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The CDC updated its recommendations on limiting the spread of COVID-19 in K-12 classrooms by loosening many restrictions and leaving most decision-making to local governments or individuals. In the Santa Barbara Unified School District, masks are recommended but not mandatory, and students will no longer need to quarantine if they have been exposed to the virus. Instead, the CDC advises anyone exposed to wear a mask for at least 10 days and get tested.
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PEOPLE Judge Tim Staffel, who for the past 24 years banged the gavel in Santa Maria’s department number three, stepped down from the bench this week after a judicial career that spanned everything from small-claims cases to death penalty trials. Staffel was appointed to the bench in 1998 by then Governor Pete Wilson after having served two terms representing Lompoc at the Board of Supervisors. Staffel, a conservativeleaning Republican, often contended that Lompoc and the North County in general got the short end of the stick from the then-liberal majority dominated by the South Coast. For a brief stretch of time, he helped tip the supervisors’ balance of power in favor of the north county, teaming up with fellow conservatives Mike Stoker and Willy ErnieChamberlin.Zampese,
COURTS & CRIME A child was knocked down by a vehicle near 65 Nectarine Street in Goleta at around 2:49 p.m. on Tuesday, the Sheriff’s Office reported. The child had traumatic injuries and was rushed to the hospital, where he died. The address is a few houses down from the small park on Nectarine. The collision is under investigation.
Gordon has 26 years of policing under her belt, the city said in a statement, most recently as chief of the Monterey Park Police Department in the San Gabriel Valley, where she oversaw a staff of approximately 150, including 78 sworn officers, and a $23 million budget. There, the city said, Gordon implemented a co-response Neighborhood Engagement Team that focused on address ing individuals with mental health needs and those experiencing homelessness. In her statement to the council, Gordon also said she looked forward to working with Santa Barbara’s Police and Fire Commission “as we move forward with expanded over sight and transparency, which I think is very important.”Gordon began her law enforcement career with the Los Angeles Police Depart ment in 1996. She left L.A. in 2000 for the Montebello Police Department, where she worked her way up the ranks to lieutenant. In January 2017, she was hired by Monterey as a captain. Gordon has also worked with FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue Team for more than 20 years, and as a Canine Disaster Search Specialist, her deployments included the World Trade Center after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ike, and Hur ricane Rita. Indy Staff
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“I look forward to serving the Santa Bar bara community and being a part of this amazing team of policing professionals,” Gordon said in brief remarks to the council. “My first priority is to get to know my peo ple in the police department and our com munity both residents and businesses. Together, we will work hard to continue to strengthen our collaborative relationships, achieve common goals, and remain dedi cated to keeping our community safe.”
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T he showdown pitting a new bike lane against existing trees along Modoc Road shows no sign of abating, as about 40 people protesting the number of trees that would be felled to make way for the project showed up this past Saturday carrying signs and making a joyful noise. In response, county planners and public works officials have agreed to delay the date for certifying the project’s environmental analysis by about two months. What was initially planned for September 13 in front of the board of supervisors will now take place in November. In that time, County Supervisor Gregg Hart in whose district the proposed bike lane would run is hoping the opposing sides can find some middle ground between what Hart described as their mutually exclu sive all-or-nothing approaches. “I’m hoping people can talk, schmooze, and give peace a chance,” he said. Already, county officials have reduced the maximum number of trees that could conceivably be removed from 63 to 49.Of particular concern is the stretch of stately canary palms that line the eastern side of Modoc. It all depends on how much of an easement the bike lane is allowed into a 25-acre preserve that runs alongside the road. That land belongs to the Land Trust, which thus far has expressed serious envi ronmental reservations about allowing the bike path to encroach on the property. Without that easement, Chris Sneddon of the Public Works Department said as many as 29 canary palms could be at risk. With an easement, he said, the number could be as low as zero.
The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office has dropped all charges against UC Santa Barbara student Justin Asinobi, who was arrested in February for allegedly planting hidden recording devices in other people’s homes. Prosecutor Megan Chanda told the Daily Nexus that because evidence suggests Asinobi may have committed additional crimes he could be charged for, the prosecution “opted not to prosecute him to avoid jeopardizing a larger case should they pursue one.”
Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a reported robbery and kidnapping that occurred August 23 in the 4900 block of Carpinteria Avenue. Two suspects with weapons reportedly approached a victim outside of a business and forced them into their vehicle. They then drove the victim to a bank and made them withdraw cash before fleeing. Sheriff’s officials said releasing additional details would compromise their investigation, which remains ongoing.
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Dudley referred to herself throughout the exchange in the third person either as “the district attorney,” “your district attorney,” or simply as “she” but her remarks had a deeply personal edge, as she recounted the long hours and sleepless nights she endured attempting to keep the community safe from murderers, rapists, child molesters, arsonists, and thieves. Dudley noted that Public Defender Macuga handles only 60 percent of the DA’s criminal case load and supervises only 65 percent as many people. Likewise, Dudley noted that she’d worked as a prosecuting attorney for the District Attorney’s office 20 years prior to being elected for the first of her three terms in 2010. Macuga, she remarked, was first appointed in 2016. Van Mullen, the county counsel, was appointed in 2021. Dudley also emphasized she has two master’s degrees. Most direct in his response was Supervi sor Steve Lavagnino, who commented, “I got a massive headache in the last 10 min utes.” He took exception to being “called out on the carpet for favorit ism” over a difference of only “a couple thousand bucks.” “That’s tough for me to hear,” he said. “That’s not cool.” Parity, he said, did not mean identi cal; it meant Supervisorclose.
In unusually heated remarks, Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley this Tuesday accused the county supervisors of “discrimination and unwarranted favoritism with taxpayers’ dollars” against her and her department. Dudley, now in the last few months of her last term of office, took pointed exception to a proposal that would give her as an elected department head a 2.5 percent pay increase while all appointed county department heads had been given pay increases of 5 percent. In particular, Dudley expressed out rage that Public Defender Tracy Macuga is currently making $11,000 more than she is. County Counsel Rachel Van Mullem, Dudley noted, is making $10,000 more. For good measure, Dudley added, the Dis trict Attorney of Ventura County was paid $45,000 more than she is, and her coun terpart in San Luis Obispo is taking home $19,000 more a year.
Gregg Hart argued that elected department heads do not face the same market pressures as appointed department heads; people run for elected office for reasons of public service, not just financial reward. People don’t step down as DA to take a better-paying job for another jurisdiction. “That just doesn’t hap pen,” he Supervisorinsisted.Das Williams added that he couldn’t just pack his bags and run for supervisor in Los Angeles County. But appointed department heads, he said, can. He acknowledged struggling to approve the 5 percent raise for appointed depart ment heads when most county employees got 2.5 percent. That meant giving people who make three to four times more than the people working under them raises three to four times bigger. But he did so, Williams said, in order to attract and retain qualified departmental leadership. Ultimately, Dudley was given a 3.5 per cent pay increase to bring her at the same level as Macuga and Van Mullen. But the rest of her peers among the elected depart ment heads saw no additional bump beyond the 2.5 percent. The dust-up was perhaps predictable. Never before in county history has the district attorney made less than the Pub lic Defender. And the bad blood between Macuga and Dudley is an open secret on the fourth floor of the county administra tion building. Macuga has pushed hard for criminal justice reforms since taking the post six years ago, especially so in the wake of the George Floyd murder two years ago. Dudley has balked at some of the reforms, insisting that public safety considerations are paramount. Dudley a former Head Start instructor who emerged politically as a champion for women and children sub jected to sexual and physical abuse was not accustomed to being pushed by county supervisors on both sides of the aisle to do more than she deemed prudent. Dudley has bristled at the experience. With the 3.5 percent increase, the District Attorney will now make $257,406 annually. The Public Defender will make $259,076, and the County Counsel will make $257,406.
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“Despite numerous attempts by the County to secure a reliable timeline as to when UCSB will build the required hous ing, there is no timeline or commitment by UCSB for when the requirement will be addressed,” stated County Supervi sor Gregg Hart, in whose district UCSB is located. “Litigation was the only path remaining to compel UCSB to act upon their obligation.” This is the second of such lawsuits filed against UCSB because of the housing issue. Two years ago, the City of Goleta sued on identical grounds. The LRDP was an attempt to negoti ate an orderly path by which UCSB could gradually increase enrollments from 20,000 students to 25,000. Beyond the additional 5,000 students, the agreement allows the campus to expand by 336 faculty members and 1,400 staff. To date, the cam pus has built 1,500 new units of housing. That’s 3,500 short of the agreement. In the past, the campus has argued that it hasn’t really exceeded the 25,000 mark, pointing out there are always 10 percent fewer stu dents in the spring than when they enroll in the fall. In addition, they have until 2025 to build the housing. In the past few years, Chancellor Henry Yang has highlighted the massive dor mitory promised by billionaire investor Charlie Munger, known alternately as Munger Hall or “Dormzilla.” As initially designed, the dorm would stand 11 stories off the ground and house approximately 4,500 students. This proposal has become a flashpoint of considerable controversy, especially by those concerned by a lack of bedroom windows and the emergency evacuation logistics posed by so many students.UCSB spokesperson Kiki Reyes con tended the university has been involved in good-faith discussions with the county over student housing since experiencing “significant and unanticipated undergrad uate enrollment increases several years ago at the behest of the State of California.”
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The ongoing quest to bring a restaurant back to Goleta Beach is now the subject of a lawsuit that claims the current developers broke their contract with a former partner, stole her ideas, and committed fraud along the way.
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“The University and the County have a shared goal of providing more on-cam pus housing for our students,” Reyes con tinued. “We look forward to continuing our discussions with the County and are hopeful that any lawsuit does not result in needless and expensive litigation, instead of ongoing collaboration.”
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Alicia Whitney, who founded the Sea Legs restaurant group in Huntington Beach, is suing her former, longtime employee Omar Khashen and his business partner Joe “Diggs” Dies for breaches of contract and fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, and fraud. Khashen and Dies have been remodeling the former Beachside Café into a new establishment since winning the bid nearly one year ago. The lawsuit is reportedly unconnected to the recent construction delays.
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While the bill gained immediate sup port from environmental organizations, it also met immediate opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce. The chamber argued the bill would kill jobs in the oil and gas industry, which employed 3,000 people across 15,000 active and inac tive wells within 3,200 feet of homes.
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Santa Barbara’s State Senator Monique Limón is taking another swing at regulating the distance between oil and gas wells and schools, homes, hospitals, and other community centers. A 3,200-foot distance was proposed by Governor Gavin Newsom in his June climate proposals, indicating he would sign the bill if it passed the Legislature, said Limón and her co-sponsor, Senator Lena Gonzalez (D–LongLimónBeach).had written a similar bill in 2021 proposing a 2,500-foot setback, as well as a ban on new fracking, cyclic steaming, and well acidizing. It failed in committee by two Democratic votes those two, Ben Hueso of San Diego and Bob Hertzberg of Van Nuys, are now being pressured by ads to support the bill, according to Politico This time around, Limón has the gov ernor’s backing for Senate Bill 1137, which would prohibit state agencies from allow ing well drilling or changes to oil and gas production in the 3,200-foot zone. The pollution coming from the 125,000 oil and gas wells in the state affect 2.7 million people, 90 percent of whom are people of color. “This policy will not only protect Californians,” Limón said, “but it will rec tify long-standing injustices for the com munities that have borne the brunt of our dependency on fossil fuels.”
The Natural Resources Defense Coun cil (NRDC), however, expressed itself to be pleased with the end-of-term “frantic sausage-making” that produced Newsom’s 3,200-foot proposal. The NRDC blogged that SB 1137 included reworking existing wells, which make up the majority of the oil and gas work in California, and would protect residents currently affected by oil infrastructure. Jean Yamamura
T he annual statewide reports on crime including homicide, use of force, and juvenile justice statis tics were released earlier this week by the California Department of Justice, revealing details on Santa Barbara County’s crime rate in the midst of larger trends across the state.“Good data is a cornerstone of good pub lic policy,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta in a statement released Thurs day. “While crime rates remain significantly below their historical highs, property and violent crimes continue to have devastat ing consequences for communities across theHerestate.”in Santa Barbara, the number of homicides jumped from eight in 2020 to 18 murders last year, matching its highest total since 2015. Over the past 10 years, Santa Barbara has fluctuated between six and 18 murders for an average of 12.1 homicides per year. In 2021, the county’s homicide rate per 100,000 people was reported at 1.4. In comparison, Ventura County reported 20 homicides last year, and Los Angeles County reported the highest total in the state at 600. The deadliest county per capita was Kern County, where 124 total murders brought the homicide rate to 13.7 for every 100,000 people, the highest rate of any county since 2015. Statewide, the murder rate has risen by 7.2 percent, but the 2,361 murders reported in 2021 is still “significantly below Califor nia’s historical high” of 4,095 homicides in 1993, Bonta said. In addition to the homicide report, the state released a report on use of force across California. In 2021, there were 628 incidents that involved the use of force across the state. Of the 660 civilians involved in these incidents, more than half of the individuals (50.6 percent) were Hispanic. For Santa Barbara County, there were a total of seven incidents involving 12 officers and eight civilians. In those seven incidents, four ended in injury and the other three resulted in a civilian death. Four of the inci dents were in response to calls for service, two were reported as “crimes in progress,” and one was the result of a traffic stop. Law enforcement agencies use these reports to better implement new policies and respond to growing trends specific to each community. The annual reports are typically released in July, but the release was pushed back this year due to a recent over haul of the state’s electronic reporting to a new system known as the California Inci dent-Based Reporting System (CIBRS). To view the complete reports, visit oag.ca.gov/ crime Ryan P. Cruz High Murder Rate in Senator Monique
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Library Expands Operating Hours
The best time to go hiking is during the cooler parts of the day early in the morn ing or in the evening, said Kevin Hess with the Search and Rescue team: “It’s a lot hotter in the mountains than it is at the beach, so be Temperaturesprepared.” in the Santa Ynez Valley are forecast to reach up to 100 degrees dur ing the Labor Day weekend, and into the eighties and nineties on the Santa Barbara side of the mountains. Nighttime temps are around 60 degrees and up. Cooling cen ters at the Carpinteria, Goleta, and Buellton libraries will open, and also at the Buellton Senior Center, if staff is available. More detailed information is at readysbc.org
Hot days and nights settled into Santa Barbara County on Wednesday morning and will last through next Monday night, according to the National Weather Service. The heat will bring the dangers of heat exhaustion to residents, but also to hikers on the mountain trails. The steep and rocky paths that crisscross the Santa Ynez Range have been known to bring down athletes and novice hikers alike from dehydration and heat stroke. This past May, 17-year-old Jake Parks went for a hike near Jesusita Trail with his friends, and despite having lots of water with them, he died in the hospital with his temperature registering as high as 106 degrees, said his mother, Jenni Parks. She has been working to get the word out ever since: “It was an 80, 85 degree day down here in town, just like we’re going to get this weekend,” she said. “My hope is to educate everyone. Jake was the most amazing kid, but he and his friends had no idea what the signs or the symptoms were.”
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Heat exhaustion can develop into lifethreatening heat stroke: “When people are exerting themselves in the heat and start to feel sick, they need to get in the shade and douse themselves with the water they’re car rying to cool down,” said Dr. Robin Malone, an emergency doctor at Cottage Health. “And you want to drink water and electro lytes before you become thirsty, because thirst means you’re becoming dehydrated.”
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TRAIL TRAGEDY: This past May, 17-year-old Jake Parks died from heat illness after hiking near Jesusita Trail.
