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CAMILLE CIMINI-FRUIN CHERISHES DAUGHTER’S BIG DAY

Camille has been a key member of the Indy team for more than 30 years, and this past summer, she celebrated her youngest daughter, Delaney, getting married. We asked Camille a few questions about the big day.

Congratulations on your daughter getting married! What was the most memorable part of the big day? Thank you! The day was truly magical with so many fabulous parts. I’d say seeing the couple being married and my husband, Gary [Delaney’s father], officiating in that beautiful setting at Elings was really moving for all of us.

You and Gary have been married for a long time. Any advice for newlyweds? Marriage can be a tremendous challenge at times. Talking through issues (even when you don’t want to) and compromising is always recommended. Having a sense of humor is very helpful, too.

What would be your biggest tip for any parents out there who are helping to plan a wedding? I wish I could give some great tips, but every wedding is so different, beginning with the budget. Try to plan as far out as you can and check as many vendors as possible for pricing. Know when to keep your distance, and take some deep breaths throughout it all. Also, be prepared for some things to change. Remember, it’s their day.

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Eli Carpinteria

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Eli suffered from excruciating abdominal pain and was admitted to Cottage

Children’s Medical Center where he was diagnosed with stage 3 kidney cancer. He underwent surgery to remove a two pound tumor. After 7 months of chemotherapy, Eli is now cancer-free. He’s now happy, healthy, full of energy and loves playing football, basketball and video games.

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Marissa, Eli’s mom

SBCC Dedicates the Umoja Mural

This past fall, the Bay Area Mural Program completed the Umoja Mural on the Santa Barbara City College campus as a symbol of diversity, Black joy, and culture in higher education. In honor of Black History Month, SBCC hosted a dedication ceremony that included the lead artist Andre Jones and members of the community.

“The Umoja Mural dedication was a very emotional and special event from where I sit,” said SBCC Superintendent-President Kindred Murillo, “because it sends a message to students, employees, and community members that Santa Barbara City College wants African American/Black students, employees, and community members to feel they belong at SBCC.”

The Umoja Mural, which means “unity” in Swahili, is the first mural in Santa Barbara to center on the African American experience. It has already sparked discussion and reflection on campus and been included in assignments across multiple disciplines.

“It definitely creates a space to have conversation and education,” said SBCC Umoja Student Program Advisor Lelia Richardson.

The mural is located on the Campus Cen-

ter Building where the Center for Equity and Social Justice is housed among other programs. Two driving forces behind the mural’s creation were Roxanne Byrne, SBCC’s coordinator of Equity, Diversity, and Cultural Competency; and Akil Hill, a SBCC Admission and Records Technician and founding member of the Black Faculty and Staff Association.

“It feels good that Santa Barbara City Col-

NEWS BRIEFS

EDUCATION

About 150 students walked out of a planned event during Westmont College’s mandatory chapel service 2/6, protesting the scheduled speaker Lila Rose, founder and president of the nation’s largest anti-abortion organization, Live Action. Students involved in the walkout said it was a “peaceful” demonstration, “protesting Westmont’s inability to follow their own diversity standards in hiring campus speakers.” “Rose is a vocally homophobic, incredibly controversial speaker, whose hateful remarks toward the LGBTQ+ community make her unfit to speak at Westmont,” one student told the Independent. Full story at independent .com/westmont-students-stage-walkout.

HEALTH

Preliminary results of an investigation regarding incidences of cancer among adults at Dos Pueblos High School were returned to Santa Barbara school district officials recently, and “no concerns have been found so far,” the district announced in a press release on 2/8. The statement emphasizes that these are early reports and that the final results will be known in a few weeks. In December, a group of employees at the high school had met with Principal Bill Woodard to voice their concerns about a recent cancer diagnosis among staff and a recent death that might have been due to cancer. Full story at independent.com/ no-concerns.

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lege has made a conscious effort to try to make the campus inclusive. I feel great for Black students that can see themselves on campus,” Hill said. “I think we were envisioning representation, and myself being from Santa Barbara and not seeing any of that, despite knowing that there are Black families and communities, but we were not represented in these spaces.”

Drag Queen Story Time Draws Protesters, Supporters

Counter-Protesters Outnumber Opposition at Saturday Rally Outside The Crafter’s Library

Supporters and protesters of a drag queen story hour gathered on opposite sides of State Street outside of La Arcada Plaza on Saturday morning. Inside the plaza, Santa Barbara drag queen Miss Angel D’mon was reading children’s stories to attending families at The Crafter’s Library.

The Crafter’s Library has hosted its monthly Story Time with Miss Angel since December 2021 as a free, family-friendly event featuring storytelling and crafting activities. Saturday was the first time that the event had been met with active displays of opposition.

“Parents look forward to it once a month,” said Andrew Rawls, owner and founder of The Crafter’s Library. “Miss Angel does nothing but uplift and encourage children to be exactly who they are.”

The protest was organized by the Santa Barbara County Republican Party (SBCRP), which sent out fliers early last week calling on members to “peacefully and respectfully protest” the event. The small group of protesters held signs reading, “Keep Kids Innocent,” “Stop Mocking Women,” and “Perversion

Isn’t Education.”

SBCRP member Linda Foster said her reasoning behind organizing the protest was “nonpolitical.” She said that it was not “out of hate,” but based on feelings of “sadness and fright” around children being “exposed” to the “radical” and “abnormal” image of drag queens.

“We’re scared,” Foster said. “I don’t want my grandchildren to be exposed to child storytelling like this. It’s not a big deal. It’s regular storybooks; I get that. It’s just the whole point of it.”

Saturday’s protest mirrors that of others targeting drag queen story hours around the country, coinciding with a recent uptick in anti-drag legislation in states such as Arizona and Texas. Many of the recently proposed censorship bills include banning minors from viewing or participating in drag shows, and a few explicitly ban drag performances at schools and public libraries.

The fliers state, “Drag queen story hours

deliberately confuse and sexualize young children, to make them more accepting of sexually deviant behavior,” and protesters said they were there to “protect children.” The protest remained peaceful.

“The only sign that really got to me was the sign that said ‘Crafter’s Library, Stop Abusing Children,’ ” Rawls said. “Because I am a former educator…. And the fact that they would even allege that we were doing anything here that didn’t have the children’s safety first and

S.B. County Fire Captain Eric Gray has been deployed to Turkey to help find survivors from last week’s deadly earthquakes, according to the County Fire Department. Gray is a member of the L.A. County Fire Department’s Urban Search-and-Rescue Team, which includes 161 members, 12 canines, and more than 170,000 pounds of specialized equipment. His team will be joining team members from the United States Agency for International Development already on the ground in Turkey and their counterpart, USA-1, from Fairfax County, Virginia, in helping to provide life-saving assistance. Gray and his team are expected to be in Turkey for up to two weeks.

COURTS & CRIME

Santa Barbara Police arrested Elvis Alberto Lopez, 24, on 2/11 on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter. On 2/4, the SBPD received a 9-1-1 call with the initial report that the 3-year-old girl had fallen out of bed and injured herself. First responders attempted to save the child’s life while police arrived on scene, but she was pronounced dead after being transported to Cottage Hospital. Detectives investigated the death with assistance from the County Coroner’s Office and determined the death was a homicide. Lopez was identified as the suspect and booked into County Jail on $3 million bail. Anyone with information on this case can contact the Detective Bureau at (805) 897-2347. n

De la Guerra Plaza Redesign Inches On

With a conspicuous lack of controversy or fanfare, the Santa Barbara City Council unanimously approved two new design contracts for a major makeover of De la Guerra Plaza totaling $920,000. As project manager Brad Hess noted, the four years spent on the redesign effort so far had been long and arduous.

“We have more work ahead of us,” he cautioned, “than behind us.”

For eons, De la Guerra Plaza has functioned as Santa Barbara’s civic living room, its protest central, an outdoor concert arena, a gathering spot for homeless people, and the hot spot for the city’s annual Fiesta festivities. The latest designs show a car-free plaza area except for a handful of shortterm parking spaces directly in front of City Hall for people paying bills and a small performance stage located near the arcade between the front of City Hall and the NewsPress building. Low-rise water bubblers will occupy about half of the newly configured plaza, allowing kids a place to splash. Trash cans will be kept out of sight thanks to subterranean hydraulic lifts that will take them below street surface, and magically selfcleaning restrooms will open and shut automatically to discourage long-term squatting.

The most glaring difference, however, will be the lack of any green grass, replaced instead by earth-toned impermeable planters. For historic preservationists, this grassfree proposal has proved objectionable. No one from the public took the opportunity to speak for or against the proposal.

Councilmember Kristen Sneddon praised the public outreach efforts engi-

neered by City Hall and waxed enthusiastic about the Chumash mosaic art element that’s on the drawing board. All the community’s various histories, Sneddon said, need to be celebrated.

Mayor Randy Rowse expressed the only second thoughts about the new design, opining that the newly designed plaza will no longer function as the community gathering place it traditionally has. An architect hired by the city to work on the designs took issue with Rowse, saying that if anything, the new design will make the plaza even more open and flexible.

Rowse also expressed doubts about the water elements, suggesting that if the past is any guide, they will be utilized by people living on the streets to bathe and hang out. “I don’t hate children,” Rowse clarified, “because I don’t want bubble pools.”

Given that the project remains in its conceptual stage, it’s little wonder more councilmembers didn’t weigh in. The vote for the additional funding for the two design contracts was unanimously in favor, though councilmember Michael Jordan was not present. —Nick Welsh

Westsider Sentenced for Rival’s Murder

Amember of Santa Barbara’s Westside gang was sentenced last Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison for the fatal knifing of an Eastside rival in 2019.

Igor Rai Ortiz, 22, pleaded guilty to the murder of 29-year-old Alberto Suarez Torres, admitting he used a weapon in the attack and committing the crime for the benefit of a street gang.

Prosecutors said Ortiz and three others had gathered the evening of May 31, 2019, with plans to spray-paint Westside graffiti in Eastside territory. They also talked about finding and attacking an Eastside gang member.

As they drove through the area, tagging fences and homes along the way, they spotted Torres walking in the 1300 block of Cacique Street. Torres, an alleged affiliate of the Eastside gang who went by the nickname “Lil’ Rascal,” was heading home from work at a downtown restaurant.

Ortiz and 35-year-old Angel Barajas who is also facing homicide charges but has yet to be tried got out of the car, ran Torres down, and repeatedly stabbed him, authorities said. He sustained at least

nine knife wounds and lost consciousness at the scene. He later died at Cottage Hospital.

Charged with accessory to murder were Alondra Ochoa, 21, who was sentenced last year to six years in prison, and Alejandro DeLaTorre, 26, who was sentenced to five years.

Court records show Ortiz had been convicted of multiple felonies since 2018, including for assault, robbery, and evading police. He was on parole at the time of the murder. Barajas has previous convictions for drug possession and carrying and selling knives.

Apeel Lays Off 105

Attributing layoffs to what sounds like growing pains, innovative food preserver Apeel released roughly 27 percent of its workforce in North America, Europe, and South America last month, including several dozen people at its Goleta headquarters. It was the second set of job losses at Apeel, which employed about 445 people worldwide and in August 2021 boasted of raising $250 million in capital for the company, which was valued at $2 billion.

Apeel was started in 2012 by UCSB graduate James Rogers to develop naturally derived coatings to preserwve produce. The company expanded from a two-story near Milpas to a 105,000-square-foot building in Goleta, doubled and tripled its number of employees, and attracted investments from the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry. Apeel also continued its research and development, releasing in 2017 a natural, edible coating that could achieve an organic label.

But, as with many companies, the economic picture was less rosy for Apeel in recent years. “Like many businesses that are still in the early days of learning what their organization needs to grow and prosper, Apeel developed some inefficiencies that needed to be addressed for the future of the business,” a company spokesperson told the Independent

In July 2022, the company laid off an unspecified number of employees, and then in November, Apeel announced 105 layoffs for the following January, March, and June in job classifications that ranged from corporate counsel and chief financial officer to scientist, project manager, accountant, and shipping. Severance packages, employee assistance, and job placement support were offered.

About 55 of the employees were laid off from the Goleta headquarters, according to the Santa Barbara County Workforce Development Board, and the balance of the employees were working remotely but reporting to managers in California. Apeel has a second headquarters in the Netherlands and lists employees in eight other countries and U.S. states. Jean Yamamura

Software Guru’s Super Bowl Ad Takes On Tesla

Santa Barbara software company owner and billionaire Dan O’Dowd took out advertisements during this past Sunday’s Super Bowl, blasting Tesla’s proposed fully selfdriving car technology as being dangerous and defective. The 30-second ads, which were broadcast only in big market venues such as Sacramento; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta, Georgia; and Tallahassee, Florida, showed images of a Tesla running into baby strollers and crashing into baby-sized mannequins, among other things.

O’Dowd, CEO of S.B.-based Green Hills Software, ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in the most recent election, using his candidacy as an opportunity to voice concerns about what he describes as the technical flaws plaguing Tesla’s fully self-driving models, which the company claims will be able to function without any supervision.

According to some news outlets, each 30-second Super Bowl ad costs in the ballpark of $7 million; other sources indicate O’Dowd spent $600,000.

O’Dowd is lobbying the Department of Motor Vehicles and the National Highway Safety Administration to keep the fully self-driving Teslas which cost $15,000 extra off the road. “Unsafe at any speed!” one ad proclaims. “Tell Congress to shut it down.”

According to the Los Angeles Times, Tesla and Elon Musk filed a cease-and-desist letter against one of O’Dowd’s earlier attack ads, dismissing his research as both fake and misleading. After the barrage of ads played this Sunday, Musk said via Twitter that O’Dowd’s ads will only highlight the fact that Teslas can drive themselves. Other news outlets have reported that in recent weeks, the Department of Justice has sought Tesla documents regarding the safety of its autopilot model.

Pot Appeals Go Up in Smoke

Two appeals of cannabis projects in Santa Barbara County fell through at last week’s meeting of the California Coastal Commission, with the commission concluding there was nothing wrong with either project technically according to how the county’s cannabis ordinance is written and executed. Instead, this latest batch of cannabis-related appeals out of Santa Barbara against a fouracre grow outside Carpinteria and a cannabis retail dispensary on Santa Claus Lane raised questions among several commissioners over whether the county may need to rethink an ordinance that has caused countless conflicts between county officials, cannabis companies, and concerned citizens.

In the appeal of the Van Wingerden family cannabis grow at 3508 Via Real, Coastal Commission Chair Donne Brownsey said that “it appears there is a lot of community concern” over the number of cannabis farms in the area and with issues that “are just a natural part of farming cannabis.” She said that each time a cannabis project is appealed in the county, the commission is put in a “difficult spot” by being asked to “address issues that are

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foremost in our minds was insulting.”

Protesters were outnumbered nearly three to one by the group of more than 50 supporters of the event and Miss Angel, who sang songs and cheered behind banners and signs with messages such as “Hate Is Such a Drag,” and “We Love Angel.”

“I was really nervous leading up to the event,” Miss Angel said. “And when I got there, I was so shocked with the amount of allies and LGBTQ community that were out there in support, the amount of people that were in the library, and the amount of parents that continue to bring their children. I had a lot of kids do the activities and story time, and it just really filled my heart.”

Miss Angel said that most people don’t understand that she’s been a teacher for the past six years. She currently works as a K-1 educator in Ventura and is in the process of publishing her first children’s book. She said she uses inclusive stories and positive affirmations to teach kids to accept themselves for who they are and to be comfortable in their own skin.

more appropriately addressed at the local level.”

Commissioner and S.B. City Councilmember Meagan Harmon joined the rest of the commission in a unanimous decision finding “no substantial issue” with the project, though she acknowledged the work and arguments laid out by appellant Jill Stassinos, who raised concerns over the effects of the growing number of cannabis projects packed in the area.

In the appeal against the Roots cannabis dispensary on Santa Claus Lane, neighboring business owners Steve Kent and Nancy Rikalo argued that the location would cause parking and traffic problems that the county did not adequately assess, with Kent alleging that the site was “predetermined” without proper vetting.

Three commissioners expressed interest in having a more in-depth discussion over the specific project at another hearing, but Harmon said it was likely outside of the commission’s purview. Several commissioners said that they have seen no adverse effects on traffic with dispensaries in their own areas, and the commission voted 7-3 to find the appeal raised “no substantial issue” with the dispensary. Ryan P. Cruz

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“So this isn’t just a story time for me. This is my career; this is what I do,” she said. “And for people to make false accusations like that it hurts. I really hope people understand that there are queer people who are teachers.”

Rawls said the most disappointing aspect of the protest was that none of the protesters reached out beforehand to have a conversation with him or Miss Angel. At the end of the protest, Rawls crossed the street to approach those who were protesting and thanked them for being there and voicing their concerns.

“No matter what you believe, it’s always sort of scary to put yourself out there,” Rawls said. “I invited them to actually come and see what we do here at The Crafter’s Library because it was clear from the signage that they were operating under false assumptions.”

Despite Saturday’s protest, Rawls emphasized that The Crafter’s Library will continue to host story time events with Miss Angel. The next event is scheduled for March 4. n

Foodbank Gets New Sharehouse

Last month’s storms highlighted again that Santa Barbara could easily be isolated by natural disasters. The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County has been working for eight years to enlarge its storage capacity, to add what the Foodbank’s executive director Erik Talkin calls a layer of resilience and food security for the entire county. The nonprofit received a federal grant for $1.5 million, toward the $20 million cost of its new 57,000-square-foot Sharehouse, from the federal budget passed in December.

Congressmember Salud Carbajal was on hand Friday to present the big check to Talkin and staffers, praising the Foodbank for pulling together community support in providing food to families as well as being able to feed the South County during disasters. From his time as county supervisor, Carbajal recalled that having enough to eat is a serious issue in the region: “Santa Barbara County has the third-highest poverty rate in California, and one in six children here faces food insecurity.”

The new warehouse is 10 times larger than the Foodbank’s current location on Hollister Avenue, and Talkin said it enabled them to

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rely less on the larger Santa Maria facility to store foods for South County. The lofty, spacious warehouse enables the Foodbank to store as much as 80,000 pounds a week of fruits, vegetables, and grocery staples in coolers and freezers and out of the sun.

Jordano’s will share part of the warehouse space with the Foodbank, which will move its food storage in by October. Already, the administrative staff has moved into the building next door, where they’re planning a nutritional promotion center for the Foodbank’s education program volunteers. The Foodbank, its staff, and thousands of volunteers distribute free groceries and fresh food at more than 50 locations around the county “Sharing food, sharing education, and sharing hope,” Talkin said.

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Search Dogs Deployed to Turkey

Two of the same dogs that searched for survivors in Montecito following 2018’s deadly 1/9 Debris Flow are now doing the same in Turkey after powerful earthquakes rocked that country, Syria, and surrounding regions last week.

The two dogs, Clancy and Deacon, are among the seven canine disaster teams trained by the Search Dog Foundation (SDF) in Ventura County that were recently deployed to Turkey where the death toll surpassed a staggering 35,000 this week to assist in rescue efforts there. Their prior experience includes serving in two of the 18 SDF-trained teams who assisted in rescue efforts following the 1/9 Debris Flow in January 2018.

Clancy is a 10-year-old yellow Lab who was found by an SDF volunteer through a listing on Craigslist that described him as “a high-energy dog needing a good home,” according to SDF’s website. In 2015, Clancy was partnered with Los Angeles County firefighter Jake Armendariz, and in 2018, the pair spent two weeks searching through the debris in Montecito. Now, Clancy is putting his training to use on the ground in Turkey.

“They’re searching for live human scent that is buried beneath the rubble,” said Denise Sanders, SDF’s Senior Director of

Communications. “Most of them come from shelters and rescues. They go from being at the shelter to learning how to use their behavioral traits and skills to do something so great, but they don’t even know they’re doing it. They just really enjoy the game of it, and we channel that into something that can potentially save lives, which is pretty incredible.”

SDF canines and their handlers, who arrived in Turkey early last Wednesday, join other two- and four-legged rescuers from the United States and all over the world in the race to find survivors. The devastation began with a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the region early last Monday, which destroyed thousands of buildings and left an unknown number of potential survivors buried beneath the debris.

S.B. Goes to the Mattresses

If all discarded mattresses and box springs collected last year at MarBorg’s disposal facility on Santa Barbara’s industrial lower Eastside were lined up, they’d extend nine miles. But instead, they were collected and sent off to a recycling facility in Santa Maria. As a result, 7,027 mattresses 195 tons’ worth were kept out of the county’s Tajiguas landfill. About 75 percent of these old mattresses can actually be recycled. The wood is mulched, the springs are sold as scrap metal, and some of the foam and quilt toppers go into making carpets.

“That’s very powerful,” said MarBorg’s Brian Borgatello, whose family runs the only mattress-recycling facility on the South Coast. It’s also free of charge to county residents just so long as they don’t try to recycle more than four mattresses a day.

The county supervisors voted this Tuesday to approve a new contract with the Mattress Recycling Council that will expand residents’ mattress-recycling options, opening a facility in the Santa Ynez Valley and paying the county $2.25 per mattress.

Mattress recycling was mandated in California 10 years ago to put the brakes on sidewalk dumping. This recycling effort

NO DUMPING: Mattress recycling was mandated by a state law passed 10 years ago to put the brakes on sidewalk dumping.

is subsidized by the state’s $10.50 surcharge on each mattress sold. But even with free recycling, enough mattresses still end up on the street that the County of Santa Barbara has full-time employees tracking illegal mattress dumping.

Not all mattresses, however, will be accepted for recycling. Those showing signs of bedbug infestation the rusty fecal smear is a tip and those that are soaking wet, mangled, or with signs of human fecal contamination. Old pillows, mattress covers, sleeping bags, water beds, and baby bassinets are not covered.

Borgatello said, “We get a lot during Isla Vista move-out day at the end of term. That’s a major source.” Nick Welsh

Educators Plead for Affordable Housing

Last week, a coalition of South County schools and unions sent a letter to the Board of Supervisors ahead of its Housing Element meeting, emphasizing the growing need for affordable housing and the negative impact the high cost of living has had on Santa Barbara’s schools.

As previously reported by the Independent, to afford the average $2,935 one-bedroom apartment in Santa Barbara today, applicants would have to make at least $117,400 a year. For a $4,464 two-bedroom apartment, the applicants would have to make $178,560.

“That is more than what teachers and certificated staff at S.B. Unified are paid, including those on top of the pay scale,” S.B. Unified Superintendent Hilda Maldonado said. “At S.B. Unified, 20 percent of our employees live outside Santa Barbara City, including some who live as far as Arroyo Grande or Camarillo.”

In their letter, the group of South County superintendents and union leaders address how it’s now becoming impossible for many workers to afford housing as costs continue to spike. They say that staff from Santa Barbara Unified schools have had to take second jobs or commute from neighboring counties to make ends meet.

“We are simply urging county and city leaders to prioritize the sale of land to developers who are willing to build housing

units that include a percentage of units that fall under the category of ‘affordable workforce housing,’ ” said Goleta Union School District Superintendent Dr. Diana Roybal.

To meet the needs of workers from all income levels, the group is asking the county supervisors to mandate the “considerable inclusion” of affordable workforce housing units in the Housing Element, beyond what the state is requiring for lowincome units. They also ask for the creation of new funding to engage nonprofit developers.

The letter says that the housing crisis has made it difficult for Santa Barbara’s schools to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers and staff, and ends with a plea to officials to prioritize and speed up the process of finding and implementing solutions: “… [W]e urge you to prioritize your children, our children, and our community and heed the call for help to support affordable housing.”

City and County Miss State’s Housing Element Deadline

February 15 marks the deadline given by the state for local agencies to certify a Housing Element for the next eight years, but both the city and county of Santa Barbara are running behind schedule as the actual work of planning for more than 24,000 units to be built before 2023 has proved much more difficult than anticipated.

At this point, the Housing Element should be adopted and sent to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for final review, but so far only the City of Goleta is on track to meet the state’s deadline.

While Goleta adopted its 2023-2031 Housing Element in January, the City of Santa Barbara is still addressing changes requested from the state following a three-month review on its first draft, and the county is still at least a month away from sending its first draft to the state for review. At this rate, both are expected to be without a certified Housing Element at least until late summer or early fall.

SOUTH COUNTY CONUNDRUM

The county recently released its plan to provide for a statemandated 5,664 housing units in unincorporated areas of the county over the next eight years, opening a 30-day public review period to receive feedback from the community before submitting the plan to the state for its own 90-day review.

On Tuesday, County Planning & Development Director Lisa Plowman presented the draft to the Board of Supervisors, where it became evident that pressure from the state to meet these production quotas in such a short time span is putting a strain on planners, local leaders, and county residents who are stuck in a conflict over where exactly to put these thousands of units and how to ensure that this housing is made available for those who need it most.

On one hand, the planning department is facing the daunting task of proving to HCD not only that the county could account for those units on paper with one big chunk of housing in North County, as it had done in the five previous housing element cycles, but that those sites were actually viable and located in the areas where the county’s workforce was concentrated.

After years of local governments listing “paper sites” with no intention of actually redeveloping the sites included, the state upped its level of scrutiny, forcing Santa Barbara to account for 4,142 of those units in South County.

That led to the county’s plan including the rezoning of a number of agricultural and commercial sites such as San Marcos Growers, Magnolia Shopping Center, and Glen Annie Golf Club to account for thousands of future units on the South Coast.

During a lengthy public comment session at Tuesday’s meeting, regional housing advocates, first responders, educators, and local leaders from Santa Barbara and Goleta chimed in about the county’s plan. Several employees of the school district echoed arguments made in an open letter released earlier this week, pleading that the board tackle the housing climate that is pushing out some of the area’s most important workers.

Others encouraged more protections and assurances for the county’s lower-income renters, who are being displaced with rising housing costs. Nadia Lee Abushanab of the Santa Barbara County Action Network spoke about the need for a dedicated funding stream similar to the ones included in the city’s plan and asked that if agricultural lands were to be rezoned, those units would be guaranteed for those “that actually live and work in the county.”

“It won’t do the community any good if this land is converted and turned into luxury units, second homes, or vacation rentals,” she said.

Several members of the Goleta city government also spoke, questioning the county’s switch from its previous stance of preserving agricultural land at all costs. Goleta Councilmember Stuart Kasdin said it appeared the county was “much more cautious in thinking of what the state will think and not what their priorities are,” adding that it should “set aside its strategy that relies on agricultural” rezones for a “more balanced” approach.

Later, the board would shoot down Supervisor Laura Capps’s suggestion that the document include language that the county explicitly rezone agricultural sites as a last resort, with planning staff suggesting that the inclusion of that language would make it appear to HCD that the county did not intend on actually following through with rezones at all.

Supervisor Joan Hartmann said during the meeting that the state’s strict requirements on this year’s Housing Element do not adequately take into account all the specific factors that each county is facing in its housing needs.

“I think some of these issues need to be understood better by the state and called out,” Hartmann said. “We want housing; we want housing for our workforce; we want to address the jobs-housing balance and what that does to people. But we’ve got some obstacles that even if we do everything they tell us to do, we’re not gonna accomplish that goal.”

She also addressed the number of comments that suggested the county disregard the state’s requirements, sue the state as some other jurisdictions have explored, or ask for a deadline extension from the state to have more time to work with the community.

But when she consulted with lobbyists about the idea, she was told that the governor has no authority to extend the deadline by executive order and that the state legislature has “absolutely no appetite” for extending the deadline as the state had done in previous years.

Supervisor Capps urged planners to focus on the jobshousing balance, saying the “main focus” for her was “people to be able to live where they work.” She said at least a third of county employees don’t live in the county, 20 percent of Santa Barbara Unified School District employees live outside the district, and half of the city’s employees live outside of city limits.

One way, she suggested, would be to include more county properties in the county’s plan.

“I believe we should set an example,” she said. “Be a little more aggressive about our own properties.”

She also brought up the concern echoed during public comment over the bulk of the county’s planned rezones more than 4,200 potential units being located in the Goleta Valley, while other areas were “inexplicably” left out. “It’s not clear to me that everywhere’s giving a little.”

Supervisor Das Williams addressed criticism that areas of his district in Montecito were among the wealthy regions without any planned rezones, saying that he went to the point of “calling every property owner” he could get hold of in the area, but that many property owners were not willing to build multi-unit housing.

The supervisors agreed on several additions to the plan, including directions to include a study for long-term revenue streams to support affordable housing through second-home, vacancy, and “mansion”-transfer taxes on luxury homes. Other directions included incentives for developers building rental housing, a focus on creating housing for the county’s workers, and planning for a biannual report to check in on the county’s progress with meeting its housing production goals.

CITY TOLD TO ‘SHOW YOUR WORK’

For the city’s Housing Element, which requires 8,001 units to be built in Santa Barbara over the next eight years, the Community Development Department is facing the same pressure to meet the state’s one-size-fits-all guidelines but an entirely different beast when it comes to available properties.

Where the county’s plan has a number of big projects with hundreds of units, the city is already “built up with a lot of developments,” said Community Development Director Eli Isaacson, so its plan is pieced together with a patchwork of more than 400 sites within city limits, with no rezones needed to meet the state’s quota.

“At the city level, it’s not always easy,” he said.

The department is also facing similar staff shortages as the county, and for the most part, Isaacson said, the heavy lifting has fallen on planners Dan Gullett and Rosemary Dyste.

The city turned in its first draft in August 2022, and the state took every bit of its three-month review period before returning with more than 12 pages of comments and changes requested in the document in November.

Now, Dyste and Gullett are tackling the task of addressing each one of the comments, which require much more detail and proof of site viability than in previous cycles.

“They basically asked to ‘show your work,’ over and over again,” Dyste said.

In the last cycle, the city planned for more than 4,000 units. To this date, only about half have been built, and more concerning, the majority of the units that were built were above moderate or market rate. This time around, the state is requiring 8,001 units, of which 3,527 must be affordable for “very low-income” and “low-income” residents.

After revising its draft, the city will return to the city’s Planning Commission and the City Council for comments and will likely adopt its Housing Element plan in late summer. The county is expected to turn in its first draft in March and will likely be without an adopted housing element until the fall.

Opinions

BANG BANG: Nothing says “I love you” these days quite so movingly as a bullet through the heart. Only old-fashioned Luddites like Cupid still use a bow and arrow to get their point across.

Getting this year’s Valentine’s Day off with a real bang was Cory T. Wilson, a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas. Wilson ruled that federal laws barring individuals with a history of domestic violence from purchasing and possessing firearms were not constitutional. Even wife-beaters, he concluded, have the right to bear arms in the interest of maintaining “a well-regulated militia.”

The facts of the case are striking. On February 5, 2020, a Texas State Court had issued a restraining order against one Zackey Rahimi after his ex-girlfriend complained he’d assaulted her and had been stalking, lurking, and otherwise intimidating her and the former couple’s child. As part of this court order, Rahimi was banned outright from owning or possessing a firearm.

Rahimi, it turns out, paid that court order a whole lot of never no mind. Between December 2020 and January 2021, Rahimi fired multiple gunshots into the residence of a customer to whom he’d just sold narcotics. The next day, Rahimi was involved in a car accident. He responded by getting out of the car, firing at the other driver, fleeing, coming back in another car, and firing some more. Later that month, the intemperate Rahimi popped off a few rounds “at a constable’s car.” And lastly, when a friend’s

Corgi & Bess

credit card had been declined at the Whataburger restaurant, he fired multiple shots in the air.

When cops finally tracked Rahimi down for the shootings, they found he owned a rifle and a pistol despite the court order expressly prohibiting him from doing so. Accordingly, a federal grand jury filed criminal charges against Rahimi for illegally possessing the firearms.

Spoiler alert: Judge Wilson and the other two judges sitting on his panel ruled that the Second Amendment allows even people with records like Rahimi’s untrammeled Second Amendment rights. Accordingly, charges against Rahimi were dropped

More astonishing than the verdict itself was Wilson and the panel’s legal reasoning. They relied on a ruling written last summer by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas known as the Bruen decision dramatically limiting the government authority on restricting who gets concealed-weapons permits. In a nutshell, Justice Thomas ruled that if there was nothing on the books at the time the constitution was written that could be seen as analogous to any contemporary restrictions on gun access, those contemporary restrictions were out the window.

About 70 women a month are killed by intimate partners with firearms. One million American women still walking the earth have been shot, fired at, or threatened with a gun; the immediate consequences of this approach beggars imagination.

In the spirit of toxic love, it’s worth noting that both of the two Saint Valentines had their heads chopped off by respective Roman emperors. The 3rd-century Valentine was decapitated because he was marrying soldiers against the express wishes of the Emperor Claudius. The more recent Valentine had his head chopped off for restoring sight to a young woman who’d been stricken blind. Such an ostentatious display of miracles, it was feared, would undermine Roman gods while giving the new Christian missionaries a leg up.

