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WHY I AM RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL

CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4

Since my early teens, my life has been about leaving things better than I found them.

Barrett Reed (right) is dedicated to fixing homelessness in Santa Barbara.

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As a freshmen in high school, my best friend and I saw a vintage car that needed lots of attention. At that moment, a lifelong passion for bringing things back to life began. Our success in auto restoration over the years combined with the education we received from USC business school enabled us to buy and revitalize old properties in downtown Santa Barbara, like the one we were using at the time for our car business. We took a creative approach to repurposing these neglected buildings by adding a mixture of art galleries, spaces for local craftspeople and retailers, wineries, and creative studios. Now, I want to dedicate my experience in restoration to what we love most about Santa Barbara.

We have invested tremendously in the struggling, vacant, and historic properties on State Street and the greater downtown and have succeeded in restoring their integrity and vibrancy despite the City’s broken permitting and review process. We have seen first-hand all the many disincentives for adaptive reuse and the restoration of vacant spaces, which is constricting our city’s economy and culture. The greatest impediment to this restoration and revitalization of our City’s downtown core is the City Council itself. It’s time to restore our Santa Barbara. I am running so that we can secure a brighter future for our downtown and our neighborhoods. I will work tirelessly to restore Santa Barbara’s reputation as the jewel of a city it once was.

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Entrepreneur, author and activist Paul Hawken’s visionary new approach to climate change weaves equity, climate, biodiversity and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy and transformation.

Inspired by the annual Fandango Fronterizo festival at the TijuanaSan Diego border, Fandango at the Wall fuses the richness of Mexican folk music with the intricate harmonies of jazz.

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Opinions Editor Jean Yamamura News Reporters Ryan P. Cruz, Jun Starkey Executive Arts Editor Charles Donelan Arts Writer Josef Woodard Calendar Editor Terry Ortega Sports Editor John Zant Sports Writer Victor Bryant Food Writer George Yatchisin Copy Editor Tessa Reeg Creative Director Caitlin Fitch Graphic Designer Ricky Barajas Production Designer Ava Talehakimi Web Content Managers Celina Garcia, Caitlin Kelley Columnists Dennis Allen, Gail Arnold, Sara Caputo, Christine S. Cowles, Roger Durling, Marsha Gray, Betsy J. Green, Jerry Roberts, Starshine Roshell Contributors Rob Brezsny, Melinda Burns, Ben Ciccati, John Dickson, Leslie Dinaberg, Camille Garcia, Keith Hamm, Rebecca Horrigan, Eric HvolbØll, Tom Jacobs, Shannon Kelley, Kevin McKiernan, Carolina Starin, Ethan Stewart, Tom Tomorrow, Maggie Yates Director of Advertising Sarah Sinclair Marketing and Promotions Manager Emily Lee Advertising Representatives Camille Cimini Fruin, Suzanne Cloutier, Remzi Gokmen, Tonea Songer Sales Administrator Graham Brown Accounting Administrator Tobi Feldman Office Manager/Legal Advertising Tanya Spears Guiliacci Distribution Scott Kaufman Editorial Interns Nicholas Liu, Caleb Rodriguez, Kat Sophia Columnist Emeritus Barney Brantingham Photography Editor Emeritus Paul Wellman Founding Staff Emeriti Audrey Berman, George Delmerico, Richard Evans, Laszlo Hodosy Honorary Consigliere Gary J. Hill

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COVER STORY 20 From Felon to Firefighter

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Editor in Chief Marianne Partridge Publisher Brandi Rivera Executive Editor Nick Welsh Senior Editors Tyler Hayden and Matt Kettmann Associate Editor Jackson Friedman

The Redemption of Jose Santana by Tyler Hayden

ENDORSEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . 6 NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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THE WEEK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 LIVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 FOOD & DRINK . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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ARTS LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ASTROLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 CLASSIFIEDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 ON THE COVER: Left: Whittier Fire, photo by Paul Wellman; right: Jose Santana, courtesy photo. Design by Caitlin Fitch.

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KRISTEN SNEDDON for SANTA BARBARA CITY COUNCIL Steady & Experienced Leadership! A proven voting record of:

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• Ensuring public health & safety — led efforts to update and fund Community Wildfire Protection Plan • Funding increased repair & replacement of roads and water/sewer lines • Planning for water security • Protecting open space, parks & important views • Preserving neighborhoods from over-development • Supporting economic rejuvenation & leading efforts to revitalize State Street • Alleviating homelessness by working with social services, law enforcement, & housing providers Re-Elect Kristen Sneddon — for Santa Barbara’s Future.

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“I ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT KRISTEN SNEDDON! She understands what it takes to protect the 4th District’s and Santa Barbara’s great quality of life, and she fights to preserve it.” — Former Mayor Sheila Lodge “Kristen Sneddon led efforts to update and fund the Community Wildfire Protection Plan and fought for funding for improved dispatch and roadway improvements to help us keep you safe. SHE EARNED THE SUPPORT OF OUR LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS.” — Justin Kiel, Santa Barbara City Firefighters Association

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Endorsements M bents) now vying for a seat on the council dais will represent them in City Hall. Another incumbent, Eric Friedman, has no opponent. The issues are the same as they ever are: housing, homelessness, and the economic vitality of our downtown. Then, there’s Santa Barbara’s response to the great racial reckoning taking place nationwide. And beyond that is the global threat of climate change. In other words, it’s about everything. Suffusing it all is a disquieting sense that the hub-

caps may be flying off the wheels at City Hall. The rate of turnover in high-ranking leadership positions is enough to induce whiplash. The word “leadership” — always invoked come election season — has transitioned from mere campaign slogan to mantra. Like many of you, we at the Independent have struggled to come to terms with the candidates before us. Few choices were easy, but we take our work seriously. We hope you find the fruit of our agitation helpful. But whatever you decide, please vote.

James Joyce III for S.B. Mayor

he time has come for a reboot at City Hall. That’s why we’re endorsing James Joyce III for mayor. Joyce exudes the intelligence, gravitas, and grace one would hope for in a mayor. Politically, he’s a solidly progressive Democrat who has long worked alongside — but independently of — the local Democratic Party establishment. Temperamentally, he’s a low-key, get-the-job-done pragmatist. Of the six candidates running, we believe Joyce has the best chance of harnessing the often unruly passions of an uncommonly fractious City Council into a more positive, progressive, and, we believe, harmonious direction. Something that is seriously needed. Joyce knows how government is supposed to work and how it actually works. For the past nine years, he was State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s right-hand man in Santa Barbara. Prior to that, he worked for then-Assemblymember Das Williams, and before that as a boots-on-the-ground reporter for three different newspapers — in Indiana, Washington, and Ohio. Over the years, Joyce frequently functioned as a second set of eyes and ears with Senator Jackson at high-level interagency briefings during some of Santa Barbara’s most searing crises: the 1/9 Debris Flow, the Refugio Oil Spill, the Elliot Rodger rampage in Isla Vista, and, most recently, COVID-19. Throughout these meetings, Joyce witnessed the almost sacramental role an elected leader is expected to play in times of natural disaster and chronic catastrophe. That’s a role our incumbent mayor, Cathy Murillo, has not been comfortable performing. Like Joyce, Murillo is a former reporter. As such, she cringed when she saw elected leaders hogging the limelight during moments of crisis. It’s an understandable response. But the mayor of Santa Barbara needed to bear witness to the pain of the moment, and as the representative of the whole city, she needed to offer hope and courage to our community. She failed to do that. Joyce, it should be noted, created Coffee with a Black Guy, a safe conversational space he began engineering back in 2016 so that people of all colors could speak candidly — how they really felt, as opposed to how they should feel — about the always-fraught subject of race. This enterprise is not an afterthought to who James is. It has everything to do with what he has to offer. What’s important is not so much that he is, in fact, a “Black Guy.” What is important is that for five years, Joyce has been navigating explosive conversational landmines. So when he says, “It’s all about the conversation,” he really means it. This is especially relevant given the eruption of political and personal feuds now dividing our City Council — the first council in more than 50 years whose members are

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all elected by district elections rather than at large. As a result, the mayor is the only elected official who is voted in by the whole city. This gives the mayor a more profound role than ever in recent history — whoever holds that office is in a unique position to calm the waters. Under the administration of Mayor Murillo, this has not happened. When Joyce talks about “building community” — as he does — we’re tempted to roll our eyes. What does that even mean? It means it is a beginning. We’re optimistic his skill set and temperament will allow him to achieve traction with members of the existing council to minimize the ancillary static and ambitions that distract them from the pressing matters at hand. On issues that we at the Independent consider critical to the well-being of Santa Barbara — climate change, tenants’ rights, the evolution of State Street, racial equity, economic development citywide, and a spirit of cultural exuberance, we know Joyce will be there. He has called for campaign finance reform in city elections; it’s about time. He supports a vaccination mandate for city workers; it’s about time. We expect him to initiate a broader community conversation to ensure everyone with a relevant opinion has a seat at the table and that they’re heard. From this, we expect forward direction. Murillo, it should be acknowledged, was elected mayor at one of the toughest moments imaginable. The day she was sworn in, the Montecito Debris Flow killed 23 people. And the challenges kept mounting. Drought. Fires. District elections. The upheaval attending racial reckoning. COVID. Four years of Donald Trump’s toxic gamma radiation didn’t help matters. Murillo is an outspoken, unapologetic progressive who pushed a progressive agenda in an outspoken, unapologetic way. A lot got done. But Murillo never

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aybe the fate of Western Civilization doesn’t hang in the balance. But for the 91,000 people who call the City of Santa Barbara home, it seems that way. On November 2, city voters will choose which of the six candidates now running to be our next mayor. That’s a big deal. Plus, voters from two districts — 4 and 6 — will determine which of the six candidates (two incum-

reached beyond the comfort zone of her base. A lot of people — representing many walks of life — did not feel adequately heard. And then there was an unprecedented exodus of high-ranking city administrators, resulting in a significant loss of institutional memory. Challengers Randy Rowse — who served on the council for nine years — and Deborah Schwartz — who is concluding a 12-year stint on the planning commission — have made much of this sense of turmoil. Rowse, a staunch moderate, is widely seen as a frontrunner in this race. As councilmember, Rowse enriched public debate with his common sense, affability, know-how, and an innate sense of caution. Schwartz has a great grasp of policy. But what we need now is a competent, compassionate breath of fresh air. We need a mayor who will embrace the change that’s necessary while crafting a path forward that also embraces Santa Barbara’s unique spirit and traditions. n That candidate is James Joyce III.

risten Sneddon has not merely represented the values of voters in District 4 during her first four years on the council; to a remarkable extent, she’s embodied them. Sneddon, a geologist who teaches at Santa Barbara City College, is an archetypical citizen politician who has championed a seemingly conflicting mix of Santa Barbara priorities: social justice and historic preservation. She is determined that the city can embrace both. To her credit and our relief, Sneddon does not believe in the trickle-up theory of new housing. We’ve all learned the hard way that just because they build it doesn’t mean the middle class can afford it. When City Hall provides private developers incentives and subsidies, Sneddon has argued, the community must reap the maximum number of affordable units possible. She’s voted against high-density housing proposals that offer only a handful of below-market-rate units. By contrast, she has voted— enthusiastically — in favor of quasi-subsidized housing proposals that promise large numbers of below-market rental units within reach of Santa Barbara’s “missing middle” income earners. Sneddon moved to Santa Barbara when she was still a teenager; she’s lived and breathed the changes that have overwhelmed our downtown since. When the pandemic struck, Sneddon acted quickly to push through the big changes needed to keep downtown alive—most notably, the promenade—while at the same time maintaining fidelity to the city’s historic traditions and mountain views. It’s been a tough row to hoe, and Sneddon bumped heads with high-ranking city administrators along the way. Sneddon was spooked into political life by Donald Trump; she came out of nowhere to run as a scientist in 2016 in response to Trump’s contemptuous belittling of climate change. On the council, Sneddon has emerged as one of the most knowledgeable members on such complex issues

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HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Kristen Sneddon Eric Friedman as drought; water supply; sea-level rise; and newer, cleaner energy initiatives. As the city must adapt to these conditions, Sneddon, who has earned the trust of design review committees, will be able to help guide the transitions while honoring our iconic aesthetic. Lastly, Sneddon is prepared—sometimes, admittedly, to a fault. At council meetings, Sneddon always has questions. And then a few more. But no one works harder for the people living in her district, answering phone calls, showing up for meetings, and raising Cain behind the scenes, if need be. Sneddon’s opponent—challenger and Planning Commissioner Barrett Reed — is intelligent, shrewd, creative, and insightful. As a private developer, he has demonstrated an ability to figure out how to repurpose and reconfigure existing properties and make them work as places where people want to congregate. But after only two years on the Planning Commission, we think he needs more seasoning. At this time in history, Sneddon reflects and represents an essential element in Santa Barbara’s long-festering debate over how much new growth development we want or need. Without her on the dais, that viewpoint would be would be n dangerously absent.

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his one would have been easy, no matter what. That no one bothered to run against Councilmember Eric Friedman, a first-term incumbent now seeking a second term, made the decision easier still. Friedman has been an exemplary member of the City Council, representing a district that includes everything west of Las Positas Road and south of Foothill. On policy matters, he’s a level-headed policy wonk—thoughtful and candid—with a predisposition to dive deep into the details. When it comes to constituent service, Friedman’s been an absolute beast. None of this should come as a surprise. For years, Friedman worked as an assistant to former county supervisor (now Congressmember) Salud Carbajal; before that, he worked for Carbajal’s former boss, former 1st District supervisor Naomi Schwartz. He comes steeped in government experience and service. Friedman has been all about protecting the city’s water supplies in times of drought, serving on an alphabet soup of agencies designed to keep our spigots spouting. You could do a lot worse than reelecting Eric Friedman for a second term; you’d be hard-pressed to do much better. n

here is much to like about each of the four candidates now running to represent downtown’s District 6 on the Santa Barbara City Council; of the four, however, we believe Meagan Harmon offers to put the best foot forward into the future. Harmon appeared on the local political scene — and in Santa Barbara itself — just a few years ago. In very short order, she distinguished herself on the council for her obvious intelligence, political acumen, legislative creativity, and an ability to get things done. When she first sought appointment to fill a vacancy on the council, Harmon came across as a moderate businessfriendly attorney who happened to speak four languages and who specialized in real estate finance law. Since then, she’s emerged as one of the council’s most outspoken progressives. She has been focused on Santa Barbara’s astronomical housing costs. Harmon represents a district in which 80 percent of residents also rent. So does she. An ardent supporter of relocation assistance for tenants displaced through no fault of their own, she has also supported the push for higher inclusionary requirements for rental housing developments built with city subsidies of bonus densities. Harmon played a significant behind-the-scenes role getting these plans to the starting gate. In response to the Black Lives Matter movement that emerged in the wake of last year’s George Floyd killing, Harmon was instrumental in pushing for the creation of a civilian review board in Santa Barbara.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Harmon led the charge to make pharmaceutical chains pay their workers “Hero Pay” — $5 an hour more than usual for 60 days — because their essential jobs exposed them to great risk. These workers had deserved it, and because of Harmon, the council delivered. That Harmon managed to beat Das Williams, who is more experienced and knowledgeable about coastal protection, for an appointment to the California Coastal Commission is clear evidence that she is a political athlete. However, we would suggest caution when it comes to biting off more than she can chew. This is especially the case when it comes to balancing the irrefutable need for housing against such seeming ephemera as “quality of life” and “neighborhood compatibility,” long the touchstones of Santa Barbara’s environmental sensibilities. While challengers Jason Carlton and Zach Pike both added significant nutrient content to candidates’ debates, Harmon’s chief rival in this race is Nina Johnson, an assistant administrator in City Hall, where she’s worked the past 25 years. There is much to admire about Nina Johnson. Through the years, she’s been the go-to person for business owners and downtown landlords, and she’s also been an able and creative advocate for local arts, leading the charge to convert the State Street underpass into an adventurous and animated art space. Well before the pandemic struck, State Street was strug-

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gling to stay afloat. Johnson lobbied commercial landlords to endure the inconvenience of renting to temporary pop-up tenants rather than allowing their storefronts to go dark. As she is quick to point out, 13 pop-up businesses sprouted downtown. Some have made the transition to permanent. However, Johnson has rejected the idea of imposing a vacancy tax on commercial landlords who allow their properties to lie dark for extended periods. We strongly disagree, and Harmon, by contrast, said she supported the idea. Giving us pause as well is Johnson’s reluctance to require all city employees to either get vaccinated or get tested. Mayor Cathy Murillo and mayoral challengers Randy Rowse and Deborah Schwartz hold the same belief. For us, vaccinations are basic in preventing the spread of COVID and restoring the local economy. By contrast, Harmon was unequivocal in n her support.

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by Jean Yamamura uly brought the Dixie Fire in Northern California, and in August, California’s giant sequoias were caught in a series of fires. Santa Barbara dodged the fire bullet until this past Monday, when in cold, dry sundowner conditions, the Alisal Fire broke out for reasons as yet undetermined near a reservoir in the mountains above the Alisal Ranch a couple of miles outside Solvang. Winds blew it up and over the ridgeline, and by Wednesday morning, it had grown to 14,500 acres with only 5 percent containment. Plaguing any attempt to fight the fire directly were the persistent wind gusts that sent tankers and helicopters back to base on Monday. As well, the Alisal’s fire front stretched across 10 miles of rough Gaviota terrain, an area riven by steep drops and knobby hills of rock, and thick with brush that has been growing for the 66 years that have passed since the Refugio Fire of 1955. Daytime humidity levels in the teens made the chaparral prime for the embers flying in the high winds, pushing the flames in all directions through an area that holds horse ranches, avocado orchards, homes, a landfill, and oil refineries. The fire was burning fast and erratically in areas very remote from accessible roads, said Captain Nikki Stevens, a spokesperson for County Fire, on Monday night. Firefighters were flanking the fire, getting at areas of opportunity, and focusing on structure protection for the roughly 300 people in its path. Crews on the ground were staying out of the path of the fast-moving burn, however, for safety’s sake. “We’re not putting anyone in front of it,” Stevens said. “This hasn’t burned since 1955.” In the Wednesday-morning fire update, the incident command — which had moved with the fire from Refugio beach to El Capitán and is now at Earl Warren Showgrounds — announced 1,300 men and women were on a fire that had

ENGINE READY: A fire engine sits parked on the side of the road in Refugio Canyon late Monday evening as the Alisal Fire burns in the distance. The fire grew from 3,900 to 14,500 acres between Monday night and Wednesday morning.

grown to 14,500 acres in size. The frisky winds of Monday and Tuesday were expected to let up and allow fixed-wing tankers to join helicopters in dousing the fire with retardant and water. In a briefing to county supervisors on Tuesday morning, County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig said he was attempting to get his hands on as many aircraft as possible to beat back the fire. When the north winds finally began to abate later that day, five or six helicopters flew in to dump water on blazes in the steep canyonlands. By Tuesday afternoon, two fixed-wing aircraft were seen working the Santa Ynez side of the fire. As the Alisal Fire moved to the south and east — it’s burning on the Pacific-facing side of the mountains and hadn’t burned on the Santa Ynez side since the fire started on Monday afternoon — mandatory evacuations for 270 residents were ordered in the Refugio area on Monday, and deputies from the Sheriff ’s Office and members of Search and Rescue went door to door to ensure that residents were notified. By late Tuesday, evacuation warnings extended to Mariposa Reina to the east and Dos Pueblos Canyon Road to the west, affecting more than 260 people. An evacuation center was set up at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, and animals were welcomed at Earl Warren

Showgrounds. Kelly Hubbard, head of the County Office of Emergency Management, told the supervisors 18 people had come to the shelter the first night, 14 of them stranded Amtrak passengers and four of them area residents. Monday also saw the closure of the main artery traversing coastal California, Highway 101. A detour around the 101 means motorists must take Interstate 5 or, locally, State Route 154, which is heavy with traffic and irritable drivers. The 101 closure at Gaviota was both for public safety—the fire and smoke make visibility very poor at times—and to allow fire engines and dozer crews to come and go quickly, said Jim Shivers, spokesperson for Caltrans, who added, “a big dose of patience is needed.” The movement of the fire eastward could bring it into the burn scar of 2016’s Sherpa Fire, which has since revegetated, but not nearly as thickly and densely as the terrain the Alisal Fire most recently traversed. With less fuel, the hope is the Alisal’s rate of spread will slow down significantly. “That will really help us with this,” Bertucelli said. As in past fires, the mutual aid system has brought to Santa Barbara strike teams from Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and Los Angeles counties, state Cal Fire resources, and ForCONT’D ON PAGE 12 

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Santa Barbara man has been charged with a number of crimes after a string of incidents over a three-day period in which multiple women—all in their early twenties —were assaulted, spit on, and grabbed by the suspect, who authorities said appeared to be targeting female victims. According to a statement from Santa Barbara Police Department spokesperson Sergeant Ethan Ragsdale, just before 7 a.m. on October 5, a 24-year-old female victim reported a battery. The victim said she was walking to her vehicle on the lower Westside near Gutierrez when the suspect, unknown and unprovoked, approached her and spat on her face. Roughly 30 minutes later, officers responded to another battery a short walking distance away, Ragsdale said, in which a different 24-year-old female victim was approached by an unknown male suspect who “grabbed her by the arm and shoved her into a vehicle she was preparing to enter.” As the victim tried to flee, the suspect allegedly also spat on the vehicle.

