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Graduating Class – Part two of our 20th

Spoon Bandit – A morning routine on Santa

Fulbright Scholars – Two Westmont graduates

Cabrera Conducts – Donato Cabrera’s thoughts

annual graduation coverage with four new graduating classes, P.12 have Fulbright Scholarships and a purpose abroad, P.22

Cruz Island leads to a chase and a game of spoon and fox, P.26

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on conducting MAW’s Community Concert, P.38

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Riviera Ridge School unveils its 10-year Strategic Plan that bridges their past and future, page 28

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An inside look at the renovations underway in the Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club that will bring an unparalleled experience and embrace its surrounding scenery (story starts on page 5)

Dignity Moves

Tiny homes project provides 32 temporary residencies and a path to new opportunities, page 6

Settling Utopia

Tour through the history of the Fellowship Colony and their efforts to found utopia, page 13

Juneteenth Celebration

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illage Beat – Renovation updates on Ty V Warner’s Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club, plus details on the Ordinance 97 water conservation requirements ocal News – Dignity Moves opens 32 tiny L homes in a solid step towards providing a bridge from homelessness to permanent housing Montecito Miscellany – School updates, a new A&L season, a bash for Basil, and more miscellany

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etters to the Editor – Roots Carpinteria L on Santa Clause Lane, literacy support with The Dyslexia Project, thoughts on a recent trial, and RIP Frankie Tide Guide Our Town – Part two of the eight graduating classes including El Montecito Early School, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Laguna Blanca Lower School, and Crane Country Day School he Way It Was – The Fellowship T Colony’s search for utopia through time and the people along its path

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Your Westmont – Local alumnus joins the board of trustees, two graduates earn Fulbright scholarships, and the observatory opens June 17 erspectives P

by Rinaldo S. Brutoco – Charging Ahead?

Crashing the Grid!

The Optimist Daily – Looking for life beyond Earth with NASA and kombucha rilliant Thoughts – Those who nurse B us and their influences on fiction, history, and one injured writer ar Flung Travel – A morning routine F on Santa Cruz Island leads to a game of fox and guide with a bamboo spoon as the prize ommunity Voices – A look at cannabis C tax revenue in the County and how the Monterey Model could help improve it he Giving List – Riviera Ridge School, T formerly Marymount, rolls out a new 10-year plan including a kaleidoscopic approach toward its spiritual past

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Village Beat Coral Casino Under Renovation

The renovated Private Dining Room features doors and windows that can be retracted to provide an indoor-outdoor experience (rendering courtesy of Winick Architects)

by Kelly Mahan Herrick

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arlier this week, Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club owner Ty Warner gave members an update for his plans on reopening the exclusive beachside club, which has been closed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. It is anticipated that the club will reopen in the first quarter of 2023, after improvements and renovations of existing facilities and the club’s offerings.

A spokesperson for Ty Warner Hotels & Resorts Bill Medel and Membership Directors Kelly Campbell and Johanna Dearinger tell us that upon opening, the Coral Casino – which as of March 2022 is now under Ty Warner’s management instead of the Four Seasons – will be exploring new policies and procedures to create a better balance of use of the iconic club. This includes finding ways to offer more of a members-only experience with club facilities including the pool, fitness, locker rooms, and spa areas. “Our team has listened to members’ concerns about the impact non-member visitors can have on the sense of connection and camaraderie among the membership as well as some challenges with crowded facilities and outdoor spaces, especially during peak seasons,” Warner writes in a letter to members, who were offered temporary membership at the Montecito Club during the closure.

While the team seeks to retain the exclusivity of the Club, Tydes, the iconic property’s oceanfront restaurant, may be made available to the public. “The restaurant must have the buzz, energy, and resources fitting of a place of Tydes’ caliber. This approach will ensure we are able to attract a top chef and restaurant staff to generate excitement, and dedicate the full resources needed to support the restaurant,” Warner writes. There will be members-only dining areas including 16 – 23 June 2022

the new member rooftop lounge, and there will be implementation of a members-priority reservation system. “The restaurant has the potential to offer a truly unparalleled dining experience with the highest caliber food and beverage offerings in an intimate setting with panoramic views of the ocean,” the letter reads. The Coral Casino ballroom will continue to be an event venue for the community and public.

Traffic mitigation efforts are already underway to offset any impacts of added restaurant access, but the team notes that a strict reservation policy will be applied and a threshold is established with limited available seating. Though not counted in the study, neighbors’ ability to walk to the restaurant offers additional natural impact reductions.

Warner’s team insists that the Biltmore – which is still under Four Seasons’ management – will reopen, but there is no reopening date established at this time.

Maintenance and upgrades to that property are also taking place now, according to Medel. “Ty has never sold any of his properties, and he does not intend to sell the Biltmore or Coral Casino, despite rumors to the contrary,” Medel said during our exclusive interview.

The Club is undergoing substantial amenity upgrades and renovations during the closure; it’s been about 15 years since it underwent its last round of renovations. New amenities for members will include a new rooftop lounge with lounge furniture, a fire pit, and direct views of Butterfly Beach and sunsets, located in the area immediately adjacent to Tydes’ dining room on the west end of the property; upgrades to the private dining room, which will be opened to the second deck and boast new retractable doors and windows; new lighting,

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Dignity Moves Opens 32 “Tiny Homes” in Santa Barbara

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ands Across Montecito co-founder Kathryn Washburn got a call from Dignity Moves a couple of weeks ago, asking if she’d support the new tiny homes in downtown Santa Barbara. As a strong member on the Hands Across Montecito team that has achieved great results in helping people leave homelessness, Kath wasn’t sure about this. She wanted to see it.

So she asked for a tour, and after seeing it, immediately went to work to provide supplies for one of the units to make it a home.

Then she called the Hands team, and Andrea Eltinge and I went with her to the ribbon-cutting last weekend. It was impressive.

A small, narrow parking lot owned by the county in the 1000 block of Santa Barbara Street had been turned into a village of 32 tiny homes, with a central kitchen area, bathrooms, decking, and thoughtfully placed potted plants. Here’s some of the story on how that happened: Elizabeth Funk, the founder and CEO of Dignity Moves, said they ordered the units October 1. Now, they’re about to move 60 people into these 32 units. Matt

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ould a Montecito private school soon be by royal appointment?

Archie, the three-year-old son of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, is reportedly enrolling at a private school in Montecito.

With Montecito private schools ranging in tuition from as little as $6,725 to $35,500, and student to faculty ratios between 7:1 to 13:1 (national average of 17:1), these would certainly be suitable establishments for Queen Elizabeth’s great-grandson to start off his education, given their close vicinity to his Riven Rock home.

One private school recently had perimeter fencing being reinforced and regulars who exercise on the grounds of the school being told they can no longer do so. When asked, an administrator for the private school says: “I’m sure you understand the school’s position that we never share any information about any of our applicants.”

He tells me the new perimeter fencing, as well as “enforcing a more closed campus,” were both measures the school

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A&L Leads Into Its Future Cultural gridlock reigned at the Santa Barbara Club when UCSB Arts & Lectures held its new 63rd season reveal party with 150 guests.

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Roots on Santa Claus Lane

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am the CFO and co-owner of Autumn Brands, a sustainable and ethically grown cannabis farm in the Carpinteria Valley. We focus on growing high-quality cannabis that uses zero pesticides, which means not even organic pesticides. We re-use and recycle all our irrigation water and have all organic waste turned to compost. We are a women-owned and multi-family generation-owned business that cares deeply for this community and being responsible stewards of our precious and fragile environment.

We recently spoke in favor of the Roots Carpinteria project located at 3823 Santa Claus Lane when it was in front of the County Zoning Administrator on May 23. Here are a few of the reasons why we support this project.

Currently, the closest legal cannabis dispensaries serving customers and patients in Summerland, Montecito, and Carpinteria are in Santa Barbara. Our community needs a retail store that is more centrally located for our residents and for our visitors.

The unincorporated area of Carpinteria is home to many well-known and respected cannabis farms. But due to state regulations, our customers and those who use cannabis for their natural healing remedies can only purchase our coastal cannabis from a retail dispensary.

Maire and Pat Radis’s property on Santa Claus Lane is a perfect location for an environmentally-focused dispensary that can help showcase the amazing farms and ethically- and locally-sourced brands that the Carpinteria Valley offers. This special area we call the Carpinteria Valley is an ideal location and is close to mom-and-pop owned shops and restaurants that are visited regularly. Why not have a compliant, professionally operated and high-end cannabis retail store in this area of the county?

I have personally walked the building/property on Santa Claus Lane, and

I couldn’t imagine a better or more suitable space for a high-end cannabis retail store that caters to a middle-higher-end consumer demographic. Moreover, I have experienced the trouble with parking along Santa Claus Lane, but I was shocked by how much parking this property provides in the front and also in the back. There are over 20 parking spaces on-site!

And with the improvements that will be coming to Santa Claus Lane in the next couple of years, this dispensary will only add to the beautification and be an important commercial and alternative healthcare resource for the Toro Canyon community, providing tremendous value to the residents and visitors of the Carpinteria Valley. Our adult community deserves access to legal, safe, regulated, and tested cannabis. This is what the majority of voters have consistently voted for.

Autumn Brands have personally worked with The Roots Dispensary in Lompoc for many years now. I hold a great amount of respect for them. They are professional, reliable, and community focused. And I have no doubt they will continue to be all these things when they partner with Pat and Maire Radis and open their doors on Santa Claus Lane.

Yours truly, Autumn Shelton CFO/ Co-owner Autumn Brands

The Dyslexia Project Thank you for running the editorial

by Ruth Green about literacy, and how to achieve it through settled science, rather than a debunked theoretical approach to reading instruction. As a former school board trustee at the local and state levels, she certainly is an authority on the subject, and her insights should be heeded.

I first came to the issue when my son was struggling to read. For years.

We finally realized he is dyslexic and embarked on a very long journey to learn about the subject and address his issues.

I became a dyslexia advocate when I realized that the approach to identifying and addressing this common learning difference — that affects 20 percent of the population — is quite hit-or-miss, and too frequently requires expensive and intensive interventions not found in our public schools.

I became a literacy advocate when I realized that it’s not just the dyslexic students who struggle to read in our public schools; it’s 50 percent of students. At our local nonprofit, The Dyslexia Project, we work to provide awareness, support, and resources in a variety of ways to help parents understand the causes of reading struggles, and how to address them so that their children can get on their pathway to success.

Ms. Green quite properly put the spotlight on the instructional approach where it should be. Research shows that half of children will learn to read with the popular balanced literacy approach, but nearly every child, even those with learning differences like dyslexia, will learn to read when science leads the way.

It’s time we learn that lesson, so all our children have the opportunity to explore and reach their potential, Thanks again for addressing this important issue.

Cheri Rae Director, The Dyslexia Project Author, DyslexiaLand: A Field Guide for Parents of Children with Dyslexia

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I hear talking heads saying how awful this is for women.

That they will be less reluctant to come forward.

Nonsense.

If you put on a performance on the stand and perjure yourself on several occasions a reasonable jury of your peers will generally think of you as unreliable.

I believe some of accusations of abuse happened.

As I believe some of his accusations happened.

Unfortunately, when drugs are mixed with alcohol, a lot of it makes things so far from being rational that common sense and civility are lost in the shuffle.

Steve Marko Santa Barbara

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What a waste of time money and resources.

The bylines range from Depp wins to Depp vindicated to a split decision.

The TMZ crowd followed this fiasco for over six weeks.

I followed it for about an hour.

For those who don’t know or care, TMZ stands for thirty-mile zone.

That is the allowable range from Hollywood before it gets pricey to make a film or a television production.

Virginia is not in the TMZ area nor is England where Johnny Depp is playing a

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Fundraising in Ojai for Frankie, The Miracle Dog of Montecito Frankie was a dog that had no hope, according to the veterinarians. He had a terrible accident when he was almost 16 years old near the beginning of July 2021. During a visit to the beach, he fell on a concrete slab, and was severely injured. He walked for a while, but by the next day he couldn’t.

I took him to an emergency veterinarian service in Santa Barbara. There he received X-rays. The veterinarian attending him noted damage to his ribs and bones. I asked her if the damage was from pre-existing conditions, and she replied it was. But she said he was all wrecked up. Euthanizing him was recommended. But instead of allowing that to be done to him on the spot, I took him home.

Then I took Frankie to receive a hyperbaric oxygen treatment at the Atascadero Pet Hospital. The vet attending him, Dr. Ofer Cherbinsky, DVM, shaved his right side revealing the extent of his injury – his side was raw with deep wounds and cracks. He looked hopeless.

The doctor nevertheless allowed Frankie to have an oxygen treatment. When I brought up the subject of spiritual healing, the vet felt I was unrealistic.

Despite Frankie’s condition, he didn’t insist on putting him down for humane reasons. He also gave a lot of good advice. For example, Frankie had a bad pressure wound on his other side, and Dr. Cherbinsky suggested turning him every few hours.

Frankie continued to have oxygen treatments, and in about two months the wounds were almost completely healed.

Dr. Cherbinsky noted that his front legs were strong but his back legs had no muscle mass. He recommended a wheelchair for dogs and water therapy. He noted in his report “owners know that Frankie will never be ambulatory again.”

Frankie didn’t take well to the wheelchair I obtained from the Ojai Humane Society. I took him to Atlas Institute for Canines in Santa Barbara and purchased a full body harness. It was of great help. We took walks, and I lifted up his back end with the help of a loop attached to the harness. He also did sessions once a week at the institute,

Our deepest condolences to Bryan… RIP Frankie…

which made a huge difference. This was made possible by generous donations allocated by Ojai real estate agent Dale Hanson.

Ojai chiropractor Steve Matzkin volunteered and gave Frankie adjustments every week. This was of tremendous benefit.

Gradually Frankie’s back legs gained strength as he put more and more weight on them. He started to walk a little around the house on his own.

For example, when he knew he was going on a car ride, he got excited and walked for 30 feet or so, before falling down. At the time he was still wearing the harness.

Then on December 13, 2021 after about five months on his side, Frankie started walking unaided around the house. He continued to improve.

At his last oxygen treatment Dr. Cherbinsky noted “Frankie is looking GREAT. In good body condition, pink mm (mucus membranes), seems in good spirit. He can walk with very little support. He was placed in the hyperbaric chamber at 2 atmospheres for 45 minutes, was comfortable in it, and was sent home. Frankie’s recovery is amazing and I am so happy to see him like

that. Hope he will keep improving as he is looking great.”

Years ago I helped a friend who lived in Ojai raise funds for her injured horse. We set up in front of the Ojai Farmers Market on Sunday. The fund-

raising went well. So this year I took Frankie to the Ojai market, and again, the fundraising was successful. I came all the way from Santa Barbara. Frankie and I spent many weeks at the market.

The public was generous, and Frankie made many friends. Thanks to all the wonderful people who helped with Frankie’s ongoing care.

Unfortunately, Frankie just had another accident and is no longer with us. On May 15 in the morning about 7:40 am we did our usual routine. I let Frankie go in the front yard to take care of business and get a little exercise. A little bit later I came out and found him lying on the ivy covered with wasps from head to tail. The wasps had recently relocated to the area, and created a nest in the area Frankie walked. When I tried to move him, I was attacked by many wasps. I ran for a hose. Frankie cried. I grabbed the hose and sprayed the wasps to gain entrance. Then I pulled Frankie away from the wasp nest. I continued to hose him off in order to remove remaining wasps, and pulled clinging wasps from his body. He may have been stung hundreds of times. He seemed to be doing okay, but on the next morning about 4 am Frankie passed away. My heart is broken at losing my old friend, who originally came down the driveway as a puppy of about nine months old around March 2006.

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Our Town’s 20th Annual Graduation Issue: Part 2

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ur town’s schools held their 2022 graduation ceremonies from May 29 through June 10. The eight school graduations are covered in order of occurrence with part one in the previous issue (Vol. 28, Iss. 23, June 9) and this issue including El Montecito Early School with 20 grads, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School with 20 grads, Laguna Blanca Lower School with 19 grads,

and Crane Country Day School with 33 grads. The Montecito Journal wishes much success and congratulations to our graduates, their faculty, and parents!

El Montecito Early School 2022 Graduation The El Montecito Early School 2022 graduation was held on Friday, June 3, at 10 am in the El Montecito Church.

The children processed in wearing their white caps and big smiles. Interim

The El Montecito Early School 2022 Grads with Interim Director Meika McCrindle and their teachers dcMJ_2022-06-16_final.pdf 1 6/7/22 2:07 PM (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

School Director Meika McCrindle welcomed the families to their children’s graduation: “Good morning ELMO family, we are honored that you have chosen us. This graduation is a huge milestone. Your children have grown and thrived under us. Preschool is a lot of work and graduation is serious fun. Your children will go forward with confidence and love. Let us pray that God be there wherever these children go, and we thank you for the blessing.”

McCrindle presented the diplomas and their teachers read a brief description about the meaning of each student’s name, a statement about their attributes, and what each student wants to be when they grow up. Next the children sang three songs, “Your Love Never Fails,” “The Blessing,” “God You’re So Good,” and recited a Proverb. Guitar accompaniment was by Beth Ruiz. The ceremony closed with a reception in the courtyard where the graduates received a Children’s Bible, a personal artboard, and a developmental portfolio that the teachers compiled into a binder from the start of when the student attended the school.

Preschool teachers are Miss Kari, Miss Perla, Miss Lisa, Miss Bayli, Miss Melanie, and Miss Christine, and assistant teachers Miss Melissa, Miss Beth, and Miss Yasmine.