The Fifth Circuit ruling which for the time being applies only in Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana is right up there with Claudius. It takes the Bruen decision bad enough on its own into unimaginable waters. Thomas found that the benefits of the Second Amendment could not be denied to “responsible and law-abiding citizens.” Rahimi, by his conduct, is clearly not either of those, and Judge Wilson readily acknowledged that. But to strip Rahimi of his broadly construed Second Amendment rights, Wilson argued, constituted the first step of a very slippery slope

“Could speeders be stripped of their right to keep and bear arms?” he asked. “Political non-conformists? People who do not recycle or drive an electric vehicle? One easily gets the point.”

Yes, Judge Wilson has totally lost touch with reality. With 40 mass shootings in the first three weeks of the new year and no indication the pace is slacking, we can all get used to not

knowing for whom the flags are flying halfmast. VI Lenin used to chortle that members of the capitalist class could be counted on to sell the very rope with which they would eventually be hanged. I’d say we’ve taken it one step further.

As long as the Supreme Court insists that access to guns will be determined by historians, we all might need to invest in bulletproof vests. The historical record is inherently subjective. For example, Judge Wilson discovered that in three of the 13 original colonies, rules existed that limited the right to bear arms for people deemed a potential threat. But just three, he concluded, was not enough. The historical record lies always in the eye of the beholder.

There’s reason to think the Rahimi ruling will be overruled, but Bruen could be used to invalidate the Red-Flag emergency gun restraining order law that Congressmember Salud Cabajal got successfully inserted into last year’s federal gun-control package. This allows authorities to seize weapons held by people a court has ruled are potentially unstable. In the past three years, 102 guns have been judicially removed from 44 people determined to be volatile within Santa Barbara city limits. The federal law sets aside $750 million to cover the costs of state and local implementation. To date, California which already has such a law has received $29 million.

In the meantime, does that Glock make your ass look fat?

Most definitely, it does. —Nick Welsh

Headline suggested by Sol Morrison.

Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage to the nerves often causing weakness, pain, numbness, tingling, and the most debilitating bal- ance problems.

This damage is commonly caused by a lack of blood flow to the nerves in the hands and feet which will cause the nerves to begin to slowly degenerate due to lack of nutrient flow.

As you can see in Figure 1, as the blood vessels that surround the nerves become diseased they shrivel up which causes the nerves to not receive the nutrients to continue to survive.

When these nerves begin to “die” they cause you to have balance problems, pain, numb- ness, tingling, burning, and many additional symptoms.

There is a facility right here in Santa Barbara that offers you hope without taking those endless drugs with serious side effects. (see the special neuropathy severity examination at the end of this article)

In order to effectively treat your neuropathy three factors must be determined:

· What’s the underlying cause?

· How Much Nerve Damage Has Been Sustained

· How much treatment will your condition require

The treatment that is provided at SB Regenerative Health has three main goals:

1. Increase blood flow

2. Stimulate small fiber nerves

3. Decrease brain-based pain

The amount of treatment needed to allow the nerves to fully recover varies from person to person and can only be determined after a detailed neurological and vascular evaluation.

We can objectively measure the severity of deficit in both small and large nerve fibers prior to start of care.

Charles Sciutto Lac along with NP Kristen Nelson at Santa Barbara Regenerative Health Clinic, will do a neuropathy severity consultation to review peripheral neuropathy history, symptoms and discuss plan of treatment. This consultation will be free of charge and will help determine if our therapy protocol may be a good fit for your needs.

Santa Barbara Regenerative Health Clinic will be offering this neuropathy severity consultation free of charge from now until February 28, 2023.

Climate Change and Flooding

Since January, the residents of Los Alamos have alerted the Board of Supervisors that the development project by Legacy Homes in Los Alamos is located in a designated FEMA floodplain (2006) and adjacent to the steep slopes of the Purisima Hills. As described in the Los Alamos Community Plan EIR (2011): “the low soil permeability and steep slopes (45-50 percent) of the surrounding hills combine to promote very rapid flash-flood type flooding conditions within the canyons and at the mouths of canyons where they discharge into the Los Alamos Valley.”

As a Disadvantaged Unincorporated Community in Santa Barbara County, Los Alamos cannot come close to raising $6 million in private donations from its residents, as Montecito residents have, to fill a gap in county budget shortfalls for mudflow mitigation measures.

County officials must ensure public safety. The first step is to pause this project and request a subsequent environmental impact report. Proceeding with the Legacy Homes/Village Square project as-is would be a repeat of past mistakes by county officials, resulting in devastating consequences.

Will the 2023 Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors heed the warning of their constituents in Los Alamos? —K. Flores, Los Alamos

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While the 2011 Los Alamos Community Plan

EIR did discuss climate change, it was only in connection with our understanding of “greenhouse gases” and not in reference to the increased risk of flooding and mudslides. Additionally, and most importantly, the EIR made no mention of the risk of “atmospheric rivers” causing increased danger.

As climate expert Katerina Gonzales points out in Scientific American, “Atmospheric rivers are becoming more intense with climate change because they’re holding more moisture. We have to make huge investments in green infrastructure, which uses nature to absorb runoff — such as floodplains, parks, and rain gardens. Our infrastructure was built for a 20th-century climate that no longer exists. More intense days are coming, and these storms are just a preview.”

This could not have been known at the time of the original development EIR in 2005, or 2011.

The Board of Supervisors must require Legacy Estates to conduct a subsequent EIR to study this

issue and come up with ways to mitigate its impact.

Preserve the Modoc Preserve

Like the cyclist who wrote of a bike collision on Modoc Road, I am a longtime bicyclist. And like Martin Robertson, I have ridden Modoc Road thousands of times.

I have always felt safer on that sloping stretch of Modoc than on most other roads, because the bike lane there is quite generously wide. Unfortunately, drivers aren’t always paying attention, but this can happen at a thousand intersections across the city. Modoc is not a notably treacherous route — its collision rate does not rank highly.

Dedicated bike paths are nice, but paving one through a nature preserve at the cost of many trees and the quietude the land now provides is not worth it. And that is what the proposed Modoc Multi-Use Path will do. The Modoc Preserve is meant to be a respite from the hectic urban world, and a refuge for nature. Having a paved path with e-bikes zipping by at 25+ mph (and trust me, that is what you’ll get) is not conducive to that respite — for either people or wildlife. Nor is it sensible to mow down a scenic row of veteran Canary Island palms in an effort to merely skirt the preserve and widen the already wide bike lane that exists. The status quo is fully adequate.

We don’t need to wreck a naturally beautiful area to complete some “Grand Plan.” The Modoc Multi-Use Path through the Modoc Preserve is an expensive solution in search of a problem. Save the money, and save the trees. —Deane Plaister, S.B.

For the Record

¶ We correct the number of the Senate bill that made major changes to the incompetent-to-standtrial baseline and penalty noted in last week’s news section; it is SB 184.

¶ The Calendar information last week for the Jesse Colin Young show on February 29 should have titled it “The Highway Troubadour Tour.”

Anne was born during the Depression and grew up in Los Angeles with her parents and two siblings. This was the beginning of her simple, but hard-working life. During high school, she had to work for another family that didn’t allow her to start her homework until after 11 PM. Despite this hardship, she was able to do well enough in high school to get a scholarship to UCLA, earning her Bachelor’s in Education. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. One of her jobs at UCLA, which she always laughed about, was “helping” UCLA’s star Basketball player get through his coursework. Sadly, around that time, she lost her brother in a plane crash but in typical Anne fashion, she put her head down and got back to work.

After graduation, Anne met the love of her life, John “Jack” Phreaner. They decided teaching was going to be their profession. They married in 1954 and soon after moved to Santa Barbara where they raised their 3 children. Anne taught for decades at Adams Elementary, primarily 1st grade, while Jack taught English for decades at SMHS. Anne was the first grade teacher for 3 of her 7 grandchildren. Students and their parents will remember her gentle, kind, and encouraging ways.

Anne loved Adams so much that she continued to volunteer daily in TK and Kindergarten until age 90. She loved to stay busy and useful even in her 90s, weeding her children’s yards, walking daily around the block, and ironing shirts until weeks before she passed.

Anne was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, John “Jack” Phreaner, parents Kathryn and Raymond Stahmann, brother Paul, and sister Jane. She is survived by son John (Carolyn), daughter Julie (David), and son David (Christi); 7 grandchildren Erik, Marc, Nicholas (Alex), Michelle (Mike), Jason, Jenna, and Jack; and 1 great-grandchild, Zoe. We will remember our beloved matriarch with her sweet smile, strong work ethic, and gentle disposition.

If so desired, donations can be made in her honor to Adams School PTA.

Service will be held at Father Serra Cross in Ventura, CA on Friday, March 10 beginning at 12:30 p.m. A Zoom option is also available for those unable to attend in person. Friends, neighbors, family and colleagues are encouraged to RSVP for in person or Zoom at https://everloved.com/life-of/lauri-flack/ .

her maternal grandparents Anton O. and Elvira Petersen, her paternal grandparents Margarito and Maria Saucedo and her father Jesse David Saucedo. Lydia is survived by Steven Hobbs, her husband and partner of 32 years, her daughter Phoenix Lawhon Isler, stepchildren Rebecca, Chris and Andrew Hobbs, her mother Marie (Petersen) Lord, sister Lorraine (Saucedo) Brown, brothers Anton Saucedo and Jesse Saucedo, and their spouses, her granddaughter Tasmyn, her niece and nephew and more relatives in Santa Barbara.

Lydia was a light in the world and is deeply missed. A celebration of life event will be held at a future date in Mount Shasta, CA.

Jacob Compton

1/27/1996 - 12/22/2022

at Emanual Lutheran Church, 3721 Modoc Rd. Santa Barbara, Ca. 93105 on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 11:00am.

Elaine Silverman-Cohen 2/2/1960 - 10/4/2022

Elizabeth (Beth) Acri Clowers 2/3/1952 – 2/2/2023

Lydia Diane Hobbs [nee

passed unexpectedly from a heart attack on October 31st, 2022 at the age of 67, in her home in Mount Shasta, CA.

Lydia was born on November 24th, 1954 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara to Jesse and Marie Saucedo. She grew up with her younger siblings Lorraine, Anton, and Jesse. As a child, Lydia loved spending time with her grandparents and to visit the Museum of Natural History and the beach. She was a bookworm and showed creative talent from a young age, sewing her own clothes at age 12.

After graduating from Santa Barbara High School, Lydia attended California College of Arts and Crafts to study Fine Arts. While living in the Bay Area, Lydia met Terry Lawhon, married him and had a daughter, Phoenix, in 1979. They separated in the early 80s, but decided to co-parent Phoenix together in Santa Barbara and remained lifelong friends.

In the late 1980s, Lydia joined a spiritual and meditation group. She attended their retreats in Mount Shasta, and met the love of her life, Steven Hobbs. Steven made her laugh and understood her in a way no one else did and their love was inspirational.

In Mt. Shasta, Lydia served on the board of the Mt. Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center for more than 20 years. She worked in retail and marketing and in 2012, she and her best friend Berry Deal became the co-owners of the gift and women’s clothing store Directions.

Also in 2012, Lydia became a grandmother to Tasmyn. She adored Tas and spent many hours with her doing art, baking, gardening, and just being silly together.

Lydia is preceded in death by

It is with the heaviest of hearts that we must share that our dear Jacob Compton, beloved son, brother, cousin, nephew, grandson, and true friend to all passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at the age of 26. Jake was born on January 27, 1996, to Joseph and Lisa Compton. He was the first born son, …. https://obituaries.neptunesociety. com/obituaries/santa-barbara-ca/ jacob-compton-11084556

Gerald Bernard Richards, Jr.

5/6/1984 - 1/6/2023

Elaine Silverman- Cohen passed suddenly on October 4, 2022.

As a 40 year resident of Santa Barbara, she graduated from UCSB and went on to become a well respected paralegal working for family law firms. She was well respected in the legal arena, and worked long hours to make a difference to those who counted on her.

Elaine was the foundation in her immediate family and did everything.

She not only worked but she also volunteered for years at her son Seth’s elementary school, Monte Vista . She was known as the crossing guard and room teacher for many years. Everyone who encountered her help was amazed at her work ethic and funny sense of humor.

Elaine was born Feb 2, 1960 into a big loving Jewish home in Reseda, Ca.

She spent her formative years, with brothers Lynn and Jay by her side .

If you ever tasted her cooking you were blessed. She was hands down the best scratch chef I knew. Always lending a hand in the kitchen.  Never fear Elaine’s here at a house bbque or Passover Seder.  She was the best ! She always made it look so easy!

She enjoyed her animals , and making beautiful needlepoint.

Elaine’s son, Seth was the light of her life and nothing was more important than her giving him the life he had.

She was the consummate mother !

Jerry passed away unexpectedly and peacefully on January 6, 2023 at his mother’s side. Jerry was born on May 6, 1984 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara.

Jerry graduated from Dos Pueblos H.S. and continued his education at San Diego State and graduated from Cal State Northridge. Jerry’s career was working as a problem solver, as a Real Estate Assistant and later at Jordano’s in Goleta. There wasn’t a technical or computer problem that Jerry couldn’t handle.

Jerry was kind, funny, handsome and intelligent. He is predeceased by his Dad, Gerald B. Richards, Sr.

Jerry is survived by his Mother, Patti Richards, his three sisters, and additional familymembers and his friends who loved him dearly and will surely miss him.

Celebration of life will be held

Elaine is survived by her son Seth, husband Bill, brothers Lynn H. Silverman, Jay E . Silverman . All the nieces Cora, Clara , Isabelle, Siena, Cousins Josh , Jonathan and Jair Swartz.

Elaine was a wonderful giving selfless mother, daughter, aunt, wife, sister, and friend. Actually Elaine was the older sister I never had. While you may be gone in physical body, your spirit remains in all who knew and loved you. See you on the other side my dear friend! We love and miss you.

Beth Acri Clowers passed away on February 2, 2023. Beth was born in Cedar Rapids and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. A Lincoln High cheerleader, she continued her education at the University of Iowa. She graduated from Iowa in 1974, and was a fervent Hawkeye fan forevermore.

After graduation, she moved to Santa Barbara California, then spent a year traveling throughout South America. Having learned to speak Spanish on her trip, she became a bilingual Social Worker. Later she worked for the CAC (Community Action Committee) serving free lunches, where again speaking Spanish came in a very handy. Beth also worked for the US Postal Service, and Enrico and Associates accounting firm.

She met her husband Pat Clowers in 1976 and was married in 1982. They enjoyed a wonderful life together for 40 years in a home near enough to the Santa Barbara Mission they could hear the Mission bells ring daily. They had two children together, a son Connor born in 1983 , and a daughter Laura born in 1986.

Beth was a devoted wife and mom, great cook (particularly excelling in Italian cuisine!), exercise fanatic, and a major dog fan. She was an active PTA member at Roosevelt Grade School helping to raise money to rebuild the school through the jog-a-thon for several years. She was a member of a tap dancing troupe who performed at the Lobero Theater. When she was 45 she survived a very serious ovarian cancer ordeal & frequently quipped afterwards "only the good die young". She was a fighter and "refused to go gently into that good night" as Dylan Thomas so aptly stated. Beth was an outspoken liberal who danced to the beat of her own drum. Her passion and enthusiasm enabled her to make friends easily. She had many friends and touched many lives.

Beth was proceeded in death by her mother, Mary V Amedio Acri, her father Peter F. Acri, and her daughter Laura. She is survived by her loving husband Pat, son Connor, brothers Frank (Nancy) and Joe Acri, sister Phyllis Jackson (Glenn), stepmom Rose Acri and many cousins, nieces, and nephews. RIP Beth – you will be greatly missed.

Services for Beth will take place on March 4th at 2:30 pm, Unity Church, 227 Arrellaga St, Santa Barbara CA 93101. Donations can be made to Planned Parenthood.

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Nevin Littlehale

1967-2022 Master Sculptor

The heat and molten metal splatter of sculpture-casting can be daunting, but Nevin Littlehale was not only a master of the art, but a generous one whose influence and knowledge continue to spread even now.

His former student Elizabeth Folk called Nevin an “epic legend,” with a passion for metalcasting that made him a leader in the community. “As a friend, educator, and mentor, he was incredibly generous with his time and knowledge, and his inspiration has been passed all over the world,” she said. “He taught me almost everything I know, and I’ve brought foundry to students at Cal Poly, S.L.O. The Santa Barbara casting community and so many others mourn and celebrate the life of this greathearted man. May we all strive to share our life’s passions as Nevin did.”

Nevin Littlehale passed away in Los Angeles on December 14, 2022. After living between New York and Italy for many years, Nevin settled in Santa Barbara, where he taught at Santa Barbara City College, sharing his passion for sculpting. He volunteered for The Arts Fund, worked for Santa Barbara Beautiful and the Santa Barbara Art Museum, served as a member of Santa Barbara’s Sculptor’s Guild, and produced private and public commissions.

In Santa Barbara, he improved his clay and wax sculpting, especially defining the wax-pulling techniques used in his bronze works. Nevin was deeply interested in sculpting three-dimensional forms, and his work spanned from the beautiful and sweet to the macabre. But in his teaching and mentorship, his students said he made life more meaningful.

“I have a mastery over the three-dimensional world because you were willing to teach me,” his student and later employee Ali Miarkiani wrote to Nevin. “You told me the first day you hired me, ‘All I need you to do is show up.’ And you stood by that. I can’t count the number of times I messed up, but you never once got angry. You just told me how to fix it and then patiently helped me.” Nevin had taught her how to make the world a more beautiful place, she said: “You made me a better sculptor, a better artist, a better teacher, a better person, and a better friend. I am where I am in life because of you. You’re a beautiful soul, and you’ve made beautiful objects in more ways than just art.”

Nevin’s nephew, Julian Littlehale, watched the bronze sculpting process starting at 4 years old when his “Nuncle” was working alongside Ed Inks at the SBCC foundry. In high school, with Nevin’s help in The Arts Fund’s youth mentor program, Julian produced his first sculpture, and he then worked beside Nevin until his passing. “Nevin knew a lot and saw the truth in pretty much everything,” Julian said. “Then he would get turbulent about it, and that’s where Nevin became Nevin. He taught me that the world is your medium – you’re extracting something out of a material, but you’re not creating; it’s already there; you just have to remove everything that surrounds it, taking what you need from what already exists because you can’t create anything that doesn’t already exist. More than anything, you just need to see what’s there.”

Nevin’s expertise was cherished, along with the friendships that came from the connections made through his work. Robert Adams, who started working with Nevin in 2012 while spearheading a redesign of

the plaques for the Santa Barbara Beautiful (SBB) commemorative tree plots, said, “Nevin made it happen.” He took architect Steve Howes’s illustration, redesigned it a bit to make the model for a mold, and produced the beautiful plaques still being used throughout Santa Barbara. Robert described Nevin as a “can-do, optimistic type of person,” whose knowledge of sculpting and his ability to use various CAD programs illustrated his incredible work ethic. “He was always very dedicated to this project. I think part of it, too, is that we had a good friendship, and he was always there for friends. He put in the extra effort on everything, and I’ve met just a couple people like that. I will miss him the rest of my life,” Robert stated.

Please join Nevin’s family for his Celebration of Life at Palm Park Beach House, 236 East Cabrillo Boulevard, on February 26, from 2-4 p.m. As we gather to remember Nevin as a son, brother, uncle, friend, and artist, his family will welcome anyone who wishes to say a few words in his honor. For further information, please see fb.me/e/2DhEYgFbg

To learn more about Nevin, please visit independent.com/obits/2023/01/25/nevin-odriscolllittlehale, and to see more of Nevin’s art and accomplishments, please visit nevinsart.com

Ann Lewin-Benham

12/19/1939 - 2/6/2023

ing six books published by Teachers College Press, Columbia University.

Ann Lewin-Benham was born in Bainbridge, MA, December 19th 1939, to Albert White and Florence Regina (Reggie) Levy White. Her career and passion for innovative educational models and deep compassion for our planet is a living legacy of a career that took her across the world. Following a culture filled childhood in Manhattan and upstate New York, Ann matriculated to Bryn Mawr College and graduated Cum Laude in 1960. After a stint as a welfare worker in Jacksonville, NC Ann moved to metropolitan Washington, DC where she first became a Montessori teacher and then co-founded Montessori and other experimental schools. In 1975 She stepped in as the executive director of the fledgling Capital Children’s Museum which became The National Learning Center (NLC) offering children and families from around the world immersive hands-on educational experiences. The NLC center attracted thought leaders, artists, world class educators, and cutting-edge tech companies including Chuck (Buggs Bunny) Jones, Buckminster Fuller, Steve Jobs, Atari and Seymour Papert among others. The museum was the incubator of the Model Early Learning Center (the first U.S. school to be certified by Reggio Amelia); and Options School, an intensive media-based approach for teenagers who had been incarcerated, dropped out, or been expelled from public schools. Options, still serving DC youth, created a path of safety, accomplishment and success for teens who had the bleakest futures. The museum served the richest and poorest in Washington, DC including a volunteer program that was an after school safe-haven for local teens. As an innovative and multicultural center, the NLC was a must see stop for visiting first ladies that included the unprecedented joint visit of Jehan Sadat and Aliza Begin. After 20 years of innovation and fund raising, Ann fell in love and followed Robert Benham to Memphis, TN. There she assumed the role Executive Director of Leadership Memphis for two years and helped fund raise and run the successful campaigns for soon to be Judge Robert Benham. With an ongoing passion for innovation in early childhood education, Ann embarked on a writing career yield-

Robert and Ann moved to Santa Barbara, CA in 2013, Ann continued to publish, most recently a second Edition of Infants and Toddlers at Work and a children’s poetry book, Parsley (2022). Ann was a gardener, poet, mentor, role model and an unconditionally loving parent and grandmother. Ann left us on February 6th 2023, survived by her husband, Judge Robert Benham, a son, Dr. Daniel Lewin, grandson, M. Shepard Lewin, sister Victoria Cruickshank and nieces and nephews, Michael, Alex, P.T., Kellie, Bertie and Zed.

could finish his law degree at Hastings Law School. Upon Jerry passing the bar exam, the family moved to Santa Barbara where Claire and Jerry would raise their family which would grow to include Jay and Julia. While raising the children Claire was active in her community, particularly the Junior League where she would help organize fund drives as well as perform in the campy Junior League follies at the Lobero theater, raising money to benefit the community – the plays really brought out Claire’s inner actress!

With her children now in their teens, Claire became a top real estate agent for Pitts & Bachman realtors in Montecito. For nearly 30 years, Claire helped hundreds of clients, including many cultural icons, navigate the often treacherous waters of real estate negotiations before her retirement in 2005.

in the air – it was a special place for her to share with them, to teach them an appreciation of nature and beauty – it even had a secret door to enhance the mystery! There was always a bluebird to feed, or a flower to plant, a weed to pull or a game to be played.

Later in life, Claire and Jerry found time to travel the world. Together, and with friends, they often traveled on tours sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, visiting and revisiting India, Africa, many European countries, Japan and even Cuba on a special visa, bringing supplies to Cuban artists.

spent over the mountains fishing and swimming in the river, then camping with friends at Upper Oso Campground. The family enjoyed memorable vacations to Carmel, Catalina, and Yosemite and best of all, many weeks during the summer, camping at El Capitan State Beach.

It is with heavy hearts and with the joy of a lifetime of memories that we announce the passing of Claire Louise Parent, who died peacefully on January 26th, 2023, at Casa Dorinda in Santa Barbara, California.

Claire was born on April 22, 1933, the third of four children to Frank and Mae Smith in San Mateo, California, a few miles south of San Francisco.

Claire graduated from Mercy High School in Burlingame before enrolling at U.C. Santa Barbara.

Claire was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and graduated in 1955 with a degree in speech therapy. While in college, Claire was set up on a blind date with Jerry Parent, a Santa Barbara resident and UCLA student, and, ultimately, the love of her life.

Claire and Jerry married in 1955 and soon after moved to Oahu, Hawaii, so Jerry could finish his active duty in the Army. They lived at Schofield barracks, the army base made famous a few years earlier when the movie From Here To Eternity was filmed on site. It was there that Claire and Jerry welcomed their daughter, Colleen, into the world.

After Jerry completed his service, the young Parent family moved to San Francisco so Jerry

In 1979, Claire found her dream house; a Carlton Winslow designed spanish/mediterranean home on the Upper East side of Santa Barbara. It was here that for the next 40 years Claire would entertain friends and celebrate family with countless cocktail and dinner parties, receptions, showers and birthday parties. Every Christmas would be enhanced by a sublimely decorated tree, with every gift underneath exquisitely wrapped. Every child’s or grandchild’s birthday or achievement was a special occasion and was cause for a celebratory dinner. And, of course, Sunday night family dinner, a 40 year tradition – and, while not obligatory, you showed up if you could.

Over the years, the Santa Barbara street home would become a dynamic canvas for Claire’s artistic energy. As Claire’s sense of aesthetics evolved, the house and gardens would transform to meet her vision. There was hardly a space, inside or out , that didn’t have Claire’s imprimatur. The home and garden was a neighborhood treasure and often was the inspiration of artists and photographers. Claire’s eclectic appreciation of art was evident throughout the house where one could find abstract expressionism in the same room as local artists’ landscapes, sculptures, funky ceramic figurines and folk art. For every occasion, or no occasion, Claire would have decorative flower arrangements throughout the home, fashioned from materials culled from her own garden, including simple, yet elegant, ikebana creations.

Claire loved her garden and wasn’t afraid of getting her hands dirty. And she loved, more than most things, entertaining her grandchildren there. For the grandchildren, the garden had a fairytale quality, with odd sculptures and figurines nestled throughout, the aroma of blossoming gardenia, jasmine, lavender and plumeria often

Claire will be remembered by her many friends and family as a woman of great poise, humor, beauty, style and grace. She was a singular force in the lives of all whom she touched, the go-to matriarch if you had to share sorrows or joys. A ubiquitous presence in her children’s and grandchildren’s lives. The love of Jerry’s life, his partner, his best friend, his fellow adventurer on this grand stage. She was unique in how deeply she loved, and how deeply she was loved. We will miss her.

Claire is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Cy, and her sisters Marge & Betty. She is survived by her husband Jerry, her children, Colleen, Julia and Jay, son in laws Will and Stephen, her grandchildren, Nicole, Ryan, Noah and James, Nicole’s husband Rachon, Ryan’s wife Lyndsay, and her four great granddaughters, Cecily(CeCe), Avery, Salina(Lina) and Charlotte Claire.There will be a celebration of Claire’s life on Saturday, March 4th, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Valley Club of Montecito, 1901 Valley Club Rd, Montecito, Ca, 93108.

Laurie Herziger

6/5/1961 - 11/15/2022

Laurie attended Jefferson and Cleveland Elementary Schools, Santa Barbara Junior High and Santa Barbara High School. She was manager of Piccadilly Gold in Piccadilly Square, then went on to Santa Barbara Business College which began her accounting career at Forms & Surfaces, then Cutter Motors, and for the last 17 years, at CMC Rescue. With her great humor and enthusiasm, she formed many enduring friendships along the way. Laurie was creative and artistic and is known to many in Santa Barbara as owner of Sea Garden Jewelry. Her beautiful shell, coral and natural stone creations were a mainstay of the Harbor Festival, where you could find her each year in the very first booth.

She always had a myriad of pets. It was quite a zoo: dogs, cats, ducks, a hen, iguanas, rabbits, birds and fish. All of which were lucky enough to live in her lush garden. Laurie was an amazing gardener and her yard was a secret refuge of tropical plants such as orchids, hibiscus, ginger and gardenias. It was a wonderful getaway where she famously hosted ‘happy hour’ festivities.

Always ready for a new adventure, she traveled to Jamaica and Puerto Vallarta, but most often you could find Laurie and friends in Hawaii, preferably ‘bobbling’ in the warm water of Waikiki. After a hard day of snorkeling, hiking, exploring, and shopping, it was off to the Royal Hawaiian for mai tais and to watch an awesome sunset.

Laurie passed away on November 15, 2022. She was a lifelong resident of Santa Barbara, born at Cottage Hospital on June 5, 1961, the youngest child of June and Lud Herziger.

The Herziger kids had a great childhood, growing up on Mountain Drive when it was still considered to be ‘out in the country’. There was never-ending fun spending countless hours catching polliwogs, frogs, and lizards. These, in turn, became pets; thus began Laurie’s lifelong love of animals.

Childhood weekends were often

Her friends and family miss her great strength and wit. She valiantly fought cancer for years without complaint. Her motto was ‘Just Do it’. Her passing has left an unimaginably empty place in the lives of all who knew her. She is survived by her mother, June Herziger, brother John Herziger(Carrie), sister Susie Roberts, nephews Sam Roberts(Keri) and Steven Roberts(Janese), niece Marie Herziger and her great-nephews and nieces, Brody Roberts, Samantha Roberts, Sunny Roberts, and Rardon Herziger. Laurie was known not as ‘great-aunt’ but as ‘terrific-aunt’.

Much gratitude to Nancy Vergara and cousin Jan (Herziger) Collins for their support and comfort. A Celebration of Life will be held this spring with great music, great food and great friends.

Donations in Laurie’s memory can be made to K-9 Pals (k-9pals. org), or Beagle Freedom Project (bfp.org).

Sara Lee.  Her restless spirit can now be at peace.

There will be a gathering to say goodbye to Peggy on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 11:00 am at the San Vicente Clubhouse, 340 Old Mill Rd. in Santa Barbara.  Please contact a family member for details or directions. Thank you Pueblo Del Rey Funeral Services for their assistance.  In lieu of flowers donations can be made to an Animal Humane Service of your choice.

Teona Tone Schley

Peggy was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 4, 1961 the youngest of 6 children born to Paul and Margaret Thompson. At four years old the family relocated to Santa Barbara and Peggy attended Peabody School Kindergarten, San Roque Elementary and Bishop Garcia Diego High School.

A happy childhood was the most memorable time of Peggy’s life.  She thoroughly enjoyed life on Puesta Del Sol in an old sprawling Bungalow house with numerous family members and guests. Never a dull moment, there were always activities of some sort going on; card and board games, friends hanging out,  vacations, and unending family gatherings, outings and visitors . Rocky Nook Park and the Natural History Museum were close by and frequented often. In High School Peggy had many friends and enjoyed cheerleading and playing on the Volley Ball Team.

From an early age Peggy’s artistic talent was apparent. She could draw anything she saw and was always working on a creative project.  Her medium went from pen & ink, pencil, acrylics and to pastels which were her favorite as well as crafts and sewing.  She was a true artist, craftsman and free spirit.

She worked as a waitress at I Hop restaurant in Santa Maria and Santa Barbara for many years and was a very skilled waitress who enjoyed her customers. The true love of her life was her dog Sara Lee.  They were inseparable up until the very end.

One of Peggy’s greatest accomplishments was living with and caring for her mother in the family home for 10 years following her father’s death in 2011.  She worked hard in the garden, cooked, cleaned and kept her mother company until her mother’s death in 2020.  The last few years of Peggy’s life were difficult due to grief and deteriorating health.  She had just found a new apartment and was to move in the day she passed away.  She died at Cottage Hospital from complications of pneumonia.

Peggy was preceded in death by her parents Paul and Margaret Thompson and older sister Cindy Doherty. She will be missed by her siblings Nancy Diaz, Randy Thompson (Lorrie), Sally Nespor  (John),  Patsy Angel and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends but above all her dog

7/1/1944 - 1/8/2022

worked for two detective agencies before founding her own agency with her second husband, Larry Gneiting.

In the early 1980s Teona published two murder mysteries, Lady on the Line and Full Cry, featuring heroine detective Kyra Keating. She began working on a sequel with her daughter in 2020. Full Cry is being republished by Polyverse Publications in 2023.

Teona had a love of horses since early childhood. She met the love of her life and future husband of 35 years, Wolcott Schley, during a foxhunt in the Santa Ynez Valley in 1982. The couple’s daughter, Jessica, was born in 1984. In 1991, they adopted their son Daniel when he was 3.5 years old.

Teona Tone Schley passed away on January 8, 2022 in Santa Barbara, California, exactly five years to the day after her beloved husband Wolcott.

Teona had a number of roles in life: mother, wife, rancher, horsewoman, librarian, teacher, newspaper editor, and magazine publisher. She was “friendly, fair, and sometimes ferocious.” Yet few who knew her in the Santa Ynez Valley had any idea that long ago in Los Angeles, Teona was also a private detective and a published murder mystery novelist.