Staff at the Santa Barbara Public Library’s downtown location continue to adapt to a three-phase construction project that has forced several adjustments to browsing and pickup hours while the building’s main level undergoes major excavation for a new ADA-compliant elevator. Starting Tuesday, after several weeks of limited pickup windows, a portion of the main level will reopen with expanded browsing hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on “MostThursdays.librarieswould have just closed, or moved everything off-site,” said Library Services Manager Molly Wetta, who has worked in Santa Barbara for the past six years. Wetta remembers helping her previ ous library through a restoration project in Lawrence, Kansas, where it was forced to completely shut its doors and move its collections to a recently vacated Borders location nearby. Santa Barbara has been able to retain most of its services and all of the staff, Wetta continued, and has adjusted by offering more programs at the Eastside location, which Wetta said has become the “hidden gem” after its own renovation in 2020.Inthe Central location, temporary walls currently block off much of the main level, and electrical cables line the space. Staff members are tucked away in makeshift desk areas, and books are stashed in boxes.
Despite the construction crews humming about, staff is still running business as usual with pickup and hold requests continuing to pour in. “We’re pulling holds as fast as they come in,” Wetta said. The limited browsing sections include fiction, young adult, nonfiction, and graphic novels, but Wetta said the library will be opening more sections as construction continues. It’s still too early to offer a solid time line for the work, Wetta said, but barring any extra supply chain issues, construction could be finished next summer. The lowerlevel staff area will likely be finished first, and the ADA-compliant elevator will be the last part of the three-phase project to be finished. For updates on construction and hours, visit library.santabarbaraca.gov Ryan P. Cruz
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12 THE INDEPENDENT SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 INDEPENDENT.COM All Classes Invited! Saturday, October 1, 2022, 11am to 4pm at SBHS School Tours Meet Bossie BBQ Food Trucks Soccer & Water Polo Anniversaries DJ Silent Auction Kids Activities Dons and Alumni items for purchase Tickets Available Now: www.SBDonsAlumni.com Once a Don, Always a Don Logo and design by Malcolm Steward, Class of ‘84. MalcolmSteward.com Wed, Sep 14th at 5:30 p.m. 351 Paseo Nuevo, Floor 2 for info and to register go to awcsb.org Happy Hour Free for AWC Non-Members:Members $25 **head shots are an additional fee Head&Shots angry poodle barbecue IF YOU BUILD IT: We live in the age now of “zombie glaciers.” “Heat domes” have now replaced “heat waves.” Thank God for baseball. It’s a sport that miraculously jacks you up and calms you down all at the same time. More to the point, thank god for the Santa Barbara Foresters and their manager Bill Pintard. Over the past 27 years, Pintard and the Foresters have won with such relentless regularity that the thesaurus ran out of superla tives when describing how good they are. This season, the Foresters won the National Baseball Congress World Series, held every year in Wichita, Kansas. Out of the 12 times the Foresters made it to the series, they’ve won 10. No other team in the league comes close. Having swept the last three, Pintard and the Foresters can now lay claim to the most holy of sports accolades, the sacrosanct three-peat The Foresters have become a bona fide sports dynasty. What sets them apart is they’re a dynasty that’s fun. They play with a disciplined abandon, in which calcu lated and sometimes even stupid risktaking is encouraged. There’s a kamikaze joy in how the Foresters run the bases, coming at opponents from all directions. They steal all the time. It’s not as much about being fast as it is about studying the tendencies of the other side and pushing things. It’s about forcing errors, jumping when you know an off-speed pitch is on the way, stretching singles into doubles, and running out drag bunts. Pintard, a classic Catholic school survivor, was forced the hard way to learn the differ ence between sins of omission and commis sion. So, too, have his players, but without all the downer theological overtones. They’re encouraged to take wild-ass chances. Bet ter that than play it safe. “You don’t fear fail ure,” Pintard said, “because you’re absolutely going to fail in this game. You learn to deal with it and move on.” It’s also about knowing when to take “dumb” chances. You do it early in the game. Early in the season. Guys who find themselves getting tossed out in June, Pintard says, have a way of making it safely on base by the time July rolls around. Shrewd, smart, and funny, Pintard knows how to build chemistry. He talks to play ers; he learns their dogs’ names. He’s a sto ryteller; he’s a teacher. And he has a keen eye for baseball talent. Over the years, 65 of his players got drafted into the big leagues. The New York Yankees pay Pintard to scout local talent. The Angels wanted to hire him as an advance scout, which would have put him on the road eight months out of the year. What sets Pintard apart is enthusiasm. His is not merely the infectious kind; it’s more like a pandemic. “I don’t have to create it,” Pintard says with a shrug. “It’s how I was born.” That’s a good thing. Pintard has to hustle to keep the team financially afloat (it’s a sixfigure-a-year operation), find host families for players (during the pandemic, that was far from easy), and keep the mound and the plate up to snuff. On occasion, Pintard has found himself having to clean up the Per shing Park bathrooms after a game. “Ten championships and a three-peat,” Pintard said, “and I get to clean up the bathroom.”
Because the Blues have a place where that many fans can come. Once upon a time for about 30 years Santa Barbara boasted a minor league baseball park over on Laguna Street. That field was done in by neglect, age, and the elements, but mostly by the advent of televised sports. That’s not coming back. But maybe Pershing could be reconfigured with a horseshoe structure of stands to allow more seating. “Don’t say ‘stadium,’” Pin tard cautions with a laugh. “It’s a ballpark.”
With Santa Barbara’s movers and shakers now intent on saving downtown by inject ing more “experiential” elements into it, I’d say the Foresters easily qualify as a great experience. It would anchor that part of the waterfront as a great place to go. And when the Foresters are not using the field, there’s no shortage of other teams that could. It was great that Mayor Randy Rowse saw fit to honor the Foresters and Pintard this Tuesday. But in addition to a proclamation, City Hall should think seriously about Pin tard’s dream of fixing up Pershing Park. Just remember his mantra: “It’s a ballpark, not a stadium.” —Nick Welsh
The success of the Foresters turns the age-old koan “If you build it, will they come?” on its head. (That was stolen, by the way, from Field of Dreams, one of Kevin Costner’s two great baseball movies.) The Foresters, it turns out, are already here; now they need a better place to play. It’s the equiv alent of having the New York Philharmonic Orchestra here in town, but we make them play in a church basement. I like Pershing Park as much as the next guy, but the Forest ers have to share the field with City College baseball players, flag-football players, soc cer players, and City League softball players. Throw in the squirrels and gophers and all their holes, and it’s a full-employment act for orthopedic surgeons. After the sun goes down and the lights go on, admittedly, there’s no place more magical than Pershing Park, sandwiched snugly between the mountains and the sea. Under the klieg lights, you can see every molecule of rosin squeezed out of the pitcher’s bag; the light is so sweepingly cinematic that Ser gio Leone would weep. But before the sun goes down, it’s a whole other story. Sight lines are obliterated by a slicing solar glare that renders about a third of the play all but invisible. And the best you can say about the field’s seating capacity is not much, because there’s not much of it. The San Luis Obispo Blues the Foresters’ rival typically draw 500 to 1,000 fans. If the Foresters get 200 at a game, that’s a lot. Why the difference?
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For decades, economists have promoted a carbon tax as the only policy that could reduce emissions at the speed and scale necessary. While consumers and businesses may choose clean energy, until the prices of fossil fuels include the costs of the damages they cause, they will continue to be used. No matter what actions the U.S. may take, the climate crisis is a global problem needing a global solution. Here again, economists have long recom mended a policy solution: a border carbon pollution tariff. The European Community and Canada are beginning to implement such a policy. If enacted by the U.S., the world’s leading economy, it would incentivize all nations, including China, to price car bon pollution. Once the price of fossil fuels reflects their true costs, they will be driven out of the market and quickly replaced by clean, affordable, renewable energy.
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I wonder what year the ban against gasoline-pow ered leaf blowers was passed in Santa Barbara. I wonder why we continue to allow our gardeners to use gasoline-powered tools when we are facing the devastating effects of a rapidly warming planet due to fossil fuel use. Do these tools have emission controls like cars, or do they produce more pollutants than cars? I wonder why our gardeners don’t adopt electric garden tools. I wonder what it takes to make meaningful changes. Climate change aside, wouldn’t it be nice to have neighborhoods that aren’t pumped full of foul, deadly fumes every day? —Michelle Rainville, S.B.
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John Edward Ellis 8/18/1950 - 8/8/2022
John Edward Ellis passed away at his home in North Pole Alaska on the 8th of August, he wasBorn71. and raised in Santa Barbara California, John attended Santa Barbara High where he played varsity football. After graduating in 1968, John received his wastewater and water treatment operator certi fications and went to work for the City of Santa Barbara. After a brief marriage in the early 1970s, John packed-up his pickup and headed to Alaska hoping to find work on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Instead, John found himself in the small town of North Pole where, as luck would have it, they needed someone to run their Water and SewerJohnDepartments.servedasthe Utility Supervisor in North Pole until 1977 when he went to work at the new Earth Resources Com pany (later MAPCO) refinery. John stayed at MAPCO until 1992 before taking a job at Petro Star in Valdez where he stayed until he left the industry in 2003.Even while working in Val dez, John maintained a connec tion to North Pole, spending long hours commuting the 360 miles between his two homes. John embraced Alaskan life and the opportunities it offered. He was happiest on his own, or with a few close friends, tak ing hunting and fishing trips into the wilderness, navigat ing streams and rivers in his home-built boat. A large and bearded man, John would sit on the stern, denim shirt unbut toned no matter the weather, one hand on the outboard and the other holding a cigarette: he was the image everyone in the Lower 48 pictures when they think,Like“Alaskan”.hisfather, John was adept at fixing everything from broken engines to leaking roofs. For many years he made and sold jewellery and was an avid SCUBA diver. His one unful filled dream was opening a div ing resort somewhere in South America. Although even he admitted that it would probably be far too hot for him down there.John was well known for tell ing long stories while holding a bottomless cup of coffee. He had an open heart and often helped his friends and strangers alike. He was a very giving and generous man. John was exceptionally well read and knowledgeable on many subjects, particularly physics. In his later years, he found increasing comfort in his religious beliefs.
John is survived by his step mother Audrey, stepbrother Mark Lewis and his four-legged companion Slippers. A memo rial will be announced at a later date Mary Lou SmitheramHale 12/27/1928 - 8/6/2022 Mary Lou Hale Smitheram (“Lou”) passed away peacefully at home on August 6, 2022 after a few years of declining health. She was 93 years old. Mary Lou Hale was born in Prescott, Arizona on December 27, 1928 to parents Virgil and Mary Lyons Hale. She was the middle child of the family, with older sister Margaret Jean and younger sister Vicki Ann. Lou spent her younger years in both Prescott and Phoenix, Arizona before her family relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area. She graduated from Mills College in Oakland, California in 1950 and subsequently received a Master of Arts degree from Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsyl vania. In 1977 she accomplished a long-term goal of receiving a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Spanish Literature from the University of California Santa Barbara. This accomplishment is especially noteworthy as Lou was a full-time working mother while completing the doctorate program.In1952, Mary Lou Hale mar ried Robert Crowell Smitheram (“Bob”). Bob and Lou made their home in Santa Barbara where they raised three chil dren. The two were married for 35 years until Bob passed away unexpectedly in 1987. In 2007, Lou married Augusto Pravia Cerrud.Louworked at several schools and universities in the Santa Barbara area, including Laguna Blanca, Marymount, Westmont College, and in the University of California Santa Barbara library. After retir ing from UCSB she worked in the Cottage Hospital library. Lou was a dedicated and active parishioner at Trinity Episcopal Church, a member of St. Mary’s Retreat House, and a longtime volunteer at the Goleta Valley Historical Society. She sang with the Edelweiss Choir and was a member of Friend ship Force. Lou spoke several languages, which aided her in her many travels. Lou loved to research family history, tap dance, paint, and write. How ever, most of all, she loved to read, passing this love of books on to her children and grandchildren.Louissurvived by her sec ond husband, Augusto Pravia Cerrud, her children Robert Smitheram (Chiyan) of Santa Barbara, Anne Laurence (Peter) of Danville, and Mary Smitheram-Sheldon (Matthew) of San Mateo, six grandchildren – Robbie Zhang-Smitheram, Jessica and John Laurence, and Maryanne, Christopher, and Amanda Sheldon, and stepgrandsons Noah and Ramon Wang. She is also survived by nieces, nephews,
Ernest William Tack 6/5/1939 - 8/24/2022 Ernest William Tack, age 83, was called peacefully to his eter nal home on August 24, 2022 in Santa Barbara, CA. Ernest is survived by his wife Patricia and 5 sons: Michael, Stephen, Patrick, John and Robin, and 2 daughters: Michelle and Stephanie, 11 grandchildren: Luke, Christian, Stephen, Noah, Robin, Leah, Sydney, Sophia, Diana, Michelle and Gloria and 4mgreat grandchildren: Damian, Zach, Shantasta and Tailey and sister Judith.Graveside Service at Santa Barbara Cemetery on Thursday, September 1st at 1:15pm.
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2/27/1933 - 1/9/2022 Rudy Martinez Aguilera passed away peacefully at home with Ann, his wife of 68 years, at his side. He was 88 years old. Rudy was born Feb 27, 1933, in Riverside, CA, to Pete and Natividad Aguilera. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Margaret Gonzales, and brother Frank Aguilera. Rudy is survived by his siblings, Gloria Avalos, Mary (Joe) Ortega, Larry Agu ilera, Joseph (Cheryl) Aguilera, and Amanda (Rick) Solis, and numerous cousins. He is also survived by his four children, Pat (Sue), Mickey, Ruth, Rose, his 3 grandchildren, Marissa Aguilera Green, Anthony and Giuliana Giardino, and two great-grandchildren, Mason and Macie Ann Green. In Fall 1952, Rudy enrolled at UC Santa Barbara, and soon married his HS sweetheart, Ann Salazar. In January 1955 he graduated with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Junior High Education. While teaching at Santa Barbara Junior High full time, Rudy earned his Master of Arts Degree in Education.Rudywill be forever grateful to his 9th Grade teacher, Miss Cora Paradis, for insisting that he continue his education. She was a great inspiration. Rudy Started teaching at SBJH where he served as Head Counselor, Vice Principal, and as Principal during his 34th years. Before retirement, Rudy then served as Principal of Santa Barbara High School, and then Goleta Valley Junior High School, 2 years at each campus. Rudy’s delight was family and activities that taught his chil dren to appreciate each other, and to be respectful, generous and fair. But most of all to find joy in life and be grateful. He had a great patience with little ones and a loving manner with his growing children. Rudy learned to work from a very young age and continued to do so in every job he held, also maintaining good grades in his studies. He loved sports and was a member of the Referee Association that served in local high schools and colleges. He loved travel and enjoyed many memories with his wife Ann. He loved dancing, reading and history, particularly WWII. Rudy also loved music, Jazz and Mariachi music. Important to him was the Lord and he lived a joyous life in gratitude. In remembrance of Rudy’s life, the family asks that any charitable donations be made to Cambridge Drive Community Church, 550 Cambridge Drive, Goleta, CA 93117
In AfterMemoriam25years, your spirit lives on. You will not be forgot ten. Perhaps your loved ones should consider Prince Hamlet’s words: “There are more things in heaven and earth…than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
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Frank is survived by his wife Flora of 62 years, daughters Sharon Soto and Lisa Richter, sons-in-law Peter Soto and Kurt Richter, sisters-in law Barbara Bianchi (Dave & nephew Dar ren) and JoAnne Lucato (niece Rayanna), as well as grandchil dren Jonathan (Liz), Weston, Misty (Cam), Samantha and Sabrina.Frankie, Dad, Nonno – while you may be gone in body you are certainly not in spirit. Your words of wisdom will forever play out in our minds. So now it’s our turn to say to you what we frequently heard you say to us: “Be good, get along with each other, and watch your step”.Mass services will be held on September 9, 2022 at 10am at the Old Mission Santa Barbara. Burial immediately following at Calvary Cemetery.
