lavish estates of Montecito – rooting out mice and rats, negotiating the Santa Barbara streets and subterfuge, as well as dealing with divorced-parent politics. Fed up with gassing gophers and ditching friends to skim dead fish from fountains, Hallie wants to win a prestigious college scholarship to head to an East Coast school and leave the town behind, but impediments include having her Montecito clients in a frenzy over a rash of estate burglaries, issues with classes and extra credit, and an emerging relationship with the dim, infuriating but hot rich kid next door. Foscue, who majored in linguistics in Florida and earned a law degree from Georgetown, will talk about and sign copies of the book this evening.

WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. in Loreto Plaza Shopping Center COST: free INFO: (805) 682-6787 or chaucersbooks.com 31 March – 7 April 2022

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The Giving List

Dreams for Veterans helps fulfill the Dreams of those who have served

What Dreams May Come

Help support Dreams at the Annual Flower Empower Luncheon on May 12

by Steven Libowitz

I

n the quarter-century since its founding, Dream Foundation, the only national dream-granting organization serving terminally-ill adults, has provided end-of-life Dreams for more than 32,000 terminally-ill adults across the country.

Based in Santa Barbara, the organization serves as something of a counterpart to the well-known Make-a-Wish Foundation – the Phoenix-founded nonprofit that for 40 years has granted wishes for children ages two to 18 who have been diagnosed with a critical illness – in recognition that adults, too, deserve to find inspiration, comfort, and/or closure through getting to experience a final Dream.

“That mission really resonated with me,” explained Kisa Heyer, Dream Foundation’s CEO. “I have experienced terminal illness in my own family, and I firmly believe that having a dream granted at that time is not just a luxury for people.

It should be something that everyone is able to achieve at the end of their life.”

Dreams can be as simple as being provided basic needs items to relieve financial stress, an activity that creates happy memories, a travel experience that somehow got postponed in perpetuity, or even meeting a personal hero — virtually any request for

Flower Empower delivers bouquets, baked goods, and hope to Dream recipients, and more recently, anyone who was feeling lonely or in need over the pandemic

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a non-medical form of end-of-life compassionate care is possible. Dream recipients need only be at least 18 years old, have a life expectancy of 12 months or less, and lack the resources to achieve their Dreams on their own.

It’s hard to overstate the impact the granting of an end-of-life request may have on the recipient. In fact, a full 80 percent of recipients reported a greater sense of well-being after receiving a Dream in an independent study run in conjunction with the American Psychiatric Association.

But the effect ripples beyond the actual terminally-ill recipient, because while the organization only officially grants dreams for terminally-ill adults, in truth Dream Foundation actually impacts plenty of kids, too, even if it’s not their specific wish being granted.

“What many people don’t realize is that one out of three of our applicants have children living in the household, so the Dreams we provide are often really for the entire family,” Heyer said. “Many of the requests we receive are intended to create memories, particularly designed for the children. It’s the adult who has the terminal disease, but usually it’s also about their entire family and community experiencing the moment and the celebration to have closure.”

Indeed, Heyer said, many of the foundation’s Dream requests involve creating an opportunity for reuniting with families who might be scattered around the country to facilitate a bedside reunion and a final goodbye.

“When you think about everybody involved, it’s just massively important and impactful and something that lives on for years. It’s not unusual for us to hear a story a decade later where someone will tell us that when they were still a child, we granted a Dream for a parent. The families are just so grateful to have had that moment.

They tell us, ‘The memories have become part of the historic fabric of our family and lives on within us.’”

Dream Foundation also has an ancillary program that directly addresses the nearly

30 percent of Dream recipients who have young children living at home. Each year, thanks to the generosity of Hasbro and Ty, Inc., the Dream Toy Program reaches hundreds of children who are losing a loved one, by providing a gift box filled with hand-selected toys that are delivered across the country to create some smiles for the young ones at a difficult time.

“It’s a special program partly because they’re sent to the Dream recipient so they can actually give them to the children in their lives as an unexpected gift,” said Heyer, adding that the boxes themselves have been hand painted by local volunteers. “It’s a bundle of joy being delivered to someone’s home, a chance to take some time away from the business of managing the illness to come back together as a family and play a board game together or play with a kid, when perhaps they’re not getting as much attention as they might be. It’s really quite heartwarming for us.”

Under Heyer’s aegis, the nonprofit also created its Dreams for Veterans program, which honors U.S. military veterans’ service to the nation by fulfilling their final Dreams, providing a Dream to those who fought in wars ranging from World War II to Iraq and Afghanistan, and every conflict in between, as well as those who served during peacetime, including those individuals on active duty, in the Reserve or National Guard.

“We’ve always granted veterans’ dreams, but it just felt that this particular group really deserved to have their own focus,” Heyer explained, noting that the program was able to send an active Army soldier from Southern California, who is suffering from a very aggressive form of ALS, to last month’s Super Bowl to see his local team take the NFL’s championship. “Often we try to find other veterans to serve as volunteers to deliver the Dreams, which are often something meaningful like providing a new uniform or replacing a lost medal. It’s been so rewarding of us.”