Teona was born in Abilene, Texas to Pearl Teona Hill and Irvine Eugene Tone, both of Minnesota. She was the eldest child, followed by Richard, Sonja and Daniel. She attended high school at Augustana Academy (‘64) in Canton, South Dakota where she was an honors student. She then attended Augsburg College in Minneapolis, where she married Phillip Oliver Sidney and gave birth to their son, Kent. She went on to attend John Muir College at UC San Diego, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a BA in English in 1972. Teona became an outspoken advocate for student’s and women’s rights and published an underground student newspaper that promoted libertarianism. A lifelong love of journalism and the critical role of the fourth estate in American culture sprung from there…

Teona earned a Ph.D. in English and Art History at UCLA in 1977. She continued publishing her underground newspaper, organized guest lectures with Tibor Machan and Ayn Rand, and spoke on discussion panels with other activists. She was awarded the UCLA Graduate Woman of the Year Award for her department in 1977. While teaching English at UCLA and UCSB, Teona wrote multiple manuscripts, play treatments, short stories, and children’s stories. She

In 1989, Wolcott and Teona joined the staff of the Los Padres Sun Newspaper, and later became its joint editors-in-chief. They ran the newspaper together until 1996, when they took over publication of the popular Santa Ynez Valley Guest magazine, which they published together for 20 more years.. They shared a deep love of the written word, as well as the Santa Ynez Valley. Publishing their local magazine was a passion, and fostered many personal connections throughout the area; yet, their newspaper days were what they considered the highlight of their life. The free exchange of ideas, the critical importance of open public discourse, and the role of the fourth estate in maintaining accountability and transparency of local government, burned deep within both of them. They cared passionately about the importance of independent local newspapers.

Teona loved to host visitors at the family ranch, serving fresh lemonade from the Meyer lemon tree, touring people through the barn to meet the horses, guiding them on trail rides, and inviting them along in the ranch truck to feed the cows. One of Teona’s favorite things was a family ride into the sunset.

Teona is survived by her eldest son Kent Sidney (father of Meiya Sidney), her daughter Jessica Schley, and her son Daniel Schley (father of Oliver Wolcott Schley), as well as by her own three siblings – Richard, Sonja and Daniel Tone, and their children.

Of all that she did in her life, Teona loved to say that her three beloved children were her greatest accomplishment, and that Wolcott was the great love of her life.

Patricia “Patty” Anne Marek passed away peacefully on December 8, 2022, after a long battle with a very rare adrenal cancer. Patty was born in Santa Barbara on August 1, 1946 to the late Ruben and Hope Ponce. She grew up on the Eastside, starting school at Franklin Elementary. When Ruben bought a new house near Modoc and Las Positas, she attended Adams Elementary, La Cumbre Jr. High, and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1964. At SBHS, she met her future husband, and many lifelong friendships were created. These high school girlfriends and their husbands remained close friends and supporters throughout Patty’s entire life. When gathered together, laughs and hugs were abundant, parades and parties became memorable events. She truly valued these longtime friends and the love and support they shared over the years.

Patty married her high school sweetheart Jack Rogers, and they were blessed with two sons, Mark and Greg. She and Jack raised their boys with love, plenty of sports, and family vacations where camping, boating, hunting, and lots of fishing made for cherished family memories. Both boys excelled in multiple sports in high school, and Carpinteria proved a wonderful environment to make new friends and raise their family. Patty loved her boys so much, and her daughters-in-law, Rebecca and Angela, she adored and loved as her own. Five Rogers grandkids meant sharing their births and graduations, and as many adventures as possible in between. Patty dearly loved her grandchildren and had a special bond with each one.

With her boys all grown, and retirement still a few years away, Patty met Greg Marek, and in 1998 they were married. Traveling north or south regularly to be with grandchildren, or meeting for fishing and 4th of July parades in Mammoth, Patty and Greg were blessed with an abundance of unforgettable weekends and vacations with family. When she started facing serious health challenges, Greg’s unconditional love and support never waivered. When caregiving and hospitalizations became increasingly difficult for both Patty and Greg, they always felt fortunate to be in love, retired, and able to spend every day together. Patty’s family cannot thank Greg enough for the exceptional care and love he gave her in this second half of her life.

Patty lived most of her life in Santa Barbara and Carpinteria, where she enjoyed working at Sambo’s corporate office in the 80’s, and retired from UCSB after a 21 year career. She loved being around family and friends, walking on the beach with her dog Cid, golfing with her girlfriends, weaving at the Wake Center, sewing, quilting, knitting, crafting, and making jewelry. You could say there wasn’t a crafting project she didn’t like, or want to try. Patty also enjoyed hours spent researching the history of the Ponce, Navarro, and Rogers’ families.

Patty always had a listening ear and a kind, encouraging word for all. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Life will be different without you, but we know you’re watching over us and listening to us up in the heavens. The memories will forever keep you in our hearts till we meet again.

Patty is survived by her husband Greg Marek; first husband Jack Rogers; sons Mark (Becky) Rogers and Greg (Angie) Rogers; granddaughters Cassie, Kylie, and Lindsey Rogers; grandsons Caden and Kyle Rogers; brother Michael Ponce; sisters Diane Spaulding and Nancy Ponce Andrade (Manuel); nephew Gary Ponce; and nieces Michelle Stransky (Kyle) and Kelly Ponce. Patty’s brother, Bob Ponce, predeceased her in 2010.

A celebration of Patty’s life will be held on Sunday, February 26th at Lions Park in Carpinteria, 6197 Casitas Pass Road from 2-6 pm. Please email an RSVP to Jack Rogers (jackwrogers44@gmail.com), Nancy Ponce (njpon@verizon.net), or Greg Marek (gmarek7@cox.net). Please bring photos and stories to share as we celebrate a very special lady.

Patty received phenomenal care from doctors and the medical staffs at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and Ridley-Tree Sansum Clinic. Many doctors over the years became friends to Patty, and their dedicated and compassionate attention to her health added years to her life. In Santa Barbara alone, there were many such doctors, but not too many to mention. Thank you for being there for one we loved so dearly; Patty’s PCP, Dr. Richard Ponce; Drs. Julie Taguchi, Mark Wilson, Gregory Cogert, Brett Gidney, David Gillon, James Dunn, and James Zmolek; Sansum Hospitalists, Drs. Summer Baird, Benjamin Diener, Jeremy Lash, Kyle Lemon, Sean McGuinness, and Jeffrey Yim; and at UCLA, Drs. Run Yu, Masha Livhits, and Michael Yeh.

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Awake When the Light Comes

A Student’s Reflection on Participating in the Point-in-Time Count

It’s difficult to rally a group of 10 high school students. Especially when the enticing proposal starts with “So, we get there at 5 a.m.” But, before dawn on Wednesday morning, January 25, my classmates and I gathered at Christ Presbyterian Church on Anacapa Street, eager to volunteer for the county’s Point-in-Time Count, the annual census of the people experiencing homelessness in Santa Barbara.

The morning became much more than a census or tally. I was blessed with three hours of sensitive conversations, brave stories, and meaningful connections. I felt closer to my classmates and my community than ever before.

But when I returned to school, I was dismayed to see this headline in the daily newspaper on my history teacher’s desk: “Unsafe on State Street: Residents Address Santa Barbara City Council About Aggressive Homeless People.”

After experiencing one of the most transformative mornings of my life, this demonizing headline seemed to discredit every heroic story of bravery and courage I now cherished.

Young people, especially those who have taken the trouble to wake up in the dark and participate in the Point-in-Time Count, or PIT, know better than to make invalid assumptions about vulnerable individuals. With all due respect to those who have had negative experiences on the streets of Santa Barbara, we are tired of the clichés and dehumanization. Here’s why.

In the dark hours of morning, light found its way into each of our interactions. Sitting on the sidewalk of East Montecito Street, I spoke with Richard, a man who’s experienced homelessness for three years. Our conversation, although initially tentative, made me glad I crossed the train tracks to meet Richard.

As we finished up the survey, Richard asked if we had a flashlight. We scrambled through our supply bags to no avail, but one student, Natalie, searched her pack and offered Richard her own flashlight. His response, a thoughtful “Thank you, Natalie,” moved her. Hearing her name and recognizing Richard’s depth of gratitude reminded her of the humanity behind the work we were doing.

On that dark Wednesday morning, Richard found his light by simply asking. And that morning, Natalie and I did the same. By simply asking Richard about his life, we saw his light, graciousness, and benevolence. For all of us, taking the time to ask questions illuminated the early morning.

As a society, we love our idioms. I think “home is where the heart is” is ingrained in our vocabulary upon entering the world. Yet how can we claim that home follows the heart, when we are so quick to label someone as homeless?

On Wednesday, I met a man, whom I’ll call Biker, who challenged this very viewpoint. As we conducted the survey, Biker got continually frustrated at the questions’ repetition of the term “homeless.” He gestured to the tarp behind him, explaining, “This is my home. It just happens to be on the streets.” And he’s right. Biker has found home in the most difficult situation. He’s forged friendships and found identity on the streets — a courageous feat.

Biker reminded me that the term “homeless people” doesn’t allow for stories like Biker’s to shine through. It makes a temporary state of living inseparable from someone’s identity. It also inadvertently associates negative stereotypes with the human attached to the phrase.

Biker nudged our group toward asking better questions in the future, questions that show more respect: How did you choose the spot you slept last night? What would make it better? What would you like best?

Let’s stick to our idiom, allowing home to be where the heart is. In eliminating labels from our conversations, we’ll be able to truly hear the stories and individual needs of our community members, ensuring that our work remains people-oriented.

On Wednesday, two members from my group conducted a survey through a tent. The students were able to hear the individual’s life story — the physical disconnect held no bearing on the vitality of the conversation. At the end of the survey, the man, Chris, opened his tent to thank the two students, wearing a smile that spoke a thousand words.

The priceless connection reminded me of the necessity of conversation. The students couldn’t see him, but they could hear Chris’s story. Once he felt heard, he could allow himself to be seen.

Chris’s need for a physical barrier illuminated the concept of shelters, like “homeless encampments.” Maybe these shelters shouldn’t be seen as dangerous for those who live in them or encounter them, but tools for individuals needing to shelter themselves from the harsh judgements and assumptions that people make about them upon first glance.

I feel blessed to have been able to connect with my community and set many individuals up with outreach workers and resources. I’ll never forget the stories I heard — stories of fatherhood, perseverance, passion. The benevolence I found in conversations with vulnerable community members reminds me of the humanity behind villainizing headlines.

I hope that we all take time to listen, to care, and to love. We won’t adequately support our Santa Barbara community until we fully understand it. Everyone has a story; you just have to listen.

Santa Barbara Wedding Resource Guide, 2023

Trends Unique to S.B., Love the Second Time Around, a Father’s Wedding Gift of Music, and Navigating the S.B. County Courthouse

It’s no secret that the Santa Barbara region is one of the most popular spots to tie the knot. Our area has a wide range of offerings for any size budget or guest list, from simple to extravagant, from the beach to historic landmarks, and more. Planning is key, but don’t forget the most important aspect: You are promising to be someone’s person, to love and adore through all that life has to throw at you so take a breath and start with the love.

In the following pages, Shannon Brooks will give you insight about trends such as elopements, multiday events, and more, as well as statistics that will help you plan the best time of year for your event as well as how many forecasted weddings are planned in our region. Leslie Dinaberg will share a sweet love story about Greg Moss and Hilary Rack Chapman, who knew each other 30 years ago, married other people, and ended up finding each other and love again the second time around. Callie Fausey will explore Joe Woodard’s wedding gift of composing an album for his daughter’s big day, and I have gathered the howtos of getting a license and having a ceremony at the beautiful S.B. County Courthouse

In addition to the stories, this year’s issue will include information about venues, caterers, officiants, musicians, and more! We hope our 2023 Wedding Resource Guide inspires you to create your perfect day. Thank you for letting the S.B. Independent be a part of your love story.

Venues

Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden

Arbor: Capacity 150.

Grass: Capacity 60. Santa Barbara, Garden, and Arrellaga sts. (805) 564-5418.

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Bungalow 626

Capacity 10-50. (805) 637-4581. events@creativeservicescatering.com. creativeservicescatering.com

Cabrillo Pavilion

Seated: Capacity 215. 1118 E. Cabrillo Blvd. (805) 564-5418. CabrilloPavilion.SantaBarbaraCA.gov

Carousel House

Seated: Capacity 180.

Cocktail style: Capacity 240. 223 E. Cabrillo Blvd. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CarouselHouse

Carr Winery S.B. Barrel Room & Patio

Seated: Capacity 50.

Standing: Capacity 200. 414 N. Salsipuedes St. (805) 965-7985.

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Carr Winery Santa Ynez Warehouse Tasting Room

Seated: Capacity 50. Standing: Capacity 100. 3563 Numancia St., #101, Santa Ynez. (805) 688-5757. info@carrwinery.com. carrwinery.com

Carrillo Ballroom

Seated: Capacity 300.

Cocktail style: Capacity 400. 100 E. Carrillo St. (805) 897-2519. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CarrilloBallroom

Casa Las Palmas

Seated: Capacity 65. Cocktail style: Capacity 75. 323 E. Cabrillo Blvd. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CasaLasPalmas

Chase Restaurant Capacity 75. 1012 State St. (805) 560-9755. info@chasecateringsantabarbara.com. chasecateringsantabarbara.com

Chase Palm Park (Outdoors)

Floral Gateway: Capacity 200. Great Meadow: Capacity 3,000.

Pavilion: Capacity 300. 323 E. Cabrillo Blvd. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/Outdoor

De la Vina Inn

Interior + Gardens: Capacity 50. Back Garden: Capacity 50. Overnight Accommodations: Capacity 16.

1323 De la Vina St. (805) 564-8462. kristine@sbeventspace.com sbeventspace.com/the-inn

East Beach/Calle Puerto Vallarta

Capacity 300. Cabrillo Blvd. at Calle Puerto Vallarta. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/Outdoor

El Encanto, a Belmond Hotel Variety of indoor and outdoor spaces for various capacities. 800 Alvarado Pl. (805) 845-5800. privateevents.ele@belmond.com. belmond.com/elencanto

Elings Park Foundation

Godric Grove: Capacity 200.

Singleton Pavilion: Capacity 200. 1298 Las Positas Rd. (805) 569-5611. jweeks@elingspark.org. elingspark.org

Franklin Neighborhood Center Capacity 125.

1136 E. Montecito St. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/FranklinCenter

Gainey Vineyard

Gainey Winery and Vineyard: Capacity 350.

Gainey Historic Barn: Capacity: 250. 3950 E. Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez. (805) 688-0558 x104. events@gaineyvineyard.com. gaineyvineyard.com/private-events

The Granada Theatre Capacity 200. 1214 State St. (805) 899-3000. tdunn@granadasb.org. granadasb.org

Hotel Californian Capacity 200. 36 State St. (805) 882-0100. weddings@hotelcalifornian.com. hotelcalifornian.com

Kiva Cowork Funk Zone Capacity 200. 10 E. Yanonali St. (805) 665-3860. kristine@sbeventspace.com. sbeventspace.com/funkzone

Navigating the Trends

Need-to-Knows for Brides & Grooms

Kiva Cowork Downtown

Capacity 300.

1117 State St. (805) 665-3860. kristine@sbeventspace.com. sbeventspace.com/kiva-downtown

La Mesa Park

Capacity 125.

295 Meigs Rd. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/Outdoor

La Paloma Café

Full Bar Buyout: Standing: Capacity 40.

Upper Deck Patio: Seated: Capacity 24. Standing: Capacity 30.

Anacapa Patio: Seated: Capacity 40. Standing: Capacity 50.

Full Patio Buyout: Seated: Capacity 65. Standing: Capacity 100.

Full Restaurant Buyout: Seated Capacity 130.

Standing: Capacity 200.

702 Anacapa St. (805) 966-7029. events@lapalomasb.com. lapalomasb.com

The Lark

Full Restaurant: Seated: Capacity 130. Standing: Capacity 200.

Side Patio: Seated: Capacity 50. Standing: Capacity 70.

Private Dining Room: Seated: Capacity 50.

131 Anacapa St. (805) 284-0370. events@thelarksb.com thelarksb.com

Pent-up demand for delayed weddings and new engagements made 2022 the “Year of the Wedding,” as many media outlets deemed it. More than 2.5 million couples across the country said “I do” in celebrations of all sizes. With demand off the charts, competition for venues and vendors was fierce. Costs increased due to inflation, while supply chain challenges further raised the price tags on expenses of everything from invitations to catering.

Those hurdles did not slow couples down from racing to the altar or courthouse. The pandemic experience sparked a newfound sense of urgency to do more of the things that create joy and bring us together. As a result, couples are going all-out when it comes to throwing memorable, meaningful celebrations. Similarly, more guests are inclined to RSVP “yes” when wedding invitations arrive in the mail. Cancellation and postponement fears have been put to rest. The wedding industry is officially back.

Weddings are big business in Santa Barbara, and the local industry benefited from last year’s wedding boom. According to the Wedding Report, 2022 was a record year for Santa Barbara County with an unprecedented 4,848 weddings and $167 million in total wedding-related sales. The average spending on a wedding in Santa Barbara was more than $37,000 about $5,000 more than pre-pandemic highs. While 2023 is not expected to cross the 4,000-wedding threshold, the forecasted 3,970 weddings set to take place in the region this year will keep wedding-related businesses and services busy and in the black

I spoke with a diverse sampling of local wedding professionals to learn how the “Year of the Wedding” impacted them and how 2023 is shaping up so far. A handful of trends and insights emerged.

Elopements

The micro-wedding trend that took off as the world reopened from the pandemic is softening, according to local wedding pros. But couples are still eloping, and Santa Barbara sets the perfect backdrop for elopements. In fact, The Knot, a popular wedding blog, featured Santa Barbara on its list of “The Best Places to Elope in 2022-2023.” Proximity to the beach, wine country, and “exclusive Montecito” were among the reasons the writer described Santa Barbara venues as “tailor-made for elopements.”

Shauna Timmons and Armando Martinez of Santa Barbara Elopement specialize in luxury wedding planning and designing experiences for intimate gatherings. “Eloping is no longer about running to the justice of peace in the middle of the night, committing a crime against your loved ones,” they said. “In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Eloping is celebrating your individuality and not modifying expectations.”

The duo booked 47 elopements in 2022 nine more than their 2019 and 2020 totals and 11 fewer than 2021, when demand was extra pent-up. Looking to 2023, they said, “We have received over 50 inquiries this year; 15 have booked and we expect more to commit in the next couple of weeks.”

The Santa Barbara County Courthouse is a drop-dead stunner of a location and a one-stop shop for elopements. Angeleno Maggie Moon Berwick and her now-husband, Stuart, were

attracted to the Santa Barbara County Courthouse for their January 11, 2023, elopement because of its sense of place. “It’s such a dreamy place inside and out,” she recalled. The couple made their own arrangements, securing a reservation a few weeks ahead of time, and found the experience to be incredibly smooth and positive. “Everyone was so warm and sweet; you could tell they weren’t just going through the motions and really cared.”

Big and Splashy

Tracey Morris of ella & louie flowers expected there to be an overall shift to smaller, simpler gatherings emerging from the pandemic, yet that didn’t turn out to be the case at all. “They are happening full-stop: weekend extravaganzas, elopements, family weddings at home,” Morris said. “Santa Barbara continues to host some wonderful beginnings for a lot of people.”

In the first part of 2022, Morris was still producing weddings booked in 2019. “A lot of the couples who had large guest lists had pushed out to 2022 to be sure they could have the celebration they planned on.” The 2022 season was very busy for her, especially September and October, which are reliably the most booked time of year.

Lynee Bennett, who oversees private events for Acme Hospitality’s collection of restaurants, also noted the return of larger wedding parties. “We’re seeing a significant resurgence of larger weddings, particularly in the past couple of months,” she said. Acme’s five event venues have 16 event spaces that set the stage for the pre- and post-ceremony celebrations. “We limit a single special event per day per venue to ensure we’re providing the best experience possible,” Bennett said.

According to the Wedding Report, Santa Barbara weddings skew larger than the national average, with guest lists averaging 160 to 170 people, compared to 124. Generally, the bigger the wedding, the more cost per guest will be. Going bigger and making a splash is fueled by that “seize the day” attitude and couples’ desire to bring their people together for an epic celebration. Many are sparing no expense, be it on exclusive experiences, resort buyouts, or elevated food and beverage.

Sunny Ramirez, events manager at Gainey Vineyard, observed this inclination to splurge with many of their weddings. “[They] were eager to vamp up their celebration to

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include a variety of wine selections throughout the event. From a business standpoint, the private events allow [us] the opportunity to showcase our Limited Selection, Estate, and Evan’s Ranch wines to the attending guests.”

It’s not just the big weddings that have bigger price tags. “We have had clients spend $80,000 on a 10-person wedding, and clients who have spent $5,000,” said Timmons and Martinez of Santa Barbara Elopement. “Our job is to support and bring a vision to life, maximizing the budget that clients set out for us.”

Destination Weddings

Dovetailing with the bigger, better, and bolder trend, destination weddings are on the rise as couples want to go all-out for their big day(s). In the wake of the pandemic, destination weddings have become multi-generational family reunions and often turn into full-fledged vacations for guests who want to make the most of their travels.

Yours truly flew to Australia for a friend’s wedding in November. Rather than head off on their honeymoon following the “recovery” day-after brunch, the newlyweds Kristy and Ben prioritized spending time with friends and family who traveled in for the wedding week.

According to the Wedding Report’s 2021 data, 28 percent of the 2,697 Santa Barbara County weddings were considered destination weddings, with couples traveling from out of town a boon for local hotels and bed tax revenues.

Multi-Day Itineraries

Whether the wedding is in their hometown or a destination wedding, today’s soon-tobe-wed couples want to create an experience for their guests that extends beyond the traditional wedding ceremony. Enter the trend of multi-day itineraries that maximize quality time shared with guests. Bachelorette and bachelor parties are also getting built into the wedding week, so guests only have to travel once for the festivities.

Bennett of Acme Hospitality observed, “Instead of lavish 200-person weddings, people opted to have smaller wedding weekends where they hosted their guests on multiple occasions: rehearsal dinners, welcome parties, wedding dinners, after-parties, and after-wedding brunches. Events remained in the 30-to-75-person guest count, but couples hosted entire wedding weekends instead of a single wedding celebration bash.”

Gainey Vineyard’s Ramirez noted a similar trend. “For the couples who had been planning for two years, we found they wanted to provide a weekend experience for their guests to include casual gatherings on Thursdays, welcome receptions on Fridays, and the big day celebration on Saturdays,” she said. In her seven years with Gainey, Ramirez said 2022 was by far one of the winery’s busiest event seasons. “We were booked most Fridays and

Saturdays during the prime event months,” she said. “Some of the events were rescheduled from 2020, in addition to couples who booked out for 2022 wanting to avoid any of the restrictions in place from the pandemic.”

Curated Experiences

Planners and venue managers note that more couples want to include unique, creative experiences in their celebrations. Acme’s Bennett summed it up well: “Traditional weddings that we used to know are on the outs, and curated experiences are on the rise.”

That can be reflected in the venue itself or the reception activities. In the case of MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, they tick both boxes. Angie Bertucci, MOXI’s director of marketing and communications, said their events team has seen a growing number of couples requesting creative experiences to offer during their receptions. “Wedding guests are contracting activities such as glass etching, candle-making, or creating glowing LED items,” she shared. “Seeing guests interact with the exhibits is part of what makes weddings at MOXI so unforgettable.” MOXI averages two weddings per month, and 75 percent of their private event business is wedding ceremonies and/or receptions. “I think we are tapping into the post-pandemic excitement around the return of in-person weddings, seeing more wedding events at MOXI than ever before,” Bertucci said. MOXI is so popular with couples that they are already fully booked for 2023.

Timing Is Everything

MOXI isn’t the only venue that’s in demand for 2023 and 2024 weddings. “We already have fully booked dates, and we’re getting inquiries and bookings for 2024,” said Bennett. “[Acme Hospitality] still has many open dates for 2023, but they’re becoming limited as we creep further into the new year. We are very much looking forward to creating fabulous, memorable experiences for couples and guests alike, and 2023 is shaping up to be a fantastic year.”

Compared to the banner wedding year of 2022, so far, Ramirez has seen fewer bookings for Gainey’s 2023 dates. “But with the current engagement season, we are seeing an influx of newly engaged couples looking to book our remaining dates for 2023. We are anticipating another busy event season, especially with Valentine’s Day engagements.”

December is the most popular month for engagements in Santa Barbara County, when 14 percent of the year’s “yeses” are declared. The seasonality of engagements tends to influence new business leads for venues and in-demand service providers like wedding planners, photographers, and florists. Morris, the florist, doesn’t plan to push herself as hard in 2023. “So many people in the wedding industry are saying they want to do less this year,” she explained. “The last two years were tough! We have all earned a rest.”

Leadbetter Beach

Beach: Capacity 200.

Loma Alta and Shoreline drs. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/Outdoor

Light + Space

Capacity 60.

Wedding Resource Guide

915 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai. (805) 665-3860. kristine@sbeventspace.com. sbeventspace.com/lightandspace

Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Goleta

Sanctuary: Capacity 195. 820 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. (805) 967-7867. administrator@liveoakgoleta.org. liveoakgoleta.org/weddings-events

Loquita

Full Restaurant Buyout: Seated: Capacity

115. Standing: Capacity 175.

Full Patio: Seated: Capacity 75. Standing: Capacity 100.

La Rambla: Seated: Capacity 45. Standing: Capacity 50.

Private Patio: Seated: Capacity 30. 202 State St. (805) 880-3380. events@loquitasb.com. loquitasb.com

Louise Lowry Davis Center

Capacity 100.

1232 De la Vina St. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/DavisCenter

MacKenzie Center

Capacity 70.

3111 State St. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/MacKenzieCenter

Mission Rose Garden

Capacity 200.

Los Olivos and Laguna sts. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/Outdoor

MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation

Rooftop/Sky Garden Area: Seated: Capacity 220. Standing: Capacity: 240.

First Floor + Courtyard: Seated: Capacity 200. Standing: Capacity: 300.

Full Museum: 125 State St. (805) 770-5000.

events@moxi.org. moxi.org

Ortega Welcome House

Capacity 50.

632 E. Ortega St. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/OrtegaWelcomeHouse

Palm Park Beach House

Seated: Capacity 100.

Cocktail style: Capacity 125. 236 E. Cabrillo Blvd. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/BeachHouse

Rancho La Patera & Stow House

Capacity 500.

304 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta. (805) 681-7216. karen@goletahistory.org. goletahistory.org

Rancho San Julian Spacious grounds for private events with optional catering services.

Capacity 200.

6000 San Julian Rd., Lompoc. (805) 736-3097. info@theranchtable.com. theranchtable.com/gatherings

Riviera Mansion

Outdoor Patio/Lawn: Capacity 180. Indoor: Capacity 125. 1332 Santa Barbara St. (805) 884-8703. christys@uclubsb.org. rivieramansionwedding.com

Rincon Beach Club Capacity 225.

3805 Santa Claus Ln., Carpinteria. (805) 566-9933.. sales@eventsbyrincon.com. eventsbyrincon.com

The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, S.B.

Consultants, planners, catering

Bacara Ballroom: Capacity 850.

The Bluff: Capacity 160. 8301 Hollister Ave., Goleta. (805) 571-3072. ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/california/santa-barbara

Rosewood Miramar Beach

Capacity 400.

1759 S. Jameson Ln., Montecito. (805) 900-8388. rosewoodhotels.com/en/miramar-beach-montecito

Saint Barbara Event Center

Ball Room, Patio, and Plaza packages. Capacity 200.

1205 San Antonio Creek Rd. (805) 683-4492. rentals@saintbarbara.net. saintbarbaraeventcenter.com

Santa Barbara Club

Outdoor Garden: Capacity 200.

Indoors: Capacity 100. 1105 Chapala St. (805) 965-6547. jsteele@santabarbaraclub.org. santabarbaraclub.org

S.B. Botanic Garden

1212 Mission Canyon Rd. (805) 682-4726 x131. events@sbbg.org. sbbg.org/visit/weddings-and-events

S.B. City College

Great Meadows: Capacity: 4,000

Winslow-Maxwell Overlook: Capacity: 200

Bagish Overlook: Capacity: 75

Calden Overlook: Capacity: 150 721 Cliff Dr. (805) 730-4065. specialevents@sbcc.edu. sbcc.edu

S.B. County Courthouse

Sunken Gardens: Capacity 200. Palm Terrace: Capacity 125.

Fiesta Stage: Capacity 80.

Giant Bird of Paradise Area: Capacity 50.

Rotunda Lawn: Capacity 25. 1100 Anacapa St. (805) 568-2460 x4. weddings@countyofsb.org. countyofsb.org/parks

S.B. Event Space

Capacity: up to 200 based on venue. Various locations. (805) 665-3860. kristine@sbeventspace.com. sbeventspace.com

S.B. Historical Museum

Capacity 10-500. 136 E. De la Guerra St. (805) 966-1601. rentals@sbhistorical.org. sbhistorical.org

S.B. Museum of Natural History

Fleischmann Auditorium: Cocktail: Capacity 300. Seated: Capacity 200. Dinner/

Dancing: Capacity 150.

Oak Grove: Ceremony only: Capacity 200. 2559 Puesta del Sol. (805) 682-4711 x112. acokeley@sbnature2.org. sbnature.org/rentals

S.B. Museum of Natural History

Sea Center

Indoors: Capacity 150. Outdoors: Capacity150. 211 Stearns Wharf. (805) 962-2526 x111. acokeley@sbnature2.org. sbnature.org/rentals

S.B. Trust for Historic Preservation

Presidio Chapel: Capacity 180 seated. Presidio Orchard: Capacity 200 seated.

Alhecama Theatre: Capacity 120 seated.

Casa de la Guerra: Capacity 250 seated.

123 E. Canon Perdido St. (805) 961-5376. andrew@sbthp.org. sbthp.org

S.B. Woman’s Club

Capacity 200.

670 Mission Canyon Rd. (805) 682-4546. rentals@sbwomansclub.com. sbwomansclub.com

S.B. Zoo

Hilltop Reception: Capacity 1,000. Palm Garden: Capacity flexible. 500 Niños Dr. (805) 962-5339. events@sbzoo.org. sbzoo.org/weddings

Scarlett Begonia

Reception, bridal shower, and rehearsal dinner.

Capacity 80-100.

21 W. Victoria St. (805) 770-2143. events@scarlettbegonia.net. scarlettbegonia.net

Shoreline Park

Wedding Resource Guide

Capacity 125. La Marina and Shoreline Dr. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/Outdoor

SOhO Restaurant & Music Club

Capacity 300-400. 1221 State St., Ste. 205. (805) 962-7776. gail@sohosb.com. sohosb.com

Standing Sun Wines

92 Second St., Ste. D, Buellton. (805) 691-9413. hello@thehideawaylo.com. standingsunwines.com

Unity of Santa Barbara

Outdoor spaces available and officiants provided.

Sanctuary: Seated: Capacity 175. Chapel: Seated: Capacity 50. 227 E. Arrellaga St. (805) 966-2239. unity@unitysb.org. unitysb.org/rent-our-space-options/weddings

Villa & Vine

Capacity 220. (805) 450-1102. info@villaandvineweddings.com. villaandvineweddings.com

Vino Divino

Capacity 40. 2012 De la Vina St. (805) 665-3860. kristine@sbeventspace.com. sbeventspace.com/vino-divino-tasting-room

Westside Neighborhood Center

Capacity 150. 423 Victoria St. (805) 564-5418. SantaBarbaraCA.gov/WestsideCenter

Jewelry

Bryant & Sons, Ltd. 812 State St. (805) 966-9187. bryantandsons.com

Wedding Wear

The Dress

28 E. Canon Perdido St. (805) 637-5689. jayna@thedressbride.com. thedressbride.com

Sheer Delights Lingerie and Accessories

Bridal lingerie, honeymoon attire, and accessories.

422 N. Milpas St., Ste. 2. (805) 568-1145. info@sheerdelights.net. sheerdelights.net

Musicians/ DeeJays

Area 51

Best live funk, soul, rock ’n’ roll, and modern hits for receptions. (805) 637-3632. area51livemusic.com

Brett & Co.

