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Local People –Meet the “Lavender Lady” Nosh Town –Explore the special menus of the local Farmers Market, P.18

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Public Library is paving the way for a new pavilion and you can help form the path, literally, P.43

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A CAUTIONARY TAIL

A LOOK INTO THE HEARTBREAKING STORY OF OTIS THE FRENCH BULLDOG – WHOSE LIFE WAS CUT TRAGICALLY SHORT DURING A ROUTINE GROOMING VISIT. WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW CAN THIS BE AVOIDED IN THE FUTURE? (STORY BEGINS ON PAGE 5)

CBID Along Coast Village

The proposed Community Benefit Improvement District moves on to the next steps of planning, page 8

Sound Wall Silenced

After a well-attended meeting and input, sound walls along the 101 have been removed due to flooding concerns, page 16

Our Town

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Editorial – Gwyn Lurie reviews the tragic death of Otis and what can be learned from it. Pugs and Bulldogs may be popular breeds, but require special care.

Montecito Miscellany – A Polo Club showdown, a little book on Montecito writers, and other highlights and oddities (Moët & Chandon vending machine?) from around the area

Village Beat – Updates on the CBID along Coast Village and the HWY101 widening project; plus accounts on the Montecito Association meeting and more

Letters to the Editor – Sound pollution in the skies, a response on the Montecito Hot Springs letter, and a petition for Prop 19 Tide Guide

Body Wise – Ann Brode explores ESP and how to be introspective about your own interoception

Community Voices – Dan Meisel discusses dual language immersion programs and the complexity in gauging their success

Ernie’s World – Ernie Witham alights the humorous and heartfelt, occasionally dangerous, memories of his kid brother Robert’s Big Questions – Robert Bernstein argues for the value of staying informed and involved in the news, community, and ultimately, the world

Brilliant Thoughts – Does age equal wisdom? Maybe, but there is still a lot we can learn from the young. Your Westmont – The college hires a chief academic officer; and a downtown lecture focuses on iPhone photography and poetry

Calendar of Events – Animal Liberation Orchestra, Santa Barbara Music Club’s 2022 debut, and more happening in town this week

Our Town – Joanne Calitri joins the annual Christmas Bird Count and gives a roundup of the spotted species

In Passing – Remembering the life and explorations of Louise Larson Darlington Levine

On Entertainment – Kyle Abraham discusses his newest work, several dance performances are sweeping through town, and a roundup of the Oscar nominees at the upcoming SBIFF

The Giving List – The Clean Coalition is helping bring sustainable energy solutions to Montecito Union School and the surrounding community

Local People – Carly Williams introduces herself and the “Lavender Lady” in this new column on the familiar faces of the Montecito Farmers Market vendors

Library Legacy – The Santa Barbara Public Library is building a new pavilion and you can help with your very own inscripted brick

Real Estate –The prices of high-end homes continue to rise and Mark Hunt looks at some of the ones on the top

Nosh Town – Claudia Schou talks with local chefs on sensual foods and memorable meals being offered for Valentine’s Day

Local Treasures – Trace the history and charm of SB County Genealogical Society’s Sahyun Library as Rebecca Lee Moody pursues her own ancestral past

Santa Barbara by the Glass – Add a splash of rosé to your romantic day. Gabe Saglie explores a dozen of the pink vintages, both bubbly and still.

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

Mini Meta Crossword Puzzles Local Business Directory

Perspectives by Rinaldo S. Brutoco – Irish Fishing vs. Russian Force: A Perspective on Masculinity The Optimist Daily – Novel building materials may create structures that pull the carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere; tired of waiting for traffic? AI may be on the way to help.

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Editorial

Tragedy Reveals Different Needs for Different Breeds by Gwyn Lurie

e love our pets. They’re family members. And the dozen or so years most of us get with our canine loved ones fly by too quickly. But when one dies prematurely and unexpectedly, it’s a whole other level of painful and tragic. No one understands this more than a local Montecito family, who brought their beloved and healthy three-yearold French Bulldog, Otis, along with his two labradoodle sisters, to the groomer for a wash last Wednesday, only to receive an unexpected call two hours later from the groomer that Otis had suddenly and unexpectedly passed. In an attempt to understand what happened, I spoke with members of the the dog’s family, the veterinarian present at Montecito Veterinary Hospital where Otis, already dead, was rushed by the groomer/salon owner, and the groomer himself. While it’s impossible for us to decipher exactly what happened in the approximately two hours between the time the “father” dropped Otis off at the grooming salon and Otis ending up at Montecito Veterinary Hospital with a temperature of 110 degrees and deceased, this story is a cautionary tale for anyone who spends considerable time around special breeds. By all accounts, it was a normal, busy day inside the salon with a dozen or so dogs “free ranging” around the approximately 200 square foot space, which, according to Otis’s mother, caused the father, her husband, some concern. “He feels so responsible for not listening to his intuition. When he got there, he said there were 10 to 15 dogs. He said it was pure chaos. So he said to the groomer, ‘Let me just come back some other time,’ even though we had an appointment. But the groomer said, ‘No, it’s fine. Just leave him here. This is how it is.’ He literally acted like, ‘No worries. This is how I do it,’” Otis’s father recounted. And, according to the groomer, this is how he’s been doing it for the 20 years he’s been in business, and in his opinion, that environment is a big part of the salon’s appeal. “The dogs get to ‘free range,’” he explained. “At any given time there could be a dozen dogs roaming around the shop, waiting to be groomed... This allows the dogs to relax and feel mellow and enjoy their time here.” By all accounts, within 90 minutes to two hours of Otis’s visit to the salon he was found unconscious inside the double-size family cage in which he was 10– 17 February 2022

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placed, along with his two labradoodle sisters, a sort of “transition place” where the dogs are kept between being washed and being dried. “The cages are simply in room temperature air,” said the groomer. “There is never hot air blown on any of the dogs inside the cages.” And by all accounts this too was the finding of the City Animal Inspector who visited the salon after Otis’s death. According to the groomer, the City Animal Inspector issued his salon a “clean bill of operation.” The groomer claims that, the moment they saw that something was wrong with Otis he picked up Otis’ body and rushed to Montecito Veterinary Hospital where Dr. Mary Waikart was working. The groomer says he then immediately rushed back to his salon in order to retrieve the family’s contact information so that the vet and he could contact them. The family, obviously and understandably shocked and devastated, do not recall, upon hearing the news that their beloved three-year-old Frenchie had passed, that the groomer ever apologized or took responsibility for the tragedy. The groomer has a different recollection. “The first words out of my mouth when I told them Otis had passed was that I was so so sorry and so so sad that this happened at all and that it happened on my time. But there’s a difference between being sorry something happened and being sorry because you

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Montecito Miscellany Super Bowl LVI Marks Another Touchdown for David Bolton by Richard Mineards

hen the Los Angeles Rams take the field against the Cincinnati Bengals at the $5.5 billion SoFi Stadium in the Big Orange on Sunday, Santa Barbara producer David Bolton, director of the California Missions Foundation, will be handling the live international Spanish language broadcast for Fox Sports for the seventh consecutive year. David’s company, Cultural Global Media, will produce and coordinate the seven-hour live coverage of Super Bowl LVI in the 70,240-seat locale, with his efforts and cameras seen by millions of viewers from Mexico to Argentina. “It’s an honor to again be selected by the NFL,” says David, whose 30-year live sports career includes more than 1,000 productions, including professional and international soccer, the World Cup, regular season NFL, the NFC divisional and championships, professional lacrosse, college sports, and championship boxing.

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“There are so many details we must coordinate for the Super Bowl coverage that I am extremely appreciative of having such a professional team of production specialists to work with in Los Angeles,” adds David, a graduate of Montecito Union School and Santa Barbara High. “This group has been working together for 15 years and I am very thankful for their efforts show after show. Many of them have travelled with me to multiple Super Bowls. It has been fun.” For Cultural Global Media it will be three days on the former Hollywood Park Racetrack site including set-up, rehearsals, and the big game. The days are long, sometimes 16 hours or more. It will end some three hours after the final whistle of the game. David credits his teacher at MUS in the early ‘70s with sparking his interest in learning Spanish. “She was originally from Costa Rica and began to teach us the language in the fourth grade. I was fascinated by it and wanted to learn more.”

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and community service in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, with an emphasis on social justice causes. The $36 million from Sage is described as “a game changer” for the foundation. At the end of 2019, the last year for which tax documents are publicly available, the foundation had assets of about $1.7 million, and in recent years has distributed around $1 million annually in charitable donations.

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VILLAGE BEAT Coast Village Road News by Kelly Mahan Herrick

ast week property owners on Coast Village Road – 94 of them to be exact – received a formal petition for the proposed Coast Village Community Benefit Improvement District (CBID), an idea brought forth by the Coast Village Association (CVA) nearly two years ago. The goal of the CBID, which is funded by property owners as an additional property tax assessment, is to take control of the street’s aesthetics, safety, and marketing ventures, filling the gaps in service from the City of Santa Barbara, which governs Coast Village Road. “This will embellish upon what the City provides,” said CVA board president Bob Ludwick, adding that the desolate medians on the road that the City will not enhance due to a lack of budget, are just one of the many items that need improvement. The City Council unanimously voted to approve an enabling ordinance related to moving forward with the CBID last March, and now there is a two-step process to work through, the first of which is in motion currently. This first step consists of a mail-in ballot of landlords agreeing to have a formal plan submitted to the City for consideration and a subsequent ballot to landlords circulated. The properties on the street are weighted according to parcel size, frontage length, and building size. In order to meet the first threshold, 30% or more of the weighted votes need to agree to move to the “ballot stage” of the process. At the ballot stage, 50%+1 of the weighted ballots returned will establish the district. Ludwick, along with CVA Vice President Rob Miller and Board Members Trey Pinner, Rick Lemmo, Francois DeJohn, and property owner Jeff Harding, have been working through the CBID process, with the help of consultant New City America, which has helped groups like the CVA form CBIDs across the country, including San Diego’s Little Italy and Los Angeles’ Chinatown. On Coast Village Road, the expected assessments range from a few hundred dollars

Coast Village Road, which has had its fair share of challenges in the last few years, has the opportunity to benefit from a Community Benefit Improvement District, if the majority of property owners agree to an annual assessment tax

per year to $19,000 per year, with the average falling around $1,800. The lowest assessments are for the condo owners at 1220 Coast Village Road (those range from $125$162 per year), with the highest single assessment at Villa Fontana, which has the most frontage and square footage on the road. Some property owners have said they intend to pay the tax themselves, while some have indicated that they will pass along the fees to their tenants. “It’s up to each of them individually how they handle it,” Ludwick explained. While Ludwick says he expects to meet the threshold of 30% of the weighted votes to move forward in the process, there has been some pushback from property owners who don’t fully understand where the money will go, or feel that it’s unnecessary.

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Letters to the Editor A Noise Nuisance in the Sky

ombating climate change and the effects of air traffic are dichotomous and irreconcilable. In spite of this threat, private/corporate and commercial jets are increasingly congesting our local skies. To make matters worse, Santa Barbara’s City Council approved the airport expansion that is expected to bring a 50% increase in aircraft traffic in 10 years. While the proposed California climate plan includes funds for electric cars, there is no alternative at this point to fossil fuels for airplanes. The shorter the flight and the fewer passengers on board, the worse for the environment. Yet, in the last year, there has been an extraordinary increase in the number of private jets flying in and out over Santa Barbara covering short distances with a few passengers. They are crisscrossing the sky everywhere – over residential areas by the beach, downtown, and in the mountains – with no apparent forethought as to the pollution they create. Hiking recently on Cold Spring Trail, the aircraft noise was constant, and I noticed that the planes were all private or chartered jets. Besides causing air pollution, airplanes are also a source of noise pollution exceeding the WHO value of 50dB allowed for residential areas. Compounding the problem, most new private and corporate jets are bigger and louder than their predecessors. Highlighting that nothing is more important than transportation to fight climate change, Governor Newson has proposed earmarking $6.1 billion (of the state’s new $37 billion climate change proposal) to help Californians eliminate gasoline. The goal, according to Newson’s senior climate advisor, Lauren Sanchez, however, is not to replace every gas guzzling car with an electric car and have as many vehicles

on the road as we have now. If that is the outcome, she decries, we will have failed the planet. The Los Angeles Times article about the Budget plan points out that we need to utilize among other options, more mass transportation, as well as riding bikes and walking for short distances. When it comes to flying, the climate conscious choice would mean taking commercial flights that carry numerous passengers and choosing to drive rather than fly for shorter distances. Short flights (including sightseeing) should be eliminated whenever possible. Exacerbating this nuisance, many of the pilots new to Santa Barbara – private as well as commercial – do not follow the noise abatement approach, established in 2005, over the ocean for landing and take off (see flysba.santabarbara ca.gov for details). They fly directly over residential neighborhoods, dumping pollution, eroding our healthy environment, and destroying what makes Santa Barbara such a special and unique place. A petition https://chng.it/ZYRNtDG7 demanding better compliance with the established noise abatement procedure has collected almost 800 signatures. If we are serious about fighting global warming, we must be willing to make unselfish choices, not only when there is a consumer friendly alternative, but even when it is inconvenient. As individuals, we all must reconcile our wants with the changes we need to enact for the benefit of our whole community – now and for the future generation. Erika Blos

Neutrality in Perpetuity As a veteran of war – for peace – I do not understand why we anticipate war and participate in its preparations. Many countries have dealt with similar situa-

tions without the panic and hysteria that leaders are accepting. Switzerland, located between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and France/Belgium and again between Nazi Germany, Italy and France during WW2 remained neutral and peaceful. Costa Rica, located between US satellite and drug center Panama and revolutionary Communist Nicaragua eliminated its military and declared neutrality. Why can’t leaders today create a neutral Ukraine in perpetuity? That is all that Putin is asking for. German leaders have also proposed this. Is war and its fallout better than neutrality? Yours truly, Rowland Lane Anderson Lifetime Member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam Veterans of America, Disabled American Veterans and Veterans For Peace

Response to Previous Montecito Hot Springs Letter

Bryan Rosen’s interesting summary of the history of the Hot Springs and his observations on the current conditions of the trail to get to the site is somewhat curious, and, in other ways, factually incorrect. He has previously indicated in letters to the Journal that he recognized the parking issues faced by homeowners along Riven Rock Road, occasioned by the apparent popularity of the trail, and has offered constructive suggestions. Before those issues are resolved however, he seems to be advocating for a significant project to be undertaken both on the trail and the Hot Springs as well. Invoking 19th century Chumash history, he opines that the traditional healing site has been “ ...taken away by a private water company serving the rich.” Putting aside how many Chumash are currently desirous of driving to Montecito, parking their cars on Riven Rock Road to potentially get ticketed, and then climbing a littered and graffiti strewn trail for the pleasure of enjoying

a plunge in a hot springs as opposed to their jacuzzies in Santa Ynez (even as he suggests the soak could be offered for free to them), there seems to be a serious factual misunderstanding. Bryan asserts that the estate owners don’t need the water. Why is that? I don’t have a Montecito Water District meter for irrigation water. The same goes for dozens of other homeowners who have bought their homes, in part, predicated upon their direct or indirect ownership in the Montecito Creek Water Company. I and dozens of others have a deeded right to that water. Are we going to be compensated for Barry’s proposed taking? If so, he should use his energies to start a fundraising project. I wish him luck. Given what Bryan describes the conditions on the trail as, it seems to be an oxymoron to advocate for yet another attractive nuisance by rehabilitating the springs. More litter, more graffiti, more access issues, more fire potential. The pristine environment that he seems to wish for does not reasonably comport with his suggestion. As anyone who has visited the back country can readily attest, there is more than enough evidence of despoliation, without creating new attractants. In summary, let’s fix the trail access problem, before advocating for projects that will only exacerbate it. Jon Emanuel

Petitioning Prop 19 Proposition 19 had a little-noticed provision in it that will cause families to have to sell homes and small businesses that parents had hoped to pass on to their children. Prop. 19 repealed Proposition 58, which was placed on the ballot in 1986 by a unanimous vote of the Legislature, then passed with the approval of over 75% of state voters. Prop. 58 protected family properties from reassessment when transferred between parents and children. Without

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In Passing

Louise Larson Darlington Levine

n sorrow we announce that Louise Levine died peacefully in her Rivera home on January 22, 2022. She was born to Jared and Dorothy (Larson) Darlington in Patterson, New Jersey, on August 13, 1946. She grew up in Ramsey, New Jersey, graduated from Ramsey High School, attended Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, for two years, and transferred to Sullins College in Bristol, Virginia, to finish her formal education. On March 14, 1974, she married the love of her life, international businessman Eli Solomon Levine in Geneva, Switzerland. Immediately following the ceremony, they flew to Paris, France, for their wedding reception at the Plaza Athénée. This was the start of their tradition of “noubas,” their famous celebrations of Eli’s birthdays at the Plaza Athénée every December. The Levines moved from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Barbara in 1985; they continued to travel the world for the next 30 years An accomplished artist, intrepid traveler, gracious hostess, and steadfast friend, Louise loved life, light, and color. She was predeceased by her parents and her husband; she is survived by her beloved brother, Jared Darlington, her niece, Avalon Darlington Ross, a great-niece, and a great-nephew. A celebration of her life is planned for April.

it, property will be reassessed to market value when it is passed to children, and the property taxes will be sharply higher. This will force many families to sell properties, including small family businesses, after parents worked so hard for so many years to pay for them. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has filed an initiative to repeal the changes that Prop. 19 made to the intergenerational transfer and

restore the law back to the way it was before. To further protect families, the measure adds an adjustment for inflation to the exclusion from reassessment for a limited amount of other property in addition to the primary residence. To get this initiative on the ballot, HJTA needs our help. Please sign the petition. Find out how at: HJTA.org/ RepealTheDeathTax Marylou Mankowski

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A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham Presents ‘An Untitled Love’ by Steven Libowitz

.I.M. Artistic Director Kyle Abraham is easily not only one of today’s most in-demand choreographers but also one able to traverse an array of disciplines as he has had works commissioned by companies spanning Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and New York City Ballet. A.I.M. (aka Abraham. In.Motion.), exists for Abraham to create work galvanized by Black culture and history in conjunction with artists across a range of disciplines, including input from his company of 11 dancers. Abraham’s latest work, An Untitled Love – which will be presented at UCSB’s Campbell Hall on Sunday, February 13 – follows his ethos in mixing modern, contemporary, ballet, and hip-hop, this time celebrating Black culture and his

own experiences of family and community thrillingly set to the music of R&B legend D’Angelo. The choreographer discussed the piece in an extensive conversation earlier this week, from which this interview is edited. Q. Would you talk about the genesis of An Untitled Love, what inspired you and what you wanted the piece to express? A. I wanted to make something celebratory and to honor so many people that I grew up with who offered me so much. There are different kinds of love – my parents and aunt and uncles, the blood relatives who helped raise me – but also honor the friends and those who supported me in Pittsburgh.

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham’s An Untitled Love featuring the Music of D’Angelo on Sunday, February 13

Pittsburgh – the hair salon, the barber shop, in the public schools – that I spent a lot of time growing up in. My father was a basketball coach for a community I understand that it’s also an homage to program, and I’d be at the courts just your hometown. watching people interact with one anothThe piece could be a lot of cities, er, a lot of that finds its way into the work but the references for me are places in as does my experiences going to public school. There’s a lot of material there.

and rock and our culture in the music that really speaks to me. His music is the perfect score for exploring how we love because it has all those elements. You can hear his influences in a way that I’m hoping to honor mine. You can hear the pains of the past and a cry for a future as well as the joy and the love and the celebratory nature of things.

