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Man accused of attempted abduction appeals result of preliminary hearing

By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The attorney for a Santa Barbara man charged with attempting to abduct a 12-yearold Carpinteria girl last fall is appealing a judge’s ruling that he stand trial following his preliminary hearing, prosecutors said.

The lawyer for Elias Maldonado, 52, has filed a motion objecting to the preliminary hearing judge’s decision on March 30 to continue the case for trial, Deputy District Attorney Hannah Meyer told the News-Press.

Technically, it’s a motion to set aside the information, which is what the original complaint filed against a defendant is called following his preliminary hearing.

Mr. Maldonado appeared in court June 16 for a hearing on the motion, but the matter was continued to July 21, court officials said.

Typically, a second judge will grant the motion if they find there were insufficient legal grounds for the preliminary hearing judge to hold the defendant over for trial.

The second judge typically reviews the transcripts of that hearing and makes a determination whether there was sufficient evidence presented at the preliminary examination. If that judge also feels enough evidence presented at the preliminary hearing, then the case would proceed to trial if the parties do not reach an agreement to settle the case.

By DAVE MASON

NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

From fireworks in the sky to parades on the streets, Santa Barbara County is ready to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Here’s the schedule for Tuesday’s activities.

• 7 to 11 a.m. The Montecito

Firefighters’ Fourth of July

Pancake Breakfast will take place at Fire Station 91, 595 San Ysidro Road, Montecito. Tickets for the Montecito Fire Department event cost $10 at the door. Kids 12 and younger get in free.

• 11 a.m. The Santa Ynez Valley

However, the reviewing judge could grant the defense motion, in which case prosecutors could dismiss the entire case and refile it. A second preliminary hearing would then be scheduled. Either side could request the Court of Appeal review the second judge’s decision on the motion by filing a writ of mandate.

Mr. Maldonado pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of attempted kidnapping connected to the alleged kidnapping of the Carpinteria preteen.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office announced Nov. 10, 2022, that detectives had arrested Mr. Maldonado on suspicion of attempted kidnapping for the incident that occurred two days earlier (Nov. 8). Community Resource Deputy Bryan Dickey was notified Nov. 9 by Carpinteria Middle School staff of a reported kidnapping incident that had occurred at approximately 4 p.m. Nov. 8 in the 5500 block of Carpinteria Avenue near the entrance to the bicycle path.

Deputy Dickey spoke with the female juvenile reporting party, who provided a thorough account of the incident and a suspect description, sheriff’s officials said. He and patrol deputies conducted a follow-up investigation, allegedly identified the suspect as Mr. Maldonado and tracked him to a motel in the 5500 block of Carpinteria Avenue.

Deputies also learned that he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest.

At approximately 9:50 a.m. on Nov. 9, Deputy Dickey, along with patrol deputies and a Sheriff’s K-

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Angel mom, a newly elected state rep, joins DeSantis in fight for border security

By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) – Angel Mom Kiyan

Michael, a Republican state representative from Jacksonville, Florida, has come full circle from running for office, endorsing Gov. Ron DeSantis for governor, getting elected, and now endorsing him for president. She celebrated her bittersweet victory and legislative accomplishments this year, joining Gov. DeSantis last week in Eagle Pass, Texas, as he unveiled his plan “to stop the invasion at the southern border.”

Angel parents are those whose children are killed by foreign nationals who’ve illegally entered the country.

Her son was killed in a car accident by a twice-deported “illegal alien who should not have been here,” she said, which motivated her to run for office. In a campaign ad last year, she said the foreign national “ran into him and hit him so hard that he caused his car to flip and he killed him.”

She ran for office, she said, “because our families deserve an America First agenda. The pain that we experienced during our son’s tragedy will have purpose.” She and her family members, she said, were also “outspoken supporters of DeSantis’ efforts to create stronger laws related to border security to keep other families from having to endure a similar tragedy.”

She was elected in November and represents District 16 in the Florida House.

After meeting with Gov. DeSantis in 2019 and sharing her family’s experience, she said, “he wanted to make sure other lives were protected.”

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Kiyan Michael’s son was killed in a car accident by a twice-deported “illegal alien who should not have been here,” she said, which motivated her to run for office.

implemented several immigration related bills; this year they advanced even more significant immigration reform bills, which she helped pass.

Along the banks of the Rio Grande River, she said, “I’m here because I know first-hand what it means when we do not secure our border. Unfortunately, what propelled me to run for the [Florida] House is because I knew the borders were going to be left wide open and because of what happened to our family in 2007 on August 15. Our son, Brandon Randolf Michal, all the way in Jacksonville, Florida – which would not have been considered a border town but because the failures here didn’t stop and the law was not upheld,” was killed.

Brandon was on his way to cash a paycheck “and he should have been safe in his own city, as should all Americans, when a twice deported illegal that came in through the southern border crashed into our child,” she said. “I can tell you as a mother, as a parent, it’s the worst thing you can ever hear,” she said of learning of her son’s death.

The perpetrator was sentenced to two years in prison as punishment, she said, after a lengthy trial process, and was deported for a third time.

“And that’s what propels me to not only speak out but to have a governor by my side from the very beginning,” she continued.

Hobbs’ transgender healthcare coverage sparks controversy

By CARLY MORAN THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

“As Angel parents, we get very tired of hearing, ‘we’re going to do something’ [from politicians] and nothing happens. But Gov. DeSantis sat down back in 2019 and sat across the table with sheriffs looking us in the eye, listening to our stories, wanting to hear from us what happened.

“I could see that he actually cared. We can tell a difference when people are real. This man is real,” she said, adding that he helped bring healing to her family and others. She said she could see the tears in his eyes as a father when she shared what happened to her son.

Turning to Gov. DeSantis, she said, “You have stood when others have sat down. It takes balldacity if that’s word, to do what you have done in the state of Florida. Everything you told us you were going to do you have done. And I thank you for that.”

“As Angel parents, we are not going to stop securing our nation and preventing this from happening to somebody else,” she continued. While she’s now a state representative, she said, “I’ll always be Brandon’s mom.

“There is nobody else who is going to fight like this governor fights. There’s nobody else who means what he says and says what he does and means it.

“There’s nobody else who’s going to stand for every American and make sure that you’re safe other than Gov. DeSantis.”