While Dream Foundation does service the entire country, including all 50 states and, recently, in an effort toward greater inclusiveness, residents of Puerto Rico, there is one particular program that’s only for the local community.

Flower Empower delivers floral bouquets, fresh-baked cookies, fine choco-

“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.” – Charles Dickens

lates, and handmade cards to people in hospices, cancer centers, and their homes.

Volunteers prepare dozens of arrangements using donated flowers, bundle homemade cookies from longtime Flower Empower supporter Robin Himovitz, and artisanal chocolates provided by Chocolats du CaliBressan and cards created by Santa Barbara school children and other groups and individuals. The program, which has served 100,000 deliveries since 1996, expanded exponentially when the pandemic hit to include anyone feeling isolated or in need of cheer, and has brought 25,000 bouquets and orchids to members of the community, including front line and essential workers.

After two years of cancellation because of COVID restrictions, Dream Foundation’s Annual Flower Empower Luncheon – which supports the program – returns on Thursday, May 12 with a luncheon program at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum featuring the nonprofit’s annual awards, silent and live auctions offering extraordinary experiences and must-have items, plus an opportunity drawing, and bouquet-making workshop.

“We’re really excited to be back together in person to share about the outreach and the expansion that’s taken place in Flower Empower over the last two years,” said Heyer, who perhaps (not coincidentally) joined Dream Foundation after five years serving in various volunteer positions on the Board of Trustees for Ganna Walska Lotusland. Locals also have the opportunity to support Dream Foundation by serving as a volunteer, which is ramping back up to eventually surge past pre-pandemic numbers, and while everyone can contribute funds, in-kind donations or even air miles, help the organization make a Dream come true.

“We work really hard and creatively to ensure that Dream recipients can have as meaningful of an experience as possible,” Heyer said. “More resources means we can

do more.”

Dream Foundation Susie Willett, Director of Development 1528 Chapala Street, No. 304 www.dreamfoundation.org (805) 539-2203

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Nosh (Continued from 18 18)) breakfast and dinner programs to help feed the homeless.

The culinary program is spearheaded by Leo Rojas and David Fletcher, SBRM’s learning center supervisor and food services supervisor. They both share the responsibility of preparing the culinary team for life outside the facility. Rios and Fletcher envision a culinary program that provides clients with hands-on experience that includes mentorship by local chefs. “We want to promote a safe environment for clients to cultivate and develop their abilities into a professional skill set that can lead to gainful employment after graduation,” Fletcher says.

Some of those skills include food prep and inventory, and training in leadership and management. Fletcher says he tries to be as hands-off as possible, allowing clients to enhance their problem solving as well as social skills. This approach boosts morale and builds a family environment inside the house, he said.

Teamwork and stress management are skills learned within the program’s perimeter. There are six cooks needed throughout the day — two for breakfast, one for lunch and three at dinnertime.

“Depending on the mealtime, it can be a fast-paced environment, and our kitchen consists of many roles with each being important in their own way,” Fletcher said. “They’re learning the basics of each role and how they all work together to produce some great meals,” he adds.

Even with all this support and instruction, stress is one of the most difficult things to deal with in daily operations at the mission because the menu is not set and every day is different, Fletcher said. “We encourage the culinary team to bring recipes from home. I believe that the opportunity to let the cooks experiment and learn techniques from each other is something that they may only

experience once in a lifetime.”

When he’s not in the kitchen training new clients, Fletcher’s on the phone – calling local chefs and inviting them to the Mission to perform cooking demos and share their stories and passion for cooking with his culinary team. He said his goal is to schedule two or three guest chefs per month. Fletcher said the personal interaction allows chefs to see the clients’ culinary talent and could possibly serve as a gateway to job opportunities at local restaurants. Word is getting out to Santa Barbara’s culinary community. So far the program’s notable visitors include executive guest chefs Travis Watson from Hotel Californian and Bruno Lopez from El Encanto, a Belmond Hotel. Both have committed their time and expertise to the Mission’s culinary project.

“It is an honor to merge a personal passion project of mine with my professional life here at El Encanto,” said Executive Chef Bruno Lopez, who recently recruited a SBRM graduate for his culinary team. “Members of the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission are such wonderful individuals and eager to learn, so it’s my greatest pleasure to introduce them to the culinary career path and help them realize their talents.”

The Road to Independence Once clients reach the fourth phase of the program, they are given the opportunity to work outside the facility. The clients are still responsible for completing group sessions and attending regular meetings as well as adhering to curfew regulations. When they reach 365 days of treatment, clients are encouraged to enter an on-site sober living facility where they begin paying rent and transitioning into leading their new lives.

Each year the SBRM arranges job placement for all of its graduating cli-

ents, and approximately 20-30% of those graduates pursue jobs in the food industry. Using the Corrections Workforce Partnership Agreement, a return-to-work program for men and women, and the Department of Rehabilitation for substance abuse as a framework, Rios and Fletcher are doing what they can to help clients make the transition back to work viable. Approximately 45% of the mission’s clients are in some form of judicial supervision, Rios said.