The El Montecito Early School 2022

Pre-K graduates are: Vivienne Elle Burtness, Sawyer Mitchell Carlson, Cooper Hayes Clark, Georgia Grace Garber, Mazzy Lee Gore, Michael James Grover, August John Haines, Cash Matyas Hodosy, Grace Adeleine Huff, Charlotte Helen Jenkins, Daniela Belen McNamara, Olivia Ava Mitten, Maasden Ashe Parton, Albert Andrew Patterson, Elle Scotlyn Prather, Maisy Rose Smith, Gillian Tahouri, Isla McCall Throop, Theodore Aksel Voog, and Maverick Benedict Yonker.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2022 Graduation Our Lady of Mount Carmel (OLMC) 2022 Eight Grade Graduation (“Go Lancers!”) was held on Friday, June 3, at 2 pm on the school’s outdoor recreation field, for the grads and their families only, in their respective bubbles, socially distanced.

Pastor Fr. Lawrence Seyer led the Mass accompanied by student readers.

Graduates gifted their families with a flower and biography blessed by Seyer.

Principal Tracie Simolon and 8th grade teacher Mrs. Lauren Bergesen presented awards to each graduate, followed by the conferring of diplomas.

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The Way It Was Utopia

In the 1920s, Hinton White, Fellowshipper and realtor, took promotional photos of Santa Barbara and Fellowship Colony. This view, taken from a hillside, shows Cliff Drive and the undulating farmland of the Mesa with the blue Pacific in the background. (photo from collection of Bill Dewey, used with permission)

From a brochure of Fellowship Farm, 1906, Westwood, Massachusetts

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George Elmer Littlefield, from a brochure about Fellowship Farm

he quest for the right way to live, the right way to be, and the search for a satisfying and happy life has spanned millennia; just ask Socrates. Between 1663 and 1820 in the United States, besides being a stimulus for emigration from the “old world,” this quest led to the establishment of over 32 American communes, most being religiously based. By 1900, the premises behind communitarian organizations had expanded greatly to include political, metaphysical, and philosophical beliefs.

Despite being hailed by city promoters as a paradise for all, Santa Barbara has seen its share of Utopian experiments ranging from the Spiritualists of Summerland in the late 1880s to the Brotherhood of the Sun in the 1960s and ‘70s. In between, devotees of such movements as aestheticism, transcendentalism, and anthroposophy have made themselves known.

In 1920, a Utopian community was established on the Mesa by a group led

by George E. Littlefield and Charles W. Northrup. Littlefield had established at least five such colonies throughout the United States, beginning in 1906 with Fellowship Farms in Westwood, Massachusetts. A former Unitarian minister, Littlefield believed that the way to a good life was to go back to the land and live a simple communal life. At the time, America had become increasingly indus-

trialized, commercial, and citified. In the 1800s, 90% of the American population had been farmers. By 1920, only 30% earned a living by tilling the land, and in 2021, only 1% did.

Hoping to create a Fellowship Colony for about 200 families on 87 acres of land they had purchased on the former Rufus S. Pinkham farm north of Cliff Drive on the Mesa, Littlefield and his partners offered the public pamphlets on “the New Thought cooperative colony.” To entice listeners, they hosted a Thanksgiving Day picnic on the property, which afforded stunning views of the Santa Barbara Channel.

Plans for the colony included construction of a main communal building, an auditorium, a library, and a community kitchen and laundry. A cooperative store and an arts and crafts department, as well as a printery (called the Red Rose Press) and an inn, the former Pinkham farmhouse, were being organized.

Charles Frederick Eaton of Montecito, famous local Arts and Crafts artisan and landscape architect, was hired to design the landscaping and assist in platting the lots. Eaton’s plans included a number of small parks and a larger one along the arroyo, where sunken gardens would be developed.

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Similar view today. Note the eucalyptus trees on the horizon on the left and right and compare it to the 1920s photo. The Hinton White photo album, which came into photographer Bill Dewey’s possession, inspired him to find the vantage point of these old photos and to photograph the same points today. (photo from collection of Bill Dewey)

with the setting, with a preference given to Spanish motifs. A greenhouse and a nursery were also in the planning stages.

By May 1921, Fellowship Colony had 40 members. When actor Frank Keenan and his wife arrived that month, excitement mounted as ideas floated about a potential artist’s colony on the farm. Artists were sure to be inspired, they believed, by views extending over scenery that varied “from the delicacy of a Watteau landscape to harsh, rocky cliffs and rolling hills.”

Promoting the Colony Requests for photos and literature kept the founders busy at their State Street office, and automobiles streamed into town carrying prospective residents. By December, 10% of the lots were already sold. Promotional materials stressed that the way to live life joyously and to the fullest was “to live simply, genuinely, with plenty of outdoors and sunshine.” The founders believed that the way to solve social problems was through education, and the way to develop individuality was in a helpful social environment. Each Fellowshipper would own his own home and have autonomy. They believed that Beauty and Art, creative expression, and

the power of thought were the greatest forces in the world. A good life, said Littlefield, has work balanced by play and includes service to others.

Hoping to make Fellowship Colony a center for education, they planned two six-week conferences with speakers and teachers covering a wide array of topics that included science, sociology, metaphysics, history, economics, ethics, music, painting, drama, and film art.

The colony organizers enticed women residents by offering relief from the drudgery of housewifery. “If any woman Fellowshipper is too busy or does not care to cook in her own home,” the organizers promised, “she will be able to secure food from the Community Kitchens or take her family to the hotel, where co-operative buying will make it possible to serve good meals at low prices. Babies can be deposited anytime at the Community Nursery for tender and scientific care.”

The old farmhouse was remodeled.

Additional windows and skylights enlightened the simple structure, screens protected the enlarged porch, and an addition clung to the back of the building. Colorful flowers festooned the yard,

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Dignity Moves offers what we’ve long needed: bridge housing – a temporary indoor bridge from homelessness to permanent housing.

Something we’ve experienced on the Hands Across Montecito project: no one wants to go into a shelter. It’s not hard to see why. It’s bunk beds. It’s crowded, in a pandemic. You have to be in early at night. Your stuff often gets stolen while you sleep. You have to be out at 5 or 6 am in the morning, with nowhere to go. It’s ‘near jail’ conditions, and dehumanizing.

Dignity Moves offers what we’ve long needed: bridge housing – a temporary indoor bridge from homelessness to permanent housing. These units are meant to provide security, via four walls, 64 square feet of space, a roof, and a locking door. Hands Across Montecito leverages hotel rooms as bridge housing. It’s far easier for CityNet case managers to help people move forward when they’re in a stable situation versus trying to find them in camps, where they’re often forced to move around.

Supervisor Williams said, “This is an example of what community can do. We should not stop here. Some say certain people will never come inside. That may be true, but we’ve never yet run out of the people who do want to come in off the street.”

Supervisor Hart noted the “enthusiasm that this is a different tipping point in

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Sylvia Barnard of Good Samaritan

Frog, a new resident

dealing with the problem of homelessness. When you see these tiny homes, you realize this is what we need to do. It is shelter with dignity, that restores people’s humanity.”

The site will have onsite management, and services that help people transition out of homelessness provided by Good Samaritan, a huge nonprofit from Santa Maria. I’ve had a lot of experience with them as a member of the Behavioral Wellness Commission. Sylvia Barnard does a fine job overseeing projects like this that move people out of homelessness. The construction costs of $1.4 million were covered by a combination of county funding and philanthropy.

Councilmember Jordan thanked partners ACT and CityNet, who have also been our partners in Hands Across Montecito.

On my way out, I ran into Frog, who I’d met before at group feedings for the homeless in Santa Barbara.

She’s been without a home since 2004.

She will be moving to unit 13, as it’s lucky for her.

There’s a commitment to do a similar project in North County, but at least one more tiny home village is needed in the South County. The ideal site is a parking lot that’s not being used, or is underused, and somewhat centrally located.

If you know of one, let us know! Email info@montecitoassociation.org.

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At a board meeting last week, the Montecito Water District (MWD) Board of Directors adopted an updated drought ordinance after regulations were put forth by the State of California. This new drought ordinance (Ordinance 97) replaces Ordinance 96, which includes the District’s current water conservation requirements.

Ordinance 96 conservation requirements are still in effect, and include the prohibition of washing of hard surfaces such as driveways, sidewalks, patios, and parking lots. Irrigating landscaping during and within two days of measurable rainfall, and irrigating landscaping in a manner that causes water to flow onto an adjacent property, walkway, street, parking lot, etc. is prohibited. Irrigating landscaping is only permitted between 6 pm and 10 am (evening, night, morning) to reduce evaporative losses, and water leaks must be repaired immediately. The entirety of Ordinance 96 is available online at montecitowater.com.

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Miscellany (Continued from 8) along with shows from the Mark Morris Dance Group based on the music of Burt Bacharach, and the Ballet Hispánico.

Legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma is returning in January along with Chinese piano legend Lang Lang in February. The Grammy-winning Soweto Gospel Choir is also on the menu, along with Japanese taiko drummers Kodo, as well as the ever-popular Danish String Quartet, and Jean Rondeau on harpsichord.

The lecture season is just as eclectic with surf pioneer Laird Hamilton, The World According to Garp author John Irving, and British chef Nigella Lawson, author of 12 culinary bestsellers.

And February sees perennial favorite Pink Martini back in our tony town, sure to leave us shaken and stirred.

Among the culture vultures at the bounteous bash, with entertainment from L.A. quartet Las Colibri, were Sara Miller McCune, Robert Weinman, Gretchen

Lieff and Miles Hartfeld, Mark Whitehurst and Kerry Methner, Todd and Allyson Aldrich, Linda Hedgepeth, UCSB chancellor Henry and Dilling Yang, and Mayor Randy Rowse.

Basil’s Big Bash It couldn’t have been a more purr-fect evening when ASAP, the Animal Shelter Assistance Program, hosted its eighth annual Basil’s Big Bash at the Hilton, with 274 guests helping raise around $100,000 for the 33-year-old feline charity that provides shelter, veterinary care, and adoption facilities for cats in need.

The beachside hostelry’s Plaza del Sol menu featured vegan and vegetarian fare with Los Angeles auctioneer Jim Nye selling a custom pet portrait by accomplished watercolorist Ray Hunter, an instant wine cellar featuring dozens of bottles of vino, and a

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Among the feline fans turning out for the boffo bash, named after the charity’s longtime mascot, were Catherine Remak, Barbara Burger, Das Williams, Oscar Gutierrez, Ralph and Diane Waterhouse, George Konstantinow and Helene Segal, Denise Sanford, and Candice Rogers.

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The Laguna Blanca Lower School 2022 graduates (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Laguna Blanca Lower School 2022 Graduation Our Lady of Mt Carmel 2022 graduates with Principal Tracie Simolon, Father Lawrence Seyer, and 8th grade teacher Mrs. Lauren Bergesen (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

was thinking about what to say, and recalled a speaker I had heard at the Religious Education Congress. He said that before going to college, his mom told him to remember who he came from. This got me thinking about our school as more than just a place where you come from, but a collection of people who you are from: teachers, staff, classmates, and schoolmates who have supported you and touched your lives over the years. You all have so many talents and skills that you will take with you to high school. You worked hard to hone them and to share them.

Ultimately these are gifts from God, so remember who you came from and con-

tinue to make us proud.” The ceremony concluded with a blessing from Fr. Seyer. Music was provided by Bridgette Snyder.

The OLMC Eighth Grade 2022 graduates are: David Acquistapace, Aidan Conlan, Kamran Dadvar, Lindsay Doyle, Justin Duran Jr, John Michael Flint, Abidal Garcia, Brody Green, Haley Hubbs, Lauren Hubbs, Damien Krautmann, Joline Linder-Pulliam, Elisha McCullough, Sean Monaghan, Natalie Meyers-Johansing, Charlotte Raisin, Devon Robinson, Joseph Simolon, Gabriel Villa, and Benjamin Zoltoski.

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The Laguna Blanca Lower School 2022 Graduation (“Go Owls!”) was held on Thursday, June 9, at 10 am, outside at the school.

Welcome and remarks were given by Assistant Head of School/Head of the Lower School, Dr. Andy Surber, and the new Interim Head of the Lower School Anna Alldredge, as Surber is moving on. Head of the Laguna Blanca Middle School Shane Lopes also spoke.

Surber said, “It has been an amazing year of learning and growth at Laguna Blanca Lower School. The 19 students who graduated today exemplify what it means to be a Laguna Blanca Owl. They are bright, caring, talented, and ready to make an impact as they move to fifth grade. I speak on behalf of the entire faculty that we are grateful for their contributions to our community and the leadership they showed serving on our student council. I am so proud of this class and look forward to seeing their future successes!”

The grads sang their class song, “Memories.” Fourth-grade teacher Mrs. Susan Richter read a narrative about each student’s attributes. With Surber, Richter, Alldredge, and Lopes presiding, the grads received their certificate of promotion, owl necklace, and a gerbera daisy flower to present to their parents.

In closing, the grads performed the traditional parachute dance to the “Waka Waka” song.

The Laguna Blanca Fourth Grade 2022 graduates are: Enzo Acosta, Catherine Blabey,

Head of Laguna Blanca Lower School Andy Surber addresses the graduates (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

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estmont alumnus Ramon Gupta (’94), a corporate attorney with an active practice in Santa Barbara, has joined the Westmont Board of Trustees.

A partner with Mullen & Henzell LLP, Business & Real Estate Group, since 1999, Gupta has taught business law at his alma mater since 2014. He will begin a three-year term at his first meeting in October.

“Westmont provided me with an excellent education that enabled me to apply, and grow in, my faith,” he says.

“Westmont gave me a rich four years of college life and a strong foundation for future education in law school and life.”

He earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law in 1998 and served as a tax consultant for Deloitte & Touche LLP in Seattle before returning to Santa Barbara.

“I’ve been impressed with the quality of Westmont faculty and staff, and I hope to assist the college in supporting their scholarly work, teaching, and guiding students,” he says. “I’ve also been impressed with the quality and diversity of Westmont students

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New trustee Ramon Gupta (photo by Brad Elliott)

and hope the college continues to bring the brightest minds to campus and offer them a well-developed Christian liberal arts education so they can pursue career and life goals that honor Christ.”

Gupta, who won a 2019 Westmont Adjunct Faculty Award, regularly brings interesting subject matter and experts to his classes.

“I enjoy explaining the law to students, learning from them and their perspectives, and applying the material to current legal issues,” he says. “Almost every class period allows me to connect legal concepts and specific law to news reports of business

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Two Westmont graduates and Augustinian Scholars, John Corbett (’22) and Kyle Mayl (’21), have won Fulbright Scholarships to teach English outside the United States. Corbett will serve in the Czech Republic while Kyle Mayl will be in Spain.

The award is particularly meaningful for Corbett, whose grandfather was born in the Czech Republic. “I grew up hearing him and my great-grandmother speaking Czech and making traditional Czech food,” he says. “I’ve visited the rest of my family who still live there, and I loved the cities and culture.”

He’ll live in Český Krumlov, a cultural center of the southern region. “I’m excited to learn Czech and fully engage in the culture,” he says. “I’m particularly excited about the pure beauty of the region.”

At Westmont, Corbett served as a local team leader for students volunteering at Immigrant Hope. “I taught citizenship classes to immigrants in Santa Barbara,” he says. “I hope to continue doing this and possibly engage with Ukrainian refugees living in the Czech Republic.”

After graduating with a triple major in biology, chemistry, and religious studies, Corbett has been working as a computational chemist, coding generative artificial intelligence at Collaborations Pharmaceuticals in North Carolina. “I’m designing a pharmaceutical modeled after hallucinogens that can stimulate neurogenesis but don’t give someone the ‘trip.’ This may help people overcome their addiction to opiates. I partially chose this project due to my work with people in the addiction recovery program while working at the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission.”

Mayl, who double majored in communication studies and Spanish, served as a communication studies teaching and research assistant, demonstrating doctoral-level work. He studied in Querétaro with Westmont in Mexico, led the cultural immersion program for Potter’s Clay and served as a communications and cross-cultural coordinator for the Edge Project in Altea, Spain, through Westmont’s Emmaus Road.

“All of it ties back to my faith in language and face-to-face conversation as personally transformative and socially restorative,” he says. “Every experience also stems from my insistence on preserving diversity. My Andalusian grandmother passed away before I could speak Spanish fluently with her and fully appreciate her culture — and that loss marked me indelibly. I couldn’t bear the possibili-

“There should be a children’s song: If you’re happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep.” – Jim Gaffigan

Fulbright Scholar John Corbett (photo by Brad Elliott)

Fulbright Scholar Kyle Mayl (photo by Brad Elliott)

ty that her language and traditions might die with her in my family, so in high school I committed myself to learning Spanish and preserving her customs.”

Mayl, whose grandmother was born in Huelva, Spain, hopes to visit family he’s only met once there. “In the true spirit of dialogue, I hope to listen, learn, and share stories to reach mutual understanding,” he says. “I want to be a cultural bridge, just like my grandmother was.”

The Fulbright program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program supported by the people of the United States and partner countries around the world.

Stellar Night for Stargazers Though the May gray wiped out last month’s public viewing, officials are counting their lucky stars and hoping for a break from June gloom for the event on Friday, June 17, at the Westmont Observatory.

The free gathering, held in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, begins after sunset and lasts several hours.

In case of cloudy weather, please call the telescope viewing hotline at (805) 5656272 and check the Westmont website to

see if the viewing has been canceled.

Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

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IDEAS CORNER:

On Money, Politics and other Trivial Matters

Perspectives Charging Ahead?

Crashing the Grid!

The Search for Life Beyond Earth

NASA assembles team to investigate UFO sightings

by Rinaldo S. Brutoco

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lectric cars are gushing onto our streets from Tesla, and from Nissan, GM, Ford, Volkswagen, and a half dozen other car manufacturers (450 different models globally!).

