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Though our business staff work in the office at their desks for the day, one of our own, Erin Lynch, was spending the other half of her day dancing. This past weekend, Lynch was dancing in the Solstice Parade down Santa Barbara Street soaking in the summer sun with La Boheme.
What inspired you to join the La Boheme dancers in Solstice this year? My former co-worker from the Santa Barbara Foundation, Judith Smith-Meyer, encouraged me to join at an AWC networking event. She knows I’m a creative person and I love to be active, and thought La Boheme would be a great fit for me.
What kind of behind-the-scenes prep came with dancing at Solstice? What was the hardest part about preparing for the parade? La Boheme training is twice a week for two months before solstice at the Gail Towbes Center for Dance, with additional practice on your own to be expected. After a month or so of training, our top-secret costumes are revealed to dancers by the board, and we are then provided with the materials to build them (we also have costume-building parties to bond with one another!). The board members provide choreography videos, music, and costume-building step-by-steps during these two months. The hardest part about preparing is building stamina and endurance. I may be athletic, but dancing in a corset in hot weather with 80 other women is another beast, and is not to be underestimated. At the end, it was super rewarding to accomplish, and I feel like I’m in the best shape I’ve been in years!
Do you plan to dance with La Boheme for the parade next year or be involved in any way? Absolutely. The sense of community with these dancers is undeniable. Teresa (Kuskey) and the board have been extremely supportive and welcoming of all people of all dance backgrounds you don’t even need one! I was told by my friend after the parade that they would consider also joining next year by seeing how happy I was during our performance.
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County of Santa Barbara BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Senior Mobile Home Park Overlay Ordinance Amendments Project Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, County Administration Building, Fourth Floor 105 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Hearing begins at 9:00 A.M
On July 15, 2025, the Board of Supervisors (Board) will conduct a public hearing to consider the adoption of the Senior Mobile Home Park Overlay Ordinance Amendments Project The project’s primary goals are to preserve existing mobile home parks and to prevent the conversion of senior mobile home parks into all‐ages mobile home parks by creating two new zoning overlays in the inland and coastal areas of the county.
The Board will consider the recommendations of the County Planning Commission regarding the following:
Create two new zoning overlays (Case Nos. 25ORD‐00003, 25ORD‐00004):
o The Mobile Home Park overlay to be applied to 8 existing all‐ages mobile home parks; and
o The Senior Mobile Home Park overlay to be applied to 11 existing senior mobile home parks.
Apply the two new zoning overlays and rezone certain parcels to improve consistency with existing mobile home parks by amending applicable County zoning maps (Case Nos. 25RZN‐00001, 25RZN‐00002).
Change land use designations for certain parcels to improve consistency with existing mobile home parks by amending maps in the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan (Case No. 25GPA‐00002).
Determine the project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15265 of the State CEQA Guidelines.
Please visit https://arcg.is/0vvWOD to review the proposed overlays on an interactive map. You can also learn more at the project website here: https://www.countyofsb.org/4558/Senior‐Mobile‐
Ordinance.
Summerland by the Sea 2155 Ortega Hill Rd, Summerland, CA 93067
Skies 4280 Calle
Santa
Village 4326
Vicente 340 Old
Santa
CA 93110
Rancho Oneonta 2056 W. Hwy 154, Santa Ynez, CA 93460
Valley Gardens 2950 Mission Dr, Solvang, CA 93463
Del Cielo 3210 Santa Maria Way, Santa Maria, CA 93455
Knollwood Village 4012 S. Bradley Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93455
Quail Meadows 3400 Quail Meadows Dr, Orcutt, CA 93455
Sunny Hills 1650 E. Clark Ave, Santa Maria, CA 93455
Town & Country 1600 E. Clark Ave, Santa Maria, CA 93455
Orcutt Ranch Estates 295 N. Broadway St, Orcutt, CA 93455
Rancho Jamore 9230 Hwy 101, Los Alamos, CA 93440
Rancho Los Alamos 9278 Hwy 101, Los Alamos, CA 93440
Frontier Village 800 Bell St, Los Alamos, CA 93440
Marie 1380 W. Main St, Santa Maria, CA 93458
Park
Park
For additional information, please contact the project planner, Lila Spring, at springl@countyofsb.org or (805) 568‐2021.
For current methods of public participation for the meeting of July 15, 2025, please see https://ca‐santabarbaracounty.civicplus.pro/2836/Board‐of‐Supervisors‐Methods‐of‐Particip or page two (2) of the posted agenda. The posted agenda will provide a more specific time for this item. However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged, or the item may be continued.
Staff reports and the posted agenda are available on the Thursday prior to the meeting at https://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date or contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568‐2240 for alternative options.
Attendance and participation by the public is invited and encouraged. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, American Sign Language interpreters, sound enhancement equipment, and/or another request for disability accommodation may be arranged by contacting the Clerk of the Board by 4:00 p.m. on the Friday before the Board meeting. For information about these services please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568‐2240 or at sbcob@countyofsb.org.
If you challenge the project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.
CALIFORNIA JOURNALISM AWARDS
1ST PLACE:
Arts & Entertainment Coverage: SBIFF GIVES FIESTA 5 A NEW LEASE ON LIFE by Nick Welsh
Enterprise News Story or Series: DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE by Callie Fausey
Fine Arts Writing/Reporting: ART ABOUT LIFE, DEATH, AND CLOWNING by Joe Woodard
Labor Reporting: AFTER NEAR-STRIKE AND HISTORIC TEACHERS’ RAISE, S.B. UNIFIED GRAPPLES WITH TEACHER TURNOVER, A $10M BUDGET SHORTFALL, AND ‘RESIDUAL FRUSTRATION by Callie Fausey
Local Election Coverage: S.B. COUNTY ELECTION UPDATE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO CITY HALL by Nick Welsh
Music Writing: THE BRASSCALS BRING HONK TO SANTA BARBARA by Nick Welsh
Photo Story/Essay: S.B. SOLSTICE PARADE TAKES A FLIGHT OF FANCY UP SANTA BARBARA STREET by Leslie Dinaberg, Photos by Ingrid Bostrom
Print Inside Layout: INDY AWARDS by Xavier Pereyra
2ND PLACE:
Best Newsletter: FULL BELLY FILES by Matt Kettmann
In Depth Reporting: S.B.’S HOSPITALITY GAME-CHANGERS by Matt Kettmann
Investigative Reporting: I HAVE TO LIVE EVERY DAY KNOWING THAT MY INNOCENT CHILD WAS VIOLATED by Callie Fausey
News Photo: UCSB ACADEMIC WORKERS STRIKE PHOTO by Ingrid Bostrom
Photo Story/Essay: S.B. SEEN: THE ART OF PEDRO DE LA CRUZ by Matt Kettmann
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NEWS of the WEEK
Solstice Parade Gone Wild for 51st Year
Thousands of parade watchers lined the sidewalks as hundreds of participants danced, skated, and rode up Santa Barbara Street on Saturday afternoon for the 51st Summer Solstice Parade. Starting at the intersection of Santa Barbara and Ortega streets, the parade featured feathered dancers, aliens on roller skates, and even a smoking volcano to bring to life this year’s theme: Wild World. No words, logos, or symbols were allowed in the parade, which gave the event a uniquely homemade feel.
One float featured hand-painted replicas of buildings, including The Granada Theatre and Santa Barbara Mission, accompanied by women in flapper dresses and men in mustaches. Roaring ’20s jazz played until a low rumble started; the procession stopped, and the
building started to shake. Suddenly, one building cracks in two, the mission falls to pieces, and the walls fall off the Hotel California, revealing interior rooms in shambles. It was the 1925 earthquake all over again, a creative way to celebrate this month’s 100-year anniversary of the historic event.
The parade concluded at the Solstice Festival at Alameda Park, leaving Santa Barbara Street littered with confetti and fallen feathers.
For a longer version of this story and more photos, see Independent.com.
Grand Jury Blisters County Jail
Warning Signs There but Not Seen in Three Deaths
by Nick Welsh
In a fiercely detailed report, the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury excoriated the medical care provided in the county jails, blaming the failure to follow established medical protocol combined with repeated failures of communication for the deaths of three jail inmates this past year. One of the deaths involved the suicide by an openly suicidal 41-year-old woman with a history of psychotic disorders who had been placed in an observation cell within eyeshot of the inmate reception desk and managed to hang herself with a 12-inch telephone cord.
Another of the deaths involved a 40-year-old Spanish-speaking man with a history of homelessness and alcoholism who fell on his head while having an alcoholwithdrawal-related seizure while in custody.
And the other involved a 57-year-old Lompoc woman identified in the report only as CF, also with
a history of mental illness who died after screaming in pain repeatedly for nearly two days while in the Northern Branch Jail because of what would later be revealed to be an infection of her stomach lining that burned a hole through her stomach. In her case, medical professionals in the jail incorrectly believed the woman to be experiencing opioid withdrawals because she regularly took painkillers to deal with chronic lower back pain. Had any of the jail medical professionals evaluated the woman for her pain, the grand jury concluded, they might have saved her.
At the time of the woman’s death, Sheriff Bill Brown issued a press statement, describing the inmate’s death as “unavoidable.” In a bluntly outspoken tone, the Grand Jury begged to differ. “The Jury concludes that there were opportunities to prevent this death.”
In this case, the inmate arrested for possession of firearms and ammunition when she was barred from doing
so was never seen by a physician during her time in jail; her requests for an emergency room transfer were likewise not acted upon.
“Had CF’s complaints been evaluated, she would have received treatment for her perforated ulcer,” the Grand Jury concluded, “and her death could have been prevented.”
Of the three deaths, the one that got most attention at the time it occurred was the suicide by hanging by a woman identified in the Grand Jury report only as CC, but at the time, November 13, was known to the public at large as Cecilia Michelle Covarrubias, a mother and Santa Ynez resident. Covarrubias was placed in the Main Jail on Calle Real after getting arrested on November 8 for resisting arrest and assault with a deadly weapon after crashing her car into that of a sheriff’s deputy in an attempt to evade arrest. Deputies on the scene, believing Covarrubias to be under the influence of fentanyl, administered Narcan.
“In the days preceding CC’s death on November 13, 2024, she made several suicidal statements to mental health providers, who then assigned her to a safety cell on suicide watch,” the report stated. “Five days into her incarceration, CC was moved into a holding cell, where she committed suicide by hanging.”
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The 51st Summer Solstice Parade, themed “Wild World,” made its way up Santa Barbara Street on Saturday, June 21.
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County of Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Open Space Element Update – Project Scoping and Options
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Board of Supervisors Hearing Room County Administration Building, Fourth Floor 105 East Anapamu Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Hearing begins at 9:00 A.M
On July 15, 2025, the County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing to consider project scoping and options for a proposed update to the Open Space Element of the Santa Barbara County Comprehensive Plan. The Board of Supervisors will:
Receive and file a report from the Planning and Development Department regarding a proposed update and amendment of the Open Space Element of the County Comprehensive Plan and options regarding the scope of the proposed update.
Provide direction to staff regarding the scope of the update.
Determine the Board’s actions are not a project subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).
For additional information, please contact Julie Harris at jharris@countyofsb.org or 805‐568‐3543.
For current methods of public participation for the meeting of July 15, 2025, please see https://ca‐santabarbaracounty.civicplus.pro/2836/Board‐of‐Supervisors‐Methods‐of‐Particip or page two (2) of the posted agenda. The posted agenda will provide a more specific time for this item. However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged, or the item may be continued.
Staff reports and the posted agenda are available on the Thursday prior to the meeting at https://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date or contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568‐2240 for alternative options.
Attendance and participation by the public is invited and encouraged. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, American Sign Language interpreters, sound enhancement equipment, and/or another request for disability accommodation may be arranged by contacting the Clerk of the Board by 4:00 p.m. on the Friday before the Board meeting. For information about these services please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568‐2240 or at sbcob@countyofsb.org.
If you challenge the project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Driver in Fatal Hit-and-Run in Court
Almost a year to the day after Juan Lopez was struck and killed in a hit-and-run, suspect Brock Alexander Hoffman appeared in court for a preliminary hearing on Tuesday.
On the night of June 29, 2024, Hoffman fatally struck Juan Lopez, a Vons store manager, with his 1996 Toyota Landcruiser on the 800 block of Cliff Drive. Hoffman turned himself in on July 4, 2024, and was quickly released on $50,000 bail. On September 11, he pleaded not guilty to one felony count of “leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death.”
In court on Tuesday, Traffic Officer Edward Kasper took the witness stand. When asked about what had happened that night, Officer Kasper said that Lopez was crossing Cliff Drive when the Landcruiser, driven by Hoffman, struck him. According to Officer Kasper, Hoffman did not call 9-1-1.
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Officers were made aware of the incident after being called for a vehicle burglary nearby. Officer Kasper was not on duty at the time of the incident, but was called in, arriving at the scene about 30 minutes after the incident occurred. Officer Brian Doca, previously an EMT, was present on the scene and administered lifesaving measures, though they were futile. Conferring with Officer Doca, Officer Kasper came to the opinion that Lopez had died on impact, with the death certificate stating death by blunt force trauma.
There were bits of black translucent plastic and pieces of glass headlights left in the roadway, some bearing the text “yota” and “Japan.” Officer Kasper took this information to Santa Barbara Toyota, confirming with the service manager that these pieces are consistent with ’90s models of Landcruisers.
On July 2, after running the license plate number of the SUV involved in the incident, Officer Kasper located Hoffman’s vehicle in the parking area of his apartment complex, with a crumpled hood. Parked next to the 1996 Landcruiser was a white Forerunner belonging to Hoffman’s daughter. Allegedly, Hoffman had appeared at his daughter’s residence around 6:30 the morning after the incident to borrow his daughter’s car because his was “broke.”
When Officer Kasper first approached Hoffman on July 2, Hoffman was on the phone with a civil attorney who was coaching him on how to answer the officer’s questions. Hoffman handed over the keys to the Landcruiser willingly. Hoffman will be back in court for his arraignment on August 11.
—Elaine
Sanders
Los Padres Taken Off Housing Market
Public lands were just saved from becoming real estate. Mike Lee, a Republican senator from Utah, announced Monday that he is revising his proposal to sell off public lands to purportedly address the nation’s housing crisis after the Senate’s parliamentarian ruled that it cannot be included in the Republican budget package, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The provision would have mandated the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to sell off more than three million acres of public lands in 11 western states. Conservationists on both sides of the aisle were vehemently opposed to the idea. Environmental organizations were also quick to voice their criticism, including Los Padres ForestWatch, which noted that the proposal would have put a price tag on 875,000 acres of Los Padres National Forest.
“We’re glad to see the Senate parliamentarian reject Senator Lee’s proposal to sell off millions of acres of America’s public lands,” said ForestWatch Director Bryant
Baker. “These wild places are an integral part of our region and should never be placed on the chopping block. While our public lands face a variety of other threats from the Trump administration, this most recent threat seems to have dissipated for now.”
After the Senate ref blocked his original proposal, Lee backtracked on X, saying his new plan would only market land owned by the Bureau of Land Management. Additionally, he said he would “significantly reduce” the amount of land in the bill, limiting it to lands within five miles of “population centers.”
S.B. Representative Salud Carbajal criticized the reconciliation bill as a whole, noting that it is axing funding for multiple social programs, including Medicaid and SNAP. Even though the public lands sell-off was nixed, he warned that the bill could still be painful. “This bill will hurt Americans from all walks of life in order to reward billionaires,” Carbajal said, “and for this reason, I’ll continue to oppose it.” —CallieFausey
Brock Alexander Hoffman in court on Tuesday
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Judge Orders Investment Advisor to Pay $21.4M
Aby Tyler Hayden
federal judge has ordered a Santa Barbara investment advisor who specialized in managing the cash holdings of large cannabis companies to return $15.3 million in misappropriated funds, some of which he used to buy a house in Hope Ranch. Andrew Nash, principal of El Capitan Advisors, must also pay $6.1 million in interest and penalties and is permanently barred from working in finance, the judge ruled.
Nash, 48, was the subject of a Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) complaint filed earlier this month that accused him of transferring money out of client accounts and spending “a large portion on himself, using $4.6 million to purchase a home.” A court filing reads, “the clarity of the fraudulent conduct on the part of Mr. Nash to cover-up the transaction cannot be understated.”
The SEC explained how “Nash took extensive efforts to conceal his appropriation” by providing false financial statements to clients and lying to federal regulators. “For example,” the complaint says, “El Capitan Advisors reported in 2023 that it had over $7.4 billion in assets under management” when the total was less than $62 million. Nash did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
During a search of Nash’s S.B. office, which he had rekeyed to thwart any seizures, authorities found what they described as hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of sports memorabilia in its original packaging. Around this time, Nash’s wife, originally named as a co-defendant in the SEC complaint, filed for divorce and began cooperating with officials.
The bulk of the stolen funds came from Planet 13 Holdings Inc., a publicly traded cannabis company with operations in California, Nevada, Illinois, and Florida. Its Las Vegas dispensary, at 112,000 square feet, is the largest in the world. In a statement to shareholders, Planet 13 said the company would “pursue recovery of its funds through all legally available means, including as appropriate, through cooperation
with law enforcement.”
Nash has also been sued by Casa Verde Capital, a cannabis venture capital firm cofounded by rap artist Snoop Dogg that provided El Capitan with its first $1 million in seed money. Casa Verde claimed Nash reneged on a $35 million credit agreement and is now enmeshed in its own litigation with Planet 13 to recover its share of the commingled funds.
The proceedings against Nash have so far played out in civil court, and he has yet to be charged with any crimes. Federal prosecutors are currently determining if they will initiate a criminal case against him, or if the responsibility will fall to the S.B. County DA’s Office.
Nash, 48, is originally from Texas and spent 16 years in commercial real estate brokerage before establishing El Capitan Advisors and registering it with the SEC in 2019. The firm attracted cannabis clients looking to secure and invest their cash proceeds without running afoul of federal law.
Because El Capitan was a registered advisor and not a financial institution, it was not bound by certain anti-money laundering and “know your customer” regulations and could therefore accept deposits from cannabis companies without triggering federal reporting requirements.
Meanwhile, Nash was also attempting to raise $82 million to buy a bank in Oakland and obtain a banking license for use by California cannabis companies. To win approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC), he had to identify legitimate business partners and prove a viable business plan.
Though El Capitan did secure some of the needed capital, it began to fall short, and Nash became desperate. He started personally guaranteeing the deal would go through, writing to one potential investor: “FYI I am liquidating my personal funds I have set aside for my son’s kidney transplant and will use those funds if I have to.” The FDIC ultimately rejected Nash’s application.
It was around this time that Nash and his family were invited to attend the signing of an executive order by President Donald Trump to improve the treatment of kidney disease in the U.S.
Shortly after the collapse of El Capitan Advisors, S.B. police responded to a welfare check at a motel where Nash was staying. They found him intoxicated and in possession of a loaded gun. His family said he had many more at home. A judge approved a petition to seize the firearms, and Nash is prohibited from using or owning one until 2028. n
Andrew Nash (right) meets President Donald Trump in 2019.
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ICE Back in County
Images of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arriving in Santa Barbara County neighborhoods in unmarked SUVs spread widely on social media over the past week, with videos and photos showing the federal agents wearing bulletproof vests, caps, and masks covering their faces patrolling public areas in Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Santa Maria and taking several individuals into custody without appearing to present any arrest warrants.
In one video, taken outside Thrifty Wash Laundromat in Old Town Goleta just after 6:30 a.m. on June 19, three vehicles swarm the parking lot in a matter of seconds, with agents jumping out of the vehicles and apprehending two men who appear to be collecting recyclables in the vicinity. The two men are placed into the back of separate vehicles and taken away in less than two minutes.
Another video from later that same morning shows five agents four of them
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dressed in black vests labeled “Police” and one wearing a camo “FBI” vest speaking to a man who is on a bench at a park near David Love Place in Goleta. The agent wearing an FBI vest tells the person recording the video, “You need to stay back,” while several agents take away the man, who also appeared to be collecting bottles and cans.
The 805 Immigrant Coalition, which works with 805UndocuFund to verify and report immigration activity on the Central Coast through the 24/7 Rapid Response Hotline, confirmed both these incidents on June 19, along with several more reports of ICE agents stopping vehicles near the Goleta Recycling Center and at 7-Eleven on Hollister Avenue, where at least two gardeners were arrested while biking on their way to work that same morning.
“On this federal Juneteenth holiday, everyday folks our neighbors were going to work to provide for their families and have been taken by ICE right here in Goleta,” Goleta Councilmember Luz ReyesMartín shared on a social media later that day. “Please stay safe, vigilant, and report ICE activity to (805) 870-8855.”
In addition to the reports of immigration enforcement in Goleta, there were multiple confirmed incidents involving ICE agents in Santa Barbara’s Eastside neighborhood on June 18. The 805 Immigrant Coalition’s Instagram account confirmed four total arrests that morning.
—Ryan P.Cruz
Paseo Nuevo Housing Project Halved
The ever-evolving face of State Street seems primed for even more changes as word has trickled out that the number of housing units proposed at downtown’s Paseo Nuevo shopping center has reportedly been cut in half.
Whether any housing gets built remains a matter of intense negotiations between City Hall and AllianceBernstein (AB), the finance company that found itself stuck with Santa Barbara’s downtown mall when its prior owners defaulted and were foreclosed upon. AB initially proposed building roughly 500 units possibly seven stories high. But upon closer inspection, AB’s engineers determined that far more foundational work would need to be done to accommodate the stress loads associated with so many housing units, additional work that reportedly would make the proposed project cost prohibitive.
According to City Hall sources, AB is now discussing plans to build somewhere between 200 and 250 units of high-end market housing on the Paseo Nuevo site instead and devoting more of the mall’s square footage to retail than it did in its initial iteration. Frequently mentioned is the possibility of a high-end gourmet supermarket along the lines of Erewhon, famous the world over for selling $18 strawberries. In addition, AB
is proposing to build as many as 80 units of below-market rental housing at a downtown location further up State Street from Paseo Nuevo.
The details of this latest proposal have been the subject of considerable buzz around City Hall, where it’s scheduled to be publicly discussed the first week of August. According to some sources, AB is now insisting that cars be allowed back on some blocks of State Street as part of the deal. According to others, that’s just political spin perpetuated by proponents of cars on State Street. Joining the chorus of pro-car advocates is the downtown’s newly created Business Improvement District, which represents Santa Barbara’s downtown property owners.
All this pro-car agitation is generating significant pushback by the pro-pedestrian and bicycle advocates who insist that the City Council first needs to come to terms with its long-term master plan many years and more than $1 million in the making. One key chapter of that master plan the economics was slated to go before the council on July 1. Supporters of that plan objected that was not enough and insisted the council needed to weigh in on the totality of plan they’d devised. That July 1 discussion has now been pushed back to early September. —Nick Welsh
ICE agents took two men into custody outside of a laundromat in Old Town Goleta on June 19.
What’s Next for Project Behind Mission?
Application to Build Eight-Story Building Nears Completion
Tby Christina McDermott
he application proposing to build big behind the Santa Barbara Mission is nearing completion. The project’s developers, going by the name The Mission LLC, are proposing a 270-unit, eight-story building with three levels of underground parking. The project, which would include 54 low-income housing units, would be one of the tallest buildings in the city.
The developers told the Independent that the project will bring much-needed housing to the area. But many locals are alarmed at its scale and location, raising questions on how the building will affect everything from evacuation routes to historic resources. Most recently, a group of more than 56 local architects, planners, and designers signed a letter publicly opposing it, as well as another project on Grand Avenue.
“These two proposals clearly conflict with the City’s General Plan, community vision, environmental goals, and design standards,” the group wrote, adding that the projects’ locations raise serious public safety concerns.
Both projects share the same manager, real-estate advisor Ben Eilenberg, and both invoke “builder’s remedy,” a housing provision that restricts the city’s ability to deny the projects unless they have a significant, unavoidable impact to the public’s health or safety. In short, ruining a view or the character of an area can’t stop a builder’s remedy project.
Where does that leave the city when it comes to the proposed building? Here’s a breakdown of what happens once the application is complete.
CONSISTENCY EVALUATION
For nearly a year, The Mission LLC’s applications have been deemed incomplete by the city because they lacked information or clarity the city said it needed. That has included things like base flood elevation information, grading plan information, and missing floor plan details, among other things. But in May, the developers had only a few small issues with the application. Once the application is complete, the city
must conduct a consistency evaluation. That report will show how consistent the project is with the city’s objective standards and policies. While developers do not have to adhere to local zoning laws with builder’s remedy, this kind of review does serve to make the developers aware of how their plan differs from the city’s standards.
The city will also determine whether the project is exempt from evaluation under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Some affordable housing projects are CEQA exempt, based on laws that streamline them. These projects must be in urban areas, must not be in environmentally sensitive habitat, and must not demolish historic resources like buildings. The Mission LLC’s proposed development is unlikely to be exempt based on its location, the City of Santa Barbara said.
CEQA STUDIES
If the project is not deemed CEQA exempt, experts will review the project’s environmental impact through studies. These studies will look at everything from how development may impact traffic to the historical resources on the property itself. Geological studies and biological studies could be conducted.
After the CEQA analysis, the project will move to the city’s design review board, which will make a decision on it, says the City Attorney’s Office. That decision can be appealed to the Planning Commission and City Council, the office said.
If studies find the project poses an unmitigable health or safety impact, the project can go before the City Council, which can decide whether to override the CEQA findings and develop the project anyway or not override it, in which case the project would not move forward.
WHO IS THE MISSION LLC?
The Mission LLC said in a statement to the Independent last fall that the plan to build behind the Mission is the result of “many thoughtful conversations with the Community of Santa Barbara.”
Currently, candid conversations may be more difficult with the owners. The owner’s names are not on the paperwork, and The Mission LLC does not have a website. Ben Eilenberg is listed on application paperwork as the property’s manager.
Eilenberg is linked to the builder’s remedy project on Grand Avenue, which is owned by Industrial Partners Group. Steph and Craig Martin Smith are listed as the founding principals of the group on its website.
