Santa Barbara Independent 3/23/23

Wynton Marsalis Septet

Tue, Apr 4 / 7 PM (note special time) / Granada Theatre

“Jazz is a metaphor for democracy.”

– Wynton Marsalis

The Wynton Marsalis Septet performs seminal compositions from Marsalis’ wide-ranging career, original works by his frequent collaborators and standards spanning the vast historical landscape of jazz.

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Danish String Quartet The Doppelgänger Project, Part III

Thu, Apr 13 / 7 PM (note special time) / UCSB Campbell Hall

Schubert: String Quartet in A minor, D. 804 (“Rosamunde”)

Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 (“Quartettsatz”)

Anna Thorvaldsdóttir: Rituals ( Arts & Lectures Co-commission )

Schubert (arr. Danish String Quartet): Gretchen am Spinnrade , D.118

“Their command of the score is absolute… impressively cohesive.” The New York Times on Doppelganger, Part II

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Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw

Let

Fri, Apr 21 / 8 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall

Sō Percussion offers an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam.” The New Yorker

Caroline Shaw’s remarkable ear for melody and Sō Percussion’s playful sense of rhythmic invention come together in this strikingly original music that dissolves the boundaries between classical and pop.

Just Added Events for Spring

Actor and Champion for Latinx Representation

Danny Trejo

A Life of Crime, Redemption and Hollywood

Wed, Apr 12 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall

“Danny’s incredible life story shows that even though we may fall down at some point in our lives, it’s what we do when we stand back up that really counts.” – Robert Rodriguez, American filmmaker

Indigenous Multimedia Artist

Nicholas Galanin

Let Them Enter Dancing and Showing Their Faces

Wed, Apr 19 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall / FREE (registration recommended) “Expansive, embracing and grappling with many facets and complexities of what it means to be Native American today.” The Art Newspaper

Celebrating Mother’s Day

Laura Dern & Diane Ladd

Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life and Love

Wed, May 3 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall

Join acclaimed actress Laura Dern and her mother, Academy Award-winner Diane Ladd, for a deeply personal conversation on love, art, ambition and legacy inspired by their own heart-to-hearts.

Public Art Projection

Woman. Life. Freedom.

ArtRise Collective, in Collaboration with Mozaik Philanthropy

Tue, May 9 / 8-11 PM / UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum / FREE

“The solace, the strength, and the sense of solidarity we all need right now.” – Jay Xu, Asian Art Museum Director, San Francisco

CEO of the Anti-Defamation League

Jonathan Greenblatt

Fighting Hate for Good

Mon, May 22 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall / FREE (registration required)

“There has never been a more perilous time for individual rights and liberties. Greenblatt offers his piercing insights from multiple perches he’s served in – from the White House to the ADL. We must act now, heed his advice, and fight for what’s right.” – American Civil Liberties Union

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Mr. Monopoly Sets His Sights on S.B.

Well, it’s official: More people will soon be able to own Santa Barbara properties. Hell, they’ll even be able to build a hotel or two if they have the rainbow-colored cash to back it up.

Mr. Monopoly, outfitted in his timeless tux, white mustache, and top hat, visited Santa Barbara City Hall on Tuesday to announce the newest planned rendition of his classic board game, Monopoly: Santa Barbara Edition. Replacing the game’s traditional properties, such as Boardwalk and Park Place, will be locally themed squares representing favorite businesses and locations decided on by the Santa Barbara community itself.

Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse stopped by City Hall to snap photos and crack jokes with Mr. Monopoly, saying he “feels it’s a fitting match, as both Santa Barbara and Monopoly are loved by all who know them.”

Families will battle it out for ownership of Santa Barbara’s iconic destinations, paying homage to the region’s history, community, and Spanish-style architecture. The game’s classic “Community Chest” and “Chance” cards will also be customized Santa Barbara–style. Otherwise, elements of the game will remain true to the original Monopoly experience.

Game-making company Top Trumps, a global licensee of Hasbro, is putting together

the Santa Barbara version of Monopoly as part of their wider efforts to create completely customized, community-based editions of the game for the North American market.

“We aim to showcase Santa Barbara in all its glory, displaying all the local favorites and cherished places, from the Old Mission Santa Barbara to La Super-Rica Taqueria, to many other iconic landmarks,” said Top Trumps representative Jennifer Tripsea. “We want to hear from the community which local favorites they would like to see represented.”

Until April 28, Santa Barbara fans can sug-

gest which locations they would like to see featured on the board via the official Monopoly email at santabarbara@toptrumps.com. The finished game will be released around November 27-28 this year.

While this will technically be the first official Santa Barbara edition of Monopoly, this is not the city’s first trip around the game board. In 1984, Hometown Games released its own variant of the classic board game, Santa Barbopoly, and more recently, a company called Late for the Sky put out Santa Barbara–opoly

Hundreds Evicted in Isla Vista by New Landlord

Owner, Core Spaces, Uproots Tenants for

“Iam outraged and appalled at the recent eviction notices affecting Isla Vista families and students,” said Supervisor Laura Capps, whose District 2 encompasses the college town, where a new landlord sent eviction notices to tenants of 243 apartments in three buildings. Capps is referring to the latest and perhaps most dramatic example of a real estate phenomenon known as “renoviction”. It describes the practice of evicting tenants with the intention of renovating apartments in order to raise the rents substantially.

Capps called it a signal of the county’s housing crisis: “This travesty is happening to families who have lived in this complex for decades, diligently paying their rent each month so that they may provide a secure space for their children. It is happening to students, who struggle each year to find housing due to UCSB’s failure to provide housing for its students.”

Tenants received notice on March 15 that the buildings, 6711 and 6721 El Colegio, and 775 Camino del Sur, were sold to Core Spaces, a developer based in Chicago. One day later, tenants received a “60-Day Notice of Termi-

Renovations

nation of Tenancy,” according to a “fact sheet” from the Santa Barbara Tenants Union. In the eviction notice, Core Spaces stated it plans to renovate the buildings, collectively called CBC & The Sweeps, and that tenants must leave in 60 days or when their lease expires, some of which are at the end of August. The company offered to waive the last month of rent in lieu of relocation assistance. It also “hopes” tenants will return after renovation, but does not mention what the rents will be.

According to Capps’s office, Core Spaces has a practice of going into college towns, renovating apartments, and jacking up the prices. “Our office has reached out to nonprofits to see if there’s any support there to build resources for the families,” said Jordan Killebrew, who is the communications director for Capps and has longtime ties to Isla Vista. “We’ve reached out to UCSB to ask what might be temporarily done, perhaps open the residence halls during the break,” he said.

Robin Unander, an attorney with the Isla Vista Tenants Union, said that tenants did not seem to get the usual “time to renew your lease” letter at the turn of the year. “If that’s true, it’s probably because the property was in escrow or for sale,” she said. The univer-

sity’s Community Housing Office has also expressed concerns for the many displaced students.

Unander’s take on Core Spaces’ apartment purchase was, “You buy the beat-up one on the block, make it shine, then you flip it.” Renovations on the buildings, which are two-story block structures appearing to date from the ’70s, are apparently planned to occur in phases, beginning with 111 units, she said. Core Spaces had indicated that tenants impacted by renovation could complete their lease, or move and get rid of the lease without penalty. Between the three buildings, there were about 254 signed leases. No one knows how many people were in each unit, but Capps’s office estimates about 1,000 lived in the three buildings.

The county’s relocation ordinance only required the assistance if a permit were required for the renovation, Unander noted. “A kitchen renovation with granite counters, new paint, new flooring cosmetic things like that don’t require a permit. Only structural changes, like windows, or plumbing and electrical work would require a permit,” caveats that helped no one, she said, but spelled out what “substantial” renovations might mean

PUBLIC SAFETY

The first storm of spring the county’s 22nd rainstorm and California’s 12th atmospheric river this season brought more rain and heavy wind on 3/21, toppling multiple trees around the county. A fallen tree brought down powerlines at SBCC (above), causing a power outage that closed the city college’s three campuses for the day. A large eucalyptus toppled over in Carpinteria's Tomol Park around the same time that another tree fell onto the southbound 101 on-ramp near Carrillo Street, closing it for several hours. Meanwhile on Modoc Road, yet another tree fell, this time on a vehicle near Las Positas Road, prompting a full road closure (no injuries to the driver were reported).

Montecito’s Butterfly Beach has been closed to all recreational water contact within a quarter-mile of the storm drain outfall after 6,650 gallons of untreated sewage escaped a broken sewer force main and spilled into the ocean, County Public Health announced 3/16. Montecito Sanitary District discovered the broken pipe on Channel Drive and reported it Thursday morning to County Environmental Health Services and the California State Warning Center. Signs have been posted at affected areas of Butterfly Beach warning the public to avoid contact with the water until sample results show the water is safe for recreational use again.

Santa Barbara now has its own Rock of Gibraltar after a large boulder tumbled onto Gibraltar Road following last week’s rainstorm. County Public Works shared images of the boulder on Twitter on 3/16, stating, “Here’s a reminder of why it’s a terrible idea to evade road closure signs.” Public Works noted the road “was already closed due to slipouts from previous storms and now it is impassable due to this large boulder and other rocks in the road.” No estimate was given for when the road might reopen.

A semi-truck traveling northbound on Highway 101 near Buellton caught fire 3/17, temporarily shutting down one lane of traffic on the freeway, according to County Fire spokesperson Scott Safechuck. The incident occurred shortly before 4 a.m. about a half-mile north of Highway 154, where county firefighters were able to contain the fire to the rear trailer of the OnTrac delivery truck, thus keeping the flames away from the packages on board. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

under state law.

“If they’re in compliance with the local county ordinance, and they’re offering the last months’ rent, they aren’t doing anything wrong. The ordinance was meant to slow down evictions, not flood the market with hundreds of tenants competing for housing all at once,” Unander said, referencing Section 44 of the County Code. An “eligible relocation event” is only supposed to occur in 10 percent of units every 90 days, she said.

“We are allowing as many tenants as possible to continue living in the community until the end of their current lease term,” said Katy Darnaby, managing director of communications for Core Spaces. She said fewer than 10 percent of tenants had to relo-

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COMMUNITY

Preparations are in full swing for Old Spanish Days 2023, which will take place 8/2-8/6. Friday’s historic parade will run along Cabrillo Boulevard from Castillo to Milpas streets, and the carnival at the beach returns to the parking lot below City College’s La Playa Stadium after a decades-long hiatus, adding entertainment, food booths, and a beer garden. New this year, the San Diego Maritime Museum will be sailing a full-size replica of the San Salvador, explorer Juan Cabrillo’s ship, for a weekend visit to the Santa Barbara Harbor and tours during Fiesta. Since the 1/9 storms and flooding, more than $5.1 million in loans have been approved for 118 county residents by the Small Business Administration (SBA). The original deadline to file for assistance, 3/16, is now extended to 3/31. The deadline applies only to the lowinterest-rate loan program; the FEMA disaster relief deadline has expired. The IRS and State of California also extended the 2022 tax filing deadline for disasterdeclared counties to 10/16. Full story at independent .com/disaster-loan-deadline.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development allocated just more than $1 million to the county’s Housing Authority as part of the Foster Youth to Independence program. According to the county, more than 500 young people currently in foster care will become independent at age 18 and can face an increased risk of homelessness due to multiple factors. The $1,188,636 the county received amounts to 58 housing vouchers that can be used for up to 36 months and must be accompanied by supportive services for the individual, such as educational advancement, employment assistance, and basic life skills training.

A new $1.4 million water-bill assistance program will provide a one-time payment of up to $2,000 for up to 700 eligible households, announced nonprofit CommUnify. Participants must meet income parameters and be receiving services from participating water districts: Goleta, Montecito, Carpinteria, Buellton, Cuyama, Guadalupe, Lompoc, Santa Maria, Mission Hills, Vandenberg Village, and Golden State Water. Residents can call 2-1-1 for more info or apply at communifysb .org/enrollment-application before the end of July 2023. After a brief screening, residents will be contacted by a CommUnify intake worker to become fully enrolled.

cate before the end of the school term. “We recognize that any relocation is a hardship for residents,” Darnaby said, and though the company had no other apartments nearby, “our team is working directly alongside our residents to provide resources, financial assistance, and letters of recommendation for relocation.” n

Island Packers won 10 more years on its contract with the National Park Service to run visitors to the Santa Barbara Channel Islands, the Park Service announced last week. Owner Cheryl Connally explained that they boat to Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel islands almost daily as the winds, waves, and weather permit. The fifth island in the park, Santa Barbara Island, has been off-limits ever since the landing dock was damaged in a storm about two years ago, Connally said.

COURTS & CRIME

Carpinteria resident Luis Antonio Ibarra Delgadillo, a k a Anthony Ibarra, 37, was arrested 3/9 for several felony violations involving sexual acts with a child under the age of 10, following an “extensive confidential criminal investigation,” according to a statement released by the Sheriff’s Office on 3/20. Ibarra is currently being held without bail in the county’s Main Jail. There’s reason to believe additional victims have yet to be identified from incidents dating as far back as 2015. Anyone with knowledge of additional crimes associated with Ibarra can contact Detective Swank at (805) 681-4150 or submit anonymous tips at sbsheriff .org/home/anonymous-tip or (805) 681-4171.

A motorcyclist collided with another vehicle at the intersection of North Milpas Street and East Montecito Street following a police pursuit on 3/16. The pursuit began after the motorcyclist failed to yield during a traffic stop near S.B. High, according to police. The motorcyclist was transported to Cottage Hospital for medical treatment, and the injuries sustained are believed to be non-life-threatening. This incident is under active investigation.

COUNTY

Terri Maus-Nisich has officially bowed out after 20 years as assistant county executive officer. Her boss, County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato, gave MausNisich a rousingly warm send-off 3/21, describing her as “a walking and talking directory of where to look, to whom to go, and what to try in different situations.” Maus-Nisich, who will be succeeded by former county probation czar Tanya Heitman, was one of nine long-term county employees honored by the county supervisors for their years of “faithful and dedicated service” as they stepped down. Combined, they represent 204 years of work experience and institutional memory. n

‘Renoviction’ Loopholes Closed

New Language in City Code Requires Landlords to Show ‘Good Faith,’ Work Permits for Evictions

For the past month, Santa Barbara residents and housing advocates have flooded City Hall with comments, letters, and picket signs, pleading with city leaders to address a growing crisis of property owners displacing tenants in mass numbers using a method now known as “renoviction,” or evicting a tenant under the guise of a remodel in order to hike up rent prices.

In response, the City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to amend the city’s code on rental evictions, tightening several sections to address “an urgent need to protect tenants from evictions,” according to the staff report presented to the council by Assistant City Attorney Dan Hentschke, “particularly evictions by owners using apparent loopholes in existing regulations to exploit and displace tenants.”

The city’s legal staff proposed changes to the no-fault eviction ordinance that would require landlords to act in “good faith,” and provide tenants with copies of permits along with an explanation of the scope of work for repairs before asking they vacate a unit.

The changes are consistent with the spirit of the original ordinance, Hentschke said, and would remove the wiggle room property owners could potentially read as loopholes to displace tenants.

Previously, the language said landlords just had to have a vague “intent” to occupy a unit, or withdraw the unit from the rental market, or remodel and make substantial repairs. There was no way of ensuring whether the owner would follow through with the intent.

“You would think that ‘intent to occupy’ implies good faith,” Hentschke said, “but we’ve learned that that’s not always the case. So, we want to make it clear that the recovery is for the purpose of really actually doing what you say you’re going to do.”

The language about landlords acting in “good faith” is now included in all four sections of the code whether a property owner is asking a tenant to vacate the unit to occupy it themselves, to withdraw the unit from the rental market, to comply with a government order, or to demolish or substantially remodel the unit.

The amendments received a lot of attention during public comment, with support-

ers thanking the city for their quick response to the community and with opponents decrying the changes as a “tenant-centric disaster” and an “onerous restriction” for property owners in Santa Barbara.

Under the amended ordinance, landlords would now have to provide an early tenant notice; receive all necessary work permits before giving the notice; and serve the ten ants with a copy of the permits with another written notice explaining the “reason for the termination, the type and scope of work, why the work cannot be reasonably done with the tenant in place, and why the work requires the tenant to vacate for at least 30 days.”

Several opponents to the emergency ordinance questioned the validity of the problem of “renovictions,” asking the council to take a step back and see if there was really a problem that would require these changes.

“This is a very real problem and it’s affecting very real people, many of whom are in this room today,” said Councilmember Kristen Sneddon. “It isn’t something that we just heard spring up overnight; this is a verified issue.”

Councilmember Meagan Harmon thanked the city’s residents who were consistent with their public comments, and she commended city staff: “You moved quickly, and because of your work, we’re taking this important step today.”

The council considered adding a few changes suggested in a letter signed by members of several local community organizations, including the county Legal Aid Foundation, Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, Santa Barbara County Action Network, Santa Barbara Tenants Union, Standing Up for Racial Justice, and Santa Barbara Young Democrats.

The letter suggested that the ordinance explicitly define “good faith” as “an honest intent without ulterior motive and an absence of a design to seek an unfair advantage.”

Instead of attempting to add in any language at the last minute, the council unanimously passed the amendments and language as recommended by staff, effective immediately, and in a separate motion, the council voted 6-1 to return at a later date to discuss the additions suggested by the housing advocates’ letter. n

No False Dogs, No False Profits

AWE, SHOCKS: If curiosity killed the cat, how is it we now have a feline overpopulation problem so great that 63 species of birds have disappeared off the face of the earth? Could it be that cats, in reality, are even less curious than their Homo sapiens owners?

Giving rise to this question was the 20th anniversary of the United State’s invasion of Iraq, which we observed this Tuesday with a flurry of newspaper articles, and immediately lost in the cyclone bomb of what passes for news. Twenty years later, we still have no idea why we really invaded Iraq. Twenty years later, we’re not even curious.

Almost immediately after we launched the invasion, we learned that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein really wasn’t stockpiling weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) as members of the Bush Administration repeatedly warned us they were. Even they never believed Hussein was close to building a nuclear bomb, no matter how many times they told reporters, “We don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.” Admittedly, it was a great line conjured, by the way, by the same insidious group of White House factotums who would explain why they didn’t start selling the war effort in earnest until September 2002: Nobody ever unveiled “a new product in August,” they told us. You always waited until after Labor Day

Clearly, they were right. In the second week of October that year, Congress voted by more than a two-to-one majority to give

President George W. Bush the ability to wage war against Iraq whenever he deemed it appropriate. The Twin Towers were still a smoldering mountain of rubble. On January 23, 2003, Bush told the nation that Hussein had tried to buy weapons-grade uranium from the African nation of Niger. That was false and he knew it On March 20, he launched Shock and Awe.

We’ve been paying the price ever since.

Here’s some of what’s on that tab. In Iraq alone, 4,550 U.S. military personnel lost their lives. Another 4,000 American military contractors mercenaries did too. Of the 1.5 million who were stationed in Iraq, 30,000 sustained serious wounds. Another 30,000 would kill themselves afterward. At one point, we were clocking 17 suicides by veterans each day The word “trauma” gets bandied about a lot. This is why.

These casualties had families. Sons and daughters. Loved ones. The second-hand smoke is still with us; we’re choking on it today. Sometimes, pulling up one’s socks is not an option. And none of this counts the hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis and the millions more who have been permanently displaced and traumatized.

Depending on how you count, we’ve either spent or committed to spend $3 trillion for the combined wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We attacked Afghanistan to wipe out the Al Qaeda camps that trained the 9/11 terrorists, and the Taliban while we were at it. However futile that effort proved to be, it at least made

sense.

But Iraq?