Elon Musk succeeded beyond Detroit’s wildest dreams in convincing first the American public, and then the global marketplace, that driving an electric car was “cool.” Everyone wanted one, and that was before the price of gas passed $7/gallon in California. Tesla demonstrated that the demand would be there if the car companies would innovate efficiently (which Musk did, and they didn’t) and offer adequate distance in between each charge.

It is remarkable how quickly California and the Federal government have gotten on board the electric car juggernaut. California is building thousands of charging stations all over the state, and soon the Federal government will be underwriting the construction of a coast-to-coast charging network thanks to the Biden Administration. Amazing.

In 2021, 6.6 million electric vehicles (EVs) were sold globally (half in China), which was about 10% of the total car market. That brings the total global EV fleet to 16 million cars on the road. I suspect that both State officials and the Biden Administration believe that all those charging stations will service millions of cars in California and many millions more in the rest of the country.

The premium rapid chargers Musk’s Tesla has at many stations can fully recharge a Tesla in as little as 45 minutes. There are going to be a lot of coffee shops waiting for vehicles to get a charge, where they’ll serve you a hot meal, or at least your favorite dessert à la mode while you wait. The Federal government will more likely build out the less expensive charging stations like Musk’s earlier stations, which take about four hours to fully recharge the vehicle. Who has four hours to wait until the car is recharged? Unless they intend to do it while they work or shop during the middle of the day.

Ah, but therein lies the rub! If all those cars are charging during the day when the air conditioning units are blasting away in California and many other states, how will the grid hold up?

The truth is, California is suffering from one or more rolling blackouts each month already this year. If another million cars are plugged in during the heat of the day, when folks are shopping or at work, these outages will become even more severe.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts electrical demand for EVs, which is projected to grow “twenty-fold” and will lead to “grid congestion.” It is way past time we figured out how to put all that energy onto a grid that is already collapsing in California, and the even more fragile grid elsewhere in the USA. My daughter owns a Nissan Leaf, and many like her recharge their electric vehicles every day from solar panels on their roof. Just last night a very close friend of mine was “bragging” about how she enjoyed driving by gas stations in her GM Volt, which she recharges every day by plugging into her solar panels, avoiding those sky-high prices at the pump.

So, what could possibly be wrong with this picture of reducing our greenhouse gases by “going electric” with our vehicles?

If you travel under 100 miles per day and can keep your car recharged from your own solar cells like my daughter and my good friend, the world is your oyster. You literally are paying nothing for fuel and your way of obtaining electricity doesn’t require you to pay the electric company, nor to rely on electricity that was produced by a “Peaker-plant” burning fossil fuel to run the grid. One could even make the case that it’s economically smart and environmentally sound for a company, say Amazon, to capture solar energy in batteries during the day to recharge their growing Rivian electric van fleet. The benefits end there, however.

Why? The IEA observes, “EVs are likely to account for less than 20 percent of the overall vehicle stock in most countries. However, some early adopter cities could face grid congestion pressures between now and 2030.” In fact, they are wrong. Early adapter cities and states are already facing “grid congestion.” Texas is a case in point.

Rolling blackouts, and even grid collapse, have already occurred in Texas. And, just as the World Business Academy has been predicting for several years, the grid became so compromised by electric demand, including electric car charging during peak hours, that Tesla sent an emergency notice to all its car owners one day last month. The Tesla notice bore the headline “Help Relieve Heat Wave Stress on the Grid” and went on to display this message on every Tesla dashboard: “The grid operator recommends avoiding charging during peak hours

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n response to the confirmed but unexplained recent UFO sightings, NASA is forming its own independent team for the purpose of studying UFOs. The confirmed UFO sightings certainly have many scientists and officials boggled, but there are some that find this outside of the responsibility of NASA. Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s science mission chief, stated that this might seem like a “kind of selling out” in the eyes of the scientific community, this being such a controversial subject.

NASA considers it important to get to the bottom of what it calls UAPs, unidentified aerial phenomena. The study will only be using information publicly available and will cost no more than $100,000. It will begin in the fall, last for nine months, and will be led by astrophysicist David Spergel, who expects to come up with multiple explanations for UAPs. “We have to approach all these questions with a sense of humility,” Spergel said. “I spent most of my career as a cosmologist. I can tell you we don’t know what makes up 95% of the universe. So, there are things we don’t understand.”

How kombucha is helping investigate ETs Researchers from Göttingen University and the University of Minas Gerais have been investigating a use for kombucha that’s out of this world. The team set up experiments for the fermented drink to help in investigating extraterrestrial life.

Simulating Mars-like conditions, the team looked at the chances of survival of the different species in the kombucha culture. The “Biology and Mars Experiment’’ (BIOMEX) project has previously attempted a similar experiment, taking kombucha cultures to the International Space Station (ISS).

The experiments found the surprising power of cellulose and its key role in resilience to extreme conditions. The German/Brazilian team concluded that the only species in the kombucha culture to survive were a cellulose-producing bacteria and the ISS experiment found that after years of Martian-like conditions, bacteria with similar features managed to survive and reproduce.

These results suggest that cellulose is a key component for microorganisms surviving in extraterrestrial environments. This could be helpful when studying the origins of life and as a biomarker for extraterrestrial bacteria. Understanding the abilities of bacterial cellulose could inspire films and membranes for protecting life or goods in extraterrestrial conditions. Another interesting application could be for

developing drug delivery systems for medicine suitable to use in space.

between 3 pm and 8 pm, if possible, to help statewide efforts to manage demand.”

The grid crisis brought on by EVs is already here, and we haven’t even begun to add the millions and millions of cars that will be sold each year from now on. Oh, and here’s another zinger, the EVs themselves get about 17 percent drop in range when the temperature hits 95 degrees and the car’s air conditioning is on. That’s a double whammy for EVs and for a society that will find itself in a constant struggle between air conditioning and recharging automobiles. The crisis is here, and every EV added to the grid, whether in California or the elsewhere in the U.S., will only further aggravate the problem until the grid is so constantly “out” that it is, in effect, no longer able to adequately function.

What’s the solution? Simple. Go get yourself a hydrogen car and laugh as you pass those fossil fuel gas stations. The Toyota Mirai is a great one, and the Hyundai Nexo is even better. They refill in four to five minutes at any one of 49 fueling stations all around the state (forecasted to be 100 by year-end), run for 350 miles on a full tank, and haven’t experienced a single “incident” in over 70,000 refuelings to date. Best of all, Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai are underwriting the hydrogen fuel for now, so when you lease or buy a hydrogen vehicle, the fuel is FREE for the life of the lease or purchase contract! You won’t need to eat that pie à la mode or lose four hours because you’ll refuel in minutes! Best of all, you won’t ever have to choose between air condi tioning in increasingly hot weather or driving your car and crashing the grid.

“I never knew how much I could love something until I looked in the faces of my children.” – Brad Pitt

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Brilliant Thoughts Nurses and Curses

by Ashleigh Brilliant

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any of the titles of Ernest Hemingway’s best-known novels are derived from earlier literature. The Sun Also Rises comes from the Old Testament Book of Ecclesiastes, (one of the most pessimistic parts of the Bible, which begins by saying that “Everything is meaningless”). For Whom the Bell Tolls comes from a sermon by the English poet and Cleric, John Donne, whose theme is that “no man is an island,” and that we are all involved in, and connected with, each other. And A Farewell to Arms originated in a poem by George Peele, who, like Donne, was roughly a contemporary of Shakespeare, and whose verses were dedicated to a high-ranking military officer who was retiring from the service of Queen Elizabeth.

But in Hemingway’s novel, both the “Arms” and the “Farewell” have a variety of nuances. The hero and narrator is Lt. Frederic Henry, an American ambulance driver, sometimes in the thick of the fighting, in northern Italy, in World War 1. Getting wounded himself, and thereby being rendered hors de combat, is his ticket out of the war. But his escape from the arms of war transfers him instead to the arms of Catherine Barkley, an English nurse, who tends him in an Italian hospital. Their romance, however, is cursed. They manage to flee together to neutral Switzerland. But there, another sad farewell must take place, when Catherine dies in childbirth, losing the baby, and leaving Henry to walk out alone, into the rain.

Another instance of nursing in terrible circumstances, this time fact, not fiction, was the career of Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War (1853-1856), undoubtedly Britain’s worst-ever martial venture (as epitomized in the infamous military disaster celebrated by Tennyson in his “Charge of the Light Brigade”). This energetic heroine is generally credited with being the founder of modern nursing.

Before her time, nursing could hardly have been called a profession at all, and, such as it was, the vast majority of its practitioners (apart from nuns) were men. She gave women a new role to play in society, which they did so successfully that, by our own era, the idea of male nurses had become almost laughable. (Indeed, it was laughed at, very heartily, by the comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May, in their 1998 sketch about the son telling his conventional parents that his own great ambition is to be a registered nurse.)

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Florence Nightingale (who, thanks to a reporter writing in the London Times, became known as “The Lady with the Lamp”) never got physically closer to the fighting than the western coast of Turkey, hundreds of miles away from Crimea. But conditions were bad enough in a base hospital there, at a place called Scutari, that she had an enormous impact on ideas of caregiving and sanitation, which, beginning in England (where fortunately she had influential friends in high places), eventually spread all over the world.

These changes by no means happened suddenly or smoothly. By the time of the American Civil War (18611865) army doctors on both sides were prejudiced against the whole idea of women volunteers tending the wounded, believing that they were simply not competent. Indeed, one of the most remarkable Civil War nurses was not only a man, but a famous poet – Walt Whitman, who spent several years visiting Union Army hospitals in and around Washington, D.C., and wrote movingly about his helping to tend the sick and dying; sometimes writing letters for them to their families.

But you probably want to know something about my own experience in this arena. I was fortunate to reach the age of 77 while still having had what my doctor called “a benign medical history.” But then my luck ran out.

I was hit by a car while in a marked crossing near my home, and got a badly broken leg, which resulted in my first period of major hospitalization in nearly 40 years. This cursed condition was mainly relieved by the skilled nurses – and one particular nurse with a special skill – which, until then, I had never even heard of. She was called a “Wounds Nurse,” and I blessed and cherished her daily visits.

She was apparently the only one highly qualified to remove the dressings on my mangled leg (when I could see the wound, which I always photographed), and to treat and re-bandage the injured area. Only then could I truly understand why nurses have so frequently been called “Angels of

Mercy.”

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.

Village Beat (Continued from 16 16)) Ordinance 97, the District’s new drought ordinance, does not change those prior water conservation requirements, and those will continue. Instead, Ordinance 97 (a) elevates the District’s declared water shortage condition from Stage 1 to Stage 2 and (b) adds all water conservation measures (total of five new) that are listed under a Stage 2 water shortage condition in the District’s Urban Water Management Plan. These actions are mandated by the State Water Board regardless of the District’s actual water supply condition, says MWD general manager Nick Turner, who met with us earlier this week. “The intent of this action is to force conservation in hopes of achieving between 10-20% reduction in statewide water use,” he said.

The District’s five new conservation measures are as follows: targeted conservation communication to highest water users; increased water waste patrols; pool, spa, and pond refills are prohibited (“top-offs” are okay); pool and spa covers are required; and outdoor irrigation is limited to every other day of the week. According to Turner, no specific days are designated for the limited irrigation requirement, and customers may select the days that work best for them.

Irrigation may take place every day on a property provided the irrigation of a particular landscape is no more frequent than every other day.

In addition, the State is prohibiting the irrigation of “non-functional turf ” at commercial, institutional, and industrial sites. “Non-functional turf ” is defined by the State as turf that is solely ornamental and not regularly used for human recreational purposes or for civil or community events. This does not apply to sports fields or where irrigation of turf is necessary for the health of trees. “Truthfully we don’t have many areas of non-functional turf in Montecito,” Turner said.

While ongoing conservation is essential for long-term water supply reliability, these immediate changes are a direct result of a recent State Water Board mandate placed on all urban water suppliers statewide and was required to be implemented by June 10. This is a requirement regardless of the District’s water supply condition. “Unfortunately, the State has taken a one-size-fits-all approach and no consideration is given to water agencies like our District, that have secured drought-proof water supplies like desal or recycled water,” Turner said.

In talking with MWD board president Tobe Plough and director Cori Hayman, they explained that the District has taken significant actions over the last five years to ensure that Montecito is better prepared to respond to drought in the future. These actions include securing desal water from the City of Santa Barbara for the next 50 years; storing surplus water from above-average rainfall years in a ground-

water basin for future use; and most recently, securing an ability to purchase water this year and next if needed. “Our current water supply outlook indicates that we have sufficient water to meet our customers’ needs through 2024 as long as customer water use remains aligned with budget,” Turner said.

The District is continuing to place significant focus on the importance of water conservation in addition to their favorable water supply outlook. Turner says that it is imperative that District customers use water efficiently. With 80-85% of the water use in Montecito occurring outdoors, the most effective way to achieve an immediate reduction in water use is to reduce either the amount of time and/or the frequency that the irrigation occurs on a property. The District also encourages all customers to confirm they do not have a leak occurring on their property by looking for the leak indicator symbol on their water meter and inspecting the entire property, and invites customers to schedule a water conservation audit with the District. The District’s website also includes helpful tips on how to reduce water use.

The District’s Smart Meter Program, once fully implemented, will be a helpful tool to be used by customers to monitor their real-time water use. The “smart” part of the program has been delayed due to equipment shortages resulting from the pandemic. The supplier is indicating the equipment could be available in fall 2022, with installation and implementation thereafter. “Once that is in place, we will have real-time information about excess use, and can help identify leaks immediately,” Turner said.

Director Plough reports there is no current plan to return to water rationing or allocation/penalties, subject to rainfall conditions in the coming winters, customer water use remaining consistent with the District’s planning, and future State Water Board requirements.

“We want to get our users within our water budget. We need people to adjust their use within 15-20%, and we think we can get that through irrigation adjustment and leak detection,” Plough said, adding that residents who are redesigning their landscaping should look at drought-tolerant materials. “We are asking for sensibility.”

To read Ordinance 97 in its entirety

visit montecitowater.com.

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.

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Far Flung Travel

An Island Fox Took My Spoon

Island foxes on the prowl

An island fox plotting its next heist Looking for a spoon…

by Chuck Graham

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hat bowl of oats is almost a daily ritual at this stage of life. Organic oats, organic granola, organic honey, and berries; blue, black and raspberries, plus a ripe banana along with some creamy hemp milk will suffice, rain, shine, fog or northwest winds.

When the island foxes are around,

they tilt their heads upwards toward me as I prepare my bowl of oats – those tiny, wet, black-button snouts glistening in the morning sun. They know the sounds of opening oatmeal packaging and hemp milk spilling over granola.

They learn quickly.

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of hungry island foxes and guides from all walks of life.

The guide shed in Scorpion Canyon is a potpourri of packs, helmets, PFDs, towels, gear hanging and drying, salt-encrusted radios, flashlights for dark sea caves, and sometimes last night’s used bowls and plates. Also, my hangboard is mounted inside the guide shed for anyone who wants to partake in a variety of pull-ups.

It’s nice when you’re the only guide there, otherwise the tiny walk-in shed feels like you have five to 10 roommates at once. It gets crowded and it’s hard to maneuver around everyone’s gear.

However, when I’m alone it’s blissful.

I’m satiated and I listen to the sights and sounds of Scorpion Canyon. There’s no denying the perpetual croaks of the ever-present ravens, the brilliant blue of the endemic island scrub jay, and collective birdsong by rufous-crowned sparrows, Northern Channel Island loggerhead shrikes, spotted towhees, Bewick’s wrens, black phoebes, and northern flickers.

Occasionally osprey, bald eagles, red-tailed hawks, and peregrine falcons fly over the canyon, accompanied by heckling ravens.

Then there’s the high-pitched yelps belted out by some of the more territorial island foxes while patrolling their precious territories in craggy Scorpion Canyon.

Recently, one morning I had both doors opened at the guide shed. I was alone and in the middle of a set of 20 pull-ups when I saw an island fox trot by with what I initially thought was a snake hanging out of its jaws. I quickly grabbed my camera and peered through my Canon 300mm lens for a better look.

It was only a stick, or so I thought initially. I moved in closer for a better look and was astonished to discover that a fourlegged island rascal had swiped my bamboo spoon. Apparently, I didn’t get the memo that we’re now sharing utensils.

I had just washed it after finishing off another bowl of oats. It was drying in the

“The biggest lesson for my kids is that they know they are the most important things I have.” – Lin Manuel Miranda

sun while I was doing my pull-ups. The smallest fox species in North America is skilled in the art of thievery. If it’s something related to food or not nailed down, then island foxes can out-fox us humans on a consistent basis. I’ve lost count of how many socks I’ve lost over the years.

I was in the middle of a pull-up when the island fox pranced by. It reminded me of my pup Owen when he grabs something he knows he shouldn’t – like one of my socks – but he can’t help himself. He’s certainly much easier to run down than an island fox. Island foxes are quick, fast, and it’s almost impossible to get something back once they have ahold of it.

However, I’m a seasoned vet when it comes to recovering property from the cat-like island fox. I tried running after it, making a lot of noise, hoping to scare it into dropping my much-needed spoon.

That didn’t work. It ran off but stopped again and began chewing on my spoon.

My next tactic was a rock. I got as close as I could to the fox and gently rolled the stone toward the island fox. As it traveled through the grass, it spooked the fox into letting go of my precious, now partially munched on, spoon.

Now when I inhale my daily bowl of oats on the island, each mouthful is a fond reminder while gazing at those little teeth marks permanently etched in my

spoon.

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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Community Voices

County of Santa Barbara Montecito Planning Commission

Santa Barbara County: Where Dartboards Are Used to Budget!

by Jeff Giordano

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ost insiders know that our $1.4B County is relatively inept when it comes to financial forecasting.