The city will determine whether this latest application is complete by July 7. n
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GRAND JURY
Two weeks prior to her death, Covarrubias had been the subject of a welfare check by a county sheriff’s deputy; given the high degree of agitation she displayed at the time, an ambulance was called, and Covarrubias was taken to Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital. There, she would be diagnosed with psychosis. During her treatment there, Covarrubias’s alter ego, Patricia, was manifesting. Typically, Patricia was more agitated and ruder than Covarrubias. A member of the county’s Mobile Crisis Team was called; Covarrubias did not meet the definition of a 5150 an imminent threat to self or others so she was not placed on a protective hold for 72 hours but was instead released.
After being arrested the night of November 8, Covarrubias was taken to the Santa Ynez Valley Emergency Room, where she informed medical staff there that she thought she was “the devil and had to kill herself to protect her children.” She also reported trying to choke herself when visiting deceased relatives at a nearby cemetery. She told mental health workers there she was suicidal. One staff member wrote in a report she needed psychiatric hospitalization. But later, in an interview with a staff psychiatrist, she denied having suicidal thoughts and was discharged to the Sheriff’s Office and was taken to the Main Jail.
During her jail intake interview, Covarrubias identified herself as bipolar and said she tried to choke herself the day before. But, she added, she was no longer suicidal. As a result, she was assigned a cell in the general population. As the Grand Jury noted, “A psychiatric consultation was
The next day, jail medical staff was called. Covarrubias was speaking gibberish. She stated she deserved to die. Accordingly, she was transferred to a safety cell. There, she stated she wanted a pregnancy test and sought to choke herself. The next day, she cried and worried that the devil
would harm her children. She was anxious and angry and refused to engage in a Cooperative Safety Plan. The attending jail mental health worker recommended she be moved to a non-safety cell. Pursuant to this, she was placed in an observational isolation cell equipped with a wall-mounted telephone that had a 12-inch phone cord. The following day, November 12, she announced she wanted to hang herself. She was placed back in a safety cell. The following day, she spoke with jail mental health workers for five minutes. She said her children gave her a reason to live. She was placed back in a room with a telephone and a cord. During her time in custody, she never saw a psychiatrist, and she refused to be evaluated. The psychiatrist prescribed her a sedative and scheduled a follow-up visit for a week later but never researched her prior history or noted that she’d been in safety cells two of the three prior days. Jail correctional staff checked on her every 15 minutes, as protocol dictated. At 4:48 p.m. on November 13, they found Covarrubias hanging with the phone cord around her neck.
A prior grand jury in 2019-2020 dealt with a similar case: death by suicide with a telephone cord by an inmate in an observation room. The Grand Jury recommended that inmates with mental health histories not be placed in rooms with telephone cords and that the Sheriff’s Office not house inmates in cells with telephone cords. In his response to the Grand Jury, Sheriff Bill Brown declined, arguing it was inconvenient for other inmates, adding that the telephone cords had all been reduced from their original length of 18 inches to 12. The 12-inch cord, Brown said, “does not allow for the ligature point and still provides inmates with normalized telephone.” He added that the recommendation to house mentally ill inmates in cells designed to meet their needs “has been implemented.”
Once again, the Grand Jury begged to differ. “Unfortunately for CC [Covarrubias], the SBSO’s [Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office’s] failure to provide a suitable holding cell resulted in her untimely death.”
Raquel Zick, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office, declined to comment; the report, she noted, had only just been released. By law, Brown has 60 days in which to respond to the Grand Jury.
The Grand Jury found the shortage of jail cells to be at the root of the problem and praised the county supervisors for voting this April to expand the number of jail cells in the Northern Branch Jail by 325.
If you or someone you know is at risk of suicide, please call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or call the local 24/7 Access Line at (888) 868-1649. n
Cecilia Michelle Covarrubias
First Guardian in Space Comes to Town
Col. Nick Hague Visits Vandenberg to Discuss His Recent Mission to ISS, Future of Space Exploration
by Callie Fausey
Colonel Nick Hague, the first U.S. Space Force Guardian to be launched into space, always gravitated toward the cosmos. As a child, the night sky piqued his curiosity and inspired a drive to explore the unknown.
He chased that dream and is now a NASA astronaut who has logged more than 350 total days in space across various missions. He recently returned to Earth in March after 170 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Speaking Wednesday at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Hague reflected on the experience of being in orbit and a unique mission: bringing home astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who had to stay behind on the ISS after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft malfunctioned in June 2024.
What was originally slated to be an eightday test flight turned into a nearly 10-month stay in space until Hague and his Russian crewmate brought them back aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
“They were in great spirits,” Hague recalled. “They were happy to see their new crew mates. But the duration that they were there we’ve slowly … built a database of experience doing long-duration missions. We’re collecting that data and trying to understand how it affects the body.”
On the ISS, the crew also conducted more than 900 hours of research related to advancing space exploration and human capabilities, including figuring out how we might grow seeds on Mars, studying blood clotting in zero gravity, and even 3D-printing human tissue.
Hague, an aerospace engineer, described being among the stars as “life-changing” and said the experience “challenges your senses
on so many different levels” because your body must adapt to unfamiliar conditions.
But although he is no stranger to the cosmos he completed his fourth spacewalk during the Crew-9 mission he has never seen a UFO (or UAP, to use the government’s term).
“I haven’t seen anything I couldn’t explain,” he chuckled. “Doesn’t mean we’re not trying to look out there for that stuff. NASA is looking for alien life. We’re trying to find life out in outer space, and I hope we do. It’s a pretty big universe.”
What he has noticed is that space has become more cluttered with space debris and satellites, like those carried by the SpaceX rockets that boom out of Vandenberg on an increasingly regular basis. During Hague’s recent stay on the ISS, his first view of the sunrise shocked him. He was waiting for the sun to come up over the horizon, and all of a sudden, he saw a constellation of light flashing before his eyes. He described the sight as “fireflies on the horizon.”
“The sunbeams glinted off the satellites and then hit us while we’re still in the dark,” he recounted. “Six years ago, I didn’t see that. But those are all those satellites that are there now that weren’t before.”
“There’s a lot of stuff in space,” he continued. “That’s why I’m here at Vandenberg. … They track it. But then they also look at the space station, and they say, ‘Is the space station safe?’ And if something is going to come close to the station, they’re calling Houston mission control and letting us know.”
His research has also highlighted how climate change is reshaping Earth. Over the years, NASA missions have collected images of the Earth’s surface. That includes Hague’s expedition, which produced more than one million photos. “You can see glacial retreats,” he explained. “You can see changes in forest coverage. You can see all of those things.”
Hague became a Space Force Guardian in 2021, and said the role is meant to “protect the American way of life” by maintaining “the ultimate high ground” and making space a “stable and safe domain” for exploration. He said that although the team is small now, he is optimistic about the future of the role and hopes to inspire younger generations to pursue careers in science. n
We are thrilled to announce the newest member of our La Cumbre Animal Hospital family, Dr. Elizabeth Olken. Dr. Olken is now accepting appointments starting June 30th. We can’t wait for you to meet her!
Nick Hague has logged more than a total of 350 days in space.
Kicking Your Dog to the Curb
CHOKE ON THIS: What is it about us as a species that we immediately retreat to the nearest bathroom when we find ourselves choking to death on some errant flap of food? How does this face-saving but clearly selfdestructive strategy translate to reproductive success?
That’s a high price for all our stupid dignity I’ve been chewing on this one a lot lately. In my family of origin, our gullets are genetically engineered to constrict as we age. To rectify this, some medical professional has to jam a NOAA weather balloon down our collective esophagi from time to time and blow it up. My turn has yet to come. But then, I don’t need any medically recognized predisposition to camouflage my innate stupidity During COVID, surgical intervention was required to dislodge a walnut stuck stubbornly between my throat and digestive tract after admittedly in a deadline hurry I inhaled a bowl of oatmeal bulging with all the trimmings.
Talk about your loss of dignity.
Calling this to mind is the stiff-upper-lip resolve, bravery, and composure admirable in any other context now being exhibited by Yvette Cope, the new CEO for Lompoc Valley Medical Center, which is now in the crosshairs of near-total obliteration from all the massive Medicaid cuts included in Donald J. Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill (BBB). If Cope is not a household name, she should be. In Santa
Barbara County, she is the first healthcare executive to really sound the alarm over all the truly catastrophic violence about to be inflicted on our healthcare system by the fine print of Trump’s catchy fixation with alliteration and giving even bigger tax breaks to people who already make too much money
And if the Senate version of Trump’s BBB were to pass, Lompoc Valley will absorb a disproportionate brunt of the bill. Lompoc Valley is not only the last remaining public hospital in Santa Barbara County; it is the only hospital in Santa Barbara classified by Medicare and Medicaid as a “rural hospital.” Under the existing rules of the game, rural hospitals are paid less by Medicaid and Medicare for performing the same procedures as hospitals designated as urban. To fix this obvious problem, states are allowed to tax medical providers, using the proceeds to fill the breach between true costs and real dollars. I will spare you the gory details of all the Rube Goldberg contortions, but without them, rural hospitals will be SOL.
Translated into simple math, if the Senate version of the BBB passes, Lompoc Valley will lose $21 million in critical funding in one fell swoop. Down here in the southern tip of the county, people who pretend to know about such things are dusting off their trumpets and practicing “Taps” for the funeral they say is coming. Bravely, gamely, heroically, Cope is insisting otherwise. “We have no plans to close our doors,” she says. “We are explor-
ing all options to adapt,” she adds. “We have weathered many storms over the years,” she adds some more. “There are currently no plans to cut services.”
Why do such stout assurances make me think of someone choking to death in front of a bathroom mirror?
I get it. Panic is contagious. If Cope were to flail about with the sort of undignified abandon I seem to be suggesting, how many of the many new doctors she’s added to her hospital’s payroll will start looking for other gigs? It’s a very real concern.
I get it; $21 million sounds like a whole lot. But it’s only 13 percent of Lompoc’s total budget, right? I hear that. But what if someone told all you guys out there that they were taking away 13 percent of what you have between your legs? Would the word “only” be part of your response?
There’s nothing remotely beautiful about Trump’s big budget, and government policy should not be built around alliterative fantasies. It’s a bunker buster of a budget with as much precision as the 30,000-pound bombs Trump just dropped on Iran. Let’s do the math. In any given year, Lompoc Valley gets 23,000 ER visits. It gets 73,000 outpatient visits; its satellite clinics get 97,000 more. I don’t know how many people die there; that stat somehow was not provided. But 100 people a week rely on Lompoc Valley for cancer treatment
How many of those visits can be dismissed
as waste, fraud, or abuse?
Speaking of DOGE and Elon Musk, Lompoc Valley is on standby every time Elon blasts one of his Falcon 9 rocket ships out into space from Vandenberg. Is that just-in-case staffing waste, fraud, or abuse? Perhaps Elon still the richest man on the planet despite his precipitous fall from grace might have a spare $21 million hiding in his sock drawer or lurking behind his couch cushions. I believe Yvette Cope has asked. And although she is afforded the rank of honorary commander at Vandenberg, I don’t believe he ever got back to her. Maybe all those sonic booms at last count, I think I read there have been 124 this year have made it hard for him to hear. Elon, phone home. Better yet, phone Yvette
So long as Cope insists on conducting herself with all the professional dignity one expects of a hospital CEO, then maybe all the other healthcare executives in the county should join her at the podium at the next press conference. I know CenCal’s Marina Owen has, but what about you honchos from Cottage? Sutter Health, a k a Sansum? Please make some dignified noise.
If I find myself choking to death on a walnut next time I visit Lompoc, I want someone there who can perform a Heimlich maneuver. The last thing I want to see as I draw my last gasp is me looking back at myself in a mirror.
Thank you, Yvette. — Nick Welsh
Protect the Harbor Seals
Though I live in Ventura, I often walk along the Carpinteria bluffs. One day, I met a Seal Watch Volunteer who explained how she spent two hours a week to help protect the seals and educate the public about them.
I was very enthused, and this January, I joined the Seal Watch. I was astounded to see tourists from all over the globe coming to see the seals! One day, more than 100 people per hour came! They would ask me, “Where can we eat here? Where can we shop in Carpinteria?”
It was a pleasure to see the seals have babies and thrive. These beautiful creatures are very sensitive mammals and require rest on land for survival. When a person doesn’t see the beach closure sign and walks or jogs on the beach, the seals all scatter and go back in the water. This includes new moms, tiny babies, and injured animals. This takes a toll on their overall well-being. The stress levels rise, and they suffer health problems and can die.
I felt so frustrated and disheartened to see the beach reopened on June 1. Very few seals are on the beach now. I cannot understand why the City of Carpinteria will not close the beach year-round; it’s only 1,500 feet of beach!
The seals are a rare treasure that bring both notoriety and revenue to the city. We also need new informational signs on both ends of the closure about the federal protection of these beautiful marine mammals.
There are plenty of open beaches in Carp to walk on. Let’s give the seals a chance.
—Sandra A. Ravis, Ventura
The Scientific Spirit
I have lived in nearly every corner of America and have seen many embodiments of the “American Spirit.” Freedom, equality, entrepreneurship, and ingenuity, just to name a few. One aspect is our spirit of scientific discovery. We are explorers and innovators; we celebrate those who pursue the unknown.
This American scientific spirit has yielded immense tangible benefits. Therapeutics developed to treat disease, technologies to help solve crimes, advances in agriculture that help feed more for less, devices that allow us navigate the world, and information systems and models that forecast the weather. Perhaps equally important, this spirit has
yielded intangible benefits: the incomprehensible wonder of knowing we are a speck in the universe and yet composed of tiny specks called atoms.
Many of these key discoveries were made at American institutions of higher learning, by American-educated people. Some were born to this country, others brought their talent from lands far away, seeking a home in a place that celebrates their shared spirit.
The actions of the Trump administration are degrading the American scientific spirit, disproportionately affecting the next generation. Bright young potential scientists and engineers are seeing science as a risky career choice, susceptible to political whims. This has to stop. We need to reclaim this spirit. A good start would be defending our universities, and your voice can help.
—Brandon Greene, Goleta
Mar y Cel
Iread with great joy the news that Eric and Wendy Schmidt have purchased Mar y Cel, Henry Bothin’s water gardens and tea house. Bothin died in 1923 before the gardens were completed, but his widow, Ellen, continued to use them for many years. When Keith and Kay Schofield purchased the property, it was with the idea of restoring and completing the gardens.
I was lucky enough to be invited to visit Mar y Cel many times. Keith and Kay were very generous in loaning the use of the property to various nonprofits in town as a locale for fundraisers, and I led a history hike through the property for the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County and for the great grandson of Henry Bothin, who was writing a book on his famous relative. (Bothin’s philanthropy, by the way, was much in play after the Santa Barbara earthquake of 1925.)
Angry Poodle
When Keith passed in April 2024, the future of this very special and unique property was unclear. So, thank you, Eric and Wendy Schmidt for continuing Bothin and the Schofield’s vision for this magical place.
—Hattie Beresford, S.B.
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In
Memoriam
Larry Barels
1948–2025
Riding the Eternal Wave
BY NEAL RABIN
This past month, my gregarious raconteur friend of 40 years, Larry Barels, set off on his final grand adventure. It feels strange to speak of Larry in the past tense. He raced through life with such vivid energy, unstoppable enthusiasm, and deep, contagious joy that his absence feels staged. Maybe he’s not gone, only a bit late getting back from a lengthy surf at the ranch, or some touchand-gos in his high-performance airplane.
Larry carved a wide and influential path in the tight-knit community of Santa Barbara. He played a crucial, even providential role in the lives of so many, as a mentor, friend, colleague, co-conspirator, and always as the master conjurer of adventure and fun.
Larry’s path began in the idyllic L.A. surf community of Compton! Metaphorically perfect for him, he earned a wrestling scholarship to BYU. After graduation, he scored a classic VW van and launched himself full-bore into life. He navigated his way to Isla Vista, where, in between couch surfing, courtesy of his newfound friends, he met his soul mate and the great love of his life for the past 53 years, Wendy.
Larry accomplished many things through a powerful self-determination combined with a relentless resolve. Long before he became an accomplished aerobatic pilot, Larry lived as if gravity had no say in the course of his life. Defying it wasn’t an act of rebellion; it was a way of confirming what he believed all along. Life was meant to have wings.
He was a principal founder and CEO of Wavefront Technologies, a pioneering company that helped pave the way for Pixar and an entire generation of digital storytelling. If it sounded improbable, Larry leaned in. His track record could read like a dare. He became part of a host of other ventures from restaurants to chairman of the board for Software .com, and as cofounder of Aqueos, a commercial diving company. Larry gave his time as an involved and generous community leader too. He volunteered his expertise on the boards of Seacology.org and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, among others.
What he built was impressive. But it was how he was that left the bigger mark. He had a Jedi skill for talking anyone’s doubt off the ledge. I saw it many times. He could charm, challenge, provoke, and elevate sometimes all in the same breath.
Like all of us, Larry carried both joy, and struggle. I long ago ironically called him Buddha. Not because he was enlightened, but because he was often certain that he was! In Wendy’s words, “Often wrong, never in doubt.” To partner with Larry was to be challenged and inspired. You had to bring your best, stand firm, and be ready to match his momentum or prepare to be flattened by the sheer force of his conviction.
Larry was a devoted dad, and an epic friend. He was also a passionate pain in the ass, and a deep well of compelling humanity, all rolled into one.
Larry Barels was a connoisseur of life. He savored each moment. He led us all on a remarkable journey with a Pied Piper charisma that could be impossible
to resist. His overflowing bucket list was more than a checklist. His road map wandered from touring America in the confines of a VW van to surfing remote atolls, the rim of a Vanuatu volcano during eruption, and, always, back to the home he and Wendy built in Santa Barbara.
The pace of his sudden departure mirrored the life he lived: fast, full, and fearless. In the end, Larry gave me gave all of us one last lesson: how to die with grace, humor, love, and bottomless curiosity. In true Larry form, he had the foresight, decades ago, to write letters to Wendy and his kids, knowing full well that a life lived on the edge might one day lean too far.
In keeping with my friend’s gift for weaving his own story: “A master in the art of living draws no distinction between work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves others to determine if he is working or playing. To himself he always seems to be doing both.”
That was Larry. A man with relentless enthusiasm which, fittingly, comes from a Greek word meaning “one with the divine.” And that’s how he lived tuned to something larger, surfing life’s best waves with the throttle wide open.
Larry leaves behind a legacy of love and adventure. He is survived by his wife, Wendy; his two children, Orion and Tiare; daughter-in-law Lilly; and three cherished grandchildren Lincoln, Ever, and Remi; plus all of us.
And now? He’s probably somewhere with a board under his arm, chuckling at the rest of us for taking things far too seriously.
There will be a paddle-out for Larry (he’d prefer it in pounding surf, I’m sure), as well as a celebration of the adventurous life of Larry Barels, to be determined. n
Homelessness Will Rise
If Congress Does Not Act to Prevent a Surge in Santa Barbara and the Nation
BY ROB FREDERICKS
More than one million families nationwide are at risk of losing the very thing that makes stability possible: a safe, affordable place to call home Here in the City of Santa Barbara, more than 900 households could lose their rental assistance under the Trump Administration’s proposed FY2026 federal budget. That’s nearly 1,000 neighbors including seniors, children, people with disabilities, and low-wage workers who may be forced to choose between rent and survival.
As the executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara, I have seen firsthand how federal housing programs directly lift people out of poverty and into stability. The proposed 43 percent cut to rental assistance programs at HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) would be catastrophic for our city and our region.
One of the most concerning threats is the planned elimination of funding for the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program. Launched through the American Rescue Plan in 2021, these emergency vouchers have been a lifeline for people experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness, including victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.
Today, 250 households in Santa Barbara County are housed thanks to emergency housing vouchers. Of those, 114 are within the City of Santa Barbara. Without renewed funding from Congress, these individuals and families will face eviction and homelessness by the end of 2026, years earlier than originally committed by HUD. The consequences will be visible on our streets and reflected in our homeless census.
These cuts aren’t just abstract numbers. They mean children losing stable homes, seniors being forced into shelters, and working families living out of their cars. They mean higher costs for local health systems, emergency services, and schools.
Adding to this crisis, the administration’s proposal seeks to eliminate the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program and replace it with
an untested state-run block grant system, shifting oversight and operations to states that do not have the capacity or infrastructure to manage such programs. Here in Santa Barbara, that change would end rental assistance for more than 900 households who currently use vouchers to rent from private landlords.
The administration’s proposal to block grant the funding also includes a two-year time limit for assistance and work requirements for nondisabled, non-elderly recipients. This fails to recognize that most of these individuals are already working. The issue isn’t effort it’s a housing market that’s out of reach.
Rather than punishing low-income households with arbitrary time limits, Congress should expand HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program, which helps participants gain education, skills, and savings to achieve economic independence and ultimately lower program costs. Ironically, this same budget eliminates funding for FSS.
We need action, not abandonment. I urge our local congressional representatives and community leaders to advocate for the following:
· Fully fund all Emergency Housing Vouchers through FY2030 and integrate them into the permanent HUD voucher program.
· Reject the 43 percent cut to federal rental assistance programs.
· Preserve the existing HUD-administered Housing Choice Voucher Program.
· Oppose arbitrary time limits and work mandates in the appropriations process.
· Restore and increase funding for Family SelfSufficiency and supportive programs.
The stability of hundreds of Santa Barbara families depends on these decisions. We cannot allow our federal government to balance its budget on the backs of our most vulnerable neighbors.
Santa Barbara has long been a compassionate, innovative community when it comes to housing. But no city can do it alone. We need strong federal partners who will protect proven programs and invest in housing solutions that work. The time to act is now.
Rob Fredericks is executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara.
The federal budget proposes a catastrophic 43 percent cut to rental assistance programs by Housing and Urban Development, which is led by Secretary Scott Turner, seen here with President Trump in 2019.
obituaries
Rodney Harvey Chow
Passed away on March 11, 2025 at the age of 95. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday July 12 at 3:00 pm at Community Covenant Church, 5070 Cathedral Oaks Rd, Santa Barbara, (Goleta). Dress is casual. He is remembered as a celebrity of the Santa Barbara Farmers Market, for his service on its board, for his produce (especially his fuji apples), and for long friendly conversations at his booth. He is also the author of two locally popular books, “American as Apple Pie” and “Stories of the Good Old Days.”
Joanne Cooper Holderman
07/01/1935 – 05/27/2025
Joanne Cooper Holderman passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 27, at the age of 89 in Santa Barbara, California, after a brief illness. She was surrounded by her loving children, Caroline Calvin and William Holderman.
Born on July 1, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, Joanne was the first of three daughters of Margaret and Dr. John Cooper. She grew up in Butler, Missouri, and attended the University of Missouri, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She graduated in 1953 with a B.A. Joanne married Dr. Henry Lee Holderman in 1957 while he was in medical school. After his graduation in 1958, they traveled the country during his service as a Navy flight surgeon. In 1963, following his discharge, they settled in Santa Barbara,
where Henry joined the medical practice of Joanne’s father.
It was in Santa Barbara that Joanne began a lifetime of passionate philanthropy and community engagement, becoming a transformative force in the city’s cultural and civic life. A devoted mother, grandmother, sister, mother-in-law, and friend, Joanne was a visionary arts advocate—widely recognized as an “arts activist” long before the term became commonplace.
A masterful fundraiser and inspiring leader, Joanne had a rare ability to bring creative ideas to life and rally others around the belief that the arts matter. Her efforts helped shape many of Santa Barbara’s most enduring cultural institutions.
In 1977, Joanne became the first Chair of the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission. Under her leadership, the Commission evolved from a no-budget advisory panel to a nationally recognized regranting agency with major partnerships across public and private sectors.
In 1983, Joanne and her longtime friend and fellow arts advocate Shirley Dettmann co-founded the Santa Barbara Arts Fund. Over the next 35 years, she served as President and Vice President, leading the development of programs such as the Individual Artist Awards, the Arts Mentorship Program for teens, the East Side/ West Side poetry and photography project for middle school students, and arts education initiatives in elementary schools. She also helped spearhead rural regranting efforts with the Irvine Foundation, the El Zoco affordable artist housing project in collaboration with the City of Santa Barbara, and the founding of The Arts Fund Gallery, which continues to thrive today.
Joanne also served as First Vice President of the Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) contributing to major community events including CAMA’s 80th anniversary celebration. She leveraged her extensive civic network to support and promote the performing arts. Her dedication to educational equity was reflected in
her leadership of the H.E.L.P. (Holderman Endowment for La Patera) initiative where she served as Honorary Chair and Steering Committee Member. The program established an endowment to support enrichment in the arts, science, and technology for the diverse student population at La Patera Elementary School in Goleta.
Joanne also served as President of the Junior League of Santa Barbara, was a member of P.E.O., and held leadership roles on the UCSB Chancellor’s Council, the California Confederation of the Arts, and the Board of Directors of the Music Academy of the West. She was a longtime supporter of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and a founding member of its Photo Futures group, which supports photographic exhibitions and acquisitions.
In 2002, Joanne received the Arts Fund Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing her extraordinary dedication to the arts in Santa Barbara County.
Her impact continues to be felt throughout Santa Barbara’s cultural and educational landscape. Her legacy lives on in the institutions she helped build, the students and artists she empowered, and the generations of civic leaders she inspired through her unwavering generosity and belief in the transformative power of the arts.
At home, Joanne expressed her love for the arts through her personal collection, with works by Hank Pitcher, Channing Peake, Phoebe Brunner, Jack Baker and many more. A world traveler, she filled her home with art from cultures around the globe. Her rose garden, which she lovingly referred to as her “third child,” was another of her lifelong passions.
Joanne is survived by her children, Caroline Calvin and William Holderman, MD; son-in-law Peter Calvin; daughter-in-law Lisa Franke-Holderman; and beloved grandchildren Grace and Lauren Holderman. She is also survived by her sisters, Gayle Quisenberry of Houston, Texas, and Tricia Niederauer of Los Gatos, California, as well as a wide circle of friends, collabora-
tors, and community members who will continue to carry forward her values and vision.