Both victims described the same suspect, and officers found a man in the area who matched the descriptions. They detained and identified the man, 39-year-old Santa Barbara resident Nathaniel Terrance Hunter, who after investigation was arrested on misdemeanor battery charges for the two incidents. The next day, October 6, officers were investigating an incident that had occurred early in the evening on October 4 in the Amtrak parking lot, where a 21-year-old female was confronted after parking her car. The suspect allegedly “made demands and advanced toward her,” and when she tried to move away from him, the suspect spat in the victim’s face. After investigating this incident further, Ragsdale said, it was determined an attempted robbery had occurred, and the suspect was identified by the victim as Hunter. At this point, Hunter was out of custody, and at 6 a.m. on October 7, an officer observed another incident in progress

where a subject, later identified as Hunter, was “standing in the street in what appeared to be a confrontation with a female driver of a vehicle,” Ragsdale said. Hunter was reportedly blocking the driver from moving, and dispatchers broadcast a police radio report of a subject blocking the street at the location. The officer at the scene attempted to direct Hunter out of the street from a distance, when he allegedly “challenged the officer to fight, threatened him, and began approaching.” Backup arrived and attempted to arrest Hunter, Ragsdale said, when he “violently resisted” before being taken into custody. Two of the officers involved reportedly sustained minor abrasions in the altercation. Hunter was booked on numerous charges stemming from the four cases, including multiple counts of battery, assault with a deadly weapon, attempted robbery, and resisting arrest. His bail was set at $500,000. —Ryan P. Cruz

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taken a position based on political alignment but that she tries to block out the noise and stay as informed as possible. Another email written to board members read, “You have personally ruined the education of this generation of students … You are destroying children’s ability to even learn.” And one, written by a health care worker at a school in the district, argued that the district should include statistics for those who contract COVID after receiving the vaccine, claiming two cases of COVID at the employee’s school were contracted by fully vaccinated people. “I do not believe that a school board should decide what I choose to put in my body,” the email read. “I think it’s unfortunate that this discussion has taken on the tone that it has,” Capps said. She has received messages from concerned parents throughout most stages of the pandemic, and more recently with the vaccine being encouraged to students 12 and up. Many are worried with the possible health risks, and Capps said she is “talking to experts” to do all she can. It is up to the board to seek out and utilize various resources to find the best course of action, Capps said, from speaking to organizations such as the Public Health Department and local pediatricians for information on the vaccine and the possible side effects for young people, as well as looking at how other school boards in the state have handled similar situations. “We always try to communicate that the board is trying its best,” Ford said. “They just think we don’t know what the —JS truth is.”

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timely response, leading to an “order of relief ” being entered on May 10. According to court documents, this order of relief meant that a “trustee” was appointed in charge of all operations and property including keys, alarm codes, and control of the building itself. At the end of July, the trustee, Jeremy Faith, ordered La Casa to “cease operations,” including to stop offering services remotely as it had been doing throughout the pandemic. It was Faith who ordered the locks changed and building shut down on October 7, which Valencia-Sherratt said was in order to protect the property from squatters who had previously broken in and caused damage to the building. Janet Lawson is currently representing La Casa and recently filed a motion for dismissal on the case, arguing that the three creditors don’t have proper grounds and that a nonprofit corporation that offers community resources should not be forced to shut down during proceedings. The next court date is set for October 28. While operations at La Casa de la Raza are tied up in court, Valencia-Sherratt said there was a light at the end of the dark tunnel — a new “little sister” organization, to be called La Casita — which will operate as a family services center and pop-up resource distribution at local events. “La Casita will be open for helping the community starting on the Eastside soon, as soon as it has a new home,” she said. The first pop-up event will be part of the Día de los Muertos celebration at Ortega Park on November 7, with more in the works as organizers find a fiscal sponsor for the location. Valencia-Sherratt is hoping La Casita will allow the community to receive the support, mental health, food distribution, and more that have been missing while La Casa de la Raza is in limbo. The matter is far from resolved, she says, but with community support, La Casa de La Raza could experience a “rebirth” for the next generation in the Chicano comn munity.

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The Alisal Fire in Refugio Canyon on Tuesday

The fire had moved above Tajiguas Landfill by late Monday afternoon. Its $150 million anaerobic digester and recycling complex, just opened in July, were threatened, and mid-morning on Tuesday, its biofilter caught fire. In addition to the biofilter, which works to filter stinky air from the recycling building through several feet of damp woodchips, the fire roamed over the facility and may have damaged drainage systems, methane collectors, and heavy equipment, said Lael Wageneck, spokesperson for the facility. Key personnel were onsite and were safe, he said, and the indoor and outdoor fire-suppression systems worked to preserve the new Materials Recovery Facility, or MRF, and the digester system. With the highway closed and the facility damage under evaluation, the county’s waste will be sent to Ventura County temporarily, said Wageneck, and the Transfer Station on Dump Road will stay open. Also on Tuesday afternoon, the county

supervisors held a special session to declare the county to be in a state of emergency, a declaration needed to start emergency funds coming from state and federal authorities since the county could soon be tapped out. The county’s emergency chops have been honed by past disasters, in particular the Thomas Fire, after which the county, nudged by Montecito residents, hired a FEMA expert. By Wednesday morning, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had approved a grant for up to 75 percent of firefighting costs. Hartwig offered an idea of what the cost of fighting a widespread, multi-day fire could be. “One of the first trailers to set up at any command post is the finance trailer,” he said, with a wry laugh. That’s in addition to the command, operations, planning, logistics, and even map-making trailers. This fire fight, which looks to have started in Los Padres, is under the command of three agencies: the federal Forest Service, County Fire, and the state responsibility area normally tasked to Cal Fire but under contract to the county. A huge fire requiring all ground, air, and support resources, like the Dixie Fire in Northern California, can run $2 million a day, said Hartwig. By comparison, the Alisal Fire could be costing about a half-million to a million dollars per day, an amount that quickly exhausts County Fire’s budget and whatever’s left in the county’s emergency fund after COVID. As for red-alert zones like the landfill or Exxon’s facility at Las Flores, Hartwig felt the firefighters would be able to defend the Exxon refinery, as they had successfully during the Sherpa Fire. Wageneck indicated the fires at the landfill was under control. Next door in Venadito Canyon, the fire tugged on trees and brush in the gullies and ridges abutting the Exxon facility, said Eric Hvolboll, who was working to protect his family’s La Paloma Ranch. “Thanks the several fire engines and hotshot crews from Nevada who have been here all day and still are,” he texted. Discussing the fate of Las Flores across the eastern ridge, he noted that parts of his canyon were burning a second time after Sherpa.

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ental health has become a priority for many during the pandemic, and as the stigma of seeking help for issues with anxiety, depression, and insomnia has faded, services offering help for those in need have surged. The Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness has been working to provide resources to those seeking mental-health support, and together with Help@Hand has teamed up to offer access to Headspace—a mental-wellness meditation app available on Apple, Android, and most desktops and tablet devices—to 5,000 residents at no cost. “We are excited to announce the launch of 5,000 Headspace licenses throughout our county, beginning October 2, 2021,” Interim Director for Behavioral Wellness Pam Fisher said. “Headspace offers meditation and mindfulness through its app and can benefit its users’ reliefs from stress, help with increasing movement, sleep, focus, and so much more.” The five-year project is part of a statewide collaborative project—administered by the California Mental Health Services Authority and paid for using Mental Health Services Act Innovations funding—tailored to “increase access to mental-health care, support wellness, promote the early detection of mental illness, and allow early intervention,” according to a statement from Behavioral Wellness Public Information Officer Suzanne Grimmesey. Headspace was launched originally in 2012 but has reincarnated in a few different forms. The latest application uses guided meditation, yoga exercises, mindfulness games, and sleeppromoting soundscapes to help its users fight off the stresses built up from everyday life. The company’s stated mission is to “improve the health and happiness of the world,” and it has gained popularity in recent years, reaching more than 70 million users in 190 countries. A monthly subscription typically costs $12.99 per month, with the annual subscription costing $69.99 a year. The county’s Headspace launch will offer licenses at no cost to “key identified populations,” including “individuals discharged from a psychiatric

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relatively tame Santa Barbara election season received a shot of drama this week when Janet McGinnis, a former City Hall chief litigator and a current supporter of Councilmember Kristen Sneddon, filed a complaint with the California’s Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) against Sneddon’s challenger in District 4, private developer and Planning Commissioner Barrett Reed. McGinnis alleges that Reed, among the top fundraisers of all the mayoral and council candidates with $224,143 in his war chest primarily from real estate interests, failed in campaign finance statements to properly identify one of his main donors, SIMA Corporation founder and chair Jim Knell. McGinnis claims Knell gave Reed more than the $4,900 maximum allowed by state law for individual contributors by surreptitiously making eight donations of $1,500 under various LLCs he controls. The contributions, totaling $12,000, were all filed June 21, notes McGinnis, who also provided the FPPC with records of Knell’s connections to the LLCs. Moreover, Reed improperly accepted an additional $16,050 from seven other LLCs who didn’t attach the name of a person to their checks, McGinnis states in her complaint. In response, Reed insists he did nothing wrong. “It is next to impossible for me to know who owns every business that has supported and contributed to me, just as Ms. Sneddon has received funds from business entities without disclosing the individual behind them,” he said. “I assure you that I have the most professional fundraising and compliance team in the city working with me. We would never intentionally skirt the rules of the campaign.” That being said, Reed went on, “If there was any doubt in anyone’s mind,” he has returned all but $4,900 of Knell’s contributions. Knell did not answer a request for comment for this story. Reed fired back at Sneddon’s camp, saying the accusation “exposes the fear and desperation of a failing councilmember that has no better strategy to win but to attempt a smear of my successful campaign.” More than 250 individuals and entities have given toward his election bid, he said, “which is a clear signal of the end of Ms. Sneddon’s support for her position in City Hall.” For her part, Sneddon, an SBCC geology professor who has raised $78,146 from nearly 190 donors thus far, called the information contained in McGinnis’s complaint “an example of how Mr. Reed attempts to work around the rules.” While the FPPC investigates, she said, “I am focusing on my campaign, talking to voters about what we’ve accomplished in the past four years, and sharing my vision for Santa Barbara’s future.” Other candidates in other Santa Barbara races also found themselves in financial hot water this week. Four of the six contestants running for mayor and one running for City Council were hit with fines totaling $11,520 by the City of Santa Barbara for failing to comply with local rules governing the timely reporting of campaign donations. Hit hardest was Nina Johnson, who is running against incumbent Meagan Harmon for her District 6 council seat. Johnson was fined $6,570. Johnson’s treasurer had been fined by the FPPC for $7,500 for similar violations when he represented then-Goleta councilmember Roger Aceves in his unsuccessful run for county supervisor in 2014. Among the mayoral candidates, Randy Rowse was fined $4,020; Mark Whitehurst, $800; James Joyce III, $90; and Deborah Schwartz, $40. The fines were imposed after

an in-house investigation determined that the candidates had failed to submit finance statements within 24 hours of receiving funds election code requires. As Election Day approaches, all candidates are making their final fundraising pushes in order to reach as many voters as possible with advertisements, mailers, and other platforms of self-promotion. Here is a breakdown of who has collected how much with the identities of some of their biggest donors.

MAYOR

Randy Rowse — $262,725

Rowse, a former city councilmember and restaurateur, leads the mayoral pack by a decent margin and has received more individual contributions than any of the other candidates. Among his top supporters, who all gave the $4,900 maximum, are Gary Simpson, owner of the Santa Barbara Home Improvement Center; David Grotenhuis, founding partner of investment firm Santa Barbara Capital; downtown property owner Richard Berti; and Ben Howland, Mississippi State University basketball coach. Rowse also received $1,500 from publicist John Davies and $1,000 from Kinko’s founder Paul Orfalea, and $1,000 from defense attorney Doug Hayes.

Cathy Murillo — $192,601 As the incumbent mayor, Murillo has padded her wallet with big contributions from labor unions, including the Southern California District District Council of Laborers Issues PAC ($4,900); Western States Council of Sheet Metal Workers PAC ($4,900); SEIU Local 620 ($4,900); Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union #114 PAC ($2,500); and Southern California Pipe Trades District Council 16 ($2,500). She also received $4,900 from State Assemblymember James Ramos; $4,900 from Santa Barbara County Supervisor Gregg Hart; $3,000 from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians; and $2,500 from MarBorg Industries.

Deborah Schwartz — $149,164 Schwartz, a longtime Planning Commissioner, received a number of maximum $4,900 contributions, including from Robert Lieff, a San Francisco attorney; local investors James Argyropoulos and Cole Cervantes; the California Real Estate PAC; real estate developer Herb Simon; Joe’s Café; Lucky’s Village Inc., the company that owns Lucky’s restaurant; and Quattro Inc., another restaurant company. Schwartz also received $3,000 from real estate broker Andrew Adler and construction firm owner Darrell Becker.

James Joyce III — $45,913 The chief of staff to former state senator Hannah-Beth Jackson boasts an eclectic mix of donors, from small business owners to doctors to artists to retirees. Some of his biggest givers are publisher and philanthropist Sara Miller McCune ($4,900); therapist Marsha Marcoe ($3,900); resident Elizabeth Batarse ($4,500); Sonos cofounder John MacFarlane ($2,000); writer Eileen Read ($2,000); and financial advisor Guy Walker ($1,000).

Mark Whitehurst — $9,425 Bringing up the rear of the pack is publisher Mike Whitehurst, whose largest donations came from relative John Whitehurst ($4,900); retired Realtor William C. Knapp

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Barrett Reed — $224,143

Reed’s coffers are filled with donations from big names in Santa Barbara’s real estate industry. He received $4,900 from The Towbes Group; investor Peter Lewis; builder Neil Dipaola; broker Michael McElhenny; contractor Darrell Becker; designer Kirsten Becker; lender Eric Mozilo, and others. He also received $3,500 from Coast Village Investments; $2,500 from the California Real Estate PAC; $1,000 from Investec Management Corp.; and $1,000 from Balboa Building owner Ronald Robertson.

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($2,000); rancher Susan Knapp ($1,000); and landscaper Robert Adams ($250).

Kristen Sneddon — $78,146

Many of Sneddon’s contributions are on the smaller side — $500 or less — and they come from a wide crosssection of the community. But she did get $4,900 from both the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians and retired SBCC professor Karl Halbach; $2,500 from both pharmacist Rick Closson and Claudette Roehrig, board president of Domestic Violence Solutions; $2,000 from attorney Laurie Ashton; $1,500 from filmmaker Gail Osherenko; $1,000 from the Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County; and $500 from former mayor Helene Schneider.

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Nina Johnson — $121,518

Downtown business interests clearly have the back of longtime City Hall assistant administrator Nina Johnson, with brokers, landlords, and architects all throwing in with her campaign. She received top-dollar $4,900 donations from attorneys John Thyne, Naomi Dewey, and Brandi Redman, as well as from Pumpflix, the company that displays video advertisements at gas station pumps. SBCAST creator Alan Macy also gave ($4,000), as did Good Lion owner Brandon Ristaino ($1,000), Ontraport CEO Landon Ray ($500), and Yona Redz restaurant ($250).

Meagan Harmon — $95,339

Harmon, like Murillo, enjoys the financial support of labor unions, having collected $2,000 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC; $1,500 from Local 47 IBEW; and $1,000 from United Food and Commercial Workers PAC. She also received backing from her colleagues on the council, including Mayor Murillo ($1,000); Councilmember Eric Friedman ($500); and Councilmember Michael Jordan. In the big-money department, she got $4,900 checks from retired Montecito resident Richard Mazess; engineer Jason Yardi; educator Robin Yardi; and Johan van den Berg, president of Eurofresh in Carpinteria.

Jason Carlton — $3,725

Running a true grassroots campaign, electrical contractor Jason Carlton took in cash from fellow small business owners, including Haik’s German Autohaus’s Haik Hakobian ($300) and Draughtsman’s Tami Snow ($100). He also received $500 from City Hall watchdog James Fenkner. n

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Opinions SLOW AND FINE: Stephen Yagman doesn’t

do nice. Given that Santa Barbara is all about “nice,” it was only a matter of time before Yagman — a crusading civil rights attorney from Los Angeles with the personality of an unoiled chainsaw — got around to suing Santa Barbara. In this case, it would be both the city and the county that Yagman sued. More specifically, Yagman claims the two Santa Barbaras have criminalized certain “unavoidable acts of being human” — like sitting, resting, and sleeping, especially when the people engaged in these activities happen to live, sleep, and sit — but most of all, park their vehicles on city streets — in campers or RVs. At first blush, Yagman’s legal brief — filed in federal court on September 13 — reads like another long-shot loser case filed by a jailhouse lawyer. Yagman misspells the name of one of the people he’s accusing on the cover page. Worse yet, he misspells the name of his own client. In what Yagman hopes will blossom into a class action lawsuit involving hundreds if not thousands of clients, he’s alleging fraud, extortion, and racketeering in addition to wholesale civil rights violations. He tosses around adverbs such as “maliciously,” “callously,” “oppressively,” “wantonly,” and “recklessly” with great abandon. But Yagman — notorious in Los Angeles legal circles — charts new legal territory by alleging Santa Barbara authorities have been waging a campaign of “negative

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eugenics” against unhoused people, alluding to the pseudo-scientific theories upon which Adolf Hitler relied when exterminating the Jews, the Romani people, and homosexuals. Santa Barbara is rich, Yagman noted; people who live in their RVs are poor. “The horror of a rich person having to endure seeing a poor person’s camper or RV, or indeed,

the actual poor person,” Yagman wrote, “is not a legitimate reason for enforcement of the subject ordinance. It is an ugly neighborhood beautification project.” It would be a huge mistake to laugh off Yagman’s lawsuit just because he tends to swing for the fences. For more than 30 years — before he was sentenced to three years behind bars for tax evasion and money laundering — Yagman relentlessly sued the crap out of the LAPD and created new law in the process. It’s because of Yagman that LAPD officers can now be held personally liable for civil rights violations. All this was laid out in some detail by L.A. Times reporter Doug Smith last week. Yagman established that even alleged terrorists detained in Guantanamo Bay as part of our war on terror have the right to due process. He singlehandedly overturned Prop. 187, the flagrantly anti-immigrant ballot initiative passed in 1994 that otherwise would have denied undocumented immigrants access to any public services. And Yagman established the free speech rights of attorneys to talk

smack about judges after one judge went after Yagman’s license for calling the jurist “igno-

rant, dishonest, ill-tempered, and a bully.” Yagman served his time — he failed to disclose $200,000 in taxable income and hid assets under the name of his then-girlfriend, now his wife — and this June successfully got his license to practice unrevoked. Three months later, he filed papers against Santa Barbara. Yagman would describe his client only as someone who lived in his RV for more than 10 years and has been assessed fines for violating “no parking” laws that obviously flagrantly and wantonly — my words this time, not Yagman’s — target unhoused people. When I asked Yagman to give his client my contact info, he declined. “Because I don’t feel like it,” he explained. If his client said one word to me, Yagman added, Yagman would quit immediately. His client, I subsequently discovered, has been cited two times, has a mailing address on Coast Village Road in Montecito — a UPS store — and is listed as president of a corporation — Public Solutions Inc. — that’s registered with the Secretary of State’s office. According to LinkedIn, the company is dedicated to ending poverty and homelessness. Only in Santa Barbara, I’m guessing, are there unhoused corporate presidents with Montecito mailing addresses who sue the powers-that-be on behalf of the poor. I’m also guessing Yagman’s case is a lot more serious than it would appear. Yagman’s real target is a provision in city code that singles out RVs, mobile homes, trailers, and campers by

banning them — and no other vehicles — from parking on any city streets from the hours of 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Why are these vehicles banned when others are not? Could it be because they function as four-wheeled housing? No doubt there are perfectly plausible other explanations. But given City Hall has recently adopted new restrictions allowing the seizure of untended shopping carts and street luggage and passed a new ordinance banning people from sitting and lying on public sidewalks, one might expect Yagman to amend his complaint to suggest there’s a pattern and practice going on. The real issue is the dearth of shelter spaces compared to the number of people who are homeless. Legally, local governments can’t clear people off the street unless there are shelter beds to accommodate them. Assigned to hear Yagman’s case is a federal judge named David O. Carter, who is perhaps the only person on the planet more outraged than Yagman about the criminalization of homeless people. Carter made legal headlines a few years back when he ordered Orange County officials to put their homeless people in motels and clear out river basin encampments. This year, he issued a 110-page legal ruling ordering Los Angeles to create enough new shelter space for the multitudes living on Skid Row streets by October. Given that compliance was physically impossible, Carter’s ruling was overturned on appeal. But you get the picture. —Nick Welsh It’s not nice.