Low test scores used to assail Inslee’s school closure during pandemic

By BRETT DAVIS THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – Liv Finne, education director of the free market Washington Policy Center think tank, used a sharp dip in reading and math since 2020 for U.S. 13-year-olds to criticize Gov. Jay Inslee’s decision to close schools during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to new data from the National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP, the average scores from tests given last fall declined by 4 points in reading and 9 points in math, compared to tests given in the 2019-2020 school year, and are the lowest in decades.

On March 13, 2020, Inslee ordered a statewide school closure to slow the spread of the then-novel coronavirus.

NAEP results, Ms. Finne wrote in a Tuesday blog, “reveals the harmful impact of these decisions on children.”

She went into some detail about how schools were re-opened.

“That summer, the state Department of Health said schools could re-open with certain guidelines,” Ms. Finne said.

“Private schools and independent public charter schools re-opened, yet Governor Inslee kept public schools closed. Over the winter of 2020-21, the governor favored teachers by allowing them to be first to get the new vaccine. Still, the teachers union pressed to keep public schools closed.”

She continued, “In March 2021

Governor Inslee said schools could partially reopen, due to mounting evidence that his shutdown was

According to new data from the National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP, the average scores from tests given last fall declined by 4 points in reading and 9 points in math, compared to tests given in the 2019-2020 school year, and are the lowest in decades.

inflicting psychological harm and distress on children. Even then public schools were slow to reopen fully.”

Catholic schools or public charter schools that were opened to in-person instruction did not suffer COVID-19 outbreaks, Finne contended, in comparison to public schools that were closed during that same period of time. She continued her broadside against Gov. Inslee and the majority Democrat state Legislature.

“Governor Inslee made many mistakes that hurt Washington’s 1.1 million public school students,” Ms. Finne noted. “He kept the schools closed to full-time inperson instruction the entire academic year of 2020-21. He blocked bills to give parents access to the private schools that were open. He and legislative leaders blocked the opening of new charter schools, and instituted a policy of funding discrimination against charter school families, one that is still in place today.”

House Bill 1615, allowing families to use their share of state education funds to gain access to private or home-based education, was killed in committee during

this year’s legislative session. In the prior session, four school choice bills – House Bill 1215, House Bill 1555, House Bill 1633 and Senate Bill 5205 – failed to pass the Legislature. The 2021 session also saw House Bill 1195 to extend the authorization of new charter public schools to 2026 go nowhere.

“Also, this session, and in the previous sessions, the Democrats blocked bills to provide LEA [Local Effort Assistance] funding to charter schools, maintaining the state’s policy of funding discrimination against charter schools,” Ms. Finne emailed The Center Square. “They were given a budget proviso of about $1500 per charter school student this session and last session, but they won’t put this into law. Putting this into law would give charter schools some semblance of stable funding. Instead, they have to fight for this money every year.”

The Local Effort Assistance Program in general is aimed at funding districts unable to raise enough through local levies because of low property values. In 2019, the state agreed that tribal compact schools could access LEA money, prompting charter school proponents to say that precedent

should apply to them as well.

The Center Square reached out to the Governor’s Office for its take on Finne’s blog.

“I’m baffled by her belief that private/charter K-12 schools were treated differently than public K-12 schools – under the emergency orders, they were all grouped together and treated the same,” Inslee spokesperson Mike Faulk said in an email. “Her claims about COVID outbreaks at these different institutions are not attributed to any source, and it seems highly unlikely people working at these institutions lived and worked in a protected bubble. DOH would be your best source for that data.”

The pandemic forced Gov. Inslee to make difficult choices, he added.

“No one questions the learning loss or the mental health impacts,” Mr. Faulk said. “The mechanism by which the governor forced schools to reopen was through an emergency declaration to protect the mental and behavioral health of young people. But first and foremost, our goal was to save lives, and we reopened schools as soon as it was reasonably safe based on the recommendations of health experts.”

Arizona attorney general joins amicus brief favoring preventative services

By TOM JOYCE

THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) - Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined a group of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief this week, hoping to protect an aspect of the Affordable Care Act.

The provision guarantees preventive care for millions of Americans, according to a press release from Ms. Mayes’ office.

“Hundreds of thousands of Arizonans have benefited from the preventative health care services available under the Affordable Care Act, and these services have saved lives across our country,” Ms. Mayes said in the release. “Early detection of diseases also saves money in the long run by mitigating the need for more costly treatments. Eliminating these provisions would endanger lives and hurt public health in our state. I am proud to join my fellow attorneys general in asking the court to uphold these critical protections for Arizonans.”

The provision requires most private insurance plans to cover certain preventive services and treatments, including cancer

screenings and vaccinations, without charging consumers any out-of-pocket costs.

The legal case Braidwood v. Becerra threatens this provision, according to the release. Those who filed the suit do not want to pay for certain contraceptives and HIV care, arguing that it violates their rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas partially took the plaintiffs’ side in the case, arguing that requiring the plaintiffs to purchase insurance that covers some forms of prophylactic HIV medication violated some plaintiffs’ RFRA rights.

The coalition Ms. Mayes is a part of is led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. The attorneys general filed their amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit court.

In the brief, the attorneys general argue that these preventive care provisions save lives and that removing them would burden the public health system.

The brief calls on the appeals court to reverse the parts of the decision that sided with the plaintiffs, while affirming the rest of the judgment.

The attorneys general note that the

Affordable Care Act expanded preventive care access for more than 76 million Americans. “Preventive services improve public health outcomes by enabling medical professionals to identify and treat illnesses earlier and, in some cases, entirely prevent them,” the release from Ms. Mayes’s office said. “The brief describes several ways the ACA’s provision has improved public health, including increasing rates of screenings for colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer fatalities in America. Colorectal cancer is considered largely preventable with screening, and the increase in screenings after the passage of the ACA led to an associated decrease in colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer deaths.”

Additionally, the attorneys general argue that the ACA expanded access to contraception for women.

In addition to the attorneys general from Arizona and Illinois, the following states joined the amicus brief: California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

(The Center Square) –Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed two executive orders on June 27, giving additional protections to the state’s LGBTQ residents.

The first order, Executive Order 2023-12, establishes that any “medically necessary” gender reassignment surgeries for state employees will be paid for through their health care coverage. The second, Executive Order 202313, bars any state agencies from funding, promoting or supporting conversion therapy for minors.