Dance/cocktail band for S.B. events and deejay, sound, silent disco. (805) 308-6465. hello@brettandco.co. brettandco.co

Brandon Kinalele Music

Live looping, jazz guitar soloist and singer. (805) 895-1384. brandonkinalelemusic@gmail.com. instagram.com/brandonkinalelemusic

Bruce Goldish

Acoustic fingerstyle guitar. (805) 965-5559. brucegoldish@gmail.com. brucegoldish.com

Chris Fossek Music

Spanish guitar for ceremonies, cocktail hours, and receptions and combos with percussion, saxophone, and dance. (805) 455-1005. chrisfossek@gmail.com. chrisfossek.com

Dan Willard Music Service

Live music, all genres, vocal and instrumental. (805) 415-8478. danwillardmusic@gmail.com. danwillardmusic.com

DJ Darla Bea

Winner of Best Event DJ award in S.B. (Seven years in a row!) (805) 895-3400. djdarlabea@gmail.com. djdarlabea.com

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THE GIFT OF MUSIC

Atraditional father links arms with his daughter to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day, to the traditional tune of “Bridal Chorus” (a k a “Here Comes the Bride”) by composer Richard Wagner. But musician and Senior Arts Writer for the Independent Joe Woodard is not a traditional father, at least not in this sense.

Forgoing tradition, Woodard, who can be heard playing around town with his band Headless Household, did what most dads have not: He composed an entire album to perform for his daughter, Claire, on her special day this past June.

Woodard pulled from an impressive repertoire of what he and Claire call his “pleasant, noodly” guitar instrumentals and refined a collection of the original, solo guitar tunes to provide his daughter and her betrothed with the perfect nuptial playlist.

“It really was a unique pleasure for me to play for a half-hour at the wedding and then to literally play while walking her down the aisle the song ‘On this Day.’ I’ve played a lot of weddings in my life as a musician, especially back when I was doing that more for a living. But this was a wholly other and deeply personal experience,” Woodard said.

A pleasant deviation from “Here Comes the Bride,” Woodard’s song “On This Day” is a velvety, warm, fingerstyle acoustic melody. He wrote the song a few years ago, saying that he always thought it would “suit a ceremonial function, especially a wedding.” The vocal version of the song came later, he said, “further cementing the marriage reference.”

When Woodard strummed the tune as he guided Claire down the aisle, that “mar-

riage reference” became a concrete memory. “That experience drifts back into my consciousness now when I’m playing the tune,” he said.

After vows had been exchanged, Woodard felt the urge to record and compile the 11 mellow wedding tracks into an album as a summer project in his home, “would-be studio.” The album, titled Wedding Album (On This Day) includes both the instrumental and lyrical version of “On This Day,” as well as sweetly named, personal tunes like “Claire-ity,” which Woodward wrote about his daughter when she was a baby in the early ’90s.

“I kept it secret from Claire and John until handing them the CD as a belated wedding present only recently, and got their blessing to actually put it out, making it public versus just a private family thing,” he said about the album.

With folky, alternative stylings, the tracks are well-suited for casual listening over dinner, but knowing the stories behind the songs renders them significantly more impactful.

“Weirdly, although I rarely go to directly autobiographical or personal places in my songwriting, here is a very personal statement, stuffed into an EP package,” Woodard explained. “Of course, these songs have the saving grace of being beyond words. Sentiments are implied in the notes.”

DJ Hecktik

Deejay/emcee, sound and lighting, and photobooth. (805) 259-8277. josh@djhecktik.com. djhecktik.com

GuitarWitt by Michael Witt

Live music. All genres specializing in guitar. (805) 334-0317. guitarwitt@gmail.com. guitarwitt.com

Harp by Anna

Live harp music for ceremonies and receptions. (805) 663-0609. anna@harpbyanna.com. harpbyanna.com

Wedding Resource Guide

Letter Perfect

JSH Music Productions

Twelve live band options, deejay/emcee, rehearsal dinner music. (510) 697-7392. jon@jshmusic.com. jshmusic.com

Laurie Rasmussen, Harpist

Elegant harp music. (805) 320-9337. laurieharp@gmail.com. laurierasmussen.com

Music by Bonnie & Co.

Deejays, photo booths, and lighting. (805) 965-8249. bonnie@musicbybonnie.com. musicbybonnie.com

Patrick Butler Entertainment Music, deejays, and photo booths. (805) 570-0366. info@patrickbutler.com. patrickbutler.com

Scott Topper DJ Productions

Music planning, timeline coordination, and ceremony and reception deejays. (805) 965-7978. scott@scotttopperproductions.com. scotttopperproductions.com

Invitations

folio press & paperie

In-house design + letterpress and digital printing.

301 Motor Wy. (805) 966-1010. print@foliopressandpaperie.com. foliopressandpaperie.com

2325 Lillie Ave., Summerland. (805) 9697998. letterperfectsb@gmail.com. letterperfectsantabarbara.com farmtopaper.org

Type A Creative

Kendall Pata. Invitations, save the dates, menus, programs, wedding signage. (805) 973-7968. kendall@type-a-creative.com. type-a-creative.com

Wonder and Wit Wedding branding, invitation packages, program, digital wedding platform, wedding websites. 216 E. Gutierrez St., Ste. A. (805) 708-8588. jessica@wonderandwit.com. wonderandwit.com

Photographers

Ashleigh Taylor Portrait 1129 State St., Ste. 30-A. (310) 404-1613. info@ashleightaylorphotography.com. ashleightaylorportrait.com

ByCherry Photography (323) 377-2320. info@bycherryphotography.com. bycherryphotography.com

Captured & Created (914) 330-1937. carlyotnessweddings@gmail.com. capturedandcreated.com

Emily Hart-Roberts Photography

(805) 448-5487. emilyhr@verizon.net. emilyhart-roberts.com

Head & Heart Photography by Kiel Rucker 2430 De la Vina St. (805) 618-2510. hello@headandheartphotography.com. headandheartphotography.com

Jen Huang Bogan jen@jenhuangphoto.com. jenhuangphoto.com

Jocelyn & Spencer (805) 724-2753. hello@jocelynandspencer.com. jocelynandspencer.com

Just Kiss Collective (805) 636-1124. hello@justkisscollective.com. justkisscollective.com

Kelsey Crews Photo (805) 699-6232. kelsey@kcrewsphoto.com. kcrewsphoto.com

L.A. Exposures

4831 8th St., #6, Carpinteria. (310) 962-2818.

jeremy@laexposures.com. laexposures.com

Linda Blue Photography (805) 708-2583. linda@labluephotography.com. labluephotography.com

Michelle Lauren Photography (805) 448-2534. michelle@michellelauren.com. michellelauren.com

Monie Photography 624 Olive St. (805) 729-1680. photo@silcom.com. moniephotography.com

Rewind Photograph (805) 768-4888. matt@rewindphotography.com. rewindphotography.com

RG Photography (805) 705-5272. rgphotographysb@gmail.com. rgphotographysb.com

Sarita Relis Photography (805) 335-1485. info@saritarelis.com. saritarelis.com

Veils & Tails Photography kristen@veilsandtailsphoto.com. veilsandtailsphoto.com

Willa Kveta Photography (805) 633-4633. willa@willakveta.com. willakveta.com

Services and Rentals

Action Photo Booth

A fun, modern, interactive, and open photo booth experience. (805) 965-7978. scott@scotttopperproductions.com. scotttopperproductions.com/action-photo-booth

Ablitt’s Fine Cleaners

Wedding gown cleaning, preparation, and preservation.

All Heart Rentals

Specialty event rentals. 1 S. Fairview Ave., Ste. A, Goleta. (805) 448-6325. allheartrentals@gmail.com. allheartrentals.com

Backdrop Boutique S.B.

Custom backdrops, chuppahs, and arbors. 4228 Carpinteria Ave., #3, Carpinteria. (805) 705-2163. 805sher@gmail.com. backdropboutiquesb.com

Bella Vista Designs, Inc. Event design, lighting, audio, and visual. (805) 966-9616. mail@bellavistadesigns.com. bellavistadesigns.com

Best Room Block Rates

Hotel wedding room blocks. (805) 691-2757. bestroomblockrates@gmail.com. bestroomblockrates.com

Cappuccino Connection (805) 453-1168. kcohen@capbar.com. capbar.com

County of Santa Barbara Clerk-Recorder

Issues marriage licenses and certified copies and performs English and Spanish civil marriage ceremonies.

Hall of Records, 1100 Anacapa St. (805) 568-2250. sbcrecorder.com

Elan Event Rentals

A unique selection of hand-crafted designs and specialty decor. (805) 760-0544. info@elaneventrentals.com. elaneventrentals.com

Dr. Jessica Higgins

Couples coaching. Connected Couple: Your Map to Happy, Lasting Love. (805) 689-2285. jessica@drjessicahiggins.com. drjessicahiggins.com

Just 4 Fun Party Rentals 721 E. Gutierrez St. (805) 680-5484. sales@just4funpartyrentals.com. just4funpartyrentals.com

Lilys Sewing (805) 453-7101. lilsss350@gmail.com. lilysewsalot.com

The Little Guest

On-site childcare/nanny services for weddings and special events. Serving S.B. and the Santa Ynez Valley. (805) 688-1812. thelittleguest@gmail.com. thelittleguest.com

Music by Bonnie & Co.

Photo booths and lighting. (805) 965-8249. bonnie@musicbybonnie.com. musicbybonnie.com

Paint Jam U.S.A.

On-site paintings / paint station as alternative to guest book. 7544 Evergreen Dr., Goleta. (805) 448-6873. jana@paintjamusa.com. paintjamusa.com

Parasols in Paradise

Sales and rentals of parasols and custom handheld fans.  (805) 636-0439. info@parasolsinparadise.com. parasolsinparadise.com

Patrick Butler Entertainment Deejays, lighting, and photo booths.

(805) 570-0366. info@patrickbutler.com. patrickbutler.com

Riviera Productions Wedding & Event Videography

Capture memories and create movies to last a lifetime.

(805) 452-7069. info@rivierasb.com. rivierasb.com

Riviera Towel Company

Wedding scarves, wraps, and throws. 17 W. Gutierrez St. (805) 560-1571. info@rivieratowel.com. rivieratowel.com

Soirée Photobooth Co. (805) 585-7575. hello@soireephotoboothco.com. soireephotoboothco.com

SPARK Creative Events

Event lighting, draping, audio, video, and power rentals. 75 Robin Hill Rd. info@sparkcreativeevents.com. sparkcreativeevents.com

With over 35 years of gown care experience, you know your wedding gown will receive the finest care to ensure it’s protected and preserved for the future. Turn

Town & Country Event Rentals

1 N. Calle César Chávez, Ste. 7. (805) 770-3300. infosb@tacer.biz. tacer.biz

Flowers

Alpha Floral

1810 A Cliff Dr. (805) 965-5165. alphafloral@gmail.com. alphafloralsb.com

Bright Floral (917) 406-9120. amy@brightfloral.com. brightfloral.com

ella & louie flowers (805) 697-6080. studio@ellaandlouie.com. ellaandlouie.com

PacWest Blooms

Full-service floral, à la carte packages. 500 Maple Ave., Studio #1, Carpinteria. (805) 755-2205. pacwestblooms@gmail.com. pacwestblooms.com

Westerlay Orchids

3504 Via Real, Carpinteria. (805) 684-5411. info@westerlay.com. westerlay.com

Wild West Florals

1512 Shoreline Dr. (805) 705-0597. sarah@wildwestflorals.com. wildwestflorals.com

Catering

Chase Restaurant Capacity 75. 1012 State St. (805) 560-9755.

info@chasecateringsantabarbara.com. chasecateringsantabarbara.com

Country Catering Company 5925 Calle Real, Goleta. (805) 964-3811. events@countrycateringcompany.com. countrycateringcompany.com

Creative Services Catering Office: (805) 965-9121; cell: (805) 637-4581. events@creativeservicescatering.com. creativeservicescatering.com

Events by Rincon

Full-service catering and event planning.

3805 Santa Claus Ln., Carpinteria. (805) 896-9541. sales@eventsbyrincon.com. eventsbyrincon.com

Get Shucked Oyster Bar Catering (775) 530-1243. getshuckedsb@gmail.com. instagram.com/getshuckedsb

Island View Catering (805) 569-5747. avrey@ivcatering.com. ivcatering.com

Lorraine Lim Catering (805) 646-2200. lorrainelimcatering@gmail.com. lorrainelimcatering.com

Pour Choices

5481 El Carro Ln., Carpinteria. (805) 451-6090. kristen@pourchoicesbartending.com. pourchoicesbartending.com

Quail Canyon Catering (805) 696-8304. ohanavan87@gmail.com. quailcanyoncatering.com

Cakes/ Bakeries

Jessica Foster Confections

Wedding Resource Guide

Dessert catering. (805) 637-6985. info@jessicafosterconfections.com. jessicafosterconfections.com

Lilac Pâtisserie

Custom wedding cakes, sweet heart cakes, cupcakes, and treats. 1017 State St. (805) 845-7400. events@lilacpatisserie.com. lilacpatisserie.com/weddings

Officiants

Barbara Rose Weddings

Spiritual, heart-opening, unique, multicultural, reli gious, nonreligious, Jewish, Buddhist.

(818) 645-8178. barbararosesherman@ me.com. barbararoseweddings.com

Barbra Mousouris I Do Santa Barbara

Personally written ceremonies specializing in interfaith, like gender, and any celebration of love.

(805) 895-7428. momouse1@outlook.com. idosantabarbara.blogspot.com

Ceremonies by Nanette

WEDDING & EVENTS

Planning, Coordination & Flowers

805-755-2205

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Joyful, creative elopement and small wedding ceremonies for all couples. (805) 452-0056. nanette@ceremoniesbynanette.com. ceremoniesbynanette.com

Father Jerry Bellamy

Retired Catholic priest. Weddings for all faiths.

(805) 687-4248. jerry@bellamyservices.com. weddingwire.com/fatherjerrybellamy

Miriam Lindbeck

The most beautiful, personal, and unique ceremonies you can imagine. (805) 452-0954 (cell and texting). miriam@weddingsantabarbara.com weddingsantabarbara.com

Rev. Dani Antman

Sacred and unique wedding ceremonies.

(609) 306-8038. dantman170@aol.com. daniantman.com/weddings

Santa Barbara Classic Weddings by Patrice Handley

Personalized and happy ceremonies for small or large weddings. (805) 886-5930. patrice@sbclassicweddings.com. santabarbaraclassicweddings.com

Santa Barbara Weddings (805) 291-2130. sbcaliweddings@gmail.com. tinyurl.com/SB-Weddings

Yes I Do! (Kitty Ryan)

Civil ceremonies for all couples, written for you. (805) 705-8131. yesidosb@gmail.com. yesidosb.com

Consultants/ Planners

Alana Rae Events

Wedding planning, design, and coordination.

(805) 621-3328. alana@alanaraeevents.com. alanaraeevents.com

Alegria by Design

Event design and partial and full event planning services.

Wedding Resource Guide

1221 State St., Ste. 90218. (888) 255-8992. info@alegriabydesign.com. alegriabydesign.com

Alexandra Kolendrianos

Wedding planner. (323) 363-9005. ak@alexandrak.com. alexandrak.com

Ann Johnson Events

Wedding coordinator, planning, and styling. (805) 570-6396. ann@annjohnsonevents.com. annjohnsonevents.com

Array Creative Design

Full-service design and planning. (925) 699-3292. hello@arraycreativedesign.com. arraycreativedesign.com

Coastal Rose Events

A boutique wedding and elopement planning company. emily@coastalroseevents.com. coastalroseevents.com

Drake Social

Full-service planning and design. 1837 State St. (678) 207-6726. courtney@drakesocial.com. drakesocial.com

Gatherings for Good Events

Full and partial wedding planning packages and event day management services. (805) 399-2585. brenda@gatheringsforgood.com. gatheringsforgood.com

Jill & Co. Events (805) 455-0722. hello@jillandcoevents.com. jillandcoevents.com

Joyan Design

Wedding planning, design, and coordination. (805) 242-1142. hello@joyandesign.com. joyandesign.com

Magnolia Event Design & Planning

Wedding and event planning and design. (805) 691-2757. lindsey@magnoliaed.com. magnoliaeventdesign.com

Once in a Lifetime

Dalina Michaels. Wedding coordinating and event planning.

(805) 453-6172. dalina@gmail.com. sbonceinalifetime.com

Onyx and Redwood

Full-service planning and design. (805) 335-1598. hello@onyxandredwood.com. onyxandredwood.com

PacWest Blooms Events

Month-of and day-of coordination, elopement, and micro events.

500 Maple Ave., Studio #1, Carpinteria. (805) 755-2205. pacwestblooms@gmail.com. pacwestblooms.com

S.B. Elopement

Full-service planning, coordination, and events design for intimate events.

1221 State St., Ste. 90218. (888) 255-8992. info@sbelopement.com. sbelopement.com

S.B. Wedding Style

Invitation, officiants, transportation, music/ deejays, and consultants/planners. 210 W. Micheltorena St. (805) 895-3402. info@santabarbarawedding.com. santabarbarawedding.com

Weddings by the Sea

Catherine Forester: Wedding & Event Planner. (805) 455-2270. weddingsbythesea.cate@gmail.com. santabarbaraweddingssite.com

Transportation

A and J Limousine

Wedding day sedans, SUVs, Sprinter vans, “getaway” cars, shuttle service. 4067 State St. (805) 683-7772. info@aandjlimousine.com. aandjlimousine.com

Bill’s Bus

Wedding charters and private events. (805) 284-BILL (2455). billsbussb@gmail.com. bills-bus.com

EOS Transportation

(805) 683-9636. contact@eossantabarbara.com. eossantabarbara.com

LOVE THE SECOND TIME AROUND

Their lovely wedding took place on the rooftop terrace of the Canary Hotel, but their love story started at a junior golf tournament when they were in high school. Greg Moss said he spotted the slender blonde Hilary Rack Chapman walking down the hallway of their shared

case of beer. And when they walked down the hallway in the hotel, these four lovely little ducklings, came to the room right next door to us, all cute as can be.”

hotel floor, with Hilary’s mother, who was chaperoning four girls from Santa Barbara. “I was there with two knuckleheads and a

They met, exchanged numbers, and although Rack Chapman lived in Santa Barbara and Moss lived an hour south and didn’t have a car, they began seeing each other when they could. “I always thought she was special,” said Moss. “It broke my heart when she picked SMU over USC [his college].” They wrote letters for a while but eventually lost touch and went on to marry other people and spend the next three decades on opposite coasts.

More than 30 years later, “a buddy saw her

at the Whole Foods in Fairfax, Virginia and said ‘Moss, you should reach out to her.’”

He did. “She was always my favorite,” he smiles.

A while later, Rack Chapman decided to leave Virginia and return to Santa Barbara, where her parents still live. Moss came out to make the drive with her. That was six years ago. “When we drove across the country, at least in my heart, I was all in,” said Moss.

“I was too,” said Rack Chapman.

They moved in together but didn’t get married until the summer of 2022. “We took our time. It was important … not because of a commitment or a question, but to allow ourselves and our children [they have four between them, all in their twenties] time to process and relate us to the broader system of a family,” said Moss. “It wasn’t a rehearsal.”

“I think it was good that we did wait a bit,” said Rack Chapman. “So that everyone could show up this summer and be joyful.”

There are differences between a second wedding and a first wedding. “I didn’t plan a lot of my first wedding, as I was starting my career on the East Coast. …Thankfully, my mom did most of the legwork. This one Greg and I planned, and it was great fun. It was neat to see the decisions we made come to fruition.”

Curly Cait Events helped with planning and took the day of event stress off their shoulders. Emily Hart Roberts was their talented photographer, and Blue Blossoms did the gorgeous flowers, Room for Cake provided the delicious lemon buttercream raspberry cake, and they even had a magician (Gene Urban)

and a caricature artist (Michael Bieckel) at the reception.

They loved the 360-degree rooftop view of Santa Barbara from the Canary, where they did the service. They walked down the aisle together with their children awaiting their arrival up front and rather memorably, the officiant read someone else’s vows! “The words were different, but the spirit was right,” said Rack Chapman. “I looked at Greg and we just kind of smiled and went with it.” The officiant was later horrified, but they took it in stride. “We had a blast, and in some ways, those vows added to our story and we had a good laugh about it,” said Moss. They have a standing offer to redo their vows at a future date.

“It was unexpected, but our family and friends really cheered during our vows,” said Rack Chapman. Ironically, a friend who attended got engaged soon after that. “And her husband loved the ceremony so much, he wanted exactly what we had,” she laughs.

They learned a little waltz routine at Leslie Sack Dance Studio for their first dance, to John Denver’s “Annie’s Song,” the version of which had an intro, which the deejay forgot to play.  “We tried to catch up,” laughs Rack Chapman, “and we were like, time out, we need to reset, we need a do over” another moment that made the crowd burst into cheers.

“It was really special; everyone was so excited for us,” said Rack Chapman.

“There was a sense of joy for the life we are building and the choice that we are together,” said Moss. n

Rock Star Limo, Bus & Trolley Co.

Limousines, airport transfers, black car service, wine and trolley tours. (805) 451-9999. book@rockstarsb.com. rockstarsb.com

S.B. Chauffeuring & Tours

(805) 637-6320 or (805) 563-5132. info@sbchauffeuring.com. sbchauffeuring.com

S.B. Rides

For brides, bachelorette parties, and the wedding party. (805) 637-6334. santabarbararides805@gmail.com. tinyurl.com/SBSafeRides

S.B. Tours a la Carte

Vintage automobiles with chauffeur services. (805) 455-1921. toursalacarte805@gmail.com. santabarbaratoursalacarte.com

S.B. Trolley Company (805) 965-0353. info@sbtrolley.com. sbtrolley.com

Signature Parking

Valet parking for weddings and special events. (805) 969-7275. info@signatureparking.com. signatureparking.com

Salons, Spas, Makeup, and Hair

CHEVEUX Extensions & Accessories

1213 State St., Ste. M. (805) 295-0505. info@cheveuxbymar.com. cheveuxextensions.com

Chi Beauty Artistry

Special occasion hair and makeup services. (805) 259-6302. chibeautyartistry@gmail.com. chibeautyartistry.com

Dreamcatcher Artistry (805) 453-5029. info@dreamcatcherartistry.com. dreamcatcherartistry.com

Float Luxury Spa

18 E. Canon Perdido St. (805) 845-7777. floatluxuryspa.com

Inner Space Experience (Mobile Service)

Relaxing massage therapy at your home, event, or venue. (805) 698-3569. connect@innerspaceexperience.com. innerspaceexperience.com

Rebecca Michel Beauty

Hair styling, makeup, extension placement, standby service. (805) 680-3170. contact@rebeccamichel.com. rebeccamichel.com

S.B. Mobile Massage & Spa

Massages and facials. (805) 284-9244. mje@sbmobilespa.com. sbmobilemassage.com

TEAM Hair and Makeup Inc.

3040 State St., Ste. E and G. (888) 338-8326. info@teamhairandmakeup.com. teamhairandmakeup.com

DANIEL KWAN AND DANIEL SCHEINERT “DANIELS” (EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE), TODD FIELD (TÁR), AND MARTIN MCDONAGH (THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH - 8:00PM

CLOSING NIGHT FILM - “I LIKE MOVIES” SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH - 8:00PM

FEBRUARY 8 - 18, 2023

200+ FILMS, TRIBUTES, PANELS, AND FREE EVENTS

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THE HOW-TOS OF MARRIAGE LICENSES AND GETTING MARRIED AT THE S.B. COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Did you know that you must have a wedding ceremony to be legally married? And to have a legal ceremony anywhere in California you must get a marriage license. Let’s dive into what you need to know about marriage licenses, and if you would like, how to get married at the Santa Barbara Courthouse, a national historic landmark considered one of the most beautiful public buildings in the country.

S.B. County Courthouse

Marriage Licenses and Ceremonies

License Rules & Fees

Marriage licenses are issued in person (no appointment required) at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office (Monday-Friday, excluding holidays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) and must be purchased ($100-$111) before your ceremony wherever you decide to hold it. After you complete the online application, you and your betrothed must appear together to purchase the license. Be prepared to show a governmentissued photo ID. You do not need to be a U.S. citizen or California resident to apply. A public license costs $100, anyone can obtain a copy, and at least one witness is required for the ceremony; a confidential license is $111, copies are not available to the public, and no witness is required (can you say elopement)?

Be sure to check out the Name Change Information page to find out about the ability to change your middle and/or last names. This will be your only opportunity to do so.

Courthouse Civil Ceremony Fees and Other Fees

If you do not have someone to perform the ceremony, you can choose to book a 30-minute ceremony by appointment only, in English or Spanish, and you must have already purchased your license ahead of time and have brought it with you. Or you can book a 60-minute license and ceremony appointment. Both types of ceremonies are available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. with a guest limit of 10 (including the couple). Other fees include the ceremony reservation ($23), ceremony fee ($104), Sunken Gardens or Mural Room site fee ($116), witness fee ($51), and the Deputy Marriage Commissioner for a Day fee ($51), which allows a family member, friend, or anyone of your choice to perform the ceremony (no religious affiliation is required).

Courthouse Venues

The Courthouse’s beautiful surrounding gardens offer five spaces for the ceremony: the Sunken Gardens, Palm Terrace, Fiesta Stage, Birds of Paradise, and the Rotunda Lawn. Depending on the space you reserve, you can invite 15 or fewer guests or up to 250 with a price range of $104-$900. Indoor spaces include the Hall of Records Archway Door ($104) with a capacity of eight people total and the Mural Room ($600) for up to 100 guests. To reserve any space, you must email the County Parks Division or call at (805) 568-2460, option 4.

One thing is for certain: Getting married at this breathtaking S.B. landmark will make for beautiful memories and photos.

S.B. County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa St. (805) 568-2460 x4. Email weddings@countyofsb.org or visit countyofsb.org/595/Marriages.

SBIFF WEEK 2

SOMETHING SOMEWHERE FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE

FEASTING ON THE FILM FESTIVAL

Offering a veritable buffet of fodder for film buffs, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival truly is a feast for all of us lucky enough to indulge. We’re just past the midpoint as this issue goes to press, with star-studded tributes to Oscar nominees Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Cate Blanchett (Tár), Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once), and Brendan Fraser (The Whale) in the books, as well as a night with the Virtuosos breakout performers Austin Butler (Elvis), Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Nina Hoss (Tár), Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Jeremy Pope (The Inspection), Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once), and Jeremy Strong (Armageddon Time).

Spending back-to-back to back evenings with Bassett, Blanchett, and Curtis — all formidable women with markedly different paths and personalities, who have had decades-long careers in Hollywood — a comment made by producer Gail Berman at Sunday’s producer panel tied one of their collective secrets to success together rather well. “If I pick a project, I have to really believe in it. That personal journey has to have some passion behind it,” said Berman, the former president of Paramount Pictures and now an Academy Award nominee for Elvis

Still to come on Thursday, February 16: the Cinema Vanguard Award to Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson for The Banshees of Inisherin

MID-FEST WRAPUP

CONT’D FROM P. 42

Panels of Experts

SO FAR, SO GOOD AND SBIFF-Y

At roughly midpoint in the 10-day Santa Barbara International Film Festival, edition number 38, it can be safely reported that SBIFF has its groove back. If the last two pandemic-affected years found the festival scrambling and resourcefully rethinking itself, the old machinery is back up to speed. A flurry of daily screenings, from a pool of more than 200 films from 43 countries, blend in with high-powered panel discussions and the ever-popular celebrity tributes so far including the superstellar Cate Blanchett, Angela Bassett, and the comically fizzy Jamie Lee Curtis.

21st year at the helm, had a different view, promoting the culture and possibility of an obsessive cinephile “tribe,” which might take in up to six films a day.

MID-FESTIVAL REPORT SBIFF 2023

Opening night also meant the unveiling of the annual trailer, which would precede each screening and event. This year’s model was admirably artistic and understated, featuring a narration by poster artist Patricia Chidlaw, and later sometimes heard with only ambient Santa Barbara street sounds. Apparently, the jury is out about the general public response to the trailer. I say bully for Durling’s moxie.

Number 38 began auspiciously enough on February 8’s opening night, featuring the world premiere of the quite fine and historically informative Miranda’s Victim tracking the little-known origin story of the Miranda warning. The night’s festivities kicked off with radically different notions of what a film festival is about. Mayor Randy Rowse welcomed the throng and, accentuating the tourism-magnet aspect of the festival, advised visitors to patronize and sightsee in Santa Barbara, and “maybe take in a film or two.”

SBIFF director Roger Durling, now in his

For those who have been swept into the festival’s vortex, the mostly pleasant tsunami of sensory input can instill a reality-warping blur of cinematic impressions and industry voices. Several of those voices arrived with extra American accents, especially at Sunday’s first time festival feature, the “International Directors Panel,” stocked with Oscar nominees, as was the extralarge writers panel on Saturday.

One festival geek’s Top 10 list, at midpoint, in no particular order: Manuela; Dr. Tony Fauci; Pinto; Samichay, in Search of Happiness; Other People’s Children; Tove’s Room; 26.2 to Life; Daughters of Rage; Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer; Traces n

The always-stellar industry panels were especially packed with talent this year. On Saturday, we had the writers Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Todd Field (Tár), Kazuo Ishiguro (Living), Rian Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery), Tony Kushner (The Fabelmans), Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin), Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness), Lesley Paterson (All Quiet on the Western Front), and Sarah Polley (Women Talking) and the women’s panel, with Domee Shi (Turning Red), Anne Alvergue (The Martha Mitchell Effect), Hannah Minghella (The Boy, The Fox, and The Mole), Gwendolyn Yates (Avatar: The Way of Water), Mary Zophres (Babylon), and Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever). Sunday’s producer panel showcased the collective wisdom of Gail Berman (Elvis), Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun: Maverick), Todd Field (Tár), Dede Gardner (Women Talking), Malte Grunert (All Quiet on the Western Front), Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fabelmans), Jon Landau (Avatar: The Way of Water), and Jonathan Wang (Everything Everywhere All at Once). The new international director’s panel that afternoon featured Colm Bairéad (The Quiet Girl), Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), Lukas Dhont (Close), Santiago Mitre (Argentina, 1985), and Jerzy Skolimowski (Eo).

More Fun to Come

High on my wish list of films with screenings still to come are Lola; Filip; The Prank; Jane Campion: The Cinema Woman; Bread and Salt; Go On, Be Brave; Killing Me Softly

with His Songs; The Legend of MexMan; The House Band; Alam; The 50; and the closing night film, I Like Movies

Also still on the calendar for Friday, February 17 is the Outstanding Directors of the Year Award, honoring Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Todd Field (Tár), and Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin). Having gotten a preview of what’s to come from these auteurs in last weekend’s writers and producers panels, I know we’re in for a treat when they’re able to delve into more depth in this conversation.

As the legendary Kazuo Ishiguro shared at the writers panel, the key to writing an effective screenplay is to try to answer the question, “How do you make the thing linger in the audience’s mind?”

The 38th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival is certainly a feast of a meal that will linger in our minds for a long time to come.

To catch what’s left of the fest, visit sbiff .org or the SBIFF app for a complete schedule of events through February 18. n

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PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND

MAR 3

From the heart of the French Quarter to the world’s stage, Preservation Hall Jazz Band has been spreading the joyful spirit of true New Orleans jazz since 1961.

CHARLES LLOYD 85TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

with Jason Moran, Larry Grenadier, and Brian Blade

MAR 10

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APR 13

JOHN OATES

THE DEREK DOUGET BAND

DOUGET LANCE BURTON & Friends

This new show, featuring Master Magician Lance Burton and amazing guest stars from Hollywood’s famous Magic Castle and exotic showrooms around the world, is a thrilling mix of illusions, sleight of hand, and audience participation.

CAMA & LOBERO THEATRE FDN PRESENT Los Romeros Guitar Quartet

THE

As always, find the complete listings online at independent.com/events. Submit virtual and in-person events at independent.com/eventsubmit

COVID-19 VENUE POLICY

Venues request that patrons consult their individual websites for the most up-to-date protocols and mask requirements for vaccinated and unvaccinated status before attending an event.

THURSDAY 2/16

FEB.