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he recently released Hollister Ranch Public Access Plan is a misguided charade with potentially grievous consequences. I have seen this process through several incarnations, and the only thing new in this go-around is that the state finally acknowledges that there are significant constraints — but it fails to offer any solutions. The coastal terrain at Hollister is far more rugged than at nearby beach parks, which is why a public roadway was never built there. The only land access is via a single private ranch road, not built to public road standards, narrow and winding, with tight curves, blind corners, and many grades in excess of 20 percent. Much of the area has no utility services of any kind. The plan declares its goal to be public access when what is really being sought is convenient access. Surfers, hikers, and boaters have long enjoyed access to the ranch beaches, which are indeed public; many appreciate the natural barriers of tide and terrain, which inhibit crowding, and that’s partly why the place is still so special. The very elements that environmentalists cherish, such as pristine tidepools and many species of threatened flora and fauna, have been protected by the limited use of these beaches and would be diminished and destroyed by the numbers of additional visitors, vehicles, and infrastructure this plan is recommending. Gaviota, Refugio, and El Capitán state beaches are perpetually underfunded, and the county struggles to maintain its own beach park at Jalama. With so many crucial and competing demands and shortfalls, is this really where the citizens of California want to direct resources and effort? Contrary to absurd stereotypes propagated by some who like to tell tales, the prevailing ownership does not see this land as a personal playground or exclusive real estate; we are concerned about its fate far beyond our individual life spans. We also believe that once a place is gone, it is gone forever, so please understand our reluctance to accept this deeply flawed, incomplete, and misguided proposal. Those of us who oppose it are neither heroes nor the rich pig enemies of the masses. We simply care, with all our hearts, and we believe that the state is greatly underestimating what is at risk here. (See independent.com/hollister-access for the full version.) —Cynthia Carbone Ward, S.B.

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have worked with Santa Barbara mayors over 20 years as general manager of the Carpinteria Valley Water District. I learned about their important but limited role in a weak mayor/strong administrator structure. It is quite a different role from the one I experienced during the years I worked for the City of Boston and Mayor Kevin White. Santa Barbara mayors, with lots of official duties, act as ombudsmen for the public, and behind-thescene coordinators and facilitators with elected councilmembers relative to council business and policy. They are not expected to make lots of political pronouncements. They lead from within, working closely with the City Administrator, in ways mostly unseen to the general public. Cathy Murillo has done all of this as mayor for almost four years in the most extraordinary and overwhelming of times. She has faced a pandemic and its severe economic repercussions, the widespread ripple effects after George Floyd’s murder, the rapidly emerging effects of climate change, and strong market-driven forces impacting our city’s housing shortage. She has responded by working long days and many nights with councilmembers, the City Administrator, community groups, and many individual residents of Santa Barbara. Mayor Murillo is uniquely approachable by the large Mexican-American community and uniquely experienced as a former local journalist in obtaining, organizing, and re-communicating information. She has demonstrated her ability and commitment as mayor to work with people from all strata of the community, including the homeless, the very poor, the shrinking middle class, and local business people, as well as developers from outside. And last but not least, she is steadfastly committed to liberal Democratic principles of diversity, women’s rights, and all human rights. We need to stay the course with Cathy!

—Charles Bullwinkle Hamilton, S.B.

For the Record ¶ In last week’s District 4 story, we note Kristen Sneddon actually graduated from UCLA. In the boxing story, Eduardo Lino’s last name was inadvertently misspelled.

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obituaries Rochelle Rose

11/21/1949 - 10/5/2021

Rochelle Rose passed away on October 5, 2021 of natural causes. Born in 1949 to loving parents James and Dorothy Rose, Rochelle was the eldest of four daughters and raised in Whittier, California. Rochelle enjoyed a Southern California childhood and enjoyed going to the beach and body surfing at Huntington Beach. Early on she was elected to student government leadership and wrote and edited for newspapers, a love and skill she pursued throughout her life. She graduated from UCSB in 1973. In her sophomore year she was selected to join the Project Pakistan team, and traveled around the world. She remained friends with many of this project team and continued her love to travel throughout her life. After graduation she worked at the University Religious Conference, UCSB College of Creative Studies, and Larson Bateman Advertising. Her marketing and public relations skills were later used as development director for United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara, Sansum Diabetes Research Institute and People’s Self-Help Housing, and most recently, a development officer at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Sea Center. She also raised funds as an independent consultant for other charities, including the San Marcos High School, Rehabilitation Institute, Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics, Shelter Services for Women, Girsh Park, specializing in capital campaigns that built facilities important to our community. Rochelle coordinated the Women’s Day Conferences and Women’s Business Fairs in Santa Barbara. Notably, Rochelle was 18

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named 2007 Fundraiser of the Year by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Santa Barbara/Ventura Chapters. Rochelle was passionate about non-profit work and intricately involved in the Santa Barbara community. She served on boards of directors including Coastal Housing Coalition, The Cecilia Fund, Center for Successful Aging, Charitable Gift Planners of Santa Barbara (past president), People Assisting The Homeless (PATH), Transition House Santa Barbara, UCSB Affiliates, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, Santa Barbara Jaycees, Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics, Girls, Inc., South Coast Business Network and Association of Fundraising Professionals. She was the Editor of the Successful Aging Newspaper – 10,000 copies are distributed throughout the Tri-Counties quarterly. Her greatest joy and pride was the birth of Marie and Travis, now beautiful talented children, when she was 42 and 47. They enjoyed travel, dancing, sports, music, art, love, and laughter, together. In 2005, Rochelle was ordained as an elder at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara, where she was a member for nearly 35 years. She wrote her “Around Town” column for the Goleta Valley Voice from 2000-2006 and had a “Goleta Notebook” column in the Santa Barbara News Press from 2006-2008. Since 2006, Rochelle was a Contributing Writer and iSociety columnist at Noozhawk. She was also a member of the Santa Barbara Elks Lodge. Rochelle is survived by her children Marie Brashears and Travis Brashears; her mother Dorothy Rose of Whittier; sisters Kimberly Rose Shannon, Bend, Oregon; Stephanie Rose Simmons, Escondido; and Jennifer Rose, Venice; brothers-inlaw Mike Shannon and Jim Simmons, and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nephew and nieces. She was pre-

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deceased by her beloved Daddy, Jim Rose. Her radiant smile, compassion for others and caring love will be missed by her family, friends and co-workers. Contributions in her name may be made to Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Sea Center, 2559 Puesta del Sol, SB 93105, or First Presbyterian Church, 25 E. Constance, Santa Barbara 93105. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 6th at 1PM at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara. For questions, please contact Marie Brashears at mariebrashears@gmail.com.

William “Bill” Wray Alexander 9/27/1942 - 9/17/2021

William “Bill” Wray Alexander will be remembered as a loving husband, father, and grandfather who was always willing to lend a hand to help those in need. Born September 27, 1942 to William Anthony Alexander and Alice Eggleston Alexander, Bill spent his childhood in the central valley of California. He was the oldest of three children. He and his sister Barbara Lloyd (Frank Lloyd) and brother Robert Alexander (Diane Alexander) have remained close throughout the years. There have been many family gatherings for holidays, reunions, and even vacation travel together. He met his lovely wife, Margaret “Peggy” Skarsten Alexander, in choir while attending Pacific University in Oregon, and they never stopped singing. With various choirs, they have traveled to East and West Germany, England, Scotland, and throughout the United States. Their daughters, Malinda and Melissa, were raised attending church every Sunday and arriv-

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ing early because of choir practice. Bill owned and operated the three One Hour Martinizing dry cleaning businesses in Santa Barbara, CA for thirty years. He was known as a fair and honest businessman and employer. For the holidays Bill dressed in a Santa suit made by his wife to deliver Christmas bonuses to his employees. He regularly helped those he worked with. Through his example, he taught his daughters to treat everyone with kindness and integrity. He was a valued member of the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara and was a Paul Harris Fellow. Bill also participated in the Santa Barbara Cosmopolitan Club. Bill and Peggy have attended the First Congregational Church in Santa Barbara since 1968. He has served on almost every committee, helped with building repairs, sung in the choir, and even got talked into ringing in the bell choir when Peggy was directing. One thing that both Bill and Peggy shared was their love of travel. They have set foot on and explored five of the seven continents. Some of their favorite locations have included Australia, the Panama Canal, Germany, Norway, Alaska, and many other special places in the United States. Themes that keep appearing in stories about Bill include his generosity, his love for friends and family, and his desire to always lend a hand to the point of constantly pulling out his utility knife to fix things–even in the doctor’s office. He played a mean game of Hand and Foot, Tripoley, Mexican Train, Kings in the Corner, Billiards, and Monopoly. He was well-loved by everyone, but especially his wife Peggy of 56 years, his two daughters Malinda Alexander (Kim Chatellier) and Melissa Timm (Blake Timm), and three grandchildren, Liam Alexander and Sydney and Hannah Timm. He attended many music, dance, and theater performances as well as baseball games and mountain man rendezvous all to support his

grandchildren’s interests. Bill passed away peacefully in his sleep on September 17, 2021. A celebration of his life will take place in the spring. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations to honor the life and service of Bill Alexander be made to the: Endowment and Gifts Fund at the First Congregational Church UCC of Santa Barbara, 2101 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

Helene Beaver 9/11/2021

Helene Beaver – wife, mother, grandmother – died on September 11 at age 82, after a long bout with a lung disease. A longtime resident of Santa Barbara, Helene was a World War II refugee who immigrated to the U.S. in 1951. She was an active volunteer in our community for many years: she served on the Santa Barbara City Council and was foreman of the County Grand Jury, and was also president of the Santa Barbara Symphony, the Santa Barbara Cancer Center, the Downtown Organization, the county Red Cross, the Junior League, the Mission Canyon Association, and several other organizations. Helene greatly missed her husband Jerry after his death in 2018, but enjoyed time with her sons David (Renee), Philip (Kim) and John (Candace), and her grandchildren: Elaine, Elizabeth, Lauren, Rachel, Anna, and Alexander. Private family services will be held. Donations in Helene’s name may be sent to the Santa Barbara Symphony, or a charity of the donor’s choice.

obituaries Francisca “Panchita” A. Castro-Ortiz 2/27/1943 - 9/30/2021

Thursday, October 14, 2021 Welch-Ryce-Haider funeral chapel, 15 E. Sola St., Santa Barbara Viewing at 5:00pm Rosary at 7:00pm Friday, October 15, 2021 Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, 227 N. Nopal St. Mass at 10:00am Burial at Calvary Cemetery, 199 N. Hope Ave. Celebration of Life reception Moose Lodge, 110 W. Victoria St.

George Frederick Begg 5/12/1944 - 8/7/2021

George Frederick Begg passed away peacefully at home in Goleta on August 7, at the age of 77. George was born in Oakland, California on May 12, 1944, as his father’s occupation was a welder at the shipyards during World War II, and he had one brother, Edwin Allen Begg, born to George Allen Begg and Alice “Dolly” Amelia Begg (Acres), both from founding families of Goleta in the 1880s. George grew up in Goleta/ Montecito and attended Goleta Union School, San Roque School and was a graduate of Santa Barbara High School where he played football and baseball. On December 26, 1964, he married the love of his life Kathryn Ayling. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served on the USS Midway as a Radioman 3rd Class and on the USS Coral Sea at Alameda, California. Upon

To submit obituaries for publication, please call (805) 965-5205 or email obits@independent.com returning from his service to our country, George held a variety of jobs such as driver for various businesses in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties which included Sambo’s Restaurants/M&F Meat Packing, Gold Coast Transportation, Restaurant Enterprises Distribution Group, PIE, Yellow Freight, RP Richards and was a liquor sales representative for Lagomarsino Distribution Company, until he found his passion for barbecuing and founded Specialty BBQ. George continually gave back to the Santa Barbara and Goleta communities through his love of baseball and years of coaching baseball for Goleta Valley South Little League and was very fortunate to be a part of the GVSLL winning the 1982 World Series. He also helped as a walk-on coach at Dos Pueblos High School. Prior to and after retirement he enjoyed his longtime association with the Los Vaqueros Camp within Rancheros Visitadores, was a member of the Santa Barbara Elks Lodge #613, and served on the Board at the Santa Barbara Carriage Museum, and taking many wonderful trips and cruises to foreign lands with his wife Kathy throughout their 57 years of marriage. George truly loved and embraced life fully. He gave generously of himself to everyone around him and set the highest standards of dignity, loyalty, honesty, and dedication with all aspects of his life, and was always a gentleman with class. His loving presence and wisdom were constant and uplifting. He will be deeply missed by his very loving family consisting of his wife Kathy of Goleta; brother Edwin Allen of Montecito; two sons, Scott Allen (wife Susan) residing in Newbury Park, and Kevin David (wife Carrie) residing in San Diego; four grandchildren, Elise, Brooke, Abigail, and Tyler (all loves of his life), all his cousins, nieces and nephews, and all who knew and loved him. A Celebration of life will be held on November 20, 2021 from 2-5 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Carriage

Museum, 129 Castillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Friends may honor George Begg’s memory by making a donation to the Santa Barbara Carriage Museum, under the name of George F. Begg. Kindly RSVP to georgebeggcol@gmail.com by November 6th if you will be attending the celebration of life.

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of 29 years, Dolores Barbere, father Walter Stanley Barbere Sr.; his five children, Renee Barbere, Vincent Barbere (Kayla), Renessa Guerrero, Anthony Guerrero, and Mark Guerrero. He is also survived by his sister Tracy Barbere and brother William Barbere (Lori) and numerous adored grandchildren, nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles, in-laws and cousins. He was preceded in death by his beloved mother Barbara Louise Barbere and beloved granddaughter Alanna Hope Barbere. A celebration of Walter’s life will be held on October 16, 2021 at 10:00 am at Jubilee Christian Church at 7190 Hollister Ave. Masks are required. If you would like to honor Walter, you may donate to the American Heart Association. You may donate online at www.Heart.org (click “Ways to Give” tab, then “Honor a Loved One”). You may also donate by phone at (800) 242-8721, or by mail to The American Heart Association, 816 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017.

Sheila MacAvoy Block Walter Stanley Barbere Jr. passed away suddenly at the age of 57 on Sept. 7, 2021 at his home in Peoria, Arizona. Walter was born in Santa Barbara on June 22, 1964, arriving as a birthday present for his father, Walter Sr., who shared the same birthday. He was raised in Santa Barbara and was an active member of the local Cub Scouts troop. He attended local schools, including Santa Barbara High School where he played on the Dons varsity football team. After graduating from SBHS in 1982, he went on to Bible college, became a licensed minister and served as a jail chaplain at the Santa Barbara County Jail. Walter was also a skilled musician and played marimba for Joy Christian Fellowship worship team. After marrying Dolores Silguero and beginning a family, he and his family relocated to Arizona, where he became a pharmacy technician with CVS. Though Walter was large in physical stature, he was a gentle man and his greatest loves were his family, especially his grandchildren and serving the Lord. He is survived by his wife

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Sheila MacAvoy Block died peacefully at her Santa Barbara home, Wednesday, September 22, 2021. She was 90 years old. Sheila was born Sheila Marie MacAvoy in Queens County, a borough of New York, on March 31, 1931. Her parents were Joseph V. MacAvoy and Edna Marie MacAvoy (née McCarthy). Sheila attended parochial schools and then graduated from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1952, majoring in Studio Art. Marriage to William Gibbons, homemaking and raising three children followed. Sheila managed to combine these activities with art and poetry writing, winning several awards for her abstract expressionist paintings. A life long com-

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munity activist, she participated in volunteerism and fund raising, benefitting the local libraries and schools of her adopted home, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. In 1976 Sheila graduated from St. John’s School of Law and was admitted to practice in New York and later California after moving to the West Coast. She began her tenure at Northrop Grumman in 1977 as Assistant Secretary and ultimately was promoted to the post of Sr. Vice President & Corporate Secretary. Sheila was the first female to be appointed to the Board of Directors. Sheila also holds the distinction of serving as the first female chairman of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries. Retirement in 1995 led to relocation to Santa Barbara where she lived with her husband of 20 years, Robert Block. Sheila pursued several interests during this time, serving as President of the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society, volunteer docent at the Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens and later named to the Casa Serena Board of Directors. An avid traveler and sailor, she adventured with Robert until his death in 2013. Throughout this time Sheila also wrote several short stories and memoirs, some selected for publication in collections. Sheila leaves behind her children Laura Rowe (and her husband Michael of Santa Monica, CA), Phil Gibbons (and wife Shari of Simi Valley) and Sally Livingston (and husband Josh of Monte Nido, CA) in addition to Robert’s daughters Shannon Calverley of Seattle and Erin Braden (and her husband Chris of Decatur, GA), nine grandchildren and one great grandson. She is survived by her sister Geraldine McCarthy of Silver Spring, MD. A memorial will be held at the Santa Barbara Woman’s Club, 670 Mission Canyon Rd., Santa Barbara, CA at 3 PM on October 28, 2021.

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very day he was in prison, Jose Santana would

home in Santa Maria and steadily spending more and more time with each other. Someday soon, Santana hopes, they’ll all move back in together. “They need me now,” he said. “I can’t mess up.” Santana’s story, however, stretches far beyond his personal atonement. He made history by becoming the first—and still only—Santa Barbara County resident and former inmate firefighter to have his criminal record expunged under a new state law so he could become a professional firefighter. He’s now a fully credentialed Cal Fire employee based out of Tulare County with his sights set on one day joining the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. The process was anything but easy. The District Attorney’s Office fought hard against Santana’s petition, and he was used as an unwitting political pawn in dramatic budget hearings this summer, with his case invoking difficult questions about our criminal justice system—who deserves a chance at redemption, and who does not? Where is the line, and how is it drawn? Toward what, as a county, do we want to put our money and resources? The District Attorney, jail, and punishment? Or the Public Defender, social programs, and rehabilitation? Supervisor Steve Lavagnino, who represents Santa Maria, remains troubled by Santana’s case. “In general, I believe we are too quick to dismiss the violent actions of criminals in order to reduce our jail population,” he said, referencing what he described as a “rubberstamped expungement express lane for violent felons.” “I’m all for diverting nonviolent offenders,” Lavagnino said, “but we are experiencing an epidemic of violence in this country, much of it directed against women. When we minimize and rationalize violence, we are sending the wrong message.” Santana’s public ALWAYS SMILING: Left, Jose Santana in his prison garb, and right, in his Cal Fire duds. defender, Adrian Gal“I realized I had two paths,” he said. “I could either keep screwing up, or I could take a chance and go to fire camp and maybe make something of myself.” COURTESY

write letters to his sons that he never sent. Their mother didn’t allow any communication between them for the three years he was inside, especially not after his last crime. But every evening before lights out, Santana would sit down on a steel stool at a steel desk and tell Seth and Silas about his day and how much he missed them. He left out the regular gang fights on his tier and the regrets that nagged every slow-moving hour of his sentence and instead talked about the things they would do as a family when he got out, like get a dog and go on hikes. Santana continued his writing ritual even when, as an inmate firefighter, he worked on the front lines of some of California’s biggest recent disasters. At one point in 2020, he was out in the field for 60 days straight battling the Creek, River, Silverado, and LNU Lighting Complex fires. Racked by bone-deep exhaustion, he’d use the glow of his headlamp to scratch out a few sentences. “I just didn’t want them to think I ever forgot about them,” he said. Earlier this year, out on parole, Santana reunited with his boys, now aged 13 and 10. It’s been a slow integration back into their lives, monitored closely by their mom. The four have mostly been meeting at Santana’s parents’

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van, says Santana is no longer the person he was when he committed his terrible crime and that his future shouldn’t be forever defined by his past mistakes. He also noted that Santana’s expungement request was argued openly and fairly in front of a Santa Barbara Superior Court judge, who deliberated at length before rendering his decision. There was no “express lane,” he said. “We see this case as a shining example of true rehabilitation—going full circle from really bad incident to being punished to exiting the hell of the system to becoming a hero,” Galvan said. “Most people only see value in the punishment side of the system. Most people don’t see value in the other side, the rehabilitation side.”

anuary 15, 2017, was, as Santana described

it, “the worst day of my life.” He’d recently relapsed into a methamphetamine addiction—something he’d struggled with most of his adulthood—and showed up drunk and high to his ex-girlfriend’s house, where he was renting a room. They got into an argument, and she told Santana to leave. He refused and, after drinking more, blacked out. According to police, at around 12:45 a.m. as the argument escalated, Santana suddenly grabbed a whiskey bottle and began striking his ex-girlfriend over the head with it. She tried protecting herself with her hands and arms before collapsing to the floor. Santana then pulled a knife from the kitchen drawer and stood over her. He threatened to kill her. She managed to escape and ran to a neighbor’s house. Santana chased her outside but fled to his car when the neighbor’s motion light was activated. He was soon pulled over and arrested by Sheriff ’s deputies. The assault opened a gash in the victim’s scalp that required three staples to close, and she also sustained severe bruising to her hands and fingers. Efforts by the Independent to contact her for this story were unsuccess-

UNSUNG HEROES: An inmate crew in their distinctive orange uniforms defends homes on the Casitas Pass during the Thomas Fire. With more than 3,000 of them spread throughout the state, inmate firefighters make up a sizable portion of California’s responders.