The family extends heartfelt thanks to Joanne’s devoted friend and care companion, June Ferguson, and the dedicated staff of Oak Cottage Memory Care Home and Cliff View Terrace Assisted Living.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Joanne’s memory to The Arts Fund:
artsfundsb.org/support Or mail a check payable to: The Arts Fund
P.O. Box 333
Santa Barbara, CA 93102
A celebration of Joanne’s life and legacy will be announced at a later date.
Dennis Ruben Morelos 1949 –2025
It is with deep sorrow and eternal love that our beloved brother peacefully passed away on May 21st, 2025 in Santa Barbara, California.
Born on June 8, 1949, Dennis was a proud native son of Santa Barbara. He was the beloved fourth of fourteen children born to the late Jesus and Mildred Morelos, who instilled in him the values of family, faith, and hard work.
Dennis also lived a time with his aunt and uncle Marie and Jesus Reynoso.
Dennis attended Dolores School and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1968. A true Don through and through — Once a Don, Always a Don. After graduation, Dennis answered the call to serve his country and proudly joined the United States Navy in 1968 and spent the next 4 ½ years in Yokosuka, Japan.
Fate and love brought Soledad Morelos (Ramirez) into Dennis’s life, and together they began a beautiful journey, marrying on October 13, 2001. Their union was a shining example
of devotion, laughter, and strength.
Dennis built a solid life with hard work and perseverance. He worked at Sasso Grain and Feed, eventually becoming part owner, before transitioning to the oil industry where he found his professional home at Venoco, dedicating over 30 years to the company.
Outside of work, Dennis found joy in traveling, cherishing the opportunity to experience the world and share adventures with loved ones. He was a member of the Santa Barbara Elks Lodge and The American Legion. He also volunteered at the Braille Institute. He was a man of quiet wisdom, generous spirit, and fierce loyalty to his family and community. Dennis was preceded in death by his parents, Jesus and Mildred Morelos, his beloved wife, Soledad, and siblings Lionel, David, Carolyn, and Raul.
He is lovingly survived by his siblings: Yolanda, Ricardo, Mildred, Linda, Dolores, Augustine, Joel, Raphael, and Cathleen, as well as by countless nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, godchildren, and dear friends who were blessed by his presence in their lives.
The Morelos family extends heartfelt gratitude to all who offered prayers, encouragement, and unwavering support during Dennis’s final days. Your kindness has been a source of comfort and strength.
A Memorial Mass will be held on July 11, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, followed by interment at Calvary Cemetery. A reception will follow at The Timbers 10 Winchester Canyon Rd, Goleta, CA 93117. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to any of the following organizations that touched Dennis’s life: Serenity House, Ridley Tree Cancer Center, Santa Barbara High School Alumni Association, and/or UC Santa Barbara-Koegel Autism Center . Though Dennis may be gone from our sight, he remains forever in our hearts. His legacy of love, loyalty, and laughter lives on in every life he touched.
obituaries
Laurence K. Miller 02/25/1931 – 06/12/2025
Laurence Kingsley Miller passed on June 12th, 2025, in his home surrounded by loving family. Three children and four grandchildren survive him. He will be joining his wife as well as his eldest son. He lived a full 94 years and saw the world. If anyone wishes to honor the memory of Laurence Kingsley Miller, in place of a flowers, please donate to a charity of your choice. There will be no service.
Kenneth Ellis 11/28/1955 – 12/25/2023
A celebration of Kenneth's life will be held Saturday, June 28th at Tucker's Grove, area 8 from 11:00 to 3:00. Ken graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in 1974 and attended Cuesta College. He married Leslie (nee Fotheringham) in 1982, Kenneth spent several years in the auto Parts business before starting Ellis Landscaping. He was a devoted fan of the 49ers, Lakers and the Giants. He and Leslie moved to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota in 2016.
He is survived by Leslie, his loving wife of 41 years and their two children Erica (Alan) and Kenny (Mary) and numerous grandchildren. He is also survived by his mother and Stepfather Earline and James Snell, his siblings Keith (Diana) Ellis, Karen (Gary) Church and Katy (Bruce) Nielson and many nieces and nephews. For information and to RSVP call or text Phil Unander at 805 689 0618
Jimmy Todd
Memorial Service for our son, Jimmy Todd Saturday, July 19, 2025 @ 2:00 PM
South Coast Baptist Church, Worship Center 351 Paseo Nuevo (second floor, Paseo Nuevo Mall)
Michael B. Brians 11/19/1945 – 06/02/2025
Michael B. Brians was born November 19, 1945, in Richmond, CA and passed away on June 2, 2025, after a lengthy illness.
Mike attended elementary school and Jr. High in Santa Barbara and went on to be a star football player at Santa Barbara High as a proud DON. As a senior, Mike and a friend bought a pet monkey and named him “Elmer Gantry” who happily lived with Mike and was trained to “entertain his dates”.
After High School Mike entered the United States Army and was stationed in Germany for Eighteen months. Upon his return in November 1968, he married the love of his life, Patty Temple, on December 17th. Mike and Patty’s love for pets was always evident in the Brians household, which included sometimes as many as four dogs.
As a general contractor,
Mike worked remodeling and building houses including the Cottages at San Ysidro Ranch. In 1974 Patty and Mike welcomed their son Rob into the world and together the Brians family spent many happy hours playing tennis and attending all of Rob’s many sports events. Every summer they traveled to Hawaii always staying in their favorite location, Hale Napilii. Mike and Patty traveled extensively, visiting many countries with family and friends.
Mike was predeceased by his parents, two brothers, his infant son, Eric, and his beloved sister-in-law Cindy Ricci. He is survived by his wife, Patty, son Rob and grandchildren, Eric, Riley and Taylor. Together, Mike and Patty enjoyed so much their years as grandparents and the kids spent many nights with “Gammy” and “Pop-Pop”. Mike was very close to his nephews, Stevie, Shawn, and Brian Ricci and considered their children as his own. Patty remains very much involved in all of their lives. He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Bonnie Buzard, her husband Bob and their family.
The family would like to thank Dr. Robert Byers for his long-term care as their family physician, who was always there when needed.
Mike was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend who was admired and loved by so many. He will be missed by all who knew him.
Don McCorkell
06/28/1947 – 03/25/2025
Don McCorkell, Former Oklahoma Legislator, Filmmaker, Photographer and Writer, Dies at 77
Don McCorkell, a longtime Oklahoma legislator, attorney, environmental advocate, and documentary filmmaker, passed away on March 25 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Don made Tulsa, Oklahoma, his home for most of his life before relocating to California in his later years. He earned both a bachelor’s degree in political science and a Juris Doctor from the University of Tulsa, lay-
ing the foundation for a life devoted to public service and civic engagement.
Don represented Tulsa’s 72nd district in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1979 to 1996. During his 17-year tenure, he became known for his commitment to economic development, public education, and bipartisan cooperation. He was widely respected for his pragmatic approach and willingness to reach across the aisle to serve the people of Tulsa.
In 1996, Don stepped down from the legislature to run for the U.S. Senate, and a decade later, ran for Mayor of Tulsa in 2006. His campaigns reflected his deep passion for civic responsibility and a lifelong dedication to improving his community.
After his political career, Don turned his focus to environmental documentary filmmaking while spending his later years in Santa Barbara. His 2009 film, A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms, offered a stark examination of industrial agriculture’s impact on ecosystems and public health. The film garnered critical attention and exemplified Don’s commitment to environmental justice and sustainable food systems.
A voracious reader and devoted writer, Don was passionate about literature and storytelling in all its forms.
In his final work, the unpublished book Last Suppers, he wrote: “Look for justice and you won’t find it. Look for mercy, or love, or beauty— you can find all of those.”
Don was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Marilyn McCorkell, who passed away two years earlier. He is survived by his two sons and five grandchildren, along with a wide circle of friends, colleagues, and admirers who remember him for his intellect, integrity, and enduring drive to make a difference.
A private memorial will be held by the family. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Don’s honor to Doctors Without Borders.
"We all die, but not all of us truly live. I have lived, and I am grateful for that." - Don McCorkell, *Last Suppers*
12/19/1962 – 06/11/2025
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Bobby, who departed this life on June 11, 2025, at the age of 62.
Bobby found joy in the simple things—whether it was a quiet afternoon listening to his police scanner, a hobby that began in childhood when he’d follow his father’s calls as a proud son of a Santa Barbara Police Officer, or the satisfaction of knowing the backroads and highways of Southern California like the back of his hand. For over 40 years, Bobby worked as a process server, a career that took him to nearly every courthouse from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles. He took pride in his work, his knowledge of the region, and his independence.
Bobby was preceded in death by his beloved father, Robert Pentecost II, and his grandparents. He leaves behind a devoted and loving family: his mother Lillian Pentecost; his brother Peter James Pentecost (Brenda), along with children Peter James II and Krista; his sister Kathleen Pentecost (Ronald), and children Justin, Nicole, and Stephanie; and his sister Margaret Santarossa (John), and children Ashley, Jessica, and Dominick. Along with great nieces and nephews. Those who knew Bobby will remember his quiet nature, his sharp memory, and his deep connection to the routines and rhythms of the world around him. His presence was steady and grounded—a reflection of the life he lived and the love he held for his family.
He will be deeply missed and fondly remembered.
** There will be a Celebration of Bobby’s Life held in September.
Robert B Pentecost
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Sandwich Week
MORE THAN 40 $9 SANDWICHES NOW BEING SERVED AT 26 RESTAURANTS UNTIL JULY 2
Could the sandwich be more American than apple pie?
Sure, some earl in 18th-century England gets credit for its rise to fame, and examples today abound in countries across the globe. But only the United States celebrates such a multiplicity of the basic stuff-between-bread formula, with endless variations from region to region, culture to culture, even era to era.
We fight about what to call specific styles, about which rolls or sauces are proper, about putting in chips or avocado or not. Despite our divisions, so many of us eat them with glee. A lot. Every day. From breakfast to lunch, dinner to late night.
You may say, “Well, what about the hamburger, or the hot dog? Aren’t they even more American?” To which, we say, “They’re sandwiches too!”
With these big tent sentiments, the Santa Barbara Independent presents to you our first-ever Sandwich Week. From Thursday, June 26, until Wednesday, July 2, 26 restaurants are offering more than 40 vastly distinct sandwiches including one hamburger! all across the Santa Barbara region.
As we do with Burger Week (which happened in March) and Burrito Week (which comes in September), we sent our reporters to try each of the sandwiches, snap some shots, and tell us stories about them. At the end of each description, we’ve included any stipulations listed by the restaurant about their participation, so make sure to read the fine print.
To bring these sandos to your socials, our “Snap. Share. Win! Contest” will reward the best photos taken and posted to Instagram during Sandwich Week. So, snap a picture of your sandwich (best before you eat it!), share to IG with the hashtag #sbindysandwichweek, and tag @sbindependent. Each photo serves as an entry for the chance to win a $25 restaurant gift card. Happy sandwiching.
—Matt Kettmann
V = Vegetarian Options Available
SNAP a photo. SHARE it on Instagram using #SBINDYSANDWICHWEEK, then tag @SBINDEPENDENT and the restaurant who made your sandwich. One photo is one entry for the chance to WIN a $25 gift card from a participating restaurant!
BLACKBIRD: Buttermilk Brined Chicken Sandwich
A stylish restaurant inside the Hotel Californian, Blackbird’s beautifully constructed and furnished atmosphere made their buttermilk brined chicken sandwich taste all the more enjoyable. It’s the popular creation of Executive Chef Travis Watson, who serves it every Wednesday as a daily special with bubbles.
But I was served by the friendly chef de cuisine, Louie Ramirez, who fried up a crispy chicken breast that was fresh and filling. The roasted garlic aioli and coleslaw sweetened the dish, and the house-made hot sauce complemented that sweetness with pleasant spice. Pickles brought another layer to the palate, a saltiness that blended in harmony with the brioche bun, adding comfort to an elegant meal.
The sandwich truly encapsulated the hearty beauty of the restaurant’s location close to the water, which makes a great perch for watching passersby on summer evenings.
CAYA RESTAURANT AT THE LETA HOTEL: Noe’s Carnitas Torta
While the CAYA Restaurant is hidden inside The Leta Hotel at the corner of Calle Real and Kingston Avenue in Goleta the Santa Barbara end of a busy strip-mall anchored by Montecito Bank & Trust and Crumbl Cookies near the Leta and Masala Spice way down at the other end it’s a welcoming dining room and shady patio for lunch or dinner.
On order for the Indy’s premiere Sandwich Week is Chef Noe Copca’s savory carnitas torta. “A torta is ‘sandwich’ in Spanish,” said Copca, who first started cooking at the age of 12 in Mexico City several decades back and came to CAYA about a year and a half ago. “This has pork, slow-cooked for four hours with fresh-squeezed orange juice, orange zest, some mango and pineapple, and habanero, garlic, onion, and spices.”
The result is tender shreds of pork with occasional pops of zesty orange and the low glow of habanero throughout. Crisped with a layer of cheddar cheese over the meat, the crunch of chopped cabbage adds to the substantial meal served on a toasty hoagie bun.
CRISTINO’S BAKERY: Chicken Chipotle Sandwich
It’s served hot on a freshly baked Italian roll and toasted to order for the perfect bite bold, comforting, and made entirely from scratch.
Tucked away behind Santa Barbara Airport, Cristino’s Bakery is offering their most popular and delectable takeout chipotle chicken sandwich, which is a great bang for your buck.
They don’t skimp on the ovenroasted chicken, which is layered with organic baby arugula, juicy tomatoes, gooey melted pepper Jack cheese, crispy bacon, and a beautifully balanced chipotle aioli. All of this is layered on a freshly baked Italian roll, the perfect amount of bread to soak up the sauce for a succulent last bite.
With Cristino’s only a seven-minute drive from Goleta Beach Park, this sandwich is perfect accompaniment to an afternoon at the beach. For $9, you get two halves, so you’ll be satisfied well into the evening.
Owner Lorena Casas takes pride in using fresh ingredients from partners such as Jordano’s Foodservice and The Berry Man. When she started the business seven years ago, Casas’s inspiration was her daughter, who is now 8 years old. Cristino’s has given Casas the flexibility to be present for her family while also showcasing her Oaxacan roots by adding a “Mexican touch” to her breakfast, lunch, and baked goods, offered daily.
—Elaine Sanders
Takeout only, while supplies last. 170 Aero Camino, Goleta; (805) 4556900; cristinosbakery.com; @cristinosbakery
CRUSHCAKES & CAFÉ: Yuli’s Deluxe
Serving up scrumptiously delightful made-from-scratch cuisine since 2008, Crushcakes & Café has savory offerings that are every bit as yummy as their cupcakes which is saying a lot! I love a good breakfast sandwich any time of the day, and Crushcakes has a wide variety of all-day offerings using organic eggs and hormone-free meats.
In honor of Sandwich Week, owner Shannon Gaston is offering bargain pricing on Yuli’s Deluxe, a spicy, rich take on the traditional breakfast sammie. The Crushcakes version has a fried egg, perfectly crisped bacon, Jack cheese, sautéed jalapeños, arugula, and their house-made sriracha aioli all on a toasted brioche bun.
I was planning to take one bite and ditch the jalapeños, but they were sautéed so nicely that the texture blended perfectly into the sandwich and I happily ate the whole thing. Served with a pretty side of fresh fruit my strawberries looked like little hearts the sweet personal touches at Crushcakes bring out the sunny side of life in Santa Barbara, whether you enjoy this sandwich for breakfast or lunch.
—Leslie Dinaberg
—Jean Yamamura
Other temptations are the side of crispy French fries or mixed-spring-greens salad offered at the special price of $5 apiece to accompany the torta. The drinks list also entices with everything from Bud Light to cocktails like the bourbon-y Berry Smashed and the lemony vodka Goodland Drop.
Sliced house roasted chicken breast and bacon w/ mayo, tomato, avocado, and melted cambozola cheese. Topped with chopped romaine tossed in our own green onion gorgonzola dressing, on a toasted Italian roll
Roast beef w/ our own sun-dried tomato mayo, caramelized onion, and cambozola cheese grilled and pressed on your choice of sourdough or wheat
At Dave’s Drip House, an old-school-style ice cream parlor on Turnpike Road, it’s hot. Like, inferno-level hot if you so choose, anyway. The shop recently started serving J’s Hot Chicken, a selection of fiery finger foods to complement their cool scoops.
Now featured on the wall next to the giant pink ice cream cone is a thermometer, advertising heat levels ranging from their original, no-heat seasoning to “inferno,” which is accompanied by a skull and crossbones to really drive the point home.
“I wouldn’t recommend going anywhere past mild,” advised Cynthia Reynoso, wife and business partner to Dave Reynoso, the mind behind the Dave’s Dogs empire.
Dave’s hot chicken sandwich stars a hand-battered chicken finger seasoned and spiced to your liking, beautifully fried and served with lettuce in a split-brioche bun. Their signature pink sauce a Thousand Island–based secret recipe is drizzled on top and served on the side for your dipping pleasure. And it’s all complemented by some perfect, crinkle-cut pickles. In a way, it is a chicken sandwich served hot-dog style, Dave’s signature.
The deal also comes with a drink, which you’ll need, depending on your heat level.
Gala’s offering is no doubt the best deal of Sandwich Week, as it saves you a plane ticket to Spain. Its owners, Tara Penke and chef Jaime Riesco, also own the restaurant Picnic in Barcelona, which has featured a fried chicken sandwich for 15 years. Now you can dive into one right on Anacapa Street.
I went ahead and took Reynoso’s advice and stuck to mild. Maybe it’s my own hot-chicken hubris talking, but I think I could have handled the extra spice. Still, it had a nice kick that had me saying, “Cluck yeah.”
—Callie Fausey
199 S. Turnpike Rd., Ste. 104; davesdriphouse.com; @davesdriphouse; @jshotchicken
“I’m gonna bring you more napkins,” said Del Pueblo Café’s Giselle Cuevas, who took over this Mexican stalwart in Goleta’s Magnolia Center in 2023 that her grandfather founded almost 20 years ago. “You’re gonna need them.”
She’s right, as the specially created pambazo is a gloriously wet mess. The bolillo bread is fried in an enchilada-like chile sauce, then stuffed with chorizo, chopped potatoes, carrots, lettuce, queso fresco, and sour cream before arriving still warm. The bread which comes from La Bella Rosa Bakery on the Westside retains a slight crunch and great chew, ensuring that the crumbly, moderately spicy fillings stay mostly intact.
That chicken is the star, the buttermilk batter crunchy but not in the least oily or mealy, and the white meat still succulent. Its richness gets cut by a perfectly balanced slaw of carrot, cabbage, herbs, and Calabrian chili, the mild vinegar tang and chili heat creating a glow for the fine fowl. There’s also a swish of raita sauce across the bottom half of the brioche bun, adding yet more flavor and a slight exotic air. (Gala fans might recall this sauce from Burger Week.)
A lovely culinary evening could center on this sandwich, maybe alongside one of Gala’s creative cocktails often featuring inhouse infusions or a glass of vino from the well-curated list. And yeah, every night oysters are $2.50 per, if you want to make a sui generis surf and turf.
“It’s something that’s usually served during the holidays,” said Cuevas, who’s pumped to serve this traditional treat alongside the aguas frescas she crafts each week (just $3 for Sandwich Week) as well as happy hour beer prices.
The aroma of bacon emanating from the Dutch Garden’s BLT was so heavenly that I almost forgot the First Commandment of Sandwich Week: “DO NOT EAT THE SANDWICH BEFORE TAKING ITS PICTURE MANY, MANY TIMES.”
Reluctantly setting the hot ’n’ toasty sammie back on its plate as those all-capped words filtered through my brain, I took a bunch of photos as quickly as possible in order to get back to the sandwich before the hot-off-the-grill crunch was gone. And I wasn’t disappointed.
Proprietor Matt English’s BLT has got to be the tastiest sandwich in the world. And it’s all the more precious for being available only as long as tomatoes are summer-ripe.
A steady presence on West Figueroa Street since 1997, Gino’s Sicilian Express is a survivor. “There’s not a lot of little hole-in-the-walls in Santa Barbara anymore, not a lot of mom ’n’ pop shops left,” lamented Julia Brown, who’s worked on and off here since 2006. The next year is when owner Loren Manser the shop’s first employee ever took over from founder Gino Milano, who’d come to Santa Barbara from Sicily by way of Vancouver.
Pizza is still central, but their paninis served on slices of pizza crust, warmed in the pizza oven are steady sellers to downtown dwellers as well. They’re serving seven different versions for Sandwich Week: the red-sauced; melted-mozzarella-covered meatball and sausage paninis, the latter with bell pepper and onion, too; as well as the ham, turkey, salami, and capocollo paninis, which get mozzarella, ranch dressing, lettuce, and tomato. The veggie gets those latter ingredients plus mushroom, bell pepper, onion, and olives.
English, a newish owner of the restaurant that opened in 1926 as Poppy’s and who’s kept the flavors of the 1980s-era Dutch Garden intact, according to regulars said he only started serving this sandwich once the Givens Farm’s heirloom tomatoes ripened up. Paired with “ham cut” slices of smoked bacon cut off a slab “this long,” said English, holding his hands about three feet apart, the fully ripe tomatoes offer a flavor that can hold its own with smoked bacon.
—Jean Yamamura
English adds a dash of sherry vinegar and a few leaves of butter lettuce on grilled sourdough for a sandwich that my lunch companion and I were kind of fighting over. (His Reuben was outstanding, but no match for this BLT.) In a word: yowza.
“It’s like a miniature calzone,” said Brown, as they all sport a warm crunch to accompany the shower of flavors in each bite.
The small, red-and-white-tableclothed spot sports a classic family vibe. “A lot of employees are kids who grew up coming here,” said Brown. So, what’s her title? “According to all the children, I’m the pizza lady,” she laughed. “That’s about as official as I get.”
—Matt Kettmann
—Matt Kettmann
Capocollo Panini
Hours: M-F 4-9pm, Sat/Sun 10am-9pm
Address: 6985 Santa Felicia Dr. Goleta CA 93117
GOAT TREE: GT Egg Sandwich
Executive Chef Travis Watson who oversees all the culinary output at the Hotel Californian wants you to know three things about the GT Egg Sandwich. First, it’s a unique offering, only on the menu for Sandwich Week. Second, it’s a brunch sandwich, only fitting, as Goat Tree is one of the better brunch spots on State Street. The third point he makes as he presents the easily sixinches-in-diameter delight at my patio table, “It’s a fork-and-knife sandwich that’s why I brought an extra fork and knife.”
Peeking out from under the grilled, house-made brioche bun is a magnificent mess of soft-scrambled egg, ridiculously rich and creamy, slathered with some Tapatio aioli that brings more flavor than heat. The bottom bun has a slice of muenster just-melted atop, bringing that cheese’s distinctive nuttiness to the party. And then there’s the pork belly, the alternately crispy/fatty “rebar” holding the whole scrumptious mix together. This sando will quickly remind you why pork belly had its big menu moment a couple of decades ago. It’s freakin’ delicious.
The GT egg sandwich can leave you seriously fortified for your post-brunch day or provide ballast for the wealth of early-Hollywood-themed cocktails on offer.
Available 7 a.m.-3 p.m. 36 State St; goattreecafe.com; @hotelcalifornian
Café La Fonda, family owned and operated, is relatively new to the restaurant scene here in Santa Barbara. Tucked on Anacapa Street across from the scenic courthouse and lawn, it’s the perfect place to pop in for a delicious meal with a stellar staff.
For Sandwich Week, they’re bringing the heat and serving up a creamy chipotle bacon smashburger. This burger is packed with seasoned charbroiled ground beef and honey smoked bacon between a toasted bun, serving up a crisp and crunchy delight to sink your teeth into. It’s topped with lots of cheese, iceberg lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickle for a rich sweetness that cools and contrasts against their creamy chipotle secret sauce. And while the “burger versus sandwich” debaters are up in arms, you can enjoy every delicious bite with a side of unlimited fries.
This location is perfect for people-watching or tucking away into a cozy booth. Café La Fonda has only been open one year and was started to support La Casa de la Raza, a nonprofit that supports migrant families. And if you’re like me, you can go in on a Sunday and experience the mariachi brunch buffet, and even request a song. —Richelle Boyd
129 E. Anapamu St.; cafelafonda.com; @cafelafonda.sb
CITY SANDWICH SHOP: Tri-Tip Ahogada
Mission City Sandwich Shop on the Mesa is a relatively new player in the Santa Barbara sandwich scene. You’d never guess it based on their top-tier menu riddled with clever (and occasionally niche) movie references and a steady stream of hungry customers.
For Sandwich Week, Chef Nate Simandle wanted to bring something truly special to the table or the beach. Enter the Mission City tri-tip Ahogada: an ode to Latin flavors with a Santa Barbara twist.
Packed to the brim with RC Provisions smoked tri-tip, melted pepper Jack cheese, black-bean bacon spread, avocado cilantro, shredded iceberg lettuce, and Rusty’s chili lime potato chips, this sandwich delivers everything you’d expect and a few things you won’t know you need until the first bite. It also includes some of the best pickled onions I have ever tasted, which add a perfect balance and complex tangy flavor to the sandwich. Driving home the Mexican influence is the savory roasted tomato and guajillo chili broth ideal for dipping, pouring, or even sipping.
Owners Nate and Paige Simandle pride themselves on serving some of Santa Barbara’s best sandwiches, made with high-quality, locally sourced ingredients in a nostalgic and welcoming space. This week’s signature creation is just one more reason to stop by. —Bryce Eller 1826 Cliff Dr., Ste. A; missioncitysandwichshop.com; @missioncity_sandwichshop
—George Yatchisin
NORTON’S DELI: Tuna Melt
“If you say ‘Norton’s,’ everyone says, ‘Pastrami!’ ” explained the deli’s owner Filippo Giordano, who took over the small eatery in 2017. And that’s great, because Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives endorsement years ago keeps the tourists coming back to Norton’s, which celebrated 20 years in business last year. But it’s the regular downtown workers who keep the deli humming, so Giordano who also co-owns Kona’s Deli near Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo spends just as much care on lighter fare, like chicken-breast sandos.