FARMERS MARKET SCHEDULE

THURSDAY

Carpinteria: 800 block of Linden Ave., 3-6:30pm

FRIDAY

Montecito: 1100 and 1200 blocks of Coast Village Rd., 8-11:15am

SATURDAY Downtown S.B.: Corner of Santa Barbara and Cota sts., 8am-1pm

2/16: Trail Talks Parks Pass Edition: Eyes in the Sky Hannah Atkinson, program director with Eyes in the Sky S.B. Audubon Society, will get you up close and personal with live owls. Ask questions and interact with the birds and their handlers. 6:30-7:30pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call (805) 962-7653 or email info@sbp library.libanswers.com. tinyurl.com/TrailTalksFeb16

2/16-2/18: 2023 S.B. International Film Festival This week’s events include the Cinema Vanguard Award honoring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson; the Outstanding Directors of the Year Award; and films, including the closing night film, I Like Movies, about a socially inept 17-yearold cinephile in 2003’s Ontario who dreams of attending NYU’s Tisch School and gets a dream job at a video store to raise money for tuition only to alienate the most important people in his life. Visit the website for the full schedule. 8pm. The Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St. Free-$20. Read more on p. 42. sbiff.org

2/16-2/19: The Alcazar Theatre

Presents Now and Then Find out what happens over one night in 1981 when Jamie the bartender is made an offer from a

last-minute customer that will change his life in this romantic dramedy. Thu.-Fri.: 7pm; Sat.: 3 and 7pm; Sun.: 3pm. The Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. $15-$20. Call (805) 684-6380 or email info@ thealcazar.org. thealcazar.org

2/16, 2/21: Volunteer Income Tax

Assistance (VITA) The VITA program will offer free tax help to residents with IRS-certified volunteers to provide free basicincome tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals. Visit the website for more information. Assistance available through April 18. 3-7pm. Martin Luther King Jr. Wing, Eastside Library, 1102 E. Montecito St. Free. Call (805) 962-7653 or email info@ sbplibrary.libanswers.com. tinyurl.com/AssistanceVITA

Shows on Tap Shows on Tap

SUNDAY Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, 10am-2pm

TUESDAY Old Town S.B.: 500-600 blocks of State St., 3-7pm

WEDNESDAY Solvang: Copenhagen Dr.

and 1st St., 2:30-6:30pm

(805) 962-5354 sbfarmersmarket.org

FISHERMAN’S MARKET

SATURDAY

Rain or shine, meet local fishermen on the Harbor’s commercial pier, and buy fresh fish (filleted or whole), live crab, abalone, sea urchins, and more. 117 Harbor Wy., 6-11am. Call (805) 259-7476. cfsb.info/sat

2/16: Eos Lounge Latmun. 9pm. $12.36. 500 Anacapa St. $12.36. Call (805) 564-2410. eoslounge.com

2/16-2/19, 2/22: Lost Chord Guitars Thu.: Sweet Strings Sisters, 7:309:30pm. $10 suggested donation. Fri.: Whole Hog, 8-11:30pm. $10 suggested donation. Sat.: The Presidents of Comedy, 6-11:30pm. $50-$65. Sun.: Mike Berman & Special Guests, 8-10:30pm. $10 suggested donation. Wed.: Terry Lawless,

7:30-9:30pm. $5 suggested donation. 1576

Copenhagen Dr., Solvang. Ages 21+. Call (805) 331-4363. lostchordguitars.com

2/17-2/18: The Blue Owl Fri.: Tony Ybarra, 7-10pm; Will Stephens Band, 11pm-

2am. Sat.: Trio Grande, 7-10pm; Brandon

Kinalele, Miles Burnham, 11pm-2am. 5 W. Canon Perdido St. Contact venue for price. Ages 21+. Call (805) 705-0991. theblueowlsb.com/event

2/17-2/18: M.Special Brewing Co.

(Goleta) Fri.: McGuire Muffett Band.

6-8pm. Sat.: Cliffhangers. 6-8pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Ste. C, Goleta. Call (805) 9686500. Free mspecialbrewco.com

2/17-2/18: M.Special Brewing Co.

(S.B.) Fri.: Pretty Cheeky. Sat.: Goodlanders. 8-10pm. 634 State St. Free. 634 State St. Call (805) 968-6500. mspecialbrewco.com

2/17-2/18: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Col Angus. Sat.: The Molly Ringwald Project. 9pm-midnight. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 686-4785. mavericksaloon.com/event-calendar/

2/16: UCSB Arts & Lectures Presents

2/17-2/18, 2/21-2/22: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Fri.: Bad Bunny Party! 9:30pm. $12. Ages 21+. Sat.: Lucidity

Pre-Party: Atyya, Red Giant Project, Nyrus, Glenn Annie. 8pm. $20-$30. Ages 21+. Sun.: Ken Stacey & Claire Khodara, 7pm. $25-$30. Tue.: Glen Phillips, 8pm. $18-$22. Wed.: San Lyon: Gypsy Swing Quartet, 7:30pm. $20-$22. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com/events

2/17: Uptown Lounge The Trio, 5-7pm. 3126 State St. Free. Call (805) 845-8800. uptownlounge805.com/events

2/18-2/19: Cold Spring Tavern Sat.: Jim Rankin, 1:30-4:30pm; The Nombres, 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan, 1:30-4:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free Call (805) 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com

2/20: The Red Piano Church on Monday: Morganfield Burnett, 7:30pm. 519 State Street. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 358-1439. theredpiano.com/schedule

2/16-2/19: Ensemble Theatre Company Presents Selling Kabul This Off-Broadway hit and 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist follows an Afghan man and interpreter for the U.S. Army as he plans his escape with his wife and child while hiding from the Taliban. Join for a talkback following Thursday’s performance. Thu.: 7:30pm. Fri.-Sat.: 8pm; Sun.: 2pm. The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St. $40-$84. Call (805) 965-5400 or email boxoffice@etcsb.org etcsb.org/whats-on/season

2/16:

The S.B. Maritime Museum (SBMM) Presents Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery Author and history professor at UC Davis Andrés Reséndez will discuss his 2021 book, Conquering the Pacific, about the first expedition to sail from America to Asia and back, transforming the Pacific Ocean into a vital space of contact and exchange. Members’ pre-lecture reception: 6:15-6:45pm; lecture: 7pm. SBMM, 113 Harbor Wy., Ste. 190. Free-$20. Call (805) 962-8404 or email info@ sbmm.org

sbmm.org/santa-barbara-events

Step Afrika! Step Afrika! continues to extend the long tradition of stepping, integrating contemporary dance transmitted through body percussion such as juba, hambone, and tap dance with songs, storytelling, humor, and audience participation to create a compelling artistic experience that will leave your heart pounding. 7pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. Students/youths: $15; GA: $30-$45. Call (805) 893-3535 or email info@artsandlectures.ucsb.edu Read more on p. 58.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/events

2/16: Talk: Bringing S.B.’s Flying A to the Stage Westmont’s John Blondell will discuss the world premiere play that will bring S.B’s silent film history to the stage in Diamond to Dust: A Flying A Fantasy. This studio made more than 1,000 films between 1912-1921. There will be discussions about the theatrical process and how they impact the students and

select cast members will perform a scene. 5:30pm. S.B. Community Arts Workshop (SBCAW), 631 Garden St. Free. Call (805) 565-6051. tinyurl.com/FlyingA

FRIDAY 2/17

2/17-2/18: Dev Dance Theater Presents Hearts & Daggers This Ojai-based contemporary dance company will present this anti-Hallmark Valentine’s show featuring eight female dancers who will engage the audience with performances that are hilarious, heartbreaking, and daring. 8pm. Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo. Students: $35; GA: $55. Call (805) 963-0408 or email cstheater@sbcoxmail.com centerstagetheater.org/shows

2/17: Air Supply The soft rock duo of English singer-songwriter and guitarist Graham Russell and Australian lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock will bring their The Lost in

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Love Experience tour and catalog of hit love songs such as “All Out of Love,” “Making Love Out of Nothing at All,” and more to the Valley. 8pm. Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 E. Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez. $49$79. Ages 21+. chumashcasino.com/entertainment

SATURDAY 2/18

2/18-2/19: S.B. Choral Society Concert: For the Love of Music Conducted by Jo Anne Wasserman with piano accompaniment by David Potter, this contemplative and evocative choral concert will feature inspirational songs from the Renaissance to American Spirituals such Morten Lauridsen’s “Sure on This Shining Night,” Rollo Dilworth’s “The Gift to be Free,” and Mac Wilberg’s “O Whistle and I’ll Come to Ye.” Sat: 7pm; Sun.: 3pm. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St. $10-$50. Call (805) 965-6577. sbchoral.org

2/18: Opera Santa Barbara Presents An American Dream

In Jack Perla’s 2013 drama with libretto by Jessica Murphy Moo, treasured possessions become symbols of their lost homes for two women in the Pacific Northwest during World War II: a Japanese American facing internment and a German Jewish immigrant preoccupied by those she left behind. In English with surtitles. 2:30 and 7:30pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $40 community access tickets available for the matinee at Opera S.B. GA: $59-$159. Call (805) 963-0761. Read more on p. 57. lobero.org/events. tinyurl.com/OperaSBtics

SUNDAY 2/19

2/19: Catalyst Quartet Chamber Music Concert The Grammy Award–winning Catalyst Quartet will perform a program of all female composers that includes Jessie Montgomery’s Strum, Teresa Careño’s Quartett, Germaine Tailleferre’s String Quartet, and Fanny Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in E-flat. 7:30pm. Mary Craig Auditorium, S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. $20-$25. Call (805) 963-4364. tickets.sbma.net

2/18-2/19: S.B. Symphony Presents Transformation

Experience the power of musical transformation from Maurice Ravel’s Boléro to Richard Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration about human transitions, jazz saxophone legend Ted Nash’s personal journey as depicted on his newest composition Transformation, and Ernst von Dohnányi’s Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25 Sat.: 3pm; Sun.: 7:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $35-$175. Call (805) 899-2222. ticketing.granadasb.org/events

MONDAY 2/20

2/20: Chaucer’s Book Talk: Bradley Onishi Social commentator, scholar, writer, teacher, coach, and co-host of the Straight White American Jesus podcast Bradley Onishi will talk about his book Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism And What Comes Next, about the account of the yearslong campaign of White Christian nationalism that led to January 6, 2021. 6pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805) 682-6787. chaucersbooks.com/event

TUESDAY

2/21

Chaucer’s Book Signing: Dr. Cortney Warren Clinical psychologist Cortney Soderlind Warren, PhD, ABPP, will sign copies of her book Letting Go of Your Ex: CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) Skills to Heal the Pain of a Breakup and Overcome Love Addiction to give you the tools to combat the overwhelming symptoms of love addiction. 6pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805) 682-6787. chaucersbooks.com/event

2/21:

WEDNESDAY 2/22

2/22: Launch Pad Production: She Wolf, Margaret of Anjou Celebrating 15 years and led by Artistic Director Risa Brainin, Launch Pad, a creative laboratory for professional playwrights, UCSB theater students and faculty, and guest artists, presents a cheeky, ambitious, remarkably current retelling of the story of Margaret of Anjou, who marries King Henry VI in an alliance meant to broker peace. The play shows through March 5. 7:30pm. Performing Arts Theater, UCSB. Pre-sale: $13-$17; GA: $15-$19. Call (805) 893-2064. theaterdance.ucsb.edu/news

Black History Month

2/18: Black History Month Community Appreciation Celebration The Endowment for Youth Community will present this celebration. RSVP to shevonhooversb@gmail.com. 4-6pm. Wine Collective, 131 Anacapa St., Ste. C. Free tinyurl.com/CommunityAppreciation

2/16: Diversity Lecture: Feeling Politics: The Role of Emotions in Environmental Racism Fights Dr. Nadia Kim, professor of Asian and Asian American Studies at Loyola Marymount and author of Refusing Death, an examination of race, class, gender, and citizenship in relation to unauthorized immigrants, especially women and youth, will speak on America’s nativist racism and its system of class injustice, defined by disproportionate pollution and neglected schools, surveillance/deportation, and political marginalization. 6pm. MultiCultural Center Theater, UCSB. Free. Call (805) 893-8411. tinyurl.com/DrNadiaKim

2/18: Panel Discussion: Pre-Taped Video Conference: Black Women Rock This video will highlight five dynamic Black women: Maureen Mahon, an author/professor at NYU; and artists Sophia Ramos, Shelley Nicole, Leah King, and LaFrae Sci, who’ve carved out careers in the rock music genre. 1pm. S.B. Black Culture House, Soul Bites, 423 State St. Free facebook.com/SBBlackCultureHouse/events

2/19: Live Blues: Jellyroll Featuring Morganfield Burnett Take in some afternoon blues/rock with Jellyroll featuring vocalist and harpist Morganfield Burnett. 1pm. S.B. Black Culture House, Soul Bites, 423 State St. Free facebook.com/SBBlackCultureHouse/events

2/22: Black Flea Market The MCC in collaboration with the Office of Black Student Development (OBSD) invites you to embrace the Black community at UCSB with participation by shopping from Black organizations and creatives. Enjoy food, music, and free goodies for the soul, body, mind, and spirit. 5-7pm. MultiCultural Center, UCSB. Free. Call (805) 893-8411. tinyurl.com/BlackFleaMarketMCC

My Life l iving

Bright Lights and Bragging Rights

This was Johnny Perry: musician, raconteur, unofficial historian, and proprietor of the NAPA auto parts store (which also doubled as a museum of local artifacts) on the main drag of Guadalupe. Sadly, the place has since closed, and Johnny died last year, but it’s nice to remember colorful people and small-town curiosities. The store held not just a good supply of auto parts, but an 1840 adobe brick; vintage photos, posters, and bumper stickers; and even the plaster paw of a sphinx from Cecil B. DeMille’s 1923 production of The Ten Commandments, filmed at the nearby GuadalupeNipomo Dunes. But the best attraction was Johnny himself, a veritable fount of information about Guadalupe especially the good times.

And he did. From the school band in 4th grade, he parlayed his talents to playing at dances, eventually becoming part of a band called The Biscaynes, who opened for Jan and Dean in Pismo Beach and were the lead band at the Beach Boys’ first concert on June 2, 1966. In a display case at the store, there was a 45 rpm vinyl record of the Biscaynes’ biggest hit, “Church Key,” but Johnny’s son Eric switched on his computer, found the sound clip, hit play, and music filled the shop. It was a classic surf tune of the early ’60s guitar, drum, organ, and Johnny’s sax in an arrangement so lively, you’d want to dance … or drive along the California coast … or simply stand there, grinning. (What can I say? It was one of those “I love my life” moments.)

home and give your wife 10 dollars.”

Johnny’s shop was housed in the old Druid Temple building on Guadalupe Street. In addition to serving as the lodge for Druid business, the upstairs area at one time was used for Mexican rosaries and wakes, where people would take shifts sitting with the deceased, praying, and drinking tequila. It was a tough job carrying a coffin up and down those stairs, especially post-tequila, and Johnny decided early on he would discontinue that use of the building.

A photograph on the wall showed a teenaged Johnny wearing a striped serape and playing the sax alongside three other musicians at a Mexican Independence Day parade in the 1950s. “These celebrations predated Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days,” he said, adding that they were so big, folks would miss work the next day. His fondness for music went back to his boyhood days at the family ranch at Oso Flaco and a song he heard there, “Sentimental Journey,” played over and over. “I liked the sound,” said Johnny. “Tenor sax. So I thought, ‘I’ll learn that.’”

“We never made no money at all,” said Johnny, “…just bright lights and braggin’ rights.” And wonderful memories, too. To hear Johnny tell it, Guadalupe was a place for dancing and partying all night long, and he was happy to participate. “In one place was western music,” he recalled, “over there was Russian; down the street around the corner they had mariachis. Those three blocks … people walkin’ back and forth … then everybody closed at two, and they’d go an’ fill up all the restaurants…. People would come from Santa Maria, Lompoc, Arroyo Grande….”

I interrupted for a quick backtrack: “You mean 2 a.m.? People were going to the restaurants at 2 a.m.?”

“Oh yeah,” says Johnny. “You get hungry after dancing all night. People would be leaving the restaurants at 3 a.m., 4 a.m. We used to play the Rose Garden in Pismo, and we got our pay … I dunno … 20 bucks, something like that … well, most of it went for breakfast right after. Then you go

Back at ground level, there was at one time a post office whose mail slots and signs (DROPS, MONEY ORDERS, STAMPS) could still be seen in a corner of the store. Later, briefly and incongruously, the place served as a skating rink, from which Johnny said he was once kicked out for having too much fun and elbowing another skater.

A block or two down, you’d hear music coming out of the Vet’s Hall, where dances were held. (“Girls would be on one side, guys on the other….”) And across the street, there was the theater, open seven days a week, and a genuine melting pot experience. “Weekends, Monday, and Wednesday, they’d show American movies,” Johnny recalled. “Tuesday and Thursday, it was Mexican, and on Fridays, it would be Japanese, Filipino, or Chinese. We even liked to go to those because it was fun to hear the way they talked. Then we’d run over to Snappy Lunch and have our cheeseburger and fries.”

Contemporary kids, upon hearing about the rink, the theater, the dances, and the seemingly nonstop fun, used to ask Johnny, “Why don’t we have stuff like this anymore?”

It’s a good question. n

Island Nightlife

Outdoors

Deep within Scorpion Canyon, on the southeast fringe of Santa Cruz Island, the nights arrive quickly during the winter. The sun sits lower on the horizon, never allowing for much warmth to penetrate the canyon. As dusk approaches, the canyon cools, and by midnight it can be downright frigid.

The Secretive Island Skunks of Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands

In recent months, I’ve spent many nights looking for nocturnal life lurking beneath starry skies, especially the secretive island spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis amphialus). I’ve smelled them on far more occasions than I’ve seen them. All those brief moments have happened on Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands, the only places in the world to find this tiny carnivore.

“The skunks on Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands are genetically quite distinct,” said Lara Brenner, island scientist for The Nature Conservancy. “The thought is that they probably arrived just before Santarosae broke up (9,400 years ago), so the skunks on the two islands are almost as distinct as they are from the mainland population. I’m not sure if you can tell them apart based on their markings.”

Island Isolation

Long before the Northern Channel Islands, there was just the one “mega island” scientists named Santarosae. At the time, sea levels were nearly 400 feet lower than they are now, and the channel crossing was roughly four miles. However, following the last Ice Age and substantial sea level rise, some island species evolved into dwarf species due to isolation and dwindling food sources. In the case of the island spotted skunk, it evolved into its own species, but not a dwarf species. Genetically, they are distinct from their mainland cousin, the western spotted skunk. However, when looking at the

two species, it is difficult to tell them apart. At slightly more than a pound, the island spotted skunk appears as a little battery-operated toy hopping around its island habitat. Ironically, it’s the second largest land mammal on Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands. The island fox is the largest land mammal on those two isles, plus San Miguel Island. Although the endemic island fox is a dwarf species, it is roughly three pounds larger than its spotted skunk counterpart.

“The latest genetic evidence shows that skunks got here before foxes, but coincident with indigenous peoples’ arrival to the island,” said Brenner. “So, it’s possible (likely?) that they were transported by humans, but the archeological evidence doesn’t seem to show as close of a relationship with the skunks as there was with the foxes.”

Sharing the Island

As I hiked out of Scorpion Canyon and approached my first marine terrace, the temperature warmed by 20 degrees. The weather conditions were ripe for nocturnal activity.

I heard burrowing owls seemingly heckling me in the darkness. A poorwill nestled a few feet away, bedding down in the warm island loam. Still, an island spotted skunk eluded me. A terrestrial mystery, according to biologists, there might be just 1,000 of them between the two islands, making them one of the rarest carnivores in the world. They once inhabited San Miguel Island, but are now extinct.

Shining a low beam on a seemingly lifeless marine terrace with my headlamp, I spotted movement in a narrow gully. The white, fluffy tail gave it away: An island spotted skunk was foraging for food. Feeding on a steady diet of endemic deer mice, Jerusalem crickets, and berries, the skunk continued to duck inside a narrow crevice within the gully. After 10 minutes of peekaboo, it forgot about me and continued foraging.

After it scurried into dense island flora for good, I began my descent back into Scorpion Canyon. Along the way, I came across another skunk, and for about 50 paces, we shared the winding trail toward Cavern Point. As I kept pace, it bounced along in front of me and then veered off toward the sheer, crumbling cliffs. When it did, a burrowing owl dive-bombed the hopping skunk as it scrambled down the cliff.

“Skunks will intensely use a small part of their territory (<0.5 km2) for a week or two and then move to a completely different part of their territory for a week or two,” said Brenner.

At the bottom of Scorpion Canyon, the temps grew cooler. I could see my breath wafting skyward in the beam of my headlamp. As I walked up toward my tent in the lower campground, I smelled the pungent stench of an island spotted skunk. Sleep would have to wait. I scoured the dark island biome for another spotted carnivore. n

FOOD & DRINK

Corazón Comedor’s Mother-and-Son Magic

“The whole idea of this place is nostalgia,” explains restaurateur Ramon Velazquez about Corazón Comedor.

“And that takes time.”

He’s finding less and less of that these days, having just opened this latest establishment on East Victoria Street with two more on the way. So Velazquez whose flagship Corazón Cocina came to the Santa Barbara Public Market on the other side of State Street almost seven years ago enlisted the best person to create the estilo casero, or homestyle cooking, that he envisioned for Corazón Comedor: his own mother, Imelda Saldivar-Hernandez.

Saldivar-Hernandez, whose two loves are cooking and flowers, worked as a floral manager at Vons for 27 years before coming to Comedor. She’s the “chief florist” adding dramatically simple bouquets of, say, yellow caspia and deeply hued morning glory to each table but also the keeper of recipes for the restaurant’s refried beans, tamales, and guisados, single-pot stews typically eaten with tortillas. Though this new partnership came unexpectedly for Saldivar-Hernandez, the mother-son pair is no strangers in the kitchen.

“Ramon was different,” she remembered, explaining that he never adopted the “machismo” attitude prevalent in many Mexican households that expect women to do the cooking. “Growing up, his dad wouldn’t even fry an egg. But Ramon was interested in cooking since he was 7 years old.”

Saldivar-Hernandez is happy to share her cooking secrets, like frying dried chile de arbol as a base for her refried beans or using ice cubes to promote moisture retention in the tamale masa. But the most important ingredient for her is “corazón,” or heart, and she insists that Corazón Comedor’s kitchen staff adopt her philosophy of cooking with love.

Velazquez’s culinary career began alongside her, working at their fonda a small eatery often run out of a family home back in Guadalajara as a child. “She’s an amazing cook, and the goal of this place is to preserve her recipes,” he said. “I want Corazón Comedor to feel like eating at someone’s mom’s or grandma’s place.”

vinaigrette, and then the menu opens into tacos three veggie versions plus various chicken, pork, beef, and shrimp guisos as well as tamales, enchiladas, and pozole.

Ramon Velazquez Enlists

Imelda Saldivar-Hernandez for Homestyle

Mexican Restaurant

The food does taste like home. The welcome pile of totopos homemade tortilla chips is topped with crema, aromatic molé coloradito, bright queso fresco, and frijoles del rancho, whose meaty flavor comes from the pork fat popular in Mexico’s rural areas. Appetizers include small sopes, quesadillas, flautas, and the house salad with a cinnamon

Add to all that your choice from a spread of salsas. There’s the tatemada, which means roasted, with red tomatoes, serrano chile peppers and garlic; the cruda, or raw, with avocado and tomatillo; the habanero, with cooked tortillas, burnt garlic, onion tops, and cream; and the crunchy salsa macha, with dried chilis, toasted pecans, peanuts, sesame seeds, and pepitas.

The vibe is upscale and downhome at the same time. You could snag a quick bite, or course out a meal with wine pairings from producers in both Baja’s Valle de Guadalupe and California’s Central Coast. The juxtaposition reflects the time Velazquez spent working in Mexico City, where high-end restaurants exist on the same corners as a stand selling street tacos and

quesadillas stuffed with nopales and melted cheese. He even sells one of the oldest drinks in the Americas: champurrado, originally made by the Indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica with just water, corn, and cacao.

To Velazquez, these foods connect closest to the concept of home. “When is the only time we get together as a family? When we eat,” he said. “If you have the opportunity to eat with friends from Ethiopia, India, or Peru here in the States, you are eating the closest thing they have to their home. Especially for people who can’t go home or are restricted from traveling, food is how they recreate the place they are from. That’s part of what inspired me to open Corazón Comedor, to recreate that feeling of home. It’s soul food.”

As a leader of an expanding empire, Velazquez must increasingly depend on his team to execute that vision. The “family,” as he calls them, is made up of folks who toggle back and forth between the original location Corazón Cocina at the Public Market and the Comedor. “I trust them with everything,” he said ardently. “You have to empower people to take on responsibility. That’s how people excel.”

Next on the horizon is Jaguar Moon, a tequila and mezcal bar collaboration with Good Lion Hospitality in Ventura; and seafood-focused Tacos Roma at the Montecito Country Market, where Little Alex’s once stood.

But his first order of business is making churros at Corazón Comedor to go with Rori’s Artisanal Creamery’s mezcal-cajeta ice cream. “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to figure out in the kitchen,” he laughed, “but I’m going to do it.”

29 E. Victoria St.; (805) 679-5397; corazoncomedor.com

Gala Opens Downtown

Fri. Feb. 24

7:30-9:00PM

Doors open at 7:00PM UCSB Campus MCC Theater

Reader Jonathan L. sent me a message: “A new restaurant opened yesterday (Wednesday) called Gala across the street from La Paloma. The old crepe place but totally remodeled and very hip vibe.” Consequently, I stopped by Gala at 705 Anacapa Street to check it out and was told by the hostess that it is a tapas/share-style eatery with Spanish-Mediterranean farm-to-table influences. During my visit, they also had bigger items like burgers, risotto, duck, and steak, but I am told that the menu is currently changing daily as they experiment with different dishes and that it will be finalized soon.

Owner Tara Penke, who also owns a restaurant in Spain (named “Picnic”) but grew up in the Santa Barbara area, gave me a list of Gala menu items that have a good chance of making the final cut. They include Kusshi oysters (served chilled with apple cucumber mignonette or hot with parm and herbs), duck confit (confit’d in house White Leaf Farm duck leg, silky mash potatoes, leafy greens, herbs, duck gravy, preserved kumquats), olives (kalamata, frescatrano, castelvetrano), shrimp croquetas (lemon parsley aioli), and potato and quinoa hash browns (herb créme fraîche). Numerous sides, desserts, cocktails, beers, wines, lemonades, and iced teas are also available.

Hours are Wednesday-Saturday, 4-9 p.m. Brunch (coming soon) will be 9 a.m-2:30 p.m. Call (805) 869-2813 or visit galasb.com

EAST VALLEY KITCHEN COMING TO MONTECITO: I am more than a little bit late with this story. After visiting my mom in Montecito recently, I stopped by Pierre Lafond (my go-to place for candy while attending nearby Montecito Union Elementary School back in the day) and noticed a sign dated December 5, 2022, on the front door of the former home of Montecito Wine Bistro saying that “East Valley Kitchen LLC” will be the next tenant. In April 2022, I broke the news that Montecito Wine Bistro was in talks to be acquired. Today, I read that the Montecito Journal has reported about Montecito hedgefund titan Graham Duncan, and they

say that Duncan is the new owner of the restaurant.

THREE PICKLES COMING TO CHAPALA: Reader David P. recently spotted a coming-soon sign for Three Pickles Subs & Sandwiches at 1436 Chapala Street, the recently former home of South Coast Deli.

DAWN & DUSK OPEN DOWNTOWN: Reader Steve

C. let me know the Dawn Café and Drift Bar have opened at 524 State Street as part of the new Drift hotel announced here in July 2021. “Inspired by SoCal’s iconic surf culture, Dawn serves up the finest drip coffee, cold brews, and espresso classics,” says their website, drifthotels.co. “Grab a pastry to go or set up shop at one of our workstations. Open daily from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.”

THE BALLARD INN OPENS PLUME RESTAURANT: The Ballard Inn’s new restaurant, Plume, has opened. The Ballard Inn is located at 2436 Baseline Avenue in Ballard. Call (805) 688-7770.

RED PEPPER GOLETA CLOSES: The Red Pepper Restaurant at 282 Orange Avenue in Goleta closed in April 2019 after decades in business. On July 28, 2020, the restaurant had a grand opening under new ownership. They added a second location at 966 Embarcadero Del Mar, Suite C, in Isla Vista in December 2021. Earlier this week, reader Bill spotted a sign on the Goleta premises that says the Goleta location has “moved” to their Isla Vista location. In other words, they closed.

STATE & FIG RESUMES DINNER SERVICE: Reader Ellen H. let me know that State and Fig at 1114 State Street, Suite 18, has resumed dinner service after suspending it during the pandemic. Hours are 4:30-7:30 p.m. The restaurant tells me that they will monitor interest in their dinner offering, then decide whether or not to continue it.

HOLDREN’S CELEBRATES 20 YEARS: Holdren’s Steaks & Seafood at 512 State Street is 20 years old this year and is having a $20 menu for everyone to enjoy February 21-23.

Yaya Bey is one of R&B’s most exciting storytellers. Using a combination of ancestral forces and her own self-actualization, the singer/songwriter seamlessly navigates life’s hardships and joyful moments through music. Bey’s new album, Remember Your North Star, captures this emotional rollercoaster with a fusion of soul, jazz, reggae, Afrobeat, and hip-hop that feeds the soul. Bey’s ability to tap into the emotionally kaleidoscopic nature of women, specifically Black women, is the essence of the entire album.

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Influenced by the pictorialist movement of the early twentieth century, Edward S. Curtis set out to create a photo and ethnographic record of Indigenous peoples living in Western regions from the Mexican border to Alaskan shores. 100 years later, Indigenous people still contend with “Indian” stereotypes that are consequences of Edward Curtis’s vision. This exhibit endeavors to present his breathtaking photogravures within the context of American colonialism.

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rarity. “There’s not enough of women helping women, particularly in the arts because everything is so competitive,” she said. “But I feel honored and privileged to be part of this group. They are really genius artists, and I am in awe of them.”

Rosenberg-Dent noted the democratic, egalitarian nature of the organization that makes it work. There is no president or slate of officers (though Walmsley serves as the official note-taker), and majority rules: Actions are proposed, discussed, and voted on.

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OPERA SANTA BARBARA PRESENTS AN AMERICANDREAM

In many ways, artists live always on the edge, standing at the precipice of something new a painting, a sculpture, an interpretation that didn’t exist previously. Now, a group of 13 women artists who call themselves, collectively, Western Edge, are bringing their work together for the first time in an exhibition at the Thomas Reynolds Gallery.

But this is more than a group show. Introducing: Western Edge is rooted in the art salons painter Dorothy Churchill-Johnson, the group’s founder, hosted in her living room more than two decades ago, and in the deep connections the artists have forged with one another over the years.

“For years, Santa Barbara has been a magnet for serious independent artists who mainly create outside the trends and movements of Los Angeles and San Francisco,” said Churchill-Johnson. “We have been colleagues for years, supporting each other’s work, and occasionally exhibiting together.”

The salons created an environment in which the artists could talk about their work and explore the inherent challenges they faced as professional artists. “We started to meet every two months to share the prog-

ress of our careers, vent our frustrations, and discuss what was happening in contemporary art,” said painter Cynthia Martin, one of the group’s earliest members. “When the COVID pandemic came along, we stopped meeting for more than two years. Last fall, everyone felt the need to meet and share again, this time with new vigor and our focus evolved. We realized that our diverse styles and themes express the unique complexities of contemporary life on the California coast. The Western Edge exhibition at the Thomas Reynolds Gallery reflects that complexity.”

Artists work independently and usually in isolation, noted sculptor Joan RosenbergDent, also an early member, and having a place where they could come together in mutual support and common experience, however disparate their individual work, has been essential. “We [otherwise] could never share anything as women artists,” Rosenberg-Dent said. “We don’t have that in common with the people we meet socially. [Churchill-Johnson] felt a real need and started inviting people.”

Painter Veronica Walmsley, a relative newcomer to Western Edge, welcomes the opportunity to be in the presence of and learn from accomplished artists who have succeeded in making art their careers. “I love being part of the energy of this group,” she said. “Each person has individual strengths they contribute. And while all the artists are competitive, we are not competing against each other. There’s an acceptance that we’re all in the business. Everyone supports one another.” Walmsley described that as a

The membership currently stands at 13 and will likely remain so. “We don’t want it to get any bigger,” Rosenberg-Dent said. It’s large enough to bring together varied perspectives, she explained, but small enough that members can meet in one another’s homes, and they can communicate as a group relatively easily.

The current exhibition is a good example of that. “We didn’t intend to do a gallery show,” she noted. “It fell in our lap and we thought this would be a really good first experience working together as a group. But we had to get it all up in a short period of time.”

The show at Thomas Reynolds Gallery is a dress rehearsal of sorts for the group’s newly articulated purpose, which is to exhibit together in museums. “It occurred to me that a curated group of professionals could achieve more together than as individuals, and that museums might be interested in a broad spectrum of work being produced on California’s idyllic Central Coast,” said Churchill-Johnson. “I wanted an eclectic group with a variety of styles and philosophies, but work that was united in beauty, innovation, and serious intent.

“My hope, and our goal,” she continued, “is to create a compelling exhibition proposal that will interest museum curators, especially museums that specialize in California and/or American art, in showing the broad spectrum of contemporary work being produced here on the Western Edge.”

In addition to Churchill-Johnson, Martin, Rosenberg-Dent, and Walmsley, Western Edge artists include Pamela Hill Enticknap, Nancy Gifford, Holli Harmon, Ruth Ellen Hoag, Cynthia James, RT Livingston, Kerrie Smith, Marlene Struss, and Susan Tibbles.