One need only look at our $118M North Branch Jail-Mahal with an estimated cost of $67M (what’s $51M between friends) to know our ability to budget is broken.

Well, it’s happening yet again with our newest revenue savior — cannabis. Allow me to explain: For those few who read my pieces you know that to understand our County one needs to focus on our spending, not our revenue. Remember, we choose to give just $300K each year to the Office of Arts and Culture (it’s why Santa Barbara needs twice as many Not-for-Profits as other similar sized counties), while spending $730M (up $30M) annually on salaries.

Last year we received $130M in COVIDrelated relief yet paid just $10M or so (thankfully, it is increasing) against our $471M deferred maintenance budget.

Our entire County is crumbling yet no one makes the hard choices or outlines a thoughtful plan forward.

Anyway, in Q1 of this year, cannabis tax revenue plummeted 26% from the prior year to a laughable $3.1M — not including the mountain of County cannabis-related costs. Now remember, this is against about 300 acres of cannabis with an estimated crop value of $1.2B! The vowel at the end of my name rages against this deal: We are being bamboozled! Yet, the County continues to cling to the tax scheme and even makes impossibly feeble attempts to justify the unjustifiable. Curious.

In spite of the decrease, the County forecasted our annual cannabis revenue would reach $19M. Well, before the ink has even dried, guess what the newest forecast portends? $10.8M, off by nearly 80%! Who creates these numbers? Are dartboards part of the process? Are the Supes asking even basic questions? After all, these are budget forecasts that they rely on and hire against, i.e. they matter!

The good news is that the County is finally looking at using a Monterey County-style square foot tax scheme that does not, like Santa Barbara, require self-reported cash revenue. The Monterey Model taxes on each square foot of cultivated cannabis, is guaranteed, and is easier to police. In fact, Monterey collected $20.4M — guaranteed — against just 100 acres of Cannabis. This represents about 4% of the crop value.

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Model, we would have earned $45M more in revenue while also discouraging overgrowth. Never forget, we are marching from 300 acres to an allowed 1,755 acres (scary!) throughout the county.

The Monterey Model taxes on each square foot of cultivated cannabis, is guaranteed, and is easier to police.

Unfortunately, the same folks who gave us our revenue forecast are now the ones providing the numbers for a possible shift to square foot taxing. Hence, the note provided by County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato to the Supes was not only razor thin, it was devoid of depth or financial imagination. Moreover, it used tiny square foot numbers that are nowhere near the $8 per square foot used in Monterey. So, yeah, we may switch to this new model, but if the Supes continue to twist for cannabis then we will be trading apples for, well, apples! Perhaps that’s the reason why certain Growers supported the proposal. Hint: When the folks you’re seeking to tax actually like your taxing proposal, it is probably a bit low... just saying.

Anyway, yours truly will be keeping an eye on our five Supervisors as they discuss this change. Is anyone going to lead? Will they attempt to punt their tax scheme to the electorate in a hastily crafted referendum? Whatever happens, we can only hope the financial models used — if any — are of the quality we should expect from a County that now employs 4,460

full-time people. We’ll see…

Jeff Giordano, SB County Resident

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING HWY 101 Widening Segment 4D Briefing Wednesday June 29, 2022 / Hearing begins at 9:00 A.M. On June 29, 2022, the Montecito Planning Commission will receive a briefing from California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG), and Planning and Development staff and will continue conceptual review of the Highway 101 Widening - Segment 4D project, Case No’s. 21DVP-0000000022, 21CDP-00000-00076. The proposed project is for improvements to Highway 101 to add a part-time continuous access High Occupancy Vehicle lane in both the northbound and southbound directions within the highway corridor. The project is located along approximately 1.4 miles of Highway 101 between Post Mile (PM) 9.2 and PM 10.6, 0.2 miles north of the Sheffield Drive undercrossing to the Olive Mill Overcrossing in Santa Barbara County, First Supervisorial District.

The Montecito Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 A.M. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Montecito Planning Commission. The staff analysis of the proposal may be viewed at the Planning and Development Department website, located at https://www.countyofsb.org/plndev/hearings/mpc.sbc prior to the hearing. For further information about the project, please contact the planner, Chris Schmuckal, at cschmuckal@countyofsb.org.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Based on guidance from the California Department of Public Health and the California Governor's Stay at Home Executive Order N-33-20, issued on March 19, 2020, to protect the health and well-being of all Californians and to establish consistency across the state in order to slow the spread of COVID-19, the County Planning Commission hearings will no longer provide in-person participation.

We have established alternative methods of participation in the Montecito Planning Commission hearings, pursuant to the California Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20, issued on March 17, 2020, which states: 

Providing an opportunity to “observe and address the meeting telephonically or otherwise electronically,” alone, meets the participation requirement; and

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“Such a body need not make available any physical location from which members of the public may observe the meeting and offer public comment.”

The following alternative methods of participation are available to the public: 1.

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You may observe the live stream of the Montecito Planning Commission meetings on (1) Local Cable Channel 20, (2) online at http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/csbtv/livestream.sbc; or (3) YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20.

If you wish to make a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item, the following methods are available:  Distribution to the Montecito Planning Commission - Submit your comment via email prior to 12:00 p.m. on the Friday prior to the Commission hearing. Please submit your comment to the Recording Secretary at dvillalo@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately.  Video and Teleconference Public Participation – To participate via Zoom, please pre-register for the Commission hearing using the below link.

When: June 29, 2022, 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: Montecito Planning Commission 06/29/2022 Register in advance for this webinar: https://countyofsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yrF1tukjRb-u4bcZ31YDPg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

OR PARTICIPATE VIA TELEPHONE: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):

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Attendance and participation by the public is invited and encouraged. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Hearing Support Staff (805) 568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements.

If you challenge the project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing.

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The Giving List

The Riviera Ridge School is located on Mission Ridge Road in the heart of Santa Barbara’s Riviera neighborhood

The Riviera Ridge School

by Steven Libowitz

“W

hat’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” Shakespeare employed that now famous line in his play Romeo and Juliet to imply that the naming of things is irrelevant. The Riviera Ridge School might beg to differ.

The highly-esteemed independent educational institution that serves grades Pre-K to 8th marked its eightieth-plus year dedicated to growth, improvement, and future-forward thinking, with a name change in 2021 from Marymount of Santa Barbara to The Riviera Ridge School.

It wasn’t a decision made in haste.

“We went through an 18-month strategic planning process,” said Jaime Nelson, the school’s Director of Marketing and Communications. “A lot of people were involved in that decision, and it took years of considering whether it was the right direction for us.”

The point of the name change was to

Previously called Marymount, the name change to The Riviera Ridge School was part of an 18-month strategic planning process

make it clear that the school is an independent educational institution no longer run by nuns, a switch that happened back in 1972 when a group of parent volunteers purchased Marymount from the nuns who had founded it three decades before. Thirty-five years later, the institute’s faculty partnered with the UCSB Department of Religious Studies to create the Kaleidoscope Program, which studies all world religions through the prism of moral, ethical, and spiritual systems.

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But a lot of locals – and parents of children who might be interested in attending – still thought of Marymount in its original format, Nelson said. “We haven’t been a Catholic school in 50 years,” she said. “But a lot of people didn’t realize it.”

Riviera Ridge seemed an ideal choice to convey the school’s curriculum focus, as the institute is located on Mission Ridge Road in the heart of Santa Barbara’s Riviera neighborhood. Still, there was some concern the name change might have unintended consequences.

“There was some concern that our enrollment numbers might decrease,” Nelson said. “But we’ve been pleasantly surprised to see our admissions numbers have actually gone up quite a bit. People that weren’t looking at us as an option because they thought we were a Catholic school are now very much interested.

For enrollment to grow even during a pandemic is incredible and very exciting.

So it was obviously the right thing to do.”

The name change was actually the icing on the cake of a 10-year Strategic Plan that was adopted in the fall of 2020 after the 18-month process encompassing the Board of Trustees, administration, faculty, parents, and alumni volunteers – which began less than a year after Christina K. Broderick began her tenure as the current Head of School. The school adopted its new Mission, Vision, and Values to reflect updated elements in its commitment as a model of how an independent school should reflect social and emotional intelligence, ethical responsibility, and a global awareness for different values and beliefs.

The mission calls for student-centered, individualized learning in a joyful and nurturing community, inspiring academic excellence, and valuing difference. Its vision is to “empower individual potential, inspire purpose beyond self, and cultivate social responsibility,” with an emphasis on values including academic excellence, creativity, critical thinking, diversity, ethical responsibility, joy, kindness, and resilience. “The bottom part is about creating a resilient and sustainable school for the future,” Nelson said.

The now-15-year-old Kaleidoscope Program reflects that bridge, she states.

“It’s celebration of all religions with an emphasis on inclusivity and a different focus in each grade, including ethics in sixth grade, and service brigade in seventh, where they spend a year giving back to the community and coming up with service ideas. All the world religions

“No matter what is going on in life, your kids are forever.” – Lin Manuel Miranda

are woven into every grade level, which is unique to our school.”

As a way to honor the school’s Marymount heritage, the 2022 graduating class of eighth graders also represents a bridge. In fact, the students are both the last class to receive a Marymount diploma and the first to be awarded a Riviera Ridge diploma, in recognition of inclusivity and change.

“We don’t want to forget who we were,” Nelson said. “We want to honor that, but also let everyone know that we’ve grown and progressed and evolved with the times.”

So here are the names of those 2022 graduates, and where they’re headed (11 are furthering their education at private schools): Addison Barat, Avery Carter, Nico DeRosa, Emma Johnson, Vladimir Keister, and Connor Kolbusz will all attend Bishop Diego High School; Charles Dorion, Braeden Parker, and Fallon Erickson will matriculate at Cate; Aspen Nybakken heads to Ojai Valley; and Logan Reed will attend Taft. Among the public schools, a dozen of the new graduates are heading for Santa Barbara High School including Brennan Cogert, Tyler Nomura, Hailee Sanchez, Lily Schumacher and Cameron Weathers, while Liam Hodgetts, Oliver Nielsen, Ember Reiter, and Ian Zampelli opted for SBHS’ Multimedia Arts & Design Academy, and Claire Putnam and Nico Seguel are headed to SBHS’ Visual Arts and Design Academy. Calvin Bustany, TJ Deakyne, Logan Patterson, and Jack Trigg chose San Marcos, while Robert Abra-Dunbar, Ryland Weaver, and Kiran Baldocchi opted for Dos Pueblos High.

Congratulations and good luck to

all!

The Riviera Ridge School 2130 Mission Ridge Road (805) 569-1811 ext. 234 Rivieraridge.org Andrea McFarling, Director of Development

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The Way It Was (Continued from 13 13))

Map of the Santa Barbara Fellowship tract circa 1925 shows Hinton White as a major investor in the property.

Red Rose Plaza was to be the site of the communal buildings. (photo courtesy of Bill Dewey)

Note the new skylights and screened-in porch on the former Pinkham farmhouse. The resident dog, Beano, eyes the visitors in the flower garden. (Hinton White album, collection of Bill Dewey)

and café tables were set up under the spreading palm tree.

A couple from the Atascadero Utopian colony, Septimus and Leila Marten, was hired to run the inn and prepare the meals for the café. “Our little Quaker hostess, Mrs. Marten,” reported Littlefield, “knows all about English muffins and other good things to eat. And hot waffles? – crisp, brown waffles, with real maple syrup! Besides all of which, worth a far more than the price of a meal, is to have just a minute’s talk with Mrs. Marten and to feel the charm of her personality.”

Continued Growth and Impending Strife In June 1922, artist sisters Anna Pilat Knight and Ludmilla Pilat Welch decided to build a home on one of their lots at the top of the hill in Fellowship Colony.

They hired local architect John William

Chard (known as the adobe architect) to design a Spanish colonial style house for them, and then proceeded to build it themselves! Although they hired laborers to make the adobe bricks, they helped mix the adobe; and although they hired a carpenter to handle heavy timbers, the rest was constructed by them.

Each day they walked from their home on East Sola to their plot of land in the Fellowship Tract to work on the construction of the house Chard had designed for them. At the time, Chard had just completed the designs for 100 adobe houses on the Cudahy Walnut Corporation land in Los Angeles, as well as an adobe house for Mr. and Mrs. Webb called Solbrillo on Summit Road in Montecito.

For the Pilat sisters, Chard designed an adobe home that included a living room, bedrooms, breakfast room, kitchen, dressing room, bathrooms, large porch, sunroom, and, of course, a large artist’s studio. Completely in tune with

In this staged promotional photo of a Fellowshipper plowing, the real ploughman can be glimpsed behind between the ears of the horse with a white blaze (Hinton White album, Bill Dewey collection)

the concepts behind the colony, Anna would serve as president of the Fellowship Corporation in 1923.

Promoters continued to attract new members and investors by holding supper meetings at Recreation Center and publishing the Fellowship Weekly, which lauded the attractions and advantages of the community. In October, they celebrated Halloween at the Inn with a pumpkin-hob-goblin party. Another time, the community collected funds to give the firemen a volleyball and net.

The trustees of the corporation worked with the city for bus and water service to enhance the attractions of the colony.

Speakers arrived to edify the population on a host of topics. On May Day, 1922, the Martins hosted a tea and arranged for music, talks, and visits to the Fellowship pergola on the top of the hill. By this time, however, conflicts of opinion had resulted in the community severing their relationship with George Elmer Littlefield, and he severing his with them.

Nevertheless, lots and land continued to be purchased. In 1922/23 William Hinton White of Boston purchased sev-

eral lots and took up residence at the Fellowship Inn. He eventually moved into Santa Barbara, however, and opened a real estate business though he remained a trustee of the Santa Barbara Fellowship Corporation.

Despite the best of intentions and lofty ideals about communal living, the inability of the residents of Fellowship Colony to compromise or come to a consensus on a host of issues caused strife in paradise. A harbinger of the final straw had appeared in early 1922 when a portable oil rig was parked for a time on Cliff Drive across from Fellowship Colony.

Two years later, pressure to sell or lease to oil producers became unbearable as had the disagreements.

The dissolution of the Colony was announced in nearly every newspaper in the country. In 1924, the Lexington News of Kentucky said, “It is neither a surprise nor a shock to learn that the Santa Barbara Fellowship colony is a failure and bankrupt. The ideals that prompted its organization are commendable, but

Artists Ludmilla Pilat Welch and Anna Pilat Knight built an adobe home in the Fellowship Colony that included a large artist’s studio. Seen here, shortly after completion, being visited by two men on horseback, the house stood near the crest of the hill. (Hinton White album, Bill Dewey collection)

Fellowship Inn luncheon on the porch a cozy place for a February day for the man from Boston (Hinton White album, collection of Bill Dewey)

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The Way It Was Page 454 454

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MONTECITO WATER DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara

TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2022 9:30 A.M.*

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, during the afternoon session of the meeting, which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider modification of the Management District Plan of the Santa Barbara South Coast Tourism Business Improvement District.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors of the Montecito Water District to be held on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at 9:30 A.M. the Board will hold a public meeting to consider the adoption of the following Resolutions: 1.

Resolution No. 2235: Resolution of the Board of Directors of Montecito Water District Adopting an Updated Schedule of Miscellaneous Fees and Charges.

2.

Resolution No. 2236: Resolution of the Board of Directors of Montecito Water District Rescinding Resolution No. 2128 and Establishing Capital Cost Recovery Fees and Connection Fees Effective July 1, 2022.

Resolution No. 2235 pertains to miscellaneous fees and charges that are imposed by the District for specific services in order to recover the District’s costs for providing those services.

Resolution No. 2236 pertains to fees paid to become a customer of the District and includes: (a) the actual costs of physically connecting to the District water system (Connection Fees) and (b) charges to fund a proportionate share of the District’s facilities (Capital Cost Recovery Fees).

Information concerning the fees and charges, is available for public review at https://www.montecitowater.com/ At the public meeting oral and written presentations may be made and/or heard concerning the fees and charges established under Resolution No. 2235 and Resolution No. 2236. *The public meeting will be conducted in person at the District office located at 583 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, and electronically in accordance with the State of Emergency Declaration issued on March 4, 2020 by the Governor of the State of California in response to COVID-19 and Government Code 54953(e). Remote participation information will be available on the meeting agenda posted at the District office, on the website www.montecitowater.com, and by calling 805-969-2271. ### Run, MJ Public/legal notices section, June 8 & 15, 2022

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, during the afternoon session of the meeting, which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider an Interim Urgency Ordinance Limiting the Development or Use of New Hotel Rooms Pending Adoption of the 2023 Housing Element.

You are invited to attend this hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office by sending them electronically to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov or by mail to P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990.

On Thursday, June 23, 2022, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, will be available at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. The Agenda includes instructions for participation in the meeting. If you wish to participate in the public hearing, please follow the instructions on the posted Agenda.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at 805-564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases.

Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange.

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager June 9, 2022 Published June 15, 2022 Montecito Journal

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On Thursday, June 23, 2022, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, will be available at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. The Agenda includes instructions for participation in the meeting. If you wish to participate in the public hearing, please follow the instructions on the posted Agenda.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at 805-564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases.

Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange.

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager June 9, 2022 Published June 15, 2022 Montecito Journal

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO MODIFY THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLAN OF THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. WHEREAS, on December 10, 2019, the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara (“City Council”) adopted Resolution Number #19-095 adopting the Management District Plan and renewing the Santa Barbara South Coast Tourism Business Improvement District (SBSCTBID); and WHEREAS, the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, Streets and Highways Code §36600 et seq., allows the City to modify the Management District Plan (“MDP”) at the request of the owners’ association; and WHEREAS, the SBSCTBID owners’ association, Visit Santa Barbara (VSB) has requested modification of the MDP. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE City Council OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA THAT: 1. The recitals set forth herein are true and correct.