“Our LGBTQ+ community should never have to face hate and discrimination, and I will do everything in my power to fight for full equality,” Gov. Hobbs said. “The State is leading by example on this issue, and we will continue working until Arizona is a place where every individual can participate equally in our economy and our workforce without fear of discrimination or exclusion.”

The governor’s office cited that the American Psychological Association argues conversion therapy increases patients’ risk of depression, suicide and substance abuse.

The two policies were met with criticism.

“Director nominations hearings were suspended on Monday, and yet the Governor

is already doubling down with another unilateral overreach,” said Senate President Pro Tempore T.J. Shope, RMaricopa. “The Arizona Senate Majority Caucus is committed to checks and balances and will be reviewing all legal options to ensure appropriate constitutional separation of powers.”

Sen. Shope argued the governor is not focused enough on larger priorities affecting the majority of Arizonans.

“Instead of helping families struggling to keep a roof over their heads, fill their tanks with gas and put food on the table, Governor Hobbs is making sure taxpayer dollars are instead going towards elective, sex change surgeries,” Sen. Shope said. “The Governor continues to show just how tone deaf and out of touch she is with the majority of hard-working Arizonans.”

Center for Arizona Policy President Cathi Herrod argues that gender transition therapies are still too experimental to be covered by the state.

“Hobbs also appears to be encouraging irreversible and experimental sex-change surgeries and drug therapies at a time when European countries are increasingly pulling back because of the damage done to so many,” Ms. Herrod said. “We also continue to see more and more people detransition after regretting the permanent effects of such drug therapies and surgeries.”

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Authorities seek help locating missing teen

SANTA MARIA – The Santa Maria Police Department Detective Bureau is still asking for the community’s assistance with locating a missing 16-year-old girl.

The juvenile, Olga Tibercio Vazquez, left home about a month ago and her parents filed a missing persons report. She has not returned home and is believed to be in the Santa Maria area with friends.

Olga is described as a 16year-old Hispanic female approximately 4’7” in height with black hair, brown eyes and weighing about 150 pounds.

“As of right now we haven’t had eyes on her,” Sgt. Sean Woesnner told the News-Press on Sunday. “We’re following up on a daily basis. We’re not going to take people’s word for it. We need to see if she needs anything.”

Police have received several tips from people who said they had seen her in Santa Maria, but by the time officers responded, she was no longer there, he said.

The police will consider her missing “unless we get eyes on her and get her back home,” he said.

Olga’s information has also been posted on the Santa Maria Police Department’s Facebook and Twitter pages @SMPDHQ for members of the public to view and share.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to please contact the Communications Center 24 hours a day at (805) 928 - 3781 ext. 2277. Investigator K. Payne may also be reached at ext. 1660.

— Neil Hartstein

Thefts at Goleta grocery store under investigation

GOLETA – Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating thefts targeting female shoppers and are reaching out to warn the public and seek any information to identify suspects. Deputies have taken three reports at Albertsons in the Calle Real Center in Goleta with similar circumstances where a male suspect distracts a shopper while an accomplice steals their wallet from their nearby shopping cart. The thefts occurred on May 15, May 27, and June 17.

Through their investigations, deputies have recovered surveillance footage showing a consistent set of suspects who they are working to identify. Deputies are sharing the photos of the suspects with the public with a request that anyone with information contact the Sheriff’s Office. Based on witness interviews, deputies believe that the suspects are associated with a green minivan. The Sheriff’s Office would also like to prevent any additional people from falling victim to this scam by letting them know this is happening and encouraging shoppers to keep watch of their wallets in shopping carts.

Anyone with information that could identify these suspects is encouraged to contact the Sheriff’s Office at (805) 683-2724. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you can contact the Sheriff’s Office anonymous tip line at (805) 681-4171 or email tips@sbsheriff. org.

This investigation remains ongoing, and deputies will be contacting area businesses where the victim’s credit cards have been used in an additional crime of identity theft.

— Neil Hartstein

to Solvang

phosphoric acid at the Vinland Hotel and Lounge, 1455 Mission Drive.

Apparently the mixture created gas involving approximately two gallons of the product, county fire officials said.

SBC Hazardous Materials personnel made entry wearing level-A encapsulated suits.

One adult female, a hotel employee, was taken by ambulance to Santa Ynez Cottage Hospital.

The HazMat team diluted and neutralized the product, pool chemicals, in the pool, stabilizing the situation. Afterwards, there were no remaining hazardous material readings reported.

The pool, however, was closed with ph levels monitored before reopening.

The cause of the incident remained under investigation.

— Neil Hartstein

Alleged sexual predator arrested

SANTA MARIA – Detectives arrested a man last week who allegedly had arranged to meet with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl for the purpose of sex, police said.

The investigation that preceded the June 27 arrest revealed that the suspect, Cristopher Alexis Correa, 26, of Guadalupe, allegedly had arranged to meet via social media with a person he thought was an underage girl with the intent to engage in sexual acts, police said.

Detectives arrested Mr. Correa at about 7:12 p.m. in a parking lot after he arrived to meet with the “14-year-old girl.”

He was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail on felony charges related to arranging and meeting with a minor with the intent to engage in sexual acts. This case will be forwarded to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office for filing.

Anyone with information related to this or other suspected unreported crimes involving Mr. Correa is encouraged to contact Detective Silver at (805) 928 – 3781 ext. 1346 or the Communications Center at ext. 2277.

— Neil Hartstein

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Santa Barbara County hazardous materials personnel responded Friday to an incident involving a mixture of chlorine and phosphoric acid at the Vinland Hotel and Lounge in Solvang

Olga Tibercio Vazquez

Independence Day to be celebrated throughout county

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Rotary Club’s Fourth of July Parade will go down Mission Drive in Solvang. Entries will vary from classic cars to horses, dance troupes, high school marching bands and floats created by local businesses.

• 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Goleta Valley Historical Society will celebrate an “Old Fashioned Fourth of July” at Rancho La Patera and Stow House in Goleta. There will be live music by the Stray Herd and Donna Greene & The Roadside Daddies.

Festivities will also include tractor rides, face painting for kids, goats, the Santa Barbara Model A Ford Club, vendors, food and coffee trucks, an exhibit by the Central Coast Vintage Machinery Association and the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society.

Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for children. For more information, see goletahistory.org/ old-fashioned-4th-july.

• 11:30 a.m. The city of Lompoc is planning a Fourth of July Family Fun Day at Ryon Memorial Park.

Admission is free to the event at the park, located off West Ocean Avenue and South O Street.