That’s where this tuna melt comes in. The homemade, line-caught tuna salad, which sports a light celery crunch, is grilled a bit to give it more texture, then treated to a Swiss cheese melt and smashed between griddled bread. It comes with a side of refreshing pickles, and benefits from a dousing of Cayucos Hot Sauce that sits on the table.
Giordano hails from Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, where his parents ran fancier restaurants, but his goal was always to keep it casual. He’s proud of the poster in the back of Italian actors Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, who made many famous action and spaghetti Western films together. “That’s how we pictured America in the 1980s,” said Giordano of the photo, which shows them sitting at a diner very much like Norton’s, with mustard and ketchup bottles on the table. “It’s the same now.”
18 W. Figueroa St.; nortonsdeli.com;
@nortonsdeli
—Matt Kettmann
PANINO: Five Sandwiches!
Panino was a pioneer of Santa Barbara County’s contemporary sandwich scene, opening in 1990 in Los Olivos and steadily expanding to five more locations. The white and bright downtown Panino is my favorite. The Victorian-esque outpost features a sprawling, sunny patio, backed by mountain views, and the artisanal ambiance perfectly matches their sandwiches, which are equal parts delectable and aesthetic.
With original touches such as fresh basil, homemade honey mustard, French brie, and zesty pesto, Panino is the perfect excuse to go out for a sandwich rather than make your own. And this week, there’s no reason not to treat yourself to one of their five distinct offerings. Explained owner Ashley Benson, “We carefully selected a range of our sandwich options, each offering a unique flavor profile.”
This week’s half-sandwich options so large they might be considered a whole sandwich elsewhere! include the Italian Combo with sliced prosciutto, Genoa salami, aged provolone, mayonnaise and balsamic, greens, tomato, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion, and basil; and the turkey & brie (my fave!), with brie draped over thick slices of turkey, finished with mayonnaise, honey mustard, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, green bell pepper, red onion, and basil.
The chicken & pesto sings with savory bursts of sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts, feta cheese, and green leaf lettuce, and the popular curried chicken salad sandwich pops with dried cranberries, sliced apple, pine nuts, honey mustard, and green leaf lettuce. They’re also featuring their top-selling vegetarian sandwich, the avocado & provolone, with tomato, red onion, cucumber, green bell pepper, basil, lettuce, mayonnaise, and honey mustard. Sandwiches can be served on any of their breads delivered daily from The Baker’s Table. I always opt for their delightful sourdough, but as Benson promised, “You really can’t go wrong with any selection from the menu.”
—Rebecca Horrigan
Available at locations in S.B., Montecito, Goleta, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez, and Solvang; eatpanino.com; @eatpanino
Italian Combo
Avocado & Provolone
Petra Café’s cozy dining room is lined with Middle Eastern furniture, linens, and artifacts from chef/owner Falah Maayah’s home country of Jordan. He renamed the space (formerly known as Foxtail Kitchen) after his birthplace, Petra, Jordan an ancient city known for giant tombs, statues, and homes carved into its pink sandstone cliffs.
The menu is packed with Jordanian dishes Maayah said were perfected by his grandmother, familiar favorites such as shawarma, kebab, hummus, and labneh.
For sandwich week, he’s serving the delightfully bright and summer-friendly chicken shawarma wrap, stuffed with marinated sliced chicken, crisp greens, grilled seasonal veggies, creamy hummus, and a house special garlic sauce. It’s all wrapped in a thin pita, which is given a nice kiss of color on the flat-top grill before being served alongside a pair of dipping sauces for an added kick of flavor.
The marinated chicken is tender and juicy, and each of Petra Café’s sauces brings a new layer that helps add to the wrap as a whole. The pita was a welcome reprieve from the typical bread-heavy lunchtime fare, and although the wrap is the size of a bigger-than-average burrito, it left me perfectly satisfied without me needing a post-meal nap before returning to the news desk.
When Poké House co-owner Ryan Mai announced a competition to create the best sushi-inspired sandwich with in-house ingredients, 17-year-old employee Taisei Lopez took him up on the challenge. Taisei said he spoke with his mother, who told him about oshizushi, a form of pressed sushi in Japan. That inspired him. He came on his day off and spent hours in the kitchen perfecting his entry. The result? A delicious, fresh, and filling creation.
Sushi rice with furikake and a thin layer of nori make up the bread for the Spicy Salmon Sammich. It does a great job of holding the sandwich together. Inside is spicy miso marinated poké salmon, mixed greens, crunchy cucumber, sweet grape tomatoes, and just a touch of sriracha aioli. The sandwich itself is a delicious blend of sweet and spice, with the kick from the salmon hitting your tongue a little later in the bite. The blend of textures the softness of the poké, the crunch of the fresh greens and cucumber, and the stickiness of the rice mesh perfectly. Sushi lovers rejoice!
A small franchise started by Mai’s college friend, Poké House is coming up on its one-year anniversary this July. During the pandemic, Mai said, he discovered his love for making delicious food and wanted to get involved in the restaurant business. This Poké House is the first outside of the Bay Area.
—Christina McDermott 811 State St.; poke.house; @poke.house
The Rinkside Café at the Goleta ice rink is ready to deliver a knockout punch with its Sandwich Week debut: the Rocky Balboa. Chef Sean Bentley’s creation is a hearty homage to Philadelphia’s iconic cheesesteaks, featuring a generous portion of ribeye steak, with grilled onions and bell peppers, all seasoned with the chef’s secret blend. It’s then piled high with American and mozzarella cheeses on a warm hoagie roll. For a lighter alternative, you can also get it with chicken instead of steak.
Enjoy this piping-hot sandwich with a craft beer while you watch one of Santa Barbara’s hockey teams battle it out on the ice. It’s also perfect for fueling up aspiring hockey players of all ages.
The café recently reopened in March after months of renovation to add a new grill. This upgrade allows the Rinkside Café to operate as a proper restaurant, offering more nutritious options than your typical sports snack bar, explained Ice in Paradise GM Breanne Walsh. Serving a warm and welcoming hockey community, the Rinkside Café has quickly become a beloved spot, inviting everyone to stop by and grab a bite.
—Vince Grafton
Available every day except Taco Tuesday. 6985 Santa Felicia Dr., Goleta; iceinparadise.org; @rinksidecafe
—Ryan P. Cruz
SAMA SAN ROQUE: Vietnamese-French Dip
Sama Sama’s iconic flavors are central to the uptown restaurant referred to as “Lama Sama,” where the Funk Zone’s Lama Dog Taproom and downtown's Sama Sama Kitchen deliver a rotating list of craft beer and wine options to pair with Asian-influenced cuisine.
Sama San Roque’s Vietnamese-French Dip reinvents a classic, featuring crispy French bread, slow-braised angus beef, Monterey Jack cheese sauce, caramelized onions, and a savory aromatic bo kho broth. Showcasing confidence in simple yet expertly cooked ingredients rather than relying on a multitude of additions, the bread is light, airy a perfect platform to carry the jus-like broth while the salty, slow-cooked braised beef and creamy, salty cheese are cut by the sweet caramelized onions. The sandwich was originally created at the Little Sama Ojai location, but it’s a new addition here, said Chef Ryan Scott. Whether you’re catching a game on one of the nine large televisions indoors or enjoying the sunshine on their pet-friendly patio seating, it’s no wonder why Lama Sama is already a quintessential uptown hangout.
S.B.
—Vince Grafton
Dine-in only. 3435 State St.; (805) 450-8288; samasamakitchen.com; @samasanroque
FISH MARKET GOLETA: Tuna Salad Sandwich
Alternate name: Not Your Mom’s Tuna Sandwich. (No offense, Mom!) It all starts with that tuna, which is prepared confit-style in-house from the end cuts of ahi and yellowtail that the Fish Market trims from the bigger filets they sell. “It’s real tuna,” is how chef and COO of the Fish Market Paul Osborne puts it, “not skipjack.” With fish this good, the sando is automatically amazing.
Mon-Fri 6am-8pm Sat 6:30am-2p Sun 7am-2pm
But wait, there’s more, as it’s dressed in a Dijon aioli (not lame-o Miracle Whip) with a quick kick from some lemon juice and jalapeño. For crunch and more flavor, chopped Castelvetrano olives, butter lettuce, and zippy Pacific Pickle Works pickles give you something to chew. There are also rich, slow-roasted-in-oil-and-garlic tomatoes to take things over the top. Speaking of, the grilled sourdough itself is yummy, and while it works structurally, goodness will squish out onto your plate, so get a fork to shovel in every last bit.
7127 Hollister Ave., Ste. 18; sbfish.com; @sbfish
—George Yatchisin
Two notes: 1) This isn’t the usual tuna melt on the menu; it’s special for Sandwich Week. And 2) It comes à la carte, but you do want the crispy, house-cut French fries alongside.
S.B. FOOD CONNECTION: Pesto Pluma
Santa Barbara Food Connection, a humbly named spot in an unassuming corner space at Milpas and Canon Perdido streets, next to the Slanging Tattoo Parlor, qualifies as an under-exposed delight in our gastronomic topography. And the time is especially ripe for sinking one’s teeth into their tasty, treat-y Sandwich Week offering, the “Pesto Pluma,” the very ingredient list for which puts tastebuds on high alert: “pillow-soft ciabatta bread, pesto, mozzarella cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, and marinated chicken.”
170 Aero Camino, Goleta
—Josef Woodard
Not your downstream sandwich fare, it’s a unique and savory medley of flavors and textures. The green goodness of pesto is slathered on marinated chicken, while lettuce adds some neutral crunch factor, and melted mozzarella in the right amount gets along with the sun-dried tomato, an uptown tart/sweet twist on the classic lettuce ’n’ tomato pairing. Have a fork handy to scoop up the escaped innards of this well-stuffed sandwich. S.B. High students are a steady source of patronage at lunchtime. “During the school year,” one such student told me, “there’s a line out the door.” Launched in 2012, the restaurant leans toward Mexican and all-American dishes, like the “Joe Taco” and “Joe Burger.” (The owner is Joe Silva.) But the “Pesto Pluma” begs for your special attention.
900 N. Milpas St.; (805) 869-2007; @santabarbarafoodconnection
SOUTH COAST DELI: The R B C & The Cobb Salad Sammie
With three locations to choose from Downtown, Upper State/San Roque, and Goleta the perennial Independent Best of Santa Barbara® sandwich king South Coast Deli is still crushing it year after year, since 1991. In honor of our inaugural Sandwich Week, owner Jim St. John is bringing back two longtime favorite sandwiches.
The RBC roast beef with house-made sun-dried tomato mayo, caramelized onion, and cambozola cheese grilled and pressed on sourdough or wheat is the embodiment of comfort food. This melty warm meatwich is hearty and satisfying, and the second half was equally good warmed up in the toaster the next day.
I was thrilled to see the Cobb Salad Sammie back in action. My old office was less than a block away from a South Coast Deli, and this tasty salad/sandwich hybrid was on regular rotation for many years. A zesty combo of roasted chicken breast and bacon with mayo, tomato, generous portions of avocado, and melted cambozola cheese all topped with chopped romaine and tossed in house-made green onion gorgonzola dressing, served on a toasted Italian roll. Delicious, nostalgic and craveable. What more could you ask for in a meal?
While these longtime favorites have earned their place back on the menu (“The customers have missed them,” said St. John), these special Sandwich Week prices are only in place for a week, so now’s the time to try them out or revisit an old friend.
—Leslie Dinaberg
Must order in-store. Available at Carrillo, Patterson, and San Roque locations only. southcoastdeli.com; @southcoastdeli
THREE PICKLES:
Cuban & Italian Cold Cuts Our Way
If you’re looking for classic summer subs that will hit the spot on a hot day, then Three Pickles is your place. They’re serving up two delicious sandwiches: their Cuban and their Italian Cold Cut.
The Italian sub is served “Our Way”: cuts of salami, ham, and capicola on an Italian roll with provolone cheese, mayo, and mustard. It’s stacked to the brim with chopped onion, tomato, and pickle, and then they season it with oregano and top with Italian dressing. The bread tasted fresh, the chopped veggies were crisp, and the oregano and dressing made the sandwich fresh and juicy.
Valentino’s opened as a take ’n’ bake pizza shop in 1982, but it’s evolved a lot since Shayre Olive-Jones took over in 2010. Sandwiches are now an even more popular part of the menu, at least during the day, and one of the best was created by and now named after her son, Tyler Olive-Jones.
“I owe a lot of it to a guy named Parker who worked at Talevi’s, the liquor store down the street,” said Tyler. He’d tried every sandwich, so Tyler created a new one with chicken, bacon, jalapeño, mozzarella, parmesan, avocado, lettuce, and ranch dressing. “It’s a classic chickenbacon-ranch, but with melted cheese and a little spice from the jalapeño,” said Tyler, and then Parker told everyone about it. “It’s all word of mouth from one guy.”
After three years of people asking for this secret sando, they put it on the menu about three years ago, and it remains a favorite. It’s a very comforting, satisfying combination on a soft, pillowy roll, warm in all the right ways, zesty in others, and seasoned with ample chunks of savory bacon.
But those who avoid meat won’t be disappointed either. Val’s Veggie Sub is not an afterthought at all. Cue the zucchini, tomato, onion, mushrooms, black olives, lettuce, and key to the whole distinctive nature the marinated red onions and cucumber pickles. Throw that on the soft roll with mozzarella, provolone, mayo, mustard, and Italian dressing, and a refreshing version comfort ensues. With a sprinkle of KJEE on the airwaves, you’ll feel right at home.
—Matt Kettmann
For their Cuban, they spread garlic aioli on a roll and pair it with tender slow-roasted pork and ham. It’s topped with melted Swiss cheese, fresh avocado, and pickles. It’s a classic deli grab with a savory twist from the added garlic saltiness that pairs perfectly with the ingredients and makes for a flavorful bite throughout the entire sandwich.
These sandwiches made me wish I was at the beach. They looked so good that as I was taking pictures, the sandwiches inspired a family walking by to pop in for lunch.
—Richelle Boyd
126 E. Canon Perdido St., 1436 Chapala St., 420 S. Fairview Ave., Goleta; threepickles.com; @threepicklesdeli
Validation Ale is using Sandwich Week to spread its fans around to both its Funk Zone flagship and the newer Annex that opened on De la Vina Street last year. Rather than offering something that they usually serve, like they do for Burger Week, they’ve crafted the new gochujang fried chicken sandwich to bring some pop to the original location. And they’re promoting the spicy grilled chicken sando that’s always been popular in the Funk Zone to diners at their midtown Annex.
The grilled version tops the chicken with grilled onion and jalapeño, melted pepper Jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, house poblano sauce, and jalapeño jam on a brioche bun. It’s a lightly sweet, mildly spicy bite, as the lettuce refreshes with heat building on the back end.
The new gochujang creation which can also be found as part of the chicken & waffles on the Funk Zone location’s new brunch menu tosses a juicy, pickle-juice-marinated, buttermilk-enhanced thigh with the spicy Korean sauce, and tops it with coleslaw and spicy ranch on a brioche bun. It’s addictive.
“Sometimes, when you mix coleslaw with chicken, it’s soggy,” said Chef Juan Ramirez. “But this is very crunchy chicken.” —Matt Kettmann
Spicy Chicken every day but only at Validation Annex, 2840 De la Vina St.; Gochujang only on weekdays and only at Validation Ale, 102 E. Yanonali St. validationale.com; @validationale
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The Cobb Salad Sammie
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Val's Veggie Sub
Gochujang Fried Chicken
Spicy Grilled Chicken
Italian Cold Cuts Our Way Cuban
WHITE CAPS BISTRO: Slow-Roasted Brisket Sandwich & Burrata Sandwich
I didn’t know what to expect when I heard the new White Caps Beach Club was located at the Goleta tech company Teledyne FLIR thermal imaging and lunch don’t typically go together. But when I spotted the glowing sign, my heart and belly leapt, because as everyone knows, some of the best food comes from the most unexpected places. Especially office parks.
The breezy space with an outdoor patio serves fresh, top-tier breakfast and lunch fare at prices that somehow missed the memo on inflation. The Hawaiian burger special goes for $4.99, and a halibut ceviche is $11.99. But that day, I was there for the sandos.
Succulent, sweet, and spicy, the slow-roasted brisket sandwich takes marinated, 12-hour-roasted beef (so tender, I wanted to cry) and layers it with house-made BBQ sauce, caramelized onions, and melted pepper Jack cheese. The bread is toasted Röckenwagner brioche the very same used in White Caps’ now-famous lobster rolls and comes with a side of habanero aioli and your choice of chips or salad.
Easier and lighter but made with no less care, the Burrata Sandwich features a meaty slice of burrata cheese, tomato, avocado, fresh basil, and a balsamic reduction, also on the brioche. The accompanying butterleaf salad is sprinkled with candied walnuts, diced tomatoes, crumbles of gorgonzola, and a drizzle of balsamic dressing.
Opened in November, the third White Caps outpost remains one of Goleta’s best kept-secrets. It won’t stay that way for long. “When people start coming,” explained general manager Enrique Hernandez, a Los Agaves alum and food industry vet, “they keep coming.” —Tyler Hayden
Available Mon.-Fri. 6769 Hollister Ave., Goleta; whitecapsbeachclub.com ; @whitecapsbeachclub
YELLOW BELLY: YB Hog Wild
If you’re searching for a grilled summer delight on the Sandwich Week trail, I suggest trekking over to Yellow Belly to have the YB Hog Wild sandwich. It’s got deliciously tender pulled pork and melty Swiss cheese with cool and crisp homemade pickles and a tangy grain mustard. Simple as it is, this sandwich brought back nostalgic memories of easy summer vacation meals, but the pickles and mustard brought an exciting twist to the classic taste.
If you’re like me, you’ll choose to add on the fries, which are perfectly salted, crispy, and thick-cut, served with some ketchup and totally worth the extra cost. The Yellow Belly location is a perfect place to grab a shady outdoor seat along the street or on the large back patio and enjoy our coastal breeze. Inside is cozy and owners Alex Noormand and Tracy Clark, native Santa Barbarans, have fitted it with cute posters, a comfy couch, and classic bar seating. Opened by the childhood best friends in 2014, Yellow Belly hosts a full list of beer on tap, wine, cans, and bottles, and a great list of nonalcoholic beverages too. They also have a happy hour that runs Monday through Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m.
Dine-in only. 2611 De la Vina St.; yellowbellytap.com; @yellowbellytap
—Richelle Boyd
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INDEPENDENT CALENDAR
THURSDAY 6/26
6/26-6/29: PCPA Presents: Waitress See the 2016 Tony Award–nominated Broadway musical that follows Jenna, a pie-baking waitress on a journey of self-discovery and the pursuit of her dreams while in a rocky marriage and in a new romance with words and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Sara Bareilles. Recommended for teens and up. Shows through July 6. 8pm. Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd St., Solvang. $25-$66. Call (805) 922-8313 or email boxoffice@pcpa.org.pcpa.org pcpa.org
6/28: Crafter’s Library: Introduction to UV Resin Jewelry Receive a project kit and Dr. Laura will guide you through the process of making a one-of-a-kind piece of resin jewelry. 10am-12:30pm. The Crafter’s Library, 9 E. Figueroa St. $85. Ages 18+. Call (805) 770-3566.