Larry Robert Matthews
Long time Santa Barbara resident Larry Robert Matthews passed away on July 11, 2022 with his daughter Zoraetta at his side. A kind and gentle spirit, Larry was born in Pennsylva nia March 9, 1940. He was one of many brothers and sisters, who grew stronger together as a result of their circumstances. As a teenager he moved to Cali fornia where he would enlist in the Navy as soon as he was able. He described his time with the Navy as one of the best times of his life: honor, comradery, sta bility, and the chance to travel theLarryworld.maintained his sense for adventure throughout his life, whether it be backpacking in the Rocky Mountains or liv ing abroad in France. He loved to explore new places but always called Santa Barbara home. In the summers he could be found walking Hendry’s Beach, hav ing breakfast at the Summer land Beach Cafe, or attending the French and Summer Sol stice festivals. He was an avid cyclist, tennis player, and loved to dance. In his later years he loved spending time with his grandkids at the beach and the Santa Barbara Zoo. He is dearly loved by friends and family who considered him a source of advice and wisdom. He leaves behind his sis ters Brenda, Yvonne, Beverly, Donna, and his brother Barry; his two daughters Zoraetta and Rosalie; his three grandchil dren Nashay, Christopher, and Oliver, and four Max,children: August,great-grandCharlotte,and Azalea. Donations are requested in lieu of flowers to an Alzheimer’s research orga nization of one’s choosing. A Navy memorial service will be held for Larry in January, with an intimate ceremony on the Santa Barbara channel islands to follow. Frank Bavaresco 3/6/1935 - 8/25/2022 Frank (Frankie) Bavaresco passed away peacefully on August 25, 2022. Born and raised in Santa Barbara, Frank was the only son of Luigi (Bocia) and Mary Bavaresco. He grew up on the Eastside, along with other Italian immigrant families, including his cous ins Ernie, Dickie and Dennis Zampese, whom he considered brothers. For someone who didn’t speak a word of English until the start of grammar school, he loved to brag to fam ily about how he became class president at Santa Barbara Junior High. Upon graduation of Santa Barbara High School’s class of ’53, Frank was drafted into the Army and was stationed in Hawaii.Afterbeing discharged from the Army, Frank returned to Santa Barbara in search of work and love interests. That’s where Flora Lucato came into the pic ture. Frank and Flora’s families had known each other for a long time, and they grew up together. But it took dating other people and elapsed time to realize that your true love lived right across the street. And that’s how Flora Lucato became Mrs. Frank Bavaresco on June 18, 1960. In the meantime, Frank got a job as a maintenance worker for the Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department. It turned out to be a job that he worked at for 50 years. And out of those 50 years at Parks & Rec, Frank only took 1 day of sick leave for poison oak. It was Flora who called in on his behalf. When Frank’s boss heard about his sick day, he actu ally drove over to their house because he didn’t believe it to be Whentrue. Frank was not work ing, he had a love affair with gardening. And no one could compete with the way he grilled chicken and tri-tip with help from Flora’s basting brush made of rosemary and sage. Mostly, in his spare time, Frank looked forward to spending time at home with family and friends in the neighborhood. He particu larly enjoyed his walks down the street, hanging out in Bob’s garage with Guba and Art (aka Tico’s Bar) and drinking the only beer variety allowed – Bud and Coors Light. Frank may have lived his life simply, but he was someone who was definitely well liked and respected.
Ron was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Walter and Adeline Chase. He graduated from Detroit’s Aero Mechanics High School. Ron served in the Korean War as an ArmyAfterMechanic.gettingout of the ser vice, Ron came to Santa Barbara where he met and married Jan ice Cota, a Santa Barbara native. Ron worked for Hendry Brothers Blacksmith Shop until the shop closed. He then opened his own small business, Ron Chase Welding. Ron was a renowned Certified Master Welder and later worked for Western Welding in Goleta. His welding career was capped off by becoming an instructor at Santa Barbara City College. His students remember his principle teaching of “Safety First.” Ron was an accomplished piano and accordion player. In addition to the local piano group, he was a co-founding member of the Accordion Inter national Music Society of Santa Barbara. Ron and his fellow musicians performed at many musical functions around town. His musical playing exuded the joy of life he carried in his heart. Ron was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife Janice. He is survived by his compan ion Georgia Martin; his chil dren, Valerie, Loretta, Michael, Katrina, Donald, and Eric; and his three grandchildren, Ronald, Taylor, and Ashley. Ron will be remembered for his love of people and always taking time to check up on his friends, colleagues, and acquaintances. Ron will be greatly missed.
Middle child of Erwin and Joan. Younger brother to Tedd and older brother to Gary(myself)WewereaMiddle Class Jews fromEnjoyedLivedBrooklyninaptoutdoors, camping, sailingSteve was always different, he didn’t seem to fit in in the typi cal sense he did not like sports He was more interested in science.Heenjoyed popular mechan ics and science magazines. Steven skipped a grade and was extremely intelligent academically and in a worldly sense.He won the NYC science fair 1968Froze a gold fish using liquid nitrogenAndbrought it back to life ( for few seconds) But was disqualified later as the judges felt it was a bit grue some and for using a live animal He went to Brooklyn college and in 1972 He marched on Washington to impeach Nixon as he was very much against the war in Vietnam. he was a inspired by the works of Dylan and later Springsteen ) At age 16 he hitchhiked across US. I remember letting him with off my with my dad at GWB route 80 with a sign” California “ go west young man “”“Horace Greeley once said Steven wound up in SB, a place he call home for the rest of hisHelife.returned to NY that fall told my dad he was transferring to UCSB, where he eventually graduated with a degree in envi ronmental science. Steven never for worked “the man” as he would say some thing he was proud of. He had a variety of jobs out in SB over the years He managed property Ana pamu house for 47 yrs (First sleeping in a sleeping bag in the shed ) He owned a successful back hoe contracting business He was able to buy house with the help of my mom Joan Basson which we dubbed the Basson house on Bath st He started a successful car business known as “Mustang DreamsLocating” classic muscle cars all over the west coast and send ing them to Europe He was a simple guy to say theAleastminimalist before his time He loved a few things 1st Suzanne who he called “small unit “ The Love of his life he would sayNext was Burning man and all it Heembracedlivedbythe ten principles all of his Amongstlife the Burners he finally felt he fit it It just seem to make sense to himHe is survived by me his brother Gary His niece and nephews Eric, Danielle and Zachary Schwartz Suzanne Cuddy, significant other Ronald Walter Chase
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I will concede that criminalizing rent increases would be an effective tool to prevent rising rents. Landlords would be committing a criminal act by raising rents beyond what is permissible. Govern ments would have the power to fine them, sue them, arrest them, seize control of their property, or even confiscate their property.
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The problem is that there are major negative conse quences to rent controls: Rent control would harm the very people the authors thought they were helping. Rent control is not something new on the planet. Various schemes of rent and price controls go back millennia. Economists have studied rent control pro grams in the U.S. for many decades. It’s rare in aca demia for scholars to agree unanimously on anything, but economists almost unanimously agree that rent control is a bad idea.
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Based on the experience of other rent-con trolled markets, it is likely that such controls will ultimately have very little impact on rising rents. The authors say this time will be different because they advocate “smart” rent control.
Tenants will be reluctant to move from rentcontrolled properties, which tends to freeze the rent-controlled rental market, leaving fewer apartments available for rent.
The reality is that there is no solution to the peren nial Santa Barbara “housing crisis.” We like our town the way it is and don’t wish to ruin it with massive apartment blocks or the ADUs jammed down our throats by Sacramento. Forget low-cost rentals: In an expensive city famous for blocking new development, it just can’t be done. You can’t blame landlords for that. Yet progressives demonize landlords as greedy capitalists because they seek “profit maximization.” Without the possibility of maximizing the profit of one’s investment, there would be no rental properties.
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Lower profitability margins on investment combined with rent caps would lead some landlords to reduce maintenance costs, which will lower housing quality.
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The supply of rental housing will stagnate because rent controls dis-incentivize develop ers from building new rental housing. Landlords will have more difficulty in financ ing or refinancing their properties when loans come due because of lower profit margins.
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A recent Voice, “Rent Stabilization Is a Nec essary Tool,” is an exercise in polemics. It picks three studies by progressives, which address policy and are not based on eco nomic modeling, that they claim support rent control, yet they ignore the 81 percent of economists who con cur that rent control is a bad idea.
Landlords will be more selective in choosing tenants. Landlords operate on very thin mar gins in Santa Barbara. Making it more difficult to evict tenants and to raise rents will cause them to be more selective, making it harder for poor renters to qualify for housing.
A substantial reduction in tenant mobility occurs as a result of rent control.
The beneficiaries of rent controls in Southern California have been mostly middle-income, educated white folks rather than poor immi grants. We should expect the same here.
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It is interesting that the article relies on the University of Min nesota study of Minneapolis upon which to base their claim that rent control could “work.” Minneapolis has no rent control and, based on the study’s data, it has a relatively healthy, competi tive rental market. Nowhere in the 63-page report does it men tion the impact of rent controls in St. Paul, the “Twin City” right across the river. St. Paul voters approved a strict rent-control law. As a result, new construc tion of apartments shriveled up, rental properties declined in value, and developers walked away from ongoing projects. I’m sure that the authors would say their “smart” rent control would avoid such bad consequences.
Jeffrey Harding is a real estate investor and a former attorney and adjunct real-estate investment professor at SBCC.
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Waving the bloody shirt of “profit” is part of the pro gressive playbook to rile their base against landlords. Helping poor renters is society’s problem. The fair solution is for the community to subsidize rents for the poor. Instead of imposing an unfair hidden tax on landlords, the citizens of Santa Barbara should back an increase of the sales tax to provide the funds to subsidize poor renters. Otherwise, rent control will just make it worse for the poor and for Santa Barbara.
A significant expansion of staff will be nec essary to enforce these controls, imposing a substantial new cost on a budget-challenged city. While this is dismissed by the authors, the rent-control department of Santa Monica (a city the same size as Santa Barbara) has a $6 million annual budget and a staff of 25, includ ing attorneys, a hearings officer, and support staff, plus five rent-control board members. It’s not a small bureaucracy.
The authors, Professor Alice O’Connor, a history professor, and Rich Appelbaum, a sociology professor, intentionally ignore the negative consequences of rent con trol because it doesn’t fit into their progressive social justice ideology. They dismiss offhand the con clusions of a fellow UCSB profes sor, Peter Rupert, former chair of UCSB’s Economics Department, who studied the economic litera ture on rent control and concluded that rent control has never worked anywhere, ever. Why doesn’t rent control work? It basically worsens the housing situation by reducing the supply of rentals. Here are some results gleaned from studies of rent control:
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A t a certain point between pregnancy and child birth, my vision of how I would care for my daughter disintegrated. Before she was born, I assumed I would take two months off for maternity leave and then return to work and drop her off at daycare. As my due date approached, I confi dently told my husband that if I had to choose between inter viewing a source and nursing a baby, I wanted to interview the source. Then she was born.
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The Kids Are Alright. Are the Parents? Five Families Explain How They Are Navigating Childcare in Santa Barbara by Zoë Schiffer Photos by Ingrid Bostrom
Luke, Rachel, Jack (top row), Reis, and Edith (bottom row) DePass Jordan, Bella, and Woody Loggins
Work: Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services Child: Damián, 14 months old Childcare: Full-time home care with Celeste Family Day care in Goleta Cost: $16 a month, subsidized by CalWORKS
Pilar and Damián Cruz Cruz Fossek, Leila Drake, and Chris Fossek
The Independent interviewed five families, all with dif ferent childcare setups, about how they are navigating this terrain:
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“I have spent a lot of time wondering why neither parent ing nor the pandemic has been universally radicalizing,” wrote Jia Tolentino in a recent article in the New Yorker. But to me, it was. Overnight, I went from being someone who prioritized my career and organized my life around achiev ing professional success to being a person who would gladly sacrifice my job and my body for the well-being of my child. In other words, I became a mother. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, such a sacrifice was not warranted, or possible. When my husband and I moved from Oakland to Santa Barbara, our rent tripled, and we needed my job to stay afloat. I no longer felt comfortable dropping my child off with a stranger. But I couldn’t afford to take care of her instead. Instead, when my leave ended in May, my husband and I were faced with a decision: Who would take care of the baby? In Santa Barbara, we quickly learned, the question is fraught. A survey of childcare providers suggests 1,100 par ents are on waitlists for preschools. If we were lucky enough to get a spot, we could expect to pay upward of $1,481 a month for full-time care. This could change for some families. In June, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will provide families in California with one year of free pre-kindergarten by the 202526 school year. “After lagging behind other states, California suddenly leads the nation in expanding quality preschool,” Bruce Fuller, a professor of education at UC Berkeley, told EdSource. Starting this fall, the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s transitional kindergarten program will be open to every 4-year-old turning 5 by February 2, 2023. In the wake of more extensive funding, however, the bur den falls on parents to decide how much they are willing to pay for childcare and education. “What price do you put on someone giving your child undivided attention?” asks Pilar Cruz, a 24-year-old single mom who works for the Depart ment of Social Services. “I would pay whoever is looking after and loving my child millions of dollars, if I could,” says Leila Drake, an advancement manager at the Music Academy of the West. And who wouldn’t?
Pilar: I started working again when Damián was 4 months old. At the time, I worked at a restaurant. He was too little for me to trust anyone with him. You hear so many scary stories about what happens at daycare. I didn’t feel comfortable leaving him with anyone besides Grandma and Grandpa I wouldn’t even leave him with my sisters or aunts and uncles. So I was paying $700 out of pocket for Damián’s grandma, his dad’s mom, to watch my son every month. I would have to leave work to breastfeed. If he got sick, I would have to take time off. It was crazy; I don’t even remem ber most of that time. I mean, I was barely sleeping. I have pic tures, so I know I was there. But it was hard. It was really hard. After taxes, I really don’t make all that much. It was getting to the point where I wasn’t making enough to support myself or my son. I think I had $20 for two weeks left after my bills and childcare. Then my friend told me about this program [CalWORKS] that she used to pay for daycare for her son.
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Editor’s note: After the interview, Katherine and Julian found out their nanny would be leaving them. They’re now on the hunt for a new helper.
Katherine: Our work situation is different than most people’s. Most people, their partners come home from work by the end of the day and they can kind of tagteam the hardest part of the day. But Julian works from 2 p.m. to midnight usually, so our nanny, Paige, comes from 3 to 7 p.m. and helps me with the evening routine: dinner, bath time, and bed. When we found Paige, we thought we’d just keep her through the newborn period, but she just ended up making so much sense for our family. Just having the mental capacity to breathe for a minute while she’s watching the girls I don’t know if I’d be able to do it without her. Power to all the women who do it with two or more by themselves. It’s crazy. I get to cook dinner and enjoy cooking dinner, which is really huge I think that’s a mental-health thing for me. I still get to garden; I get to step out of my house without my kids for two seconds and get into theOurbackyard.nanny actually makes more money than I do. We can barely afford her, but we both have just decided that she’s just so important in our lives that we make it happen.
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Julian: The days Katherine goes to work, I have both girls by myself. I get home at midnight, so I’m in bed around 1 a.m. and then the kids are up by 6:30 a.m. We get breakfast going around 7 and then think of something to do for the day. Usually, we’ll go for a walk and then get back in time for Alma to nap, which is the only time that I can take a shower before I get ready for work. But at the same time, Norah is there. She’s pretty good at independent play, and we’re not afraid of watching TV or using an iPad. So we let her play some games on those as well, which she really enjoys.
Work: The Sanderses owned Café Ana. It closed dur ing the pandemic. Now, Katherine works part-time for the Botanic Gardens and Julian works for the Rose wood Miramar Beach hotel.
I ended up getting approved for full-time care. Now I pay like $4 a week. And he loves it. If I could, I would work from home. Even if that would be hard, like having to figure out how to distract him to get work done I know working from home wouldn’t be perfect. But I think just being able to watch my own son would be my goal. I want to be present. I had my son because I wanted him I didn’t want to have to give him to someone else to watch.