Was it weapons of mass destruction? Oil? To flex our muscles in a world where we were briefly the only superpower? To build another regional Air Force base if Saudi Arabia imploded? Or because George W. Bush had unresolved daddy issues?

Don’t ask. No one would tell you anyway.

It’s worth noting that our congressmember at the time, Lois Capps, got it right. She resolutely refused to sign the war authorization act even though the vast majority of her Democratic colleagues did. Capps pretty much predicted everything that then happened: the sectarian fragmentation of Iraq, the destabilization of the region, the cost to the treasury, the cost in human life, the cost in failed nation building, and the massive loss of trust suffered by the United States, both internally and internationally.

No, Capps did not predict Donald Trump, but with the traditional country-club wing of the Republican Party in disgrace, the door opened for what’s become the GOP’s whackjob insurgency.

Thank you, Lois.

The Independent, it turns out, got it right too. Unlike the New York Times lick-spittle lackey for the war effort that it was we ran a full-page editorial against the war authorization act, arguing that the evidence of WMDs was unfounded. No doubt, Bush missed it. We hadn’t gone online just yet.

Joseph Wilson a UCSB graduate risked a stellar diplomatic career by contradicting claims Bush made in his 2003 State of the Union address: that Hussein was trying to buy weapons-grade uranium from an unnamed African nation. Wilson had been dispatched by the CIA at the instigation of the Vice President’s office to investigate those very concerns a year before Bush made them. After spending eight days investigating such claims in Niger where he had served diplomatically Wilson concluded there was no evidence to substantiate the concern. Upon returning to the United States, he reported his findings up the food chain. When Bush cited British intelligence sources in his speech in order to say otherwise, Wilson wrote an op-ed in the New York Times accusing the president of taking the country to war “under false pretenses.” For his efforts, Wilson who had received medals of commendation from Bush’s father for personally standing up to Hussein during the 1990 Iraq-Kuwaiti war was smeared, and his wife, an undercover CIA operative, was outed by stooges working for Vice President Dick Cheney.

At the time of his op-ed, Wilson noted that 200 American soldiers had lost their lives. “We have a duty to ensure that their sacrifice came for the right reasons,” he wrote.

Thank you, Joe.

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Maybe it wasn’t curiosity that killed that cat. Maybe it was something else. No wonder no one bothers to ask. —Nick

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Old Frightened White Guys?

Re: the Solvang City Council’s decision to veto a Pride Month parade this year: I recall last year’s Pride Parade as a fairly successful and pleasant experience for all of us who witnessed it. I saw nothing but rainbow colors, creative costumes, and a kind of exuberance that is sadly missing from the stale and constipated type of parade exemplified by this city’s “Danish Days” parade.

I have been a Solvang resident for 20-plus years, and while some in the community are clearly openminded and tolerant, others are not. To the old white guys who cannot understand or share in the celebration of their fellow citizens demonstrating pride in their ability to openly be themselves, I say: So sad to be you, gentlemen. So sad.

Courtesy Is Free

During my ride this afternoon, as often happens, I observed discourteous riding from 40-, 50-, and 60-year-old men. This includes passing too closely without the courtesy of an “on your left,” and running traffic lights and stop signs.

I’m calling out arrogance and entitlement.

To all of us who have the leisure to ride, and the means to have the equipment, be humble. Be grateful. Be courteous. It costs nothing.

Energy Demands

Last month’s energy bills for California residents should serve as a wake-up call for our politicians that our current energy path is misguided.

Over-reliance on intermittent and unreliable solar and wind power during winter’s weather means that consumers have to compete for natural gas with SoCal Gas, which has no choice but to run gas turbines to keep our lights on. Until we make a breakthrough in large-scale storage, which may be as elusive as commercial fusion energy, we need a reliable, carbon-free base-load source. The only one available is nuclear power. Not pursuing nuclear would be an ideological, not a technical, choice.

We need solar, wind, and nuclear if we want reliable and sustainable low-emission electricity. In the words of James Hansen, the NASA scientist who first alerted us to the danger of global warming in 1988, “I don’t see a way forward without nuclear

power. Nuclear will make the difference between the world missing crucial climate targets or achieving them.”

Have you seen your recent SoCal Gas Co. statement? SoCal Gas is a subsidiary of Sempra, a Fortune 500, huge, global-energy company, and has increased our bill 150 percent compared to similar usage for same billing period a year ago! Not a laughing matter. We are all going to be victims.

This is in an environment where gas usage in the house has become a known pollutant and contributor to poor health. Santa Barbara, among many other communities, will be banning the use of gas. So, it seems logical to make money while the gas flows. Let’s also sell enormous quantities of LNG (liquified natural gas) to the European countries that had previously bought the gas from Russia. Also don’t forget all those lawsuits that SoCal Gas has settled, including one following the Thomas Fire and debris flow rupturing a high-pressure gas line under the bridge at the San Ysidro trailhead that was improperly buried.

Sempra can always play the climate card because it is now colder in the United States and gas usage is up. Alternative energy solutions to this problem may be the only solution in addition to just being colder and cooking less.

Daylight Savings Crime

They should take away the hour in the middle of the workday instead of taking away an hour that we need to sleep in the middle of the night. When they give the hour back, why don’t they give it back to us in the daytime on the weekend, when we can make use of it?

Whose country is this anyway? —Leo Raabe, S.B.

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¶ The name of the family in last week’s La Cumbre eviction story is Espinoza, not Martinez. We apologize for the oversight.

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It’s Time to Redouble Efforts to Combat Poverty

For parents with young children, many pandemic-related routines are now thankfully in the rearview mirror: drive-by birthday parties, school drop-offs far from the classroom, and watching little ones struggle with masks. Unfortunately, one helpful routine relied upon by millions of parents is now abruptly a thing of the past: receiving monthly payments from the federal government to help pay for life’s basic needs, such as food, childcare, and rent. This has made life harder for tens of thousands of our neighbors, many of whom work hard but are not receiving the federal and state benefits they have earned that can help put food on the table.

been scientifically linked to a variety of adult conditions beyond economic status, ranging from depression to heart disease.

Poverty has a tight grip on our country and our county. The 2020 Census calculated a 15.2 percent poverty rate for Santa Barbara County, one of the highest rates in the state that has the highest rate in the country. That is 15 percent of our neighbors, friends, and family. There is no rational reason that any person who is working hard should be suffering from the chaos, health ramifications, loss of dignity, and so much more that is associated with poverty. Poverty impacts every aspect of our community: housing, homelessness, education, transportation, and health.

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The historic 2021 Child Tax Credit was passed into law as part of the American Rescue Plan. For a year, this legislation dramatically succeeded as economists and advocates predicted: It lifted nearly three million children out of poverty, including approximately 10,000 in Santa Barbara County, and slashed the number of families struggling with food insecurity. The intent upon congressional passage of the Child Tax Credit was for it to be made permanent as a powerful anti-poverty tool, similar to the Earned Income Tax Credit that gives cash to low-income workers and has provided financial security for millions of people over decades. The concept of a child tax credit is akin to Social Security, which for generations has had a game-changing positive effect on the lives of our country’s seniors. The logic is that it’s about time to help our nation’s children in the same way. I wholeheartedly agree.

Opponents in Congress killed the child tax credit last year. And the payments to millions of parents abruptly stopped in December. Despite this minority of opponents, the child tax credit has broad support with many champions, including Congressmember Salud Carbajal, and there is hope it will be brought back.

We know what works to combat poverty: smart policies like the child tax credit that have demonstrated effectiveness. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, “child poverty plunged from 17.6 percent in 2019 to 9 percent in fall of 2021.” Programs that prioritize children, like the CalFresh food assistance program and the child tax credit, effectively kept 19.7 percent of children (about 1.7 million out of nearly nine million children total) out of poverty in 2021.

Last year, in our county, according to Golden State Opportunity, 37,801 lowincome households claimed $12,198,233 dollars from the California Earned Income Tax Credit and the Young Child Tax Credit. That’s $12 million from the state to help pay for the essentials, such as car repairs, paying down debt, medical expenses, and childcare.

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The reasons for such broad support are clear: There is now a proliferation of science about the damaging impact that even a short time in poverty in childhood can have for a lifetime. Child poverty tops the list of traumatic child experiences that have long-term ramifications, termed Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). These early experiences, including poverty, abuse, unstable homes, and mental illness, have

I began my term as county supervisor in January; my top goal is to work with the community to combat poverty, starting with the tools we know work and the state and federal dollars that are already on the table. In the absence of the child tax credit, we must redouble our efforts to get more people to claim the other safety-net benefits they qualify for specifically CalFresh and the Earned Income Tax Credit. The Earned Income Tax Credit can provide up to $2,400 per year for those making minimum wage and slightly above, or earning approximately $30,000 annually. The challenge is that a quarter of Santa Barbarans who have earned this credit are missing out and not claiming it, forgoing hundreds if not thousands of dollars from the state and federal government.

We are partnering with the United Way of Santa Barbara County, CommUnify, Golden State Opportunity, and other nonprofit organizations to get the word out. If you have the interest in helping, we want to partner with you, too. Please contact me at lcapps@countyofsb.org.

In 1959, the collector and critic B.H. Friedman published School of New York: Some Younger Artists, a selection of artists that included Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and more. School of New York Revisited proposes a more diverse overview. It includes the likes of Peter Agostini, Judith Godwin, and Jacob Lawrence, among others. Considering both groups together offers a capsule overview of taste in mid-20th century America and insight into how perceptions of art evolve and change over time.

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“Of the 51,000 households in our county eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, just 38,000 are receiving it, leaving nearly 13,000 who are ignoring state dollars they have earned.”

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$6 Million Fine?

Convert That to Beds, Not Jail, for Anyone with Severe Mental Illness

Santa Barbara County is soon to be hit with a multimillion-dollar fine! We can and urgently must make lemonade out of this lemon!

The fine is being imposed upon the county by the Department of State Hospitals as we are one of the state’s worst offenders in the top 15 of 58 counties in the percentage growth of mentally ill IST, or incompetent to stand trial, felony offenders in our jail.

For years, the number of IST felonies in jails across California waiting for state hospital beds, and the number of months they wait untreated, has grown. It will now be the county’s responsibility to reduce this jail population by getting folks into treatment. The Department of State Hospitals’ charge is to reduce the number of those being referred to state hospitals. And this is where our county has failed miserably.

The people of the IST population are among the most acutely mentally ill. Like patients with a heart attack, they require intensive treatment. Yet California has a waiting list of nearly 2,000 for its state hospital beds, and no alternative treatment beds are available in our county. While they wait for a bed, our IST inmates languish in jail, their untreated illness getting worse.

Clearly, jail is no place for someone who has a severe mental illness. Yet, each month in Santa Barbara County, many offenders in crisis are jailed for lack of inpatient beds. Those held on felonies remain in the jail for lack of intensive residential treatment options on the outside. It is estimated that one-third or more of our jail population is composed of persons with serious mental illness. Some are so ill they are placed in “safety” cells with padded walls, no furniture, and a hole in the floor to relieve themselves.

Except for their distraught families, most of us remain blissfully unaware of their suffering. Incarceration is traumatic for someone who enters the jail relatively healthy. For someone whose connection with reality is already tenuous, the suffering is intense, as is the worsening of symptoms.

So how to turn this lemon of a fine into lemonade?

The state’s penalty provides that the fine’s proceeds be deposited into the state’s Mental Health Diversion Fund, which counties may apply for, to finance strategies that divert mentally ill offenders into mental health and substance abuse treatment. The $8 million to $9 million available to our county can finally provide the impetus for us to generate community-based residential treatment, when added to other available funds.

For example, in 2017-18, Santa Barbara County’s Community Corrections Partnership set aside more than $3 million for treatment beds for jail diversion. Yet that partnership has yet to seriously pursue a plan to utilize that funding.

The county has already mounted a major

collaborative jail diversion effort, involving Departments of Behavioral Wellness and Law Enforcement, the Probation Department, and the Public Defender’s and District Attorney’s offices. The effort is having some gratifying successes but is missing Intensive Residential Treatment. The need for treatment beds has been largely ignored in the county while other counties Los Angeles County, for example move toward remedies we can learn from.

Forty percent of L.A. County’s jail inmates suffer from mental illness, and L.A. County is focused on concerted efforts to significantly reduce the jail population. The goal, adopted in 2019, is to close the Men’s Central Jail, their largest jail facility, and instead of spending $1.7 billion to rebuild the jail, dollars should instead be applied to the community-based treatment and treatment beds needed to support real mental health recovery.

What can we do in Santa Barbara County?

Immediately, the county should apply for the new funds under the Department of State Hospitals’ IST Diversion Infrastructure Project. The deadline is May 1.

The county should urgently place an intensive, time-limited focus on the crisis of incarceration of those with mental illness. We need a cohesive plan to reduce the jail population, which has a significant proportion of persons with mental illness and substance-use disorders.

Consequently, we need a robust system of treatment, including inpatient and longer-term treatment beds, such as we have for other major chronic illnesses, such as heart disease. We provide an inpatient bed and hospital care when someone is in heart attack crisis, with stepdown to skilled nursing care as indicated. Persons with serious mental illness deserve the same level of life saving, medically necessary care.

We are being heavily fined for years of neglect of our mentally ill jail population. Now that millions are being extracted from us with a carrot-and-sticks provision that we can get it back if we put it to use for IST diversion it is time to act.

9/7/1936

Barbara A. Becker passed away Jan 12 at Sarah House after a brief battle with a brain tumor.

Barbara was born in Chicago, Illinois to Carl and Lula Greene. Her family moved to California when she was a child and resided around the San Diego/Oceanside area. She attended San Diego State University where she graduated with a degree in Business Administration. She moved to Stockton as an adult then moved to Santa Barbara in 1968 where she has lived ever since.

Barbara had 2 sons from her previous marriage, Stephen W. Crawford and Mark A. Crawford. She divorced in 1974. She met and married the love of her life Don C. Becker in 1976. Barbara held several jobs throughout her life. She taught preschool, worked for the Social Security Department and also served as bookkeeper for Don’s painting business.

Barbara loved a good party. She was very social and enjoyed entertaining. She was an active member of the Santa Barbara Elks lodge. You could find her hanging out with the poker players or tearing it up on the dance floor. She was a member and organist of the Elks Lodge ladies group The Emblem Club and enjoyed the many social gatherings and dances, spaghetti night and RV travels with the lodge. Barbara was also an avid world traveler and was fascinated by all the different cultures. Some of her favorite trips were to Machu Pichu, China, Israel, India and Africa. Barbara was generous to those she cared about. If she thought you would like it, more than likely you wouldn’t receive just one of something, it would be several in all your favorite colors.

Barbara is survived by her husband of 47 years Don C. Becker, her two sons Stephen W. Crawford and Mark A. Crawford, his wife Gina and their two children Taylor and Ryan. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the Sarah House, where she spent her last few weeks of life under their loving care, can be made in her name.

Santa Barbara native, Michael Barry Yee, passed away peacefully but unexpectedly with loved ones by his side on March 6, 2023.

He was the first son born to Katherine Grace Yee and James Thoon Yee. He attended and graduated from local schools, including Santa Barbara High, SBCC and UCSB. He moved to San Diego to study medicine but eventually left to be with his late wife, Diana, and stepdaughter Andrea in San Francisco. There he started a new career in law enforcement by joining the Police reserves in the Bay Area. Later, the family lived in Tucson for several years. There Michael worked for several federal government agencies including Corrections, Border and Customs and later DEA. After suffering health issues, Diana left her medical practice and Michael retired from the government. Diana passed on while they were living with her daughter in Wisconsin.

After the death of his beloved wife, Michael moved back to Santa Barbara to spend time with his family. While living there, he renewed his passions for music, cooking, learning, and teaching. He also helped with some social groups. Through these past times, he met the new love of his life Jo Anne. They spent 22 years together before his passing.

Not being fully satisfied, he went back to school and completed a nursing degree. After working for a hospital, he went to Sansum clinic where he become Director of Nursing. He also was a clinical instructor for the nursing program at SBCC. After instructing for SBCC and working with the college Covid clinic, he retired. His proudest achievement was mentoring nurses and teaching future nurses for the community.

Michael left this world, having pursued several interests and

passions and having loved, cared for and inspired many people from all walks of life.

Michael is survived by: his wife, Jo Anne Sciortino, his daughter Andrea Martin (Kelly), his brothers Leonard (Michelle) and Richard (Mary), and his nieces and nephews Jared, James, Katherine and Sara. Also, by his extended family, Jennifer and Fabio Hidrobo, Janette, Ed, Alexa and Andrew Kennedy, and Loni, Daniel, Kieran, Declan, and Carly Babai.

Memories and condolences are invited to be shared at a memorial service on Friday, March 31, 2023, at 12:00 pm at McDermott-Crockett & Associates Mortuary, 2020 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara.

Anne Gonski

8/27/1934 - 3/9/2023

married December 1976. Both still vital members of District 11, they explored the Rockies completing a cabin that Jim had begun years earlier. Travel and education were two passions the couple shared. Together they visited many lands and shores, always returning to their favorite vacation spot…their mountain cabin! In 2005, Jim passed away. In 2008, Anne moved to Santa Barbara to be near her sister, Jean. Becoming a resident of the Maravilla retirement community, Anne returned to her love of teaching, becoming a docent at the SB Museum of Natural History. She was also active in her parish at Old Mission Santa Barbara.

around him feel welcome, and his passion for music.

Jeff made meaningful contributions to the music scene in Santa Barbara throughout his lifetime. He played in many groups, including Santa Barbara school bands, a Beach Boys cover band, and most notably, as the drummer of the popular Latin jazz band, Mezcal Martini. Jeff’s impact on the music community will be greatly missed.

Anne passed away at Serenity House on March 9 th. Born to Minard and CD O’Brien on August 27, 1934 in Denver where she spent 11 years before the family moved to Colorado Springs. Upon graduating from St Mary’s High, Anne chose to attend Rosary College in River Forest, IL. Her junior year, she attended Institut Les Hautes Etudes and the University of Fribourg in Fribourg, Switzerland. This year abroad gave her a curiosity to explore the world as she traveled the continent and British Isles. Returning to Rosary, Anne graduated with a BA In economics. It was the classroom that called her to share her world curiosity. For over 35 years she taught and became a principal in her hometown of Colorado Springs. Summers were spent earning a masters while traveling throughout North and South America as well as Central America. She took a year’s leave of absence to teach for the USAF schools in. Cambridge England. As a charter member of the Colorado School Executives, she became a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, recognized for excellence in school administration. In 1973, she met a jr high principal, Jim Gonski. They

Anne was preceded in death by her husband James Gonski , her parents, and her brother,David O’Brien of Scottsdale AZ. She is survived by her sister, Jean O’Brien Carpenter Callanan, her brother in-law, Richard Callanan, as well as  her nephews, Gilbert Carpenter(Erika), Patrick Carpenter(Rya), David Callanan(Karen); her nieces, Katie Harvey(Richard), Rosanne Troia(Sam), Ginna Dunn(Lance) and Mary Clare O’Brien. Anne’s 3 grand nieces and 5 grand nephews remember her as a loving grand aunt in their lives. Her love of God and her family were her highest priorities. The family expresses warmest gratitude to Serenity House staff and volunteers for their gentle loving care. Anne will be buried in the mausoleum of Old Mission Santa Barbara. Donations to the endowment fund of Mission Santa Barbara are appreciated.

Jeffrey B Davis 6/30/1950 - 2/7/2023

In addition to his love of music, Jeff had a wide variety of interests and hobbies. He was an avid sports fan and a lifelong Dodgers baseball enthusiast. He enjoyed coaching his son and grandson in various sports and was well-known in the community for his dedication to giving local umpires a piece of his mind. He also coached adult softball for many years, and was always eager to share his knowledge and experience with his players.