You wrote the piece in 2019, before George Floyd and the explosion of awareness about racial injustice, an issue you’ve explored repeatedly in the past. Do you find any irony in its being performed now? I’ve made several works about what people like me have faced but when I made Love, I was in a space of really wanting to celebrate us and show how we love in all the ways that means.

What do you want the audience, maybe even more so a largely white one like here in Santa Barbara, to take away from seeing An Untitled Love? I’d love to leave people with some of the seeds that help to shift their focus to more on the multifaceted realities of our experience… A white Australian friend of mine told me that he felt like he was a member of the family, which was beautiful to hear because I love it when people feel like they’re in the work, on stage with us because that means we really are creating a community on stage.

Hence a soundtrack of D’Angelo’s songs, perhaps. Why is his music the right soundtrack? I have loved his music from day one. There’s an innate sense of soul and funk

You have won so many awards and

Transform Through Arts Theater presents the 7th annual Colors of Love dance show at Center Stage Theater on February 12

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“Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.” — The Princess Bride

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT grants, including the MacArthur. How does that affect your approach and your work, if at all? For people in Pittsburgh, even when you achieve something, you still gotta go to work the next day, so it took me a good while to just be even more okay with that amazing honor. Then I think I got caught up in thinking about the eyes that were now going to be on my work and how I needed to respond, how to expand and achieve something bigger, all that… But now I’m in a really great place where I am very grateful for all those awards and accolades and recognition over the years but I’m back to what the thing was that drew me in initially. I’m that much more focused on making work without thinking about anyone else’s expectations. I’m just trying to be the best storyteller I can be.

Colors of Love Transform Through Arts Theater’s annual Colors of Love dance show at Center Stage Theater returns to its usual Valentine’s Day weekend performance slot for 2022 after moving to August due to the pandemic last year, and the local collective’s approach to the concept of love has expanded in the interim. “It’s evolved into more diversity and embracing of different cultures and showing cooperation, with a message that goes beyond personal love,” explained Yulia Maluta, the show’s creator and director. “There are still a lot of numbers like that, but it’s also about embracing differences in one another, combating divisiveness and hatred with togetherness and a celebratory spirit and a message of unity.” To that end, the single performance on February 12 casts a wide umbrella, with the 20 pieces encompassing Russian and Egyptian Folkloric styles, Chinese traditional dance, and Brazilian Capoeira, in addition to its usual array of Swing, Belly Dance, Pole Art, Argentine Tango, Samba, Rumba and other Latin dance styles from local choreographers, dancers, and companies. “Colors of Love has so many meanings, from individual expression because every soul has its own color to collective human experiences that go beyond what we normally think of as love to include sadness, loneliness, or other emotions that aren’t very pretty, but also acceptance and respect,” Maluta said. “It can even be loving yourself. The dance performances are about embracing all aspects of love. Expressing yourself is love.”

Dance in Advance Center Stage Theater is also hosting two more frequent fliers encompassing adults and youth on its pre-COVID series of regular dance presentations. Arthur 10– 17 February 2022

Murray Dance Studios in Santa Barbara teams up with its sister studio in Beverly Hills on Friday, February 18, to present its students and professional dancers performing a variety of theatrical routines and partner dancing from salsa, rumba, and other ballroom numbers. Newer students will perform alongside accomplished competitive dancers who are part of Murray, the biggest private dance organization in the world with more than 260 studios in 20-plus countries… Santa Barbara Dance Arts, considered one of Santa Barbara’s premier youth dance companies, presents its annual Configuration showcase that features high-energy hip hop, contemporary and jazz numbers by Los Angeles choreographers Savannah Wozny and Richard Elszy, plus work from local favorites Sunny Reichert, Chloe Roberts, Emily McKinney, Alana Tillim, and others. The March 5-12 production features students sharing the stage with professional choreographers/mentors in competing for a $250 cash prize. Info at (805) 9630408 or www.centerstagetheater.org.

Judy, Judy, Judy As Spotify has noted, of the artists who enjoyed success during the folk music boom of the early 1960s, very few have had a career as long and varied as Judy Collins. You can count on one hand those that are still active and continuing to make new records as well as tour. That tiny number includes Collins, who at 82 is returning to the Lobero Theatre on February 15 to once again enchant and entertain with her stunning vocals, warm stage presence, and commitment to humanity through music. Known largely as an inspired interpreter of other writers’ work – most famously from Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” and Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns” – Collins has also sporadically composed songs of her own. But now, more than six decades into her career, Collins has just announced the late-February release of Spellbound, which astoundingly will be the first album in her storied career to feature solely her own self-penned songs. Credit the COVID crisis. “Things happen when something shifts in your life… The pandemic gave me a chance to actually sit with things that were cooking and get them cooked so they were well enough to go into the studio and record them,” Collins told Billboard magazine. To Pitchfork she said: “Now felt like the perfect time to make this record because, after all that’s happened in the world, we need something beautiful and inspirational to lift us up.” The pandemic gave Collins time to flesh out a five-year-old project of writing a poem every day for 90 days, turning

some into songs or writing new words for others. The singer-songwriter is dedicating the new album to early folksinger influences Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, so we’re imagining that in addition to offering the first chance to hear Collins’ new compositions, the concert might be one of the most decades-spanning evenings of music around these parts this year.

UCSB A&L’s Speakers all the Rage Highly decorated writers and activists abound on campus and online this week as Arts & Lectures offers four speakers over three evenings covering a wide span of timely topics. Korean-American poet, essayist, and professor Cathy Park Hong, whose recent memoir Minor Feelings integrates personal stories, historical context, and cultural criticism into a radically honest meditation on the Asian-American experience, will discuss race and identity, utilizing poetry for social change, and the power of creating art that is influenced by politics, culture, and the current societal moment at Campbell Hall on February 10… 2019 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amanda Nguyen, the CEO and founder of Rise, a social movement accelerator that teaches grassroots organizing, helped draft the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights while her 2021 viral video ignited worldwide coverage on antiAsian hate crimes. Her free February 16 talk “Hopeanomics” is subtitled “How Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming Grassroots Activism” and, like Hong’s presentation, is part of UCSB A&L’s Justice for All series… Hope is also at the heart of the February 17 program featuring husband-and-wife Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, who have co-written the bestselling books Half the Sky, A Path Appears, China Wakes, Thunder From the East, and Tightrope. Kristof left The New York

Times late last year to launch a campaign for governor of Oregon to address pragmatic problems including the homelessness and addiction that afflict his hometown. The writers will discuss what they learned while researching Tightrope and their reflections on the political landscape in Oregon and America today. Tickets for each of the three programs include a one-time simultaneous livestream viewing option. Call (805) 893-3535 or visit https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.

SBIFF Scores with Oscar The Santa Barbara International Film Festival found favor when the announcement for nominees for the Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning. In one of its best (most predictive) years yet, SBIFF has secured appearances by a full 50 percent of the 20 acting hopefuls: Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), Judi Dench and Ciaran Hinds (Belfast), Aunjanue Ellis and Will Smith (King Richard), Javier Bardem and Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos), Troy Kotsur (CODA), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) and Kristen Stewart (Spencer). That total will surely rise exponentially once the participants in the directors’ evening and writers, producers, crafts, and women’s panels are finalized. With the 2022 slate of films and other events due to be announced as this issue hits newsstands, excitement in the March 2-12 fest continues to build. Visit www.sbiff.org.

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

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Works by Marin Marais, Sainte-Colombe François Couperin, Jean-Baptiste Lully Early music master Jordi Savall returns to CAMA Masterseries to perform the music he created for the soundtrack of one of the most celebrated films ever to explore the art of music.

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Coast (Continued from 8) A summary of the CBID management plan was included with the petition. If all goes as planned, and the CBID is approved, the funds – which total about $300K the first year – will be used for private security to help with the unhoused population and panhandlers in the area; much needed beautification of the road, including tree and vegetation maintenance, maintenance of existing and new public spaces, improvement of decorative amenities like benches and fixtures, regular sidewalk and gutter sweeping and steam cleaning, enhanced trash services, timely graffiti removal, installation and maintenance of hanging plants, and planting flowers throughout the district; branding and promotion of the road; events such as Taste of Coast Village; social media and marketing; parking attendants; traffic management; and more. The area has been hit hard the last few years, with the Thomas Fire and debris flow closures, the pandemic closures, and the steep increase in vehicular traffic caused by the closure of the freeway entrance at Hot Springs. Outdoor dining “parklets,” which were erected in June 2020 in response to the pandemic, will now be allowed through 2023, further tightening the lack of parking on the road, and upcoming highway construction and work to build a roundabout at the east end of the road will be the next big hurdles for businesses to overcome. Since its resurrection about six years ago, the Coast Village Association has worked to promote business along the street through social media campaigns and events, including the popular Taste of Coast Village in 2019 and the Virtual Cash Mob event at the beginning of the pandemic shutdown in 2020, in addition to annual holiday decorating contests, member mixers, and more. Ludwick describes the CBID as a way to ensure the continuance and extension of the CVA’s important work, which will greatly benefit the businesses as well as the property owners – and their property values – along the road. If the CBID is approved, the Coast Village Association Board will increase in size to accommodate more property owners, business owners, and community members, in order to manage the district and determine where the funds are spent. The assessment will be probationary for the first five years, and then lengthen to a 20-year term. “Basically if owners think we aren’t doing a good job, or that it’s not worth the money they are paying, they can vote to end the CBID,” Ludwick explained. This won’t be the first time a business-oriented group has created such an improvement district on the road. The street improvements that still stand today, including the separate parking aisles with diagonal parking, the medians, and signage, were built in 1968 via an improvement assessment spearheaded by Michael Towbes and the Coast Village Road Improvement Association. Back then, the road, once called Old Coast Highway, was transformed into an approachable and attractive business district through funds raised from property owners who agreed to assess their properties for an additional annual amount added to their property taxes. “By collectively contributing to this fund, all properties, businesses, visitors, and locals will benefit from enhanced operations and aesthetics,” Ludwick told us last year when the City approved moving forward with the idea. The Management Plan will be reviewed and approved by the City Council and City Attorney before it is implemented. When the minimum 30% weighted petition threshold is reached, the City Council will consider adopting a “Resolution of Intent” to mail out ballots to all property owners in the proposed CBID. Ballots would be mailed to property owners in late April or early May and the ballots will be due to be returned by the public hearing, scheduled to be held by the end of June. For more information about the CVA and the proposed CBID, visit www.coastvil lageroad.com.

No Sounds Walls in Montecito Last week at a well-attended Montecito community meeting regarding the 101 freeway widening project through Montecito, reps from the project reported that sound walls that had been proposed in the Montecito portion have been removed due to flooding concerns. The project is in initial planning review with the County of Santa Barbara as part of the Coastal Development permitting process, and the project was required by Flood Control to analyze if the proposed sound walls would create a rise in flood waters. The flood risk was analyzed using Recovery Mapping that was adopted by the County in response to the 1/9 Debris Flow. The 101 Project team has confirmed and reported that the proposed sound walls could create a water rise during a flooding event. Flood Control Engineering Manager Jon Frye said it’s not a matter of if a flood event will happen, it’s a matter of when. “Flood Control does not think it’s a good idea to put a flood wall in this area,” he said at the meeting. According to project rep Kirsten Ayars, sound walls are considered through a seven-step process; the first six steps follow federal guidelines for projects that use federal funds. These steps include identifying sensitive receptors, measuring existing and predicting future noise levels, identifying affected residences, reviewing potential noise

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LOCAL PEOPLE The Lavender Lady

Melissa Broughton, AKA the “Lavender Lady,” at the Montecito Farmers Market, giving life advice and selling her lavender products

by Carly Williams

ithin seconds after arriving at the Montecito Farmers’ Market, the delicate, sweet smell of lavender wafts up to the noses of Friday morning patrons. The aroma pervades the market and leads the shopper to the last stand in the far corner: June Bloom Lavender. Melissa Broughton, known as the “Lavender Lady” by locals, stands over an endless bucket of her vibrant purple and blue crop with a welcoming smile. One need only follow the aroma of fresh debudded lavender lingering in the air to discover that the Montecito Farmers Market is bringing new blood into its pool of vendors, keeping the market fresh and full of possibility. Located in the main retail sector of Montecito on Coast Village Road, this certified farmers market has a diverse selection

of 12 to 15 vendors each Friday between 8 am and 11:15 pm. June Bloom Lavender is a boutique lavender business that started in 2016 harvesting over 500 lavender plants in Lompoc, California. They sought to create lavender products that aromatherapists have found can nurture an individual’s mental health, help heal anxiety, depression, and addiction. Broughton strives to offer high quality and high-end lavender products, and her stand contributes to the diversity of the Montecito Farmers Market. “I create small-batch products such as candles, teas, sprays, and sachets that nurture well-being and encourage self-care,” said Broughton. Her body products are made in small batches and use simple, organic ingredients. They are all infused with Grosso lavender harvested on the Central Coast of California. Before becoming a full-time lavender farmer, Broughton grew up in a small country town in Colorado with an alcoholic father. Much of her experiences growing up in these difficult circumstances has shaped her goals for her products. “Each product I make is crafted to be holistically healing through relaxation and aromatherapy,” said Broughton. “I sell lavender as a metaphor for life,” she said. Broughton’s resiliency in confronting the painful memories of her past comes full circle with the resiliency of lavender. This plant can go years without water but still bloom every single June. Diving into the scars of childhood is at the center of her passion for promoting mental health through lavender. “My stand is more than just lavender; it is about the people I am connecting with and the people who I am helping,” said Broughton. People approach her table for her products, but also for the Lavender Lady’s calming presence and advice. “Sometimes I think my table is like a therapist office. The lavender is a platform for me as I am able to talk about my father’s disease and promote mental health through lavender as it helps with anxiety, depression, addiction, and self-care,” said Broughton. Self-care is essential; it’s not just a luxury, she believes. Broughton is able to tie the two together through her products. As a licensed esthetician and a lavender farmer, Broughton offers body, culinary, and home products, such as a lavender oil roll, lavender sachets, and lavender eye masks promoting restful and relaxed sleep. Tucking away a lavender sachet into a sock or t-shirt drawer emulates Broughton’s calming persona. The ambrosial lavender aroma slowly emits the fresh scent throughout the day, promoting calmness amidst our busy lives. Broughton’s lavender oil can be rolled on and left in the fridge overnight then dabbed under the eyes and on the veins of the wrist for a refreshing touch. This product is a precious little treasure promoting relaxation and aromatherapy all wrapped up in a beautiful rollerball bottle. Whether lavender is a proven skincare regimen, relaxation tool, or for aromatherapy, June Bloom Lavender provides a solution. The Lavender Lady’s small production local business is creating a big impact in the community and beyond. Carly Williams will soon graduate at UCSB in political science and professional writing. Originally from Dallas, TX, she moved to SB 4 years ago with a passion for good food

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VILLAGE BEAT Coast (Continued from 16 16)) abatements, determining financial reasonableness, and voting by affected property owners. Property owners are considered affected by a proposed noise abatement measure if their properties (adjacent to the abatement) are predicted to be impacted or benefited receivers, or if the physical environment of their properties will be altered directly by the noise abatement measure. Alteration of the physical environment includes – but is not necessarily limited to – blocking access, interrupting scenic views, causing loss of visibility from the highway, creating shadows, and interrupting natural airflow. For noise barriers, the combined effects of acoustical and physical alterations of the environment are generally limited to 150 meters (500 feet) or less from the edge of traveled way of a highway. Currently there are 15 “severe receptor” properties in Montecito. The seventh – and final – step in the process is the Coastal Development Permit process. This process reviews project features, impacts, and compliance with coastal policies, and the sound walls have not been found to be consistent with local policy requirements, including updates since the debris flow, in order to be approved as part of the project. The Recovery Mapping assumes that all bridges, culverts, and water conveyance structures are blocked and would not pass flood waters. According to Ayars, the team also studied alternate wall types and configurations, such as walls with flood gates, staggered walls with openings, shorter walls, and other alternatives that might alleviate this problem. Unfortunately, the options resulted in a rise in flood waters during hydraulic modeling, did not meet freeway safety requirements, and/or would not meet the federal sound wall requirements. In place of the sound walls, a black coated chain link fencing planted with vines and landscaping will be proposed. “We are making the chain link fence as aesthetically pleasing as possible,” Ayars said, who also said that some sound walls in Carpinteria were required to be omitted from the project as well. There is a sound wall being installed in Summerland by the northbound onramp at Sheffield Drive, which is not in the flooding area.

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THE JOY OF MONTECITO Loving our Community

The High End Keeps Going Higher by Mark Ashton Hunt

or one of the longer months of the year, January came and went quickly it seemed. Many lovely days, a bit of good winter surf, and some big estate sales in Montecito as well. So far, this year we are seeing the same low available housing inventory as in months past and at the same time, we are seeing average prices continue to soar, pushing the entry price point for new home buyers even further out of reach. While there were only 13 homes sold in January 2022 in Montecito (in the Multiple Listing Service – MLS), which is slightly below average but not much, the prices for these sales are way, way up. In January of this year, nearly always the slowest month of any year, we saw four homes sell over $10 million, which is roughly the number of homes +/- in that price range that might sell in an entire year in Montecito. Two of these over $10 million January sales were off market, meaning they were not being advertised at the time as for sale. A buyer found a seller, likely through an agent, and boom. One estate on Picacho (always a top selling street) was on and off market for a bit there and then sold quietly for $18,600,000. The fourth over-$10 million sale had been on the market a few months (often a death blow for a listing’s sales price potential), had fallen out of escrow once (another common reason a home gets passed over or under bid), then sold for more than the current asking price at the time of the sale. The other under-$10 million sales in Montecito in January still reflect a well-banked buyers pool, with homes selling well over, or millions over, what a seller might have banked just two years back. One thing I keep repeating seems certain, the days of Montecito’s housing market being undervalued are over. If you made your mark financially in this world (or your previous family members did), and you want to be in Montecito, buying an estate on a few acres is a great and impressive way to get settled in. That’s how they did it 100 years ago. And what they were building then are the estates people are often looking specifically to buy now. Case in point is the recent off market sale of an estate on East Valley Road. A Carleton Winslow home built in 1918 on nearly 10 acres in East Montecito that sold 5+/- years ago for $7 million just pulled in a whopping $17.5 million price off market. This sale, along with others, continues to prove that some buyers indeed prefer living in a home from a bygone era. After all, isn’t that Europe? Paris? Countries where the buildings people live in are often hundreds of years old. While I’m not focusing much on the under-$10 million January sales in Montecito, I will say that all the sales prices exceeded my expectations of what to expect even six months ago. A cottage on a busy street selling 20% over asking and in the $2 millions as an example. Homes way up in the hills selling near $10 million when two years ago it might have been $6 or $7. Other homes in town, on busy streets, going in the $4’s and $5’s that would have been in the $3’s and $4’s just 18 months ago or less. And now, people are buying very much equally in all price ranges. This is the main difference in our recent market vs. any market in the past. Approximately 50% of all home sales in Montecito each year “pre-pandemic” were under $3,000,000. This month, only three out of 13 sales in the MLS were under $3,000,000, less than 25% of homes sold. This is the new norm. Entry-level fixer homes on prime streets on an acre or so are no longer under $3,000,000. So in keeping with buyers’ clear interests (the over $10,000,000 market making up 30% of all sales), here are four homes over $10 million looking for a worthy buyer.