Children: Norah, 3 years old, and Alma, one year old Childcare: Bright Start Preschool and part-time mother’s helper Cost: $3,900 a month (Julian’s dad helps them pay for Bright Start)
Paige [the nanny] is great at managing the girls; we trust her so much. So that’s probably the best thing, that we’ve found someone that we trust enough to be with them all the time. She really has become a part of the family.
Anna Hartog (the nanny): I majored in sociology in college and learned a lot about child development, which got me interested in infants and babies. It’s great; I love being a nanny and creating bonds with the children, and it’s nice to have the flexibility that comes from working with multiple families. That said, living here is a struggle for a recent college graduate. I make about $4,000 a month, and my boyfriend and I pay $1,925 in rent every month. But I can make it, and I wouldn’t be able to do that without being a nanny.
The class is offered through NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, which is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for those affected by mental health disorders. Classes will be in person in both Santa Barbara and Santa Maria, following all County Health Department and COVID requirements.
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Jordan: My job was amazing and allowed me to extend my maternity leave and then come back part-time when Woody was about 7 months old. For us, cost was probably the largest factor because I don’t make that much money. So we were figuring out, basically, is it worth it for me to go back to work? Is my income going to benefit us enough to have it be worth it versus having me just stay home with Woody? Ultimately, I do make a little more than our nanny, Anna, but not that much. I also was weighing the mental-health aspect of it feeling really good to be doing something else outside the home. I love spending time with Woody, but I love going to work too. Our nanny is great. Woody loves her, he loves spending time with her, and she’s really reliable. I get to see them interact, so I have a good sense of what things are like when I’m not there. It’s really nice to just feel like I trust the whole Childcaredynamic.inthiscountry is so expensive, though. I just don’t understand how to break the cycle or do it any better. It’s so, so hard. We are privileged and live in a place where we have family in town. My sister takes my kid once a week. We have a really dreamy situation. And our nanny, I think, should be making way more than she makes. She does so much for us. And it’s still bordering on cost-prohibitive for us.
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The class will also cover information on illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression and other mental health conditions and is taught by trained teachers who are also family members that know what it is like to have a loved one struggling with a mental health disorder.
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Work: Jordan works part-time in flavor development at McConnell’s. Bella works in project management.
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Work: Leila is an advancement manager at the Music Academy of the West. Chris is a musician. Child: Cruz, 2-and-a-half years old Childcare: Full-time preschool at the Learningden Cost: $1,740 a month
Chris: I feel like even if you have more resources, you just end up doing things that separate you more from your child. So it makes it easier because you have more time to do what you want to do. But then you’re not around your child as much. So I don’t think it really makes it easier. It just makes it different.
Leila: Cruz was born during COVID, so at first we actually had a lot of time where neither of us were employed and we got to be with him. Then when I went back to work full-time and Cruz was still too young for daycare, we had part-time help from Chris’s mom. I worked from home when he was 8 months old, and that was really hard. Even if Chris’s mom was here and I was in another room, if I heard him crying, I just couldn’t concentrate. It was really hard to separate and focus on work when the baby was upset in the other room. I just feel like, if I’m here, I should be with him. When he was old enough for daycare, we decided we wanted him to get the social aspect of going somewhere else. We wanted him to be somewhere that was safe and lov ing and fun, and where he could play with otherThekids.first day, I was so nervous and anxious. It was like, he’s just gonna go be in his own little world away from us for the first time! The teachers took him in pretty quickly, and I made it all the way back to the car before I cried. He was fine, though the way the teachers interact with the kids is great, and knowing the way the kids play together is so comforting.
Leila: That’s not really how I envisioned parenthood. I thought it would be, you know, the three of us together all the time, but that’s not possible.
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Chris: Parenting, I feel like it’s a divide-andconquer situation; you have to trade off.
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Rachel: When Jack was born, my husband had been at a startup, working 12- to 15- hour days in an office. He ended up taking pater nity leave, and during that time, everything, perspective-wise, changed. He was like, “There’s no way I’m going to just leave the house for 15 hours and miss seeing Jack and miss being part of this unit.” So he ended up leaving his job and building his own com pany,Theconsulting.planforme was to continue working in an office. But once I started to be in the office, after my maternity leave, I felt really emotional, and I didn’t want to do it anymore. That first day, I remember I sat at my desk and my manager asked me how I was doing, and I just burst into tears. It probably took less than a month for my boss and me to figure out a way for me to start working from home with a flexible schedule. I would work at night, mostly. And Luke and I would tag-team throughout the day being with Jack. And then by the time he was in bed, we’d both have our laptops out, and our couch would be our co-working office. Then, when he was old enough, Jack started school. When the pandemic hit and everything was virtual, Jack got a school-issued iPad, which he didn’t even know how to use. We had to teach him how to sign into Zoom and press mute and stuff. The first few days, he was depressed. He would sit there for hours. They expected a 5-year-old who had never sat in front of a computer that long to sit and listen. It was hard for everybody. It was really hard for the teacher and hard for the kids too. And as parents, it was really hard to watch him be so miserable and not make those connections in person.Weended up joining a pod. One of the parents in our class sent an email, and she had found a teacher and another friend in the class to do it with. It turned out to be the best thing for him because he made his best friend, ever. It was three boys in the pod, and it was such an intimate, close learning situation. It really helped him come out of his shell. One of the other kids was so similar to Jack, but also very opposite. He was really outgoing, and it activated this other side of Jack that he wasn’t comfortable with before in preschool. He was like, “Oh, I really like this kid. And this is how he Myacts.”priority has never really been careerfocused. It’s always been more about how both me and my partner provide for our family while maintaining a balance. With our cre ative and technical backgrounds, we knew that we could have the best of both worlds where we could really excel career-wise without los ing focus on our ultimate goal, which is just to go to the beach with our kids as much as possible. author Zoë Schiffer joins The Indy: A Podcast producer Molly McAnany on this week’s episode. at independent .com/the-indy or wherever stream Rachel, Jack (top row), Reis, and Edith (bottom row)
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Iremember my first impression of Richard Parker. “No one,” I thought, “should be that comfortable in their ownButskin.”hewas.
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Or in that moment, he seemed to be. Richard Parker had just walked into a meeting room at La Casa de la Raza in 1984 to address an exceptionally agitated gathering. He’d flown 3,000 miles cross-country to join this meeting, the purpose of which to decide what to do with the financially desperate Santa Barbara News & Review, a worker-owned and collectively operated newspaper that was started in 1975 as an unabashedly leftist progressive voice for the Santa Barbara community. The question before the group was: Should they sell it or just pull the plug? The decision, it turned out, would have far-reaching consequences, since the News & Review was one of the foundational publications out of which the Santa Barbara Independent would later spring. At the time, however, the apprehension and distrust in the room was palpable. Half the people there past and current News & Review reporters, writers, editors, artists, designers, photographers, salespeople, and business manag ers believed the other half was there to sell them out. I had the dubious distinction of being the last editor of this experiment in collective journalism. Richard Parker, it turns out, had been the very first. In fact, Parker played a pivotal role in midwifing the birth of the News & Review. In between came many smart, talented, dedicated newspaper people, many of whom were in the room that day. The News & Review was where many of us came to be who we would eventually become. Over the years, the paper had published some ground-shaking investigative reporting. A district attorney would be forced from office because of his associations with real estate speculators implicated in an arson scheme uncovered by the News & Review. A prominent counter-cultural commune would be exposed as a cult whose leaders were amassing firearms for target practice and “selfdefense.” And the paper had a field day when a developer was caught on tape trying to bribe a new county supervisor to allow massive development along the Gaviota coast. Did such an enterprising newspaper have to be sold? Some of the collective’s shareholders were dubious. At one point, there’d been talk of the prior employees taking over the paper from the current workers and running it themselves. Con versely, there had been muttering about shutting down the paper should the old guard try such a maneuver. Naturally, nothing came from any of this. But it conveys the pitch and tone of the gathering into which Parker stepped. The $64 million question at the time, of course, was who should buy the paper. Parker was there at that meeting as a prospective investor along with Marianne Partridge then best known for her work at the Village Voice and Rolling Stone. She had moved to Santa Barbara when she married a descendant of Santa Bar bara’s historic De la Guerra family, and together with a third friend, they wanted to buy the News & Review. Two other offers were also on the table. One was very serious. Anyone who’d ever worked six months at the News & Review could vote; the longer one worked there, the more votes they had to cast. It wasn’t business; it was personal. Parker made his pitch. I don’t remember much of what he said. Mostly, I was blown away by the ease and command with which he said it. He was charming; he was glib; he was funny. But he was more than that. He was eloquent. The son of an Episcopalian minister, Parker could preach. So in that moment, he preached about the values everyone there held in common and the passions we shared in keeping the News & Review afloat. I can’t say for certain his sermon changed anyone’s mind. But the temperature in the room decidedly dropped.Later,Marianne Partridge would also address the assem bled multitudes. I remember her talking about alienation and how a community newspaper could remedy its corrosive effects. Stylistically, she embodied all the careening improvisa tional chaos of a good stand-up comedian. She was dazzling. But afterward, Partridge’s car would not start. Somehow, I found myself dragooned into helping her push it down Mon tecito Street. Another writer was behind the wheel, waiting for the right moment to pop the clutch. This was not an auspicious metaphor, I told Partridge as we pushed. She shrugged. I’d be well-advised, she cautioned, not to put too much stock in metaphors. That was funny advice, I thought, coming from an Ultimately,editor. the Parker-Partridge package would prevail.
Throughout its sometimes tortured trajectory, the News & Review would morph from the worker-owned collective that Parker helped found in 1975 to the privately owned incarna tion of the same that Partridge would run. Then, in 1986, it would fuse with the Santa Barbara Weekly to become the Santa Barbara Independent The rest, as they say, is mystery. I mention all this because earlier this past year, Richard Parker, now 75, decided the time had come to sell his shares in the Independent to Sonos cofounder John MacFarlane and to exit, stage left, from the paper’s ownership structure and retire from his responsibilities as a member of the board of directors. Parker also just stepped down from the Kennedy School at Harvard, where he taught as a senior fellow and lecturer the past 30 years and was voted three times by his students as professor of the year.
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(Another investor, Richard Grand-Jean and his wife, Christine Doudna, were also involved and remain so to this day.) Pretty much from that moment until earlier this year, Richard Parker, Marianne Partridge, and I have been pushing that car or variants thereof nonstop in our own different ways.
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Even as a young man, Richard Parker was fixated on the inequalities between those that have too much and those who have not enough. Here, he poses with a copy of his book, The Myth of the Middle Class, which decried a problem that’s grown only more problematic and expansive in the subsequent years.
As a philanthropist, Parker would help give away $55 million to progressive organizations throughout the country. For about 20 years, some of that that money would profoundly affect the tilt of Santa Barbara’s politics.
Over the years, the Independent has weathered the boomand-bust cycle endemic to print journalism in America. In addition, we’ve had all the usual ownership disputes, lawsuits threatened and delivered, and attempted buy-outs. If that weren’t enough, we’ve all had to grapple with the impacts of theAndpandemic.thenthere are the more profoundly unsettling reali ties of how people now get their news and what they’re willing to pay for Throughoutit. all this, Parker never succumbed to the “jour nalism is dead” pessimism popular with the sky-is-falling set. He held steady. As an owner, Parker was first and foremost committed to the mission of community journalism. He was never passive. At times, admittedly, it could get crazy-making. But Parker also came up with suggestions and new ideas the paper could try. Above all else, he was engaged. “He stood by the paper in tough times and good times,” said Marianne Partridge, the Independent’s editor-in-chief and Parker’s longtime journalistic dance partner. “He was a stand-up guy, and he really stood up for the paper.” Parker was never about cutting costs just for the sake of saving money; it was always about maintaining the economic viability of the paper so it could serve as an agent for progressive social change and as an instrument for community journalism.
“Words matter,” Parker said. “Words have consequences. Look at the changes someone like [Rupert] Murdoch has made with Fox News. But it goes the other way, too. I got into journalism to help make change in this community. The Independent has provided a consistent progressive liberal voice. When I moved here in the 1970s, this town was solidly Republican and very, very good-old-boy conservative. Now look at it. A paper can help change a community. This vali dates the reason I went into journalism and not the ministry.” Parker grew up in Hermosa Beach in a neighborhood then populated by $10,000 homes and white-collar aero space workers. Parker’s father was an Episcopal minister. The 10 Commandments, as preached in the Parker household, bore an uncanny likeness to the policies of the New Deal as espoused by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. At its core, there was an abiding concern about the essential inequality in the division of spoils as dished out by the American economy.
Parker graduated from Mira Costa High School in 1964, from Dartmouth University in 1968 with a degree in economics, and from Oxford in 1972 with a PhD in the same field.
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Like many bent on a political and intellectual quest, Parker was drawn to Santa Barbara by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, then a rambunctiously progressive think tank started by former University of Chicago Boy Won der Robert Maynard Hutchins in the 1950s and funded by the Ford Foundation. Its purpose was to give free rein to the questioning curiosities of Big Picture thinkers. Parker was especially drawn by the presence of John Cogley, a Catholic theologian, writer, political activist, and senior fellow at the Center, who converted to the Episcopalian church while with the Center. “He was a personal hero of mine,” Parker said. In its heyday, the Center was both a national and local force to be reckoned with. It was there that Parker a fel low with the Center would strike relationships with the bigger-than-life likes of Ping Ferry and Stanley Sheinbaum; the latter would run for Congress here in Santa Barbara in the 1970s and later make international history brokering the 1993 Oslo Accords between the PLO and Israel. These connections would forever alter the course of Parker’s own personal and politicalParkertrajectory.teamed up with young progressive journalists Becca Wilson and Jim Gregory and, using money put up by Sheinbaum and Ferry, helped create the Santa Barbara News & Review. The paper was run collectively by workers paid starvation wages who enjoyed the collective lifestyle. It was not a job, but a cause. And it would become the journalistic megaphone by which Santa Barbara’s flourishing anti-war, civil rights, and environ mental activists spoke to themselves and the com munity at large. One day, Parker was taken out to lunch by Ferry an outspoken political adventurer phi lanthropist not averse to stepping on toes, even if they belonged to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Ferry told Parker he was leaving town and that Parker was to take over han dling the affairs of an indescribably wealthy woman named Kit Tre maine, a onetime Mardi Gras queen then in the throes of a profound political awakening. “I was 25 years old,” Parker said. “I didn’t have a driver’sParkerlicense.”along with CPA David Peri helped form the nucleus of what would become the Sunflower Foundation, which harnessed Tremaine’s vast wealth, rooted in oil and lumber, into political causes.
Parker left the News & Review after three years to see if he could salvage with Stanley Sheinbaum’s money what was left of Ramparts magazine, then known for biting leftwing commentary and cutting-edge investigative reporting. He quickly discovered he could not. He then helped found Mother Jones, the magazine that among other things exposed how Ford executive Lee Iacocca turned the Ford Pinto into a fiery death trap rather than insert a simple safety device that would have added $20 to the car’s cost. Along the way, he would advise the likes of Senator Ted Kennedy and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. In 1993, he became a senior fellow with the Shorenstein Center and lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School. In 2005, Parker published what’s emerged as the defini tive biography of John Kenneth Galbraith, one of the most politically influential economists of the 20th century. As a writer, Parker has a gift for fusing touching details with genu ine erudition. Parker’s interest in the subject makes obvious sense. Like Parker, Galbraith focused on the consequences of economic inequality. Parker tells war stories of late-night meetings with Gal braith and former President Bill Clinton. Even late at night, Galbraith considerably older than Clinton and more liberal politically could talk the famously vociferous expresident under the table. As one such encounter came to a close, Parker recounted, Galbraith held a worn-out Clinton in a two-handed clasp, leaned in close, and said, “What this country doesn’t need is two Republican parties.”
