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Residents at GranVida feel ‘untouchable’ after receiving second vaccine dose

Elementary schools could reopen next week Pfizer requests relaxed storage regulations, first dose found to generate robust immunity By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Local elementary schools could reopen for in-person instruction as soon as next week, as the county’s COVID-19 case rate continues to decline. Dr. Henning Ansorg, public health officer for the county Public Health Department, announced Friday that the county’s adjusted case rate for the past three days has been below 25 per 100,000, and if it stays that way over the weekend, elementary grades kindergarten through sixth will be able to reopen on Wednesday. He said health officials will reach out to the schools on Monday to inform them of the case rate. “We know how important it is to get our kids back in school,” Dr.

Ansorg said. He also discussed the state’s new guidance on school and recreational adult sports, which allows outdoor high- and moderate-contact sport practice and limited competitions for counties in the red and purple tiers. “We are really confident this will be welcome news to young athletes, their parents and their coaches,” Dr. Ansorg said. In addition to the good news for schools, there is the potential for some good news from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech. On Friday, the vaccine company requested the U.S. health regulator to relax requirements for the vaccine to be stored at ultra-low temperatures, which could allow it to be stored in Please see schools on A2

Bill introduced to ban fracking By MITCHELL WHITE NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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Donna Harris, a GranVida resident, recounts her vaccination experience and points to the injection site where she received the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine Thursday.

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The atmosphere is optimistic at GranVida Senior Living Facility and residents are resting easier now that the majority of the facility’s staff and residents have received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. GranVida, located in Carpinteria, houses a vulnerable population within its walls, with 42 residents between the ages of 58 and 96 living in the assisted care and memory care wings of the facility. After months of smallscale outbreaks in the facility and enforced COVID-19 precautions, residents are feeling “untouchable” now that they’ve received the vaccine, Marketing Director Claudette Geller told the News-Press. Donna Harris, a resident at GranVida, told the News-Press that she was “very happy” when she heard the facility was receiving doses of the Pfizer vaccine for distribution. Ms. Harris, along with a majority of the other residents, did not experience any serious side effects after receiving both doses of the vaccine, aside from some soreness at the injection site. “(I was) nervous before I got (the vaccine) because I’m not too fond of shots, but I was looking forward to it,” Ms. Harris said. While residents are anxious to return to some sense of normalcy soon, GranVida plans to require masks and social distancing until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updates restrictions for those who receive the vaccine. For resident Barbara Crowley, this will be no problem, as she plans to continue to follow precautions until it’s safe. “When there are so many people here like this, we could all have (COVID-19) in no time,” Ms. Crowley told the News-Press. “So it’s so important that we just do the little things

GranVida is a residential care facility located in Carpinteria that offers both assisted living and memory care wings for residents.

of trying to not be too close to people and keeping our hands washed and little things like that.” Soon after the start of the pandemic, GranVida began testing its residents and staff on a weekly basis to track the spread of the virus. Instead of bringing residents together in large groups for meals or activities, the staff at GranVida began caring for residents one at a time and allowing them to meet in small groups throughout the week while wearing masks and social distancing.

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Early on, GranVida also installed a COVID Wing, where residents could be taken to isolate and be treated in-house if they tested positive for the virus. According to Ms. Claudette, GranVida’s adoption of a COVID Wing to treat patients is unique and something she hasn’t seen at other facilities in the area. During the course of the pandemic, if one person tested positive, all other residents would go into lockdown until the infected Please see granvida on A3

Earlier this week. Sens. Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, and Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, introduced Senate Bill 467, which would ban fracking and other oil extraction methods starting Jan. 1, 2022. SB 467 would also halt the issuance or renewal of permits for acid well stimulation treatment, cyclic steaming, and water and steam flooding, while also prohibiting these extraction methods entirely starting Jan. 1, 2027. The bill would also prohibit all new or renewed permits for oil and gas extraction within 2,500 feet of any homes, schools, healthcare facilities or longterm care institutions such as dormitories or prisons, by Jan. 1, 2022. The setbacks portion of the bill is expected to be amended into SB 467 within the next 30 days, due to administrative reasons, officials said. Environmental advocates argue that these types of production and extraction methods pose significant risks to the environment and public health. The legislation also contains provisions to facilitate a transition of oil workers to jobs in well remediation and sealing. “It’s meaningful for my district to join Senator Wiener as a joint author on this bill,” Sen. Limón said in a statement. “As I often say, ‘if there’s not a bill, there’s not a conversation,’ and it is necessary to have these conversations at the state level about environmental impacts and public health as oil production continues near our homes and schools. This bill continues robust policy conversations on fossil fuels and alternative energy production that have been going on for decades. “Even more important is that we have these conversations simultaneously as President Biden takes action on pausing new oil and natural gas leases on public

lands or offshore waters.” The bill’s introduction comes several months after Gov. Gavin Newsom called on the Legislature to ban fracking. Environmental groups argue that when an oil or gas well is drilled, only 5 to 15% of the oil is recoverable without additional production and extraction methods that further stimulate the well. The various methods that “pose serious danger to the environment and our water supply, and cause a myriad of negative health impacts on nearby communities,” would be banned under SB 467. SB 467 is sponsored by the Center for Race, Poverty and the Environment and Voices in Solidarity Against Oil in Neighborhoods. It is jointly authored by Sens. Wiener and Limón and is co-authored by Sen. Ben Allen, D-Los Angeles, and Assemblymembers Mark Stone, D-Santa Cruz and Ash Kalra, D-San Jose. “Climate change is not a theoretical future threat — it’s an existential threat to our community and is having devastating impacts right now,” Sen. Wiener said in a statement. “We have no time to waste, and California must lead on climate action, including transitioning to a 100% clean energy economy. Extracting massive amounts of oil — particularly with destructive techniques such as fracking — is totally inconsistent with California’s commitment to a sustainable climate future. And drilling for oil near where people live or go to school is deeply harmful to community health, particularly for the communities of color near which oil extraction is most likely to be located. It’s time to transition away from these oil extraction methods, protect our community’s health and water supply, and create a brighter future for our state and our planet.”