Beyond the world of sports, Jeff loved the beach and all things tropical. He spent many days enjoying the sun, sand, and surf, and took great pleasure in sharing his love of the beach with his family and friends.

Whether it was through his love of sports or his affinity for music, Jeff had a gift for bringing people together and making lasting connections. His natural leadership, warm personality, and infectious sense of humor will be deeply missed by all who knew him. A celebration of life to honor Jeff will be held at Unity of Santa Barbara at 2pm on April 16. He is survived by his wife, Catherine, sister, Amanda, and children, Jennifer, Lindsey, and Daniel, and many other friends and family.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the family’s GoFundMe Fundraiser. www.gofund.me/9f26e394

Jeff will always be remembered for his biting wit, his love of music, and his devotion to his family. He will be deeply missed by all those who were fortunate enough to know him.

Jeffrey Bruce Davis, age 72, passed away on February 7, 2023, surrounded by his wife and three children. He was born on June 30, 1950, in Santa Barbara to Bruce and Joyce Davis (née Simmons).

Jeff was a devoted father and loved spending time with his children and grandchildren. He was known for his sense of humor, his ability to make those

“The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.” —Irving Berlin

10/31/1947

Jeffrey Joseph Olenik, October 31, 1947-March 3, 2023. The son of Margaret ‘Dee’ Olenik and Paul Olenik, Jeff grew up in Santa Monica, California in a house on 21st St. that grew along with the size of the family. He was the second of six children and is survived by Bethany, David, Theresa, and Cindy, his stepsister Leslie, and his honorary brother, Dan; he was predeceased by his parents, his brother John, and Jan, his brother Dave’s wife. Jeff attended Grant Elementary and John Adams Junior High, graduating from Santa Monica High School in 1965. He enjoyed living in Santa Monica and being near the ocean. In fact, when he was told to choose either Little League or surfing, surfing won hands down. Jeff spent many years surfing, starting at the age of 11 to well into his 60s. When he and his wife, Barbara, moved to Santa Barbara, he joined the Santa Barbara Surf Club and they enjoyed many gatherings and contests throughout California as well as enjoying the surf at California Street in Ventura and Devereux in Isla Vista. He never lost his love of the ocean and found solace in just the sight of it. ‘You can take the man out of the ocean but you can’t take the ocean out of the man’.

In 1967 when Jeff got his ‘Greetings’ letter from Uncle Sam and given his low draft number when the Vietnam war was raging, he decided to join the Air Force even though it meant a longer stint in the service, ultimately thinking he’d have a better chance of coming home; this decision more than likely saved his life. After basic training, he served part of his time in the Philippines and did two tours in Vietnam working in air freight. He came home in 1972 intact but very much missing some of his youth, as war is wont to do. After working a few different jobs, Jeff accepted a job at Orkin

Exterminating Co., in Culver City, getting his Branch 1 and 3 licenses to do termite inspections. One day while working on a job for Orkin, he spotted the very distinctive shape of a car under a tarp that he knew was his dream car from his high school days—a 1958 Porsche Speedster. He talked to the owner, purchased the car, and over two years he lovingly restored it back to pristine condition.

Jeff also enjoying fishing in the creek and river near where his Dad and stepmom, Lillian, lived in Oregon. He also enjoyed fishing off the Goleta Beach Pier.

Jeff met Barbara Knox in 1975 when he was 27 and she was 22 working as a temp employee at Orkin. In 1979 he was asked to manage an office in Vallejo, California, and he lived there until he and Barbara married in Burton W. Chace Park in Marina del Rey on July 5, 1980. That same year he accepted a termite inspector position in Santa Barbara, a terrific, life-altering move for both of them. In 1983 they were able to buy a house in Goleta where they lived to the present.

While working for UC Santa Barbara Extension’s English Language Program from 1981-2005, Barbara was given an opportunity in 1988 to travel abroad as an ELP representative at a language fair in Paris. Jeff joined her after the fair ended, and it was this first experience abroad that led to their lifelong passion for travel. They enjoyed some memorable and very special trips, especially after Jeff retired in 2012, collecting stamps in their passports from over 15 countries.

Several years into Jeff’s retirement, a stroke in 2020 with an aftermath of complications which slowed the pace of his life over the next two years, he faced these challenges with courage, grace, and a positive attitude.

Barbara and Jeff continued their travels, including a last trip to Tahiti and Bora Bora over Christmas 2022. The draw of the ocean never left Jeff. He would look longingly at his surfboards or would talk about going surfing again, and even when walking was difficult, he and Barbara would walk out to the West end of Isla Vista and rest on a bench where they could watch the ocean and he could see the

waves at Devereux. On their last walk there in his final weeks, they saw a pod of dolphins with a baby dolphin in their midst, an amazing sight and very special and comforting memory forever etched on Barbara’s mind. Sometimes life throws us curveballs, and Jeff was hit very hard with many challenges and issues. In spite of his tenacity and inner strength, he was ultimately unable to withstand the onset of aggressive cancers that developed in 2023. He spent his last week in the nurturing care of the staff at Serenity House, where he was kept comfortable and out of pain until passing in his sleep in the early hours of March 3, with his beloved Barbara at his side. We all can find comfort in the fact that he has now been released from the trials and tribulations put in his path. Many thanks to those who were able to come and visit Jeff in these last days, very special and very much appreciated. Picture him whole, vital, and healthy again. Jeff was Barbara’s partner in life, her love, adversary, consoler, companion and friend, travel companion. Keep him in your thoughts and prayers, send strength and love to Barbara and his family. Donations in Jeff’s memory are welcome and appreciated and can be made to the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, Serenity House or anywhere of your choosing.

senior class president, captain of the football team, a member of the Ephebian Society, and an accomplished baseball player, he received many football awards, including all Los Angeles City and San Fernando Valley recognition. His athletic prowess led to seven full scholarship considerations, including one to the US Naval Academy. He selected UCLA and played with the Heisman winner Gary Beban under coach Tommy Prothro. While at UCLA, Dick had been inspired by the philosophy of legendary basketball coach John Wooden. Dick’s knowledge of football, baseball, and basketball plus his love and patience with children and young adults gave him great joy and fulfillment and allowed him to be the same type of heartfelt coach as Wooden. Dick became a beloved teacher and coach for Meadow Oaks School, Santa Barbara Middle School (SBMS) and an Assistant Coach for Taft High and North Lake Tahoe High. Dick also coached numerous Little League and basketball teams while his boys were growing up in Goleta. A memorable advantage for the kids playing for him was to get pizza delivered after the games from his Isla Vista restaurant, Giovannis. Dick’s work ethic served him well through three restaurant ownerships and 17 years as a school administrator. Dick’s last employment at SBMS became his passion and “There is nowhere I would rather be” was his mantra. One of the sayings at SBMS was, “Go with gratitude,” which Dick constantly exemplified. The school is based on mythological principles and in Joseph Campbell’s words, Dick had found his “bliss” to follow. One of Dick’s strongest traits was his humility. Although greatly accomplished he never had the need to flaunt his success. He was confident yet humble. He was a kind and greatly respected father, husband, friend, business partner, teacher, coach, and school administrator.

Dick and wife Susan first met in an 8th grade science class, began dating at 16 and married 6 years later in 1970. Their initial shared interests were camping and backpacking in the Eastern Sierras. After a vigorous hike, they spent the second night of their honeymoon at the top of

Yosemite Falls. They extended their honeymoon by camping across the United States in their paisley curtained “Old Blue” van. Dick and Susan moved to Tahoe City in 1975 and within four years had two children, two restaurants, and built their first home at the edge of the Tahoe National Forest. A few years later Dick sold his interest in his restaurants and took two years off to help raise his boys and to enjoy the beauty of the area. They moved to Santa Barbara in 1985. They introduced their sons to many of the National Parks, from the bottom of the Grand Canyon to the top of Grinnell Glacier. He was always present for his family: a catcher for the delivery at his sons’ births, and a conductor of campfires and BBQs. He had simple needs with a complex awareness of others. A weather afficionado, he kept copious records of rain and snowfall. When Susan would say, “Good night and see you in the morning,” his refrain was, “God willing and the creek don’t rise” Dick was born to Lawrence and Ruth Davidson in Chicago, Illinois, July 19, 1947, and passed away in Santa Barbara, California, on December 19, 2022 after living ten years with dementia. Through it all he kept his kind and sweet disposition, appreciating the help and support from friends and family. He passed away peacefully at home with his wife and sons near, listening to his favorite Eagles music. Dick leaves behind his wife of 52 years, Susan, and his two sons, Mike and Kevin, as well as three grandchildren, Kieran, Asher, and Motley. Dick also is survived by his sister, Linda (David Ross) of Gilbert, Arizona, and his recently deceased brother John’s widow (Mary) of Prescott, Arizona. There are also many nieces, nephews, cousins, and forever friends who will miss him dearly.

A celebration of life will be held Saturday, April 15, from 1:00 to 3:00. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to rld.memorial@ gmail.com for location.

In his joyful memory, the family requests that any donations be made to the Santa Barbara Middle School Coach Dick Davidson Scholarship Fund. Go with Gratitude.

Maya Lacktman

1/24/1923 - 3/11/2023

was a volunteer at Santa Barbara City College for several years, assisting with painting sets for the theater department. Maya always had a grand vision and found creative ways of bringing it to life.

Bridget’s father, and Jan Jackson for many years. Maya was charismatic and highly intelligent, which made her a fascinating friend and a lot of fun!

Maya Lacktman, 100 years old, passed away in Santa Barbara at Mission Park Health Center on March 11, 2023. She was born in Riga, Latvia on January 24, 1923. Her mother, Wanda Beckman was of Polish descent and her father, Eric Siemers, was from Germany. Her family emigrated to Canada when she was nine, and shortly after moved to the United States where she eventually became a naturalized citizen. She had two younger brothers, Vic and Pete, who pre-deceased her. She grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and married right out of high school. She and her first husband, Robert Cecil Hough, had five children, Robert, Geoffrey, Patrick, David, and Victoria. Maya also obtained a Bachelor of Arts and a teaching credential and taught and tutored children throughout her life. She was active in her community as President of the PTA and President of the Gardening Club in Kalamazoo while her children were young. Later, Maya and Robert divorced, and she went on to marry twice more. She retained the name of her second husband, Michael Lacktman, who was a university professor. Maya loved adventure and she and Michael traveled the world, living in Copenhagen, Denmark for a year, and in Chile during the Allende Revolution. They also visited Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Greece, Spain, Yugoslavia and Holland.

Maya was a true artist and always found an outlet for her creative energy. Painting, weaving, ceramics, jewelry design, writing, sewing, and costume design were among her many talents. She wrote several books that she sought to have published, including a play, a screenplay, several children’s books, as well as a novel based on the story of her family’s escape from Russia during the Russian Revolution. She always found ways to share her talents. She volunteered at her children’s schools to design sets and costumes for their local productions in Kalamazoo and

In her later life, Maya spent many years living in Lompoc, CA with her daughter, Victoria Hough, and helped to raise her granddaughter, Bridget Hough, whom she taught to read, write, and play the piano. Her days were filled with gardening, cooking, reading and family life. In time, Maya’s imagination and artistic talents found a new outlet in creating “Barbie City,” an expansive doll-size world occupying the entirety of the family’s two-car garage. Despite the impressive size of this make-believe world, Maya’s eye for detail made it a marvel in every way. She crafted custom-made wooden buildings, outdoor settings, and cleverly designed furniture. With her keen eye for fashion and design, she also made thousands of Barbie-sized clothing items including hats, accessories, and hundreds of luxury gowns.

Maya’s “Barbie City” was enthusiastically enjoyed by her granddaughter, Bridget, and her close friend, Ambika Badarayan, whom Maya considered a chosen granddaughter. Maya instilled in Bridget and Ambika the importance of doing for others and a love for the creative arts. She also shared her knack for big dreams and inspired them to strive for greatness. She was intensely proud of Bridget who developed her musical talents into many impressive performances and a doctorate in music from UCSB while establishing a successful career in higher education.

Maya was fortunate to have an extended family of friends in Lompoc, Santa Maria, and Santa Barbara. She enjoyed social gatherings and had a fierce sense of competition when it came to game nights. “P.J.”

Pastor Jim Schrotel of the Unity Church in Santa Maria visited every Sunday for one of her wonderful, home-cooked meals and a game of cards. Leela and Moksha Badarayan (Ambika’s mother and sister) were dear and loyal friends and Maya’s regular Parcheesi companions.

Bill Myshrall, a friend from the Unity Church, regularly visited and enjoyed lively debates with Maya on any number of topics about life and living. She also enjoyed holidays and family get-togethers with Hans Balke,

In addition to her friends and family, Maya’s life was populated with many beloved pets. She had a real soft spot for animals and was known to adopt stray cats and dogs and shower them with love. She got on famously with her all-white cat, Forrest, who was quite a character and gave Maya many years of entertainment and friendship. Maya also loved feeding the birds in her garden and enjoyed visits from the dramatically large and vocal ravens.

Maya had bountiful energy and was always ready to try something new. She loved attending concerts, operas, and parties, and she had an eye for the finer things in life. She took up martial arts in her seventies and was very active well into her 90s. She requested to go golfing with her friend, Lee Tomlinson, for her 96th and 97th birthdays and even joined in at the Oak Park Zumba class from her wheelchair when she was 99. Her daughter, Victoria, took great care of Maya in her later years, tending to her every need and making many sacrifices to do so. Ultimately, Maya spent her last two years at Mission Park Health Center where she was lovingly cared for by the amazing staff there. Maya quickly became a favorite at Mission Park. She was known for needing her morning cup of coffee to get the day started right and wearing stylish hats with flowers, even up to her 100th birthday.

Many who knew Maya would say that she was a complex woman – not always easy to get along with but an unforgettable personality. She was very much her own person and lived life her way. She had an incredible life force and zest for living. She challenged those around her to think outside of the box and taught many important life lessons through her own struggles. She will be remembered as a one-of-a-kind woman, whose long and full life was anything but ordinary. She lived with intensity, great style, a flair for the dramatic, and a quick sense of humor right up until the end. One of the last things Maya shared with her granddaughter, Bridget, was how she wanted to be in the kitchen again washing dishes so that she could look out the kitchen window and watch

her children play. She loved all of her children whom she described as beautiful and smart. Maya is survived by her five children, and five grandchildren: Clay Hough, Jordan Hough, Robert Cory Hough, Lisa Hough Neumann, Bridget Hough, and her sixth chosen granddaughter, Ambika Badarayan Schoeffler. A service will be held at the Santa Barbara Cemetery (901 Channel Drive) on Friday, March 31, 2023 at 1:15pm. For those who would like to do a good deed in Maya’s memory, we encourage you to consider a donation in her honor to the Humane Society or The Rescue Train.

lasted for many years. His high school friend, Dan Thompson, remained close to him for the rest of his life. Scott’s friends loved his sense of humor and his wit. Everyone who knew Scott will remember his sparkling blue eyes and his kind smile. He is survived by his brother, Tim Abbott and Tim’s wife Sandra; his sister, Dana Abbott; and his nephews Jared and Brandon Abbott.

Ron Ellis 2/20/2023

Scott Lindsey Abbott was born Oct. 4, 1950. He died at 72 years of age on Feb. 25,2023. He was surrounded by family and friends. His brother Tim Abbott, his sister-in-law Sandra and is nephew Brandon were with him, as well as Eilene and Gregory Cross, his dear friends for more than 30 years.

A native of Southern California, Scott grew up in Newport Beach, where he enjoyed skateboarding and surfing with his friends. He spent the majority of his life in Santa Barbara. Scott attended UC Santa Barbara, majoring in political science. Scott was office manager for the SEIU locals of Santa Barbara and Ventura until his retirement. A fighter for social justice and a lifelong pacifist, Scott spent a great deal of his life working for progressive organizations and causes both on the job and in his non-working hours.

Scott was on the board of directors of the Santa Barbara Peace Resource Center and PUEBLO. Scott was one of the main organizers of the protests around the proposed liquid natural gas facility at Point Conception which is sacred to the Chumash Nation. The protests successfully killed the plan in 1986.

Scott had a gift for making close friendships, many of which

Our friend, fellow fisherman, brother Ron Ellis, was lost to the ocean on February 20th, while swordfishing off San Diego. His fishing vessel, Defiance, was found drifting at idle, by another fisherman, with no one on board.

Ron has spent much of his commercial fishing career in Santa Barbara, initially as a deckhand, then as a top producing skipper in the crab industry.

He pioneered the experimental Box Crab fishery, establishing a new fishery, while providing data and research, yet was then denied access to this important fishery by CA F&W.

After this denial, Ron had no alternative than to follow his swordfishing efforts and was forced to relocate to San Diego, where he operated the Defiance for the last several years. His loss is an extreme tragedy, and he will be greatly missed by his family, his fellow fishermen, and friends.

Ron has always been quick with a smile, happy to help in any way, the kind of guy that would give you the shirt off his back. The gnarliest guy I have ever known.

Fair seas and Godspeed, love to you brother Ron Ellis.

The Ron Ellis Memorial is scheduled for April 1st, 11:30 am at Ledbetter Beach. Ceremony on the beach, followed by paddle out and the circle of boats. All friends are welcome.

Lisa “Lee” Uribe

6/15/1969 - 3/1/2023

Lisa “Lee” Uribe passed away March 1st, 2023 with family and friends by her side. She had been kicking Lung Cancer Ass for 10 years. Cancer sucks. She was disabled for over 20 years due to an auto accident. Throughout all the challenges “Lee” always had a positive perspective in life. She had an amazing spirit making an impression on everyone she met. Born June 15, 1969 and raised in Santa Barbara, CA. She graduated from San Marcos HS Class of ’87. Lee excelled in youth sports playing softball for all-star teams and was awarded as an alternate for Team USA Women’s softball for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. She attended the culinary program at SBCC and had a career at GM Delco for over 20 years. She spent the last 20 years of her life in San Diego. Lee was a passionate sports fan & Season ticketholder of LA Sparks, SD Chargers, Padres, SDSU. She loved her Notre Dame fighting Irish, Mickey Mouse, was a Foodie at heart. Lee was full of adventure all of her life and enjoyed traveling abroad to the UK, London, Scotland, Ireland, and enjoyed going on a spiritual Catholic Pilgrimage to Portugal, France and Spain. Lee is preceded in death by her father Nick Uribe, Sr. Lee is survived by her spouse Valorie Miller, mother Jan Uribe, brother Nick Uribe Jr. A mass will be held in San Diego at Our Lady of The Rosary parish on March 30, 2023 at 2pm with refreshments following. A graveside mass will be held at Santa Barbara’s Calvary Cemetery at noon on April 1, 2023 with a Celebration of Life following at the Uribe family home. Lee loved bunnies. In lieu of flowers, donations to Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter https:// www.bunssb.org.

Robert (‘Bobby’) Drake lived an enviable life full of music, travel and adventure. A lifelong student of music and the guitar in particular, he followed, as we say, his passion … especially for travel and music, relying on the latter to connect with the cast of characters he met along the way. Much of his life could be viewed as non-conformist, exemplifying an off-the-grid lifestyle before that phrase became well-worn. Perhaps foretelling his love for international travel later in life, Bobby was born in 1957 in Vienna, Austria, to Norma and Robert (senior) Drake. His father Robert was at this time in a graduate program at the University of Vienna and the family returned to the States— Santa Monica, California—at the end of the year. Soon thereafter, and following the birth of their second son, Barney, the young family moved from Santa Monica to Northridge in the San Fernando Valley.