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6/26: Montecito Wildfire Preparedness Community Meeting/Reunión comunitaria de preparación para incendios forestales en Montecito Learn about Montecito’s wildfire risk, unique fire weather conditions, water sources and reliability, evacuation procedures and readiness, and more from a panel of experts. Light refreshments will be provided. Spanish interpretation will be provided. Aprenda sobre el riesgo de incendios forestales de Montecito, las condiciones climáticas únicas de fuego, las fuentes de agua y la fiabilidad, los procedimientos de evacuación y la preparación, y más de un panel de expertos. Se ofrecerá un refrigerio ligero. Habrá interpretación al español. 6pm. Montecito Union School Auditorium, 385 San Ysidro Rd. Free. Call (805) 969-7762. montecitofire.com/calendar
FRIDAY 6/27
6/27: Music Academy Summer Festival 2025: Opera Scenes Experience a full range of theatrical excerpts from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly to Kevin Puts’s The Hours, staged by Lehrer Vocal Institute directing fellow Vanessa Ogbuehi. 7:30pm. 7:30pm. Hahn Hall, Music Academy, 1070 Fairway Rd. Ages 7-17: free; GA: $10-$60. Call (805) 9698787. musicacademy.org/calenda
6/27: Mantras & Medicine Songs with Michelle Anise Singers of all levels are invited to nourish the spirit with the power of group singing as you are led in call-andresponse chants, songs, mantras, and medicine music from around the world with lyrics provided. 7pm. Yoga Soup, 28 Parker Wy. $18. Call (805) 965-8811. tinyurl.com/Mantras-Songs
FARMERS MARKET SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
Carpinteria: 800 block of Linden Ave., 3-6:30pm
FRIDAY
Montecito: 1100 and 1200 blocks of Coast Village Rd., 8-11:15am
SATURDAY
Downtown S.B.: Corner of State and Carillo sts., 8am-1pm
SUNDAY
Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, 10am-2pm
TUESDAY
Old Town S.B.: 500-600 blocks of State St., 3-6:30pm
WEDNESDAY
Solvang: Copenhagen Dr. and 1st St., 2:30-6:30pm
(805) 962-5354 sbfarmersmarket.org
FISHERMAN’S MARKET
SATURDAY
Rain or shine, meet local fishermen on the Harbor’s commercial pier, and buy fresh fish (filleted or whole), live crab, abalone, sea urchins, and more. 117 Harbor Wy., 6-11am. Call (805) 259-7476. cfsb.info/sat
6/27: Journey U.S.A. — Tribute Band This esteemed cover band featuring lead singer Stu Saddoris, who was hired to do vocal work for Steve Perry during his solo career, and the rest of the band will sing hits such as, “Open Arms,”“Separate Ways,”“Any Way You Want It,” and more. 8pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $35-$68. Call (805) 963-0761. lobero.org/events
6/27: Maker House Birthday Bash Join for live music, paella dinner, custom cakes, clay games, a virtual auction, and more to celebrate Maker House, a k a Clay Studio, for five years of being a hub for creativity and connection through the process of making. Proceeds will support this mission. 4-7pm. Maker House, 1351 Holiday Hill Rd., Goleta. $30-$35. Call (805) 681-9393. tinyurl.com/MakerBirthday
6/27: The Pearl Chase Society (PCS) Kellam de Forest Speaker Series: S.B. Visionaries: Bernard and Irene Hoffman Author and PCS board member Cheri Rae will discuss how the Hoffmans, who moved to S.B. in 1921, were able to fulfill their vision to bring harmony to S.B.’s architecture with its history. Call to reserve a seat. 6pm. Alhecama Theatre, 215 E. Canon Perdido St. Free (donations appreciated). Call (805) 961-3938. pearlchasesociety.org/events
BY TERRY ORTEGA
6/27: Restaurant Roy Nic & Joe, 7pm. 7 W. Carrillo St. Free. Call (805) 966-5636. restaurantroy.com
6/26-6/28: The Blue Owl Thu.: Bluegrass Open Jam, 6pm. Fri.: Jackson Gillies, 7pm. Sat.: Alison Tuma & Dillon Kearns, 7pm. 5 W. Canon Perdido St. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 705-0991. theblueowlsb.com/events
6/27-6/29, 7/2: Lost Chord Guitars Fri.: The Popravinas. $10. Sat.: My Lovers. $10. Sun.: Echoes of the Past: A Jazz Soirée. $10. Wed.: John Lyle. Free. 1576 Copenhagen Dr., Solvang. 7pm. Ages 21+. Call (805) 331-4363. lostchordguitars.com
6/27-6/28, 7/1: M.Special Brewing Co. (S.B.) Fri.: Mauve Pocket, 8-10pm. Sat.: Rhythm Industrial Complex. 8-10pm. Tue.: Solo Live Music: Jacob Cole, 3-5pm. Free. 634 State St. Call (805) 308-0050. mspecialbrewco.com
6/27-6/28: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Flannel 101, 9pm. Sat.: TD Lind and the Aviators, 11am; The Caverns, 8:30pm. Free. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Ages 21+. Call (805) 686-4785. mavericksaloon.com/eventcalendar
6/26-6/30: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Thu.: Summer of Love Couples Concert Benefiting S.B. Education Foundation, 5:45pm. $10-$20. Fri.: Numbskull Presents: Wolves of Glendale, 9pm. $20. Ages 21+. Sat.: An Evening with Doctor Wu, 6pm. $28; ME Sabor Presents: Bobby Escoto & Conjunto Afro
Son, dance class: 9pm; show: 10pm. $25. Ages 21+. Sun.: Zuri Alexander’s Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, 7pm. $25. Mon.: An Evening with Tom Henry, Evan Blix, Good Dog Nigel, 7pm. $15-$50. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com
6/27: Carr Winery David Segall Trio, 7-9pm. 414 N. Salsipuedes St. Free Ages 21+. Call (805) 965-7985. carrwinery.com/event
6/28-6/29: Cold Spring Tavern Sat.: The Winetones. Sun.: Lenny Kerley Band. 1:30-4:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call (805) 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com
6/28: S.B. Bowl Lake Street Dive, The 502s. 7pm. $46.50-$82.50. 1122 N. Milpas St. Call (805) 962-7411. sbbowl.com
6/29: Longoria Wines Off White, 3-5pm. 732 State St. Free. Call (805) 679-5158. tinyurl.com/Longoria-Jun29
7/2: Corner Tap Gourmet Gastropub Off White, 6:30-8:30pm. 1905 Cliff Dr. Free. Call (805) 690-2739. sbcornertap.com/events
7/2: Solvang Music in the Park Dirty Cello, 5-8pm. 1630 Mission Dr., Solvang. Free Call (805) 688-0701. solvangcc.com/music-in-the-park
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Nic & Joe
SATURDAY 6/28
6/28:
S.B. Annual Lavender Festival Shop from creative vendors offering fresh live lavender plants and arrangements from area farms and unique wares along with food and drink for purchase with tunes provided by S.B.’s own DJ Darla Bea. Noon-7pm. Great Meadow, SBCC West Campus, 721 Cliff Dr. Free. Call (805) 451-7147 or email lisa@ santabarbaralavenderfestival.com. santabarbaralavenderfestival.com
6/28-6/29: Sunstone Winery Summer Market This European-inspired open-air shopping experience will offer curated goods from more than 20 area artisans and vendors. Shop home decor, boutique fashion, gourmet treats, food for purchase, and more. 11am-5pm. Sunstone Winery, 125 Refugio Rd., Santa Ynez. Free. Call (805) 688-9463. sunstonewinery.com/event
6/28: The Magical Music of Motown This supergroup of internationally acclaimed artists will recreate the dynamic performances of the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Martha and the Vandellas, the Four Tops, the Jackson 5, Smokey Robinson, and more Motown legends. 8pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. GA: $59-$69, VIP: $79. Call (805) 963-0761. lobero.org
6/29: Chaucer’s Book Talk and Signing: Christine Gallagher Author Christine Gallagher will talk about and sign copies of her 2025 book, Ruby’s Revenge, a darkly humorous and empowering story that follows Ruby Bixler, who not only learns about her husband’s affair and the web of lies that threatens to destroy her life but decides to do something about it. 3pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805) 682-6787. chaucersbooks.com/events/calendar
MONDAY 6/30
6/28: Lucas & Lewellen June Summer Saturday Sample artisan cheeses by Solvang’s artisan Vinhus Cheese Shop paired to an impressive flight of summer wines along with samples of assorted handmade wood-fired pizza. 5-7pm. Toccata Tasting Room, 1650 Copenhagen Dr., Solvang. Members: two free per account; non-members: $30. Call (805) 686-5506. llwine.com/events
6/28: S.B. Wine + Food Festival 2025 Sip from 100+ of the Central Coast’s best wines and culinary delights while enjoying a summer afternoon in the museum’s oak woodland along Mission Creek. Early entry: 1pm; GA: 2pm. All proceeds will support the museum’s programs. S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Early entry: $175; GA: $130. Ages 21+. Call (805) 682-4711 x111. sbnature.org/calendar
6/30: Dinosaur Safari Brave young adventurers (ages 5-9) and families are invited to meet under the big Oak Tree for a time-traveling safari tour through the Prehistoric Forest and learn about where dinosaurs lived, what they ate, and more. First tour: 11:30am-noon; second tour 1:302pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Free-$19. Email afranada@sbnature2.org. sbnature.org/calendar
6/28: The Drunken Library Book Swap at Casa Agria Calling all book lovers to bring a book, take a book, and immerse yourself in a fun and literary evening with fellow book enthusiasts with a silent reading session with @LiterallyAmazingSB. 3-5pm. Casa Agria Specialty Ales, 418 State St. Free. Email sb@casaagria .com tinyurl.com/Drunken-Library
6/30: Pre & Postnatal Yoga Join for a gentle, accessible, and all-levels yoga class for expecting or new parents that includes stretching, dynamic movement, conscious breathing, meditation, and more. Attend at your own discretion (consult a health care provider with any concerns). Classes go through August 4. 10:3011:30am. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call (805) 963-3727. tinyurl.com/Pre-PostnatalYoga
TUESDAY 7/1
6/28: Music Academy Summer Festival 2025: Academy Festival Orchestra: Pictures at an Exhibition Listen to monumental works led by conductor Anthony Parnther and performed by tomorrow’s stars. 7:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. Ages 7-17: free; GA: $10-$125. Call (805) 969-8787. musicacademy.org/calendar
SUNDAY 6/29
7/1: Music Academy Summer Festival 20225: x2: Beethoven Piano Trio Experience beautiful chamber music of renowned teaching artists who will share the spotlight with fellows to illuminate musical relationships across generations. 7:30pm. Hahn Hall, Music Academy, 1070 Fairway Rd. Ages 7-17: free; GA: $10-$60. Call (805) 969-8787. musicacademy.org/calendar
6/29: Zuri Alexander’s Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
Experience the artistry, historical insights, and unique arrangements of actress, pianist, and jazz vocalist Zuri Alexander as she sings classics, ballads, and scat solos in her show My Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald with legendary musicians Jeff Littleton on bass and Jimmy Ford on drums. 7pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club. $25. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com
WEDNESDAY7/2
7/2:
Music in the Park Summer Series 2025 The familyfriendly concert will feature the high energy sounds of blues, rock, and Americana with the added spin of the cello from Rebecca Roudman. Food for purchase available from area eateries. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. 5-8pm. Solvang Park, 1630 Mission Dr., Solvang. Free. Call (805) 688-0701. solvangcc.com/music-in-the-park
Earth-Shaking Events
6/27: An Educating Conversation: EarthquakeS at the Old Mission: 1925 Was Not the First! This informative conversation will feature Robert Hoover, emeritus professor at Cal Poly S.L.O.; Tina Foss, emeritus director of the Old Mission S.B. Museum; and Peter Da Ros, third generation of Da Ros Masonry, now known as S.B. Stone. RSVP required. 6-8pm. Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library, 2201 Laguna St. $20. Call (805) 682-4713 x131. sbmal.org/events
6/28: EQ25 Alliance Presents: The Great Quake: A Centennial Commemoration Join this free, family-friendly street exhibition that will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1925 S.B. earthquake. Enjoy live entertainment, educational exhibits (earthquake simulator), a Kids’ Zone, earthquake-themed food and booths, musicians, storytellers, information on disaster preparedness, and more. Noon-4pm. 1100 block of State St. and surrounding paseos. eq25.org
6/29: Casa del Herrero Centennial Community Day The Casa invites the local community to take a mini-tour of the home and workshop, roam the grounds, and learn about how owner George Fox Steedman had moved into Casa del Herrero on the same day of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake in S.B. on June 29, 1925, and how this structure is a testament to architectural and engineering feats from earthquakes to floods, debris flows, and unprecedented storms. Reserve one of three tours that will last two hours. 10am-noon, 12:30-2:30pm, and 3-5pm. Casa del Herrero, 1387 E. Valley Rd. $10-$25. Call (805) 565-5653. casadelherrero.com/event-calendar
6/29: Symposium: The Earthquake That Built a City The American Institute of Architects (AIA) S.B. presents this 90-minute symposium moderated by renowned architect and historian Robert L. Ooley, FAIA, and with historian Neal Graffy; architect Anthony Grumbine, AIA; engineer Sage M. Shingle, PE; and engineer Garrett W. Mills, PE, to discuss many aspects of the June 29, 1925, earthquake that gave rise to vision, resilience, and a distinctive architectural identity. A post-event VIP reception with light refreshments will follow. 5pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. GA: $19-$25; VIP: $100. Call (805) 963-0761. lobero.org
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FREE Collection Centers in Goleta
FREE Collection Centers in Goleta
FREE Summer Meals
LUNCH
AT THE LIBRARY
Children and teens ages 0-18 can eat a free, nutritious meal (first-come, first-serve) on Monday-Friday, June 16-August 15 (except June 18-19 and July 4, 8-9), noon-1pm and stay for special events. Michael Towbes Upper Plaza, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Call (805) 962-7653 or email info@sbplibrary.libanswers.com. tinyurl.com/LibraryLunch2025
ALMUERZO
EN LA BIBLIOTECA
Los niños y adolescentes de 0 a 18 años pueden comer una comida nutritiva gratis (por orden de llegada) de lunes a viernes, del 16 de junio al 15 de agosto (excepto el 18-19 de junio y el 4, 8-9 de julio), del mediodía a la 1 p.m. y quedarse para eventos especiales. Michael Towbes Upper Plaza, Biblioteca Central de S.B., 40 E. Anapamu St. Llame al (805) 962-7653 o envíe un correo electrónico a info@sbplibrary.libanswers.com. tinyurl.com/LibraryLunch2025
S.B. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FREE SUMMER MEALS
Free breakfast and lunch will be provided to kids ages 18 years and younger. Children must eat on site.
COMIDAS DE VERANO GRATUITAS DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNIFICADO DE S.B.
Se ofrecerán desayunos y almuerzos gratuitos a los niños menores de 18 años. Los niños deben comer en el sitio.
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY (JUNE 16-AUG. 8)
1111 E. Mason St. Breakfast: 8-9:30, lunch: 11:30am-1:30pm.
123 Alameda Padre Serra. Breakfast: 8-9am, lunch: noon-12:30pm.
MONROE ELEMENTARY (JUNE 23-AUG. 1)
431 Flora Vista Dr. Breakfast: 8-8:30am, lunch: noon-1pm.
OAK PARK (JUNE 16-AUG 8)
638 W. Junipero St. Lunch: 11am-1pm.
JONNY D. WALLIS PARK (JUNE 16-AUG 8)
170 S. Kellogg Ave., Goleta. Lunch: 11am-1pm.
ORTEGA PARK (JUNE 16-AUG. 8) 604 E. Ortega St. Lunch: 1-2pm.
VOICES COACH TO THE STARS: KEN STACEY BRINGS VOCAL COACHING TO SANTA BARBARA
FROM AMBROSIA TO AMERICAN IDOL , AND AN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC REACH
From small band gigs to American Idol, Ken Stacey has had an impressive music career as an artist, producer, musician, vocal coach, and more. And now, he’s bringing his mentorship to Santa Barbara.
After working with music legend Kenny Loggins as his vocal coach since 2020 and expanding his mentorship to students at the Cate School in Carpinteria, Stacey is extending his reach to Santa Barbara with hopes of working with new, current, and even retired artists.
“I’m coming up here because I want to bring a lot of value to the community,” Stacey said. “My job as a vocal coach is to help my clients at any age continue to access the full potential of their voice based on where they’re at and their career and their age and their body and their instrument.”
Stacey’s vocal coaching career has been embedded throughout most of his life, but it really kicked off at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood. There, he learned a vocal coaching approach based on the Bel Canto singing vocal style and began outreach to work with all levels of voices and with people all over the world, stretching to places as far as South Africa and New Zealand. But notably, Stacey pointed out that he has had the opportunity to work with
Kenny Loggins, Elton John, Michael Jackson, and Richard Marx, among a number of other artists.
He continued to play and produce music and in 2006, became the front man of rock band Ambrosia before being vocal coach on American Idol seasons 10 and 11. In 2020, Loggins met Stacey when he realized that he needed to work with someone to keep his voice strong.
“It’s nerve-wracking to not be sure if your voice is going to show up in this line of work,” Loggins said. However, he explained how working with Stacey has helped him hit higher notes and maintain a strong voice, especially when he wants to sing personal favorite songs that he’s written, such as “House at Pooh Corner.”
Stacey compared being a professional singer to being an athlete, stressing the importance of coaching to maintain, grow, and advance one’s voice in this case. Having done a lot of work with big artists in the ’80s and ’90s, Stacey said that he’s watched firsthand how music artists have struggled to sing to the level that audiences were used to. That was where he would come in as a ghost singer or help them strengthen their voice.
“The idea is that as we age the instrument ages,” Stacey explained. He emphasized approaching everything with a problem-solving mindset. “We are not
machines. We meet each day with the voice that we have every day and as we get older things begin to change.”
Though Stacey is primarily working as a vocal coach, he also still helps to produce music and participate in session singing. Having such a versatile background adds more to the experience as a whole, which Loggins noted has helped him continue with performances even after officially retiring as a musician.
Stacey is enthusiastic and confident in being able to help singers be more satisfied with themselves and “not only extend their careers, but the joy of it.” For all of his work, Stacey’s long career in all things music has led him back to Santa Barbara, which he noted has a special place in his heart. He hopes to broaden community awareness of his presence as a coach and continue to invest time into what he loves.
“I bring all that ‘other side of the glass’ kind of experience. You know, somebody who’s been the lead singer in a very wellknown band, like Ambrosia, sung backgrounds behind Michael Jackson and Elton John,” Stacey said. “All these skills I bring in as a vocal coach. They all inform what I do when I work with my clients.”
—Tia Trinh
For more information about Stacey and his expansion to bring his mentorship to Santa Barbara, visit kenstacey.com.
Cora Stolper — a celebrated opera singer, dedicated music educator, songwriter, and performer — is preparing to release her first fulllength album, In Dreams: Lullabies for Children. This collection, produced in partnership with local industry legend Brian Mann, aims to nurture the emotional connection between parents and children, foster calm, and support the transition into sleep through artfully crafted lullabies. “I’d describe the album as a cozy, loving invitation for connection,” says Stolper. Encouraging listeners to “connect with each other, connect with the dream world, and connect with the sense of magic that we all have as children.”
Featuring lullabies in English, Spanish, and Stolper’s native German, the album expands to include traditional folk songs, jazz ballads, and original compositions. Each lullaby on In Dreams is deeply intentional, evoking feelings of safety, wonder, and magic as essential components of the bedtime ritual. The album isn’t just for kids; it provides a gentle soundscape for listeners of all ages. In the same vein of the many podcasts and meditation apps designed to help us turn off the noise of the waking world in order to find restful peace, In Dreams is an album with the intention to both encourage a shared connection between parents and children through music and to bring them peace and comfort within the sacred, liminal space between wakefulness and sleep.
While the album reflects Stolper’s international background, our quiet coastal town has left a marked influence on her work, both by introducing her to Mann — her next-door neighbor and a like-minded musician, composer, and music arranger — and by nurturing her creative development as an artist.
Referencing a translated statement by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that has inspired her work, Stolper quotes, “There are two gifts we should give our children: One is roots, and the other is wings.” Representing an important concept of German educational philosophy, this quote emphasizes the tremendous importance of both grounding and fostering independence and creativity in children, both of which Stolper believes that In Dreams can inspire in young listeners. After all, “lullabies provide safety and connection, but they also invite you to dream.”
—Samantha Eve
You can listen to In Dreams on streaming platforms, estimated to be out in August 2025. For more information about Cora Stolper and
Vocal coach Ken Stacey
COURTESY PHOTOS
Kenny Loggins is one of several big-name musicians that Ken Stacey has worked with.
Cora Stolper
ALL FOR ART FOR ALL
ARTE DEL PUEBLO EXHIBITION AT MCASB ROLLS OUT THE CARPET FOR ALL ARTISTS
Jurors and curators have left the building, or were disinvited in the first place, with the generously open-armed group show Arte del Pueblo, now bustling on the walls and floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB). Based on the radical notion of a juror-free call-for-artists free-for-all, many are called and self-chosen resulting in a yummy wild ride of a show. It also happens to provide a public-square-style forum for the artistically vibrant and diverse community that is the Pueblo of Santa Barbara.
A certain half-ironic welcome mat of an atmosphere hovers over the show through Jose Galvan Martinez’s large piece “Hello, My Name is…,” a fabric art and alternative quilt work suspended in the middle of the main gallery space. Martinez’s cheeky spin off of the iconic yet mundane “hello” sticker, seen in conventions, meetings, speed dating ops, and elsewhere, combines Americana revisited and an earnest feeling of bonhomie in the room.
Such a greeting spirit touches on the element of this exhibition that extends a rare, uncritical forum in an actual museum setting, no less to artists young to old, professional to amateur. One of the charmers in the show is the lovably loopy, “outsider art-ish” vertical portrait “The Obama and Michelle Obama,” by Jane Hollick. She is connected with the admirable Slingshot/ Alpha Art Studio program in town, which doesn’t often get such a public spotlight.
Surprisingly, the one “video art” piece, Sophia Mena’s “Tethered,” is actually an indie filmic trailer for a feature-in-progress, essentially a crowdfunding pitch piece. It’s not your typical museum fare, but neither is this show.
Variety is generally both the spice and the meat in this show, starting in the small gallery near the entry. Olquin Tapia Heredia’s “Que triste se oye la Lluvia” is a miniaturist assemblage of a shack, at once fastidious and funky. DJ Javier’s “Around the Way” is a vividcolored abstract mandala-like piece, with a fluorescent happy face in the center, with nods to graffiti and skateboard art. Erhan US’s “Decide on your facial hair or dictatorship” is a collage sporting pointillist images of infamous despots’ hairstyles Hitler, Mao, and Saddam. (Could Trump’s floppy coif be far behind?)
Socioecological concern undercoats Art Soto’s striking painting on a poofy white frame, “Dystopian
landscape 1.” Its distorted and damaged seal-like subject clearly embodies the wages of global warming.
Quite in contrast, notable longtime local photographer Rod Rolle shows his panoramic photo on high gloss aluminum, “Great Seal of the Navajo Nation ‘Monument Valley,’ ” flecked with gradations of light and shadow, suggesting time’s slow passage there.
Some familiar Santa Barbara artist names and cross-town echoes filter through the exhibition, including works by Kimberly Hahn, Jill Sattler, Pamela Benham, and Rafael Perea de la Cabada, whose epic-scaled “Alien in Golden Land,” resembles the piece shown in the recent acquisitions show at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Mary Heebner’s large eye/heart-warming “BIRDWOMAN,” which was seen widely as the logo/poster image of this year’s Santa Barbara International Film Festival, is also on view.
Recent graduates of local schools of higher learning enter the gallery picture, as well such as the dramatic and gender-related juice carton/meditation hut that is Juliana Moore’s “Sanctuary,” seen recently in the Westmont College Senior Art Show. From the 2024 MFA exhibition, we recognize the sharply painted and frank nude study of Dennah Mari Hidalgo’s “Self-Portrait (King Kongiana),” while Pausha Foley’s “Golden Reverie” with mutant rabbit flanked by curious orbs is from a series seen just last month at the Westmont TriCounties Juried Exhibition.
A sculptural island in the main gallery presents offbeat notions, such as Colleen M. Kelly’s “Relic of Conflict,” with bones, vertebrae/rake tines and a lock of hair adding up to a figure-like presence, and the funk arty tableaux composite that is “Cosmic Cross Sections” (no single artist is attributed). Brett Schoonderwoerd’s sly juxtapositional piece “AX” is just that, an ax wrapped in carpeting and suspended from the ceiling, making a weirdly dangerous and cozy impression in the room (and putting us in mind of a Pink Floyd lyric: “Careful with that ax, Eugene”).
Art historical paradigms speak across the room, between the conceptual and minimalist bent of Isaac Hernández de Lipa’s “Redacted No. 5 (after John Baldessari)” and the Rothko-esque ethereal flotation effect in Jack Mohr’s “Rothgold and the Red Line.”
And for summer SoCal grounding, an actual surfboard hangs on one wall, with subtle floral detailing in Jeff Svoboda’s “Peaches in Regalia.” Never mind the title’s Frank Zappa reference: it’s a Pacific-minded, Pacific-seeking icon of an artwork. It takes, and gets all kinds, in this warm-hearted invitational exhibition.
—Josef
Woodard
Arte del Pueblo is on view at MCA Santa Barbara (653 Paseo Nuevo) through July 27. See mcasantabarbara.org/exhibition/ arte-del-pueblo-2025.
Arte del Pueblo at MCASB
JOSEF WOODARD
HITTING HIGH ARTISTIC IDEALS, AND OBJECTS OF INTEREST
MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST’S EVER-POPULAR PERCUSSIONFEST
When the grand Music Academy of the West’s festival rolls into town each summer, collaborations with local venues and cultural organizations are part of the package. The collab list even includes Home Depot, believe it or not.
Or so we’ve been told by percussion faculty head Michael Werner in the annual and ever-popular “PercussionFest” concerts during the festival schedule. As part of the flexible tool kits and inventive instrumentation of contemporary percussion music, household implements and objects are fair game as ad hoc musical instruments. Home Depot (and Home Improvement), here they come.
Always one of the more creative, unpredictable and crowd-pleasing events of the academy season, PercussionFest is making the bold upward move from its customary home in the intimate on-campus Hahn Hall to the Big House of The Granada Theatre this year, on Thursday, July 3.
Two key pieces of the program should help to bolster the crowd size. Former Police drummer and film composer Stewart Copeland will be in-house as composer for the West Coast debut of his piece The Bells, a 10-minute piece commissioned for the Juilliard Percussion Ensemble to premiere. Copeland, 72, has been expanding into “classical” works in recent years, including orchestral works, the 2021 opera Electric Saint about Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla and the recently released album Wild Concerto Much-lauded percussionist-composer Andy Akiho will perform his new work Sculptures, actually written for quasi-ritualistic sculptures created by noted Japanese-American artist Jun Kaneko. Akiho’s prickly and retro-futurist artwork has been perched outside of Hahn Hall recently, piquing the curiosity of onlookers. And no, this object is not available at Home Depot.
Akiho, a Grammy winner and Pulitzer finalist whose music has been performed by high-ranking orchestras and musicians, is a special guest at the Academy this summer, and the subject of the program Composers in Context at Hahn Hall on Wednesday, the night before PercussionFest. There, Akiho will have a twin spotlight, on his compositions and his mastery of the steel pans, set into contemporary music frameworks.
Elsewhere on the PercussionFest program, a variety of pieces promises to live up to this event’s tradition for toppling expectations and illustrating the ongoing inventive impulses linked to contemporary percussion music. Marketing sources promise a “multi-sensory adventure” equipped with “theatrical lighting and short films,” along with notable percussionists/ drummers Copeland, Akiho, Werner, and percussion department colleague Joseph Pereira, along with percussion fellows known for leading an engaging charge.
Perhaps fittingly, this rock-star-drummer-equipped program closes with Christopher Rouse’s piece Bonham, in tribute to that drummer’s drummer and all-purpose drum hero, the late, great Led Zeppelin beat master John Bonham. —Josef Woodard
For further information, see bit.ly/4n2IA4u.
Stewart Copeland
S.B. Birding
LIVING Italy, Land of Song
Uccello I love the Italian word for bird; it has such a musical ring and seems to embody the soul of its subject. On a recent trip to Italy, I memorized the phrase “Adoro gli uccelli” in case anyone should wonder what I was looking at. I even got to say it once.
As a child growing up in the U.K., I used to dream about the exotic birds that were tantalizingly close to the south of me in the Mediterranean region, birds that occasionally made it over the English Channel. It was with some excitement, then, that my family, some friends, and I planned a May trip to Italy. The visit was to focus on Tuscany hence, history, food, and wine, but birds are everywhere, right? Perhaps I’d see some of those long-dreamed-of species such as the European bee-eater and hoopoe.
We stayed in several Tuscan hill towns, and when my traveling companions were either footsore or woozy from wine, I would take off into the countryside to see birds. That was the plan, at least. Finding birds was no problem. Every patch of woodland and hedgerow was alive with song. The problem was actually seeing the singers.
My friend Peter had mentioned his frustration with birding in Italy, and I saw what he meant. Every time I spotted a bird, and this was usually at some distance, it would see me first and disappear into thick foliage. This happened again and again. In Santa Barbara, birds are veritable show-offs compared to the Tuscan birds, and this makes photography relatively straightforward. Even in the U.K., which shares many of the same birds with Italy European blackbirds, blackcaps, European robins birds are relatively tolerant of humans.
Birds in Italy Are Easy to Hear but Difficult to See
Story and Photos by Hugh Ranson, Member of the Santa Barbara Audubon Society
I have a theory, and a little sleuthing on the internet backs up the idea. Even though it’s now illegal, there’s a long tradition of capturing songbirds in Italy. It’s estimated that some 5 million songbirds are caught each year the highest number in Europe. Some of the birds are cooked
in traditional dishes, but many birds are caught alive and then sold to hunters in Malta. These birds are kept in cages and are used to lure migrating birds so they can be trapped. Unfortunately, this practice is widely tolerated in Malta.
Because of the pervasive pressure on songbirds, many have learned to avoid humans at all costs. This wasn’t true of all birds that I came across, and I managed to get close to a group of brilliantly colored European bee-eaters that were hunting from telephone wires. This was likely because I approached them slowly in my car and took photos without getting out and revealing my two legs.
Some other avian highlights included seeing my first hoopoes. I’d looked long and hard for these striking salmon-pink birds with black-and-white wings and tails and fancy crests, but I only got brief glimpses of them in flight. Then one evening, as we were sitting outside of our agriturismo rental, to my amazement, one flew in, landed close by, and began feeding.
Another bird I was hoping to at least hear was the common nightingale, which I had last heard as a 15-year-old. To my delight, I heard several of them, sometimes three or four at a time proclaiming their territories from deep within thickets. There is nothing like the song of the nightingale. They have an astonishing repertoire, being known for producing more than a thousand
different sounds. And for a small bird, the song is surprisingly loud. But for me, it’s the phrasing of the song that sets it apart from other birds. It’s leisurely, improvisational, allowing the spaces in the melody to do much of the work.
The nightingale is not visually stunning, and this tends to hold true of most of the great European songsters, as though when gifts were being distributed, birds could not ask for beauty in both plumage and song.
I tried and tried to get a glimpse of a nightingale. One came so close that it seemed within touching distance, but they are masters of staying hidden. Until, that is, on my last day in Tuscany, as I listened in awe to a bird singing just after dusk, the bird popped out onto some bare branches, allowing me to get one in-focus photograph before it buried itself back in the bushes.
Adoro gli uccelli. n
The nightingale has one of the most spectacular songs in nature.
As their name suggests, European bee-eaters are adept at catching bees on the wing.
The striking European hoopoe only raises its crest upon alighting.
Fear and Loathing in the Bleachers
We were 10 miles out of Simi Valley when the nerves began to take hold.
My child, you see, had made the All-Star Baseball team, and we were on our way to another weekend-long tournament, the sum of which represent the pinnacle of youth baseball season and a sizeable chunk of our weekends, not to mention the bulk of the Marriott Courtyard hotel chain’s annual profit margin.
This particular strain of baseball life carries within it a pleasing current of wholesome summertime nostalgia, as well as a heady intensity rife with the potential for accidental overdose. Trust you really haven’t lived until you’ve seen a parent, one hand clutching a rapidly congealing boat of cutrate nachos, the other offering a series of the sort of enthusiastic gestures that might earn a kid detention, tossed from a game for spewing expletives at the ump.
I like to think myself above such nonsense.