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one installment of Ms. Purl’s best-selling saga, Milford-Haven, which began as a hit BBC radio drama with nearly 5 million U.K. Whales have the largest brains in the animal kingdom, and Mara listeners. It then became a book series with 17 million followers in Purl wants to know what they’re CHRISTIAN WHITTLE bara Front Country trails and access roads. the U.S. doing with all that knowledge. WS-PRESS STAFF WRITER “WhatWatch” we’reisseeing a lot of folks are doing is Now, “When Whales In honor of World Whale Day No. 1 on Amazon in fourdriving different today, award-winning author Ms. they’re up alongside of the road and just goDeveloped recreation sites“When in California will re-and ing categories, hasfor moved Purl released her novella hikesup uptothere. That’s ok. There’s COURTESY not an order PHOTO 54 on the Kindle list. 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Not only — bloody water and creatures as truthful as I could about this can I see everything about that fighting for their lives … I had a species, so I worked hard to get ship; I can transmit that entire harpoon go right over my head. picture to you so that you know as those technical details correct, “It was a life-changing but then there’s also the spirit of much as I know,” the author said. experience. I can never look at who these creatures are — their She said she’s captivated by the planet the same way, nor can the fact that humans are just now immensity, their tremendous I look at water the same way.” approaching the ability to do that, freedom, their long memories, After the voyage that yet whales have been able to do it their complicated relationships changed her perspective on the with each other. for as long as they’ve been on the environment and marine life, “In a way, the sperm whale is planet. 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GOLETA — A pavement and sidewalk repair project will begin on Monday on portions of Cathedral Oaks Road in Goleta. The project will take place in the same area as the recently completed Cathedral Oaks Road settlement repair project between Glen Annie and Los Carneros roads about a half-mile west of the Cathedral Oaks and Los Carneros roads intersection. The project, WS-PRESS STAFF REPORT which is expected to take two to three weeks, includes approximately 50 feet of sidewalk — Mitchell White n a dramatic change after a dnesday night memo from the ifornia Police Chiefs Associa“While we are saddened by their decision, honorary military titles. n indicated that Gov. 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replacement, followed by approximately 200 feet of full width roadway pavement resurfacing, according to a news release. “The Public Works Department recently was able to take advantage of a relatively inexpensive subsurface repair method to fix the dip on Cathedral Oaks Road,” Charlie Ebeling, Goleta’s Public Works director, said in a statement. “We are excited to take advantage of the success and cost savings of that project to be able to follow it up with repairs to the sidewalk and roadway surface in this area. Staff worked very quickly and efficiently to get a contractor ready to complete the surface improvements shortly

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resident got a negative test result. By following this protocol, Ms. Claudette said outbreaks in the facility have remained small, and the facility currently has two residents isolated in the COVID Wing. “(The wing) itself really protected the rest of our residents who were still healthy who were still negative,” Ms. Geller. She later added, “We do have (outbreaks), but we do really implement the solution so we cannot spread (the virus) widely. We have two or three (cases), and then the next swab test that we have, it’s negative.” Since the start of the pandemic, GranVida has had more than 15 cases of COVID-19 among its residents and staff, and two residents with underlying conditions died from complications of COVID-19. Both residents who died were in their 90s. Both Ms. Geller and Life Enrichment Director Felipe Garcia form personal relationships with residents and their families, and when a resident dies, they always try to make it to the funeral. When Christina Perez, a 95-year-old resident of GranVida, died last month, both Ms. Geller and Mr. Garcia attended her funeral and offered comfort to her family.

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Mr. Garcia interacted with Ms. Perez regularly, remembering how she used to wrap herself in a blanket that looked like a tortilla shell when she took wheelchair walks around the facility. When attending the funeral, Mr. Garcia said her family was very appreciative of the care she received at GranVida in her last chapter of life. “You’d be surprised, so many of the family members that lose a loved one still send cards, send little chocolates and little gifts for employees,” Mr. Garcia said. Keeping residents connected to their families is important for the mental well-being of residents in

the care facility, Ms. Geller said, so during COVID-19, staff found creative ways to allow residents to see their loved ones. One way was through the facility’s glass doors, where a resident would sit inside and their loved one would sit outside and the pair could talk over the phone while seeing each other through the glass. The facility also offers scheduled Zoom calls with residents’ families to keep them connected. “How we take care of our residents here is like our own family,” Ms. Geller said. email: mhirneisen@newpsress.com

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movie nights,” Ms. Steelsmith said. “It’s just nice to have them kind of in the same space. You see their personalities come out when they are together.” During the pandemic, food delivery service Grubhub has teamed up with the Central Coast Girl Scouts to offer cookie delivery for customers in the region. When customers order cookies on the app, the proceeds benefit Central Coast Girl Scout troops, and the cookies are conveniently delivered to their front door. To purchase cookies during National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend, visit girlscoutsccc.org/cookies or download the Cookie Finder app. email: mhirneisen@newspress.com