The open space of the “Valley” was perfect for the restless and energetic boys, providing them with ample opportunities to ride their bikes in the foothills of Northridge, the hills freshly carved and terraced for housing construction and the weather most agreeable, save for the days when smog would hunker down in the Valley. Riding Schwinn stingrays in the dirt or on streets was their first choice for the ample free time outside of school. Looking back, this naturally and logically led to motorized motocross bikes and pictures cut from magazines on bedroom walls of all manner of “cool” motorcycles.

An untold number of trips to the motocross tracks nearby provided an adrenaline fix, and

largely kept young Bobby out of the kind of trouble some of his peers were prone to indulging. One Sunday, it finally became time for “Ma” to come and watch Bobby race. In Bobby’s last heat of the day, the track was getting pretty rutted, and he could not avoid landing in a nasty rut that had just formed after a jump on the main straight-away. It was a bit too much for the motorcycle’s suspension and Bobby launched off the track, bouncing into a chain link fence that kept the spectators a safe distance from the riders. It just so happened to be right where Ma was watching the race. Not surprisingly, at least if you were familiar with Bobby’s dispositional grit and determination, he got up, restarted his bike, and finished the race. Unfortunately, it was not so easy for his mother, as this would turn out to be—understandably—the first and last time she came out to watch her son race!

Bobby’s music studies began in high school, when he would ride his ten-speed bike from Northridge to Santa Monica for his first guitar lessons. From then on, guitars and music were always an intimate presence in and integral to Bob’s life. After high school he attended UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) studying psychology, at least in principle and on paper. Mostly, he learned to surf, and took numerous trips to the Sierra Nevada mountains, hiking and skiing in the backcountry with Mike Selby, who became his closest and lifelong friend. After graduating from UCSC, and with the help of Mike, Bob moved into an old and abandoned miners’ cabin, at a place aptly named Indian Bar, on the banks of the Feather River, about a half hour drive west of Quincy. He lived there for about a year before meeting Bryan Gould and Paul Disterheft, owners of property nearby in Rich Bar. As a result of the growing friendship with Bryan and Paul, Bob built, with the help of Nate Crocker, Mike Selby and Paula Bosque, a cabin on part of their property. Bob lived there for almost 20

years, meeting the challenges and perfecting the subtleties of a low-overhead lifestyle in keeping with the heartfelt imperative to “live simply.” This allowed for whitewater kayaking, backcountry skiing, river trips to the southwest desert, bike trips, and of course time to play his beloved guitars. The cabin had no electricity, with running water being fed by a spring; and for the first ten years he lacked a telephone. Eventually, and reluctantly, he got a phone so he wouldn’t miss the whitewater kayak trips his friends were taking. He loved living in a remote area, citing a philosophical or, perhaps better, an ethical belief in the need to properly consider the choice of one’s home. “If you can’t pee in your front yard, you’re living in the wrong place.”

During the Rich Bar years, Bob went back to school at Chico State, getting an MA (Masters) degree in music, while the Rich Bar cabin remained home base, allowing him to regroup for the next trip. He taught music in Quincy at the Feather River Community College and the local music store, finding time to also play gigs nearby. Bob loved to travel and did more than a few lifetimes worth. He visited Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Russia, and Thailand. He especially loved to travel throughout Latin America. While at the college, he often traveled to Baja, Mexico for surfing and sea kayaking. Many of his surfing trips there were with his close friend Kirby Fosgate, camping for weeks at a time at remote surf spots. Years later he would stay near San Jose del Cabo and Pescadero, sometimes for half the year, playing music at hotels and restaurants. He also traveled to Costa Rica and Guatemala, especially enjoying time spent in Colombia, to which he returned many times. And Bobby was also fortunate enough to have lived in Hawaii. where he and the Selby family built a house directly on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. While travelling in Russia Bob met Yulia Maluta, whom he later

married. They lived in Santa Barbara to be closer to his parents, who had retired in nearby Goleta. Bob worked playing weddings, clubs and restaurant gigs, and taught guitar at Westmont and Santa Barbara City College. Yulia worked perfecting her Latin ballroom dance skills, while also teaching salsa and tango dance classes. Still in Santa Barbara, Bobby formed a jazz group with some talented local musicians. This band, the 360 Sextet, was co-run with pianist Dave Campos and featured Cougar Estrada on drums, Ian Peters on bass, Ruben Martinez on flute, Tom Buckner on sax, and Raul Rico percussion. Playing at local clubs, they eventually recorded a CD of original compositions co-written by Robert, Dave Campos, and Cougar Estrada, called Down at the Cove.

Robert deliberately chose a simple, uncluttered life which afforded him the cherished freedom to travel and pursue his lifelong love of music. He will be remembered for his affable and spontaneous ability to light up a room with his smile, his music, and his joie de vivre. Alas, Robert contracted Covid during the height of the pandemic while travelling in Colombia in March of 2020. He quickly recovered, returning to Truckee in northern California. It was there he experienced a relapse of the virus and died suddenly in his sleep. He is survived by his brother Barney, his cousins Nancy Glidden, Jennifer and Stephen Picotte, Laura and Bob Gray, and nieces Victoria and Olivia Picotte. A public memorial service will be held at 10 am Friday, March 31st at the Goleta cemetery, with a convivial celebration of his life to follow.

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Game of the Gods Game of the Gods

PelotaMixteca, a Sport with Ancient Roots, Thrives in Santa Barbara

Pelota mixteca, an ancient ball game with roots stretching back thousands of years and thousands of miles to pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica a sport nearly snuffed out of existence when the Spanish took control of the region in the 16th century is alive and thriving here on the Central Coast, thanks to a group of locals who brought the tradition with them to Santa Barbara from Oaxaca.

They call it El Juego de los Dioses, or The Game of the Gods, and it resembles a higher-flying five-on-five version of tennis, where instead of a racket, each player is outfitted with a 10-pound, metalstudded leather glove used to smack a three-pound rubber ball hundreds of feet in the air, back and forth in a dizzying spectacle of power and precision.

It’s a game full of legends and lore, where distinguished members of societies and warriors with names like Garro de Tigre (Tiger’s Claw) and Pata de Perro (slang for “barefoot,” because he played the game without any shoes) represented their territories in epic battles for power, and where modern Oaxacan pelota players are bigger than celebrities in their villages.

Here on the Central Coast, a team called the Santa Barbara Niños Triquis a reference to the indigenous Triqui people from the mountainous region of Oaxaca is keeping the pelota mixteca tradition alive, one week and one match at a time.

A New Generation

Santa Barbara resident Arturo Pacheco, who runs a gardening service in town, is passionate about pelota mixteca. Family and friends joke that he won’t shut up about it, but he just can’t help himself: It’s in his blood.

His father, Alberto “Don Beto” Pacheco Santos, and his uncle Augustín Pacheco Morga are the only two men in the world who make the sport’s iconic leather guantes; his grandfather Daniel Pacheco was among the early Oaxacan players to bring the sport back from the dead and into its current form.

When Pacheco was young, he remembers watching the men in his family play the game, and watching his father painstakingly craft and repair the gloves that came to define it.

After moving to Santa Barbara at the age of 15, Pacheco hoped to keep in touch with his roots by learning the game his father loved so much. A few other Santa Barbara residents with Oaxacan roots played the game as well, and soon the group was playing together every week and competing in tournaments with other teams from across California, Texas, and Mexico.

Now, the team has been playing together for more than 20 years, and they have built their own community, with brothers, cousins, and friends all learning the game and keeping the tradition going strong.

Out of the Ashes

Early depictions of the game or at least the Mesoamerican predecessor of the game can be found on the reliefs recovered at the Oaxacan archaeological sites Dainzú and Monte Albán, dating back nearly 3,000 years. There have been remains of more than 1,500 ball courts found throughout Mesoamerica.

Villagers played the game as a celebration of gratitude and as an offering to the gods for good rains and abundant harvests, according to descriptions written at the time. The game was also used in matters of social, political, and religious importance, where the outcome of matches could decide the fortunes of entire regions.

When the Spanish came to the region around 1520, their leaders considered the game evil, confused by the erratically bouncing rubber ball and confounded by the fact native peoples would spend hours playing the sport. They believed the players were practicing something “inhuman,” Pacheco said, and banned the sport along with many other traditional customs.

But the game survived, hidden away deep in the Oaxacan mountains where people had fled to escape Spanish rule. It was played in secret, with very few records of the game appearing until Mexico gained its independence in the mid-1800s.

“Once Mexico was free again, the game gradually began to be practiced freely,” Pacheco said. “It came out of the ashes.”

The game was soon restored in its place at the center of Oaxacan society, this time as the state’s favorite pastime, and as a way to celebrate a history that had nearly been erased under Spanish rule.

The Art of the Guante

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As the sport regained popularity near the turn of the 20th century, it became more organized and more modernized. Quickly, the game spread into the valley and coastal regions, and then into La Mixteca Region, where it earned its modern name pelota mixteca.

Before that time, the game was commonly referred to as pelota a mano fría (cold-hand ball), and players would smack the ball with their bare hands. Then, according to legend, around 1910-1911, a player who sliced his hand working at a butcher shop wrapped a piece of leather around his wound to protect it during a match, thus spawning a whole new age of the guante

Over the years, el guante de pelota mixteca, or the Mixteca ball glove, has transformed dramatically from that strip of leather into a handcrafted work of art, and the Pacheco family has played a pivotal role in its evolution.

The modern guante weighs anywhere from seven to 12 pounds depending on the player’s position and each glove is painstakingly crafted from layer upon layer of hardened rawhide stitched together and reinforced with hundreds of round-headed nails hammered into the face of the glove; with the finished product resembling a mix between a horse saddle, a studded leather belt, and a catcher’s mitt all rolled into one, then hand-painted with vibrant colors and patterns paying homage to traditional Mexican culture.

During the game, the glove becomes an extension of a pelota mixteca player’s body, Pacheco said. Their beauty lies in their function just as much as it does their form, and in the hand of an expert player, the heavy glove can be used to send the ball up as high and as far as a major-league fly ball.

Don Beto, Pacheco’s father, handcrafted each one of the gloves for the Santa Barbara team. Every glove is made specific to each player, taking into account their position, size, and their style of play. The colors and designs vary, some painted with pyramids, waves, or other animals (one player, nicknamed “El Chapulín,” has grasshoppers on his glove).

The process requires a skilled hand and enough strength to force a thick needle through inches of tanned leather. Don Beto and Augustín learned the

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renovation, the team was sent looking for another suitable option.

For a while, they played in Isla Vista, at Tucker’s Grove, near Los Carneros, or anywhere they could find a dry strip of land with enough space for them.

“We would like to have our own space,” Pacheco said. “It would be good if we had the space to play even just one game, just one tournament.”

Since the sport made its way to the U.S. over the past three decades, teams have popped up all across the state in Fresno, Gilroy, Oxnard, San Diego, San Bernardino, San Fernando, and Santa Cruz. These teams all compete together, along with other teams from Texas and Mexico.

But of all the cities with organized pelota mixteca teams, Santa Barbara is one of the few that does not have a designated field where they can play or host other teams.

Pacheco has been working to try and get a place in the city, but so far it has been an uphill battle to find a patch of open space in a city where every parcel is prime real estate.

After working with the folks at Casa de la Raza, Pacheco got in touch with City Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez, who has been helping with the search.

So far, Gutierrez said it seems that any space is hard to come by in the city even if it’s just a 300-foot stretch of dirt. He’s asked the city’s Parks and Recreation Department: “They said they don’t really have a spot,” he said. He asked Santa Barbara Unified School District but was met with another “no.”

“It’s just hard trying to find a spot,” Gutierrez said. “I’ve been racking my brain, even just driving around town looking for spaces that might work. Trying to find a space with 300 feet of dirt is hard in Santa Barbara.”

He’s started exploring outside city limits, asking Santa Barbara County Supervisor Das Williams and Goleta City Councilmem-

ber James Kyriaco if they could try to find any space for the team to play.

“I think it’s really special to be able to have this sport here, since it’s so rare and ancient,” Gutierrez said.

¡Va de Buena!

From the ancient courtyards of Mesoamerica to the hidden mountains outside Oaxaca and then thousands of miles north to the California coast, the sport of pelota mixteca has proved its will to survive and adapt to new eras.

In the original days, dignitaries and warriors took to the court in battles for wealth and power. When the game was resurrected, it was played by Oaxacans proud to revive long-buried traditions. Its newest players are the working-class immigrants, surviving in a new country and keeping alive the customs of their ancestors, decompressing after a week’s worth of hard work by smashing a rubber ball with their friends.

This core group of ballplayers of Santa Barbara Pacheco, Genaro Cruz, Ramon Cruz, Esteban Castillo, Venancio Lopez, Julio Lopez, and Angel Lopez or as they call themselves, Los Amigos Peloteros, are committed to keeping the tradition alive here and passing it along to their children, just as their parents did before them.

“We thank you for the spaces where we have been able to practice this sport, and we will continue knocking on doors to be able to obtain more spaces that allow us to continue with this game,” Pacheco said. “We remain united so that our sport does not die.”

Or, as the pelota mixteca saying goes: “Que salta el hule … va de buena!” (“Let the rubber bounce … it’s going well!”)

KEEPING TRADITION:

Arturo Pacheco keeps the family tradition with pelota mixteca. His father, Alberto, and uncle, Augustín, are the last remaining craftsmen of the sport’s unique leather guantes.

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The Oaks Parent-Child Workshop (The Oaks PCW) is a licensed parent-child cooperative preschool, affiliated with Santa Barbara City College, School of Extended Learning. The Oaks PCW serves families with children aged 2.5 to 5 years. Families participate in the morning program and attend weekly evening parent education classes. Additionally, we provide an afternoon child-care program for families currently enrolled in The Oaks PCW.

The Oaks PCW, established in 1947, and located next to the Ridley Tree Cancer Center, has been serving local families for over seven decades. Some of our currently enrolled parents attended The Oaks PCW as children; we aspire to care for future generations of Oaks PCW families for years to come!

BENEFITS OF JOINING A PARENT-CHILD WORKSHOP PRESCHOOL:

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Young children learn best through play. Each day, children are provided with opportunities to make choices, explore materials and interact with one another. The carefully designed learning environment fosters a child’s natural sense of curiosity, exploration, and wonder. We are committed to creating a sustainable green environment. Social-emotional learning is at the heart of our morning and afternoon programs; children are provided with an opportunity to develop relationships with peers and adults, expand their emotional literacy, develop self-regulation skills, and practice problem solving. The children are able to take charge of their own day, choosing when and how to participate. We work together as a community to provide an array of opportunities to meet each child’s individual needs.

MORNING PROGRAM

The morning program operates from 8:45am to 12pm. We offer a wide assortment of experiences each day, including: natural sciences, sensory exploration, carpentry, art, tricycle-riding, gardening, dramatic play, music, animal care, climbing, fine motor activities, pre-literacy, and cooking. Central to our program is the notion that parents are a child’s first teachers. Under the guidance of early childhood educators, Oaks parents work and learn how to be more effective parents -- from each other and the children. Parents participate once per week from 8:30am to 12:30pm, offering open-ended activities, sharing in the daily operation of the school, and remaining actively involved in their child’s learning.

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AFTERNOON PROGRAM

Our afternoon program complements our morning program by providing seamless, full-day care for families in our warm and nurturing environment. The afternoon program supports a smaller group of children (up to twelve children who are developmentally ready for a higher level of independence), accompanied by a teacher and assistant teacher. Parent participation is not required.

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The parent education classes take place Wednesday evenings at The Oaks PCW, from 7-9pm, and are an essential part of our learning together. The evening classes address common parenting issues such as positive guidance, fostering creativity, building a connection with the natural world, nutrition, sleep regulation, and kindergarten readiness. Beyond learning together, these evening classes contribute to building a strong community among families as we share parenting successes, struggles, and strategies.

“To me, The Oaks is an ideal community for young children to grow. Even though some of the details have changed since I was a child, the core of The Oaks hasn’t: the way we provide a community of safe and caring adults for our children, the emphasis on nature exploration and play, and the focus on respectful communication.”

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A First Sojourn to The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern Earns Raves

Where does the executive director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival go to unwind after a job well done? For a well-earned break at The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern a landmark stagecoach stop recently reborn and reopened in Los Olivos.

An average work day during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is 20 hours, and that routine is sustained for 10 days. Once you’re in it, the adrenaline keeps you going tuning out your body and mental fatigue. After it ends, it all hits you, and figuring out how to slow down your thought process becomes a major task. I normally take about two weeks off after closing night, but due to my teaching commitments at Santa Barbara City College this year, I couldn’t plan anything until spring break at the end of March. To hold me over, I booked a twoday weekend stay at The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern in Los Olivos. It turned out to be just what the doctor ordered.

At only 30 minutes from my house in Goleta, it felt as if I had traveled to another country and the moment I stepped out of my car, I started to sense the accumulated stress and wear and tear melting away. This is a five-star luxury resort there’s nothing quite like it in the area and it rivals and/or tops similarly sized places in the Napa Valley region. It beckons total immersion. Yes, there are plenty of activities and great restaurants to partake in the surrounding area, but this place is so self-sufficient and relaxing that I can’t blame anybody who does what I did and decides to just stay within its perimeter to regenerate and refresh.

Established in 1886 by Felix Mattei and his wife, Lucy, Mattei’s Tavern was initially called the Central Hotel. Passengers that arrived at the railroad terminal directly across from it found shelter and food as they waited for the next morning’s

stagecoach to bring them to Santa Barbara.

In 2021, the California-based Auberge Resorts Collection took over the historic site’s renovation and expansion on the surrounding 6.5 acres, renaming it The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern. The newly refreshed property now features 67 luxury guest rooms and cottage-style abodes.

Two things struck me from the get-go and made me instantly fall hard for this place. First, the love and care that has gone into the remodel is obvious, keeping things faithfully the way they were while bringing the standard of luxury and comfort up to the 21st century. The history and character of the place are right there in all their splendor, and contemporary elements have been added for the discriminating traveler.

Secondly, the genuine warmth and professionalism of the employees is downright infectious. From the sincere welcome I received at check-in to every interaction I had with staff during my stay, I felt this was a seasoned team who’d been at it for a long time, despite only starting a few weeks ago. A lot of them were born and raised in the area and will proudly tell you about the significance of the place and the local culture.

Surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, the resort does not feel like a hotel but more like a small community. It has plenty of hangouts whether you long for a quiet nook or seek a lively atmosphere. There’s a “town square” dominated by the iconic water tower, with outdoor seating and fire pits that invite you to slow down and partake in a complimentary wine tasting or an oil infusion class. Next to that is The Tavern with its totally renovated restaurant and its iconic cozy Wild West Bar. A big state-of-the-art fitness center is tucked away toward the back, surrounded by newer structures and providing daily yoga and other wellness classes. The fitness center’s windows overlook the gorgeous swimming pool with cabanas and a soon-to-open casual restaurant called The Shed serving a poolside menu. A luxury spa called The

Lavender Barn is currently under construction and due to open this summer. In the meantime, there’s a cottage set up for treatments and massages.

Hands down my favorite place is The Bar which has now also become one of my favorite saloons in the whole world. Decorated with vintage rugs, velvet and leather chairs, and deer mounts, the room is rustic, chic, and so alluring with lots of wood, dim lighting, and a stone fireplace. While I nursed a martini there, my imagination transported me back in time. Everywhere you look, there’s a feeling of authenticity and vibrancy in the upgrades.