“I have found that the best way to approach uncertainty is to contact the employer directly and share who we are, what we do, and our mission,” says Rios, who previously worked as a career counselor at Los Angeles Trade Technical College before relocating to Santa Barbara to study law. He is a second-year student at Santa Barbara College of Law. A portion of the program focuses on job preparation and how to address specific questions concerning their criminal background, Rios said. “Above all, I encourage honesty,” he said. “They must face their new challenges with a determination to stay on the right path that they learned at the Mission.”

Rios, who previously spent time as a lecturer at California State University at Los Angeles’ Sociology Department, added: “Because they live on campus, clients are held accountable for their attendance and job performance. It prepares them for the same level of

expectations employers will have after they graduate.”

Hotel Californian Executive Chef Travis Watson was impressed during a recent visit. “The [culinary team] asked some great questions, and the passion the team showed was palpable,” he said.

Back in the kitchen, Fletcher and the other culinary team members were taking inventory. Local grocery stores such as Trader Joe’s, Vons, Whole Foods, and Montecito Market donate proteins, baked goods, and pantry items such as flour, sugar, and spices. Some fruit and vegetables are donated by local farmers.

There’s plenty of ingredients and talent to work with here, Fletcher said. Along with booking chef visits, Fletcher is working on providing clients access to food safety training so that they can obtain their food safety cards for entry-level employment. Providing an opportunity for the clients to interact with working chefs is inspiring to them. The clients appreciate the face-to-face interaction with chefs and mentorship so they can decide if it is the best path for them.”

As for Rick, he had taken a break from his culinary aspirations, but his time at the Mission rekindled his passion for cooking. He said he’s ready and eager to get back in the kitchen. “I’d like to continue this path of preparing food, making people happy, and going in a direction

God sees fit for me.”

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Notice Inviting Bids FY2022A PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROJECT Bid No. 4070 1.

Bid Submission. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids for its FY2022A Pavement Maintenance Project (“Project”), by or before Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 3:00 PM through its PlanetBids portal. Bidders must be registered on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to submit a Bid proposal and to receive addendum notifications. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually submitted/uploaded with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Large files may take more time to be submitted/uploaded to PlanetBids, so plan accordingly. The receiving time on the PlanetBids server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, hardcopy, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

If any Addendum issued by the City is not acknowledged online by the Bidder, the PlanetBids System will prevent the Bidder from submitting a Bid Proposal. Bidders are responsible for obtaining all addenda from the City’s PlanetBids portal.

Bid Results will be available on PlanetBids.on April 14, 2022 at 3:00 PM.

2.

Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at various streets throughout the City, and is described as follows: Micro-mill, fog seal, temporary striping, crack seal, type 3 and type 2 slurry seal, pre and post sweeping, rubber tire rolling, temporary and permanent striping, perform traffic control, notifications, and postings, complete and in place.

2.2 Time for Completion. The Project must be completed within ninety (90) working days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about June 1, 2022, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.

2.3 Estimated Cost. The estimated construction cost is $1,900,000.

3.

License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): A 3.2 DIR Registration. City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 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: http://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959 A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155.

5.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Award.

6.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.1 General. Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., 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. These prevailing rates are on file with the City and are 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 § 1771.4.

7.

Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bonds, each for 100% of the Contract Price, as further specified in the Contract Documents.

8.

Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code § 22300.

9.

Subcontractor List. Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including 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 price) 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 for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all of the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids.

By: ___________________________________

Date: ________________

William Hornung, C.P.M, General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) March 23 and 2) March 30 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Keeper of the Books, 5266 Hollister Ave #212., Santa Barbara, CA, 93111. Granfort Bookkeeping Services, LLC., 5266 Hollister Ave #212., Santa Barbara, CA, 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 16, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000689. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2022

my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000686. Published March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nexthome Preferred Properties, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. Steven C Decker, 988 Fredensborg Canyon Road, Solvang, CA 93463. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 3, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000578. Published March 16, 23, 30, April 6, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Studio X, 216 E Gutierrez St., Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Alisa M Deen, 311 West Ortega St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 22, 2022.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000747. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Michelles Pet Pals, 3080 Calle Rosales, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Michelle Quirke, 3080 Calle Rosales, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 8, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000602. Published March 16, 23, 30, April 6, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Recovery, 801 Garden Street STE 101, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Central Coast Recovery Center LLC, 801 Garden Street STE 101, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 24, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000779. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Right Brain University; Rhythm & Reflex, 2655 Montrose Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Elizabeth G. Morse, 2655 Montrose Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 17, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000462. Published March 16, 23, 30, April 6, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Matchmaking, 1332 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Santa Barbara Matchmaking, LLC, 1332 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 18, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000723. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLUESTUDIO, INC, 1203 Diana Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. BLUESTUDIO, INC, 1203 Diana Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 28, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000548. Published March 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Robles Handyman, 15 Mendocino Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117. Raul Robles, 15 Mendocino Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 22, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000752. Published March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 Estate Staffing Agency and Management LLC, 707 Cathedral Pointe Ln, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. 805 Estate Staffing Agency and Management LLC, 1482 East Valley Road STE #989, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 4, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