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PETITION OF: AURORA GRACE HARTZELL FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 21CV00051 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: Aurora Grace Hartzell filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Aurora Grace Hartzell Proposed name: Aurora Grace Hettegger. 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. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: March 19, 2021 Time: 10:00 am Dept: 4 Address: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Santa Barbara News-Press Date: 02/02/2021 Name: Donna Geck, Judge of the Superior Court. Feb 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2021 -- 56790 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT, FBN No: 20210000263. First Filing. The following person (s) are doing business as: HELLO BABY 3D ULTRASOUND, 22 WEST MISSION ST C, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101, County of Santa Barbara. Mailing Address: 6574 CAMINO VENTUROSO, GOLETA, CA 93117. Full Name(s) of registrants: AJ GAMBILL LLC, 6574 CAMINO VENTUROSO, GOLETA, CA 93117, STATE OF INC.: CA. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. This statement was filed in the office of JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, County Clerk-Recorder of SANTA BARBARA COUNTY on 01/29/2021 by: E993, Deputy. The registrant commenced to transact business on: Jan 23, 2021. Statement Expires on: Not Applicable. NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (See Section 14400, ET SEQ., Business and Profession Code). (SEAL) FEB 13, 20, 27; MAR 6 / 2021 --56828

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: STEPHEN H. BRANDA Case Number: 21PR00064 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Stephen H. Branda; Stephen Henry Branda A Petition for Probate has been filed by Craig P. Tarello in the SuPERIOR COuRT OF CAlIFORNIA, COuNTy OF SANTA BARBARA. The Petition for Probate requests that Craig Tarello be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 03/25/2021 at Time: 9:00 AM, in Dept.: 5, located at SuPERioR CouRT of CAlifoRNiA, CouNTy of SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Po Box 21107, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1107, Anacapa Division. if you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. if you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. you may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. you may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: Daniel R. Mortensen 22807 lyons Avenue Newhall, CA 91321 (661) 799-9225 FEB 20, 27; MAR 6/2021--56843

The project to be considered by the Board of Supervisors includes the following items: • Consider the introduction (First Reading) of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 27, Personnel, Articles I and II, to provide textual clarity and modernization of the 1971 language; • Read the title of the Ordinance and waive full reading of the Ordinance; • Set a hearing on the Administrative Agenda for March 9, 2021 to consider the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 27, Article I and II, to provide textual clarity and modernization of the 1971 language; and • Find that the proposed actions do not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to 14 CCR 15378(b)(2), as it consists of general policy and procedure making. For additional information, please contact Joseph M. Pisano at: Email: JPisano@sbcountyhr.org | Tel: (805) 568-2800 The Board of Supervisors meeting begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Board. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to speak on the item. Based on guidance from the California Department of Public Health and the California Governor’s Stay at Home Executive Order N-3320 issued on March 19, 2020, to protect the health and well-being of all Californians and to establish consistency across the state in order to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meetings will no longer provide in-person participation. The following alternative methods of participation are available to the public: 1. You may observe the live stream of the Board meetings in the following ways: • Televised on local cable channel 20; • Online at: <http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/csbtv/livestream.sbc>; and • YouTube at: <https://www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20> 2. If you wish to make a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item, the following methods are available: • Distribution to the Board - Submit your comment via email prior to 5 p.m. on the day prior to the Board meeting. Please submit your comment to the Clerk of the Board at: sbcob@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately. • By Zoom Webinar - If you would like to make a comment by zoom, please see posted agenda at http:// santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date. Instructions are on page 2 on how to register. For more information please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240. Please see the posted agenda and staff reports available on the Thursday prior to the meeting at http:// santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date or contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 for alternative options. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by 4:00 PM on Friday before the Board meeting. For information about these services please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240. If you challenge the project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Supervisors prior to the public hearing. G.C. Section 65009, 6066, and 6062a. Witness my hand and seal this 2nd day of February, 2021. Mona Miyasato CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Sheila de la Guerra, Deputy Clerk FEB 20 / 2021 -- 56793 COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Tuesday, March 2, 2021 REMOTE VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION ONLY The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, on March 2, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter, in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, to take public testimony on an ordinance to amend certain sections of Chapter 16 to authorize Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations to be permitted countywide as a Food Facility and to adopt a resolution to amend the Environmental Health Fee Schedule to include fees relating to Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations. A copy of said Ordinance and Resolution can be reviewed during business hours at the Santa Barbara County Clerk of the Board at 105 E. Anapamu, Santa Barbara, CA. The public hearing to be held on March 2, 2021 is for the purpose of considering all objections or protests to the adoption of the proposed Ordinance and Resolution as set forth, or as modified by the Board of Supervisors. Any objections or protests to the adoption of the proposed Ordinance and Resolution may be filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors before the public hearing scheduled for 9:00 a.m., March 2, 2021. The address of the Clerk of the Board is: 105 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101. Objections or protests may also be filed during, or before, the meeting on February 9, 2021. The Board of Supervisors meeting begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Board. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to speak on the item. Based on guidance from the California Department of Public Health and the California Governor’s Stay at Home Executive Order N-3320 issued on March 19, 2020, to protect the health and well-being of all Californians and to establish consistency across the state in order to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meetings will no longer provide in-person participation. The following alternative methods of participation are available to the public: 1. You may observe the live stream of the Board meetings in the following ways: • Televised on local cable channel 20; • Online at: <http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/csbtv/livestream.sbc>; and • YouTube at: <https://www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20> 2. If you wish to make a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item, the following methods are available: • Distribution to the Board - Submit your comment via email prior to 5 p.m. on the day prior to the Board meeting. Please submit your comment to the Clerk of the Board at: sbcob@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately. • By Zoom Webinar - If you would like to make a comment by zoom, please see posted agenda at http://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date. Instructions are on page 2 on how to register. For more information please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240. Please see the posted agenda and staff reports available on the Thursday prior to the meeting at http://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date or contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 for alternative options. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by 4:00 PM on Friday before the Board meeting. For information about these services please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240. If you challenge the project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Supervisors prior to the public hearing. G.C. Section 65009, 6066, and 6062a. Witness my hand and seal this 9th day of February, 2021. Mona Miyasato CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Sheila de la Guerra, Deputy Clerk FEB 20, 25 / 2021 -- 56815