The bar itself is a splendid altar shining with brass and glass reflections. The cocktail menu includes some of the inn’s longtime signature drinks: The Old Gus Berg is an Old-Fashioned, named after the founder Felix Mattei’s right-hand man, for example. We opted to eat there the first night we arrived, since the bar has its own separate food menu, and the fare ranges from small bites to hearty options. We shared delectable baby artichoke hearts, and after, I had a terrific wedge salad with cherry tomatoes, blue cheese, and buttermilk dressing topped with delicate onion rings. My companion had a crispy chicken sammie, and I kept hearing hallelujah sounds as he bit into it. The atmosphere is lively and sexy. I struck up a conversation with a local couple who were so excited to have The Tavern back in full swing.

We had the opportunity to stay in two different places during the weekend. The first night, we experienced one of the original cottages in the property, which had been fully remodeled the Oak Cottage. It has two bedrooms and two baths, wooden floors, whitewashed walls, four-poster beds, a spacious living room, a fireplace, and a landscaped outdoor sitting area with a fire pit. That first cool evening, we sat outside, star-gazing and sipping on cocktails until the late hours.

The second day we moved to a brand-new cottage that

was a replica of where we had first stayed. I’m glad we were able to compare the old with the new. This one had a claw-foot bathtub, and it felt more secluded. Both cottages had front porches with rocking chairs. The bedding was extraordinary. I can’t recall having a better night’s sleep. The following morning, we splurged with breakfast in bed, happily devouring plates of huevos rancheros.

The highlight of our stay was dinner at The Tavern, and it was an extraordinary culinary experience. We got to meet and speak with the stellar Executive Chef Rhoda Magbitang, who had previously worked with big names like José Andrés, Suzanne Goin, and Josiah Citrin and was executive chef at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.

The food is sophisticated yet accessible and so welcoming to vegetarians like me. As expected, there’s an emphasis on grilled meats on the menu, but also plenty of vegetables prepared in creative ways. Chef Magbitang spent her childhood in the Philippines, and Asian influences are everywhere. We started with a crispy cauliflower with local honey and tahini. It was a healthy portion and we devoured it. My partner ordered the ocean trout that came with roasted mushrooms, and he raved about it. Visually, it looked gorgeous. I was brought several vegetable side dishes, including broccolini, peas, and carrots, but the killer

Clarence Mattei: Portrait of a Community

S.B. Historical Museum Exhibition

Showcases Work by Son of Mattei’s Tavern Founder by Leslie Dinaberg

plate was cabbage served with chickpeas, and a tomato stew. The latter could easily have been a main dish, and it was so satisfying and creative for us on a plant-based diet. The room is electric with its open kitchen. On a Saturday night, there were a lot of Santa Barbarans dining, all pledging that this was their new favorite place to eat. I concur.

I took my dog Sophia with me for the weekend, and she was treated like a special guest everywhere we went. A lot of the staff started greeting her by name, and she was even spoiled with a thoughtful gift.

The resort is still under construction. The landscape is newly planted, and once grown in, it will look even more spectacular. Everything is there, and it is only going to get better. The staff is working in great syncopation. I cannot wait until my next staycation. This place is a gem.

Felix Mattei, the Swiss-Italian immigrant who founded the stagecoach stop Mattei’s Tavern in 1886, wasn’t the only family member to make his mark on our community. His son Clarence Mattei (1883-1945) was a sought-after portrait artist (portraitist) who captured images of many luminaries on the local, national, and international stages of that time.

An exhibition currently on view through May at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Clarence Mattei: Portrait of a Community, spotlights his work in oil, pen, pencil, and charcoal, including neverbefore-seen drawings made in Los Olivos during his teenage years. Clarence Mattei was just 15 when he made a pen-and-ink rendition of Emanuel Leutze’s “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” which is included in the exhibit. Guests at Mattei’s Tavern, philanthropists Herman and Ellen Duryea, saw his work and became his patrons, paying for him to attend the prestigious Mark Hopkins Art Institute in San Francisco from 1900 to 1902, which ultimately launched his career.

Early works in the exhibition include family members and renderings of the locals who worked and hung around the Tavern, from cowboys to cooks to quirky characters. The exhibition also showcases portraits of luminaries of the era, including: President Herbert Hoover; artist John Singer Sargent; Henry S. Pritchett, astronomer and President of MIT; philanthropist and industrial heiress Amy DuPont; Peggy Stow (daughter of Sherman and Ida Hollister Stow, who built Stow House); and Thomas “TM” Storke (publisher of the News-Press), among others.

The Santa Barbara Historical Museum (136 E. De la Guerra St.) is open Wednesdays and Fridays-Sundays from noon-5 p.m. and Thursdays from noon-7 p.m. Admission is free. See sbhistorical.org.

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THURSDAY 3/23

3/23: Golden Hour at Mar Monte with DJ Darla Bea DJ Darla Bea will supply the sounds for this sunset happy hour with beer, wine, and cocktail specials and select appetizers. Reservations are recommended. 5-7pm. Mar Monte Hotel, 1111 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Free Call (805) 879-1340.

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FRIDAY 3/24

3/24: DIY Bead Jewelry Calling all junior and high school teens to create a personalized bracelet with your name or your favorite word! Share snacks and watch a movie. All materials will be included. 4-5:30pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Ages 12-18. Call (805) 9627653 or email info@sbplibrary.libanswers.com tinyurl.com/BeadJewelryDIY

3/24: Comedy Is a Drag Experience live comedy with comedians straight off of Netflix, Amazon Prime, NBC, and Comedy Central. Food will be available for purchase. 7:309pm. Wildcat Lounge, 15 W. Ortega St. $15-$35. Ages 21+. Email sambearcomedy@gmail.com bearcavecomedy.simpletix.com

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

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

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

MAR. 23-29

Shows on Tap Shows on Tap

3/23-3/26, 3/29: Lost Chord Guitars Thu.: Walk The Whale, 7:30-10:30pm.

$10. Fri.: Noel McKay, 8-11:30pm. $11. Sat.: Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Pi Jacobs, 8-11:30pm. $13. Sun.: Spontaneous Musical Magic, 7-11:30pm. Free Wed.: Humbird, 8-10pm. $13-16. 1576 Copenhagen Dr., Solvang. Call (805) 331-4363. lostchordguitars.com

Sat.: Adrian Galysh, 1-5pm. Free. Stray Herd, 8:30-11:30pm. Free Wed.: Laugh Therapy Comedy Night, 7:30pm. $15. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Call (805) 686-4785. mavericksaloon.com/event-calendar

3/24: Uptown Lounge Fri.: The Trio, 5-7pm. 3126 State St. Free. Call (805) 8458800. uptownlounge805.com/events

3/23: Chaucer’s Book-Signing: Berkeley Johnson and Kristin Johnson Area authors Berkeley Johnson and Kristin Johnson will sign their book, The Last Messenger, about a dying and sentient machine that landed on earth during the Civil War era and transferred its essence into the human population to defend the world against an ancient enemy that is sterilizing planets of all biological life. 6pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805) 682-6787 or email events@chaucersbooks.com chaucersbooks.com/event

3/23-3/26: Opera S.B. Presents The Light in the Piazza This acclaimed musical by Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas, based on the 1960 novella by Elizabeth Spencer, The Light in the Piazza follows the story of Margaret Johnson, a wealthy Southern woman, and her daughter Clara, who falls in love with a young Italian man during a vacation in Italy. Current and past members of the Chrisman Studio Artist Program will be accompanied by members of the Opera Santa Barbara Orchestra. A reception will follow Thursday’s performance. Thu.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2:30pm. Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo. $39-$59. Call (805) 963-0408 or email cstheater@sbcoxmail.com. centerstagetheater.org

3/24: An Evening with Peter White & Richard Elliot Popular British electric and nylon-string guitarist Peter White, known for his lyrical and inventive approach to contemporary smooth jazz and fusion and L.A.-based saxophonist and composer Richard Elliot (Tower of Power) will bring their style of urban jazz and fusion to S.B. Garden party: 5:30-6:30pm; show: 7pm. Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd St., Solvang. GA: $65-$85; VIP: $110. Call (805) 686-1789. solvangtheaterfest.org

3/24: John Tesh: Big Band Live Live pianist, composer, and Emmy Award–winning radio and TV host with 30 years of experience and 50-plus recordings John Tesh will reminisce about his life and career through music, pictures, and anecdotes. 7:30pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $44.25-$109.25. Call (805) 963-0761. lobero.org/events

WEDNESDAY Solvang: Copenhagen Dr. (805) 962-5354 sbfarmersmarket.org

3/23-3/26, 3/28-3/29: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Thu.: The Runaway Grooms + Spoonful, 8:30pm. $15-18.

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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

3/25: Fun in the Sun Walk & Roll for Inclusion Awareness Walk and roll this route that will include an accessible 1.5-mile loop along S.B.’s waterfront area followed by food and other resource booths set up at the park with music provided by Chris Benedict, DJ of Ability, and Chuck Money. Funds raised go toward Momentum WORK, Inc., a local nonprofit for people with disabilities. Check in: 9:30; walk: 10:30amnoon. Chase Palm Park Great Meadows, 323 E. Cabrillo Blvd. $25-$35. Call (805) 403-7943 or email rvanseenus@momentum4work.org tinyurl.com/FunInTheSunWalk

3/25: Morgan Wade: No Signs of Slowing Down Tour, Kaitlin Butts With her debut album, Reckless, singer/ songwriter Morgan Wade landed on Best Album and Songs of 2021 lists such as TIME, Rolling Stone, and more and will bring her country style to S.B. Country music’s Kaitlin Butts, out with 2022’s album, What Else Can She Do, will open the show. 8pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido.GA: $26.50-$36.50; VIP: $107.50. Call (805) 963-0761. lobero.org/events

3/24: ENT Legends Presents

RINI Filipino-born, L.A.based R&B singer/songwriter from Australia RINI will be in S.B. on his Past the Naked Eye Tour in support of his 2022 EP, Ultraviolet. 8pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. GA: $26; meet & greet: $70. Ages 21+. Call (805) 962-7776 or email becca@sohosb.com sohosb.com/events

3/25: Gallery Talk, Meditation, and Dinner: Invocation of the Mushroom People Attendees will enjoy an intimate gallery talk with the Alchemistress Lindsay Ross; a guided “mycelium meditation” led by Christopher

Ages 21+. Fri.: RINI, 8pm. $26. Ages 21+.

Sat.: Jason Libs & The Congregation, 9pm.

$10-12. Sun.: Sandy Cummings & Jazz du Jour, 12:30pm, $10. Abby Posner, 7:30pm, $25-67. Tue.: The Brothers Collier, 7:30pm.

$10-12. Wed.: Omar Velasco with Alexandra Riorden, 7:30pm. $15-18. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com/events

3/24-3/25: M.Special Brewing Co.

(Goleta) Fri.: Skunk Puppy. Sat.: Roosters. 6-8pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Ste. C, Goleta. Free. Call (805) 968-6500. mspecialbrewco.com

3/25: M.Special Brewing Co. (S.B.)

Sat.: Tequila Mockingbird, 8-10pm. 634 State St. Free. 634 State St. Call (805) 9686500. mspecialbrewco.com

3/24-3/25, 3/29: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Flannel 101, 9pm-midnight. Free

3/25, 3/26: Cold Spring Tavern

Sat.: Cuyama Mama and the Hot Flashes, 1:30-4:30pm. Hoodlum Friends, 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan, 1:304:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call (805) 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com

3/25: Hook’d Bar and Grill Sat.: The Last Decade, 4-7 pm. 116 Lakeview Dr. Free. Call (805) 350-8351. hookdbarand grill.com/music-on-the-water

3/24: Stik N Stuk Creative Studios Fri: Brasscals, 8-10pm. $10. 118 Gray Ave, Ste. A. Call (562) 682-4911. stiknstuk.com

3/25:

“Doc” Kelley, PhD, of Psychedelic Sangha and Pacifica Graduate Institute; and a delicious mushroom-inspired meal by Melissa Bishop with wine from Sandhi Wines. 6-9pm. The Alchemistress, 214 Helena Ave. $75. Email studio@the-alchemistress.com tinyurl.com/InvocationMushroomPeople

3/25: Beautify Goleta: Spring Into Action Volunteer for this community-wide cleanup event with a focus on Hollister Avenue and surrounding neighborhoods in Old Town Goleta. Sign up to pick up litter with a team captain or participate in a self-guided cleanup program. 9am-1pm. Community West Bank Parking Lot, 5827 Hollister Ave., Goleta. Free. Call (805) 961-7500. tinyurl.com/ VolunteerBeautifyGoleta

Bygone : An Art Event for the Steelhead Learn about the work being done to restore our watersheds for future generations with presentations from California Trout, the Environmental Defense Center, the S.B. Channelkeeper, and South Coast Habitat Restoration. See paintings from Michael and Nathan Irwin’s series Bygone, highlighting the endangered Southern California steelhead. Food and drink will be available. A portion of funds raised will go toward the organizations mentioned above. 5-9pm. The Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St. Free-donations accepted. Email nate@ illuminateconservation.com tinyurl.com/Bygone ArtEvent

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3/25-3/26: Sleep Out:

In Solidarity with Globally Unsheltered In solidarity with Sleep Outs across the country, you can choose to sleep outside, overnight (forecast is 50 degrees/no rain), to raise awareness about and funds for youth facing homelessness (4.2 million youths in 2022). Watch a documentary about life on the streets, join a group discussion, and sleep on the lawn of the First United Methodist Church (FUMCSB) in hopes to send a message that everyone deserves a safe place to sleep. Fri.: 7pm-Sat.: 7am. FUMCSB, 305 E. Anapamu St. $25. Email sleepout@covenanthouse.org tinyurl.com/SleepOutSB

SUNDAY 3/26

COURTESY 3/26: S.B.

Acoustic

Presents Abby Posner Take in an evening of folk, roots, Americana, and the blues from Abby Posner, who plays lead blues guitar, banjo, drums, mandolin, or bass while using her looping pedal.

7:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $25-$67. Call (805) 962-7776 or email becca@sohosb.com. sohosb.com/events

MONDAY 3/27

3/27: Pixel Design Challenge: Eastside

Learn how to create and design your own pixelated image using perler beads! Smaller children might need assistance. All materials will be provided.

3-4:30pm. Martin Luther King Jr. Wing, Eastside Library, 1102 E. Montecito St. Free. Grades K-2 and 3-6. Call (805) 963-3727 or email info@sbplibrary.libanswers.com tinyurl.com/PixelDesignChallenge

TUESDAY 3/28

3/28: Online Workshop: Social Media DIY Calendar, Create, and Promote! If you are overwhelmed by what to post on social media and when, don’t have the skills or staff to create your graphics, and need an easy way to post, you can learn the tips to create graphics for social media and other digital and print marketing materials. 10am. Free. Call (805) 204-6022 or email email@ scoreventura.org tinyurl.com/CalendarCreatePromote

WEDNESDAY 3/29

3/29: Chaucer’s Book-Signing: Jana Brody S.B. author Jana Brody will sign copies of her book, Sit Behind the Nets! A Memoir About a Mother Killed by a Foul Ball at a Major League Baseball Game, about what happened when her mother was hit by a foul ball at Dodger Stadium and the changes in fan safety that followed. 6pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805)-682-6787 or email events@chaucersbooks.com Read more on pg. 35. chaucersbooks.com/event

3/29: Omar Velasco, Alexandra Riorden Singer and multiinstrumentalist Omar Velasco’s music is a mixture of rock, Latin, folk, and sometimes Afro-Cuban rhythm that can transport the listener to distant and beautiful landscapes. S.B.-based singer/songwriter Alexandria Riorden will open the show. 7:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $18. Call (805) 962-7776 or email becca@ sohosb.com sohosb.com/upcoming-events

3/29: Watercolor 101 Workshop Join Alexis Watters to learn watercolor basics and essential techniques to create beautiful and one-of-a-kind works of art. 5:30pm. The Crafter’s Library, 9 E Figueroa St. $60. Call (805) 770-3566. thecrafterslibrary.com/calendar

Strike a Pose

3/26: Yoga in the Vineyard Enjoy a onehour guided class, meditation, relaxation, and a hand-crafted glass of wine after class. 10am. Zaca Mesa Winery, 6905 Foxen Canyon Rd. $40. Call (805) 688-9339 or email events@zacamesa.com. zacamesa.com/upcoming-events

3/26: Frequency Yoga: Practice on the Patio Join yoga instructor Rae Gulland for a 45-minute hatha-inspired class that will begin with warming breath work and a short meditation followed by a sequence, then finish with a savasana (relaxing one body part at a time). 9:45am. Frequency Wine Company, 804 Anacapa St. $25. Call (805) 770-3069 or email events@frequencywines.com tinyurl.com/FrequencyYoga

3/27: CorePower Yoga Celebrate Women’s History Month with an empowering evening with a yoga session with music by DJ PTRK LMR followed by mingling, wine, cheese, charcuterie, and a goodie bag with treats from women-owned businesses. 6pm. S.B. Wine Collective, 131 Anacapa St., Ste. C. $25. Call (805) 456-2700 or email info@santabarbarawinecollective.com santabarbarawinecollective.com/events

3/23, 3/28:Volunteer Income Tax

Assistance (VITA)/El Programa de Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) The VITA program will offer free tax help to local residents with IRS-certified volunteers to provide free, basic-income, tax-return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals. Visit the website for more information.

Assistance available through April 18. El programa VITA ofrecerá ayuda tributaria gratuita a los residentes locales con voluntarios certificados por el IRS para brindar preparación gratuita de declaraciones de impuestos básicas con presentación electrónica a personas calificadas Visite el sitio web para más información.

Asistencia disponible hasta el 18 de abril. 3-7pm. Martin Luther King Jr. Wing, Eastside Library, 1102 E. Montecito St. Free/Libre Call (805) 962-7653 or email info@sbplibrary.libanswers.com. tinyurl.com/AssistanceVITA

3/24, 3/28-3/29:

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide: Free Tax Assistance There is no age, income, or AARP Membership requirement to have your taxes prepared by a Tax-Aide volunteer who is trained and IRS-certified. Visit the website for a list of required documents you will need to provide. The last check-in time at each location is 3:30pm. Assistance will be available through April 14. Tue.: 1-4pm. United Way of S.B. County, 320 E. Gutierrez St.; Wed-Thu.: 9am-noon; 1-4pm. Goleta Valley Community Ctr., 5679 Hollister Ave., Goleta. Free tinyurl.com/TaxAide-AARP

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Life Lessons from the Stories of Our Elders

Life Lessons from the Stories of Our Elders

place. This is for white boys!’ It was January, and it was cold, and I had used up all my money on bus fare. They said I would have to go to Tuskegee.”

He continued, “The problem is: how do I get there? I don’t have any money. It was suggested that I go to a travelers’ aid society, and there I was given the address of an elderly couple. Most hotels didn’t lend themselves to Black people in those days, especially in the South, so I stayed with this couple and worked as a busboy to earn the money, and then I went on to Tuskegee. So that’s the start of my education.”

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American aviators in the United States armed forces, and they served with distinction during World War II. “Blacks were considered incapable of learning complex material, incapable of flying a plane, incapable of carrying out military missions,” explained Hicks. “But in World War II, the nation was hurting for pilots and other technical types of skills, and it was a chance to convince the War Department and President Roosevelt to open up these opportunities for Blacks.

“My first solo flight was the most exciting thing I’ve ever done,” he told us. “I was about 20 years old in a little yellow plane called a Piper Cub. And to understand where I came from, what I had accomplished, and what hopes I had achieved … oh, it was indescribable.” He paused for a moment, remembering.