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to, creating fuel breaks ahead of advancing fires and clearing out brush for controlled burns. After squandering a number of opportunities throughout his life with drugs—first at the private schools his parents sent him to, then with the good facilities jobs at Vandenberg Air Force Base and UC Santa Barbara—he felt like he’d finally found a purpose. “I always felt like I was missing something in life, and that’s why I was super unhappy,” he said. “I couldn’t figure it out until I started doing firefighting.” The clincher was when he and his crew were up fighting the Mendocino Complex Fire and the residents of Oroville where they had their command post would wave and cheer when their transport van drove by. They offered Santana and his team food, and the preschool next door made signs. “Even though they knew we were inmates,” Santana said of their distinctive orange gear, “people treated us with respect, and they were happy to have us.” It injected him with a feeling of pride and self-confidence he’d never felt before. “We got a lot of love,” he said. From that point on, Santana devoted himself fully to firefighting, not just the grunt work, but the entire profession. He learned what he could on the lines, took classes back at camp, and stayed on the straight and narrow. “I saw this quote one time and it really stuck with me,” he said. “‘Things work out for the best for those who make the best of how things work out.’ ” Santana couldn’t know at the time how apropos that credo would become to his life and his career as, upon being paroled, he was given an opportunity few in his shoes ever had.

ful. Though it was Santana’s first violent crime, prosecutors cited his previous arrests for drug offenses and pushed for a significant prison term. He ultimately took a plea deal that put him away for three years, spending 10 months in our County Jail as his case was heard before being transferred to Wasco State Prison, where the Fresno Bulldogs and Southside gang frequently beat and stab one another. Santana, 40, has difficulty talking about that night. Remorse doesn’t even come close to describing how he feels about what he did, he said, and he knows it will take a lifetime to earn back the trust he lost from his family, friends, and community. When his cell bars first clanged shut, “I thought that was it — my life was over,” he said. “I’m going to be too old to do anything when I get out, and I’ll have a prison term under my belt. What was the point of even trying? What was the point of being good in there?” But then Santana discovered fire camp, or what are technically called conservation camps, facilities up and down the state created during World War II when able-bodied men were in short supply. There are now 43 sites operated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Cal Fire that train and outfit approximately 3,000 inmates to fight wildland blazes and serve as important backup to frontline hotshot and engine crews. The camps are an attractive option for inmates who qualify—offenders guilty of certain crimes, such as murder, rape, and arson, are not eligible—as the food, amenities, and freedoms are far better there than in prison. They also get two days off their custody term for every one they serve at a camp. Participants say the two dollars per day they earn (plus another dollar an hour while fighting active fires) is a fortune compared to what other prison jobs pay, though critics often compare the program to modern-day indentured servitude, given how critical the inmates’ roles have become in a state that always seems to be on fire. Santana took pride in his work as a hand-crew puller and sawyer out of the Sierra Conservation Center he transferred

“The inequity in that did not seem right,” Reyes said in an interview. “What they’re volunteering to do is very dangerous. What better proof of rehabilitation is there than being willing to put their lives on the line for people they’ve never met?” By this time, Santana had applied and been accepted to the Ventura Training Center, a first-of-its-kind program just outside Camarillo specifically designed to equip parolees with the training and certification necessary to apply for careers at Cal Fire and other firefighting agencies. Opened in 2018 with $26.6 million from the state’s general fund, the center houses up to 80 participants for its 18-month program. Nearly every man that has graduated thus far—because, at the moment, the program is only for men—has secured a job. In addition to the field and classroom work, participants receive a menu of wrap-around services, including recovery counseling, anger management, and life-skills education. They’re also expected to volunteer, helping at homeless shelters, doing beach cleanups, or talking to youths. “It’s about more than just becoming a firefighter,” said John Cesario, Santana’s life coach and a member of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC). “It’s about an individual becoming the best version of himself—these guys become better husbands, better fathers, better citizens in their community.” Cesario said Santana excelled at the Center, even though he showed up the first day exhausted. It turned out Santana had been up late the night before playing games with his sons, soaking up every minute with them that he could. Santana’s class—Class #5—stood out for its initiative and work ethic, remembered Cesario, thanks in large part to Santana’s good example. “He was a team player and worked hard,” he said.

ast year, on Santana’s birthday, Gov-

ernor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that allows inmates who successfully served in prison fire camps RIGHTING A WRONG: Governor Gavin Newsom signs Assembly Bill 2147 at a to petition a judge to clear their record and site burned by the North Complex Fire. “California’s inmate firefighter program waive their parole, thus removing a major is decades old and has long needed reform,” he said. “Inmates who have stood obstacle to them finding employment in on the frontlines battling historic fires should not be denied the right to later California firehouses. become a professional firefighter.” Sitting at an ash-covered picnic table and surrounded by blackened trees—the aftermath of the North Complex Fire that scorched 318,935 When Santana petitioned the Santa Barbara court to acres, destroyed 2,455 buildings and homes, and killed 16 have his record expunged, Cesario wrote a letter to the judge people—Newsom said Assembly Bill 2147 “rights a historic on his behalf. So did Bernardo Sotelo, a Cal Fire captain wrong and recognizes the sacrifice of thousands of incarcer- at the Center who trained Santana. Sotelo echoed Cesaated people who have helped battle wildfires in our state.” rio’s assessment. “The rest of the guys benefited from him,” Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes, the San Ber- Sotelo said. “He always wanted to learn a little bit more.” nardino Democrat who authored the bill, told reporters that Sotelo said he wrote the support letter “gladly” and had inmate crews are “hailed as heroes” as they stand shoulder no hesitation in putting his name on it. “Because I knew to shoulder with professional firefighters yet have nearly all Jose was not going to do me wrong,” he said. Sotelo makes doors of opportunity closed to them once they’re released. no judgments of the men who come through the Center, he

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REUNITED: Santana with his partner, Sarah, and their sons, Seth and Silas said, though he’s well aware every one of them has a troubled background. “I don’t care where they came from,” he said. “That’s not important to me. What’s important is they give 110 percent day in and day out.” A Los Angeles probation commissioner named Don Meredith wrote a letter for Santana as well. He disclosed their personal connection—Santana is his son’s brother-in-law—but staked his professional reputation on Santana’s ongoing success. “I have seen him mature and become a role model for his children,” he wrote.

felonies, such as murder, kidnapping, and rape, are automatically ineligible — an exception ought to be made for him. “While his charge alone is not specifically precluded from the statute,” the office stated in its opposition, “the underlying facts of the conviction are extremely serious and violent and must be given serious consideration in terms of victim’s safety and public safety.” Judge James Voysey wholeheartedly disagreed and granted Santana’s petition, explaining AB 2147 was written for people like him and that in all his years on the bench, he had rarely seen such a remarkable turnaround. Voysey said he was happy to play some part in it, and he thanked —Jose Santana Santana for his service. Santana and his attorney, Galvan, were ecstatic. “We “Throughout my 36-year law couldn’t believe it,” Santana said. enforcement career and role as ProA few months later, during the bation Commissioner,” Meredith con- county budget hearings in which Santinued, “I have on occasion written tana’s name was invoked, Galvan’s boss, letters in support of formerly incar- Lea Villegas, praised the outcome of cerated individuals for certificate of the case but lamented the process. “Mr. rehabilitation, job recommendation, Santana would not have stood a chance or college enrollment. I do not make at obtaining the relief that he sought, recommendations lightly, and only do the relief that he earned, against such so for those who I believe have moved an uncompromising adversary withforward and become productive mem- out the skill and diligence of his pubbers of society.” lic defender,” she told the supervisors, Despite these sparkling accolades, highlighting the disparities in funding the District Attorney’s Office sought to her office and the District Attorney’s. Her department has only one Adrian to have Santana’s petition thrown out on the grounds that his crime was Galvan, Villegas said, but how many too heinous. Prosecutors argued that more Jose Santanas are out there? She even though the domestic assault referenced a single expungement clinic didn’t technically disqualify Santana put on by the Public Defender with a from the new provisions provided by social justice grant that resulted in 50 AB 2147 — offenders with top-level record clearances—50 people’s futures

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unshackled by the collateral consequences of their pasts, as she put it. In a recent interview, Villegas wondered how Santa Barbara’s justice system treats those whose crimes fall somewhere between petty and unforgivable. “There is so much conversation these days about lowlevel offenders,” she said. “But what about the people who are convicted of a little more than a low-level offense? The guys who steal a car are redeemable, but the guys who steal a car and are gang members aren’t redeemable? They’re just throwaways?”

Rob Hazard, Santa Barbara County’s fire marshal, has worked alongside inmate crews his entire career, starting when he was a Los Padres hotshot in the ’90s. Staff almost always rely on prisoner teams to “hold the line, do the mop-up,” and perform other essential duties during big incidents, he explained. And he sees former parolees who’ve proved their mettle as a reliable labor pool, especially now as fires grow ever bigger and more frequent. “Until we build terminator robots to fight fires, we’ll always have a huge need for strong-bodied people to do this work,” Hazard said. That’s true for the “off-season” as well, when forest management might help stop the next conflagration. “These folks could be a big help to those programs,” he said, “running saws and chippers. I see a lot of benefit to this.”

But Santana isn’t content staying in the back of the pack. He’d like to one day promote to working on an engine and being at the front of the action. He’s on his way to obtaining an associate’s degree in Fire Technology through online courses at Allan Hancock College, and he has maintained a 3.5 GPA, even in the midst of constant deployments. One of the interviews for this story was cut short when the horns at his Tulare station house blared and his Cal Fire crew was thrown at backcountry lighting strikes. Santana is also now taking the EMT courses that were previously unavailable to him until his record was expunged. Sarah, his partner and the mother of his kids, is training to become an emergency medic as well. “She helps me out a lot,” he said. “In a lot of ways. We have the same goals. I just wish I hadn’t wasted so much time.” The next few months will be the real test for Santana, not because he’ll be busy but because he won’t be. He’s getting downtime from Tulare back home in Santa Maria, where the temptation for drugs and his old ways will be strong. The fact he has a healthy bank account is a double-edged sword, he acknowledged. He’s able to buy the toys for his sons that he could never afford and take his mom out to fancy dinners, but it could lead to bad things as well. So Santana has a plan. He’s working out, reading a lot (his mother was a librarian when he was growing up and made sure he always had a book with him), and just embarked on a thick fantasy series. The family adopted a dog—a handsome, blueeyed husky from the Humane Society that Sarah loves “because he never talks back,” Santana said. And they’re going on lots of hikes. The Pismo Beach Preserve is a favorite. Santana doesn’t harbor any resentment toward the people who doubted him and believed he was a lost cause. He was given a second chance, he said, so he’ll give them one. The ironic part, he said, is that he never would have found firefighting if he didn’t get locked up. “You don’t have to make jail or prison the worst thing that happened to you,” he said. “You can actually turn it into something good. I really think people should know that.” n

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tinyurl.com/AuthorsDiscussion 10/14: Two Programs: October and April Danish String Quartet: The Doppelgänger Project, Part I This project pairs world premieres from four renowned composers with chamber music masterpieces by Schubert with the quartet to perform a premiere with its doppelgänger — the Schubert quartet or quintet that inspired it. 7pm. S.B. Woman’s Club/Rockwood, 670 Mission Canyon Rd. UCSB students: $10; GA: $50. Call (805) 893-3535 or email info@artsandlectures. ucsb.edu. Read more on p. 32.

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10/14: Archeological Institute of America Virtual Lecture: Digging Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben: The Archaeology of Enslaved Cooks Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz, director of education, programming, and visitor engagement at Stratford Hall Plantation in Virginia, co-CEO of History Arts and Science Action Network, and Visiting Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley, will

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author of Tarotpy: It’s All in the Cards — A Pathway to Inner Wisdom, Divine Guidance, and Profound Healing, who will be joined by author and dream coach Bambi Corso-Steinmeyer and Walter Berry, author of Drawn into the Dream: How Drawing Your Dreams Can Take You to the Land of Awes. 7-8pm. Call (805) 682-6787 or email events@chaucersbooks.com.

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Music Without Borders Presents Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra: Fandango at the Wall with the Villalobos Brothers Join UCSB Arts & Lectures for a performance by Grammy-winning pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, whose transnational project prompted an album, book, and documentary, Fandango at the Wall. The Villalobos Brothers will join with Mexican folk music. 8pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. Students: free; GA: $25$40. Call (805) 893-3535.

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FRIDAY 10/15 10/15: Library Plaza Project Tour and Radio Café Concert Take a look at the Library Plaza, a future space for community building, educational programming, cultural events, concerts, and more. Stay for the Afro-Latin Band Radio Café, who will

bring their Afro-Peruvian music, cumbia and son, to the Plaza. Register in advance. Tour: 4:30-5:15pm; concert: 5:30-7pm. Library Plaza, Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free.

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10/15-10/17: Ojai Art Center Theater Presents Tiny Beautiful Things This play follows Sugar, an online advice columnist who uses her personal experiences to help the real-life readers who pour their hearts out to her. The play contains adult content and is for mature audiences. Runs through October 24. Fri.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2pm. Ojai ACT, 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai. $15-$20. Call (805) 640-8797.

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COVID-19 VENUE POLICY Patrons of all ages must show proof of being fully vaccinated or supply a negative COVID-19 medical test result from within 72 hours, along with an official photo ID, before entering the Lobero, Granada, Center Stage, and New Vic theaters and the S.B. Bowl. Masks are currently required indoors, regardless of vaccination status. The venues request that patrons consult their individual websites for the most up-to-date protocols before attending an event.

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Meet the Artists: Close to Home, Three Printmakers Meet the artists and take in the new exhibition Close to Home, Three Printmakers, featuring artists Claudia Borfiga, Karen Schroeder, and Sara Woodburn. 3-5pm. The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang. Free-$5. Call (805) 688-1082 or email info@wildlingmuseum.org.

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discuss the role of archaeological investigation to debunk myths around enslaved cooks in the American South. 6:30pm. Free.

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4th Annual NatureTrack Film Festival Choose to watch nature-related films at an in-person pop-up event in Los Olivos, virtually, or both! Visit the website for the full schedule and locations of this festival that raises funds for NatureTrack’s free outdoor field trips for S.B. County schoolchildren. Watch films through October 31. Sat.: Pop-up: 9am. Stacy Hall, St. Mark’sin-the-Valley Episcopal Church, 2901 Nojoqui Ave., Los Olivos. Sun-Wed.: virtual. Passes: $75-$100. Call (805) 886-2047 or email info@naturetrack filmfestival.org.

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SATURDAY 10/16 10/16: Clay Studio Open House: Fall Celebration and Fundraiser Enjoy the gallery show,

10/16: Jazz at the Lobero: Charles Lloyd Quartet Saxophonist, flutist, composer, arranger, and 2015 NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Jazz Master Charles Lloyd will return to S.B. with a powerful band, featuring Gerald Clayton on piano, Reuben Rogers on bass, and Justin Brown on drums. 8pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $55-65; VIP: $126. Call (805) 963-0761 or email boxoffice@lobero.org.Read more on p. 32.

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10/16: S.B. County Housing Day Connect with area nonprofit and service providers in a day dedicated to advocating for affordable housing through workshops, tenant and landlord resources, a COVID-19 vaccination clinic, music and food vendors, and more. 10am-2pm. Town Center West, Santa Maria. Free.

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ceramics shop, silent auction, live music, a food truck, beer, and Oktoberfest activities to raise funds for the studio. 1-7pm. Clay Studio, 1351 Holiday Hill Rd., Goleta. Free. Call (805) 565-CLAY or email info@claystudiosb.org to RSVP.

10/16-10/17: Folk Orchestra S.B.: Scottish! Come hear this unique orchestra play folk and classical sounds from bagpipes with harp, strings, mandolins, and guitars. Doors: 4:30pm; performance: 5-7pm. Casa de la Guerra, 15 E. De la Guerra St. $38. Call (805) 260-3223 or email adamphillipsmusic@cox.net.

crystal, sports memorabilia, and clothing. Noon-6pm. 432 State St.

MONDAY 10/18 10/18: Meditations to Transform Your Life Lamrim is a special set of meditations presented by the Indian Buddhist Master Atisha that condenses all the essential teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni into a practice that modern people can use in their daily life. Arrive five minutes early whether in person or on Zoom. 6:307:45pm. Mahakankala Buddhist Center, 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. $10 suggested donation. Call (805) 563-6000 or email info@ MeditationinSantaBarbara.org.

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TUESDAY 10/19 10/19: CAMA Presents Les Violons du Roy & Avi Avital Canada’s highly acclaimed Les Violons du Roy (The Violins of the King) will perform a full evening of Bach and Vivaldi concertos featuring the return of virtuoso Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital. 7:30pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $38-$48. Call (805) 963-0761 or email boxoffice@lobero.org.

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10/16: Art of the Soul Experience

10/16: Grand Opening: Paradise on State Street Pick up new vinyl as well as

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original albums from artists like the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Santana, Rod Stewart, and more, as well as genres in country, R&B, and jazz. Also shop for vintage toys, instruments,

10/20: S.B. Bowl Concerts Wilco, Faye Webster. 7pm. 1122 N. Milpas St. $45-$105. Call (805) 962-7411.

Mixed-media artist and coach Kathy Leader will guide you through techniques and mindful methods to help you access your intuitive and creative voice. 3:30-5pm. Courtyard, Unity of S.B., 227 E Arrellaga St. $25.

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10/20: Head Games Trivia Join the ultimate pub trivia experience every Wednesday with wine, beer, friends, brain teasers, and prizes!. 6-8pm. S.B. Wine Collective, 131 Anacapa St., Ste. C. Free. Call (805) 456-2700.

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10/20: Town Hall Webinar: MLK Jr. Committee of S.B. and Gateway Educational Services Present Uplifting Our Youth Join for

10/14-10/20: Solvang Farmer Pumpkin Patch Choose from a variety of more than 400 pumpkins and find your way out of a 10-acre corn maze. 10am-6pm. 1000 Alamo Pintado Rd., Solvang. Open through October 31. Free. Call (805) 350-8335. tinyurl.com/

a town hall webinar on the state of education and African-American students in S.B. County, presented by the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of S.B. and Gateway Educational Services, a nonprofit learning center. Moderator Dr. Anna Everett, Emeritus Faculty at UCSB and SBCC Trustee, will talk with a panel of superintendents and a principal. Zoom pre-registration is required. 6pm. Free.

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10/14-10/20: Santa Ynez Valley Scarecrow Festival Scarecrows will be displayed all over the valley in hopes of winning the 2021 Harvest Cup. Visit the website for locations and cast your vote. Scarecrows will be on display through October 31. Free.

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10/14-10/20: Spooky Zoo Wear your costume and head to the Santa Barbara Zoo for frightfully fun decor and photo ops while you visit your favorite animals. The spell-ebration goes through October 31. Reservations are required. 9:30am-5pm. S.B. Zoo, 500 Niños Dr. Free-$19.95. Call (805) 962-5339 or email zooinfo@sbzoo.org.