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Tuesday, March 2, 2021 REMOTE VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION ONLY The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on March 2, 2021, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to consider Case No. 19APL-00000-00026, an appeal of the Planning Commission’s August 2, 2019 approval of the Ellwood Quarry Revised Conditional Use Permit and Reclamation Plan, Case Nos. 18RVP-00000-00016 and 17RVP-00000-00082. At the Ellwood Quarry, Santa Barbara Sand Company mines yellow sand which is used by private parties and public agencies in local construction projects. The proposed Ellwood Quarry Revised Conditional Use Permit and Reclamation Plan consists of a request to extend the termination date of the mining operations at the existing Ellwood Quarry to December 31, 2043 to allow additional time to complete mining of the onsite sand resource. The revision would update the current Conditional Use Permit 02CUP-00000-00006 and Reclamation Plan 02RPP-00000-00001 to reflect the longer period of mining activity. No substantial changes are proposed to the mining operation or reclamation activity as originally approved other than to extend the termination date of mining. For additional information, please contact Errin Briggs at ebriggs@co.santa-barbara.ca.us or 805-568-2047. The Board of Supervisors meeting begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Board. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to speak on the item. Based on guidance from the California Department of Public Health and the California Governor’s Stay at Home Executive Order N-33-20 issued on March 19, 2020, to protect the health and wellbeing of all Californians and to establish consistency across the state in order to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meetings will no longer provide inperson participation. The following alternative methods of participation are available to the public: 1. You may observe the live stream of the Board meetings in the following ways: • Televised on local cable channel 20; • Online at: <http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/csbtv/livestream.sbc>; and • YouTube at: <https://www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20> 2. If you wish to make a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item, the following methods are available: • Distribution to the Board - Submit your comment via email prior to 5 p.m. on the day prior to the Board meeting. Please submit your comment to the Clerk of the Board at: sbcob@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately. • By Zoom Webinar - If you would like to make a comment by zoom, please see posted agenda at http://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date. Instructions are on page 2 on how to register. For more information please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240. Please see the posted agenda and staff reports available on the Thursday prior to the meeting at http://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date or contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 for alternative options. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by 4:00 PM on Friday before the Board meeting. For information about these services please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240. If you challenge the project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Supervisors prior to the public hearing. G.C. Section 65009, 6066, and 6062a. Witness my hand and seal this 9th day of February, 2021. Mona Miyasato CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Sheila de la Guerra, Deputy Clerk FEB 20 / 2021 -- 56816

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COLLEGE ROUNDUP Gaucho women tie record for three-pointers in 77-63 win By MARK PATTON NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER

UCSB tied a program record by making 15 threepointers in a 77-63 women’s basketball win at Cal State Bakersfield on Friday. Junior transfer Taylor Mole recorded a double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds. She made 6-of-10 from the three-point line and also had four blocks, four assists and two steals. The Gauchos (4-12, 4-8 Big West Conference) also got 15 points from Doris Jones, 14 from Danae Miller, 12 from Megan Anderson and 11 from Alyssa Marin. Anderson made 4-of-5 threes and Marin connected on 3-of-5. UCSB made 15-of-27 threes altogether to tie the record set against UC Irvine on Jan. 28, 2015. The Roadrunners (9-8, 7-6) took a 14-12 lead after the first quarter. The Gauchos, however, surged to a 33-24 lead by halftime and never trailed again. WESTMONT 60, VANGUARD 44 Stefanie Berberabe scored 20 points, making 9-of-14 shots which included a pair of three-pointers, as fourthranked Westmont clinched the Golden State Athletic Conference regular-season championship with a 60-44 win over visiting Vanguard. The Warriors (7-1, 4-0 GSAC) earned an automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament with the title. Lauren Tsuneishi added 14 points while Iyree Jarrett keyed a Westmont defense that made 10 steals to force 16 Vanguard turnovers. Jarrett also had eight assists and seven rebounds. BASEBALL

WESTMONT 6-5, SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN 5-4 The Warriors (7-3) scored a pair of walk-off victories in a double-header at Russ Carr Field to extend their winning streak to six games. They rallied in the opener with four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. Simon Reid drove in the first one with a sacrifice fly. They followed that up with a sequence of RBI singles by Josh Rego, Daniel Netz and then Alex Stufft with the game-winner. John Jensen hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning, giving him four on the season and 10 extra-base hits in 10 games. Jensen went 2-for-3 in the nightcap to increase his batting average to .529. He doubled in the first inning and scored on Thomas Rudinsky’s single. Stufft, who hit a two-run double in the fourth, triggered the Warriors’ comeback in the seventh and final inning with a leadoff triple. Two outs later, Jensen was intentionally walked. He stole second base, and Rudinsky cashed in both runners with the game-winning single. Jensen, Rudinsky and Stuff got two hits apiece to account for all but one of Westmont’s hits in the game.