The Fourth celebration will begin at 11:30 a.m. with a patriotic bike parade from the Lompoc Veterans Memorial Building to Ryon Park. The city of Lompoc said a limited number of bike helmets will be given to children.

Starting at noon, the public can enjoy live music from The Fossils along with food trucks, inflatables, face painting and more.

Fireworks, smoking, vaping and alcohol consumption won’t be permitted at the event. Pets are welcome but must be leashed.

For more information, call Lompoc Parks and Recreation at 805-875-8100.

• 11:30 a.m. The Montecito Association’s Village 4th Road Show is a parade going down San Ysidro Road, Coast Village Road, Hot Springs Road and ending on East Valley Road. For more information, go to montecitoassociation.org.

• Noon. A full afternoon of music and other activities will precede a night of fireworks during the Fourth of July celebration in Santa Barbara.

Music will start at noon at the West Beach bandstand with DJ Joseph Souza, followed by Peer Pressure at 1 p.m., The Free Radicals at 2, Rock Shop Review at 3, Golf Sucks at 4, Drifting Dimension at 5, Time Travelers Bridget & Sophiaa from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Then it’s a 10-minute performance by La Boheme Dancers, followed by The Roosters at 7 and Spencer the Gardener at 7:50. The 20-minute fireworks show will start at 9 p.m.

There will be live music and more at Stearns Wharf as well. The Brasscals will perform at noon, followed by free face painting at 2 p.m. and the band Area 51 at 4 p.m.

In addition to the music and fireworks, a street fair will take

Prosecutors say defendant presents a serious danger to society

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9 unit, contacted Mr. Maldonado at the motel, where he was taken into custody after allegedly briefly attempting to flee.

Mr. Maldonado was booked at the Main Jail in Santa Barbara on suspicion of attempted kidnapping of a child under the age of 14, a felony, and obstructing a peace officer, a misdemeanor, as well as an outstanding warrant for domestic violence and false imprisonment, both felonies.

her elsewhere. The charge is a serious and/or violent felony. Prosecutors also alleged aggravating factors, contending the alleged crime involved great violence, great bodily harm, and threat of great bodily harm or other act disclosing a high degree of cruelty, viciousness or callousness. Prosecutors noted that the victim was particularly vulnerable. They also alleged Mr. Maldonado engaged in violent conduct that indicates a serious danger to society.

place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. along the Cabrillo Boulevard sidewalk at West Beach.For more information, go to santabarbara.ca.gov/july4.

• Noon to 10 p.m. The Santa Ynez Valley Rotary Club’s Fourth of July festival will be held at Mission Santa Ines in Solvang.

There will be live entertainment by Smelly Cat at 3 p.m., Agin Brothers at 5 p.m. and Falco Heavy at 7:30 p.m. DJ Peete will spin music all day starting at noon.

Fireworks will light up the Solvang sky at 9 p.m.

Tickets for the festival cost $15 for general admission. Tickets are free for kids 12 and younger and active military members with IDs, who receive four free passes per person.

To purchase, go to syvrotary.org.

• 4 p.m. North Avenue Baptist Church in Lompoc is having a celebration on the Fourth of July with a variety of free familyfriendly games and a fireworks display.

The event starts at 4 p.m. at 1523 W. North Ave, where there will be carnival games, cornhole, pony rides and more. The “Safe and Sane” fireworks show will start at 8 p.m.

Throughout the celebration there will be food from food trucks for purchase, such as chicken and waffles and BBQ. All are welcome to join, for more information visit nabclompoc.org.

• 5 p.m. The Prime Time Band will perform at the Sunken Garden at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.

The band will play patriotic music during the traditional outdoor concert at the courthouse, 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara.

Hosted by the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation, the free program will also include the Vandenberg Space Force Base Honor Guard and the Polynesian dancers from Hula Anyone.

Last year’s Fourth of July concert stood out for its variety of music as well as vocal soloists.

The Prime Time Band consists of more than 60 musicians who are

40 and older. It’s directed by Dr. Paul Mori, who became the band’s third musical director in 2021. Dr. Mori is an adjunct professor at Westmont College, conducts the Santa Barbara Reading Orchestra and regularly plays the bassoon.

• Evening. There will be fireworks shows. See the noon listing above for Solvang and Santa Barbara, and the 4 p.m. listing for Lompoc. email: dmason@newspress.com

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Man arrested on weapons charges

SANTA MARIA – Detectives, with assistance from the Santa Maria Police Department SWAT Team, served search and arrest warrants last week at a residence in the 500 block of South Oakley Street, police said.

They served the warrants on June 28 at about 11:45 p.m., and subsequently arrested suspect Noe Soria Bedolla,19, of Santa Maria, on weapons charges.

His arrest was a result of an ongoing investigation by detectives related to a fight involving a firearm that occurred in Santa Maria on June 24.

Police responded that day at about 1:48 a.m to a fight call at a business in the 1000 block of E. Main Street. Reports were received regarding two groups fighting, with one subject armed with a firearm. Officers later allegedly identified the suspect with the firearm as Mr. Bedolla, who reportedly had fled the scene.

Police said he was out on bail after being arrested in connection with a shooting and attempted robbery case that occurred near Thornburg and Hermosa streets on Oct. 24,

Mr. Bedolla was booked on his warrant into the Santa Barbara County Jail on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon and a gang enhancement.

Anyone with information related to the suspect is encouraged to contact Detective Whitney at (805) 928 -3781 ext. 1329 or the Communications Center at (805) 928 - 3781 ext. 2277.

— Neil Hartstein

Alleged burglar taken into custody

SANTA MARIA – Police arrested a suspect last week who allegedly committed two burglaries on the same day.

Officers responded at about 10 a.m. on June 26 to a commercial burglary in the 800 block of S. Broadway. Their investigation revealed the burglary occurred sometime during the latenight hours of June 25 into the early morning hours of June 26. Among several items that were stolen from the business was a white iPhone. SMPD took the crime report and continued the investigation.

Later that same day, at about 10:11 p.m., officers responded to a second burglary at the

same address on S. Broadway; however, this incident involved a separate suite. Within a minute of receiving the report, officers arrived on-scene and located the suspect, Arturo Quevedo, walking out of a second story door. Mr. Quevedo was detained and allegedly found to be in possession of property that was taken from the business. He also allegedly was in possession of the white iPhone that was stolen in the earlier burglary. He was arrested and booked on suspicion of burglary at the Santa Barbara County Jail.