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LOCAL TREASURES Portal to the Past by Rebecca Lee Moody

ifteen years ago, gripped by the idea of initiating a dig into my peoples’ past, I flew straight to the very big and famous (in genealogical circles) Family History Library in Salt Lake City. My plan was to spend a few days immersed in productive research and come away with a nicely-plumped-out family tree full of unearthed, so to speak, discoveries. What actually happened was I went, walked in, sat down and tapped a few details (names, birthdates, countries of origin) into a computer and then waited for the magic to happen. It did, but way too much. Meaning, so many connections and directions to historical records, relations, and lines of family descent came up that I got overwhelmed and walked out. And that was that; the beginning of the mission was also its end. Until last Thursday, when hope for such a project arose anew. I was driving down Castillo and saw what I’ve seen many times, but never visited: the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society’s Sahyun Library. I decided, that day, to stop by and found within a fantastically well-stocked den of assistance and answers for anyone interested in their ancestors. Even better, it doesn’t matter if one knows a lot, or next to nothing about how to conduct, organize, and process research resources. Help is on the way. Here’s how it works. You can just stop in. Heading towards the beach, just past the underpass the library’s driveway is to the immediate left and leads to a large

lot surrounded by a few small buildings, including a lovely old Victorian house. I parked in a spot next to a mini-grove of redwood and pine trees living between the lot and the freeway and must say, while I generally don’t find car lots aesthetically notable, this one’s actually cute and lovely with its historic-looking streetlamp, manicured greenery, and even a tiny native plant garden complete with signs explaining what’s in there. I wandered around a bit before going into the main building and found around its side a peaceful and flowery (lavender and roses) patio at the end of a curvy brick path. There’re a couple of benches there, where I imagined one could have a snack or lunch while on a break from their research activities inside. En route back to the library’s entrance, I stopped for a minute in its inner courtyard, which has a big orange tree in the center and a plaque on the wall reading, “Jan’s Retreat.” The Sahyun Library’s lobby has a bunch of new books for sale (many fresh selections purchased during the pandemic closure period), as well as a rack of used ones. The day I dropped in there was also a volunteer at the desk who couldn’t have been more welcoming. When I mentioned my failed expedition to Utah, how the massive collection of records there was too much of a good thing, she very nicely went straight to explaining the bottom-level basics of how to do family research. Her super-easy instructions also involved the single slice of paper she pulled from a file and handed me. Its title was, “My First ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Ancestors Chart.” A tour of the library followed and at 2,600 square feet the place is bigger than

The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society’s Sahyun Library is located at 316 Castillo Street

I’d imagined. Along one wall of the main room are computers (both PCs and Macs) for visitors’ use and in the middle are tables where you can stake out with your own laptop, if you prefer. In an adjoining area are tall rows of hand-built oak library shelves holding books organized by state. Another volunteer pointed out what was within various sections, each of which is broken down into counties. Periodically pulling out a volume, she described how lists of passengers on boats to Ellis Island are documented and even looked up one of my great-grandparents. There are specialty sections, too, such as the Jewish genealogy area. Also in the Sahyun are periodicals, CDs, video, and audio tapes, maps, microfilm, printers and more (including Santa Barbara County schools’ yearbooks) as well as access to a variety of genealogy subscription sites. It’s not a lending library, but anyone can stop in and use those things (a small donation is requested for non-members). Membership brings a bunch of additional benefits like the coaches they have available to help, publications such as the newsletter “Tree Tips,” plus specialty classes and unique occurrences like “Picnic in the Cemetery.” There have been five of the graveyard

gatherings so far, the last of which happened in 2021 at the Goleta Cemetery. Rick, who lives there, opened the program with a short introduction to the history of the cemetery and this was followed by SBCGS members and actors who’d researched the backgrounds of six chosen “residents.” They’d put together scripts and costumes and acted out the life stories of the people. “Hello, I was born in 1850...” The library’s unusual name comes from the structure’s original use. Constructed in 1949, the one-story, red-tiled building was once the scientific laboratory of Dr. Melville Sahyun, a fellow born in Beirut, but who moved to Santa Barbara in 1923. A biochemist and medical pioneer, Dr. Sahyun’s focus was primarily prescription drugs and he churned out many discoveries, the most oft-mentioned of which was the invention of the anti-inflammatory molecule tetrahydrozoline, which became Visine. Dr. Sahyun’s family donated his laboratory, along with the accessory buildings on the one-and-a-half-acre property, to the SBCGS in 1998. The above-mentioned Victorian house had been the home of Dr. and Mrs. Sahyun. Before leaving the laboratory-turned-library, I chatted around a bit with a few of the other volunteers, sharing details from my own family’s history that I thought might make tracing some of them difficult. No one was fazed, however, nor encouraged discouragement. For, as it turns out, and I learned there that day... if someone existed, there’s a path reaching back to them, no matter the situations or circumstances. The volunteers all said, with a smile, the same thing: “We’ll find them.” The Sahyun Library’s location is 316 Castillo Street. Its current open times are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am until 4 pm. There are also virtual meetings, workshops, and “Lunch and Learn” events open to the public, and free. Registration for these events is required and available on the website: www.SBGen.org.

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Irish Fishing vs. Russian Force A Perspective on Masculinity by Rinaldo S. Brutoco

major battle broke out between a bunch of Irish fishermen from County Cork Ireland, and the pride of the Russian navy. You may have missed the news story, so it is worth spending some time looking at what happened, why, and what lessons we can take away from the exchange. The story begins with a major Russian naval armada scheduling full-scale war games in international waters off the Irish coast. That seems like a relatively normal activity in Russia’s increasingly frequent use of military “exercises” to flex their military muscles. Think of the 115,000 troops massed as an “exercise” on the borders of Ukraine. The “exercises” on land near Ukraine’s border, and at sea off the Irish coast (read the United Kingdom’s immediate neighborhood), are the type of muscle flexing we’d expect of any autocrat. The sort of performative masculinity that a bare-chested, horseback riding, muscle-flexing, hockey-playing Russian president (dictator?) Vladimir Putin clearly relishes. He is the absolute poster boy for old-fashioned stereotypical images of domineering “maleness” – projected in uniquely overstated displays of aggressive masculinity. This model of being “strong” has been the cornerstone of the paternalistic masculinity that has over the centuries led to countless wars and other acts of aggression time and again. There is no bigger “bully” on today’s global stage than Putin, and he wants everyone to know it. He is constantly telegraphing this exaggerated masculine stereotype to his own people as well as to every other leader on the world stage. Putin’s anachronistic displays of manliness would be comical if they hadn’t already proved so deadly. For example, in the Donbas region of Ukraine over 10,000 have died, and continue to die currently, as a direct result of his aggression. And let’s not forget how Russia already seized by military force the entire Crimea from Ukraine: the first time since Hitler’s World War II aggression that a European nation’s borders were altered by military force. Yes, Putin is a dangerous masculine ego operating on the world stage with little restraint on him. Contrast that with Patrick Murphy, a humble Irish fisherman and the chief executive of the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organization. When confronted by Putin’s “war games” the naval armada planned to operate right in Murphy’s fishing grounds, he issued an ultimatum to Putin that few thought would succeed: when fishing season legally opened on the first of February, he intended to fish his ancestral fishing grounds 150 miles offshore of Cork where his boats were moored. Russian war games or not, when fishing season opened, he and his fellow fishermen would be heading out. Murphy’s action was to protest non-violently against a massive, unrestrained military force. He had no weapons. His ship was tiny, but still he was willing to sail into the midst of Russian war ships, engaged in a “game” being directed by a megalomaniacal, chest thumping dictator, seeking to display his “masculine” ability to restrict anyone, anywhere from resisting his command. As negotiations broke down between the Irish government and Moscow, Murphy declared to Politico on January 25: “Our boats will be going out to that area on the first of February to go fishing… When one boat needs to return to port, another will head out so there is a continuous presence on the water. If that is in proximity to where the [military] exercise is going, we are expecting that the Russian naval services will abide by the anti-collision regulations.” Politico reported that having boats “continuously in the exercise waters, the fishermen would – peacefully – prevent the Russians from conducting the exercise.” The military name for what Murphy was fighting is “Russian grey-zone aggression.” In this case, an outrageous re-construction of something even more disproportionate than David’s run in with Goliath. There is also a military term to describe this non-violent approach to overcoming aggression, which Murphy and his fishing cohort had probably never heard of even though they skillfully deployed it. It’s called “asymmetric deterrence.” Murphy was no fool. He understood that acting aggressively toward the Russian navy would only give them an excuse to do damage to their fishing vessels. His deterrence was simply his unarmed presence in the field. Murphy knew what was at stake for his family and the entire fishing community of Cork. He had to fish. It is the only way he and the other fisherman have to feed their respective families. In his own words, “This is the livelihoods of fishermen and fishing families all around the coastline here…” He analogized his situation the way a simple farmer would anywhere in the world: “This is our ground,” said Murphy, “this is our farm, this is where we earn our living. Why should somebody be able to come in and do that in our waters?”

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o much of the focus of “green buildings” is on energy efficiency – triple-pane, gas-infused windows that lock in heat or closed-cell spray foam insulation. These technologies are designed to reduce the need for heating and cooling and therefore reduce greenhouse gas emissions, like carbon dioxide. But Chris Magwood, director of the Endeavour Centre Sustainable Building School, says that building such a structure might actually contribute more greenhouse gasses than raising a basic building. It all boils down to “embodied carbon” – carbon embedded in the materials used in construction. Embodied carbon is different from the carbon dioxide released during the operational phase, the period after construction when people move in and use the building. In one of his studies, Magwood, who built his own straw bale home, suggests opting instead for sustainable building materials like straw and wood fiberboard insulation, softwood floors, and wood windows to reduce embodied carbon. Magwood also shows how buildings can actually pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Embodied carbon is responsible for 11 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions. But using materials that store carbon can actually soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the building’s walls to create a carbon sink, making a zero-net carbon structure.

AI traffic lights could make traffic flow way more efficient

Researchers are working hard to make traffic lights artificially intelligent to keep traffic flowing smoother and more efficiently. A study on the matter is part of Germany’s K14LSA project that’s funded by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure and is supported by a number of partner organizations. One partner installed high-resolution cameras and radar sensors at a high-traffic street-light-controlled intersection in the city of Lemgo. The cameras were able to record the number of vehicles waiting for the lights to change, the amount of time each vehicle had to wait, and the average speed at which the vehicles went through the intersection. The data that the cameras collected were then used to train a machine-learning-based computer algorithm, which then virtually experimented with other light-changing patterns that adapt to real-time traffic conditions. In this way, the algorithm would work out the best patterns for minimizing wait times. According to these simulations, the best AI-based patterns could potentially improve traffic flow by 10 to 15 percent. Further, better traffic lights can help cut greenhouse gas emissions from reduced travel time. In the end, it was Putin and the Russian navy who flinched. Days before the start of the season, Russia announced it was moving its war games to a different location. In seeing the conflict this way, Murphy was demonstrating a very different type of masculinity than what Putin packages and sells. He is taking the role of a nurturing husband and father who needs to take care of his family and is willing to put his own life on the line to do it. That level of nurturing, devoid of any testosterone driven machismo, is the very antithesis of Putin’s chest-thumping, strongman posturing. A man braving the elements and a harsh environment to feed his family out of a sense of duty to them and his “tribe” are as old as the first “caveman.” It is brave conduct borne of a sense of responsibility regardless of the danger. That’s authentic masculinity. Thank you, Patrick Murphy, for demonstrating the contrast of your way of being male with that of a man who would be Czar – at any cost. The latter is merely a caricature of manhood, that only a true bully would choose over authentic strength. Thank you, Mr. Murphy, for demonstrating this truly alternative expression of healthy masculinity. Rinaldo Brutoco, an entrepreneur, is the founding president and CEO of the Santa Barbara-based World Business Academy and a co-founder of JUST Capital

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Body Wise Exploring ESP by Ann Brode

ost people haven’t thought much about the connection between their body’s sensory awareness and extra-sensory perception. They consider ESP extra-ordinary and practiced only by adepts or frauds. But, it’s actually available to anyone who pays attention to their inner senses. Although we’re well acquainted with the externals, sound-sight-taste-touch-smell, the internal senses often get overlooked. In order to access your inner knowing, you’ll need to become familiar with your inner senses. Let me introduce you. Your body has four distinct sensory ways to relay information from the inside. Your vestibular system records balance and movement; proprioception registers position and location; nociception detects pain and discomfort; and interoception connects you with internal awareness and emotional feeling. Though all of the inner senses contribute to inner knowing, interoception is the direct link to what we classically think of as the sixth sense or extrasensory perception. For simplicity, let’s just call this your body sense. Because your body sense has been integral to your physical experience since the beginning, you may think of it as no big deal. But, when it comes to being intuitive, it is. Healers and sensitives have resourced their body’s inner knowing for precognition, healing, and psychic ability for centuries. More recently, using imagining technology, researchers have tracked the relationship between internal sensory awareness and intuitive behavior. You may experience a bit of this when a hunch plays out or you think of someone just before they call. You may see it show up in an emotional situation, choosing to respond with your heart rather than your head. Even in a poker game, your body sense may be helping you “know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em.” All of these could be just pure chance. But they could also be your ESP at work. ESP has several different channels of communication. Depending on how they present, these are clairvoyance, clairaudience, claircognizance, and clairsentience. Clairvoyance, known as second sight, is the one you’re probably most familiar with. But, the other avenues for sensory perception are actually more common. Perhaps, getting a hunch is a kind of inner knowing or claircognizance. Intuiting the emotions of others could be clairsentience and hearing an inner voice telling you lay down your cards could be an example of clairaudience. When reading the room modifies your delivery, you’re definitely being clairsentient. To explore some of these avenues, all you need to do is listen in. 10– 17 February 2022

Listening in to your body sense is a good way to bolster your ESP potential. You can listen in while doing mundane tasks, letting go at the end of the day, or anytime you feel emotional. Listen in during romance. Listen in at work or play, Listen in when you exercise or meditate. Without judgement, observe what’s going on. Notice how comfort/ discomfort, agitation/calm, excitement, joy, and sorrow feel. As you listen in, observe how your body communicates. Often irrational, ridiculously literal, and rooted in imagery, metaphor, and symbol, body speak will require translation. For instance, when your body shuts down and clams up, it’s saying no. When it’s in the flow, so are you and all is okay. When you hear a story and you get goosebumps, pay attention. If phrases such as “got off on the wrong foot,” “do something half-hearted,” or “a knee-jerk reaction” come to mind, perhaps you need to get balanced, be in touch, and calm down.

ESP Explorations

You can have fun experimenting with your body sense. Just pose a simple yes-no question, turn inward, and pay attention to what you feel, hear, or sense. Here are some ways this might play out in real life: - Listen to your heart. If you want to know if your heart is on board with any decision, bring your internal awareness to your heart center and ask. If the area gets compressed, blocked, or agitated, it’s asking you reconsider. If it feels open and calm, the answer is yes. - Listen to your gut. Placing a hand on your stomach, think about a project, relationship, or investment and notice what happens. If you feel a tense, fluttering or a sinking feeling, your intuition is saying be careful. If your belly feels soft and content, the

answer is yes. -L isten to your emotional body. If you’re with someone, even a stranger, and your body gets a sudden hit of emotion, ask yourself if this is yours or not. If it’s yours, it’ll feel familiar and informative. If it’s not, it’s telling you something about the other per-

tle things and evaluate the results. Like any work in progress, remember, you’re learning as you go along. The more you use it, the more accurate it becomes. Putting it to use simply makes it get stronger. Pretty soon, you’ll trust it as valued partner for the big things. When you align intuition with intention, you

Listening in to your body sense is a good way to bolster your ESP potential. You can listen in while doing mundane tasks, letting go at the end of the day, or anytime you feel emotional.

son’s emotional state. - Listen to your inner voice. If you’re mulling over a question, listen to the words that pop up. These can show up as random sayings, something overheard, or the lyrics of a song stuck in your head. Why not mine these words for meaning to get your answer? Think how many times you’ve been told to listen to your heart or trust your gut or go with your feelings. Perhaps this is where ESP begins. To take it a step further, set a goal to pay attention to your inner wisdom, and put it to use in everyday ways. Let it help you make decisions, fine tune communication, be self-aware, and change your mind. Don’t be afraid to put it to the test. To start, let your body sense lead the way in the lit-

have a powerful combo. Social distancing has given us time to slow down and pay attention close at home. Why not take some time and explore something old to find something new? All you have to do is direct your attention inward and be a curious observer. Exploring a bit of ESP is no longer fringy, esoteric stuff. It’s literally part of who you are. Ann Todhunter Brode has been an Aston Patterning practitioner and body-oriented therapist in SB for over forty years. A recognized master in her field, Brode writes down-to-earth, compassionate articles on the challenges & rewards of living consciously in the body. Visit www.bodywisdomforlife. com for more information.