FBN No. 2022-0000587. Published March 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Summerset Farms, 3450 Baseline Ave, Santa Ynez, CA 93460. Alexandra B Geremia, 3500 Hwy 154, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 21, 2022.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000729. Published March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Real Property Management Santa Barbara, 742 Westwood Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Santa Barbara Property Management, 315 Meigs Rd Ste A-503, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 3, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000571. Published March 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Alexandra King Dance, 310 West Padre Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Laurie K Alexander, 4202 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 16, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2022-0000705. Published March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 22CV00704. To all interested parties: Petitioner Brianna Itzel Lopez filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Brianna Itzel Aguilar. 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 March 8, 2022 by Narzralli Baksh. Hearing date: April 25, 2022 at 10 am in Dept. 5, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/6

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Gladiator Massage, 1211 Coast Village Road Ste 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Jeff Dutcher, 3340 McCaw Ave Apt 201, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 16, 2022. 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

“I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden.” – Ruth Stout

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The two Bobs hard at work on their Meet Your Neighbor project

Seniors’ Efforts Recognized

Resident Profiles: Bob Nicholas What you’ll notice immediately upon speaking to Casa Dorinda residents is what a talented group of people they are. Bob Nicholas is no exception. A polyglot, novelist, and choir master, Bob is right at home in Casa Dorinda. He can be found organizing his 10-strong singing group – this month they are practicing old classics such as “Oh, Susannah” and “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain” – or nurturing a human-centric foray into journalism with the Meet Your Neighbor project. The brainchild of Bob Nicholas and friend Bob Yamin, Meet Your Neighbor is an interview project that focuses on sharing resident stories from Casa Dorinda. The interviews are crafted by Bob and Bob, or the two Bobs as they’re known, and broadcast on Casa Dorinda’s private channel for all residents to enjoy. And it’s no wonder that Bob’s interest in journalism led him here; he cites the strong sense of community as Casa Dorinda’s defining feature and explains that his ideal night would be spent having dinner with his lovely wife, Carol, and two other couples, where Bob says the conversations would sparkle.

to step out of your comfort zone with new skills through trips to the ceramic or painting studio, a strong connection with the local community, and a cohort of interesting, active people. In essence, the reason Casa Dorinda is truly a retirement community is because it offers so many opportunities to meet people and be a part of the Casa culture.

“It’s easy to make friends here,” says resident Bob Nicholas. Between the variety of fundraisers, games, and cultural events, every new resident has the opportunity to integrate, making Casa Dorinda the first choice for people not only in the state but from all over the country. It is a testament to the Casa team’s high quality of thought and care that many residents cite Casa Dorinda as the only retirement community they

NCL Class of 2022

On April 10, the Santa Barbara National Charity League (NCL) will host its Senior Recognition Event at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. The past two years have seen the event held in a modified form, but the celebration is back in-person and ready for “Springtime in Paris.” The 25 graduating seniors along with their friends and families will dress to theme and enjoy a seasonal fashion show, presented by the NCL graduates and director/choreographer Jodi de Marcos. The NCL nourishes mother-daughter relationships through shared acts of philanthropy and community support. Together the NCL

seniors have dedicated six years and nearly 6,400 hours of volunteer work to over 20 local nonprofits, with more than 400 hours from this past year alone. Our congratulations to the Class of 2022 and all

of their hard work!

Kelly Mahan Herrick, also a licensed realtor with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, has been editor at large for the Journal since 2007, reporting on news in Montecito and beyond.

would have seriously considered moving to, and this makes sense. Because it isn’t just a place for the grandkids to visit, but it’s the next chapter for social, engaging people. And the new renovations from the Bliss Expansion have only enriched

the stimulating environment.

From the shores of Scotland, Stella Haffner keeps her connection to her home in Montecito by bringing grads of local schools to the pages of the Montecito Journal

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friendly until he met Meghan, and then he became very, very distant. He became, almost, well, miserable. I just found it very depressing covering them.”

“They just hated the media and it was miserable. In fact, in the end I didn’t do Harry’s tours, including Australia and South Africa. I ducked out of them and went with Prince Charles to New Zealand, and places like that.” All too sad...

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Pilgrim School students Clio and Lyra Spiegel help out for Ukraine

than $5,000 to charity and have now decided to help the refugees in Ukraine,” says Rothschild. “As their grandmother I couldn’t be prouder!”

In Makela We Trust Craig Makela has become Lifetime Director of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, its highest honor.

Makela, an eighth-generation local resident who descends from Presidio solider Luis Quintero, is known locally as the founder of the Santa Barbara Olive Company. He sold the business a few years ago and soon started a new venture, California Coast Naturals and Oleavicin, with wife, Cindy. The compa-

nies produce natural organic olive-based products. Makela previously served as SBTHP present and a board member for many years. He is also active at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. His son, Cody, is on the SBTHP board, and another son, Chad, is actively involved with the Maritime Museum.

Coming Soon: Mineards on Ice Our rarefied enclave was the focus of millions of French eyes last week when its biggest network, TF1, aired a 15-minute segment on our tony town with yours truly, Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow, and Desperate Housewives actor Jesse Metcalfe.

A two-person crew for the show, 50 Minutes Inside, flew in from Paris and Miami when I gave them a guided tour of our unique community of 10,000 residents.