Gauchos lose baseball opener By MARK PATTON NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER

Last year’s No. 1 pitching staff in college baseball took a walk on the wild side to start this season. UCSB walked in two runs and wildpitched home another as Santa Clara rallied for an 8-4 victory in Friday’s season opener at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The Gauchos, who tied Vanderbilt last year for the top earned run average in the country (1.84), walked seven Broncos altogether. The defeat snapped their eight-game winning streak which came at the end of last year’s COVIDshortened season. Broncos closer Travis Howard shut UCSB down over the last 3 1/3 innings to earn the save, allowing just three hits, no walks and no runs with six strikeouts. Cole Kitchen picked up the win, allowing just two hits and no walks over 3 2/3 innings of relief. The Gauchos, who out-hit Santa Clara 9-8, struck first with a two-run third inning. Mason Eng led off with a single and McClain O’Connor and Jordan Sprinkle followed with back-to-back, RBI doubles down the left-field line. They had a chance for an even bigger inning after loading the bases with no outs on a hit batter and a walk. But UCSB’s next two batters popped out and the third struck out. Starting pitcher Zach Torra, a preseason All-American, couldn’t hold the lead in his 3 2/3 innings of work. He gave up six hits, two walks and two earned runs — one more than he allowed last year in 25 1/3 innings. He was relieved after giving up his first home run as Gaucho. Austin Reyes hit a two-run blast over the left-field fence to

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SAINT KATHERINE 5, WESTMONT 2 Freshman Ethan Ha picked up a win for the Warriors at No. 2 singles, beating Sebastian Gomez 6-1, 6-2 in Thursday’s home match at the Abbott Tennis Center. Westmont (0-2, 0-1 GSAC) also captured No. 6 singles with Sebastian Vethan’s 6-2, 6-2 win over Federico Franco of Saint Katherine (2-1, 2-0). WOMEN’S TENNIS

SAINT KATHERINE 6, WESTMONT 1 Cade Pierson earned the Warriors’ lone point, defeating Laura Eugenio at No. 1 singles. Westmont (1-2, 1-1 GSAC) lost the doubles point, with Saint Katherine (21, 2-0) winning two of the three matches on Thursdasy. Sidney Lowry and Christine Hemry posted a 6-4 win for the Warriors at No. 2 doubles. The Warriors also lost on Friday at Biola, 4-0. GOLF

SEA BEGGARS INVITATIONAL Westmont’s Trevor White shot a 79-82—161 to finish in a tie for 18th place in the two-day Sea Beggars Invitational at Pasadena’s Brookside Golf Club. As a team, the Warriors placed seventh out of eight teams. Kat Bevill was the top finisher among Westmont’s women, tying for ninth with a 93-89—182. The Warriors took fifth place in the five-team competition. SOFTBALL

UCSB TO MAKE DEBUT The UCSB women’s softball team will open a 43-game schedule today at the Fresno State Kickoff Classic with a noon double-header against the University of Pacific. The Gauchos, who return the bulk of a potent lineup that batted .299 last year, will also play Fresno State on Sunday at 1 p.m. UCSB, which went 12-16 last year during a coronavirusshortened season, will make its home debut on March 9 with a noon double-header against Utah Valley. Among the All-Big West Conference players returning for UCSB are seniors Sierra Altmeyer (.387) and Sammy Fabian (.374) along with sophomore Teah Thies (.347).

High school football and other outdoor sports will be allowed to resume play across many parts of the state for the first time in nearly a year, the state Department of Public Health announced Friday morning. Football, baseball, softball, soccer, water polo and lacrosse are among the sports allowed to begin competition next Friday in

By MARK PATTON Both JaQuori McLaughlin and his UCSB men’s basketball teams joined exclusive clubs on Friday. McLaughlin became the 31st Gaucho to score more than 1,000 points in his career, scoring 20 at the Thunderdome to lead UCSB to a 71-66 win over Cal State Bakersfield. The victory was the 11th in a row for UCSB (15-3, 9-2 Big West Conference), matching the 1988-89 team for the longest winning streak in school history. The Gauchos will try to break that mark tonight at 7 o’clock when the two teams return to the Thunderdome for another game. The triumph keeps UCSB (15-3, 9-2 Big West Conference) one game ahead of UC Irvine (12-7, 8-3) in the league standings. McLaughlin, a transfer from Oregon State, now has 1,014 points in his three seasons. He made 5-of-9 shots which included 4-of-5 from three-point range. He also shared the team lead in rebounds with Amadou Sow with six and handed out eight assists. Sow, who eclipsed 1,000 points last week, added 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting. The rest of the Gauchos shot just 34.3% (12-for-35). The Gauchos got three-pointers from McLaughlin, Brandon Cyrus and Ajare Sanni to jump out to a 15-6 lead during the first four-plus minutes. A technical foul on Justin McCall after Sanni’s bomb tacked on two more points to the run, with McLaughlin making two free throws to push the margin into doubledigits. McLaughlin passed the 1,000-point mark for his career with two more foul shots with 13:22 still left in the first half. The Roadrunners got within five points when a runner by Sanni triggered a 9-0 run. McLaughlin assisted Robinson Idehen on a hook shot and hit a three the next time downcourt. A floater by Sow gave UCSB its biggest lead of the first half, 30-16, with 8:12 still on the clock. But anyone not named Sow went cold the rest of the period. The 6-foot-9 junior made three more baskets, but four

counties in the state’s purple and red tiers, as long as the counties have a case rate at or below 14 per 100,000. According to the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, the county’s adjusted case rate for the past three days was under 25 per 100,000. Weekly testing requirements will also be put in place for high-contact sports, including football, rugby and water polo. The testing requirement will not be required for moderate-contact sports, such as baseball, cheerleading and softball. Regular protections include wearing