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Over time, Parker worked closely with Tremaine, helping guide her political and social philanthropy that ended up supporting some of the most influential progressive organiza tions in Santa Barbara and the nation. When you are giving away $55 million you can make quite an impact. Tremaine and Parker focused on social justice and civil rights, leaving the environmental philanthropy to others. Tre maine’s money helped get the Neighborhood Medical Clinic’s Westside offices opened. They underwrote the Santa Barbara Tenants Union, Network (a precursor of CAUSE) and ump teen projects having to do with the civil rights of homeless people. If not for Tremaine and Parker, Santa Barbara would have had no Legal Defense Center, which routinely took City Hall to court and often won over discriminatory practices regarding the unhoused. They trained local home less people in the art of political organization, and for years, Santa Barbara had the most politically mobilized homeless population on the planet. Nationally, it was the same but on a much bigger scale. Tre maine was a major underwriter of Native American rights and helped bankroll organizations fighting U.S. military interven tion in places like El Salvador and Nicaragua. When one of my sisters got a job as an organizer working for the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador in Washington, D.C., she was working indirectly for Kit Tremaine.
Richard Parker shown with his former Oxford classmate President Bill Clinton, whose economic inclinations hewed a little too Republican for Parker’s taste
Parker didn’t merely witness and observe Santa Barbara’s political transformation from small-town Republican bastion to environmentally minded progressive outpost; he helped engineer the essential political infrastructure that made it happen and sustained it.
Parker’s political journey started with journalism and the News & Review. Now that he’s sold his shares in the Indepen dent and retired from Harvard, Parker is entertaining the idea of an RV trip across the country with his wife. “In this world we’re living in, I don’t know what’s next. I still worry about free speech. I still worry about the surveillance state,” he said. “I’m still very much about the paper.”
Over the years, countless people have applied their creative energies at the Santa Barbara Independent. They’ve all had their own reasons for wanting to do so. But one of the big reasons there was an Independent to work at, was the steadfast participation of Richard Parker. From all of us, thank you. n
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9/1, 9/3, 9/7: Lost Chord Guitars Thu.: Arwen Lewis, 7:30-9:30pm. $5. Sat.: The Band Carter, 8-11:30pm. $10. Wed.: Matt McCarrin Jazz, 7:30-9:30pm. $10. 1576 Copenhagen Dr., Solvang. Call (805) 3314363. lostchordguitars.com 9/1, 9/3, 9/7: S.B. Bowl Concert Thu.: Flume, 6pm. $42-$72. Sat.: Goo Goo Dolls, 7pm. $45-$155. Wed.: Jackson Browne, 7pm. $46-$91. 1122 N. Milpas St. Call (805) 962-7411. sbbowl.com 9/2-9/5: Cold Spring Tavern Fri.: Hoodlum Friends, 6-9pm. Sat.: Grass Mountain, 1:30-4:30pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan, 1-4pm. Mon.: Tina Schlieske and the Grace land Exiles with Sister Laura, 1-4pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call (805) 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com 9/2-9/3: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Carmen & The Renegade Vigilantes, 8:30-11:30pm. Sat.: JB & The Big Circle Riders, 8:30-11:30pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 686-4785. event-calendar/mavericksaloon.com/ 9/2, 9/3: Uptown Lounge Fri.: The Trio, 5-7pm; Brandon Kinalele, 7:3010:30pm. Sat.: DJ Chris, 8-11pm. 3126 State St. Free. Call (805) 845-8800. uptownlounge805.com/events 9/3: Andrew Murray Vineyards Loren Radis, noon-3pm. 5249 Foxen Canyon Rd., Los Olivos. Free. Call (805) 686-9604. eventsandrewmurrayvineyards.com/visit/ 9/4: Zaca Mesa Winery Brad Welker, noon-3pm. 6905 Foxen Canyon Rd., Los Olivos. Free. Call (805) 6889339. zacamesa.com 9/5: The Red Piano RJ Mischo, 7:30pm. 519 State Street. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 358-1439. theredpiano.com/schedule 9/7: Sandbar Sun-Dried Vibes, 3pm. 514 State St. Free. Call (805) 966-1388. tinyurl.com/SundriedVibes 9/7: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Wed.: Sean Hayes Band, Matt Jaffe, 8pm. $20. Ages 21+. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com/events
9/1: Pop-Up Opera SBMA and Opera S.B. present this sampling of art and music with a pop-up perfor mance of music from around the globe inspired by SBMA’s current exhibition Going Global: Abstract Art at Mid-Cen tury. 5:30pm. S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. Free. Call (805) 963-4364. sbma.net/events
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9/3: Painting at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm Join in the pictur esque lavender fields to sip delicious wine and capture the beauty of the landscape on canvas with assistance from a trained artist. No experience necessary. 10am-1:30pm. Santa Rita Hills Lavender, 1900 Tularosa Rd., Lompoc. $85. Ages 21+. Call (805) 395-6568. tinyurl.com/LavenderPainting 9/3: Goo Goo Dolls The Goo Goo Dolls, out with their new album, Chaos in Bloom, will no doubt bring out the classics like “Iris,” “Name,” “Slide,” and more. Blue October, an American rock band from Houston, will open the show with their alternative indie sound. 7pm. S.B. Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. $45-$155. Call (805) 962-7411. sbbowl.com/concerts
“Be careful what you wish for” is the theme of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Brothers Grimm–inspired musical that follows the Baker and his wife, who journey through the woods to break the Witch’s spell that has left them childless. They cross paths with Cinderella and Rapunzel, their Princes, Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf, and so many more. Recommended for ages 8 and up. 8pm. Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd St., Solvang. $43.50-$55. Call (805) 922-8313. pcpa.org/shows
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MONDAY 9/5 9/5: Tina Schlieske and the Graceland Exiles with Sister Laura Take in original material as well as old R&B, rock, and soul sounds from this S.B.-based band that includes Tina’s sister and B-Side member Laura Schlieske. 1-4pm. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call (805) 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com/entertainment
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9/4: UCSB Carillon Summer Recital Bring a blanket or lawn chair and come listen to the bells ring from University Carillonist Wesley Arai, who will perform original works, plus an arrangement of classical and modern favorites. 2pm. Storke Tower, UCSB. Free. Call (805) 893-3230. music.ucsb.edu
TUESDAY 9/6 9/6: AuthorChaucer’sTalk and Book-Signing: Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo Author Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo will read from and sign copies of her book Threads of Awakening: An American Woman’s Journey into Tibet’s Sacred Textile Art, which is part art book, part memoir, and part spiritual travel ogue. S.B. resident Marlénè Zoellner, MFT, will join her in conversation. 6pm. Chau cer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805) 682-6787. eventchaucersbooks.com/ 9/7
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Library, WEV Team Up for BusinessChildcareClasses
The course was proposed and funded by Bob Bryant of Bryant & Sons Jewelry, a longtime Elings Park supporter. Disc golfers Mike Evans and Noah Peresman designed it, and it was installed by the Sage Trail Alliance. For more information, including an overview of play and a glossary of disc golf slang, visit elingspark.org.
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Many working Santa Barbara families are using a combina tion of friends, family, and neighborhood providers to piece together care for their kids. The pandemic has made the need for more childcare options even more pronounced.
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Directed by Sansum Clinic Allergist and Immu nologist Myron Liebhaber, the camp featured talks and demonstrations by volunteer doctors, allergists, respiratory therapists, and nurses. “We could not have asked for a more capable and wonderful group,” said Liebhaber. “This is a true community effort, and we’re incredibly grateful for the many donors, volunteers, and supporters who have made Camp Wheez possible for this Camperslong.”participated in not only art projects and games but also the Lung Lab. Highlights included studying pig lungs to understand how the respiratory system works.
In response, the Santa Barbara Public Library has partnered with Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) to offer a free, fiveweek series of classes for aspiring small business childcare pro viders. Classes in Spanish were offered in the spring, and this fall, the Managing Your Own Childcare Business series is being offered in English. Classes begin September 12 and will be held virtually on Mondays from 6-8 p.m.
“Providing high-quality early literacy classes has always been a library goal, and now we are working with community part ners to expand our offerings to broaden our reach and impact,” said Library Director Jessica Cadiente. The library and WEV have collaborated over the past year to develop the curriculum. The series will cover everything from licensing to resources, marketing strategies, business adminis tration, budgeting, pricing, and creating a business plan.
The library also offers laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots for those who may not have the resources to access the virtual programs. They are available to anyone with a library card. Visit sbplibrary.org for more information. A nine-hole disc golf course is now open at Elings Park. Family-friendly and free to play, it’s designed for beginners and offers sweeping views of the park, Hendry’s Beach, and Arroyo Burro Watershed. Access to the first hole is from the softball field parking lot. “The elevations are outstanding, and players should enjoy excellent strokes from our mesa into the arroyo below,” said Dean Noble, executive director of Elings Park. “But the course’s biggest hazard are the epic views. Players have a tough time concentrating.”
Health Sansum Hosts Camp Wheez 2022 Sansum’s Camp Wheez celebrated its 45th year this August by welcoming 19 children for a week of asthma education. The free community program was hosted at First Presbyterian Church and offered campers the knowledge and skills to manage their asthma while leading active, healthy lives.
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Since she is a lover of the outdoors, it wasn’t long before Barnes started spending early mornings running in the mountains or along the beach. But for Barnes, these runs were different from the track she didn’t have to worry about hitting her mile splits, calculating her times, or running under any kind of pressure. “Every track, you run in a circle like a hamster,” she explained. “[Trail running] was like a boundless opportunity to go and just be outside.” Soon after, she found a place within the local trail running community. “I’m continually getting pulled in that direction because the people are just so much more balanced in life,” she said. “They usually do a lot of things or have families, but whatever’s going on in trail runners’ lives, they’re badass to the bone.”
During the TransRockies race, Barnes thought about the people who have supported her throughout her career. “A lot of [my experience] was enjoying the surroundings,” she said, “but also remembering all the people who got me [where I am].” She also remembered to have fun just a week off work “frolicking in the mountains,” she said. Outside of running, Barnes finds other ways to be active through biking or yoga. She also enjoys adventur ing with her husband and taking walks downtown with their pet husky. “You can be an athlete, but you can also be a mom or sister or friend or involved in your com munity whatever it is,” Barnes said. “I like to always remind myself that I’m more than a runner.” Melea Maglalang
Run marked Barnes’s entry back into professional racing after a year-long break. She said the experience reminded her of what got her into competitive running in the first place. “This was a big challenge, and it was something that I didn’t know if I could complete, let alone be good at,” Barnes said. “It opens up the door to do a lot of things that I might not have done before in the past.” Running has always been a big part of Barnes’s life. Born and raised in Kansas, she joined her high school’s cross country team and eventually ran Division 1 track and field for the University of Kansas. She competed at the 2018 U.S. Track and Field Championships, and her performance earned her a spot on the international team during the Europe vs. U.S.A. competition in 2019. Throughout her professional career, Barnes said she struggled with aspects of her identity as an athlete, especially after graduating college and thinking about what she wanted to do next. “When I hit the real world, I was like, ‘Okay, I want to have a lot of other things in my life,’” she said. When she moved to Santa Barbara last year, Barnes decided to take a “soft retirement” from running to focus on a balanced lifestyle away from her “sole identity” as an athlete. “I kind of gave myself a goal of not feeling like I had to run,” she said. “I wanted to really experience liv ing here without associating it with running.”
Santa Barbara resident Courtney Barnes competed earlier this month in the annual TransRockies Run in Colorado, racing across 120 miles of steep terrain over the course of a week. Barnes placed first in five of the six stages running about 20 miles each day and camping between stages in the Women’s Solo Divi sion.“It was something that was so far out of my bounds. I had never done anything similar to it,” Barnes said. “So I just approached it with having fun and wanting to enjoy every step. Overall, it was one of the best experiences of myThelife.”TransRockies
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Local boasts a large TV inside as well as two out door TVs, and they are looking forward to increas ing their game-day festivities. Their Sunday jazz brunch pairs the sweet sounds of local musicians with brunch favorites like avocado toast as well as more exotic fare like the Santa Barbara Hot Brown starring sourdough bread, roasted turkey, thickcut Nueske’s bacon, farmers’ market tomatoes, and sunny-side-up egg topped with Mornay sauce.
Sheldon has always loved cooking and eating. He was going to go to cooking school when he was given the opportunity to become CEO of Goletabased tech company Curvature in 2004.
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“We’re going to try and keep it light, have fun, and keep the character of the place,” Sheldon said. With the warm and bubbly service, convivial spirit, incredible food, and entertainment, Local is the perfect spot to breathe some (night) life into Coast Village Road.
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Food Meets Music at Local in Montecito Montecito, what seemed to be missing most was something to do at night,” says Mike Sheldon, the owner of the new Coast Village Road eatery Local. As a music lover who played the drums in high school and college, Shel don made sure that when they opened, Local would offer live music nightly. In fact, the music lineup is the first thing you will find when looking up their website. With the help of Executive Chef Jonathan McDermott, Sheldon’s love for cooking and live music have come together to create the perfect loca tion for a summer evening, al fresco, in Montecito.
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“In my years at Curvature, I traveled all over the place, so I traveled a lot and ate out almost every night, so I fell in love with cuisine from all over the world,” Sheldon said. When he got home, Sheldon frequented the local Santa Barbara markets and cooked every night. Sheldon retired from his role at Curvature in 2017, and when COVID hit, he found himself in a position to make a change. When the space that was formerly Khao Kaeng became available, he jumped at the opportunity to open his first res taurant. Chris Chiarappa, Sheldon’s good friend and owner of such popular spots as Mesa Burger and Corner Tap, provided wisdom and support. Sheldon also put together a dream team of chefs to anchor the kitchen.
“One of the fun parts is that we have a great team,” Sheldon said. Executive Chef Jonathan McDermott, previously at Sear Restaurant in Solvang; Jason Carter from Pure Joy Catering; and Adam Sanacore from The Lark all play a key role in creating the dynamic menu and ensuring each dish is meticulously prepared. Manager Romy Buhringer has a background in the wine industry, evident by the thoughtfully curated wine list. The selections are diverse and playful, with offerings like Dreamcôte’s sparkling grenache rosé and house wines created by artisanal winemaker Paul Lato, along with local favorites like Jonata’s velvety cabernet sauvignon, syrah, and petit verdot “Todos” blend. While Local’s list makes a point to feature several local wines, they also delve into wines from all over the world, echoing the menu’s international flavors.
This world tour of tastes is not to be missed. The fried cauliflower florets nestled in an addictive garlic tahini whip and ladolemono sauce make a perfect starter. We also began our meal with the yellowtail crudo bathed in a bright broth of charred pineapple and Fresno chile, the perfect palate-primer. Their seafood sings of the sea, which is no wonder since they work with local fisherman and the Santa Bar bara Fish Market to find their freshest catch. “You can’t beat the fish tacos,” Sheldon said. “We use fresh Channel Islands rockfish, blackened.” Their pan-seared salmon is also a tour de force, featuring a coconut curry broth, broccolini, fried leeks, basil, and mint served with a deliciously nutty black jasmine rice. The citrus beet salad layered atop a bed of whipped ricotta and garnished with watercress, toasted hazelnuts, mint, orange, and ninja radish provides a mouthwatering example of what hap pens when fresh produce is placed in expert hands.
“There’s a lot of fun to be had with local ingredi ents,” Sheldon said. The creative cocktail list complements each fullflavored dish and also aids in ushering in the danc ing once the opening chords on the sweet baby grand piano are struck. Assistant General Man ager Presley Marone hails from bartending at the Rosewood Miramar Beach and collaborated with Sheldon on creating a strong list of drinks.
“Fifty percent of the drinks came out of my COVID chemistry experiments,” Sheldon explained of his research and development of the menu. Spicy marg lovers will enjoy the Hot off the Plancha, a tasty concoction of jalapeño-infused Arette Blanco tequila, Grand Marnier, lime, Ancho Reyes, and blood orange puree. Local beers on tap such as Topa Topa’s Spectro Hazy IPA offer a little something for everyone. If drinks aren’t your thing, the delectable array of desserts is sure to elongate the night. Linger over their silky peanut-butter pie or a seasonal cobbler topped with fresh ice cream, and get a little too comfortable on that cozy patio couch with cappuc cino at your side.