Art Hicks was small in stature five and a half feet tall, and thin but he had a big kind of courage and spoke out clearly when he saw unfairness. He served in the military for 28 years, working on airplane maintenance and missile guidance, confronting plenty of discrimination along the way, and choosing not to remain silent on the subject. He taught for 13 years at Cabrillo High School in Lompoc, earned a master’s degree at Cal Poly, and was honored with a doctoral degree from Tuskegee University for community service. He went on to see two of his grandchildren graduate from Harvard, receive a belated Congressional Medal of Honor for his service as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II, and attend the inauguration of the nation’s first African American president, a once-unimaginable event. (“What a day that was!” he told me later. “You cannot imagine how it felt to be there!”)

In the days when I was a middle-school teacher, my students and I decided to become story collectors, and we began an oral history project, meeting with folks in our community to gather memories and wisdom that might otherwise be lost to time. Our interviews sometimes involved a trek to a ramshackle house on a local ranch; other times, the interviewee would come to our school and we would gather together in the classroom or outside in the shade of a tree, hearing tales that now, years later, comprise a precious trove worth revisiting and sharing. One unforgettable visitor was Dr. Arthur Norris Hicks, an educator and human rights advocate who came to see us at Dunn Middle School in 2004, and whose story remains relevant and inspiring.

“But many Black men came back after serving their country only to be refused service at the lunch counters in their own hometowns.”

We asked Hicks if he ever got discouraged in the face of injustice. “I never get discouraged,” he said. “I get ticked off. It’s more useful.”

Hicks died in 2017 at the age of 95. It was hard not to be inspired by this kind, spirited, and dignified man whose life was about working for change and transcending limits. As our interview drew to a close, one of the students asked Hicks if he had any advice to offer young people. His answer rings as true as ever: “I was exposed to despicable things early in life when I could do nothing about them, but I found much satisfaction after I discovered that I could take action and help create positive changes. We need to find it within ourselves to contribute to the whole, and we can most effectively do that by first making the best possible contribution to our own selves: through education, questioning, and personal growth. Then, stay on the path that leads to your goal. In fact, head for a goal that is so far out of reach you cannot even imagine what it is.” n

Born in 1922 in the heart of segregated Dixie, Hicks faced the ugly realities of racism right from childhood. “Even as kids, we understood,” he told us, “and in case we didn’t, they reminded us by throwing rocks through the window.”

He learned to live with anger. “But it was anger that had to be subdued,” he said, “and you felt a constant frustration. Once in a while you had to express it, but mostly you kept it inside. You learned how to survive, and how to maintain one’s mentality.”

In 1940, he noticed an advertisement in an Atlanta post office for an aircraft mechanic program run by the Federal War Training Service. He applied, was accepted, and was directed to come to a school in Memphis. He bought a oneway bus ticket with the earnings from his jobs as a janitor and porter. “But when I got there I was told, ‘You’re in the wrong

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Bird Brains

Do we have crows or ravens in Santa Barbara? The short answer is: both. The flocks of black birds you see flying around town, though, are always American crows. In our county, ravens rarely form large flocks and are more often seen singly or in pairs. Ravens are more birds of the wild, of the mountains. Ravens are considerably bigger than crows, weighing in at more than twice as much. The raven has a deep, gruff voice while the crow’s calls are much higher in pitch. If you get a close look at a raven, you’ll see that its beak is enormous, a formidable weapon. They are both fascinating birds with a wealth of folklore behind them, and they are some of the smartest creatures on the planet.

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A few years ago, I watched an American crow flying over my house carrying a walnut. It dropped the nut, and I assumed it was aiming for a hard surface on which to break the shell. But before the walnut reached the ground, the crow folded its wings, and, in an elegant swoop and with incredible coordination, caught the prize in its bill. I assumed the bird had thought better about where the nut was going to fall, but much to my surprise, the crow circled around and repeated the procedure, dropping the walnut from a considerable height, and successfully diving after it. It repeated this feat twice more, before two other crows took an interest in the performance and chased off the acrobat. What was going on? Whatever it was doing, it certainly looked a lot of fun. And then I realized that was it the bird must have been feeling a sense of exhilaration in its mastery of the air. I think crows know how to have fun. I’m often asked why crows will chase hawks, and I used to answer something along the lines that they want to get a dangerous bird out of their territory. There might be something to that, of course, but after

Something to Crow About in Santa Barbara

watching crows spend up to 10 minutes dive-bombing a circling red-tailed hawk, I think a likelier explanation is that they do it because they can and it’s enjoyable, like a bunch of smart kids singling out a bully for some special treatment.

Crows are in a family of birds known as the corvids, a group that also contains ravens, magpies, and

jays. Corvids are thought to be theest birds, surpassing most primates in problemsolving

abilities. You’ve probably heard of, or perhaps have even seen, crows dropping walnuts onto roads so that when a car runs over the shell the bird can then retrieve the nutmeat. They have even been known to drop nuts into crosswalks, only going to gather their food when the pedestrian light comes on. I frequently see crows hopping about in the roadway, but rarely do you see a dead crow on the road they always seem hyper-aware of their surroundings.

In the Aesop fable “The Crow and the Pitcher,” a crow drops stones in a pitcher of water in order to raise the level high enough for it to take a drink. Scientists recently tried the experiment with a rook, a European corvid, to see if the fable held any truth. The rook was placed in a room with a pile of pebbles and a narrow jar containing both water and a worm, the latter just out of reach of the bird’s bill. The rook immediately got to work, choosing the largest pebbles first and dropping them into the jar, until the water had risen high enough for it to grab the worm.

The New Caledonian crow is thought to be one of the smartest corvids. They’ve been observed taking pliable twigs and bending them into hooks in order to reach food hidden in a log that a straight stick wouldn’t reach. This species has been seen planning ahead. In an experiment, the bird was given a stick that was too short to retrieve food that was just out of reach; the bird used the stick to retrieve a longer stick with which it was able to procure the food.

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If any of the above piques your curiosity, the next program of the Santa Barbara Audubon Society (SBAS) is for you. Dr. Kaeli Swift, who earned her PhD in avian ecology from the University of Washington with a special emphasis on American crows and their behavior around death, will present Something to Crow About: Stories and Biology of Crows, Ravens, Jays, and Magpies. See santabarbara audubon.org/events for more information. The event recording will be available on the SBAS website through April 12.

Jana Brody’s Message: ‘Sit Behind the Nets!’

Golet a resident Jana Brody never envisioned herself as an author or an advocate for stadium safety, but when disaster struck, the call to action was undeniable and resulted in a harrowing journey with monumental impact.

Brody’s memoir Sit Behind the Nets! details the life and death of her mother, Linda Goldbloom, who tragically passed away after being struck by a foul ball at Dodger Stadium. It also explores the search for answers that followed.

New Memoir Tells Tragic Story of Death by Foul Ball

“This information is not new, and the number of injuries is not new,” said Brody of the danger to spectators at baseball games at all levels. “The awareness is what’s new, and that’s what I bring to the table.”

Goldbloom’s death was the first to be caused by a foul ball at a major league stadium since 1970, but the large number of injuries that occur every year, many of which are life-altering, are rarely brought to light.

By raising awareness through this memoir, Brody is able to pay tribute to her mother, who lived a very ordinary yet tremendously full life.

“She kind of had a mundane life, but she had an extra-special death,” Brody said. “She didn’t pass away in vain.”

Any movement to change the status quo will have its fair share of detractors, and Brody has faced opposition from many different angles. The resistance to change that is endemic in society can be overwhelming, especially in the social media age.

The vitriol has not stopped Brody, and the momentum toward increased stadium safety that began even before her mother’s passing is only gaining steam.

“I did want to touch base on the positives and the negatives that I went through. Some people would say ‘Wasn’t she paying attention?’ or ‘How could that happen?’ ” said Brody. “You could see it on social media and even in the comments on the online articles, where people would respond. There’s definitely both

sides of the coin that people just couldn’t accept that you couldn’t dodge that ball or put a mitt out like in the old days.”

Based on the eyewitness accounts that Brody includes in the book, there was no dodging the ball that killed her mother, and no amount of attentiveness could have prevented that particular tragic event. The increased exit velocities of baseballs hit by the massive human beings that make up the majority of modern-day major league baseball players combined with all of the distractions and modern amenities in every major league ballpark can be a dangerous combination.

“If it’s in your control, get a safe seat. That’s my ongoing message,” Brody said. “Sit behind the nets!”

The case for mitigating this risk by raising and widening the nets at ball parks is a central theme of Sit Behind the Nets! Brody compares it to other commonsense safety precautions such as mandatory seat belts, which also received backlash upon implementation.

“There are so many things that people push back on. There are people that push back on vaccinations,” Brody said. “There’s always going to be contrarians out there; that’s why I got my chapter on the hecklers.”

It was Brody who broke the story of her mother’s passing to the media months after the tragic incident on August 25, 2018, and Goldbloom’s passing on August 29, 2018. The event was completely unknown to the public at large before it rocked the baseball world after an ESPN report by William Weinbaum on February 4, 2019.

Major League Baseball (MLB) and individual organizations have made strides in recent years to make their parks safer. At the 2019 winter meetings, commissioner Rob Manfred announced that all 30 MLB teams would extend the netting at their stadiums before the start of the next season.

In 2022, MLB passed requirements that all affiliated minor league ballparks will have mandatory protective netting down the foul lines by the start of the 2025 season.

On Wednesday, March 29 at 6 p.m., Chaucer’s Books will host an in-store signing with Brody. Sit Behind the Nets! is currently available and is the number-one new release in baseball biographies on Amazon.

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FOOD & DRINK

Tilden Brings Complex Tastes to Sober Drinking

The pandemic divided people into two camps, explains Vanessa Royle, the cofounder of a just-launched line of nonalcoholic, ready-topour cocktails called Tilden.

“More people than ever increased their drinking, and more people than ever quit as well,” said Royle, who found herself squarely in the latter group. “I was struggling mentally, and there didn’t seem to be a reason for drinking, so I decided to quit.”

The timing was right to reinvent herself. The San Jose–raised, UC Berkeley grad was preparing to move from Santa Barbara, her husband’s hometown, to Boston, where she was starting Harvard Business School in August 2020. Once there, and attending the school’s boozy social engagements, she began telling people she didn’t drink, and many responded that they’d also stopped or were cutting down. But no one knew what to drink at parties.

“It was like, ‘Here’s a scotch, and here’s a really nice wine, and here’s a La Croix for you, Vanessa,’” she recalled. “I’m 30 years old, sitting in a historic Boston bar, drinking a bubbly water.”

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Every January, the school hosts a two-week boot camp for students to explore potential business ideas. Given the dearth of mature nonalcoholic beverages which was even more stark two years ago Royle saw an opportunity to enter what’s expected to become a $150 billion industry. The boot camp connected her to Mariah Wood, a lifelong teetotaler from Las Vegas with foodie and partying tendencies who had supply-chainmanagement experience.

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the primary plant-based sweetener/thickener are completely natural, with no added sugar or preservatives. Unlike many nonalcoholic competitors, Tilden does not feature “functional” ingredients like CBD or ashwagandha, as the founders wanted to focus purely on the sipping experience. Plus, they’d potentially lose customers who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or otherwise concerned about ingesting such ingredients.

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They spent the next 18 months researching the market, crafting recipes, and connecting with sources for the unique ingredients that they wanted to include, like a black-currant extract only sold by one shop in New York. “All of our cocktails are concocted to have the sipping experience of a cocktail, with a beginning, a middle, and a finish,” said Royle. “A lot of mocktails hit on the front but don’t linger, and are chugged down quickly. We wanted something that forced you to sip it and be part of the conversation.”

By August 2022, Royle and Wood settled on three flavors: Lacewing, a cucumber-basil-lychee blend that’s herbaceous like a gin or vodka drink with hints of Szechuan pepper; the Eden, more tart in the vein of a margarita (this flavor won’t be released for a few months); and the Tandem, which is smoky like a bourbon thanks to lapsang souchong tea. They’re best poured over a big cube of ice and garnished with a cucumber ribbon or orange peel, but they work well with sparkling water or served warm like a hot toddy. And no one cares if you use it as a mixer for liquor either.

I tried the Lacewing and Tandem with Royle in my backyard just two days before her first commercial shipment arrived, and I found them both to be deliciously complex and quite satisfying. The only danger was drinking them too quickly, which could spell trouble since they do cost $29 per 750ml bottle. So hide Tilden from your kids, though they may find them a bit too adult anyway.

The extensive ingredient lists for each which include cayenne for a bite on the finish and allulose as

For the name, Royle and Wood wanted something that was neither masculine nor feminine and that didn’t come with any preconceived meanings. Tilden works well in that regard, unless you recognize it as the name of a park in Berkeley. Seeing the word “mocktail” as childish, they went with “nonalcoholic cocktail” as the description. Then they tested the name on the front lines. “We’d go to bars and yell at each other,” said Royle. “‘Tilden’ was discernible.”

While Wood remains in Boston, Royle returned to Santa Barbara in November. That’s making these bicoastal cities the de facto test markets for the Tilden rollout, which started in February. Tilden is now being sold at such restaurants as The Daisy, Barbareño, Satellite, and the University Club, with retail available at Montecito Village Grocery. Orders can also be placed online at drink tilden.com

With an eye on one day landing accounts for hotel minibars and airlines, Royle believes that her beverage is leading the way for younger people, especially Gen Zers who just aren’t taking to alcohol like their parents or grandparents did. “Our generation will be the last generation that compares these to existing cocktails,” said Royle. “It won’t need to taste like a Manhattan or a gin and tonic, because they don’t even know what that tastes like.”

Even if Tilden doesn’t win out in this highly competitive, emerging market, Royle knows her time has been well spent. “The beverage industry is so hard; CPG is so hard,” she said of the notoriously cutthroat consumer packaged goods industry. “I learn so many new things every day.”

See drinktilden.com.

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Black Sheep on the Move

The Black Sheep is putting down French roots on Cota Street with the opening of The Black Sheep S.B. Brasserie. Home to the beloved Mousse Odile for almost two decades (circa 1980s and ’90s), more recently the space was home to Venus in Furs, Rascals, and the Middle Child.

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Post-pandemic, after leaving their previous space on Ortega Street, the father-son team of head chef Robert Perez (father) and general manager Ruben Perez (son) were ready for a reinvention.

Meanwhile, chef and co-owner Jake Reimer who has a more than 30-year history of working with renowned chefs Remi Lavaund and Michael Otsuka and high-end spots like the Bacara, Ojai Valley Inn, and Wine Cask was also looking for new challenges and the right business partners. All three are eager to create a modern classic brassiere that captures the heart of Old Town Santa Barbara while also giving a gentle nod to Mousse Odile.

This is not the first time around the restaurant rodeo for any of the partners. When asked about lessons learned, Ruben Perez said, “I think the two biggest things for me are listening to the local community about what and how they want to dine and creating that atmosphere of casual but onpoint service, great elevated food, but unstuffy.”

He continued, “We really wanted to give something unique and organically spun with the feel and respect of Old Town Santa Barbara back to the locals. We felt with so many restaurants having absentee owners or from out of town lately that we could really deliver a unique special experience for everyone to join.”

Asked to back up his claim about other restaurant owners, Ruben Perez said, “You can look into the hall of records perhaps, but we would estimate more than half of the restaurants in Santa Barbara alone are not owned by people who work the day to day in their establishments. We are not trying to call anyone out or wish anyone anything but success; our comment was to let everyone know we are here and working hard for a more personalized experience.”

As to the vibe, think Parisian-style pub with eclectic, elevated, from-scratch California cuisine in a modern classic design. An ever-changing farmers’ market driven menu features classics and favorites such as Santa Barbara rock crab beignets, a báhn mì French dip, Channel Island ling cod bacalao with black truffle, and a 48-day dry-aged bavette steak.

Also on the menu is a Chef’s Table, where Reimer and other local guest chefs will put on a unique and memorable gastronomic experience he describes as “several courses cascading to the table with unique, thoughtful dishes presented from the chef in stylish fashion and matched with pours from our award-winning wine list featuring reserves from some of the best wine makers locally and abroad.”

The brasserie will also proudly offer three-, four-, or five-course plant-based experiences with vegan dishes such as Vadouvan roasted cauliflower tagine, homemade harissa and cashew dukkah, or celebrity squash soup.

Executive Pastry Chef Lele Miranda of Lele Patisserie also will be whipping up one-of-a-kind sweet creations such as a dark chocolate gateau with cappuccino genoise and hazelnut caramel and Mutsu apple tarte Tatin.

There’s also an early dinner option served daily from 5-6 p.m., with a threecourse tasting menu for $39.

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Chase Restaurant Under New Ownership

Georges and Nicole Bitar, veteran wine dealers and proprietors of local Italian eatery Via Maestra 42, have purchased the legendary Chase Restaurant and Lounge at 1012 State Street. Generations of fans can rest assured that the name and traditions that made the eatery so popular for 44 years will live on.

“It’s going to remain the Chase, and we’re going to elevate everything,” says Chase General Manager Warren Butler. “We’re going to enhance it, we’re going to improve upon it, and we will continue to support Chef Mario Rodriguez. He is the key to the consistency.” Rodriguez has been with the Chase since its founding in 1979; the food is much as it was then, and his magic will continue. Rodriguez trained with original Chase owners, Tony and Angie Caligurie, and he prepares everything the same way.

About the owners: When Via Maestra 42 first opened at 3343 State Street in 2000, Nicole Bitar was the first manager under the helm of original owner Renato Moiso. She brings many years of Italian restaurant experience working for some of the best Italian restaurants in Santa Barbara and Montecito. Years later, in 2021, Nicole came full circle and has become co-owner of Via Maestra 42 with her husband, Georges. Now they can add local icon Chase Restaurant and Lounge to their extensive résumés.

CAT CORA LEAVES MESA BURGER: Reader Ken noticed that celebrity chef Cat Cora posted a message from Mesa Burger on her Instagram page: “Cat Cora’s worldrenowned reputation as a celebrity chef, author, restaurateur, and television personality was critical to Mesa Burger’s early success. After six great years together, Cat is moving on to pursue other personal ventures and will no longer be involved with Mesa Burger. Her hard work and contributions will forever be appreciated. Mesa Burger wishes Cat continued success in her future endeavors. —The Mesa Burger Team.” Cora helped create and launch Mesa Burger at

315 Meigs Road on the Mesa in December 2016.

CANTWELL’S PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT: Reader SBAway let me know that the site of Cantwell’s Market on State Street is scheduled to have a hearing by the City of Santa Barbara’s Historic Landmarks Commission on March 29, 2023, for a new four-story mixed-use development.

LA PALOMA NOW SERVING LUNCH: Ever since opening during the dawn of the pandemic, La Paloma Café at 702 Anacapa Street has offered dinner, then expanded to brunch. La Paloma lunch has now arrived, available Wednesday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. New favorites include the Power Salad, Wagyu Tri-Tip Torta, and the Crispy Fish Tacos.

EVERYTABLE UPDATE: On July 4, 2020, I wrote that Everytable, a grab-and-go restaurant, is coming to 1001 State Street, the former home of Saks Fifth Avenue, JCPenny, Wells Fargo Bank, and Crocker Bank. The eatery will be sharing space with Amazon, which occupies most of the building. On August 19, 2021, I breathlessly wrote that Everytable had completed construction, but to my big surprise, they never opened.

Sources tell me that nobody, or nearly nobody, is working at the downtown Amazon office right now and that Everytable is waiting for Amazon employees to return to work before the eatery launches.

I am told that, like most of the tech world, the Santa Barbara division of Amazon, which focuses on developing software for their Alexa product, started working remotely when the pandemic hit. And again, like most of the tech world, employees are not in a hurry to get back to the office because writing code in your pajamas, with a cat on your lap, can be quite enjoyable.