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Editorial (Continued from 5) caused it. And I do not believe that we did anything to cause Otis’s death.” The groomer says that he’s never before had a dog die while under his care as a groomer. And that many of his canine clients, over the years, have been French Bulldogs.

tive they are. Not just to heat. It can happen, and very likely in this particular case was a combination of not that it was necessarily too hot, but the dog was too excited.” According to Dr. Waikart, French Bulldogs probably shouldn’t be allowed to go to any situation, groomer, doggy

“I think it’s important to talk about this, so this doesn’t happen to another dog ever if possible, which it will. French Bulldogs are extraordinarily common in our community and many people don’t seem to have the awareness of how sensitive they are.” – Dr. Mary Waikart

So what then did cause an otherwise “healthy” three-year-old French Bulldog to perish within two hours of being dropped off at the groomer, and is this common? Apparently, it’s more common than one might think. A quick internet search of “dog deaths during grooming” reveals that it is surprisingly common. In 2018 the Associated Press ran a story claiming that over the past decade, 47 dogs had died during or within days of grooming at PetSmart stores across the country. The nine-month investigation by NJ Advance Media was based on reports by PetSmart customers in 14 states and found that 25 different breeds had died. According to the report, 20 of the 47 deaths happened to brachycephalic dogs — those with short noses and smushed faces, such as French Bulldogs, English Bulldogs, and similar breeds that can have trouble breathing, especially in stressful or hot environments. I asked Dr. Waikart, the doctor on call at Montecito Veterinary Hospital when Otis was rushed in, why this might have happened to Otis and why it happens so often generally. And while Waikart had been instructed by her hospital’s parent company not to talk on the record about this particular case, she nonetheless felt it was important to help educate the community on this subject. “I think it’s important to talk about this, so this doesn’t happen to another dog ever if possible, which it will. French Bulldogs are extraordinarily common in our community and many people don’t seem to have the awareness of how sensitive they are.” “As a veterinarian, if you come in with a brachycephalic breed puppy or dog, and I’ve never seen you before, the first thing I talk to you about is they must not overheat... It is not common knowledge even to people who have them. Many don’t seem to understand how delicate they are, and how sensi10– 17 February 2022

daycare, those types of places, if they’re not being 100% eagle-eye watched. “That’s my best advice to anyone who owns them, regardless of the temperature, but temperature’s going to make it a thousand times worse, because they don’t effectively cool themselves. The way that they’re shaped – we love – and we think is so cute and they’re snoring or snorting, that’s actually a very large indicator that they’re not breathing appropriately. They’re not capable on a good day of breathing like a normal dog. So, when you put them in any stressful or warm or humid environment, especially a crowded situation. Crowded is really bad... Anyone in this business would know this... anyone who’s responsible for watching your dog would’ve seen signs if the pet was being appropriately monitored.” So was Otis being appropriately monitored and if not, why not? According to the groomer, “The cages we put the dogs in while transitioning between washing and drying are within eyesight of where we sit and work, but not necessarily within earshot because the dryers are loud and can drown out some of the sounds. I could see the front of Otis’s cage, but if he had moved to the back of the cage to lay down, which is common, I wouldn’t have necessarily been able to see him.” “It can happen very fast,” says Dr. Waikart. “Usually, absolute fastest is 15 minutes... in a hot car it can happen 15-20 minutes tops. I mean, they’ll start having absolutely horrible breathing problems within that first 15 minutes, and then they can die within 15 to 20 minutes... In what they’re describing of their environment, because it wasn’t hot, it would’ve had to have been that excitement that all those dogs were running around in front of his face... And then he swells and the way they cool themselves down is through panting and they’re mechanically not made to be able to effectively reduce their heat. So,

it’s kind of like a baby, where they can’t thermoregulate, so once the temperature starts to go up, it just snowballs.” Dr. Waikart says this is all too common. “I’ve seen Bulldogs walking down State Street at 65 degrees during Fiesta in August when it’s cloudy, not sunny, 65-degree weather, and just from the excitement they overheat and die of heatstroke. And they’re just out walking. It’s a really horrible thing that tells you though that some families also are not aware of how sensitive they are. They’re just not aware that because they’re cute and they sound cute, that snoring and the way that they breathe, people love that.” That quality that makes us fall in love with brachycephalic breeds is reportedly one of the reasons that just this past week, Norway outlawed the breeding of Bulldogs (not French Bulldogs) because they said there’s not a healthy example of a Bulldog in the country. “When I bought this dog, I was uneducated to what it takes to bring a Bulldog into this world,” says Otis’s mother. “I had an English Bulldog for 16 years, she was the love of my life and died. Two years later I got Otis. But, my eyes are open now to the pain and suffering that these Bulldogs go through.” Dr. Waikart wants people who already have French Bulldogs or other brachycephalic breeds to be comforted by knowing that there are things that can be done for their respiratorily challenged pups. “Even if your pet is already not breathing well on a good day and you’re worried about what may happen, there are preventative surgeries one can do to help them. You can open up their nose. You can open up their airway so [the constriction] doesn’t happen and make it much less likely for it to happen. And we just happen to have a surgeon at Advanced Veterinary Specialists in Santa Barbara whose expertise is Brachycephalic Airway Syndrome. If you’re interested, call Dr. Ludwig at AVS to discuss this option. Otis’s mother says that Otis did, in fact, have this procedure when he was a year old, but Dr. Waikart nonetheless

insists that the procedure has successfully helped many of her patients. “We’re not in the business of trying to ruin anybody’s life, or to make anybody look horrible,” says the family’s daughter. So, I really don’t want it to be something where it’s like, I’m attacking this person specifically. It’s just I want people to make sure that their dogs are safe... if there were changes made and they felt there were things they could do to avoid [these kinds of problems in the future], that would be good.” I asked the groomer if he plans to rethink any of his operating procedures in light of this tragedy and he said, “Yes, I will no longer put a Frenchie or any other brachycephalic breed in a cage.” We at the Montecito Journal are so sorry for the loss of Otis, and hope this article provides helpful information so this problem is not repeated. If you had a child with a nut allergy, you’d protect your child from nuts, but would also want anyone around your child to be familiar with your kid’s critical health idiosyncrasies. Special dog breeds also have unique health needs. If you have one of these breeds, everyone handling it should be aware of them. And certainly, any breeder of animals with such layers of complexity should be responsible for educating those who adopt these animals. Tags indicating critical health needs wouldn’t be a bad idea either. For further resources on brachycephalic breeds and their recommended care, Dr. Waikart suggests that you go to Veterinarypartner.com and search heatstroke. Also search B-R-A-C-H-Y C-E-P-H-A-L-I-C Syndrome.

Gwyn Lurie is CEO and Executive Editor of the Montecito Journal Media Group

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“With the whole world crumbling, we pick this time to fall in love.” — Ilsa in Casablanca

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DONORS

At the end of the year, Heal the Ocean publishes our donor list in the newspaper as a way of recognizing our great supporters. However, we noticed that the 2021 cut-off was just too soon to include everyone before print. We don’t want to leave ANYONE out, so we’ve created this Valentine’s Day tribute to thank those who have helped us so generously in all of 2021 and up to January 28, 2022. To everyone, we send Hearts & Flowers and our deepest thanks.

Jettie Edwards Cinda & Donnelley Erdman Stuart & Deborah Fuss J.T. Gerig Ed Hackett

Meg Miller & Dean Dawson

Barbara Murphy-Shannon

Beverly Decker

Shira & Dr. Mark Musicant Dennis & Carolyn Naiman/ Naiman Family Foundation Ronald & Roberta Nye Michael & Lisa O’Connell Bill & Tina Palmisano Peggy Ewing & Bob Pierce Julia Pizzinat Valerie & David Powdrell Meagan Prasad/805 Bracelets Georgia & Angelo Pulos

in honor of 4 Great Grads

in honor of JJ Hackett & Sam Baris Karla Shelton & Bruce Dobrin

Marianne & Jim Henry Frank Hood Lori Lewis Steve & Dianne Lopez

in memory of Peter Michael Ryan

Cynthia Norris Penny Mathison & Don Nulty Pauline Paulin Margaret Pinney David Rockey Elvira Rose Ruth Rowe Sheldon & Alice Sanov Lee Scheuermann

in memory of John Scheuermann

Andrew Simons Christy Venable

in memory of John Venable III

Gayla & Santi Visalli Malcolm Weiss

in honor of Dr. Mary Furner

David & Julie Wexler Jon Wilcox

in memory of Phil Wilcox

Barbara Willett George & Judy Writer Donald & Caroline Young Mary Beth & David Yudovin Cynthia Ziegler

THAT’S AMORE Anonymous (2) Anonymous

in memory of Eric & Danny Sutherland

Timothy Accurso

in honor of Opera Santa Barbara’s production of El Amor Brujo/ II Tabarro

Mike Allen Judy & Bruce Anticouni Randall & Shelley Badat MJ Bakove Jeanne Barnard Kikka Bayly Kathy B. Beyers Marty & Joe Blum Suzanne Brown

in honor of the Stanczyks

Bryant & Sons Jewelers Deborah Burns

in honor of Hillary Hauser

Brett & Susan Caine Deedee Calderwood William & Margaret Callahan Joanna Candler Anne Carty Cotty & Isabella Chubb Dave & Angelica Clark Dave & Jeannie Clark

Connie & Dennis Doheny

in memory of Brandon Yates

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Sylvelin Edgerton Pamela Elliott Robert Else Julia Emerson Thomas C. Evans Barbara & Charles Farish/ The Farish Family Brad & Ann Fiedel Jack Finnegan

in memory of Chuck Vinson

Kimberly Ford

in memory of Richard Ford

Jennifer Fry

in memory of David Fry

Gary Fuller Tish Gainey Nicola & Cliff Ghersen Jon Gilkeson Andrew Gottlieb Barbara Greenleaf Michael Hamman Barbara & Roy Harthorn Roy Hauser Jeff Heyman Michael F. Hoover Vicki & Lach Hough Joe & Barbara Howell Infrared Ahead Sue Irwin Michael Stubbs & Glenn Jordan Christy Kayser-Cook in honor of Sharon Kayser

Gail Kennedy

in honor of Andrew Velikanje

J. Kenny Ava Schulenberg & Elizabeth Kim David Klinger

in memory of Cindy Klinger

Michael Visser & Ursula Lamberti William & Martha Lannan Lori Lenz Russell Russo Levasseur Jon & Sue Lewis Light Yoga in honor of Charlotte Brace

Betty Little Lobster Town U.S.A. Gallery Dale Lowdermilk

in honor of Natalie & Haley Klan

John Lyon MacFarlane, Faletti & Co. LLP Liza Jane MacNaughton Mike & Mary Lynn Mallen in memory of Maxine Knight Clark Gail Marshall Kate Mead & Marty Conoley Loraine & Billy B. McIntosh Jane Craven Teresa McWilliams in memory of Pat Canning Robert & Linda Meyer Bob Cunningham Tom & Kim Modugno Natalie Cutler in honor of Patty & Thayer Bigelow Deb Monroe Sylvie Monsivais Virginia Mariposa Dale in memory of Hercules, calendar cat

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in honor of Hillary Hauser

in honor of Sarah McLean

in memory of Joanna Newton

Samuel & Patricia Burke

in memory of Gertrude L. Kutzer (Burke)

Samuel & Patricia Burke Nancy Castro Steb & Mary Carolyn Chandor in memory of Paul Turpin

Steb & Mary Carolyn Chandor Shivkumar Chandrasekaran Dr. & Mrs. John A. Clark Carrie Clark-Kenny Mary Conrad Barbara Coster in memory of Peter Ryan

Trish Reynales

Kathryn Courain

Christine Ryerson Daniel & Belinda Sarich/ American Modular Systems Inc. Carol Sawyer Peter Sawyer

Carter Cox

in memory of Carlos H. Reynales

in memory of Brooke & Barbara Sawyer

Deacon Shorr Victoria Shorr

in honor of Stanley Eigner

Nancy Smith-Tubiolo Reed & Yvonne Spangler Clayton Stanford Joan & Gary Stauffer Ed Stetson Eric & Patricia Swenson Dr. Richard Nagy & Julie Taguchi Kirk & Marguerite Taylor Erika Thost Grant & Dana Trexler The Trigueiro Family Turpin-Allebrand Family Foundation Laura Vondracek The Alan Wann Ohana Scott & Laurie Waters Mr. Robert Williams Jr. & Mrs. CarolynWilliams Janet & Harvey Wolf Sheridan & Laury Wolfe in honor of Cory Wolfe

Galen Wood Grace Yoon C.S. Young Mark Zwickel

LOVEBIRDS Anonymous (5) Patricia Adams

in honor of Ryan Patrick Moore

Susan (Yates) Anderson

in memory of Brandon Yates

Robert Andre

in memory of Paul Wadley

Robert Andre Betty Austin George & Betty Baffa Marvin Bauer Chip Bell Tammy Berouty Norrine Besser Jack & Marguerite Bianchi Marianne Bloom William & Rose Bordin Travis & Debra Bower

for the HTO Doggy Bag Program in honor of Cameron Green

Sheldon & Janet Crandall in memory of Tim Cutler

Doug Cummings Michael Curry Andrew & Adrianne Davis Fran & Roger Davis Nicholas & Margaret Dewey Downey Family Foundation/ Charlie Hocking Robert Du Domaine in memory of Genay Andre

I. Eden Jettie Edwards Janet Eyre Tom Farr Kevin & Shelley Fitzpatrick Carla Frisk Jennifer Fry Kathy B. Gallo Eugene Geller Amanda & Bob George Givz.com Barbara Godley Marilyn Goldman Marina Gonzalez Patricia Guilfoyle Juliette Haggh/Raytheon Employee Giving John Hankins Hillary Hauser Steve Hausz Steve Hausz in honor of Hillary Hauser

Sarah (Sally) Hearon David & Nancy Hill Charlie Hocking Christopher Horner Michael Howard Susie Howell Rick Hummel

in memory of Wes Bortolazzo

Abhijit Karandikar

in honor of Megha Manjunath

Paul & Cynthia Kimmel Francine Kirsch Anna Kokotovic Peter & Barbara Lackner David & Sharon Landecker Lane Family Fund

in memory of Peter Michael Ryan

Robert & Mary Ann Latham Talithia Laurain/AbbVie Employee Match Program

Glenn & Alison Leopold David Levenson Marian Lindner Dreena Lindsay Barbara Loebman G.R. Loustalot Margaux Lovely Ernie & Linda Lugdon

in memory of Frank Louda

Jeppe Madsen Frances Marsh Ria Marsh Bruce & Sheila Marshall Nancy Masse Robert & Patricia Mayer Penny Maynard Tom & Therese McClachrie Carolyn McCleskey Jane McCluskey Horia & Jane Metiu Gary & Gerda Meyer James Mitchell Jr. S. Mobraaten Kim & George Morales in memory of Blanton Jones

Carter Morgan Denbar Movado Bonnie Muench Lucinda Winters Nash Vera Nelson Ashley Newbill

in honor of Carpe Data

Ken & Alex Palley Lauren Perry

in memory of Dan Sutherland

Bill, Pam & Lily Poehler Lydia Deems & William Prothero, Jr. Simone Reddingius Craig Rice James Riegert/Raytheon Employee Giving Susanne & Randall Roberts Ashley Rusch Jayne Ryan Brenda Scherlis Pamela Scott Mary Louise Scully Bill Paxson & Lynne Sherman Ryan Shields Maida Smith Melinda Staveley Harrison E. Stroud The Swanson Family Deb & Tom Trauntvein Family Jo Beth & Gary Trimble

in memory of Billy B. McIntosh

Hugh & Karen Twibell Nancy Vogel Rick & Laura Vopatek Jill Wayne in honor of Dia

Corinne Williams Skip Willis Theresa Yandell Arnette Zerbe Charles Zimmerman

in honor of Paul Cichocki

HTO thanks the Phyllis S. Poehler/Water E. Stremel Charitable Trust, St. Paul, Minnesota, for the funds for our public outreach, including this tribute to our supporters.

*Donations received as of 1/28/2022.

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Community Voices Good Solutions Require Good Information by Dan Meisel

e can’t solve important local problems unless we get better at recognizing what we do and don’t know. That includes acknowledging when our conclusions may be unsupported and when we need to look beyond our own experiences to understand the experiences of others. Consider, for example, discussions about dual language immersion (DLI) programs, in which students experience educational curriculum in two languages. DLI programs have existed for a long time, but a ballot initiative passed by California voters in 1998 required nearly all classroom instruction for English language learners to be conducted in English. In the ensuing decades, it became clear that “immersing” English language learners only in English instruction was not working well for far too many students. With persistent performance below grade-level, low scores on assessments of English proficiency, and low rates of reclassification to “fluent English proficient,” gaps in academic performance between English learners and their English-proficient peers were widening rather than narrowing. Awareness of these outcomes spurred passage of a ballot initiative in 2016 that removed the 1998 barriers to bilingual education. The languages we speak are often a big part of our identity, as they can be connected to one’s nationality, race, ethnicity, or social status. Discussions about the language of public-school instruction therefore evoke strong feelings, not just among parents, but also among taxpayers. Strong feelings, however, can get in the way of effective problem solving. When local school districts announced plans to create voluntary DLI programs at designated schools, stiff opposition arose. Some of it concerned real impacts

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on non-DLI students, but much of it consisted of unsupported opinions about DLI itself. One form of opposition has been a continuing defense of English immersion, often by people who say English immersion worked for them, so the problem must be with current students or teachers. In most cases, however, these speakers were proficient in their initial language, which tends to accelerate acquisition of a second language. They are surprised to learn that many Spanish-only speaking parents in our area fear that speaking to their children in Spanish will get in the way of their children learning English. Those children suffer from a deficit of vocabulary in both Spanish and English that slows both their language and more general academic development. Others opposing DLI point to a particular bilingual program’s negative outcomes as proof that bilingual education “doesn’t work” – as if all such programs are the same. Those who work in the bilingual space know that the reality is more nuanced. As Santa Barbara County’s Director of Literacy and Language Support Dr. Carlos Pagán once told me, “The history of bilingual education is that good programs

The languages we speak are often a big part of our identity, as they can be connected to one’s nationality, race, ethnicity, or social status. Discussions about the language of public-school instruction therefore evoke strong feelings, not just among parents, but also among taxpayers. Strong feelings, however, can get in the way of effective problem solving.

produce good outcomes, and bad programs produce bad outcomes. The key is understanding and implementing what makes good programs good.” Many of the attributes of good programs appear in Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education (now in 3rd Edition), which has informed the very deliberate structures of DLI programs like the one in its fifth year at Canalino Elementary School in Carpinteria. Sixty percent of students entering Canalino are English language learners, and many of them live in poverty. Canalino’s program, designed by a district task force that included administrators, teachers, parents, and Dr. Pagán, begins in kindergarten with an equal mix of native Spanish speakers, native English speakers, and students from multi-lingual homes. Instruction is initially 90% in Spanish and 10% in English. These proportions shift by 10% each year until they reach equal shares in fourth grade. Canalino’s program was the first DLI program, according to Dr. Pagán, to designate time each day for Spanish-speakers to focus specifically on English language development and English-speakers to focus specifically on Spanish language development, beyond what students learn through the regular curriculum. Assessment is also a key component of Canalino’s program. In addition to teachers tracking their students’ progress in both languages, Canalino has engaged a team of UCSB researchers to conduct a longitudinal assessment of its DLI student outcomes, including comparing them to outcomes for non-DLI students. While there are already indications of positive performance gains relative to non-DLI students and exciting increases in engagement by Spanish-speaking parents, it is still too soon to draw conclusions, particularly with recent interruptions from the fires, mudflow, and pandemic. The most important data should become available over the next few years. Word of positive experiences must be spreading, however, as a lottery and waitlist now exist for enrollment. While I learned about the Canalino program though ADL’s local exploration of academic achievement gaps, I later became involved (in my non-ADL capacity) as a funder of the UCSB research component. While I am hopeful the data confirms that Canalino’s program “works” for its students, I won’t be reaching any firm conclusions until data supports some. I also won’t assume that outcomes at Canalino will ensure positive outcomes for the similarly modeled DLI programs that have since emerged in the Santa Barbara, Goleta, Santa Maria-Bonita, Solvang, and Lompoc districts, which I hear have resulted in more lotteries and waitlists. It will be important that those programs incorporate assessments to determine what is and isn’t working in their environments. In our polarized world, we need be particularly wary of reaching conclusions based only on the limited information to which we have access. When someone asks if you are “for” or “against” programs you don’t know intimately, you can answer (as I do about bilingual education), that you are for good programs, against bad programs, and in favor of allocating the resources and effort necessary to determine which are which.

“We are most alive when we’re in love.” — John Updike

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Ernie’s World

Robert’s Big Questions

by Ernie Witham

by Robert Bernstein

Live Well. Laugh Often.

was staring blankly at a shelf in the garage. I’d been on a quest for something when I left the house some 15 steps earlier, but my mind stopped working at about step 12. I moved some boxes around for inspiration. That’s when I found the Monopoly game. It was an early edition. Still had the thimble, the boot, and the wheelbarrow tokens. They were voted out in 2017 and replaced by T-Rex, a penguin, and a rubber ducky. Wonder if the thimble contested the vote. I sighed. My kid brother, Jimmy, and I used to play Monopoly for hours in New Hampshire. Rainy days. Snowy days. Punishment days. “But Ma, all the other kids were doing it.” “If they all jumped off Messer Street Bridge, would you do that too?” I decided no answer would be best for that question. Jimmy was four years younger than me, so I could almost always beat him at Monopoly. So, to be fair (but still win, of course), we used to start by divvying up all the properties and hotels. “Let’s see that’s Pennsylvania Ave with five hotels... you owe me... everything.” At this point, normally mid-mannered Jimmy would pick up one corner of the board and flip it into the air. Next would come the bank, paper money flying everywhere, and finally any snacks we might be having like Wise Potato Chips. This would bring Ma back into the picture. She’d look at sweet Little Jimmy, then me. I’ll let you guess who bore the brunt of consternation. As we were picking everything up, we’d look at each other and burst out laughing. “Wanna play again?” “Can I have Pennsylvania Ave this time?” “Sure! I’ll just take Boardwalk and Park Place. No one ever lands on them.” As the older, wiser one I always wanted to show Jimmy some new thing I had mastered, like archery. “Watch this!” I took my bow, strung one of those “safety arrows” with the blunt metal tips on it and pointed it straight up. “Let’s see how close it lands.” We both looked up as the arrow all but disappeared, then watched as it came back down. It landed about six inches from us with a loud thwack. We laughed – nervously. Ma just happened to see this and it was goodbye bow. Somehow we survived adolescence. As teens, we took up music. Jim had a drum set, a guitar, and could sing. My musical highlight was when the neighbor rushed over as I was strumming and vocalizing a popular ‘60s hit, because she thought the cat was caught in the

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Why Follow the News?

screen door. A few years later, I became interested in photography. I told Jim I was going to buy a single lens reflex camera and he wanted to know all about it. He even went to the camera store with me and we ended up both buying German-made Rolleis. We took photos of everything. “Look at that weird bug!” Click-click-click-click. Do you hear a plane?” Click-click-click-click. “Get a photo of this Frisbee coming at you... oops, sorry. Don’t tell Ma.”