— Neil Hartstein

Firefighters respond to fire at homeless encampment

SANTA BARBARA – County firefighters responded late Friday night to a small vegetation fire at a homeless encampment at Highway 154 (west side) and Cathedral Oaks Road.

County firefighters responded after 11:30 p.m. with three engines, and Santa Barbara City firefighters responded with one engine. They stayed at the scene another hour for mopup operations. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

– Neil Hartstein

Prosecutors charged Mr. Maldonado with attempted kidnapping, alleging the defendant, who stands 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 215 pounds, attempted to abduct the girl either by force or “by any other means of instilling fear,” with the intention of taking

He also is charged with two misdemeanors — one for allegedly annoying or molesting a child under 18, and the other for resisting arrest. Prosecutors said they intend to introduce evidence of any prior acts of sexual offenses allegedly committed by the defendant. email: nhartsteinnewspress@ gmail.com

KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS FILE PHOTOS

Fireworks light up West Beach in 2017. Fireworks will take place there again at 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Spectators enjoy the 2020 Independence Day parade in Montecito. The parade will go down Montecito streets again, starting at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Dr. Paul Mori directs the Prime Time Band, which will perform during a Fourth of July concert Tuesday at the Sunken Garden at the Santa Barbara Courthouse. (Above is the band playing in 2022 at Rancho La Patera and Stow House in Goleta.)

Life theArts

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TODAY

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily: The Sistine Chapel

Art Exhibition runs through Sept. 4 at the Santa Barbara Mission, 2201 Laguna St., Santa Barbara. Tickets start at $25 for adults, $18 for children, and $22 for seniors, military and students. Each ticket also includes admission to the mission museum. To purchase, go to santabarbaramission.org/sistinechapel-omsb or stop at the museum’s gift shop.

By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

The audience at Camino Real Cinemas in Goleta applauded Saturday — and with good reason.

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is easily the franchise’s best movie since “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

And this audience could easily compare the films. Like this writer, most of them were old enough to have seen “Raiders,” as everyone called it back then, in theaters in 1981 when the film first premiered. The story was written by “Star Wars” creator George Lucas and Phillip Kaufman.

The 1930s storyline pitted Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) against the Nazis and introduced him to a love interest that was his equal in every way, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen). The race was on to find the Ark of the Covenant.

“Raiders” was a hit and led to the not-as-great sequel “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” (1984) and the fantastic adventure “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989) with Sean Connery playing Indy’s dad, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.

Mr. Ford didn’t put the fedora back on until “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (2008), which reunited him with Ms. Allen and introduced Shia LaBeouf as Mutt, Indiana and Marion’s son. The franchise had jumped to the late 1950s, and instead of the Nazis, Indy was taking on the communists. Plus there was a cool factor — interdimensional aliens!

“Crystal Skull” was a fun adventure and included some incredible action scenes leaving the viewer wondering, “How did Indy survive that?”

Well, no matter what the obstacles, even if it’s the snakes he dreads, Indiana Jones is the underdog who defeats the villains.

“The Dial of Destiny” comes full circle. Now it’s 1969, but Indy is facing a Nazi he fought during World War II as he tries to get the Dial of the Destiny before the villain does.

This time around, Indy is retiring from his work as an archaeology professor, and he’s in a bar when he happens to run into his goddaughter

FYI

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is screening at Camino Real Cinemas in Goleta and two Santa Barbara theaters — the Arlington Theatre and Metro 4. See metrotheatres.com for showtimes.

The Lucasfilm movie is also screening at Regal Edwards Santa Maria & RPX (regmovies. com) and Movies Lompoc (playingtoday.com).

The film has a running time of 2 hours and 34 minutes. It’s rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action, language and smoking.

Helena Shaw (Phoebe WallerBridge). She’s interested in the Dial of Destiny that Indy and her father Basil Shaw (Toby Jones) found back in 1944. It’s said to have the power of time travel, although Indy and Basil saw its value more as a historical artifact created by Archimedes.

Here’s one of the great strengths of this sequel. This film has a mysterious object that is as equally interesting as the Ark of the Covenant from “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

But to get the Dial of Destiny, Indiana and Helena must defeat Dr. Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), the

Please see INDY on B4

above, d r. Jurgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen) is the n aziturnednaSa scientist who’s determined to seize the powerful d ial of d estiny. at left, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) goes the distance — literally and figuratively — to save the day.

COURTESY PHOTO Boogie Knights, above, will perform 1970s hits during the New Year’s Eve Disco Boogie Ball at 9 p.m. Dec. 31 at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez. And the Spazmatics will play hits from the ’80s. Tickets cost $50.

Father Joe Schwab is hosting personal tours that delve into the theological and philosophical perspectives of Michelangelo’s art. Groups of 10 or more can contact Donna Reeves for a private tour at development@sboldmission.org.

The calendar appears Mondays through Saturdays in the “Life & the Arts” section. Items are welcome. Please email them a full week before the event to Managing Editor Dave Mason at dmason@newspress.com.

The Marjorie Luke Theatre at Santa Barbara Junior High School, 721 E. Cota St., Santa Barbara. The concert is presented by Viva el Arte de Santa Barbara.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, has reopened its recurring summer exhibit, “Butterflies Alive!” Featuring a variety of butterflies, this experience allows guests to walk through a garden while nearly 1,000 butterflies flutter freely around them. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays. The exhibit, which runs through Sept. 4, is included in museum admission. Members are always admitted free. For others, prices vary from $14 to $19. For more information, visit sbnature. org/butterfliesalive.

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The James Castle exhibit is on display at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State St. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Admission is free from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursdays. For more information, see sbma.net.

JULY 4

7 to 11 a.m. The Montecito Firefighters’ Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast will take place at Fire Station 91, 595 San Ysidro Road, Montecito. Tickets for the Montecito Fire Department cost $10 at the door. Kids 12 and younger get in free.

11 a.m. The Santa Ynez Valley Rotary Club’s Fourth of July Parade will go down Mission Drive in Solvang. Entries will vary from classic cars to horses, dance troupes, high school marching bands and floats created by local businesses.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Goleta Valley Historical Society will celebrate an “Old Fashioned Fourth of July” at Rancho La Patera and Stow House in Goleta. There will be live music by the Stray Herd and Donna Greene & The Roadside Daddies. Festivities will also include tractor rides, face painting for kids, goats, the Santa Barbara Model A Ford Club, vendors, food and coffee trucks, an exhibit by the Central Coast Vintage Machinery Association and the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for children. For more information, see REgoletahistory.org/oldfashioned-4th-july.