The show, which also airs in Belgium and Switzerland, also featured Ty Warner’s San Ysidro Ranch and Rick Caruso’s Rosewood Miramar. Metcalfe memorably described Montecito as “Wisteria Lane on steroids!” I’m told the program got boffo ratings. Magnifique!

Fulfilling Dreams

Craig Makela honored as Lifetime Director of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation

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Ventura local Marcy Ornelas, husband Donald, and their 13-year-old daughter Shoshanna are off to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, courtesy of Santa Barbara’s Dream Foundation.

Diagnosed with end-stage breast cancer that has recently spread, music has always been a positive constant in Marcy’s life.

“I can leave somewhere in a terrible mood, put the radio on as I drive, and after a few songs my stress melts off and I can go home feeling good, acting as a better wife and mother,” she explains. She asked the foundation to help with a special

family trip and will be traveling by train to Cleveland, with hosts from Airbnb donating a two-day stay in the city. Music to everyone’s ears....

Silver Screen Spy The life of American model turned spy, Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones, could be heading to the big screen. The aristocrat, who died in 2017, aged 94, was the subject of a book, The Princess Spy

by Larry Loftis, who is now in talks to make it a major movie. Aline, who I knew in Manhattan as the neighbor of a good friend, top realtor Charles Curkin – the father of my godson (also named Charles) and an editor at Elle Decor – wrote several books full of tales of her escapades, including tracing down looted Nazi art, being kidnapped outside a country club, and shooting a man at point blank range. The daughter of a printing press manufacturer, she was quite a gal!

Royal Pains An old friend, Arthur Edwards, 71, who has been covering the Royal Family for Rupert Murdoch’s London Sun since 1977, has been on innumerable royal tours. Arthur, who was awarded an MBE – Member of the British Empire – for his outstanding service to newspapers, says he didn’t want to work with Prince Harry after he met Meghan Markle. The photographer, who I last saw at the Santa Barbara Polo Club in 2011 when Prince William and his new wife Kate attended as part of the centennial celebrations, says the Duke of Sussex became “miserable” behind the scenes after he started dating the actress.

Arthur, speaking during an Australian podcast, described working with them as “depressing,” so he opted out of the couple’s tours. “Harry was always very

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Queen’s Rubgood in the Bathtub Queen Elizabeth, who will be 96 next month, has launched her own brand of posh washing up liquid at around $20 a bottle. Her Majesty has just started marketing her pricey bubbles at her 20,000acre Sandringham estate in Norfolk for about five times the cost of a bottle of Palmolive. The Natural Dish wash, which claims the scent of coastal walks, has the exclusive estate’s logo on the front of the 500 ml bottle, which uses the finest botanical ingredients.

It comes after the monarch – who celebrates her Platinum Jubilee in June, marking 70 years on the British throne – launched a Sandringham brand of dog shampoo and cologne for pampered pooches in February, with a “rich, musky scent with citrus notes of bergamot,” selling for around $15. Paws for thought...

Sightings Singer Barbra Streisand and actor husband, James Brolin, checking out the Van Gogh exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art... Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio and fellow actor Miles Teller at the Rosewood Miramar... Grammy singer Steve Tyrell at the Manor Bar. Pip! Pip! Be safe, wear a mask when

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Montecito actor Christopher Lloyd won’t be time traveling, but he is getting ready to step into a story set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Lloyd, 83, is joining the third season of the hit TV show The Mandalorian, which is set in the Star Wars Universe. The series is in the middle of shooting its third season in California. It follows a bounty hunter who stumbles across a child with the Force and becomes his protector.

“The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

From musings on the Royals to celebrity real estate deals, Richard Mineards is our man on the society scene and has been for more than a decade

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WEALTH OF WELLNESS Mind-Body Matters An Ayurvedic Approach

by Rebecca Capps

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t is clear that mental disorders and chronic illnesses are rising at unprecedented rates. What is not so clear, however, is why. Why are conditions like eating disorders and addictions happening now more than ever before?

According to a June CDC survey — a staggering 41% of U.S. citizens suffer from at least one mental or physical health condition. This astronomical rise in illness points to a clear need to expand our knowledge of the prevention and treatment of illness. From an Ayurvedic perspective, all illnesses may be viewed as a deeper expression of something in the mind and body being out of balance.

Thus, pairing modern Western medical practices with the ancient science of Ayurveda gives people an opportunity to work toward a more holistic recovery — so that they’re not just treating symptoms but also improving their overall sense of well-being.

In Sanskrit, Ayurveda means “the science of life.” It originated from India nearly five thousand years ago and is the oldest known medical system — one that still holds true and can be applied in tandem with modern healthcare practices.

However, unlike modern Western medicine (which often just treats symptoms as being isolated from the rest of the body), Ayurveda focuses on treating the root of one’s symptoms and views them as part of an interconnected whole. Ayurvedic wisdom is foundational and a missing piece in our modern-day American healthcare system. It encompasses aspects that Western medicine often overlooks — from psychology, nutrition, or spirituality to a deep understanding of the disease process.