We both looked up as the arrow all but disappeared, then watched as it came back down. It landed about six inches from us with a loud thwack. We laughed – nervously. Maybe the greatest time together was when we got into motorcycles. I bought one first, learned how to ride it in our long dirt driveway, which was bordered on one side by wild blackberry bushes. “Never gonna get those stains out, Bro.” “I know, Bro, just help me get the thorns out.” Jim bought a van in the mid-‘70s and decked it out with captain’s chairs, carpeting, padded walls, and a CB radio. He called it “Shelter From the Storm.” We took it to a two-day blues concert headlined by Canned Heat. We sang “Going Up the Country” at the top of our lungs, along with a couple thousand other stoned campers. We lived together as adults for a while until I moved to California in the late ‘70s. I sold my bike. Jim moved up to a Harley Davidson. He’d always let me ride it when I visited. Of course, everyone in Laconia knew Jim and his bike, so I got some strange looks when they saw me on it. “That Hawaiian shirt didn’t help, Bro.” Ha! Good times. My brother died of COVID in early January. I sure will miss him.

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

have friends who proudly say they shut out following the news. They find it depressing. I have another friend who is on top of everything in the news. Why should we follow the news? Democracy requires participation. And participation requires informed understanding. My friend who is on top of the news does not attend political rallies or even write letters to the editor or to elected officials. This seems a great shame as her understanding is valuable. Those who find the news depressing may be depressed because they don’t know how to act on the news in a meaningful way. I propose that a healthy balance is to allocate a finite amount of time to being a good citizen. And to divide that time equally between staying informed and taking meaningful action. What is meaningful action? That is a real challenge. Some may feel drawn to direct action. They hear about people needing food and they volunteer with a food bank or with an organization like Food Not Bombs. Others will feel that these are just Band-Aid solutions to deep economic justice issues. They may work for institutional change. That might mean advocating for a living wage or a Universal Basic Income and/or working to elect people who will make those things happen. How wide should our concern be? Should we care equally about the suffering of a person on the other side of the world as we care about someone in our neighborhood? One could argue that it is best to direct one’s efforts locally. We have a better understanding of local circumstances and needs and it is more efficient to help locally. But the world is far too connected for such a simple view. Our government is involved all over the globe in terms of trade and military entanglements. Our “local” policies in the U.S. can easily affect people very far away. Refugees on our borders make the news with no context. Are you aware that Reagan funded terrorists, dictatorships, and death squads in Central America that directly led to the current crisis? Are you aware that the U.S. is supporting the Saudis in their brutal war in Yemen? In the words of UNICEF: “Yemen remains one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world, with around 21 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including more than 11 million children.” Elected officials often think that voters just care about their “pocketbook” issues. Even a few letters can help change a

“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” — Hermann Hesse

humanitarian crisis being caused by U.S. policy. But you have to let them know you care! But it is not just government policies. It is also corporate policies. Most manufactured goods we use locally came from far away. Sometimes with components from many faraway places. Raw materials may come from slave labor, virtual slave labor, or child labor in mining operations in Africa. We often hear about the brutal working conditions in factories in China or Vietnam. Are you aware that Walmart actually forces its suppliers to enforce such policies in order to maximize profit and minimize cost? Have you written to Walmart and let them know you care about human rights and not just saving a few cents on your Rubbermaid products? Corporations are actually afraid of bad publicity and boycotts. Another issue: Where do you get your news? The corporate media is funded by corporate sponsors who offer a very narrow range of what counts as “news.” Much of the “news” consists of weather, crime, car, and plane crashes and other incidents disconnected from any broader context. How often is the Climate Crisis tied to extreme weather events? The corporate news is also full of “feelgood stories” such as children raising money with a bake sale to help a neighbor with their cancer treatment. Shouldn’t civilized countries provide that care to their citizens? Are you familiar with “Democracy Now”? For 25 years they have provided listener-funded news on hundreds of radio and TV stations and free online. They cover national and global news and make connections to U.S. government and corporate policy. You can watch, listen, or just read the written summary on their website. Some have dismissed this as a source because of an alleged “liberal bias.” In the words of Stephen Colbert: “Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” You are always free to fact check yourself. But you first have to know what you are missing in the corporate news! Get good quality news. Act. Feel better!

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

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Brilliant Thoughts

Your Westmont

by Ashleigh Brilliant

by Scott Craig

Learning From the Young

friend who was about to turn 50, knowing that I’m in my late 80s, asked me what advice I might have for a person reaching that milestone. I had to tell him that I thought all such “landmarks” artificial and insignificant, being based on our arbitrary counting in tens, which in turn derives from the happenstance that we have ten fingers. If we had 12 fingers, then I suppose 60 would be the big year. Nevertheless, not only in our ages do we dignify these decimal divisions. In the game of Cricket, for example, a player who scores 50 runs is said to have hit a half-century. When my father (who was English, and we were living in England) turned 50 – and I was 15 – I made a card showing him as a cricketer, with the caption “VICTOR BRILLIANT SCORES HIS HALF-CENTURY!” But, in pondering all this, it occurred to me that there was some value in my friend’s inquiry – only he was not going back far enough. The really wise people in our world are the very young – those who have not lived long enough to have their clear vision clouded by experience. Among the lessons they can teach us are these: COURAGE: Only those who are too young to know better are brave enough to dare disaster, to take what their elders regard as foolhardy risks. They are blissfully ignorant of the fragility of the human body. They don’t know about all the “germs” and other unseen hazards that terrify the educated. As a result, whether in climbing trees or rocks, balancing on roof-beams or railway tracks, sliding on snow or on surf, or, in dozens of other ways, defying the odds (of which they are unaware), they somehow survive – except, of course, when they don’t. ENTHUSIASM: For some reason, as we “grow up” – and eventually grow down – things start to seem all the same, and lose the appeal of their freshness and novelty. But, to young people, everything is new, and many things are exciting which will never be so again: toys, games, hobbies, crafts. What was it about board games like Monopoly that so captured the young imagination? Why did stamp collecting absorb me so much for several years, then get put away in an album which I’ve hardly ever looked at again? True, of course, some early interests develop into lifelong passions – but they are the exceptions. In general, it’s only young minds which have the capacity to devour reality, and then, a few years later, stow what they’ve consumed in some remote mental corner. 10– 17 February 2022

HAVING FUN: A happy child is a joy to behold. Children find pleasure in very simple things. My mother (who taught me how to tie bows on the back of a chair) used to say that if you wanted to keep me happy, you need only give me a piece of string. But props are hardly necessary at all. Just think what joy little kids derive from laughing and giggling. They have no need of stand-up comedians or sitcoms. To an ordinary child, all of life is a sitcom. There is fun in puppies, in puddles, in paper airplanes. As you get older, you lose or forget all those amusements. You want to be “entertained,” to have pleasures you can buy.

To an ordinary child, all of life is a sitcom. There is fun in puppies, in puddles, in paper airplanes. CURIOSITY AND WONDER: One of the first things I can remember being told by an uncle whose home I was visiting was “Mustn’t touch!” Children are naturally curious about the world they have only recently entered. They are awed by phenomena like fire, thunder, magnetism. They want to know what things are made of, what’s behind that door, what’s inside that drawer, where things came from (including themselves). They want to know what things feel like, smell like, taste like. It’s too bad so much parental time and ingenuity has to be spent restraining and controlling these impulses, in the interests of “safety.” LEARNING: But the most meaningful of all the things we can learn from the young is the lesson of learning itself. How do infants learn so much so quickly? How do they so soon learn to be standing, walking, talking, running, reading? How is any young child able to learn any culture’s language – even the most difficult – that he or she happens to be born into? With all this in mind, turning 50 may not be the big issue. Maybe we should be more worried about turning five!

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.

Westmont Names New Provost

imberly Battle-Walters Denu, a stalwart of Christian higher education, takes over Westmont’s academic programs as the new provost beginning August 1. “We’re grateful to hire Kim Denu, a gifted leader, global scholar, and a recognized educator with 25 years of executive leadership experience in Christian higher education,” says President Gayle D. Beebe. “Deeply committed to her Christian faith, she brings a high level of integrity and a lengthy, proven track record of leading strong teams as an accomplished administrator and collaborator with both academic institutions and national organizations. She possesses the education, leadership, and global experience and awareness we expect in our chief academic officer.” She will replace Rick Ifland, who has served as interim provost following the retirement of Mark Sargent at the end of 2020. A product of Christian higher education, Denu believes strongly in the value of institutions like Westmont, which can “speak to cultural matters, ameliorate social issues, and bring hope to hopeless situations.” She seeks to uphold Westmont’s academic integrity and the Christian mission of the college while building an atmosphere in which faculty and students feel valued, respected, seen, and heard. “It will be my great privilege to partner with Dr. Beebe, the faculty, and the entire Westmont community as we seek dynamic solutions and collaborative partnerships in the years ahead. I look forward to working with this incredible team of people committed to rigorous academics and a deep love for God expressed through our education to students from all over the world,” she says. An ordained minister, she currently serves as interim director at the District Church in Washington, D.C. In the past year, Denu, who comes from four generations of pastors, considered entering full-time ministry. “But I felt God leading me to return to Christian higher education with my dual calling to work in the academy and with God’s people. Westmont is the perfect place for me to combine my calling and passion for the academy and scholarly rigor and my heart for God,” she says. Previously, Denu worked as vice president for educational programs for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (2019-2021). She spent much of her career at Azusa Pacific University (1997-2018), most recently as vice president and chief diversity officer.

A two-time Fulbright scholar, she has conducted research projects in South Africa (2002) and Ethiopia, (20182019); her husband’s native country. She has published in the areas of African-American issues, women, and family matters, leadership, welfare reform, and international relations. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy in sociology at the University of Florida, a Master of Social Work from Temple University, and a Bachelor of Arts in sociology at Vanguard University. Denu comes to Westmont following an extensive search. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she looks forward to moving back to California with her husband and their three children.

Talk to Explore Photography, Poetry Randall VanderMey, Westmont professor of English, says that after four decades of resisting photography, he now uses this art form to write and share poetry with a completely new audience. He describes his approach at a Westmont Downtown Lecture, “Photography and Poetry: Against My Will,” on Thursday, February 17, at 5:30 pm at the Community Arts Workshop (CAW), 631 Garden Street, in downtown Santa Barbara. The event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required. Free parking is available on streets surrounding CAW. “We’ll explore my iPhone photographs and complementary poems, composed in a meditative spirit of receptivity, a spirit of the gift,” he says. “My attitude toward photography has radically changed, but so has my attitude toward poetry, my Christian faith, and ecology. I’ll show photos that illustrate my journey and techniques and reading poems that often give them a surprising spin.”

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VanderMey’s artwork and poetry has appeared in numerous exhibitions throughout the Santa Barbara region. He avoids distorting filters, special apps, or lighting in his iPhone photography. “I want the viewer to linger on the image,” he says. “I want the image to astonish or beguile me with multiple possibilities for interpretation.” His poems are designed to complement the image without being descriptive. “The result often moves me to laughter or tears or to moments of philosophical or spiritual discovery, or simply to wise contemplation of the rudeness and magic of life,” he says. One of his photos and a poem are included in a national traveling show, “Again + Again,” and in a fine art book

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accompanying it. The show is sponsored by Christians in the Visual Arts. VanderMey, a graduate of Calvin College, earned a master’s degree at the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Fine Arts and doctorate from the University of Iowa. He began teaching at Westmont in 1990. He has published several books, including Charm School: Five Women of the Odyssey, The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching, and God Talk: Triteness and Truth in Christian Clichés. Numerous publications have published his poems and articles, including Christianity and Literature, Mars Hill Review, Ruminate, Books and Culture, Rock & Sling, and Poor Yorick. In recent years he has created half a dozen limited edition books of his photography and poetry to accompany exhibitions of his work. He has also had his dramatic and poetic works produced in collaboration with members of the theater arts and music departments at Westmont College. The Westmont Foundation sponsors the talk, part of Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter. The foundation and local businesses also sponsor the President’s Breakfast, which features a conversation with award-winning author Michael Lewis on Friday, March 4. For more information, see westmont.edu/breakfast. Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

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10– 17 February 2022

Amanda Nguyen “Hopeanomics” and How Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming Grassroots Activism Wed, Feb 16 / 7:30 PM / FREE Virtual Event (registration required) Recognized on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 and Time magazine’s 100 Next lists, Amanda Nguyen helped draft the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights and is the CEO and founder of Rise. Justice for All Lead Sponsors: Marcy Carsey, Connie Frank & Evan Thompson, Zegar Family Foundation, and Anonymous With thanks to our visionary partners, Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin, for their support of the Thematic Learning Initiative

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Tales of Hope on the American Landscape Thu, Feb 17 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall Tickets start at $25 / $10 UCSB students Includes an at-home viewing option Renowned journalists and authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have co-written the bestselling books Half the Sky, A Path Appears, Tightrope, China Wakes and Thunder From the East.

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by Steven Libowitz THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10 ALO in There – Animal Liberation Orchestra’s core trio started playing together as 13-year-olds just entering junior high in the Bay Area before relocating as a band to attend college at UCSB. Their sound evolved into jam funk ‘n’ roll amalgam through frequent gigs around Isla Vista and eventually all over town. Founders Zach Gill (keyboards), Steve Adams (bass), and Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz (guitars) shortened the name to ALO around the same time that the group moved back to slide into the San Francisco scene surrounding the turn of the millennium, and then found their popularity blooming through association with rekindling a college friendship with singer-songwriter Jack Johnson and recording for Brushfire Records. Despite each pursuing other interests in more recent years that started when Gill began to gig a lot with Johnson, ALO – which has worked with drummer Dave Brogan for the last 20 years – keeps coming back together to make music anew and, perhaps most important to their still sizeable Santa Barbara fan base, embark on the annual mid-February “Tour d’Amour.” The California road trip always includes a date or two at SOhO, one of ALO’s favorite stomping grounds and just down the road from Gill’s home in the Santa Barbara foothills. Love is in the air, and the soaring solos. Opening is Anna Moss, the multi-instrumentalist who is also one half of the duo Handmade Moments, in a side project that puts more folk into her “beatnik porch jazz” WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 1221 State St., upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $30 INFO: (805) 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Four Personalities – The Santa Barbara Music Club’s 2022 debut takes its title from the 2007 duo composition by oboist Alyssa Morris, a four-movement work for oboe and piano based on the Hartman Color Code Personality Assessment: Yellow represents fun-loving, White is a peacekeeper but indecisive, Blue is motivated by intimacy, creating relationships and having purpose, while Red is assertively motivated by power. Santa Barbara native oboist Adelle Rodkey, now a music department instructor at Westmont College, and longtime resident pianist Eric Valinsky, the current SBMC president, will interpret Morris’s expressive piece before moving on to Ravel’s “Valses nobles et sentimentales,” Paul Hindemith’s “Sonata for English Horn and Piano,” and Pierre de Bréville’s “Sonatine” – with each of the four works also representing different approaches to the oboe-piano duo format. WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu (at Garden) COST: free INFO: www.sbmusicclub.org

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 ‘Rigoletto’ Redux – Tony Awardwinning director Bartlett Sher’s bold new take on Verdi’s timeless tragedy gets a re-screening of a live simulcast from the Met in New York via Music Academy of the West’s revived series. Sher – whose Tony-nominated Broadway helming of To Kill a Mockingbird is set to open in London next month – resets the opera’s action in 1920s Europe, with Art Deco sets by Michael Yeargan and costumes by Catherine Zuber, who themselves have claimed a combined 11 Tonys. Baritone Quinn Kelsey delivers a searing portrayal of the title role that The New York Times said showed off new facets of the arresting artist’s “brawny, penetrating voice and imposing presence… with full vocal and dramatic depth.” Kelsey as the jester Rigoletto is joined by soprano Rosa Feola as Gilda and tenor Piotr Beczała as the Duke of Mantua, with leading maestro Daniele Rustioni on the podium. WHEN: 2 pm WHERE: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West campus, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $28 ($10 Community Access; free for youth ages 7-17) INFO: (805) 969-8787 or www.musicacademy.org

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A Resilient Heart – Sharon Salzberg is The New York Times bestselling author of such books as Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness and A Heart as Wide as the World who is also an active teacher of meditation practices and co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Tonight, in the midst of her 12th annual “Real Happiness Challenge” – a month-long online program exploring and enhancing happiness through mindfulness, lovingkindness meditation, and techniques of concentration through the breath – Salzberg also becomes the first presenter to be a repeat guest of Hospice of Santa Barbara’s Illuminate speaker series. In this visit to the virtual series that began in the early days of the pandemic, Salzberg will explore the resilience of the human spirit through a practice of the tools that help deepen steadiness of mind and compassionate understanding that allow us to be with the constantly changing and shifting landscape. WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: Zoom COST: free INFO: (805) 563-8820 or www. hospiceofsantabarbara.org

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 & TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Virtual Book-ends to Valentine’s Day – Authors arrive at Chaucer’s Zoom room from near and far as the bookstore’s virtual series first hosts Dr. Anna Machin, the Oxford evolutionary anthropologist who explores the ever-elusive explanation of love in her just-published Why We Love: The New Science Behind Our Closest Relationships. Machin delves into a wide expanse of intimate relationships – covering romantic love as well as polyamory, chosen families, and the love we feel for friends, pets, celebrities, and even deities – from the levels of biology, chemistry, and neuroscience all the way up to psychology, sociology, and evolution. Machin employs engaging, accessible, and ever-charming prose in pursuit of her goal to expand our understanding and reinvigorate our awe at the complexities and intricacies of the human heart. On the other side of Valentine’s Day, it’s back to business, at least through the eyes of a Santa Barbara teenager, in this case Olivia Seltzer, the founder and sole writer of The Cramm. The then12-year-old Seltzer started the website after the 2016 presidential election and has since written more than 500 newsletters for www.TheCramm.com in her mission to start a grassroots movement to educate the world’s future. The concept is to create activists out of the next generation by breaking down daily happenings around the world in a way Gen Z’ers can digest. Cramm This Book, Seltzer’s self-penned book about the process that publishes on February 15, is a one-stopshop for the scoop behind the scoop of the day, a must-read for fellow teens to understand everything from how the conflicts in the Middle East got going to where Black Lives Matter and Me Too actually began to how climate change is causing expansion of wildfires and hurricanes. Knowing the facts behind the opinion? Maybe that’s what love is all about. WHEN: Machin 12 pm February 13; Seltzer 7 pm February 15; WHERE: Zoom COST: free INFO: (805) 682-6787 or www.chaucersbooks.com MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Love and Liebert – It’s often been said that words are lame, as despite our language’s precision and breadth, mere words can never truly capture an emotion or experience. That suits Ottmar Liebert just fine, as the German guitarist who has lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for 35 years pens and performs Spanish and World Music-influenced wordless romantic melodies that listeners seem to find conducive to use to “float away on a voyage of sound.” A five-time Grammy Award nominee, Liebert has had his records go gold and platinum across his 33-album catalog in the 32 years since his debut Nouveau Flamenco put him on the musical map. A frequent visitor to SOhO, Liebert and his band Luna Negra return to the popular nightspot with a formula virtually proven to produce passion – perfect for Valentine’s Day communing. WHEN: 8:30 pm WHERE: 1221 State St., upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $35, or $78 with dinner INFO: (805) 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