Curated by Andi Campognone, director of the Museum of Art and History in Lancaster, Introducing: Western Edge continues at the Thomas Reynolds Gallery (1331 State St.) through March 25. See thomasreynolds.com.

For the next installment of a rich and varied season for Opera Santa Barbara (OSB), on Saturday, February 18, at the Lobero Theatre, attentions turn away from standard opera repertory toward a respected contemporary opera with lingering racial resonances.

The one-act opera An American Dream, written by composer Jack Perla from a libretto by Jessica Murphy Moo, was commissioned by the Seattle Opera and premiered in 2015. It takes place in the Northwest Puget Sound, to be specific but with far-reaching implications, ethnically and historically. The saga relates to the complicated fates and family tragedies of incarcerated Japanese-Americans and a German Jewish woman fleeing the ravages of Nazi Germany, concerned about life in the home she was forced to leave.

Perla is a contemporary composer with opera as one of his primary points of focus, and he is known for incorporating aspects of classical and jazz in his work. His previous operas include Shalimar the Clown (a 2016 adaptation of a Salman Rushdie novel) and Jonah & the Whale (a 2014 commission by L.A. Opera).

The Seattle Times’ review of the 2015 premiere of An American Dream noted its use of minimalist and impressionistic musical flavors and generally cited it as “a gripping piece of musical theater.”

For this Santa Barbara production, the lead roles are played by singers involved with the company’s resourcefully valiant life during the pandemic. Nina Yoshida Nelsen, a Santa Barbara native last heard here in OSB’s double-header of Il Tabarro/El Amor Brujo, in 2021, reprises the role of Hiroko, which she debuted in the Seattle premiere. Mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock, from the 2019 production of The Crucible and the Carmen in Your Car “drive-in opera” production in 2021, appears in the role of the German Jewish woman Eva Crowley, while baritone Ben Lowe (from last year’s Tosca) plays Eva’s American husband.

Kostis Protopapas, OSB’s intrepid general and artistic director, commented, “An American Dream is a piece I’ve wanted to do for a long time and fulfills our company’s pledge to produce one American opera each season. It’s an American opera with tragic cross-cultural dimensions and timeless history lessons attached.”

Opera Santa Barbara performs An American Dream at the Lobero Theatre Saturday, February 18, at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. For more information and tickets, please visit operasb.org.

STEP UP TO STEP AFRIKA!

HIGH-ENERGY DANCE SHOW INTEGRATES CONTEMPORARY AND TRADITIONAL FORMS

Step Afrika! brings an evening full of high-energy dance that’s sure to get your heart pounding on Thursday, February 16. Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures in association with the Center for Black Studies Research, the Department of Black Studies, and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Step Afrika! continues and extends the long tradition of stepping by integrating traditional and contemporary dance forms with songs, storytelling, humor, and audience participation in a compelling artistic experience that is accessible to all audiences.

The Washington, D.C.–based Step Afrika! specializes in stepping, a percussive, highly energetic art form first developed through historically acknowledged African-American fraternities and sororities’ song and dance rituals. These rituals come from a long history of percussive rhythms that characterize African American music and dance culture and their ties to the dances of enslaved people in the American South. Stepping uses bodily percussion footsteps, clapping, and spoken word as part of the musical score, and the dances themselves have a deep tie to other dance forms, such as tap dance and juba or hambone. These hybridized dance forms have a rich history that makes Step Afrika!’s innovative work all the more engaging.

Step Afrika! is also the first professional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Founder C. Brian Williams has overseen their journey from its beginnings as an exchange program with the Soweto Dance Theatre of Johannesburg, South Africa, to a professional company that has toured throughout the United States and traveled internationally to more than 50 countries. Step Afrika! expands “the aesthetic possibilities of stepping by creating works that combine stepping with live music, technology, and storytelling,” states their website. Since its founding 30 years ago, Step Afrika! has been named an official Cultural Ambassador for Washington, D.C., and Williams has been named a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellow.

The group’s acclaim and popularity comes from its innovative approach that weaves music, storytelling, and humor into a contemporary art form influenced by cultural dances that have survived and morphed through history, bodies, and time. Their self-titled concert showcasing the art of stepping will entertain audiences of all ages.

Step Afrika! performs at UCSB’s Campbell Hall on Thursday, February 16, at 7 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit artsand lectures.ucsb.edu.

JAZZ-CLASSICAL TRANSFORMER TIME

SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY PROGRAM TO SHOWCASE WORLD-CLASS JAZZ MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER TED NASH, UNVEILING A PREMIERE

Among other attributes, the current Santa Barbara Symphony (SBS) season can be hailed as a season of premieres of different stripes, sizes, and, especially in the case of this weekend’s model, genres. After the world premiere of Cody Westheimer’s ambitious multimedia piece Wisdom of the Water, Earth and Sky two programs back, and a new version of Elmer Bernstein’s Toccata for Toy Trains arranged by his son Peter, last month, the SBS returns with yet a different brand of premiere.

This weekend (Feb. 18-19) marks a return of Ted Nash, the noted reed player, composer, and longstanding member of the great Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by Wynton Marsalis. Nash has appeared in different settings in Santa Barbara, with and without Marsalis in tow. Now comes his debut with the Symphony, in orchestral garb. As musician and composer, he will premiere a new orchestral expansion of his piece Transformation, with the orchestra boldly led by maestro Nir Kabaretti. He will also perform with the trio led by respected Los Angeles–based jazz pianist Josh Nelson, as well as be warmed by the spotlight as a soloist in Ravel’s ever-popular Boléro.

The SBS has worked with the merger of jazz and classical elements before, as it did last season with the appearance of pianist Marcus Roberts, with his trio and as soloist on Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F. But the upcoming Nash adventure takes on a different cast and promises a new level of invention.

We recently checked in with Nash regarding his latest return to the 805.

Is working in the orchestral world something you’ve always wanted to expand into? It has been a dream of mine to compose for the orchestra. Having the opportunity to do so with the Santa Barbara Symphony is a natural extension of the years I have spent teaching and playing here. I can’t think of an orchestra I would rather have performing my first works for this beautiful tradition.

Tell me about the origin and evolution of Transformation. A few years ago, actress Glenn Close appeared on my album Presidential Suite. Her artistry has always inspired me. I asked her about her method for preparing for her roles and she said she didn’t have a particular technique. “I just use my imagination,” she said. It’s everything.

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coming out as transgender. During this concert, Eli read his letter to me while the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra played a supportive background. As Eli finished his letter, the piece transformed into my response, which I played on the soprano sax.

For the Symphony concert, I have orchestrated these pieces, and I think having the extra colors and textures is really going to expand the emotional feeling of the piece. I am excited and curious to hear them played and a little nervous….

Wynton [Marsalis] has long crossed over the jazz and orchestral worlds: Was he an influence on you in that regard? Wynton has always been a big influence on me, in so many ways. When I was in my early twenties, I had a fantasy to play with him someday. I never thought it would actually happen. Now he is one of my closest friends and collaborators. We have performed many of his compositions for big band and orchestra, and this has certainly had a big impact on me. The way he hears music is so personal and expresses the deep love he has for both jazz and classical traditions.

Do you find a satisfying symbiosis in a program such as this, in terms of classical culture interweaving naturally with jazz what Ellington called “America’s classical music?” I have always loved combining musical disciplines. My band Odeon embraces Eastern European, South American, New Orleans, and classical styles of music in a base of modern jazz. Classical music and jazz share so much, especially in terms of harmony and rhythm. I think the big band can certainly be considered jazz’s orchestral ensemble.

Ms. Close and I decided to collaborate on a larger project, and we chose the theme of transformation. We developed so many different ways to express this theme, many through deeply personal stories. One of those was my son Eli

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RARE FINDS AWAIT AUDIOPHILES AT WYLDE WEST WRECKERDS

RARE FINDS AWAIT AUDIOPHILES AT WYLDE WEST WRECKERDS

WELCOME TO THE VALLEY’S NEWEST RECORD SHOP

Vinyl enthusiasts will rejoice over Wylde West Wreckerds, the latest addition to Santa Ynez’s downtown shopping district. The tiny, two-aisle destination offering a cherry-picked, 40/60 ratio of new to used stock is the work of music aficionado and longtime record dealer Ray Fortune, who spent more than a decade flipping used vinyl on the circuit while running Records Etc. in Solvang before settling into his current home at 3558 Sagunto Street.

It’s not the kind of place you stumble upon. Tucked behind Pony Espresso coffee, next to the back entrance to the post office and an architect’s studio, Fortune’s outpost specializes in first pressings and analog reissues that chart the evolution of most alternative genres spanning the ’60s to now, but especially hard-to-find indie rock, post-punk, alternative country, metal, soul, and jazz whittled down to the essentials but keeping some nice surprises in the mix.

“I wanted music fans to be able to stop by and grab a first edition of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band or Sticky Fingers on a whim or dig deep into the catalogs of artists like the Cure, Interpol, Pavement, the Smiths, and LCD Soundsystem, to name a few. I also sell the latest releases by artists like Taylor Swift and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs,” said Fortune of his curatorial approach, which caters to connoisseurs. He’s an unabashed stickler on quality: “There’s no budget section here.”

Indeed, appreciation for Fortune’s discerning eye was on full display at the shop on a recent Friday afternoon. “Ray’s

a guy who does his homework,” said regular shopper John Flesher, who had thumbed the stacks that day and plucked out Mule Variations by Tom Waits. “If you’re a buyer who also does your homework, then you’re really going to respect his selection.”

Country musician Wil Ridge is another local collector who keeps knocking at Ray’s door, drawn to the tangible appeal of vinyl in an age of fleeting digital pleasures. “I love the physical involvement of listening to a record,” Ridge said. “I get to bring it home, take it out of the sleeve, flip it over on the player. Maybe there’s a cool poster or lyric booklet inside I feel a part of the album.”

Elaborating on the exploding demand for vinyl, Fortune noted, “People my age are buying back the toys we had in the

’80s and ’90s while millennials are discovering the rewards of physically owning what they pay for.”

At the end of the day, Fortune just loves getting music to the people. “Selling Nirvana’s Nevermind or Californication by the Red Hot Chili Peppers to a 15-year-old kid who is just discovering these bands is what makes it all worth it,” he said.

Asked what’s on the horizon, Fortune already has expansion on his mind. “In addition to a weekly podcast focusing on new arrivals and notable vintage finds,” he said, “I’ve got plans in the works for additional stores in Montecito and Paso Robles. I designed this business model to be easily replicated.”

Wylde West Wreckerds is open 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday at 3558 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez. Follow them on Instagram at @wyldewestwreckerds.

SILENCE IS GOLDEN SILENCE IS GOLDEN RENOWNED DEEJAY

PIVOTS TO COLLABORATIVE CONTEMPLATION

Ean Golden offers a summary of his arc. “I climbed to the top of a ladder and realized that I’d put it on the wrong roof.” For 20 years, Golden was a renowned deejay whose artistic and tech contributions to the form made him a revered and beloved figure, and so he remains. Traveling the world at the top of his frenetic game, Golden was playing huge rooms in places like Ibiza, trailblazing the Digital Deejay movement he helped launch, and innovating through his own company the midi hardware that would ultimately supplant the deejay’s turntable.

A culture-tweaking thought leader, proselytizer, and writer in the vitalized deejay community and a sonic shaman to the gyrating acolytes who swarmed his ecstatic performances Ean Golden was a brand unto himself. Then he took a step back.

“I’ve chosen a slightly different path for now,” he understates. That slightly different path is Fluint, which lives at the unlikely intersection of ancient Zen interiority and robotics. “It’s a collaborative form of art, generative in nature.” Generative?

“Generative art is a work in which the designer produces the conditions under which a piece of art is generated or produced. The generative artist may never touch the piece, but designs the system that produces it. The inputs to that system are people’s choices. This is art being created in the moment.”

Golden and his team Tom Sepi, Sean Dadashi, and Dani Pletter have devised an interface and website that allows people from anywhere in the world to collaboratively produce

a singular work of art in real time, based on the ancient Japanese art form called suminagashi which Golden describes as “a Zen practice of floating ink on water, which produces mesmerizing, emergent patterns that form and change over time.”

The geographically disparate participants in the art piece’s creation issue commands through the online Fluint interface, and these are directly implemented by Golden’s robot: an inkdispensing armature hovering over a still pool of water in his Santa Barbara studio. Participants see their inputs synchronously enacted on their own computer screens. In the fullness of time, one of the group “mints” the work, completing an art piece made inimitable by its presence on the Ethereum blockchain. The end result is thus an NFT, a digital asset unique in the world and produced in this case through a meditative 12th-century Japanese art form.

In suminagashi, the eternal circle is the base visual gesture from which the ink whimsically blossoms on the water’s sur-

face. One senses the closing of such a circle for Fluint’s founder, whose increasing success became an impediment to his foundational goal the gathering of strangers in an immersive setting that unites and illuminates.

“This project is about loving imperfection. It’s about giving up control and letting something magical happen in the process.” Golden once and future high priest of the bassmaddened whirling dervish set offers a serene grin. “Fluint art is about celebrating life.” —Jeff Wing

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Episode 69: Santa Barbara Dream Foundation Delivers “Hope” With Every Dream

On this episode of The Indy, join us for a ride-a-long Dream Delivery with the Dream Foundation. Host Alexandra Goldberg sat down with Lamar Pugh, a Dream recipient who was granted a trip to Florida with his best friend Daniel Ontiveros. Also joining the conversation is Dream Foundation CEO Kisa Heyer, Vice President of Programs Barbara Schoch, and Dream Coordinator Rebecca Steiger to chat about the unique palliative care this organization provides across the nation.

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ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Aries director Francis Ford Coppola was asked to name the year’s worst movie. The question didn’t interest him, he said. He listed his favorite films, then declared, “Movies are hard to make, so I’d say, all the other ones were fine!” Coppola’s comments remind me of author Dave Eggers’: “Do not dismiss a book until you have written one, and do not dismiss a movie until you have made one, and do not dismiss a person until you have met them.” In accordance with astrological omens, Aries, your assignment is to explore and embody these perspectives. Refrain from judging efforts about which you have no personal knowledge. Be as open-minded and generous as you can. Doing so will give you fuller access to half-dormant aspects of your own potentials.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): Artist Andy Warhol said, only half in jest, “Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art, and working is art, and good business is the best art.” More than any other sign, Tauruses embody this attitude with flair. When you are at your best, you’re not a greedy materialist who places a higher value on money than everything else. Instead, you approach the gathering of necessary resources, including money, as a fun art project that you perform with love and creativity. I invite you to ascend to an even higher octave of this talent.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): You are gliding into the Season of Maximum Volition, Autonomy, and Liberty. Now is a favorable time to explore and expand the pleasures of personal sovereignty. You will be at the peak of your power to declare your independence from influences that hinder and limit you. To prepare, try two experiments. (1) Act as if free will is an illusion. It doesn’t exist. There’s no such thing. Then visualize what your destiny would be like. (2) Act as if free will is real. Imagine that in the coming months you can have more of it at your disposal than ever before. What will your destiny be like?

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): The ethereal, dreamy side of your nature must continually find ways to express itself beautifully and playfully. And I do mean “continually.” If you’re not always allowing your imagination to roam and romp around in Wonderland, your imagination may lapse into spinning out crabby delusions. Luckily, I don’t think you will have any problems attending to this necessary luxury in the coming weeks. From what I can tell, you will be highly motivated to generate fluidic fun by rambling through fantasy realms. Bonus! I suspect this will generate practical benefits.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t treat your allies or yourself with neglect and insensitivity. For the sake of your mental and physical health, you need to do the exact opposite. I’m not exaggerating! To enhance your well-being, be almost ridiculously positive. Be vigorously nice and rigorously kind. Bestow blessings and dole out compliments, both to others and yourself. See the best and expect the best in both others and yourself.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Is there a bug in the sanctuary of love? A parasite or saboteur? If so, banish it. Is there a cranky monster grumbling in the basement or attic or closet? Feed that creature chunks of raw cookie dough imbued with a crushed-up valium pill. Do you have a stuffed animal or holy statue to whom you can spill your deep, dark, delicious secrets? If not, get one. Have you been spending quality time rumbling around in your fantasy world in quest of spectacular healings? If not, get busy. Those healings are ready for you to pluck them.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There’s a weird magic operating in your vicinity these days a curious, uncanny kind of luck. So while my counsel here might sound counterintuitive, I think it’s true. Here are four affirmations to chant regu-

larly: (1) “I will attract and acquire what I want by acting as if I don’t care if I get what I want.” (2) “I will become grounded and relaxed with the help of beautiful messes and rowdy fun.” (3) “My worries and fears will subside as I make fun of them and joke about them.” (4) “I will activate my deeper ambition by giving myself permission to be lazy.”

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How many people would fight for their country? Below I list the countries where my horoscopes are published and the percentage of their populations ready and willing to take up arms against their nations’ enemies: Japan, 11 percent; Netherlands, 15 percent; Italy, 20 percent; France, 29 percent; Canada, 30 percent; U.S., 44 percent. So I surmise that Japanese readers are most likely to welcome my advice here, which is threefold: (1) The coming months will be a good time to cultivate your love for your country’s land, people, and culture, but not for your country’s government and armed forces. (2) Minimize your aggressiveness unless you invoke it to improve your personal life in which case, pump it up and harness them. (3) Don’t get riled up about vague abstractions and fearbased fantasies. But do wield your constructive militancy in behalf of intimate, practical improvements.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): By the time she was 33, Sagittarian actor Jane Fonda was famous and popular. She had already won many awards, including an Oscar. Then she became an outspoken opponent of America’s war in Vietnam. Some of her less-liberal fans were outraged. For a few years, her success in films waned. Offers didn’t come easily to her. She later explained that while the industry had not completely “blacklisted” her, she had been “graylisted.” Despite the setback, she kept working—and never diluted her political activism. By the time she was in her forties, her career and reputation had fully recovered. Today, at age 84, she is busy with creative projects. In accordance with astrological rhythms, I propose we make her your role model in the coming months. May she inspire you to be true to your principles even if some people disapprove. Be loyal to what you know is right.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Charles V (1500–1558) had more than 20 titles, including Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Lord of the Netherlands. He was also a patron of the arts and architecture. Once, while visiting the renowned Italian painter Titian to have his portrait done, he did something no monarch had ever done. When Titian dropped his paintbrush on the floor, Charles humbly picked it up and gave it to him. I foresee a different but equally interesting switcheroo in your vicinity during the coming weeks. Maybe you will be aided by a big shot or get a blessing from someone you consider out of your league. Perhaps you will earn a status boost or will benefit from a shift in a hierarchy.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some people I respect regard the Bible as a great work of literature. I don’t share that view. Like psychologist Valerie Tarico, I believe the so-called good book is filled with “repetition, awkward constructions, inconsistent voice, weak character development, boring tangents, and passages where nobody can tell what the writer meant to convey.” I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, because I believe now is a good time to rebel against conventional wisdom, escape from experts’ opinions, and formulate your own unique perspectives about pretty much everything. Be like Valerie Tarico and me.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): I suspect that arrivederci and au revoir and sayōnara will overlap with birth cries and welcomes and initiations in the coming days. Are you beginning or ending? Leaving or arriving? Letting go or hanging on? Here’s what I think: You will be beginning and ending; leaving and arriving; letting go and hanging on. That could be confusing, but it could also be fun. The mix of emotions will be rich and soulful.

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Functions with a high level of independence and supervisory authority over the Academic Personnel Analyst and the Faculty Assistant in the Materials Department requiring effective policy interpretation, strong initiative, analytical skills and problem solving capabilities. Independently identifies areas for analysis, defines problems and devises solutions in the areas of Academic Affairs and Recruitment; Student Affairs; Alumni Affairs; and Major Event Management. Ensures compliance with all UC, state and federal policies and procedures pertaining to Academic Affairs. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/or training.

1‑3 years experience with Academic Personnel management for faculty and professional researchers. 1‑3 years experience managing Student Affairs and curriculum development. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $68,700 ‑ $82,500/ 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 # 48636

supervisory experience. 1‑3 years administrative work experience. 1‑3 years policy analysis/administration experience. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range $72,000 ‑ $95,000/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. Application review begins 2/22/23. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 48862

ACADEMIC PROGRAM COORDINATOR

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

Serves as the Academic Program Coordinator for the Quantum Assembly NRT program and its affiliated training activities. Responsible for program administration and student coordination. Supports the full range of activities related to the operation of the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program including: implementing recruitment strategies, assisting with the admission process, coordinating training activities, tracking student progress, trainee appointments, payroll and reimbursements, reporting of agency required data, regular and confidential correspondence, and short and long‑term planning. Corresponds with faculty and multiple campus departments involved with the NRT. Manages events and seminars including research collaboration workshops, educational outreach programs and other meetings. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area or equivalent experience/training. 1‑3 years administrative work experience.

Administrative Analyst coordinates services for the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor and provides direct analytical and administrative support with ongoing, annual, and special projects which require initiative, creativity, independence, analytical, and organization skills. Represents HDAE to the campus and community requiring a high degree of political acumen and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders essential to the success of the organization. Directly supervises 5‑7 Student Assistants who serve as the first point of contact for the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor. Reqs: Ability to use sound judgment and discretion in responding to issues and concerns and maintain confidentiality. Proficient in communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with diverse groups at all levels, both verbally and in writing. Ability to interpret local and system‑wide policies and procedures. Ability to work independently and be flexible while performing a wide range of tasks concurrently and effectively. Strong organizational and planning skills, and the ability to multitask and prioritize with demanding timelines. Exceptional skills in customer service including working with a variety of constituents. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, database systems, and calendaring software. Notes: UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Schedule may vary to meet operational needs $27.56 ‑ $35.28/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 2/21/23. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 48813

hour ‑ $27.39/hour. 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 #48229

BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SERVICES

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ACADEMIC AND STUDENT AFFAIRS MANAGER

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

Maintains a high level of independence and supervisory authority over a wide variety of complex and distinct functional areas in the Department of Physics requiring a significant level of policy interpretation, initiative, analysis and problem‑solving ability. Identifies areas for analysis, defines problems and devises solutions. Functional areas include: academic personnel, student affairs and administrative support to the faculty in meeting instructional and research missions of the Department. Provides a high level of management support to the Chair, Vice‑Chair and Department Manager. Participates in short‑ and long‑range planning in all areas, above. Duties must be performed at the highest level of discretion, diplomacy and professional judgment. Participates regularly in professional training and development, particularly in areas of high impact/consequence on department operations. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience/training.v1‑3 years

Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. 50% M‑F, 4 hrs/ day. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $28.96 ‑ $34.42/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 2/3/23.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 48106

BUILDING ENTRY AND COORDINATION OF CARE SPECIALIST

STUDENT HEALTH

ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST HOUSING, DINING AND AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES (HDAE)

Performs a wide range of duties related to the mission and goals of (HDAE). The responsibilities of this position are as varied as the broad range of issues that may reach the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor. The Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor includes the Associate Vice Chancellor, Chief Financial Officer, Chief of Staff, and the Organizational &amp; Performance Management and Multimedia Marketing &amp; Communication teams. The

Supervises and oversees all Student Health Services (SHS) Main Lobby duties which includes reception service to all visitors to the facility, in person, by phone, and via email. Serves as a customer service lead, floater to assist with clinic overflow, and coordinator of special clinic projects. Working closely with the Business Operations Officer, coordinates and supports all recruitment and onboarding of SH staff (career, limited, per diem, contract, temp), student staff and volunteers. Provides customer and patient services support as requested by supervisor. Reqs: High school diploma or equivalent experience. Strong customer service experience. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child & Dependent Adult Abuse. Must successfully complete and pass the background check 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. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. $23.59/

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CLINICAL LAB SCIENTIST SUPERVISOR

STUDENT HEALTH

Directly supervises laboratory technical and administrative functions for the Student Health Service laboratory while adhering to all safety and infection control policies and procedures. Training and experience must comply with Federal CLIA 88 requirements for personnel of high complexity testing in the specialties of hematology, clinical microscopy, diagnostic immunology, urinalysis, chemistry, microbiology, and virology/molecular diagnostics. Must possess a high degree of accuracy and precision; must be familiar with common laboratory analyzers, equipment and laboratory information systems (LIS); and must be able to process specimens, enter data, preventatively maintain instruments and troubleshoot. Must be capable of working independently while maintaining compliance with existing laws, regulations and policies; must have the ability to communicate effectively with clinicians, patients, health service staff and campus partners; and must be capable of fast, accurate laboratory work while doing multiple procedures. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area, 5 years experience working as a licensed Clinical Lab Scientist, and 1‑3 years experience supervisory experience. Notes: 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 at SHS during the influenza season. Must have a current CA Clinical Laboratory Scientist license at all times during employment in order to function in their clinical role. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. $116,218 ‑ $129,456/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 #48658

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Oversees instrument operations – develops practices and protocols to ensure that instruments and auxiliary accessories are maintained and function properly, capabilities are utilized safely and correctly, and training is performed properly and efficiently. Develop and implement cryoEM educational and training programs to improve use of facility. Interfaces with users for training and data collection. Assists/trains users in advanced EM techniques and experiments. Develops protocols for performing advanced EM techniques, including training procedures and licensed user tests. Loads samples, tune microscopes, and acquire and process data. Evaluates quality of data obtained by users and provides advice on strategies to improve data quality. Implements data collection strategies that will benefit the user community. Supervises facility operations performed by PI research assistants as needed, including oversight and direction on techniques. Serves as a technical resource for other research staff. Demonstrates excellent technical writing and presentation skills. Maintains accurate logs for microscope performance, usage, and billing. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.

4‑6 years Independent High‑End TEM Operations. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range $75,800/yr. Full Salary Range $75,800‑149,600/yr. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience; the budget for the position; and the application of fair, equitable, and consistent pay practices at the University. 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 2/28/23. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 49191

DIRECTOR, FAMILY VACATION CENTER

ALUMNI AFFAIRS OFFICE

working knowledge of various vendors and supplies needed to achieve camp programming goals. Communicates effectively with registered guests to meet pre arrival needs, and address guest questions and concerns. Ensures compliance with the standards for the Family Camp Industry. Analyzes risk and works with the Alumni Affairs Financial Officer and campus authorities to limit exposure. Ensures that all necessary supplies and equipment are available and in safe and good working condition. Notes: CPR and First Aid Certifications are required. Must be available to work nights and weekends in the Spring and Summer. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Budgeted

Salary Range: $57,800‑$80,000/ 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. Application review begins 2/28/23. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #49070.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ALUMNI AFFAIRS

ALUMNI DEPARTMENT

The Executive Director for Alumni Affairs is a senior‑level management position in the division of External Relations that also serves as the Executive Director of the UCSB Alumni Association, which is a separate 501(c)(3) corporation. The Executive Director reports to the Vice Chancellor External Relations and is responsible for developing and maintaining a broad range of alumni relations programming with the goal of increasing alumni engagement.

Export Control Officer (ECO) is the primary point of contact for internal and external inquiries regarding export compliance. Under the general direction of the Research Integrity Director, the ECO leads and coordinates institution‑wide initiatives to interpret, communicate, and apply federal export control laws and regulations to research and non‑research‑related activities. Develops a wide variety of export control educational and training materials tailored for different audiences across campus and conducts sessions for various constituencies. Responsible for export compliance at the University, including review and approval of University technology control plans, and research proposals and contracts where export control regulations or terms are applicable. Applies for export control licenses when necessary. Works with appropriate units on campus, identifies the inventory of equipment on campus which might trigger export control compliance obligations. Serves as a designated point of contact and resource for University researchers, administrators and sponsors, regularly responding to requests for information, analysis of export compliance, and review of related contract provisions.

Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree, satisfactory conviction history background check; 5‑7 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience in an academic environment preferred. Budgeted Salary Range: $75,800 to $100,000 / 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. Application review begins 2/24/23. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 49009.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 48528.

FINANCIAL COORDINATOR RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS

CRYOGENIC MICROSCOPY FACILITY MANAGER

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Helps support a highly‑diverse user community across the UC Santa Barbara campus. Works with an advisory committee of faculty to oversee operations and user training on the following equipment: Glacios II, Aquilos II iFLM, Leica nano cryo‑CLEM workflow auxiliary equipment, and operates shared access to Titan Krios, and Arctica at another facility.

The Director, Family Vacation Center organizes and manages the Family Vacation Center summer program and Summer Inn, which serve more than 3,000 guests annually and generate income in excess of $2.1 million. This requires leadership, short‑ and long‑term planning and decision‑making, policy and procedure formulation, program design and management, hiring and training of seasonal staff, production and oversight of marketing and public relations efforts, and frequent and independent interaction and coordination with multiple campus departments and other units in Alumni Affairs, alumni and guest families, the Alumni Association Board of Directors, and independent vendors and service providers. Reqs: Experienced professional who knows how to apply theory and put it into practice with in‑depth understanding of the professional field of a family camp; works independently to manage a successful family camp and Summer Inn. Possesses broad job knowledge for a hospitality environment; analyzes problems/issues of diverse scope and determines solutions. Highly developed communication and organization skills, demonstrated capacity for leadership, ability to understand, interpret and communicate policy, work with diverse people, work under pressure and independently. Participates in comprehensive and innovative program design and development, including determining goals, content, timing, menus, and scheduling of all activities. Ensures safety compliance for all program offerings. Oversees creation, staging and delivery of opening and closing shows for each program. Researches and maintains

Provides vision, leadership and initiative to plan, organize, implement and evaluate a wide array of programs directed toward further enhancing individual and group support of UCSB by alumni and supporting Alumni Association fundraising efforts. Reqs: highly developed communication and organization skills, demonstrated capacity for leadership, ability to understand, interpret and communicate policy, work with diverse people, work under pressure and independently meet deadlines; excellent interpersonal leadership skills and analysis, problem solving and reasoning skills. Advanced experience with program development, marketing and coordination, budget experience and knowledge of university policies and procedures in accounting, purchasing, travel and entertainment, and demonstrated supervision and/or management experience of full‑time staff preferred. Should exercise confidentiality with utmost integrity.

Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull‑Notice Program. Budgeted Range: $135,000 ‑ $185,000/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 # 48600.

EXPORT CONTROL OFFICER

OFFICE OF RESEARCH

Responsible for designing, developing, implementing, monitoring, and communicating an effective export control, licensing, and compliance program at UCSB. The campus

FINANCIAL ANALYST

BREN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT

Provides sound fiscal practice in management of expenses and revenues across all Bren account funds. The financial analyst is responsible for reconciling the general ledger and payroll expense reports on a monthly basis, analyzing expenditures and spending patterns to prepare for future spending, preparing monthly financial reports with detailed financial projections to PIs and the Business Officer as needed. Works with Finance Manager to set budgetary appropriations for all accounts. Develops procedures within policy for the performance of financial analysis duties, attaining specific goals and objectives in a broad area where the results are reviewed. Responsible for independently analyzing, monitoring and tracking all fiscal transactions in multiple programs for the Bren School. Remains updated and knowledgeable of changing UC policy and procedures and adjusts internal activity accordingly. Responsible for communicating upcoming UCSB and internal policy changes to the Bren community. Develops and recommends guidelines for operational issues associated with financial processes. Develops and implements financial systems and procedures for operational effectiveness. Creates and implements improvements to financial and record keeping systems and procedures. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area or equivalent experience and/or training. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/ Budgeted Hourly Range: $31.13/ 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.

Provides support for financial functions in Residential Operations. Responsible for Accounts Payable, resident damage billing and recharge. Reconciles the general ledger accounts. Utilizes a procurement/Accounts Payable system. Performs a wide scope of transactions including, but not limited to: processing invoices, vendor blankets, Flexcard purchases, personal services agreements and contracts, and records maintenance in accordance with Departmental, UC, and State policies and procedures. Knowledgeable of UC policies and procedures. Serves as a Liaison for the campus Procurement department and vendors to assure adherence to UCSB procurement procedures. Maintains moderately complex technical knowledge of goods, equipment, insurance, and services necessary to conduct business. Reqs: Work experience demonstrating at least three years of customer service experience. Demonstrated budgetary and fiscal management skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Google suite. Knowledgeable of the appropriate procedures to ensure accurate and efficient processing of paperwork. Experience demonstrating the ability to analyze and research products, vendors, parts or equipment relating to facilities maintenance environment. Ability to work independently to perform detailed and accurate work while meeting critical deadlines. Ability to apply a high level of sound, independent judgment, tact, ingenuity, and resourcefulness in overseeing assigned areas, including working with managers and customers, and solving problems during the course of daily business. Ability to establish and maintain job priorities when there are changes in workload and competing deadlines. Ability to interact as a team member with sensitivity towards a multi‑cultural work environment.

Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull‑Notice Program. Budgeted Hourly Range: $26.09 ‑ $31.35/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 #48306

LICENSING OFFICER

OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY & INDUSTRY

ALLIANCES, OFFICE OF RESEARCH

This position, under the general direction of the Director of the Office of Technology & Industry Alliances (TIA) within the Office of Research at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), with day‑to‑day supervision and training provided by the Associate Director, Licensing, supports the office’s licensing activities by, among other things, managing all aspects of patent prosecution for UCSB’s 650+ invention portfolio, monitoring licensing agreements (including licensee compliance) and performing complex data analysis. In addition, this position manages approximately 1/3 of the UCSB technology portfolio which includes, among other things, evaluation and overseeing legal protection of assigned technologies (including total legal fee expenditures) and the negotiation, drafting and oversight of licensing agreement(s) related to

such technologies and the revenues received by the university related to such agreements. The incumbent is expected to have a strong scientific background, preferably in a physical sciences and/or engineering field(s), full understanding of relevant technology transfer practices, industry and university practices and patent prosecution principles as well as be able to interpret and apply applicable UCSB and University of California system‑wide technology transfer and licensing policies. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree, 2 years of experience in tech transfer, with familiarity with all aspects of the field. Master’s Degree: preferably JD, MBA and/or Master’s degree in a scientific field and 2‑4 years of licensing experience at an academic, governmental or non‑profit research entity Preferred.

Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check, Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests Filer. Budgeted/Hiring pay/Range: $91,300 ‑ $105,000. This is an annually renewable contract position with no limit on total duration. 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 #48507

LIMITED APARTMENT SERVICES COORDINATOR

RESIDENTIAL & COMMUNITY LIVING

Primary key coordinator for 1 or more R&CL apartment offices (Santa Ynez, Sierra Madre, and Storke), and responsible for the security, tracking and organization of 4,000+resident keys. Coordinates move‑in and move‑out procedures for approx 2,000 students living in the apartment communities supported by each office. Oversees student assistants providing customer service and resident support in office(s). Ensures offices are organized and professional, and that students and staff supported by our offices receive excellent customer service. Reqs: 1‑3 years experience in an administrative, clerical, or operations role. Thorough knowledge in administrative procedures and processes including word processing, spreadsheet and database applications. Requires good verbal and written communication skills, active listening, critical thinking, multi‑task and time management skills.Requires interpersonal and work leadership skills to provide guidance to other nonexempt personnel. High School Diploma or equivalent experience.

Notes: This is a limited position not to exceed 1000 hours. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Budgeted Hourly Range: $26.09 ‑ $31.35/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 # 48779.

questions, and ensuring the clinic is properly stocked. We provide a comprehensive orientation to clinic routines and the electronic medical record. You will work hand‑in‑hand with Physicians, PAs, NPs, RNs, & LVNs in caring for the student population at UCSB. Reqs: High School diploma or equivalent. Licenses/Certifications: Certification with one of the following agencies*: American Association of Medical Assistants (AMA), American Medical Technologists (AMT), California Certifying Board of Medical Assistants (CMAA) *Note: Applicants without a proper certification will not be considered. Current CPR certification/Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. 1‑3 years experience as a Medical Assistant in a high volume, fast paced medical practice preferred. Notes: This is a 12‑month per year career position. Days/hours are Monday‑Friday, 7:45am‑4:30pm (may require Thursday evenings until 7:00pm). Credentials verification and approval before date of hire. Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse. Mandated reporting requirements of Dependent Adult Abuse. UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Satisfactory conviction history background check before 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. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation may be subject to disciplinary action. Student Health is closed between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Budgeted Pay Rate: $25.44 ‑ $29.79/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 # 48475

OUTSIDE PLANT ENGINEER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

MEDICAL ASSISTANT

UCSB, STUDENT HEALTH

Come join UCSB Student Health’s dynamic team! Our MAs prepare patients for their visit by checking vital signs, assisting with procedures, completing insurance referrals, scheduling patients, answering patient

We are seeking an experienced professional with responsibility for the outside cable plant infrastructure, including pathway, man‑holes, vaults, hand‑holes, multi‑pair copper cable and fiber optic cabling on the UCSB campus. Primary responsibility for the planning, design, engineering, estimating, installation, repairs and project management services for campus outside plant communications infrastructure, working with Engineering Manager, Design, Facilities and Security Services, Architect and Engineering groups to ensure the campus outside plant infrastructure can support current projects and is maintainable over the useful life of the infrastructure. Reqs: 10+ years ‑ experienced professional who applies theory and puts it into practice, with in‑depth understanding of the professional field of Communications Infrastructure. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull‑Notice Program. May be required to work overtime, alternative work schedules and weekends. Budgeted Salary Range: $75,800‑ $ 112,700/ 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 # 48375

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Uses a computerized scheduling system and a virtual calling system to schedule medical appointments both by telephone and in person. Accurately determines patient’s medical needs with regards to urgency and appropriateness of patient’s appointment request. Assists patients by providing information on general Student Health services and programs. Utilizes substantial customer service experience and demonstrated abilities to clearly explain appointment procedures and uses sound judgment to handle non‑routine appointment requests. Prepares and scans all incoming paper medical records into the electronic medical record appropriate categories. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent. Work experience in a customer service environment. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child & Dependent Adult Abuse. Satisfactory criminal history background check. To comply with Santa Barbara County Health Department Health Office 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. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. $23.59/hr. ‑ $27.97/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 2/28/23. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #49164

PAYROLL AND PERSONNEL COORDINATOR

MATERIALS DEPARTMENT

Responsible for the coordination and execution of all personnel and payroll related activities for the Materials Department. This includes responsibility for ~ 150 researchers, students, and staff employed under multiple funding sources including extramural awards and Departmental 19900 funds. Personnel include incoming and continuing research scholars; Postdoctoral Scholars, graduate student researchers; project scientists; undergraduate assistants; career; and limited staff appointments, and undergraduate student assistants. Provides high‑level analysis to PIs and supervisors on personnel and payroll management issues. Independently inputs, tracks, and monitors payroll and leave accruals as well as salary and benefit projections. Maintains knowledge of UC Contract and Grant policies; UC Accounting, Graduate Division policies and procedures; Academic and Staff Personnel functions and policies; UCPATH; and departmental accounting systems; and in‑depth knowledge of cost accounting and control standards.

Ensures integrity of information across various campus and department databases. Analyzes, interprets and implements new and frequently changing campus and federal policies and procedures. Maintains effective working relationships with principal investigators, administrative staff, Office of Research, other campus departments, various agencies and other institutions. Must be able to work under pressure of deadlines. Is familiar with contract and grant policies and procedures as well as federal, State, and UC regulations regarding all funding sources. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/or training. Experience handling sensitive/

confidential information. Experience working on cross‑functional and cross‑departmental teams to achieve common goals. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Able to spend long periods spent sitting, typing, or looking at a computer screen. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range $27.56 ‑ $33.58/ 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 2/24/23. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 49043

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ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Looking for an organized team player with great attention to detail and systems aptitude .The Payroll Specialist supports Information Technology Services and is responsible for all facets of payroll (UCPath), timekeeping (Kronos), recruitment, separation, and financial reporting support. Uses critical thinking, analytical, and problem‑solving skills to research, analyze and develop solutions to a wide range of complex campus payroll and general ledger questions, issues, and concerns. Researches and troubleshoots business processes and system issues and demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining resolution within tight deadlines and payroll processes for 178 full‑time careers, 40 student positions, and a significant number of contingent worker positions. Reqs: 1‑3 years administrative experience. Data collection, analysis and reporting experience using spreadsheets and charts. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/ Budgeted Hourly Range $26.09 ‑ $30.63/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 # 48394

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 2/28/23. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

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RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques, the technician provides safe, effective, and efficient services to multiple locations. Services include the treatment of nuisance animals, insects, and weeds. These locations include, but not limited to the following: student and family housing, child care facilities, museums, research facilities, libraries, Intercollegiate Athletics, Recreational Sports and other auxiliaries. Reqs: 1‑3 years experience performing Integrative Pest Management for a licensed business or public institution. Must have the skills, knowledge, and ability to use the practices of Integrated Pest Management to provide safe, effective, and efficient pest management to various campus entities.Expert knowledge of the latest pest management techniques, including pest biology and identification, sanitation, exclusion, education,habitat modification, pest prevention building design, wildlife management, pesticide safety, and least toxic pesticides. Knowledgeable in techniques to solve pest problems in sensitive campus environments, including research laboratories, animal facilities,museums, and rare book collections, without affecting data or collections.Knowledgeable of county, state, and federal regulations regarding application, storage, and use of pesticides. Works independently in a responsible manner and cooperatively in a group setting. Must possess a valid California DPR Qualified Applicator’s License or Certificate Category A, or a California Structural Branch 2 license. Must also maintain licenses through the accumulation of the required CEU’s, respective to each license. Must be available to respond to emergencies, work on‑call, rotating swing shift and holidays. Notes: May work shifts other than Monday thru Friday in order to meet the operational needs of the department.Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program.

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Supports the department with administration, personnel/payroll support and financial and travel processing in compliance with UC policies and procedures. Provides expertise and guidance in the full‑range of staff and academic personnel policies and procedures. Provides authoritative advice on graduate division policies and bargaining unit agreements. Manages sensitive and confidential information and interacts with a broad range of personnel and visitors. Posts monthly payroll expenses, creates tracking reports and produces bi‑weekly and monthly payroll reports. Serves as a Timekeeper for the Kronos timekeeping system.

Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience in a higher education setting. 1‑3 years experience handling sensitive/confidential information. 1‑3 years experience working on cross‑functional and cross‑departmental teams to achieve common goals. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check.

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Budgeted Hourly Range: $22.73 ‑ $26.11/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 2/24/23. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #48751

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Lead and participate in the technical planning and development of critical complex software information systems and functionality. Perform analysis to install, modify, and support websites, software systems, databases, utilities, and tools. Perform or direct highly complex data modeling. Use Azure DevOps and Octopus Deploy to do release management, automated deployments, and continuous integration. Apply, implement, and leverage complex security

configurations and Single Sign‑On (SSO) systems using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Active directory Federation Services (ADFS), and Azure Active Directory (AD). Lead and participate in the migration of software applications to newer technologies and the planning of technology solutions. Implement, develop, enhance, and maintain distributed software applications and integration components. Responsible for information system enhancements, reports, extracts, imports, and user technical support. Develop conversion and system implementation plans. Work on analyzing performance and optimizing SQL queries. Provide ongoing production support to ensure the operability and functionality of software applications and information systems. Initiate and oversee changes in software development, maintenance, and system standards. Oversee the development of design documentation, test and operations plans, user manuals, and training. Analyze software functional needs and requirements by interfacing with stakeholders from UCSB departments, other UC campuses, and external vendors. Oversee requirements gathering, analysis and design, implementation, integration, testing, deployments, development schedules, and adhering to established standards and procedures. Analyze business processes to identify strategies and opportunities for innovation and automation. Evaluate software system needs of internal and external users and ensure that designs meet these needs. Collaborate with information technology (IT) technical architects, system and network engineers, database designers and administrators, functional organization users, and clients to determine the best software systems solutions. Lead and participate in design and code reviews to ensure clear interpretation of requirements and quality of application development. Implement complex, integrated, responsive, and dynamic web sites using content management systems (Sitefinity, Drupal, and Umbraco). Participate in the full development lifecycle, including estimation, development, testing, deployment, on‑going maintenance, and updates and upgrades. Install and maintain module updates using Composer. Analyze performance using NewRelic and develop unit tests using Behat. Develop custom functionalities using PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, SQL, Symfony, and Twig. Collaborate with marketing and design teams to plan and develop site content, style, and layout. Perform proxy configurations for routing traffic to different server types by utilizing scripting languages (PowerShell and Bash). Gather requirements and develop timelines and checklists for web application projects. Lead and facilitate team Scrum meetings, provide emerging technologies expertise, and train other developers. Manage software project and development schedules and resource allocation. Assign software development tasks and coordinate communication with stakeholders. Utilize ticket management tools and lead the development and modification of web applications. Lead software information systems integration, development, and quality assurance processes. Ensure all systems adhere to university policies, federal, state, and university regulations, and best industry practices related to information security. Lead and participate in multiple projects and initiatives, including cross‑functional and cross‑ organizational mission critical projects. Collaborate with domain experts and managers on project completion statuses and future project scheduling. Reqs: Four (4) years of experience as a Software Developer, Content Management System Developer, Technical Lead, or related occupation. Bachelor’s Degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field. Must have experience with the following: Drupal and Sitefinity, ASP.Net, PHP, Symfony, and custom module development, templating, configuration management, and

performance monitoring using New Relic and Google Analytics; Analysis and design of complex functional processes and software solutions; Producing specifications and diagrams using the Unified Model Language (UML), Microsoft Visio and/or Draw. io; Full‑stack, object‑oriented programming experience with Microsoft technologies including .NET, ASP.Net, Visual Basic, C#, Web Forms, model–view–controller (MVC), Entity Framework, IIS Configuration; Writing object‑oriented code following proper coding and documentation standards; Creating accessible, ADA‑compliant interfaces using front‑end technologies (Twig, Razor, HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Sass, Javascript, jQuery, Bootstrap framework, and SiteImprove report analysis); SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), analyzing execution, and optimization of SQL queries; Relational database systems (Microsoft SQL Server and MariaDB and/or MySQL); Modern application life‑cycle management processes, tools for software version control (Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) and Git), package management (NuGet and Composer), scripting languages (PowerShell and Bash), automated deployment and continuous integration (Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, and Circle CI), unit testing using Behat and/or PhpUnit, and quality assurance; Web hosting in Pantheon and webops workflows, networking concepts (Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Domain Name System (DNS) configuration), and local development with Docker containers (Lando or Laravel Valet); Secure software development concepts and practices in alignment with policy and legal requirements; Design and technical implementation of multi‑tier applications. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range $101,275 – $161,100/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. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 48714

SR. COOK CAMPUS DINING

Serves as a working supervisor performing skilled culinary duties and overseeing a kitchen area serving up to 1,500 meals per shift. Ensures that high standards of food quality, service, sanitation and safety are met according to Dining Services, University and Federal guidelines. Trains full time and student cooks in new culinary techniques, food and sanitation guidelines. Maintains efficient food preparation methods. Serves as a backup in the absence of the Department Head. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience. 1‑3 years knowledge of and experience with advanced culinary techniques, including but not inclusive of sautéing, grilling, frying, steaming, preparing sauces and stocks. This includes experience working with commercial kitchen equipment and preparing large quantities, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work standing for up to 8 hours per shift. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Budgeted range: $19.34/hr. ‑ $22.22/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 2/27/23 . Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

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Under the general supervision of the Custodial Supervisor or Residence Hall Manager, performs duties in accordance with established standards and instruction, for university owned Residence Halls, Apartments and Dining Facilities. May be required to work schedules other than Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm to meet the operational needs of the unit and to cover seven‑day service. May be required to perform other duties as assigned to meet the operational needs of the department. Reqs: Working Knowledge and experience utilizing the following equipment: vacuums, conventional and high‑speed buffers, extractors, and related custodial equipment desired. 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. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. May be required to work schedules other than the assigned schedule to meet the operational needs of the unit. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Budgeted Range: $21.36/hr. ‑ $23.11/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 #48049

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RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS

The Senior Custodian maintains various areas in the University Center, AS Building, Multi‑Cultural Center, front of University Center, Lagoon Plaza and the University Center patio areas.

Performs unskilled and semi‑skilled duties as directed. Operates vacuum cleaners, buffers, shampoo machines, wet/dry vacuums, waxers, floor scrubbing machines during stripping, washing, buffing and/or other related cleaning operations. Maintains security for one or more assigned areas; may load/unload large trash receptacles.

May assist with training student personnel. Reqs: 1‑3 years custodial experience. 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. Notes: My be required to work other schedules other than Tues‑Sat to meet the operational needs of the department. 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. Budgeted Hourly Range: $21.36 ‑ $23.11/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 2/24/23. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #48792

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The Academic Advisor has expert knowledge in current university and college degree requirements, and in college policy, procedures and precedents related to undergraduate matters. Contributes to design, implementation and evaluation of revisions in university or college policy or procedure. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area or equivalent experience and/or training. 1‑3 years in a higher education administrative, student services, or academic role. 1‑3 years in academic advising in higher education program, college, or school. Note: Satisfactory completion of a conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range

$55,100 ‑ $60,000/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. Application review begins 2/21/23. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 48846

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LIMITED OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

Schedules tests through the Testing Center as well as the General Assignment Inventory. Oversees the daily operations of the Testing Center. Responsible for scheduling the use of rooms within the Testing Center as well as from the General Assignment Inventory and other departmental reserved spaces for all proctoring accommodations between academic quarters and the summer.

Reqs: High School Diploma or GED. Excellent attention to detail and ability to work well under pressure with tight timelines and competing priorities in a demand driven, student focused, complex environment. General knowledge of disability accommodation issues. Notes: This is a limited appointment ‑ not to exceed 1,000 hours in a 12 month period. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Periodically may be required to work Saturdays during quarterly finals. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $22.56 ‑ $25.09/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 2/23/23. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 48991

prerequisites, and performs other administrative tasks. Ensures grades are reported for undergraduate students and updates the Schedule of Classes and other publications. Requires knowledge of policy and procedures for the College of Engineering, College of Letters and Science, and the College of Creative Studies. Serves as one of the departmental liaisons with the Office of the Registrar on matters pertaining to departmental courses grades and undergraduate records. Works within a team environment within the Student Affairs area and department, and assists with the ongoing workload. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/ or training. 1‑3 years working in a diverse college‑level academic advising setting. Notes: This position is funded through March 2024 pending further funding. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $24.81 ‑ $31.01/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

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Supports all aspects of the Computer Science undergraduate programs. Serves as one of the initial sources of information and advises major students, prospective major students, and non‑major students regarding general department requirements. Monitors every aspect of progress towards degree and counsels students as appropriate. Initiates, maintains, and evaluates students’ academic records, processes petitions, checks

UNDERGRADUATE ADVISOR

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Serves as one of the undergraduate advisors for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Computer Engineering Program which includes approximately 500 EE & CE majors. Monitors and evaluates students’ completion of academic requirements, and provides prescriptive advice to students on academic and degree progress and major requirements. Administers aspects of the undergraduate programs which includes student records, schedule of classes, student petitions, and faculty and TA evaluations. Has authority to act independently, making decisions that affect students’ academic programs such as major progress checks and registration blocks. Coordinates special projects such as undergraduate scholarship awards/payments, compiling course materials for accreditation reviews, and student‑focused event planning such as the senior capstone event and graduation related events. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and/ or equivalent experience/training.

Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. This is a career position, but it is currently only funded for an initial one year period, after which the funding/position continuation will be re‑evaluated. However, it is anticipated that the position funding will continue beyond the initial one year period. Budgeted Hourly Range $24.81/hr. ‑ $27.40/ 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 2/27/23. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 48863.

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DOUGHERTY

CASE NO. 23PR00052

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of:

WILLIAM DOUGHERTY AKA

WILLIAM R. DOUGHERTY and BILL

DOUGHERTY

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: BARBARA RIEGERT in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

The Petition for Probate requests that: BARBARA RIEGERT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING ON THE PETITION WILL BE HELD IN THIS COURT AS FOLLOWS: 3/23/2023 AT 9:00

AM DEPT: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107. Anacapa Division.

filed by: Elizabeth M. Hassenplug in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

The Petition for Probate requests that: ELIZABETH M. HASSENPLUG be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING ON THE PETITION WILL BE HELD IN THIS COURT AS FOLLOWS: 3/16/2023 AT 9:00

AM DEPT: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107. Anacapa Division.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either

(1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer,

Date: 01/31/2023 By: April Garcia, Deputy.

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER:

MARGARET V. BARNES, Barnes & Barnes, 1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. (805) 687‑6660.

Published February 9, 16, 23, 2023

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN KEITH HASSENPLUG. CASE NO. 23PR00033

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: JOHN KEITH HASSENPLUG. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer,

Date: 01/31/2023

By: April Garcia, Deputy. ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: CONNOR C. COTE, ESQ. , 222 East Carrillo Street, Suite 207, P.O. Box 20146, Santa Barbara, CA 93102‑0146. (805) 966‑1204.

Published February 9, 16, 23, 2023

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: HAROLD A. PAGALING, CASE NO. 21PR00088

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: HAROLD A. PAGALING, HANK PAGALING. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: AMBER DAVIS in the Superior Court of California, COUNTY OF Santa Barbara.

The Petition for Probate requests that: AMBER DAVIS 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

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will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING ON THE PETITION WILL BE HELD IN THIS COURT AS FOLLOWS: 2/27/2023 AT 8:30 AM

DEPT: SM‑4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 312 E. Cook Street, Santa Maria, CA 93454. Cook Division. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either

(1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer,

Date: 01/20/2023 By: Blanca Delabra, Deputy.

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER:

GEOFF CONNER NEWLAN, 1117 State Street, #39, Santa Barbara, California 93101. (805) 727‑3135.

Published February 9, 16, 23, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 POOL

TABLE SERVICES, 6426 La Patera Place, Goleta, CA 93117; Rollin M Gartzke (same address).

This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY ROLLIN M GARTZKE, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 2, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000295, E40.

Published: February 9, 16, 23 & March 2, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MESA

PROPERTIES at 222 Meigs Rd. #18 Santa Barbara, CA 93109 Donald R Barthelmess (same address).

This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY DONALD R BARTHELMESS Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 1, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000267, E30.

Published: February 9, 16, 23 & March 2, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: MOBILE

NOTARY SANTA BARBARA, 333 Old Mill Road, #92, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Kathleen Sheffield (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual. SIGNED BY KATHLEEN SHEFFIELD, OWNER. Filed in the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 02/07/2023. 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: 2023‑0000329. E47. Published: February 16, 23, Mar 2, 9, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ZIA’S COSMETICS 2043 Mountain Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Zia J Shiras (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. Signed

By ZIA SHIRAS, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 27, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000214, E30.

Published: February 16, 23 & March 2, 9, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: ONYX MONDE BEAUTE, 27 West Anapamu St. #496, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Zaida Catarino Gallardo (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual. SIGNED BY ZAIDA

CATARINO GALLARDO, OWNER. Filed in the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 02/03/2023. 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: 2023‑0000303. E40. Published: February 16, 23, Mar 2, 9, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: FRESH LAUNDRY , 1200 West Ocean Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436; Santa Barbara Soap Co, 5698 Hollister Avenue #B, Goleta CA 93117. This business conducted by a corporation.

SIGNED BY AARON BOUCHER

PRESIDENT. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 17, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000109 E49.

Published: January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: FRESH LAUNDRY, 1004 North H Street, Lompoc, CA 93436; Santa Barbara Soap Co, 5698 Hollister Avenue #B, Goleta CA 93117. This business conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY AARON BOUCHER PRESIDENT.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 17, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000108 E49.

Published: January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: AGS HEATING & AIR, 712 Reddick St, Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Art Grossmann & Sons LLC (same address). This business conducted by a limited liability company.

SIGNED BY ROBERT GROSSMANN, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 17, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000102 E30.

Published: January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: FRESH LAUNDRY, 5698 Hollister Avenue #B, Goleta, CA 93117; Santa Barbara Soap Co (same address).This business conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY AARON BOUCHER PRESIDENT.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 17, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000110 E49.

Published: January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

following person

PHOTOGRAPHY , 119 Cardinal Avenue, Goleta, CA; Elizabeth A McDermott (same address) This is a business conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY ELIZABETH MCDERMOTT, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 17, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000101 E49. Published: January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 LIFTS 5939 Placencia Street, Goleta, CA 93117; Boucher Co, (same address). This business conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY KRISTINA

BOUCHER VICE PRESIDENT. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 19, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000134 E49.

Published: January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as:

HAULING‑4‑U, 7340 Lowell Way, Unit B, Goleta, CA 93117; Ivan Padilla (same address); Sandra Padilla (same address). This is a business conducted by a married couple. SIGNED BY IVAN PADILLA, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 20, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000154 E30.

Published: January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: AZURE APARTMENTS , 703 E. Meehan Street, Santa Maria, CA 93454; Santa Maria Multifamily, LLC, 4 Park Plaza, Suite 1700, Irvine, CA 92614. This business conducted by a limited liability company.

SIGNED BY KENNETH MCCARREN

PRESIDENT. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 17, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000113 E30.

Published: January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as:

RASCALS SB, 432 E. Hayley St., Suite A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Palma Vegan Group LLC (same address).

This is a business conducted by a limited liability company. SIGNED BY DALAN GRIFFIN, PRESIDENT.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 23, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000167 E30. Published: January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: COLD

MOUNTAIN REAL ESTATE, 5250 Olive Hill Road, Santa Maria, CA 93455; Carolyn L Mendoza (same address); Walter P Mendoza (same address). This business conducted by a married couple. SIGNED BY CAROLYN MENDOZA, OWNER.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 13, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000095 E30.

Published: January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: THE DIRTY DOG, WASH AND GOODS, 2601 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; The Dirty Dog Wash (same address). This business

is conducted by a limited liability company. SIGNED BY ALEXANDRIA KEITHLEY, CO‑OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 19, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000144 E30.

Published: February 2, 9, 16, 23, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: ABBA CANDLES , 6268 Aberdeen Ave, Goleta, CA 93117; Aura L. Spaethe (same address). This business conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY AURA LETICIA SPAETHE, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 23, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000158 E47.

Published: February 2, 9, 16, 23 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EVENTS BY MAXI, 5610 Cielo Ave., Goleta, CA 93117; Maximiane Fonseca (same address); Eduardo Castillo (same address). This business conducted by a married couple. SIGNED BY EDUARDO CASTILLO, CO‑OWNER.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 24, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000176 E47.

Published: February 2, 9, 16, 23, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA SCREEN AND SHADE 2930 De La Vina St., Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Witwin, Inc, 652 S San Marcos Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93111‑2730. This business conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY KIMBERLY L MILLER, OWNER.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 18, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000118 E30.

Published: February 2, 9, 16, 23 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: THE PEOPLE’S PROVISIONS 718 Union Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Pacific Pickle Works Inc. (same address); This business is conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY BRADLEY BENNETT, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 23, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000172 E30.

Published: February 2, 9, 16, 23, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GABRIELE ANNEGRET 118 W Victoria Street, #7, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Gabriele A Barysch‑Crosbie (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY GABRIELE BARYSCH‑CROSBIE, OWNER.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 31, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000242 E54.

Published: February 9, 16, 23 & March 2, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TEECCINO BREWING CORPORATION, 130 Lombard Street, Oxnard, CA 93030; Teeccino Cafe, Inc. (same address). This business is conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY CAROLINE MACDOUGALL, CEO.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 2, 2023.

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: 2023‑0000288, E40.

Published: February 9, 16, 23 & March 2, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: BELLA BEEF CO. 1489 W HWY 154, Santa Ynez, CA 93460. Healey Enterprises, LLC (same address). This business is conducted by a limited liability company. SIGNED BY PETE HEALEY, OWNER/MANAGER.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 30, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000238 E30.

Published: February 9, 16, 23 & March 2, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: THREE MONKEYS, 38 W Victoria St., Ste 115, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Napalee LLC (same address). This business is conducted by a limited liability company. SIGNED BY EMRE BALLI, CO‑OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 30, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000231 E30.

Published: February 9, 16, 23 & March 2, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BOWLERO SANTA BARBARA, 5925 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117; Bowlero Santa Barbara, LLC; 222 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. SIGNED BY BRETT I. PARKER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 31, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000257, E30.

Published: February 9, 16, 23 & March 2, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FEDERAL DRUG COMPANY 3327 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Federal Drug Employees Corporation (same address). This business is conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY ROBERT CROCKER, GENERAL MANAGER/ CEO. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 2, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000297, E30.

Published: February 16, 23 & March 2, 9, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RANCHO INC. 233 Santa Ynez Court, Santa Barbara CA 93103; Rancho Del Mar Productions, Inc. (same address); Rancho Consulting. This business is conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY MYLES PECK, OFFICER. Filed in the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 02/02/2023. 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: 2023‑0000292. E30. Published: February 16, 23, Mar 2, 9, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: PLANT GALLERY, 1505 E. Valley Road, Ste D, Montecito, CA 93108; Wishing Well Gardens, LLC (same address). This business is conducted by a limited liability company. SIGNED BY STEVEN J. DOMINES, MANAGING MEMBER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 10, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000378

E30.

Published: February 16, 23 & March

2, 9, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: THE CRUMBERIE, 2855 Foothill Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. The Crumberie LLC (same address).

This business is conducted by a limited liability company. SIGNED BY MELINDA LEWIS, MANAGER.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 7, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000336 E49.

Published: February 16, 23 & March 2, 9, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AKRYLIK HOUSE LLC 113 W Mission, Suite F, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Akrylik House LLC (same address).

This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Signed By CASSANDRA ONTIVEROS, SOLE

MEMBER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 7, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000337, E30.

Published: February 16, 23 & March 2, 9, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 10/NINTHS

ESTATE, 2075 Vineyard View LN, Lompoc, CA 93436; R Winery Operation (same address).

This business is conducted by a limited liability company. SIGNED BY MICHAEL MENTE, MANAGING

MEMBER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 10, 2023. 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: 2023‑0000381

E30.

Published: February 16, 23 & March 2, 9, 2023

NAME CHANGE

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME:

CHRISTIAN EMMANUEL LEWIS

CASE NUMBER: 23CV00127

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: CHRISTIAN EMMANUEL LEWIS TO: ADEMOLA EMMANUEL OYEWOLE‑DAVIS

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: MARCH 20, 2023, 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.

FILED 02/01/2023 in Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara, Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer by Chavez, Terri, Deputy Clerk. 02/01/23 BY COLLEEN K. STERNE,

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 16, 23, MAR 02, 09, 2023.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: MICHAEL JAMES WANDIO CASE NUMBER: 23CV00175

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: MICHAEL JAMES WANDIO

TO: MICHAEL JAMES JOHANSEN

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:

MARCH 20, 2023, 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.

FILED 02/03/2023 in Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara, Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer by Chavez, Terri, Deputy Clerk. 02/03/23 BY COLLEEN K. STERNE, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.

PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 16, 23, MAR 02, 09, 2023.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: ALLYSON AVERY SMITH f/k/a/ ALLYSON AVERY SMITH ALDRICH; f/k/a/ ALLYSON AVERY ALDRICH. CASE NUMBER: 22CV05175

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: ALLYSON AVERY SMITH f/k/a/ ALLYSON AVERY SMITH ALDRICH; f/k/a/ ALLYSON AVERY ALDRICH

TO: ALLYSON SMITH ALDRICH

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:

MARCH 17, 2023, 10:00 AM, DEPT: 4, 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.

FILED 1/27/23 in Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara, Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer by Chavez, Terri, Deputy Clerk. 1/27/23 BY DONNA D. GECK, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2, 9, 16, 23, 2023.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME:

BATTOGTOKH AMARJARGAL

CASE NUMBER: 23CV00203

LEGALS (CONT.)

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: BATTOGTOKH

AMARJARGAL TO: BATTOGTOKH

AMARJARGAL TUFVESSON. 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: MARCH 24, 2023, 10:00 AM, DEPT: 4, 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.

FILED 02/07/2023 in Superior

Court of California County of Santa Barbara.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer by Chavez, Terri, Deputy Clerk.

02/07/23 BY DONNA D. GECK, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.

PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 16, 23, MAR 02, 09, 2023.

PUBLIC NOTICES

EXTRA SPACE Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 6640 Discovery Drive, Goleta, CA 93117.

FEBUARY 28, 2023 AT 3:30 PM

Roberto Catalan personal

Sean Kessler

Assorted items

THE AUCTION WILL BE LISTED and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

SUMMONS

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Filed 11/14/2022.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer BY Baksh, Narzralli, Deputy Clerk.

DAVID CAMPOS VS ANNAMARIE

REYNAUD ET AL

ORDER AND NOTICE OF CASE

ASSIGNMENT; NOTICE OF CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

CASE NUMBER: 22CV04454

The above case is hereby assigned to JUDGE COLLEEN K STERNE for ALL purposes, including trial. All future matters, including ex‑parte matters, are to be scheduled with the assigned judge. Counsel shall include the name of the assigned judge in the caption of every document filed with the court. The above‑entitled case is hereby ordered set for:

CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE ON 03/20/2023 AT 8:30 AM IN SB DEPT 5 at the court address above.