The way you approach any sickness or imbalance depends on how you view it in the first place. Ayurveda offers us a new lens by providing a comprehensive framework to better understand our body type, personality traits, and ways to respond to our environment. Ayurvedic practitioners view wellness from the perspective of each person’s unique constitution, or dosha type. There are three primary mind-body types that guide treatment protocols; Vata, Pitta, Kapha (however, we all contain aspects of all three to some measure). Where there is a doshic imbalance — sickness is sure to follow. Learning about your general predispositions can help you start the process of deeply listening to your body’s signals and paying attention to what may 31 March – 7 April 2022

The three types of dosha

Editor’s Note Without our health, what are we?

Through the pandemic, we have been challenged in countless profound ways. Many of us have faced the loss of loved ones, careers, or even just lifestyle.

As discussed by Rebecca Capps below, mental health issues and chronic illnesses are on the rise in the US, and recent events have not done much to alleviate those stresses. There are many schools of thought on health. In this new recurring section, Wealth of Wellness, we will have experts and other guest writers discuss the body, mind, and everything to be healed in between.

Because what is wealth without good health?

exist underneath so that you can prevent or better mitigate any sickness.

Pairing ancient Ayurvedic wisdom with modern healing practices can help clinicians optimize their treatments to garner better results. As a clinician who treats eating disorders, I often draw from Ayurvedic protocols given the uncanny resemblance between the three dosha types and the three subtypes of eating disorders. For example, Kapha dosha types tend to be warm in temperament, steady, and inhabit a larger frame. When out of balance, they’re especially prone to emotional eating — similar to those who suffer from a Binge Eating Disorder.

A Kapha’s healing work involves learning how to engage in mindful eating and gentle movement practices that will help them to reduce inflammation and ignite metabolic function. In contrast, Vata types are naturally slim but underweight when out of balance – similar to those with Anorexia Nervosa. Vatas are also often predisposed to anxiety, poor circulation, and adrenal fatigue. Thus, Vatas may benefit from a wellness plan that includes higher-fat foods that satiate.

They may further benefit from grounding self-care practices, such as abhyanga or self-massage, that will help them to calm their overactive nervous system.

Lastly, Pitta doshas are natural-born leaders who are traditionally strong with a quick metabolism. However, similar to the Bulimic profile, when out of balance, they can be impulsive and irritable if they’re constantly skipping meals or waiting until they’re ravenous to eat. Those

who are Pitta-dominant should focus on establishing more regular mealtimes and a greater work-life balance.

Tending to each person’s unique constitution is essential for achieving total mind-body wellness; it is when we fail to honor this holistic understanding that it can hinder the path to healing. Although our modern medical system has yielded significant progress, it could do more to honor the patient’s voice and personal-

We are what we eat, and wellness can be viewed from the perspective of each person’s unique constitution, or dosha type

ity in the healing process, recognizing that they are more than just the sum of mechanistic parts. And while medications have their place, so does a more holistic approach. What if we are to re-envision a medical system that values and includes both traditional and holistic medical practices that treat mind-body imbalances?

Western compared to Eastern medical practices are clearly very different, however, both have a place in our current health care system and deserve to be thoughtfully integrated to provide citizens with a complete system of healing. People tend to gain the most benefit when they have a variety of treatments available to them so that they can establish what works best for their unique symptoms and health goals. And, as Ayurveda teaches, by listening to the body’s inherent wisdom and ability to heal — we can take our health

and wellness to a whole new level.

Rebecca Capps, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Wellness Coach who specializes in the treatment of Eating Disorders and Addictions. mindbodythrive.com; rebecca@mind bodythrive.com

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Carlos Simon’s “Vocalise” explores the sound of “ah” in three movements Marilyn Horne Song Competition winners, pianist Alexander Soloway and tenor Shawn Roth, will perform at MAW on April 7

remarkably effective in combating the suicide epidemic in veterans and I cried when they finally passed the PAWS Act to make it possible for a vet who wants a service dog to get one.

Speaking of being gone, I want to ask you about the resignation, not the substance or details of the controversy, but whether you regret your decision. How is it for you now?

It was traumatic at the time, and I do confess that it was very hard. The comedy does very much help, and I do enjoy doing what I’m doing now. But I do miss it. Especially this past week during the [Supreme Court confirmation] hearings. That was an opportunity for [Democrats] to really draw a contrast with the Republicans and talk about the importance of us winning the midterms to hold the Senate and in case another vacancy comes open, so we don’t get another Merrick Garland situation. I would have wanted to talk about what’s going to drop in June, when the court is going to get rid of Roe v. Wade, expand Heller, which means more guns, and cripple the EPA. We didn’t talk about any of that. So I was kind of going nuts watching the thing. Those times are painful.

But I do have time to spend with my grandchildren, I’m out on the road doing comedy, and I have the podcast so I do enjoy what I’m doing now. But, yes, I miss having the platform.

What about the other way around: Did you miss doing comedy when you were in the Senate?

Not really. But every once in a while, I would have an idea that fit into both categories. My team had put me through the de-humorizer. But after I won reelection very handily (more than 200,000 votes) I thought I could loosen up. One time I wanted to write my own press release, because I had a good joke I wanted to use. But my staff read it and said, “No, no, no, no. You can’t say that. You’re still a Senator.”