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10/15: In-Person: Creepy Cocktail Crawl This paranormal storytelling experience will take you on a journey to explore dark and creepy topics while sipping cocktails. Choose two (one hour and 15 minutes) or three stops (two hours). 8-10pm. Downtown S.B., 1114 State St. $50-$75. Ages 21+. Call (805) 869-6510 or email hello@ paranormalsb.com.

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activities and photo ops as you find the perfect pumpkin, from mini to giant. Open through October 31. 10am-9pm. La Cumbre Plaza (Macy’s parking lot), 3865 State St. Free. Call (805) 218-0282.

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Price, one of the foremost writers on the art of the American West, will speak and sign copies of his new book, Edward Borein: Etched by the West. This event is held in conjunction with the exhibition Borein and His Circle of Friends, on view at the museum through January 22, 2022. Reservations are required. 5:30-7pm. S.B. Historical Museum, 136 E. De la Guerra St. $15-$20.

10/16: Paranormal Encounters Ghost Tour Hear ghost stories about Old Spanish Days and S.B. that are told through the lens of a paranormal investigator and see real ghost-hunting equipment in action as you engage in sensory experiences. 8-9:30pm. Downtown Post Office, 836 Anacapa St. $55. tinyurl.com/ParanormalTour 10/15: Los Olivos Scarecrow Fest & Day in the Country Join for a weekend of fun with a Fun Run, small-town parade, 100 vendors, food, and live music, and don’t forget to vote for your favorite scarecrow. Visit the website for a full schedule. Run: 7am; Day in the Country: 10am-5pm. Downtown Los Olivos, 2900 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Call (805) 688-9049 or email info@losolivosca.com.

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Virtual Conversation: Postcards from Salinas: Filipino Americans on the Central Coast Learn about the history and

contributions of Filipino Americans on the Central Coast. This event is in conjunction with UCSB Library’s exhibition Postcards from Salinas, on display in the Library’s Ocean Gallery. Panelists will include Alex Fabros Jr., curator of the exhibition; Benjamin Zuleta (UCSB Asian American Studies); and Grace Yeh (Ethnic Studies, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo), and Paul Spickard (UCSB History) will moderate the discussion. Noon. Free.

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10/14-10/15: M.Special Brewing Co. (S.B.) Thu.: DJ Chowder, 8-10pm. Fri.: Thunder Rose Band, 6-8pm. 634 State St. Free. Call (805) 968-6500. tinyurl.com/MSpecialSB 10/14-10/16, 10/20: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Thu.: Clean Spill, Spooky Mansion, French Cassettes, 8:30pm. $10-$14. Ages 21+. Fri.: Flamingosis, 8pm. $17-$20. Ages 21+. Sat.: Dr. Wu — Playing the Music of Steely Dan, 6-8pm. $19. Ages 21+; Me Sabor Presents Conjunto Afro-Son, 10pm. $18. Wed.: Elderbrook, Gilligan Moss, 8pm. $17-$20. Ages 21+. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776.

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10/15-10/16 M.Special Brewing Co. (Goleta) Fri.: Chill Point, 7-9pm. Sat.: Down Mountain Lights, 5-7pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Ste. C, Goleta. Free. Call (805) 968-6500.

tinyurl.com/MSpecialGoleta 10/15-10/17: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Dave Bernal, 5-8pm; Pull the Trigger, 8:30-11:30pm. Sat.: Medicine Hat, 1-4pm; Sam Mitchell, 5-8pm; Tex Pistols, 8:3011:30pm. Sun.: Teddy Spanke, noon-4pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free-$5. Ages 21+. Call (805) 686-4785.

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Jinks with sets by JJ, Uriell, Tedinski, Justin Vilhauer, X&Z, Sly Turner b2b Shuski, Gianni Keys, and JonahVii. 5-11:55pm. Free . Ages 21+. 500 Anacapa St. Call (805) 564-2410.

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10/16-10/17: Cold Spring Tavern Sat.: The Reserve. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan. 1:30-4:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free . Call (805) 967-0066.

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ne of the few landing beaches on Anacapa Island is on its leeward side, where the cliffs interface with the surging tides and a cobble beach is exposed. It is along this thin stretch of land that a Frenchman named Raymond “Frenchy” LeDreau — who became known as the hermit of Anacapa Island—lived in a shack and fished for lobsters for almost three decades. LeDreau was born in Brittany on April 15, 1875. He had studied for the priesthood but became disenchanted with the church and

From a window in his cabin, Frenchy had a million-dollar view across the Santa Barbara Channel, where he could see steamers and potential visitors passing by. A narrow trail led from his shack to the beach, where he kept his lobster traps, fishing gear, and skiff. He often traded lobster for necessary supplies and liquor. Although fresh water was always scarce, he begged it from vessels that anchored off his cove. After Anacapa Island became a National Monument in 1938, Frenchy acted as the unofficial Park Service representative, reporting acts of vandalism and island activities. At the start of World War II, the Navy tried to by The California Islands Curiosity Correspondent relocate Frenchy. They took him ashore more chose to travel on merchant vessels to China than once, but he always returned— once, and America. Sometime around 1889, he it is said, by rowing his skiff back across the signed up for a tour with the U.S. Navy, and channel at night. The Navy finally decided in 1898, he served in the Spanish-American he could stay as watchman of the island, and War. Frenchy eventually drifted to San Pedro reportedly there was always an ample supply and later became a skiff fisherman out of a of lobsters for the Naval officers’ mess. After the war, friends helped Frenchy lobster camp in Baja California, which at the apply for a state old-age pension. California time was called Lower California. After his move to West Anacapa Island, authorities, concerned about his advanced the Webster family came to know Frenchy age, living conditions, failing sight, and failquite well. They had sympathy for him and ing health, told him he needed to leave the described him as “a man who was being island. In 1954, after suffering injuries in a punished by his own thoughts.” Ventura fall in his 80th year, he regretfully agreed. sailor Merrill Allyn wrote: “Something hap- He moved to a house in Santa Barbara at 520 pened— something so dark and dreadful Garden Street, where he lived another eight that Frenchy was never able to tell even the years. Frenchy died on April 21, 1962, and he most sympathetic listener just what it was. is buried in Calvary Cemetery. Frenchy’s legacy lives on through his The most any hearer got out of it was the impression that the old man felt very deeply namesake location— Frenchy’s Cove— and through Merrill Allyn’s unpublished manuon the subject.” It turns out that Frenchy had married script, Three Old Kings of Anacapa Island, in San Pedro, and he and his wife, Emma, a gift to the Santa Cruz Island Foundation had three children. Emma became one of archives from Advisory Council member the victims of the Spanish Flu, which killed Don Mills, All Eight Club member #135. an estimated 675,000 people in the United States. After her death, Frenchy sought soli- Read more California Island history at islapedia.com. tude and wine.

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groundswell of talented Santa Barbara players has made for an exciting high school girls’ volleyball season that is nearing its climax as several local teams prepare for the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Dos Pueblos High stands alone at the top of the Channel League as outright champions for the first time since 2011 after overcoming worthy challenges from rivals San Marcos and Santa Barbara. “We talked about how in past matches, we come out really hot in the first set and then we kind of lose a lot of our energy and let up,” said Dos Pueblos coach Megan O’Carroll following a crucial straight-set victory over San Marcos last week. “I challenged them to do it for a second set and to do it for a third set, and the answer every single time was ‘Yes, we got it.’ ”

In the Frontier League, Bishop Diego has asserted its dominance en route to a 21-7 overall record, including 9-0 in league play. In fact, the Cardinals have yet to drop a set in Frontier League play, a streak that has extended to 27 in a row. According to coach Dillan Bennett, a talented group of girls and the ability to practice in the spring has allowed his program to flourish. “We were one of the few schools that was able to practice through the pandemic. We organized an outdoor grass volleyball league and competed against schools that were willing to compete,” Bennett said. “We really haven’t taken much time off. While other teams were struggling to find court time and opportunities to improve, we were pretty successful in keeping the ball in the air.” Bishop Diego is ranked No. 2 in CIF-SS Division 7 and has a non-league playoff tune-up schedule at No. 3–ranked Costa Mesa on Saturday. Bennett credits senior Alina Urzua, a three-year captain, for leading the team and getting everyone on the same page. “She does it all for us. She is our best server; she is our best setter; she is one of our best hitters; she does a great job leading our team and keeping everybody on the same page with expectations,” said Bennett of Urzua. “I am really proud of the young lady she has become and how she has developed into a leader on our team.” Bennett is also excited about the addition of Alina’s younger sister Eliana Urzua, who is a freshman that he believes has the ability to be a Division 1 college player. The CIF-SS girls’ volleyball playoff brackets go live Saturday, October 16, at 10 a.m. n

A Killer Season of High School Girls’ Volleyball by Victor Bryant The Charges are 27-5 overall, 9-1 in Channel League, and ranked No. 2 in CIF-SS Division 4. The combination of senior Portia Sherman, who is committed to the University of Hawai‘i to play beach volleyball, and junior Chloe Hoffman is tough to stop. Dos Pueblos has also received excellent contributions from opposite Makeila Cervantes and middle blockers Lily Mires and Teagan Haley, who have punished opponents for concentrating on slowing Sherman and Hoffman. With experienced libero Erin Curtis and a poised setter in Natali Flint, the Chargers are primed to make noise in the playoffs. However, Dos Pueblos did not make it through the Channel League unscathed as Santa Barbara High has undergone a stunning resurgence under first-year head coach Kristin Hempy. The Dons defeated Channel League powers Dos Pueblos and San Marcos in the same week and are the No. 1–ranked team in CIFSS Division 6. Santa Barbara’s (16-4 overall 8-2 Channel League) second-place finish in the Channel League is a great sign going into the playoffs and with solid all-around players Emma Zuffelato and Shae Delany, a CIF Championship is an attainable goal. For San Marcos, late-season losses to Santa Barbara and Dos Pueblos derailed any chance at a Channel league title, but with experienced coaches Tina Brown and Dwayne Hauschild leading the way, the INDEPENDENT.COM

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Santa Ynez Valley Refugio Ranch Founders Now Own Roblar Winery, Farm, and Restaurant

stablished companies of any sort rarely get the chance

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to completely reinvent and reinvigorate themselves, and that’s even more the case when it comes to family-owned enterprises, where legacy and longevity are ever-present considerations. Add “winery” to that description — in which styles, grapes, vineyards, and customers are ideally developed into a reliable and comfortable formula — and the opportunity for rebirth is quite remote. But when it can happen, and happen in honest, openminded ways, the energy is exciting and infectious. I’ve experienced that numerous times recently when hanging out with the Gleason family and their team: specifically, winemakers Max Marshak and Kat Gaffney, who’ve taken the reins of both Refugio Ranch (founded by the Gleasons a decade ago) and Roblar Winery (purchased by them almost four years ago), and the recently hired Peter Cham, the chef now in charge of food service at Roblar, sourcing primarily from the adjacent Roblar Farm. “For everybody, it’s becoming a process of discovery,” Marshak told me one brisk morning last December, as we tasted through dozens of wines, jumping through differently fermented barrels of sauvignon blancs from both vineyards, fascinating syrahs and petite sirahs from Refugio, well-structured Bordeaux varieties from Roblar, and much more. “We’re not in control of the narrative, but we’re writing the story,” he said toward the end of that visit, sipping from a zippy pet-nat of sangiovese. “It’s happening live.”

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Kevin Gleason was an Atlanta-based outdoor advertising executive when he bought the 415acre cattle ranch that became Refugio Ranch in 2004, inspired by the path of his boss Stephen Adams, who founded Camping World and owned vines in France and California. Gleason’s 27 acres of grapes, spread from the valley flats to the steep, oak-choked hills, are still the only ones on the southern edge of the Santa Ynez River and are a particular fascination for hands-on viticulturist Ruben “The Grape Whisperer” Solorzano. They rely on north-facing mountain slopes to enhance the coolness that comes from the fog and afternoon shade yet tap into the summer heat that warms up the eastern Santa Ynez Valley’s floor. For many years, those wines were very appreciated in the hands of Ryan Deovlet,

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but he works up in VINE TIME: Kat Gaffney and Max Marshak are now leading the winemaking for Gleason Family Vineyards, which San Luis Obispo on includes both Refugio Ranch and Roblar Winery. his own brand and a few others. Today, Marshak and Gaffney are in the vines usually three days mer,” the Roblar property appeared to be doing swell. That’s a week, often with Solorzano. “You can’t quantify what’s directly due to the planting of the adjacent Roblar Farm, about 1.5 acres of everything you can grow there, and the happening,” said Marshak, “but it’s happening.” Roblar was a different story. Founded, in fact, by Gleason’s hiring of Peter Cham, the Turnpike Road–raised, San Franmentor Adams, the brand suffered from all sorts of wounds, cisco- and Boston-trained chef who ran Finch & Fork at the mostly self-inflicted: Primarily, their unpermitted parties Canary Hotel for many years. triggered the highly controversial winery ordinance reconCham’s culinary education in San Francisco consisted of sideration years ago, and the vineyard’s grapes were trucked school from 5 a.m to 3 p.m., and then dishwashing until 1:30 up north to be made into mostly tepid wines. When Adams a.m., with 45-minute trips on the bus each way. “I’d sleep for wanted out, the Gleasons pounced, recognizing the potential like two hours and do it all over again,” he said of the grind. of a tasting room right on Highway 154 but immediately real- “But I wanted to be a chef, and that’s what you did.” izing the challenge of adding a new property to the portfolio. He fell for California-style cooking in that city’s restaurant Radius, which sourced only from 100 miles away, but headed to Boston with his now-wife, who went to nursing school there. He reverted to a line-chef The germination took a few years, but over early salary to work for celebrated chef Matthew Gaudet at West Bridge. August bites of smoked-salmon-topped deviled eggs, charred broccolini, and a watermelon salad “I felt like I grew too quickly into my chef that Gleason rightly called “the taste of sumrole in San Francisco, and I wanted to learn more,” said Cham, who was running top S.F. kitchens just four years into his career. “[West BY MAT T KETT Bridge] was a really cool kitchen. We were really MANN involved in what went on the menu and the creative process.” Wanting to start a family, he suggested moving back home in 2015 and found a job at The Hungry Cat, a downtown Santa Barbara seafood darling, then was hired at Finch & Fork the next year. He was running the show when COVID hit, but work got weird. He got out, private cheffing for a bit but dealing with anxiety over the nonwork time, having hustled his whole life. A colleague mentioned Roblar, and the tour of the farm convinced him. “I’ve been a chef for years, and I’ve never been able to be that close to my produce,” said Cham, who’d grabbed basil, eggplant, and tomatoes that morning for our lunch. “Just having that in our backyard keeps us inspired and keeps us true farm-to-table.”

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THE CELLAR CHEF CHAM: After working from San Francisco to Boston to downtown Santa Barbara, Peter Cham, who grew up off of Turnpike Road, is now running the kitchen at Roblar Winery, where he sources directly from the adjacent farm.

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institution since 1989 at 1024 Coast Village Road, is closing in late November. I was told that their landlord, Montecito Country Mart, did not renew their lease. Built in the 1960s as the Coast Village Road Shopping Center (also home to Vons, soon Pavilions), the center was leased for 30 years by J.S. Rosenfield & Co in 2009. Owner Jim Rosenfield rebranded the property as Montecito Country Mart, trying to establish a luxury market similar to the Brentwood Country Mart he created in Santa Monica. J.S. Rosenfield & Co. also owns mixed-use properties in Marin County. I.V. WINGSTOP LIGHTS UP: The lights were on but

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ter Avenue in Goleta (Magnolia Center), voted Best BBQ Restaurant for 25 years in a row in this newspaper, has closed permanently after 37 years in business. I announced the pending closure in early September then stopped by this week, and all was dark, the tables and fixtures gathered up for an infinite siesta. Soon, the management behind Woody’s is opening a steakhouse called Timbers Roadhouse at 10 Winchester Canyon Road.

opened in the region so far in 2021.

October 2021: Old Town Coffee, 1131 State St.;

Wingstop, 888 Embarcadero del Norte, Ste. C, Isla Vista September 2021: Coast Range & Vaquero Bar, 1635 Mission Dr., Solvang; Kyle’s Protein Grill, 7000 Hollister Ave. (reopened) August 2021: Centennial Beer Hall, 5871 Hollister Ave., Goleta; The Courthouse Tavern, 129 E. Anapamu St.; Goodland Dining, 231 S. Magnolia Ave., Goleta; The Good Plow, 5205 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria; Riviera Bar, 20 W. Figueroa St. July 2021: Alessia Patisserie & Café, 134 E. Canon Perdido St.; Fatte’s Pizza, 2840 De la Vina St.; Jeannine’s Bakery, 1 State St.; Rascal’s, 18 E. Cota St. June 2021: Cajé, 811 State St., Ste. A May 2021: Cali-Forno Pizzeria, 905 State St. (rebranded from Persona Pizzeria); Costa Kitchen & Bar at Hotel Mar Monte, 1111 E. Cabrillo Blvd.; Crush Bar & Tap, 1129 State St., Ste A; The Daisy (reopened), 1221 State St.; NoTown Tavern, 5114 Hollister Ave.; Wingman Rodeo, 5892 Hollister Ave., Goleta April 2021: Le Café Stella (reopened), 3302 McCaw Ave.; The Point Coffee, 370 Storke Rd., Goleta (now closed); The Revere Room at Miramar, 1759 S. Jameson Ln., Montecito; South Coast Deli, 3534 State St. March 2021: 4 Eggs & Pizza, 1221 State St., Ste. 10; Palihouse Café and Bar, 915 Garden St.; Sear Steakhouse, 478 4th Place, Solvang; Secret Bao, 1201 Anacapa St.; Tondi Gelato, 723 State St. February 2021: Wingstop, 3849 State St. January 2021: Barb’s Pies, 18 E. Cota St. (now Rascal’s)

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Gleason Family Cont’d Dees. Both Max and Matt qualify as some of the nicest, most honest, purely pleasant people I know, and they also make stunningly thoughtful wines. With the equally lovable Kat Gaffney, who worked for a short spell on the opening of Spear Vineyards, Marshak is gently taking the reins from Deovlet on the Refugio Ranch wines (mostly Rhône-focused), but aggressively leading the charge on Roblar, shifting the chaotic focus to Bordeaux. He’s embracing what he calls the “true Los Olivos District,” and taking cues from the cabernet sauvignon of the Brander Vineyard across the highway. “We learned a lot from them,” smiled Marshak over lunch, “whether they know it or not.” When I hung out with Kevin’s son Max Gleason on a frigid February in 2019, not long after they’d bought Roblar, he was unsure of what they’d do with the brand and property. But now he’s confident of the direction, in part due to one-off bottlings they are putting under the Gleason Family

Vineyard labels. “This maybe won’t happen in 2021,” said Gleason of a limited sauvignon blanc we sipped at lunch. “It’s just an outlet to do something special.” After chomping down multiple pizzas, we headed out toward the farm, which is on the site of an old Arabian horse ranch, full of nourishing shit in the soil. It’s only an acre and a half, but it already produces too much for Cham to use, even when pickling and canning and tomato-saucing for their to-go store. “This creates a contained ecosystem,” said Gleason of the spread, which includes a barn that’s rentable for weddings, a fabulous guest house, and a pergola that will be perfect for wine pairing dinners. Added Marshak, who lives a squash’s toss away, “It’s pretty amazing to be sort of a closed loop.”