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Heads of the Christmas Bird Count Libby Patten, Joan Murdoch, and Liz Muraoka on count day (photo courtesy of Muraoka)

The 122nd Annual Christmas Bird Count 2022 by Joanne A. Calitri

ur beloved annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was held on Saturday, January 1, with over 200 volunteers ringing in New Year’s Day by counting our area’s birds for the Santa Barbara Audubon’s submission to the National Audubon data bank. Although it was a sunny and normal cold temperature for the count, the head birders shared that the few weeks of rain in December may have caused a decrease in the bird count over the region. Data was submitted and compiled via the eBird phone app and forms at a January 6 zoom meeting headed by Janice Levasheff, board president of the Santa Barbara Audubon Society, with head coordinator-compiler Liz Muraoka for North Goleta, and her team leaders Joan Murdoch and Joan Lentz in South Santa Barbara and Montecito, Libby Patten in North Santa Barbara, Dave Compton in South Goleta, Wim van Dam in the mountain areas, Master compiler of spe-

cies lists and mapping Glenn Kincaid, and Bill Pollock, who compiled the legacy species spreadsheet. Sea birds were counted by Curtis Marantz and Wes Fritz offshore for several hours in Alex and Monica Broumand’s boat, arranged by Ron Hirst. Only three people volunteered to count birds at night. Out of town volunteers were Jamie Chavez at the Santa Barbara Cemetery, the Music Academy of the West, and the Bird Refuge; Mary and Nick Freeman for owl counts; Paul Keller at Goleta Beach; Don Pendleton at East Beach and Chase Palm Park; and Robb Hamilton at Hope Ranch and La Cumbre Country Club. The CBC photographers were Hugh Ranson, Steve Colwell, Sophie Cameron, Mark Bright, Mark Holmgren, and Robb Hamilton. The top five unique bird species found this year were the extremely rare Warbling Vireo for the 9th year in a row, the ShortEared Owl, Painted Redstart, Plumbeous Vireo, and the Green-tailed Towhee. As of the date of this report, they have counted 194 species, down from 206

last year. Muraoka invites us to continue counting and submit our data: “Overall numbers of birds and bird species were low this year, which may have been affected by cold weather, recent storms, loss of habitat, and ongoing drought, but where did they go? We ask the community to report on new areas within the count circle that currently are not well covered. It could be a small neighborhood park, a recently restored open space, a newly constructed pedestrian/bike path, or a downtown parking lot with winter flowering trees. Report your findings to eBird or the local online birding discussion group, SBCOBIRDING. And we invite everyone to the Great Backyard Bird Count February 18-21 (see end of column for information).” The Santa Barbara/Montecito count

area covers a 15-mile diameter count circle, centered at Hwy 154 and Foothill Road, Santa Barbara. Approximate count circle boundaries are: San Ysidro Road on the east, Paradise Road on the north, Coronado Drive on the west, five miles offshore on the south by boat. The count includes sea birding onboard a boat, as well as night birding with volunteers trained in each type of area. To talk about birds’ impact worldwide, I reached out to Katherine Emery PhD, executive director of the Santa Barbara Audubon Society, and Levasheff for their expertise. They shared the following statement for our readers: “Among other feats, birds are import-

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Warbling Vireo, an extremely rare bird species to the area (photo credit: Hugh Ranson)

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or studiously counting species during a 24-hour bird sit. The CBC protects birds by bringing many people together to collect important long-term local avifauna data. Studying birds collectively, we increase community environmental stewardship. It is important to note that nearly three billion North American birds have disappeared since 1970 (K. V. Rosenberg et al. 2019). Ways that we can protect local and migrating birds and local habitats include: Team leader of the South Goleta bird count, Dave Compton (photo courtesy of Compton)

ant because they disperse seeds, pollinate plants, control pests, save trees, clean up carrion, and balance the ecosystem. They provide hours of joy when you are glancing out your window at your bird feeder

- Learning about birds and their habitats with friends on bird walks and at the Christmas Bird Count. - Observing birds in backyards and at local Santa Barbara area open spaces. - Maintaining clean feeders and birdbaths. - Using native plants in gardens. - Enjoying cats indoors and walks with dogs on-leash. - Helping to maintain our area’s richly diverse habitats that support birds. - Writing letters and speaking out to promote protection of birds and their habitats.” 411: www.santabarbaraaudubon.org https://santabarbaraaudubon.org/learning-re sources

Mountain area bird counter Wim Van Dam on count day (photo courtesy of Van Dam)

The Nashville Warbler, a rare bird species to Santa Barbara, for the Christmas Bird Count 2022 (photo credit: Sophie Cameron)

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Clean Coalition: Finding Creative Solutions to RenewablesDriven Energy Resilience

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by Steven Libowitz

ast summer, just a couple of months before Montecito Journal’s 2nd annual The Giving List book was published, Clean Coalition’s work to stage a Community Microgrid in Montecito – a first step toward establishing renewables-driven energy resilience for the vulnerable area – was still largely in the planning stage. The goal to establish individual Solar Microgrids at three critical community facilities was still just that – a goal. Fast forward less than six months and the first of those microgrids is not only constructed but also online and operating at Montecito Union School (MUS), providing a clean local energy resource that drastically reduces carbon footprint and ensures the ability to keep the lights on and serve as the primary emergency sheltering site in the event of a catastrophe that knocks out Edison’s power lines. It’s a tangible and concrete consequence of the Clean Coalition’s Montecito community microgrid initiative, said Craig Lewis, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit. “It’s been commissioned and it’s fully

operational, so it’s pretty exciting,” Lewis said, quickly pointing out that in addition to furthering climate action goals and providing a measure of energy resilience in the event of emergencies, the structure also serves a third purpose. “It provides shade for the kids. There’s little lunch tables underneath the canopy where they can gather. Obviously, it’s a very significant solar installation, but it’s cool that it provides a lot of comfort and shade to the kids.” The MUS solar microgrid actually operates at what’s called Net Zero for the campus, Lewis explained, with the structure providing more energy than the campus needs during the daytime thereby pushing extra energy out to the grid and pulling energy back in during nighttime use. On average, the solar array is set to provide as much energy as the campus uses over the course of the year. That formula for clean, renewable, safe, and independent energy in the first stage of the Community Microgrid will next go online at Montecito Fire Protection District (MFPD) headquarters and primary fire station, an even more critical site that houses the majority of Montecito’s firefighting resources. “Construction is supposed to start any

day as a big solar parking canopy and take less than a month, so it will also be functional very soon,” Lewis said. It’s another step in a plan that came into focus in the wake of the Thomas Fire and Montecito debris flows four years ago that came perilously close to burning down the only transmission lines into the region known as the Goleta Load Pocket, which would have plunged the area into extended darkness. Clean Coalition is also leading the charge on getting solar into 14 of the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s sites, three of which are ready to go and awaiting only a final electrical approval to start providing energy to their campuses. One in particular fills the nonprofit’s ED with a lot of pride: the solar shade structure on the playground at Adams Elementary. “That’s where I went to school in my early days, and I can still remember how this playground used to be a shade desert. You’d be out there just getting baked by the sun,” said Lewis, who grew up in Santa Barbara, moved away after high school for college and career and returned in 2018 right after the fire and flood to focus on bringing renewables-driven resilience to the area he loved in his formative years. “That’s when I realized that the Santa Barbara region is super grid vulnerable and needed some creative solutions. I wanted to make sure that my hometown has the kind of protection it needs. I’m fighting to get that for every community, but definitely my hometown.” Lewis and his organization had a lot of help in getting the Santa Barbara Unified School District project approved, with

special credit going to what he called Clean Coalition Champions school board member Laura Capps, philanthropist Sara Miller McCune, and former SBUSD superintendent Cary Matsuoka, plus an honorable mention for Rinaldo Brutoco, a long-time energy visionary and Clean Coalition collaborator. But despite the SBUSD’s and MUS’s shining example, much more work is yet to be done here in town as well as around the state to ensure renewable-energy resilience. Which is why Clean Coalition still needs funding and support to continue its work of providing the vision to get parties aligned in the goal and motivation to actually move forward with the solar microgrid projects as well as facilitation with technical, feasibility and implementation aspects as well as advocate for changes in rules and regulations that can limit the viability of projects. “We need funding to move our Goleta Load Pocket Community Microgrid forward,” Lewis said. “What we need altogether is fifty Santa Barbara Unifieds, places like City College and out at UCSB, and at a bunch of large commercial properties out near the airport. Every dollar goes to facilitate these solar and storage projects that will get us to the full regional solar-driven resilience that we’re ultimately aiming for. Every project gets us closer to that magic number of megawatts.” Clean Coalition is located at 1800 Garden Street. Visit www.clean-coalition.org or contact Executive Director Craig Lewis at (650) 796-2353 or email craig@clean-coalition.org.

Sporting fields shade structure at Santa Barbara Junior High School

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Solar parking canopy for the Solar Microgrid at the SBUSD Central Food Warehouse Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.” — Zora Neale Hurston

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Violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Peter Dugan impress at the Granada (photo credit: David Bazemore)

64, and actress wife Portia de Rossi , 49, are set to make a substantial profit on their Montecito estate after putting it up for sale for $13.9 million, just four months after purchasing the property for $12 million. The tony twosome bought the 3,980 square-foot single-story, three-bedroom, four-bath estate in an off-market deal. The house sits on between three and four acres of land and has 4,700 square feet of living space between the main house and a separate studio building that can be used as a guest suite.

With Bells On International violinist Joshua Bell was at the top of his game when he performed at the Granada, marking the glorious return of UCSB Arts & Lectures classical shows to the venerable venue, which celebrates its centenary in two years’ time. With a career spanning almost four decades, Grammy Award-winning Bell, 54, has performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, including in Santa Barbara many times, both as a soloist and music director of the Londonbased Academy of St. Martin in the Fields when he succeeded the legendary Sir Neville Marriner in 2011. During the pandemic, the Manhattanbased musician brought world-class performances online, in the summer of 2020 presenting “Joshua Bell: At Home With Music,” a nationwide broadcast directed by Tony and Emmy award-winner Dori Berinstein, produced entirely in lock-

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down with guest artists including Jeremy Denk, Larisa Martinez, Kamal Khan, and Peter Dugan. Bell, who made his Carnegie Hall debut at just 17 and has performed for three presidents, was admirably accompanied by pianist Dugan, a former student of New York’s Juilliard School, while performing Schubert’s Sonatina in D Major, Beethoven’s Sonata No.7 in C minor, concluding with Ravel’s Sonata No. 2, a quintessentially French work. But it was when Bell, sans piano, played Bach’s “Chaconne from Partita No. 2” that his amazing artistry came to the fore with a series of 64 continuous variations, placing extraordinary demands on the player. It was an absolute tour de force earning him a deserved standing ovation.

The Little Book of Montecito Writers Prolific Montecito author Steve Gilbar tells me he has just published another “shamelessly non-commercial” book. His latest work grew out of a talk he gave last summer at the village library about local writers. “Having done all the research, I thought I’d put it into book form,” says Steve. “The result: The Little Book of Montecito Writers.” It’s a 160-page paperback, selling for $15, with all the proceeds going to the Montecito Library. “The book may surprise you by the numbers of authors included. Besides

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the expected, for example, T.C. Boyle, Fannie Flagg, Sue Grafton, Steve Martin, Margaret Millar, and Thomas Sanchez, there are some you might be surprised to see, such as Douglas Adams, Beryl Markham, and William Peter Blatty.” There are more than 60 authors in the work, including visitors such as Wallace Stegner, Erskine Caldwell, and Christopher Isherwood, which goes to show that our Eden by the Beach is “more than just another pretty face,” adds Steve. The book is available at Tecolote in the Upper Village, as well as the library.

Showdown on Holden Field

The lush fields of the Santa Barbara Polo Club were filled with competitors of a very different kind when high school age lacrosse players descended on the Carpinteria equestrian facility for a twoday Showdown Series organized by Cal Coast Sports Ventures.

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The popular annual event, which was last held two years ago because of the pandemic, showcased 36 teams, each with 35 members, playing on eight fields divided from the club’s hallowed Holden Field featuring particularly springy Bermuda grass imported from Argentina by the club in 1927. “It makes it the ideal location to play the game,” gushed tournament director Paul Ramsey. “It’s also fantastic to be back after the enforced layoff. And it

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Great Scott, What a Recast

It’s one of the greatest recastings in Hollywood history. Montecito actor Michael J. Fox will forever be known for his roles in the 1985 hit movie Back to the Future and its sequels. But he was not originally cast to play the Marty McFly role. Eric Stoltz was the first choice, but he was suddenly replaced after just a few weeks of shooting with Christopher Lloyd, also a resident of our rarefied enclave, who played eccentric inventor Emmett Brown, “worried” at the move. “I had no idea a change was coming,” the 83-year-old actor tells GQ magazine. “One night we were shooting the mall sequences and were asked to come to one of the trailers at one o’clock in the morning. Steven Spielberg was there and made an announcement of the change. They just decided they needed someone with a comic flair.” But Lloyd’s main concern was whether he’d have the same energy with his character while shooting the scenes again with a new actor, “I was worried about it, but it worked out,” he added. “We had a chemistry which lasted the whole time.” The twosome became one of the most famous duos in movie history.

The Reign Continues Carpinteria actor Kevin Costner, 67, is one happy camper. The Oscar winner’s cowboy TV series Yellowstone has been officially renewed for a fifth season on the Paramount Network. It comes after the hit show had 15 million viewers tuning in to watch the season four finale earlier this year, making it the most watched show on TV since 2017. It also received its first Screen Actors Guild award nomination this year, going up against the likes of HBO’s family drama Succession.

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model-designer Alexa Chung on the second season of Netflix’s Next In Fashion. The supermodel, 26, will co-host the next series alongside Queer Eye’s Tan France, 38, who presented the first season alongside Chung, also 38. The show sees a group of innovative designers go head-to-head to become the next big name in the industry, with a $250,000 cash prize and the chance to debut their collection with Net-a-Porter.

Goop Guide Strikes Again With Valentine’s Day looming large, Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow has just revealed her Goop gift guide for the occasion, and it will undoubtedly make you blush. The Oscar winner’s guide features not one, but 40 different vibrators for both couples and singles on February 14. The 49-year-old wellness guru and her team went all out curating this year’s list for “lovers and skeptics,” including a mixture of extravagant, ridiculous, and kinky gifts that Goop has become to be known for. As well as the selection of good vibrations, the most over-the-top gift by far is the Moet & Chandon vending machine costing $38,000, but without even one bottle of bubbly!

Sightings TV producer Christopher Lloyd imbibing at the Manor Bar at the Rosewood Miramar... TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres shopping at the Montecito Country Mart... Actor Ashton Kutcher, wife Mila Kunis, and children at Toro Canyon Park. Pip! Pip! Be safe, wear a mask when needed, and get vaccinated.

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Leaving a Legacy at the Library by Zach Rosen

he magic of the printed word is its lasting legacy. Books help preserve the wisdom of the past for the future, and if that is the case, then libraries can conjure all kinds of enduring impressions with the collective knowledge they contain. Of course, public libraries are more than just a collection of books – these institutions provide free internet and computer services, educational outreach for learners of all ages, and countless other ways of supporting the community – and now the community has the opportunity to help both support the Santa Barbara Public Library and become part of its legacy. Families, businesses, or just bibliophiles can sponsor a brick in the courtyard with their own inscription for the ages. The Buy-a-Brick initiative is part of the Library Plaza Campaign that will rejuvenate the 10,000-square-foot space between the library and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The campaign was launched in October 2020 with the goal of raising the $5 million this project would require. The expansion will be aimed towards programmable space that can help host entertainment and educational content while helping craft better cohesion for the Cultural Arts District as a whole – this includes the other historic spaces in the area like the Lobero and Granada theaters. The Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation – which helps support the library’s large-scale initiatives – has made 250 bricks available for sponsorship that will help provide a communal foundation for the new courtyard space. “The hope is that families and children and visitors to Santa Barbara step on these bricks – or go down this path where the bricks will be lined – and see our community and feel how much we care for our library,” says Foundation Director Lauren Trujillo. With 250 bricks originally available, there are now less than 100 left and the bricks are moving quickly. “It’s

such a metaphorical concept – building, community, and leaving steps for the future,” adds Trujillo. “We want to make sure everyone has an opportunity to leave a legacy at the library.” There are two options for inscription sizes: a $1,000 brick has a 1” text height (4 rows of 16 characters or 64 total characters) and a $500 brick comes with a 3/4” text height (1 row of 16 characters). “It’s really about the community and these stories and the emotions that these bring forward,” Trujillo states. From a widower sharing their partner’s poem to parents wanting to celebrate their daughter’s love for the library and high school graduation – which had to be virtual – with something more concrete, everyone has found a meaningful reason for their brick. In addition to individuals and families, local businesses and organizations have expressed their support with a brick. Naturally, book clubs and worms have joined in the fun with inscriptions celebrating all things literary and library, featuring quotes such as “Let your dreams become reality in a library” or “Books place the world at your fingertips.” Others have expressed their fondness for the area with a simple, “We love SB.” Whether it is memorializing a loved one, honoring literature, or even as a Valentine’s Day gift that won’t wilt, there are many reasons to Buy-a-Brick. Help leave your own legacy as we build a greater one for the library. Visit sblibraryfoundation.org/buy_a_brick or call 805.689.2448 for more information and to purchase a brick

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ORDINANCE NO. 6055 AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA PROVIDING AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY EXTENSION AND TRANSITION PERIOD BY

Bid Submission. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids for its Thousand Steps Beach Public Access Stair Improvements Project (“Project”), by or before Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., through its PlanetBids portal. Bidders must be registered on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to submit a Bid proposal and to receive addendum notifications. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually submitted/uploaded with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Large files may take more time to be submitted/uploaded to PlanetBids, so plan accordingly... The receiving time on the PlanetBids server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, hardcopy, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

AMENDING, RESTATING, AND EXTENDING PROVISIONS

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

meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on February

PREVIOUSLY

INCLUDED

THE

EMERGENCY

ECONOMIC RECOVERY ORDINANCES The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular 1, 2022.

Bid results and awards will be available on PlanetBids.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the

Project Information.

2.1

Location and Description. The Project is located at the Thousand Steps Beach in Santa Barbara and will renovate the existing beach access stairs and handrails. The proposed renovation will include demolition of the bottom portion of existing lowest 24 steps and landing (approx. 700 cubic feet of concrete), construction of additional 10 new concrete stairs, landing apron, decorative columns drainage trench (approx. 2,500 cubic feet of concrete). As well as installation of stainless steel handrail (approx. 460 linear feet), decorative guardrail (approx. 20 linear feet) and other miscellaneous items.