2. The City Council declares its intention to modify the SBSCTBID MDP. 3. The proposed modification of the SBSCTBID MDP will shorten the duration of the current SBSCTBID’s term. The current term of the SBSCTBID is four (4) years and eleven (11) months, effective through December 31, 2024. If modified, the SBSCTBID shall be terminated June 30, 2022.

4. The time and place for a public hearing on modification of the SBSCTBID MDP are set for 2:00 PM or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard on June 28, 2022 at 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

5. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council.

RESOLUTION NO. 22-029

MONTECITO WATER DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING ON WATER AVAILABILITY CHARGE TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2022 9:30 A.M.*

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara

(SEAL)

You are invited to attend this hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office by sending them electronically to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov or by mail to P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102 1990.

RESOLUTION NO. 22-029

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors of the Montecito Water District (District) to be held on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at 9:30 A.M. the Board will hold a public hearing to consider the adoption of a resolution to continue an existing Water Availability Charge for the purpose of main replacement and enlargement. A written report, detailing the description of each parcel of real property and the amount of the charge for each parcel for the year, is on file and available for public review at Montecito Water District’s Office located at 583 San Ysidro Road. For information on a specific parcel’s acreage and proposed fee, owners may call 805.969.2271 or email info@montecitowater.com.

The District is proposing to continue the existing charge as it was established in July 1996 and with such exceptions as have previously been granted by the Board, with no increase in the charge or change in the methodology by which it is calculated. The District will continue to collect such charge on the tax rolls, as in previous years.

At the Public Hearing on June 28, 2022 oral and written presentations may be made concerning said written report and proposed fees by anyone affected by said fees. The Board of Directors will also hear and consider objections and protests to the application of the fee. Any objection or protest must be presented to the District on or before the close of the June 28, 2022 Public Hearing or be precluded from consideration for the 2022-2023 tax year. *The public meeting will be conducted in person at the District office located at 583 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 and electronically in accordance with the State of Emergency Declaration issued on March 4, 2020 by the Governor of the State of California in response to COVID-19 and Government Code 54953(e). Remote participation information will be available on the meeting agenda posted at the District office, on the website www.montecitowater.com, and by calling 805-969-2271. ### Run, MJ Public/legal notices section, June 8 & 15, 2022

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on April 26, 2022, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on April 27, 2022.

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing resolution on April 27, 2022.

/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor Published June 15, 2022 Montecito Journal

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PENDING ACTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO:

ORDINANCE NO. 6071

WAIVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT THAT MAY BE APPEALED TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION AND APPROVE, CONDITIONALLY APPROVE, OR DENY THE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

This may affect your property. Please read Notice is hereby given that an application for the project described below has been submitted to the Santa Barbara County Planning and Development Department. This project requires the approval and issuance of a Coastal Development Permit by the Planning and Development Department.

The development requested by this application is subject to appeal to the California Coastal Commission following final action by Santa Barbara County and therefore a public hearing on the application is normally required prior to any action to approve, conditionally approve or deny the application. However, in compliance with California Coastal Act Section 30624.9, the Director has determined that this project qualifies as minor development and therefore intends to waive the public hearing requirement unless a written request for such hearing is submitted by an interested party to the Planning and Development Department within the 15 working days following the Date of Notice listed below. All requests for a hearing must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, to Alejandro Jimenez at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101-2058, by email at ajimenez@countyofsb.org, or by fax at (805) 568-2030. If a public hearing is requested, notice of such a hearing will be provided.

SANTA BARBARA AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 10.60.030 TO CHANGE THE ONEWAY DESIGNATION ON THE 400 BLOCK OF ANACAPA STREET The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on June 7, 2022.

WARNING: Failure by a person to request a public hearing may result in the loss of the person’s ability to appeal any action taken by Santa Barbara County on this Coastal Development Permit to the Montecito Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors and ultimately the California Coastal Commission.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the

If a request for public hearing is not received by 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, then the Planning and Development Department will act to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the request for a Coastal Development Permit. At this time it is not known when this action may occur; however, this may be the only notice you receive for this project. To receive additional information regarding this project, including the date the Coastal Development Permit is approved, and/or to view the application and plans, or to provide comments on the project, please contact Alejandro Jimenez at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101-2058, or by email at ajimenez@countyofsb.org, or by phone at (805) 568-3559.

as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(Seal)

PROPOSAL: COSCIO POOL PROJECT ADDRESS: 1420 N JAMESON LN, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108 1st SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE COASTAL ZONE DATE OF NOTICE: 6/15/2022 REQUEST FOR HEARING EXPIRATION DATE: 7/6/2022 PERMIT NUMBER: 22CDH-00000-00005 APPLICATION FILED: 2/11/2022 009-251-003 ZONING: 20-R-1 PROJECT AREA: 0.49 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: � Applicant: Coscio, Anthony � Proposed Project: Project will allow for the construction of a 15x32 swimming pool with an integrated spa. Grading associated with this permit shall include 75 cubic yards of cut and export. The parcel is served by the Montecito Water District, Montecito Sanitary District, and the Montecito Fire Protection District. Access is provided via a shared driveway off of Jameson Lane. The property is a 0.49-acre parcel, zoned 20-R-1 and shown as Assessor's Parcel Number 009-251-003, located at 1420 N. Jameson Lane, in the Montecito Community Plan area, 1st Supervisorial District.

ORDINANCE NO. 6071 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing

APPEALS: The decision of the Director of the Planning and Development Department to approve, conditionally approve, or deny this Coastal Development Permit 22CDH-00000-00005 may be appealed to the Montecito Planning Commission by the applicant or an aggrieved person. The written appeal must be filed within the 10 calendar days following the date that the Director takes action on this Coastal Development Permit. To qualify as an "aggrieved person" the appellant must have, in person or through a representative, informed the Planning and Development Department by appropriate means prior to the decision on the Coastal Development Permit of the nature of their concerns, or, for good cause, was unable to do so.

Written appeals must be filed with the Planning and Development Department at either 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, 93101, or 624 West Foster Road, Suite C, Santa Maria, 93455, by 5:00 p.m. within the timeframe identified above. In the event that the last day for filing an appeal falls on a non-business day of the County, the appeal may be timely filed on the next business day.

ordinance was introduced on May 24, 2022 and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on June 7, 2022 by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

For additional information regarding the appeal process, contact Alejandro Jimenez. The application required to file an appeal may be viewed at or downloaded from:

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Information about this project review process may also be viewed at: https://ca-santabarbaracounty.civicplus.pro/1499/Planning-Permit-Process-Flow-Chart Board of Architectural Review agendas may be viewed online at: https://ca-santabarbaracounty.civicplus.pro/1707/Boards-of-Architectural-Review

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This Coastal Development Permit may be appealed to the California Coastal Commission after an appellant has exhausted all local appeals, therefore a fee is not required to file an appeal.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Miss Daisy’s Consignment & Auction House, 3845 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Moving Miss Daisy LLC, 333 Old Mill Road 23, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 9, 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. 2022-0001217.

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I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Lafferty Design Plus, 340 Old Mill Road, SPC227, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Anna M Lafferty, 340 Old Mill Road, SPC227, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 20, 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. 2022-0001340.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Louis John Boutique, 3845 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

Louis J Almaraz, 4441 Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 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).

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by Steven Libowitz FRIDAY, JUNE 17 Martin x 2 – Ending a two-week hiatus that found the Santa Barbara Bowl laying fallow at the end of spring, Steve Martin and Martin Short – a couple of comedians who were part of the early days of Saturday Night Live – tonight kick off a series of four shows featuring acts whose careers began in 1980 or earlier in the span of six nights at the downtown destination. The Steve Martin Short show’s (for fans of Wheel of Fortune’s before-and-after category) new tour You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today! builds on their previous jaunts with a similarly joyous, self-deprecating romp from two comedy masters driven to make each other laugh as much as the audience. With musical backing from the Steep Canyon Rangers, the pair poke fun at the fickle nature of celebrity, and relentlessly roast each other with a chemistry and stage timing that reflects a friendship forged over three decades, dating back to Three Amigos!

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $55-$205 INFO: (805) 962-4711 or sbbowl.com SATURDAY, JUNE 18 Tonight’s the Night to Surrender – Rod Stewart, one of the all-time great British rock singers, has had a career that spans more than five decades and lots of changes in the pop music scene – some of which Stewart embraced wholeheartedly from folk-pop “Maggie May” to disco “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” to New Wave “Young Turks” to the Great American Songbook “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” etc. and is back to crooning his own compositions once again. With well over 100 million records sold, and a phenomenal 15 albums that reached the U.S. Top 10, Stewart has defied the odds and is still rockin’ out at age 77. That’s just four years older than Rick Nielsen, the charismatic lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and co-leader of Cheap Trick, who scored straight out of the American heartland with the late-’70s hit “Surrender” and “I Want You to Want Me,” although it took a live recording from Japan to make that happen. At 69, lead singer Robin Zander is a child in comparison, although his boyish good looks if not his long blond hair have faded a bit.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $65-$381 INFO: (805) 962-4711 or sbbowl.com

SATURDAY, JUNE 18 If I Was a Carpenter – When you grow up in Princeton, New Jersey as the daughter of a Life magazine executive, smarts are surely going to settle inside somewhere, which certainly is the case with Mary Chapin Carpenter. The country-pop singer-songwriter has long been the thinking person’s country singer, with such catchy and clever songs as “I Feel Lucky,” “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” “Come On Come On,” “Shut Up and Kiss Me,” and “Tender When I Want to Be” among the hits in her early catalog. Those mid-1990s albums were winners for Carpenter, as she became the only artist in history to claim four consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, no mean feat considering some of her contemporary and future peers. Carpenter’s latest, One Night Lonely (Live), is a career retrospective captured in a rare solo performance recorded live in late 2020 at Virginia’s legendary Wolf Trap, which earned a nomination for a Best Folk Album Grammy. No doubt we’ll hear much of that material, including songs from her, naturally, introspective and illuminating latest studio record, The Dirt and the Stars, at the much more intimate Lobero Theatre tonight. Opening is the folk-Americana singer-songwriter John Craigie, no stranger to our downtown venues.

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $43-$103 in advance, $5.50 additional day of show INFO: (805) 963-0761 or lobero.com

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Yanko Doodle Dandy – In the 1960s, Allan Sherman was the parody king, creating a series of musical comedy albums, some recorded live, that saw him turn popular songs and classical tunes of earlier decades into laugh-outloud madness, complete with a string orchestra fleshing out the arrangements. (For those who only know him from the one original “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah,” there’s so much more to find.) Then there’s Weird Al Yankovic, who less than 20 years later did basically the same thing with hits of the day, but has lasted a whole lot longer, although satire and other original songs eventually entered the picture. Nobody has said it better than the writer from The New York Times, who, though a longtime fan, had only a few months earlier caught his first Weird Al concert in 2020. “He’s the most renowned comedy musician in the history of the multiverse — a force of irrepressible wackiness who, back in the 1980s, built a preposterous career out of song parodies and then, somehow, never went away. After 40 years, Yankovic is now no longer a novelty, but an institution.” (Was it a tribute to Sherman when Weird Al brought out a full orchestra for his Strings Attached Tour?) In any event, the title of his latest stateside sojourn, which stops at the Granada tonight, is The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, which means that Yankovic is once again eschewing his big-production parody-proud show for an intimate evening of music focusing on original songs. Allan Sherman never did that.

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. COST: $45-$125 INFO: (805) 899-2222 or granadasb.org

SUNDAY, JUNE 19 That’s right… It’s a Wicked Game – Hey, it’s not my fault that the Bowl keeps bringing these appealing double bills bridging the ‘80s to 2022 to the venue at the bottom of the Riviera – I just make the bad combo word plays.

Texas country-pop crooner Lyle Lovett might be in the running with James Taylor and Jackson Browne for the most appearances at the Bowl, what with all the times his large band and other groups have visited the venue, from even before his brief marriage to Julia Roberts. (To be clear, “She’s No Lady (She’s My Wife),” long predates them even meeting on the set of the Altman classic The Player.) Chris Isaak, a fellow crooner (and actor) but with a decided ‘50s rock style that resulted in the radio staple hit “Wicked Game” and “Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing” and “Somebody’s Crying,” opens the show.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $45-$135 INFO: (805) 962-4711 or sbbowl.com TUESDAY, JUNE 21 Brandi, She’s a Fine One – Americana country-pop singer-songwriter-guitarist Brandi Carlile has enjoyed a growing fan base, critical acclaim, and praise from her peers – the latter most apparent via the fact that her seven studio albums have earned 18 Grammy Award nominations and brought home six. Her 2021 album In These Silent Days earned four more nods, including one for “Right on Time,” which made Carlile a rarity as her getout-the-vote duet with Alicia Keys “A Beautiful Noise” was also nominated for Record of the Year. Carlile shows up at the Bowl smack in the middle of gigs at the Greek theaters in Berkeley and Los Angeles, both much bigger venues. Brittney Spencer, who came to country music via gospel and R&B, opens the concert.

WHEN: 6:30 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $56.50-$146.50 INFO: (805) 962-4711 or sbbowl.com

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TUESDAY, JUNE 21 Chaucer’s Choice – Local first-time author Jessica Winters Mireles surely believes in the advice to write what you know. The Santa Barbara native earned a degree in piano performance from USC and spent decades as a piano teacher and performer who has seen some 40 students come through her studio.

After marrying her husband Rene, an indigenous Zapotec man from the highlands of Oaxaca, she’s also spent time immersed in the culture of the southwestern Mexico state. So it makes sense that Lost in Oaxaca concerns a promising young concert pianist, Camille, who retreats to her mother’s Santa Barbara estate after an injury to her hand destroyed her hopes for a musical career but led her to teaching. Her star student, Graciela, is the daughter of her mother’s Mexican housekeeper, and at 18 has just won the grand prize in a piano competition, earning a soloist slot with the L.A. Philharmonic. But with just two weeks to go, Graciela disappears back to her family’s village in the mountains of Oaxaca. How it all shakes out isn’t unlike the twists and turns of a piano sonata.

WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: 3321 State St. in Loreto Plaza Shopping Center COST: free INFO: (805) 682-6787 or chaucersbooks.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 The Bard is Back – What can one say about Bob Dylan that would be remotely new? Still, it’s mind-boggling contemplating the breadth of the singer-songwriter’s career, his influence on music and his place in the cultural fabric of the country, if not the world. Suffice it to say that the man behind “Blowin’ in the Wind” (which the Santa Barbara Folk Orchestra founder Adam Phillips sang achingly and earnestly at the ensemble’s ‘60s-themed concerts last weekend), the guy who set the folk world on its ear when he “went electric” in Newport, the purveyor of the greatest break-up album of all time in Blood on the Tracks, is still churning out meaningful music that examines our humanity – as evidenced by his 2020 album Rough and Rowdy Ways. So, if he wants to mess around with his old classics till they’re almost beyond recognition, or eschew politics entirely for five discs worth of offering another interpretation of the Great American Songbook, he’s earned the right. Not every Dylan show is a landmark, but Dylan is still a legend.

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: Remaining tickets: $65-$155 INFO: (805) 962-4711 or sbbowl.com

TUESDAY, JUNE 21 It’s an Abstract World – Going Global, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s new exhibition, traces how abstract art encircled the globe, or at least the capitalist West, during the middle of the 20th century. Demonstrating the extent of abstraction’s reach, the show features artists born in Argentina, Colombia, Germany, France, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, including works by Yaacov Agam, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Eduardo MacEntyre, Ernst Nay, Kenzo Okada, Jesús Rafael Soto, Pierre Soulages, Fernando de Szyszlo Valdelomar, Bridget Riley, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, and Kansuke Yamamoto. Proving SBMA’s own global reach, nearly all the works come from the Museum’s own permanent collection. Check the website for information about upcoming events related to the exhibit at the museum.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT On Entertainment Music Academy Celebrates 75th in Community Concert

by Steven Libowitz

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onductor Donato Cabrera and Music Academy of the West (MAW) vocal pianist John Churchwell met in 2003, the first of two summers Donato spent at MAW as assistant conductor for the annual opera. The two, who live near each other in the Bay Area, became fast friends and visit each other frequently.

In fact, Cabrera was at Churchwell’s house for dinner about two weeks ago when the latter received notice that Larry Rachleff, who has conducted every season-opening MAW orchestra concert for more than a decade, needed to withdraw from leading the fellows for the epic Community Concert celebrating MAW’s 75th anniversary at the Santa Barbara Bowl.

“He turned to me and said, ‘What are you doing between June 20th and June 25th?’” Cabrera recalled.

A day or two and a couple of email exchanges with managers and MAW is all it took to secure Cabrera’s return to MAW for the first time in 18 years. (Or rather, his formal return, as the conductor said he’s come virtually every summer to visit Churchwell and check out a concert or two. “Summer in Santa Barbara? Yes please,” he said.)

Working with younger, often pre-professional musicians is a familiar territory for Cabrera, who served as the

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Resident Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra from 2009-2016. Filling Rachleff ’s shoes is a bigger challenge.

“I’ve seen him in action often, and he is truly gifted at working with high level students, and getting them to sound great and work together in a wonderfully cohesive way,” Cabrera said. “My game plan is to do my best to get these talented people not only to play this music, but actually to inspire them and get them ready for what they’re going to be doing for the rest of the summer.”

The goal, Cabrera said, is to get the instrumental fellows listening to one another right away, which is a hallmark of great orchestras. The trick is to actually not conduct from the stage after a few moments.

“I’ll go out in [the rehearsal space of Hahn] Hall and watch them make music with one another without my baton, so that they’re forced to really get to know each other through their ears and looking at one another. That way they’re not relying on me, the conductor, to establish that relationship.”