It Is Rough Stuff, as a Parent, to Watch Your Child Undertake an Endeavor So Intense
The number of sunflowers that must die so that youth baseball can live is a question I dare not contemplate. It is rough stuff, as a parent, to watch your child undertake an endeavor so intense. And baseball is uniquely, perversely so. The spotlight is harsh, landing these kids so young they still have to call time-out so their coach can come onto the field to help them tie their shoelaces in its glare, all alone in the shadow of that long fly ball, or in the batter’s box, or on the pitcher’s mound. Forget the skills; if nothing else, baseball sure can teach a kid a thing or two about how to survive public failure. Namely, that though it might not be pretty, survive it they will. Soon enough, the moment will be over, and the spotlight will settle upon someone else. (God help them.)
by Shannon Kelley
And yet. When the kids on the other team are yelling their incessant, earwormy chants about pitches being “up high, up high, up where the birdies fly” and it’s my kid on the mound and those pitches (perfectly armpit-level, I hasten to add) are being called balls, I’m not immune to becoming so overwhelmed by sympathetic stress that I might, oh, I don’t know, fantasize in graphic detail about sacrificing every last shred of my (real or imagined) dignity in favor of telling that ump and those kids exactly where they might put those balls (that were obviously unless, of course, you have no eyes, you idiot strikes). Fortunately, my self-control is greater (if only slightly) than my urge to shout until they see the error of their ways, and thus I medicate with other self-destructive behaviors, like drinking Diet Coke and eating sunflower seeds until my lips bleed.
Of course, the flipside is also true. For every blown play, there is a miraculous catch; for every walk, a strikeout; for every strikeout, a home run. This past weekend, my son’s team got crushed twice, crushed another team once, and came back from a crushing deficit to win after a rally during which every single kid got a hit. But no matter the box scores, once the dust had settled and the coaches had dispensed with their postmortems and 97 percent of the 13,000 pieces of gear (including but not limited to the now de rigueur sliding mitts that look like nothing so much as overgrown pot holders) had been collected, the kids’ reactions were always the same: glee, for a trip to the Snack Shack was at hand, and beyond that, a hotel was waiting, with a pool and a mini-store in the lobby and computers in the business center on which they might steal a moment for clandestine Googling of important things, like “Shohei Ohtani,” or “buttcrack.”
And, somehow, we parents would live on, to watch them fight another day.
FOOD& DRINK
Introducing Wynne and Cody Sargeant’s Matilija Wines
Cody Sargeant didn’t know much about wine when he moved from Long Beach into his dorm room at Cal Poly as a freshman back in 2010. Then he met a girl down the hall named Wynne Solomon, who hailed from the small town of Windsor in the heart of Sonoma wine country. Though just out of high school like him, she’d already decided that wine was the life for her, envisioning a future surrounded by barrels and bottles.
FOOD & DRINK
“She got me into wine, and continues to get me into wine,” said Sargeant of Wynne. As he studied to become a lawyer, she went on to become a professional winemaker and then, in 2022, his wife. This past March, Cody and Wynne officially became vintners together, releasing their first bottlings of Matilija Wines: an albariño from the Santa Maria Valley and a grenache grown just northwest of the Sta. Rita Hills, with more albariño and potentially mencía coming next.
“I’ve been bugging Wynne to do our own thing so that she could have an opportunity to play with different grapes and different sites, and I could have the opportunity to get my toe further into the production side,” said Cody.
Wynne’s professional career started at Stephen Ross and Melville Winery before she became the head winemaker at Peake Ranch in 2018. Cody, meanwhile, graduated from USC law school and worked briefly in Los Angeles before returning to Santa Barbara to be closer to Wynne. Today, he works as a land use attorney for Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, while she just left Peake after seven years to take over winemaking at Brave & Maiden.
Cody’s own interest came to a head in 2021. “I got excited enough that I picked enough grapes to make some wine in a trash can in the garage,” he explained of his pinot noir experiment. Recalled Wynne, “I’m slammed during harvest, everything is crazy, and he’s running his little ferment. At one point, the pinot noir was in our kitchen. It was a hilarious situation, but he clearly had the bug.”
The next year, Wynne was curious about the grenache at Yellow Foxtrot Vineyard, which is in Cebada Canyon just outside of the Sta. Rita Hills border. She’d helped plan the vineyard, which was first owned by Peake Ranch founder John Wagner, but then it was sold. Making her own wine provided the chance to see what the site could give.
They’d also become fond of albariño, inspired by thrilling yet affordable wines from Galicia in Spain. Wynne was able to get some in 2023 from a vineyard near the old Tepusquet Ranch. They sourced the 2024 albariño from Martian Ranch, and are eyeing some Nolan Ranch mencía for 2025.
The name refers to the Matilija sandstone formation that composes many of the mountains of this region, where the couple can often be found exploring. They’re also fans of the Matilija poppy and liked that the name was of Chumash origin.
“For us it felt like a nice homage to the beauty of Santa Barbara County,” said Wynne. “We have both done a lot of rock climbing and a lot of backpacking, and spent a lot of time in the wilderness. Not to mention it was such a big beautiful flower that would look great on a label.” (That art, by the way, was handled by their friend Danica Roosevelt.)
The production is quite tiny just 91 cases for the first two wines, and that’s not going to change much. “My goal is to keep it small and reasonable and something we can do for fun on the side,” said Wynne. “It’s all about being able to support our community and have a venue of our own to showcase everything in Santa Barbara.”
Even though he’s got to fit all this new work in between his attorney duties, Cody is enjoying the experience. That includes the entire sales part of their operation. “It’s all completely new to me,” said Cody. “I don’t have any background in sales or the wine industry in general. It’s been really fun to just have an in to the industry.” n
Wynne and Cody Sargeant sort grapes.
Coming Up Roses at San Ysidro Ranch
Anyone who has dined at the San Ysidro Ranch’s Stonehouse knows that the experience is just as much about a great meal as it is about enjoying a pre- or post-dinner walk around their stunning gardens tucked into the green foothills of Montecito.
The property hosts 38 vine-covered cottages that feel as if you have entered a storybook paradise. No visit is complete without ogling the citrus groves, olive trees, lily pond magnolias, jasmine, and the pride of springtime — the Rose Garden.
It was with this seasonality in mind that the San Ysidro Ranch partnered with Perrier-Jouët, one of France’s most historic champagne producers, for a lavish springtime garden fête, “PJ and Roses.”
of roses, transported me straight to heaven.
“Whether guests are longtime fans of Perrier-Jouët or simply lovers of beauty and bubbles, PJ and Roses is a celebration of joy, nature, and the finer things in life,” Caine said.
Historic Champagne in the Storybook Gardens
BY REBECCA HORRIGAN
“Spring is when our gardens are at their peak, and with our incredible rose garden now in full bloom, it felt only natural to lean into the romance of the season,” said Andrew Caine, Director of Food and Beverage. “Pairing Perrier-Jouët’s floral-forward Champagnes with the visual beauty of our roses makes for a stunning, multisensory event.”
Perrier-Jouët is one of the most historic champagne houses in France and has been crafting elegant bubbles with a passion for incorporating nature into their chardonnay-focused award-winning wines since 1811.
“Perrier-Jouët’s floral elegance and rich heritage make it a partner for San Ysidro Ranch. Their commitment to craftsmanship, artistry, and nature mirrors our own values, and the delicate, expressive character of their Champagne pairs beautifully with the ambiance of the ranch,” Caine said.
As soon as I walked into this immersive experience, I was greeted by a lovely jazz band playing among the greenery, like swingin’ Hobbits in a forest. Continuing on, the Champagne tower of pink roses and stemware, which would later be dripping in an ebullient pour of the PerrierJouët brut rosé, soft white daybeds for lounging, and of course the rainbow rows
Fresco at the Market to Open in July
And celebrate we did. The warm hospitality made it easy to shake off any worries from the day and allow oneself to be held in this magical respite. Before I even noticed my glass of the crisp, dry, and perfectly balanced Blanc de Blanc was empty, it was already being refilled. At the same time, a kind and professional server was there with a caviar and crème fraîche blini, chilled oyster, or goat cheese crostini topped with a balsamic fig from their gardens to pair with my sips.
They also had a pretty pink cart of fresh mixed drinks and a mocktail for those desiring a different beverage. All of these little luxury pours made for a lovely companion for strolling the miraculously maintained gardens.
“Our dedicated team of gardeners, many of whom have worked at the ranch for years, care for every inch of the property with incredible attention to detail. The rose garden features a mix of heirloom varieties and climbing roses that bloom in soft pinks, vivid corals, and creamy whites,” Caine said. “Guests will also notice lavender, jasmine, citrus trees, and manicured boxwoods throughout the grounds — all of which contribute to the ranch’s timeless and fragrant charm.”
Attendees were treated to a parting keepsake bottle of Perrier-Jouët to pop open and remind us to find the slices of paradise brimming around us in beautiful Santa Barbara. And if you need any inspiration in that department, the San Ysidro Ranch proves itself over and over again as an expert in showcasing and celebrating the wonders of our special town; their excellent farm-to-table food and beverage, stunning gardens, and five-star hospitality bloom gracefully into your heart.
See sanysidroranch.com.
Coming July 2025, a new concept with a familiar heart will open its doors at the Santa Barbara Public Market. Fresco at the Market is a new take on a name that has meant a lot to the community serving up many of the most-loved dishes from the original Fresco Café in a pared-down, fast-casual format. The Hot Mushroom Combo from the original Fresco was in my list of top-10 favorite dishes in town, but I don’t know if it will return, since Fresco at the Market is a new business and not affiliated with or a legal continuation of the former Fresco Café.
According to a statement, Fresco at the Market is a new, independently owned business distinct from the original Fresco Café. We are thrilled to announce that Jill Petrarca, cofounder of Fresco Café, who stepped away from the business in 2016, is returning to bring her passion for the brand back to the community. While Mark Brouillard, Jill’s former business partner, is not involved in this new venture, he fully supports the fresh direction and is confident the community will warmly welcome what’s to come.
“I’m so excited to bring Santa Barbara an inspired version of the original Fresco Café something that honors the legacy while creating space for something new to grow,” says Natalie Ramos, coowner of the new concept and a former longtime Fresco team member. “We’ve focused on the most-loved dishes and the same warm hospitality, and we can’t wait to welcome everyone back.”
Guests can expect the return of fresco classics like the gorgonzola walnut salad, Jill’s Big Salad, the turkey burger, rotating soups, and lunchtime specials all served in a streamlined, high-quality setting. The restaurant will also feature house-made dressings for sale and catering services, all served with the same neighborhood feel Santa Barbara diners have missed. To celebrate its first
day, guests will receive a complimentary famous Fresco iced tea with any purchase. “Fresco at the Market fits beautifully into what we’re building here a community of independently owned, locally loved eateries,” says Travis Twining, owner of the Santa Barbara Public Market. “We are excited to bring back the spirit and flavors that Santa Barbara locals have loved for years.”
Fresco at the Market is inside the Santa Barbara Public Market at 38 West Victoria Street and will be open daily, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Follow @fresco_sb or visit fresco-sb .com.
GRACIE WATERFRONT TO OPEN AT THE HARBOR: The Breakwater Restaurant at 107 Harbor Way in the Santa Barbara Harbor, which came under new ownership last year, closed in January to implement planned changes. The eatery hopes to open in late July under a new name: Gracie Waterfront. It will be brought to you by Dudley Michael and Grace Austin of The Shop, Wingman Rodeo, and the Rodeo Room. I am told that it will be a waterfront restaurant and cocktail bar. Follow @graciewaterfront
FOURTH OF JULY: San Ysidro Ranch’s Fourth of July celebration will be serving Santa Maria–style barbecue from a wood-fired grill. Guests can enjoy elevated barbecue favorites including Snake River Farms Wagyu tri-tip; Jidori chicken and grilled seasonal vegetables paired with a heirloom tomato and grilled summer peach salad; corn on the cob; and more. Top the meal off with a peach cobbler, blueberry pie, or s’mores chocolate chip cookies, as well as a vintage tuk tuk serving beverages. From noon to 4 p.m., enjoy live music, lawn games, and festive decor. Tickets are $150 per adult for food and $80 for beverages; $95 per child. Reservations can be made at tinyurl.com/ syr4th
The rose garden at San Ysidro Ranch
BLAST FROM THE PAST: A new take on a local restaurant that was popular for decades, Fresco at the Market arrives in July.
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ARIES
(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): The Hawaiian word pō refers to a primal darkness from which all life flows. It’s not a fearsome void, but a fertile mystery, rich with future possibilities and the ancestors’ hopes. In the coming weeks, I invite you to treat your inner life as pō. Be as calm and patient and watchful as an Aries can be as you monitor the inklings that rise up out of the deep shadows. Have faith that the cloudy uncertainty will ultimately evolve into clarity, revealing the precise directions you need.
TAURUS
(Apr. 20-May 20): In the 17th century, the Taurus polymath Athanasius Kircher constructed a fantastical machine called the aeolian harp. It wasn’t designed to be played by human fingers, but by the wind. It conjured music with currents invisible to the eye. I nominate this sublime contraption as your power object for the coming weeks, Taurus. The most beautiful and healing melodies may come from positioning yourself so that inspiration can blow through. How might you attune yourself to the arrival of unexpected help and gifts? Set aside any tendency you might have to try too hard. Instead, allow life to sing through you.
GEMINI
(May 21-June 20): The painter Vincent van Gogh wrote, “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” That’s good advice for you right now. Your ambitions may feel daunting if you imagine them as monumental and monolithic. But if you simply focus on what needs to be done next the daily efforts, the incremental improvements you will be as relaxed as you need to be to accomplish wonders. Remember that masterpieces are rarely completed in a jiffy. The cumulative power of steady work is potentially your superpower. Here’s another crucial tip: Use your imagination to have fun as you attend to the details.
CANCER
LIBRA
(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here’s one of my unruly rules about human competence: In every professional field, from physicians to lawyers to psychics to teachers, about 15 percent of all the practitioners are downright mediocre, even deficient. Seventy-five percent are at least satisfactory and sometimes good. And 10 percent of the total are surpassingly excellent, providing an extraordinary service. With this in mind, I’m happy to say that you now have a knack for gravitating toward that exceptional 10 percent in every domain you are drawn to. I predict that your intuition will consistently guide you toward premium sources.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Japanese concept of shinrin-yoku means “forest bathing.” It invites people to immerse themselves in the natural world, drawing on its restorative power. In accordance with astrological portents, I urge you Scorpios to maximize your forest bathing. To amplify the enrichment further, gravitate toward other environments that nourish your soul’s need for solace and uplift. The naked fact is that you need places and influences that offer you comfort, safety, and tender inspiration. Don’t apologize for making your life a bit less heroic as you tend to your inner world with gentle reverence.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The camera obscura was a precursor to modern cameras. It projected the outside world upside down onto interior walls. Artists loved it because it helped them see reality from new angles. I hereby proclaim that you, Sagittarius, will be like both the artist and the camera obscura lens in the coming weeks. Your perceptions may feel inverted, strange, even disorienting, but that’s a gift! So let unfamiliarity be your muse. Flip your assumptions. Sketch from shadow instead of light. Have faith that the truth isn’t vanishing or hiding; it’s simply appearing in unfamiliar guises. Don’t rush to turn things right-side-up. Relish and learn from the tilt.
(June 21-July 22): Welcome to a special edition of “What’s My Strongest Yearning?” I’m your host, Rob Brezsny, and I’m delighted you have decided to identify the single desire that motivates you more than any other. Yes, you have many wishes and hopes and dreams, but one is more crucial than all the rest! Right? To begin the exercise, take three deep breaths and allow every knot of tension to dissolve and exit your beautiful body. Then drop down into the primal depths of your miraculous soul and wander around until you detect the shimmering presence of the beloved reason you came here to this planet. Immerse yourself in this glory for as long as you need to. Exult in its mysterious power to give meaning to everything you do. Ask it to nurture you, console you, and inspire you.
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22): In certain medieval maps, unexplored territories were marked with the Latin phrase hic sunt dracones “here be dragons.” It was a warning and a dare, a declaration that no one knew what lay beyond. In the coming weeks, Leo, you may find yourself traveling into one of those unlabeled regions. Rather than flinching or dodging, I invite you to press forward with respectful curiosity. Some of the so-called dragons will be figments. Others are protectors of treasure and might be receptive to sharing with a bright light like you. Either way, productive adventures are awaiting you in that unmapped territory. Go carefully but go.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In traditional Japanese carpentry, joints are made so skillfully that they need no nails, screws, or adhesives. Carpenters use intricate joinery techniques to connect pieces of wood so tightly that the structures are strong and durable. They often require a mallet for assembly and disassembly. In metaphorical terms, you are capable of that kind of craftsmanship these days, Virgo. I hope you will take advantage of this by building lasting beauty and truth that will serve you well into the future. Don’t rush the joinery. If it’s not working, don’t force it. Re-cut, re-measure, breathe deeply, and try again.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’m sure you enjoy gazing into some mirrors more than others. It’s amazing how different you might look in your bathroom mirror and the mirror in the restroom at work. Some store windows may reflect an elegant, attractive version of you, while others distort your image. A similar principle is at work in the people with whom you associate. Some seem to accentuate your finest attributes, while others bring out less flattering aspects. I bring this to your attention, dear Capricorn, because I believe it will be extra important in the coming weeks for you to surround yourself with your favorite mirrors.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Leonardo da Vinci filled thousands of pages with sketches, notes, and experiments. He never finished many of them. He called this compilation his “codex of wonder.” It wasn’t a record of failures. It was an appreciation of his complex process and a way to honor his creative wellspring. Taking a cue from da Vinci’s love of marvelous enigmas, I invite you to be in love with the unfinished in the coming weeks. Make inquisitiveness your default position. Reconsider abandoned ideas. Be a steward of fertile fragments. Some of your best work may arise from revisiting composted dreams or incomplete sketches. Here’s your motto: Magic brews in the margins.
PISCES
(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): In the remote Atacama Desert of Chile, certain flowers lie dormant for years, awaiting just the right conditions to burst into blossom in a sudden, riotous explosion of color and vitality. Scientists call it a superbloom. Metaphorically speaking, Pisces, you are on the verge of such a threshold. I’m sure you can already feel the inner ripening as it gathers momentum. Any day now, your full flowering will erupt softly but dramatically. You won’t need to push. You will simply open. To prepare yourself emotionally, start rehearsing lively shouts of “HALLELUJAH! HOORAY! WHOOPEE!”
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM (UCEAP)
Applies theory and puts it into practice with in‑depth understanding of the professional field; independently performs the full range of responsibilities within the function; possesses broad job knowledge; analyzes problems/issues of diverse scope and determines solutions. Applies knowledge and skills as a seasoned, experienced academic professional. Provides advice and recommends solutions which may apply to unique programs and issues without prior precedent. Serves as the primary interface for academic matters within an assigned portfolio and is responsible for the accurate distribution of academic program information between the Systemwide Office of the University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) and (a) UCEAP Study Center staff worldwide; (b) UC Campus Study Abroad Offices; (c) UC students participating in UCEAP; and (d) the UC campus registrars’ offices. Communications with students primarily take place remotely 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. Responsible for all academic information pertaining to a specified portfolio group within the approximate 6,000 student UCEAP participants each year, in over 40 countries worldwide. Works closely with the Associate Dean in implementing and archiving academic policies and procedures. Promotes UCEAP programs at occasional student fairs and campus events. Assembles and maintains program information, manages student registration information, and generates reports in a complex in‑house database. Collaborates with IT and Marketing units on academic web and database issues and requests. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/or training. Notes: The UCEAP Systemwide Office is located in Goleta, CA (near the UCSB campus). Type of work arrangement eligibility: Hybrid. On‑site presence will be required for leadership and staff meetings, delegation visits, training sessions, etc. The University is unable to pay or reimburse expenses prohibited by University policy, including travel expenses associated with commuting to the designated office. Satisfactory conviction history background check
The budgeted salary range is $58,600 to $70,000/yr. Full salary range: $58,600 to $100,800/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 79056
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
CAMPUS DINING
Performs all student functions related to hiring, payroll, and personnel actions for over 400 student employees. Duties include processing bi‑weekly payroll, corrections and changes to payroll, and separations in the payroll system (UCPath). Utilizes the timekeeping system (Kronos) to review, maintain, and troubleshoot timecard issues for payroll processing. Provides administrative support as needed to the Supervisor. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience. 1‑3 years experience working in an office environment and demonstrated ability to use standard computer systems including email, Microsoft Word and Excel. Demonstrated ability to multitask and prioritize effectively. Experience with effective communication and strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing. Or equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Work hours/ days may vary. Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring/ Budgeted Hourly Range: $24.59/hr ‑ $28.56/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #78946
ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
The Administrative Coordinator provides integral administrative support to the Associated Students Human Resources & Payroll team and the broader Administration unit. This position plays a central role in student staff onboarding, ensuring all employment documentation is completed accurately and in compliance with university policies. As the point of contact for student employment questions, the coordinator maintains onboarding materials, tracks required training compliance, and participates in student staff supervisor meetings to support consistent employment practices across the department.
In addition to HR‑related duties, the Administrative Coordinator supports day‑to‑day operations of the Administration Office by coordinating clerical and logistical tasks such as scheduling meeting spaces, ordering supplies, and managing requisition intake and tracking. The role also supervises administrative student staff, provides front desk coverage, and delivers high‑level customer service to internal and external stakeholders.
The coordinator also serves as the Department Safety Representative, promoting workplace safety by identifying hazards, maintaining emergency supplies, and distributing preparedness resources in alignment with campus safety protocols. Working closely with the Assistant Director for HR and the HR & Payroll Analyst, this position also supports project‑based assignments and contributes to the overall efficiency, compliance, and professionalism of Associated Students operations. Reqs: Associate’s Degree or equivalent experience / training;
1‑3 yrs experience in a centralized administrative office environment involving receptionist and documents production, distribution and filing; 1‑3 yrs experience working with an administrative/office environment; 1‑3 yrs good verbal and written communication skills, active listening, critical thinking, multi‑task and time management skills; 1‑3 yrs thorough knowledge in administrative procedures and processes including word processing, spreadsheet and database applications; solid communication skills and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with students and staff verbally and in writing; solid organizational skills and ability to multi‑task with demanding timeframes; ability to use sound judgment in responding to issues and concerns; ability to use discretion and maintain confidentiality; ability to deal with frequent interruptions maintaining accuracy; proficiency in the use of spreadsheet and database software. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check; UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range:
$26.23 ‑ $27.93/hr. Full Salary Range: $24.59 ‑ $34.85/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #79002
ASSISTANT
CATERING CHEF
CAMPUS DINING
Assists in the preparation of food for catering events. Performs advanced culinary duties and quality assurance on all menu items, with attention to detail on presentation. Assists the Catering Chef with production planning, scheduling staff, purchasing, and supervision of the part‑time student culinary team. Reqs: Previous catering experience with a strong command of fundamentals. Demonstrated ability to organize and manage a high volume kitchen as well as produce specially requested menu items. Detail oriented, specialized in utilizing the freshest of ingredients and producing items from scratch with an artistic and innovative presentation. Experience in plated service, baking, appetizers, and hot/cold food buffets. Knowledge of state and federal safety and sanitation regulations regarding proper handling, storing, cooking and holding temperatures and proper use and cleaning of kitchen equipment. Ability to train others in these areas. Or equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work standing for up to 8 hours per day. Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program. Work hours/days may vary. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $25.27 ‑ $29.03 /hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #77284
ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM (UCEAP)
Supports study abroad related instructional design and staff training efforts. Utilizes educational technologies to create, edit, test, and deliver learning content and adapt emerging pedagogical strategies to current and ongoing projects of moderate scope. Co‑leads committees or projects and serves as a liaison with the greater campus and UC community to ensure learner‑centered, authentic, interactive online learning activities that align with UCEAP and industry best practices. Requires independent work and collaboration within cross‑functional teams to facilitate high‑impact projects and programs aligned with UCEAP’s Vision, Mission,
and Strategic Goals. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Two or more years of work experience in instructional design, online education, faculty support, consultation, or related fields; or equivalent combination of education, training or experience. Notes: The UCEAP Systemwide Office is located in Goleta, CA (near the UCSB campus). Type of work arrangement eligibility: Hybrid. On‑site presence will be required for leadership and staff meetings, delegation visits, training sessions, etc. The University is unable to pay or reimburse expenses prohibited by University policy, including travel expenses associated with commuting to the designated office. Satisfactory conviction history background check The budgeted hourly range is $30.56 to $33.74/hr. Full hourly range: $30.56 to $53.45/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 79111
CITATIONS AND ADJUDICATION SUPERVISOR
OFFICE
PARKING
Administers the Citation and Adjudication Operation in Transportation & Parking Services (TPS). Responsible for over $1 million collected annually into the Fines and Forfeitures account. Oversees Citations and Adjudication unit in the performance of their daily duties. Ensures high level customer support
and problem solving. Responsible for coordination and integration of databases for numerous vendors as well as on campus systems such as T2, Iris, ParkMobile, UCPath, BARC, Mercury, and Gold. Acts as liaison between Parking Services, other campus departments and the public. Responsible for overseeing all aspects of citation processing including citation appeals, Administrative Hearings, DMV interface, and preparation of letters for mailing as well as routine or complex correspondence. In compliance with the California Vehicle Code (CVC), uses independent judgment in the adjudication of citation appeals. Addresses customer problems and complaints. Interacts with a highly diverse campus population in dealing with complex issues of campus access and parking at UCSB, by exercising diplomacy and tact even in the face of adversity. Reqs: High School Diploma. 1‑3 years Experience with parking operations; policies and procedures. Notes: Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program. Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring/ Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: $28.07 to $38.17/hour. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #79021
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
SPECIALIST
THEATER AND DANCE
Primarily responsible for the marketing, communications and public relations in relation to dynamic calendar of departmental events open to the public and major initiatives of the Department of Theater and Dance. Also responsible for administrative aspects of public events, such as management of front‑of‑house operations and staff, management and/or oversight of box office operations, negotiation of contracts and royalties for licensed materials, establishment of promotional and event staging budgets, and oversight of related purchasing. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. 1‑3 years of demonstrated experience in and knowledge of communication principles, public relations, and marketing techniques in the performing arts. Notes: Work schedule frequently includes nights and weekends. Satisfactory conviction history background check The budgeted salary range is $77,000 to $79,500/yr. Full salary range: $77,000 to $139,200/yr. University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Application review begins 7/8/25; open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 79141 Continued
SERVICE DIRECTORY
COOK
CAMPUS DINING
Performs culinary duties such as preparing soups and casseroles, grilling, roasting or barbecuing foods, working a sauté station, and preparing and assembling made‑to‑order entrees serving up to 1,500 meals per shift. Ensures that assigned responsibilities are accomplished and that high standards of food quality, service, sanitation and safety are met at all times. Assists with student training, food production and sanitation. Reqs: High School or equivalent combination of education and experience. 1‑3 years
Culinary experience in a high‑volume culinary environment. Knowledge of and experience with culinary techniques, including but not inclusive of sauteing, grilling, frying, steaming, preparing sauces and stocks. Or equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work standing for up to 8 hours per day. Work hours/days may vary. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $20.12 ‑ $22.21 /hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #78979
END USER COMPUTING SUPPORT LEAD
ENTERPRISE TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES
The End User Computing Support (EUCS) Lead for Student Affairs division customers will provide technical support for incidents and requests for assigned ITS service customers.