PLAINTIFF SHALL GIVE NOTICE of this assignment to ALL parties brought into the case, including but not limited to defendants, cross‑defendants and intervenors. A Proof of Service of this ORDER & NOTICE OF CASE ASSIGNMENT is to be filed with the Court within five (5) working days

after service. Failure to give notice and file proof thereof or failure to appear may result in the imposition of sanctions. Pursuant to California Rule of Court 3.725, no later than fifteen (15) calendar days before the date set for the Case Management Conference, each party must file a Case Management Statement (Judicial Council form CM110). In lieu of each party filing a separate Case Management Statement, any two or more parties may file a joint statement.

Appearance by Zoom video conference is currently optional for Civil Case Management Conferences. Please refer to the court’s website for information about remote proceedings. https:// www.sb.courts. org/gi/notices/ lnfoRemoteAppearances.pdf. Use the links provided to access the Remote Hearing Information flyer in English. https://www.sbcourts.org/gi/notices/ Zoom lnstructions.pdf, and in Spanish https://www.sbcourts.org/gi/notices/ Zoom lnstructionsSP.pdf. Or visit the court’s website at www.sbcourts.org and click on Remote Appearance by Zoom.

At the Court’s discretion counsel, parties and insurance representatives (if any) with full settlement authority may be required to attend a CADRe Information Meeting within ten (1O) days of the Conference date.

Dated:11/14/2022

Judge of the Superior Court, Pauline Maxwell

CLERK’S CERTIFICATE OF MAILING

I certify that am not a party to this action and that a true copy of the foregoing was mailed first class, postage prepaid, in a sealed envelope addressed as shown, and that the mailing of the foregoing and execution of this certificate occurred at (place): Santa Barbara, California on: 11/14/22.

John J Thyne Ill Thyne Taylor Fox Howard LLP 205 E Carrillo St Ste 100 Santa Barbara CA 93101

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer By: Narzralli, Baksh Deputy Clerk

John J. Thyne, III (214025) THYNE TAYLOR FOX HOWARD, LLP 205 East Carrillo Street Suite 100 Santa Barbara, California 93101 Telephone: (805) 963‑9958

Facsimile: (805) 963‑3814

Attorney for Plaintiff David Campos

SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107

CASE NAME: CAMPOS V. REYNAUD 22CV04454

CIVIL CASE COVER SHEET Unlimited (amount demanded exceeds $25,000)

One box checked for the case type that best describes this case: CONTRACT, Breach of Contract/ warranty (6)

THIS CASE IS NOT complex under rule 3.400 of the California Rules of Court.

Remedies sought a. MONETARY

b. NONMONETARY; declaratory or injunctive relief c. PUNITIVE

Number of causes of action 5

THIS CASE IS NOT a class action suit.

Dated: 11/11/2022

John J. Thyne II.I

an individual; VICKI L. KESSEL, an individual; GPSI, INC., a California Corporation, and DOES 1‑10, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): David Campos, 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 your 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), 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 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. AVISO! Lo han demandado si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la information a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales papa 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. 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 information en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. courtinfo.ca gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede 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. 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 de California, (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp/espanol/) 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 recilbida mediante un acuerdo o una consesion 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.

CASE NO:22CV04454

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es) Superior Court of California, Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara 1100

Anacapa St., 2nd Floor Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: John J. Thyne III, THYNE TAYLOR FOX HOWARD, LLP 205 East Carrillo Street, Suite 100, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. (805) 963‑9958.

Date 11/14/2022. Clerk by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy. Published January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 2023.

ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY

JOHN J. THYNE, Ill, 214025 (805) 963‑9958

THYNE TAYLOR FOX HOWARD, LLP

PUBLIC NOTICE

205 East Carrillo Street Suite 100. Santa Barbara, CA 93101

ATTORNEY FOR David

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA NEW VEHICLE AND PARKING POLICY FOR ALL PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD AND PUBLIC HEARING

The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara is inviting all interested parties to review the agency’s New Vehicle and Parking Policy. Interested parties may download a copy of the draft policy from the Housing Authority’s website: www.hasbarco.org or you may request a copy by calling the Housing Authority at (805) 736-3423.

Written comments may be sent to the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara at P.O. Box 397, Lompoc, CA 93438-0397or by email to beverlynegrete@hasbarco.org The deadline for submitting written comments is April 3, 2023, 3:00 pm.

A public hearing on the draft plans will be held on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. A ZOOM Meeting will also be available:

Join Zoom Meeting https://www.zoom.us

Click on Join Meeting, enter meeting ID and Passcode to join Meeting ID: 884 0280 6387 Passcode: 056762

If you are using your telephone, dial 1 (669) 900-6833 and enter the Meeting ID and Passcode to join the meeting.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this public hearing, please contact the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara at (805) 736-3423. Notification at least 24 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Housing Authority to make reasonable arrangements.

February 8, 2023

+1669 900-6833

In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in the public hearing, please contact the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara at (805) 736-3423 Ext. 4002. Notification at least 24 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Housing Authority to make reasonable arrangements.

NOTICIA PÚBLICA

AUTORIDAD DE VIVIENDA DEL CONDADO DE SANTA BARBARA

REVISIONES DEL PLAN ADMINISTRATIVO DE SECCIÓN 8 PARA EL PROGRAMA DE CUPONES DE ELECCIÓN PARA CONSEGUIR VIVIENDA Y POLÍTICA DE ADMISIÓN Y OCUPACIÓN CONTINUA (ACOP)

AVISO DE PERÍODO DE REVISIÓN Y AUDIENCIA PÚBLICAS

La Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara está invitando a todas las Personas interesadas a revisar la Política de Vehículos Nuevos y Estacionamiento de la agencia. Las personas interesadas pueden descargar una copia del borrador de la política del sitio web de la Autoridad de Vivienda: www.hasbarco. org o puede solicitar una copia llamando a la Autoridad de Vivienda al (805) 736-3423.

Los comentarios por escrito pueden enviarse a la Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara a P.O. Box 397, Lompoc, CA 93438-0397 o por correo electrónico a beverlynegrete@hasbarco.org La fecha límite para enviar comentarios por escrito es el 3 de abril de 2023, 3:00 pm.

Se llevará a cabo una audiencia pública sobre los proyectos de planes el Jueves20 de abril de 2023 a las 5:00 p.m. Debido a las restricciones de COVID-19, la audiencia pública se llevará a cabo a través de Zoom Meeting.

Unirse a la reunión de Zoom

https://www.zoom.us

Haga clic en Unirse a la reunión, ingrese el ID de la reunión y la contraseña para unirse ID de la reunión: 884 0280 6387

Código de acceso: 056762

Si está usando su teléfono, marque 1 (669) 900-6833 e ingrese el ID de la reunión y la contraseña para unirse a la reunión.

De conformidad con la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades, si necesita asistencia especial para participar en esta audiencia pública, comuníquese con la Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara al (805) 736-3423. La notificación al menos 24 horas antes de la reunión permitirá a la Autoridad de Vivienda hacer arreglos razonables.

8 de febrero de 2023

LEGALS

93101

CIVIL CASE COVER SHEET

ADDENDUM

CASE NUMBER 22CV04454

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Local Rule, rule 201 divides Santa Barbara County geographically into two separate regions referred to as “South County” and “North County,” the boundaries of which are more particularly defined in rule 201. “South County” includes the cities of Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, and Goleta; “North County” includes

All Booked

the cities of Santa Maria, Lompoc, Buellton and Solvang. A map depicting this geographical division is contained in Appendix 1 to the local rules.

Local Rule 203 provides: “When, under California law, ‘North County’ would be a ‘proper county’ for venue purposes, all filings for such matters shall be in the appropriate division of the Clerk’s office in North County. All other filings shall be made in the Clerk’s office in the appropriate division of the Court in South County. The title of the Court required to be placed on the first page of documents pursuant to CRC 2.111 includes the name of the appropriate Court division.”

A plaintiff filing a new complaint or petition is required by Local Rule 1310 to complete and file this Civil Case Cover Sheet Addendum to state the basis for filing in North County or South County.

The undersigned represents to the Court:

This action is filed in South County because venue is proper in this region for the following reason(s):

The personal injury, damage to property, or breach of contract that is claimed in the complaint occurred in this region at: Santa Barbara County.

Dated:11/11/2022

Signature of Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s Counsel

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THYNE TAYLOR FOX HOWARD, LLP

205 East Carrillo Street Suite 100 Santa Barbara, California 93101

Telephone: (805) 963‑9958

Facsimile: (805) 963‑3814

Attorney for Plaintiff David Campos

SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ANACAPA DIVISION

CASE NO: 22CV04454

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Design Review Board

Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom Goleta City Hall – Council Chambers 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, CA 93117

Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at 3:00 P.M.

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 www.cityofgoleta.org/meetings-agendas.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Design Review Board (DRB) of the City of Goleta will conduct a public hearing for the projects listed, with the date, time, and location of the DRB public hearing set forth below. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org).

Conceptual Review

Sywest Industrial new building

907 S. Kellogg Ave (APN 071-190-035)

Case No. 17-121-DP

Final Review

Ellwood RV/Boat/Outdoor Storage and California Environmental Quality Act

Notice of Exemption

35 Ellwood Station Rd (APN 079-210-066)

Case No. 22-0089-ZC

Preliminary/Final Review

Storke Carwash and California Environmental Quality Act Notice of Exemption

370 Storke Rd. (APN 073-100-008)

Case No. 22-0014-LUP

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 DRB meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by e-mailing the DRB Secretary, Mary Chang at mchang@cityofgoleta.org Written comments will be distributed to DRB members and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.

FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Mary Chang, at (805) 961-7567 or mchang@cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@cityofgoleta.org. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www. cityofgoleta.org.

Note: 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)).

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 or cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

Publish: Santa Barbara Independent, February 16, 2023

[PROPOSED] ORDER AFTER APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

DAVID CAMPOS, Plaintiff, vs. ANNAMARIE REYNAUD, an individual; SPENCER E. REYNAUD, an individual; VICKI L. KESSEL, an Individual, GPSI, Inc., a California Corporation; and DOES 1‑10, Defendants,

Upon the filings and evidence consisting of Plaintiff’s applications and attached affidavits of reasonable diligence of Alexander Guzman of United Process Servers, Inc., and it satisfactorily appearing to me that Defendant AnnaMarie Reynaud, Spencer E. Reynaud, Vicki L. Kessel, and GPSI, Inc. (“Defendants”), cannot with reasonable diligence be served in any other manner specified in Sections 415.10 through 415.40 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and that Defendants are necessary parties to this action. IT IS ORDERED that the Summons and Complaint be served by publication in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation published in Santa Barbara County, California, hereby designated as the newspaper most likely to give defendants actual notice of the action, and that the publication be made once a week for four successive weeks.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that copy of the Summons, copy of the Complaint, andcopy of this order be mailed to Defendants if his/her/their address is ascertained before expiration of the time herein prescribed for publication of summons.

Dated: 12/22/2022

Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court

JOHN J. THYNE III (SBN: 214025) jthyne@tthlaw.com

205 East Carrillo Street, Suite 100 Santa Barbara, California 93101

Telephone (805) 963‑9958

Facsimile: (805) 963‑3814

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, ANACAPA

DIVISION

DAVID CAMPOS, an individual, Plaintiff, vs. ANNAMARIE REYNAUD, an individual, SPENCER E. REYNAUD, an individual; VICKI L. KESSEL, an individual; GPSI, Inc., a California Corporation, and DOES 1‑10, Defendants.

CASE NO.: 22CV04454 COMPLAINT FOR:

1) BREACH OF CONTRACT

2) FRAUD

3) CONSTRUCTIVE

4) FRAUD

5) BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY

6) CONVERSION

COMES NOW, Plaintiff David Campos, a California citizen, by and through his attorney of record, John J. Thyne III of Thyne Taylor Fox Howard, LLP, and he does allege as follows: THE PARTIES

Plaintiff DAVID CAMPOS is an individual citizen of the State of California, County of Santa Barbara.

Defendant AnnaMarie Reynaud

(“Defendant Reynaud”) is an individual citizen ofthe State of California, County of Ventura.

Relevant to this case, Ms. Reynaud conducted business in the County of Santa Barbara and entered contracts to be performed in the County of Santa Barbara.

Defendant Spencer E. Reynaud is an individual citizen of the State of California, County of Ventura.

Relevant to this case, Mr. Reynaud conducted business in the County of Santa Barbara and entered contracts to be performed in the County of Santa Barbara, by virtue of being an alleged successor in interest to Defendant GPSI, Inc. Spencer Reynaud conspired with Defendant Reynaud to further perpetrate the frauds and breaches of contract herein alleged.

Defendant Vicki L. Kessel is an individual citizen of the State of California, County of Ventura.

Relevant to this case, Ms. Kessel conducted business in the County of Santa Barbara and entered contracts to be performed in the County of Santa Barbara, by virtue of being an alleged successor in interest to Defendant GPSI, Inc. Vicki L. Kessel conspired with Defendant Reynaud to further perpetrate the frauds and breaches of contract herein alleged.

Defendant GPSI, Inc. is a California Corporation. Relevant to this case, GPSI, Inc. conducted business in the County of Santa Barbara and entered contracts to be performed in the County of Santa Barbara. GPSI was organized on June 29, 2020 as a General Stock Corporation in California, Entity #C4608671, then on August 24, 2022, a Statement of Information was filed with the California Secretary of State purporting to remove AnnaMarie Reynaud and Vicki Kessel as CEO/ CFO and Secretary, respectively, then replacing Spencer Reynaud (Defendant Reynaud’s son) and Vicki Kessel as CEO and CFO/Secretary respectively, then allegedly dissolved fraudulently on August 25, 2022, Plaintiff is informed, believes, and on that basis alleges, that at all times herein mentioned the Defendants each acted as an agent of the other Defendants. All Defendants conspired with one another to commit the acts and omissions of which Plaintiff herein complains.

VENUE AND JURISDICTION

Venue is proper within the State of California and within Santa Barbara County given that, inter alia, this dispute involves actions conducted in the County of Santa Barbara, contracts entered into and to be performed in the County of Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara is the venue in which witnesses and evidence resides.

INTRODUCTION/ OVEVIEW

Defendant AnnaMarie Reynaud is a criminally convicted fraudster who created a corporation, co‑defendant, GPSI, Inc. that was established to purchase building panels from a company in Mexico to be distributed and sold in California. Defendants solicited capital participants and

business partners under the auspices of needing funds to have the building panels certified with an International Code Council (ICC) rating. Over the course of several years, Defendants raised over $220,000, including $75,000 from Plaintiff, claiming they needed these funds to finance testing of the building panels at the University of California, Irvine, and the University of Southern California. Plaintiff has repeatedly requested proof of the testing and updates regarding the certification process from Defendants only to learn in September of 2022 that Defendants have paid only $12,500 for said testing and have, upon information and belief, spent all of Plaintiffs money and that of other defrauded parties, on personal expenses. The testing has not been completed because Defendants have failed to pay for the testing and Defendants refuse to turn over the property to Plaintiffs or issue shares in GPSI, Inc. to Plaintiff as promised.

STATEMENT OF FACTS wind resistant, and resistant to termites and mold. Defendants Reynaud explained that she had a source for the panels in Mexico, through a company called CovinTee in Mexico City, but that she needed to obtain an ICC rating of the building panels to make them marketable in the United States Defendant Reynaud explained she was forming co‑Defendant GPSI, Inc. to own the contract to purchase and distribute the building panels in the USA and that she would procure the ICC rating through that corporation. Defendant Reynaud solicited a $25,000 capital infusion from Plaintiff plus an agreement that Plaintiff, who is a licensed general contractor, would generate business clients for the corporation, in exchange for 20% of the shares of GPSI, Inc. Defendant Reynaud promised in writing to Plaintiff that she would convey 20% of GPSI to Plaintiff in exchange for his financial and personal commitment.

Defendant Renaud promised to Plaintiff that Plaintiffs funds would be used for testing of the building panels to procure the ICC certification. In approximately 2019, Plaintiff gave Defendant Reynaud $25,000 to become a 20% owner of GPSI, Inc. and to underwrite the costs of testing of the building panels that GPSI would distribute in the USA after purchasing from CovinTec in Mexico.

Defendant Reynaud told Plaintiff that the tests would be conducted by Bora Gencturk of the University of Southern California, and the data generated would be sent to Ayma Mossallam of the University of California, Irvine, who would certify it and confirm with Manuel Chan of the International Code Council (ICC) to get the proper certification.

Shortly after paying $25,000 in exchange for 20% of GPSI, Inc., Plaintiff transferred $19,300 to Joe Dagµilh in Wilmington, Florida on August 12, 2019, to purchase a vehiclfor Defendant Reynaud, alleged for business purposes. Defendant Reynaud represented to Plaintiff that the vehicle was to be owned by GPSI, Inc. and used for business purposess.

In addition to this, Plaintiff transferred $5,700 to Defendant Reynaud as further funds allegedly needed for the testing of the building panels.

Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a Promissory Note Draw” signed by AnnaMarie Reynaud evidencing these payments Defendant Reynaud has never repaid these funds. Over the next two years, Defendant Reynaud repeatedly failed to provide Plaintiff with accountings cir updates about the progress of testing of the building panels or GPSI’s business Defendant Reynaud convinced Plaintiff to render labor to various construction project including installing a foundation for a commercial building in Arizona for HP Development owned by Robert Vannasdale. Defendant Reynaud was paid for this project but Plaintiff performed the work and was not paid by Defendant Reynaud. Ms. Reynaud also solicited Mr. Vannasdale to contribute funds of $50,000 to pay towar the testing of the building panels that GPSI was allegedly having done. Mr. Vannasdale paid Defendants $50,000 toward the testing and in exchange

for an agreement that he would be able to exclusively distribute the panels in Arizona once they were certified. Mr. Vannasdale also paid to Defendants the sum of $17,000 to install the panels into a commercial building he owned but Defendants have never done so. According to Ricardo Serrano, owner of CovinTec, Defendant Reynaud first discovered these building panels in about 2010 when she purchased two from CovinTec but failed to pay the full price for them. In 2018 Defendant convinced Mr. Serrano that she would get the building panels certified by the ICC in the USA in order to be able to distribute them in America. Mr. Serrano has worked with Defendant Reynaud to effectuate this plan by giving to Defendant Reynaud 60 panels for testing and then, in April 2022, Mr. Serrano himself transferred $25,000 to Defendants under the claim that this money was needed to complete the testing. In May of 2021, Defendant Reynaud told Plaintiff that the testing required more money and demanded that Plaintiff transfer another $25,000 to Defendants, plus find others who would help underwrite the costs of testing. Plaintiff did transfer an additional $25,000 to Defendant and Plaintiff found two others who also transferred $25,000 each to Defendants. In exchange for this additional $25,000 from Plaintiff, on May 17, 2021, Defendants entered a Corporate Promissory Note Secured by Pledge of Stock (“Note”) with a Pledge and Security Agreement (“Pledge”) attached. The Note and Pledge are signed by Plaintiff as Lender and Defendant GPSI, through Defendant Reynaud, as Borrower. Exhibit B to this Complaint is a true and correct copy of the Note and Pledge. The Note provides that interest shall bear on the unpaid principal sum but no interest rate 20is identified other than a schedule of payments indicating that $55,575 will be repaid over the course of five year. The Note provides a schedule ofrepayment including “on or before the 365th day of the first year, payment in the amount of $6187.50.” Defendants did not pay this sum on o before May 17, 2022, and have not paid it since at least 10 days following written demand. The Note provides that if the indebtedness represented thereby is not paid in full whe due, Borrower promises to pay all costs of collection, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney fees. The Note provides that it “shall become immediately due and payable in the full amount of the principal sum then unpaid, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, at the option of the Holder of the Note without notice or demand upon the occurrence of any of the following:

(b) Borrower fails to make payment when due of any part or installment of principal or interest, and such default is not cured within days of Holder’s giving written notice of such default to Borrower; (c) any default by Borrower under the terms of the [Pledge].A true and correct copy of the Note and Pledge are attached hereto as Exhibit B. On September 26, 2022, Plaintiffs attorney provided written notice to Defendants that the Note is in default. Defendants did not cure the default within 10 days thereafter.The Note provides that the security is referenced in the Pledge and that Holder shall be entitled to all the benefits of the security as provided in the Security Agreement but is not obligated to proceed first against the collateral and may instead proceed directly on the Note under the Security Agreement; (d) Borrower fails to perform any of their obligations under the Note. The Pledge provides that the Notes will become immediately due and payable at the option of the Lender upon failure to cure after written notice of default. On August 25, 2022, Defendant Reynaud caused Defendant GPSI to be dissolved. In so doing, Defendant Reynaud swore to the California Secretary of State, subject to the penalty of perjury, that the corporation does not have any debts or other liabilities; that the corporation has not conducted any business from the time of the filing of the Articles of Incorporation with

LEGALS (CONT.)

the Secretary of State; and that the corporation has not issued any shares, and if the corporation has received payments for shares from investors, those payments have been returned to those investors.” Each of these statements is false or renders Defendant Reynaud’s representations to Plaintiff false.

Defendant Reynaud has concocted this entire scheme with an intent to defraud Plaintiff and others

Defendant Reynaud has repeatedly lied to Plaintiff by, among other things, making false statements including that she and GPSI needed hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for testing of the building panels when, in reality, Defendant Reynaud stole over $220,000 from Plaintiff and others to pay her personal expenses while claiming these funds were being used for testing. Defendant Reynaud paid only approximately $12,500 for testing after having received over $220,000 from Plaintiff and others allegedly for testing of the panels. Defendant Reynaud knew her statements to Plaintiff, and others, were false when she made them and she intended Plaintiff to rely upon those statements, which Plaintiff did to his detriment. The remaining co‑Defendants have conspired with Defendant Reynaud to further perpetrate this fraud. Currently, Defendant Reynaud and her co‑Defendants remain in possession of GPSI, Inc. which has the exclusive right to receive the testing results from the testing agencies, once the bills for testing are paid plaintiff seeks in this case an order that Plaintiff be given all interest in GPSI, Inc. as well as repayment of Plaintiffs losses based on Defendant Reynaud’s fraud.

FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION

BREACH OF CONTRACT

(against all Defendants) plaintiff hereby incorporates each and every allegation of the preceding paragraphs as though fully set forth herein. Plaintiff and Defendants entered a valid contract in the form of the Note and Pledge attached hereto as Exhibit B.The contract between

Plaintiffs and Defendants required, among other things, that Defendant Reynaud issue shares of GPSI, Inc. to Plaintiff and that Defendant GPSI repay Plaintiff for the sums advanced. Plaintiff and Defendants mutually assented to contract as evidenced by their signatures thereupon.Plaintiff fulfilled all of his obligations pursuant to the contract.

Defendant Reynaud breached the contract, without justification by, among other things, failing to repay Plaintiff according to the Note and failing to issue shares in GPSI, Inc. to Plaintiff. Defendant Reynaud’s co‑Defendants are in possession of the shares of GPSI, Inc. and ostensibly the intellectual property of GPSI, Inc. in the form of the testing done, but not yet paid for, on the panels.

Defendants Reynaud’s breach of the contract has harmed Plaintiffs by at least the sums that Plaintiff advanced to GPSI, Inc. at Defendant Reynaud’s insistence and co‑Defendants continue to own the assets of GPSI; Inc. in a conspiracy with Defendant Reynaud to breach the contract with Plaintiff.

SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION

FRAUD (against all Defendants)

Plaintiffs hereby incorporate each and every allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1‑57 as though fully set forth herein.

Defendant Reynaud repeatedly made representations to Plaintiff regarding the building panels, testing, the need for additional funds, progress being made in the company’s endeavors, and more.

Plaintiff and Defendants were together in a joint venture to establish GPSI, Inc. and to have the building panels that GPSI, Inc. would distribute in the USA certified for distribution.

At the time Defendant Reynaud made the above representations to Plaintiff, Defendant Reynaud knew the representations were false because Defendant Reynaud intended to deprive Plaintiff of the benefits of the funds he advanced to Defendants.

Defendant Reynaud made the

above representations in order to induce Plaintiff’s reliance upon them.

Defendant Reynaud’ s co‑Defendants adopted and ratified Defendant Reynaud’s misrepresentations by conspiring with Defendant Reynaud and accepting the benefits of Defendant Reynaud’s fraud. Plaintiff reasonably relied upon Defendant Reynaud’s representations to his detriment by, among other things, advancing in excess of $75,000 to Defendants.

Defendants’ fraud has harmed Plaintiff by at least the amount of funds advanced to Defendants, in an amount of not less than $75,000. Defendants’ conduct was malicious, fraudulent, and oppressive and should subject Defendants to an award of punitive damages. Specifically, Defendant Reynaud lied to Plaintiff in order tb obtain Plaintiff’s money and labor and Reynaud’s co‑Defendants conspired to this fraud by secreting the assets of GPSI into their name.

THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION

CONSTRUCTIVE FRAUD

(against all Defendants)

Plaintiffs hereby incorporate each and every allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1‑ 65 as though fully set forth herein.

Plaintiffs and Defendants were in a joint venture with respect to GPSI, Inc. Co‑venturers in a joint venture occupy a position of trust and confidence with one another. Defendants owe a fiduciary duty to Plaintiff. Defendants improperly violated Plaintiff’s trust and confidence by, among other things making false misrepresentations to Plaintiff, stealing Plaintiff’s money, failing to issue shares in GPSI, Inc. to Plaintiff, and refusing to share with Plaintiff testing results of th panels.

Defendants’ constructive fraud has harmed Plaintiff by at least the funds Plaintiff advanced to Defendants, namely at least $75,000 and by Plaintiffs uncompensated labor. Defendants’ conduct was malicious, fraudulent, and oppressive and should subject Defendants to an award of punitive damages.

FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION

BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY

(against all Defendants)

Plaintiff hereby incorporates each and every allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1‑ 71 as though fully set forth herein.

Plaintiffs and Defendants were in a joint venture with respect to GPSI, Inc. Defendants owe a fiduciary duty to Plaintiff by virtue of their co‑venture. Defendants violated their fiduciary duties to Plaintiffs by, among other things, making false misrepresentations to Plaintiff, stealing Plaintiffs money, failing to issue shares in GPSI, Inc. to Plaintiff, and refusing to share with Plaintiff testing results of the panels Defendants’ breach of fiduciary duty has harmed Plaintiff by at least the sums advanced to Defendants by Plaintiff, namely $75,000, plus the value of Plaintiffs uncompensated labor rendered in furtherance of the joint venture. Defendants’ conduct was malicious, fraudulent, and oppressive and should subject Defendants to an award of punitive damages. Defendants have been unjustly enriched by their retention of Plaintiffs funds and by their benefit of Plaintiffs uncompensated labor. It would be unjust and inequitable for Defendants to retain ownership of GPSI, Inc. or retain Plaintiffs funds.

FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION

CONVERSION

(against all Defendants)

Plaintiff hereby incorporates each and every allegation of the preceding paragraphs 1‑ 78 as though fully set forth herein. Plaintiff is the rightful owner of the $75,000 of Plaintiffs funds that Defendants now have as well as the uncompensated labor that Plaintiff rendered to GPSI, Inc. in exchange for shares that were not issued to Plaintiff. Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendants have taken and retained possession of Plaintiffs funds in the amount of at least $75,000 and Plaintiffs uncompensated labo rendered to GPSI, Inc. in exchange for shares that were not issued to Plaintiff.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL

Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom March 7, 2023, at 5:30 P.M.

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.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council will conduct a public hearing to gather public input and obtain Council direction regarding housing and community development needs, goals and priorities, and funding allocations for the 2023-2024 CDBG program year. The City Council will consider the recommendations of its Grant Funding Review Standing Committee regarding funding allocations based on applications the City received from social service providers and identified City-sponsored capital projects. As a CDBG Entitlement Community, the City of Goleta receives funding annually from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The primary objectives of the CDBG program are the development of viable communities, decent and affordable housing and expanded economic opportunities for persons of very low, low and moderate income. The City of Goleta is required to prepare an annual Action Plan which identifies activities that will be undertaken to address public services, housing and community development needs. The date, time, and location of the City Council 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: March 7, 2023, at 5:30 P.M.

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)

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. Written comments will be distributed to Council and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.

FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Shanna Dawson, Management Analyst, at (805) 690-5126 or sdawson@cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Leonel Mendoza-Diaz at (805) 961-7554 or lmendoza-diaz@cityofgoleta.org. Information is also available on the City’s website: https://www.cityofgoleta.org/your-city/neighborhood-services/grants. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.org.

Note: 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)).

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 or cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org or call 711 for the California Relay Service (CRS) for hearing impaired TTY/TDD). Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

Publish Date: Santa Barbara Independent on February 16, 2023

The $75,000 in funds and uncompensated labor that Defendants have converted ar valuable. Plaintiff has been harmed by Defendants’ conversion of his $75,000 plus uncompensated labor. Plaintiff has not consented to his funds and labor being converted by Defendants. Defendants’ actions were the direct and proximate cause of Plaintiffs injuries. Plaintiff has incurred damages in an amount subject to proof at trial, including but no limited to such damages as are set forth in California Civil Code §3336, and in an amount of not less than $75,000 plus the value of Plaintiffs uncompensated labor. Additionally, pursuant to California Civil Code §336, Plaintiff is entitled to recover interest and fair compensation for the time and money expended in pursuing Plaintiffs converterted property. Defendants have been unjustly enriched by their taking of Plaintiffs funds and labor. Defendants’ conversion of Plaintiffs funds and labor was willful,

malicious, fraudulent, and done with conscious disregard of Plaintiffs rights, entitling Plaintiff to an award punitive and exemplary damages against Defendants, as determined at the time of trial. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray for: Compensatory and consequential damages for Defendants’ breach of contract in an amount to be proved at trial but not less than $75,000. Compensatory, consequential, and exemplary damages for Defendants’ fraud in an amount to be proved at trial but not less than $75,000 Compensatory, consequential, and exemplary damages for Defendants’ constructive fraud in an amount to be proved at trial but not less than $75,000; Compensatory, consequential, and exemplary damages for Defendants’ breach of fiduciary duty in an amount to be proved at trial but not less than $75,000; Compensatory, consequential, and exemplary damages for Defendants’ conversion in an amount to be proved at trial but

not less than $75,000; An injunction to order Defendants to turn over shares in GPSI, Inc. to Plaintiff; An injunction to order Defendants to tum over all rights to testing performed on behalf of GPSI to Plaintiff; A constructive trust over GPSI, Inc. and its assets including the rights to testing performed on its behalf; Punitive damages for Defendants’ willful, malicious, fraudulent, acts and omissions done with conscious disregard of Plaintiffs rights; Costs of suit; and All fmiher relief this Honorable Comi deems just and proper.

Dated: November 10, 2022

Respectfully submitted, THYNE TAYLOR FOX HOWARD, LLP

Electronically Filed Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer, 11/14/2022, 8:00 a.m.

By

Baksh, Deputy

NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION

PUBLIC HEARING

Hybrid Public Meeting – Held in Person and via Zoom

February 27, 2023 at 6:00 P.M.

Accessory Dwelling Units Ordinance Case No. 22-0005-ORD

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.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goleta Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider recommending to City Council adoption of an Ordinance to amend Title 17 (Zoning) of the Goleta Municipal Code (GMC) related to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). The City Council will consider any recommendation at a later hearing to adopt 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, February 27, 2023 at 6:00 P.M.

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 LOCATION: The amended regulations would apply citywide, including all areas of the City within the Coastal Zone.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Due to changes in State law (Senate Bill 897 of 2022), the project includes a new set of citywide ADU and Junior ADU (JADU) standards that will fully comply with the changes in State law and make other minor revisions to the City’s previous ADU regulations. Changes to the City’s permanent ADU regulations include, but are not limited to: ADU heights and front setbacks; changes to the processing and denial of ADUs; and JADU locations, configurations, and definition. Many of the proposed revisions were included in Urgency Ordinance No. 22-16U, which was adopted by City Council on December 20, 2022. The new ADU regulations would replace the regulations in Urgency Ordinance No. 22-16U.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Under California Public Resources Code Section 21080.17, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not apply to the adoption of an ordinance by a city or county implementing the provisions of Section 65852.2 of the Government Code, which is California’s ADU law and which also regulates JADUs, as defined by Section 65852.22. Therefore, the proposed Ordinance is statutorily exempt from CEQA in that the proposed Ordinance implements the State’s ADU law.

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 Planning Commission meeting agenda. 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 PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Anne Wells, Advance Planning Manager, at (805) 961-7557 or awells@cityofgoleta. org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@cityofgoleta.org. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www. cityofgoleta.org.

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 48 hours prior to the hearing. Please specify the language for which you require interpretation. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting helps to ensure that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the hearing.

Note: 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)).

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 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

Publish Date: Santa Barbara Independent, February 16, 2023