Hopefully it works, because the Bowl show, of course, is plenty substantial as it features Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony,” the most famous piece of classical music in history. But even though Cabrera recently conducted the work as director of the Las Vegas Symphony, he plans on bringing a fresh perspective.

“Whether it’s Beethoven, or the Mona Lisa, or a favorite Hemingway story, it’s about who you are and how you approach it,” he said. “Part of what makes a work a deep, immortal piece is that it reveals itself to you differently depending on where you are in your life. I am a different person than the last time I opened that score.”

Cabrera is also excited to revisit “Danzón No. 2” by Arturo Márquez, who he compared to Aaron Copland “as one of those composers who has been

Donato Cabrera will conduct the Community Concert celebrating MAW’s 75th anniversary (photo by Kristen Loken)

able to unlock his cultural background and be able to share it with the world [through classical music].”

The conductor has also long been familiar with Prokofiev’s “Suite from Romeo and Juliet” dating back to his graduate school years, which he called perfect for an outdoor concert.

“It’s so cinematic in scope, from incredibly soft and still music, to some of the most overwhelmingly epic sounds that can come from an orchestra. And he’s such an inveterate tunesmith, there is always a beautiful melody.”

Building Bridges One of the more exciting initiatives launched by Scott Reed after he took over as president of the Music Academy was to build a bigger bridge to the local community. Chief among that effort was creation of the Community Access program which – in addition to making every ticket available for $10 for next week’s big Community Concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl (plus three previous Bowl concerts, two at the Granada, and the huge event at SBCC’s La Playa Stadium) – the academy also sets aside a percentage of seats at every MAW event for reduced admission of $10, as well as

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free tickets for 7-17 year olds who attend with adults.

The impetus for launching the program was to enhance the MAW Summer Festival from more than one perspective, Reed said.

“It’s one of our inventive solutions to develop future audiences,” he said. “Research tells us that the people who attend performances as adults do so [because] either they regularly attended concerts with their parents as children, or they studied an instrument or voice, or both. It’s important for us to welcome people of all ages to build traditions of attending cultural events in our community.”

But growing audiences among those who might also not normally attend a classical music event also has benefits for the performers, especially the fellows who form the backbone of the MAW institute and the reason for its existence.

“We want to build a nurturing environment for our exceptional Academy artists,” Reed said. “When our fellows walk out to perform for a receptive and communicative audience, it elevates their experience.”

The outcomes have all been positive, Reed said, noting that local seniors and families take advantage of the Community Access program for multiple events during the Summer Festival, including many parents bringing children for the first time, as well as large groups attending together as both a cultural and social experience.

“We’re pushing the boundaries for classical music to be accessible, welcoming, and fun,” Reed explained. “There are no better people to lean on that agenda than these exceptionally talented fellows who descend on Santa Barbara for the summer. It’s our job to unleash their creativity to ensure that this great music

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by Claudia Schou

Saturday Dear Diary, This pandemic was so inconvenient, and awful, just awful. I’ve never felt so lonely and depressed in my entire life.

Thank you for helping me get through the pandemic! I’ve kept sane with tantalizing home cooked meals and entertaining TV series like Pam and Tommy. Last night I finished the last episode of The Andy Warhol Diaries on Netflix. It was an homage to the artist, and his work, his monogamous relationships and camaraderie with other artists (including his collaboration with Jean-Michel Basquiat). The excerpts from Warhol’s diaries make it clear that the man fed on art. For me, on the other hand, my days are often filled with wonder at just how often food is art. So this is what my diary looks like.

Andy had a lifelong fascination with religion, which culminated with his final series of works, The Last Supper. Speaking of supper, I better get started. Tonight’s menu: salmon with leeks and lentils and a delectable mustard-herb butter. I love the meatiness of the salmon balanced with the tenderness and oniony flavor of the leeks and lentils. If I had to choose a last supper, it would be this savory and decadent one!

Sunday I started my day with French-pressed coffee, grapefruit, and “Sunday Morning Breakfast with The Beatles” on KLOSFM. After breakfast, I met chef Frederic Castan at Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Chef recently retired after a distinguished career in hotels and notable eateries such as Stephen F. Austin Hotel, Sofitel Chicago, and L.A.’s Ma Maison and Le Dôme. I’m helping him with the final edit of his biography, which he hopes to send to publishers this fall. One of his chapters describes L.A.’s food scene during the 1970s, when restaurants were more noteworthy for the glamor of their clientele than for the expertise of their kitchens. It

was a time when restaurant critics like L.A. Times’ S. Irene Virbila could simply raise an eyebrow and you’d lose half of your clientele. And kitchen staff were always on high alert, with images of food critics pinned to their menu boards. Social media changed all that, Castan said. Nowadays everyone is a food critic. While we were working on the manuscript, a restaurant manager recognized him from his time working at Hilton and asked to take a photo with him. This confirmed my belief that chefs are like rock stars.

Monday I drove to the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission (SBRM) and met with their culinary team to talk about fundraising for their new culinary program.

Administrators Rebecca Weber, Leo Rios, and David Fletcher are spearheading the program, which prepares “clients” in SBRM’s 12-month alcohol and substance recovery program to be cooks and sous-chefs. Leo said the funds raised from the University Club lecture I hosted a few months ago featuring Rose Thomas of Lotusland and Alison Bruesehoff of Rancho Los Cerritos were used to pay for kitchen certifications, which is required for employment in local restaurants and hotels. SBRM’s culinary team prepared sautéed salmon and lemony asparagus with seasoned pan-fried potatoes. Most of the ingredients are donated to the kitchen by local farmers and restaurants.

The meal was delicious and resilient, just like the culinary team.

Tuesday Sometimes the best tacos are the simple kind: seasoned and pan-fried tilapia served street-style in warm corn tortillas, topped with sliced avocado and spicy pineapple salsa.

Wednesday Went to Padaro Beach Grill with my friend Mitch, a closeted foodie who always seems to know when restaurants

are opening, weeks before others do.

Before most other people even know a place exists, he’ll have dined there with friends night after night until he’s had everything on the menu except the ink.

He’s recommended a few fine ones to me, including Fieldside Grill, which I absolutely adore along with its talented chef Philip Stein.

Padaro Grill has such a laid back and welcoming vibe. Mitch and I sat at an outdoor table feasting on Padaro-style clam fritters served with herby, citrus tartar sauce, beer-battered fish tacos, fries, and deep golden sweet onion rings – pretty much a list of all the things I shouldn’t be eating at my age. But it was so delicious! Mitch lives just down the road in this magical enclave. He casually mentioned that sometimes he sees sharks breaching water from his living room window. Then he took a sip of his wine.

I was doubtful I could finish dessert (a fudgy brownie), but I did.

Thursday I drove to Beans BBQ on State Street to meet with founder Kristi Bean – who is joined in this business by her daughter Jen and son Joe. We sat around a giant spool wooden table and talked about all things barbecue, and the importance of making sure people are well-fed with comfort food. Ms. Bean got her start eight years ago with a smokey, tangy, fruity barbecue sauce she entered into the Independent’s Sizzling Summer BBQ Contest. It won 1st Prize, not a bad way to earn recognition for her catering business, which took off. I asked Ms. Bean, who previously worked in the cannabis industry, if she was a fan of smoking meat. She said she believes smoking can sometimes overpower the meat’s natural flavor, which is why she prefers an open grill. After consuming numerous plates of BBQ for lunch, dinner was the last thing on my mind. But when a longtime journalist friend made a stop at our place during his birthday road trip, I brought out the turkey meatballs from Gelson’s.

Friday Tonight I made buttermilk chicken and mac ‘n cheese dinner for my teenage picky eater. I got the recipe from the Lemonade cookbook. The result is super creamy, cheesy, soulful baked mac and cheese. The secret ingredients are blue cheese crumbles and smoky paprika. Afterward I baked

a batch of salted chocolate chip cookies (sourced from The New York Times) for my son’s high school tennis banquet. The rich chocolate flavor of these super thick and chewy cookies is accentuated by a few sprinkles of sea salt. I’ll never know how many cookies the team might have eaten, because I ate most of the cookie batter.

Saturday Drove to Knowlwood Tennis Club for my son’s tennis banquet. At the picnic area, I situated my salted chocolate chip cookie batch on a silver platter on a picnic table next to the taco station. I had plenty of room to arrange what I brought, because I’d eaten half the cookie batter before it ever reached the oven. No one went hungry, though. One of the moms brought an artful sheet cake that was decorated to look like a tennis court. Most of the parents congregated around the cake, engaging in conversation and helping themselves to heaping portions of green and white frosted cake. I wondered: if I had made a cake instead of the irresistible chocolate chip cookies, could I have fit into the mini dress ensemble I was planning to wear to the banquet? That’s the trouble with this foodie town: there’s no shortage of creativity.

Salmon with Lentils and Mustard-Herb Butter Courtesy of Daily Inspiration (Serves 4) Ingredients: For Mustard-herb Butter 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 1 tablespoon chopped chives 1 teaspoon chopped tarragon 2 teaspoons grainy mustard 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice For Lentils 1 cup French green lentils 4 cups water 2 medium leeks (white and pale green parts only) 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1/2 to 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice For Salmon 4 (6-ounce) pieces skinless salmon filet 2 tablespoons unsalted butter Directions: Step 1: Make mustard-herb butter – Stir together all ingredients with 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper.

Step 2: Cook lentils – Bring lentils,

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water, and 3/4 teaspoon salt to a boil in a heavy medium saucepan, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until lentils are just tender, 20 to 25 minutes.

Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking liquid, then drain lentils.

Step 3: While lentils cook, chop leeks, then wash. Cook leeks in butter in a heavy medium skillet over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 6 to 8 minutes.

Step 4: Add lentils with reserved cooking liquid to leeks along with 3 tablespoons mustard-herb butter and cook, stirring until lentils are heated through and butter is melted. Add lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat and keep warm, covered.

Step 5: Sauté salmon while leeks cook – Pat salmon dry and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper (total).

Step 6: Heat butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until foam subsides, then sauté salmon, turning once, until golden and just cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes total.

Step 7: Serve salmon, topped with remaining mustard-herb butter, over lentils.

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon paprika Directions: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add 1 pound elbow macaroni, and cook for about 10 minutes, until tender but still firm. Drain well and set aside.

In a deep skillet or pot, melt 4 tbsp unsalted butter over medium heat.

Sprinkle in 4 tbsp all-purpose flour to make a roux and cook, stirring constantly, to break up any lumps. Once the roux is smooth, pour in the milk and cook until the mixture is thick, still stirring all the while. Stir in 3 cups of shredded cheddar cheese one handful at a time; continue to cook and stir until the cheese melts. Stir in 1/2 cup crumbled blue and 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese; season with 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp ground black pepper, and 1/2 tsp paprika. Add the cooked macaroni and fold to incorporate.

Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies Courtesy of The New York Times (Servings depend on how much batter is consumed prior to baking) Ingredients: 2 cups minus 2 tablespoons cake flour 1 2/3 cups bread flour

Helpful notes: Mustard-herb butter can be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Soften at room temperature before using (1 hour). Lentils can be cooked (but not drained) 1 day ahead and chilled in cooking liquid, covered (once cool).

1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 1/4 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3 1/3 cups dark chocolate chips chunks, at least 60% cacao content Sea salt, for sprinkling Directions: Step 1: Sift together the cake flour, bread flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl and set aside.

Step 2: Cream together the butter and sugars on medium speed until very light,

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Hall. Today, we also get to sit in for the flip side from the fabulous foursome as the members coach the very first masterclass of the summer. First, listening to the fellows in string quartets and other chamber music ensembles, and then offering their coaching tips and suggestions in both technique and the art of performance. (3:30 pm; Lehmann Hall; free-$10)... The newly-renamed Lehrer Vocal Institute makes its 2022 debut, with its annual evening

introduction of the fellows performing their favorite songs and arias. The young soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone-bass singers, along with the five vocal pianists, deliver works by composers from Donizetti, Mozart, and Strauss to Salvatore Cardillo and Giacomo Meyerbeer in one of the most highly-anticipated events of the early summer. (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; free$55)

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The singers had their turn last night, now the six solo piano fellows get their chance to showcase the stuff that earned them a slot in the fiercely-competitive summer program. Expect both fireworks and subtleties from the Steinway on stage. (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; free-$40)

The Takács Quartet – whose most recent member, violist Richard O’Neill, is also a MAW alumnus and part of the faculty – winds up its 2022 residency in the anchor position of the summer’s first concert in the innovative X2 series, pairing Academy artists with fellows on each piece. Faculty clarinetist Richie Hawley does double duty, collaborating with faculty pianist Natasha Kislenko and viola fellow Nicholas Gallitano for Mozart’s “Kegelstatt Trio,” and faculty pianist Jonathan Feldman and fellow cellist Patrick Baek for Beethoven’s “Piano Trio (Gassenhauer).” Closing the concert, the Takács Quartet is joined by fellow violinists Chaewon Kim and Tiffany Kang, violist Leslie Ashworth, and cellist Jiaxun Yao for Mendelssohn’s “Octet in E-flat Major.” (7:30 pm; Lobero Theatre; free-$55)

The Showcase Series continues with performances from participants in the String Quartet Seminar as the fellows – who have been preparing feverishly for this concert – present a special program of six quartets split evenly between Beethoven and Bartók. A concert to contrast, compare, and savor. (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; free-$40)

Saturday, June 18 Just in case you’ve missed all the other mentions, MAW’s first-ever in-season signature benefit event celebrates the academy’s 75th anniversary with a special strolling cocktail hour followed by an outdoor dining and concert experience that features Academy alumnae Met Opera star Isabel Leonard collaborating with L.A. Opera’s Nino Sanikidze before being presented with MAW’s highest artistic honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award. (5 pm; call for details)

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Our Town (Continued from 20 20))

The Way It Was (Continued from 30 30)) Hinton White photographed many places in Santa Barbara in an attempt to attract new residents to the area and the Fellowship lands.

Photo shows Leadbetter Beach circa 1926 with Castle Rock at the far end of the stretch of beach.

The ravine bisecting the two sections of mesa is today’s Loma Alta Drive. The route of today’s Shoreline Drive lies beneath the breakers. (Hinton White album, Bill Dewey collection)

Similar view today. The construction of the Santa Barbara breakwater and harbor in the 1930s caused the sands to build up behind its walls. Santa Barbara City College stadium, Shoreline Boulevard, parking lots, and Leadbetter Beach Park now occupy the sands, and the ocean waves come ashore much farther out. (photo by Bill Dewey)

the idea of getting out to a new place and organizing a social system superior to the one which has evolved through thousands of years stamps such idealist adventures as impractical at the start; consequently, dreams of a new Utopia were once again shattered.”

In 1927, the Channel Oil and Development Company leased 166 lots of the Fellowship Colony. President of the oil company, R.F. Pinkham, whose family had once owned and farmed the land, believed there to be lucrative oil and gas reserves below the lands then being tilled by idealistic Fellowship colonists. That year, Hinton White was appointed liquidator of the unsold properties. White’s belief in the ideals of the colony, however, were not liquidated. The following year, he would publish a collection of his spiritual poems in a book entitled Shrines. (The title poem is completely relevant to the world today.)

Today, the early street names and a few of the early cottages and adobes built by the original settlers remain: Fellowship Road, Westwood Drive, Red Rose Lane, and White Avenue. The Fellowship

Inn, once the 1880s farmhouse for the Pinkham family, still stands, though it is encased by other dwellings and has returned to use as a private residence.

Main Sources: Contemporary news articles, historic maps, “The Fellowship Farm Plan”

by George W. Litchfield, multiple internet sources on other Fellowship colonies. Article by Stella Haverland Rouse, Knight and Welch last wills and testaments, Ancestry.com, and historic maps. Many thanks to Bill Dewey, photographer, for giving me permission to use his photographs and those in his possession, as well as sharing the information he had gath ered on the topic.

Hattie Beresford has been writing a local history column for the Montecito Journal for more than a decade and is the author of several books on Santa Barbara’s historic past

The Crane Country Day School 2022 graduates

by their graduating student.

The ceremony started with a welcome from Headmaster Joel Weiss at the front podium: “These are amazing times in our country with world challenges, our financial markets, and on a planetary level. Challenging times are growth times. We have seen that it takes a tremendous amount of love and support.

We value our families, friends, and community. In these extraordinary times, we are graduating extraordinary students.

They are mature and sophisticated and chose to move forward through all the challenges they faced. Although everyone focuses on the COVID years, let us remember the successes of the years before and many more to come. All of us at the Crane School are immensely proud of our 8th grade graduates. They are a phenomenal group and they are ready to go out into the world and share their many talents. Congratulations Crane class of 2022!”

Weiss presented the following five awards: Headmaster’s Prize: Ian Sheshunoff; Amiability Award: Beckett Arthurs; Tower Achievement Award: Luke Eliassen; Rose Bowl: Daisy Pidduck; and Talia S. Klein Award: Rosita Power and Madeline Rick.

Awards given prior to graduation include: Art Cup: Gweneth McTigue; Dan McCaslin History Cup: Daisy Pidduck; David Echols Math Cup: Aidan Free and Rosita Power; Design & Engineering Award: Ian Sheshunoff; Drama Cup: Beckett Arthurs and Phoebe Siegel; Julia Brown English Cup: Peyton Gimbel; Lejeune Language Award (Spanish Cup): Rosita Power; Lejeune Teaching Fellowship: Upper School math teacher Izabela Santos; Library Award: Addie Pidduck; Music Cup: Sebastian Brine; Science Cup: Ian Sheshunoff; Sheila Davidson Cup: Beckett Arthurs; Sports Cup: Lila Foster and William Scribner; and Technical Theater Award: Ian Sheshunoff.