MAVIS CARMONA (ROSALES) Born October 16, 1937 in Santa Barbara, California to Antonio Rosales and Hermelinda Galindo, she died February 18, 2020 of natural causes at her home with her family by her side. Mavis loved her family and friends and they loved her back. She was a wonderful wife and mother. She will be missed by all who knew her. She leaves behind her husband of fty years, Frank; her sons Frank(wife Raquel) and Ed (wife Anna) and grandchildren Aiden and Camilla.

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turnovers during a four-minute pratfall and five missed shots let Bakersfield get within 32-26 on a put-back by Shawn Stith. But Stith, a 6-8 and 265-pound center, suffered a serious knee injury the next time downcourt. Sow took immediate advantage, scoring on back-to-back, catquick moves to get the Gaucho margin up to 36-26 by halftime. UCSB out-shot the Roadrunners 48.4% to 44.4 in the first half and stayed even on the backboards, 16-all. The Gauchos started the second half like the first, making 3-of-4 threes in the first four-plus minutes. McLaughlin assisted Miles Norris on the first and then made two of his own. The second one came on an extra pass from Norris, giving UCSB a 49-30 lead with 15:48 to go. Bakersfield (14-8, 8-5) rallied with a pair of threes by Justin Elder-Davis and another by Grehlon Easter, drawing to within 55-44 with 6:47 left. Two free throws by Sow ended the Roadrunner run, but a three by Shaun Williams cut the Gaucho lead to 57-47. Devearl Ramsey answered him a half-minute later by beating the shot clock with a three of his own. The senior guard finished with six assists and five rebounds. Sanni added another three to keep UCSB ahead by 13, 65-52, with 4:21 remaining. Robinson Idehen made two foul shots with 3:42 left to get the margin back to 13, but the Gauchos went soft the rest of the way. The Roadrunners made six fairly open shots down the stretch, three of which were uncontested layups. Easter started a 12-2 run with a threepoint play and capped it with a threepointer to make it a one-possession game, 69-66, with 10.5 on the clock. They wound up out-shooting the Gauchos for the game, 50% to 44.4%. But UCSB out-shot the Roadrunners from the foul line, making 14-of-15 to their 2-for-4. UCSB needed Ramsey to make two free throws with 19.5 seconds left and McLaughlin to add two more less than 13 seconds later to seal its 71-66 victory. email: mpatton@newspress.com

masks, physical distancing, hand washing and equipment sanitation. Each player’s parent or guardian must sign an informed consent acknowledging risks in order to play. According to Gov. Newsom, 19 counties are currently eligible to resume high-contact outdoor sports next Friday. It’s possible several more will be eligible when the latest county metrics are released on Monday. Gov. Newsom also said the state will pay for the cost associated with regular testing of high school athletes. — Mitchell White

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Pismo Beach 59/45

COASTAL

Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Maricopa 58/39

Guadalupe 60/45

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WESTMONT 3, VANGUARD 0 The fourth-ranked Warriors staged a big comeback in the first set and dominated from there to remain undefeated with a 27-25, 25-14, 25-17 sweep Thursday in Costa Mesa. Westmont (5-0, 2-0 Golden State Athletic Conference) trailed 18-11 and 20-15 in the opening set. Vanguard (33, 0-2) reached set point at 25-24 before kills by Patty Kerman and Brooklyn Cheney put the Warriors ahead, a Lions’ hitting error clinched the set for Westmont. Kerman led the Warriors with 13 kills in 25 attacks and just one error for a percentage of .480. Madison Morrison led in digs with 18 while Cheney added 12. Westmont will return to action Tuesday with a 6 p.m. match at San Diego Christian.

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tie the score in the top of the fourth. UCSB took the lead back, 3-2, with a run in the bottom of the fourth. Jason Willow, getting new life when the Broncos dropped a pop fly in foul territory, drew a leadoff walk. He stole second base, continued to third on the catcher’s throwing error, and scored on O’Connor’s sacrifice fly to center field. But Santa Clara needed just two hits to score six runs in the next two innings, taking advantage of five walks and a wild pitch to take an 8-3 lead. Mike Bowes delivered the big blow with a three-run homer. He went 3-for-5 with three runs scored. The Gauchos scored their final run in the bottom of the sixth when Cole Cummings led off with a single and scored on O’Connor’s second double and third RBI of the game. Sprinkle and Marcos Castanon also had two hits in the game. But the best pitching for both teams came in the final three innings. Cory Lewis, a true freshman from Huntington Beach’s Marina High, was the most polished of four Gaucho pitchers which included two juniors and a senior. He pitched three no-hit, nowalk innings. UCSB did threaten in the seventh when it started off the inning with backto-back singles by Bryce Willits and Castanon. But Howard retired the next three Gauchos, and then struck out the side in the eighth. The two teams will continue their three-game series today and Sunday with 1 p.m. games. Spectators will not be allowed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