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t 83, Charles Lloyd, like jazz itself, is alive and in the moment, or as he puts it, “the nowness.” The fact that jazz, the cultural progeny of Storyville, Kansas City, Memphis, Harlem, and 52nd Street, should be thriving in Santa Barbara makes perfect sense when you consider both the creative vision that Lloyd experiences looking out at the Pacific from his home in the hills above Montecito and the inspiration he derives from the many concerts he has played and will play at the Lobero Theatre on East Canon Perdido. The greatest all-American art form thrives in our city thanks to the adventurous programing of the Jazz at the Lobero series and the quality of attention brought to these concerts by discerning Santa Barbara audiences. Charles Lloyd will be back at his home venue on Saturday, October 16, with an exemplary quartet including Gerald Clayton (piano), Reuben Rogers (bass), and Justin Brown on drums, and the faithful will turn out in force to hear what news he has to bring with his music. “Sensitive souls come out of the woodwork for something deep and real,” Lloyd told me by way of explanation, gracefully tapping into a well of eloquence that seems always easily available to him. With his prolific recent recordings for the storied Blue Note label earning him critical accolades and invitations to play at great halls all over the world, Lloyd is riding a productive creative wave, all thanks to his good health and lifelong devotion to a jazz artist’s version of Zen. “What you’re looking for is looking for you,” he says,

NOW’S THE TIME: Charles Lloyd lives in the present.

crediting music for providing us all with “a place where you can resolve a lot of inadequacies in your soul.” While Clayton and Rogers will be familiar to those who have followed Lloyd’s music making over the years, drummer Justin Brown represents a new element in the potent mix of the Charles Lloyd Quartet. “He’s someone I’ve been keeping my eye on,” Lloyd told me, adding that the musician, who recently made his debut with the band in a concert at UCLA, “has a connection to the infinite.” It’s something that you might have heard when Brown was drumming with bass phenomenon Thundercat, or trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, both of whom have employed the percussionist extensively. Lloyd’s most recent recordings reveal an abundance of ideas and an ongoing genius for group improvisation. Tone Poem, his

most recent album with the Marvels, a band that features guitarists Bill Frisell and Greg Leisz, weaves brilliant new instrumental interpretations of music by Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, and Gábor Szabó, among others. Released by Blue Note, it’s the first contemporary recording to get the deluxe treatment afforded by the label’s “Tone Poets” series of audiophile vinyl editions. The series, which includes albums by such luminaries as Dexter Gordon, Wayne Shorter, and Jackie McLean, is overseen by legendary producer Joe Harley. Its title, “Tone Poets,” grew out of the nickname “tone poet” that Lloyd gave Harley for his ability to capture the right sound in the studio. The second most recent Lloyd release, 8: Kindred Spirits, also on Blue Note, was recorded live at the Lobero and received unanimous critical acclaim when it was released in 2020. Thom Jurek of Allmusic .com called it “one of Lloyd’s strongest live offerings to date.” Come out to hear him on Saturday, October 16, and you may well find yourself in the middle of yet another such special night. See lobero.org. —Charles Donelan

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Musical America’s Ensemble of the Year for 2020 and a favorite guest of UCSB Arts & Lectures, the Danish String Quartet (DSQ) return to Santa Barbara on Thursday, October 14, for an intimate concert of chamber music at the Rockwood. The program will include two works by Franz Schubert — the String Quartet in D Major, D. 887; and Der Doppelgänger in an arrangement by the DSQ. The concert will introduce an ambitious four-year project titled Doppelgänger that’s sponsored by UCSB Arts & Lectures with an international group of partner organizations including Carnegie Hall. The project challenges Sørensen, Lotta Wennäkoski, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and Thomas Adès to create doppelgängers for classic works of chamber music by Schubert. The DSQ will be back on April 27, 2022, with part two of the project. For tickets and information, visit artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or call (805) 893-3535. —CD

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BEATS ME: The competitive cast of Ripcord.

SBCC Theatre Presents Ripcord The Theatre Group at Santa Barbara City College celebrates a remarkable 75 years in operation this season. The company traces its roots to 1946, when performances began at the Alhecama Theater. Now proudly occupying the beautifully remodeled Garvin Theatre on SBCC’s West Campus, the Group will present David Lindsay-Abaire’s Ripcord October 13-30. Directed by SBCC professor Katie Laris and starring Leslie Ann Story and Ann Dusenberry, Ripcord tells the story of Abby (Story) and Marilyn (Dusenberry), two residents of a senior living facility who become trapped in an escalating series of physical challenges understood as a contest of wills between a pair of extremely competitive and persistent women. Director Laris describes the show as taking the audience along on a series of daring experiences, each one more surprising than the last. She praised Dusenberry and Story for their “full-on, no-holdsbarred engagement” with their roles and remarked that in order to succeed with such challenging material, it’s necessary that all the actors involved be meticulous professionals. Also in the cast are Shannon Saleh, Justin Davanzo, Justin Stark, and Nicholis Sheley. The actors in Ripcord will spend a significant portion of the show “acting without their feet on the floor,” according to the director, and that’s where technical supervisor Ben Crop comes in. To see just what that cryptic statement entails, and to enjoy a story in which anger and fear eventually coalesce into the basis for friendship, get to the Garvin for Ripcord. For tickets and information, visit theatregroupsbcc.com or call the box office at (805) 965-5935. —CD

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hat is “kismet”? This exotic-sounding word for “fate” or “destiny” descends from Arabic and entered the English language in the early 19th century by way of Turkish. It’s most often used in a romantic context and ordinarily carries a positive connotation. When the ambitious classic Broadway musical titled Kismet comes to The Granada Theatre on October 23 and 24, it will represent that meaning in multiple ways. Within the story of the BAC BACKK TO WORK: State Street Ballet company members rehearsing for Kismet show, kismet occurs when the love interests of the main characters are all of it based on the compositions of Russian finally realized, and all apparent obstacles to a composer Alexander Borodin. Kabaretti singles out the score’s colorful and brilliant orchestration as one of the most symphonic of all Broadway musicals. For William Soleau, the show’s choreographer and co-artistic director of State Street Ballet, this was a chance to create an entirely new set of dances. Times have changed since 1953 when the show premiered, and director Lonny Price asked by Charles Donelan Soleau to develop dances that would move the plot forward and provide opportunities happy ending are overcome. As an episode in the for the company’s corps of dancers to showcase ongoing saga of Santa Barbara’s performing arts their talents. scene, Kismet represents kismet in another way, Price, who has a distinguished record directas it applies equally well to the happy ending of ing on Broadway, having helmed such major our prolonged separation from the pleasures of productions as the musical of Sunset Boulevard, live, in-person concerts and theater. Finally, this was a key participant in Miller McCune’s plans particular production of Kismet reflects the kis- from the start. It was Price who supervised the met of a lifetime of positive karma in the person casting of the actors, nearly all of whom identify of its producer, Sara Miller McCune, who has as MENASA (Middle Eastern, North African, made many extraordinary contributions to the South Asian). Since Kismet takes place in Bagharts in Santa Barbara through her support of our dad during the time of The Thousand and One Nights, the characters are all members of the same arts organizations. Miller McCune, who will turn 81 in February, Muslim community. As a result, and out of confirst conceived of this grand project in anticipa- sideration for issues of justice, diversity, equity, tion of her 80th birthday, before the COVID and inclusion, the production of the show and its pandemic slowed theater production to a stand- rehearsal process has been guided by a series of still. Undeterred, and with the assistance of a interventions from experts in cultural sensitivity. team that included the Santa Barbara Symphony, New York University professor of Arab Theater State Street Ballet, and Broadway producer Ken and Film Studies Naila Al Atrash vetted the script, Davenport, she persevered, and thanks to her and Judy Guillermo-Newton and Jarrod Schwarz indomitable spirit, Kismet has come to pass. conducted an inclusive workshop on September When I spoke with Miller McCune by phone 27 for the entire team in order to ensure that this last week, she was filled with energy and enthu- encounter with the Arab Muslim world through siasm from a recent meeting with the large cast the work would be a productive learning experiand crew of the show that took place outdoors at ence for everyone involved. State Street Ballet’s Gail Towbes Center, where the It’s the show’s most famous song that sums up show has been rehearsing. “They’re a great gang,” what Miller McCune saw in Kismet that made her she said of the many actors, dancers, singers, and want to bring it here. Marsinah and the Caliph musicians this major production employs, “and it meet in a beautiful garden and begin to fall in felt tremendous to be with them as they all return love. This moment of romantic kismet becomes to work.” Upon meeting the actors who will play a song, and then a duet with the memorable title the two romantic leads, Ani Djirdjirian (Marsi- “Stranger in Paradise.” As a way of explaining nah) and Ariel Neydavoud (the Caliph), Miller the personal significance of the project, Miller McCune was moved to remark, “I can see why McCune said that since we live in paradise, you’re going to fall in love” — another recognition she wanted to make sure that we didn’t remain of kismet in action. strangers. What can audiences expect from Kismet? First of all, this show represents the opening of the Kismet will be performed Saturday, October 23, at 2:30 season for both the Santa Barbara Symphony and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, October 24, at 2:30 p.m. For and State Street Ballet, so there will be ravishing tickets and information, visit granadasb.org or call the orchestral music conducted by Nir Kabaretti, box office at (805) 899-2222.

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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): According to my understanding of the upcoming weeks, life will present you with unusual opportunities. I suspect you will find it reasonable and righteous to shed, dismantle, and rebel against the past. Redefining your history will be a fun and worthy project. Here are other related activities I recommend for you: (1) Forget and renounce a long-running fear that has never come true. (2) Throw away a reminder of an old experience that makes you feel bad. (3) Freshen your mood and attitude by moving around the furniture and decor in your home. (4) Write a note of atonement to a person you hurt once upon a time. (5) Give yourself a new nickname that inspires you to emancipate yourself from a pattern or habit you want to leave behind.

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(June 21-July 22): Ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu told us that water is in one sense soft and passive but is in another sense superb at eroding jams and obstacles that are hard and firm. There’s a magic in the way its apparent weakness overcomes what seems strong and unassailable. You are one of the zodiac’s top wielders of water’s superpower, Cancerian. And in the coming weeks, it will work for you with even more amazing grace than usual. Take full advantage of your sensitivity, your emotional intelligence, and your empathy.

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(July 23-Aug. 22): Leo author James Baldwin told us, “You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to [Russian novelist] Fyodor Dostoevsky. This is a great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone.” In that spirit, Leo, and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to track down people who have had pivotal experiences similar to yours, either in the distant or recent past. These days, you need the consoling companionship they can provide. Their influence could be key to liberating you from at least some of your pain.

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(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Poet Octavio Paz described two kinds of distraction. One is “the distraction of the person who is always outside himself, lost in the trivial, senseless, turmoil of everyday life.” The other is “the distraction of the person who withdraws from the world in order to shut himself up in the secret and ever-changing land of his fantasy.” In my astrological opinion, you Virgos should specialize in the latter during the coming weeks. It’s time to reinvigorate your relationship with your deep inner sources. Go in search of the reverent joy that comes from communing with your tantalizing mysteries. Explore the riddles at the core of your destiny.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond,” declared novelist Marcel Proust. I wouldn’t normally offer that counsel to you Libras. One of your strengths is your skill at maintaining healthy boundaries. You know how to set dynamic limits that are just right: neither too extreme nor too timid. But according to my analysis of the astrological potentials, the coming weeks will be one of those rare times when you’ll be wise to consider an alternative approach: that the most vigorous truths and liveliest energies may lie beyond where you usually go.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Author William S. Burroughs claimed his greatest strength was a “capacity to confront myself no matter how unpleasant.” But he added a caveat to his brag: Although he recognized his mistakes, he rarely made any corrections. Yikes! Dear Scorpio, I invite you to do what Burroughs couldn’t. Question yourself about how you might have gone off course, but then actually make adjustments and atonements. As you do, keep in mind these principles: (1) An apparent mistake could lead you to a key insight or revelation. (2) An obstruction to the flow may prod you to open your mind and heart to a liberating possibility. (3) A snafu might motivate you to get back to where you belong. (4) A mess could show you something important you’ve been missing.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In her novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Sagittarian author Shirley Jackson wrote, “Today my winged horse is coming, and I am carrying you off to the moon, and on the moon we will eat rose petals.” I wonder what you would do if you received a message like that — an invitation to wander out on fanciful or mysterious adventures. I hope you’d be receptive. I hope you wouldn’t say, “There are so such things as flying horses. It’s impossible to fly to the moon and eat rose petals.” Even if you don’t typically entertain such whimsical notions, the time is favorable to do so now. I bet you will be pleased with the unexpected grace they bring your way.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author Susan Sontag wrote about people who weren’t receptive to her intensity and intelligence. She said she always had “a feeling of being ‘too much’ for them — a creature from another planet — and I would try to scale myself down to size, so I could be apprehendable and lovable by them.” I understand the inclination to engage in such self-diminishment. We all want to be appreciated and understood. But I urge you to refrain from taming and toning yourself down too much in the coming weeks. Don’t do what Sontag did. In my astrological opinion, it’s time for you to be an extra vivid version of yourself.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I am diagnosed with not having enough insanely addictive drugs coursing through my body,” joked comedian Sarah Silverman. Judging from current cosmic rhythms, I’m inclined to draw a similar conclusion about you. It may be wise for you to dose yourself with intoxicants. JUST KIDDING! I lied. Here’s the truth: I would love for you to experience extra rapture, mystic illumination, transcendent sex, and yes, even intoxication in the coming weeks. My analysis of the astrological omens suggests these delights are more likely and desirable than usual. However, the best way to arouse them is by communing with your favorite non-drug and non-alcohol inebriants. The benefits will last longer and incur no psychological cost.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): “The truth is,” writes cartoonist Bill Watterson, “most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.” I sense this will describe your life during the next six weeks. Your long, strange journey won’t come to an end, of course. But a key chapter in that long, strange journey will climax. You will be mostly finished with lessons you have been studying for many moons. The winding road you have been following will end up someplace in particular. And sometime soon, I suspect you’ll spy a foreshadowing flash of this denouement.

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EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM Provides advice and recommends solutions which may apply to unique (not‑clearly‑defined) programs and issues without prior precedent. Communications with students primarily take place remotely (online and phone) rather than in person. Performs complex research, review, and analysis of host institution academic opportunities appropriate to UC undergraduate and/or graduate students and of UC, UCEAP, and host institution academic policies and procedures; and disseminates advising and recruitment information to indicated UC campus offices and academic departments. Manages the process by which credit earned abroad is applied to a student’s UC record; advises Study Centers, Campus Study Abroad Offices, registrar offices, and students about UC and UCEAP policies pertaining to students’ academic work and records in programs worldwide; and works to ensure that automation of these processes is as advanced and efficient as possible. Reqs: BA/BS degree in related area and more than 5 years’ experience in Student Affairs, including experience in student advising on academic matters, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Excellent verbal and written communication abilities. Skill in obtaining and conveying information clearly and with accuracy. Demonstrated ability to listen, learn, and build trust among faculty, staff,

and students. Interpersonal skills, multicultural competencies, and ability to work with diverse populations. Ability to work collaboratively and coordinate within a diverse, complex organization. Excellent research skills and demonstrated history of critical analysis. Advanced ability to identify, reason through, and develop original ideas to resolve problems and interpret and apply policy. Thorough knowledge of higher education policies, procedures, and requirements. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Remote/hybrid work arrangements will be considered. $51,400‑$64,999/ 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 date begins 10/20/2021. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24815

ASSISTANT TO THE DEANS

BREN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT Provide direct analytical, administrative, and confidential support for the Deans. Coordinates Deans’ appointments and workflow. Maintains and prioritizes multiple, complex calendars and makes arrangements that require coordination of multiple schedules and facilities. Arranges travel and entertainment schedules. Oversees timely receipt and distribution of correspondence, reports, and responses to inquiries for the Deans. Compiles information, analyzes and organizes data, updates databases, prepares reports, and drafts correspondence. Assists with visitors regarding Bren School space, computing, internal communications, and other resources. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience in a higher education setting. Experience as an assistant to high‑level executives or academics. Excellent computer skills, including experience with databases, spreadsheets, word processing. Demonstrated ability to independently prioritize, edit and proofread materials, organize and multi‑task with frequent interruptions and meet critical deadlines with a high degree of professionalism. Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, assertiveness and diplomacy, and critical attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy. Excellent verbal and outstanding written communications skills with the ability to write and edit memos and letters. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61‑$25.77/hr. Salary commensurate with experience. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job# 22982

BUILDING OPERATIONS ASSISTANT

LIBRARY Provides administrative support for Building Operations. Monitors the physical environment including hazards, defective equipment, etc. Coordinates work requests, repair technicians, and access to facilities via JIRA and TMA software. Makes recommendations for the replacement of broken and/or damaged furniture and mechanical equipment. Reviews and responds to complaints about misuse of university property, inappropriate user behavior, and violations of university policies and practices. Is an active member of the Library Safety and Security Council. Ensures emergency equipment such as AEDs, first aid kits, and bullhorns are in working condition. Responsible for lockers and assignment to faculty, graduate, and undergraduate honors students using Alma software. Hires, trains, schedules, evaluates, and disciplines student assistants. Secures library buildings upon closing, ensuring proper working order of doors, exit alarms, and camera system. Assists with library event set‑ups. Orders supplies through the campus procurement system. Additional duties include environmental health and safety and emergency services. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. Administrative and business operations experience in a public buildings environment. Ability to work and communicate effectively with a wide variety of people including library staff, students, and external partners. Ability to function effectively as a member of a team. Demonstrated strong organizational, problem solving, and multi tasking skills to assess building operations, determine priorities, and exercise judgment. Ability to use sound judgement, remain calm, employ discretion, and give direction in potentially sensitive, disruptive, threatening, and/or hazardous situations. Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Computer skills and knowledge of common software programs sufficient to complete assignments (e‑mail, Word, Excel, etc.). Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61‑ $28.27/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 date begins 10/25/21. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 24976

COMMUNICATIONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS ASSISTANT

COMPUTER SCIENCE Helps develop the Computer Science department’s outreach and communication. Assists in planning

and implementing departmental conferences, colloquia, and special events including the annual CS Summit and the weekly Theory seminar series. Maintains the department website and social media presence. Assists in development efforts. Reqs: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of writing, grammar, syntax, style and punctuation. Thorough skills to write clear, lively, engaging and compelling copy in a variety of styles appropriate to target audiences and/or the broader public while ensuring adherence to the location’s message. Ability to organize, coordinate and prioritize workload and work independently under the pressure of deadlines. Ability to interpret and comply with complex policies and procedures. Must be detail‑oriented with a high degree of accuracy. Must possess strong problem‑solving skills. Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse pool of faculty, students and staff and provide excellent customer service. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61‑$25.16/ 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 date begins 10/18/21. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24725

CONTRACTS BUYER

BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES Processes and issues contracts for goods and services within delegated authority. Coordinates and assigns the incoming contracts and purchase orders, and manages the contracts helpdesk. Complies with State law, Federal regulations, and University policy. Consults with and advises campus departments regarding policies and procedures. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of years of experience. Minimum 3 years of experience working as a Buyer or negotiating contracts. Significant expertise with Microsoft programs, Adobe, and cloud computing. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $27.13 ‑ $30.00/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review date begins 10/26/21. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 24814

DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT The DC serves as part of the Central Development team reporting to the head of the department or his/her designee to support the program management and coordination of the University Support Groups. The position serves both as an external outreach coordinator and financial analyst to the University Support Groups. Additionally, the DC serves as a central development analyst providing project management, research, analysis, writing and coordination in support of a wide variety of departmental planning and fundraising initiatives as determined by the department head or his/ her designee. In the near term, the central development responsibilities will be focused on the campaign as a member of the Campaign Unit. This role contributes to the overall goals and success of the unit, as well as the success of the campus‑wide fundraising campaign. Understands and appreciates the relationships between divisional units and available data resources to improve Development’s utilization of existing data and improve fundraising results. Reqs: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Excellent skills in analysis, problem‑solving, working with detail while applying and understanding broader contexts as they affect a diverse customer base: faculty, staff, students, and donors. The ability to establish a cooperative working relationship with staff; the ability to work as a member of a team, and to support the Development Office structure, obtaining approvals and coordinating as needed. Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines. Demonstrated experience in the maintenance of databases, expertise in the use of Word, Excel, and other office software and/or web‑based applications. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check. May be called upon to occasionally

work evenings and weekends at various Development, Institutional Advancement, or campus‑wide events. $24.62 ‑ $27.00/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review date begins 10/21/2021. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #24992

EOP COUNSELOR/ COORDINATOR

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM Utilizes advanced skills gained at the Master’s degree level in counseling fields (student affairs and/or higher education); exhibits culturally inclusive active listening skills (e.g., appropriately establishing interpersonal contact, perception checking) and provides counseling services for personal, social, and academic issues, including but not limited to cultural identity, educational, relationship, family, sexuality and sexual identity issues. Focuses on working with African American EOP student population. Design, implement and evaluate cultural, academic and programmatic services for the African diasporic Cultural Resource Center (AdCRC). Develops program designs and tools to assess quality of programs and events offered. Assists in campus efforts to recruit and retain underrepresented students. Plays a key role in the Division of Student Affairs Initiative to build bridges for EOP students and the AdCRC. Reqs: Experience in providing in‑depth,

wide‑ranging and complex academic advising and holistic services to undergraduates. Working knowledge of MS Office products and Google Connect/Drive applications. Master’s degree in counseling or related area or years of equivalent experience/ training. Ability to coordinate and present educational programs and and present educational, academic, social, cultural events/programs and workshops. Experience with social media management on multiple platforms, updating department website, and Emma application. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child and Dependent Adult Abuse. UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Satisfactory conviction history background check. $57,000.00 ‑ $63,975.00/ 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 10/25/21. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24544

MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICER

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING The position provides advanced management, leadership, and analytical skills to the complex issues of the department. The MSO must have advanced knowledge and skills in the areas of accounting and control principles, human resources, space resources (including lab renovation

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MANAGER, CHEMISTRY MACHINE SHOP

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY Responsible for the provision of design, fabrication, and maintenance of innovative and complex apparatus to support the research and instructional mission of the Department. Advises professors and graduate students of appropriate designs and methods for construction of research equipment. Responsible for the management of the mechanical engineering aspects of research projects for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Responsible for the administration of shop facilities and instructing various personnel having access to the shop machinery. Working with representatives from various campus departments, designs and fabricates equipment and systems as needed. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training with knowledge and understanding of a broad variety of machining and fabrication techniques. Knowledge in designing, repairing, and building research apparatus. Leadership and organizational skills to run a professional shop with a broad range of customers. Must possess a high level of technical expertise, shop math, and broad knowledge of scientific theory and practice in a variety of areas to successfully perform duties. Possess practical working metallurgy knowledge. Must be able to read engineering drawings with welding symbols and codes and have knowledge of A.W. S. (American Welding Standards). Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. Satisfactory conviction history background check. $68,000‑$100,000/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive

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MASS SPECTROMETRY FACILITIES MANAGER

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY Independently operates and maintains mass spectrometers in the Mass Spectrometry Facility for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry using appropriate mass spec operational procedures to perform, evaluate and critique results for faculty, students and researchers. Performs routine maintenance, orders parts, request service/maintenance assistance from vendors as needed and process campus recharge fees for services performed and instrument usage. Finally, it is expected that the successful applicant will work with faculty to create new research instrumentation proposals for appropriate agencies in efforts to fund new equipment for the Mass Spectrometry Facility. Reqs: Experience in the field of Chemistry/Biochemistry or closely related field in which Mass Spectrometry is a required expertise. Must have the ability to advise and support academically supervised research and teaching in the field of Physical Sciences where Mass Spectrometry is required. Incumbent will perform and or supervise all Mass Spec instrumentation activities in the Mass Spectrometry Facility. A minimum of 2‑3 years of experience with the operation and application of mass spectrometry techniques, including but not limited to GC/MS and MALDI. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. Satisfactory conviction history background check. $64,275‑$75,000/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 date begins 10/18/21. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 24790

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Mon.‑Fri./7:45am‑4:30pm (may include Thursday evenings until 7pm). Student Health requires all clinical staff to successfully pass the background check and complete the credentialing process before the employment date. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Starting at $23.27/hour. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review date begins 10/25/21. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #25239

MEDICAL ASSISTANT

STUDENT HEALTH Provides medical and administrative support to the physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurses, and licensed vocational nurses assisting with exams and procedures, taking vitals, checking in/ out patients, filling out the necessary paperwork, taking phone messages and following directives from the clinicians. Reqs: High School diploma or equivalent. Certification with one of the following agencies required; American Association of Medical Assistants (AMA), American Medical Technologists (AMT), California Certifying Board of Medical Assistants (CMAA), Note: Those who have graduated from an EMT program may also be considered, although the MA program is preferable. Applicants without a proper certification will not be considered. Current CPR certification/Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required or dually certified in both AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support and AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support at time of hire. Notes: Credentials verification for clinical practitioner. Mandated reporting requirements of Child & Dependent Adult Abuse. UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Satisfactory conviction history background check. To comply with Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Health Officer Order, this position must provide evidence of annual influenza vaccination, or wear a surgical mask while working in patient care areas during the influenza season. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. This is an 11‑month position with 4 weeks of furlough taken during quarter breaks and summer months. Starting at $23.27/ 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 10/20/21. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24912

PROGRAM SPECIALIST

EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM Serves as the primary operating liaison between the University of California Education Abroad Program, Systemwide Office (UCEAP) and UC Study Center staff worldwide; Study Abroad offices on the UC campuses; and UC students participating in UCEAP. Directly responsible for all operational and logistical activities pertaining to an assigned portfolio within the more than 5,500 UCEAP program participants each year, in over 40 countries worldwide. Collaborates with all program teams to develop and integrate best practices and provide back‑up support. Works to ensure these processes are as advanced and efficient as possible. Maintains primary responsibility for

communicating policies pertaining to all operational aspects of students’ programs (applications, visa requirements, housing, on site logistics, non‑academic health accommodations and disability issues, host institution acceptance) to the staff abroad, campus offices, UCEAP staff, and students on UCEAP. Reqs: BA/BS degree in related area and four or more years of relevant experience, including two or more years of administrative experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience. Previous project management experience. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Sound judgment, with decision‑making and problem‑solving skills. Ability to develop original ideas to solve problems; ability to work collaboratively and coordinate within a complex organization; interpersonal skills, multicultural competencies, and ability to work with diverse populations. Proficient in Microsoft Office, including MS Teams and SharePoint or equivalent. Previous experience with enrollment management systems, productivity, and database management software. Knowledge of web and social media tools. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Remote/ hybrid work arrangements will be considered. Multiple positions are available. $51,400‑$64,999/ yr. Salary commensurate with skills and experience. 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 date begins 10/21/21. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 25047

SR. GROUNDS SUPERINTENDENT

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Under the general direction of Assistant Director of Grounds and Landscaping, the incumbent is responsible for all Grounds maintenance tasks on State‑maintained portion of campus This includes more intensively maintained main campus landscaping, sports turf, non‑roadway paved areas including walkways and plazas, areas of seasonal weed abatement, and road medians. The incumbent has responsibility for 40 acres of turf, 20 of which is athletic turf, with high expectations from campus users. Within this athletic turf workload, Harder Stadium, the baseball field, and women’s softball are NCAA venues with complex maintenance needs and scheduling. The incumbent carries out a routine inspection of the campus landscape and communicates work requests to the appropriate unit; such as the relevant Grounds Zone Team, the Irrigation Specialists, the Grounds Equipment Operators, the skilled trades units of FM, or contracted pavement maintenance managed by the FM Asset Manager. Supervises and evaluates all Grounds personnel as directed. Responsible for correct execution of landscape renovation and new installations as directed. Works to train all staff in correct horticultural practices, safety, efficiency, and professionalism. Supervises Grounds Equipment Repair Shop and staff and ensures that all equipment is maintained and used in a safe and professional manner. Decides when equipment needs to be replaced, and evaluates new equipment prior to purchase, and makes purchase recommendations. Maintains accurate records of man‑hours and materials costs for specified tasks, either for budgetary purposes or for recharge accounting. Reqs: 5 years of experience in the landscaping industry. Knowledge of irrigation systems, landscape maintenance, and installation, and tree maintenance. Experience in dealing with regulatory agencies, specifically

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STAFF RESEARCH ASSOCIATE III

COMPUTER SCIENCE Works at the RACELab Lab. Assists the PI on the SCiMMA and Aristotle projects and as a datacenter architect for the Institute for Energy Efficiency’s (IEE) Experimental Data Center (EDC). Provides support to the PhD students and other researchers that work on these projects and acts as a liaison between the RACELab and UCSB campus IT personnel. Contributes to communications involving this project including preparation and delivery of reports and presentations related to the project and organization of and attendance to technical meetings. Supports collaborative development efforts as part of the SCiMMA project, including supervising the Agile development process it implements across multiple institutions and participating in its cybersecurity efforts. Is responsible for investigation and development of Eucalyptus, CSPOT, and Ambience cloud, edge, and IoT technologies. Is responsible for field research at the Sedgwick Research Preserve and the Lindcove Research Extension Center. Reqs: Master of Science (MS) degree in computer science and Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science and System Engineering, a PhD or equivalent industry experience are required. Advanced software development. Large scale software infrastructure configuration and management. Resource‑constrained computing. Distributed systems deployment, testing, experimentation, and empirical evaluation. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $60,500‑$76,757/ 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 date begins 10/21/21. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24754

STUDENT HEALTH MEDICAL DIRECTOR

STUDENT HEALTH Responsible for all Student Health Service (SHS) clinical care and protocols, and the medical and legal oversight of all licensed non‑behavioral health professionals. Assists the Executive Director in assuring the quality and cost effectiveness of medical care at Student Health, compliance with all regulations and accreditation standards, controlling liability risk, and acts on behalf of the Executive Director in their absence. Provide both individual clinical services and consultations for patients in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Gynecology & Urgent Care (as qualified) to support staff with the

diagnosis and treatment of complex patients, and will provide a liaison to the local medical community, and respond to all campus public health emergencies. Reqs: Must have a current CA Medical, DEA License, and Board Certification at all times during employment in order to practice and function in this clinical role; credentials are renewed periodically. Must have 3+ years minimum of experience as a medical or associate director, or chief medical officer in a healthcare facility. Notes: Credentials verification for clinical practitioner. Mandated reporting requirements of Child and Dependent Adult Abuse. Student Health requires that clinical staff must successfully complete and pass the background check and credentialing process before employment and date of hire. To comply with Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Health Officer Order, this position must provide evidence of annual influenza vaccination or wear a surgical mask while working in patient care areas during the influenza season. Must have a current CA Medical License and DEA license during employment. Must have and maintain current Board Certification in Family Practice, Internal Medicine or Pediatrics or Emergency Medicine throughout employment. Salary commensurate. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. edu Job # 24397

UNDERGRADUATE ADVISOR

COMPUTER SCIENCE Supports all aspects of the Computer Science (CS) undergraduate programs. Serves as one of the initial sources of information and advises major students, prospective major students, and non‑major students regarding general department requirements. Monitors every aspect of progress towards degree and counsels students as appropriate. Initiates, maintains, and evaluates students’ academic records, processes petitions, checks prerequisites, and performs other administrative tasks. Ensures grades are reported for undergraduate students and updates the Schedule of Classes and other publications. Requires knowledge of policy and procedures for the College of Engineering (CoE), College of Letters and Science (L&S), and the College of Creative Studies (CCS). Serves as one of the departmental liaisons with the Office of the Registrar on matters pertaining to departmental courses grades and undergraduate records. Works within a team environment within the Student Affairs area and department, and assists with the ongoing workload. Reqs: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to organize, prioritize, and complete work with frequent interruptions. Ability to work with a diverse group of students, faculty, staff, and other campus offices on a variety of tasks. Strong problem‑solving skills. Ability to be accurate and thorough with careful attention to detail. Ability to use various programs (Excel, Word, Google) to complete required tasks. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. This position is funded through December 2022 pending further funding. $23.66‑$24.84/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 date begins 10/21/21. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 25105

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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: Erin Riswold, 11990 Heritage Oak Pl., #1A Auburn, CA 95603; (530) 885‑7538. Published Sep 30. Oct 7, 14 2021. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ETHEL MARLENE SHEEHAN aka E. MARLENE SHEEHAN NO: 21PR00388 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of ETHEL MARLENE SHEEHAN aka E. MARLENE SHEEHAN A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: DENISE M. SHEEHAN in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): DENISE M. SHEEHAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s to 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

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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: on 10/28/2021 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, 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. Attorney for Petitioner: James F. Cote, Esq. 222 East Carrillo Street, Suite 207, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 966‑1204. Published Sep 30. Oct 7, 14 2021. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PEGGY JANE ASHKINS NO: 21PR00456 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of PEGGY JANE ASHKINS A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: LORNA ASHKINS STUDDARD in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, Anacapa Division THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): LORNA ASHKINS STUDDARD be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s to 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: on 12/02/2021 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, 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. Attorney for Petitioner: James F. Cote, Esq. 222 East Carrillo Street, Suite 207, P.O. Box 20146, Santa Barbara, CA 93120‑0146; (805) 966‑1204. Published Oct 7, 14, 21 2021. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MAYBELLE GIER aka MAYBELLE M. GIER NO: 21PR00437 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of MAYBELLE GIER aka MAYBELLE M. GIER A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: LYNNE CESCON JENSEN in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): LYNNE CESCON JENSEN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s to 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: on 11/18/2021 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, 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

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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: Connor C. Cote, Esq. 222 East Carrillo Street, Suite 207, P.O. Box 20146, Santa Barbara, CA 93120‑0146; (805) 966‑1204. Published Oct 7, 14, 21 2021. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MICHAEL B. KIROUFF NO: 21PR00436 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of MICHAEL B. KIROUFF A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: MATTHEW KIROUFF in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): MATTHEW KIROUFF be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s to 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

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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: Adrienne K. Miller; Attorney at Law, APC, 1633 Erringer Road, Suite 205,Simi Valley, CA 93065; (805) 522‑1640. Published Oct 7, 14, 21 2021. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JEANNE L. MUDRICK Case No.: 21PR00451 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of JEANNE L. MUDRICK A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JANE H. MUDRICK in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: JANE H. MUDRICK be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION 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

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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: 11/18/2021 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: Five SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 Anacapa Division. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Barnes & Barnes;1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 687‑6660. Published Oct 7, 14, 21 2021.

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BUNNIN CADILLAC at 301 S Hope Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Believe Automotive Inc. (same address) The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 05/09/2019 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2017‑0001416. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Believe Automotive Inc. (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 6, 2021. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E18, Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021. STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: BUNNIN CHEVROLET CADILLAC at 301 S Hope Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Believe Automotive Inc. 9230 Olympic Blvd #203 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 01/29/2020 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2020‑0000326. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Bunnin Chevrolet Cadillac (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 1, 2021. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30, Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EVERGREEN CAPITAL MGNT at 336 Pacific View Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jerry Jackintell (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Jerry Jackintell, Owner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 16, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E953. FBN Number: 2021‑0002661. Published: Sep 23, 30. Oct 7,

14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MISSION PARK HEALTHCARE CENTER at 623 W. Junipero Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Mission Park Health Center, LLC 4550 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 206 Los Angeles, CA 90010 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Aaron Mayer, Manager Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 13, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002604. Published: Sep 23, 30. Oct 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE GOODLIFE YOGA AND PILATES at 6710 Calle Koral, Apt 309 Goleta, CA 93117; Shannon Krahn (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Shannon Krahn Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 31, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002516. Published: Sep 23, 30. Oct 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RK GUNNING BUSINESS WRITING WORKSHOPS at 560 Ricardo Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Richard A Kallan (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Richard Kallan, Director Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 15, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E35. FBN Number: 2021‑0002645. Published: Sep 23, 30. Oct 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CARL PERRY PHOTOGRAPHY at 5020 Calle Sonia Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Carl II Perry (same

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Design Review Board Goleta City Hall – Council Chambers (Electronically and Telephonically) 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, CA 93117 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 3:00 P.M. ATTENTION: The Virtual Meeting is held pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 361. The meeting will be Virtual because meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees. The public may only view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https://tinyurl.com/Goletameetings and not in Council Chambers. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Design Review Board (DRB) of the City of Goleta will conduct an Electronic public hearing on the date set forth above to consider the following new project: Conceptual/Preliminary/Final Review Hayashida Physical Therapy Signage 271 N. Fairview (APN 077-170-042) Case No. 21-0016-DRB IN LIGHT OF THE CITY’S NEED TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS ELECTRONICALLY AND TELEPHONICALLY PURSUANT TO AB 361, written comments may be submitted as instructed below or via email to: the DRB Secretary, Mary Chang at mchang@cityofgoleta.org or by electronic means during the Public Hearing (date and time noted above), provided they are received prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the Public Hearing. Instructions on how to submit written comments during the hearing will be available on the City’s website:https:// www.cityofgoleta.org/i-want-to/news-and-updates/government-meetingagendas-and-videos PUBLIC COMMENT: This hearing is for design review only. All interested persons are encouraged to participate in the public hearing electronically (by phone) as described above. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: The items in this notice are new items. The DRB agenda may also include items continued from prior meetings. All persons wanting to review any project applications may do so by contacting City of Goleta, Planning and Environmental Review at (805) 961-7543. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact City staff at 805-562-5500 or espanol@cityofgoleta.org. The agenda, staff reports, and project plans will be available approximately one week before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.org. Publish:

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NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING (Held Electronically and Telephonically) Monday, October 25, 2021, at 6:00 P.M. NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 17 TO ESTABLISH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES ORDINANCE Case No. 16-092-OA (Held Electronically and Telephonically) ATTENTION: The Virtual Meeting is held pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 361. The meeting will be Virtual because meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees. The public may only view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https://tinyurl.com/Goletameetings and not in Council Chambers. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goleta Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider adoption of Title 17 (Zoning) of the Goleta Municipal Code (GMC) Amendments (Case Nos 16-092-ORD as described below. The date, time, and location of the Planning Commission hearing is as follows: HEARING DATE AND TIME: PLACE:

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Given the local, state, and national state of emergency, this meeting will be a teleconferenced meeting with detailed instructions for participation included on the posted agenda.

The Planning Commission agenda for the public hearing will be posted on the City website (https://www. cityofgoleta.org/i-want-to/news-and-updates/government-meeting-agendas-and-videos) at least 72 hours prior to the Planning Commission meeting. The agenda will have instructions regarding how to participate in the public hearing. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: On October 25, 2021, the Goleta Planning Commission will review and will be asked to make a recommendation to the City Council regarding the following proposed additions and amendments to Title 17 of the Goleta Municipal Code: 1. Adding Chapter 17.33 establishing Historic Preservation regulations, process, and Historic Resources Inventory, etc. 2. Adding Chapter 17.43 establishing Archaeological and Tribal Cultural Resources regulations and review process, etc. 3. Amending Chapter 17.29 regarding Demolitions and Relocations to be reflective of the requirements of Chapter 17.33 4. Amending Chapter 17.50 to update the responsibilities of the City Council, the Design Review Board, the Planning and Environmental Review Director, and to add a Historic Preservation Commission with responsibilities to the list of Review Authorities 5. Amending Chapter 17.73 to add additional terms and definitions to conform with the above new regulations In addition to the above referenced Title 17 amendments, in a separate future public meeting in front of the City Council, staff will bring ordinance amendments to Title 2 Administration and Personnel of the Goleta Municipal Code to add duties, responsibilities, and member makeup of the Historic Preservation Commission as Chapter 2.15, and to Title 12 Public Nuisances to add Section 12.13.030Q to include failure to maintain a historic resource as a nuisance. The City Council will be the final decisionmaker for above stated amendments to Title 2, Title 12, and Title 17. The date of future Council meetings is unknown and notice of that hearing(s) will be provided at later date. PROJECT LOCATION AND DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: The Historic Preservation and Archaeological and Tribal Cultural Resources regulations would apply citywide, including all areas of the City within the Coastal Zone. As indicated previously, a copy of the draft provisions will be available with the Planning Commission agenda at the web address noted above and at https://www.cityofgoleta.org/projects-programs/historicpreservation/historic-preservation-ordinance at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Environmental Review: Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21083.3 and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15183, projects that are consistent with the development density of existing zoning, community plan, or General Plan policies for which an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified shall be exempt from additional CEQA analysis except as may be necessary to determine whether there are project-specific significant effects that are peculiar to the project or site that would otherwise require additional CEQA review. There is no new substantial information indicating that the impacts of the project will be more severe than described in the General Plan EIR when the Visual and Historic Resources Element was adopted and there are no cumulative or off-site impacts from the proposed project that were not addressed in the General Plan EIR. As such, the Ordinance is exempt from further CEQA review. In addition, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15061(b)(3) and §15378(b)(5), the proposed Ordinance does not qualify as a “project” for the purposes of CEQA because the Ordinance does not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. The amendments proposed do not, by themselves, have the potential to cause a significant effect on the environment. Any subsequent development project will be separately examined in accordance with CEQA. As such, the proposed Ordinance is exempt from CEQA review. PUBLIC COMMENT: All interested persons are encouraged to view the meeting and to provide written and/or oral comments. All letters/comments should be sent to kdominguez@cityofgoleta.org. Letters must be received on or before the date of the hearing or can be submitted at the hearing prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the Public Hearing. IN LIGHT OF THE CITY’S NEED TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS ELECTRONICALLY AND TELEPHONICALLY PURSUANT TO AB 361, written comments may be submitted as instructed above or via email to: Kim Dominguez, Management Assistant, e-mail: kdominguez@cityofgoleta.org or by electronic means during the Public Hearing (date and time noted above), provided they are received prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the Public Hearing. Instructions on how to submit written comments during the hearing will be available on the City’s website:https://www.cityofgoleta.org/i-want-to/news-and-updates/ government-meeting-agendas-and-videos FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Additional information is on file at the City Planning and Environmental Review Department, Monday and Wednesday from 8:00am – 12:00pm at , 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117 or can be obtained by calling Current Planning Manager Lisa Prasse at (805) 961-7542 or lprasse@ cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact City staff at 805-562-5500 or espanol@cityofgoleta. org. NOTE: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 69009[b][2]). Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505. Notification at least 72 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements. Publish: Santa Barbara Independent, October 14, 2021 INDEPENDENT.COM INDEPENDENT.COM