Maintains an advanced technical understanding of products common in an enterprise end user setting: operating systems; office productivity, browser, database, and financial software applications; messaging & collaboration tools used by the university for email, calendaring, phone, and web conferencing; network hardware and concepts; mobile devices; peripheral hardware such as printers, scanners, cameras and other specialized equipment as required by our customers. Maintains regular end user communication with strong ability to maintain effective client and colleague rapport. As the group lead, this position has additional duties relative to a standard tier 2 service technician: creates, reviews, analyzes, prioritizes, and distributes ticket assignments across tier 2 technicians and services. Serves as the primary escalation point for the most difficult issues that arise from within the EUCS team, and either consults on or performs direct resolution of these issues. Serves as the primary liaison between customer departments and other technical teams within ITS as well as vendors, and helps customers evaluate and define their needs. Knowledgeable of and oversees compliance of endpoints and end user networks with IT policy, and provides guidance to end users and customer departments when policy questions occur. Oversees testing of new hardware and software used in the environment, ensuring appropriate function and behavior, in conjunction with the desktop engineering team. Manages team documentation efforts, ensuring completion and accuracy of tasks and knowledge capture, often including documentation that benefits campus use of services offered. Manages moderately complex projects frequently dealing with broad scale deployment or configuration of software or managing asset data.
Coordinates all team purchasing tasks and monitors orders for proper delivery and accountability of the team and vendors. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. Notes: Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program. Satisfactory conviction history background check. The budgeted salary range is $84,792.65‑$100,105.49/yr. Full salary range: $77,118.47‑$129,944.37/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 78875
FINANCE ACCOUNTANT
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM (UCEAP)
Administers the business of student and study center finances for assigned programs. Performs financial analysis, initiates wire transfers, processes expenditures and manages student and study center accounts and related accounts payable and receivable. Reconciles monthly account transactions to the general ledger. Requires daily verbal and written communication, with internal departments and external customers. Ensures compliance with UC policy and procedures and applicable external regulations. Reqs: AA, BA, or BS degree in related field and minimum of 2 years’ experience in AP, AR, billing and collections, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Notes: The UCEAP Systemwide Office is located in Goleta, CA (near the UCSB campus). Type of work arrangement eligibility: Hybrid. On‑site presence will be required for leadership and staff meetings, delegation visits, training sessions, etc. The University is unable to pay or reimburse expenses prohibited by University policy, including travel expenses associated with commuting to the designated office. Satisfactory conviction history background check
The budgeted hourly range is $28.07 to $30.76 hour. Full hourly range: $28.07 to $48.28/hour. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 79018.
PHARMACY TECHNICIAN STUDENT HEALTH
Under the supervision of a pharmacist, assist in all aspects of pharmacy duties in order to provide medications to the clinics and patients of Student Health. This may include preparation, counting, packaging and labeling prescriptions, clinic medications and pre‑package medications for pharmacist review. Utilize knowledge of pharmacy abbreviations and medical terminology be able to transcribe and input information from a prescription to ensure required information is accurate on the prescription label. Assist in the maintenance of drug inventory, maintain appropriate paperwork for expired medication returns to manufacturer for credit.
Direct and assist patients with all prescription and non‑prescription needs including preparation of refill authorization forms and other
insurance or pharmacy paperwork. Process credit card and access card transactions. Maintain accurate patient financial account information and prescription profiles. Utilize strong interpersonal communication skills to provide effective, compassionate and empathetic service. Respect and maintain confidentiality of all patient protected health information as per HIPAA and FERPA. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent. Current CA Pharmacy Technician License. Notes: Must successfully complete and pass the background check and credentialing process before start date 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. Per California Code of Regulations Title 8, Section 5199 Aerosol Transmissible Disease Standard requires; upon hire and annually thereafter Tuberculosis (TB) screening for all employees. The method of testing is determined by past medical history and any current symptoms. Per Cal/OSHA regulations and UCSB Campus Policy, all UCSB personnel who use respiratory protection equipment shall be included in the UCSB Respiratory Protection Program and required to complete respirator fit testing upon hire and annually thereafter, completed by UCSB Environmental Health & Safety. Any HIPAA/FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Student Health is closed between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Budgeted Hourly Range: $ 27.19‑30.00/hr. Full Hourly Range: $27.19 ‑ $33.80/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #78479
PROGRAM ADVISOR
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
The Program Advisor manages and supervises the production‑related logistics and requirements for programs and events for the department of Associated Students.
In particular working with AS Event Safety and Production Coordinators and the event staff. Supervises approximately 25 Event Safety Staff and 25 Production crew members. The advisor will assist Program Board members on logistical planning, implementation, budgeting, event evaluation and ensure compliance with pertinent A.S. and University policies and procedures. Serves as liaison with University service providers on all events. Works with members of the campus community in the presentation of cultural and public events. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training; 1‑3 yrs experience and proficiency in planning and delivering live performances; 1‑3 years demonstrated experience in performing arts production, planning, budgeting and management along with sound judgment in evaluating bids from sound, light and staging companies to provide state of the art performances; must have ability to train staff and work with a variety of artist and production managers to assist with events; ability to work in diverse groups, including but not limited to students, staff, faculty, general public, production personnel, technical operators and performing artists. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check; UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range:
$33.12 ‑ $33.74/hr. Full Salary Range:
$28.07 ‑ $48.28/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability,
age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #79004
SR PARKING REPRESENTATIVE
PARKING OFFICE
Enforces University parking regulations by issuing citations and courtesy warnings to vehicles illegally parked. Identifies vehicles to be “booted” and process them according to California Vehicle Code. Keeps current of campus events and their locations. Directs traffic and escort vehicles including semi‑trucks and buses. Informs supervisor of problems as they arise. Provides parking instructions and give directions. Reqs: High School Diploma. Demonstrated exceptional customer service by providing and delivering professional, helpful, high quality service and assistance. Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate with students, staff, faculty and the general public. Ability to grasp new concepts. Ability to maintain professionalism and composure under high customer demand and challenging customer interactions. Ability to work as part of a team, maintain a positive attitude and work together to achieve a common goal of providing world class customer service. Excellent written and verbal communication. Notes: Must wear prescribed uniform while on duty. Ability to work outside year round in inclement weather using established foul weather gear provided by the department. Ability to stand and walk for most of each shift and walk an average of 6 to 8 miles daily over hilly terrain, around parked cars in both covered and uncovered parking facilities. Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program. Satisfactory criminal history background check. Pay Rate/Range: $22.36 to $25.16 /hour. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #79135
SR. BUILDING MAINTENANCE
WORKER
RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS performs senior building maintenance tasks on a regular and continuing basis and performs custodial work for University owned Residence Halls, Apartments and Dining Commons. May perform other duties as assigned to meet the operational needs of the department. Reqs: 1‑3 years of a combination of related education, experience, and training. Training in the basics of plumbing repairs, patch and painting, simple beginning carpentry repairs, and simple (non‑licensed) electrical repairs. Experience making apprentice level repairs in plumbing, patch and paint, carpentry, and electrical. Basic knowledge of the safe use of maintenance equipment such as drills, saws, cordless screwdrivers, and some drain snakes. Experience as an exceptional customer service representative with the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with diverse student and family clientele. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others as a team. Notes: May work shifts other than assigned in order to meet the operational needs of the department. Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in
the California Employer Pull Notice Program. Satisfactory criminal history background check. Pay Rate/Range: $24.11 ‑ $29.39/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #78460
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To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: SUSANNA M. VADAS (SUSIE, SUSAN)
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: ERIKA SZELL in the Superior Court of California, County of South Santa Barbara.
THE PETITION requests that (name): ERIKA SZELL be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 7/24/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO BOX 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 ANACAPA DIVISION
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate
Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 5/21/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Erika E. Szell, 7210 Davenport Rd. Apt. 101, 805‑886‑8394. Published: June 19, 26. July 3 2025.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER
ESTATE OF: JOHN JACOB OTT No.: 25PR00291
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: JOHN JACOB OTT
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: KAREN SANDERS in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.
THE PETITION requests that (name): KAREN SANDERS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests the decedent’s wil 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: Date: 8/7/2025 AT Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: Probate. Room: SB5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa
Street PO BOX 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107‑SANTA BARBARA‑
ANACAPA DIVISION
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 6/3/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Jeffery J. Czech, CZECH & HOWELL APC 2400 East Katella Avenue, Suite 370, Anaheim, CA 92806; 714‑522‑5553 Published: June 19, 26. July 3 2025.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BEATRICE SANCHEZ No.: 25PR00275
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: BEATRICE SANCHEZ
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JAVIER SANCHEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.
THE PETITION requests that (name): JAVIER SANCHEZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA Tuesday, July 15, 2025 – In Person and Virtual Meeting
The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following matter will be heard by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter, in Person at 105 East Anapamu, 4th Floor, Santa Barbara, and by Remote Virtual Participation. Please find remote participation instructions on the Clerk of the Board’s webpage, https://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
A public hearing to consider the adoption of a resolution that adjusts the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 library special tax rate in County Service Area (CSA) No. 3 (greater Goleta) by 3.30%, which reflects the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for 2024, and that confirms the written report that contains a description of each parcel of real property receiving the extended library facilities and services in CSA No. 3 and the amount of the special tax for each parcel for FY 2025-2026.
This written report detailing the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 special tax rate per parcel for CSA No. 3 has been filed with the Clerk of the Board, 105 E. Anapamu Street, Room 407, Santa Barbara. It will also be available for viewing online on the County Clerk’s website. This written report is also available for public viewing at the Goleta Library.
Please see the posted agenda of the Board of Supervisors for July 15, 2025, available on or about Thursday, July 10, 2025, prior to the meeting for a more specific time for this item. However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged or the item may be continued.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 5682240. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Clerk of the Board to make reasonable arrangements.
If you challenge this project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.
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: 7/31/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO BOX 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 SOUTH COUNTY
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 5/28/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Dylan P. Hyatt, The Law Offices of Hassell and Hyatt, PC, 1555 River Park Drive, Suite 108, Sacramento, CA 95815; 916‑292‑8009. Published: June 19, 26. July 3 2025.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER
ESTATE OF: LYNDON LYDELL
LAMBETH No.: 25PR00290
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: LYNDON LYDELL
LAMBETH A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: LAUREN LAMBETH in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.
THE PETITION requests that (name): LAUREN LAMBETH be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow
the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 8/7/2025
AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO BOX 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 ANACAPA DIVISION
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 6/3/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Adam P. Walsh, 228 W Carrillo St, Ste D Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805‑284‑0711.
Published: June 19, 26. July 3 2025.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ROBERT GUMP aka ROBERT K. GUMP
Case No. 25PR00001
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ROBERT GUMP aka ROBERT K. GUMP
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Nicholas Costa in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Nicholas Costa and Annamarie Costa be
appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act.
(This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held on August 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM in Dept. No. SB 5 located at 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
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:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MOSQUITO AND VECTOR MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FOR THE SERVICE ZONE NO. 1 ASSESSMENT AND SERVICE ZONE NO. 2 ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Mosquito and Vector Management District of Santa Barbara County intends to conduct public hearings for the CONTINUATION of a benefit assessment in fiscal year 2025-26 that funds the District’s mosquito, vector control and disease prevention services and projects in Santa Barbara County.
The public hearing to consider the ordering of services and projects, and the levy of the continued assessments for fiscal year 2025-26 for the Service Zone No. 1 and Service Zone No. 2 Assessments shall be held on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 18 at the Santa Barbara Community College Wake Center Campus, 300 N. Turnpike Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93111. The proposed assessment rate for fiscal year 2025-26 is thirteen dollars and twenty-seven cents ($13.27) per singlefamily equivalent benefit unit for Service Zone 1, and thirteen dollars and twentyseven cents ($13.27) per single-family equivalent benefit unit for Service Zone 2.
Members of the public are invited to provide comment at the public hearing, or, in writing which is received by the District by 12:00 P.M. on Thursday, July 10, 2025. If you desire additional information concerning the above, please contact the Mosquito and Vector Management District of Santa Barbara County at (805) 9695050.
Dated June 26, 2025 Mosquito and Vector Management District of Santa Barbara County
RICHARD A LUFTMAN ESQ SBN 222363
ALPERSTEIN SIMON FARKAS GILLIN AND SCOTT LLP 15760 VENTURA BLVD STE 1520
ENCINO CA 91436 CN117867 GUMP Jun 19,26, Jul 3, 2025
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: NANCY B. TUSTIAN No.: 25PR00308
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: NANCY B. TUSTIAN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JACK V. TUSTIAN in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.
THE PETITION requests that (name): JACK V. TUSTIAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s wil 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: Date: 8/28/2025 AT Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO BOX 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 ANACAPA DIVISION
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 6/12/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Jack V. Tustian, 1122 Crestline Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; 805‑455‑1290
Published: June 19, 26. July 3 2025. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARIA TERESA GARCIA No.: 25PR00299 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: MARIA TERESA GARCIA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: VICTOR GARCIA in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. THE PETITION requests that (name): VICTOR GARCIA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
LEGALS (CONT.)
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: 8/14/2025
AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO BOX 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 ANACAPA
DIVISION
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 6/9/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Adam P. Walsh, 228 W Carrillo St, Ste D Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805‑284‑0711.
Published: June 19, 26. July 3 2025.
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BARBARA
GAIL WRIGHT No.: CASE:25PR00142
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of :BARBARA
GAIL WRIGHT
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: HARRY E. HAGEN, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATOR in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.
THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): HARRY E. HAGEN, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATOR be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 7/10/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. ANACAPA DIVISION.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the
petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 6/17/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Michael A. Munoz, Senior Deputy County Counsel; 105 E. Anapamu Street #201, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑568‑2950
Published: June 26. July 3, 10 2025. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: KIRSTEN AGNETHE
STENSBY No.: 25PR00324
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: KIRSTEN AGNETHE STENSBY
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: BERNARD GAZDZIK in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.
THE PETITION requests that (name): BERNARD GAZDZIK be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however,
the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 9/04/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO BOX 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 ANACAPA DIVISION
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 6/20/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Ian M. Fisher, PRICE POSTEL & PARMA LLP, 200 E. Carrillo St. Ste. 400 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805‑962‑0011.
Published: June 26. July 3, 10 2025.
AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: VIRGINIA MARY CAVALLI No.: 25PR00293
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the
will or estate, or both of: VIRGINIA MARY CAVALLI
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JOHNNIE M. CAVALLI in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.
THE PETITION requests that (name): JOHNNIE M. CAVALLI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests the decedent’s wil 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: 8/14/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO BOX 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 ANACAPA DIVISION
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in
Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 6/17/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Erik D. Black, Esq., Angela R. Talbot, Esq., BLACK & BLACK 1114
State Street, Suite 272 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑957‑1922
Published: June 26. July 3, 10 2025. FBN ABANDONMENT STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT
PUBLIC NOTICE FOR COMMENT
Public Housing Agency Annual Plan FY2026
The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara (HASBARCO) is inviting all interested parties to comment on the Public Housing Agency Annual Plan, in accordance with Section 903.17 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This public notice is hereby posted at a minimum of 45 calendar days prior to the public hearing scheduled for August 21, 2025, at 5:00PM.
The draft PHA Annual Plan is now available for review on HASBARCO’s website: www.hasbarco.org. A hard copy is also available for review at the agency’s Lompoc Housing office during regular business hours: 817 West Ocean Avenue, Lompoc, California 93436 – Monday-Thursday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Written comments may be sent to the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara at P.O. Box 397, Lompoc, CA 93438-0397 or by email to janetmora@ hasbarco.org. The deadline for submitting written comments is August 21, 2025, at 3:00 PM.
A public hearing on the draft plan will be held on August 21, 2025, at 5:00 PM. The location of the hearing will be Miller Community Center, 5575 Armitos Avenue, Goleta, CA.
In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in the public hearing, please contact the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara at (805) 736-3423 or by email to janetmora@hasbarco.org. Notification at least 24 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Housing Authority to make reasonable arrangements.
June 24, 2025
AVISO PÚBLICO PARA COMENTARIOS
Plan Anual de la Agencia de Vivienda Pública para el año Fiscal 2026
ORDINANCE NO. 25-03
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 15.22 GOLETA FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE MAP TO TITLE 15 OF THE GOLETA MUNICIPAL CODE, DESIGNATING FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES WITHIN THE CITY OF GOLETA IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 51179 AND DETERMINATION THAT THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
On June 17, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. at the Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, California, the City Council of the City of Goleta (“City”) conducted the second reading and adopted Ordinance No. 25-03 that would add the Goleta Fire Hazard Severity Zone map and designate fire hazard severity zones into Title 15 of the Goleta Municipal Code, consistent with State law requirements.
The City Council of the City of Goleta passed and adopted Ordinance No. 25-03 at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of June 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: MAYOR PEROTTE, MAYOR PRO TEMPORE KASDIN, COUNCILMEMBERS KYRIACO, REYES-MARTÍN AND SMITH.
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
The ordinance will be effective 31 days from the date of adoption.
A copy of the ordinance is available at the City Clerk’s Office, cityclerkgroup@ cityofgoleta.org, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, California, or by calling the office at (805) 961-7505.
Deborah S. Lopez City Clerk
Publish: Santa Barbara Independent, June 26, 2025
La Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara (HASBARCO) está invitando a todas las partes interesadas a comentar sobre el Plan Anual de la Agencia de Vivienda Pública para 2026, de acuerdo con la Sección 903.17 del Título 24 del Código de Regulaciones Federales. Este aviso público se publica con un mínimo de 45 días calendario antes de la audiencia pública programada para el 21 de agosto de 2025 a las 5:00 p.m.
El borrador del Plan Anual esta disponible para su revisión en el sitio web de HASBARCO: www.hasbarco.org. Una copia impresa también esta disponible para su revisión en la oficina de Lompoc durante horas de oficina: 817 West Ocean Ave, Lompoc, California, 93436 – lunes a jueves de 10:00 a.m. a 4:00 p.m.
Comentarios por escrito pueden enviarse a la Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara en P.O. Box 397, Lompoc, CA 93438-0397 o por correo electrónico a janetmora@hasbarco.org La fecha límite para enviar comentarios por escrito es el 21 de agosto de 2025 a las 3:00 p.m.
El 21 de agosto de 2025, a las 5:00 p.m., se llevará a cabo una audiencia pública sobre el borrador del plan. El lugar de la audiencia será Miller Community Center, 5575 Armitos Avenue, Goleta, CA.
Únase a la reunión de Zoom: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16032012891?pwd=2sMO50zqbjOOrXbKau5Prsujm wfoXx.1&omn=1607891808
ID de reunión: 160 3201 2891 Código de acceso: q9hWnK
O por teléfono +1669 900-6833
De conformidad con la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades, si necesita asistencia especial para participar en la audiencia pública, comuníquese con la Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara al (805) 736-3423 o por correo electrónico a janetmora@hasbarco.org. La notificación al menos 24 horas antes de la reunión permitirá a la Autoridad de Vivienda hacer arreglos razonables.
24 de junio de 2025
LEGALS (CONT.)
OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned:
ESTHETICS X DNLA: 1607 Mission Dr. #210 Solvang, CA 93463 The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 2/27/2023 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original File no. FBN 2023‑0000515. The persons or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Daniela D Lerena (same address)
The business was conducted by an A Individual. Registrant commenced to tranact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A Signed by: DANIELA D LERENA Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 5/13/25, FBN 2025‑0001187 E49. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). Published: June 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ONE OLIVE LEFT: 2730 San Marcos Avenue Los Olivos, CA 93441; Lynne Alexander PO Box 952 Los Olivos, CA 93441
This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 18, 2025. Filed by: LYNNE ALEXANDER/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 21, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001260. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: PENSIONMARK FINANCIAL GROUP: 24 East Cota Street, Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; World Investment Advisors, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: TIMOTHY ROBB/ SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 16, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001229. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s)
is/are doing business as: BOWLINE MEDIA LLC,BOWLINE FILMS,WILD AND FREE FILM FESTIVAL: 349 Northgate Drive, Apt C Goleta, CA 93117; Bowline Media LLC PO Box 8313 Goleta, CA 93118 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 15, 2025. Filed by: GARETH KELLY/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 20, 2025. 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 E72. FBN Number: 2025‑0001250. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: L.A. LEPIANE WINES: 1480 Count Fleet St Santa Ynez, CA 93460; L.A. Lepiane Wines PO Box 61806 Santa Barbara, CA 93160 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jul 25, 2016. Filed by: ALISON THOMSON/ MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 20, 2025. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland,
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Design Review Board
Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom Goleta City Hall – Council Chambers 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, CA 93117 Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 3:00 P.M.
ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https:// www.cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Design Review Board (DRB) of the City of Goleta will conduct a public hearing for the projects listed below, with the date, time, and location of the DRB public hearing set forth above. The agenda for the hearing, including how to participate virtually in the hearing via a Zoom link, will also be posted on the City website at least 72 hours before the hearing (www.cityofgoleta. org).
For Final Review:
Calle Real Shopping Center Improvements
Primary address 5660 Calle Real, APN 069-110-093
Additional: 5820, 5748, 5700, 5652, 5733, 5697, 5785, 5677, and 5687 Calle Real APNs 069-110-084, -085, -094, -090, -095, -070, -067, -059, -058 Case No. 22-0003-DRB & 24-0006-DPAM
Pini Residential Additions
7299 Alameda, APN 077-381-001 Case No. 25-0016-DRB & 25-0007-LUP
For Conceptual/Preliminary/Final Review:
The Steward Hotel Addition/Renovation & California Environmental Quality Act 5490 Hollister Avenue (APN 071-330-014) Case No. 23-0024-DRB & 23-0002-DPAM
PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested people are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the Design Review Board meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by emailing the Planning and Environmental Review Department at PERmeetings@cityofgoleta.org. Written comments will be distributed to the Design Review Board and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.
FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Mary Chang, at (805) 961-7567 or mchang@cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@cityofgoleta. org. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.org.
In accordance with Gov. Code Section 65103.5, only non-copyrighted plans or plans that the designer has given permission have been published on the City’s website. The full set of plans is available for review at the Planning Counter during counter hours or by contacting the staff member listed for the item 805-961-7543.
Note: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b)(2)).
Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 9617505 or cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.
Publish: Santa Barbara Independent 6/26/25
County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2025‑0001245. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No. FBN2025‑0001276
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:
ARJAY’S WINDOW FASHIONS, 4600 ADOHR LANE, SUITE D, CAMARILLO, CA 93012 County of VENTURA
WINDOW PRODUCTS
MANAGEMENT, INC., Articles # 2621739, State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA, 4600 ADOHR LANE, SUITE D, CAMARILLO, CA 93012
This business is conducted by a Corporation
The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 8/01/2023.
WINDOW PRODUCTS
MANAGEMENT, INC.
S/ DONNA BUICE, V.P.
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/23/2025. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26/25
CNS‑3893975#
SANTA BARBARA
INDEPENDENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DANNY’S
BARBERSHOP: 3337 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Francisco J Garcia
JR (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability
Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 1, 2025. Filed by: FRANCISCO
JAVIER GARCIA JR/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 27, 2025. 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 E49. FBN Number: 2025‑0001283. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No. FBN 2025‑0001211
The following person(s) is doing business as:
FLC RECORDING, 13 SANTA CLARA DR LOMPOC, CA 93436, County of SANTA BARBARA. CATRINA BOSCUTTI, 13 SANTA CLARA DR LOMPOC, CA 93436
This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ CATRINA BOSCUTTI This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara
County on 05/14/2025. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26/25
CNS‑3930685# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BEEDLE WORLDWIDE: 336 Via El Encantador Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Robert G Beedle (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: ROBERT BEEDLE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 28, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001292. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ROOT & BLOOM: 220 E Clark Ave, Suite B Santa Maria, CA 93455; Amanda K Nilsen (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 22, 2025. Filed by: AMANDA NILSEN/ INDIVIDUAL with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 22, 2025. 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 E4. FBN Number: 2025‑0001261. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REPFINSUPPORT.COM: 133 Butterfly Lne Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Blue Mesa Consulting, LLC 1072 Casitas Pass Road #159 Carpinteria, CA 93013 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 20, 2025. Filed by: ALEXANER CORMAN/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 22, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001287. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CALIXTO: 1607 Mission Dr, Suite #210 Solvang, CA 93463; Daniela D Lerena 501 Countrywood Court Lompoc, CA 93436 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious
business name or names listed above on May 13, 2025. Filed by: DANIELA D LERENA with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 13, 2025. 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 E71. FBN Number: 2025‑0001188. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ELUBIA’S KITCHEN: 6578 Trigo Rd, Unit A Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Elubia’s Kitchen LLC 5007 Birchwood Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Feb 20, 2025. Filed by: RUBEN OROZCO/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 27, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001288. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No. FBN 2025‑0001281
The following person(s) is doing business as: Contreras Landscapes, 3040 State St Suite 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, County of Santa Barbara. Agustin Contreras, 3040 State St Suite 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
This business is conducted by An Individual.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 05, 2018 /s/ Agustin Contreras
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/23/2025. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3/25
CNS‑3934386# SANTA BARBARA
INDEPENDENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No. FBN 2025‑0001273
The following person(s) is doing business as: Russell Holland Engineering, 1125 Ladan Dr., Solvang, CA 93463, County of Santa Barbara. Russell A Holland, 1125 Ladan Dr., Solvang, CA 93463
This business is conducted by An Individual.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable /s/ Russell A Holland
NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING ON REPORT OF SEWER SERVICE CHARGES LEVIED BY THE GOLETA SANITARY DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 5473 of the California Health and Safety Code, there has been filed with the Secretary of the Goleta Sanitary District, a report containing: (a) a proposal to have sewer service charges for the Fiscal Year 2025-26 collected on the tax roll, (b) a description of each parcel of real property receiving services and facilities furnished by the Goleta Sanitary District in connection with its wastewater system, and (c) the amount of the sewer service charge to be levied upon each parcel for the Fiscal Year 2025-26, computed in conformity with the charges prescribed by an ordinance duly passed and approved by the Governing Board of the Goleta Sanitary District; and that the time and place for a hearing on said report has been set for Monday, July 21, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., at the office of the Goleta Sanitary District, One William Moffett Place, Goleta, California 93117.