UCSB’s Conner Roberts, right, receives a throw as a run scores in the Gauchos dropped their season opener against Santa Clara, 8-4, on Friday at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

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Santa Maria 60/43

Vandenberg 58/49

New Cuyama 51/32 Ventucopa 47/32

Los Alamos 62/40

Buellton 61/37

Solvang 62/36

Gaviota 60/45

SANTA BARBARA 66/42 Goleta 64/43

Carpinteria 63/46 Ventura 65/46

AIR QUALITY KEY Good Moderate

Source: airnow.gov Unhealthy for SG Very Unhealthy Unhealthy Not Available

ALMANAC

Santa Barbara through 6 p.m. yesterday

TEMPERATURE High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low

63/37 64/44 83 in 1995 33 in 2019

PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. Month to date (normal) Season to date (normal)

0.00” Trace (2.65”) 6.23” (11.45”)

City Cuyama Goleta Lompoc Pismo Beach Santa Maria Santa Ynez Vandenberg Ventura

STATE CITIES Bakersfield Barstow Big Bear Bishop Catalina Concord Escondido Eureka Fresno Los Angeles Mammoth Lakes Modesto Monterey Napa Oakland Ojai Oxnard Palm Springs Pasadena Paso Robles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Luis Obispo Santa Monica Tahoe Valley

61/39/pc 65/37/s 43/23/s 55/27/c 57/51/s 63/40/pc 64/42/pc 51/39/sh 60/39/pc 67/49/s 28/13/c 60/38/pc 57/41/pc 64/36/pc 64/44/pc 65/42/s 65/45/s 78/53/s 66/46/s 61/33/pc 60/41/pc 63/49/pc 60/45/pc 60/41/pc 62/44/pc 65/49/s 36/16/sf

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 62/29/s 67/44/s 67/41/s 67/48/s 68/41/s 71/38/s 64/45/s 65/55/s

53/32/s 34/22/sf 26/19/pc 46/35/s 46/19/pc 55/45/pc 75/66/s 24/20/c 34/22/sf 33/20/pc 76/48/s 50/43/sh 38/27/pc 39/27/c 48/43/sh 33/22/s

POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS

Wind from the northwest at 10-20 knots today. Wind waves 4-8 feet with a west swell 5-9 feet at 9-second intervals. Visibility clear.

POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

Wind from the northwest at 10-20 knots today. Wind waves 4-8 feet with a west swell 5-9 feet at 9-second intervals. Visibility clear.

SANTA BARBARA HARBOR TIDES Date Time High Time Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 22

3:38 a.m. none 4:43 a.m. 8:03 p.m. 5:39 a.m. 8:19 p.m.

4.3’ 4.5’ 3.1’ 4.8’ 3.3’

LAKE LEVELS

Low

11:58 a.m. 0.7’ none 12:45 p.m. 0.2’ 11:18 p.m. 2.8’ 1:23 p.m. -0.2’ none

AT BRADBURY DAM, LAKE CACHUMA 65/40/s 64/39/s 46/24/s 59/31/s 65/57/s 67/44/s 74/44/s 53/40/pc 63/39/s 72/52/s 37/16/s 62/38/s 59/44/s 71/43/s 64/47/s 69/52/s 67/52/s 75/52/s 73/51/s 66/34/s 66/39/s 74/50/s 62/48/s 65/42/s 68/44/s 68/51/s 42/19/s

NATIONAL CITIES Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Houston Miami Minneapolis New York City Philadelphia Phoenix Portland, Ore. St. Louis Salt Lake City Seattle Washington, D.C.

Wind from the northwest at 12-25 knots today. Wind waves 3-6 feet with a west swell 5-9 feet at 12-second intervals. Visibility clear.

TIDES

LOCAL TEMPS Today Hi/Lo/W 51/32/c 64/43/s 60/42/s 59/45/pc 60/43/pc 61/36/s 58/49/pc 65/46/s

MARINE FORECAST

SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL

57/45/s 33/21/s 36/28/sn 54/29/pc 39/23/s 67/42/c 76/69/pc 32/22/sn 36/27/s 36/26/pc 71/45/s 51/47/r 40/30/r 39/30/s 52/49/r 40/31/s

At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment. Storage 123,505 acre-ft. Elevation 726.82 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 8.7 acre-ft. Inflow 2.7 acre-ft. State inflow 0.0 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. +0 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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Today 6:39 a.m. 5:48 p.m. 11:41 a.m. 1:26 a.m.

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New

Mar 13

Sun. 6:38 a.m. 5:48 p.m. 12:24 p.m. 2:24 a.m.