11:30 a.m. The city of Lompoc is planning a Fourth of July Family Fun Day at Ryon Memorial Park. Admission is free to the event at the park, located off West Ocean Avenue and South O Street. The Fourth celebration will begin at 11:30 a.m. with a patriotic bike parade from the Lompoc Veterans Memorial Building to Ryon Park. For more information, call Lompoc Parks and Recreation at 805-875-8100.

11:30 a.m. The Montecito Association’s Village 4th Road Show is a parade going down San Ysidro Road, Coast Village Road, Hot Springs Road and ending on East Valley Road. For more information, go to montecitoassociation.org.

Noon. A full afternoon of music and other activities will precede a night of fireworks during the Fourth of July celebration in Santa Barbara. Music will start at noon at the West Beach bandstand with DJ Joseph Souza, followed by Peer Pressure at 1 p.m., The Free Radicals at 2, Rock Shop Review at 3, Golf Sucks at 4, Drifting Dimension at 5, Time Travelers Bridget & Sophiaa from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Then it’s a 10-minute performance by La Boheme Dancers, followed by The Roosters at 7 and Spencer the Gardener at 7:50. The 20-minute fireworks show will start at 9 p.m.

There will be live music and more at Stearns Wharf as well. The Brasscals will perform at noon, followed by free face painting at 2 p.m. and the band Area 51 at 4 p.m. In addition to the music and fireworks, a street fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. along the Cabrillo Boulevard sidewalk at West Beach.For more information, go to santabarbara. ca.gov/july4.

Noon to 10 p.m. The Santa Ynez Valley Rotary Club’s Fourth of July festival will be held at Mission Santa Ines in Solvang. There will be live entertainment by Smelly Cat at 3 p.m., Agin Brothers at 5 p.m. and Falco Heavy at 7:30 p.m. DJ Peete will spin music all day starting at noon.

Fireworks will light up the Solvang sky at 9 p.m.

Tickets for the festival cost $15 for general admission. Tickets are free for kids 12 and younger and active military members with IDs, who receive four free passes per person.

The festival and To purchase, go to syvrotary.org. 4 p.m. North Avenue Baptist Church in Lompoc is having a celebration on the Fourth of July with a variety of free family-friendly games and a fireworks display. The event starts at 4 p.m. at 1523 W. North Ave, where there will be carnival games, cornhole, pony rides and more. The “Safe and Sane” fireworks show will start at 8 p.m. Throughout the celebration there will be food from food trucks for purchase, such as chicken and waffles and BBQ. All are welcome to join, for more information visit nabclompoc.org.

JULY 5

The city of Santa Barbara will partner with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper to host cleanups at nearby beaches to prevent litter from the Fourth of July celebration from getting into the Pacific. To volunteer for the cleanup, go to signupgenius. com/go/10c0944aeab2fa5ffc07-july#.

— Dave Mason

Managing

LUCASFILM LTD. PHOTOS

“Indiana Jones and the dial of d estiny” begins with Indy (Harrison Ford) in 1944, then jumps to 1969.

‘The Dial of Destiny’ is a fun conclusion to a 42-year-old franchise

Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) teams up with his goddaughter Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) to find the dial of destiny.

Santa Barbara Maritime Museum hosts series of artist events

By JESSICA TADE SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is pleased to host a series of Artist Pop-Up events during the month of July.

The artists’ work will be on view and available for purchase on the museum’s patio overlooking the harbor from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The pop-ups are free to attend and open to the public.

On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., SBMM is pleased to host:

• Pedaling Paper & Art : Santa Barbara-based, Barbara Booth of Pedaling Paper & Art, prides herself in creating handmade paper for unique art, cards, handmade books, and bowls. Working with mostly found or recycled materials and employing small batch production techniques, each batch of pulp is handcrafted with care and has a genesis in her love of nature, repurposing, and recycling.

Ms. Booth works with shredded paper, recycled fabrics from the textile industry, cotton rag, flowers, seeds, herbs, weeds, and kelp as inclusions in her handmade paper. Once paper sheets have dried, she transforms the paper using her sewing machine, hand-carved linoleum blocks, or pen and watercolor sketches to create unique greeting cards. No two cards are exactly alike.

When using paper pulp for bowls, the inclusions — like those listed above — inspire the watercolor motif. Bowls become the canvas for these decorative art pieces. Additionally, her original, nature-inspired block prints can now be found on her textiles, including tea towels, bags, and infant clothing.

Ten percent of sales are donated to a nonprofit in memory of her daughter who passed away from melanoma in 2014. Examples of Ms. Booth’s work can be seen at pedalingpaper.com.

• 805 Stix&Stones: Owners Juvi and Jenna Cosio provide beach-themed home décor made by them, sourcing materials from beaches up and down the California coast while also incorporating air plants into their designs. Examples of their work can be seen on Instagram @805stixandstones.

• Ocean Jewel: Born and raised in Santa Barbara, designer Janey Cinzori has followed her passion for the love of the ocean and its surroundings. She has worked in the field of the arts and design for more than 30 years. “My jewelry is an expression of my love for color, shapes, textures and design,” she said. “Inspiration comes from the natural beauty that we live in and the beauties of the people I meet. Everyone has their own style and I love to create to enhance the beauty of one-self.”

All of the jewels are handcrafted and designed in the Santa Barbara Studio. Examples of Ms. Cinzori’s work can be seen at oceanjewelsb.com.

• Misa Art: International artist Misa Art creates artwork with an emphasis on the study of color and its emotional impact on our well-being. Whether wood, metal, or abstract, the rhythm of brushstrokes — a flowing mix of muted color with the contrapuntal pulls of feelings and inspiration — transforms realism into an equally intense observation of surface. Her signature style blends several artistic genres into a blissful harmony. Examples of Art’s work can be seen at misa-artwork.com/ home.html.

• Bella Notte Due – Artist Jean Mendillo-Babbe is a local designer of very Southern California inspired clothes. Each piece is handcrafted by the artist and made with unique fabrics (some vintage) and trims. Ms. MendilloBabbe offers swimwear, resort wear, day wear, and designs inspired by the Santa Barbara and California lifestyle. Examples of Ms. Mendillo-Babbe’s work can be seen at bellanottedue.com.