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: FOXY SAGE at 1821 Chino Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Danielle Elese Kunkleman (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Danielle Elese Kunkleman Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 9, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E31. FBN Number: 2021‑0002584. Published: Sep 23, 30. Oct 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: BIEN NACIDO AND SOLOMON HILLS ESTATES at 2900, 3100, 3248 Rancho Tepusquet Road Santa Maria, CA 93454; RTV Winery, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Stephen T. B. Miller, CO‑Trustee Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 26, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by

E953. FBN Number: 2021‑0002487. Published: Sep 23, 30. Oct 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KIDDY KORNER DAYCARE at 976 Barcelona Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Susan L Becker (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Susan Becker, Owner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 15, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E953. FBN Number: 2021‑0002631. Published: Sep 23, 30. Oct 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES at 1342 Virginia Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Pamela R Peterson (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Pamela Peterson, Owner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 10, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002595. Published: Sep 23, 30. Oct 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: HEARTS ALIGNED at 1111 Chapala St Ste 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101;

Santa Barbara Foundation (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Jackie Carerra, CEO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 16, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E31. FBN Number: 2021‑0002656. Published: Sep 23, 30. Oct 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: VISTA CO. at 14000 Calle Real Goleta, CA 93117; Christian A Vences (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Christian A. Vences Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 14, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002622. Published: Sep 23, 30. Oct 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: CLASSIC COLLISION SANTA BARBARA at 301 E Gutierrez St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Classic Collision LLC 7475 Roswell Rd Sandy Springs, GA 30350 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Toan Nguyen, Manager Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 17, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County

ORDINANCE NO. 21-__ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, IN-LIEU FEES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 17 OF THE GOLETA MUNICIPAL CODE On October 19, 2021, at the Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California, the City Council of the City of Goleta (“City”) will consider the second reading and possible adoption of a proposed ordinance that would allow the City to apply the recently adopted Residential “In-Lieu” Fees and Non-Residential “Development Impact Fees,” which implement the City’s General Plan Housing Element policies HE 2.8 and HE 2.2(b), respectively. If adopted, the Ordinance will be in full effect on January 17, 2022. Any interested person may obtain a copy of the proposed ordinance at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California 93117 or by calling City Hall at (805) 961-7505. Deborah Lopez City Clerk Santa Barbara Independent, October 14, 2021 ORDINANCE NO. 21-09 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 5.07 OF TITLE 5 OF THE GOLETA MUNICIPAL CODE BANNING THE SALES OF FLAVORED TOBACCO On October 5, 2021, at the Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California, the City Council of the City of Goleta (“City”) conducted the second reading and adopted Ordinance No. 21-09 that would ban the sales of flavored tobacco products within City limits. The City Council of the City of Goleta passed and adopted Ordinance No. 21-09 at a regular meeting held on the 5th day of October, 2021, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

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Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E35. FBN Number: 2021‑0002674. Published: Sep 30. Oct 7, 14, 21 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: THE DUBEY COLLECTION at 921 Isleta Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Olivia M. Dubey (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Olivia Marie Dubey Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 23, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002723. Published: Sep 30. Oct 7, 14, 21 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LOS CARNEROS HOLDINGS at 1933 Cliff Drive, Suite 2 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Mij Pacifica LLC (same address) Sanders Family Pacifica LLC 311 E. Carrillo St., Ste C Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an Limited Partnership Signed: Morris M. Jurkowitz, Manager of Mij Pacifica, LLC, General Partner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 23, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002727. Published: Sep 30. Oct 7, 14, 21 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: W. MURPHY & CO. LLC at 2360 Foothill Road, Unit 5 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; W. Murphy & Co. LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: William D. Murphy, Member Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 21, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002703. Published: Sep 30. Oct 7, 14, 21 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE BROW LOUNGE at 5276 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Celeste Almanza 5595 Armitos Ave Unit C Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Celeste Almanza Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 09, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E953. FBN Number: 2021‑0002582. Published: Sep 30. Oct 7, 14, 21 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BELIEVERS INTERNATIONAL CHURCH at 4430 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93110; West Coast Believers Church of Santa Barbara (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: David W. Breed, Pastor Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 17, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002668. Published: Sep 30. Oct 7, 14, 21 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLASSIC COLLISION GOLETA at 5901 Hollister Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Classic Collision LLC 7475 Roswell Road Sandy Springs, GA 30328 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Toan Nguyen, Manager Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep

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17, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002673. Published: Sep 30. Oct 7, 14, 21 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: EXCUSE MY FRENCH CLASS at 715 West Valerio Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Wanda M. Gardette (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Wanda M. Gardette Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 14, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002621. Published: Sep 30. Oct 7, 14, 21 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: MOSBY SPIRITS at 9496 Santa Rosa Road Buellton, CA 93427; Gary R. Mosby 1800 Sequoia Drive Santa Maria, CA 93454 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Gary Ray Mosby, Sole Proprietor Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 30, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002786. Published: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HASTINGS EVENT PRODUCTION at 208 W De La Guerra Street, Apartment 2 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Riley H Leonard (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Riley Leonard, Owner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 28, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002759. Published: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CUSTOM LEATHER CONCEPTS at 910 N N Pl Lompoc, CA 93436; Misael Reyes (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Misael Reyes, Owner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 28, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002756. Published: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: 154 TECH LLC at 3814 Connie Way Santa Barbara, CA 93110; 154 Tech LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Nicole M. Costa, CEO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 27, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E31. FBN Number: 2021‑0002738. Published: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: TBI FINANCIAL at 331 Cooper Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Tilman Brisendine, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Tilman Brisendine, Owner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 20, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E35. FBN Number: 2021‑0002685. Published: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: JMK DESIGN & CO. at 201 West Montecito Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; JMK Design & Co. LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Jonathan Kosorek, Manager Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 15, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E35. FBN Number: 2021‑0002655. Published: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 2021.

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLUCLEAN MAID SERVICES at 1445 Harbor View Dr #127 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Susana Soto De Magallanes (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Susana Soto De Magallanes Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 04, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E31. FBN Number: 2021‑0002801. Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VICTORIA PAIGE STUDIO at 4000 Green Heron Spring Rd. Carpinteria, CA 93013; Victoria Bleeden (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Victoria Bleeden, Owner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 24, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002732. Published: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ASTRO CONSULTANTS, ARCAIOS CONSULTANTS, PATAGONIA ARCHAEOLOGY, HERITAGE ARCHAEOLOGY at 903 West Mission Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ignacio Requena (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Ignacio Requena Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 06, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E40. FBN Number: 2021‑0002826. Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HONEYGLUE SOLUTIONS LLC at 5477 Parejo Drive Goleta, CA 93111; Honeyglue Solutions LLC 1401 21st Street Ste R Sacramento, CA 95811 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Melissa Cohen, CEO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 27, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002746. Published: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA LIVING REAL ESTATE at 2309 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Joanne Schoenfeld (same address) Steadfast In Commitment, Inc. 5114 Mecca Ave. Tarzana, CA 91356 This business is conducted by an Copartners Signed: Joanne Schoenfeld, Partner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 27, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002749. Published: Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OFFGRID at 421 N Milpas St Santa Barbara, CA 93103 Edec Digital Forensics LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Eric Ryan, President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 08, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002839. Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BUILDING HOPE, LLC DBA GARDEN STREET APARTMENTS at 617 Garden Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Building Hope, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Annmarie Cameron, CEO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 08, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E29. FBN Number: 2021‑0002833. Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021. FICTITIOUS

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GREYWEATHER at 990 N Patterson Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Teagan Ross Giffin (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Teagan Ross Giffin, Sole Proprietor Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 01, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002792. Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: DEL PLAYA BREW CO. at 130 N. Calle Cesar Chavez #F Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Anthony R Simentales 3742 Venitia Lane #A Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Anthony Robert Simentales, Owner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 22, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E29. FBN Number: 2021‑0002708. Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: GI SERVICES at 4825 San Gordiano Ave. Apt A Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Alfonso Gonzalez Flores (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Alfonso Gonzalez Flores, Owner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 24, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002731. Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MARIPOSAS SB at 404 W Padre St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Juanita Reveles (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Juanita Reveles, Owner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 24, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002734. Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following

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person(s) is/are doing business as: LEGACY SERVICES at 7th Street Apt. B Carpinteria, CA 93013; Alexis Olaya Torres (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Alexis Olaya Torres, Owner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 22, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002717. Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AIKU APOTHECARY at 27 West Anapamu St #488 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Aiku LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Tobias Levi Brown‑Heft, CFO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 30, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002781. Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: DATA TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING at 4521 Vieja Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Steven Davis (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Steve Davis Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 29, 2021. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2021‑0002769. Published: Oct 14, 21, 28. Nov 4 2021.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF BERNARDO CRUZ and MARIA ESQUIVEL TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 21CV03710 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: ALEJANDRA ESQUIVEL TO: ALEJANDRA CRUZ THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must aooear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed , the court may grant the petition withouta hearing. Notice of Hearing Nov 08, 2021 10:00 am, Dept 5, ANACAPA DIVISION SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Sep 22, 2021. by Colleen K. Sterne. of the Superior Court. Published. Sep 30. Oct 7, 14, 21 2021.

SUMMONS SUMMONS ‑ (Family Law) NOTICE TO REPONDENT: JULIO MARTINEZ LOAEZA AVISO AL DEMANDANDO: Petitioner’s name is: YESENIA LEYVA GATICA Nombre del demandante: CASE NUMBER: (Numero del caso) 21FL01351

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL‑120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www. courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE‑RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. Tiene 30 dias calendario despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citacion y Peticion para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL‑120) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefonica o una audiencia de la corte no basta para protegerto. Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien le puede ordenar que pague manutencion, y honorarios y costos legales. Para asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener informacion para encountrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpca.org) o poniendose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado. AVISO‑LAS ORDENES DE RESTRICCION SE ENCUENTRAN EN LA PAGINA 2: valen para ambos conyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la peticion, se emita un fallo o la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas ordenes puede hacerlas acerlas acater en cualquier lugar de California. EXENCION DE CUOTAS: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario un formulario de exencion de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a peticion de usted o de la otra parte. 1.The name and address of the court are (El nombre y direccion de la corte son): SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: Yesenia Leyva Gatica 129 Nectarine Ave Goleta, CA 93117; (805‑291‑2443) (El nombre, direcion y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): Dated August 3, 2021. Darrel E. Parker, Execcutive Officer; Clerk, by (Secretario, por) Nicolette Barnard Deputy (Asistente) Published Sep 30. Oct 7, 14, 21 2021. SUMMONS (PARENTAGE‑Custody and Support) NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Name)(Aviso Al Demandad (Nombre): ALJAN DECKA YOU HAVE BEEN SUED.

Read the information below and on the next page (Lo han demandado. Lea la informacion a continuacion y en la pagina siguiente). PETITIONER’S NAME (Nombre del demandante): LINDSAY MCCARTHY You have 30 calendar days after this summons and petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL‑120 or FL‑270) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your right to custody of your children. You may also be ordered to pay child support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www. courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org) or by contacting you local county bar association. Notice: The restraining order on page 2 remains in effect against each parent until the petition is dismissed, a judgement is entered, or the court makes further orders. this order is enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement office who has received or seen a copy of it. Fee Waiver: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. Tiene 30 dias de calendario despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de sesta Citacion y Peticion para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL‑120 or FL‑270) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefonica o una audiencia de la corte no basta para protegerio. Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien le puede ordenar que pague manutencion de los hijos, honorarios y costos legales. Para asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener informacion para encontrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpca.org) o poniendose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado. AVISO: La Orden de proteccion que aparecen en la pagina 2 continuara en vigencia en cuanto a cada parte hasta que se emita un fallo final, se despida la peticion o la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier agencia del orden publico que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas orden puede hacerla acatar en cualquier lugar de California. Exencion de Cuotas: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario un formulario de exencion de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a peticion de usted o de la otra parte. CASE NO: 21FL01260 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es) SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT,1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107. ANACAPA DIVISION The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is : Drew Maley (288050) The Maley Firm, PC 740 State St., Suite 203 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805‑724‑2900 DATE: July 22, 2021. By Jasmine Franco, Deputy Published Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 2021.

NOTIFICACIÓN DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA DE LA COMISIÓN DE PLANEAMIENTO (a realizarse electrónicamente y por teléfono) Lunes, 25 de octubre a las 6 pm NOTIFICACIÓN DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA DE LA COMISIÓN DE PLANEAMIENTO SOBRE LAS ENMIENDAS AL TÍTULO 17 PARA ESTABLECER LA ORDENANZA PARA LA PRESERVACIÓN HISTÓRICA, RECURSOS ARQUEOLÓGICOS Y TRIBALES CULTURALES Caso No. 16-092-OA (a realizarse electrónicamente y por teléfono) ATENCIÓN: la reunión virtual se realiza conforme con el Proyecto de Ley 361. La reunión será virtual porque reunirse en persona presentaría riesgos inminentes para la salud y seguridad de los asistentes. El público solamente puede ver la reunión en el Canal 19 de Goleta y/o en línea en https://tinyurl.com/Goletameetings y no en las Cámaras del Consejo. POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que la Comisión de Planeamiento de Goleta realizará una audiencia pública para considerar la adopción de las Enmiendas al Título 17 (Zonificación) del Código Municipal de Goleta (GMC por sus siglas en inglés) (Caso Nos 16-092-ORD) como se describe a continuación. La fecha, hora y ubicación de la audiencia de la Comisión de Planeamiento son las siguientes: FECHA Y HORA DE LA AUDIENCIA:

lunes, 25 de octubre, 2021, a las 6:00 P.M.

LUGAR: dado el estado de emergencia local, estatal y nacional, esta reunión será una reunión de teleconferencia con instrucciones detalladas para la participación incluidas en el orden del día publicado El orden del día para la audiencia pública de la Comisión de Planeamiento se publicará en la página web de la Ciudad (https://www.cityofgoleta.org/i-want-to/news-and-updates/government-meeting-agendas-andvideos) por lo menos 72 horas antes de la reunión de la Comisión de Planeamiento. El orden del día tendrá instrucciones sobre cómo participar en la audiencia pública. DESCRIPCIÓN DEL PROYECTO: el 25 de octubre, 2021, la Comisión de Planeamiento de Goleta revisará y se le pedirá que haga una recomendación al Consejo de la Ciudad sobre las siguientes adiciones y enmiendas propuestas al Título 17 del Código Municipal de Goleta: 1. Añadir el Capítulo 17.33 que establece las regulaciones y proceso de Preservación Histórica y el Inventario de Recursos Históricos, etc. 2. Añadir el Capítulo 17.43 que establece regulaciones para Recursos Arqueológicos y Tribales Culturales y el proceso de revisión, etc. 3. Enmendar el Capítulo 17.29 sobre Demoliciones y Traslados para que reflejen los requisitos del Capítulo 17.33 4. Enmendar el Capítulo 17.50 para actualizar las responsabilidades del Consejo de la Ciudad, de la Junta de Revisión de Diseño, del/a Director/a de Planeamiento y Revisión Ambiental y añadir una Comisión de Preservación Histórica y sus responsabilidades a la lista de Autoridades de Revisión 5. Enmendar el Capítulo 17.73 para añadir términos y definiciones adicionales para ajustarse a las nuevas regulaciones mencionadas arriba. Además de las enmiendas al Título 17 mencionadas arriba, en una reunión futura separada ante el Consejo de la Ciudad, el personal presentará las enmiendas a la ordenanza del Título 2 Administración y Personal del Código Municipal de Goleta para agregar funciones, responsabilidades y composición de los miembros de la Comisión de Preservación Histórica como el Capítulo 2.15 y al Título 12 sobre Alteración del Orden Público para agregar la Sección 12.13.030 Q para incluir la falla de mantener un recurso histórico como una molestia. El Consejo de la Ciudad será el responsable final de las enmiendas mencionadas arriba al Título 2, Título 12 y Título 17. La fecha de las reuniones futuras del Consejo no se conoce y se proveerá notificación sobre las audiencias en una fecha futura. UBICACIÓN DEL PROYECTO Y DISPONIBILIDAD DE DOCUMENTOS: las regulaciones sobre la Preservación Histórica y los Recursos Arqueológicos y Tribales Culturales se aplicarán en toda la ciudad, incluyendo las áreas de la Ciudad dentro de la Zona Costera. Como se indicó previamente, una copia del borrador de las provisiones estará disponible con el orden del día de la Comisión de Planeamiento en la dirección de página web notada arriba y en https://www.cityofgoleta.org/projects-programs/historic-preservation/historic-preservation-ordinance por lo menos 72 horas antes de la reunión. revisión AmbientAL: conforme con la sección 21083.3 del Código sobre Recursos Públicos y la Sección 15183 de las Guías de la Ley de Calidad Medioambiental de California (CEQA por sus siglas en inglés), los proyectos consistentes con la densidad de desarrollo de reglamentos existentes de zonificación, el plan de la comunidad o el Plan General por los cuales el Informe del Impacto al Medio Ambiente (EIR por sus siglas en inglés) fue certificado, deben estar exentos de un análisis adicional de CEQA excepto cuando pueda ser necesario para determinar si hay efectos significativos específicos del proyecto que son peculiares al proyecto o al lugar, que de otra manera requerirían una revisión adicional de CEQA. No hay información sustancial nueva que indique que los impactos del proyecto serán más severos que lo descrito en el Plan General del EIR cuando se adoptó el Elemento de Recursos Visuales e Históricos y no hay impactos acumulativos o fuera del área del proyecto propuesto que no se abordaran en el Plan General del EIR. Por definición, la Ordenanza está exenta de una revisión adicional de CEQA. Además, conforme con las Guías §15061(b)(3) y §15378(b)(5) de CEQA, la Ordenanza propuesta no califica como un “proyecto” para los propósitos de CEQA porque la Ordenanza no resulta en cambios físicos directos o indirectos en el medio ambiente. Las enmiendas propuestas no tienen el potencial en sí mismas de causar un efecto significativo en el medio ambiente. Cualquier proyecto de desarrollo subsiguiente será examinado de forma separada según CEQA. Por definición, la Ordenanza propuesta está exenta de una revisión de CEQA. COMENTARIO PÚBLICO: se anima a todas las personas interesadas a que vean la reunión y provean comentarios escritos y/u orales. Todas las cartas/comentarios deben enviarse a kdominguez@cityofgoleta.org CONSIDERANDO LA NECESIDAD DE LA CIUDAD DE REALIZAR LAS REUNIONES PÚBLICAS EN INTERNET O POR TELÉFONO CONFORME CON AB 361, los comentarios escritos pueden ser presentados como se indica arriba o por correo electrónico a: Kim Domínguez, Asistente de Gerencia, correo electrónico: kdominguez@ cityofgoleta.org o por medios electrónicos durante la Audiencia Pública (fecha y hora indicados arriba) siempre y cuando se reciban antes de la finalización de la porción del comentario del público de la Audiencia Pública. Habrá instrucciones disponibles sobre cómo entregar comentarios escritos durante la audiencia en la página web de la Ciudad: https://www.cityofgoleta.org/i-want-to/news-and-updates/government-meeting-agendasand-videos PARA MÁS INFORMACIÓN: hay información adicional archivada en el Departamento de Planeamiento y Revisión Ambiental de la Ciudad, lunes y miércoles de 8:00am – 12:00pm en 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117 o puede obtenerse llamando a la Gerente Actual de Planeamiento Lisa Prasse, (805) 961-7542 o por correo electrónico en lprasse@cityofgoleta.org. Para preguntas en español, por favor comuníquese con el personal de la Ciudad llamando al 805-562-5500 e escribiendo a espanol@cityofgoleta.org. Nota: si usted denuncia la naturaleza de la acción descrita arriba en los tribunales, usted podría estar limitado solamente a aquellos asuntos que usted o alguna otra persona mencionaran en la audiencia pública descrita en esta notificación o en la correspondencia escrita entregada a la Ciudad en la fecha de o con anterioridad a la audiencia pública (Sección del Código de Gobierno 69009[b][2]). Nota: conforme con la Ley de Americanos con Discapacidades, si usted necesita asistencia para participar en esta audiencia, por favor llame a la Oficina de la Secretaria Municipal al (805) 961-7505. Una notificación por lo menos 72 horas antes de la audiencia permitirá al personal de la Ciudad hacer arreglos razonables. Publicación: Santa Barbara Independent, 14 de octubre, 2021 INDEPENDENT.COM INDEPENDENT.COM

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