One local Amazon employee was asked when they are going back to physi cally working at the S.B. downtown office, and their response was “never.” So, the building has been mostly vacant for a few years. And Everytable waits.

REBELLION IN THE MARGINS, IN THE REGION AT UCSB AD&A MUSEUM

REBELLION IN THE MARGINS, IN THE REGION AT UCSB AD&A MUSEUM

For an exhibition bearing the loaded title Unfolding Histories: 200 Years of Resistance, we might arrive armed with expectations of unfettered rage and guerilla art tactics. But Sandy Rodriguez, the Los Angeles–based artist with a probing interest in untold stories of injustices and resistance in California, wisely deploys a light touch in her explorations of historical uprisings in the central region of our state dating back roughly to the all-too-little-known Chumash revolt at the Santa Barbara Mission in 1824.

Her enticing and inventive show, now at the UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum with Sophia Quach McCabe as guest curator, proceeds with a deceptive calm and deals in faux antiqued imagery, for the most part. Closer inspection and reading (wall texts do matter, and elucidate, in this case) reveals secret agendas and revelations tucked into the details.

As an impressive literal centerpiece of the show, “Mapa of Resistance & Revolt in Central Califas,” Rodriguez’s large accordionstyle folding screen in the Japanese byōbu tradition fills the center of the museum’s back gallery. Described as an “anti-colonial map,” the screen’s central image finds Santa Barbara’s “Queen of the Missions” engulfed in flames, a metaphorical depiction of the Chumash revolt, one of the boldest efforts of Native American fighting back against the mission system’s program of semi-genocidal invasion and enslavement, on the eve of its bicentennial.

On the reverse side of the screen, we see Santa Barbara from the dreamy nocturnal perspective of Santa Cruz Island, originally a Chumash village known as Limuw, a sacred site in tribal heritage and folklore.

Dangling from the gallery ceiling, her Plexiglas and painted “Calavera Copter”

pieces serve as slightly unnerving surveillance emblems, based on Blackhawk helicopters.

The slowly rotating copters cast moving shadows on her tall and, again, initially innocentseeming piece “Mapa de Califas Atrocities, Isolation, and Uprisings, 2020-2021.” Immigration wars and oppression, police violence, and other injustices organized into specific vignettes are subtly woven into the vintagelooking map, created during the pandemic lockdown.

At times, present tense reference points intersect with historical matters, as with the fire-inflicted landscape of her Pronósticos/Fire Paintings series, connecting the ancient practice of controlled burns by Native Americans and the more recent climate-change-fueled wildfires in California, with symbolism of protest in the wings. These paintings also make reference to the Florentine Codex, which details the Spanish invasion of Mexico during the 16th century, a critical backdrop in an exhibition rich in critical backdrops.

Part of her artistic practice involves

using organic and site-specific natural art resources, creating handmade pigments and working with plants and minerals, in accord with ancient art-making and craft in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans. A more peaceful series of works detail medicinal plants on amate paper.

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With this work, Rodriguez seduces us into a visual, sensual allure, packing iconographic and historical depth charges, particularly dealing with native peoples and acts of rebellion not commonly known through conventional history channels. The tactic potentially conveys a stronger, more slyly subversive impact than an edgier, less subtle approach. Her show raises questions, uncovers points of historical-racial friction, and inspires inquiry as well as pure admiration for the unique artistry at work.

Sandy Rodriguez Unfolding Histories: 200 Years of Resistance is on view at UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum through March 3, 2024. See museum .ucsb.edu.

EPHEMERAINFORMAT ELVERHØJ MUSEUM OF HISTORY & ART IN SOLVANG

Contemporary artists continue to discover creative new ways to use the seemingly limitless supply of media, found objects, and mixed materials to create something wholly new, which is the topic explored in Ephemera in Form, on view through May 7 at the Elverhøj Museum. The exhibition invited 19 artists Georganne Alex, R. Anthony Askew, Paige Bridges, Annie Guillemette, Mary Heebner, Angela V. Holland, Sukey Hughes, Marcelino Jimenez, Dan Levin, Michael E. Long, Penny Mast McCall, Susan Owens, Tara Patrick, Linda Pearl, Marcia Rickard, Dug Uyesaka, Sue Van Horsen, Siu Zimmerman, and Pamela Zwehl-Burke to show their unique approaches to fine artmaking from the objects and detritus of everyday life.

The continually fertile mind of poet, painter, and collage artist Heebner is on elegant display with two larger pieces in the exhibition, both of which take inspiration from antiquities and honor the classic female form of the Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty with a clearly contemporary mindset and materials borrowed from her earlier works. The work was inspired by a marble sculpture of a crouching Aphrodite that Heebner first encountered at the British Museum in London.

Where Heebner turns to Aphrodite for inspiration, Levin rolls his attentions to his lifelong passion for skateboards, which show up in two of his nostalgia-invoking works

in the exhibition: “Old Old School,” which transforms a traditional wood board into a possibly amphibious sailboat/skateboard, and “Rod,” which features a souped-up board with shiny Naugahyde upholstery and mag wheels.

Literally toying with the notion of time through the use of clock parts, an ancient bell, and toy monkeys, is the whimsically thought-provoking “Monkeying Around,” by assemblage artist Jimenez. Other works that caught my eye were a pair of “Dream Boxes” from Long and an assemblage piece, “Falling Into a Dream,” from Uyesaka.

In addition to the individual works from each artist is a striking grid of small original collages on illustration board created specifically for the exhibition. —Leslie Dinaberg

Elverhøj Museum of History & Art (1624 Elverhoy Wy., Solvang) is open to the public Thursday-Monday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. See elverhoj.org.

Meet Santa Barbara resident Joanne Desmond, who holds an amazing history that can be traced back to her groundbreaking career in journalism in the ’60s. Desmond rose to the national spotlight in 1963, making history amid the backdrop of the era’s deeply ingrained sexism as the first female evening news anchor in the United States and a reporter at Boston’s WBZ-TV, where she covered various high-profile cases, including Albert DeSalvo, more commonly known as the “Boston Strangler,” which far transcended Boston alone and shook the country as one of the most famous serial killer cases. While reporting on the case, Desmond gained the attention of DeSalvo, who stalked Desmond and sent her a collection of haunting letters.

Last week, Hulu released a new film, Boston Strangler, starring Keira Knightley as one of the real-life reporters who broke the story. The film not only highlights the powerful female reporters who helped crack the case but also showcases footage of Desmond’s original television report within the film.

Desmond had an impressive television journalism career, doing interviews with the Kennedy family, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and pioneering scientists, among many others, as well as serving as the host for various talk shows and television series across the world.

These interviews, along with some of the biggest events of the time period, will all be covered in her memoir, scheduled to be published this year. Desmond aims to connect the past to modern figures and issues, all to show the rich influence that her work holds.

For a recent interview with Desmond discussing the Boston Strangler, her storied career in broadcast journalism, her upcoming memoir, and a glimpse into the tumultuous ’60s, visit independent.com

ANIMATING THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ARTISTS

SBMA SPOTLIGHTS CREATIVE COUPLE CASSANDRA C. JONES AND MIKAEL JORGENSEN

Navigating the wobbly tightrope between the artistic and the domestic life is frequently the subject of great art (see current exhibition Scenes from a Marriage: Ed & Nancy Kienholz), and in Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s recent Couples series featuring Cassandra C. Jones and Mikael Jorgensen, it was also the subject of a great conversation.

Jones, a remix visual artist who uses digital images to create often humorously reflective large-scale pieces, and Jorgensen, the Grammy Award–winning keyboardist for the alt-rock band Wilco, spent the first chunk of the night reflecting on their separate artistic practices.

As the son of recording engineer Joe Jorgensen (according to his obituary in Variety, he worked on albums for Frank Sinatra and Engelbert Humperdinck), Jorgensen said he developed a love of both music and technology at an early age, and “while other kids were out smoking and watching The Wall, I was at home keeping it real on the computer.” He met Wilco founder Jeff Tweedy 21 years ago and joined the band soon after that.

Jorgensen also shared some fascinating video footage from Quindar (named after the ubiquitous “beeps” heard in NASA’s audio transmissions), a collaboration with James Merle Thomas where the duo took the NASA Audio and Film Archives and remixed them into an LP and live musical performances accompanied by an immersive, responsive videos.

Sharing a taste of her “collage work that looks like wallpaper installations,” Jones kicked off her portion of the presentation with slides of the cheeky, thought-provoking “Good Cheer,” a 2005 installation composed of snapshots of cheerleaders performing routine stunts that flaunt their briefs, which she described as having the “combination of family values and pornography all in one image.”

Jones, who went on to develop an ongoing residency at the Taft Gardens and Nature Preserve in Ojai (the town where they live with their two sons), in addition to prior residencies in Germany, Canada, and the Czech Republic, as well as installations and exhibitions around the country, said that “Good Cheer” was the piece that really started her career.

She shared work from several projects, including an intriguing series Forever Temporary, inspired by massive area wildfires in 2017 and the subsequent question of what was in the ash on the hills after the Thomas Fire. “All the things that people had bought over years that were reduced to the tiniest

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fragments,” said Jones of the cactus-like forms she created that were inspired by the rubble and regrowth and the notion that those tiny fragments of ash were absorbed into the soil and will be with us forever.

In addition to their individual practices, the couple enjoys teaching together in what Jorgensen described as “a psychedelic freefor-all.” They work with students (locally at Oak Grove and Thatcher Schools they shared a highly entertaining sampling of kid creations) to teach them how to animate images and remix video and music.

Other than teaching together and family life, they don’t often collaborate officially, “but I don’t think there’s anything we’ve ever

There’s a new addition to Santa Barbara’s healthy classical music scene, bearing a perfectly self-descriptive moniker the Santa Barbara Chamber Players (SBCP). After its inaugural concert late last year, the second concert takes place on Saturday, April 1 (no joke), at the First Presbyterian Church (21 E. Constance Ave.)

The SBCP group, founded last year by Sherylle Mills Englander, Nancy Mathison, and Simon Knight, has as its mission statement a desire to give local musicians a performance forum and pave the way for younger musicians and listeners to experience the joys of live classical music. Prices are intentionally kept reasonable “the price of a movie ticket,” says Englander and students younger than 18 are invited in for free.

The upcoming concert program includes the popular fare of Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Alexander Borodin’s earworm charmer In the Steppes of Central Asia, as well as a lesser-heard enticement, film composer Lalo Schifrin’s Tuba Concerto, outfitted with an eclectic array of styles, including jazz. In the tuba soloist hot seat will be Gene Pokorny, principal tubaist of the lofty Chicago Symphony. According to Mathison, also the group’s principal clarinetist, “We are fortunate to be able to bring such an exciting and unusual musical experience to Santa Barbara, performed by one of the best tuba players in the world. We can also promise a musical surprise not listed in the program.” —Josef Woodard

See sbchamberplayers.org.

worked on that we’re not sharing with each other,” said Jones. An amateur photographer, she said that Jorgensen created most of the images she uses in her collage work these days.

As for advice to other creative couples, Jones offered, “Make sure you have this agreement … our careers pretty much come first. I mean, our kids come first, but beyond that, beyond their health and well-being, if I have a show coming up, Mikael’s like, ‘Go to your studio and do that.’ If he’s got a tour coming up, I say, ‘Go do that.’ ”

Home for an extended period of time during the pandemic for the first time in their relationship, Jorgensen described that

period as a bit of creative reorganization and reawakening for him. Part of what came out of that reevaluation time is a new project he’s working on, a documentary about musician Bob James, who has the distinction of having recorded more than 50 solo records and being the second-most sampled artist in the world of hip-hop, behind the legendary James Brown.

Jones said, “For the most part, our common goal is that everyone gets their work done. And we’re in full support, no matter what, even if it’s not something we’re getting paid to do. It’s still all working toward whatever it is that’s our goal.”

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ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): If we were to choose one person to illustrate the symbolic power of astrology, it might be Aries financier and investment banker JP Morgan (1837–1913). His astrological chart strongly suggested he would be one of the richest people of his era. The sun, Mercury, Pluto, and Venus were in Aries in his astrological house of finances. Those four heavenly bodies were trine to Jupiter and Mars in Leo in the house of work. Further, sun, Mercury, Pluto, and Venus formed a virtuoso “Finger of God” aspect with Saturn in Scorpio and the moon in Virgo. Anyway, Aries, the financial omens for you right now aren’t as favorable as they always were for JP Morgan but they are pretty auspicious. Venus, Uranus, and the north node of the moon are in your house of finances, to be joined for a bit by the moon itself in the coming days. My advice: Trust your intuition about money. Seek inspiration about your finances.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): “The only thing new in the world,” said former U.S. President Harry Truman, “is the history you don’t know.” Luckily for all of us, researchers have been growing increasingly skilled in unearthing buried stories. Three examples: 1) Before the U.S. Civil War, six Black Americans escaped slavery and became millionaires. (Check out the book Black Fortunes by Shomari Wills.) 2) More than 10,000 women secretly worked as code-breakers in World War II, shortening the war and saving many lives. 3) Four Black women mathematicians played a major role in NASA’s early efforts to launch people into space. Dear Taurus, I invite you to enjoy this kind of work in the coming weeks. It’s an excellent time to dig up the history you don’t know about yourself, your family, and the important figures in your life.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): Since you’re at the height of the Party Hearty Season, I’ll offer two bits of advice about how to collect the greatest benefits. First, ex-basketball star Dennis Rodman says that mental preparation is the key to effective partying. He suggests we visualize the pleasurable events we want to experience. We should meditate on how much alcohol and drugs we will imbibe, how uninhibited we’ll allow ourselves to be, and how close we can get to vomiting from intoxication without actually vomiting. But wait! Here’s an alternative approach to partying, adapted from Sufi poet Rumi: “The golden hour has secrets to reveal. Be alert for merriment. Be greedy for glee. With your antic companions, explore the frontiers of conviviality. Go in quest of jubilation’s mysterious blessings. Be bold. Revere revelry.”

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): If you have been holding yourself back or keeping your expectations low, please STOP! According to my analysis, you have a mandate to unleash your full glory and your highest competence. I invite you to choose as your motto whichever of the following inspires you most: Raise the bar, up your game, boost your standards, pump up the volume, vault to a higher octave, climb to the next rung on the ladder, make the quantum leap, and put your ass and assets on the line.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): According to an ad I saw for a luxury automobile, you should enjoy the following adventures in the course of your lifetime: Ride the rapids on the Snake River in Idaho; stand on the Great Wall of China; see an opera at La Scala in Milan; watch the sun rise over the ruins of Machu Picchu; go paragliding over Japan’s Asagiri highland plateau with Mount Fuji in view; and visit the pink flamingos, black bulls, and white horses in France’s Camargue Nature Reserve. The coming weeks would be a favorable time for you to seek experiences like those, Leo. If that’s not possible, do the next best things. Like what? Get your mind blown and your heart thrilled closer to home by a holy sanctuary, natural wonder, marvelous work of art or all of the above.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s an excellent time to shed the dull, draining parts of your life story. I urge you to bid a crisp goodbye to your burdensome memories. If there are pesky ghosts hanging around from the ancient past, buy them a oneway ticket to a place far away from you. It’s okay to feel poignant. Okay to entertain any sadness and regret that well up within you. Allowing yourself to fully experience these feelings will help you be as bold and decisive as you need to be to graduate from the old days and old ways.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your higher self has authorized you to become impatient with the evolution of togetherness. You have God’s permission to feel a modicum of dissatisfaction with your collaborative ventures and wish they might be richer and more captivating than they are now. Here’s the cosmic plan: This creative irritation will motivate you to implement enhancements. You will take imaginative action to boost the energy and synergy of your alliances. Hungry for more engaging intimacy, you will do what’s required to foster greater closeness and mutual empathy.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet Richard Jackson writes, “The world is a nest of absences. Every once in a while, someone comes along to fill the gaps.” I will add a crucial caveat to his statement: No one person can fill all the gaps. At best, a beloved ally may fill one or two. It’s just not possible for anyone to be a shining savior who fixes every single absence. If we delusionally believe there is such a hero, we will distort or miss the partial grace they can actually provide. So here’s my advice, Scorpio: Celebrate and reward a redeemer who has the power to fill one or two of your gaps.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Poet EE Cummings wrote, “May my mind stroll about hungry and fearless and thirsty and supple.” That’s what I hope and predict for you during the next three weeks. The astrological omens suggest you will be at the height of your powers of playful exploration. Several long-term rhythms are converging to make you extra flexible and resilient and creative as you seek the resources and influences that your soul delights in. Here’s your secret code phrase: higher love.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let’s hypothesize that there are two ways to further your relaxation: either in healthy or not-so-healthy ways by seeking experiences that promote your longterm well-being or by indulging in temporary fixes that sap your vitality. I will ask you to meditate on this question. Then I will encourage you to spend the next three weeks avoiding and shedding any relaxation strategies that diminish you as you focus on and celebrate the relaxation methods that uplift, inspire, and motivate you.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Please don’t expect people to guess what you need. Don’t assume they have telepathic powers that enable them to tune in to your thoughts and feelings. Instead, be specific and straightforward as you precisely name your desires. For example, say or write to an intense ally, “I want to explore ticklish areas with you between 7 and 9 on Friday night.” Or approach a person with whom you need to forge a compromise and spell out the circumstances under which you will feel most open-minded and open-hearted. PS: Don’t you dare hide your truth or lie about what you consider meaningful.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Piscean writer Jack Kerouac feared he had meager power to capture the wonderful things that came his way. He compared his frustration with “finding a river of gold when I haven’t even got a cup to save a cupful. All I’ve got is a thimble.” Most of us have felt that way. That’s the bad news. The good news, Pisces, is that in the coming weeks, you will have extra skill at gathering in the goodness and blessings flowing in your vicinity. I suspect you will have the equivalent of three buckets to collect the liquid gold.

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MATERIALS DEPARTMENT

The Administrative Coordinator is responsible for high level administrative duties including: front office management, graduate program support, access control, faculty assistance and administration, and financial assistance for the Materials Department. Reqs: High School Diploma or GED. Detail oriented with excellent customer service skills. Excellent communication both written and verbal. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. 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 Full salary range: $26.09 ‑$37.40/ hr. Budgeted hourly range: $26.09 ‑$27.90/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.edu Job # 50763

ASSISTANT OFFICE MANAGER

CAMPUS DINING

The Assistant Office Manager helps in the coordination of administrative services for a dining commons, with 45 career staff and 120‑170 student staff who prepare and serve meals for up to 1,900 customers daily and has an annual budget of up to $3 million. Duties include hiring, payroll and related transactions for student employees, using the timekeeping system (Kronos) to schedule student staff, and troubleshoots payroll problems, assisting with the training of student office assistants, and generating all CBord Menu Management System reports. Works closely with the UCen Access department and Housing’s I.S. department in implementing and maintaining the lobby entry system (Transac). Serves as a backup in the absence of the Office Manager. Reqs: High School Diploma required or equivalent combination of education and experience. 1‑3 years’ experience working in an office environment and knowledge in using Word and Excel required or equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $22.56/hr.‑$26.79/ 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 #50229

BUSINESS PROCESS DESIGN LEAD

VICE CHANCELLOR OF RESEARCH

The Business Process Design Lead is an expert in pre‑ and post‑award research administration and will provide operational leadership for strategic initiatives that will have campus‑wide impact. The primary focus for the position is support for the campus Financial Management Modernization project, including project and grants management and the transition to a new chart of accounts. The modernization project has dedicated experts committed from across the organization and this role will partner with campus experts, consultants, division administration and central office leaders to assess and streamline currently decentralized post‑award management practices in preparation for campus implementation, play a key role in planning future state operations then develop and conduct training in support of change management activities, and support or lead other aspects of the project consistent with the role’s expertise.

Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/ training; 7‑9 years progressive leadership in the management of contracts and grants at an academic institution; 4‑6 years responsibility for stewardship of post‑award activities and/or department finances in a research‑intensive organization. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $100,000‑$130,000/yr.

Licensing and credentialing must be kept current and complete at all times during employment. 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/FERPA violations may result in disciplinary action. $44.64/hr ‑

$65.25/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 3/29/23

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

Job #50545

COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL STAFF SUPERVISOR

POLICE DEPARTMENT

a high level of accuracy. Successfully supervise, motivate, correct, train, and evaluate assigned staff. Notes: Ability to use vehicles, computer systems, and other technologies and tools utilized by police agencies. Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse. Mandated reporting req of Dependent Adult Abuse. Satisfactory criminal history background check. Ability to work in a confined work environment until relieved. Successful completion of a pre‑employment psychological evaluation. Ability to work rotating shifts on days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull‑Notice Program. Successful completion of the POST Dispatcher test. $62,300 ‑ $117,500/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 # 49505.

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT, ENGINEERING & THE SCIENCES DEVELOPMENT

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, STUDENT DEVELOPMENT & LEADERSHIP

community affairs, guides student co‑developed curricula and experiential learning, provides mentoring and resources that advance student initiated projects. Sets ethical standards for a community with a public university ethos, values of transparency, accountability and integrity. Supervises the Assistant Director for Student Leadership and Government Affairs and the Assistant Director for Student Development, and Civic Engagement.

ASSOCIATED STUDENTS

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Full Salary Range: $91,300‑$191,700/ 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. Application review begins 4/3/23. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

50767

CLINICAL NURSE STUDENT HEALTH

Acts as a clinical nurse; obtaining history and appropriate medical information in person, online or over the phone in order to assess the student, determining if, when and where a student should be seen. Provides pertinent patient education and/or makes an appropriate appointment utilizing the computerized appointment system. Provides patient education on topics including, but not limited to, safe sex, contraception, and sexually transmitted infections. Refers and consults as appropriate using Student Health, campus and community resources. Reqs: Must be licensed by the State Board of Registered Nursing at all times during employment. Must be BLS certified. Notes:Student Health requires all clinical staff successfully complete and pass the background check and credentialing process before the employment start date.

Directs and supervises subordinate staff, including assigning and delegating projects. Schedules employees to ensure proper staffing levels are maintained. Performance monitoring includes evaluating work performance and implementing oral corrective action for performance or conduct issues. Supervises unit operations to ensure compliance with departmental or organizational policies, procedures, and defined internal controls. Trains subordinate dispatchers in the use and operation of various complex communications equipment including radios, telephones, and computer‑aided dispatch consoles. Troubleshoots, diagnoses, repairs, and maintenance needed for communication equipment and makes necessary recommendations for correction. Interface with appropriate shift supervisory personnel from each external agency, internal division, and campus partner served by the Communications Center to assure the quality of service and to deal with current operational problems. Shift work schedule includes mandatory overtime, nights, weekends, and holidays on short notice. Reports to work at any hour of day or night as required for disaster or another emergency including technical issues. Engages in frequent interpersonal interactions that are stressful or sensitive. Performs the full range of Public Safety Dispatcher call‑taking and dispatching functions as needed. Reqs: POST Dispatcher Certificate. Bachelor’s Degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training. 4‑6 years experience performing the duties of a Police Dispatcher or higher‑level position in a Police Dispatch Center. 1‑3 years of working knowledge of Computer Aided Dispatch System (CAD). 1‑3 years experience with E911 Systems, and phones, including Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf (TDD). 1‑3 years of detailed current (within the last 2 years) knowledge of relevant federal and state systems, and departmental laws, rules, guidelines, practices, and terminology regarding police dispatching. 1‑3 years experience documenting information and maintaining records.Basic knowledge of the English language, math, and other analytical skills as evidenced by possession of a high school degree, GED, or equivalent.

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COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

We are seeking an experienced Communications Technician professional with responsibility for providing connectivity, trouble‑shooting, and configuration activities for services provided by UCSB’s central telephone system (PBX), peripheral voice/data/ CATV communications equipment using the various intra‑building and inter‑building data infrastructure for which the department is responsible. Assumes shared responsibility for the cable plant by determining and assigning the appropriate cable pairs, working in concert with other telecommunications technicians for required changes in cable pair assignments. Collaborating with cable maintenance and installation crews on locating cable, cable tray, conduits, access panels, and manholes for the construction, adding and/or maintaining the cable plant. Configures, installs, tests, repairs and maintains complex voice and data communications equipment, circuits and services in a blended protocol communications network environment. Reqs: 1‑3 years fiber optic experience. 1‑3 years copper cable experience. 1‑3 years working with an underground copper and fiber plant. High School Diploma or GED.

Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull‑Notice Program. ICT Fundamentals License/Certification (within 120 days of hire).Confined Space License/Certification (within 60 days of hire). The full salary range for this position is $31.32 ‑ $37.81/hr. The budgeted hourly range is $32.83 ‑ $35.23/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 # 49943

The Development Assistant serves as the primary initial contact for five Directors of Development in the Engineering and the Sciences Development Office and provides essential administrative and financial support critical to the successful operation of a complex fundraising program. Assists the Directors with all aspects of analysis, planning and implementation strategies for the College of Engineering and the Division of Science, to support the research mission by securing support from private donors. This responsibility requires strong analytical skills, the ability to act professionally, independently, and to exercise discretion and sound judgment. Reqs: HS Diploma; ability to effectively solve problems and demonstrate sound reasoning and judgment; excellent computer skills including proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet and e‑mail and demonstrated ability to quickly learn various software programs; excellent grammar, composition and proofreading skills, customer service skills, and ability to maintain confidentiality and act with discretion.

Hiring/Budgeted Salary: $26.67 –$27.32/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 4/3/23. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 50650.

EMPLOYMENT (CONT.)

Manages a budget of approximately 1.7 million dollars. Reqs: Must have expert knowledge of student development theories and practice along with considerable political acumen to handle sensitive and contentious issues relevant to both the university and community affairs. Must have Advanced knowledge of advising. Skill in building consensus and conflict resolution. Notes: UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary: $94,250‑$100,154/yr. Full Salary Range: $75,800.00‑$149,600/ yr. 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. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #50063

FINANCIAL OFFICER, FAMILY VACATION CENTER

ALUMNI AFFAIRS OFFICE

The Financial Officer is responsible for the overall budget management of the Family Vacation Center (FVC) under the supervision of the Executive Director of the Alumni Association. The FVC represents a large portion of the revenue generating business model of alumni affairs and thus this position carries a high level of responsibility and strategic initiative to generate income in excess of $2.1 million. This requires leadership, decision‑making, resource and budget management, and training of seasonal staff, frequent and independent interaction with the Exec. Director of the Alumni Association, the CFO of the Foundation and the Alumni Board of Directors.

The Financial Officer is responsible for quarterly tracking and preparation of Alumni Affairs department reporting for the Exec. Director to present to the Alumni Board of Directors and for the annual external audit of the Alumni Association. The Financial Officer works closely with Foundation staff and Alumni Affairs program staff to ensure financial transactions are coded correctly and ready for accurate reporting. The FVC is an all‑inclusive family style summer camp that operates nine one‑week sessions with 2 managers, 7 supervisors and 55 seasonal staff, which caters to 2,200 guests during a summer season. The year‑round Financial Officer provides administrative leadership to the Director of the FVC for all areas relating to the financial success and budget management of FVC. The Financial Officer supervises one Blank Asst. 3 and together they oversee financial control in all aspects, hiring and payroll for seasonal staff, reservations, campus department relationships and payments, outside vendor contracts and payments, financial paperwork and guest bills. Communicates with guests, vendors and staff with a high degree of professionalism to provide excellent guest service and a positive work environment. Responsible for inventory control and purchasing. Oversees the Office Staff. Reqs: 1‑3 years experience working in accounting, finance or related field; Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in related field; thorough knowledge of basic concepts, principles, and procedures of building and maintaining effective relations with alumni, internal and external constituencies; thorough knowledge of the campus, its mission, goals, objectives, programs, achievements, infrastructure and issues of concern; thorough written, verbal and interpersonal communications, tact and political acumen to effectively represent the campus. Notes: Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull‑Notice Program; must be available to work nights and weekends in the Spring and Summer as needed.

Budgeted Salary Range: $57,800 ‑ $70,000/yr. The full salary range for this position is $57,800 ‑ $105,600/ yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 50026.

HOUSING AND BILLING ASSISTANT

BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES

Using a computerized receivable system known as BARC, provides customer service to students and parents. Assists in financial tasks, such as daily balancing and preparation of financial journals, reconciliation, Registration Payment Processing, Withdrawal/ Cancellation of Registration, ARID Setup, Daily Balancing, Account Blocks, Payment Plan Audits, Ad‑Hoc Reports, BARC Usage, Private/Agency Loan & Scholarships, Refund Checks, and Financial Aid File review. Reqs: High school diploma or equivalent experience. 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. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check.

Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $24.61

‑ $25.77/hr. Full Salary Range: $24.61 ‑

$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 3/29/23. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 50374

OUTSIDE PLANT ENGINEER

COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

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

RESIDENCE HALL MANAGER RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS

The Residence Hall Manager provides leadership and supervision for all custodial and maintenance work in a Residence Hall setting of approximately 3000 students, interacting effectively as a team member with sensitivity toward a multicultural work and living environment. Professional Expectation/ Attitude Standard/ Customer Service

Promotes Customer service programs in the custodial services unit to residents/clients. Assists with the development and maintenance of a work environment that is conducive to meeting the mission of the organization. Reqs: High School Diploma. 4‑6 years minimum of five years supervisory experience in a leadership position in the custodial, maintenance or service industry fields, with demonstrated experience in housekeeping and/or performance of light maintenance of buildings. Must have experience in the customer service industry, specifically in a University residential setting or equivalent, with demonstrated experience managing multiple areas of responsibility. Must display effective communication, written, verbal, organizational, and computer skills. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with an ethnically diverse student body and staff and serve as an effective team member. Must comply with University and department safety guidelines. Notes: Able to work shifts other than Monday thru Friday to meet the operational needs of the department. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employer Pull‑Notice Program. Satisfactory conviction history background check. 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 4/3/23

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

Job #50558

SENIOR GLOBAL CATEGORY

PLANNER sought by Sonos, Inc. in Santa Barbara, CA. Own, manage & monitor alignment of Global Demand & Supply. May work from home. Req: MS+2 yrs. Salary range: $131,102‑$139k /yr. To apply: Carmen Palacios, Immigration Manager at carmen.palacios@sonos.com

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MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE

Manage sediment/paleoclimate lab. Perform sediment sample processing of cosmic impact indicators and other related materials for various projects related to sediment records of climate, environmental change and past cosmic events. Hire, train and supervise undergraduate students to do the same. Assist with purchasing, organizing and maintaining office and laboratory supplies and equipment. Assist with literature and correspondence. Reqs: Basic knowledge and understanding of geologic processes and terminology; good computer skills: proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email; experience with microscopes; excellent organizational skills; cataloging and archiving samples; database management; graphing, plotting and making scientific figures.

Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted

Salary Range: $27.09 ‑ $30.49/hr.

Full Salary Range $27.09 ‑ $43.58/ 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. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 49434

SUPERINTENDENT RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS

The Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for assisting the Senior Superintendents in the leadership and management of the daily operations of the Skilled Craft workers for Residential Operations. Provides a broad range of technical expertise and supervisory skills for all trades. Provides maintenance services to all apartment units and residence halls, and 5 dining facilities. Responsibilities include daily scheduling/adjusting of assignments/ resources/vendors, establishing work priorities, implementation of training programs, adjusting work procedures and priorities to meet schedules or work demands, meeting with clients and vendors, ordering and inspecting materials, site inventory management, analyzing and resolving work problems, maintaining records, quality control for maintenance work. Reqs: High School Diploma. 4‑6 years experience with demonstrated leadership and supervisory responsibility, leading various journey level craft workers, in an institutional facilities maintenance and construction environment. Substantial experience with demonstrated leadership and supervisory responsibility, leading and directing various journey level craft workers, in an institutional facilities maintenance and construction environment. Journey level certification or equivalent education and/or experience in one or more trade specialties. Familiarity with multiple skilled trades including but not limited to: HVAC, electrical, plumbing, locksmithing, carpentry, painting, and hazardous material abatement. Two years experience managing small to medium size construction and renovation projects. Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Excellent organizational, analytical, planning, and management skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Google suite, other management software, and familiarity with a range of modern electronic communication media. Use of emotional intelligence as an effective leadership tool. Ability to assess interpersonal interactions with clients and staff and adjust style to have positive outcomes. Notes: Ability to respond to emergency and after hours maintenance calls. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employer Pull‑Notice Program. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted

Salary Range: $88,200/yr. ‑ $99,120/ 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 #50469

and new instrumentation, functions as department representative in acquisition and installation of instrumentation, participates in vendor training programs and liaises with manufacturers in maintenance and repair procedures. Trains researchers, students, and faculty in use of instrumentation, maintenance and repair of instrumentation, interpretation of data, as well as clean lab maintenance, training in sample preparation and chemistry, management of lab (including supplies, orders, and recharge accounts), quality control, and lab safety and training. Coordinates laboratory organization and setup of facilities for instruments. Aids in design and modification of new and existing instrumentation. Duties include instruction, participation in research, and management and maintenance of specialized instrumentation. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent training and/or experience. 4‑6 years of experience in clean lab and operation of TIMS or MC‑ICP‑MS instruments.

Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check 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. Full salary range: $75,800 ‑ $149,600/yr. Budgeted salary range: $75,800‑$112,000/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 3/30/23. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 50628

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Establishes specifications of highly sophisticated new instrumentation, recommends instrument acquisition and replacement, contributes to proposals for funding replacement

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ADMINISTER OF ESTATE NOTICE OF ANCILLARY PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ARNOLD LEE GREENBERG AKA ARNOLD L. GREENBERG CASE NO. 23PR00082

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ARNOLD LEE GREENBERG AKA ARNOLD L. GREENBERG.

AN ANCILLARY PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ROBERT SHAIMAN in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA.

THE ANCILLARY PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ROBERT SHAIMAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE ANCILLARY PETITION requests the decedent WILL and any codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE ANCILLARY PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority. (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: 04/13/23 at 9:00AM in Dept. 5 located at 1100 ANACAPA ST., PO BOX 21107, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93121

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner

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SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PHILIP MIRA CASE NO. 23PR00092

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: PHILIP MIRA.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: EILEEN MIRA in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. The Petition for Probate requests that: EILEEN MIRA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING ON THE PETITION WILL BE HELD IN THIS COURT AS FOLLOWS: 04/13/2023 AT 9:00

A.M., DEPT: 5. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either

(1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer, Date: 02/27/2023 By: April Garcia, Deputy.

PETITIONER: Eileen Mira, 172 La Visa Grande, Santa Barbara, CA, 93103 (805) 637‑5626.

Published March 9, 16, 23, 2023

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: FRANK BERMUDES, AKA FRANCIS J BERMUDES

CASE NO. 23PR00120

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of (specify all names by which the decedent was known):

FRANK BERMUDES, AKA FRANCIS

J BERMUDES, A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: BRIAN BERMUDES in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

The Petition for Probate requests that:

BRIAN BERMUDES 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: 5/4/2023 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. 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: 03/8/2023 By: Jessica Vega, Deputy Clerk .

PETITIONER: BRIAN BERMUDES, 2978A 21ST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110; (805) 284

3181

Published March 16, 23, 30 2023

NOTICE OF AMENDED PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

BRANDON CHRISTIAN WIEMANN CASE NO. 23PR00036

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of BRANDON CHRISTIAN WIEMANN. AN AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ROBERT DOUGLAS WIEMANN in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA. THE AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ROBERT DOUGLAS WIEMANN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE AMENDED PETITION requests the decedent’s WILLL 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 AMENDED 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: 05/04/23 at 9:00AM in Dept. 5 located at 1100 ANACAPA ST., SANTA BARBARA, CA 93121

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 (for DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: WALTER T. KILLMER, JR. ‑ SBN 241526, SMITH, GAMBRELL AND RUSSELL, LLP, 444 South Flower Street, Suite 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90071. Published March 16, 23, 30, 2023

CNS‑3677422# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LILIANA MORILLO TAYLOR

CASE NO. 23PR00122

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of (specify all names by which the decedent was known):

LILIANA MORILLO TAYLOR

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: SCOTT M. TAYLOR in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

The Petition for Probate requests that: SCOTT M. TAYLOR be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING ON THE PETITION WILL BE HELD IN THIS COURT

AS FOLLOWS: 5/4/2023 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. 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: 03/9/2023 By: April Garcia, Deputy Clerk.

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: BRADLEY C. HOLLISTER , (SBN 302125) 228 West Carrillo Street, Suite D, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805 284‑0711.

Published March 23, 30, April 6, 2023

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CAROL NOLIN, AKA CAROL JEAN NOLIN.

CASE NO. 23PR00135

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of (specify all names by which the decedent was known):CAROL NOLIN AKA CAROL JEAN NOLIN

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: MARK WATSON in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

The Petition for Probate requests that MARK WATSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING ON THE PETITION WILL BE HELD IN THIS COURT

AS FOLLOWS: 5/4/2023 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. 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: 0316/2023 By: April Garcia, Deputy Clerk.

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER:

JEFFREY B. SODERBORG, (SBN 264666) 1900 State Street, Suite

M,Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Published March 23, 30 April 6, 2023

FBN ABANDONMENT

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME

The following Fictitious

Business Name: ROBERT CHESTER

THOMAS is being abandoned at 38 San Mateo Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed on 11/01/2022 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original File no. 2022‑0002694. The persons or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Robin L Thomas, 38 San Mateo Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117; Elizabeth C Alix, 5081 Amberly Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. The business was conducted by co‑partners. SIGNED BY ROBIN L THOMAS, CO PARTNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 3/10/2023, FBN2023‑0000652, E30 and is hereby certified that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

Published: March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: PRO MOTION PHYSICAL THERAPY 1117 State Street, #74, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Pro Motion Physical Therapy P.C. (same address). This business is conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY PAUL O’BRIEN, PRESIDENT. 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: 2023‑0000387 E49.

Published: March 2, 9, 16, 23 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as:QUILT PROJECT GOLD COAST 1615 Calle Canon, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Quilt Project Gold Coast (same address). This business is conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY NEIL COFFMAN‑GREY, SECRETARY/TREASURE. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 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: 2023‑0000280 E4.

Published: March 2, 9, 16, 23 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NOURISHED, WITH RACHEL, 916 San Andres St, Apt A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Rachel C Astorga Regalado (Same Address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY RACHEL ASTORGA REGALADO. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 15, 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: 2023‑0000421 E30.

Published: March 9, 16, 23, 30, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: IPX UNLIMITED, 6564 Calle Koral, Goleta, CA; 93117; Alex Irkhin (same address). This business is conducted by an individual.

SIGNED BY ALEX IRKHIN, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 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: 2023‑0000552

E30.

Published: March 9, 16, 23, 30, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: PIVOT SPEED STUDIO, 27 Anapamu Street, #444, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Iterative Ascent, LLC (same address). This business is conducted by a limited liabilty company. SIGNED BY JOSEPH CALEB COLLINS, MANAGING

MEMBER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February