On July 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., SBMM is pleased to host:

• ohn Barron Photography: John Barron is an international award-winning photographer who has also been a professional illustrator, commercial artist, and muralist for nearly five decades. Currently, his primary passion is nature and landscape

Editor’s note: Jessica Tade is deputy director of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.

Gina Sylvia’s mosaic works will be shown July 15 at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.

COURTESY PHOTOS

This is Lori West’s photo of a Morro Bay Rock. Her photos will be shown July 22 at the museum. This is Lisa Dove’s “Haiku Hibiscus.” Her watercolors will be shown July 29 at the museum. Please see MUSEUM on B4

Diversions

Thought for Today

“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” — Harriet

Beecher Stowe

HOROSCOPE

By Horoscope.com

Monday, July 3, 2023

Aries: Your philanthropic side is fading. You’re used to thinking about others before thinking about yourself, but today, things are about to change. Indeed, you fascinate those around you. You’ve found a new freedom. It seems that you’re liberated from your old self and totally fulfilled.

Taurus: Haven’t you wondered how it would feel to e omniscient, Taurus? Well, today you’re about to have this experience. You will have the energy of ten. People will come to you and ask for your guidance. You will easily find the solutions to their problems.

Gemini: Today could provide an interesting opportunity to show your assets in a professional setting. People will be impressed by your personality and may even offer you a new job or exciting business proposal. You won’t be able to turn down the proposition and you will feel totally free and satisfied.

Cancer: Today you may have to commit to some values close to your heart, Cancer. As a child, you were aware of the role you had to play in society. You were greatly concerned about others. Today you will probably be asking yourself if you should get involved and make decisions in the general interest.

Leo: You may feel your life is full of uninteresting people. You think they’re all alike and fit perfectly within a conservative society. You don’t want to be like them and would prefer to meet unusual individuals, people who differ from the crowd.

Virgo: You might think you’re the most intelligent person in the world. You hover over the notions that bind us. You’re transformed into an artist who’s able to have great ideas. Remember that geniuses always think big. Today you’re one of them.

Libra: Everybody knows

that you’re very strong willed. You’ve always had a very active disposition. You have the ability to surmount all obstacles and soak up all the energy that comes to your aid. It seems that today your strength could be reinforced by some people you meet or by your group of friends, Libra.

Scorpio: Your family life will give you a lot of work today. Some of your relatives may express a desire for independence and some might even try to rebel. If you don’t want to lose your cool, Scorpio, you should try to step away from all the excitement.

Sagittarius: You aren’t the kind of person who likes to lead an ordinary life. You aren’t afraid of the unknown. You like to open up to new worlds and cultures. You sometimes feel willing to change your whole life. Sagittarius, to your great satisfaction, today you will probably experience unusual events that could lead your life in new directions.

Capricorn: You shouldn’t try to stay alone today, Capricorn. Once in a while you need to spend some time alone to ponder your life, to dream and wish for better things to come. But today you could meet someone who will take you places you aren’t accustomed to going.

Aquarius: Today you’ve decided to change things around you, Aquarius. You’re about to make radical changes to your life. You feel that you’re almost invulnerable, that nothing can resist you. You’re going to go beyond your boundaries even if it means that you might be forgetting your friends for a while.

Pisces: Pisces, you will have the opportunity to set the record straight with some of your relatives. Sometimes some of them take advantage of your kindness, and you serve without even a thought for yourself. The day will may be stressful and you may be irritable.

DAILY BRIDGE

By FRANK STEWART Tribune Content Agency

Monday, July 3, 2023

As I began to write this set of columns, a garden spider set up shop outside my office window and waited with grim patience for a bug to be caught in her web.

As declarer, regard the spider’s patience. Don’t stake your contract on one line of play when others are available. Try to combine your chances.

In today’s deal, West led a diamond against six spades. Declarer took the ace, drew trumps and tried a heart to dummy’s queen. East won and returned a heart. South then tried for his 12th trick by finessing with the jack of diamonds, but East produced the queen.

Did South play to best advantage?

CLUB RUFF

After South draws trumps, he can finesse in diamonds. East wins and returns a diamond, and South takes the king, pitching a club. He cashes the A-K of clubs and ruffs a club, and when the suit breaks 3-3, dummy’s fourth club is good for the 12th trick.

If the clubs fail to break, South has one chance left: He can finesse in hearts. This week: which finesse?

You open one spade,

SUDOKU

CODEWORD PUZZLE

INSTRUCTIONS

Fill in the grid so every row, every column and every 3-by-3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9. that means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box.

Sudoku puzzles appear on the Diversions page Monday-Saturday and on the crossword solutions page in Saturday’s Life section.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Answers to previous CODEWORD

How to play Codeword

Codeword is a fun game with simple rules, and a great way to test your knowledge of the English language. Every number in the codeword grid is ‘code’ for a letter of the alphabet. Thus, the number 2 may correspond to the letter L, for instance. All puzzles come with a few letters to start. Your first move should be to enter these letters in the puzzle grid. If the letter S is in the box at the bottom of the page underneath the number 2, your first move should be to find all cells numbered 2 in the grid and enter the letter S. Cross the letter S off the list at the bottom of the grid.

Remember that at the end you should have a different letter of the alphabet in each of the numbered boxes 1- 26, and a word in English in each of the horizontal and vertical runs on the codeword grid.

PUZZLE

your partner bids two hearts, you rebid two spades and he tries three clubs. What do you say?

ANSWER: You could rebid three spades; your two spades (as most pairs agree) did not promise a six-card suit.

I like a bid of three hearts. You would have raised hearts directly on many hands with three-card support, and your J-10 doubleton is good support under the circumstances.

Artist collaborates with Music Academy of the West fellows

Awol Erizku — an acclaimed photographer, sculptor and painter and subject of a recent New Yorker profile — is collaborating with nine 2023 fellows at Montecito-based Music Academy of the West.

They will join forces for “Beyond Conversation: Radiant Frequencies” at 5 p.m. July 23 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1100 State St., Santa Barbara. The museum invited Mr. Erizku to be part of the performance.

In a news release, the museum said Mr. Erizku is a natural choice for the “Radiant Frequencies” project because music threads through his unusually varied and impossible-to-easily package

practice. “Nefertiti—Miles Davis Gold” (2022) is a gold mirrored mosaic in the form of the ancient Egyptian queen, which also references Miles Davis’s album “Nefertiti” (1968). And the artist said “No Hesi” (2022), from his new Cosmic Drill series, is related to drill, a genre of hip hop.