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“Most of the dishes came out of my memory of eating somewhere or another,” Sheldon explained. “We’ve got fish and chips from London with a southern spicy twist; we’ve got fish tacos, which are local, but we also have crudos that you’d find in Singapore or Tokyo.”
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The chardonnay from La Presa Vineyard is laced in sunny apple and bright citrus tones, much like Cosentino’s green-and-yellow speckled piece “Greenbelt” that accompanies the bottle. “During the pandemic, I had the time and space to reflect on what Artiste really is and how I wanted the brand to expand and move forward in new ways,” said Anna Rice. “After work ing with artists from across the country for more than 20 years, being home in Santa Barbara during the lockdown allowed me to reconnect with my local Santa Barbara community.” That’s when she found Cosentino’s studio, and they were soon working together. Thewines and a selection of Cosentino’s work are available at the Artiste Tasting Studio, 2948 Grand Avenue in Los Olivos, and via artiste.com. There will also be a special release party on September 9 at the Colette Cosentino Atelier, 11 West Anapamu St., which is open by appointment. See colettecosentino.com.
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elebrating fine art is a core mission of Artiste Winery, whose owners, Bion and Anna Rice, started collaborating with artists from near and far to create their labels when they launched the brand more than 20 years ago. Many of their bottles mostly empty ones still serve as decorations in my own house, as it was one of the first wine clubs I ever joined half a lifetime ago. In fact, a limited print of one of the earliest collabs with Christina LoCascio Larner looms over our dining table, a wine-as-paint piece that both my wife and I secretly jostled over buying as an anniversary gift during a wine club event until we realized we were both trying to do the same thing. (She won the race, but we both won the painting.)
For Artiste’s upcoming release of sparkling rosé and char donnay, the Rices are sourcing straight from downtown Santa Barbara. Those two bottles feature the environmentally ethereal paintings of Colette Cosentino, whose working studio and gal lery is located at 11 West Anapamu Street. Cosentino is known for much larger works than what a wine bottle allows, but these particular pieces very much match the wines. The sparkler, which is based in chardonnay with a 10 per cent carignane addition, sports a very fine mousse, with straw berry and light rose flavors playing against a steely minerality, complemented by the artist’s leafy label, which is titled “Fruits.”
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O ffering an opportunity to peek behind the curtain and see where some of our favorite artists create their work, Santa Barbara Studio Artists’ 21st Annual Open Studios Tour is a rare chance to visit the studios of 28 local painters, sculptors, paper artists, collage, mixed-media, mosaic, and assemblage artists each one as unique and inspiring as the individuals themselves.
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Ticket sales benefit the Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara and Slingshot Art Gallery, a nonprofit whose mission is to empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by supporting families, creating opportunities, and foster ing belonging.
T-Squared is the new solo exhibit featured at the Santa Barbara Tennis Club (SBTC) from artist Tricia Evenson, on view from September 2 to October 5. While not quite a 180 career-wise for Evenson who paints primarily in acrylics, having turned her creative focus to fine art in 2012, after decades of work as creative director and designer for prestigious clients such as UCLA, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USC, The Getty Center, and The Tournament of Roses, among others the artist states, “I usually generate my art spontaneously and without conscious reasoning or a vision of what it will be once complete. My paintings are extemporaneous expressions of the energy that is flowing through me in the moment, and in my process, I am continually finding resonance with the abstract and expressive use of texture, color, and light.” Works on view by the UCSB and Art Center College of Design graduate include T-Squared, a series that which represents the laws of nature and relates to the four elements of the physical world: earth, air, water, and fire.
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Additional featured artists on the tour are: Dorothy ChurchillJohnson (churchill-johnson.com), who is known for mural-size contemporary realist oil paint ings; Cheryl Doty (doty-art.com), whose work includes abstract rep resentational paintings, portraits, still lifes, and figurative work; Angela Ferraro (angelaferraro .com), who was classically trained in tenebroso (light and shadow) oil techniques in Italy; Betsy Gallery (elizabeth gallery.com), a mosaic artist who combines classical handmade Italian glass smalti and 24-karat gold tesserae with recycled por celain, ceramics, and found objects; Rob Robinson (robrobinsonart.com), whose expressive oil paintings reflect the world around him; and Eric Saint Georges (eric saintgeorges.com), a Paris-born and -trained sculptor and figurative artist.
—LD Artist Danuta Bennett is one of 28 local artists who will open their studios at the annual Labor Day Santa Barbara Studio Artists’ event.
“Even though there’s not always conversation about art, it is still very warm and fun. And I kind of crave that kind of closeness with people who are receiving your art; it kind of makes everything comfortable,” said Bennett, who works out of the Clay Studio in Goleta, predominantly in acrylics, oils, and pencils. Bennett said she is inspired by the people who visit her studio. “When I’m creating, I’m only with myself, and with the image or with the painting that I’m creating. When I’m opening the studio, in a way, it’s great, because I’m meeting new people, and I see their reactions. … Generally, I am very pri vate, but then I’m putting my soul right on the can vas for everybody to take it and interpret and love it or hate it. But a lot of the times when I talk to some body who has never seen my art before, they will notice different ele ments, they respond differently, and sometimes that allows me to get inspiration for the next piece.”
For Danuta Bennett (danutabennett .com), who specializes in expressive, evoca tive realism and is one of this year’s featured artists, the annual tour is more than just an opportunity to sell her art.
The SBTC gallery is open daily from 9 a.m.-7 p.m., with an artist’s reception on September 9, from 4:30-6 p.m. For more information, visit santabarbaratennisclub.com/art.
Colson Whitehead novels have one thing in common: They all cleverly subvert genre expectations. His works include a coming-of-age novel (Sag Harbor), historical novels inspired by real-life horror that maintain realism (The Nickel Boys) or incorporate fantasy elements (The Underground Railroad), a post-apocalyptic zombie novel (Zone One) and even one about elevator inspectors that’s really a detective story (The Intuitionist). In his latest novel, Harlem Shuffle, Whitehead writes a fresh take on classic crime novels in his tribute to midcentury Harlem. Ray Carney is a Black man who graduates from college, opens a furniture store, and marries into a wealthy Strivers’ Row family with high expectations. When shadier opportunities present themselves, Carney is tempted. Tensions arise from his own struggles with just how “crooked” he will go in pursuit of prosperity and respect, knowing that the risks he takes could put his family in danger. It’s impressive how Whitehead develops a masterful heist while creating exciting and sometimes hilarious characters. Whitehead exposes the hypocrisy of the world by juxtaposing the respected elite and law enforcement against criminals they have much in common with, against the backdrop of Harlem’s gentrification.Readersfar removed from the Harlem of the '60s can still relate to Carney’s “dorvay,” or the time after dinner with his wife and kids and snugly tucking them into bed, when he plans his crooked activities. A business and family man is one side of his persona, but he can’t deny his roots or his need for revenge against those that have wronged him. Anyone who has battled their own demons will appreciate Carney’s moral struggle as a character who defies categorization based on the classic tropes of good guys and bad guys. Join the Indy Book Club, a collaboration between the Santa Barbara Independent and the Santa Barbara Public Library, for a virtual discussion of Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead on Wednesday, September 28, at 6 p.m. on Zoom. Register at independent.com/ indybookclub.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): A blogger who calls herself HellFresh writes, “Open and raw communication with your partners and allies may be uncomfortable and feel awkward and vul nerable, but it solves so many problems that can’t be solved any other way.” Having spent years studying the demanding arts of intimate relationship, I agree with her. She adds, “The idea that was sold to us is ‘love is effortless and you should communicate telepathically with your partner.’ That’s false.” I propose, Pisces, that you fortify yourself with these truths as you enter the Reinvent Your Relationships Phase of your astrological cycle.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): To be the best Aquarius you can be in the coming weeks, I suggest the following: (1) Zig when oth ers zag. Zag when others zig. (2) Play with the fantasy that you’re an extraterrestrial who’s engaged in an experiment on planet Earth. (3) Be a hopeful cynic and a cheerful skeptic. (4) Do things that inspire people to tell you, “Just when I thought I had you figured out, you do something unexpected to confound me.” (5) Just for fun, walk back ward every now and then. (6) Fall in love with everything and everyone: a D-List celebrity, an oak tree, a neon sign, a feral cat.
TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): In his poem “Auguries of Innocence,” Wil liam Blake (1757–1827) championed the ability “to see a World in a Grain of Sand. And a Heaven in a Wild Flower. Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Taurus, you are primed to do just that in the coming days. You have the power to discern the sacred in the midst of mundane events. The magic and mystery of life will shine from every little thing you encounter. So I will love it if you deliver the follow ing message to a person you care for: “Now I see that the beauty I had not been able to find in the world is in you.”
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time,” said philosopher Bertrand Russell. I will add that the time you enjoy wasting is often essential to your wellbeing. For the sake of your sanity and health, you periodi cally need to temporarily shed your ambitions and avoid as many of your responsibilities as you safely can. During these interludes of refreshing emptiness, you recharge your precious life energy. You become like a fallow field allowing fertile nutrients to regenerate. In my astrological opinion, now is one of these revitalizing phases for you.
Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. SEPTEMBER’S THEME: CRIME, THRILLER, SUSPENSE HarlemShuffle by Colson Whitehead Join us in reading September’s book of the month! Register at indybookclubindependent.com/ BOOK OF THE MONTH : Discussion: Wednesday, September 28, at 6pm on Zoom
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Now that I’m free to be myself, who am I?” Virgo-born Mary Oliver asks that question to start one of her poems. She spends the rest of the poem speculating on possible answers. At the end, she concludes she mostly longs to be an “empty, waiting, pure, speechless recep tacle.” Such a state of being might work well for a poet with lots of time on her hands, but I don’t recommend it for you in the coming weeks. Instead, I hope you’ll be profuse, active, busy, experimental, and expressive. That’s the best way to celebrate the fact that you are now freer to be yourself than you have been in a while.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In her book Tales From Earthsea, Libraborn Ursula K. Le Guin wrote, “What goes too long unchanged destroys itself. The forest is forever because it dies and dies and so lives.” I trust you’re embodying those truths right now. You’re in a phase of your cycle when you can’t afford to remain unchanged. You need to enthusi astically and purposefully engage in dissolutions that will prepare the way for your rebirth in the weeks after your birthday. The process might sometimes feel strenuous, but it should ultimately be great fun.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): As a Scorpio, novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky was rarely guilty of oversimplification. Like any intel ligent person, he could hold contradictory ideas in his mind without feeling compelled to seek more superficial truths. He wrote, “The causes of human actions are usu ally immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.” I hope you will draw inspiration from his example in the coming weeks, dear Scorpio. I trust you will resist the temptation to reduce colorful mysteries to straightforward explanations. There will always be at least three sides to every story. I invite you to relish glorious paradoxes and fertile enigmas.
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ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): In his poem “Autobiographia Literaria,” Aries-born Frank O’Hara wrote, “When I was a child, I played in a corner of the schoolyard all alone. If anyone was looking for me, I hid behind a tree and cried out, ‘I am an orphan.’” Over the years, though, O’Hara under went a marvelous transformation. This is how his poem ends: “And here I am, the center of all beauty! Writing these poems! Imagine!” In the coming months, Aries, I suspect that you, too, will have the potency to outgrow and transcend a sadness or awkwardness from your own past. The shadow of an old source of suffering may not disappear completely, but I bet it will lose much of its power to diminish you.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “My own curiosity and interest are insa tiable,” wrote Cancerian author Emma Lazarus (1849–1887). Inspired by the wealth of influences she absorbed, she created an array of poetry, plays, novels, essays, and translations including the famous poem that graces the pedestal of America’s Statue of Liberty. I recommend her as a role model for you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. I think you’re ripe for an expansion and deepening of your curiosity. You will benefit from cultivating an enthusiastic quest for new information and fresh influences. Here’s a mantra for you: “I am wildly innocent as I vivify my soul’s education.”