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Has having a career in politics affected your perspective on performing political satire?

Well, I know a lot more about how things actually work there, so I do bring a level of insight and knowledge that comedians who haven’t served in the United States Senate don’t have – which is everybody else. It’s a valuable perspective.

Do you think people are overly sensitive and perhaps too politically correct when it comes to comedy in that you can so easily offend someone – meaning are we taking comedy too seriously? And on the other hand, are we also not taking politics seriously enough, given the events of the last couple of years?

Both. There is a very serious threat to democracy right now, and it’s frightening. And there was once a role for people like George Carlin and Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce doing political satire but maybe it’s not even about sensitivity.

Do you think it’s easier to reach people doing what you’re doing now because they’re there to laugh rather than in politics where it’s always a fight?

The thing is that the people who come see me are my fans, so I don’t know if I’m really convincing anyone. I try to do that in other ways, but everyone is in their own corner right now and it’s really hard to talk to people who need to literally hear the truth. I mean, two-thirds of Republicans think that Biden stole the election. So it’s a rough time.

So will you try to fix things by coming back to the Senate?

Let’s just say I’m keeping my options open.

MAW Music: Competition Winners Congregate for Concerts The official launch of the Music Academy of the West’s special 75th anni-

versary summer festival is still more than two months away, but in the span of less than three weeks, Santa Barbara will have been witness to the wildly divergent extremes offered by the revered institute.

Hot on the heels of three landmark performances at the Granada by the large London Symphony Orchestra, MAW heads for a much more intimate concert series at Hahn Hall, featuring the winners of its 2021 fellows competitions presented in sequence for the first time.

Each of the recitals – for which the winners also received a $5,000 cash prize – features world premiere commissions by notable composers who also served as judges last summer. Duo Competition winners violist Keoni Bolding and pianist Melivia Raharjo will play works by Strauss, Debussy, Morricone, and Rebecca Clarke, among others, along with the premiere of Conrad Tao’s “Churn” on April 5. Solo pianist Hsin-Hao Yang performs Busoni, Haydn, Kapustin, and Liszt surrounding Tyshawn Sorey’s commission on April 6. And Marilyn Horne Song Competition winners tenor Shawn Roth and pianist Alexander Soloway kick off their April 7 performance with Carlos Simon’s “Vocalise” before tackling pieces

by Britten, Liszt, Schumann, and Tosti, representing an expansion of the program that won them the prize last summer.

“It was my second time in the competition, and I’d been able to train my voice in a way that allowed me to get that fullness and power, while honing it to showcase that part of my voice that’s a floaty thing I discovered that I could do,” Roth said, speaking from a park bench in Central Park after winding up weekend rehearsals with Soloway in New York City last Sunday. The discovery was part of the two-year process that came from converting from baritone to tenor after he’d already been accepted to MAW back in 2019. “It was some of the strongest vocal showcasing I’ve ever done, and with two more years of preparation, more artistry in general became available.”

Roth said the choice to expand their winning competition into an hour-long program was simply to stick with “what we consider to be just really beauti-

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” – Anne Bradstreet

ful music.” That meant singing the full “Liederkreis Op. 39” by Schumann as the centerpiece, which Roth called “the most intimate style of music, and Alex is a perfect pianist for it, because he has the right colors in his head.”

Roth said debuting Simon’s Vocalise – which consists of three movements all based on the sound “ah” – is challenging even though he “let slip” on a Zoom call (with Simon) that he had been first chair in the state for vocal jazz during high school.

“The great challenge/reward is that you don’t have the luxury of looking up someone else’s interpretation,” he said.

“So it’s like being an archeologist in a way digging in to see what the music is trying to imply, what goes beyond the page, to create your own colors with the music.”

Roth, who is now a fellow at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, and Soloway, currently winding up his first year of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, will also be performing “O might those Sighs and Tears” from Britten’s The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, supplementing a reprise of the composer’s “The Last Rose of Summer,” which the singer termed “So beautiful and so haunting.”

In fact, he said, choosing that song might have cemented his victory. “It’s almost like we cheated by picking the most beautiful English song ever written.”

More From MAW Even more accomplished alumni of the Music Academy’s summer festival are returning to Hahn Hall this week, if only via streaming via satellite in a re-broadcast of the Met Opera’s Live in HD presentation of Strauss’ Ariadne Auf Naxos on April 3. Former fellows Brenda Rae and Isabel Leonard appear as Zerbinetta and the Composer, respectively, with soprano Lise Davidsen starring as the mythological Greek heroine in a performance The New York Times called “a nearly supernatural turn in a role out of Greek legend.”

The activities expand to the full Miraflores campus a week later for Whatz it Worth?, a fundraiser produced by the Women’s Auxiliary. Nationally renowned appraisers Elizabeth Stewart and Craig Evan Small (as seen on Antiques Roadshow) will help people find out the value of antiques, jewelry, artwork, and other items on Sunday afternoon, April 10, with proceeds going to support the Music Academy’s Sing!

Children’s Choir.