Crane Country Day School Headmaster Joel Weiss welcomes the 2022 graduates and their families

Vignettes about each graduate were read by their teachers, Louis Caron, Anne Fierberg, Alexis Fischer, Alexa Hughes, Olivia Hughes, Olivia Jones, Matt Martino, Peggy Smith, Elizabeth Teare, and Andres Wood, with Weiss presenting their diplomas and the traditional Crane school pins. The graduates sang “The Crane Song” by Norman Gimbel, with Music Teacher Konrad Kono on electric piano. Weiss presented the class to the attendees, and a reception followed.

The Crane Country Day School 2022 graduates are: Meena Abtahi, Jack Alzina, Beckett Arthurs, Massimo Bonilla-Zabosek, Charlie Brand, Sebastian Brine, Adrian Caleel, Mason Copus, Chloe Doherty, Jack Eliasson, Luke Eliasson, Lila Foster, Aidan Free, Peyton Gimbel, Simeon Kuria, Tristan Maigret, Elle McMahon, Gweneth McTigue, Addie Pidduck, Daisy Pidduck, Rosita Power, Stella Purdy, Kira Rameson, Madeline Rick, AJ Scarborough, William Scribner, Vitoria Seidler, Ian Sheshunoff, Phoebe Siegel, Emrys Smith, Lila Westmacott, Zoe Wolf,

and Sindy Zavala.

Joanne A. Calitri is a professional international photographer and journalist. Contact her at: artraks@yahoo.com

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ORDINANCE NO. 6068

ORDINANCE NO. 6069

ORDINANCE NO. 6070

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

SANTA BARBARA AUTHORIZING THE WATERFRONT

SANTA BARBARA AUTHORIZING THE WATERFRONT

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AS

DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AS

TO FORM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CONSENT TO

TO FORM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CONSENT TO

ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT

AND

ASSUMPTION

OF

LEASE

AND

ASSUMPTION

OF

LEASE

SANTA BARBARA AMENDING SECTION 10.60.015 OF THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF ANAPAMU STREET, DE LA GUERRA STREET, GARDEN

AGREEMENT NO. 27,073 FROM WATERFRONT FOOD

AGREEMENT NO. 23,328 FROM WATERFRONT FOOD

GROUP LLC, TO CO-OWNERS MS. AMY ROSE, MR.

GROUP LLC, TO CO-OWNERS, MS. AMY ROSE, MR.

BRYAN DEMINIE, AND MR. DENNIS LONGABERGER, FOR

BRYAN DEMINIE, AND MR. DENNIS LONGABERGER, FOR

THE RESTAURANT SPACE LOCATED AT 113 HARBOR

THE RESTAURANT SPACE LOCATED AT 113 HARBOR

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular

WAY, COMMENCING UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF

WAY, COMMENCING UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF

meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on June 7,

THE ENABLING ORDINANCE

THE ENABLING ORDINANCE

2022.

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the

STREET, LAS POSITAS ROAD, AND MODOC ROAD

meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on May 17,

meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on May 17,

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter

2022.

2022.

as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter

as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be

as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be

obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,

obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,

California.

California.

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 6069

ORDINANCE NO. 6068 ) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on May 10, 2022 and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on May 17, 2022 by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

Councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez

ABSTENTIONS:

None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

California.

(Seal) /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

(Seal)

(Seal)

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,

ordinance was introduced on May 10, 2022 and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on

ORDINANCE NO. 6070 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on May 24, 2022 and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on June 7, 2022 by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES:

None

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSENT:

Councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez

ABSTENTIONS:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

May 17, 2022 by the following roll call vote: AYES:

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on June 8, 2022.

on May 18, 2022.

on May 18, 2022.

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance

/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor Published June 15, 2022 Montecito Journal

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I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on June 8, 2022.

on May 18, 2022.

on May 18, 2022.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor Published June 15, 2022 Montecito Journal

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Published June 15, 2022 Montecito Journal

16 – 23 June 2022

ORDINANCE NO. 97 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MONTECITO WATER DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR MODIFICATIONS TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF WATER AND SUPPORTING A DECLARED STAGE 2 WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD RESOLUTION 2022-0018, AN EMERGENCY REGULATION MANDATING ACTIONS BY URBAN WATER SUPPLIERS TO REDUCE WATER DEMAND AND IMPROVE WATER CONSERVATION WHEREAS, the Montecito Water District (“District”) is a County Water District formed under and pursuant to Section 30000, et seq. of the California Water Code, located in and serving the unincorporated areas of Montecito and Summerland within the County of Santa Barbara; and WHEREAS, for about the past decade, portions of the State of California, including Santa Barbara County, have experienced ongoing drought conditions with little reprieve, resulting in depleted surface water and groundwater supplies; and WHEREAS, the District’s historical dependence on state, regional and local surface water supplies and the adverse effects of unpredictable and unreliable rainfall have been the primary reasons for its historical water shortages; and WHEREAS, this reliance on surface water suppliers resulted in a water shortage condition beginning in 2014, resulting in the adoption of Ordinance 92 and subsequently Ordinance 94 declaring a Stage 4 water shortage condition in accordance with the District’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan included in its Urban Water Management Plan (“UWMP”) requiring the implementation of various water use reduction measures including mandatory water use allocations and associated penalties for exceedance, and a water shortage emergency surcharge, which together were successful in reducing water use by over 50%; and WHEREAS, in early 2017 the District adopted its 2015 UWMP update, pursuant to California Water Code §§10610-10657, which established a plan to become less reliant on rainfall dependent water sources to ensure long term water security for the community. An update of this plan, the 2020 UWMP update, was adopted in mid-2021, and demonstrated full compliance with Senate Bill X7-7 which required a 20% reduction in water use. The reduction in water use required by Senate Bill X7-7 continues and the 12-month rolling average water conservation for the District has exceeded 30% nearly continuously since early 2014; and WHEREAS, following adoption of the 2015 UWMP, the District began taking significant actions to improve water supply reliability and those efforts are ongoing. These actions include securing a right to store surplus State Water Project supplies in the Semitropic Groundwater Banking and Exchange Program; participation in a 50-year water supply agreement with the City of Santa Barbara backed by the City’s desalination facility; initiation of the management of groundwater supplies in the Montecito Groundwater Basin; continued evaluation of recycled water opportunities; and increased emphasis on voluntary conservation; and WHEREAS, in 2017, following the first winter with average rainfall since 2011, which resulted in a modest improvement in State and local water supply conditions, the District repealed its prior drought ordinances, Ordinance 92 and 94, including the monthly customer water use allocations and penalties set forth therein. At that time, the District adopted Ordinance 95, thereby transitioning from a mandatory to a voluntary-based water conservation model, establishing updated water use restrictions and declaring a Stage 2 water shortage emergency; and WHEREAS, despite 2019 being the second winter with average rainfall since 2011 resulting in additional improvement in water supply conditions, the District remained in a water shortage condition. In response to those conditions, the District adopted an updated drought ordinance in May 2019, Ordinance 96, providing for further modifications to restrictions on the use of water and supporting an ongoing declared Stage 1 water shortage emergency in accordance with the District’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan, which has remained in place since that time; and WHEREAS, in 2020, extreme drought conditions returned statewide, with the majority of the State, including Santa Barbara County, returning to extreme, or worse, drought conditions as designated by the US Drought Monitor; and WHEREAS, on April 21, May 10, July 8, and October 19, 2021, Governor Newsom issued proclamations that a state of emergency exists statewide due to severe drought conditions and directed state agencies to take immediate action to preserve critical water supplies and mitigate the effects of drought and ensure the protection of health, safety, and the environment; and WHEREAS, in July 2021, amidst a second consecutive dry year and potentially a decade long drought in California, and an extended period of elevated water demands, the District adopted a water use reduction target of 20% to realign water use with its planned water budget, and to ensure water supply availability over a 3-year planning horizon; and WHEREAS, due to the lack of progress statewide achieving the State’s July 8, 2021 request for 15% voluntary reduction in urban water use, on March 28, 2022 Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-7-22 directing the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to consider adopting an emergency regulation aimed at reducing water demand and increasing water conservation through mandated actions, regardless of local water supply conditions. Among other provisions, the Executive Order requested the SWRCB require that urban water suppliers implement those water use reduction measures included under a Level 2 water shortage condition as provided in urban water suppliers’ Water Shortage Contingency Plans and to establish a ban on the irrigation of non-functional turf in the commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors; and

16 – 23 June 2022

WHEREAS, Water Code §1058.5 grants the SWRCB the authority to adopt emergency regulations in certain drought years in order to (1) prevent waste, unreasonable use, and unreasonable methods of use of water and (2) promote water recycling or water conservation; and WHEREAS, on May 24, 2022, the SWRCB considered and adopted Resolution 2022-0018, an emergency regulation to reduce water demand and improve water conservation among urban water suppliers as defined by Water Code §10617. The Resolution adopted California Code of Regulations, Title 23, §996, which remains in effect for one year unless the SWRCB determines that it is no longer necessary due to changed conditions, or unless the SWRCB renews the regulation due to continued drought conditions, as described in Water Code §1058.5; and WHEREAS, it is because of the extraordinary actions taken by the District since 2017 in support of improved long term water supply reliability and security that the District remains well positioned to respond to the ongoing extreme drought conditions, and as of May 2022 is not projecting the need for a heightened water shortage condition. The District’s April 2022 Quarterly Drought and Water Supply Update indicates sufficient water available to meet reduced customer demands through 2024 under assumed ongoing drought conditions; and WHEREAS, while not currently locally necessary based on the District’s 3-year water supply outlook, it is the District’s desire to fully comply with the SWRCB’s May 24, 2022 Emergency Regulation mandating additional actions to reduce water demands and increase water conservation on a State-wide basis; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MONTECITO WATER DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: On the basis of the historic drought that has affected the entire State of California since 2011, the increasing severity of that drought since 2020, and State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No. 20220018 adopting an Emergency Regulation mandating actions by urban water suppliers to reduce water demand and improve water conservation, the Board hereby declares a Stage 2 Water Shortage Emergency condition pursuant to Water Code §350, Water Code §31026, and the District’s Urban Water Management Plan. Under this heightened water shortage emergency condition mandated by the SWRCB, restrictions on water use for all District customers are hereby modified as follows: 1. Repeal of Ordinance 96. Ordinance 96 is hereby repealed in its entirety.

2. New Water Meters Service/Modification of Existing Water Meter Service. New water meters may be issued subject to compliance with all pertinent District ordinances and regulations.

3. Prohibition Against Waste of Water. It shall be unlawful for any District customer obtaining any water from and through the distribution facilities of the District to waste any of that water.

4. Customer Water Use Limitation. Water use within the District’s service area continues to be limited to that allowed under Ordinance 89, or any future amendments, modifications and/or revisions of Ordinance 89.

5. Mandated Water Use Restrictions. The following restrictions are incorporated into this Ordinance: a. The washing of hard surfaces such as driveways, sidewalks, patios and parking lots is prohibited except where necessary to protect health and safety. Pressure washing for maintenance or repair is permitted. b. Applying water to landscaping during and within 48 hours after measurable rainfall of at least one-quarter of one inch of rain is prohibited. c. Applying water to outdoor landscaping in a manner that causes runoff such that water flows onto an adjacent property, non-irrigated areas, private and public walkway, parking lot or structure is prohibited. d. Vehicles shall be washed only at commercial car washing facilities or by the use of a bucket or hose equipped with a hand-operated shut off nozzle. e. Using potable water in an ornamental fountain or other decorative water feature is prohibited except where part of a recirculating system. f. Hotels, Motels, etc. shall offer an option of not laundering towels and linens daily and shall display notice of this option. g. All restaurants and other eating establishments that provide table service shall refrain from serving water except upon specific request by a customer. h. Irrigating turf on public street medians or publicly owned or maintained landscaped areas between the street and sidewalk, except where the turf serves a community or neighborhood function or is watered incidentally w/ trees or is irrigated w/ recycled water is prohibited. i. The use of potable water for irrigation of non-functional turf at commercial, industrial, and institutional sites is prohibited per SWRCB Emergency Regulation §996(e). Non-functional turf is defined in Emergency Regulation §996(a)(5) as turf that is solely ornamental and not regularly used for human recreational purposes or for civil or community events. The prohibition regarding non-functional turf does not apply to the extent such irrigation is necessary to ensure the health of trees and other perennial non-turf plantings or to the extent necessary to address an immediate health and safety need. On written application to the District, a property owner may request relief from the non-functional turf restriction, subject to any exemptions contained in Emergency Regulation §996, at the discretion of the General Manager.

j. Exterior irrigation, including but not limited to irrigation of turf, plants, lawns, shrubbery and ground cover, shall be permitted if irrigated no more often than every other day and between the hours of 6 p.m. and 10 a.m. On written application to the District, a property owner may request relief from these irrigation restrictions, at the discretion of the General Manager. This provision is applicable to all customer classifications excluding agriculture. k. Temporary construction meters may be issued for work being performed within the District’s service boundary only. l. Water for private swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs is considered a non-essential use. Property owners with private swimming pools, spas and hot tubs are permitted to maintain water levels. The initial filling of new swimming pools, spas and hot tubs is prohibited. The complete draining and refilling of existing private swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs is prohibited. On written application to the District, property owner may be authorized to fill, and/or refill a swimming pool, spa and/or hot tub at the discretion of the General Manager. m. Covers for private swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs are required to reduce water loss due to evaporation. n. Water for ponds is considered a non-essential use. Property owners are permitted to maintain water levels for currently existing lined ponds only. Water for new ponds, or for maintaining water levels on unlined ponds, must be supplied by an alternative water source. On written application to the District a property owner may be authorized to drain and refill a pond for repair, at the discretion of the General Manager. o. Breaks or leaks in any customer’s plumbing must be immediately repaired upon discovery. If repairs cannot be immediately completed, water service to the property shall be temporarily turned off by the customer or customer’s agent at the customer’s shutoff valve, or by the District at the customer’s water meter serving the property, to prevent water loss until such time as the repair has been completed.

6. Fines for Violating Mandated Water Use Restriction a. Fines for violation of mandated water use restrictions will fund general and targeted conservation outreach toward those who fail to avoid wasteful water use practices or conserve water; increased costs required to implement the mandated water use restrictions; and the purchase, if necessary, of additional water supplies to offset wasteful consumption and protect the health and safety of all customers.

Because these costs are necessary to perform outreach and provide water service under continued drought conditions, the Board finds that the rates for water service, including fines established under this section: i. Are not expected to exceed the funds required to provide water service. ii. Will not be used for any purpose other than to provide water service. iii. Will not exceed the proportional cost of water service attributable to any parcel. iv. Are imposed only where water service is actually used by, or immediately available to, a parcel. b. A written warning will be issued for a first violation of a mandated water use restriction. The District will impose a fine in the amount of $250 for the second violation, and doubling with each subsequent violation, up to a maximum of $1,000 for any single violation. Upon a fourth violation, or upon an earlier violation, if the General Manager determines these violations are creating a significant threat to the goals of this Ordinance, the General Manager may issue a written order for the installation of a flow restrictor on the service line or lines in question. Orders shall be provided to the Board when issued and any appeal shall be heard as quickly as possible to allow a flow restrictor to be removed promptly should the Board grant the appeal.

7. Water Use Efficiencies and Best Practices The following water use conservation measures are recommended to further reduce wasteful water use and conserve this essential and limited resource: a. Redesign landscape to replace some or all vegetation with droughttolerant or native plants. b. Water lawns and outdoor areas only when needed. Most plants do not need to be watered every day and excess watering not only wastes water, but can also harm plants. Improve irrigation management with the installation of a soil moisture sensor for measuring soil moisture and determining when irrigation is needed.

m. Install a “laundry-to-landscape” graywater system. n. For pre-cleaning dishes, use a filled sink instead of running water. o. Consider installing an instant water heater on sinks that are located far from the main water heater. p. Wash vehicles using a waterless car wash product. A waterless car wash is an eco-friendly and efficient car wash that uses little or no water. q. Watch for and report broken, poorly timed or misaligned sprinklers around the community. r. After a power outage, irrigation timers often reset to default. Check irrigation timers often.

8. Appeals and Exceptions. a. Any customer may appeal any decision made or fine imposed under this Ordinance to the Board of Directors by filing a written appeal with the District within 30 days of written notice of the decision or fine.

Such an appeal shall be accompanied by an appeal fee in an amount established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors and refundable should the appeal be granted. The Appeals Committee will hear the appellant and make a recommendation to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consider the recommendations of the Appeals Committee. The District shall give the appellant written notice of the meetings at which the appeal will be considered by the Appeals Committee and the Board. b. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, continue a hearing, affirm, reverse, or modify the Appeals Committee’s recommendation and make any adjustments and impose any conditions it deems just and proper, if it finds one or more of the following: (1) the restrictions of this Ordinance would cause an undue hardship; (2) the granting of the appeal will not significantly adversely affect the goals of this Ordinance; (3) due to peculiar facts and circumstances, none of the provisions of this Ordinance are applicable to the situation under consideration; or (4) error in the application of this Ordinance or other applicable rules or law. c. The Board’s decision shall be written and provided to the appellant and any other person who requests notice of the decision in writing.

Such decisions are final as to the District and not subject to further appeal unless the Board’s decision expressly provides otherwise.

Judicial review of final decisions shall be available pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5.

9. Suspension of Conflicting Ordinances and Rules and Regulations.

To the extent that the terms and provisions of this Ordinance are inconsistent, or in conflict with the terms and provisions of any prior District Ordinances, Resolutions, Rules, or Regulations, the terms of this Ordinance shall prevail and inconsistent and conflicting provisions of prior Ordinances, Resolutions, Rules, or Regulations shall be suspended during the effective period of this Ordinance.

10. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, that invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.

The Board of Directors hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases may be invalid.

11. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption and shall remain in effect until the Board declares that a water shortage emergency no longer exists.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Montecito Water District this 8th day of June 2022.

AYES: Directors Coates, Goebel, Hayman, and Plough

c. Replace or upgrade old irrigation systems with state-of-the-art efficient drip or spray systems.

NAYS: ABSENT: Director Wicks

d. Use mulch around trees and plants to keep moisture in the soil. e. Set lawn mower blades at 3" to 4" to keep lawn longer and retain moisture in the soil.

APPROVED:

f. Install water harvesting and diversion features, such as rain gutters, rain barrels and in-ground storage, to capture rainfall runoff from roofs and pavement. Utilize equipment that harvests water from the air. g. Install or replace plumbing fixtures with water-conserving plumbing fixtures such as high-efficiency toilets, showerheads and faucets. h. Reduce the length of showers or the amount of water used for baths. i. While pre-heating shower, collect unused water in a bucket and save it to irrigate landscaping. j. Turn off the water while brushing your teeth or shaving. k. Install high efficiency washing machines, dishwashers and toilets. l. Only wash laundry and dishes with full loads.

___________________________ Tobe Plough, President ATTEST:

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT

________________________ Nick Turner, Secretary __________________________________ Robert Cohen, District Counsel Published June 15, 2022 Montecito Journal

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Miscellany (Continued from 18 18)) Rev. Julia Hamilton, Marcos Vargas, Lawanda LyonsPruitt, and J. P. Herrada (photo by Priscilla)

Patricia Solorio, Joan Hartmann, Rebekah Spicuglia, and Billi Jo Starr (photo by Priscilla)

recipients, says Marcos Vargas, executive director.

The fund’s major annual money raising event, held since 1994, is its Bread & Roses food and wine fest at Elings Park, which will be held in October.

Last week’s bash, co-chaired by Rachel Johnson and Feliciano Aguilar, presented $100,000 to spring grantees, including El Centro SB, Freedom 4 Youth, and Santa Barbara County Immigrant Legal Defense Center, and $230,000 to Racial Equity Fund grantees, including Healing Justice Santa Barbara and Gateway Educational Services.

Among the 126 supporters, who were also entertained by guitarist Talitha Blackwell, were Julia Hamilton, Patricia Solorio, Jordan Killebrew, Gregg Hart, Joan Hartmann, and Oscar Gutierrez.

OSB’s Grand Finale Opera Santa Barbara ended its season in grand style with a lavish production of Verdi’s 1853 classic La Traviata at the Granada, last performed in our Eden by the Beach 11 years ago.

Soprano Anya Matanovic was superb as the titular Fallen Woman with her beloved played rousingly by tenor Nathan Granner in the three-act production directed by Tara Faircloth, with artistic director

Daniel Gerroll and Matthew Floyd Miller battle it out in Sleuth (photo by Zach Mendez)

Kostis Protopapas conducting the Opera SB Chorus and the 35-member Opera SB Orchestra. Baritone Joel Balzun, making his Santa Barbara debut, completed the trio of protagonists as the stern father.

Production creator François-Pierre Couture used all his abundant skills with period costumes, props and period furniture, with digital images projected onto the back of the cavernous stage evoking the romanticism of 19th century Paris.

After a season of small productions at the Lobero and even a drive-through version in Ventura, Opera Santa Barbara has clearly survived and thrived during the pandemic. Bravo!

Case Closed on ETC’s Big Season Ensemble Theatre Company has concluded its 42nd season at the New Vic with an absolute cracker!

Anthony Shaffer’s Tony Awardwinning 1970 play Sleuth, directed by Jenny Sullivan, staged on a magnificent baronial set, is an absolute old-fashioned delight with two perfectly chosen British actors, Daniel Gerroll and Matthew Floyd Miller as the principal characters of a spurned husband and his wife’s younger lover, who is persuaded to fake a jewel robbery at the country pad

Tenor Nathan Granner as Alfredo and soprano Anya Matanovic as Violetta (photo by Cory Weaver)

in Wiltshire, home to Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral.

The bemused audience, all playing sleuths, is left trying to decipher where Gerroll’s imagination as an author ends and reality begins. The production was made into a film starring Laurence Olivier

Parsons Receives OBE Santa Barbara rock legend Alan Parsons, who received an OBE – Order of the British Empire – in last year’s annual Queen Elizabeth Birthday Honors List, has been presented with his gong at long last after 12 months of pandemic delays. Alan, 73, tells me he received the honor from Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, at historic Windsor Castle with his wife, Lisa, looking on. “It was well worth the wait,” says Alan. “The ceremony was at the same time I had to be in Munich, Germany, for business, so it all worked out perfectly.”

Sightings Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi on safari in Zimbabwe... Larry David watching the French men’s open final in Paris... Oscar winner Jeff Bridges at the L.A. premiere of his new movie The Old Man. Rocker Alan Parsons was presented with his OBE

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and Michael Caine in 1972, with Caine also starring in a 2007 Kenneth Branaghdirected remake with Jude Law. ETC’s program for next season also promises to be a delight with the rarely performed Carmen Jones, Oscar Hammerstein’s Broadway adaptation of Bizet’s opera, a hilarious take on A Christmas Carol, the Broadway play The Children, and Seared, a comic story of a Brooklyn eatery that suddenly achieves success and a crisis of identity. Quite the lineup...

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On Entertainment (Continued from 50 50))

Jazz trio Luis Muñoz, Randy Tico, and Daniel Zimmerman will play SOhO on Sunday, June 19, in a farewell performance for Muñoz

Moving On, Muñoz Says Mucho Gracias Santa Barbara

Costa Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist Luis Muñoz came to Santa Barbara in 1974 to complete his degree in music composition at UCSB and ended up living here for nearly half a century. Muñoz, who composes on keyboards and also frequently plays

percussion, has earned acclaim locally, back home in Costa Rica, and around the world with a collection of albums that launched when he signed with CBS Records back in 1988. The catalog has careened between instrumental albums and more song-oriented vocal projects, moved from deep into Latin jazz to decidedly mood-inducing works, and veered between entirely solo projects and multi-artist/composer collaborations.

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But it was the pandemic that produced his most prolific time of his career, as Muñoz not only wrote and arranged three decidedly different albums of new music, he also worked with his band and guests to record and mix all of them.

“It’s weird to say this, because many people suffered so much, but to a large degree, my life got better if it changed at all,” he said. “As a composer, I spend a lot of time by myself. I’m not really a sociable person. I don’t hang out with a lot of people, I just spend time in my studio in front of my piano, thinking about music and sounds and things. So I just immersed myself in my studio.”

One of the albums extends his previous project, The Infinite Dream, a collaboration with Santa Barbara-based Guyanese singer Lois Mahalia that forged new, subtle sounds and intimate directions for the composer with nuanced imagery and mystical messages.

“It’s mostly neo-soul, but there’s some gospel, jazz, and even things that sound country-western with pedal steel guitar,” Muñoz said.

A second album, Songs of Transformation and Hope with on-andoff again collaborator, Brazilian-born Santa Barbara singer-guitarist Téka, features songs sung only in Spanish, while the third, descriptively titled, “3/4,” features instrumental work with a trio and a quartet.

Each represents different sides of Muñoz’s musical expression, but with largely the same impetus, he said.

“They all come from examining the human experience, what it is to be alive and an artist in the 21st century.”

That’s an equation that changed a bit during the pandemic, as Muñoz was diagnosed with throat cancer, which has since gone into full remission, but served as a bookend to having open heart surgery as a five-year-old.

“I got in touch with my mortality again,” he explained. “It was quite a catalyst for that pouring out of creativity. Life is a short ride. When you come to terms with the end you lose all inhibitions and

get more in touch with what you consider of value in life: Health, love, friends, and family.”

It’s that latter priority that is causing Muñoz – who moved to Oxnard three years ago because of increasing rent in town – to finally leave the area for good, relocating to Arizona to be near his wife Holly’s family, who he’s known for 53 years as he and Holly began dating when he was 16.

“It’s that circle of life,” he explained.

“They took care of us when we were little and now it’s time for us to take care of them, gladly and with an open heart, although leaving California is difficult.”

But first, there’s one final pair of concerts in the area, including Sunday, June 19, at SOhO, one of Muñoz’s longtime stomping grounds. The twohour set features his current trio of guitarist Daniel Zimmerman and bassist Randy Tico – who he first played with 40 years ago and has returned to replace Brendan Statom – in the first half, before Mahalia joins for the vocal material. Muñoz said the show will encompass his entire career with music dating back decades up through selections from the as-yet unreleased trio of albums.

How he feels about one last Santa Barbara show as a resident should be readily apparent.

“I’m extremely grateful to have that vehicle of music to express myself as an artist and share it with all the friends I’ve made here over the years,” he said.

“Imagine that, being able to live your life,

doing what you love the most.”

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News & Events Roundup MLKSB Presents Its Virtual Juneteenth Celebration

MLKSB Morning Program in De La Guerra Plaza and the Unity March up State Street to the Arlington Theatre on MLK Jr. day in 2019 (photo by Rod Rolle)

by MJ Staff

T

he Martin Luther King, Jr. Santa Barbara Committee (MLKSB) presents its all-new virtual celebratory program during this Juneteenth weekend, June 17 through June 20. This year’s theme is based on Dr. King’s words from Birmingham, Alabama on April 14, 1963: “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects us all indirectly.”

The program will open with “Lift Every Voice and Sing” performed by Miriam Dance. Following this, MLKSB Board President E. onja Brown will deliver her message, with a later keynote speech from Guy R. Walker, President of the Endowment for Youth Community. The program will also feature the community’s top Essay and Poetry student awardees who crafted material responding to this year’s words from Dr. King.

The virtual celebration is made possible through a partnership with TVSB. Brown commented, “Without the help of TVSB, our outreach into the community would be drastically reduced and missed. Our Board thanks Erik Davis, E.D. at TVSB for making the time… for our award-winning pieces, performers, and keynote address by Mr. Walker, who shares how the theme can be applied in our daily lives.” TVSB’s Erik Davis adds, “We fill an important need here and we are proud to create this program for the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara.”

The all-student winners are up on the MLKSB.org website here: mlksb. org/what-we-do/essay-poetry-contest.

The virtual celebration will be playing on TVSB’s Channel 17 and 71, as well as their YouTube channel at youtube. com/c/TVSantaBarbara.

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The ShapeShifters’ Solstice Concert at the Luke The Marjorie Luke Theatre is proud to present The ShapeShifters band collective as they celebrate Solstice at The Marjorie Luke Theatre on June 25th beginning at 7 pm, located at 721 East Cota Street.

The evening will feature a two-set concert composed of Santa Barbara’s premier musicians and vocalists accompanied by a courtyard celebration with food by Brasil Arts Catering and custom non-alcoholic cocktails from Chef Edie. Local businesses will host booths showcasing their handmade products in the redesigned courtyard just outside the theater.

The ShapeShifters are assembled by renowned local musician Randy Tico and feature a suite of local musicians. “This is a rare opportunity to hear this many topnotch artists perform in the same concert. All of them solo concert favorites,” commented producer Rod Lathim. The concert will offer a musical melting pot fusing soul, rock, blues, Americana, jazz, and Latin – Santa Barbara style.

The first concert set begins at 8 pm, with an extended intermission between sets allowing time for food, drinks, and shopping. Tickets are $35 at the door and include one custom drink.

This event is produced by Luke Theatre Board President Emeritus, Rod Lathim,

Lois Mahalia, Jonathan McEuen, and Randy Tico playing on stage

and will benefit The Luke Theatre. Visit luketheatre.org for more information.

Metro Summer Kids Movies Metro Summer Kids Movies is returning to Metropolitan Theaters at Fiesta 5 Theatres and Camino Real Cinemas from June 7 to August 11. Families can enjoy familiar favorites such as The Secret Life of Pets, The Croods, Hotel Transylvania, and The Boss Baby on the big screen for only $2 per ticket. New kid-friendly releases will also be showcased at the theaters during the summer. A new movie in the series will be shown each week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings at 10 am, depending on the location. Those looking for a field trip, birthday party, or group outing can book a Metro Summer Kids Movies Private Rental for up to 20 guests for $125, which also includes kid’s combo packs.

“This family-friendly program brings films for all ages back to the theater and offers our youngest guests and their families a fun way to spend their summer by watching their favorite films on the big screen,” said David Corwin, President of Metropolitan Theatres Corporation.

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Santa Barbara Courthouse Reopens Docent Tours

The Santa Barbara County Courthouse Docent Council reopened the courthouse for tours this past Monday, June 13. The courthouse, constructed in 1929 following the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake, is a landmark popular among both locals and visitors.

Free one-hour tours are offered Monday through Friday at 10:30 am and 2:00 pm, with no reservation required.

Tours begin in the mural room, which features original murals documenting scenes of Santa Barbara history, and continue through the courthouse into its exterior gardens.

The Docent Council, founded in 1974, has hosted virtual and self-guided tours throughout the pandemic but is

The Santa Barbara Courthouse will be offering in-person docent tours again

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excited for the return of in-person tours.

“The tours are educational, and I think some people might say inspirational,” said Barbara Peters, Publicity Chair for the Courthouse Docent Council.

In addition to regular tours, special group tours and guided group visits to the Bisno Schall Clock Gallery are available by reservation. For more information about Special Tours, email tours@ sbcourthouse.org, and for the Clock Gallery, email clock@sbcourthouse.org.

Visitors are subject to a security screening at entrances. Please visit the Docent Council website for additional details: sbcourthouse.org.

Fiesta Finale The upcoming Fiesta celebrations will officially come to a close with the lively Fiesta Finale festivities, held at the historic El Paseo Restaurant. The event also acts as a fundraiser for the John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts. Profant himself was an active member in Fiesta celebrations and Santa Barbara’s artistic community as a whole. Fiesta Finale was created in order to showcase local talent, bring the community together, and create a space to donate to the foundation in order to establish an array of scholarships for local dancers, musicians, actors, and writers.

This year’s Fiesta Finale will showcase the talented tango duo Guillermo De Fazio and Giovanna Dan, called GD Tango.

They were both raised in creative families that supported their own dance careers.

The pair has been performing together since 2015, and their work has taken them all across the world. Most recently, they completed a residency at La Casa Del Tango in Dubai and have been directing and choreographing the touring show “Tango Argentina” by Columbia Artists.

In addition to performers, guests can enjoy music, traditional food, and dancing. The event’s dress code is Fiesta costumes or cocktail attire. Tickets will be at the Early Bird price of $200 until July 10, and then will move to the general price of $250. Admission is open to the public, but seating is limited, so contact jeprofant@gmail.com to secure your spot. More details will be announced at

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Guillermo De Fazio and Giovanna Dan of GD Tango will perform at the Fiesta Finale that brings the festivities to a close

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Mini Meta

Last Week’s Solution:

By Pete Muller & Andrew White For each of the first five mini crosswords, one of the entries also serves as part of a five-word meta clue. The answer to the meta is a word or phrase (five letters or longer) hidden within the sixth mini crossword. The hidden meta answer starts in one of the squares and snakes through the grid vertically and horizontally from there (no diagonals!) without revisiting any squares.

PUZZLE #1 1

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H O A U S T H

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Down 1 Soup scooper 2 "A little birdie told me ..."

3 Having a blue-gray color 4 Emmy-nominated show about NYC drag ball culture 5 Capital city of note in 2022 news

2

E V A D E

TWO

D E N S E

F L E E S

L I B Y A

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Down 1 Taj Mahal city 2 Paternity ___ (labor rights issue) 3 Ruinous 5 Curling arena 7 Post-regulation periods, for short

S T A R T

IVORY

H O R A E

U P E N N

T U S K S

TUSKS

S P O S E

S B A F L F E

A P H I D

L E A N S

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ELEPHANT

PUZZLE #3 3

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Down 1 "Shut your trap!"

2 Ferret's cousin 3 Actress Taylor-Joy of 2021's "Last Night in Soho" 4 Mafia's foes, for short 5 Like ties at the Oscars

PUZZLE #5

5

N G I A N Y E

8

Across 1 Org. for Kacey Musgraves and Taylor Swift 4 Against the ___ (contrarily) 6 Five-time baseball All-Star Machado 7 Actress Slezak or Eleniak 8 What's so catchy?

3

I V O R Y

6

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Across 1 TV ET 4 With 6-Across, calculation that helps get the wheels turning?

6 See 4-Across 8 Before, to Beauvoir 9 Endemic North American ungulates

TWE WA I O R G P H T

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PUZZLE #4

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WITH

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A B C S W I T H WR E A K D AM E S MU G

PUZZLE #2 4

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P E A C E

BEAST

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Across 1 Speech therapy issue, maybe 5 Painter Frida 6 Mind set?

7 Put on cloud nine 8 Especially

B B E E T T H

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Across 1 Software programmer, informally 4 Iowa State city 6 "Is this really required?"

8 Design deet 9 Adoptive family member of Tarzan

META PUZZLE 4

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Across 1 Initialism accompanying R-rated links 5 Physicist with an eponymous unit 6 "Grey's Anatomy" star Pompeo 7 Played in a Revolutionary War reenactment, maybe 8 Abbr. in a rap collaboration's track listing

Down 1 See 7-Down 2 Only birds with calf muscles 3 Zippy Italian transportation 5 Pedometer unit 7 With 1-Down, winter roof woe

Down 1 "Hand to heart!"

2 Penicillin predecessor 3 Sails force?

4 Make (one's way) 5 "Survivor" host Probst

2

Across 1 Good-natured rib 5 Early TV legend Milton 6 Central parts of Roman houses 7 Portfolio component 8 March madness character?

3

4

Down 1 Beetle's kin 2 Code breaker?

3 Spin-providing tennis shot 4 Wood used for salad bowls 5 Harangue

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