DATED: June 16, 2025
GOLETA SANITARY DISTRICT
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/23/2025. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3/25
CNS‑3932019# SANTA BARBARA
INDEPENDENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No. FBN2025‑0001279
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Touch of Grace Creations, 517 E. Taft St, Santa Maria, CA 93454 County of SANTA BARBARA Alexis Marissa Lopez, 517 E. Taft St, Santa Maria, CA 93454 This business is conducted by an Individual
The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. S/ Alexis Marissa Lopez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/23/2025. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3/25
CNS‑3911619# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST MAILBOXES, RED TAPE BUSINESS SERVICES: 2023 S Broadway, Suite B Santa Maria, CA 93454; Red Tape Business Services, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 16, 2025. Filed by: STEVEN FUNKHOUSER/MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 22, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001267. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SOL VETERINARY HOSPICE AND EUTHANASIA: 1109 Garcia Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Victoria Ryan (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: VICTORIA RYAN/ DVM with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 30, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001313. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THRIVE STUDIOS: 3944 State Street Suite 310 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Brian S Johnson (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 3, 2025. Filed by: BRIAN JOHNSON/ OWNER/DOCTOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 4, 2025. 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 E49. FBN Number: 2025‑0001341. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS, PIVOTAL BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS: 629 State Street Suite 249 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Alexis A Arias (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above
Robert O. Mangus, Jr. Secretary of the Governing Board
EXHIBIT “A”
LEGALS (CONT.)
Number: 2025‑0001309. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s)
is/are doing business as: MIMI’S PORCH: 315 Meigs Rd A159 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Brittany R Dobson (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 26, 2025. Filed by: BRITTANY DOBSON with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 30, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001316. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: POETRY IN PETALS: 1045 Elm Lane, Apt 11 Carpinteria, CA 93013; Megan E Borzone PO Box 6 Summerland, CA 93067 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 01, 2025. Filed by: MEGAN
E. BORZONE/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001210. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA GARAGE & GATE: 1070 Colleen Way Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Coast & Canyon Home Services (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 27, 2025. Filed by: PATRICK RATHBUN/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 02, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001322. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLOSSER
LAVANDERIA: 122 S. Blosser Road Santa Barbara, CA 93548; HKJ Management LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: HYO JIN BAE/MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 28, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001294. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUNNY HOUSE STUDIO: 1205 Bath Street, Apt 4 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ellie L Stayner (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on June 02, 2025. Filed by: ELLIE LEE STAYNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 04, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001348. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TRILLIUM KEN: 501 Chapala Street, Suite A Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kenneth R Cohen (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 27, 2025. Filed by: KENNETH COHEN with the
County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 30, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001319. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: IRON HORSE AUTO BODY BUELLTON: 896 McMurray Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93427; Christopher Raimondi (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 30, 2025. Filed by: CHRISTOPHER RAIMONDI/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 5, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001131. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AVA JI: 3868 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Chunlei Ji (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 03, 2025. Filed by: CHUNLEI JI with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 6, 2025. 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 E49. FBN Number: 2025‑0001357. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COUTARD AIR: 420 S C St Lompoc, CA 93436; Michael D Coutard (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: MICHAEL D COUTARD with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 28, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001293. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DENMUN OFFICE SOLUTIONS: 5951 Encina Road Goleta, CA 93117; Julio E Ortega (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 2, 2025. Filed by: JULIO ORTEGA/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 9, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001375. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: U.S. PIPELINE INC: 8100 Washington Suite 200 Houston TX, 77007; Texas U.S. Pipeline Inc (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 1, 2025. Filed by: IMRAN DOSSANI/SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 3, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001338. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST THERAPY GROUP: 270 Rosario Park Road Santa Barbara CA 93105; Leigh Meredith Ramsey (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to
transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: LEIGH RAMSEY/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 12, 2025. 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 E4. FBN Number: 2025‑0001418. Published: Jun 19, 26. July 3, 10 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SECRET SOLVANG: 807 N Bunker Hill Ave., #307 Los Angeles, CA 90012; Wild SF Tours (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: TYLER CORNFIELD/ CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 12, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001414. Published: Jun 19, 26. July 3, 10 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DIFFRACTION OPTICS: 3820 State St, Santa Barbara CA 93105; AMC Acquisition Corp (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Dec 30, 1969. Filed by: JULIO JUAN SANDOVAL/DIRECTOR, TREASURY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 10, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001391. Published: Jun 19, 26. July 3, 10 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COMMUNIFY: 602 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Communify Action Commission of Santa Barbara County (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 29, 2020. Filed by: N. GRANT CARMICHAEL/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 13, 2025. 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 E1. FBN Number: 2025‑0001421. Published: Jun 19, 26. July 3, 10 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REICKER, PFAU, PYLE & MCROY LLP: 1421 State Street, Suite B Santa Barbara CA 93101; Nicholas A. Behrman (same address) John G. Busby (same address) R. Mark Carney (same address) Bart Clemens (same address) Robert B. Forouzandeh (same address) Kevin R. Nimmons (same address) Michael E. Pfau (same address) Russell D. Terry (same address) Timothy J. Trager (same address) Fernando Velez Jr. (same address) Meghan K. Woodsome (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Partnership Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Feb 09, 2001. Filed by:
MEGHAN K. WOODSOME/GENERAL
PARTNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 12, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001413. Published: Jun 19, 26. July 3, 10 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No. FBN 2025‑0001328
The following person(s) is doing business as:
WILLOWGLEN ASSOCIATES, 721 WILLOWGLEN RD SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105, County of SANTA BARBARA. KELLEY FEELEY, 721
WILLOWGLEN RD SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105
This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ KELLEY FEELEY
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 06/02/2025. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/19, 6/26, 7/3, 7/10/25
CNS‑3936236#
SANTA BARBARA
INDEPENDENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No. FBN 2025‑0001385
The following person(s) is doing business as:
SANTA BARBARA IT GROUP, 27 W ANAPAMU ST UNIT 142, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101, County of SANTA BARBARA. SBIT GROUP, LLC, 27 W ANAPAMU ST STE 142, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101; CALIFORNIA
This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on FEB 01, 2025 /s/ CROSBY LOGGINS, MANAGING MEMBER
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 6/10/2025. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17/25
CNS‑3939907#
SANTA BARBARA
INDEPENDENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE TIPSY TAQUERO: 453 Atterdag Road Solvang, CA 93463; Whiskey ‘N Rye LLC PO Box 1237 Solvang, CA 93464 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 1, 2025. Filed by: DON CONNER/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 17, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001439. Published: Jun 26. July 3, 10, 17 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ‘QUE BY WHISKEY ‘N RYE: 38 West Victoria Suite 108 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Whiskey ‘N Rye LLC PO Box LLC Solvang, CA 93464 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 1, 2025. Filed by: DON
CONNER/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 17, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001440. Published: Jun 26. July 3, 10, 17 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT
File No. FBN2025‑0001388
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:
RIVIERA IV THERAPY, 1944 N JAMESON LANE UNIT C, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108 County of SANTA BARBARA
Riviera Management Services LLC, 1944 N JAMESON LANE UNIT C, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108
This business is conducted by a limited liability company
The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Riviera Management Services LLC
S/ Dustin Jones, Member, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 06/10/2025. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17/25
CNS‑3932811#
SANTA BARBARA
INDEPENDENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TLC ARCHERY, TLC GLASS ART: 655 Bobcat Springs Road Buellton, CA 93427; Thomas L Chamberlain (same address) Gloria S Chamberlain (same address) This business is conducted by A Married Coulpe Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Aug 24, 2020. Filed by: THOMAS CHAMBERLAIN/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 17, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001440. Published: Jun 26. July 3, 10, 17 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WELL SAID WINES: 929 Vintage Way Los Alamos, CA 93440; Kenneth P. Antonelli‑Friedman PO Box 381 Los
Alamos, CA 93440 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 17, 2025. Filed by: KENNETH P. ANTONELLI‑FRIEDMAN with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 17, 2025. 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 E49. FBN Number: 2025‑0001436. Published: Jun 26. July 3, 10, 17 2025.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUNSTONE WINERY: 125 N. Refugio Rd. Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Channel Islands Management LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Nov 26,
2019. Filed by: DJAMILA CABUGOS/ MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001179. Published: Jun 26. July 3, 10, 17 2025.
LIEN SALE
EXTRA SPACE STORAGE, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 6640 Discovery Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. 07/8/2025 at 3:30 PM
Martin Spargur Roberto Catalan
The auction will be listed and
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL July 15, 2025, at 5:30 P.M. Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom
ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https:// cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council will conduct a public hearing to consider a request for a General Plan Amendment (GPA) 24-0005-GPA and Rezone (ORD) 24-0007-ORD to change the Land Use Designation and Zoning of 6483, 6485, 6487, 6489 Calle Real known as APN 077-160-055 from Office and Institutional (I-OI) to Business Park (I-BP). The information regarding the date, time, and location of the public hearings are set forth below. The agendas for the hearings will be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org).
HEARING DATE/TIME: July 15, 2025, at 5:30 P.M.
LOCATION: Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom (with detailed instructions for participation included on the posted agenda)
PROJECT LOCATION
The property is located at 6483, 6485, 6487, 6489 Calle Real (APN 077-160-055) and is located in the Inland area of the City. The General Plan land use designation and zoning of the property is currently Office and Institutional (I-OI). On October 30, 2024, Steve Fort of Suzanne Elledge Planning and Permitting Services (Agent), submitted a request for a GPA and Rezone on behalf of Los Carneros Investments, LP (property owner).
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project is to change the subject property’s General Plan land use and zoning designations. The applicant requests a General Plan Amendment to change the General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan (GP/CLUP) Land Use Element Figure 21, the Land Use Plan Map, from Office and Institutional (I-OI) to Business Park (I-BP). Also requested is an Ordinance Amendment to change the zoning designation from OI to BP, consistent with the proposed General Plan Amendment. No physical development is proposed and no modifications to the existing building is requested. The request is also to adopt a Notice of Exemption pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations § 15090 as stated under the Environmental Review Finding heading. The City Council will be the decision maker for the project.
CORTESE LIST: Further, the site is not listed on any hazardous waste facilities or disposal sites as enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code (the “Cortese list”)
PREVIOUS HEARINGS: The City Council considered the General Plan Initiation on October 14, 2024 and the Planning Commission considered the proposed General Plan Amendment and Rezone at a recommendation hearing on June 9, 2025.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FINDINGS: The proposed project is categorically exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq.; “CEQA”) and CEQA Guidelines (14 Cal. Code Regs. §§ 15000, et seq.). Specifically, the project is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15061(b)(3) (No possibility of a significant effect) and 15060(c) (2) (No direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment).
PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested people are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the City Council meeting agenda. All letters/ comments should be sent to cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Letters must be received on or before the date of the hearing or can be submitted at the hearing prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the Public Hearing.
FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Christina McGuire, Associate Planner, at (805) 961-7566 or cmcguire@cityofgoleta. org. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearings on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.org. Para consultas en espanol, comuniquese con Marco Martinez al (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@cityofgoleta.org.
Note: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b)(2)).
Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505 or cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.
Publish Date: Santa Barbara Independent, June 26, 2025
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advertised on www.storagetreasures.
com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
EXTRA SPACE STORAGE, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 10 S. Kellogg, Goleta, CA 93117. July 8, 2025, at 3:30pm.
Victor Cardenas
Victor Cardenas
Scott Falter
The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.
com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction.
Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
NAME CHANGE
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF
NAME: MELANIE NICOLE LOUISE
HARRIS CASE NUMBER: 25CV02566
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
PETITIONER: MELANIE NICOLE
LOUISE HARRIS A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changing name (s) as follows:
PRESENT NAME: MELANIE NICOLE
LOUISE HARRIS
PROPOSED NAME: ARIEL AALIYAH
PHOENIX
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at
the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing June 27, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 4, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, 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 05/20/2025, JUDGE Donna D. Geck of the Superior Court. Published June 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: L A WILLIAMSON CASE NUMBER: 25CV02920 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
PETITIONER: L A WILLIAMSON A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changing name (s) as follows:
PRESENT NAME: L A WILLIAMSON
PROPOSED NAME: LELAND ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 18, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 4, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, 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 05/29/2025, JUDGE Donna D. Geck of the Superior Court. Published June 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: KIRSTEN ANA‑ELISE ALBERT
CASE NUMBER: 25CV02801
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
PETITIONER: KIRSTEN ANA‑ELISE
ALBERT A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changing name (s) as follows:
PRESENT NAME: KIRSTEN ANA‑ELISE
ALBERT
PROPOSED NAME: KIERSTEN
ANA‑ELISE HARRELL
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 16, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 3, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, 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 05/29/2025, JUDGE Thomas P. Anderle of the Superior Court. Published June 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: FELIPE CAMARILLO CASE
NUMBER: 25CV02449
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
PETITIONER: FELIPE CAMARILLO A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changing name (s) as follows:
PRESENT NAME: FELIPE CAMARILLO
PROPOSED NAME: PHIL SOSA
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
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
REVISED 2nd Hearing Date
N O T I C E O F P U B L I C H E A R I N G
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 54703-54719 of the Government Code, a written report containing a description of each parcel of property within the boundaries of the Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District on which a benefit assessment is proposed to be levied, and containing the amount of a proposed benefit assessment for each such parcel has been prepared and filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. Copies of the report are available on the Clerk of the Board’s website at https://santabarbara. legistar.com/Calendar.aspx on the following meeting dates (June 3, June 24, and July 15, 2025) or by calling the Clerk of the Board’s office at (805) 568-2240 to make alterative arrangements.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. or soon thereafter in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara County Flood Control & Water Conservation District is scheduled hold a public hearing to introduce an ordinance (first reading) entitled “An Ordinance Amending Ordinance 3150, The Flood Control Benefit Assessment Ordinance, Relating to Benefit Assessments for Flood Control Services” for the purposes of considering a Benefit Assessment for flood control purposes for Fiscal Year 2025-26, at which time and place said Board will consider the FY 2025-26 Benefit Assessment Report and all public comment on said Ordinance, if any, including objections with respect to the amount of the proposed assessments to be levied; and on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., or soon thereafter in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, shall conduct the second reading of the Ordinance referred to above and may adopt, revise, change, reduce or modify any assessment and shall make its determination upon each assessment described in the Ordinance, and thereafter by resolution, the Board shall confirm the assessments, which are finally adopted and levied.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 5682240. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Clerk of the Board to make reasonable arrangements.
for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 2, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 3, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, 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 05/20/2025, JUDGE Thomas P. Anderle of the Superior Court. Published June 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CHLOE YEJI, YONGWON JEON
CASE NUMBER: 25CV03403 TO ALL INTERESTED
PERSONS:
PETITIONER: CHLOE YEJI JEON, YONGWON JEON A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changing name (s) as follows:
PRESENT NAME: YERIEL BYULHA
JEON
PROPOSED NAME: LILLIAN BYULHA
JEON
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 16, 2025, 8:30 am, DEPT: SM1, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF 312‑C E Cook St, Santa Maria, CA 93454, COOK
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 06/03/2025, JUDGE Patricia L. Kelly of the Superior Court. Published June 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CHAYE TIONE ALEXANDER
CASE NUMBER: 25CV03144
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
PETITIONER: CHAYE TIONE
ALEXANDER A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changing name (s) as follows:
PRESENT NAME: CHAYE TIONE
ALEXANDER
PROPOSED NAME: ChayeTione Alexander
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 28, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 5, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, 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 06/05/2025, JUDGE Colleen K. Sterne of the Superior Court. Published June 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
AMENDED IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
CHANGE OF NAME: MEGAN ALLAYNE CERIALE CASE NUMBER: 25CV01288
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
PETITIONER: MEGAN ALLAYNE
CERIALE A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changing name (s) as follows:
PRESENT NAME: MEGAN ALLAYNE
CERIALE
PROPOSED NAME: MEGAN ALLAYNE
CERIALE GALLANT
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
Notice of Hearing July 14, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 5, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, COURTHOUSE
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 05/30/2025, JUDGE Colleen K. Sterne of the Superior Court. Published June 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: DONNA MARY PIZZORNO CASE NUMBER: 25CV02925 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: DONNA MARY
PIZZORNO A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changing name (s) as follows: PRESENT NAME: DONNA MARY PIZZORNO
PROPOSED NAME: ROSE PIZZORNO
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 21, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 5, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, 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 05/29/2025, JUDGE Colleen K. Sterne of the Superior Court. Published June 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CYNTHIA VERVA LEWIS CASE NUMBER: 25CV03266 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: CYNTHIA VERVA LEWIS
A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changing name (s) as follows: PRESENT NAME: CYNTHIA VERVA LEWIS
PROPOSED NAME: CINDA L. MCGRAW
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the
petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 25, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, SUPERIOR COURT 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 06/04/2025, JUDGE Donna D. Geck of the Superior Court. Published June 19, 26. July 3, 10 2025.
PUBLIC NOTICES
NOTICE Pursuant to Penal Code section 186.11(d)(3), the Santa Barbara County District Attorney heeby gives notice that the following assets have been frozen pursuant to a temporary restraining order issued by the Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Figueroa Division, located at 118 E. Fiueroa Street, California 93101: PlanMember Services Corporation 401 (k) Plan Account No. 548‑06‑9125.
All persons who may have an interest in the above noted property are notified that they must file a verified claim with the Santa Barbara County Superior Court, stating the nature and the amount of their claimed interest.
Such verified claim must be filed within 30 days from the date of the first publication of this notice or within 30 days after receipt of actual notice. A verified copy of the claim shall be served by the claimant on the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office, located at 1112 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101, Attention: Deputy District Attorney Lina F. Somait.
SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA SANTA MARIA — COOK DIVISION KENNETH BROWN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SCOTT BROWN, Defendant. Case No. 18CV03826
Assigned to: Honorable Patricia Kelly Notice of Referee’s Proposed Sale of Real Property and Hearing on Petition for Confirmation of Sale Hearing on Report of Sale Date: July 16, 2025, Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: 1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Paul F. Ready, as Referee appointed in the above captioned proceeding, will sell under the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned, subject to confirmation by the Court on July 16, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. in Department 1, located at 312‑C East Cook Street, Santa Maria, California, the following real property known as 1901 Ironwood Drive, City of Santa Maria, County of Santa Barbara, State of California, APN 111‑174‑007 and more particularly described as follows (hereinafter referred to as the “PROPERTY”):
Lot 223 of Unit No. 2, Tract 10011, Tanglewood, in the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, as per map thereof recorded in Book 52, Pages 42 to 45 inclusive of Maps, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County.
Excepting therefrom all coal, lignite, asphaltum, brea, petroleum, bitumen, mineral oil, natural gas and all other hydrocarbon substances in and under said land below a depth of 500 feet from the present surface of said land without, however, the right of entry upon the surface of said land or 500 feet below the present surface of said land. The proposed sale is subject to current taxes, covenants and conditions, restrictions, rights, rights of way and existing encumbrances of record. The proposed sale price is Three Hundred Ninety‑One Thousand Dollars, ($391,000.00). An initial minimum overbid of Twenty Thousand‑Fifty Dollars ($20,050.00) will be required for a total initial bid of not less than Four Hundred Eleven Thousand Fifty Dollars ($411,050.00) [See: C.C.P. §873.740] } with a minimum
nonrefundable down payment of three percent (3%) of the final purchase price being immediately due upon Court confirmation. The remaining purchase price shall be paid on close of escrow not later than five (5) days after entry of the order confirming this sale. The Referee retains the right to reject any and all bids. The sale is made without representations or warranties (except as to title) and is considered an “As‑Is” sale. All due diligence shall be completed by prospective bidders before the hearing on this proposed sale. Contact the Referee or his realtor to obtain bid forms, which must be signed by the confirmed Buyer at the hearing on this proposed sale. There are no sale contingencies other than timely full payment of the purchase price. Prior to bidding, prospective bidders must provide the Referee with proof of the 3% down payment to be tendered upon court approval and the ability to complete the purchase within the allotted time. Please direct inquiries to Paul F. Ready, Farmer & Ready, 1254 Marsh Street, Post Office Box 1443, San Luis Obispo, California, (805) 541‑1626, or Mr., Jim Settle, Century 21. Masters, 102 Bridge Street, Arroyo Grande, California (805) 550‑4204. Dated: June 17, 2025 FARMER & READY By: Paul F. Ready Referee Published: June 26. July 3, 10 2025.
SUMMONS
SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): JUAN SANCHEZ‑ORTIZ; and DOES 1 to 25 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): RAMMY SALEM NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca. gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !ADVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en el formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California
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(www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 o más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Santa Barbara Superior Court 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101
CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 25CV01072
The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección, y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante que no tiene abogado es): Chad M. Prentice, Maho & Prentice, LLP, 629 State St., Ste. 217, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (805) 962‑1930; DATE (Fecha): 02/19/2025. Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Naylea Calderon, Deputy (Adjunto) Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025. AMENDED SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): XOCHITL MENDEZ, ROBIN L. UNANDER‑LA BERGE and DOES 1 TO 10 Inclusive.
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE)DORAL NEELEY and CAVEL NEELEY
NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information
below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca. gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.
There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !ADVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en el formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de
cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 o más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.
The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Santa Barbara Superior Court, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101.
CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 24CV03123
The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección, y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante que no tiene abogado es): Charles M. Oxton; SBN 054267 1220 State Street, 2nd Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Tel (805) 963‑2011 DATE (Fecha): 4/25/2025.
Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Sarah Sisto, Deputy (Adjunto)
Published June 19, 26. July 3, 10 2025.
SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): BASIL H AREVALO, an individual and DOES 1 to 5, inclusive
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA, a National Banking Association NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.
You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.
A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca. gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !ADVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en
continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en el formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 o más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 312‑C East Cook Street , Santa Maria, CA 93454
CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 23CV03857
The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección, y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante que no tiene abogado es): THE DUNNING LAW FIRM APC (858) 974‑7600 California DFPI Debt Collector License #10059‑99, Donald T. Dunning (144665) James Macleod (249145), 9619 Chesapeake Drive, Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92123
DATE (Fecha): 08/30/2023. Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Michael Rosales, Deputy (Adjunto)
Published: Jun 19, 26. Jul 3, 10 2025.
SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): JOHN COGGI, an Individual MELINDA COGGI an individual and DOES 1‑5, Inclusive
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): LARRY LAWSON an Individual, NANCY DUONG, aka NANCY LAWSON, an Individual NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.
You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.
A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca. gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your
wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !ADVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.
Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su
respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en el formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio
de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 o más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa Street , Santa Barbara, CA 93121; Anacapa Division CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 25CV01655 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección, y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante que no tiene abogado es): Tracy Ettinghoff (Bar#115590) (949) 363‑5573 Law Office of Tracy Ettinghoff 30011 Ivy Glenn Suite 121, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 DATE (Fecha): 03/18/2025. Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Preston Frye, Deputy (Adjunto) Published: Jun 26. Jul 3, 10, 17 2025.
NOTICE OF HEARING REGARDING PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A DEVELOPER FEE STUDY AND THE INCREASE OF THE STATUTORY SCHOOL FEE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Governing Board of the Santa Barbara Unified School District will hold a hearing and consider input from the public on the proposed adoption of a Developer Fee Justification Study for the District and an increase in the statutory school facility fee (“Level I Fee”) on new residential and commercial/ industrial developments as approved by the State Allocation Board on January 24, 2024. The adoption of the Study and the increase of the Level I Fee are necessary to fund the construction of needed school facilities to accommodate students due to development.
Members of the public are invited to comment in writing, on or before July 22, 2025, or appear in person at the hearing at 5:30 PM on July 22, 2025 at the following location:
Santa Barbara Unified School District
720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA
Materials regarding the Study and the Level I Fee are on file and are available for public review at the District Office located at:
Santa Barbara Unified School District
720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA
Dated: June 19, 2025, June 26, 2025
NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING ON REPORT OF SEWER SERVICE CHARGES LEVIED BY GOLETA WEST SANITARY DISTRICT
TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM UCSB Campus, Parking Lot 32 Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (District Office)
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Clerk-Secretary of the GOLETA WEST SANITARY DISTRICT (“District”) has filed with the District a written report containing a description of each parcel of real property receiving sewer services from the District, setting forth therein the amount of the sewer service charge for each parcel for the fiscal year 2025-2026, computed in conformity with District Ordinance No. 2397. This report is on file in the District Office and may be inspected during normal business hours. Such report is also available on the District’s website at http://goletawest.org
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the District Board of Directors will hold a public hearing upon said report to adopt the Resolution to collect the sewer service charges shown thereon on the tax rolls of the County of Santa Barbara, payable in two installments when property taxes are due. Unpaid balances are subject to a rate of interest not to exceed 12 percent per annum, and shall constitute a lien against the respective lots or parcels of land to which sewer facilities are connected at the time and in the manner specified in Health and Safety Code Sections 5473.5 and 5473.8. The public hearing will occur at the time and place stated in this notice. During the hearing, any interested person may appear and be heard on any matter relating to said proposed rates or charges.
This Notice is published in accordance with Government Code Section 6066, and posted on the District website and the District Office outside display case. If you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call 805-968-2617, preferably at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Dated: May 30, 2025
Brian McCarthy Clerk - Secretary of the Governing Board Goleta West Sanitary District