Both art works are part of the museum’s collection, and they’re currently on display.

Mr. Erizku is also widely known for his photographs of musicians, including Beyoncé, Nipsey Hussle, J-Cole and Bad Bunny.

In its news release, the museum described Mr. Erizku as an enthusiastic

collaborator.

“I’m a firm believer,” he said, “in the fact that the cross pollination of different disciplines leads to the most exciting and complex of ideas. Working with the Music Academy fellows has been very fruitful, and I look forward to completing the loop with the audience once we go live.”

The artist and musicians agreed on keywords — “participation,” “chance,” “atmosphere” and “cosmic abstraction”

and applied those to their collaboration in musical selections such as Pauline Oliveros’ “The Tuning Meditation” (1971), Erwin Schulhoff’s String Quartet No. 1 (1924), Reena Esmail’s “The Light is the Same” (2021) and Inti Figgis-Vizueta’s string quartet “Mayu (The Great River)” (2021).

The “Radio Frequencies” performance will also feature the world premiere of a new arrangement of Beyoncé’s hit “Halo” from “I am…Sasha Fierce” (2008),

rewritten for a nonet of strings and winds. 2023 Music Academy fellows participating in “Radiant Frequencies are Arin Sarkissian, flute; Kara Poling, oboe; Besnik Abrashi, clarinet; Sarah Bobrow, bassoon; Alessandra Liebmann, horn; Freya Liu, violin; Na Hyun Della Kyun, violin; Molly Prow, viola; and Jiho Seo, cello.

Maritime Museum holding sale event for store merchandise on July 29

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photography where he endeavors to “bring the outside indoors.” His images aim to enhance home and office space to beautify and inspire, letting one’s spirit soar. Examples of Mr. Baron’s work can be seen at johnrbarron.com.

• Ocean Jewel.

• 805 Stix&Stones.

• Ocean Art: Artist Larry Urzua makes unique and beautiful artwork and sculptures using driftwood. Examples of Mr. Urzua’s work can be seen on his Instagram page @oceanart600.

• Gina Sylvia: Born and raised in Santa Barbara, artist Gina Sylvia feels a deep connection to the inherent splendor of the local coastline. The ocean has been an inspiration for her, and the gifts and treasures it yields usually slip into her creations. Stone, shells, sea glass and driftwood are some examples of things she is currently integrating into her mosaic artwork.

Ms. Sylvia loves the methodical process of piecing together a variety of colors and shapes to create a shimmery impression of the natural beauty that follows the Santa Barbara coastline. Examples of Ms. Sylvia’s work can be seen on her Instagram page @ ginasylviaart.

• Kate Von Der Lieth: Artist Kate Von Der Lieth blends her love of photography and nature to take photos of abalone and landscapes, which she then puts onto wood animals or symbols before applying resin. Here imagery is bright and bold, bringing a smile to the face and joy to the home or office.

• On Saturday July 22, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., SBMM is pleased to host:

Lori West Photography: Ms. West has been photographing people and places for more than 40 years. Her true love is portrait and music photography, but during the pandemic her love of landscape photography grew. As you will see from her landscape images, the beautiful colors of

the Pacific Ocean dominate her collection. She regularly travels the coast north to San Francisco and south to Mexico in search of the perfect subject, but the magnificent beauty of Santa Barbara is exhibited in most of her images. Examples of Ms. West’s work can be seen at loriwestphotography.com or on Instagram @loriwestphotographysbca.

805 Stix&Stones,

• Ocean Jewel.

• Gina Sylvia.

• Bella Notte Due.

• Kate Von Der Lieth. On July 29, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., SBMM is pleased to host:

• Lisa Dove: Watercolorist Lisa Dove will show originals and prints featuring a collection of botanicals as well as mermaid paintings. Ms. Dove’s images are unique and clearly demonstrate her fascination with mermaids and other maritime images. She also enjoys Art Nouveau and ancient

Japanese prints, hints of which appear in her work. “For me, drawing and painting are a form of meditation,” said Ms. Dove. “I love painting portraits as well as botanicals, seascapes, and animals.” Examples of Ms. Dove’s work can be seen @lisadoveart. SBMM will have a sale of museum store merchandise on July 29 with all items 75% off.

email: dmason@newspress.com

— From staff reports

Film’s music composed, conducted by John Williams

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Nazi-turned-NASA scientist who lost the relic to Indiana and Basil in 1944. That part of the story is shown at the beginning, with some effective digital de-aging done on Mr. Ford.

Steven Spielberg directed the four previous “Indiana Jones” movies and balanced a great sense of action, character development and humor. James Mangold directed “The Dial of Destiny,” which Mr. Ford, 80, has said is his final outing as Indiana Jones. Like Mr. Spielberg, Mr. Mangold has found the ideal pacing for the action, humor and dialogue.

From the very first minute to the last, “The Dial of Destiny” is a fun movie to watch, with footage filmed in Italy, Morocco and Britain. It also is the most expensive of the “Indiana Jones” movie with a budget that was reportedly as high as $329 million. Besides a healthy budget, the movie benefitted from great acting, as well as a clever story that Mr. Mangold co-wrote with Jez Butterworth, David Koepp and John-Henry Butterworth.

And yes, Marion (Karen Allen) is in this movie, but this writer won’t reveal when, where or how. Likewise, Sallah (John Rhys-Davies) from “Raiders” is in this film. Keep your eye out for him.

Also present is the great orchestral score. John Williams composed the music and conducted the orchestra, as he did for the previous “Indiana Jones” movies. (The ensemble recorded “Dial of Destiny” in the same Sony soundstage in Culver City where orchestras have recorded scores for films such as “The Wizard of Oz.”)

Finally, there’s Mr. Ford. He has an uncanny knack for playing a hero who makes mistakes, has terrible luck but manages to beat the bad guys, no matter how much they outnumber him or outgun him. It’s great to see Indy in action one last time.

email: dmason@newspress.com

Awol Erizku is also widely known for his photographs of musicians, including Beyoncé, Nipsey Hussle, J-Cole and Bad Bunny.

COURTESY PHOTOS

Recent wood works by Larry Urzua will be shown July 15 at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.

Barbara Booth’s pedaling paper collages will be shown this Saturday at the museum.