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Blogger Scott Williams writes, “There are two kinds of magic. One comes from the heroic leap, the upward surge of energy, the explosive arc that burns bright across the sky. The other kind is the slow accretion of effort: the water-on-stone method, the soft root of the plant that splits the sidewalk, the constant wind that scours the mountain clean.” Can you guess which type of magic will be your specialty in the coming weeks, Leo? It will be the laborious, slow accretion of effort. And that is precisely what will work best for the tasks that are most important for you to accomplish.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Author Zadie Smith praised Sagittarian writer Joan Didion. She says, “I remain grateful for the day I picked up Joan Didion’s Slouching Towards Bethlehem and realized that a woman could speak without hedging her bets, without hemming and hawing, without making nice, without sounding pleasant or sweet, without defer ence, and even without doubt.” I encourage Sagittarians of every gender to be inspired by Didion in the coming weeks. It’s a favorable time to claim more of the authority you have earned. Speak your kaleidoscopic wisdom with out apology or dilution. More fiercely than ever before, embody your high ideals and show how well they work in the rhythms of daily life.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn novelist Marcia Douglas writes books about the history of her people in Jamaica. In one passage, she writes, “My grandmother used to tell stories about women that change into birds and lizards. One day, a church-going man dared to laugh at her; he said it was too much for him to swallow. My grandmother looked at him and said, ‘I bet you believe Jesus turned water into wine.’” My purpose in telling you this, Capri corn, is to encourage you to nurture and celebrate your own fantastic tales. Life isn’t all about reasonableness and pragmatism. You need myth and magic to thrive. You require the gifts of imagination and art and lyrical flights of fancy. This is especially true now. To paraphrase David Byrne, now is a perfect time to refrain from making too much sense.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANTPERSONNELAND PHELPS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ManagesCENTER all departmental fiscal activities and accounting systems for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Latin American & Iberian Studies Program. Interprets policy and advises faculty, staff and students of proper university guidelines regarding policies for personnel, purchasing, entertainment and travel. Analyzes expenditures and spending patterns, resolving discrepancies. Reconciles financial transactions with the general and payroll ledgers. Produces accurate monthly cost projections and financial reports for management review. Participates in fiscal closing, budget projections and financial planning. Administers and coordinates employment activities and processes personnel actions for faculty, staff and students via the UCPath System. Ensures data integrity and compliance with University, Federal, agency and union policies. Maintains current knowledge of University policies and procedures of Accounting, Travel, Human Resources, Academic Personnel, Graduate Division, Purchasing and Business Services on all fund sources. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area or equivalent experience and/or training. 1‑3 years financial work experience. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61‑$25.77/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 9/14/22. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 41679
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CRYOGENIC MICROSCOPISTTEM DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY & DutiesBIOCHEMISTRYandexpertise include independent Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) handling and implementation of all acquisition protocols for negative stain and cryogenic data collection on High‑End Cryo‑TEMs (Tecnai 12, F20, Glacios, and Titan Krios), cryogenic sample preparation (VItrobot, Aquilos), keeping an up‑to‑date archive of metadata as well as handling all cryogenic sample inventories. Working with collaborators and lab members, guiding and training them on grids and sample handling. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree In Chemistry or related field or equivalent experience and/or training. 4‑6 years experience as a cryogenic TEM specialist. 4‑6 years independent high‑end TEM operations. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $75,000 ‑ $100,600/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 9/7/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 41509
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ENVIRONMENT STUDIES PROGRAM Performs a wide variety of administrative duties in support of the Environmental Studies Program. Provides excellent customer service to all faculty, staff, and students. Coordinates the
DESKTOP SUPPORTTECHNICAL&SPECIALIST DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY & WorksBIOCHEMISTRYwith minimal guidance performing tasks that provide a high level of computing functionality for desktop systems serviced by the Life Sciences Computing Group (LSCG). Installs and networks computing equipment in keeping with LSCG, UCSB and UC Office of the President policies. Researches, troubleshoots and resolves hardware, software and networking issues on Windows and Macintosh computers and other equipment such as printers, phones, tablets, and NAS devices for users in offices, research and instructional labs, and multi‑use facilities. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. 1‑3 years experience administering and/or troubleshooting issues related to systems, networks, and hardware or direct experience troubleshooting in production environments. 1‑3 years experience supporting both Apple and Intel based desktop and laptop hardware. Ability to troubleshoot issues with peripherals, communication issues, etc. 1‑3 years demonstrated experience working well with customers of varying levels of technical expertise in high‑pressure situations and moderately complex environments. 1‑3 years demonstrated problem solving and critical thinking skills. experience working independently with varied tasks. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $27.67‑$29.00/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 9/8/22. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #41517
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Experienced professional who provides advanced level academic advising to approximately 400 undergraduates in nine diverse majors in the College of Creative Studies. Monitors, oversees, and supervises the functions of the Student Affairs Unit. Identifies and solves undergraduate unit problems. Develops policies and procedures relating to the student affairs unit. Coordinates all undergraduate pre‑college applicant services for the College of Creative Studies (CCS) under the direction of the Dean and Assistant Dean for Administration. Responsible for all aspects of the students’ college career, from their initial contact with the College, through the admissions process, to their College requirements and graduation. Oversees and maintains descriptions of College course offerings; student records; UC‑CCS admission requirements; class enrollments and scheduling. Conducts initial analysis of the academic record of both individual freshman and transfer applicants. Assesses the depth of academic preparation in consultation with the Dean and faculty, coordinates admission to the college via supplemental application based on faculty recommendations. Assists in establishing admission policies. Requires extensive knowledge of University, College and major requirements and procedures. Must have a current knowledge and clear understanding of the College’s courses and disciplines. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training and/or experience. Notes: Satisfactory completion of conviction history background check. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. This position requires occasional evenings and weekend hours, as well as infrequent travel. $55,100 ‑ $68,875/ yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #41141
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CAMPUS LEARNING ASSISTANCE with excellent university benefits! We assist students in their mastery of UCSB course material through course‑specific tutoring and academic skills development. If you join our team, you will lead and participate hands‑on in the development and migration to new technologies of information systems and functionality, identifying strategies and opportunities for innovation and automation. You will perform software application design, development/implementation planning, programming and analysis, maintenance, support and training for modern Microsoft‑based web‑based client‑server distributed systems, legacy applications, data stores, interfaces, and processes for Student Academic Support Services (SASS) cluster and program on campus. Reqs: BS in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. At least 3 years programming experience using .NET framework, Visual Studio, and Microsoft SQL Server. The position requires a full‑stack developer in .NET ‑ backend development using the .NET Server‑Side Framework and frontend development including HTML, CSS, and JS. Demonstrated experience developing for cloud‑based platforms including Microsoft Azure. Experience using best practices version control methodologies, continuous integration and deployment tools. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $82,000‑$90,000/ yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 38932
The Director of Development, Regional Giving (“Director”), for Southern California (San Diego and Orange County primarily) focuses on increasing philanthropic support to UC Santa Barbara by maximizing the interest, involvement and commitment of alumni, parents and friends as well as select corporations and foundations in the assigned regions. The Director focuses on the identification, cultivation, and solicitation of individual prospects, including alumni, parents, and friends of the University. Primary solicitation focus will be based on a donor‑centric approach with emphasis on major gifts ($100,000 or more) and new and renewing Chancellor’s Council level gifts ($1,000 to $99,999). Designs and executes planned strategies for the identification, cultivation, solicitation, closing and stewardship of gifts from individuals. Focuses about 80% time on activities directly related to the fundraising gift cycle. 20% time is focused on other activities related to fundraising, including events, volunteer committee management and administrative and managerial duties, such as planning and coordinating. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree. 4‑6 years of experience in individual major donor development or related profession. Proven success in the major gift fundraising; experience in higher education preferred. Demonstrated track record of managing a portfolio of high net worth individuals, soliciting and securing major gifts. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Must maintain valid CA DL and a clean DMV record. This is an annually renewable contract position. Flexibility and willingness to travel frequently. Ability to work some weekends and evening. $92K ‑ $103K/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 41105
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CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER STUDENT HEALTH Provides a full range of social work services, with emphasis on identifying treatment resources and providing psychosocial interventions (individual, group, crisis) not offered by other campus resources, to assure that students receive optimal benefit from medical and/or psychiatric care. The primary client population to be served is students with significant psychosocial stress, acute and chronic mental illnesses and in need of short and long term social services, including long term counseling and case management support. This position is a grant funded position. Reqs: Must be currently registered as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of California at all times during employment. Master’s degree from an accredited school of social work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Three years of post‑master’s experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child & Dependent Adult Abuse. Must successfully complete and pass the background check and credentialing process before employment and date of hire. To comply with Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Health Officer Order, this position must provide evidence of annual influenza vaccination, or wear a surgical mask while working in patient care areas during the influenza season. Must have a current CA Licensed Clinical Social Worker license at all times during employment. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Salary commensurate with experience and within limits of the grant. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 9/8/22. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #41572
Experienced professional in the General Accounting Office, responsible for general accounting functions such as analyzing, monitoring, preparing and reconciling financial information to reflect the condition of the organization and provide financial and other statistical data to control operations. Also may involve preparation of financial reports to meet internal and external reporting requirements. May include activities relating to developing, implementing and monitoring accounting systems, policies and procedures. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Thorough knowledge of accounting function, transactions, assignments and systems as well as related policy, accounting, and regulatory compliance requirements with experience equivalent to Accounting Analyst, professional accounting, accounting systems or auditing duties, including AR/AP experience, fund accounting knowledge, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Thorough knowledge of analytical procedures used in accounting projects of moderate to semi‑complex scope with demonstrated ability to independently gather, organize, and perform accounting‑related analysis to complete work assignments. Word processing, spreadsheet, and computerized accounting system experience are essential to this position. Advanced Excel knowledge and experience (macros, vlookups, pivot tables) as well as experience working with large data projects, data sets, and data extraction.Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $70,580 ‑ $76,100/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 9/8/22. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #41485
LOCKSMITH MAINTENANCE‑ RESIDENTIAL TheOPERATIONSlocksmith performs journey level locksmithing tasks and related repairs/ installations for the buildings maintained by Residential Operations. In compliance with H&RS goals and objectives, affirms, and implements the department Educational Equity Plan. Reqs: Fiveyears’ experience working at a journeyman level as a locksmith. Experience with Best Inter‑changeable core system and Schlage institutional lock hardware and cylinders. Experience installing and servicing door hardware including exit devices (Von Duprin) and door closers (LCN). Understanding of safety practices and Environmental Health and Safety policies and procedures. Ability to work effectively in a team environment. Notes: Five (5) years’ experience working at a journeyman level as a locksmith. Experience with Best Inter‑changeable core system and Schlage institutional lock hardware and cylinders. Experience installing and servicing door hardware including exit devices (Von Duprin) and door closers (LCN). Understanding of safety practices and Environmental Health and Safety policies and procedures. Ability to work effectively in a team environment. $39.71/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #39424
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UCSB’s Departmental Information Technology is looking for a Principal Electronics Technician to support major campus growth initiatives. The technician will share responsibility for the installation,maintenance and troubleshooting of the outside copper and fiber cable plant. Additional duties include coordinating with cable maintenance and installation crews on locating cable, cable tray, conduits, access panels, and manholes for the construction, adding and/or maintaining the cable plant, reviewing and verifying all completed work orders for accuracy of cable assignments, and recording all changes to both outside and inside cable plant. Experience with design and installation of high pair count copper cables, splicing fiber and troubleshooting, knowledge of theories and techniques involved in the implementation and maintenance of private and public telecommunications networks and telecommunications equipment operation and use. Reqs: High School Diploma. Fiber Optic, research, troubleshooting, electronic circuitry construction experience ‑ minimum of 1‑3 years. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. Satisfactory conviction history background check. $35.83 to $40.29/hr., commensurate with experience and internal equity. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 30409
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Interdepartmental Reqs: or office setting. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. 25% of this 100% full‑time job is funded on an annual basis via IPEES Funding, with plans to renew and continue each fiscal year. $24.61/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 41091
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Performs duties in accordance with established standards and instruction, for University owned Residence Halls, Apartments and Dining Facilities. Promotes a customer service environment to residence and clients. Assists with the development and maintenance of a work environment which is conducive to meeting the mission of the organization and supports the EEP. Responsible for completing job duties that demonstrates support for the Operations Team. Initiates communication directly with co‑workers and or supervisor to improve and clarify working relationship. Reqs: Working knowledge and experience in utilizing the following equipment: vacuums, conventional and high‑speed buffers, extractors and related custodial equipment desirable (Will train on all equipment and chemicals used.) Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others as a team. Must have effective communication skills. Ability to interact as a team member with sensitivity towards a multi‑cultural work environment. Experience in a custodial cleaning operation or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Ability to read, writing and follow oral and written instructions. Notes: Able to lift up to 50 pounds. May be required to work schedules other than the assigned weekend schedule to meet the operational needs of the unit. Two positions available. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. Satisfactory criminal history background check. 20.74 ‑ $22.44/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Application review begins 9/12/22. Job # 41761
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
NOTICE OF HEARING 10/3/2022, 10:00 AM, DEPT 5, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121, Anacapa Divison. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated August 10, 2022 by Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Published August 18, 25, September 1, 8, 2022.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person (s) is/are doing business as MJB ENGINEERING/CONSTRUCTION at 965 W Mountain Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Bruce T Hayashi (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED: BRUCE T HAYASHI, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 5, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). E29 FBN Number: 2022‑0001955. Published: August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 2022.
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BIRD AND THE BEE COUNSELING, 6 Harbor Way, #142, Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Brianne B Hughes (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY BRIANNE BILLUPS HUGHES, INDIVIDUAL. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 15, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0002033. Published: August 25, September 1, 8, 15, 2022.
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SKSB, 715 Ramming Way, #A, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Sensational Kids of Santa Barbara, Inc., (same address). This business is conducted by a Corporation. SIGNED BY KATHERINE E. TROLL, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/ PRESIDENT. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 10, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0001997. Published: September 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person (s) is/are doing business as: PACIFICA MEDICAL SPA SANTA BARBARA, 1722 State Street, Suite 102 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; DGK Holdings Santa Barbara, Inc (same address). This business is conducted by a corporation.
A HEARING ON THE PETITION will be held in this court as follows: 10/06/2022 at 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street,Santa Barbara, CA 93102 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 Electronicallyclerk.Filed: Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara, Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 08/15/2022 By: April Garcia, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Barrett P. O’Gorman, O’Gorman & O’Gorman, LLP, Attorney at Law, 5901 Encina Rd., Suite B‑2, Goleta, CA 93117, 805‑967‑1215. Published August 25, September 1, 8, 2022.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOUNTAIN VIEW LANDSCAPING, 4844 Winding Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Mountin View Landscape Construction LLC (same address); SB Paver Pros. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. SIGNED BY TYLER VALENZUELA, CEO. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 11, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0002007. Published: August 25, September 1, 8, 15, 2022. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person (s) is/are doing business as: LEGACY PHILANTHROPY WORKS, 102 Hixon RD, Santa Barbara CA 93108; Legacy Philanthropy Works (same address) This business is conducted by a corporation.
The following person (s) is/are doing business as: DIVINA BOUTIQUE, 1120 North G St, Lompoc, CA 93436; Maritza I Nava Lopez (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY MARITZA NAVA LOPEZ. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 28, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E40. FBN Number: 2022‑0001906. Published: August 18, 25, September 1, 8, 2022. NAME CHANGE PETITION OF Annisa R. Mayer, 184 Middle Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, annisamayer@yahoo.com for change of name. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF RAIF NIKOLAJ SNYDER,VALDEMAR LUKE SNYDER AND ELERI AVA SNYDER, TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 22CV02850 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: RAIF NIKOLAJ SNYDER TO: RAIF NIKOLAJ MAYER FROM: VALDEMAR LUKE SNYDER TO: VALDEMAR LUKE MAYER FROM: ELERI AVA SNYDER TO: ELERI JOSEPHINE MAYER THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
SIGNED BY CARL PALMER, BOARD MEMBER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 4, 2022 This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0001951 Published: August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 2022.
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE PHLEB MOBILE PHLEBOTOMY SERVICES, 219 Oceano Ave, 2, Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Juan Cambron Perez (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY JUAN CAMBRON PEREZ, CPT. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 18, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E47. FBN Number: 2022‑0002076. Published: August 25, September 1, 8, 15, 2022.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: KUMON SANTA BARBARA, 3230 State St., Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; KM Discovery SBA (same address)This business is conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY YO RI, PRESIDENT. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 29, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0001920. Published: August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 2022.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person (s) is/are doing business as: SQUARE COLORED JEWELRY at 1730 Mission Ridge RD, Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Alicia B Holm (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED: ALICIA HOLM, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 22, 2002. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2022‑0001864. Published: August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 2022.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: AMY CONNOR in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: AMY CONNOR 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 following person(s) is/ are doing business as: 60’S & BEYOND, 6190 Manzanillo Drive, Goleta CA 93117; Richard D Emerson (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED: RICHARD D EMERSON. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 5, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). E30 FBN Number: 2022‑0001959. Published: August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 2022.
The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: MELLOW CLAY 312 Ellwood Beach Drive, 53, Goleta, CA 93117; Sarah Yu (same address). This business is conducted by an Individual. SIGNED BY SARAH YU. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 20, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0001842. Published: August 18, 25, September 1, 8, 2022.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person (s) is/are doing business as: FEDERAL DRUG COMPANY, 3327 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Alice F MacDonald (same address). This business is conducted by a Trust. SIGNED BY ALICE MACDONALD, OWNER/ TRUSTEE. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 12, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0002017. Published: September 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022.
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MAGNETIC MOON APOTHECARY,3937 Foot Hill RD, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Dion R Lyman, (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY DION LYMAN, FOUNDER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 26, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E47. FBN Number: 2022‑0001889. Published: August 11, 18, 25, & September 1 2022.
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The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: LOCAL DESIGN COMPANY, 4317 Meadow Dr, Santa Maria, CA 93455; Stacy Vasquez (same address). This business is conducted by an Individual. SIGNED BY STACY VASQUEZ. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 26, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0001882. Published: August 18, 25, September 1, 8, 2022.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: Wendy Ann Connor aka Wendy Connor Case No.: 22PR00414 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: Wendy Connor aka Wendy Connor
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The following person (s) is/are doing business as: OOTYS SCOOTERS, 629 E Haley St, Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Ryan Neely, 279 Mountain DR, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY RYAN NEELY. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 16, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E51. FBN Number: 2022‑0002038. Published: August 25, September 1, 8, 15, 2022. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
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.
The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE SANTA BARBARA SALAD PROJECT, 1486 Aarhus Dr., M, Solvang, California 93463; Sabina Roan (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY SABINA ROAN. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 4, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E52. FBN Number: 2022‑0001954. Published: August 18, 25, September 1, 8, 2022.
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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ATRAINING 805 1329 San Andres Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Aaron M. Thomas 3910 Maricopa Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY AARON M. THOMAS. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 18, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0002083. Published: August 25, September 1, 8, 15, 2022.
The following person (s) is/are doing business as: RANCHO SAN MARCOS GOLF COURSE, 4600 HWY 154, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; RSM Resort LLC, 17992 Cowan, Irvine, CA 92614, Rancho San Marcos Resort, RSM Golf Course, RSM Resort, San Marcos Golf Course, San Marcos Resort. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. SIGNED BY RICHARD J. BATTAGLIA, MANAGING MEMBER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 04, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0001952. Published: September 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022.