First

Mar 21

Today Sun. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Beijing 57/23/pc 65/30/pc Berlin 53/38/pc 57/35/s Cairo 65/47/pc 65/47/pc Cancun 75/68/c 79/74/c London 58/50/c 57/47/r Mexico City 73/49/s 76/51/s Montreal 27/7/c 27/14/s New Delhi 80/54/pc 82/56/pc Paris 62/45/pc 61/48/pc Rio de Janeiro 83/73/pc 83/74/pc Rome 60/41/s 61/45/s Sydney 81/70/c 81/70/pc Tokyo 63/49/s 67/49/s W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Cuyama Buckhorn By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

t was a question that begged to be asked. How does a native of Tehran, daughter of an Iranian diplomat and an architect of upscale homes become the proprietor of a rundown roadhouse in a remote location at the intersection of four counties — Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Kern and Paso Robles? Ferial Sadeghian laughed as she responded to the query about her ownership, along with fellow architect Jim Vance, of the Cuyama Buckhorn, the iconic property in the tiny town — population, 660 — of New Cuyama. “As architects with the iDGroup in Los Angeles, Jim and I build wonderful houses for families or individuals to enjoy. We wanted to create something so more people can experience the same lifestyle. Four years ago, we began looking for property near Ojai, something with a structure on it, not something we had to build from scratch,” said Ms. Sadeghian by phone from Los Angeles. During their search, they discovered the Cuyama Buckhorn Cafe. “It was the only place to eat, but the bar was always closed. I joked that someday the bar would be

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open, and I was going to have a drink there,” she said, not realizing that a year later the property would be available for purchase. As Ms. Sadeghian and Mr. Vance considered whether to buy it, they researched its history and found that it was originally built in 1952 as the community hub for the Cuyama Valley at a time when New Cuyama was a booming oil town. “George Vernon Russell was the architect for the Buckhorn and other buildings in town. What interested us was the mid-century architecture. We also found old matchbook covers that advertised Cuyama Valley as ‘The Hidden Valley of Enchantment.’ We found that Cuyama comes from the Chumash word ‘kuyam’ which means ‘clamshells and place of rest,’ ” Ms. Sadeghian told the News-Press. They bought the property in March 2018 despite asking themselves frequently, “What were we thinking?” While doing a thorough renovation — “We changed every inch” — they kept the place open because “after we bought the Cuyama Buckhorn, we talked to the townspeople and found that their main complaint was that every time there was a new owner, the place was closed for a year. We Please see buckhorn on B2

At top and above, Ferial Sadeghian said she and Mr. Vance worked on every inch of the resort.

At top, “We were encouraged to push ourselves to create experiences through food and hospitality, while still delivering the unexpected in design,” said Ferial Sadeghian, architect and co-owner of the renovated Cuyama Buckhorn. Above, architect and co-owner Jim Vance put his skills in the work on Cuyama Buckhorn.

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“It was the only place to eat, but the bar was always closed. I joked that someday the bar would be open, and I was going to have a drink there,” Ferial Sadeghian said, not realizing that a year later the property would be available for purchase.

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promised that it would stay open,” said Ms. Sadeghian. While researching the history, they found a picture of a swimming pool on the property, but over the years, it had been removed. “We built a new pool that was just opened for Valentine’s Day,” she said. Today, the Cuyama Buckhorn is a resort retreat with a farm-totable restaurant and bar, coffee shop, 21 hotel rooms, a greenhouse for organic produce, a Bocce ball court, spa, and large rooms and outdoor areas for special events. A single mom with two grown daughters, Ms. Sadeghian said she has always had a deep passion for food and hospitality. “Growing up, I learned from my mother who gardened and made everything, including mayonnaise, from scratch. I grew up traveling. My father was an Iranian diplomat and following the revolution, he transitioned into a business role, which led our family to even more extensive travel throughout Europe. Our trips were filled with everything from meeting with business owners and locals to driving up to a special castle in Austria for a famous strawberry cake, to visiting a distinct restaurant outside of town that specialized in cooking pork loin in a fireplace. All of these experiences exposed me to amazing architecture and food, which both became my passions.” After earning her master’s in architecture at Islamic Azad University in Iran in 1996, she moved to Los Angeles to begin her career as a principal designer and project manager for Michael Lehrer, founder of Lehrer Architects LA, and then with Arya Group, a high-end design firm, where she worked for 13 years. At Arya Group, she collaborated on projects with top architects, including Richard Meier and Charles Gwathmey. In 2012, Ms. Sadeghian joined iDGroup. “Our firm emphasizes an acute attention to detail and management of every stage of the design-build process, to the point of setting the table and lighting candles before the final reveal,” she said. “With Cuyama Buckhorn, Jim and I carry these same principles into creating a truly unique destination by highlighting the mid-century design and Western influences of the 1952 property. We were encouraged to push ourselves to create experiences through food and hospitality, while still delivering the unexpected in design.”

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At top and above, Cuyama Buckhorn served as the community hub of the Cuyama Valley in 1952 when the community was a booming oil town. This photo shows a pool that used to be there, but was removed. The new owners installed a pool, reviving a Buckhorn tradition.

Residents gather outside the U.S. Post Office in this historical photo.

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FYI Cuyama Buckhorn is located at 4923 Primero St. in New Cuyama. For more information, call 661-766-2825, email hello@cuyamabuckhorn.com or visit www.cuyamabuckhorn.com.

Books of matches are used to promote Cuyama Buckhorn. The words “Hidden Enchantment” got the attention of current owner Ferial Sadeghian.

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One of the worse things that can happen to a family is if their pet gets lost. In this episode Dog Days Search and Rescue reveals how they have helped families find their lost, beloved pets. We follow the story of a pet pooch that got lost in Malibu and how he managed to avoid threats like bobcats, traffic and surviving in the wild for three days. Laura Stinchfield, “The Pet Psychic”, talks with the dog to find out what happened during those days.

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The founders of Operation Blankets of Love, Eileen and Brad Smulson, explain how a simple idea of providing the comfort of a clean blanket to animals in shelters has expanded across the nation and internationally into a kind of Red Cross for animals. “Das Horse Professor”, Andrea Kutsch, demonstrates how a horse can accept something that it doesn’t initially want by using a mindful approach.