2.2

as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

Time for Final Completion. The Project must be fully completed within 60 calendar days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about March 2022, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding. In compliance with the California Coastal Commission requirements, construction operations are prohibited between May 30, 2022 and September 5, 2022.

2.3

Estimated Cost. The estimated construction cost is $405,000.

License and Registration Requirements.

3.1

License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license, Class A

3.2

DIR Registration. City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: http:// www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID= 29959 A printed copy of the

(Seal) /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 6055

Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155. 5.

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter

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

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on January 25, 2022 and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on February 1, 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

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.1

General. Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., this Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

Rates. These prevailing rates are on file with the City and are available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

ABSTENTIONS:

None

6.2

6.3

Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code § 1771.4.

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

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

Subcontractor List. Each Subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a completed Subcontractor List form with its Bid Proposal, including the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the base bid price) for each Subcontractor that will perform Work or service or fabricate or install Work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.

10.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on February 2, 2022.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on February 2, 2022.

Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders for more detailed information before submitting a Bid Proposal. The definitions provided in Article 1 of the General Conditions apply to all of the Contract Documents, as defined therein, including this Notice Inviting Bids. By:

Date: 1/25/22

Bill Hornung, General Services Manager

Published February 9, 2022 Montecito Journal

Publication Dates: 1) February 2, 2022 2) February 9, 2022

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Notice Inviting Bids BID NO. 5943 STEARNS WHARF ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS FY22 1.

Bid Submission.

DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE LEASE AGREEMENT NO. 8688

BETWEEN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CITY

ADDITIONAL TWENTY-TWO MONTHS AND FIFTEEN

OF SANTA BARBARA, FOR THE EAST BEACH MOORING

DAYS

PERMIT

BARBARA

MUNICIPAL

CODE

TITLE

FOR

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on February 1, 2022.

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

California.

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

California. (Seal)

/s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 6053 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

ORDINANCE NO. 6054 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing

License and Registration Requirements.

3.2 DIR Registration. City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions 4. Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959 5. Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Award.

emergency ordinance was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on January 25, 2022, by

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance

the following roll call vote:

was introduced on January 25, 2022 and adopted by the

AYES:

Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on

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

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

February 1, 2022, by the following roll call vote:

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on January 26, 2022.

6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code § 1771.4. 7. Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide separate performance and payment bonds for 100% of the Contract Price regardless of contract dollar amount, as further specified in the Contract Documents.

9. Subcontractor List. Each subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a complete Subcontractor List WITH ITS Bid Proposal through the PlanetBids portal. Failure to do will result in rejection of your bid. The Subcontractors List shall include the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price. 10. Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal. Retention Percentage. N/A. Date: ________________

Publication Date: 2/9/22 Montecito Journal

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NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None None

hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

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

on February 2, 2022.

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on January 26, 2022.

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

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on February 2, 2022.

Published February 9, 2022 Montecito Journal

/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Infinite Potential Institute LLC; Infinite Potential Institute; Wuttke Institute; Wuttke’s Infinite Potential Institute; Wuttke Infinite Potential Institute, 212 Cottage Grove Ave Ste A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Infinite Potential Institute LLC, 212 Cottage Grove Ave Ste A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 3, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20220000330. Published February 9, 16, 23, March 2, 2022

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

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my

6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

By: _______________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

AYES:

ABSTENTIONS:

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.1 General. Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., this Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

11.

THE

meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on January

2.3 Estimate. The estimate for this Project is $187,688.00

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

UPON

25, 2022.

2.2 Time for Completion. The Project must be completed within 60 calendar days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin about the fourth week of March 2022, but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.

2.4 Bidders’ Conference. A NON-MANDATORY bidders’ conference will be held on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at the following location: Stearns Wharf Office (meet below/outside), located at 219F Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. All attendees are responsible for bringing and wearing a facemask on-site, following current CDC, and Santa Barbara County Public Health social distancing guidelines. No relief will be granted to contractors for any conditions or restrictions that would have been discovered if they had attended the pre-bid meeting.

COMMENCING

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular

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

Project Information.

PROGRAM,

EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ENABLING ORDINANCE

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

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, CA and is described as follows: Remove and replace deteriorated piles, pile caps, stringers and deck boards.

SANTA BARBARA AUTHORIZING THE WATERFRONT

COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA EXTENDING

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter

Bid results and awards will be available on PlanetBids.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

AN UNCODIFIED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE ORDINANCE NO. 6049 AS IT PERTAINS TO SANTA

The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids for its Stearns Wharf Annual Maintenance and Repairs FY22 Project (“Project”), by or before March 9, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. through its PlanetBids portal. Bidders must be registered on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids™ portal in order to submit a Bid Proposal and to receive addendum notifications. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that their Bid Proposal is actually submitted/uploaded with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Large files may take more time to be submitted/uploaded to PlanetBids so plan accordingly. The receiving time at on PlanetBids’ server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

ORDINANCE NO. 6054

ORDINANCE NO. 6053

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) has (have) abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Islay Events, 318 Rosario Drive #B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Jeremy Cable, 318 Rosario Drive #B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was originally filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 22, 2019. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL), filed January 21, 2022. Original FBN No. 2019-0002910. FBN 20220000180. Published February 9, 16, 23, March 2, 2022. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are do-

ing business as: Islay Events, 318 Rosario Drive #B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. JC Event Design INC, 318 Rosario Drive #B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 24, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20220000195. Published February 9, 16, 23, March 2, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RM Targoni Finish Carpentry, 55 Encinal Way, Ventura, CA 93001. Richard M Targoni, 55 Encinal Way, Ventura, CA 93001. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 27, 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. 20220000228. Published February 9, 16, 23, March 2, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Marmar Group LLC 1187 Coast Village Road Ste L, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Marmar Group LLC, 1187 Coast Village Road Ste L, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 27, 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

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of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20220000242. Published February 9, 16, 23, March 2, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Toma Restaurant and Bar, 1187 Coast Village Road Ste L, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Marmar Group LLC, 1187 Coast Village Road Ste L, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 28, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20220000256. Published February 9, 16, 23, March 2, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Back Porch Fresh Flowers & Gifts, 4850 S Bradley Rd, Suite D1, Orcutt, CA 93455. Huong Hopp, 1127 Gorge Dr., Orcutt, CA 93455. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 11, 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. 20220000072. Published February 9, 16, 23, March 2, 2022

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01-NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS 1. 2. 3.

OWNER: Montecito Union School District PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NAME: 2122-4 Buildings D and E Renovation and Site PROJECT LOCATION: 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108

Work for Temporary Classrooms

PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1. Site work for eight temporary classrooms 2. Buildings D and E Renovation: General: These items need to be done throughout both Buildings D and E • Bring up to code: fire alarm, fire sprinklers, electrical, plumbing, sewer, HVAC/air conditioning, and restrooms need to be expanded to improve accessibility • ADA bring up to code, improving paths of travel, adjusting thresholds. • Hazardous materials abatement, including the removal of lead & asbestos • Windows and doors: bring up to current code (separate project) Building D Only • Installing Two Elevators • Main Level, south side (Four grade classrooms) • Main Level, north side (music room, copy room, room 6) • Lower Level (art and one of the music rooms) • Staff Break Room • School Offices (nurse, principal, reception area, assistant principal) • Auditorium, District Office • Building Exterior Building E Only • Kindergarten classrooms • First grade classrooms START DATE, TBD, this project is anticipated to start soon after the end of the current school year, end of June 2022. 5.

BID DEADLINE: Bids are due on March 15, 2022 no later than 2:00 p.m.

6. PLACE AND METHOD OF BID RECEIPT: All Bids must be sealed. Personal delivery, courier, or mailed via United States Postal Service and addressed to Montecito Union School District, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. ATTN: Leo Perez 7.

PLACE PLANS ARE ON FILE: Detail scope of work: www.tricoblue.com

8. ALTERNATES: If alternate bids are called for, the contract will be awarded to the lowest bid price on the base contract without consideration of the prices on the additive or deductive items. 9. MANDATORY JOB WALK: Meet at Montecito Union School Front Office by the stairs, on February 23 2022 at 10:00 a.m.. Attendance at the entire job walk is mandatory and failure to attend the entire job walk may result in your bid being rejected as non-responsive. Contact OWNER for details on required job walks and related documentation. 10. This is a prevailing wage project. OWNER has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute this contract. These rates are on file at OWNER’s office, and a copy may be obtained upon request, or at www.dir.ca.gov. Contractor shall post a copy of these rates at the job site. ALL PROJECTS OVER $1,000 ARE SUBJECT TO PREVAILING WAGE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT BY THE LABOR COMMISSIONER. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded (CONTRACTOR), and upon any SUBCONTRACTOR, to pay not less than the specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract. 11. A Payment Bond for contracts over $25,000 and a Performance Bond for all contracts will be required prior to commencement of work. These bonds shall be in the amounts and form called for in the Contract Documents. 12. Pursuant to the provisions of Public Contract Code Section 22300, CONTRACTOR may substitute certain securities for any funds withheld by OWNER to ensure CONTRACTOR’s performance under the contract. At the request and expense of CONTRACTOR, securities equivalent to any amount withheld shall be deposited, at the discretion of OWNER, with either OWNER or a state or federally chartered bank as the escrow agent, who shall then pay any funds otherwise subject to retention to CONTRACTOR. Upon satisfactory completion of the contract, the securities shall be returned to CONTRACTOR. Securities eligible for investment shall include those listed in Government Code Section 16430, bank and savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed to by CONTRACTOR and OWNER. CONTRACTOR shall be the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for funds withheld and shall receive any interest on them. The escrow agreement shall be in the form indicated in the Contract Documents. 13. To bid on or perform the work stated in this Notice, CONTRACTOR must possess a valid and active contractor's license of the following classification(s) B No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor shall be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of § 4104 of the Public Contract Code, for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless currently registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5. No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the DIR. DIR’s web registration portal is: www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/Contractors.html 14. CONTRACTOR and all subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records (eCPR) to the Labor Commissioner monthly in PDF format. Registration at www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/Certified-Payroll-Reporting.html is required to use the eCPR system. The following notice is given as required by Labor Code Section 1771.5(b)(1): CONTRACTOR and any subcontractors are required to review and comply with the provisions of the California Labor Code, Part 7, Chapter 1, beginning with Section 1720, as more fully discussed in the Contract Documents. These sections contain specific requirements concerning, for example, determination and payment of prevailing wages, retention, inspection, and auditing payroll records, use of apprentices, payment of overtime compensation, securing workers’ compensation insurance, and various criminal penalties or fines which may be imposed for violations of the requirements of the chapter. Submission of a bid constitutes CONTRACTOR’s representation that CONTRACTOR has thoroughly reviewed these requirements. 15. OWNER will retain 5% of the amount of any progress payments. 16. This Project does not require prequalification pursuant to AB 1565 of all general contractors and all mechanical, electrical and plumbing subcontractors 17. BID PACKET will be available at www.tricoblue.com and provided at the job walk to attendees. Advertisement Dates: February 9, 16, 2022, Montecito Journal

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Leo Perez 805-319-6835

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 27Labs; Solid Oak Software, 1727 State St., Suite #445, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Brian Milburn, 1727 State St., Suite #445, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 5, 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. 2022-0000026. Published February 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Westlake Cabins, 815 Alston Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Judith Bell, 815 Alston Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 25, 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. 2022-0000212. Published February 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: 1284 Account, 1284 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Teresa McWilliams, 1542 Ramona Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 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. 2022-0000174. Published January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Evoke Design Studio, 638 W Ortega St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Evoke Design Inc, 638 W Ortega St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 6, 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. 2022-0000032. Published January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: North Star Legal Advisors, 145 Santo Tomas Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Jonathan L Blinderman, 145 Santo Tomas Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 10, 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. 2022-0000068. Published January 19, 26, February 2, 9, 2022. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 21CV04154. To all interested parties: Petitioner Roberta Lynn van Gelder filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Robbie Roberta Lynn van Gelder. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed January 27, 2022 by Narzralli Baksh. Hearing date: March 8, 2022 at 10 am in Dept. 3, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2

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1027 Cima Linda Lane – $15,900,000 This is a significantly sized, elegant Mediterranean estate home that boasts spectacular ocean, city, mountain, and harbor views and she just hit the market this past week. Offering sunset views and resting on almost two acres, this remodeled home includes four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms in the two-story,

8,493 square foot main house. The one-bedroom, one-bathroom guest pavilion offers hardwood and stone floors throughout and a blend of modern elegance with casual indoor-outdoor living. Metal framed French doors with sweeping ocean views open to covered loggias, terraces, pool, and lush gardens. Additional selling features include a ground floor bedroom, low-traffic street, elaborate exterior staircases, hardscape, and an impressive approach, all in a close to town and beach location.

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Timeless design and lovely ocean and mountain views are yours from this nearly 10,000-square-foot Montecito estate that rests on 2.4 conveniently located acres. With a youthful energy permeating throughout the residence and a nod to historic architecture, old and new coexist in a seamless blend to provide a backdrop for life at the highest level. Taking full advantage of the Mediterranean climate and exceptional location, the property was designed for today’s lifestyle with indoor and outdoor rooms that flow together to create a compound for generations to enjoy. There are seven bedroom suites, a guesthouse with kitchen and bath, and an additional cabana plus bonus room that offers a multitude of uses. Drenched in sunlight, the residence lives like a resort, with an oversized pool, expansive terraces, patios, fire pit, exquisite gardens, and more, all within the Cold Spring School District.

888 Lilac Drive – $33,500,000 Vast ocean views, level grounds, luxe amenities, and incredible design coalesce at this iconic Montecito property. Flexible spaces both inside and out make this an intimate home for two, yet can easily accommodate crowds of over 200. Public spaces blend seamlessly and open to the view and lush grounds beyond. A main level primary suite offers a restful way to begin and end each day while the five additional bedroom suites are perfect for family and guests. With over 13,500 square feet of living space there is a gym, theater, bar, game room, pool, guesthouse, and five-car garage, allowing you to function full time on site, whether working, playing, or entertaining. Living off the grid has never been more chic. Solar, a generator, greywater irrigation system, private well, organ- Mark and his wife, Sheela ic vegetable beds and citrus orchards, Hunt, are real estate agents. chicken coops, and secret gardens define His family goes back nearly sustainable sensibility. GFA, radiant, ceil- 100 years in Santa Barbara. ing fans, and A/C keep your temperature Mark’s grandparents – Bill balanced as you gaze out over the embod- and Elsie Hunt – were iment of your life’s accomplishments. Santa Barbara real Certainly, a lottery house for those who estate brokers for dream and located within the Montecito 25 years. Union School District.

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Love is in the Air: Local Dining Establishments Offer Outdoor Dining and Romantic Vibes out of couples and families celebrating on the outdoor patio. “It will be a rare occasion to see someone playing fetch with their dog, families and kids running on our spacious polo field during the day or enjoying Chef ’s three-course menu after sundown,” Holt added. Whether you want to dine in the intimacy of your own home or reserve an outdoor table out on the town, here’s a look at some of the city’s most romantic (and sensuous!) meal options on February 14.

by Claudia Schou

icnic benches, orange blossoms, and warm soft breezes. These days, dining is an outside affair as restaurants continue to exercise safety precautions and give diners a chance to indulge in one of the most celebrated days of the year. Although restaurant owners and chefs are focusing on both patio dining and takeout options this Valentine’s Day, because the holiday falls on a Monday, some eateries are also offering a long, romantic weekend with brunch, lunch, or dinner. Fortunately, it’s still not too late to make your reservations now. “Valentine’s Day falls on one of the slowest days of the week, but diners still want some celebration,” explained Andreza Holt, Regional Food and Beverage Director at Best Beverage Catering, which manages Fieldside Grill at Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, whose Sunday brunch menu features cage-free eggs benedict with sauteed spinach, avocado, and hollandaise sauce, apple French toast and chile verde chilaquiles with poblano crema, pickled onion, and avocado. Chef Philip Stein’s dinner menu for the occasion is equally tempting: Seared Duck Breast served with truffle duchess potato; crispy skin cod basquaise and Grand Marnier Soufflé (three courses for $79 per person). With its upscale yet relaxed California coastal-inspired menu, the restaurant is expecting a healthy turn10– 17 February 2022

The Savory Romantics: Lucky’s Steakhouse serves some of the best steaks and seafood in town. For a lovers’ holiday, Executive Chef Leonard Schwartz comprised a menu of house favorites including half dozen Beausoleil oysters ($26), USDA Prime Bone-In Rib for sharing ($120), cheddar and gruyere macaroni ($15), farmers market sugar snap peas ($16), and the famous Salty Turtle Sundae topped with housemade caramel and chocolate sauces and butter toasted and salted pecans ($13). For more information, visit: LuckysSteakhouse.com.

Toasty Buns: Milk & Honey chef/ owner Alvaro Castellanos Rojas positions some Hawaiian rolls on a wood carving board where he delicately places his grilled lamb sliders in between the toasted buns. The dish, Lamborghinis, uses sustainable lamb mixed with golden raisins and mint for the patties, which are grilled and then dressed in a silky basil pesto ($17). For more information, visit: Milknhoneytapas.com. Rojas has been satisfying food lovers

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A rendering shows northbound Highway 101 lanes with a chain link fence and landscaping instead of a sound wall

theft, multiple DUIs, a residential burglary on Butterfly Lane, and multiple thefts from vehicles at a local trailhead. During the latter crime, a group of four individuals broke into cars at the trailhead, and found a key to a local hotel room; they then went to the hotel and stole items from the room. They were pulled over in Ventura County, and arrested after a search of the vehicle led to the recovery of dozens of stolen items. Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor said the warm weather we are having this week is “fire weather,” although there are no red flag warnings in effect as of press time. “If we don’t get any more rain, we will be in fire season sooner rather than later,” he said, reminding the community to be familiar with the District’s “Ready! Set! Go!” wildfire preparation guide. (Visit www.montecitofire.com/fire-prevention for more information.) The next Montecito Association Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 8. For more information, visit www.montecitoassociation.org.

Montecito Bank & Trust Reports Record Income Nearly 100 questions were asked of the 101 team at the meeting last week; many members of the community are not pleased that the sound walls have been removed from the project. At the Montecito Association this past Tuesday, board president Megan Orloff said that the Board will continue to pursue the issue with First District Supervisor Das Williams as well as the Flood Control Department. Because the decision is based on recovery mapping from 2018, the mapping and models do not take into account the new debris basin on Randall Road as well as other mitigation models, which several residents have pointed out. “The projects we are working on [including the Randall Road basin] are debris control projects,” said Frye. “They are not going to affect the amount of water that flows,” he said. “We don’t want to provide noise abatement and then have residents have to deal with increase flooding,” said Ayars at the MA meeting this week. “It’s a tough subject, and I hope people continue to share their thoughts with us.” According to project reps, the freeway widening will cause a less than five decibel increase in sound for the majority of the community, thanks in part to the use of reinforced concrete pavement, which is the quietest roadway surface that has been developed to date. The surface has a long lifespan and reduces tire noise because cars are not going over degraded areas. Homeowners directly impacted by the increase in noise by the freeway will be given access to funding for private property improvements, which can include window replacement and landscaping to buffer the sound. Sound walls on private property will not be allowed. The project will move forward through the Coastal Development Permit process with County hearings this spring and summer, including MBAR meetings later this month and in March, the Montecito Planning Commission in April, and County Planning Commission in June. For more information, contact the project team at (805) 8455112 or info@sbroads.com or visit the project website at www.SBROADS.com.