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The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SAINT BARBARA 814 W. Figueroa St, #B, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Stacy Baptista (same address). This business is conducted by a married couple. SIGNED BY STACY BAPTISTA. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 2, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0001944. Published: August 11, 18, 25, & September 1 2022. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
The following person (s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA CHICKEN RANCH, 2618 De La Vina St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; SBCR Inc (same address). This business is conducted by a Corporation. SIGNED BY MATT BENKO, PRESIDENT. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 18, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0002075. Published: August 25, September 1, 8, 15, 2022.
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF RAMIRO PALLEJA TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 22CV01691 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: RAMIRO PALLEJA TO: RAYMOND PALLEJA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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
SIGNED BY DANIEL GENE KOLDER MD, PRESIDENT. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 26, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0002138. Published: September 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022.
The following person (s) is/are doing business as: GORJESS BOUTIQUE, 1121 N. Poppy St, Lompoc, CA 93436; Jessica I Escalante (same address).This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY JESSICA I ESCALANTE, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 5, 2022 This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0001963 Published: August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 2022.
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LEGALS (CONT.) 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.
PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the City Council meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by e-mailing the City Clerk at CityClerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org.
Pursuant to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations, the City of Goleta has prepared the draft Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the 2021-2022 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program year. The CAPER provides an assessment of the City’s performance in meeting Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022 housing and community development goals as outlined in the previously adopted 2021-2022 Action Plan. Additionally, the CAPER discusses any changes the City anticipates making in the upcoming year as a result of the assessment of FY 2021-2022 annual performance.
NOTICE OF HEARING OCTOBER 10, 2022, 10:00 AM, DEPT 5, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: August 22, 2022, Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Published September 1, 8,15, 22, 2022 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CATERINA SANFILIPPO LEE, 804 MORENO ROAD, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103 AND CHI HOON LEE, CASE NUMBER: 22CV02998. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court proposing a change of name(s) FROM: SOPHIA SAGE LEE TO: SOPHIE SAGE LEE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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 9/26/22, 10:00 AM, DEPT 5, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated August 15, 2022, Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court, Published September 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022.
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Dated: August 23, 2022, Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court, Published September 1, 8,15, 22, 2022 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: JEAN MARIE KUJAN, 131 PALM TREE LANE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108, CASE NUMBER: TO22CV03072.ALLINTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court proposing a change of name(s) FROM: JEAN MARIE KUJAN TO: JEAN MARIE ZEIBAK THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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 9/26/2022, 10:00 AM, DEPT 5, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121, Anacapa Divison. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.
NOTICE OF HEARING OCTOBER 5, 2022, 10:00 AM, DEPT 3, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: August 23, 2022, Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Published September 1, 8,15, 22, 2022
Dated: August 26, 2022 by Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Published September 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022. AMENDED APPLICATION OF IMARI DEMETRIUS RUTHERFORD, 721 CLIFF DR., SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103 FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 22CV02347 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM: IMARI DEMETRIUS RUTHERFORD TO: CALCULUS LUCIFER GOLIATH YALE TESSY. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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.
ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https:///cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings
The City of Goleta encourages participation in the CDBG process. A copy of the CAPER is required to be made available to the public for review and comment for a fifteen (15) day period. The CAPER draft will be available for public review from September 5, 2022 to September 19, 2022. The Draft CAPER will be posted on the City’s website at Grants | Goleta, CA (cityofgoleta.org) and copies will be available for review at the Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta. All interested citizens and agencies are invited to attend the public hearing and/or submit comments on the draft CAPER.
NOTICE OF HEARING OCTOBER 5, 2022, 10:00 AM, DEPT 3, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: August 17, 2022, Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Published September 1, 8,15, 22, 2022 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: EVELYN SALM, 559 MOUNTAIN DRIVE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103. CASE NUMBER: 22CV03133. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court proposing a change of name(s) FROM: EVELYN SALM TO: CODY CAMMBELL. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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.
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: LINDSEY PAIGE SCHICK‑FULLER, 1153 CHURCH LANE, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013, CASE NUMBER: 22CV03136 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court proposing a change of name(s) FROM: LINDSEY PAIGE SCHICK‑FULLER TO: LINDSEY PAIGE TFLOWERS.HECOURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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.
SIGNED and Dated August 3, 2022 by Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Published August 25, September 1, 8, 15, 2022.
Comments should be submitted to: City of Goleta, Neighborhood Services Department, Attn: Shanna Dawson, 130 Cremona Drive Goleta, CA 93117 or emailed to sdawson@cityofgoleta.org by Noon on September 19, 2022.
Dated: August 26, 2022, Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Published September 1, 8,15, 22, 2022 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF VANESSA MALLMANN BARREIRO TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 22CV02580 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: VANESSA MALLMANN TO:BARREIROVANESSA BARREIRO BERGA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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: September 14, 2022 10:00 am, Dept 3, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated 7/26/22 Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court, Published August 11, 18, 25, September 1, FILED2022.Superior Court County of Santa Barbara 08/01/2022. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer. BY Chavez, Terri, Deputy Clerk
Written comments will be distributed to Council and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.
NOTICE OF HEARING OCTOBER 26, 2022, 10:00 AM, SB3. SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.
FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the CAPER or CDBG program, contact Shanna Dawson, Management Analyst at 805-690-5126 or sdawson@cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Jaime Valdez at (805) 961-7568 or jvaldez@cityofgoleta.org.
NOTICE OF HEARING SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 10:00 AM, DEPT 4, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121, Anacapa Division. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated July 26, 2022 by, Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Published August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 2022.
DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: Staff reports and related materials for the City Council hearing will also be posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting on the City’s web site at www.cityofgoleta.org
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NOTICE OF HEARING OCTOBER 17, 2022, 10:00 AM, DEPT 5, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.
PETITION OF ZANETA SEILEROVA 111 OCEANO AVE., APT E, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93109 ZANETA111@ HOTMAIL.COM FOR CHANGE OF INNAME.THEMATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF Zaneta Seilerova and Damian Samuel Seiler CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF CASENAME:NUMBER: 22CV02729 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: ZANETA SEILEROVA TO: ZANETA SEILEROVA GOERKE FROM: DAMIAN SAMUEL SEILER TO: DAMIAN SAMUEL SEILER GOERKE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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.
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: AUTUMN LEIGH CHRISTMAN, 654 Mayrum Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. CASE NUMBER: 22CV02777 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court proposing a change of name(s) FROM: AUTUMN LEIGH CHRISTMAN TO: AUTUMN LEIGH WEBB. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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.
Hybrid Public Meeting – Held in Person and via Zoom Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 5:30 pm COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM (CDBG) 2021-2022 Draft Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
NOTICE OF HEARING OCTOBER 5, 2022, 10:00 AM, DEPT 3, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL
Note: If you challenge the City’s final action on this Project in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised in written or oral testimony and/or evidence provided to the City on or before the date of the public hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b) [2]).
IN THE MATTER OF THE AMENDED APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: HYON SOOK CHOUGH, 3090 HIDDEN VALLEY LN, MONTECITO, CA 93108. CASE NUMBER: 22CV01952 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court proposing a change of name(s) FROM: HYON SOOK CHOUGH TO: HYON CHOUGH TSINGERHECOURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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 IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Goleta will conduct a hybrid public hearing on the date and time set forth below to consider the draft Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the 2021-2022 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program year. The date and time of the City Council meeting is: MEETING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 5:30 PM MEETING LOCATION: Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom (with detailed instructions for participation included on the posted agenda).
SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER: (NUMERO DEL CASO): NOTICE20CV00235TODEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): CAMILLA MELDAHL AKA CAMILLA MEHDAHL, an individual; ED ST. GEORGE, an individual; JAMES GELB, an individual; JAMES M. GELB, as Trustee of the 2010 James M. Gelb Revocable Trust, MARIO MELENDEZ, an individual; MELENDEZ CONSTRUCTION, an Unknown business entity; MATTHEW CROTTY, an individual; FRANCES CROTTY, an individual; BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, as Trustee under that certain Pooling and Service Agreement dated as of October 1, 1992 for RTC Commercial Pass‑Through Certificates, Series 1992 CHF; ROBERT L. LOVGREN, an individual; DOREEN J. LOVGREN, an individual, 6651 L.P., a California limited partnership; HARVEY H. WIPF, an individual; HARVEY H. WIPF, as Trustee of the Wipf Family Trust; BERNICE A. WIPF, an individual; BERNICE A. WIPF, as Trustee for the Wipf Family Trust; ERNEST G. GULSRUD, an individual; ERNEST G. GULSRUD as Trustee of the Gulsrud Family Trust; MURIEL GENEVIEVE GULSRUD, an individual; MURIEL G. GULSRUD, as Trustee for the Gulsrud Family Trust; CURTIS R. JAHNKE, an Individual; and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): MARSHALL R. BERNES, an individual; MARSHALL R. BERNES, as Trustee of the Marshall R. Bernes Family Trust; JUDITH DANNETT, an individual; AND, ELINOR FISHER, an individual NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.
NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.
Moving Party Plaintiff, Joyce Donaldson filed their application for an order for publication on July 15, 2002. From the application and supporting evidence it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that an order for service by publication is permitted pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 415.50.
ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (NAME AND ADDRESS): Warren B. Treisman 7183 Navajo Road. Suite i San Diego, CA 92119
IT IS ORDERED that service of the summons, citation, notice of hearing, or other document(s) in this action shall be made upon defendant, respondent, or citee Tori Anne Thornburgh by publication thereof in Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation published at Santa Barbara County, California, and that said publication be made at least once a week for four successive weeks.
Dated: 7/15/2022 Judge of the Superior Court Thomas P. Anderle
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Design Review Board (DRB) of the City of Goleta will conduct an Electronic public hearing on the date set forth above to consider the following projects: Conceptual/Preliminary/Final Review
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS OR CITATION
FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Andy Newkirk, Senior Planner, at (805) 961-7544 or anewkirk@cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact City staff at (805) 5625500 or espanol@cityofgoleta.org. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.org.
PLACE: Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom (with detailed instructions for participation included on the posted agenda).
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Senate Bill 35 (SB 35) requires a streamlined, ministerial approval process for qualifying multiple-unit and mixed-use development, consistent with objective design standards. In order for a proposed development to qualify for this streamlined, objective review, the project must satisfy an extensive list of criteria, such as affordability levels, labor standards, and conformance with objective General Plan and zoning standards. Currently, the City does not have a set of solely objective design standards to apply should a project qualify under SB 35. The proposed ordinance would establish such objective design standards within Title 17 (Zoning) of the Goleta Municipal Code (GMC) to address this need and includes procedures for the processing of projects that qualify for this type of review. A new Chapter 17.44 of the GMC is proposed that includes applicability and procedural standards as well as objective standards for site and building design, mixed-use development, and utilitarian elements. Definitions are also included, as are other associated amendments to Title 17.
telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte. ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no pueda pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes del California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.
Environmental Review: The proposed Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because the activity is covered by the general rule which exempts activities that can be seen with certainty to have no possibility for causing a significant effect on the environment because the amendments to Title 17 do not authorize construction of any building or structure but sets forth regulations that shall be followed. The proposed Ordinance is also exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because the activity is not a “project” as defined in Section 15378(b)(5) as an organizational or administrative activity by government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara, CA 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Plaintiff: Joyce Donaldson Defendant: Funyas Masih, et al.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Design Review Board Goleta City Hall – Council Chambers (Electronically and Telephonically) 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, CA 93117 Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 3:00 P.M.
Publish Date: Santa Barbara Independent, September 1, 2022
ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https:///cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings.
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PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons are encouraged to view the meeting and to provide written and/or oral comments. All letters/comments should be sent to kdominguez@cityofgoleta.org. Letters must be received on or before the date of the hearing or can be submitted at the hearing prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the Public Hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: The items in this notice include new and continued items from prior meetings. All persons wanting to review any project applications may do so by contacting City of Goleta, Planning and Environmental Review at (805) 961-7543. The Agenda, staff reports and project plans will be available approximately one week before the hearing on the City’s website at www. Publish:cityofgoleta.org.
Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505. Notification at least 72 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.
The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Warren B. Treisman, Esq., 7183 Navajo Road, Suite I, San Diego, CA 92119; (619) Clerk,DATE:583‑1900(FECHA)5/4/2022by(Secretario)/s/Johnny Aviles, Deputy (Adjunto)
Santa Barbara Independent, September 1, 2022
The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Santa Barbara Superior Court, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goleta Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider a resolution recommending to the City Council adoption of Title 17 (Zoning) amendments related to objective design standards. Any recommendations from the Planning Commission will be provided to City Council. City Council will consider the recommendation at a later hearing to adopt any amendments to Title 17. The date, time, and location of the Planning Commission public hearing are set forth below. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org).
HEARING DATE/TIME: Monday, September 12, 2022 at 6:00 P.M.
The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Stephen Jamieson, SOLOMON SALTSMAN & JAMIESON; 426 Culver Blvd.; Playa Del Rey, CA 90293 Ph: (310) DATE:822‑9848(Fecha) 1/13/2020 Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Sarah Sisto, Deputy (Adjunto) SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER: (NUMERO DEL CASO): NOTICE20CV01717TODEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): FUNYAS MASIH; NSP TRANSPORTATION INC. (a business entity, form unknown); TORI ANNE THORNBURGH; and DOES 1 AND 25, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): JOYCE DONALDSON NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp),Center your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file responseyouron time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the Therecourt.are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org),site the California Courts Online Self‑Help (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp),Center or by contacting your local court or county bar NOTE:association.Thecourt has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the AVISO!case. Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a Tienecontinuacion.30DIAS
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, if the address of the party to be served is ascertained before the expiration of the time prescribed for publication of the summons, the moving party shall forthwith mail to the party to be served a copy of (1) the summons, citation, notice of hearing, or other document(s) identified above, (2) the complaint, petition, or motion for which notice is being served by this order, and (3) this order for publication. A declaration of this mailing, or of the fact that the address was not ascertained, must be filed at the expiration of the time prescribed for the publication.
NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING Hybrid Public Meeting – Held in Person and via Zoom September 12, 2022 at 6:00 P.M. Objective Design Standards for Multiple-Unit and Mixed-Use Housing Projects Ordinance Case No. 21-0005-ORD
Dahl Residential Patio and Deck 451 Kings Way (APN 069-511-009) Case No. 22-0032-LUP/DRB Caston Residential 1st and 2nd Story Addition 213 Old Ranch Rad (APN 079-570-053) Case No. 22-0026-LUP Storke Fuel Depot Carwash 370 Storke Road (APNs 073-100-008) Case No. 22-0014-LUP Pacifica Suites alterations 5490 Hollister Avenue (APN 071-330-014) Case No. 22-013-DRB IN LIGHT OF THE CITY’S NEED TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS AND TELEPHONICALLY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, written comments may also be submitted as instructed above or via email to the DRB Secretary, Mary Chang at mchang@cityofgoleta.org or by electronic means during the Public Hearing (date and time noted above), provided they are received prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the Public Hearing. Instructions on how to submit written comments during the hearing will be available on the City’s website: government-meeting-agendas-and-videos.https://www.cityofgoleta.org/i-want-to/news-and-updates/ PUBLIC COMMENT: This hearing is for design review only. All interested persons are encouraged to participate in the public hearing electronically (by phone) as described above.
SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION. If you require interpretation services for the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (805) 961-7505 or via email to: cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org at least 72 hours prior to the hearing. Please specify the language for which you require interpretation. Notification at least 72 hours prior to the meeting helps to ensure that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the Note:hearing.If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 65009[b][2]).
ATTENTION: The Virtual Meeting is held pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 361. The meeting will be Virtual because meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees. The public may only view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https://www.cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings and not in Council Chambers.
PROJECT LOCATION: The amended regulations would apply citywide, including all areas of the City within the Coastal Zone.
The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direccion de la corte es); South County Court Division,Santa Barbara Superior Court‑Civil, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Sue respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte. ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no pueda pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia,org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes del California , (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cual quier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuer o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.