Steven Libowitz has covered a plethora of topics for the Journal since 1997, and now leads our extensive arts and entertainment coverage

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“I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer.” – Dodie Smith

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Far Flung Travel Thumbs Up

Views of Drakes Bay at Point Reyes

Thumbs up along Hwy 166

by Chuck Graham

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fter backpacking out of the Sierra Madre Mountains in the Los Padres National Forest, myself and two others hiked out to Hwy 166 to walk and hitchhike to our next water cache 15 miles to the west.

It would require brushing up alongside speeding semitrucks, sleepy cows, the arid Cuyama Valley, all the while knowing it was doubtful anyone would pick us up in the middle of the pandemic.

Would the lonesome road win out?

As our thumbs pointed westward, and the miles of pavement mounted, it became increasingly clear we needed some luck. As one vehicle buzzed by us again and again, my mind drifted off like the cumulus nimbus above to a time not that long ago of an unconventional, yet successful hitchhiking mission.

The Rugged North There were four of us experiencing everything Point Reyes National Seashore could throw at us. Ninety minutes north of San Francisco Bay, strong southeast winds, huge northwest swell, and pea soup fog attempted to thwart our sea kayaking jaunt out of Tomales Bay, around the towering Point Reyes Lighthouse, and eventually into shimmering Drakes Bay. Occasionally, we were accompanied by friendly humpback whales, peculiar sunfish, and throngs of common murres.

Once we paddled around the historic lighthouse, we rode a favorable downcoast current into massive Drakes Bay. Northern elephant seals snorted mightily on the deserted beaches, as consistent surf blocked our entry into the tranquil waters of Drakes Estero.

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the surf to ease, and then we stroked hard into the uneven surf, pushing past American white pelicans, cormorants, and shorebirds roosting on a spacious sandspit. Our pace lightened as we searched for a place to land for the night.

Above the pickleweed, we slumbered, lulled to sleep by incessant birdsong and the surf roaring just a stone’s throw west of us. As the night wore on, storm clouds blotted out the multitudes of stars. The weather was once again about to turn.

Paddling Vagabonds At dawn we quickly packed our kayaks knowing a winter storm was about to unleash on us. I was the last one to launch as rain began pelting four kayakers paddling the serpentine channels of Drakes Estero. The dense pickleweed inside the coastal wetland forced the howling winds to ease just enough.

From the water we had a fine vantage point of our surroundings. There was no denying the lighthouse on the exposed bluff to the west, where streams of cars

Brad Greenbaum riding along Drakes Estero

aimed toward its blinking Fresnel light.

However, it wasn’t long before that steady line of cars did an about face and headed back in our direction.

As sideways rain showed no signs of relenting, and wind gusts well into gale force range, park personnel thought it best to turn all visitors around, risk management weighing heavy on the national seashore. In this case, the weather was our ally. With all the cars in retreat, it was the perfect opportunity to fetch a ride.

The road leading to the lighthouse was the end of our trip. Our cars were six miles away in Inverness. We needed a ride. Friend Brad Greenbaum wasted no time, and began hitchhiking from his kayak. The first car was a Mercedes sedan. Brad extended his thumb skyward, and astonishingly the Mercedes pulled over. Brad quickly changed and rushed off to his truck, leaving us beneath the road in a culvert and out of the persistent rain.

One Last Attempt Early on, during our undesirable trek along the narrow shoulder of Highway 166, we were facing and smiling at oncoming cars while hitchhiking westward. That strategy had become too much of an effort. When we felt an oncoming car closing in, we simply raised

our thumbs with our backs to potential rides not expecting to get picked up.

Still three miles away from our water cache, I raised my thumb one last time, and just like that, a friendly family of three pulled over in what was a brandnew Mercedes van. They whisked us away, and within minutes they dropped us off on the other side of the Cuyama River. Our water and a little food were hidden by a close friend within a fortress of gnarled tumbleweeds.

For hours, three road weary backpackers frowned on the demands of a seemingly endless paved route, but the thought of several gallons of water awaiting parched throats forced us to continue. However, it was the kindness of a young family that got us to our chaparral-cloaked haven, that cool water revitalizing the ongoing journey ahead.

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

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Across 1 Mess up 5 G-Shock watchmaker 6 Many a time 7 Handle, as a weapon 8 Campus safety org.

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5 Small, venomous mammal 7 Wispy clouds 8 Like an intermittent relationship 9 Ankle bones

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Across 1 Fender product 4 "___ Willy" 5 Moon landing vehicle 6 Stand-up comic's seat 7 Ziti relative

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9 Word after "G" or "R"

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Across 1 Gambler's IOU 5 Part of a Girl Scout uniform 6 Green candy flavor 7 One of the Seven Dwarfs 8 Piggish place

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Down 1 Bit of fashion for Fred on "Scooby-Doo" 2 Home to eight of the ten highest bridges in the world 3 Trial partner?

4 Peons 6 Trademarked network access term

Across 1 Musical that ends with an entombment 5 Preface 6 Clouds, essentially 7 It can't be stolen 8 Controversial slugger Sammy

Down 1 Mitchell who wrote "Hadestown" 2 PC whiz 3 Smelting byproduct 4 Main line from the heart 5 High-tech conception method, briefly

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