Montecito Association Meets At a lengthy Montecito Association Meeting earlier this week, the Board voted unanimously to continue efforts for the MA’s Hands Across Montecito project, which was launched in 2021 as a pilot program to help provide outreach and resources to homeless people living in Montecito. Homelessness country-wide has increased since the pandemic began in March 2020; at the time the program launched there were about 30-50 homeless living in Montecito in various encampments near the Bird Refuge, Hot Springs freeway exit, near the Pointe Market on Coast Village Road, the area near the freeway and Coast Village Circle, the area between Olive Mill and San Ysidro roads, and near the railroad tracks near Montecito Shores and Bonnymede. HAM partnered with outreach coordinators from City Net, an organization comprised of a team of nonprofit professionals who work to end street-level homelessness. Founded by Brad Fieldhouse, the organization was already working in the City of Santa Barbara and partnering with Cottage Hospital to get local homeless the medical help they need. Executive Director Sharon Byrne gave an extensive power point presentation on the project, which exceeded everybody’s expectations in terms of number of volunteers – nearly 20 people – who donated time, money (roughly $123,000), and resources, as well as number of homeless people helped. It’s estimated that there are fewer than five people currently living unsheltered in Montecito. The project included multi-camp cleanouts, countywide partnerships, and the trailblazing of a new way to provide resources for the homeless population that could very well be used for other communities trying to tackle this issue. “Thank you for giving us this opportunity,” said Byrne, who spearheaded the project. The Board voted favorably to launch a new round of funding and to move forward with a new contract with City Net. During Community Reports, Santa Barbara Sheriff Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi gave a briefing on crime in Montecito in the last month, which included an increase in mail

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Montecito Bank & Trust reported that total assets grew $398.62 million, an increase of 20.41% during the 12-month period, to $2.35 billion for the year ending 12/31/2021. Strong deposit growth of $401.15 million or 23.15% year-over-year, pushed year-end deposit totals to $2.13 billion. Loan growth declined $143.4 million or 10.88% yearover-year due to Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness with year-end loans totaling $1.17 billion. Net income of $17.5 million was a 46.68% increase year-overyear. The bank’s total risk-based capital remains very strong at 14.49%, far exceeding the 10% regulatory minimum required to be considered well capitalized. Reflecting on another year of pandemic related challenges, Chairman and CEO Janet Garufis said, “Our 2021 record performance is a testament to service excellence and the resiliency and dedication of our over 260 associates, and to the confidence and trust our clients and communities have in our teams. For that, we are forever grateful. Our Wealth Management group, with assets under management in excess of $1.2 billion, continues to excel. Moreover, when coupled with our significant deposit growth, securing over $115 million additional Round 2 PPP funds for Central Coast organizations, and donating in excess of $1.6 million to deserving nonprofits across our communities, I am confident we are making our founder, Michael Towbes, proud. It is that very commitment to world-class service that earned our teams an additional six Best Bank and Best Places to Work recognitions this year.” Montecito Bank & Trust is the oldest and largest locally owned community bank in the Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Founded in 1975, the bank celebrated its 46th anniversary on March 17, 2021 and operates 11 branch offices in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Solvang, Montecito, Carpinteria, Ventura, Camarillo, and Westlake Village.

Class-Action Lawsuit at Biltmore A class-action lawsuit was filed in late January by former employees at the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore against Montecito resident Ty Warner and his hotel company. The lawsuit notes that at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, 450 employees of the resort were furloughed, with hotel operators not being forthcoming about when or if the hotel would reopen. The lawsuit alleges that by keeping the hotel closed, employees were in a state of limbo where they had no rights as they were on “temporary furlough” but not terminated. If they were to have resigned, they would lose their entitled separation pay, among other benefits. The lawsuit adds that plaintiffs and class members have suffered and continue to suffer substantial losses in earnings and job benefits, and have suffered extreme and severe mental anguish, emotional distress, and pain and suffering. The lawsuit is seeking $6,000,000 in damages. The suit is being handled by law firm Anticouni & Ricotta of Santa Barbara. Ty Warner maintains that he has no plans to sell any of his Montecito properties, which include the Biltmore, the Coral Casino, Montecito Club, and the San Ysidro Ranch. He has said that he is using the property closure as an opportunity to reinvest in the beloved resort. All reservations for the resort have been canceled through 2022. In August 2020, over 250 Biltmore employees and their supporters took to the streets of Montecito to protest unanswered questions about their employment status at the resort. Many of them held signs or Kelly Mahan Herrick, banners boasting how many years of seralso a licensed realtor vice they have given to the five-star resort, with Berkshire Hathaway only to be furloughed indefinitely without Home Services, has been benefits or severance pay. Many donned editor at large for the “Biltmore Strong” shirts that were made Journal since 2007, following the 1/9 Debris Flow in January reporting on news 2018; but the “St” was covered up with a in Montecito and “W,” so they read: “Biltmore Wrong.” beyond.

“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.” — Emily Dickinson

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FOOD & WINE Santa Barbara by the Glass

from winemaker Kristin Bryden and her team is very Provence-inspired. Estate grown, it exudes a lovely rose hue, lots of raspberry, peach and tangerine notes and a very clean, tart finish.

A Dozen Rosés: You’ll Love These Pink Wines for Valentine’s Day by Gabe Saglie

t’s all about skin contact! An apropos start of a story about Valentine’s Day, I guess. But we’re talking wine here, and those pink sippers that look and smell and taste so pretty, they’re sure to be our go-to thirst quenchers this Valentine’s Day. That seductive hue is, indeed, the product of calculated contact between the skin of wine grapes and their juice. Sometimes, it’s a couple of hours. Other times, a day or two. Since the juice is naturally clear, controlling contact with skin controls the bleed of the anthocyanin pigments in it, thereby controlling the intensity of the color they impart. The production of serious rosés in Santa Barbara County has ramped up nicely in the last few years, both as still and sparkling wines. They usually deliver big value, and they always deliver a memorable drinking experience, one certainly worth sharing. Here are a dozen rosés – all local, all available in limited quantities – that you’ll be sure to love this Valentine’s Day. Goat Bubbles 2017 Rosé ($44): Norm Yost, whom we consider to be the grandfather of the Santa Barbara sparkling wine movement, released this vintage sparkler just a few months ago, and it’s been a big crowd pleaser at the Flying Goat tasting room in Lompoc. Made with pinot noir from the famous Solomon Hills Vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley, it’s salmon-colored, with notes of strawberries and baked croissants.

Fesstivity 2018 Brut Rosé ($49): Made entirely from pinot noir grapes grown in the coveted Sta. Rita Hills area, this bubbly is full of effervescent energy. The texture is elegant and the flavors deliver zing – cranberry and citrus, with 10– 17 February 2022

twinges of tropical fruit. This wine was aged in neutral French oak for seven months. Get it at the Santa Barbara Wine Collective in the Funk Zone. Riverbench 2018 Brut Rosé ($48): There’s a great blush color to this sparkling wine, which is made from pinot grapes grown in the winery’s certified sustainable estate vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley. Super fresh, this one showcases aromas and flavors of raspberries and flowers. Available at their Funk Zone tasting room. Santa Barbara Winery 2017 Sparkling Rosé ($60): Winemaker Bruce McGuire follows the traditional Méthode Champenoise to craft this all-pinot bubbly made from fruit grown at Burning Creek Ranch in the Sta. Rita Hills. Lots of berry notes here, as well as a bright and racy finish. DaFoe Wines 2020 Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Rosé ($34): A guy I consider one of Santa Barbara’s most talented under-the-radar winemakers has made a delicious all-grenache rosé. Sourced from Tierra Alta Vineyard in Ballard Canyon and aged in neutral French oak, Rob DaFoe’s latest rosé is round on the midpalate but bright and refreshing on the finish. Get it at Sunburst Wine Bar in Carpinteria or enjoy special pricing when you buy it by the case at the DaFoe tasting room in Los Olivos.

Kimsey 2020 Grenache Rosé ($29): Montecito residents Bill and Nancy Kimsey established their namesake Ballard Canyon vineyard in 2008, and, with the help of winemaker phenom Matt Dees, it’s been producing phenomenal high-end wines ever since. This rosé is serious but super approachable, silky in the mouth and full of citrus and watermelon flavors. The result of 30 hours of skin contact.

Rusack 2020 Boundless Rosé ($22): The Boundless line is a brand-new project from the Rusack team, including winemaker Steve Gerbac, and this rosé impresses with a gorgeous pink hue. The wine is made from syrah and zinfandel grapes grown on the Rusacks’ Ballard Canyon estate, as well as pinot noir from the Sta. Rita Hills. So, some nice complexity here, and intensity, along with plenty of bouncy and fresh red berry flavors.

Epiphany 2020 Grenache Rosé ($25): Part of the Fess Parker portfolio, the Epiphany team, led by winemaker Blair Fox, sourced the grapes for this wine from their estate Rodney’s Vineyard. Aged in a combo of neutral French oak barrels and stainless steel tanks, it shows off watermelon notes on the nose and palate, it’s zesty and fresh and is really easy to drink!

Zaca Mesa 2020 Rosé of Grenache ($25): Part of a rosé program that stretches back to the late 1990s, this offering

Margerum 2020 Riviera Rosé ($26): This wine is a standout on color alone – super light salmon pink, thanks to a process known as saignée, where juice is removed right after the grapes are crushed. Winemaker and Montecito resident Doug Margerum delivers another Provence-inspired drink made from various Rhone grapes, mainly syrah and grenache. Perfect for poolside, this one is splashy and refreshing. Visit the tasting room at the Hotel Californian.

Summerland 2020 Central Coast Collection Rosé ($16): A super easy, fun rosé made from a variety of fruit sources. This one leans fruity, with plenty of raspberry and strawberry notes and citrusy acidity, and delivers a dry finish. Municipal Winemakers Appetizer Aperitif ($33): This funky offering from winemaker Dave Potter is an honorable mention – not really a rosé but a unique sipper with a super special orange tint that I think can add some frolic and spice to a Valentine’s Day get-together. Riesling ice wine is the base here, and then 20-plus ingredients go in, including hibiscus flowers, gentian root, and orange peels. The bitterness in this beverage is zippy but bright, and it’s balanced by a bit of sweetness and plenty of complexity. Something interesting to sip with the one you love to sip with! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Gabe Saglie has been covering the Santa Barbara wine scene for more than 15 years through columns, TV, and radio. He’s a senior editor with Travelzoo and is a leading expert on travel deals, tips, and trends.

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Milk & Honey chef and owner Alvaro Castellanos Rojas Alcazar’s pillowy burrata plate served with garlic confit, roasted cherry tomato, and fried arugula is dream-worthy ($14)

with seductive, handcrafted dishes and noteworthy cocktails since 2000, with the opening of his first eatery, Alcazar, on the Mesa. Both eateries will host a candlelit dinner for two for $149 per couple. Montecito Journal recently caught up with him to discuss all things romantic cuisine. Q. How do you find romance in being a chef? A. I’m not sure how to address romance and professional cooking, but I can tell you that it’s an extremely passionate craft if you are captivated by it; you have to love it or you will have a perilous time in a professional kitchen. And, honestly, the last thing I want to do is romanticize commercial cooking. I think it’s more of a love it or leave it craft, or maybe it’s like true romance where the love for it has to weather the test of time. What ingredients do you find sensuous and how do you like to serve them? Sensuous ingredients: I think saffron falls into this category if you consider the etymology of “sensuous” or pertaining to the senses. It has a very distinct aroma and from what I understand the

fresh saffron crocus flower fields give off an absolutely breathtakingly beautiful scent. The color is also magical and truly beautiful in any of its hues. Saffron tastes like nothing I have ever tried. Its unique flavor is mysterious and full of depth from such a tiny delicate source which is likely why it’s one of the most expensive goods on the planet. I use it in paella, of course, cream (iced and fresh), also I experimented with it in grits, which we still serve on the menu with a pulled pork confit in black mole.

What are some sensuous ways to serve noodles? Empty Bowl Gourmet Noodle’s Jerry Lee: ‘Khao Soi’ is a Burmese-influenced curry noodle soup made in Northern Thailand. Here we serve it with flat egg noodles, stewed Shelton Farm chicken in a curry base broth, coconut milk and fish sauce. It’s rich bold flavors of yellow curry paste made with shallots, garlic turmeric, spices and herbs and the creaminess of coconut milk makes a great pairing with flat al dente egg noodles. It’s garnished with pickled mustard greens, cilantro green onions and housemade chili oil. ($17.50).

Rosewood Miramar diners will discover romance in Chef Falsini’s red snapper with hoja santa, black trumpets, sunchoke, and caldo verde

The Romantic Chef: Rosewood Miramar’s Executive Chef Massimo Falsini’s special menu for Caruso’s channels the seductive glamour and romance of the Italian Riviera with gourmet fare, fine wine, candlelight and captivating views. Notable dishes include Crudo of Hokkaido featuring scallop, radish salad, yuzu and colatura di Alici and local snapper in hoja santa, black trumpets, sunchoke, and caldo verde. $325 per person. For more information, visit rosewoodho tels.com. P.S. I Love You, Santa Barbara: Belmond El Encanto’s Valentine’s Day menu is a love letter to coastal cuisine, shared Executive Chef Bruno Lopez, who crafted a four-course menu made up of local seafare, prime beef, seasonal black truffles, and gourmet desserts. Highlights include grilled tomahawk steak served with a wild mushroom casserole and sea scallops cooked in saffron and dressed with carrot mousseline (a light mousse). The cost is $222 per person. For more information, visit: belmond.com.

with Uni and Ikura, or caviar. Another option would be to incorporate oysters, uni, and caviar, since oysters are undeniably one of the best known aphrodisiac foods! For more information, visit SBFish.com.

A Regal Affair: San Ysidro Ranch’s Executive Chef Matt Johnson and his team will be serving up a sumptuous fourcourse menu and optional wine flight. You can bet house favorites will be the Wagyu striploin with sweet Maui onion confit Public Affection: Santa Barbara Public and Maine lobster bisque served with a Market has a plethora of Valentine’s dollop of American sturgeon caviar and Day dining options available for outdoor crème fraîche, garnished with tarragon and seating, order out, or delivery through topped with brioche croutons. Besides the Restaurant Connection. For more inforintimate and regal atmosphere, diners will mation, visit sbpublicmarket.com. Here delight in a selection of sweets: Budino are some of the standout dishes under (Italian custard) tart with Valrhona Alpaco one roof: chocolate and raspberry and rose sweet Sushi With Heart: Santa Barbara Fish jam or Crème Brûlée flambéed tableside Market offers all of the fixings needed to That’s Amore: Ca’Dario Pizzeria with passionfruit, pineapple marmalade, prepare a sushi heart-shaped roll, filled Veloce’s El Gringo Pizza with its biland rum. The cost is $230 per person or with tuna tartare, avocado, and topped lowy soft crust and crispy bottom, seaa four-course meal with wine flight, $330. For more information, visit: stonehouser What’s so sexy about a lobster roll? estaurant.com.

Broad Street Oyster Co.’s Christopher Tompkins

There’s something sensual about butter and lobster. It’s luxurious, sexy ingredients that are a perfect pair.

What ingredients do you find amorous, and how do you serve them? Oysters are the ultimate aphrodisiac, raw with a pinch of lemon. What do you order on a menu to impress your date? I like to take the lead with ordering and always encourage sharing each plate. Otherwise, ordering a pair of martinis usually does the trick.

Love Potions: Alcazar’s Negroni Sour is made with gin, Campari, Meletti, lemon, simple syrup, and egg white ($14).

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Milk & Honey’s Beet, Pray, Love is a gin drink mixed with fresh beets, rosemary, lemon, cocchi Americano, coconut milk, bitters, and egg white ($13)

Broad Street Oyster Founder Christopher Tompkins brings gourmet seafood street fare to State Street

“What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.” — Sinclair Lewis

When was the last time you went on a date? I was on a date just a few nights ago over at Lucky’s in Montecito and oysters were the first item to hit the table (after the martinis of course).

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Some Like It Hot: Corazon Cocina’s Sal de Mar Ceviche offers tender morsels of California Albacore, juicy chunks of watermelon, silky avocado, and crunchy cucumbers, all spiked with spicy Fresno chiles and hibiscus aguachile ($18.95). Make It a Threesome: Wabi Sabi’s Three Musketeers Salad offers succulent morsels of tuna, salmon, and yellowtail nestled on a bed of crisp spring mix, topped with a luscious yuzu vinaigrette dressing, juicy cherry tomatoes, cucumber, plump masago that burst in your mouth with the flavor of the sea, and egg noodles with a delightful crunch ($21.97). SB foodies are falling for Fala Bar’s Kale Burger

soned sausage, plump juicy tomatoes, subtly spicy serrano chile, red onions, and creamy luscious mozzarella is a pizza fit for any date night ($13). Double the Pleasure: Rori’s has two sumptuous flavors available throughout February at its scoop shops – John Martin (AKA Toasted Coconut with Chocolate), a coconut ice cream made with half cream and half coconut milk, featuring toasted coconut flakes and dark chocolate shards. (Who’s John Martin? He’s a regular customer who asked Rori for this special flavor.) And Vegan Roasted Wild Berry Sherbet, which is made with roasted raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries in sugar with vanilla beans and blended together with oat milk for a simple and flavorful treat. Top it off with a crunchy vegan raspberry truffle granola ($6.75 per scoop). Give It Up for the Green: Fala Bar’s Kale Burger is a delicious kale falafel patty served with creamy Thousand Island dressing, crisp lemony kale, purple cabbage, and silky avocado all on a homemade bun ($17).

Down the Hatch: Broad Street Oyster Company has come ashore with a new eatery at 418 State Street. Founder Christopher Tompkins (who has an eerie resemblance to King Neptune) expanded his Malibu seafood concept with a sea

Uni: The Best Locally-Sourced Aphrodisiac by Erika Tai James, Marketing Manager at Santa Barbara Fish Market Sea urchin have been a known aphrodisiac in Japan for thousands of years. Uni, as the Japanese call it, rose to popularity in North America in the late twentieth century, with Santa Barbara Uni becoming the most sought-after in the world. Uni has much to offer from a nutritional standpoint, fully loaded with a healthy supply of nutrients that makes this seafood an outstanding aphrodisiac. Santa Barbara Fish Market’s Spicy Tuna Sushi It is the gonads of this sea creature that are scooped out of the urchin’s Heart, topped with Santa Barbara Uni, paired with a Sea Scallop Sushi Rose and Pink Ginger spiny shell in five custard-like, sea Rose over a bed of seaweed salad and finished buttery golden sections. with red tobiko Some say it is the distinctive perfume or essence of the sea urchin, slightly briny and almost sweaty, that give it an aphrodisiac association. But most people believe that it’s the simple fact that the edible portion of these creatures is a sexual organ that makes it a food of virility and a very seductive seafood.

shack-style outpost that churns out gourmet lobster rolls and other tasty seafood items, such as raw oysters served with house-made mignonette and lemon ($19 for 1/2 dozen and $37 per dozen), and a selection of chef’s seafood treasures from the deep – shrimp, uni, oysters, and crab claws – served raw over ice with lemon

wedges, housemade mignonette, and hot sauce ($150 to $340). The lobster rolls are made warm with butter or chilled with mayo, each garnished with chives and lemon wedge, and inside a toasted brioche bun. Customers have the option to add caviar and/or sea urchin to their roll ($22; with uni add $12; with caviar add $15).

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